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US09387576B1	Faucet seat and spring inserter Plumbing devices are disclosed according to examples of the present disclosure. An example plumbing device may include a rod and a handle connected to the rod at a first end of the rod. The plumbing device may further include a body sleeve positioned on the rod between a second end of the rod and the handle. The plumbing device may further include an end sleeve, a first end of the end sleeve positioned on the rod between the body sleeve and the second end of the rod. Additionally, the plumbing device may include a spring positioned on the rod between the end sleeve and the body sleeve.
US09387575B2	Toy gun with built-in hand-tool assembly A toy gun with a built-in hand-tool assembly includes a gun housing and a hand-tool assembly; the gun housing has a concave slot and an inner wall formed inside the concave slot; the inner wall has a stopping portion formed thereon; the hand-tool assembly is detachably attached onto the concave slot; the hand-tool assembly includes a tool housing and a hand-tool; the hand-tool is received in the tool housing and has one end exposed out of the tool hosing; the tool hosing is configured to be fitted onto the concave slot; the hand-tool is configured to be blocked and positioned by the stopping portion. Therefore, with such structure, the toy gun includes the hand-tool built therein in order to facilitate the detachment, assembly or piercing of the air bottle in the toy gun by the user such that the convenience of use of the toy gun is increased.
US09387573B2	Symmetrical overlapping jaw front action sealing tool A crimping tool for applying a deformable crimp seal onto overlapping layers of strap material includes a head and pairs of jaws disposed in the tool head and operably mounted thereto. Each pair includes opposingly oriented jaw elements. A shear extends between and is operably connected to the jaw elements. The jaw elements have an inwardly oriented crimping portion with a tip having a tapered portion terminating at a free end. A pair of handles are operably connected to the jaw elements and to one another. A side plate is operably connected to the jaw elements and shears and includes a centrally disposed slotted opening. When the tool is in a closed position the jaw elements of each pair align with one another and the free ends of the opposingly oriented jaw element tips overlap in a direction transverse to the jaw elements.
US09387568B1	Systems and methods for correcting fabrication error in magnetic recording heads using magnetic write width measurements Systems and methods for correcting fabrication error in magnetic recording heads using magnetic write width (MWW) measurements are provided. One such method includes separating a wafer into sections containing row bars, each row bar including magnetic recording heads, selecting a first row bar from a first section of the sections, lapping the first row bar to form sliders, performing a test of a magnetic write width (MWW) on each of the sliders, calculating a first error profile for the first row bar based on results of the magnetic write width tests, generating a second error profile for a stripe height of a component of the sliders based on the first error profile, where the component is selected from a magnetic read head and a magnetic write head, and lapping a second row bar from the row bars of the first section using the second error profile.
US09387553B2	Laser irradiation method and laser irradiation apparatus The present invention is to provide a laser irradiation technique for irradiating the irradiation surface with the laser beam having homogeneous intensity distribution using a cylindrical lens array without being affected by the intensity distribution of the original beam. A laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator is divided by two kinds of cylindrical lens arrays into a plurality of beams, which are two kinds of linear laser beams with their energy intensity distribution inverted each other, and the two kinds of linear laser beams are superposed in a minor-axis direction. This can form the linear laser beam having homogeneous intensity distribution on the irradiation surface.
US09387548B2	Wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus and semiconductor wafer manufacturing method In wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatuses that simultaneously perform a plurality of cutting processes by engaging a wire between main guide rollers at a plurality of times, a wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus is provided that suppresses vibrations at cutting wire sections, to enable the cutting processes under steady-state accuracy. In addition to the main guide rollers, vibration-damping driven guide rollers or vibration-damping guides are included which form a plurality of cutting wire sections where the vibrations are suppressed by guiding the wire into place, and the positions of the cutting wire sections are thereby defined with respect to nozzles.
US09387527B2	Method and apparatus for hot-rolling metal strip using near-infrared camera A hot-rolling line, a method for photographing the entire width of a hot-rolled metal strip, a method for recording the photographic result of the entire width, a method for appropriately performing quality assurance, and a method for producing a hot-rolled metal strip using them, provide proper quality assurance for delivering a product to a customer. A hot-rolling line includes a near-infrared camera arranged to photograph an entire width of a hot-rolled metal strip on an entry side of a coiler of the hot-rolling line.
US09387522B2	Digital closed loop proportional hydraulic pressure controller A digitally controlled current to pressure converter (CPC) and method of controlling same is provided. The method of controlling includes the step of periodically imparting symmetrically-opposed movement of a control valve of the CPC to loosen and flush accumulated silt therefrom. More particularly, the method may include the step of periodically introducing a small-amplitude symmetrically-opposed impulse to a controller that actuates a hydraulic control shaft of a three-way rotary valve. Also provided is a method of preventing malfunction due to faulty input or feedback signals received by the CPC, and a method of detecting the health status of multiple CPCs when used in a redundant configuration.
US09387515B2	Impedance matching for ultrasound phased array elements A system includes a transducer configured to emit ultrasound in response to receiving an electrical signal from a driving circuit. The transducer includes a first dimension that determines a frequency of the ultrasound and a second dimension that determines an impedance of the transducer. The frequency is independent of the second dimension.
US09387509B2	Method for infiltrating a porous material with a second material A method for treating a piece (1) made of a first porous material (8) with a second material (2) when this second material is in liquid state, said second material (2) being suitable for infiltration when a predetermined temperature range (DTi) and a predetermined field of infiltration pressure (Dpi), comprises the steps of: —providing a crucible (4) suitable for containing the piece (1) and the second material (2) and capable of withstanding the temperatures and pressures for the infiltration of the second material (2) in the piece (1); providing a cover (5) for the crucible (4) suitable for closing the crucible creating a chamber (6) inside the crucible; placing the piece (1) and the second material (2) in said crucible chamber (6), when this second material is not yet in liquid state; —subsequently closing the crucible (4) with the cover (5); —at a pressure (pa or pa1)—unsuitable for the infiltrations of the second material in the first porous material, raising the temperature of the piece (1) and the second material (2) contained in the crucible up to a predetermined temperature (T2) suitable for liquefying said second material (2) for making it suitable for infiltration in said piece (1) made of first porous material; —subsequently, lowering the pressure to a predetermined pressure value (p2) lower than the previous pressure (pa or pa1) and allow the infiltration of the second material (2) in said piece (1) made of first porous material (8).
US09387496B2	Apparatus for maintaining constant speed in a viscous damped rotary nozzle sprinkler A rotating deflector for use with a rotary sprinkler in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a conical body, a plurality of channels formed on a bottom surface of the conical body and extending from a center of the conical body outward toward an outer edge of the conical body, and a deflector ring rotatably mounted on the conical body such that the deflector ring rotates from a first position in which the deflector ring provides additional rotational force for rotation of the deflector and a second position in which the deflector ring provides substantially no rotational force for rotation of the deflector.
US09387490B2	Method for improving selectivity and recovery in the flotation of nickel sulphide ores that contain pyrrhotite by exploiting the synergy of multiple depressants A method of using the synergy of multiple depressants to improve the depression of iron sulphide without compromising the recovery of the valuable sulphide minerals in the flotation of non-ferrous metal sulphides, while reducing or eliminating the use of environmentally problematic chemicals such as polyamines. The method has significant economic and environmental benefits. The multiple depressants comprise at least one organic polymer, at least one sulphur-containing compound and/or at least one nitrogen-containing organic compound.
US09387479B2	Method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced, a machine for reducing the particle size of a material and a method of calibrating such a machine In a method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced by passing the material through a nip between rollers at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller is continuously measured and the nip is adjusted by controlling the operational figure so as to match a target operational figure. A machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers has a device for measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller and a device for adjusting the nip on the basis of the measured operational figure matching a target operational figure. A method of calibrating a machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between the rollers has the step of measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, associated with a desired particle size and/or mass consistency and the step of setting the operational figure associated with a desired particle size and/or mass consistency as a target operational figure.
US09387471B2	Acid regeneration of ion exchange resins for industrial applications Methods and systems for employing softened acidified water sources from an acid regenerated ion exchange resins are disclosed. Various methods of dispensing and/or using the softened acidic water generated by an acid regenerate-able ion exchange resin are disclosed to beneficially reduce spotting, filming and scale buildup on treated surfaces, reduce and/or eliminate the need for polymers, including water conditioning agents, threshold reagents and/or rinse aids, and using protons generated in the acidic water effluent for triggering events useful in various cleaning applications.
US09387455B2	Apparatus and method for adiabatic methane conversion There is herein described a process and apparatus for hydrocarbon conversion. More particularly, there is described a process and apparatus for adiabatic methane conversion into synthetic gas (i.e. syngas).
US09387450B2	Bacteriorhodopsin-containing microcapsules and method for producing the same A method for producing bacteriorhodopsin-containing microcapsules is described, which can be optically activated, having a diameter of less than 50 μm, preferably less than 10 μm, comprising an enveloping layer, which protects the bacteriorhodopsin from harmful environmental factors, while at the same time preserving the functionality thereof. In doing so, bacteriorhodopsin is suspended in a first step, in the form of PM/BR patches in an aqueous medium having a pH value ranging from 6-9 in the presence of a water-retaining polymer, and said suspension is spray-dried to form a powder, or is dried in an aliphatic solvent using low steam pressure and subsequent dehydration to form a powder. In a second step, the powder obtained in this way is provided with an envelope, which is substantially completely translucent to light in the visible range and made of a polymer and/or a paraffin having a solidification point ranging between 45° C. and 65° C. and/or a carnauba wax having a melting range of 70-90° C. Furthermore, such microcapsules are described, and uses of such microcapsules.
US09387447B2	Device for introducing, injecting or spraying a mixture of a carrier gas and liquid compounds and method for implementing said device The invention relates to a device for introducing a carrier gas and liquid compounds or a liquid solution into an evaporation chamber, comprising a mixing chamber, including at least:—a first inlet for the admission of said compounds or said solution,—a second inlet for the admission of the carrier gas,—and an outlet connected to an inlet of an injector, so that a mixture of carrier gas and droplets of said compounds or of said solution is periodically injected, through a single injector outlet, into the evaporation chamber.
US09387439B2	System and method for the concentration of a slurry The present invention relates to a system and a method for the concentration of slurry, especially mineral containing slurry. The invention provides a system comprising an electrophoresis unit and a separation unit, where the separation unit comprises a recipient, preferably of half cylindrical form, with adjusted flanks for separating the solid material or cake from the rotating anodes and a sliding carriage suitable for closing the recipient and stripping resting solid material from the flanks into the recipient before the solid material or cake is pressed out of the recipient by a piston.
US09387424B2	V-shaped filter and fixture A V-shaped filter includes a pair of filter media panel elements having respective root ends and diverging therefrom to distal ends in a V-shape. A single unitarily molded fixture is provided, securing the pair of filter media panel elements in the V-shape.
US09387422B2	Embedded type, inverted-filtering and anti-clogged emitter and drip irrigation pipeline An embedded type, inverted-filtering and anti-clogging emitter comprises a first component and a second component which are mutually fixed, and a filter cloth sandwiched between the first component and the second component; the first component is provided with a hollowed-out portion which is capable of exposing the filter cloth, and the second is provided with a pressing portion to press the filter cloth against the first component, which completely covers the hollowed-out portion on the projection plane, and presses against the filter cloth along the edge of the hollowed-out portion, whereby water in the water pipeline has to successively pass through the diversion channel, the filter cloth pressed by the pressing portion, and the hollowed-out portion to the water outlet.
US09387417B2	Antifoaming agents and use thereof in detergents Antifoam powders with delayed anti-foaming action, contain (1) 5 to 35% by weight of an anti-foaming agent which is an amino-functional organopolysiloxane and consists of at least one siloxane unit of the formula R a 1 ⁢ Q b ⁢ SiO 4 - ( a + b ) 2 ( I ) and siloxane units of the general formula R c 1 ⁢ SiO 4 - c 2 ( II ) where Q is an amino group of the general formula —R2—[NR3—(CH2)m—]xNR4R5 (III) or forms thereof with partial or full protonation on the nitrogen atoms, (2) 65 to 95% by weight of a carrier material selected from the group of sodium carbonate, sodium sulphate, aluminium silicate, potassium carbonate, potassium sulphate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, zeolites, and mixtures thereof.
US09387409B2	People mover A people moving system having a people pod and a cable support system attached to the people pod. The cable support system supports the people pod in the air and includes cables that are each connected at one end to the people pod and each connected to their own respective motor/winch system at the other ends. A computer control system is in signal communication with the motor/winch systems and allows the same to move the people pod in three (3) dimensions.
US09387403B2	Asset transfers between interactive social games A method and system to transfer assets between interactive social games is described. In some embodiments, the method generates a visual expression of a transfer mechanism in a first computer-implemented game. The method further generates the visual expression of the transfer mechanism in a second computer-implemented game. The transfer mechanism is capable of transferring an in-game asset from the first computer-implemented game to the second computer-implemented game. The method transfers the in-game asset from the first computer-implemented game to the second computer-implemented game using the transfer mechanism.
US09387397B2	Peripheral apparatus and method of construction A method of producing a handheld videogame controller is provided. The method includes providing a circuit board of a predetermined fixed size, the circuit board comprising a plurality of switches at predetermined positions. The method further includes obtaining measurements of at least a first hand of a user for whom the handheld videogame controller is to be produced, modifying a design of at least a first part of the handheld videogame controller responsive to the measurements, and 3D printing one or more modified parts of the handheld videogame controller using the modified design.
US09387382B2	Rope bat Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a baseball or softball (referred to hereinafter collectively and independently as “baseball”) hitting aid. The baseball hitting aid may be configured to teach a baseball player the correct swing technique and to generate centrifugal force to hit a baseball off a tee.
US09387373B1	Golf club head with composite weight port A golf club head having a face component, a crown, and a composite sole or a composite body patch with one or more weight ports for receiving one or more weight inserts is disclosed herein. At least part of each of the weight ports is integrally formed in the composite sole or composite body patch, and each of the weight ports include a weight receiving region for receiving a weight and a screw receiving region for receiving a screw that secures the weight in the weight port.
US09387355B1	Exercise machine with resistive elements having multiple physical configurations A machine that can be selectively configured to exercise most any muscle group. The exercise machine has a large platform that supports both the elements of the exercise machine and the person exercising. A post extends upwardly from the platform. A hub rides along the length of the vertical post. At least one arm extends from the hub. Receptacles are disposed on the platform and the arms. Gimbaled connectors are provided. Each gimbaled connector is capable of being selectively received by any of the receptacles. Each gimbaled connector holds a free moving anchor post. Elastic resistive elements are provided. The first end of any elastic resistive element in use selectively interconnects with the anchor post within any gimbaled connector. The opposite second end of the elastic resistive element is connected to a garment element that is worn by the person exercising.
US09387344B2	Methods for determining absorbed dose information The disclosure discusses methods for determining absorbed dose information. A tomography imaging device generates an anatomy image relating to anatomy of a particular patient. A tomography imaging device also generates multiple radioactivity images regarding radioactivity distribution of an internally administered pharmaceutical over time in the particular patient. The radioactivity images related to the radioactivity distribution over time are registered. Each radioactivity image is combined with each anatomy image to create activity images. A Monte Carlo simulation for each activity image is run to obtain absorbed dose-rate images of the pharmaceutical at multiple times. The absorbed dose-rate images are integrated over time to obtain a total absorbed dose image. The absorbed dose-rate images and the total absorbed dose image are used to obtain a biologically effective dose (BED) image. The BED image is used to obtain an equivalent uniform does (EUD) of BED values for a chosen anatomical region.
US09387341B2	Method for the treatment of acne This application is directed to a method of treating a patient with acne by applying a photodynamic agent to skin having acne lesions, waiting at least 12 hours, and then exposing the skin to which the photodynamic agent has been applied to light that causes an activation reaction.
US09387332B2	Implantable medical devices having hollow sleeve cofire ceramic structures and methods of fabricating the same An implantable medical device (IMD) antenna and methods of fabricating the same are provided. An IMD can include a ceramic structure having at least one wall defining a hollow cavity. The ceramic structure can include a first end and a second end distal from the first end, the first and second ends being open to provide access to the hollow cavity. The IMD also includes an antenna cofire-integrated into the at least one wall of the ceramic structure and a housing adjoined to the ceramic structure.
US09387329B2	Systems and methods for determining ventricular pacing sites for use with multi-pole leads Techniques are provided for use by implantable medical devices for controlling multi-site left ventricular (MSLV) pacing using a multi-pole left ventricular (LV) lead. In various examples, a reduced number of “V sense”, “RV pace”, and “LV pace” tests are performed to determine preferred or optimal interventricular pacing delays (VV) for use with MSLV pacing. Additionally, techniques are described for sorting the order by which LV sites are to be paced during MSLV pacing. Furthermore, techniques are described for detecting and addressing circumstances where AV/PV delays are longer than corresponding AR/PR delays during MSLV.
US09387323B2	Guidewire-style pacing lead The present invention relates generally to implantable pacing leads, and more particularly to guidewire-styled temporary transvenous endocardial leads for pacing or other medical applications.
US09387294B2	Drug delivery device A drug delivery device (4) for dispensing one or more doses of a drug is provided. The device (4) comprises a drive member (1) for driving a piston rod (5) and a dose member (46) for actuating the drive member (1). The piston rod (5) is coupled to the drive member (1) such that a relative translational movement of the drive member (1) and the piston rod (5) is allowed and a relative rotational movement is prevented. The drive member (1) is configured to be driven by the dose member (46) around the longitudinal axis in a first (110) and a second rotational direction (111) opposite to each other. Furthermore, a drug delivery device (4) is provided, wherein the drive member (1) has stable and unstable states and wherein in an unstable state the drive member (1) is biased by biasing means (3) towards a stable state.
US09387285B2	Modular implantable medical pump An implantable medical pump system can include a blood pump comprising a pump housing defining a passage therethrough and a rotor within the passage. The blood pump further includes one or more elements at least partially contained within the housing adapted to actuate the rotor to drive fluid though the passage. The pump housing includes at least one coupling feature. The system further includes an inflow cannula defining a lumen therethrough. The inflow cannula is adapted to be mechanically coupled to the at least one coupling feature.
US09387281B2	Pendant hydrophile bearing biodegradable compositions and related devices A composition comprising at least one polymer having the structure A-B-A′, wherein A and A′ may be the same or different and each is a degradable polyester component and wherein B is the reaction product resulting from the reaction between a diol, having one or more pendant oligomeric or polymeric groups, and A and A′. Additionally, a bioresorbable patch comprising: (a) an adhesion barrier component comprising the composition in the form of a film; and (b) an adhesive component comprising (i) at least one synthetic adhesive polymer and/or (ii) at least one polysaccharide. Also, a method of wound healing, comprising administering the composition or apply the patch to a patient.
US09387271B2	Techniques for infusing ion clusters into a target environment A system for infusing ion clusters into a target environment includes a housing, a fan, and an ion cluster generation component. The housing has intake and outflow openings. The fan forces air through the intake opening and along a route. The interior surface areas of the housing adjacent to the route are electrically insulating. The route can take either a first path or a second path. The first path goes along a straight path from the fan, through the ion cluster generation component and through the outflow opening. The second path goes along a first segment and a second segment. The first segment runs from the fan and through the ion cluster generation component. The second segment runs from the end of the first segment and extends downwardly through the outflow opening.
US09387248B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibody composition which specifically binds to CCR4 A pharmaceutical composition, comprising an antibody composition which specifically binds to human CC chemokine receptor 4 (hereinafter also referred to as CCR4) and at least one medicament; and a pharmaceutical composition for administering in combination of a recombinant antibody against CCR4 and at least one medicament are required. The present invention can provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a recombinant antibody against CCR4 and at least one medicament; and a pharmaceutical composition for administering in combination of a recombinant antibody against CCR4 and at least one medicament.
US09387246B2	Treatment methods for rheumatoid arthritis The present invention provides methods for selecting treatment methods for rheumatoid arthritis based on an objective selection process (algorithm). The present invention also provides methods for treating rheumatoid arthritis with treatment methods selected based on the algorithm disclosed herein. The methods of the present invention provide a more effective means for treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
US09387227B2	Method for treatment of sores and lesions of the skin A composition for the topical treatment of sores, lesions, ulcers, and other disorders of the skin, said composition includes a combination of a bee product and caffeine. The bee product may comprise bee pollen, bee propolis, honey, or royal jelly. Variations of the composition may also contain a tannin. The composition may be in the form of an ointment or cream that is applied topically to an affected area of the body. The composition may also be used in other forms, such as a spray, shampoo, soap, lipstick, or adhesive bandage. The invention may also be useful as a health beverage.
US09387221B2	SDF-1 binding nucleic acids and the use thereof in cancer treatment The present invention is related to a nucleic acid molecule capable of binding to SDF-1, preferably capable of inhibiting SDF-1, whereby the nucleic acid molecule is for use in a method for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or disorder, for use in a method for the treatment of a subject suffering from a disease or disorder or being at risk of developing a disease or disorder as an adjunct therapy, or for use as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or disorder, whereby the disease or disorder is cancer.
US09387220B2	Method for inducing hepatocyte proliferation and uses thereof The present application provides methods and compositions for inducing hepatocyte proliferation and liver regeneration, the latter being mainly dependent on hepatocyte proliferation even if all the other cell types divide to reconstitute the organ specific-lobular-architecture. The methods and compositions provided herein make use of an A3AR agonist. A preferred A3AR agonist disclosed herein is Cl-IB-MECA.
US09387219B2	Edible composition Foods or meals high in available carbohydrate such as sucrose or starch increase post-prandial blood glucose concentrations. Repeated high post-prandial plasma glucose “spikes” are associated with an increased risk of developing type II diabetes. Unregulated glycemic excursions are undesirable, and any reduction or “blunting” of the post-prandial glucose concentration in blood is potentially beneficial. This invention relates to an edible composition for delay of intestinal glucose uptake through synergistic inhibition of both active sodium glucose co-transporter 1 (SGLT1) and passive glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) leading to flattening or blunting of the post-prandial glucose peak. Thus in a first aspect of the invention, an edible composition is provided, the composition comprising at least 5% dry weight at least one flavonoid aglycone and at least 5% dry weight at least one flavonoid glucoside, wherein the flavonoid glucoside is at least 20%, preferably at least 40%, most preferably at least 60% more resistant to hydrolysis by lactase phloridzin hydrolase than quercetin-4-glucoside, and wherein the flavonoid aglycone is a GLUT 2 inhibitor and the flavonoid glucoside is a SGLT 1 inhibitor.
US09387216B2	Biomarkers for treatment of neoplastic disorders using androgen-targeted therapies Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of prostate cancer in a subject in need thereof. The prostate cancer may be a castration resistant and an androgen receptor antagonist-resistant prostate cancer. The methods may comprise administering to the subject a CYP17-lyase inhibitor of Formula II.
US09387214B2	Method of identifying therapies for pulmonary hypertension The present invention is directed to a method of screening for a therapeutic agent useful for treating pulmonary hypertension comprising: contacting an erythrocyte with a candidate therapeutic agent; and detecting a presence or absence of erythrocyte-derived adenosine triphosphate, wherein a greater erythrocyte-derived adenosine triphosphate level indicates the candidate therapeutic agent has greater activity in treating pulmonary hypertension. Additionally, the present invention is directed to methods of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension by stimulating ATP release from erythrocytes through co-administration to a subject in need thereof an amount of a PDE5 inhibitor compound, and an amount of a prostacyclin compound.
US09387208B2	Pharmaceutical formulations of (S)-methyl (1-((4-(3-(5-chloro-2-fluoro-3-(methylsulfonamido)phenyl)-1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)propan-2-yl)carbamate This invention relates to solid oral pharmaceutical formulations of (S)-methyl (1-((4-(3-(5-chloro-2-fluoro-3-(methylsulfonamido)phenyl)-1-isopropyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)propan-2-yl)carbamate (COMPOUND A) and the use of the formulations for treating proliferative diseases, such as solid tumor diseases.
US09387205B2	Hydroxy-6-heteroarylphenanthridines and their use as PDE4 inhibitors Compounds of the formula Ia***** in which the substituents have the definitions provided in the specification, are novel, effective PDE4 inhibitors, useful in the treatment of atopic eczema.
US09387202B2	Pyridone amides and analogs exhibiting anti-cancer and anti-proliferative activities Compounds useful in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers according to Formula I are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment employing the compounds disclosed herein are also disclosed.
US09387201B2	Methods of providing anti-inflammation support This disclosure provides products, including pharmaceutical compositions and dietary supplements, which are useful for anti-inflammatory support.
US09387197B2	Methods for treating conditions such as dystonia and post-stroke spasticity with clonidine Effective treatments of dystonia and/or post-stroke spasticity for extended periods of time are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of clonidine at or near a target site, one can relieve dystonia and/or post-stroke spasticity caused by diverse sources. When appropriate formulations are provided within biodegradable polymers, this relief can be continued for at least five days. In some embodiments, the relief can be for at least twenty-five days, at least fifty days, at least one hundred days, at least one hundred and thirty-five days or at least one hundred and eighty days.
US09387190B2	Sustained release of topical anesthetics A composition and method to alleviate oral mucosal discomfort and irritation in an orthodontic patient. A wax matrix containing less that 15% analgesic/anesthetic agent such as benzocaine and excipients enhanced and extended release of the analgesic/anesthetic agent compared to known art formulations. The composition exhibited desirable aesthetic properties, was easy to apply, and the relatively lower concentration of active agent provided enhanced safety.
US09387180B2	Nano delivery systems for siRNA The present invention makes use of a unique methodology of double nano-encapsulation for protecting and controlling the release of active agents, either hydrophobic or hydrophilic, from stable nanoparticles of opposite characteristics. The protection of the active agent was achieved by loading the agent to be protected, into nanocarriers, which were subsequently encapsulated into sub-micron nanoparticles. The sub-micron nanoparticles formation has been successfully achieved by the use of novel nano spray techniques.
US09387175B2	Agent for evading immune response It has been found that modification of surfaces of nanoparticles with a RolA protein decreases an immunostimulation activity of the nanoparticles on myeloid dendritic cells and also decreases phagocytosis of the nanoparticles by macrophages. The present invention provides nanoparticles being modified with a biological molecule and having an immune-response evasion function.
US09387169B2	Rapamycin powders for pulmonary delivery The invention provides stable, spray-dried, particle formulations containing rapamycin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of rapamycin, which are useful for pulmonary administration to the respiratory tract of a patient for the treatment of disease.
US09387167B2	Orally administered corticosteroid compositions The present invention is directed to orally administered corticosteroid compositions. The present invention also provides a method for treating a condition associated with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract in an individual. The method comprises administering to an individual in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.
US09387166B2	Controlled release oral dosage form comprising oxycodone The present invention relates to a controlled-release oral dosage form for administration of oxycodone once a day and a method of preparing a controlled-release oral dosage form for administration of oxycodone once a day.
US09387162B2	Methods and compositions for treating conditions related to lack of blood supply, shock, and neuronal injuries A pharmaceutical composition comprising a lipid component; an amphiphilic emulsifier; and a polar liquid carrier. The lipid component and the amphiphilic emulsifier form free-moving lipid-carrying micelles (LMs) in the polar liquid carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is free of hemoglobin and fluorocarbon and can be used for treating conditions related to lack of blood supply and to raise the blood pressure.
US09387160B2	Composition and method of treating skin conditions This invention relates to compositions containing a retinoid and use of the compositions for treating skin conditions.
US09387149B2	Outer sleeve and blank therefor An outer sleeve includes first and second opposed side panels edges, hinge panels interconnecting the first and second side panels such that at least one chamber is defined between the first and second side panels, at least one of the hinge panels being hingedly connected to at least one of the first and second side panels along one of the opposed side edges of the at least one side panel, and at least one inner panel positioned at least in part inside the at least one chamber. The at least one inner panel includes a slide card locking mechanism for releasably locking at least one slide card in a locked position within the at least one chamber. The at least one side panel includes a release button positioned proximate the slide card locking mechanism of the at least one inner panel. The at least one inner panel is hingedly connected to one of the end edges of the at least one panel.
US09387148B2	Dosage form package and a frangible electrical circuit sheet therefor A frangible electrical circuit sheet for a dosage form package includes a first plurality of electrically conductive trace subnetworks interconnected with one another to form a network of electrically conductive traces and disposed on the sheet. The sheet further includes a second plurality of circuit elements connected to the network of electrically conductive traces such that each circuit element is associated with one of the subnetworks. At least some of the circuit elements have element values that differ from one another.
US09387147B2	System for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient Systems and methods related to the field of cardiac resuscitation, and in particular to devices for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are described herein. In some aspects, the system includes a chest compression sensor providing movement information during a plurality of manual chest compressions performed by a rescuer on a chest of a patient; a release sensor providing information as to whether the rescuer's hands are in contact with the release sensor during manual chest compressions or not in contact with the release sensor between manual chest compressions; a computing unit; and an audio and/or visual display providing feedback received from the computing unit to the rescuer regarding chest compression rate, chest compression depth and whether the rescuer's hands are not in contact with the release sensor between manual chest compressions.
US09387143B1	Two-piece casket cover for in-ground burial A two-piece casket containment system is provided that consist of an upper cover and lower base, both of which are made from a pliable, lightweight waterproof material, and both of which may be cinched around the casket through use of a drawstring assembly.
US09387140B2	Health care bed with variable width bed frame and method for use thereof A method for varying the width of a health care bed includes providing a health care bed having a floor engaging base frame and a bed frame, the bed frame including at least two bed sections hingedly connected to each other and each having a central frame portion and left and right wing sections, the wing sections having at least a retracted position and an extended position relative to the central frame portion, and wherein the central frame portion defines, for each wing section, at least inner and outer registration holes and the wing sections each define at least one wing hole that aligns with one of the at least inner and outer registration holes when the wing sections are in the respective retracted and extended positions, and for each wing section, at least one locking mechanism having at least one rocker bar with opposing inner and outer ends, at least one spring and at least one locking button for releasably locking the wing sections in the retracted and extended positions; unlocking the at least one locking mechanism of one of the wing sections by pushing the outer end of its rocker bar to move the opposing inner end and one of the locking buttons out of engagement with a corresponding and then aligned registration hole and wing hole; and then moving the one wing section to the desired extended or retracted position.
US09387139B2	Dual drive wheelchair A dual drive wheelchair comprising a frame with a seat, a rear driving wheel set including a cross axle and a vertical rod, wherein the cross axle connects two rear wheels, a supporting structure including a support and an axial tube, wherein the support is connected to the frame and a front driving wheel set; and the axial tube fits around the vertical rod, and further comprising a first steering member of the first turning structure connected to the support and a second steering member of the first turning structure; wherein the second steering member is fixed to the vertical rod and a control structure including a pair of backrest canes fixed to the first steering member enabling a user or a caregiver to operate the control structure of the dual drive wheelchair.
US09387138B2	Reusable outer covers for wearable absorbent articles Reusable outer covers for wearable absorbent articles.
US09387133B2	Sanitary product for a human vagina A sanitary product for use by women for the absorption of menstrual fluid has a plug and a pad joined by a sheath. The plug is substantially cylindrical so that it fits comfortably in a vaginal cavity. The pad remains outside the vaginal cavity, but has an absorbent layer on an inward side proximal to the plug and a liquid impermeable layer on an outward side. The sheath includes a tube of absorbent material for drawing excess menstrual fluid from the plug to the pad and has a layer of liquid impermeable material on its inside surface. It extends from an outward end of the plug, proximal to the pad, both to and through the pad. In use, a wearer can insert a finger into the sheath from the outward side of the pad to assist with insertion of the plug into the vaginal cavity.
US09387132B2	Disposable absorbent article A disposable absorbent article includes a chassis and a liquid-absorbent structure. The chassis has an inner sheet lying on a skin-facing side and an outer sheet lying on a garment-facing side. The outer sheet has a first outer sheet and a second outer sheet lying inside the first outer sheet. The second outer sheet is formed on its outer surface with a display area extending in a longitudinal direction. The liquid-absorbent structure is formed with a central void and lateral voids in which core material for a core is not present. The display area can be visually recognized from the garment-facing side through the first outer sheet and from the skin-facing side also through the central void of the liquid-absorbent structure.
US09387104B2	Loading basket for a stent delivery system A loading basket is secured at its proximal end to a portion of a delivery device. The stent engages with the interior of the stent basket when loaded onto the delivery device to prevent shifting or movement of the stent during delivery of the stent to a desired location within the bodily lumen. In at least one embodiment, the loading basket has a proximal end, a distal end, and a braided surface. The loading basket comprises a proximal end portion, a proximal transition portion, a body portion, a distal transition portion, a distal end portion, and an angled inward distal end. When loaded onto the delivery device, the outer surface of the stent contacts at least the angled inward distal end of the delivery device and movement of the stent is prevented.
US09387087B2	Orthopedic systems for spine and tracking control An orthopedic implant system includes an intervertebral implant. The implant includes a body having an upper surface extending generally in a first plane. The upper surface has a first plurality of longitudinal grooves and a second plurality of transverse grooves extending therealong. Portions of the upper surface extend between adjacent longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves form individual peaks. A lower surface extends generally in a second plane, parallel to the first plane. The lower surface has a third plurality of longitudinal grooves and a fourth plurality of transverse grooves extending therealong. Portions of the lower surface extend between adjacent longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves form individual peaks.
