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US09426798B2	Method for estimating data channel in wireless communication system, and apparatus for same The present invention relates to a method in which a UE estimates a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for the same. Specifically, disclosed is a method in which a UE estimates a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, the method including the steps of: receiving a downlink control channel using a UE-specific reference signal; bundling a resource block for a downlink data channel into one channel estimation unit when a space resource for the downlink control channel and a space resource for the downlink data channel which makes commands in the downlink control channel are the same as each other; and performing a channel estimation on the basis of the UE-specific reference signal with respect to the one channel estimation unit.
US09426790B2	Method and apparatus for delaying transmission of buffer status report in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for delaying transmission of at least one of a buffer status report (BSR) and a power headroom report (PHR) in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) triggers at least one of a BSR and a PHR, but delays transmission of the at least one of the BSR and the PHR to a base station if uplink (UL) transmission is not available. In this case, the UE may not trigger a scheduling request (SR).
US09426789B2	Wireless communication system, method for controlling wireless communication system, base station, and mobile station Provided is, in wireless communication systems such as TD-LTE where there might be difference in frequency band allocated to a mobile station between uplink and downlink, a wireless communication system which is capable of ensuring desired antenna directivity by the mobile station controlling an adaptive array antenna, such a method for controlling a wireless communication system, such a base station, and such a mobile station. The mobile station transmits to the base station a message indicating that the self station includes an adaptive array antenna. Upon receiving the message, the base station assigns a downlink resource block and an uplink resource block following the downlink resource block allocated to the mobile station within the same frequency band. The mobile station 1 controls the adaptive array antenna based on a signal received using the allocated downlink resource block and transmits a signal using the allocated uplink resource block.
US09426783B2	Methods, apparatuses, and systems for resource allocation for terminals Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for resource allocation for terminals. In this regard, a method is provided that at least includes determining, by a terminal, a data stream is to be transported over a radio bearer in an aggregated data stream; determining if the data stream is a first data stream to be transported over the radio bearer; in the instance where the data stream is the first data stream, sending a signaling message at least comprising a periodicity of the first data stream and a packet size to a network node; in the instance where the data stream is an additional data stream to be transported over the radio bearer, sending the signaling message at least comprising a periodicity of the additional data stream, an offset from the first data stream, and a packet size to the network node; receiving a persistent/semi-persistent scheduled grant for data message from the network node if the network node determines that persistent/semi-persistent scheduling is beneficial, otherwise the network node may choose dynamic scheduling; and sending the aggregated data stream to the network node. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided.
US09426778B2	Electronic apparatus, location estimating method, and storage medium An electronic apparatus for acquiring a location, comprising: a location acquiring unit which acquires a current location of the electronic apparatus; a correction area setting unit which, based on a link attribute indicating an attribute of an adjacent area of a link in map data, sets a correction area within the adjacent area, the correction area being referred to correct the current location to a location on the link; and a location correcting unit which, in a case in which the current location acquired by the location acquiring unit belongs to the correction area set within the adjacent area, corrects the current location to a location on the link which corresponds to the correction area.
US09426777B2	System and method for fine-resolution mapping of cellular network coverage and capacity Systems and methods for fine-resolution mapping of cellular network coverage and capacity are described herein. An example method can include passively monitoring communication of multiple communication terminals in a cellular communication network, extracting from the monitored communication multiple data points and cell identifiers, and mapping an actual geographical coverage of at least a given cell of the cellular network based on the multiple data points. In particular, the multiple data points can comprise geographical positions that are measured and reported by the communication terminals while served by respective cells of the cellular communication network.
US09426771B2	Method for detecting cell disconnection and locating disconnected cell in SON of cellular mobile communication system In a monitoring region including multiple cells, UE reports KPI parameters and location information to an eNodeB when triggering an A3 event representing that QoS of a neighboring cell is better than a predefined offset of a serving cell. The eNodeB reports the KPI parameters and the location information to an OAM device in each monitoring cycle. The OAM device classifies UEs according to the KPI parameters and a cluster analysis method, and determines according to a cluster analysis result whether there is a disconnected cell in the monitoring region; when determining that there is a disconnected cell in the monitoring region, counts the number of disconnected cells, determines disconnection types of the disconnected cells, locates the disconnected cells according to the location information of the UEs in the SON, and triggers a compensation measurement for each disconnected cell according to the disconnection type of the disconnected cell.
US09426760B2	Smart AGC for wideband multi-standard RFIC One embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic gain control (AGC) module for a wireless communication system that includes a plurality of amplifiers. The AGC module includes a receiving mechanism configured to receive an input that indicates a total amount of gain adjustment; a collecting mechanism configured to collect a number of parameters associated with the amplifiers; a determining mechanism configured to determine a desired performance requirement; a gain-control engine configured to generate a gain profile for the amplifiers based on the collected parameters, the total amount of gain, and the desired performance requirement; and an output mechanism configured to output a plurality of control signals based on the generated gain profile, wherein a respective control signal independently controls gain of a corresponding amplifier, thereby enabling the wireless communication system to achieve the total amount of gain adjustment while meeting the desired performance requirement.
US09426747B2	Hands-off detection and deactivation for handheld user devices A user device having an active application periodically detects for a hands-off state of the user device. Upon detecting a hands-off state, the user device affects at least one of the active application and the user device. Prior to affecting at least one of the active application and the user device, the user device detects for one or more of a connection between the user device and another device, and an application of pressure to the user device. If either is detected the, the user device bypasses affecting at least one of the active application and the user device.
US09426745B1	Memory efficient filtering A filter expression is received at a wireless device assembly of a communication device. While a host assembly of the communication device is in a sleep mode, the wireless device assembly receives a signal having packet data, and determines whether the packet data contains a data pattern indicated by the filter expression. If the packet data contains the data pattern, the wireless device assembly communicates a wakeup signal to the host assembly for changing the host assembly from the sleep mode to an active mode. If the packet data does not contain the data pattern, the wireless device assembly does not communicate the wakeup signal to the host assembly.
US09426744B2	Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in portable terminal An apparatus and method minimize power consumption in a portable terminal which enters a low-power mode during connection with an access point (AP). The apparatus includes a memory for storing a Wi-Fi profile including position information of APs, a wireless LAN module for performing connection with the AP, an AP connection unit for performing connection with the AP using the wireless LAN module only when an AP exists around the portable terminal, a position determining unit for determining APs which exist around the portable terminal, and a controller configured to determine a position of the portable terminal, determine a position of an AP which exists around the portable terminal, and operate the wireless LAN module at only a position where the AP exists.
US09426734B2	Method and system for a low-power client in a wide area network A network device may be operable to receive an indication from a cable modem termination system (CMTS) that media access control (MAC) management messages will be transmitted by the CMTS at fixed intervals. Subsequent to receiving the indication, the network device may be operable to power down one or more components of the network device and set a sleep timer to a value equal to an integer multiple of the fixed interval minus a transition period. The network device may power up the one or more components of the network device upon expiration of the sleep timer. The network device may power up the one or more components of the network device upon an amount of traffic in a buffer of the network device reaching a threshold.
US09426723B2	Integrated base station and terminal An integrated base station which is a combination of a small cell base station and a wireless LAN access point is provided. The integrated base station includes: a small cell antenna that transmits and receives a small cell broadcast signal; a wireless LAN antenna that transmits and receives a wireless LAN signal; a small cell communication unit that broadcasts small cell broadcast information including wireless LAN access point information via the small cell antenna; and a wireless LAN communication unit that receives a wireless LAN report including a small cell camp-on report from a terminal that has received the small cell broadcast information, and passes the small cell camp-on report to the small cell communication unit.
US09426721B2	Temporary access to wireless networks A server device may receive a first request for temporary access to a wireless network, the first request being associated with a first device, wherein the temporary access is based on a subscription for access to the wireless network, the subscription being associated with a second device; grant the first request for temporary access to the wireless network; subsequently determine that the temporary access to the wireless network has expired; receive, after the temporary access has expired, a second request for temporary access to the wireless network, the second request being associated with the first device; and reject the second request for temporary access to the wireless network, the rejecting being based on determining that temporary access has previously been granted to the first device.
US09426716B2	Optimizing communication for mesh routing protocols using directional beam forming In one embodiment, a first communication is transmitted from a transmitting node in a network using a mesh routing protocol. The first communication is received at a particular node in the network. Based on the first communication, a directional attribute is computed. Based on the directional attribute, a particular direction is computed. Then, a second communication is transmitted from the particular node using a beam forming technique in the second direction.
US09426715B1	Neighbor access node determination A first access node receives from a wireless device in communication with the first access node an identifier of a second access node detected by the wireless device. It is determined that a communication link has not previously been established between the first access node and the second access node based on the identifier. The wireless device is instructed to provide a signal level of a signal from the second access node, and when the signal level of the second access node signal meets a criteria, a communication link is established between the first access node and the second access node.
US09426709B2	Method of handling anchor-based mobility management A method of handling anchor-based mobility management in a communication system includes determining whether to establish an interface to a network entity at an anchor base station for a user equipment (UE); selecting at least one anchor base station for establishing the interface; and requesting the at least one anchor base station to establish the interface for the UE by an access base station of the UE.
US09426708B2	Enhanced mobility for devices using moving relay Enhanced mobility for devices using a moving relay, or in a moving relay environment, may be valuable in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP). In particular, enhanced mobility procedures for user equipment (UE) can be useful with respect to a moving relay and the radio access network (RAN) interface (IF) between the user equipment and the moving relay. Thus, certain embodiments can improve the mobility procedures between moving relays and macro layer (stationary nodes, for example, eNodeBs). A method according to certain embodiments can include determining, by a user equipment, a stable average of a signal characteristic of a signal from a mobile access point. The method can also include limiting handover of the user equipment based on the stable average.
US09426706B2	User equipment and measurement method A user equipment (10) according to the present invention includes an interference removing function capable of removing interference from a neighboring cell, a RSSI measuring unit (107) that, with regard to a predetermined sub-frame, is configured to measure a radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell for all OFDM symbols within the predetermined sub-frame and that, with regard to sub-frames other than the predetermined sub-frame, is configured to measure the radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell for OFDM symbols containing a reference signal within the sub-frames. The RSSI measuring unit (107) measures the radio quality using the interference removing function in consideration of a received power of a reference signal, a PSS/SSS, and a PBCH signal.
US09426703B2	Cooperation and operation of macro node and remote radio head deployments in heterogeneous networks A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for separating control transmissions and data transmissions within the coverage area of a plurality of transmission/reception points or points that are geographically displaced, the plurality of points comprising a macro node and a plurality of remote radio heads (RRHs) coupled to the macro node. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions in the macro node/RRH configuration may allow UEs to be associated with one set of transmission points for data transmissions and the same set or a different set of transmission points for common control signaling. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions may also allow for faster reconfiguration of antenna ports used for UE data transmission compared with reconfiguration via a handover process.
US09426700B2	Method and apparatus for performing handover procedure in wireless communication system including mobile relay node A method and apparatus for performing a handover procedure in a wireless communication system including a mobile relay node is provided. A target evolved NodeB (eNB) receives a handover request message containing a list of a plurality of user equipments (UEs) on the mobile relay node or a group handover indication. The target eNB performs an admission control for the plurality of UEs; and transmits a handover request acknowledge message containing a list of admitted UEs for handover among the plurality of UEs.