US09387085B2	Stepped tibial baseplate Disclosed herein are tibial baseplates having a medial portion and a lateral portion, each of the medial and lateral portions having a proximal surface and a distal surface opposite the proximal surface. An intermediate portion joins the medial and lateral portions, wherein the intermediate portion has a proximal surface angled to the proximal surfaces of the medial and lateral portions about a longitudinal axis of the tibial baseplate. The proximal surface of the medial portion is stepped from the proximal surface of the lateral portion about the longitudinal axis. The proximal surfaces of the medial and lateral portions are configured to receive corresponding medial and lateral inserts.
US09387081B2	Artificial joint components including synovial fluid deflecting structures and particle retaining structures Artificial joint prostheses, including hip, knee and shoulder joints, are described. In some aspects, an artificial joint prosthesis includes: a bone-facing surface of an artificial joint prosthesis, the bone-facing surface configured to face a bone-prosthesis interface in vivo; a non-contact surface of the artificial joint prosthesis, the non-contact surface adjacent to the bone-facing surface of the artificial joint prosthesis; at least one fluid deflection structure attached to the non-contact surface, the fluid deflection structure positioned to direct a flow of synovial fluid away from the bone-prosthesis interface in vivo; and at least one particle retaining structure positioned to contact the directed flow of synovial fluid and configured to retain particles present within the synovial fluid.
US09387078B2	Percutaneous mitral valve replacement and sealing Apparatus is provided for use with a prosthetic valve for implantation at a native valve of a subject, the native valve including at least one native leaflet, the apparatus including (1) a prosthetic valve support, including (a) an upstream support portion, being configured to be placed against an upstream side of the native valve, and having an inner perimeter that defines an opening that is configured to receive the prosthetic valve, and (b) at least one clip (i) comprising at least two clip arms and a clip-controller interface, the clip-controller interface being coupled to at least one of the clip arms, and (ii) being configured to be coupled to a native leaflet of the native valve; and (2) at least one clip controller, reversibly couplable to the clip-controller interface, and configured to facilitate opening and closing of the clip. Other embodiments are also described.
US09387077B2	Catheter assembly with prosthesis crimping and prosthesis retaining accessories A prosthesis retaining assembly for securing an implantable prosthesis to a catheter assembly can include a first member including a prosthesis retaining slot configured to retain a portion of the prosthesis. The retaining slot can have a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width. The first portion can be distal to the second portion. The second width can be larger than the first width, and the retaining slot can have an opening at a first surface of the first member. The prosthesis retaining assembly can also include a second member configured to be move relative to the first member. The second member can be configured to move to a position that obstructs a portion of the opening of the retaining slot.
US09387072B2	Stent features for collapsible prosthetic heart valves A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having an expanded condition and a collapsed condition. The stent includes a plurality of distal cells, a plurality of proximal cells, a plurality of support struts coupling the proximal cells to the distal cells, and at least one support post connected to a plurality of proximal cells. The proximal cells are longitudinally spaced apart from the distal cells. Various strut configurations and connections of the struts to the proximal cells and of the proximal cells to the support post improve stent flexibility and reduce stress in the valve leaflets.
US09387070B2	Prosthetic element for connecting the stapes footplate to a middle ear ossicular prosthesis A prosthetic element enables the stapes footplate to be connected to the foot of a middle ear ossicular prosthesis. The prosthetic connection element is of biocompatible material and forms part of the foot or is connected or connectable to this latter, and includes a body provided with a flat surface intended to rest on the footplate and having an area sufficient to prevent reabsorption of the footplate osseous tissue as a result of the pressure which the ossicular prosthesis exerts on the footplate. The prosthetic element includes at least two pointed projections projecting from the flat surface and to penetrate the footplate.
US09387042B2	Hyperthermia treatment and probe therefor In vivo hyperthermia treatment of a target tissue can include imaging the target tissue with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, positioning a hyperthermia treatment probe in or proximate to the target tissue based on the imaging, and heating the target tissue by the probe. During the heating, changes in temperature of a volume of tissue that includes the target tissue can be monitored with the MRI system to determine an amount of the heating applied to the target tissue, and the heating can be terminated when the amount of the heating reaches a predetermined amount.
US09387039B2	Aortic dissection septal cutting tool The present invention relates to methods of using medical cutting tools for treating aortic septal dissections.
US09387037B2	Electrosurgical generator An electrosurgical generator for generating radio frequency power, includes a radio frequency output stage having three or more output connections, and one or more sources of radio frequency output power coupled to the output stage. A controller causes the system to supply a first coagulating RF waveform to the output connections or a second cutting RF waveform to the output connections. The first RF waveform is delivered between a first pair of the output connections, and the second RF waveform is delivered between a second pair of the output connections. In a first mode of operation the controller supplies the first coagulating RF waveform, and in a second subsequent mode of operation the controller supplies the second cutting RF waveform for a first predetermined period of time followed by the first coagulating RF waveform for a second predetermined period of time, both periods being in excess of 1 second.
US09387031B2	Mesh-overlayed ablation and mapping device A medical system, including a catheter body, an elongate body disposed in the catheter body; an expandable element having a proximal portion coupled to the catheter body and a distal portion coupled to the elongate body, the distal portion of the expandable element defining the distal-most portion of the medical device; a mesh or array of longitudinal splines substantially surrounding the expandable element, at least a portion of the mesh or splines being electrically conductive; and a coolant source in fluid communication with the expandable element.
US09387029B2	Spring screw apparatuses and methods of using same Disclosed is a locking spring screw formed from a cylindrical screw body having a screw head that includes a tool slot adapted for receipt of a flexible spring member. The tool slot includes at least one outlet formed adjacent to the tool slot which is adapted for passage therethrough of a tongue extending outwardly from the spring member. A ridge is located opposite the outlet from the cylindrical screw body and formed at least partially around the circumference of the screw head wherein the spring member is retracted during installation and, upon the ridge engaging a flange, the spring member is released preventing screw head removal by entrapping the flange between the ridge and the tongue of the spring member.
US09387027B2	Implantable fixture A self-tapping fixture is implantable in a bone. The fixture extends generally longitudinally from an apical end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis L and has a periphery, the periphery comprises a first zone A extending away from the apical end to merge with a second zone B, the second zone B extending away from the first zone A to merge with a third zone C, the third zone C extending away from the second zone B to merge with a fourth zone D and the fourth zone D extending away from the third zone to terminate at the distal end of the fixture, and the third zone C is provided with a plurality of thread wraps each merging from the periphery and extending generally radially away therefrom to terminate at a generally rounded wrap ends.
US09387025B2	Bone screw and self-retaining driver Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for a bone screw and self-retaining driver. The system includes a mechanism that enables a bone screw to be rigidly attached to a screwdriver for manipulation and transfer of bone fragments and grafts to a fixation site, such as during surgery. The system includes a cannulated bone screw that has a drive connection that engages with a drive structures of a screwdriver. The bone screw also includes a structural connector that securely attaches to or receives an internal shaft or rod of the screwdriver. The internal shaft or rod of the screwdriver can rotate and slide independent of an outer shaft of screwdriver. Accordingly, the internal shaft of the screwdriver can rigidly connect with the bone screw enabling applied torque to the screwdriver to be transferred to the bone screw, without the bone screw falling off of the drive connection.
US09387021B2	Implant with semi-enclosed screws The present teachings provide an implant. The implant can include an implant body partially defining at least one threaded aperture. The implant can also include a bone fastener including a threaded portion threadably engaged with the at least one threaded aperture. The threaded aperture can circumferentially surround no more than 180° of the bone fastener.
US09387016B2	Expandable interspinous device Disclosed is a device that is configured to be implanted adjacent interspinous processes of a patient. In one aspect, a spinal implant device comprises: a spacer region adapted to be positioned between first and second spinous processes of first and second vertebral bodies to limit movement of the first spinous process and the second spinous process toward one another; and an attachment region attached to the spacer region, the attachment region adapted to attach to the first spinous process via a fastener, the attachment region comprising a pair of pads having attachment elements that are configured to attach onto the spinous process.
US09387012B2	Coupling devices and methods of using the same In one embodiment, a medical device includes an elongate member, a first coupler, and a second coupler. The elongate member has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a side portion. The side portion of the elongate member has a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion. The first receiving portion is configured to receive a first support member. The second receiving portion is configured to receive a second support member. The first coupler is coupled to the elongate member and is configured to engage the first support member to help retain the first support member within the first receiving portion. The second coupler is coupled to the elongate member and is configured to engage the second support member to help retain the second support member within the second receiving portion.
US09387008B2	Axial surgical trajectory guide, and method of guiding a medical device A surgical trajectory guide to guide a medical device to a pivot point has a base that can be attached to a patient, an axial guide member connected with the base and aligned with a pivot point along a first axis in fixed relation to the base and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The guide member has a longitudinal axis, and is connected to the base such that the longitudinal axis always passes through the pivot point, and the axial guide member is prevented from rotating around the longitudinal axis. The guide further has at least one electronic angle sensor that can automatically sense a first angle of the axial guide member relative to the local gravity vector about the first axis and a second angle of the axial guide member relative to the local gravity vector about the second axis without having to level the base.
US09387006B2	Rotational atherectomy device with distal protection capability and method of use A rotational device for removing a stenotic lesion from within a vessel of a patient is disclosed. The device comprises a flexible hollow drive shaft having a distal end insertable into the vessel and an abrasive element located on the drive shaft proximal to the distal end of the drive shaft to abrade a stenotic lesion when the drive shaft rotates. The hollow drive shaft defines a lumen for fluid supplied into the drive shaft to flow in an antegrade direction along the lumen and into the vessel from the drive shaft distal to the abrasive element so that the fluid entering the vessel flows in a retrograde direction over the abrasive element and the drive shaft to entrain debris abraded by the abrasive element for removal of said debris from the patient.
US09386996B2	Navigation and positioning instruments for joint repair An instrument for controlled delivery of a device to a target area near a defect of a bone is provided. The instrument comprises a guide frame having a plurality of device portals, each portal defining a trajectory. The guide frame further includes visual markers for aligning the guide frame to an anatomical landmark on the bone to be treated. The instrument also includes a holder for releasable attachment with the guide frame. Each device portal is configured to provide accurate and controlled delivery of the device to the target area. In one example, the markers are radiopaque, and are visualized through fluoroscopy. A method of using the instrument is also provided.
US09386987B2	Aneurysm clip A surgical clip, in particular an aneurysm clip, includes two rotatably connected clip parts, each having a clamping arm, an operating arm, and an interposed annular section with an opening. A leg spring pretensions the two clip parts into an initial rotation position. The pivot bearing of the two clip parts is formed by a bearing sleeve and the winding body of the leg spring is arranged at least in part inside the bearing sleeve.
US09386981B2	Suture passer systems and methods for palate suspension and compression Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression, and more particularly for palate or tongue suspension, are described. The system can include at least a first elongate tubular body or shaft, a needle having a lateral bias carried by the elongate body, and a retrieval element operably connected to the elongate tubular body. The needle can have a substantially straight configuration when located within the elongate tubular body, and be configured to exit an opening at or near a distal end of the elongate tubular body and assume a laterally biased or curved shape to form a path through tissue. The needle is configured to carry a suture. The retrieval element can be configured to retrieve the suture carried by the needle after the needle has formed a curved or otherwise angled path through tissue. The system can also include one or more bone anchors to secure the suture loops. Methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the palate or tongue, are also described.
US09386980B2	Wound closure device including direct-driven needle A suturing device includes a housing, a rod, a ferrule assembly, and a needle. The housing defines a guide lumen extending longitudinally therethrough. The rod is engaged with the housing and extends distally therefrom. The ferrule assembly is disposed at a distal end of the rod and is configured to releasably retain a ferrule therein. The ferrule is adapted to retain of a portion of a suture therein. The needle is configured for translation through the guide lumen defined within the housing. A distal end of the needle is configured to engage the ferrule within the ferrule assembly for removal of the ferrule from the ferrule assembly.
US09386977B2	Composite anchor The present disclosure relates to a composite anchor. The anchor includes a cannulated proximal portion having a threaded outer surface and a distal portion coupled to the proximal portion, the distal portion including a top portion, a bottom portion, and a through hole, wherein the top portion is configured to be disposed within the cannulation of the proximal portion.
US09386975B2	Interbody distractor An interbody distractor and geometry trial instrument to measure a height and an angle for an associated implant includes a height handle and an expansion head coupled to the height handle that is adapted to be positioned in a vertebral body. A wedge sleeve is coupled to the expansion head, to control an angle of a first surface plate and a second surface plate of the expansion head when the wedge sleeve interacts with the expansion head. A wedge sleeve knob is adapted to drive the wedge sleeve linearly towards the vertebral body when the wedge sleeve knob is actuated. A height of the expansion head and an angle of the first and the second surface plate are measured to determine the height and the angle of the associated implant when the height handle and the wedge sleeve knob are actuated.
US09386968B2	Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture An apparatus for sealing a puncture through tissue having an introducer sheath therein includes an elongate positioning member including a housing on a proximal end and an expandable member on a distal end, and a cartridge advanceable along the positioning member from a proximal position to a distal position. The cartridge includes a tubular member including a sealant and an advancer member disposed within lumen of the tubular member. A sleeve is slidably disposed over the tubular member distal end such that, when the tubular member is advanced over the positioning member, the tubular member distal end enters the introducer sheath while the sleeve is stopped and slides over the tubular member to expose the tubular member distal end within the introducer sheath. The introducer sheath and cartridge are then withdrawn, exposing the sealant within the puncture.
US09386963B2	Biopsy channel attachment adaptor An adaptor for an endoscopic device includes (a) a cylindrical core extending from a first end to a second end along a central axis and (b) a collar slidably received over the core. The second end includes first and second slots defining first and second arms which radially expandable toward the axis and away from the axis. The second end is sized and dimensioned to engage an end of a first conduit of a biopsy device. The collar extends from a first end to a second end and being movable from a first position in which the second end of the collar is axially separated from the arms and a second position in which a portion of the collar is positioned over the arms radially compressing the arms to lockingly grasp a free end of a first conduit positioned therebetween to create a fluid-tight seal about the first conduit.
US09386954B2	Method of fabricating a multi-electrode array A multi-electrode array with individually isolated electrodes each configurable for a target-containing carrier and a method for fabricating the array are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the array includes a substrate; and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate. Each electrode of the plurality of electrodes has a conductive tip-end and an insulated remainder. A first electrode of the plurality of electrodes has a first configuration selected to bring a conductive tip end of the first electrode in proximity to a first target structure, and a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes has a second configuration selected to bring a conductive tip end of the second electrode in proximity to a second target structure. The first configuration and the second configuration are different. A first contact of the plurality of contacts may be electrically coupled to the first electrode through the substrate.
US09386952B2	Method and device(s) for diagnosis and/or treatment of sleep apnea and related disorders Method and device for diagnosing and/or treating sleep apnea and related sleep disorders, such as snoring and respiratory effort-related arousals, includes an inflatable implement which is applied to the external surface of the chest and/or abdomen (Vest). Pressure is caused to rise to a predetermined positive value. The rate of airflow into and/or out of said Vest is monitored, whereby the Vest Flow is displayed or processed to obtain information about the breathing characteristics of the patient.
US09386946B2	Urine bag for collecting body fluids A bag for collecting body fluids, such as urine or vomit, wherein the bag in compact condition includes a front side, a back side, a bottom and at least two side edges, where a bag opening is formed opposite the bottom. The bag includes an expandable bead arranged in or close to the bag opening to keep the bag open. The bead can have several chambers that can be inflated or expanded by a resiliently deformable material arranged in the chambers. A removable absorbing material is arranged at the bottom of the bag so that a sample of the fluid can be taken before it is absorbed. At least a part of the sides of the bag can be transparent. Identification means can be provided to enable identification of the user whose liquid has been collected. The bag and the bead can be compressed and stored in compact condition.
US09386928B2	Blood pressure cuff A blood pressure cuff includes a first bladder having a width, and a length transverse to the width. The blood pressure cuff also includes a second bladder connected to the first bladder and a port fluidly connected to at least one of the first and second bladders.
US09386924B2	Body area network pairing improvements for clinical workflows A method for establishing a connection between a first electronic computing device and a second electronic computing device includes moving the second electronic computing device so that it is proximal to the first electronic computing device. When the first electronic computing device detects the proximity of the first electronic computing device relative to the second electronic computing device, a radio on the first electronic device is set to a connectable and discoverable state. A wireless connection is automatically established between the first electronic computing device and the second electronic computing device. Data is transmitted between the first electronic computing device and the second electronic computing device.
US09386922B2	Device, system and method for assessing attitude and alignment of a surgical cassette A system and method of receiving a cassette to a console of a phacoemulsification system. The system and method may include receiving the cassette in close proximity to a cassette receptacle comprising a receiving surface, sensing variations in at least two variable resistances mounted respectively diagonally about the receiving surface, and comparing the variations as between the at least two variable resistances to assess an attitude of the cassette. The system and method may optionally include clamping the cassette responsively to the comparing step.
US09386921B2	Systems and methods for miniaturizing eyetracking systems A miniature eye tracking system is disclosed that includes a camera, a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device, and a processor. The camera images an eye. The MEMS device controls the view-direction of the camera. The processor receives an image of the eye from the camera, determines the location of the eye within the camera image, and controls the MEMS to keep the camera pointed at the eye. In another embodiment, the MEMS device controls an adjustable focus of the camera. The processor determines the focus condition of the eye image, and controls the MEMS device to maintain a desired focus condition of the camera on the eye. In another embodiment, the MEMS device controls an adjustable camera zoom. The processor determines the size of the eye image within the overall camera image, and controls the MEMS to maintain a desired size of the eye image within the overall camera image.
US09386920B2	Ophthalmologic image processing apparatus An ophthalmic image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store a fundus image and a first partial image, the first partial image being a partial image photographed for a part of the fundus image and having a higher resolution than the fundus image; and a display control unit configured to combine the first partial image with respect to an image region on the fundus image corresponding to the first partial image, and to display a combined image of the fundus image and the first partial image on a display medium.
US09386918B2	Ophthalmic surgical system with blue light filtering An ophthalmic surgical system can include a light source configured to generate a light beam and a filter wheel disposed between the light source and an intraocular illumination device. The filter wheel can include an unfiltered area, a first filtered area, and a second filtered area. The first and second filtered areas can limit transmission of certain wavelengths of the light beam to the intraocular illumination device. The system can include an actuator configured to selectively move the filter wheel to cause the light beam to pass through the unfiltered area, the first filtered area, and/or the second filtered area. The system can include a computing device configured to provide a control signal to the actuator. The computing device can be configured to provide a control signal to the actuator based on a beam location, a beam composition, an exposure time, and/or a limited visibility condition.
US09386917B2	Light intensity control apparatus, light intensity control method, program, and ophthalmologic apparatus Provided is a light intensity control apparatus including: a photometry value calculation portion for measuring reflected light from a fundus under illumination of an observation light source; an observation light source control portion for controlling a light intensity of the observation light source based on photometry information obtained by the photometry value calculation portion, the light intensity of the observation light source obtained in the measurement, and a correction value of the light intensity of the observation light source; and a photographing light source control portion for controlling a light intensity of a light source of a photographing light source based on the photometry information obtained by the photometry value calculation portion, the light intensity of the observation light source obtained in the measurement, and a correction value of the light intensity of the photographing light source.
US09386916B2	Three-blade spinal retractor A three-blade spinal retractor utilizes adjustable and lockable translating arms with angulating blades to provide triangulated medial/lateral and cephalad/caudal tissue retraction for spinal surgeries via the adjustably lockable translating arms. A medial/lateral translating arm with an angularly adjustable retraction blade co-acts and cooperates with angularly adjacent first and second cephalad/caudal translating arms with angularly adjustable retraction blades for tissue retraction and surgical site access. A plate having a medial/lateral adjustment system adjustably holds the medial/lateral translating arm, a first cephalad/caudal adjustment system adjustably holding the first cephalad/caudal translating arm and a second cephalad/caudal adjustment system adjustably holding the second cephalad/caudal translating arm. The translating arms each have a blade holder that provides angular adjustment of the blade. Angular adjustment of each blade along with medial/lateral and cephalad/caudal adjustment provides improved preciseness and stability in positioning, tissue distraction, and surgical site access.
US09386915B2	Disposable, self-contained laryngoscope and method of using same The present invention is generally directed toward a laryngoscope having a handle, a rigid cylindrical tube, and an optical subassembly. The handle has a distal end and a proximate end. The tube is hollow and also has a distal end having a distal opening and a proximate end having a proximate opening. The optical subassembly includes a light source located within the handle, a power source located within the handle and in communication with the light source and a light carrier extending between the handle and the tube and in communication with the light source and providing light inside and along the entire length of the tube.
US09386898B2	Washing combination for the cleaning of floors or other planar surfaces Method of wringing of the sponge mop pad provided on mops comprising a soleplate whereon is applied such a pad, and fixed to the distal end of a shaft, characterized in that the cleaning and the wringing of the mop pad are obtained simultaneously by placing the unit comprised of said soleplate and said mop pad in a position parallel to the axis of the shaft and by moving a slide comprising a cleaning and wringing wiper along said ensemble, said slide exerting, during its movements, a wiping action on the lower surface of the soleplate and a wringing pressure on said surface of the mop pad. The invention also relates to a washing combination allowing for the implementation of this method.
US09386888B2	Molded stackable bathtub with apron and mounting assembly A molded bathtub and mounting assembly is provided that includes a molded bathtub having a basin, a rim attached to and extending at least partially around an upper end of the basin, and an apron attached to the rim and extending downwardly therefrom; and a mounting assembly including a mounting member and a mounting clip, and a gap located between a portion of the mounting clip and the mounting member, the gap configured to receive a lower end of the apron. Multiple bathtubs may be stacked together in an inverted position with an upper bathtub receiving the basin of a lower bathtub in a cavity of the upper bathtub defined by the basin therein.
US09386886B2	Over sink kitchen work station An over sink work station comprising a frame and two or more inserts, the frame having two or more openings with each opening adapted to removably receive an insert and at least a first insert comprising a container.
US09386884B2	Food processor A food processor is provided with a wide feed tube. The food processor has a pusher that cooperates with a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism comprises a linkage assembly that prevents the food processor's motor from operating unless the pusher is inserted into the feed tube.
US09386882B2	Compact blender for frozen beverages A blender that is compact enough for home use, rugged enough to blend frozen beverages, simple to use and safe. The blender includes an upper housing, with a front housing door; that covers the moving blending machinery. The blender also includes a cupholder receiving area which allows the user to safely insert a frozen beverage cup inside a cupholder for blending. After the start button is pressed, a cupholder lip will be grasped by the clamping jaw of an elevator assembly to lift the cupholder. As the cupholder is lifted upward, a cover will be pressed over the top opening of the inserted cup to prevent spillage during blending. The elevator assembly will then continue to lift the cupholder upward until the rotating cutter blades of a spindle assembly cut through successive layers of the frozen beverage.
US09386878B2	Milk heating and dispensing and flavor dispensing system, method, and apparatus The present disclosure includes a milk heating system, methods, and apparatus for combining milk, which is heated, ambient, or chilled, selectively with or without being infused with air, and selectively dispensed with or without flavorings. The apparatus and method disclosed includes structures for selectively combining milk with air and flavorings to dispense a selected combination of ingredients. The assembly includes a dispensing head assembly having a flavoring dispensing component and a milk dispensing component. The flavoring dispensing component can be coupled to the milk dispensing component for combining ingredients and dispensing into a container. The milk dispensing component includes a single path for the introduction of a flow of milk and a single path for the introduction of steam. The milk path and steam path are oriented to be fed into an intermediate passage which communicates with a swirl cavity defined by the mixing chamber. The introduction of milk and steam is controlled to provide a variety of selected conditions of the resulting combination. The flavor dispensing component introduces flavorings at least partially downstream from the mixing of the milk and steam to produce one or more flavorings with the milk component.
US09386869B2	Cover device for a drink container A cover device (2) for a drink container comprises a basic assembly (9) which is provided with a drink opening (32), and a valve arrangement (20) for blocking or unblocking a passage to the drink opening (32) from a drink container side of the cover device (2). The valve arrangement (20) comprises a valve element (26) having two portions (27, 28) which are connected to each other through an area of the valve element (26) at a position where the valve element (26) is hingably associated with the basic assembly (9), and wherein only one of the two portions (27, 28) is in direct communication with the drink opening (32) of the basic assembly (9), so that a smallest total moment of force may be realized on the one portion (28) when the valve element (26) is subjected to pressure from the drink container side of the cover device (2).
US09386868B2	Pillow napkin dispensing system and method A dispenser for pillow napkins is provided that includes a carton having a bottom panel, opposite left and right panels extending vertically from the bottom panel, opposite front and back panels positioned between the left and right panels and extending vertically from the bottom panel, and a top panel extending parallel to the bottom panel. Left and right supports are positioned within a cavity of the carton. A plurality of pillow napkins are wound about a spool. The spool is positioned in the cavity such that the spool rotatably engages the left and right supports and the pillow napkins are spaced apart from the top and bottom panels. Methods of use are provided.
US09386865B2	Storage bin system Disclosed is a storage bin apparatus including a bin support, the bin support including a bottom panel and a front stop; and a mounting adapter, the mounting adapter attached to the bin support at a connection point and extending from the connection point away from the front stop, the mounting adapter mountable to a mounting member. Also disclosed is a storage bin system including a bin support, the bin support including a bottom panel and a front stop; and a bin.
US09386855B2	Storage rack and cross-bar support A cross-bar is provided for a shelving assembly having vertical corner posts joined by horizontal deck beams with the cross-bar extending between deck beams to support the shelving material supported by the beams. The cross-bar has an offset connecting bracket at each end. The offset allows the bracket to fit underneath a deck beam flange so the bracket can engage protruding rivets on the inside of open-section deck beams.
US09386852B2	Guide, bearing means for a guide and method and parts for forming bearing means for a guide A modular ball bearing retaining cage and a slide guide employing such a cage are disclosed. The cage includes a bridge part having opposed end parts spaced by a mid-section and module strips that are connected to the end parts. Each module strip includes one or more guide strip modules. At least some of the guide strip modules include ball bearings disposed in openings provided in respective guide strip modules. The end parts and the guide strip modules have cooperative coupling elements that permit coupling therebetween. The module strips are disposed in guide tracks defined by walls of inner and outer profiles of the slide guide and the ball bearings run within the guide tracks to allow extension of the inner profile with respect to the outer profile. Stop modules may be coupled to the module strips via coupling elements to limit relative travel of the profiles.
US09386843B2	Adjusting brushhead for facial contours An adjusting brushhead includes a base assembly which is removably connectable to an electric skin care appliance. The brushhead also includes an inner brush assembly which oscillates in operation by a drive member with motor action. The brushhead further includes an outer brush assembly which is mounted to the base assembly by mounting elements, permitting the outer brush assembly to move in accordance with facial contours.
US09386842B2	Broom with hooked bristles section A broom with hooked bristles section that may include a broom handle and a broom head having an upper section, a lower section, a first side and a second side. The broom handle may attach to the upper section of the broom head. A plurality of straight bristles may attach to the first side of the lower section of the broom head, while a plurality of hooked bristles may attach to the second side of the lower section of the broom head. The plurality of hooked bristles allows for the ability to collect and remove debris from underneath objects.
US09386812B2	Articles of apparel incorporating cushioning elements Cushioning elements for apparel may include a pair of material layers and a pad component that is located between and secured to the material layers. At least one surface of the pad component includes a plurality of grooves. In some configurations, both surfaces include the grooves. Moreover, the grooves may be elongate and extend at least partially across the pad component.
US09386792B2	Meal intended for human consumption This invention relates to a plurality of compositions for dietary health management and its use in the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes, and also in the prevention and/or management of obesity and generally in weight management and loss. Thus a meal intended for human consumption is provided, the meal comprising: (a) 250-650 kilocalories (1045-4180 kiloJoules); (b) 10-50, preferably 20-50, more preferably 30-50 g fiber; (c) 10-50, preferably 10-30, more preferably 10-20 g protein; (d) 0 to 5, preferably less than 3 g starch; and (e) 0 to 2, preferably 0 to 1, most preferably 0 to 0.5 g lactose; (f) at least 20, preferably at least 30, most preferably at least 40 mg of any one flavonoid aglycone; and (g) at least 30, preferably at least 40, most preferably at least 50 mg of any one flavonoid glucoside; wherein the meal comprises 75-1000 mg of total flavonoid aglycone and flavonoid glucoside, wherein the meal comprises no more than 250 mg of any one flavonoid aglycone, wherein the meal comprises no more than 250 mg of any one flavonoid glucoside.
US09386790B2	Fasting condition as dietary treatment of diabetes A method of alleviating symptoms of, or treating, pancreatic beta-cell damage in a subject includes a step of identifying a subject having pancreatic beta-cell damage. Multiple cycles of a diet protocol are administered to the subject. The diet protocol includes administering of a fasting mimicking diet and a re-feeding diet where the fasting mimicking diet is provided for a first time period and the re-feeding diet is provided for a second time period.
US09386765B1	Reeled string duck decoy A reeled string duck decoy that provides an internally removable string reel via a gasketed removable panel, a decoy sealed against water invasion, a decoy that allows floatation height adjustment via an aperture with plug, allowing addition and subtraction of a material, a decoy that provides selective and varied attachment of a weight to the keel, and a decoy that provides a choice of either the head end facing winds and currents or having the tail end facing winds and currents.
US09386760B2	Adjustable harness for pet and methods of use A animal restraint adjustable harness having a two part pivotable frame having a set of fingers or arms extended therefrom to encircle or saddle an animal body, a spring hinge to force the fingers together, tabs or opening handles to separate the fingers, one or more harness straps, and a leash clip positioned thereon the frame and, thus such harness enables a single person to quickly and/or efficiently place the harness assembly on the animal using one hand and such harness enables safe restraint of the animal without causing the animal to choke or wheeze.
US09392726B2	Airflow control system An information handling system (IHS) cooling system includes a multi-IHS chassis having at least one fan system that produces an airflow. An IHS is positioned in the multi-IHS chassis. The IHS includes an IHS chassis that houses a processing system and a memory system. An airflow channel is defined within the IHS chassis and is configured to receive at least a portion of the airflow produced by the at least one fan system. An airflow impedance element is positioned in the airflow channel, and includes a first orientation in which the airflow impedance element extends into the airflow channel to impede airflow through the airflow channel. The airflow impedance element is configured to change shape as a function of temperature into at least one second orientation that reduces the impedance of airflow through the airflow channel. In some embodiments, the airflow impedance element is a bimetallic plate.
US09392724B2	Power supply system comprising a power converter unit and a rack A power supply system having a power converter unit and a rack. The rack has a shelf and a shelf connection device. The power converter unit has a housing and a unit connection device, where the unit connection device is adapted to be releasably locked to the shelf connection device when the power converter unit is inserted into the shelf. The shelf connection device has a recess, and the unit connection device has a plate spring and an actuating device. A first end of the plate spring is connected to the housing and a second end of the plate spring is supported on or connected to the actuating device. The actuating device is arranged to move the plate spring between a locked position, in which the plate spring is protruding from the housing into the recess, and an open position, in which the plate spring is retracted from the recess.
US09392722B2	Cable backplane assembly and method An electronic device includes a bulkhead assembly. The bulkhead assembly includes a bulkhead and one or more cable cassettes coupled to the bulkhead. The cable cassettes include floating connectors. The cable cassettes are modular assemblies that contain all the wiring and connectors. As the connectors float in the cable cassettes, the cable cassettes are blind mated to the bulkhead as standalone units.
US09392715B2	Display device A display device having a compact structure includes a main board and an inverter board of the display device connected to each other. A bracket supports the main board and the inverter board. The bracket includes a shielding part to block electromagnetic waves, an inverter board holding part to allow the inverter board to be easily seated on the bracket, and a support and fixing part to support and fix the bracket. Further, a front cover and a back cover are connected in a snap-fit manner, and a bottom chassis includes a cable receipt groove to organize the internal wiring of the display device.
US09392714B2	Power semiconductor module and method of manufacturing a power semiconductor A power semiconductor module, and method for its manufacture, comprising a first housing part having a cutout and a DC voltage load connection apparatus forming a structural unit, wherein the DC voltage load connection apparatus has first and second DC voltage load connection elements. The first DC voltage load connection element has a first leadthrough section arranged in the cutout, and the second DC voltage load connection element has a second leadthrough section arranged in the cutout forming a gap therebetween. The first and second leadthrough sections are sheathed by an elastomer, which fills the gap, is cohesively connected to the first and second leadthrough sections and seals off the first and second leadthrough sections with respect to the first housing part. The inventive power semiconductor module exhibits a high resistance to thermal cycling, and the distance between the DC voltage load connection elements can be configured to be small.
US09392710B2	Waterproof structure for electronic unit A waterproof structure for an electronic unit includes a sub-case that defines an accommodating portion that accommodates a first terminal, and has a cable guiding hole that communicates with the accommodating portion. A potting resin filled in the accommodating portion is also filled in a space between a cable and the cable guiding hole. The cable includes a first sheath that covers a conductor and is made of a first resin material, and a second sheath that covers the first sheath. The second sheath and the potting resin are made of a second resin material that is different from the first resin material.
US09392701B2	Electronic component package An electronic component package includes a substrate having at least one electronic circuit; a sealing resin for sealing the electronic circuit, at least one filler on which at least one crack is formed being filled in the sealing; and a metal film formed on a top surface of the sealing resin, a root of the metal film being embedded in the crack on the filler. The electronic component package can shield the environmental electromagnetic noise and satisfy with lightweight requirement for the integrated circuit modules.
US09392697B2	Package and method of manufacturing package thereof A method of manufacturing a package may include forming a package module by disposing a plurality of components on an insulating plate filled with a viscous insulating liquid and curing the viscous insulating liquid, exposing at least portions of terminals of the plurality of components by polishing the insulating plate to have a predetermined thickness and then etching at least one portion of the insulating plate, forming a conductive stud on the at least exposed portions of the terminals and cutting the package module into predetermined unit packages, and examining reliability of a printed circuit board and bonding the unit package to the printed circuit board having confirmed reliability using the conductive stud.
US09392692B2	Wiring substrate having border portion separating two side metallic foils and manufacturing method of wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a resin substrate in which first and second through holes are formed, a metallic foil on one surface of the resin substrate coating the through holes and separated into first and second side metallic foils by a border, a first connecting portion formed by a plating film inside the first through hole, a second connecting portion formed by a plating film inside the second through hole, a first slit facing the border and penetrating through the metallic foil and the first connecting portion, a second slit facing the border and penetrating through the metallic foil and the second connecting portion, first and second plating layers on front surfaces of the first and second side metallic foils, bottom surfaces of the first and second connecting portions, and side surfaces inside the first and second slits of the first and second side metallic foils.
US09392687B2	Circuit board A circuit board includes a multi-layer structure, a ceramic member, and a first conductive layer. The multi-layer structure has a thru-hole penetrating two opposite board surfaces thereof. The multi-layer structure includes a plurality of stacked plates and an adhesive connecting any two stacked plates. The ceramic member is arranged in the thru-hole of the multi-layer structure, and a surface of the ceramic member is approximately coplanar with a board surface of the multi-layer structure. The adhesive is adhered on the lateral surface of the ceramic member for connecting the ceramic member and the plates. The first conductive layer is formed on the board surface of the multi-layer structure and the surface of the ceramic member. Thus, the circuit board of the instant disclosure can be applied to a high-heat-generating product and is different from a conventional circuit board.
US09392685B2	Transparent conductive film and touch panel The present invention provides a transparent conductive film in which occurrence of scratches during sliding is suppressed even when transparent conductive layer forming surfaces are so arranged as to face each other. Provided is a transparent conductive film comprising a transparent film base; at least one dielectric layer formed on a first main surface of the transparent film base; and a transparent conductive layer formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the transparent conductive layer is patterned; and the surface on the first main surface of the transparent conductive film has an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of 22 nm or more, and has 140/mm2 or more of protrusions having heights of 250 nm or higher at a pattern-opening part in which the transparent conductive layer is not formed.
US09392681B2	Borehole power amplifier Borehole tools and methods for analyzing earth formations are disclosed herein. An example borehole tool disclosed herein includes an RF particle accelerator. The particle accelerator includes an accelerator waveguide for accelerating electrons. The borehole tool also includes a power amplification circuit that is based on a wide bandgap semiconductor material, such as a combination of gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN). The power amplification circuit amplifies an initial input RF signal and provides a driving RF output signal to drive acceleration of the electrons within the accelerator waveguide.
US09392680B2	Plasma generator, and cleaning and purifying device apparatus and small-sized electrical appliance using plasma generator A plasma generator 1 includes a first electrode 12 provided in a gas storage section 5; and a second electrode 13 separated from the first electrode 12 and provided in a manner such that at least the portion coupled with the first electrode 12 is in contact with a liquid 17 in a liquid storage section 4. Electric discharge is caused between the first electrode 12 and the second electrode 13 so as to produce plasma in a gas region in the liquid 17 in the liquid storage section and produce hydroxyl radical from water contained in the liquid 17 and oxygen contained in the gas. A voltage controller 60 controls a voltage applied by a plasma power source 15 depending on conditions.
US09392668B2	Lighting device and lighting fixture The lighting device according to the present invention includes a power supply circuit, a temperature detection circuit, and a temperature control circuit. The power supply circuit supplies operation power to a light source including a solid state light emitting device. The temperature detection circuit measures a surrounding temperature of the light source and outputs the measured surrounding temperature as a detection temperature. The temperature control circuit determines whether an increase rate of the surrounding temperature exceeds a predetermined criterion value. When determining that the increase rate exceeds the criterion value, the temperature control circuit performs a process of decreasing a temperature of the light source.
US09392655B2	LED lighting device and illuminating device According to one embodiment, an LED lighting device comprises at least one normally-on type switching element, an output generation unit that generates DC output by an on-off operation of the switching element, a semiconductor light emitting element that is lit by the DC output generated by the output generation unit, and a driving control unit that causes the switching element to perform an off operation using a current passed through the semiconductor light emitting element.
US09392654B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a power adjustment to a lighting device Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes determining a power adjustment to a load, determining whether a switching frequency of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal is within a specific range, and adjusting the switching frequency of the PWM signal based on the power adjustment to control power transfer to the load. The switching frequency is adjusted to remain in the specific range.
US09392631B2	Wireless communication apparatus A wireless communication apparatus carries out a first data transfer in a first wireless communication method to another apparatus using a physical layer and a data link layer of the first wireless communication method, carries out a second data transfer of a higher speed than the first data transfer to the other apparatus in the first wireless communication method using a physical layer and a data link layer of a second wireless communication method, and further carries out a third data transfer to the other apparatus in the second wireless communication method using the physical layer and data link layer of the second wireless communication method; and limits operations of carrying out the third data transfer by the physical layer and data link layer of the second wireless communication method when an instruction for the second data transfer is given.
US09392630B2	Method for wireless fidelity peer-to-peer communication and device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for performing Wi-Fi P2P communication and a device therefor, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving a first beacon message from an owner of a Wi-Fi P2P group; and confirming a plurality of slots which are formed between a time when the first beacon message is received and a time when a next second beacon message is received, by using the first beacon message, wherein each slot of the plurality of the slots corresponds to one service type, and in one or more slots corresponding to interested services among the plurality of the slots, a Wi-Fi P2P device performs an operation for Wi-Fi P2P communication, and in one or more slots corresponding to uninterested services among the plurality of slots, the Wi-Fi P2P device stands by in a sleep mode.
US09392625B1	Optimal use of multiple concurrent internet protocol (IP) data streams for voice communications Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. The communications server determines a packet quality for each corresponding packet in the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams and creates a blended IP packet data media stream by selecting the highest quality packet from among the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams. On the send side, the communications server receives a single IP packet data media stream and simultaneously fully and partially encodes it to be sent out over the multiple different IP based networks to the hybrid mobile device.
US09392621B2	Initiating a random access procedure for determining communication parameters Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate commanding a wireless device to transmit a random access channel (RACH) signal to measure communication parameters related thereto. The wireless device can transmit a RACH preamble upon receiving a command, and one or more parameters can be computed based at least in part on transmitting the command and/or receiving the RACH preamble, such as a round trip time, a received signal power, and/or the like. The one or more parameters can be communicated to the wireless device in a RACH response signal, and can be utilized by the wireless device. The wireless device can utilize the one or more parameters to estimate a distance for position determination, compute a path loss, and/or the like.
US09392609B2	Method and apparatus for removing inter-heterogeneous cell interference Disclosed are a method and apparatus for removing inter-heterogeneous cell interference. A terminal apparatus for removing inter-heterogeneous cell interference comprises: a receiver which receives, from a first base station which is a serving base station, a signal for instructing that a request for interference coordination information required for inter-heterogeneous cell interference coordination be made to a second base station which is heterogeneous to the first base station; a transmitter which transmits, to the second base station, a predetermined physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble which notifies said request through a PRACH; a receiver which receives the interference coordination information from the second base station; and a transmitter which transmits the received interference coordination information to the first base station.
US09392607B2	Two-dimensional UE pairing in MIMO systems A method and a radio base station are provided for selecting a first User Equipment (UE) and at least a second UE from a plurality of UEs, for sharing a transmission resource in the time-frequency dimension in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission. A first and second imperfection of Channel State Information (CSI) made available for the first UE and second UE, respectively is estimated (410, 420). Spatial correlation between the first UE and the at least second UE is estimated (450), and the first and at least second UE are selected (470) to share a transmission resource in the time-frequency dimension, if both of the first and second imperfections are determined above (430, 440) a first threshold and the spatial correlation is determined below (460) a second threshold.
US09392588B2	Method and apparatus for uplink ACK/NACK resource allocation A method is provided to allocate resources for wireless communications. The method includes grouping downlink control channels from multiple subframes and ordering the downlink control channels across downlink subframes having a first control channel element located in a first symbol map and associated with reserved resources for an uplink channel. The method employs a symbol first mapping or a mixed-symbol/subframe first mapping to efficiently allocate the resources.
US09392587B2	Method for transmitting control information and device for same The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system operating as TDD, and a device for same. The method includes transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat request-Acknowledgement (HARQ) in a subframe n through Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and a transmission power of the PUCCH relates to a method determined using Equation 4 or 5, and a device for same.
US09392581B2	Communication system, mobile station, base station, response decision method, resource configuration decision method, and program It is possible to solve the problem that a downstream control information amount is significantly increased if allocation information is periodically reported because no allocation method of a default E-DCH resource configuration is defined for a preamble signature. A base station and a mobile station decide a default resource configuration by using a total number of resource configurations or a value obtained from the total number.
US09392574B1	Notification factors and rules for proactive notification of potential service impacts A method of sending proactive notification of potential wireless communications service impacts. The method comprises when a top cell tower on a user equipment's notification cell tower list is forecast to have potential service impact, wherein a top cell tower is the cell tower with the most traffic volume usage by a user equipment on a notification cell tower list of the user equipment, sending a notification to the user equipment a predefined period of time before the potential service impact is forecast to occur, wherein the format of the notification is selected based on at least one of the type of a subscriber of the user equipment, a wireless communications service plan type, a call pattern, an interaction-with-customer-service pattern, and a churn risk level, wherein a churn risk level corresponds to a possibility of a subscriber transferring to another mobile communication network.
US09392570B1	Method of using aircraft for providing mobile network connection and locating subscribers in specified areas A system for tracking mobile subscribers, the system includes an aircraft having an on-board virtual BTS that substitutes for a stationary BTS. The virtual BTS emulates a behavior of the stationary BTS so as to be indistinguishable from the stationary BTS to the mobile device, including emulation of communication protocols and billing operations The virtual BTS communicate with the mobile devices. The virtual BTS includes a processor running Software Defined Radio (SDR) and a signal amplifier, the SDR receiving identifiers of the mobile devices. The aircraft includes a high-gain antenna for determining directions of signals from the mobile devices. A camera on board the aircraft takes images or video of an area on the ground. The processor collects and processes the images or video, the directions of the signals and the identifiers of the mobile devices to locate a specific subscriber. The processor transmits the processed information to a server.
US09392559B2	Uplink interference suppression in a wireless communication network A method and a controlling device of uplink interference suppression in a cell served by a base station of a wireless communication network are disclosed. The method comprises determining if there is a UE in the cell whose transmit power reaches its minimum transmit power limit, and when determining that the transmit power of the UE reaches its minimum transmit power limit, adjusting at least one parameter such that a Carrier-to-interference Ratio (CIR) for the UE in case that the UE transmits at the minimum transmit power limit is not greater than a target CIR for the UE that supports the lowest grantable uplink data rate of the UE.
US09392553B2	Determining power headroom in a wireless network Methods and apparatus for power control are described. Methods are included for calculating and signaling power control related data to support multiple component carriers (CCs) for which transmission may be accomplished with one or more WTRU power amplifiers (PAs). Methods are included for calculating and signaling one or more of CC-specific power control related data and PA-specific power control related data. The power control related data may include one or more of maximum power, power headroom, and transmit power. Methods for selecting which power control related data to exchange are included. Methods are included for calculating and signaling power control related data for physical UL shared channel (PUSCH), physical UL control channel (PUCCH), and simultaneous PUSCH and PUCCH transmission.
US09392548B2	Method of controlling for transmission power and device therefor In various embodiments, a method for controlling device transmission power is disclosed. The method may include performing communication at first transmission power using a first communication module, performing communication at a second transmission power using a second communication module, and/or adjusting a transmission power of the first communication module from the first transmission power to a second transmission power for at least a part of time while performing communication using the second communication module.
US09392544B2	Wireless digital communication method and system The present invention discloses a wireless digital communication method and a wireless digital communication system, relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and can increase the flexibility of communication in a wireless audio transmission system and the utilization ratio of resources of the system and effectively reduce the power consumption of the system. A wireless digital communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: acquiring communication status indication information which indicates a receiving terminal status and/or a channel status; generating frame structure adjustment information when it is known from the communication status indication information that a communication status has changed, and transmitting the frame structure adjustment information to a corresponding receiving terminal, wherein the frame structure adjustment information comprises radio packet adjustment information; and adjusting an adopted frame structure according to the frame structure adjustment information and performing data communication with the receiving terminal according to the adjusted frame structure. This solution applies to various wireless communication systems having high requirements on the transmission quality.
US09392543B2	Wireless communication system, data transmitter apparatus, data wireless receiver apparatus, and wireless communication method A transport header analyzing unit (133) analyzes, on the basis of the TCP header of transport data transmitted from a transmitter terminal (100) to a receiver terminal (200), whether the transport data is an acknowledgement response in a TCP communication. If the transport data is not an acknowledgement response, a synchronization pre-processing unit (134) determines, on the basis of the TCP header of the transport data, whether synchronization information, which is required to operate in a power saving mode together with an access point (300), is added to the IP header of the transport data. A synchronization information processing unit (235) adds, to the IP header of the transport data indicating an acknowledgement response to received data that is received from the transmitter terminal (100), the synchronization information that is required to operate in the power saving mode together with the access point (300).
US09392538B2	Automated wireless channel changing A user device may determine wireless channel load values for multiple wireless channels, each wireless channel load value indicating a load, of the corresponding wireless channel, due to wireless activity by a set of network devices that does not include a first network device connected to the user device; display information regarding the wireless channel load values, the information including an indication of a recommended one of the plurality of wireless channels; receive a selection to change a first wireless channel of the plurality of channels, via which the user device and the network device communicate, to a second wireless channel of the plurality of channels; determine computer code corresponding to a particular model of the first network device; and execute the determined computer code to interact with the first network device to change the wireless channel from the first wireless channel to the second wireless channel.
US09392533B1	Methods and systems for determining a position of a user equipment device in a multi-band wireless communication system Methods and systems for determining how much time a user equipment (UE) device should spend scanning for base station signals and how often the UE device should provide reports to a position determining equipment (PDE) device regarding the scanned base station signals so as to determine an accurate position of the UE device, especially while the UE device is in motion or within areas of low base station density, are described. Selecting the rate to scan base station signals for a given frequency band can be based, at least in part, on the availability of the given frequency band in proximity to the UE device and to a throughput value associated with an application executing on the UE device. Selecting the rate to provide scanning reports can be based, at least in part, on a speed of the UE device and a network topology, such as base station density.
US09392531B2	Application specific congestion control in a wireless network Application-specific Congestion control for Data Communication (ACDC) may be implemented by limiting, on a per-application or per-application category basis, access to certain Access Point Names (APNs). For example, during network radio congestion, a mobile device, before allowing an application to initiate a data communication channel, may determine the APN associated with the application and whether the APN is currently a permitted or prohibited APN. In another implementation, ACDC may be implemented by limiting access to certain bearer connections. In some implementations, a combination of APN barring and bearer barring may be used.
US09392530B2	Terminal access method and radio communication network The disclosure discloses a terminal access method and a radio communication network. The method comprises: after a first terminal accesses the radio communication network, the radio communication network stores the first context information corresponding to a first identifier of the first terminal; the radio communication network receives an access request message from a second terminal, wherein the access request information carries a second identifier of the second terminal; the radio communication network establishes the second context information for the second terminal according to the first identifier, the first context information and the second identifier; and the radio communication network implements the access of the second terminal according to the second context information. In the disclosure, duplicate establishment of the same information in context information can be avoided, so that the non-data-service overhead of the radio communication network is reduced.
US09392517B2	Facilitation of adaptive traffic flow management by a power-limited mobile device Facilitation of adaptive traffic flow management by a power-limited device during uplink-limited conditions is provided. A method can include: detecting that power emitted from the device satisfies a first defined condition; evaluating a defined characteristic of a network with which the device is associated and an application being executed by the device, wherein the evaluating is in response to the detecting; and determining whether to transmit information to the network to cause the device to be transferred by the network, wherein transferring is from a first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system, and wherein the determining is performed based on the evaluating. In various embodiments, the first wireless communication system can be a long-term evolution system and the second wireless communication system can be a universal mobile telecommunications system.
US09392515B2	Data split between multiple sites Splitting data in a wireless communications network. Data may be split to use multiple base stations for transmission to user equipment in order to improve the bandwith if a UE is on a cell edge, or may be split by user equipment for transmission to multiple base stations in order to improve handover. Data splitting may be performed at the Packet Data Convergence Protocol layer, at the Radio Link Control layer, or at the Media Access Control layer on user equipment or on a base station. Data may instead be split in a network node, such as in a serving gateway, in order to reduce X2 interface load or delay carrier aggregation.
US09392510B2	Handover method and apparatus in wireless communication system The present disclosure provides a method for correcting an error caused by Hyper Frame Number (HFN) and Packet Data Convergence Protocol Sequence Number (PDCP SN) mismatch between a user equipment and base station when the user equipment fails in handover between cells in a wireless communication system. In addition, the present disclosure provides a handover procedure for a user equipment performing handover from a macro cell to a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell shared by multiple operators in a wireless communication system. The present disclosure enables a user equipment and base station to perform communication without a malfunction after handover failure. For handover from a macro cell to a CSG cell shared by multiple operators, the present disclosure enables a user equipment to perform handover to an accessible cell.
US09392505B2	Method for reporting information on multiband capability to network at user equipment in wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor A method for processing a signal at a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of receiving, from a source cell, a handover command including information on an operating band of a target cell; and if the carrier frequency of the target cell is not calculated using the information on the operating band of the target cell, configuring the target cell as a barred cell.
US09392501B2	Facilitating group handover There is provided a method, including acquiring, by a network node of a source cell, information that a handover of a plurality user terminals currently connected to the source cell is needed to a target cell; determining at least one attribute with respect to each of the plurality of user terminals; selecting at least some of the plurality of user terminals to form a group of user terminals such that the user terminals in the group share at least one common attribute; and indicating the at least one common attribute of the group to a target node of the target cell in a group handover request message.
US09392500B2	Method, apparatus, and system for processing eMPS in a CSFB mechanism Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing an eMPS in a CSFB mechanism. The method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: receiving a CSFB access request of a user equipment; determining that the user equipment has a CSFB priority service right according to acquired priority service information of the user equipment; and providing a CSFB access service preferentially for the user equipment with the CSFB priority service right.
US09392492B2	Pilot signal transmission method and radio communication apparatus In a radio communication system, transmission of CAZAC sequences as the pilot signal sequences by using code division multiplexing as at least one of user multiplexing schemes, is done by dividing a system band as a frequency band usable in the system into frequency blocks B1 and B2 having bandwidths W1 and W2, generating the pilot signals of the frequency blocks B1 and B2 with a single carrier, using the pilot signal sequences having sequence lengths L1 and L2 corresponding to frequency blocks B1 and B2 respectively; and, transmitting the generated pilot signals as the pilot signals corresponding individual users, with multicarriers using an arbitrary number of frequency blocks among the plural frequency blocks.
US09392491B2	Load balancing A method of balancing user equipment traffic load between at least two cells supported by a base station in a wireless telecommunication network, a computer program product and network access node operable to perform that method. The method comprising: determining that an operational parameter of at least one of the at least two cells meets criteria indicative of an overload of user equipment traffic; transmitting a link parameter which indicates that establishment of a dedicated communication link with the base station within the at least one cell is unavailable to user equipment operating within the at least one cell without an established dedicated communication link. Aspects allow for early balancing of load within an overloaded network.
US09392487B2	Systems and methods for traffic-aware medium access selection Diverse traffic types can be efficiently communicated in a simultaneous manner by dynamically selecting between contention-based and scheduling-based media access control (MAC) communication schemes. Such a mechanism may be particularly beneficial in networks having a contention-based access resources and scheduling based access resources. Contention-based resources and scheduling based resources may occur over a common period, and may be orthogonal in the frequency domain and/or in the code domain. The dynamic selection may be based on a traffic characteristic or a network characteristic, and may be performed on a packet-by-packet basis. The selection criteria may be updated dynamically to adapt to changing network conditions, and may be communicated to the various transmitters via control channels or higher layer signaling.
US09392480B2	Wireless communication terminal and communication method for measuring a channel quality indicator (CQI) To measure the channel quality of the own cell accurately in a condition where there is no interference from a neighbor cell. A wireless communication terminal according to the invention is a wireless communication terminal to be connected to a base station for transmitting and receiving data to/from the base station, the wireless communication terminal including: a receiver that receives a signal which includes control information provided for measuring a channel quality of own cell from the base station; an extractor that extracts the control information from the signal received by the receiver; a measurement section that measures, on the basis of the control information, the channel quality of the own cell in a domain where a neighbor cell does not transmit a signal; and a transmitter that transmits a measurement result of the channel quality of the own cell measured by the measurement section, to the base station.
US09392477B2	Neighbor cell interference estimation A system for estimating interference on a cellular network includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon. The computer executable instructions perform the following method when executed by the processor: causing the processor to receive from a user equipment, first information indicating a strength of a signal received at the user equipment from an interfering base station; causing the processor to receive second information indicating an airlink utilization of the interfering base station; and causing the processor to process the first information and the second information according to an estimation function to produce an interference estimate.
US09392473B2	Cell and evolved node B station outage restoration tool During scheduled or unscheduled wireless communication outage, restoration of crucial or critical cell site devices and/or base station device are prioritized. The system filters current key performance indicator values and historical key performance indicator values for a reference cell device to produce a filtered key performance indicator metric for the reference cell device, filters statistical data to produce filtered statistical data representing a filtered statistic for the reference cell device, determines a weighting factor for the reference cell device, and displays of a ranking score determined as a function of the weighting factor, the filtered statistic data, and the filtered key performance indicator metric. The ranking score provides an ordering that can be used to restore critical cell site devices and/or base station devices.
US09392470B2	Integrated circuit for radio transmission of ACK/NACK signal It is possible to improve the CQI reception performance even when a delay is caused in a propagation path, a transmission timing error is caused, or a residual interference is generated between cyclic shift amounts of different ZC sequences. For the second symbol and the sixth symbol of the ACK/NACK signal which are multiplexed by RS of CQI, (+, +) or (−, −) is applied to a partial sequence of the Walsh sequence. For RS of CQI transmitted from a mobile station, + is added as an RS phase of the second symbol and − is added as an RS phase of the sixth symbol. A base station (100) receives multiplexed signals of ACK/NACK signals and CQI signals transmitted from a plurality of mobile stations. An RS synthesis unit (119) performs synthesis by aligning the RS phase of CQI.
US09392464B2	Method and apparatus for providing user equipment access to TV white space resources by a broadband cellular network A broadband cellular network (BCN) provides a user equipment (UE) access to TVWS resources. The BCN authorizes the UE to access TVWS resources by conveying a mobile device identifier received from the UE, and a cell identifier associated with the UE's coverage area, to a Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-certified Database and receiving, from the Database, and storing an FCC ID associated with the UE and a set of available TVWS resources. The BCN then conveys, to the UE via a broadband cellular technology, a channel resource information element (CRIE) that includes the cell identifier and identifies the set of available TVWS resources. Subsequently, the BCN re-authorizes the UE to access TVWS resources based on the stored FCC ID and without re-conveying the mobile device identifier to the Database. The BCN further utilizes broadband cellular technology procedures to provide a “virtual” contact verification signal (VCVS) to the UE.
US09392460B1	Continuous user authentication tool for mobile device communications A user authentication tool continuously authenticates the user of a mobile device during an electronic communication session. A trusted user profile includes keypad pressure applied by the trusted user when depressing characters on a virtual keypad displayed on the mobile device touch screen. Keypad pressure applied by the current user of the mobile device is continually monitored during the current electronic communication session. The monitored keypad pressure applied by the current user is compared to the keypad pressure in the trusted user profile. A confidence score is generated based upon the compared keypad pressures of the current user and the trusted user, the confidence score being indicative of the likelihood that the current user is the trusted user of the mobile device. The mobile device is automatically required to re-authenticate the current user as the trusted user if the generated confidence score is below a predefined minimum confidence threshold.
US09392457B2	Method and apparatus for self-activating a mobile device To activate a pre-provisioned mobile device on a network, an initial data communication for device activation is allowed between the device and an self-activation portal. At this point, the network prevents other more regular communication of the mobile device via the network. The portal automatically collects identification information from the mobile device and collects information from the user to activate the device on a network service account. The portal causes a provisioning system to provision data to network elements to activate device service in the network. After provisioning is complete, a notification is sent to the mobile device; and after device communication is completed a record that controlled routing to the portal before activation is deleted. The mobile device then communicates via the network to obtain data for storage in the device, to complete activation and permit normal operation of the mobile device via the network.
US09392443B2	Shared secret for wireless devices In some examples, a device may include a communication interface configured to exchange signals with another device, and a computing component configured to autonomously calculate a centroid of a plurality of devices of which the device is a part, based at least in part on relative distances between the device and others of the plurality of devices and relative distances among the others of the plurality of devices, and autonomously establish the centroid as a shared secret.
US09392439B2	Methods for providing serving network information and communications apparatuses utilizing the same A communications apparatus is provided. A processor is coupled to a subscriber identity card and a radio transceiver module. The subscriber identity card camps on a first cell operated in a first serving network having a first serving network identifier via the radio transceiver module. The processor embeds information regarding the first serving network identifier in a first signal and transmits the first signal to a peer communications apparatus via the radio transceiver module.
US09392436B2	Method and apparatus for voice over LTE According to at least one example embodiment, a transit network is configured to handle signaling messages between service provider networks. Upon receiving, at the transit network, a session control message from a mobile network, a signaling type associated with the session control message is determined. The transit network then routes the session control message based on the signaling type determined. According to at least one aspect, the session control message is routed based on domain routing if the determined signaling type is roaming signaling. According to at least one other aspect, the session control message is routed based on called party number routing if the determined signaling type is non-roaming signaling.
US09392435B2	Method, system and apparatus for accessing a visited network The present application relates to a user accessing to a visited network in a wireless telecommunication network. After receiving an access request from the user for selecting a visited network and detecting the visited network selected by the user has changed, an AAA server device initiates a request for obtaining authentication and/or authorization information of the user from a HSS. In the process of obtaining the authentication and/or authorization information, the HSS checks whether the user is authorized to access to the visited network according to a list of authorized visited networks stored in the HSS.
US09392431B2	Automatic vehicle crash detection using onboard devices Vehicle collisions may be automatically detected and reported based to a call center. The collisions may be automatically detected based on a collision detection model that receives sensor data, or other data, as input, and outputs an indication of whether there is a collision. The collision detection model may be trained on historical sensor data associated with potential vehicle collisions, where the historical sensor data is labeled to indicate whether the data corresponds to an actual collision.
US09392422B2	Multi-tenant message routing and management A system and method are provided for a routing system that enables a tenant service provider to send events to users, using applications, on one or more devices. Events may include be any message or data intended to be sent to one or more users. Specifically, a tenant service provider may send events to users on various devices without the tenant service provider being aware of the device, or type of device, that the user is using. The tenant service provider need not have any knowledge of the specific users that may receive the events sent by the tenant service provider. Thus, a tenant service provider may disseminate events to users on various devices by sending a single message to a routing service. The routing service may then distribute the event to each of the devices and each of the applications each user has selected.
US09392419B1	Method and apparatus for establishing a conference call session with a wireless device A method and system of establishing a conference call between end users provides initiating a request for at least one invitee to participate in the conference call. The request message is received on a first device prior to time the conference call is scheduled to begin. The message includes a hyperlink which may be activated to autonomously dial a number through the wireless device and connect with a conference call service provider. The conference call may be further accessed by satisfying one or more parameters necessary to enter the conference call. A communication link may be established between the at least one wireless device and the conference call service provider to begin the conference call via one or more autonomous conference call access operations.
US09392414B2	Low key point of interest notification In one embodiment, a location of a mobile device may be obtained. A direction of movement of the mobile device may be ascertained. A field of vision of a user of the mobile device may be determined based, at least in part, on the location of the mobile device and the direction of movement of the mobile device. A user profile associated with the user and/or the mobile device may be identified. A notification may be provided via the mobile device based, at least in part, upon the user profile and the field of vision of the user.
US09392403B2	Method and device for position determination A method and device for position determination, in which one or more application requests a positioning method selection device for positioning data. The positioning method selection device provides an application with positioning data using one or more positioning method in accordance with settings defined by the application and/or the user. The positioning method selection device receives a positioning request from an application, forms a parameter or parameters indicating the quality of positioning requested by the application, compares the quality of positioning data provided by the positioning methods with the positioning quality required by the application, and sends the positioning data to the application in response to the positioning request.
US09392401B2	Portable computing device with data encryption and destruction A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices, protecting data on such devices, and for compensating owners of devices. A GPS mechanism of the invention provides real time tracking of missing devices that may be coordinated with security agencies to intercept and recover missing computing devices. When a stolen device is unrecoverable, the invention may receive a signal to initiate data recovery where a wireless network is available to recover data for the owner. Alternatively, the GPS mechanism instructs the device to encrypt or destroy stored data files to prevent commercial espionage or privacy violations. The invention discloses a software system and method for computing a purchase price of the GPS mechanism, computing compensation for loss of the device and lost data.
US09392400B2	Method for performing location-specific services, broadcasting unit and mobile receiving device In order to perform location-specific services of a broadcasting unit (3), virtual cells (22, 23, 24) for the location-specific services are set up so that cell data, which define a local cell area, are transmitted to a mobile receiving device (1) via the broadcasting unit (3). The cell data are stored in the mobile receiving device (1). The mobile receiving device (1) establishes its current position (25) and determines whether it is located in the cell area. In the event the mobile receiving device (1) is located in the cell area, the receiving device performs a service assigned to the cell data. The setting up of cells (22, 23, 24) for local-specific services by the broadcasting unit (3) in a multitude of mobile receiving devices (1) in the service area (2) of the broadcasting unit (3) enables geographical areas inside and outside the service area (2) to be split up into smaller, interactive and virtual service cells and cell clusters in a dynamic and optimal manner according to need and geographical and/or service-specific parameters.
US09392391B2	Methods and apparatus for coordination of sending reference signals from multiple cells Methods and apparatus for coordination of sending reference signals in wireless network are disclosed. A network node may select a cell ID based on a measurement of adjacent cells so as to mitigate interference. A network node may communicate information to another network node to control transmitted resources in a protected interval so as to measure channel characteristics.
US09392387B2	Apparatus and methods for testing of acoustic devices and systems Methods and devices are disclosed for testing an acoustic probe having transducing elements for converting between acoustic and electrical signals. An electrical signal is generated at a frequency with a testing device capable of generating electrical signals over a range of frequencies. The electrical signal is transmitted to at least some of the transducing elements to measure a complex impedance and thereby evaluate a performance of the transducing elements.
US09392383B2	Coupling member and hearing system using it A coupling member for joining a male member and a female member of a hearing aid device or a hearing diagnosis device is disclosed. The coupling member comprises a male member that comprises two or more annular ribs extending radially from a pipe member having a distal end. The female member comprises a number of cavities configured to receive and contain the annular ribs of the male member. The height of the annular ribs increases as function of the distance from the annular ribs to the distal end of the pipe member.
US09392381B1	Hearing aid attached to mobile electronic device Disclosed is a hearing aid attached to a mobile electronic device. Elements forming the hearing aid are separated into a main hearing aid device and a sub-hearing aid device. The main hearing aid device is attached to the casing of a mobile electronic device and connected to the mobile electronic device through a wired cable, and the sub-hearing aid device is placed in an ear of a user. Other people rarely notice that a user uses the hearing aid because the main hearing aid device is mounted on the casing of a mobile electronic device. The hearing aid is supplied with power from the battery of the mobile electronic device, and has the same size as the casing of the mobile electronic device. Accordingly, a beamforming operation through a microphone array is possible, and use convenience and a level of satisfaction of the hearing aid can be improved.
US09392373B2	Acoustic generator, acoustic generation device, and electronic device An acoustic generator according to one embodiment includes a piezoelectric element (exciter), a vibrating portion, and a plurality of dampers. The piezoelectric element receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate. The piezoelectric element is mounted on the vibrating portion, and the vibrating portion is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the piezoelectric element. The dampers are integrated with the vibrating portion. The dampers are asymmetrically provided with respect to an axis of symmetry of a shape delineated by the outline of the vibrating portion, in a plan view of the vibrating portion from a side on which the piezoelectric element is mounted.