US09426690B2	Method for enabling traffic acceleration in a mobile telecommunication network A radio network node of a mobile telecommunication network. The radio network node configured to determine a TCP session based on TCP parameters adapted for a radio link on which end user traffic is to be transported. The radio network node also configured to originate the TCP session which is used to transport the end user traffic.
US09426686B2	Method and apparatus for indicating downlink channel measurement and method and apparatus performing downlink channel measurement in a relaying system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for indicating downlink channel measurement and a method and apparatus for performing channel measurement. The method for indicating downlink channel measurement comprises: receiving information on interferes of a user equipment; generating, based on downlink subframe configuration information, a downlink channel measurement indication for each of possible combinations of the interferers, wherein the channel measurement indication is adapted to indicate a subframe group to be measured by a user equipment; and sending the downlink channel measurement indication to the user equipment so as to indicate the user equipment to perform corresponding downlink channel measurement. According to embodiments of the present invention, the subframe groups that are required to be measured by the user equipment may be determined with respect to possible combinations of interferers corresponding to different levels of interference. Thus, the user equipment may perform channel measurement for respective subframe groups. Therefore, the channel quality as determined in such way will be more accurate and reliable and better match the actual channel condition. Moreover, it also provides a possibility for the serving node to perform the scheduling more accurately and effectively.
US09426684B2	Method and apparatus for random interference measurement resource pattern determination A method and apparatus for transmitting feedback information is provided for use in a Cooperative Multi-Point downlink transmission of multiple base stations efficiently. An interference measurement method of a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: allocating at least one Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) to a terminal; transmitting the allocated IMR to the terminal; and receiving at least one channel status information from the terminal; wherein allocating at least one IMR comprises allocating at least one IMR for the terminal overlapped to other IMR for the other terminal.
US09426668B2	Method and apparatus for beamforming in wireless communication system A beamforming apparatus and method for expanding coverage of a control channel are provided, by which neighboring communication devices are classified according to the number of beams that they can receive, and therefore the frequency or period of beam transmission is adjusted to transmit a control channel by a beamforming method. Hence, an overhead reduction and an increase in transmission rate can be achieved, and coverage holes can be prevented.
US09426660B2	EHF secure communication device A communication device employs a contactless secure communication interface to transmit and receive data with a computing device using close proximity extremely high frequency (EHF) communication. The communication device and the computing device periodically initiate a discovery operation mode, whereby the devices periodically transmit identifying information about the respective devices and listen for identifying information from the other device. Upon completion of the discovery mode operation, the devices enter a link-training operation mode and exchange capability information about the respective devices. During transport mode operation the communication device employs methods to manage access to data stored on the communication device by encrypting the data using one or a combination of training information or capability information as a basis for generating an encryption key.
US09426656B2	On-vehicle device, communication method, and storage medium An on-vehicle device is configured to be able to communicate with a mobile device, and includes a reception unit, an interruption detection unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The reception unit receives image information transmitted from a particular mobile device which is a mobile device with which communication is established. The interruption detection unit detects that reception of the image information is interrupted. The determination unit determines whether or not the transmission device which transmits the image information is the particular mobile device, when the reception unit receives image information again after interruption of the reception is detected. The display control unit stops displaying the image information transmitted from the transmission device on a display device when the transmission device is determined not to be the particular mobile device.
US09426654B2	Method for forming a trust relationship, and embedded UICC therefor The present invention relates to a method for forming a trust relationship among an MNO, an SM, and an eUICC in a communication system in which the SM is defined as an entity for managing the eUICC, as well as to an embedded UICC therefor.
US09426653B2	Secure remote access using wireless network A method includes receiving a request from a mobile device to attach to a private wireless network, determining if a subscriber identifier is in a security database, determining if a mobile device equipment identifier is in the security database, authenticating the phone using the subscriber identifier and the mobile device equipment identifier, granting access to the private wireless network only if the phone is authenticated, and passing data between a computer system and a mobile device to monitor and control a remote monitoring and control system.
US09426644B2	Method for activating soft SIM card, method for soft SIM card to join network, terminal and network access device A method for activating a soft SIM card, a method for a soft SIM card to join network, a terminal and a network access device are provided. The method for activating includes: acquiring information on a terminal in which a soft SIM card is located of a bounding object corresponding to the soft SIM card; generating first key information according to information of the soft SIM card and the information on the terminal in which the soft SIM card is located of the bounding object and according to a predefined encryption policy; comparing whether the first key information is consistent with preset key information corresponding to the soft SIM card, if consistent, allowing an activation of the soft SIM card, so as to enable a user to perform network communication via the soft SIM card. The technical solutions are beneficial for improving the application security of the soft SIM card.
US09426630B2	Method for transmitting and receiving multicast/broadcast frame in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same A method for transmitting multicast frames by a transmitter in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes: receiving a first directed multicast service (DMS) request frame from a first receiver; receiving a second DMS frame from a second receiver; transmitting a DMS response frame to the first receiver and the second receiver; transmitting a VHT-SIG A field; and transmitting each data unit to the first receiver and the second receiver by a multi user-multiple input multiple output transmission. The first and second DMS request frames are transmitted for requesting DMS. The DMS response frame includes a response type indicating whether the requested DMS is accepted as the DMS for a multi user transmission.
US09426626B2	Location uncertainty in search A method and apparatus for providing search results based at least in part on uncertainty.
US09426622B2	Determination of a location of a device based on information that identifies locations of other devices A device may receive an indication that a first device, a second device, and a third device are within communication range of a target device. The first device may be outside of communication range of a positioning system that provides information for determining a location. The target device may be outside of communication range of the positioning system and outside of communication range of three or more devices which are within communication range of the positioning system. The device may receive information that identifies a first location associated with the first device, a second location associated with the second device, and a third location associated with the third device. The device may determine a target device location based on the information that identifies the first location, the second location, and the third location. The device may provide or store information that identifies the target device location.