US09392371B2	Electronic device The content of sound leakage from a vibrating plate that vibrates due to a piezoelectric element is made difficult to recognize. An electronic device (1) according to the present invention includes a piezoelectric element (30) and a vibrating plate (10) that vibrates due to the piezoelectric element (30), the electronic device (1) causing the vibrating plate (10) to generate air-conducted sound and vibration sound that is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body. The electronic device (1) also includes an air-conducted sound reducing unit that makes a portion or all of the air-conducted sound difficult to hear.
US09392370B2	Voice coil speaker A voice coil speaker in which signal lines are properly designed and deterioration of sound quality is suppressed is provided. A voice coil speaker 1 has a diaphragm supported by a frame, and a bobbin which is connected to the diaphragm and has voice coils formed thereon. The bobbin has a bobbin main portion having the voice coils wound therearound, and an extension portion which extends from the bobbin main portion and has signal lines conducted to the voice coils, the bobbin main portion and the extension portion are integrally formed of a flexible printed board, and the extension portion is placed to extend at the back side of the diaphragm.
US09392338B2	Apparatus, systems and methods to communicate authorized programming between a receiving device and a mobile device A mobile device embodiment communicates program distribution account information to a program distributor. The mobile device embodiment receives from the program distributor, authorization to use programming that is conditioned on the communicated program distribution account information. The mobile device embodiment communicates the authorization to a receiving device.
US09392334B2	Method and apparatus for providing enhanced electronic program guide with personalized selection of broadcast content using affinities data and user preferences Apparatuses and methods are provided to inform a user of a broadcast stream, which has multiple, concurrently received channels of program content, about recommendations of a subset of the content currently playing across the available channels or to be played within a selected future time period. The subset of content is selected based on user preferences and system data (e.g., program topic and channel affinities among the broadcast content and channels) to recommend a more diverse subset of content than would be discovered if only user preferences were employed to make the selection of recommended content.
US09392331B2	Method and cellphone for use in a multimedia system A multimedia server receives a plurality of programs of a multimedia source. The multimedia server includes a tuning module to receive the plurality of programs and to select a set of programs from the plurality of programs based on a set of program select commands that is derived from select requests. A program mixer mixes the set of programs into a stream of program data. One or more transceiving modules transmit the stream of program data on to corresponding communication paths and receive the select requests. A client module produces the select requests for one or more clients. The client module includes a selection module to produce at least one of the select requests. A network interface controller transmits at least one of select requests to the multimedia server and receives the stream of program data via the communication path or paths in response.
US09392329B2	Apparatus and method for media content presentation A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing, by a system comprising a processor, a content display configuration corresponding to a plurality of feed selections from a plurality of media content feeds, a plurality of display selections from a plurality of available displays, and a plurality of pairing selections assigning each feed selection of the plurality of feed selections to at least one display selection of the plurality of display selections, and transmitting a plurality of displayable content streams according to the content display configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09392328B2	Device-agnostic content management, playback and status monitoring system A system is provided that includes a software agent, an electronic device, a display, and a content management system. The electronic device accesses the software agent and interprets it with a software application, such as a web browser. Embedded within the software agent is a playback system, which dictates content to be shown, and a monitoring system, which collects logging and status data. At least some of the content is stored on the electronic device prior to display, and at least some of the logging and status data is stored on the electronic device prior to being transferred to the content management system.
US09392323B2	Method and apparatus for creating dynamic webpages in a media communication system A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to create a template defining a format of presentation of an webpage or HTML page using an iTV or IPTV application system, receive a request for the page from a subscriber of the iTV or IPTV system. The system can access application system subscriber data for the subscriber and a presentation of the page is dynamically adapted according to the application system subscriber data. In one alternative at, the page can be dynamically adapted by changing in content or by changing a look and feel of an HTML page or webpage. In another alternative, the webpage or HTML page can be dynamically adapted by modifying graphic user interface elements based on the application system subscriber data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09392317B2	Set top box or server having snap-in heat sink and smart card reader An electronic device is provided that comprises a bottom frame portion; an information card reader over the bottom frame portion; a thermal insulation layer; a circuit board over the thermal insulation layer; a top broad heat sink over the circuit board; and a top cover over the top broad heat sink.
US09392316B2	Messaging abstraction in a mobile device server A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device server that receives a pairing key, establishes communication with a media resource center using a web server application of the mobile device server, transmits the pairing key to the media resource center to enable processing of a software application by the mobile device server, detects a request from the software application to utilize a resource of the media resource center, accesses a messaging abstraction library, retrieves a first message from the messaging abstraction library that is representative of the request and that conforms to a first communication protocol of the resource, and transmits the first message to the resource to cause the resource to process the request generated by the software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09392315B1	Remote display graphics Images displayed on a source device may be displayed on a target device. The source device may send the target device graphical commands and information to be processed natively at the target device, rather than duplicating the screen of a source device at the target device. Graphical elements to be used by the target device may be sent with the graphical commands or may be sent during out-of-band configuration exchanges between the source and target devices to reduce latency during display sharing.
US09392309B2	Entitlement management for video customers A method includes receiving, at a server device, a request to generate an entitlement identifier (ID) associated with a customer transaction. The method also includes determining a customer ID, a video content ID, and a time window associated with the customer transaction. The method includes determining, by the server device, the entitlement ID based on the customer ID, video content ID, and the time window. The method also includes providing the entitlement ID to a user device associated with the customer. The user device is configurable to receive access to video content based on the entitlement ID.
US09392306B2	Video content delivery over wireless access networks with quality of service (QOS) guarantees A device receives, from a content provider, traffic parameters associated with a video content request received from a fixed user device connected to a wireless access network, and determines, based on the traffic parameters, a trigger for creating a dedicated bearer for the fixed user device in the wireless access network. The device also provides the trigger to the wireless access network, where the wireless access network creates the dedicated bearer for the fixed user device based on the trigger, and the wireless access network assigns quality of service (QoS) parameters, based on the traffic parameters, to video content delivered to the fixed user device.
US09392301B2	Context adaptive entropy coding for non-square blocks in video coding Disclosed are techniques for coding coefficients of a video block having a non-square shape defined by a width and a height, comprising coding one or more of x- and y-coordinates that indicate a position of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to an associated scanning order, including coding each coordinate by determining one or more contexts used to code the coordinate based on one of the width and the height that corresponds to the coordinate, and coding the coordinate by performing a context adaptive entropy coding process based on the contexts. Also disclosed are techniques for coding information that identifies positions of non-zero coefficients within the block, including determining one or more contexts used to code the information based on one or more of the width and the height, and coding the information by performing a context adaptive entropy coding process based on the contexts.
US09392295B2	Adaptable media processing architectures Various methods and systems are provided for adaptable media processing architectures. In one example, among others, an adaptable coding architecture for servicing media streams includes media processing resources and a controller that supports a first media stream by placing media processing pipeline resources in a single stream configuration and that causes a transition from the single stream configuration to a multiple stream configuration of the media processing resources. For example, the transition may be made to simultaneously support encoding or decoding another media stream. In another example, a device includes media processing resources and a controller that causes an adaptive reconfiguration of media processing resources to support simultaneous coding related processing of both a new media stream and at least one ongoing media stream, which may cause a reallocation of at least a part of the media processing resources from an ongoing media stream to the new media stream.
US09392293B2	Accelerated image processing An illustrative example method of processing image data includes dividing a block of data into a plurality of sub-blocks, the block of data corresponding to at least one image; selecting at least one of the sub-blocks according to a predetermined sequence; identifying a plurality of features of interest in the selected sub-block; and processing the selected sub-block to provide information regarding at least one of the features of interest.
US09392278B2	Image encoding or decoding apparatus, system, method, and storage medium for encoding or decoding a plurality of images in parallel An image encoding apparatus includes a first encoding unit configured to encode an N-th image of a plurality of images and a second encoding unit configured to encode an (N+1)th image, which is continuous to the N-th image, with reference to the N-th image. The processing system adaptively determines processing start timing based on a motion vector presence range of an initial processing target block of the (N+1)th image, which is a part of the N-th image.
US09392270B2	Devices and methods for sample adaptive offset coding and/or signaling In one embodiment, method for decoding a video bitstream comprises: (a) receiving a video bitstream; (b) deriving processed video data from the bitstream; (c) partitioning the processed video data into blocks, wherein each of the blocks is equal to or smaller than a picture; (d) deriving an SAO type from the video bitstream for each of the blocks, wherein the SAO type is selected from the group consisting of one or more edge offset (EO) types and a single merged band offset (BO) type; (e) determining an SAO sub-class associated with the SAO type for each of the pixels in each of the blocks; (f) deriving intensity offset from the video bitstream for the sub-class associated with the SAO type; and (g) applying SAO compensation to each of the pixels in a processed video block, wherein the SAO compensation is based on the intensity offset of step (f).
US09392263B2	3D scanner, 3D scan method, computer program, and storage medium A 3D scanner includes a stage on which a target object, which is targeted for scan, is to be located, a location object that is to be placed on the stage during scan and on which the target object is to be located during scan, a display unit configured to display an image on the stage, an imaging unit configured to perform image capturing on the stage, and a control unit configured to generate 3D model data of the target object based on a video image of the target object captured by the imaging unit, and to cause the display unit to display, on the stage, an image indicating a direction in which to move the target object, based on video images of the target object and the location object captured by the imaging unit.
US09392261B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and camera module for frame timing adjustment According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit and a timing adjustment unit. The image capturing unit captures a first image and a second image. The timing adjustment unit adjusts the frame timing of the first image and the frame timing of the second image captured to the image capturing unit. The timing adjustment unit makes an adjustment for delaying the frame timing of the second image to the frame timing of the first image possible.
US09392245B2	Media player configured to receive playback filters from alternative storage mediums A media player configured with a first removable memory reader, such as a DVD drive, and a second removable memory reader, such as a flash memory reader, adapted to communicate with a removable memory containing filter data. The media player is configured to allow filtered playback of a multimedia presentation, such as a movie. Filtered playback causes certain portions of the multimedia presentation to be skipped, muted, blurred, cropped, or otherwise modified to eliminate or reduce potentially objectionable scenes, language, or other content. The second memory reader provides a convenient medium for the loading of filter information, whether data files, executable program code, or the like, to local memory of the media player to employ during filtered playback. Alternatively, the filters may be accessed from the removable storage media during playback rather than loading to local memory.
US09392229B2	Iontophoresis methods A method of anesthetizing a tympanic membrane of an ear of a patient using iontophoresis is disclosed. The method involves delivering an anesthetizing drug solution to an ear canal of the patient's ear, wherein the drug solution includes an anesthetic and a buffer, and wherein the drug solution has a pH in the range of about 6.5 to about 7.5; and applying an amount of current to the drug solution, wherein the amount of applied current is increased at a rate of less than about 0.5 milliamp per minute until a maximum current is achieved.
US09392227B2	Methods and apparatus to export tuning data collected in a receiving device Methods and apparatus to export tuning data collected in a receiving device are disclosed. An example method of collecting audience measurement data comprises collecting tuning data within a receiving device, and modulating an LED associated with the receiving device to export the collected tuning data from the receiving device.
US09392226B2	Generating and rendering synthesized views with multiple video streams in telepresence video conference sessions Techniques are provided for establishing a videoconference session between participants at different endpoints, where each endpoint includes at least one computing device and one or more displays. A plurality of video streams is received at an endpoint, and each video stream is classified as at least one of a people view and a data view. The classified views are analyzed to determine one or more regions of interest for each of the classified views, where at least one region of interest has a size smaller than a size of the classified view. Synthesized views of at least some of the video streams are generated, wherein the synthesized views include at least one view including a region of interest, and views including the synthesized views are rendered at one or more displays of an endpoint device.
US09392225B2	Method and system for providing a virtual cafeteria An incidental virtual meeting (IVM) system deployed in multiple rooms can be used to provide a “virtual cafeteria” allowing for incidental meetings and video conferences. Wall endpoints in each room may detect the presence of a person in a proximity to the IVM (wall) endpoint and establish a connection to the associated wall endpoint in the other room, to allow unplanned meetings to occur. A room may have multiple wall endpoints, allowing the room to be connected to more than one other rooms.
US09392223B2	Method for controlling visual light source, terminal, and video conference system A method for controlling a visual light source, a terminal, and a video conference system are provided that relate to the field of communications technologies. The method for controlling a visual light source includes: when a first terminal and a second terminal are in a video conference state, receiving, by the first terminal, control information sent by the second terminal; controlling, by the first terminal according to the control information, a first visual light source on a local rotatable platform to rotate, so that a target indicated by the first visual light source is consistent with a target displayed by a display corresponding to the second terminal. Embodiments of the present invention improve user experience of participants in a video conference.
US09392217B2	Automatically relocating picture-in-picture window in video calls A computer-implemented method is performed by a communications device having a processor operatively coupled to a memory and a data transceiver for transmitting and receiving video data of a video call between a user of the device and one or more other parties to the call. The method entails receiving and displaying video images of the one or more other parties within a main video window on a display of the device, identifying one or more faces in the video images, determining a minimally obscuring position for a picture-in-picture (PIP) window that minimally obscures the one or more faces of the other parties, capturing video of the user with a camera on the device, and displaying a PIP window from the video of the user in the minimally obscuring position within the main video window.
US09392211B2	Providing video presentation commentary Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing commentary for video content. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising receiving and storing an input of commentary data from each of a plurality of commentary input devices, and also, for each input of commentary data, receiving and storing identification metadata identifying a commentator, for each input of commentary data, synchronization metadata that synchronizes the commentary data with the associated media content item is received and stored. The method further comprises receiving a request from a requesting media presentation device for commentary relevant to a specified media content item and a specified user, identifying relevant commentary data based upon social network information for the specified user, and sending the relevant commentary data to the requesting client device.
US09392206B2	Methods and systems for providing auxiliary viewing options A system and method may include receiving, at a set top box, one or more user request messages to display one or more auxiliary viewing options from an input device, outputting, to a display device, a plurality of auxiliary viewing options in response to receiving the one or more user request messages, receiving, at the set top box, one or more user selection messages from the input device, and outputting, to the display device, video content with one or more selected auxiliary viewing options enabled.
US09392204B2	Image capturing device An image capturing device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are stacked in stages; a pixel section in the first substrate in which a plurality of pixels outputting signals according to incident physical quantities are disposed in a matrix form; a first AD conversion circuit in the first substrate for every column or every plurality of columns of pixels performing AD conversion on signals output by pixels; a connector that electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate; a second AD conversion circuit in the second substrate for every column or every plurality of columns of pixels and performing AD conversion on signals output by pixels and inputting through the connector; and a controller in the first substrate or the second substrate and supplying a control signal to the first AD conversion circuit and the second AD conversion circuit.
US09392190B2	Method and device for acquiring image The present application provides a method and device for acquiring an image, the method including determining at least a first focus and a second focus in an image acquisition area; acquiring first image information in the image acquisition area corresponding to the first focus; acquiring second image information in the image acquisition area corresponding to the second focus; and processing the first image information and the second image information to obtain third image information, so as to solve the technical problem in the prior art when a photo is taken by means of determining a single focus or multiple focuses, focuses in different planes cannot be determined, such that a mobile phone can merely process images in a single way and fails to record images corresponding to multiple focuses simultaneously, resulting in the processing capability of an electronic apparatus not being effectively improved.
US09392189B2	Mechanism for facilitating fast and efficient calculations for hybrid camera arrays A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient computation for hybrid camera arrays at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes selecting a camera to serve as a reference camera, where the camera is selected from a plurality of cameras in a hybrid camera array, performing matching across images obtained from multiple camera pairs of the plurality of cameras, and selecting one or more best camera pairs of the multiple camera pairs based on at least one of placement, type, and history associated with each camera of the multiple camera pairs.
US09392188B2	Zoom dual-aperture camera with folded lens Zoom digital cameras comprising a Wide sub-camera and a folded fixed Tele sub-camera. The folded Tele sub-camera may be auto-focused by moving either its lens or a reflecting element inserted in an optical path between its lens and a respective image sensor. The folded Tele sub-camera is configured to have a low profile to enable its integration within a portable electronic device.
US09392181B2	Image capture apparatus and method of controlling the same An image capture apparatus comprises an image capturing unit that captures an object image and outputs image data; a photometric value acquisition unit that acquires, from the image data, a first photometric value and a second photometric value different from the first photometric value; and an exposure change unit that changes exposure such that the first photometric value comes close to a target value, wherein the exposure change unit calculates a third photometric value based on the first photometric value, the target value, and the second photometric value and corrects the exposure in accordance with a difference between the third photometric value and a reference value.
US09392179B2	Magnifying element with camera module and electronic device having magnifying element An electronic device includes a magnifying element. The magnifying element includes a camera module and a lens module. The camera module includes an image sensor and a lens related to the image sensor. The lens module is mounted on the lens and used as back projection to ensure that the light exit aperture of the lens module is opposite to the entrance aperture of the camera module. The power of magnification of the electronic device with a magnifying element is determined by the design features of the lens module.
US09392176B2	Image capture apparatus and control method therefor An image capture apparatus has an image sensor and an optical anti-shake mechanism that reduces a shake of a captured image by driving an optical correction element in a different direction from an optical axis of an imaging optical system in accordance with a detected shake. Reference coordinates for geometric deformation processing applied to the captured image are determined based on an amount and direction of a movement of the optical correction element. The geometric deformation processing is applied to the captured image using these reference coordinates and an amount of geometric deformation based on the detected shake. Coordinates of the captured image corresponding to an intersection of the optical axis and the image sensor after the optical correction element is moved through the driving are determined as the reference coordinates.
US09392170B2	Multi-mode camera module Camera module with switchable light filters includes a lens module, a bearing rotating device, a visible light filter, and an infrared light filter. The bearing rotating device includes a rotating shaft, at least one guiding stick, and a bearing plate. The rotating bearing plate holds the two filters and defines an arcuated guiding slot. The circle center of the arcuated guiding slot is the rotating shaft. A visible light filter and an infrared light filter are switchable, their movement being governed by the guiding stick and the guiding slot, to respective alignment with an optical axis of the lens module. The camera module can rotate the bearing plate to switch the infrared filter for the visible filter where the acquisition of infrared light is required.
US09392162B2	Imaging apparatus and its control method An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element with a first pixel for receiving light flux passing through a first partial pupil area in a focusing optical system and a second pixel for receiving the light flux passing through the entire pupil area in a focusing optical system. A signal generating unit of a focus detection signal generates a first signal based on a light-receiving signal of the first pixel and a second signal based on a light-receiving signal of the second pixel. A control unit performs shift processing for the first signal and the second signal in a second focus detection (S200) following a first focus detection of a phase difference type (S100), and then, sums the shift-processed signals to generate a shift summation signal for a plurality of shift amounts. The control unit calculates a contrast evaluation value from the magnitude of the generated shift summation signal and acquires a defocus amount to control the focus adjustment operation of the focusing optical system.
US09392160B2	Circuit and method providing wide dynamic-range operation of auto-focus(AF) focus state sensor elements, digital imaging device, and computer system including same A method and apparatus performing scene-adaptive auto-focusing for image capture with a variable-focus lens. The array of color pixels includes a array of half-covered light sensors to obtain lens-focus state information. The exposure time of the plurality of partially-covered light sensors is dynamically selected as long-exposure or short-exposure, based upon a current measurement of a property (e.g., brightness, or color-specific brightness) of a selected region of interest within a scene to be captured by the array. Then, focus state information corresponding to the selected region of interest is obtained by capturing light from the selected region of interest with first and second partially-covered light sensors. The exposure time of the partially-covered light sensors can be changed based on whether the brightness is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US09392159B2	Focus estimating device, imaging device, and storage medium storing image processing program A focus estimating device has an area setting unit which sets an area in which focusing of an image is determined and divides the area into a plurality of blocks, a block selecting unit which selects a block to be used for focus determination, a block focus determination unit which performs focus determination for each block from an edge in each color component of the block selected by the block selecting unit, and a focus determination unit which determines focusing of the area based on the focus determination.
US09392158B2	Method and system for intelligent dynamic autofocus search Embodiments of the present invention initially calculate a confidence score for the image environment surrounding the subject matter in order to determine the initial number of lens positions. Once the initial lens positions are determined, a sharpness score is calculated for each determined initial lens position. Using these sharpness scores, embodiments of the present invention generate a projection used to locate an estimated optimum focus position as well as to determine an estimated sharpness score at this lens position. Embodiments of the present invention then position the lens of the camera to calculate the actual sharpness score at the estimated optimum focus position, which is then compared to the estimated optimum sharpness score previously calculated. Based on this comparison, embodiments of the present invention dynamically determine whether it has a sufficient number of lens positions to determine the optimum focus position or if additional sample lens positions are needed.
US09392148B2	Display device including camera module A display device including a camera module; a display panel; and a side cover part covering at least a portion of a side of the display panel and including a camera module cut-out receiving portion for coupling the camera module to the side cover part such that the coupled camera module does not protrude to an outside of the side cover part.
US09392137B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading device includes a reading unit, a drive section, an operation control section, an acquiring section, and a casing. The drive section moves the reading unit. The operation control section controls a drive operation by the drive section and a light emitting operation by a light emitting section. The acquiring section acquires status information indicating a state of the device. The casing constitutes an outer contour of the device. The casing has a symbol inscribed on a predetermined portion therein. The symbol corresponds to the status information item. When the acquiring section acquires the status information item, the operation control section controls the drive section to move the reading unit to a position corresponding to the portion on which the symbol corresponding to the status information item is inscribed and controls the light emitting section to emit light while the reading unit is located at the position.
US09392133B2	Information processing apparatus and image forming apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a first central processing unit, a second central processing unit, and a returning unit. The first central processing unit has a normal operating state and a power-saving state in which power consumption is lower than in the normal operating state. The second central processing unit causes the first central processing unit to return to the normal operating state from the power-saving state. The returning unit causes the first central processing unit to return to the normal operating state in a case where the second central processing unit enters an anomalous state after the first central processing unit has entered the power-saving state.
US09392124B2	Method to determine the jurisdiction of CMRS traffic via cell site location and rate center A method includes receiving, at a processor, Call Detail Records (CDRs) from a Data Mediation System, in which each CDR includes a called party number (CdPN) associated with a first device, and a Cell Site ID associated with a location of a cell carrying a communication from a second device. Also included are: obtaining, from a first digital table, a first Major Trading Area (MTA) associated with the CdPN; obtaining, from a second digital table, a second MTA associated with the Cell Site ID; and concluding that the first and second devices are communicating in Local Traffic, if the first MTA is the same as the second MTA. The method may also conclude that the first and second devices are communicating in Long Distance Traffic, if the first MTA and second MTA are not the same.
US09392117B2	Computer-implemented call center architecture and method for optimizing customer experience through in-band expert intervention A computer-implemented call center architecture and method for optimizing customer experience through in-band expert intervention is provided. Calls conducted between an agent and a caller are monitored. A need for assistance by an expert agent in one such call based on an inquiry by the caller is identified. Expert selection criteria to a predetermined group of expert agents with expertise in subject matter relating to the caller's inquiry is applied. One of the expert agents that matches with the expert selection criteria is selected and a notification to the agent that the selected expert agent will assist with the call is transmitted. The expert agent is then patched into the call.
US09392115B2	System and method for contact center activity routing based on agent preferences A method for routing activities in a contact center to contact center agents includes: identifying an activity to be routed to a contact center agent; identifying one or more parameters for handling the activity; identifying one or more contact center agents; retrieving preference settings for the identified one or more contact center agents; routing the activity to one of the identified contact center agents based on the identified one or more parameters and the retrieved preference settings.
US09392110B2	Facilitating interoperability among communication systems via inter- and intra-agency communications using a shared network Providing contact information via a directory service comprises a request being received from an originator to obtain at least a portion of contact information associated with a target. A first policy associated with the originator is identified, and a second policy that is associated with the target is identified. Based on at least one of the policies, it is determined whether a portion of the contact information associated with the target is authorized to be presented to the originator. If authorized, the portion of the contact information is presented to the originator. Upon receiving a request from the originator to establish communication with the target, it is determined whether a portion of contact information associated with the originator is authorized to presented to the target based on at least one of the policies. If authorized, the portion of the contact information associated with the originator is presented to the target.
US09392109B2	Systems and methods to disable a call block A method includes receiving, at a call block system, an indication of a call to a communication device. The method includes, in response to the indication and based on a determination that a call block feature is disabled for the communication device, outputting a first tone from the call block system to the communication device. The method further includes, in response to the indication and based on a determination that the call block feature is enabled, outputting a second tone from the call block system to the communication device.
US09392108B2	Computer-implemented system and method for efficiently reducing transcription error during a call A computer-implemented system and method for efficiently reducing transcription error during a call is provided. A group of similar questionable utterances is monitored. Each questionable utterance is assigned a transcribed value and is selected from a different call. A sample of the similar questionable utterances is selected from the group and provided to a human transcriber. A further transcribed value for each of the similar questionable utterances in the sample is received from the human transcriber. The further transcribed values for the similar questionable utterances in the sample are compared. Each of the remaining similar questionable utterances in the group are provided to the human transcriber when the compared further transcribed values of the similar questionable utterances in the sample are different.
US09392107B2	Information provided to parent regarding a called for child protection The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information of a calling party to an alert party, wherein the calling party is in communication with the receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a calling party to a receiving party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database, wherein the lookup is based on an identifier associated with the message, Thereafter, an alert is sent to the alert party if the calling party information is unavailable in a contact list of the receiving party.
US09392105B2	In-vehicle device, control method thereof, and remote control system An input/output limitation information storage unit stores input/output limitation information in which limitation processing for limiting operation input to the application and display output from the application is prescribed by associating the limitation processing with the application. A determination unit acquires a vehicle state of a vehicle, and determines the limitation processing to be applied to the operation input to the application and the display output from the application on the basis of the application running on the terminal device, the vehicle state, and the input/output limitation information. The limitation unit performs the limitation processing determined by the determination unit for the operation input detected by the input control unit and transmitted to the communication control unit, and the display output received by the communication control unit and transmitted to the output control unit.
US09392094B2	Mobile electronic wearable device and method for providing haptic notification A mobile electronic wearable device (1), adapted to be worn by a user, comprising means for providing 10 haptic notifications to a user and a method for providing haptic notifications on mobile electronic wearable devices (1).
US09392090B2	Local wireless link quality notification for wearable audio devices Computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a computer in a wireless device to perform functions comprises: receiving first link quality data for a wireless link from a wearable wireless audio device connected to the wireless device by the wireless link; receiving second link quality data for the wireless link from a radio-frequency (RF) of the wireless device; determining a quality of the wireless link based on the first link quality data and the second link quality data; and causing a user-perceivable indication of the quality of the wireless link to be generated by at least one of i) the wearable wireless audio device, and ii) the wireless device.
US09392081B2	Method and device for sending requests A method for sending requests includes: determining, by a device comprising a processor, the requests and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections between a client and a proxy server; and sending, by the device, the requests to the proxy server via idle TCP connections between the client and the proxy server to forward the requests to a Web server by the proxy server, or establishing, by the device, TCP connections between the client and the proxy server depending on whether the requests are serial or parallel requests, the number of the idle TCP connections between the client and the proxy server, and the number of TCP connections which are needed during sending the requests; and sending, by the device, the requests to the proxy server via the idle TCP connections and the established TCP connections to forward the requests to the Web server by the proxy server.
US09392080B2	IPv4/IPv6 bridge A virtual machine host may provide IPv4 connections to IPv4 virtual machine guests and map the connections to IPv6 networks. The IPv6 addressed exposed by the virtual machine host may be used in an IPv6 environment to communicate with the virtual machine guests, enabling various IPv6 connected scenarios for the IPv4 virtual machines. The virtual machine host may receive IPv6 communications, and translate those communications to IPv4 to communicate with the virtual machine guests. Similarly, the outbound IPv4 communications may be translated into IPv6 for communications to the IPv6 network.
US09392079B2	Directory service discovery and/or learning In the context of a client sub-system that requires the use of directory services on behalf of a tenant (such as an overlay tenant), learning an identity of a server node, that can provide such directory services by: (i) sending, by the client sub-system to a first server node, a first directory service request for directory service for a first tenant; (ii) receiving, by the client sub-system, a first acknowledgement from a second server node; and (iii) learning, by the client sub-system, that the second server node can provide directory service for the first tenant based upon the first acknowledgement.
US09392077B2	Coordinating a computing activity across applications and devices having multiple operation modes in an orchestration framework for connected devices Aspects described herein allow multiple devices to function as a coherent whole, allowing each device to take on distinct functions that are complementary to one another. Aspects described herein also allow the devices function as a coherent whole when interconnected devices and their respective applications are configured to operate in various operation modes, when management policies are employed to control the operation of the interconnected devices and their respective applications, when transferring content between the interconnected devices and storing the content at those devices, when obtaining access credentials for the interconnected devices that enable the devices to access enterprise resources, when a policy agent applies management policies to control operation of and interaction between the interconnected devices, and when the interconnected devices are used to access an enterprise application store.
US09392076B2	Social networking system data exchange An online publisher provides content items such as advertisements to users. To enable publishers to provide content items to users who meet targeting criteria of the content items, an exchange server aggregates data about the users. The exchange server receives user data from two or more sources, including a social networking system and one or more other service providers. To protect the user's privacy, the social networking system and the service providers may provide the user data to the exchange server without identifying the user. The exchange server tracks each unique user of the social networking system and the service providers using a common identifier, enabling the exchange server to aggregate the users' data. The exchange server then applies the aggregated user data to select content items for the users, either directly or via a publisher.
US09392075B1	URLs with IP-generated codes for link security in content networks A CDN may include a plurality of PoPs that are geographically distributed, a plurality of edge servers that are distributed among the PoPs storing content and responding to content requests, and an edge server in the plurality of edge servers. The edge server may be configured to receive, from a client device, a request for content. The request for content may include an IP address associated with the client device, and a URL comprising a first code. The edge server may also be configured to generate a second code using the IP address received from the client device, determine whether the first code matches the second code, retrieve content in the CDN that is responsive to the request for content if the first code matches the second code, and send the content to the client device if the first code matches the second code.
US09392067B2	Efficient automatic sharing of network access among devices An access point device is configured to improve usability of tethering, while improving battery life and managing data usage among and by the tethered devices. Both access point devices and client devices can remain in a low power state without a high power radio being powered until a shared network connection is to be used. To establish a connection to a network for the client device, the client device communicates with the access point device over a lower power communication device, such as a low power radio. The access point device activates its higher power radio. The two devices then connect over the high power radio, allowing the client device to then to use the access point device as a router to connect to a computer network.
US09392058B2	Migration of executing applications and associated stored data As disclosed herein, a method, executed by a computer, for migrating executing applications and associated stored data includes executing one or more applications in a source system environment that access data stored on a source storage device that is directly accessible within the source system environment, migrating the data to a target storage device that is directly accessible within a target system environment but is not directly accessible within the source system environment, wherein migrating the data comprises copying the data from the source storage device to the target storage device using a remote storage access protocol. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the method are also disclosed herein.
US09392057B2	Selectively exchanging data between P2P-capable client devices via a server In an embodiment, a first client device establishes a P2P connection with a second client device. While the P2P connection is still established, the first client device receives a request to send data to the second client device via the P2P connection, and then sends the data to a server along with an indication of a temporary identifier of the second client device without notifying an operator of the first client device that the data is being sent to the server. In another embodiment, the server receives the data, maps the temporary identifier to a unique network address of the second client device and generates a record of the data transmission between the respective client devices. In another embodiment, the server maintains an association for the temporary identifier after the first and second client devices are disconnected from their P2P connection to permit supplemental communication.
US09392049B2	Automatic content forwarding to communication networks of content posted from a user Technologies are provided for identifying context associated with received content and automatically forwarding the content to an associated communication network for posting. In some examples, a user may create content for posting to one or more communication networks and send the content over a network for posting to a first communication network. Upon receipt of the content for posting, the first communication network may identify a context of the received content and may associate the context with a second communication network based on a set of content forwarding rules. The first communication network may automatically forward the received content to the associated second communication network for posting at the second communication network. Additionally, a third party entity may be configured to monitor content received at a first communication network, identify a context of the received content, and automatically forward the received content to the associated second communication network for posting.
US09392041B2	Delivery of two-way interactive content Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method includes a receiving a request for content from a user device. The method also includes selecting a content item for delivery responsive to the request. The method also includes providing a two-way communication interface for a user to communicate with a third party content provider associated with the content item along with the selected content item.
US09392036B2	Terminal device and communication system A terminal device is connected to another terminal device through a network. The terminal device includes an imaging control unit, a receiving unit, a voice synthesis unit, a display control unit, and a voice output control unit. The imaging control unit controls an image captured with an imaging unit included in the other terminal device. The receiving unit receives the image captured with the imaging unit of the other terminal device, and a plurality of pieces of voice respectively input to a plurality of voice input units included in the other terminal device. The voice synthesis unit synthesizes the pieces of voice to generate synthesized voice. The display control unit displays the image on a display unit. The voice output control unit causes a voice output unit to output the synthesized voice.