US09426621B2	Base station location determination A device may determine to initiate a location determination for a base station. The device may identify a set of positioning measurements associated with the location determination. The device may identify a set of other devices to be associated with the set of positioning measurements. The device may provide configuration information for the set of positioning measurements to the set of other devices. The device may determine information associated with the set of positioning measurements based on providing the configuration information. The device may determine a location in which the base station is located based on determining the information associated with the set of positioning measurements.
US09426620B2	Dynamic geohash-based geofencing A method and system for dynamic geohash-based geofencing within a geographic area including obtaining metadata including a campaign identifier and geometric data, generating a geometry using the geometric data, mapping the geometry to a geohash grid to obtain a first geohash set having a first geohash in the geohash grid, storing the first geohash and the campaign identifier in an entry in a geohash index, obtaining a user position within the geographic area from a mobile device, generating a user geohash using the user position, matching the user geohash to the entry in the geohash index, obtaining the campaign identifier from the entry in the geohash index, and providing content corresponding to the campaign identifier to the mobile device.
US09426619B2	Handling complex signal parameters by a positioning device, and apparatus An exemplary method includes: receiving messages from plural positioning devices; decoding from a message received from a first positioning device information identifying a mobile device and a signal strength measure relating to a strength of a signal received from the mobile device at the first positioning device; using the signal strength measure to calculate a threshold signal strength; and distributing the threshold signal strength to the plural positioning devices. An exemplary apparatus and computer readable medium configured to perform the method are also disclosed.
US09426610B2	Applying mesh network to luggage Mesh node modules are associated with pieces of luggage, or packages, etc. and companion luggage or packages can dynamically form a mesh network which uploads location information of the nodes and in some cases additional information, e.g., shock signals, to a network. The information may be downloaded to an owner's CE device.
US09426609B2	Methods, apparatuses, and devices for processing positioning reference signals Methods, apparatuses, and devices for processing Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) bursts are presented. In one example, a mobile device may acquire a first PRS burst transmitted from a base station through first transmitter antenna port and acquire a second PRS burst transmitted from a base station through a second antenna port. The mobile device may select between the first and second acquired PRS bursts for use in positioning operations such as observed time difference of arrival.
US09426606B2	Electronic apparatus and method of pairing in electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to transmit an altered apparatus Identification (ID) and a controller configured to detect a user's action in a pairing mode of the electronic apparatus, to determine additional information according to the user's action, and to transmit the altered apparatus ID including an apparatus ID of the electronic apparatus and the additional information to another electronic apparatus that can be paired with the electronic apparatus.
US09426602B2	Method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for predictive messaging for machine-to-machine sensors A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for generating a predictive message in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, stores the at least one machine-to-machine communication in a database of the communications network, analyzes the at least one machine-to-machine communication, and generates the predictive message based upon the at least one machine-to-machine communication that is analyzed.
US09426596B2	Method and apparatus for control of randering multiobject or multichannel audio signal using spatial cue The present research relates to controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. The present research provides a method and apparatus for controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals based on spatial cues in a process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. To achieve the purpose, the method suggested in the research controls rendering in a spatial cue domain in the process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals.
US09426590B2	Systems and methods for obtaining hearing enhancement fittings for a hearing aid device A computer-implemented method for obtaining hearing enhancement fittings for a hearing aid device is described. A plurality of audiograms is collected. The plurality of audiograms is divided into one or more sets of audiograms. A representative audiogram is created for each set of audiograms. A hearing enhancement fitting is computed from each representative audiogram. A hearing aid device is programmed with one or more hearing enhancement fittings computed from each representative audiogram.
US09426589B2	Determination of individual HRTFs A method of determining a set of individual HRTFs for a specific human includes: obtaining a set of approximate HRTFs; obtaining at least one measured HRTF of the specific human; determining a deviation of one of the at least one measured HRTF with relation to a corresponding one of the set of approximate HRTFs; and forming the set of individual HRTFs by modification of the set of approximate HRTFs based at least in part on the determined deviation.
US09426587B2	Electronics in a receiver-in-canal module A hearing aid assembly comprising a Receiver-in-canal part provided with electronics.
US09426585B2	Binaural hearing aid system and a method of providing binaural beats A binaural hearing aid system (100) is adapted to provide binaural beats to a hearing aid user. The invention further provides a method of generating binaural beats.
US09426583B2	Member with an adhesive surface A member includes a fastener for removable fixation of a housing of a hearing aid, and a hole for removable insertion of a sound tube of the hearing aid in sound proof engagement with the member.
US09426579B2	Electro-acoustic transducer An electro-acoustic transducer includes a plurality of elements, in which each of the plurality of elements includes a plurality of cells, of which at least one of the plurality of cells includes a trench that is formed in a membrane.
US09426578B2	Electromagnetic transducer An electromagnetic transducer is disclosed. The electromagnetic transducer includes a frame, a diaphragm attached to the frame, a magnetic circuit part receiving in the frame with a magnetic gap, a voice coil partially inserted into the magnetic gap for driving the diaphragm, and an elastic member including a first arm attached to the diaphragm and at least a pair of second arms extending outwards from the first arm and partially attached to the frame. Each of the second arms has a first part, a stress-relieving portion connected to the first part and protruding outwards from a plane where the first part is disposed in, and a second part connected with the stress-relieving portion and the first arm. The first parts are coplanar with the second part. The stress-relieving portion could enhance the flexibility of the second arm so that the second arm is not easy to be broken.