US09392025B2	Subscriber dependent redirection between a mobile packet core proxy and a cell site proxy in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving, by a first proxy within an access network, a first request for content associated with a remote server. The first request includes a subscriber identifier associated with a subscriber. The method further includes sending the first request to a second proxy within a core network. The first request is intercepted by an intercept function within the core network in a first intercept operation. The intercept function is configured to forward the first request to the second proxy. The method further includes receiving a redirect from the second proxy. The redirect is configured to redirect the first request to the first proxy. The redirect is intercepted by the intercept function in a second intercept operation, and the intercept function is configured to forward the redirect to the first proxy.
US09392020B2	Network watermark A network communications method utilizing a network watermark for providing security in the communications includes creating a verifiable network communications path of nodes through a network for the transfer of information from a first end node to a second end node; verifying the network communications path of nodes, by the first end node, before communicating by the first end node information intended for receipt by the second end node; and once the network communications path of nodes is verified by the first end node, communicating by the first end node, via the verified communications path of nodes, the information intended for receipt by the second end node; wherein the network watermark represents the verifiable network communications path of nodes.
US09392019B2	Managing cyber attacks through change of network address A system for responding to a cyber-attack on a server. A notification is sent to a server administrator that a cyber-attack is occurring and the number of cyber-attacks on the server has exceeded a predetermined threshold. A request is received by a server, from the server administrator, in response to receiving the notification, to obtain a new Internet Protocol (IP) address for the server. The new IP address will be generated following a protocol received by the server from the server administrator. In response to receiving instructions to follow a protocol from the server administrator, the server requests a new IP address from a DHCP system. The DHCP system will obtain a new IP address for the server following the protocol sent by the server to the DHCP system.
US09392015B2	Advanced persistent threat detection A variety of techniques are disclosed for detection of advanced persistent threats and similar malware. In one aspect, the detection of certain network traffic at a gateway is used to trigger a query of an originating endpoint, which can use internal logs to identify a local process that is sourcing the network traffic. In another aspect, an endpoint is configured to periodically generate and transmit a secure heartbeat, so that an interruption of the heartbeat can be used to signal the possible presence of malware. In another aspect, other information such as local and global reputation information is used to provide context for more accurate malware detection.
US09392014B2	Automated detection of harmful content This document discloses a solution for automatically detecting malicious content by computer security routine executed in a processing device. A user input to a social media application is detected by the computer security routine. The user input indicates that a user wants to share content with at least one other user through the social media application. In response, the computer security routine suspends said sharing and performs, before determining whether or not to allow the sharing, a security check for suspiciousness of contents the user intends to share.
US09391996B1	Auditable retrieval of privileged credentials In an approach for providing auditable retrieval of privileged credentials in a privilege identity management (PIM) system, a processor invokes a checkout of a PIM credential, based on, at least, a determination that a PIM server cannot be accessed. A processor receives a request to access the PIM credential by a user. A processor receives validation of the request to access the PIM credential and an identity of the user. A processor retrieves the PIM credential from a database, wherein the database stores a plurality of PIM credentials owned by a system owner.
US09391988B2	Community biometric authentication on a smartphone Methods and systems are presented for performing biometric authentication of a plurality of users on a user device (e.g., smartphone). In some embodiments, a user may specify in biometric settings certain biometric authentication applications to be used with a group biometric authentication system. A user may additionally specify in biometric settings other users to add to a biometric authentication group. A user may perform functions or access data in biometric authentication-enabled applications (e.g., a financial application) that require the biometric authentication of one or more other users by transmitting a request to the user device of the one or more other users for the required biometric data (e.g., a fingerprint scan).
US09391987B2	Biometric personal authentication A module for authenticating a person is characterized in that it comprises: a processing circuit (102) comprising an authentication memory (104), a sensor (106) of a physiological parameter of the wearer, a means (108) for inactivating the circuit (202) responsive to the sensor (106) and capable of inactivating the circuit (102) when said sensor (106) does not receive an expected physiological signal, a circuit (110) for wireless nearfield communications with a base (20), capable of communicating with said base (20) according to a protocol involving biometric data distinct from said physiological parameter and intended to be received by the module (10), and means (112) for transmitting presence validation signals for said base (20) and or for receiving presence validation signals, distinct from said communications circuit (110).
US09391980B1	Enterprise platform verification Systems and methods for enterprise platform verification are provided. In some aspects, a computing device includes a trusted platform module (TPM). The TPM includes an endorsement key (EK) physically embedded in the TPM. The TPM includes an attestation identity key (AIK), the AIK being used to verify that at least one TPM-protected key different from the EK and different from the AIK is generated at the TPM and is non-migratable. The TPM includes an enterprise machine key (EMK), the EMK being certified by the AIK, the EMK being uniquely associated with the client computing device, and the EMK being generated during enrollment of the client computing device with an enterprise and remaining active until a factory reset of the client computing device.
US09391965B2	Data search device, data search method, data search program, data registration device, data registration method, data registration program, and information processing device A data search server stores a system ciphertext including a data ciphertext and a keyword ciphertext in each category-specific DB unit for each data category, and stores each category-determination secret key being associated with each category-specific DB unit. A search request receiving unit receives from a data search terminal a search request including a search trapdoor and an index tag. A data searching unit searches for a category-determination secret key with which the index tag is decrypted to the same value as a key-determination value. Using the search trapdoor, the data searching unit performs a search of a Public-key Encryption with Keyword Search scheme on system ciphertexts in a category-specific DB unit associated with this category-determination secret key. A search result transmitting unit transmits to the data search terminal a data ciphertext included in a system ciphertext which has been found as a hit in the search.
US09391961B2	Information operating device, information output device, and information processing method An information operating device has a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a machine operating command for operating the information output device and a usage certificate certifying that the machine operating web application, a domain name attacher to attach a domain name of the first communication device, when the connection is established by the second connection unit to transmit the machine operating command for operating the information output device using the connection, an application executing unit to execute the PIN code input web application acquired from the first communication device through the first connection unit, an encryption information generator to generate encryption information and transmit it to the information output device, and a client processing unit to transmit the usage certificate and the encryption information to the information output device through the second connection unit.
US09391957B2	System and method for secure communication between domains A system and method of executing secure communications between first and second domains includes a first logical unit and a second logical unit. The first logical unit periodically calculates timestamps and hashes. The first logical unit also transmits a web form to a node of a first domain responsive to a request and the web form is displayed to a user. The first logical unit receives data input to said web form by the user and enhances the data by adding one or more security services. The first logical unit translates the received data from a first network application level protocol to a target network application level protocol while preserving said data security enhancements and transmits the translated data across a public network. A second logical unit de-enhances the translated data and filters the translated data data. The second logical unit further authorizes the filtered data and transmits the filtered data to a node of the second domain for use in an application.
US09391944B2	Suggesting opt-out of notifications to users of a social networking system A social networking system notifies its users of different events and actions taking place inside the social networking system. To present notifications that are most likely to be of interest to the user, the social networking system observes the interactions of the user with notifications presented to the user and suggests an option to opt-out of notifications associated with a source based on the observed interactions. The option to opt-out of notifications associated with the source may be presented if the users interactions with the notifications presented are below a threshold. Notifications associated with a social group are presented to the user based on factors describing the group and the relation between the user and other users of the social group, for example, seniority of the user, size of the group, and the rate at which user actions associated with the group are received.
US09391934B2	Capturing and sending multimedia as electronic messages One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of capturing and sending multimedia content items as electronic message. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to easily and effectively capture multimedia content items for inclusion in a communication session without navigating away from the communication session. Additionally, systems and methods described herein allow a multimedia content item to be sent to one or more co-users immediately following the capture of the multimedia content item without further user interaction. In other words, the system and methods can capture and automatically send a multimedia content item in response to a single user interaction.
US09391930B2	CPM service provisioning system and method for interworking with non-CPM service A Converged-Internet Protocol (IP) Messaging (CPM) service provisioning method and system are provided including a CPM server. The CPM server includes an eXtension Markup Language (XML) Document Management (XDM) client for sending a request for preference information of a recipient terminal to which the CPM message is to be delivered, and receiving the preference information in response to the request from an XDM server that stores and manages the preference information of the recipient terminal; and an interworking selection entity for determining a non-CPM service to be subjected to interworking depending on the received preference information, and delivering the CPM message to an interworking server that interworks with the determined non-CPM service.
US09391913B2	Express virtual channels in an on-chip interconnection network A method, router node, and set of instructions for using express virtual channels in a component network on a chip are disclosed. An input link 302 may receive an express flow control unit from a source node 102 in a packet-switched network via an express virtual channel 110. An output link 306 may send the express flow control unit to a sink node 106. A switch allocator 322 may forward the express flow control unit directly to the output link 306.
US09391905B2	Method and system of bandwidth-aware service placement for service chaining based on bandwidth consumption in a software-defined networking (SDN) system A method implemented in a network for placing services in a SDN system is disclosed. The network contains a plurality of network devices managed by a SDN controller and offers a set of services to subscribers. Subsets of the set of services are included in ordered service chains for subscribers. The method starts with determining a list of bandwidth consumption entities of a service for each service, where each bandwidth consumption entity is based on one or more chains of services. Then a weight of each service is calculated based on the list of bandwidth consumption entities of the service and a service with the highest weight within a group of services that have not been placed in the SDN system is selected. The selected service is then placed at a network device based at least partially on calculating bandwidth impacts to the SDN system by the service.
US09391902B2	System and method for dynamic collaboration during query processing A system and method of dynamic collaboration during query processing includes determining a load factor for a data source, receiving a query at a query assistant running on a computer server, determining a complexity of the query, adjusting the complexity by the load factor, simplifying the query by removing one or more first query elements from the query when the adjusted complexity is above a threshold, forming a query plan where the first query elements are designated for processing outside the data source, and performing the query plan by sending one or more abbreviated queries to the data source and processing the first query elements using the query assistant. The abbreviated queries are based on the query with the first query elements removed. In some examples, the query may be iteratively simplified until a second adjusted complexity of a simplified version of the query falls below the threshold.
US09391893B2	Lookup engine for an information handling system An information handling system, device, and method are provided that perform lookups. The lookups are performed by multiple lookup cores that spatially duplicate the available access paths provided by a single lookup core that interface with memory that has been upgraded to increase its timing. As a result, the systems, methods, and devices are capable of scaling a bandwidth of packet processing using existing technologies.
US09391883B2	Method and device for label automatic allocation in ring network protection Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for label automatic allocation in ring network protection. The method includes: after physical topology configuration of ring network protection is completed, if connectivity detection between a first node and a downstream node of a ring tunnel is UP, receiving, a first label distribution message sent by the downstream node; sending, by the first node according to the identifier indicating that the tail node label is ready, a second label distribution message to the upstream node; so that the upstream node learns that label allocation for all nodes on the ring tunnel between the first node and a tail node is completed. The method solves problems in the prior art that a workload for configuration of a working ring is big and availability of an end-to-end service cannot be ensured.
US09391878B2	Reliable packet delivery with overlay network (RPDON) In one embodiment, a device in a computer network establishes a reliable map that defines a set of packet criteria for which reliability is desired over an unreliable link to a peer device. In response to receiving a first packet from the peer device over the unreliable link, the device acknowledges the first packet to the peer device when the first packet matches the packet criteria of the reliable map. Also, in response to receiving a second packet destined via the peer device over the unreliable link, the device buffers the second packet when the second packet matches the packet criteria of the reliable map and retransmits the buffered second packet over the unreliable link to the peer device until acknowledged by the peer device.
US09391875B2	Resource oriented dependency graph for network configuration A method for network analysis includes determining an initial set of demands upon the resources of a network, determining a new set of demands upon the resources of the network, apply a policy for assigning a demand of the new set of demands to a demand of the initial set of demands, create a dependency for the assignment of the demand of the new set of demands to the demand of the initial set of demands, construct a sub-graph including the dependency, and incorporate the sub-graph into a resource-oriented-dependency graph. Each demand includes a quantification.
US09391871B1	Probabilistic distance-based arbitration Probabilistic arbitration is combined with distance-based weights to achieve equality of service in interconnection networks, such as those used with chip multiprocessors. This arbitration desirably used incorporates nonlinear weights that are assigned to requests. The nonlinear weights incorporate different arbitration weight metrics, namely fixed weight, constantly increasing weight, and variably increasing weight. Probabilistic arbitration for an on-chip router avoids the need for additional buffers or virtual channels, creating a simple, low-cost mechanism for achieving equality of service. The nonlinearly weighted probabilistic arbitration includes additional benefits such as providing quality-of-service features and fairness in terms of both throughput and latency that approaches the global fairness achieved with age-base arbitration. This provides a more stable network by achieving high sustained throughput beyond saturation. Each router or switch in the network may include an arbiter to apply the weighted probabilistic arbitration.
US09391868B2	Method and sending-end device for measuring performance indicator of service flow A method for measuring a performance indicator of a service flow is disclosed. A sending-end device constructs a measurement packet. The measurement packet is used to trigger a receiving-end device to measure the performance indicator of the service flow. A forwarding attribute of the measurement packet is the same as a forwarding attribute of a packet in the service flow. The measurement packet is sent to the receiving-end device.
US09391864B2	Internet service control method, and relevant device and system An Internet service control method, and a relevant device and system are disclosed. An Internet service control method is applied to a terminal device deployed with an Internet service client, where the method includes: monitoring a type of a message which the Internet service client is ready to send to an application server through an air interface; and when monitoring that the sent message is a heartbeat message or polling message, intercepting the heartbeat message or polling message, where the application server is configured to process a service corresponding to the Internet service client, the application server further communicates with a second service proxy function entity through a second communication channel, the second communication channel includes no air interface channel, and the second service proxy function entity proxies the Internet service client to send the heartbeat message or polling message to the application server.
US09391863B2	Server resource management, analysis, and intrusion negotiation A console host and intrusion negation system (CHAINS) includes a host component and a console component. The host component monitors resources at a server. Resources that are becoming overloaded can be throttled back. Reports relating to resource usage may be transmitted to the console component. At the console component, resource reports from multiple host components may be viewed and managed.
US09391853B2	Efficient service advertisement and discovery in a peer-to-peer networking environment with dynamic advertisement and discovery periods based on operating conditions A local device is configured to monitor operating conditions coupled to a wireless network. An advertisement period is dynamically adjusted based on the operating conditions of the local device, where the advertisement period is dynamically adjusted based on at least one of a battery condition of the local device, a user behavior of the local device, network traffic condition, and a type of service to be advertised. The local device broadcasts a service advertisement in the wireless network according to the adjusted advertisement period, the service advertisement including one or more service IDs for identifying one or more services to be advertised from the local device.
US09391852B2	Computer-readable recording medium and information processing apparatus A computer is disclosed that performs a verification process. The computer analyzes quality characteristics of communication for each of predetermined quality analysis subjects from actual capture data. The computer generates send data based on the actual capture data and an exchanging message which is acquired when a reproduced operation is verified based on the actual capture data. The computer sends the send data to a verification subject apparatus at sending timing based on the quality characteristics. The computer receives response data from the verification subject apparatus. The computer verifies an operation of the verification subject apparatus.
US09391845B2	System, method and apparatus for improving the performance of collective operations in high performance computing System, method, and apparatus for improving the performance of collective operations in High Performance Computing (HPC). Compute nodes in a networked HPC environment form collective groups to perform collective operations. A spanning tree is formed including the compute nodes and switches and links used to interconnect the compute nodes, wherein the spanning tree is configured such that there is only a single route between any pair of nodes in the tree. The compute nodes implement processes for performing the collective operations, which includes exchanging messages between processes executing on other compute nodes, wherein the messages contain indicia identifying collective operations they belong to. Each switch is configured to implement message forwarding operations for its portion of the spanning tree. Each of the nodes in the spanning tree implements a ratcheted cyclical state machine that is used for synchronizing collective operations, along with status messages that are exchanged between nodes. Transaction IDs are also used to detect out-of-order and lost messages.
US09391838B2	Method and apparatus for setting network node location A method and an apparatus for setting a network node location. The method is applied in a router in a ZigBee network and includes acquiring, by the router, a network parameter of at least one network device in a network connecting to the router; calculating the number of network parameters meeting a predefined threshold condition; mapping the number of the network parameters meeting the predefined threshold condition to corresponding indication information, wherein the indication information indicates deployment performance of the router in the network; and providing the indication information for a user, wherein the indication information is used to instruct the user to set a location for the router in the network.
US09391827B1	Conditional audio content delivery method and system A method of transmitting audio content over a communication network includes generating a predetermined audio content in a format capable of being transmitted to members in the publisher's network; receiving a request for the predetermined audio content from the members interested in receiving the audio content; embedding advertisements into the predetermined audio content selected according to details describing each of the members and transmitting to each of the members the predetermined audio content embedded with the advertisements selected specifically for each member. Additionally, a communication method selectively transmits messages between a publisher and members of a publisher's network. The communication method includes receiving a request from a member of the publisher's network to communicate with the publisher, ordering the request to communicate from the member according to a queuing scheme that serializes the request with other requests from other members of the publisher's network, determining if a response to the request from the member should be made through a synchronous interactive communication channel rather than the queuing scheme and an asynchronous communication channel, ordering a response from the publisher responsive to the determination and according to a queuing scheme that serializes the response to the request along with other responses to other requests over the asynchronous communication channel from other members and establishing the synchronous interactive communication channel responsive to the determination that circumvents the queuing scheme and is capable of delivering a response to the request directly to the member making the request.
US09391825B1	System and method for tracking service results Various embodiments of a system and method for tracking service requests are described. Embodiments may include call tree generation logic configured to receive multiple request identifiers associated with a respective one of multiple service requests. Each given request identifier may include an origin identifier, a depth value, and a request stack comprising one or more interaction identifiers. The call tree generation logic may also be configured to, based on multiple request identifiers that each include an origin identifier associated with a particular root request, generating a data structure that specifies a hierarchy of services called to fulfill that particular root request. Based on one or more of the interaction identifiers and one or more of the depth values, the generated data structure may specify for each given service of the hierarchy: a parent service that called the given service, and one or more child services called by the given service.
US09391823B2	Methods and receiver for positioning of clock related spurious signals Methods and a receiver of positioning a spurious signal for reducing the impact of the spurious signal on a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM signal, are presented. The method comprises determining the frequency of a spurious signal (steps 102, 204, 404), determining the frequency for the respective sub-carrier of the OFDM signal and the difference between the frequency of a sub-carrier and the frequency of a spurious signal (steps 104, 206, 406), and adjusting at least one of: the frequency of the first oscillator (step 208) and a parameter related to the frequency of a second oscillator, to decrease the frequency difference between a sub-carrier and a spurious signal (steps 106, 212, 408). By positioning a spurious signal at or near a sub-carrier frequency, the performance impact of the spurious signal is reduced, and the receiver performance improved.
US09391812B2	Channel estimation method and receiver Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel estimation method and a receiver. The method includes: determining a channel space related matrix of each channel according to first signals received by N antennas of a receiver on each channel of M channels, where the channel space related matrix of each channel is used to indicate space correlation between the N antennas on each channel, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; determining a channel fading factor filter matrix according to the channel space related matrices of the M channels, where the channel fading factor filter matrix is an N×N-dimensional matrix; and determining channel estimation of a first channel according to the channel fading factor filter matrix and channel fading factors corresponding to the N antennas when the N antennas receive first signals on the first channel.
US09391809B2	Call analysis A computer having a processor and a memory is configured to obtain a first set of data from a media gateway, the first set of data including a first trunk identifier and an identifier for a point code associated with the trunk. The computer is further configured to obtain a second set of data related to the media gateway from a call database, the second set of data including a second trunk identifier, and a release code. The computer is further configured to join the first set of data to the second set of data by matching the first trunk identifier to the second trunk identifier. The computer is further configured to determine a number of times that the release code corresponds to the point code.
US09391803B2	Methods systems and apparatuses for dynamically tagging VLANs Systems, mechanisms, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for dynamically tagging VLANs. For example, in one embodiment such means include: means for receiving a packet having identified therein a source Media Access Control (MAC) address and a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Identifier, wherein the VLAN identifier corresponds to a VLAN which is non-existent on a network switch; means for modifying the packet received to include two VLAN tags, a first VLAN tag corresponding to the VLAN identifier identified within the packet received and a second VLAN tag, distinct from the first; means for determining no forwarding database entry exists for the modified packet; and means for creating the VLAN on the network switch to handle received packets tagged with the VLAN identifier.
US09391798B2	Inter-policy server communication via a policy broker A device receives policy parameters for a user equipment moving from a first access network to a second access network. The device also translates the policy parameters to parameters understood by the second access network, and provides the translated policy parameters to the second access network. When the translated policy parameters are accepted by the second access network, the user equipment connects to the second access network in accordance with the translated policy parameters.
US09391795B2	Non-disruptive integrated network infrastructure testing Non-disruptive integrated testing of network infrastructure in which one or more processors of a first network interface device (NID) performs tests on a network cable connected to a first NID of a host system, and connected to a second NID. Tests verify connectivity of the cable, a bandwidth capacity baseline, and a maximum bandwidth of the network cable. A self-test determines the host operating system, host status, and operational status of the host NID, and responsive to changed conditions, NID settings are reverted to a pre-validated condition state, and confirmation of reverting is sent to the host. Network activity is suspended if received by the host ID during scheduled network cable tests. Upon completion of tests and storing of test results in NID memory network activity resumes. Results of the tests are transferred from memory of the first NID to persistent storage of the host system.
US09391778B2	Secure password management systems, methods and apparatuses The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment for authenticating a user. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage, a user interface, and a password engine. The password engine is configured to retrieve two or more predetermined prompts from the non-volatile storage, present the two or more predetermined prompts on the user interface to a user in a random order, receive a first set of input(s) in response to the two or more predetermined prompts, create an encryption keyword from the received first set of input(s) according to an original order of the two or more predetermined prompts stored in the non-volatile storage, and use the encryption keyword to authenticate the user.
US09391770B2	Method of cryption A method for crypting one or more data blocks comprising: providing a main table 100 comprising a circular array of K randomly distributed bits with a predetermined start point, generating a master key 504 based on a series expansion of a user key, generating a first set of tumblers 506 using the master key, wherein each element of the master key defines a unique bitwise rotation of the main table from the predetermined start point, performing an XOR operation on the first set of tumblers to form a mask of K bits 508; generating a block key 512 based on the mask; and crypting 514 the one or more data blocks with an XOR operation of the block key.
US09391765B2	Wireless clock distribution Aspects of a method and system for 60 GHz wireless clock distribution may include configuring a microwave communication link established between a first chip and a second chip via a wireline communication bus. The configuration may comprise adjusting beamforming parameters of a first antenna array communicatively coupled to the first chip, and of a second antenna array communicatively coupled to the second chip. The first chip and the second chip may communicate a clock signal via said microwave communication link. The microwave communication link may be routed via one or more relay chips, when the first chip and the second chip cannot directly communicate. Control data may be transferred between the first chip, the second chip, and/or the one or more relay chips, which may comprise one or more antennas. The relay chips may be dedicated relay ICs or multi-purpose transmitter/receivers.
US09391763B2	Configuring time-division duplex mode In an LTE system, to configure TDD mode for different cells adjacent to a given cell, an EPC may apply different timeslot proportion configurations to the cells based on the uplink and downlink traffic of each cell.
US09391756B2	Wireless communication base station equipment, wireless communication terminal device and search space setting method Disclosed is wireless communication base station equipment in which CCE allocation can be flexibly performed without collision of ACK/NACK signals between a plurality of unit bands, even when wideband transmission is performed exclusively on a downlink circuit. In this equipment, an allocation unit (105) sets up mutually different search spaces for each of a plurality of downlink unit bands, with respect to wireless communication terminal devices that communicate using a plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates resource allocation information of downlink circuit data destined for the wireless communication terminal devices to CCEs in mutually different search spaces for each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and an ACK/NACK reception unit (119); extracts a response signal in respect of the downlink circuit data from the uplink control channel associated with the CCE to which the resource allocation information of this downlink circuit data was allocated.
US09391755B2	Radio access network node and mobile station with increased Ack/Nack space for packet downlink Ack/Nack message A radio access network node (e.g., base station system), a mobile station, and various methods are described herein that increase the size and/or efficiency of an ack/nack bitmap in one or more control messages (e.g., Packet Downlink Ack/Nack message(s)). The mobile station when operating in a Downlink Multi Carrier mode sends the one or more control messages to the radio access network node.
US09391749B2	System and method for distributed data management in wireless networks Described are systems and methods for managing data traffic to a plurality of mobile devices over a wireless network. For each mobile device, a facility is provided that is capable of: (i) assigning a utility function to mathematically represent the value of a plurality of applications running on that mobile device with respect to a factor, (ii) aggregating the plurality of utility functions to generate an aggregated utility function corresponding to that mobile device, and (ii) communicating at least one of the associated aggregate utility function and a bid price based on the associated aggregate utility function over a network. A resource allocation is determined among a plurality of mobile devices based on a bidding process which accounts for the aggregate utility functions, and the data traffic between the mobile devices and the resource is managed using a network traffic shaping element according to the resource allocation.
US09391744B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing and mitigating noise in a digital subscriber line Data indicative of a level of stability of a DSL link is received. Based on the received data, it is determined whether the data indicates a level of stability of the DSL link that is above or below and minimum threshold. If the level of stability of the DSL link is below the minimum threshold, die noise associated with the DSL link before the time of failure is compared with the noise of failure. If the difference between the noise before and after the time of failure exceeds a threshold, then the difference in noise is characterized as a stationary noise associated with the DSL link. However, if the difference between the noise before and after the time of failure is below the threshold, a determination is made whether the failure is associated with a loss of power to the DSL link or a severe impulse noise event the difference in noise is characterized accordingly. Finally, the characterization of the noise associated with the DSL link is preserved for subsequent possible reconfiguration of the DSL link to improve link stability.
US09391742B2	Channel description feedback in a communication system In a method for estimating a channel between a transmitter and a receiver in a communication network, a plurality of training signal fields are received at the receiver. Each training signal field includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) tones, and the OFDM tones include at least a plurality of training data tones and one or more pilot tones. Channel estimate data corresponding to the plurality of training data tones and the one or more pilot tones is determined. Channel estimate data corresponding to only a subset of the OFDM tones or data generated using the channel estimate data corresponding to the subset of OFDM tones is transmitted to the transmitter, wherein the subset excludes pilot tones.
US09391739B2	Efficient demapping of constellations Methods and apparatus for efficient demapping of constellations are described. In an embodiment, these methods may be implemented within a digital communications receiver, such as a Digital Terrestrial Television receiver. The method reduces the number of distance metric calculations which are required to calculate soft information in the demapper by locating the closest constellation point to the received symbol. This closest constellation point is identified based on a comparison of distance metrics which are calculated parallel to either the I- or Q-axis. The number of distance metric calculations may be reduced still further by identifying a local minimum constellation point for each bit in the received symbol and these constellation points are identified using a similar method to the closest constellation point. Where the system uses rotated constellations, the received symbol may be unrotated before any constellation points are identified.
US09391736B2	Channel state information transmission for multiple carriers Channel state information is reported in periodic and aperiodic reports for multiple component carriers or serving cells. Channel state information may be reported for a subset of aggregated downlink carriers or serving cells. For an aperiodic report, the carrier(s)/serving cell(s) for which channel state information is reported are determined based on the request for the aperiodic report. When a CQI/PMI/RI report and a HARQ ACK/NACK report coincide in a subframe, the HARQ ACK/NACK report is transmitted on PUCCH, and the CQI/PMI/RI report is transmitted on PUSCH.
US09391734B2	Network system Provided is a network system including a subscriber apparatus and a station-side apparatus connected with the subscriber apparatus via an optical line. The subscriber apparatus includes a transceiver for receiving an instruction to change wavelengths for signals to be sent and received, receiving a downstream signal sent from the station-side apparatus and having a wavelength designated by the instruction, and sending an upstream signal having a wavelength designated by the instruction to the station-side apparatus. The subscriber apparatus includes a controller for identifying at least one property of the received downstream signal and determining wavelengths for signals to be sent and received based on the identified at least one property.
US09391732B2	Optical transport having full and flexible bandwidth and channel utilization Optical nodes in an optical network may provide directionless, colorless, contentionless, and gridless transmission, reception, and switching of optical signals in which a non-fixed number of optical channels and a non-fixed bandwidth for each optical channel is used. Optical nodes can use the full extent of the optical bandwidth due to the absence of channel spacing.
US09391731B2	Nyquist wavelength division multiplexing system Aspects of the present invention include apparatus and methods for transmitting and receiving signals in communication systems. A beam splitter splits an optical signal into a plurality of signals. At least one QPSK modulator generates a plurality of QPSK modulated signals from the plurality of signals. An optical multiplexer combines the plurality of QPSK modulated signals into a multiplexed signal. The multiplexed signal is then transmitted.
US09391726B2	Wireless satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) head unit with portable subscription and cell phone abilities A system and method for automated activation of a radio, or content receiver, used to receive subscription radio services such as XM or Sirius radio. A wireless communications device with a short range data link wirelessly communicates with the content receiver to control the content receiver and receive a unique identification code from the content receiver. The wireless communications device also has its own unique identification code. The wireless communications device transmits an activation request message over a long range wireless communications link to a control station. The activation request message contains the receivers unique identification code and the communications device's own unique identification code. The control station maintains a database of valid identification codes that is used to authenticate the request. If the control station receives a valid request, an activation signal is sent to the receiver to allow operation of the receiver.
US09391721B2	Passive intermodulation testing using pulse stimulus Disclosed is a passive intermodulation (PIM) test system having a pulsed signal generator configured to generate and apply a pulsed stimulus signal to a device under test. The PIM test system is further configured to measure a power of at least one PIM product generated by a PIM source in the device under test using the pulsed stimulus signal. Also disclosed in a method for Cevaluating PIM in a device under test, the method includes using a pulsed stimulus signal to measure a power of at least one PIM product generated by a PIM source in the device under test.
US09391718B2	Operational status indicators in an optical transceiver using dynamic thresholds Methods, architectures, circuits, and/or systems for monitoring operating parameters and/or generating status indications associated with electronic device operation are disclosed. The method can include (i) monitoring a first operating parameter related to operation of the electronic device to determine a first parameter value, (ii) calculating a difference between the first parameter value and a predetermined value for the first operating parameter, (iii) monitoring a second operating parameter on which thresholds for operational warnings and/or alarms are based to determine a second parameter value, (iv) updating or changing the thresholds based on a predetermined change or event in the second parameter value, (v) comparing the difference to the updated or changed thresholds, and (vi) generating a corresponding one of the operational warnings and/or alarms when the difference crosses at least one of the thresholds in a predetermined direction.
US09391715B1	High-speed optical communications system A receiver for fiber optic communications.
US09391712B2	Upstream optical transmission assignment based on transmission power An apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive first messages, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to process the first messages, determine transmission powers associated with the first messages, and generate a transmission scheme based on the transmission powers, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit a second message comprising the transmission scheme. An apparatus comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a first message indicating a transmission power of the apparatus, a receiver configured to receive a second message, wherein the second message assigns to the apparatus a wavelength based on the transmission power, and a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to process the second message, and instruct the transmitter to transmit a third message at the wavelength.
US09391710B2	Optical signal control device and optical signal control method An optical signal control device includes an optical signal control unit and a drive circuit. The optical signal control unit includes m number of optical waveguides for propagating carrier light and (m×n) number of interaction regions, n number of interaction regions formed on each of the optical waveguides. The drive circuit includes (m×n) number of phase control units. The (m×n) number of phase control unit output a data signal for controlling the action of the (m×n) number of interaction regions to each of the (m×n) number of interaction regions. Each of the (m×n) number of phase control units outputs the data signal so that timing when the carrier light propagates to the interaction region to output the data signal and timing when the data signal arrives at the interaction region are synchronized. One of m and n is two or more.
US09391709B2	Optical transmitter module A multiplexing optical system in an optical transmitter module has first to third wavelength selective filters and a reflection mirror. The reflection mirror reflects a fourth optical signal to make it enter the first wavelength selective filter and reflects a third optical signal to make it enter the third wavelength selective filter. The third wavelength selective filter reflects a second optical signal to make it enter the second wavelength selective filter and transmits the third optical signal to make it enter the second wavelength selective filter. The first wavelength selective filter transmits a first optical signal to make it enter the second wavelength selective filter and reflects the fourth optical signal to make it enter the second wavelength selective filter. The second wavelength selective filter transmits the first and fourth optical signals and reflects the second and third optical signals to make them enter a lens.
US09391705B2	Non-contact connector A non-contact connector is the solving means that a plurality of new light sources discretely distributed over a circumferential direction are generated from one light source on a rotator, and the lining is performed as the new light source with the characteristic which are not in an original light source. At the time of rotation of the light source, at least one in two or more new light sources maintain connection with an external output terminal and switch the remaining new light sources, so an always-on connection state is secured and the hit of the time-axis of the line signal at the time of an optical path change is avoided.