US09426569B2	Audio signal bandwidth to codec bandwidth analysis and response The bandwidth of a codec is compared with a determined bandwidth of the output signal produced by the codec. If the bandwidths match, then an audio profile of the apparatus is set to correspond to the established bandwidths and a corresponding icon is rendered on a display of the apparatus. If the signal bandwidth is narrower, than the codec bandwidth, then the audio profile of the apparatus is set to a narrower audio profile and a corresponding icon is rendered on the display of the apparatus. The bandwidth of the signal processed by the codec may be determined in several different ways and the narrower audio profile includes reduced bandwidth, reduced gain, or reduced dynamic range.
US09426564B2	Audio processing device, method and program An audio processing device including a factorization unit which factorizes frequency information obtained by performing time-frequency transformation on an audio signal of a plurality of channels into a channel matrix representing characteristics of a channel direction, a frequency matrix representing characteristics of a frequency direction, and a time matrix representing characteristics of a time direction; and an extraction unit which extracts the frequency information of audio from an arbitrary designated direction based on the channel matrix, the frequency matrix, and the time matrix.
US09426558B2	Earphone with chassis enclosure The invention generally relates to audio headphones. In certain embodiments, an earbud headphone assembly is provided. The assembly includes a sound chamber and chassis configured to enclose the sound chamber.
US09426554B2	Headset with magnetically holding force between headband and microphone arm This disclosure provides a headset comprising a first earphone with a first face facing the head of a user wearing the headset, a headband attached at a first end to the first earphone and a microphone arm rotatably attached to the first earphone. The microphone arm can rotate about a first axis essentially perpendicular to the first side, whereby the microphone arm can be rotated into to a rest position, where it extends along the headband. The headband comprises a first magnetic holding element and the microphone arm comprises at a co-operating second magnetic holding element, whereby the microphone arm can be magnetically adhered against the headband in the rest position.
US09426551B2	Distributed wireless speaker system with light show In an audio speaker network, the individual speakers of the network have lamps on them that are controlled to present a light show in synchrony with the audio being played by the system.
US09426544B1	Method and apparatus for wireless dielectric fluid detection A system is disclosed for detecting the presence of dielectric fluids and water in a utility enclosure. The system includes a sensor assembly that may be installed in the utility enclosure. The sensor assembly has an array of capacitance sensors extending into the utility enclosure to an area where the fluids are expected to be present. The sensor assembly also has a pressure sensor that can detect the total pressure of the fluids in the enclosure. The reading from both sensors can be feed to a processor and a transmitter that sends the readings wirelessly to a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly includes a wireless receiver, a second processor connected to the wireless receiver and a display. The processor may process the readings from the sensors to calculate and report the levels of fluids in the enclosure.
US09426542B1	Automating quality assurance for standardized content sharing A system and method for automating quality assurance for standardized content sharing is provided. The system includes a shared content receiver to receive shared content augmented with augmenting data; an authorized provider to determine whether a source of the shared content is authorized to provide shared content to the system; a rule retriever to retrieve rules associated with serving the shared content; an augmenting data checker to determine if the augmenting data is compliant according to the retrieved rules; and a verification transmitter to transmit an indication of whether the augmenting data is compliant.
US09426539B2	Integrated presentation of secondary content Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content distribution and consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a primary content. The presentation engine may be configured to process and present decoded primary content. Processing of the decoded primary content may include identification of a feature in a frame of the primary content, and integration of a secondary content with the feature. Presentation of the decoded primary content may include presentation of the decoded primary content with the secondary content integrated with the feature of the frame. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09426534B2	Method and system for providing mobile alert service, and related device A method and system for providing a mobile alert service, and a related device are disclosed. The method for providing a mobile alert service includes: a mobile terminal receives an enhanced Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) message from a CMAS network; and an alert channel is located based on the enhanced CMAS message, and the alert program content on the alert channel is played. Through adding related information required for playing the alert program of the mobile television into the enhanced CMAS message, the disadvantage that only short text information can be delivered in a conventional CMAS system is overcome, so that the alert program may be watched by the mobile terminal user rapidly, promptly and intuitively.
US09426528B2	Multi-service store A method may include obtaining customer information regarding the user and marketing rules regarding a plurality of store offerings. A number of store offerings from the plurality of store offerings may be identified based on the customer information and the marketing rules. One or more of the identified store offerings may be provided to the user. A user request to purchase a selected one of the provided store offerings may be received. The content or services associated with the selected store offering may be provisioned based on the user request.
US09426527B2	Systems and methods for providing video on demand in an intelligent television An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for providing video-on-demand (VOD). The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of VOD content and better organizations thereof. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the VOD content.
US09426519B1	Synchronized advertisement playback across navigation experiences and transitional states Systems and methods that effectuate synchronized advertisement playback across navigation experiences and transitional states, are provided. In an aspect, a system includes an advertisement component configured to play a pre-roll media advertisement associated with a first media item prior to playing of the first media item, a request component configured to receive a request play a second media item prior to completion of the pre-roll media advertisement, and a streaming component configured to initiate playing of the second media item in response to the request, wherein the advertisement component is configured to continue to play the pre-roll media advertisement prior to playing of the second media item.
US09426511B2	Method and system for automatically determining demographics of media assets for targeting advertisements Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising.
US09426503B2	Media type processing and media playing method and device in IPTV system A media type processing method and apparatus, a media playing method and an EPG subsystem in an IPTV system are provided. The processing method and the media playing method comprise: defining a media type set; an SMS subsystem mapping all media types supported by programs or channels into the media type set, and issuing to an EPG subsystem; mapping the media types supported by a terminal as the media type set; after the authentication is passed, the SMS subsystem returning the media type set supported by the terminal to the EPG subsystem; and after the EPG subsystem receives a media playing request from the terminal, judging whether the media type set supported by the terminal is matched with the media type set supported by the programs or channels, and if being matched, acquiring information about the playable physical program from a database and issuing to the terminal for playing.
US09426502B2	Real-time cloud-based video watermarking systems and methods A video generation system is configured to provide streaming video as a cloud processed service to viewers over a computing network. In response to a request from a viewer, a video source is configured to provide video and an identifier source is configured to provide an identifier for inclusion in the video. A video encoder is configured to convert the video from a first format to a second format, apply the identifier to the video, and otherwise encode the video in real-time while streaming the encoded video to the viewer. The identifier may be stored in association with the account information of the viewer and used for identifying the viewer a source of an unauthorized video copy.
US09426500B2	Optimal quality adaptive video delivery A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving a request for a video asset from a user device, wherein the request includes information identifying a device type associated with the user device and a processor load associated with the user device. The method may further include determining a bandwidth capacity associated with a connection to the user device; selecting a codec and a quality level for the requested video asset based on the device type, the processor load, and the determined bandwidth capacity; identifying a Uniform Resource Identifier associated with the selected codec and quality level for the requested video asset; and providing the identified Uniform Resource Identifier to the user device.
US09426492B2	Parameter update method for entropy coding and decoding of conversion coefficient level, and entropy coding device and entropy decoding device of conversion coefficient level using same A method of decoding video including obtaining bit strings corresponding to current transformation coefficient level information by arithmetic decoding a bitstream based on a context model; determining a current binarization parameter by updating or maintaining a previous binarization parameter based on a comparison of a predetermined value and a size of a previous transformation coefficient; obtaining the current transformation coefficient level information by performing de-binarization of the bit strings using the determined current binarization parameter; and generating a size of a current transformation coefficient using the current transformation coefficient level information, wherein the determining the current binarization parameter further comprising: when the previous binarization parameter is larger than the predetermined value, updating the previous binarization parameter; and when the previous binarization parameter is not larger than the predetermined value, maintaining the previous binarization parameter.
US09426490B2	Moving picture encoding method and motion picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.
US09426485B2	Video encoding device, video decoding device, video encoding method, video decoding method, and program Although a video encoding device multiplexes ctu_pcm_flag syntax indicating whether all image blocks belonging to a coding tree unit as a set of image blocks are PCM blocks, at the top of the coding tree unit, when all image blocks belonging to the coding tree unit are PCM blocks, at least cu_split_flag syntax indicative of the splitting pattern of the coding tree unit is not multiplexed to transmit PCM data efficiently.
US09426484B2	Video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus, based on transformation index information A method and apparatus for decoding video and a method and apparatus for encoding video are provided. The method for decoding video includes: receiving and parsing a bitstream of encoded video; extracting, from the bitstream, encoded image data of a current picture assigned to a maximum coding unit of the current picture, information regarding a coded depth of the maximum coding unit, information regarding an encoding mode, and coding unit pattern information indicating whether texture information of the maximum coding units has been encoded; and decoding the encoded image data for the maximum coding unit, based on the information regarding the coded depth of the maximum coding unit, the information regarding the encoding mode, and the coding unit pattern information.
US09426481B2	Method and apparatus for encoding image, and method and apparatus for decoding image A method and apparatus for encoding an image, and a method and apparatus for decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes: classifying pixels forming an input image into a first pixel group in which bit depth of original pixel values is maintained, and a second pixel group in which bit depth of original pixel values is changed; generating a changed input image by changing the bit depth of pixel values of pixels in the second pixel group; and performing motion prediction and compensation on the changed input image.
US09426479B2	Preserving captioning through video transcoding Methods of preserving captioning information in an input video stream through transcoding of the input video stream include extracting caption data from the input video stream, translating the caption data into at least one output caption format, packaging the translated caption data into data packets for insertion into a video stream, synchronizing the packaged caption data with a transcoded version of the input video stream, receiving a preliminary output video stream that is a transcoded version of the input video stream, and combining the packaged caption data with the preliminary output video stream to form an output video stream. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
US09426477B2	Method and apparatus for encoding surveillance video Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding video, such as surveillance video. A video frame is encoded by evaluating a level of activity in video frame relative to one or more neighboring frames; encoding the video frame using an inter-coding technique if the evaluation satisfies one or more predefined inter-coding criteria, wherein said inter-coding technique is applied to said video frame without a Group of Picture structure having a maximum number of consecutive inter-coded frames; and encoding the video frame using an intra-coding technique if the evaluation satisfies one or more predefined intra-coding criteria. The evaluating step may comprise, for example, determining whether differences between the video frame and the one or more neighboring frames exceed a predefined threshold.
US09426464B2	Method for coding and decoding a block of pixels from a motion model A method for coding a current block using a parametric motion model whose parameters are defined from the motion data of the causal neighborhood is disclosed. Specifically, the method for coding the current block comprises the following steps: determine a prediction block of the current block from a motion model defined by a set of parameters, the model associating a motion vector pointing at a pixel of a prediction block with each pixel of the current block. calculate a residual block between the current block and the prediction block, and code the residual block. According to the invention, the parameters of the motion model are determined from the motion data associated with the causal neighborhood blocks of the current block. Therefore, they can be deducted from parts of images already coded and do not need to be incorporated in the image data stream.
US09426463B2	Restriction of prediction units in B slices to uni-directional inter prediction A video coding device generates a motion vector (MV) candidate list for a prediction unit (PU) of a coding unit (CU) that is partitioned into four equally-sized PUs. The video coding device converts a bi-directional MV candidate in the MV candidate list into a uni-directional MV candidate. In addition, the video coding device determines a selected MV candidate in the merge candidate list and generates a predictive video block for the PU based at least in part on one or more reference blocks indicated by motion information specified by the selected MV candidate.