US09391704B2	Replacing an existing network communications path with a new path using some exclusive physical resources of the existing path In one embodiment, a replacement network communications path is determined using dedicated resources of an existing path. One or more network elements in a network determines a new communications path between a first network node and a second network node in the network while an existing communications path is currently configured in the network to carry traffic between the first and second network nodes. The existing communications path includes one or more exclusive physical resources dedicated to the existing communications path. The new communications path includes at least one of said exclusive physical resources dedicated to the existing communications path. One embodiment includes: subsequent to said determining the new communications path, removing the existing communications path from service, and then instantiating the new communications path, with the new communications path including said at least one of said exclusive physical resources.
US09391702B2	System and method for multiple layer satellite communication A system and method are disclosed that may include a system and method for transmitting user data from an initial satellite in a first constellation located conveniently to an origination user terminal to a destination satellite in the first constellation located conveniently to a destination user terminal, the method including transmitting the user data over an optical link from the initial satellite in the first constellation to a first satellite within a second satellite constellation; conveying the user data over an optical link from the first satellite in the second constellation to a second satellite in the second constellation; and receiving the user data from the second satellite in the second constellation at the destination satellite in the first constellation.
US09391699B2	Methods and apparatus for efficient joint power line and visible light communication A hybrid communications system implements different communication technologies to communicate data and information for particular communications directions in different portions of the system. Power line communications (PLC) signaling is used to deliver data and information from a gateway device to a light access point. Visible light communications (VLC) signaling is used to communicate data and information from the light access point to a user equipment (UE) device. Wireless radio signaling, wireless infrared (IR) signaling, or a combination of wireless IR signaling and PLC signaling is used to communicate data/information from the UE device to the gateway device. To efficiently control the VLC communications channel between the light access point and UE device, the UE device measures the VLC channel, e.g., calculating SNRs on a per VLC tone basis, and communicating VLC channel quality feedback information to the gateway device, which is forwarded to the light access point.
US09391695B2	Optical network communication system with embedded optical time domain reflectometer and method of operation thereof A system and method of operation of an optical network communication system includes: an optical fiber; an optical link attached to the optical fiber; a data transmitter for sending a downstream data message at a downstream data wavelength in the optical link; an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) transmitter for sending a OTDR broadcast pattern continuously at an OTDR wavelength different from the downstream data wavelength in the optical link; a broadband photo detector coupled to the optical fiber; and an OTDR receiver for receiving an OTDR reflected response pattern on the broadband photo detector during an open time slot not used for receiving an upstream data message for indicating an optical fault and for calculating an error distance along the optical fiber based on the optical fault.
US09391688B2	System and method of relay communication with electronic beam adjustment The invention relates to millimeter-wave point-to-point communication systems. A system comprises two separated millimeter-wave transceivers which provide high throughput data transmission and reception in frequency duplex mode and use high gain antennas capable of electronic scanning in some continuous angle range provided by the control module that implement control algorithms for antenna radiation pattern. Also a method based on the exploitation of scanning antennas of initial beam directions fine adjustment and subsequent beam directions tracking and readjustment when needed is proposed.The proposed system and method provide automatic recovery of failed connection in case of relay station orientation change due to influence of various external factors (wind, vibration, different intensity of heating of the bracing mountings at different time of a day and others) and can be used in backhaul systems of base station sites for mobile networks.
US09391687B2	Apparatus and method for minimizing errors by a cell edge user in a multi-cell communication system The present invention relates to performance improvement in a cell edge, particularly, to a method for selecting a precoder for a terminal in a multiple antenna system, wherein the method comprises: performing channel estimation for reference signals of a serving base station and another base station; determining a minimum singular value by using the channel estimation result; and if a complete collaborative feedback structure is used, feeding back a table of the determined, minimum singular value to the base stations.
US09391675B2	Multi-element RFID coupler An RFID communication system comprising a near field coupler that is capable of selectively communicating with a targeted transponder positioned among a group of multiple adjacent transponders. The coupler is configured to receive communication signals from a transceiver and transmit the signals to a targeted transponder in a transponder operating region. The coupler includes a number of radiating elements spaced apart and a switching element. The switching element selectively couples one or more of the radiating elements to the transceiver. The coupled elements transmit the signals into the transponder operating region by emanating a near field effect. The pattern of the near field effect may be adjusted by changing the combination of the coupled radiating elements.
US09391672B2	System, mobile communication terminal and method for transferring information A system, a mobile communication terminal, and a method for transferring information. The system for transferring information includes a first terminal configured to extract and transmit transfer information and a second terminal configured to receive the transfer information. Here, the transfer information corresponds to an intersection state between the first terminal and the second terminal when the first terminal performs first short-range communication with the second terminal, and the first terminal and the second terminal compute their respective position information when the first short-range communication is performed, exchange the position information with each other, and calculate the intersection state information based on the respective position information of the first and second terminals.
US09391671B2	Wireless power transmission and charging system and method thereof A wireless power transmission and charging system is provided. The wireless power transmission and charging system may include a source device to wirelessly transmit a power, and a target device to wirelessly receive the power. A communication error may be reduced, and a power transmission efficiency may be increased, by performing communication between the source device and the target device using a shortened packet generated by converting, for example, a packet of a byte scale to a packet of a bit scale.
US09391669B2	Communication using multiple conductor cable A method of communication over a composite cable having a plurality of conductors, the method including placing an inductive coupler around the composite cable, coupling the composite cable to a signal input or output using the inductive coupler around the composite cable to communicate a signal to or from the composite cable, wherein the signal is communicated across the composite cable from a first location to a second location, wherein the inductive coupler is at one of the first location and the second location.
US09391666B1	Multiplexer device with first and second filtering devices connected to common port A multiplexer device includes at least one filtering device having at least one first band pass filter, connected to a common port via at least one series inductance, respectively, and only one or non-overlapping passbands, and at least one second filtering device, each of which includes at least one second band pass filter with a total of at least two second band pass filters are connected to the common port and having non-overlapping passbands, respectively. Combined series inductance transformed input impedance of the at least one first filtering device is inductive, when viewed from the common port, in the passbands of the at least two second band pass filters. Combined input impedance of the at least one second filtering device is substantially capacitive, when viewed from the common port, in a passband of the at least one first band pass filter in the at least one first filtering device.
US09391660B2	Wireless receiver and wireless receiving method A wireless receiver capable of realizing both reduction of electricity consumption and stable activation is provided. The wireless receiver includes: a power detector which detects power of a received signal; a first pattern detector which detects a predetermined signal pattern included in the received signal; a wireless communicator which performs wireless communication; a pattern detection activator which activates the first pattern detector when the power detector detects the power of the received signal; and a wireless communication activator which activates the wireless communicator when the first pattern detector detects the predetermined signal pattern in the received signal.
US09391657B2	Antenna matching device An antenna matching device includes an antenna terminal connected to an antenna and an RF terminal connected to an RF circuit. The antenna terminal and the RF terminal are connected to each other through a first transmission path only via an inductor. The antenna terminal and the RF terminal are connected to each other through a second transmission path only via an SPST switch. By switching between the open state and the closed state of the switch in accordance with the frequency of an RF signal, the first transmission channel or the second transmission channel is selected.
US09391654B2	Systems and methods for reducing a relatively high power, approximately constant envelope interference signal that spectrally overlaps a relatively low power desired signal Systems and methods are provided for processing a time-domain signal in rectangular coordinates. The signal can include a low power desired signal and a high power, approximately constant envelope interference signal that spectrally overlaps the desired signal. A rectangular to polar converter can obtain magnitude and phase of the time-domain signal in polar coordinates. An interference estimator can estimate a magnitude of the interference signal based on the magnitude of the time-domain signal in polar coordinates. A subtractor can obtain a difference magnitude in polar coordinates based on the magnitude of the time-domain signal and the estimated magnitude of the interference signal in polar coordinates. A polar to rectangular converter can obtain the desired signal with reduced power of the interference signal based on the difference magnitude and phase of the time-domain signal in polar coordinates.
US09391638B1	Error indications in error correction code (ECC) protected memory systems Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method including receiving data to be stored in a memory, the data including (i) data bits and (ii) a tag indicating that one or more of the data bits are corrupted; generating eight error correction code (ECC) bits corresponding to the data bits of the data; in response to the data including the tag indicating that one or more of the data bits are corrupted, modifying seven bits of the eight ECC bits to generate modified ECC bits, wherein the seven bits of the eight ECC bits are modified to indicate that one or more of the corresponding data bits are corrupted; and writing the data bits, along with the modified ECC bits, to the memory. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09391636B2	Method and system A method includes: setting a first and a second storage regions; first creating a first compression code of a compression target data in a file using a identifier indicating the data in the first storage region when a predetermined first consistency between the compression target data and the data in the first storage region is detected; comparing the compression target data with data in the second storage region when the predetermined first consistency between the compression target data and the data in the first storage region is not detected, the compression target data being moved to the second storage region after the comparing; and storing the compression target data into the first storage region associated with a identifier indicating the data in the first storage region when a predetermined second consistency between the compression target data and the data in the second storage region is detected.
US09391635B2	Block scanner and run-level encoder from AC to DC values A block encode circuit (800) including a scanner (820) operable to scan a block having data values spaced apart in the block by run-lengths to produce a succession of pairs of values of Level and Run representing each data value and run-length, and wherein the Level values include one or more AC values succeeded by a DC value in the succession, and a Run-Level encoder (830) responsive to said scanner (820) to encode the values of Level and Run in a same AC to DC order as in the succession of pairs of values from said scanner (820) to deliver an encoded output. Other encoders, decoders, codecs and systems and processes for their operation and manufacture are disclosed.
US09391628B1	Low noise precision input stage for analog-to-digital converters An input stage to an analog to digital converter (ADC) includes at least one sampling capacitor (SC) for sampling an input signal in acquire phases, a capacitive gain amplifier (CGA) for providing the input signal to the SC, and bandwidth control means. The bandwidth control means is configured to ensure that the SC has a first bandwidth during a first part of an acquire phase and has a second bandwidth during a subsequent, second, part of said acquire phase, the second bandwidth being smaller than the first. In this manner, first, the input signal is sampled at a higher, first, bandwidth allowing to take advantage of using a high-bandwidth CGA to minimize settling error on the SC, and, next, during a second part of the same acquire phase, the input signal is sampled at a lower, second, bandwidth advantageously decreasing noise resulting from the use of a high-bandwidth CGA.
US09391621B2	Configurable multiply-accumulate Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) contain, in addition to random logic, also other components, such as processing units, multiply-accumulate (MAC) units, analog circuits, and other elements, configurable with respect of the random logic, to enhance the capabilities of the FPGA. A circuit for a filed configurable MAC unit is provided to allow various configurations of ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY and SHIFT functions. Optionally, registered input and registered output support a multi-cycle path. A configuration of a constant facilitates the configuration of the circuit to perform infinite impulse response (IIR) and finite impulse response (FIR) functions in hardware.
US09391619B2	Level-shift circuits compatible with multiple supply voltage A level-shift circuit, receiving a supply voltage and a input signal, includes a pre-stage voltage conversion circuit and a post-stage voltage conversion circuit. The pre-stage voltage conversion circuit includes a first voltage protection module generating an inner conversion voltage and a first voltage conversion module converting the input signal into a pre-stage output signal according to the inner conversion voltage. The post-stage voltage conversion circuit includes a second voltage protection module generating a first inverse output signal, a first output signal, a second inverse output signal, and a second output signal. The transistors of the pre-stage voltage conversion circuit and the post-stage voltage conversion circuit have a punch-through voltage. The level-shift makes the stress of the transistors less than the punch-through voltage when the supply voltage is greater than the punch-through voltage, and remains the driving capability when being less than the punch-through voltage.
US09391614B2	Clock state control for power saving in an integrated circuit Sequential logic elements may consume less static power in response to a first state of a clock signal than in response to a second state of a clock signal (the first and second state may be either low or high depending on the type of sequential logic). This can be exploited to reduce static power consumption of an integrated circuit by controlling the level of a clock signal so that is in the first state for a greater amount of time than the second state.
US09391612B2	Output circuit for semiconductor device, semiconductor device having output circuit, and method of adjusting characteristics of output circuit To decrease the circuit scale necessary for the calibration of the output circuit and to decrease the time required for the calibration operation. The invention includes a first output buffer and a second output buffer that are connected to a data pin, and a calibration circuit that is connected to a calibration pin. The first output buffer and the second output buffer include plural unit buffers. The unit buffers have mutually the same circuit structures. With this arrangement, the impedances of the first output buffer and the second output buffer can be set in common, based on the calibration operation using the calibration circuit. Consequently, both the circuit scale necessary for the calibration operation and the time required for the calibration operation can be decreased.
US09391611B2	Operation device An operation device includes a detecting portion that is configured to detect an operation by a detected object and includes a plurality of operational areas each having a different assigned function executable on a controlled device as an operational object; and a dividing portion to guide the operation of the detected object and to separate the plurality of operational areas along boundaries between the plurality of operational areas of the detecting portion. The dividing portion includes an operable area that allows an operation across adjacent ones of the operational areas by the detected object.
US09391609B2	Touch device and fabrication method thereof A touch device is provided. The touch device includes a decorative layer formed on at least one side of a sensing electrode layer and disposed for corresponding to the sensing electrode layer to constitute a vacant space, a signal-conveying trace disposed on the decoration layer, an insulating layer formed to fill the vacant space, and a conductive layer formed on the insulating layer and bridging over the sensing electrode layer and the decorative layer through the buffer function of the insulating layer for electrically connecting the sensing electrode layer with the signal-conveying trace. Further, a method for fabricating the touch device is also provided.
US09391607B2	Use of random sampling technique to reduce finger-coupled noise Random sampling techniques include techniques for reducing or eliminating errors in the output of capacitive sensor arrays such as touch panels. The channels of the touch panel are periodically sampled to determine the presence of one or more touch events. Each channel is individually sampled in a round robin fashion, referred to as a sampling cycle. During each sampling cycle, all channels are sampled once. Multiple sampling cycles are performed such that each channel is sampled multiple times. Random sampling techniques are used to sample each of the channels. One random sampling technique randomizes a starting channel in each sampling cycle. Another random sampling technique randomizes the selection of all channels in each sampling cycle. Yet another random sampling technique randomizes the sampling cycle delay period between each sampling cycle. Still another random sampling technique randomizes the channel delay period between sampling each channel.
US09391605B2	Discharge circuit for power supply unit A discharge circuit for a power supply unit includes a pulse width modulator (PWM) chip, a first and second electronic switch, and a resistor. The first electronic switch receives a power good signal from the power supply unit. When a system power terminal outputs a voltage later than a stand-by power terminal, a voltage creep outputted by the PWM chip is discharged through the resistor and the second electronic switch.
US09391603B2	Semiconductor device, electronic appliance, and vehicle A semiconductor device has a first chip and a second chip sealed in a single package. The first chip includes a regulator which generates an internal voltage from a supply voltage, a reset circuit which monitors the supply voltage and the internal voltage to generate a reset signal, and a controlled circuit which operates by being supplied with the supply voltage. The second chip includes a controlling circuit which generates a control signal for the controlled circuit by being supplied with the internal voltage. The reset signal is fed to both the controlling circuit and the controlled circuit.
US09391597B2	Boost circuit A boost circuit includes a power rail to provide a supply voltage, a switch transistor controlling output of a boosted signal from a source of the switch transistor, and a timing and voltage control circuit configured to generate an equalization (EQ) signal to be applied to a gate of the switch transistor. The EQ waveform has a level being an EQ high level, an EQ low level lower than the EQ high level, or an EQ clamped level between the EQ low level and the EQ high level.
US09391578B2	Low intermediate frequency receiver An LIF receiver includes a receiver path comprising: a mixer for mixing a received RF signal with a local oscillator signal to provide an IF signal at a lower frequency than the received RF signal, a bandpass filter for filtering the IF signal, a PGA for amplifying the filtered IF signal, an ADC for converting the amplified filtered IF signal to a digital signal, a converter for converting the digital signal to a baseband digital signal, and an AGC for setting a gain of the PGA in response to a magnitude of the received RF signal. A programmable DC signal source injects a programmed DC offset signal into the amplified filtered IF signal converted by the ADC, and a signal sensor, operatively connected to the receiver path after the PGA, determines a polarity of PGA signal output for a programmed DC offset signal. A controller determines a programmed DC offset signal minimizing a magnitude of the baseband signal in the absence of a received RF signal for at least one gain setting of the PGA.
US09391576B1	Enhancement of dynamic range of audio signal path In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus for providing an output signal to an audio transducer may include an analog signal path portion, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a control circuit. The analog signal path portion may have an audio input for receiving an analog input signal, an audio output for providing the output signal, and a selectable analog attenuation, and may be configured to generate the output signal based on the analog input signal and in conformity with the selectable analog attenuation. The DAC may have a selectable digital gain and may be configured to convert a digital audio input signal into the analog input signal in conformity with the selectable digital gain. The control circuit may be configured to select the selectable analog attenuation and select the selectable digital gain based on a magnitude of a signal indicative of the output signal.
US09391573B2	Digital AGC control method and feedback control apparatus A digital AGC control method and feedback control apparatus that enable appropriate feedback control in response to reference input values of various magnitudes are provided. The method comprises a first step in which a digital AGC unit 11 outputs a setting value in accordance with a reference input value, a second step in which a PI control unit 12 calculates an operation amount of a controlled object 16 using the setting value, a third step in which a DAC 13 generates an output signal Y representing the operation amount, a fourth step in which a gain regulator 14 and an ADC 15 calculate a measurement value M of the controlled object; and a fifth step in which the measured value M is input to the digital AGC unit 11.
US09391569B2	Multi-stage switched-capacitor DC blocking circuit for audio frontend An integrated DC blocking amplifier circuit, including: an operational amplifier configured in a differential amplifier; and at least first and second two-stage switched-capacitor circuits, each two stage switched-capacitor circuit including a first-stage circuit and a second-stage circuit, wherein the first two-stage switched capacitor circuit is connected to a positive side feedback path of the operational amplifier and the second two-stage switched capacitor circuit is connected to a negative side feedback path of the operational amplifier, wherein the first-stage circuit is switched at a relatively low switching frequency, while the second-stage circuit is switched at a relatively high switching frequency.
US09391568B2	Process device with light change triggered display A field device comprises a transducer, a photodetector, a display, and a display controller. The transducer controls or monitors process variable, and the display shows information relating to the process variable. The photodetector detects a light level. The display controller is capable of switching the display on and off in response to changes in the light level detected by the photodetector.
US09391563B2	Current controlled transconducting inverting amplifiers An amplifier including a first transistor of a first conduction type; a second transistor of a second conduction type, the second transistor being coupled to the first transistor; an input for receiving an input signal, a control terminal of the first transistor being coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor, the control terminals being coupled to the input; an output for outputting an output signal, the output being coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor; and a current supply coupled to the first transistor and configured to supply current so as to cause a predetermined transconductance of the amplifier.
US09391554B2	Control of a permanent magnet synchronous generator wind turbine Aspects of the disclosure relate to a control approach that utilizes a direct-current-based d-q vector control technology for variable-speed PMSG wind turbines based on full voltage source PWM converters. The control approach can be based on a nonlinear programming configuration for attaining a desired performance of PMSG wind turbine under operation constraints. The control approach can comprise a PMSG control unit that exploits fuzzy, adaptive, and PID control technologies in an optimal or nearly optimal control configuration. The control approach provides a smart wind turbine control technology that can be based on virtual lookup tables for effective PMSG power extraction.
US09391541B2	Electrostatic parallel plate actuators whose moving elements are driven only by electrostatic force and methods useful in conjunction therewith An actuator apparatus is provided that includes at least one actuator device, each actuator device including an array of moving elements, each individual moving element is operative to be constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis responsive to an individual first electrostatic force operative thereupon, wherein each moving element has an at-rest position and is driven away from its at rest position solely by the first electrostatic force; and at least one electrode operative to apply a controlled temporal sequence of potential differences with at least one individual moving element from among the array of moving elements thereby to selectably generate the first electrostatic force; and a controller operative to receive the digital input signal and to control at least one of the at least one electrode and the individual moving element to apply the sequence of potential differences.
US09391536B2	Method for providing low voltage DC power from AC mains power According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a power supply system comprising an input line configured to receive input AC power, a first capacitor coupled to the input line, a second capacitor, a controller, a rectifier having an input coupled to the first capacitor and an output coupled to the second capacitor, the second capacitor further coupled to the controller, and a switch selectively coupled across the first capacitor, and configured to selectively bypass the first capacitor, wherein the controller is configured to detect a voltage across the second capacitor, operate the switch to charge the second capacitor at a first rate if the voltage is above a predetermined threshold, and operate the switch to charge the second capacitor at a second rate if the voltage is below a predetermined threshold.
US09391527B2	Power supply apparatus There is provided a power supply apparatus capable of precisely control a primary side switching frequency at a secondary side by receiving fed-back information regarding a power state at the secondary side without a separate expensive circuit or a complicated circuit. The power supply apparatus includes: a power supplying unit having a primary side and a secondary side having different ground electrical characteristics, switching power input to the primary side, and transferring the switched power to the second side electrically insulated from the primary side to supply the power; a controlling unit provided on the secondary side and receiving fed-back information regarding a power state of the power supplying unit to control a maximum value and a minimum value of a switching frequency of the primary side; and a transferring unit transferring a control signal from the controlling unit to the primary side of the power supplying unit.
US09391523B2	Controller with constant current limit Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for generating a temperature independent current limit. The value of the temperature independent current limit may be determined based in part on an error signal representative of a difference between an actual output value and a desired output value of a power converter. When the error signal is below a lower threshold voltage, the temperature independent current limit may be set to a first value. When the error signal is above an upper threshold voltage, the temperature independent current limit may be set to a second, higher value. When the error signal is between the lower threshold voltage and the upper threshold voltage, the temperature independent current limit may change linearly with the error signal. The error signal may be adjusted to compensate for changes in the system caused by a change in temperature.
US09391517B1	Controller for adjusting a switching frequency in a boost converter Thermal levels in an inductor of a boost converter may be managed by controlling an average current through the inductor. For example, a switching frequency of the boost converter between charging and discharging the inductor may be increased or decreased. Increasing or decreasing the switching frequency results in a corresponding decrease or increase in the switching period for the boost converter. The controller may adjust the switching frequency to control the average current level while maintaining a peak-to-peak current level in the inductor by monitoring the inductance of the inductor and the peak current level in the inductor.
US09391515B2	Buck circuit An apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a first circuit portion, a second circuit portion, and a third circuit portion. The first circuit portion may comprise a voltage supply having an input voltage level (Vin) and a first switch. The second circuit portion may comprise a plurality of parallel paths. The third circuit portion may comprise a second switch and a third switch. The plurality of parallel paths may supply a portion of the input voltage level when the first switch is open, the second switch is closed, and the third switch is open.
US09391509B2	Switching regulator having fast startup time and low standby power A switching regulator having fast start-up time and low standby power is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a transistor that generates a charging current at a first current level from a base current received at a base terminal. The apparatus also includes a capacitor that charges in response to the charging current at the first current level to generate a voltage signal that increases at a first rate. The apparatus also includes a charge pump having an output coupled to the base terminal. The charge pump outputs a charge pump current when the voltage signal exceeds a first voltage level. The base current is increased by charge pump current to cause the transistor to generate the charging current at a second current level, and the capacitor charges in response to the charging current at the second current level to generate the voltage signal that increases at a second rate.
US09391507B2	Apparatus for regulating output voltage and apparatus for boosting voltage There is provided an apparatus for regulating an output voltage, including: a sensing circuit sensing an output voltage from a charge pump; a comparator circuit receiving the output voltage from the sensing circuit so as to compare it with a predetermined reference voltage; and a limiter circuit regulating the output voltage according to an output signal from the comparator circuit.
US09391504B2	Control of transformer flux density in an isolated switched mode power supply A control circuit generates a control signal to control a duty cycle of a switched mode power supply such that the magnetic flux density in the transformer is balanced, thereby preventing saturation of the transformer core. This permits the use of unsymmetrical duty cycles within the switch cycle. The control circuit comprises a flux density calculator and a regulator. The flux density regulator receives a signal indicative of the input voltage of the switched mode power supply and a feedback signal comprising the generated control signal, and it generates therefrom an average flux density signal. The regulator receives the generated average flux density signal and a signal indicative of the output voltage of the switched mode power supply, and generates the control signal in dependence upon the average flux density signal, the reference flux density signal, the signal indicative of the output voltage and a reference voltage signal.
US09391501B2	VCC charge and free-wheeling detection via source controlled MOS transistor A driver circuit using a power converter allows free-wheeling detection and/or provision of supply voltage. A circuit controls a switching state of a power switch. A first port of the switch is coupled to an inductor. The circuit is coupled to a control port of the switch wherein the control port of the switch is different from the first port of the switch. The circuit comprises a unit generating a signal for controlling the switching state of the switch wherein the signal is provided to the control port of the switch. Furthermore, the circuit comprises free-wheeling sensing means to detect an oscillation of a voltage at a measurement port of the switch wherein the measurement port of the switch is different from the first port of the switch and wherein the oscillation of the voltage at the measurement port indicates free-wheeling of the inductor.
US09391493B2	Air cooled electric motor An electric machine includes a stator having a first end and a second end and an end frame including a first cup portion arranged to at least partially contain a portion of the stator. The end frame is positioned adjacent the first end of the stator. A potting cup includes a second cup portion arranged to at least partially contain a portion of the stator. The potting cup is positioned adjacent the second end of the stator. A potting member is coupled to the stator, the end frame, and the potting cup to permanently bond the end frame, the potting cup, and the stator to one another.
US09391492B2	Facility for transforming heat energy The facility for transforming heat energy includes an energy-storage device including an HT vat containing a heat-transfer fluid HT in pressurized gaseous phase, a PCM vat containing a phase-change material, as PCM material, the PCM vat and the HT vat being positioned relative to one another such as to enable a transfer of heat energy between the PCM material and the HT fluid. There is a first electric generator connected to the HT vat by a fluid forward channel and a fluid backward channel, the generator generating power from a kinetic energy of the pressurized gaseous fluid, and a heat pump, transferring heat energy from a cold source to the energy-storage device in order to heat the HT fluid contained in the HT vat and/or to provide energy to the PCM material.
US09391482B2	Grease leakage preventing structure for gear reducer A grease leakage preventing structure is provided for a gear reducer of a dynamoelectric machine with a gear reducer, which is capable of preventing, if soft grease with high consistency is employed in a gear reducer driven at a high speed for high output power, leakage of grease from the reducer toward the dynamoelectric machine, by covering an output shaft of the dynamoelectric machine with a grease blocking member. In a grease leakage preventing structure for a gear reducer of a dynamoelectric machine with the gear reducer, in which gear teeth are provided in a leading edge portion of the output shaft of the dynamoelectric machine, the leading edge portion of the dynamoelectric machine output shaft is introduced into a case of the gear reducer via an input port of the gear reducer, and the dynamoelectric machine output shaft with the gear teeth is engaged with a gear arranged inside the case of the gear reducer, the grease leakage preventing structure is provided with a grease blocking member (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D) provided on a terminal end of an engagement portion (16b) of the dynamoelectric machine output shaft (14A) and is configured to inhibit inflow of grease into the dynamoelectric machine, and in this structure, the grease blocking member (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D) is provided with a wall surface portion (3Aa, 3Ba, 3Ca, 3Da) formed in a direction perpendicular to the gear teeth (16) provided in the leading edge portion of the dynamoelectric machine output shaft (14A).
US09391468B2	Resonance-type non-contact power supply system, and adjustment method for matching unit during charging of resonance-type non-contact power supply system Power supply equipment (10) is provided with an AC power supply (11) and a primary-side resonance coil (13b). Movable body equipment (20) is provided with a secondary-side resonance coil (21b), which receives power from the primary-side coil, a rectifier (23), which rectifies the received power, a charger (24) to which the rectified power is supplied, and a secondary battery (25), which is connected to the charger. A primary matching unit (12) is provided between the AC power supply (11) and the primary-side resonance coil (13b). A secondary matching unit (22) is provided between the secondary-side resonance coil (21b) and the rectifier (23). A control unit is provided to either the power supply equipment (10) or the movable body equipment (20). The control unit controls a primary matching unit adjustment unit (14) and a secondary matching unit adjustment unit (26). In order to efficiently transfer power from the primary side to the secondary side when charging the secondary battery, the control unit initially adjusts the secondary matching unit (22). After adjusting the secondary matching unit (22), the control unit adjusts the first matching unit (12).
US09391463B2	Device and method for wirelessly transmitting power There are provided a device and a method for wirelessly transmitting a power in which a power is wirelessly transmitted to a power receiving device with high transmission efficiency. The wireless power transmitting device includes a first power transmitting coil configured to transmit a first power signal, a second power transmitting coil that is concentrically layered with the first power transmitting coil to transmit a second power signal, and a power supply unit configured to supply alternating current powers to the first power transmitting coil and the second power transmitting coil so as to allow the first power signal and the second power signal to have a phase difference of 180°.
US09391462B2	Energy storage system with wired and wireless energy transfer function Disclosed is an energy storage system provided with a wired and wireless energy transfer function. The energy storage system includes: an energy input unit to which energy generated from a plurality of energy sources is input; an energy input control unit for selecting one energy source from among the plurality of energy sources, and transferring energy of the selected energy source through operation in a wired operation mode or a wireless operation mode; a wireless energy transmitting/receiving unit for wirelessly transmitting/receiving the energy of the selected energy source during the operation in the wireless operation mode of the energy input control unit; an energy storage/control unit for storing the energy of the selected energy source; an energy output unit for consuming the energy stored in the energy storage/control unit; and an energy output control unit for distributing the energy stored in the energy storage/control unit to the energy output unit.
US09391449B2	Semiconductor device Of a wireless communication system, an RF tag which can operate normally even when a communication distance is extremely short, like the case where the RF tag is in contact with a reader/writer, whereby the reliability is improved. The RF tag which communicates data by wireless communication includes a comparison circuit which compares electric power supplied from outside with reference electric power and a protection circuit portion which is operated when the electric power supplied from outside is higher than the reference electric power in the comparison circuit.
US09391440B1	Electrical panel structures Electrical panel structures for a modular building system, such as a modular data center. The electrical panel structures provide a standardized structure for attachment of high voltage power, low voltage power, and/or data lines between rooms or components of the modular building system. The panel structures can include multiple conduits that extend between rooms or other components of a modular building structure. The panel structures can include, for example, conduits having couplers for the attachment of high voltage cables and/or pass-throughs for the passage of low voltage lines and/or data lines.
US09391417B2	Hydroplaning reducing slip ring apparatus A slip ring apparatus including a ring assembly having a conductive ring with a conductive ring engagement surface, a contact assembly having a contact element with a contact element engagement surface for engaging with the conductive ring engagement surface, and a surface discontinuity provided in at least one of the conductive ring engagement surface and the contact element engagement surface. An apparatus including the slip ring apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a housing having an interior and a shaft rotatably extending through the interior of the housing. A method for reducing the potential of a hydroplaning effect in a slip ring apparatus, including providing a surface discontinuity in at least one of a conductive ring engagement surface and a contact element engagement surface.
US09391415B2	Methods and apparatus for grounding an electrical device via a lampholder A lampholder includes a housing and a plurality of electrical terminals. The lampholder is adapted to hold a light-emitting diode (LED) tube light assembly supported at two ends of the tube light. The lampholder includes at least one terminal that electrically couples before the remaining terminals located in the same housing to ensure a first-connect, last-disconnect electrical connection when inserting the LED tube light into and removing the LED tube light from the lampholder.
US09391411B2	Connector mounting structure A connector mounting structure includes a first device (60) with a first mounting hole (61) and a first connector (F) to be mounted in the first mounting hole (61). First resilient lock pieces (12) are formed on the first connector (F) and are deflected by interfering with an edge of the first mounting hole (61) in the process of mounting the first connector (F) into the mounting hole (61). First locking projections (14) are formed on the first connector (F) and sandwich the edge of the first mounting hole (61) between the first resilient lock pieces (12) and the first locking projections (14). Second deflection regulating portions (49) are formed on a second connector (M) and regulate separation of the first resilient lock pieces (12) from the edge of the first mounting hole (61) with the second connector (M) connected to the first connector (F).
US09391398B2	Connector assembly A plug connector includes first contacts, a first housing comprising a guide portion and holding the first contacts, and a first metal member. The first metal member is attached to the guide portion and covers at least parts respectively of an upper surface of the guide portion and three outer surfaces of an end wall portion of the guide portion. A receptacle connector includes second contacts, a second housing holding the second contacts, and a second metal member. The second housing comprises a to-be-guided portion outside an arrangement range of the second contacts. The to-be-guided portion is adapted to be fitted to the guide portion and is formed by a U-shaped wall. The second metal member is attached to the to-be-guided portion and covers at least parts respectively of an upper surface of the to-be-guided portion and two inner surfaces of the U-shaped wall.
US09391395B2	Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a connector affixed to a printed circuit board and a covering with an integrated holding frame slidably mounted onto the connector. The covering has an opening in which the holding frame is integrated as an inner frame with a compensation gap to the surface of the opening. The covering includes a flexible connection between the surface of the opening and the holding frame to align the holding frame within the opening during insertion of the covering onto the connector.
US09391393B2	Connector backshell having multiple cable exit configurations A connector backshell assembly configured to interconnect a cable to a connector. The connector backshell assembly has multiple cable portals at exit angles, such as straight, 90 degree, and 45 degree relative to the connector. The connector backshell assembly is separable into two halves to allow easy access to the rear portion of the connector for connecting and servicing the cable/connector interface. Unused cable portals may be sealed with a plug. The connector backshell assembly may be used with various Military specification (Mil Spec) types including M38999, M28840, M28876, M5015, and M64266.
US09391385B2	Dual compressive connector An electrical connector for electrically connecting multiple photovoltaic bus bars. A casing includes first and second opposing walls. An elastic strip is bent into a bent elastic strip with a first leg and a second leg. The bent elastic strip is disposed between the first and second walls of the casing with the first leg pressing against the first wall and the second leg pressing against the second wall. The bent elastic strip is configured to hold at least one of the photovoltaic bus bars between the first leg and the first wall and another of the photovoltaic bus bars between the second leg and the second wall. The bent elastic strip may be formed of resilient spring metal with a thickness and an elastic modulus. The thickness and/or the elastic modulus of the elastic strip is/are configured so that the bus bars are inserted without requiring a tool to open a space and so that the bus bars are removed from the connector without requiring a tool to break the electrical connection.
US09391375B1	Wideband planar reconfigurable polarization antenna array An antenna array includes a plurality of sub-arrays each having a plurality of linearly polarized antenna elements, with each antenna element having an orthogonal feed orientation with respect to its adjacent antenna elements, and at least two feed lines each connected by at least one sub-feed line to at least two antenna elements having orthogonal feed orientations such that each antenna element is equally and progressively phase rotated. The antenna elements in at least two separate lines of the array, such as array rows or columns, are connected to a separate feed line. The antenna elements may be aperture coupled microstrip patch elements having a single slot fed by one of the sub-feed lines or cross-slot elements fed by two sub-feed lines. The sub-feed lines in a separate row or column are power combined into either one or two feed lines and may be connected to a beamformer.
US09391370B2	Antenna feed integrated on multi-layer PCB A transmitter includes apparatus for integrating the antenna feed into a multilayer PCB. The apparatus includes an antenna element disposed over the multilayer PCB having slot openings that substantially overlap and that enable an RF signal to be coupled from a printed transmission line located on one of the multilayer PCB conductive layers. The multilayer PCB board hosts at least one transceiver unit and a baseband unit such that the antenna feed, transceiver and baseband units are integrated on a single multilayer PCB board without degradation of antenna bandwidth and efficiency.
US09391368B2	Radio communication devices and methods for controlling a radio communication device A device a radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include: a movement characteristics determination circuit configured to determine a movement characteristics of the radio communication device; a beam pattern determination circuit configured to determine a beam pattern based on the determined movement characteristics; and an antenna controller configured to control an antenna to operate using the determined beam pattern.
US09391364B2	Mobile communication device with improved antenna performance The present invention concerns a mobile communication device comprising a ground plane, a main antenna comprising a main radiator (MRAD) that can couple electromagnetically to the ground plane and to a first signal path (SPm), a diversity antenna comprising a diversity radiator (DRAD), a reconfigurable input matching circuit that couples the diversity radiator (DRAD) to the ground plane and to a second signal path (SPd), and a control unit (CU) coupled to the reconfigurable input matching circuit and adapted to change the coupling of the diversity radiator (DRAD) to the ground plane during operation. The present invention further concerns to a method to enhance the performance of the device.
US09391362B1	Configurable antenna Antenna structures and methods of operating the same of a configurable antenna of an electronic device are described. A configurable antenna includes a first antenna element coupled to a radio frequency (RF) feed, a controllable circuit coupled to the first antenna element and a second antenna element coupled to the controllable circuit. The controllable circuit is configured to electrically isolate the first antenna element and the second antenna element to configure the antenna structure to operate in a first antenna configuration having a first length and to electrically connect the first antenna element and the second antenna element to configure the antenna structure to operate in a second antenna configuration having a second length.
US09391361B2	Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network A beamforming method is disclosed that includes performing sequential beam transmissions in multiple directions and receiving replies to the transmissions (i.e. a sector search). The received transmissions can include information or channel parameters such as direction of arrival, signal to noise ratio, signal strength, etc., for each sector. Utilizing the parameters transmitted or fed back by the receiver, the transmitter can store control vectors that dictate a beam that can be utilized to commence a beam refinement procedure. In addition, the parameters can be utilized to select and implement a custom sequence to refine the communication channel between the device and the controller. The custom sequence can significantly reduce the time required to create a channel with acceptable qualities such that efficient high speed network communications can be conducted. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09391344B2	Polymer electrolyte and lithium secondary battery including the same Disclosed is a polymer electrolyte having a multilayer structure including a first polymer layer providing mechanical strength against external force and a second polymer layer to secure a conduction path for lithium ions, wherein the first polymer layer includes an organic electrolyte containing an ionic salt in an amount of 0 wt % to 60 wt % based on a weight of a polymer matrix of the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer includes an organic electrolyte containing an ionic salt in an amount of 60 wt % to 400 wt % based on a weight of a polymer matrix of the second polymer layer, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US09391334B2	Hydrogen gas generator A hydrogen generator includes a cartridge including a plurality of thermal conductors each having an outer wall assembled together to form a housing. A plurality of fuel pellets provided on the plurality of thermal conductors. Each fuel pellet has a hydrogen-containing reactant that will react to release hydrogen gas when heated. The hydrogen generator also includes a compartment configured to removably contain the cartridge. The hydrogen generator further includes a plurality of heating elements disposed in the compartment such that each heating element is in thermal communication with one of the thermal conductors when the cartridge is disposed within the compartment to generate heat to selectively heat one or more fuel pellets to initiate a reaction to produce hydrogen gas.
US09391331B2	Process for growing metal particles by electroplating with in situ inhibition A process for manufacturing a catalytic, electrically conductive electrode based on metal particles, comprises: a step of electroplating with a metal salt to form the said metal particles at the surface of an electrode, characterized in that the step of electroplating of the metal salt is performed in the presence of a blocking chemical species with a high power of absorption onto the surface of the said metal particles and with an oxidation potential higher than the reduction potential of the said metal salt such that the blocking chemical species conserves its blocking power during the reduction reaction of the said metal salt, and so as to reduce the size of the metal particles formed, constituting the said catalytic, electrically conductive electrode; and, a step of desorption of the blocking chemical species.
US09391325B2	Positive electrode active material, production method thereof and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery In order to provide a 3V level non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a flat voltage and excellent cycle life at a high rate with low cost, the present invention provides a positive electrode represented by the formula: Li2±α[Me]4O8−x, wherein 0≦α<0.4, 0≦x<2, and Me is a transition metal containing Mn and at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Cr, Fe, Co and Cu, said active material exhibiting topotactic two-phase reactions during charge and discharge.
US09391321B2	Negative-electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing the same The present invention relates to negative-electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery exhibiting excellent capacity property and cycle life property, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery using the negative-electrode active material, wherein the negative-electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprises a nanotube having a tube shape defined by an outer wall with a thickness of nanoscale, the outer wall of the nanotube comprises at least one non-carbonaceous material selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and antimony, and an amorphous carbon layer with a thickness of 5 nm or less is formed on the outer wall of the nanotube.
US09391313B2	Lithium metal composite oxide powder Provided is a lithium metal composite oxide (powder) having a layered structure, which is capable of exhibiting excellent characteristics in both charge-discharge cycle ability and initial charging and discharging efficiency, and is capable of effectively reducing initial resistance, when being used in a positive electrode of a lithium battery. The lithium metal composite oxide (powder) comprises an amount of S which is less than 0.10% by mass of the lithium metal composite oxide powder, a ratio of a crystallite size of a (003) plane to a crystallite size of a (110) plane which is equal to or greater than 1.0 and less than 2.5, and a ratio of a primary particle area to a secondary particle area of 0.004 to 0.035.
US09391310B2	Lithium/sulphur accumulator The invention relates to a lithium/sulphur accumulator including at least one unit cell including: a negative electrode; an electrode separator comprising a material soaked with electrolyte, said material comprising at least one nonwoven and having a porosity in the range from 50 to 96%, and a thickness in the range from 50 to 200 micrometers; a positive electrode; and wherein said electrolyte is introduced by an excess quantity, and comprises at least one lithium salt, and the excess quantity of electrolyte amounting to from 20 to 200% of the quantity of electrolyte ensuring the wetting of the electrodes and of the separator.
US09391306B2	End-loaded battery carriage A battery carriage is provided, including first and second dual-contact assemblies. The first dual contact assembly is disposed on a body portion of the battery carriage and the second dual contact assembly is disposed on a separable portion of the battery carriage. Each dual contact assembly includes a positive contact configured to contact a positive terminal of a battery and a negative contact configured to contact a negative terminal of the battery. The separable portion of the battery carriage is selectively moveable into and out of a coupled state with the body portion. When the separable portion is moved into the coupled state, the dual contact assemblies are held spaced apart to define a receptacle in which the dual contact assemblies hold opposing ends of the battery. Movement of the separable portion into the coupled state also establishes electrical conductivity between the positive contacts of each of the dual contact assemblies, and between the negative contacts of each of the dual contact assemblies.
US09391291B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and display panel thereof An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a display panel thereof are provided. The organic light emitting diode display panel comprises a first substrate, a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a second electrode, and a second substrate. The first electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The organic light emitting layer is disposed on the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed on the organic light emitting layer. The second substrate is located on the second electrode. The material of the second electrode comprises an alkaline earth element and silver. The second electrode comprises a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion is located between the second portion and the first substrate. The ratios of the alkaline earth element to silver in the first portion and in the second portion are different.
US09391287B1	Photovoltaic perovskite material and method of fabrication A semiconductor device and a method for fabrication of the semiconductor device are described that include a perovskite layer formed using a solution process with lead iodine and methylammonium halide. In an implementation, a semiconductor device that employs example techniques in accordance with the present disclosure includes a cathode layer; an anode layer; and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, where the active layer includes a perovskite layer including an interdiffused and annealed lead iodine (PbI2) film and methylammonium halide (CH3NH3X) film. In implementations, a process for fabricating a continuous-perovskite semiconductor device that employs example techniques in accordance with the present disclosure includes spinning a PbI2 layer onto an ITO-covered glass; spinning an MAI layer onto the PbI2 layer; annealing the PbI2 layer and the MAI layer; spinning a PCBM layer onto a resulting perovskite layer; and depositing an Al layer.
US09391283B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency and long lifetime is provided. By manufacturing a light-emitting device using the light-emitting element, the light-emitting device having low power consumption and long lifetime is provided. The light-emitting element is manufactured in which a light-emitting layer is included between a first electrode serving as an anode and a second electrode serving as a cathode. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound having a hole-transporting property, a second organic compound having an electron-transporting property, and an organometallic complex including a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton as a ligand. Further, a light-emitting device is manufactured using the light-emitting element.
US09391281B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic electronic element containing same The present disclosure provides a novel compound capable of greatly improving the lifetime, efficiency, electrochemical stability and thermal stability of an organic electronic device, and an organic electronic device including an organic compound layer containing the compound.
US09391266B1	Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy BCC multilayers A magnetic material includes a cobalt layer between opposing iron layers. The iron layers include iron and are body-centered cubic (BCC), the cobalt layer comprises cobalt and is BCC or amorphous, and the magnetic material has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA).
US09391261B2	Structures with PZT nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assembly A structure is provided having a substrate and a direct write deposited lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assembly deposited on the substrate. The PZT nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assembly has a PZT nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor with a PZT nanoparticle ink deposited onto the substrate via an ink deposition direct write printing process. The PZT nanoparticle ink does not require a high temperature sintering/crystallization process once deposited. The PZT nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assembly further has a power and communication wire assembly coupled to the PZT nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor. The power and communication wire assembly has a conductive ink deposited onto the substrate via the ink deposition direct write printing process.
US09391257B2	Actuator, robot hand, robot, electronic component carrying device, electronic component inspection device, and printer An actuator includes a vibrating piezoelectric element, and a holding unit that holds the piezoelectric element, in which the holding unit is disposed on a vibrating surface of the piezoelectric element, and includes a first support unit and a second support unit that are disposed on one side of the piezoelectric element, and a third support unit and a fourth support unit that are disposed on the other side of the piezoelectric element.
US09391249B2	Light emitting device package and method of fabricating the same A light emitting device package including a light emitting device; an encapsulant configured to cover the light emitting device; a first material mixed with the encapsulant to scatter light emitted from the light emitting device or convert a wavelength; and a second material mixed with the encapsulant, and disposed on a layer different from that of the first material in the encapsulant to scatter or wavelength-convert at least part of light scattered and wavelength-converted from the first material.
US09391247B2	High power LEDs with non-polymer material lenses and methods of making the same LED chips and packages are disclosed having lenses made of materials that resist degradation at higher operation temperatures and humidity, and methods of fabricating the same. The lenses can be made of certain materials that can withstand high temperatures and high humidity, with the lenses mounted to the LED prior to certain critical metallization steps. This helps avoid damage to the metalized part that might occur as a result of the high mounting or bonding temperature for the lens. One embodiment of an LED chip comprises a flip-chip LED and a lens mounted to the topmost surface of the flip-chip LED. Lenses can be bonded to LEDs at the wafer level or at the chip level. The lens comprises a non-polymer material and the LED chip is characterized as having substantially no polymer materials in contact with the LED chip.
US09391246B2	LED mixing chamber with reflective walls formed in slots A relatively large substrate has a reflective surface, such as a diffusive white surface. LED dies, either as bare LED dies or packaged LED dies, are mounted to the substrate to form separate arrays of LEDs. Each array is intended for a separate mixing chamber. A layer of an encapsulant, such as silicone, is deposited over the substrate to encapsulate the LED dies. A laser etches through the encapsulant to form slots, and a reflective material, such as a white paint, is deposited in the slots to form reflective walls of each mixing chamber. If desired, a phosphor layer is deposited over the encapsulant and reflective walls. The substrate is then singulated to separate out the mixing chambers. Since no discrete parts are assembled, and multiple mixing chambers are formed simultaneously, the resulting mixing chambers are inexpensive and very reliable.
US09391244B2	Lighting devices, an optical component for a lighting device, and methods A white-light emitting lighting device comprising one or more light emitting light sources (preferably solid state semiconductor light emitting diodes) that emit off-white light during operation, wherein the off-white light includes a spectral output including at least one spectral component in a first spectral region from about 360 nm to about 475 nm, at least one spectral component in a second spectral region from about 475 nm to about 575 nm, and at least one deficiency in at least one other spectral region, and an optical component that is positioned to receive at least a portion of the off-white light generated by the one or more light sources, the optical component comprising an optical material for converting at least a portion of the off-white light to one or more predetermined wavelengths, at least one of which has a wavelength in at least one deficient spectral region, such that light emitted by the lighting device comprises white light, wherein the optical material comprises quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles. Also disclosed is an optical component, lighting fixture, a cover plate for a lighting fixture, and methods.
US09391238B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a light-emitting structure that includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, an electrode layer contacting one of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, and a bonding conductive layer connected to the electrode layer. The bonding conductive layer includes a main bonding layer having a recess area defined by a stepped portion on a surface opposite to a surface facing the electrode layer, and a filling bonding layer filling at least a part of the recess area.
US09391235B2	Patterned substrate for epitaxially growing semiconductor material, and method for patterning a substrate A patterned substrate for epitaxially growing a semiconductor material includes: a top surface; and a plurality of spaced apart recesses, each of which is indented downwardly from the top surface and is defined by n crystal planes, n being an integer not less than 3. Each of the crystal planes has an upper edge meeting the top surface and is adapted for epitaxially growing the semiconductor material. A maximum distance from one of the upper edges of one of the recesses to an adjacent one of the upper edges of an adjacent one of the recesses is not greater than 500 nm.
US09391231B2	Method for preparing a thin layer of an absorber made of copper, zinc and tin sulfide(s), annealed thin layer and photovoltaic device thus obtained The present invention provides a thin compact crystallized layer with large grains of an absorber material essentially consisting of Cu, Zn and Sn sulphide(s), preferably CZTS, with less defects and preferably with improved composition homogeneity and/or reduced content of secondary phases, by producing a method for double annealing, in determined atmospheres, of thin layers of particles of a so-called absorber material based on copper, zinc and tin sulphide, preferably on CZTS, deposited on a substrate covered with molybdenum (Mo), said thin annealed absorber layer deposited on said Mo substrate imparting improved photovoltaic performances to a photovoltaic device which comprises them.
US09391223B2	Photovoltaic sheathing element with a flexible connector assembly The present invention is premised upon an assembly including at least a photovoltaic sheathing element capable of being affixed on a building structure, the sheathing element including at least: a photovoltaic cell assembly, a body portion attached to one or more portions of the photovoltaic cell assembly; at least a first and a second connector assembly disposed on opposing sides of the sheathing element and capable of directly or indirectly electrically connecting the photovoltaic cell assembly to at least two adjoining devices that are affixed to the building structure and wherein at least one of the connector assemblies includes a flexible portion; one or more connector pockets disposed in the body portion the pockets capable of receiving at least a portion of the connector assembly.
US09391218B2	Voltaic cell powered by radioactive material A voltaic cell uses a radioactive material for energy. Energetic particles emitted by the radioactive material boost charge carriers within a semiconductor lattice into higher energy bands. Dielectric layers having quantum dots tuned by size and spacing (density) to favor particles having specific energies permit quantum mechanical tunneling of the charge carriers before they lose significant energy, are captured, or recombine. The energetic carriers tunnel to an electrical circuit, where they perform work.
US09391215B2	Device for generating photovoltaic power and method for manufacturing same Disclosed are a solar cell apparatus and a method of fabricating the same. The solar cell apparatus includes a substrate; a first cell on the substrate; a second cell adjacent to the first cell; a first insulating film covering the first and second cells; and a connection member connecting the first cell with the second cell. The first insulating film includes a first via hole for exposing the first cell and a second via hole for exposing the second cell, and the connection member connects the first cell with the second cell through the first and second via holes.
US09391211B2	Compositions for solution process, electronic devices fabricated using the same, and fabrication methods thereof Exemplary embodiments provide compositions for a solution process, electronic devices fabricated using the same, and fabrication methods thereof. An oxide nano-structure is formed using a sol-gel process. An oxide thin film transistor is formed using the oxide nano-structure.
US09391206B2	Methods of forming transistors Some embodiments include methods of forming transistors. Recesses are formed to extend into semiconductor material. The recesses have upper regions lined with liner material and have segments of semiconductor material exposed along lower regions. Semiconductor material is isotropically etched through the exposed segments which transforms the recesses into openings having wide lower regions beneath narrow upper regions. Gate dielectric material is formed along sidewalls of the openings. Gate material is formed within the openings and over regions of the semiconductor material between the openings. Insulative material is formed down the center of each opening and entirely through the gate material. A segment of gate material extends from one of the openings to the other, and wraps around a pillar of the semiconductor material between the openings. The segment is a gate of a transistor. Source/drain regions are formed on opposing sides of the gate.
US09391204B1	Asymmetric FET After forming a first-side epitaxial semiconductor region and a second-side epitaxial semiconductor region on recessed surfaces of a semiconductor portion that are not covered by a gate structure, at least one dielectric layer is formed to cover the first-side and the second-side epitaxial semiconductor regions and the gate structure. A second-side contact opening is formed within the at least one dielectric layer to expose an entirety of the second-side epitaxial semiconductor region. The exposed second-side epitaxial semiconductor region can be replaced by a new second-side epitaxial semiconductor region having a composition different from the first-side epitaxial semiconductor region or can be doped by additional dopants, thus creating an asymmetric first-side epitaxial semiconductor region and a second-side epitaxial semiconductor region. Each of the first-side epitaxial semiconductor region and the second-side epitaxial semiconducting region can function as either a source or a drain for a transistor.
US09391201B2	Source/drain structure and manufacturing the same A fin-like field-effect transistor (FinFET) device is disclosed. The device includes a semiconductor substrate having a source/drain region, a plurality of isolation regions over the semiconductor substrate and a source/drain feature in the source/drain region. The source/drain feature includes a multiple plug-type portions over the substrate and each of plug-type portion is isolated each other by a respective isolation region. The source/drain feature also includes a single upper portion over the isolation regions. Here the single upper portion is merged from the multiple plug-type portions. The single upper portion has a flat top surface facing away from a top surface of the isolation region.
US09391189B2	Lateral/vertical semiconductor device A lateral semiconductor device and/or design including a space-charge generating layer and a set of electrodes located on an opposite side of a device channel as contacts to the device channel is provided. The space-charge generating layer is configured to form a space-charge region to at least partially deplete the device channel in response to an operating voltage being applied to the contacts to the device channel.
US09391187B2	Semiconductor heterojunction device In an example embodiment, a heterojunction device comprises a substrate, a multilayer structure disposed on the substrate. The multilayer structure has a first layer having a first semiconductor disposed on top of the substrate; a second layer has a second semiconductor is disposed on top of the first layer defining an interface between them. The second semiconductor differs from the first semiconductor such that a 2D Electron Gas forms adjacent to the interface. A first terminal couples to a first area of the interface between the first and second layers and a second terminal couples to a second area of the interface between the first and second layers; an electrically conducting channel comprises a metal or a region of the first layer with a higher defect density than another region of the first layer. The channel connects the second terminal and a region of the first layer such that electric charge can flow between them.
US09391185B2	III-nitride power semiconductor device A III-nitride power semiconductor device that includes a two dimensional electron gas having a reduced charge region under the gate thereof.
US09391174B1	Method of uniform fin recessing using isotropic etch Uniform fin recessing for the situation of recessing nonadjacent fins and the situation of recessing adjacent fins includes providing a starting semiconductor structure, the structure including a semiconductor substrate, multiple fins coupled to the substrate, each fin having a hard mask layer thereover and being surrounded by isolation material. The hard mask layer is then removed over some of the fins, at least partially removing the some of the raised structures, the at least partially removing creating openings, and filling the openings with an optical planarization layer (OPL) material.
US09391173B2	FinFET device with vertical silicide on recessed source/drain epitaxy regions A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a fin structure from a semiconductor substrate, and forming a gate structure on a channel region portion of the fin structure. A source region and a drain region are formed on a source region portion and a drain region portion of the fin structure on opposing sides of the channel portion of the fin structure. At least one sidewall of the source region portion and the drain region portion of the fin structure is exposed. A metal semiconductor alloy is formed on the at least one sidewall of the source region portion and the drain region portion of the fin structure that is exposed.
US09391170B2	Three-dimensional field-effect transistor on bulk silicon substrate A field-effect transistor (FET) on bulk substrate and a method of fabricating the same is discussed herein. The FET includes a dielectric layer disposed on the bulk substrate and a fin structure and a gate structure disposed on the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer includes alternating first and second dielectric regions. The fin structure includes a channel region interposed between a source region and a drain region. The gate structure is capacitively coupled to the fin structure and positioned between the source region and the drain region. Improved performance characteristics of FET is primarily achieved with the dielectric layer providing electrical isolation of the fin structure from the bulk substrate.
US09391164B2	Method to improve reliability of replacement gate device A method of fabricating a replacement gate stack for a semiconductor device includes the following steps after removal of a dummy gate: growing a high-k dielectric layer over the area vacated by the dummy gate; depositing a thin metal layer over the high-k dielectric layer; depositing a sacrificial layer over the thin metal layer; performing a first rapid thermal anneal; removing the sacrificial layer; and depositing a metal layer of low resistivity metal for gap fill.
US09391161B2	Manufacture of a tunnel diode memory A design of a non-transistor memory core with corresponding shift register control logic may be all comprised of tunnel diodes and capacitors, and a method for fabricating such memories and control logic may use a stencil and non-lithographic self-aligning semiconductor processing steps to minimize cost. Designs and fabrication processes for I/O pads connected to the memory core and control logic are also presented.
US09391157B2	Semiconductor transistor device A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor that is miniaturized and has favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film and a blocking film; a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating film. The blocking film contains the same material as the oxide semiconductor film, is on the same surface as the oxide semiconductor film, and has a higher conductivity than the oxide semiconductor film.
US09391154B2	Method of manufacturing a device by locally heating one or more metalization layers and by means of selective etching A method of manufacturing a device comprises depositing one or more metallization layers to a substrate, locally heating an area of the one or more metallization layers to obtain a substrate/metallization-layer compound or a metallization-layer compound, the compound comprising an etch-selectivity toward an etching medium which is different to that of the one or more metallization layers outside the area, and removing the one or more metallization layers in the area or outside the area, depending on the etching selectivity in the area or outside the area, by etching with the etching medium to form the device.
US09391148B2	SiC single crystal substrate A single crystal SiC substrate capable of forming a good epitaxial thin film thereon to give a high-quality epitaxial substrate is provided. The single crystal SiC substrate has a CMP-treated surface and has 5 or fewer lattice defects measuring 30 nm or more in a direction parallel to the polished surface and 50 nm or more in a direction perpendicular to the polished surface as counted within a depth of 100 nm from the polished surface in a direction perpendicular to the polished surface and a length of 10 μm in a direction parallel to the polished surface when observed in cross-section using a transmission electron microscope under the 00L reflection or the h-h0 reflection, where L and h are each an integer other than 0.
US09391142B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of this embodiment includes: a first semiconductor layer including AlXGa1-XN; a second semiconductor layer provided above the first semiconductor layer, and including undoped or n-type AlYGa1-YN; a first and second electrodes provided above the second semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer provided above the second semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, is at a distance from each of the first and second electrodes, and including p-type AlZGa1-ZN; a control electrode provided above the third semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer provided above the third semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the control electrode, is at a distance from the control electrode, and including n-type AlUGa1-UN; and a fifth semiconductor layer provided above a portion of the third semiconductor layer between the control electrode and the second electrode, is at a distance from the control electrode, and including n-type AlUGa1-UN.
US09391134B2	Fin field effect transistor, semiconductor device including the same and method of forming the semiconductor device A fin field effect transistor includes a first fin structure and a second fin structures both protruding from a substrate, first and second gate electrodes on the first and second fin structures, respectively, and a gate dielectric layer between each of the first and second fin structures and the first and second gate electrodes, respectively. Each of the first and second fin structures includes a buffer pattern on the substrate, a channel pattern on the buffer pattern, and an etch stop pattern provided between the channel pattern and the substrate. The etch stop pattern includes a material having an etch resistivity greater than that of the buffer pattern.
US09391133B2	Capacitor and preparation method thereof A capacitor and a method of fabricating thereof are provided. A structure of low pressure tetraethyl orthosilicate—low pressure silicon nitride—low pressure tetraethyl orthosilicate is used in the capacitor to replace the oxide-nitride-oxide structure of the existing capacitor; the capacitor has a relatively high unit capacitance value. Furthermore, the structure of low pressure tetraethyl orthosilicate—low pressure silicon nitride—low pressure tetraethyl orthosilicate is fabricaited by low pressure chemical vapor deposition method at relatively low temperature; thus the heat produced in the whole process is relatively low, which is insufficient to make the semiconductor device shift or make the gate metal layer or the metallized silicon layer peel off. Accordingly, the capacitor and the method of fabricating the capacitor of the present invention can be well applied in the process of the 0.5 μm PIP capacitor or below 0.5 μm.
US09391131B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same Provided are an organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device includes: an emission unit including an organic light emitting diode, a pixel circuit unit including: a circuit configured to drive the emission unit, and a line configured to apply a signal to the circuit, and a light blocking layer covering the pixel circuit unit, and configured to block light input to the pixel circuit unit, and a repair part disposed in the light blocking layer, the repair part being configured for repairing the line when a defect occurs in a pixel that includes the pixel circuit unit.
US09391127B2	Display device for controlling light transmittance A display device that can control light transmittance is disclosed. One aspect is a display device for controlling light transmittance. The display device includes a light-emitting region and a light-transmitting region. The light-emitting region includes a light-emitting unit. The light-transmitting region includes a light-transmitting unit configured to adjust the transmittance of external light, wherein the light-emitting unit and the light-transmitting unit are formed over the same substrate.
US09391122B2	Organic EL display device In an organic EL display device, a resistance of a cathode electrode of OLEDs is substantially reduced while maintaining a higher opening ratio of pixels as an entire display area. A reference power supply line is formed on a glass substrate, and receives a reference potential for driving the OLED. The OLED is formed on the glass substrate where the reference power supply line is formed, and has a structure in which a lower electrode, an organic material layer, and an upper electrode that is a cathode electrode common to plural pixels are laminated on each other in the order from the bottom. In some of the plural pixels, a cathode contact that penetrates through the organic material layer, and electrically connects the upper electrode to the reference power supply line is formed within an opening area corresponding to a W sub-pixel.
US09391120B2	Semiconductor memory device having unequal pitch vertical channel transistors used as selection transistors A semiconductor device comprises a set of selection transistors, such as in a three-dimensional memory structure or stack having resistance change memory cells arranged along vertical bit lines. Each selection transistor has a non-shared control gate and a shared control gate. The transistor bodies may have an unequal pitch and a common height. Some of the transistor bodies can be misaligned with the vertical bit lines to fit the transistors to the stack. A method for programming the three-dimensional memory structure includes forming one or two channels in a transistor body to provide a current to selected memory cells. Programming can initially use one channel and subsequently use two channels based on a programming progress. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching a gate conductor material so that shared and non-shared control gates have a common height.
US09391119B2	Non-volatile random access memory devices with shared transistor configuration and methods of forming the same Embodiments of non-volatile random access memory (RAM) devices and methods of forming the same are provided herein. In an embodiment, a non-volatile RAM device includes a first access transistor that is in electrical communication with a wordline. A first memory element and a first two-terminal selector are serially connected to each other and are in electrical communication with a first bitline and the first access transistor. A second memory element and a second two-terminal selector are serially connected to each other and are in electrical communication with a second bitline and the first access transistor.
US09391117B2	Light emitting diode package One embodiment comprises first and second light-emitting chips, each comprising: a package body having a cavity; first to fourth lead frames disposed inside the package body; a first semiconductor layer; an active layer; and a second semiconductor layer and emitting light of a different wavelength from each other, wherein each of the first to fourth lead frames comprises: an upper surface part exposed to the cavity; and a side surface part bent from one side portion of the upper surface part and exposed by one surface of the package body. In addition, the first light-emitting chip is disposed on the upper surface part of the first lead frame, and the second light-emitting chip is disposed on the upper surface part of the third lead frame.
US09391114B2	Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacturing thereof, and image sensor devices Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacturing thereof, and image sensor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip comprising an array region, a periphery region, and a through-via disposed therein. A guard structure is disposed in the semiconductor chip between the array region and the through-via or between the through-via and a portion of the periphery region. A portion of the guard structure is disposed within a substrate of the semiconductor chip.
US09391113B2	Image-sensor device structure and method of manufacturing Embodiments of an image-sensor device structure and a method of manufacturing thereof are provided. The image-sensor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a light-sensing region in the semiconductor substrate. The image-sensor device structure also includes an interconnect structure over the semiconductor substrate, and the interconnect structure includes a transparent dielectric layer over the light-sensing region. The transparent dielectric layer has an optical transmittance ranging from about 90% to about 97%.
US09391105B2	Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: unit pixels each having a light-receiving element which is divided into line widths shorter than or equal to a wavelength of light; a plurality of light-transmissive films in a concentric structure; and an effective refractive index distribution. Among the light-transmissive films, a light-transmissive film closest to a center of the concentric structure has an outer edge in a shape of a true circle, and a light-transmissive film far from the center of the concentric structure has an outer edge in a shape of an oval, a ratio of a long axis to a short axis of the oval increases as the light-transmissive film is farther away from the center of the concentric structure, and a direction of the long axis of the oval is orthogonal to a vector which connects the center of the concentric structure and a center of the solid-state imaging device.
US09391100B2	Display substrate and fabricating method thereof, mask plate, and mask plate group The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a mask plate, the display substrate comprising a plurality of sub display substrates, each of the sub display substrates comprising a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprising a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a source-drain channel, wherein, from the center of the display substrate to the edge of the display substrate, the plurality of sub display substrates are arranged from large to small according to the overlapping area of the pixel electrode and the common electrode and/or the plurality of sub display substrates are arranged from small to large according to the width to length ratio of the source-drain channel of the sub display substrate. The present disclosure can avoid electrical badness of the sub display substrates located at the edges.
US09391096B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide layer over an insulating film; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide layer; a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. The first oxide layer contains indium. The oxide semiconductor layer contains indium and includes a channel formation region. The distance from the interface to the channel formation region is 20 nm or more, preferably 30 nm or more, further preferably 40 nm or more, still further preferably 60 nm or more.
US09391090B2	Integrated circuit device including polycrystalline semiconductor film and method of manufacturing the same An IC device includes a polycrystalline silicon thin film interposed between a first level semiconductor circuit and a second level semiconductor circuit which are formed on a substrate and disposed to vertically overlap each other. The polycrystalline silicon thin film includes at least one silicon single crystal. The at least one silicon single crystal includes a flat horizontal portion, which provides an active region of the second level semiconductor device, and a pin-shaped protruding portion protruding from the flat horizontal portion toward the first level semiconductor device.
US09391086B1	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing nonvolatile semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body in which a spacer film and an electrode film are alternately stacked each in a plurality of layers, and a pillar member disposed in the stacked body and penetrating the stacked body in a thickness direction. The pillar member includes an inter-electrode insulating film, a charge accumulation film, a tunnel insulating film, and a channel semiconductor film in this order from a side in contact with the stacked body. The stacked body has a taper angle of 90° in a vertical cross section of the stacked body including the pillar member.