US09426462B2	Indication and activation of parameter sets for video coding In some examples, a video encoder includes multiple sequence parameter set (SPS) IDs in an SEI message, such that multiple active SPSs can be indicated to a video decoder. In some examples, a video decoder activates a video parameter set (VPS) and/or one or more SPSs through referencing an SEI message, e.g., based on the inclusion of the VPS ID and one or more SPS IDs in the SEI message. The SEI message may be, as examples, an active parameter sets SEI message or a buffering period SEI message.
US09426458B2	Video output supervisor A video output supervisor includes a test region indicator for verifying that the commanded output to specific areas of a display is valid. Areas reserved displaying safety-critical data in the data frame to be displayed can be supervised for the presence and status of display indicators of the safety-critical data. The confidence of the supervision can be increased by measuring other display and frame parameters in conjunction with supervising the indicators of the safety-critical data.
US09426456B2	Display device and video viewing system A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel which has a display surface including pixels, and displays frame images; a generation portion which generates a first and a second image signals based on a frame image signal, the first image signal rendering an image of a lower resolution than the frame image signal and including data to be written to all the pixels, the second image signal including data to be written to a part of the pixels and not including data to be written to remaining pixels other than the part of the pixels; and a liquid crystal driver which executes, after executing a first scanning operation, a second scanning operation in which scanning based on the second image signal is executed, to drive the liquid crystal panel, wherein data that has been written to the remaining pixels is held in the second scanning operation.
US09426453B2	Methods and apparatus for 3D shutter glasses synchronization Methods and apparatus for signaling timing of refreshes of stereographic displays are provided. In some embodiments, light emitting elements are used to signal the start of a display refresh and to signal when the light emitting elements of the display have attained a stable optical state following the display refresh. In some embodiments, light emitting elements used to signal timing of display refreshes include light emitting elements defining a display area of the display.
US09426450B1	Depth sensing auto focus multiple camera system A depth sensing multiple camera system is described that uses depth sensing cameras. In one example, the camera system includes a primary auto-focus camera to capture an image of a scene at a first focus distance, the primary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, a secondary auto-focus camera to capture an image of the same scene at a second focus distance, the secondary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, and a processor having a first port coupled to the primary camera to receive images from the primary camera and a second port to receive images from the secondary camera and to determine a depth map for the captured primary camera image using the captured secondary camera image.
US09426445B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method and program using super-resolution and sharpening An image processing apparatus performs sharpening processing on each of a plurality of pieces of left-eye image data, and synthesizes them in a unit of predetermined group to generate left-eye intermediate image data (1). The image processing apparatus then performs sharpening processing on each of a plurality of pieces of left-eye intermediate image data (1) generated by the synthesizing processing and synthesizes them in a unit of predetermined group to generate left-eye intermediate image data (2).
US09426443B2	Image processing system, terminal device, and image processing method An image processing system according to an embodiment is an image processing system having a terminal device including a display unit that displays a medical image. The image processing system includes an acquiring unit and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires a position of the terminal device relative to a predetermined target. The display controller causes the display unit to display a medical image in accordance with the relative position of the terminal device relative to the target acquired by the acquiring unit.
US09426438B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and electronic apparatus to detect and correct false color in high dynamic range imaging According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a part estimated to have a high degree of generation of false color for predetermined parts of an input image imaged by different exposure times at a predetermined spatial period is detected. A false color intensity value indicating an estimated degree of generation of false color is calculated for each of the predetermined parts. A high dynamic range image is generated by executing processing to merge long-time exposure pixels and short-time exposure pixels making up the input image. False color correction processing is executed according to the intensity of the false color intensity value, to the high dynamic range image. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an image processing unit within a solid state image sensor.
US09426433B1	System and method for biosensor-triggered multimedia collaboration Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for using a biosensor worn by a user to trigger an event and activate a camera worn by the user to begin streaming and/or recording video data. The biosensor trigger also initiates a real time multimedia collaboration session with the user wearing the biosensor and one or more designated parties. Through an interoperability gateway device, a voice communications device of the user is bridged with voice communications devices of the designated parties, and the video data is electronically transmitted to the designated parties. Thus, the designated parties may have real time voice communications among each other and with the user, and the designated parties may also view the video data in real time. Embodiments also determine when an event has ended and deactivates the camera worn by the user.
US09426431B2	Live panning system and method for reading out a cropping window of pixels from an image sensor A live panning system and method for providing a live representation of a portion of a working area are provided. The system includes an image sensor acquiring an image of the entire working area and a processing unit. The image sensor includes an array of pixels, each providing pixel data of the image, and reads out the pixel data of a number of output pixels from the array to generate a sensor video stream, the output pixels corresponding to a cropping window within the image. The image sensor also includes a windowing module configured to move, in real-time, the cropping window within the image. The processing unit monitors viewing instructions from a user selecting a region of interest within the image corresponding to the portion of the working area, and dynamically communicates the viewing instructions to the windowing module such that the cropping window always encompasses the region of interest.
US09426424B2	Requesting emergency services via remote control A method and system for contacting emergency service providers may allow using a remote control (RC) at a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) client location. An MCDN user may use the RC, which may be configured to control customer premises equipment at the MCDN client, to signal an emergency event. In response, an MCDN server may be queried for emergency user information associated with the MCDN client and/or the MCDN user. Based on the emergency user information, third parties, such as emergency service providers, medical service providers, or private persons, may be contacted via the MCDN. A communications channel, including audio and/or video, between an emergency service provider and the MCDN client may be initiated based on the emergency user information.
US09426417B2	Image processing device, display terminal, image display system, image processing method, control method of display terminal, control method of image display system, and program thereof An image processing device includes an image control unit that controls an operation of imaging a picture image; a detection control unit that controls an operation of detecting whether a direction of imaging the picture image is changed or not; and a display control unit that controls an operation of displaying a display image which is generated based on the imaged picture image, and displays an image for setting when the detection control unit detects that the direction of imaging is changed.