US09391076B1	CMOS structures and processes based on selective thinning Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices and devices therefrom are provided. A method includes providing a substrate having a semiconducting surface with first and second layers, where the semiconducting surface has a plurality of active regions comprising first and second active regions. In the first active region, the first layer is an undoped layer and the second layer is a highly doped screening layer. The method also includes removing a part of the first layer to reduce a thickness of the substantially undoped layer for at least a portion of the first active region without a corresponding thickness reduction of the first layer in the second active region. The method additionally includes forming semiconductor devices in the plurality of active regions. In the method, the part of the first layer removed is selected based on a threshold voltage adjustment required for the substrate in the portion of the first active region.
US09391057B2	Integrated circuit on SOI comprising a transistor protecting from electrostatic discharges An integrated circuit includes first and second electronic components, a buried UTBOX insulating layer, first and second ground planes plumb with the first and second electronic components, first and second wells, first and second biasing electrodes making contact with the first and second wells and with the first and second ground planes, a third electrode making contact with the first well, a first trench isolation separating the first and third electrodes and extending through the buried insulating layer as far as into the first well, and a second trench isolation that isolates the first electrode from the first component, and that does not extend as far as the interface between the first ground plane and the first well.
US09391055B2	Power module having stacked substrates arranged to provide tightly-coupled source and return current paths Power modules with reduced parasitic inductances are provided. A power module includes a first substrate including a first electrically-conductive layer and a second substrate including a second electrically-conductive layer. These substrates may be stacked on each other. A scalable network of power switches may be arranged on the substrates. Power bars may be connectable to the electrically-conductive layers through electromechanical interfaces at selectable interface locations. The locations and/or type of interface may be selectable based on the arrangement of the switches. The first and second electrically-conductive layers may be disposed on mutually opposed surfaces of a dielectric layer having a thickness chosen to effect a level of coupling between respective source and return current paths provided by the electrically-conductive layers. The level of coupling may be arranged to increase the mutual inductance within the power module, which can effectively reduce the formation of parasitic inductance in the power module.
US09391052B2	Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a first board; a second board joined to the first board; a connection terminal provided between the first board and the second board and electrically connecting the first board and the second board; and an electronic component on at least one of the first board and the second board. The connection terminal serves as an antenna.
US09391051B2	Display device using semiconductor light emitting device and method of fabricating the same A display device using a semiconductor light emitting device and a method of fabricating the semiconductor light emitting device are disclosed. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the substrate, an anisotropic conductive film disposed on the substrate provided with the first electrodes, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices disposed on the anisotropic conductive film layer, electrically connected to the first electrodes, and constituting individual pixels, and a plurality of second electrodes disposed between the semiconductor light emitting devices and electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting devices. Thus, alignment of the semiconductor light emitting device array may be simplified by use of an anisotropic conductive film Due to excellent brightness, the semiconductor light emitting devices, which are small in size, may form individual sub-pixels. In addition, the distance between the semiconductor light emitting devices is sufficiently long to embody a flexible display device.
US09391043B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device including a relatively thin interposer excluding a through silicon hole and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes forming an interposer on a dummy substrate. The forming of the interposer includes, forming a dielectric layer on the dummy substrate, forming a pattern and a via on the dielectric layer, and forming a seed layer at the pattern and the via of the dielectric layer and forming a redistribution layer and a conductive via on the seed layer. A semiconductor die is connected with the conductive via facing an upper portion of the interposer, and the semiconductor die is encapsulated with an encapsulant. The dummy substrate is removed from the interposer. A bump is connected with the conductive via facing a lower portion of the interposer.
US09391037B2	Semiconductor device including a protective film A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a wire and a passivation film formed on the outermost surface with an opening partially exposing the wire. A resin layer is stacked on the semiconductor chip and provided with a through-hole in a position opposed to a portion of the wire facing the opening. A pad is formed on a peripheral portion of the through-hole in the resin layer and in the through-hole so that an external connection terminal is arranged on the surface thereof. The peripheral portion of the resin layer is formed more thickly than the remaining portion of the resin layer other than the peripheral portion.
US09391036B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor electronic component which includes a pad electrode, a solder bump, and a metal layer between a pad and solder that is configured to have an underlying metal layer formed between the pad electrode and the solder bump and connected to the pad electrode, and a main metal layer formed on the underlying metal layer, and in which the main metal layer has an eave portion at an outer edge portion thereof.
US09391035B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device with improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device is characterized by its embodiments in that sloped portions are formed on connection parts between a pad and a lead-out wiring portion, respectively. This feature suppresses crack formation in a coating area where a part of the pad is covered with a surface protective film.
US09391027B2	Embedded semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing thereof A package structure includes a dielectric layer, at least one semiconductor device attached to the dielectric layer, one or more dielectric sheets applied to the dielectric layer and about the semiconductor device(s) to embed the semiconductor device(s) therein, and a plurality of vias formed to the semiconductor device(s) that are formed in at least one of the dielectric layer and the one or more dielectric sheets. The package structure also includes metal interconnects formed in the vias and on one or more outward facing surfaces of the package structure to form electrical interconnections to the semiconductor device(s). The dielectric layer is composed of a material that does not flow during a lamination process and each of the one or more dielectric sheets is composed of a curable material configured to melt and flow when cured during the lamination process so as to fill-in any air gaps around the semiconductor device(s).
US09391025B2	Reliable microstrip routing for electronics components Reliable microstrip routing arrangements for electronics components are described. In an example, a semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor die having a surface with an integrated circuit thereon coupled to contact pads of an uppermost metallization layer of a semiconductor package substrate by a plurality of conductive contacts. A plurality of discrete metal planes is disposed at the uppermost metallization layer of the semiconductor package substrate, each metal plane located, from a plan view perspective, at a corner of a perimeter of the semiconductor die. Microstrip routing is disposed at the uppermost metallization layer of the semiconductor package substrate, from the plan view perspective, outside of the perimeter of the semiconductor die.
US09391019B2	Scalable interconnect structures with selective via posts Interconnect structures including a selective via post disposed on a top surface of a lower level interconnect feature, and fabrication techniques to selectively form such a post. Following embodiments herein, a minimum interconnect line spacing may be maintained independent of registration error in a via opening. In embodiments, a selective via post has a bottom lateral dimension smaller than that of a via opening within which the post is disposed. Formation of a conductive via post may be preferential to a top surface of the lower interconnect feature exposed by the via opening. A subsequently deposited dielectric material backfills portions of a via opening extending beyond the interconnect feature where no conductive via post was formed. An upper level interconnect feature is landed on the selective via post to electrically interconnect with the lower level feature.
US09391018B2	Crosstalk polarity reversal and cancellation through substrate material tuning Transmission lines with a first dielectric material separating signal traces and a second dielectric material separating the signal traces from a ground plane. In embodiments, mutual capacitance is tuned relative to self-capacitance to reverse polarity of far end crosstalk between a victim and aggressor channel relative to that induced by other interconnect portions along the length of the channels, such as inductively coupled portions. In embodiments, a transmission line for a single-ended channel includes a material of a higher dielectric constant within the same routing plane as a microstrip or stripline conductor, and a material of a lower dielectric constant between the conductor and the ground plane(s). In embodiments, a transmission line for a differential pair includes a material of a lower dielectric constant within the same routing plane as a microstrip or stripline conductors, and a material of a higher dielectric constant between the conductors and the ground plane(s).
US09391017B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit In one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes power supply strap wires extending in a first direction in a first layer, auxiliary power supply strap wires extending in the first direction in a second layer below the first layer, and intermediate power supply wires each electrically connecting one of the power supply strap wires to one of the auxiliary power supply strap wires in a third layer between the first and second layers. The circuit further includes power supply rails extending in a second direction in a fourth layer below the second layer, and upper power supply strap wires extending in the second direction in a fifth layer above the first layer. An interval between the intermediate power supply wires is larger than an interval between the power supply rails, and is smaller than an interval between the upper power supply strap wires.
US09391016B2	MIM capacitor structure The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip having a MIM (metal-insulator-metal) capacitor and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the integrated chip has a MIM capacitor disposed within a capacitor inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer. An under-metal layer is disposed below the capacitor ILD layer and includes one or more metal structures located under the MIM capacitor. A plurality of vias vertically extend through the capacitor ILD layer and the MIM capacitor. The plurality of vias provide for an electrical connection to the MIM capacitor and to the under-metal layer. By using the plurality of vias to provide for vertical connections to the MIM capacitor and to the under-metal layer, the integrated chip does not use vias that are specifically designated for the MIM capacitor, thereby decreasing the complexity of the integrated chip fabrication.
US09391014B2	Physical unclonable interconnect function array A method for fabricating an interconnect function array includes forming a first plurality of conductive lines on a substrate, forming an insulator layer over the first plurality of conductive lines and the substrate, removing portions of the insulator layer to define cavities in the insulator layer that expose portions of the substrate and the first plurality of conductive lines, wherein the removal of the portions of the insulator layer results in a substantially random arrangement of cavities exposing portions of the substrate and the first plurality of conductive lines, depositing a conductive material in the cavities, and forming a second plurality of conductive lines on portions of the conductive material in the cavities and the insulator layer.
US09391012B2	Methods and apparatus for package with interposers Methods and apparatus for an interposer with dams used in packaging dies are disclosed. An interposer may comprise a metal layer above a substrate. A plurality of dams may be formed above the metal layer around each corner of the metal layer. Dams may be formed on both sides of the interposer substrate. A dam surrounds an area where connectors such as solder balls may be located to connect to other packages. A non-conductive dam may be formed above the dam. An underfill may be formed under the package connected to the connector, above the metal layer, and contained within the area surrounded by the dams at the corner, so that the connectors are well protected by the underfill. Such dams may be further formed on a printed circuit board as well.
US09391010B2	Power line filter for multidimensional integrated circuits An interposer element in a multidimensional integrated circuit with stacked elements has one or more conductors, especially power supply lines, coupled through decoupling networks defining low impedance shunts for high frequency signals to ground. The interposer has successive tiers including silicon, metal and dielectric deposition layers. The decoupling network for a conductor has at least one and preferably two reactive transmission lines. A transmission line has an inductor in series with the conductor and parallel capacitances at the inductor terminals. The inductors are formed by traces in spaced metal deposition layers forming coil windings and through vias connecting between layers to permit conductor crossovers. The capacitances are formed by MOScaps in the interposer layers. An embodiment has serially coupled coils with capacitances at the input, output and junction between the coils, wherein the coils are magnetically coupled to form a transformer.
US09391003B2	Semiconductor package with conductive clip A semiconductor package that includes a conductive can, a power semiconductor device electrically and mechanically attached to the inside surface of the can, and an IC semiconductor device copackaged with the power semiconductor device inside the can.
US09390998B2	Heat spreading substrate Heat spreading substrate. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus includes a thermally conductive, electrically insulating regular solid, a first electrically conductive coating mechanically coupled to a first edge of the regular solid and a second electrically conductive coating mechanically coupled to a second edge of the regular solid. The first and the second electrically conductive coatings are electrically isolated from one another and the faces of the first electrically conductive coating, the second electrically conductive coating and the regular solid are substantially co-planar. The primary and secondary surfaces of the regular solid may be free of electrically conductive materials.
US09390990B2	Molding composition for semiconductor package and semiconductor package using the same Disclosed herein are a molding composition for a semiconductor package including a liquid crystal thermosetting polymer resin and graphene oxide to thereby effectively decrease coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and warpage and maximize an effect of thermal conductivity, and a semiconductor package using the same.
US09390987B2	Semiconductor module including a terminal embedded in casing wall and bent over thick portion of lid Aspects of the invention provide a semiconductor module that can be manufactured without using a bending jig for bearing the stress in bending process of the terminal and scarcely generates cracks in the resin parts of the semiconductor module. In some aspects of the invention, a semiconductor module can include a casing made of a resin material accommodating a semiconductor chip, a terminal one end of which is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip and the other end of which is projecting out of the casing and bent and a lid made of a resin material fitted on an opening of the casing, a part of end region of the lid being in contact with the terminal and being a thick part with a thickness thicker than a thickness of other parts of the lid.
US09390983B1	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of stacked semiconductor layers; a plurality of composite doped regions separately and parallelly disposed in a portion of the semiconductor layers along a first direction; a gate structure disposed over a portion of the semiconductor layers along a second direction, wherein the gate structure covers a portion of the composite doped regions; a first doped region formed in the most top semiconductor layer along the second direction and being adjacent to a first side of the gate structure; and a second doped region formed in the most top semiconductor layer along the second direction and being adjacent to a second side of the gate structure opposite to the first side thereof.
US09390979B2	Opposite polarity borderless replacement metal contact scheme An improved semiconductor structure and methods of fabrication that provide improved transistor contacts in a semiconductor structure are provided. A set of masks is formed over a portion of the semiconductor structure. Each mask in this set of masks covers at least one source/drain (s/d) contact location. An oxide layer is removed from remainder portions of the semiconductor structure that are not covered by the set of masks. Then an opposite-mask fill layer is formed in the remainder portions from which the oxide layer was removed. The oxide layer is then removed from the remainder of the semiconductor structure, i.e., the portion previously covered by the set of masks and contacts are formed to the at least s/d contact location in the recesses formed by the removal of the remainder of the oxide layer.
US09390977B2	Method for manufacturing a fin=shaped field effect transistor capable of reducing a threshold voltage variation A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a trench defining a plurality of active fins in a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer on the plurality of active fins, forming a sacrificial oxide layer, and removing the sacrificial oxide layer. The forming the sacrificial oxide layer includes heat-treating the sacrificial layer and surfaces of the plurality of active fins.
US09390970B2	Method for depositing a diffusion barrier layer and a metal conductive layer We disclose a method of applying a sculptured layer of material on a semiconductor feature surface using ion deposition sputtering, wherein a surface onto which the sculptured layer is applied is protected to resist erosion and contamination by impacting ions of a depositing layer, A first protective layer of material is deposited on a substrate surface using traditional sputtering or ion deposition sputtering, in combination with sufficiently low substrate bias that a surface onto which the layer is applied is not eroded away or contaminated during deposition of the protective layer. Subsequently, a sculptured second layer of material is applied using ion deposition sputtering at an increased substrate bias, to sculpture a shape from a portion of the first protective layer of material and the second layer of depositing material. The method is particularly applicable to the sculpturing of barrier layers, wetting layers, and conductive layers upon semiconductor feature surfaces.
US09390969B2	Integrated circuit and interconnect, and method of fabricating same The disclosure relates generally to integrated circuits (IC), IC interconnects, and methods of fabricating the same, and more particularly, high performance inductors. The IC includes at least one trench within a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate. The trench is conformally coated with a liner and seed layer, and includes an interconnect within. The interconnect includes a hard mask on the sidewalls of the interconnect.
US09390968B2	Low temperature thin wafer backside vacuum process with backgrinding tape Vacuum processing, such as a backside metallization (BSM) deposition, is performed on a taped wafer after a gas escape path is formed between a base film of the tape and the wafer frontside surface following backgrind. Venting provided by the gas escape path reduces formation of bubbles under the tape. The gas escape path may be provided, for example, by a selective pre-curing of tape adhesive, to breach an edge seal and place the wafer frontside surface internal to the edge seal in fluid communication with an environment external to the edge seal. With the thinned wafer supported by the pre-cured tape, BSM is then deposited while the wafer and tape are cooled, for example, via a cooled electrostatic chuck.
US09390965B2	Air-gap forming techniques for interconnect structures An interconnect structure includes a first low-k dielectric layer formed over a substrate. A first metal line is disposed in the first low-k dielectric layer. The first metal line includes a first conductive body with a first width and an up landing pad with a second width. The first width is smaller than the second width. The interconnect structure further includes a first air-gap adjacent to sidewalls of the first conductive body. The interconnect structure also includes a second low-k dielectric layer formed over the first low-k dielectric layer and a first via in the second low-k dielectric layer and disposed on the up landing pad.
US09390960B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including performing a first thermal processing a silicon substrate in a first atmosphere and at a first temperature to remove an oxide film above a surface of the silicon substrate, and after the first thermal processing, performing a second thermal processing the silicon substrate in a second atmosphere containing hydrogen and at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to terminate the surface of the silicon substrate with hydrogen.
US09390956B2	Method for the temporary connection of a product substrate to a carrier substrate A method for temporary connection of a product substrate to a carrier substrate comprised of the steps of: applying an interconnect layer to a product substrate receiving side of the carrier substrate in an interconnect surface section of the product substrate receiving side, applying an antiadhesion layer with low adhesion force to one interconnect side of the product substrate in an antiadhesion surface section of the interconnect side, the antiadhesion surface section corresponding to the interconnect surface section, in terms of area, wherein a receiving space is formed which is bordered by the interconnect layer and the carrier substrate as well as the product substrate and the antiadhesion layer accommodating structures which are provided on the interconnect side of the product substrate and which project from the interconnect side, aligning the product substrate relative to the carrier substrate and bonding of the interconnect layer to the antiadhesion layer on one contact surface.
US09390950B2	Rapid thermal processing chamber with micro-positioning system Methods and apparatus for rapid thermal processing of a planar substrate including axially aligning the substrate with a substrate support or with an empirically determined position are described. The methods and apparatus include a sensor system that determines the relative orientations of the substrate and the substrate support.
US09390949B2	Wafer debonding and cleaning apparatus and method of use This description relates to a wafer debonding and cleaning apparatus including an automatic wafer handling module. The automatic wafer handling module loads a semiconductor wafer into a wafer debonding module for a debonding process. The automatic wafer handling module removes the semiconductor wafer from the debonding module and loads the semiconductor wafer into a wafer cleaning module for a cleaning process.
US09390938B2	Polishing composition To provide a means by which polishing rate can further be improved in a polishing composition to be used for an application of polishing an object to be polished containing a metal element or a semimetal element. Oxo acid containing a metal element or a semimetal element, and water are contained in a polishing composition to be used for an application of polishing an object to be polished containing a metal element or a semimetal element.
US09390937B2	Silicon-carbon-nitride selective etch A method of etching exposed silicon-nitrogen-and-carbon-containing material on patterned heterogeneous structures is described and includes a remote plasma etch formed from a fluorine-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor. Plasma effluents from the remote plasma are flowed into a substrate processing region where the plasma effluents react with the exposed regions of silicon-nitrogen-and-carbon-containing material. The plasma effluents react with the patterned heterogeneous structures to selectively remove silicon-nitrogen-and-carbon-containing material from the exposed silicon-nitrogen-and-carbon-containing material regions while very slowly removing selected other exposed materials. The silicon-nitrogen-and-carbon-containing material selectivity results partly from the presence of an ion suppression element positioned between the remote plasma and the substrate processing region. The ion suppression element controls the number of ionically-charged species that reach the substrate. The methods may be used to selectively remove silicon-nitrogen-and-carbon-containing material at a faster rate than exposed silicon oxide or exposed silicon nitride.
US09390928B2	Anisotropic dielectric material gate spacer for a field effect transistor Capacitive coupling between a gate electrode and underlying portions of the source and drain regions can be enhanced while suppressing capacitive coupling between the gate electrode and laterally spaced elements such as contact via structures for the source and drain regions. A transistor including a gate electrode and source and drain regions is formed employing a disposable gate spacer. The disposable gate spacer is removed to form a spacer cavity, which is filled with an anisotropic dielectric material to form an anisotropic gate spacer. The anisotropic dielectric material is aligned with an electrical field such that lengthwise directions of the molecules of the anisotropic dielectric material are aligned vertically within the spacer cavity. The anisotropic gate spacer provides a higher dielectric constant along the vertical direction and a lower dielectric constant along the horizontal direction.
US09390927B2	Contact formation for split gate flash memory An integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of flash memory cells forming a memory array, wherein each of the plurality of flash memory cells includes a select gate and a memory gate. A select gate electrode includes a first portion including polysilicon, wherein the first portion forms select gates of a column of the memory array, and a second portion electrically connected to the first portion, wherein the second portion includes a metal. A memory gate electrode has a portion forming memory gates of the column of the memory array.
US09390926B2	Process sheet resistance uniformity improvement using multiple melt laser exposures Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and methods of thermal processing. More specifically, apparatus and methods described herein relate to laser thermal treatment of semiconductor substrates by increasing the uniformity of energy distribution in an image at a surface of a substrate.
US09390918B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor, with stable electric characteristics and high reliability. In a process for manufacturing a bottom-gate transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, dehydration or dehydrogenation is performed by heat treatment and oxygen doping treatment is performed. The transistor including a gate insulating film subjected to the oxygen doping treatment and the oxide semiconductor film subjected to the dehydration or dehydrogenation by the heat treatment is a transistor having high reliability in which the amount of change in threshold voltage of the transistor by the bias-temperature stress (BT) test can be reduced.
US09390911B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method includes: forming a thin film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including: (a) supplying a source gas to the substrate in a process chamber; and (b) supplying a reactive gas to the substrate in the process chamber, wherein at least one of (a) and (b) includes: (c) supplying the source gas or the reactive gas at a first flow rate with exhaust of an inside of the process chamber being suspended until an inner pressure of the process chamber reaches a predetermined pressure; and (d) supplying the source gas or the reactive gas at a second flow rate less than the first flow rate with exhaust of the inside of the process chamber being performed while maintaining the inner pressure of the process chamber at the predetermined pressure after the inner pressure of the process chamber reaches the predetermined pressure.
US09390908B2	Method and device for manufacturing a barrier layer on a flexible substrate The invention provides a method for manufacturing a barrier layer on a substrate, the method comprising: providing a substrate with an inorganic oxide layer having a pore volume between 0.3 and 10 vol. %; treating said substrate with an inorganic oxide layer in a glow discharge plasma, said plasma being generated by at least two electrodes in a treatment space formed between said two electrodes, said treatment space also being provided with a gas comprising Nitrogen compounds; and the treating of the substrate in said treatment space is done at a temperature below 150° C., e.g. below 100° C. The invention further provides a device for manufacturing a barrier layer on a substrate.
US09390907B2	Film forming method of SiCN film A method of forming an SiCN film on a surface to be processed of an object, the method including: supplying an Si source gas containing an Si source into a processing chamber having the object accommodated therein; and supplying a gas containing a nitriding agent into the processing chamber after supplying the Si source gas, wherein a compound of nitrogen and carbon is used as the nitriding agent and wherein R1, R2 and R3 in the compound of nitrogen and carbon are linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, which may have hydrogen atoms or substituents. Therefore, the SiCN film can be formed while maintaining a satisfactory film forming rate even though the film forming temperature is lowered.
US09390905B2	Method for manufacturing silicon substrate and silicon substrate A method for manufacturing a silicon substrate, including: performing a rapid heat treatment to a silicon substrate with a rapid-heating and rapid-cooling apparatus by maintaining the silicon substrate at a temperature that is higher than 1300° C. and not greater than a silicon melting point for 1 to 60 seconds, the silicon substrate being sliced from a silicon single crystal ingot grown by the Czochralski method; performing a first temperature decrease process down to a temperature in the range of 600 to 800° C. at a temperature decrease rate of 5 to 150° C./sec; and performing a second temperature decrease process in such a manner that a cooling time of X seconds and a temperature decrease rate of Y° C./sec meet Y≦0.15X-4.5 when X<100 and meet Y≦10 when X≧100.
US09390903B2	Method and apparatus for wafer backgrinding and edge trimming on one machine A workpiece processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a rotary turntable having one or more spindles thereon, the turntable being configured to rotate about a turntable axis. Each of the spindles is configured to receive and secure thereon a workpiece to be processed by the apparatus. Each of the spindles can rotate about their own independent axes. The apparatus includes one or more grind spindles that overlay the turntable and are configured to communicate with the workpieces. The apparatus processes the workpieces by transitioning between first and second operational states. The first operational state centers the spindles and the workpieces thereon under the grind spindle to condition an entire top surface of the workpieces. The second operational state offsets the spindles from the center of the grind spindle to condition a perimeter edge of the workpieces. A controller can govern the transition between first and second operational states.
US09390900B2	Mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer of ionizing a sample by a dielectric barrier discharge under a reduced pressure. An ionization with inconsiderable fragmentation can be carried out highly sensitively by the present invention.
US09390888B2	Apparatus and method of applying small-angle electron scattering to characterize nanostructures on opaque substrate An apparatus and methods for small-angle electron beam scattering measurements in a reflection or a backscattering mode are provided. The apparatus includes an electron source, electron collimation optics before a sample, electron projection optics after the sample, a sample stage capable of holding the sample, and a electron detector module. The electrons emitted from the source are collimated and positioned to impinge nanostructures on the sample. The signals resulting from the interactions between the impinging electrons and the nanostructures are further magnified by the electron projection optics to reach a sufficient angular resolution before recorded by the electron detector module.
US09390886B2	Electro-optical inspection apparatus using electron beam An electron beam apparatus for capturing images by deflecting a primary electron beam by a deflector to irradiate each of sub-visual fields which are formed by dividing an evaluation area on a sample surface, and detecting secondary electrons containing information on the sample surface in each of the sub-visual fields by a detecting device. The detecting device includes a plurality of unit detectors each including an area sensor, a bundle of optical fibers having one end coupled to a detection plane of the area sensor, and an FOP coated on the other end of the bundle of optical fibers and formed with a scintillator, on which a secondary electron beam emitted from the respective sub-visual field is focused. An electromagnetic deflector deflects the secondary electron beam each time the electron beam is irradiated to the next sub-visual field to move the secondary electron beams over the surfaces of the FOPs.
US09390880B2	Method for driving multi electric field emission devices and multi electric field emission system Provided is a method of driving multi electrical field emission devices. The method includes: respectively connecting first current control circuit devices for current path formation to a plurality of electric field emission devices; commonly connecting a second current control circuit device to the first current control circuit devices to commonly control the first current control circuit devices; and driving the first current control circuit devices at different timings when the second current control circuit device is driven.
US09390869B2	Keyframe modules for a flexible keyboard Embodiments provide a flexible keyboard including a flexible skin layer and a set of key frame modules coupled to one side of the flexible skin layer. The flexible skin layer can be made of at least one of polyurethane or polyester. The keyframe module can include a metal support plate for conducting a signal and a key structure situated over the metal support plate for providing tactile feedback when the key frame module is actuated. A plastic key cap structure can be situated over the dome structure. The flexible skin layer can be coupled to the plastic key cap. The key structure can be a dome structure where the flexible skin layer is a rubber or a fabric skin layer. The key structure can be a scissors key structure where the flexible skin layer is a rubber skin layer. Flexible key caps can be molded to the flexible skin layer.
US09390856B2	Dielectric composition, multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same, and method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitor A dielectric composition includes a base main component including Ba and Ti and an accessory component, wherein a ratio of domain width/grain size of the dielectric composition is in the range of 0 to 0.2, a multilayer ceramic capacitor using the same, and a method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor. It is possible to provide a dielectric composition that can implement a higher dielectric constant and good high temperature withstand voltage characteristics in the same grain size condition. It is expected that this effect can be effectively applied to the development of ultra high capacity MLCCs having a thin dielectric by implementing the same capacity while increasing the thickness of the dielectric than the case of applying the conventional dielectric material.
US09390850B2	Power transmitting device, power feeding system, and power feeding method Provided is a power transmitting device, a power feeding system, and a power feeding method in which power loss is cut by increasing power use efficiency and power can be supplied to a power feeding user (a power receiving device) with high power transmission efficiency. Depending on a power feeding state (e.g., resonant frequency of a power transmitting resonance coil is not the same as that of a power receiving resonance coil, or the influence of their positional relation), power transmitted from a power source portion of the power transmitting device is reflected to the power transmitting coil side by the power transmitting resonance coil. Further, a power recovering function (circulation function) for power reflected to the power transmitting device is provided to recover the power reflected to the power transmitting coil side and to reuse it for power transmission.
US09390848B2	Integrated magnetics transformer assembly The present invention relates to an integrated magnetics transformer assembly comprising a first magnetically permeable core forming a first substantially closed magnetic flux path and a second magnetically permeable core forming a second substantially closed magnetic flux path. A first input inductor winding is wound around a first predetermined segment of the first magnetically permeable core and a second input inductor winding is wound around a first predetermined segment of the second magnetically permeable core. The integrated magnetics transformer assembly further comprises a first output inductor winding comprising series coupled first and second half-windings wherein the first half-winding is wound around a second predetermined segment of the first magnetically permeable core and the second half-winding is wound around a second predetermined segment of the second magnetically permeable core. A second output inductor comprises series coupled first and second half-windings wherein the first half-winding is wound around a third predetermined segment of the first magnetically permeable core and the second half-winding is wound around a third predetermined segment of the second magnetically permeable core. The second half-winding of the first output inductor winding and the second half-winding of the second output inductor winding are configured to produce oppositely directed magnetic fluxes through the second substantially closed magnetic flux path and the first half-winding of the first output inductor winding and the first half-winding of the second output inductor winding are configured to produce aligned, i.e. in the same direction, magnetic fluxes through the first substantially closed magnetic flux path. The integrated magnetics transformer assembly is well-suited for use in a broad range of single input or multiple-input isolated power converter topologies.
US09390832B2	Method for fabricating a conductive paste The present invention provides a method for fabricating a conductive paste comprising the following steps: (a) preparing an organic medium and a mixed powder, wherein the organic medium contains an organic solvent, a resin and a first anionic surfactant, and the mixed powder contains a carbide and a doped-polyaniline, wherein the doped-polyaniline is produced by co-doping a polyaniline with a second anionic surfactant in an acid; and (b) mixing the organic medium and the mixed powder to obtain the conductive paste, which has a significantly improved conductivity.
US09390825B2	X-ray distribution adjusting filter, CT apparatus and method thereof An X-ray distribution adjusting filter, and a CT apparatus and method thereof are provided, in which the X-ray distribution adjusting filter has a hollow inner part, and when rotating, a shape thereof is changed according to rotation angles, such that intensity distribution of X-rays radiating toward a subject may be adjusted.
US09390820B2	Electricity production module An underwater electricity production module includes an elongated cylindrical box, which includes a reactor compartment, which further includes a reservoir chamber and a dry chamber; an electricity production unit including a reactor container, the reactor container being placed in the dry chamber in a reactor pit having a first lower portion; and a circumferential wall including a first part delimiting the reservoir chamber, the first part being in a direct heat exchange relationship with water of the marine environment surrounding the elongated cylindrical box. The reservoir chamber has a second lower portion connected to the first lower portion through a water inlet duct placed along the circumferential wall. The reactor pit has a first upper portion connected to a corresponding portion of the reservoir chamber through a water return duct.
US09390819B2	Submerged energy production module An underwater electricity production module includes an elongated cylindrical box, which includes a reactor compartment and an electricity generator compartment. The reactor compartment includes a reservoir chamber and a dry chamber. A nuclear reactor is located in the dry chamber. The reservoir chamber forms a safety water storage reservoir. At least a radial wall of the reservoir chamber is in a direct heat exchange relationship with a marine environment that surrounds the cylindrical box. The reservoir chamber and the dry chamber can be placed in fluid connection. A seawater inlet is formed in a radial wall of the receiving compartment. A duct connects the seawater inlet to the dry chamber. A quenching valve is in the duct. Opening of the quenching valve allows the dry chamber, and thus the nuclear reactor, to be quenched with seawater.
US09390817B2	Fuel assembly for a pressurized water reactor A fuel assembly for a pressurized water nuclear reactor includes a multiplicity of fuel rods which extend in a longitudinal direction and are guided in a plurality of spacers that are spaced apart from one another axially. The spacers of an upper region have a lower flow resistance in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, than the spacers of a lower region.
US09390814B2	Fault detection and prediction for data storage elements A circuit, configured to detect faults in an array of data storage elements, comprises: a resistor network; a switching network for selectively coupling a specified portion of the resistor network to the array of data storage elements; a current monitoring module, where the current monitoring module is operable to monitor current flow through the specified portion of the resistor network; and a control module coupled to the switching network and the current monitoring module. The control module is operable to control the switching network, so as to couple the specified portion of the resistor network to the array of data storage elements, and to determine whether one or more predefined characteristics of the output of the current monitoring module meet predetermined fault criteria. The control module is further operable to initiate one or more remedial actions, when the one or more predefined characteristics meet the predetermined fault criteria.
US09390811B2	Semiconductor device with fuse array and method for operating the same A semiconductor device includes a fuse array including verification fuses and normal fuses, a determination block suitable for reading data programmed in the verification fuses based on a read reference voltage and during a boot-up preparation section, determining whether or not a read value is the same as a predetermined value, and a level control block suitable for adjusting a level of the read reference voltage based on a determined result during the boot-up preparation section.
US09390810B2	Semiconductor device and control method thereof In an OTP memory storing a one-bit of the data by two gate insulating film destruction type nonvolatile memory cells where a same bit line is connected and different word lines are connected, writings and readings of the data for selected two nonvolatile memory cells constituting one-bit are performed by simultaneously selecting the selected two nonvolatile memory cells, and verifications for the selected two nonvolatile memory cells are performed by individually selecting one and the other of the selected two nonvolatile memory cells one by one.

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