US09426414B2	Reference selection for video interpolation or extrapolation This disclosure describes selection of reference video units to be used for interpolation or extrapolation of a video unit, such as a video frame. A decoder may apply a quality-focused mode to select a reference frame based on quality criteria. The quality criteria may indicate a level of quality likely to be produced by a reference frame. If no reference frames satisfy the quality criteria, interpolation or extrapolation may be disabled. Display of an interpolated or extrapolated frame may be selectively enabled based on a quality analysis. A decoder may apply a resource-focused frame interpolation mode to enable or disable frame interpolation or extrapolation for some frames based on power and quality considerations. In one mode, frame interpolation may be disabled to conserve power when reference frames are not likely to produce satisfactory quality. In another mode, the threshold may be adjustable as a function of power saving requirements.
US09426413B2	Video signal processing apparatus and method A first RGB converter is configured to convert a luminance signal and a color difference signal of a first frame signal to a first RGB signal. The first frame signal is a current frame having a first number of bits. A second RGB converter is configured to place at least one lower bit of the first frame signal on the least significant bit side of a second frame signal to form composite data having the first number of bits and to convert the composite data to a second RGB signal. The second frame signal is a previous frame having a second number of bits composed of upper bits of the first number of bits other than at least one lower bit. An overdrive processing unit is configured to correct an amplitude of the first RGB signal corresponding to the difference between the first and second RGB signals.
US09426412B2	Rendering device and rendering method A rendering device provides improved rendering responsiveness in multi-window display for rendering scenarios in which display sizes of images vary over time, while also reducing required memory bandwidth. The device comprises: a scenario processor 101 for interpreting a rendering scenario and calculating for each frame period a scale-down ratio for each of a plurality of pictures; a plurality of decoders 107 for decoding encoded data of a plurality of videos; a plurality of first scalers for scaling-down the decoded pictures using the scale-down ratios calculated by the scenario processor 101; a memory 106 for storing the scaled-down pictures; a plurality of second scalers 113 for reading the scaled-down pictures from the memory and re-scaling the scaled-down pictures to match the scale-down ratios calculated by the scenario processor for a current frame period; and, a composing unit 115 for composing the re-scaled pictures.
US09426411B2	Method and apparatus for generating summarized information, and server for the same The present invention relates to automatic summarization so as to recognize entire contents of multimedia data. A method of generating summarized information according to the present invention includes: generating index information on a specific audio signal or a specific video signal among input signals; synchronizing text information extracted from the input signal or received for the input signal with the index information; and generating first summarized information by using the synchronized text information and index information.
US09426402B2	Solid-state image pickup device, image pickup device, and signal reading method A solid-state image pickup device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: electrically coupled substrates on which circuit elements constituting a pixel are arranged; a photoelectric conversion element included in the pixel; a reading circuit that reads from the pixel, a signal based on a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element; and first to n-th circuit sets each including a circuit element that reads a signal by a corresponding one of first to n-th reading modes. n is an integer such that n≧2. The circuit elements arranged on one of the substrates is used to complete operations from generation of the signal by the photoelectric conversion element to reading of the signal by at least one of the first to n-th reading modes. The photoelectric conversion element, the reading circuit, and at least one of the first to n-th circuit sets which corresponds to the at least one of the first to n-th reading modes, are arranged on the one of the substrates.
US09426390B2	CMOS imaging array with improved noise characteristics A pixel cell and imaging arrays using the same are disclosed. The pixel cell includes a photodiode that is connected to a floating diffusion node by a transfer gate that couples the photodiode to the floating diffusion node in response to a first gate signal. A shielding electrode shields the floating diffusion node from the first gate signal. An output stage generates a signal related to a charge on the floating diffusion node. In one aspect of the invention, the photodiode is connected to the floating diffusion node by a buried channel, and the shielding electrode includes an electrode overlying the channel and positioned between the transfer gate and the floating diffusion node. The shielding electrode is held at a potential that prevents charge from accumulating under the shielding electrode when the floating diffusion is at the second potential.
US09426381B1	Method and/or apparatus for implementing high dynamic range image processing in a video processing system An apparatus comprising a scaling circuit, a luma circuit and a blending circuit. The scaling circuit may generate a plurality of scaled frames in response to a first plurality of frames generated by a sensor. The first plurality of frames may have a first exposure. The luma circuit may generate an average luminance value for each of a plurality of processed pixels in each of a second of the plurality of frames generated by the sensor. The second of the plurality of frames may have a second exposure and each of the average luminance values is calculated based on a plurality of neighboring pixels in a neighborhood of the processed pixel.
US09426369B2	Imaging device This imaging device comprises: a storage unit that sequentially stores a plurality of frame images based on an imaging signal from an imaging sensor for capturing images of a subject light and also stores a still image corresponding to any of the plurality of frame images; a movie image generation unit that generates slow-motion movie images to be played back at a second frame rate lower than a first frame rate indicative of the number of frame images stored in the storage unit in a unit of time, on the basis of the plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit; and an image stabilization amount calculation unit that uses, as a reference, the frame image corresponding to the still image from among the plurality of frame images, to calculate an image stabilization amount for the slow-motion movie images.
US09426368B2	Communication system and camera system The present disclosure provides a communication system which can shorten a data transfer time by realizing transmission and reception of data using two communicators. The present disclosure is a communication system which includes: a first device; and a second device, and in which the first device includes a first controller, the second device includes a second controller, the first controller and the second controller are connected through a first communicator and a second communicator, and the second controller switches and selectively executes one of a reception mode for receiving data from the first controller using the first communicator, and the second communicator and a transmission/reception mode for transmitting data to the first controller using the first communicator and receiving data from the first controller using the second communicator.
US09426366B2	Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same A digital photographing apparatus having low power consumption includes a lens unit, an encoder sensor configured to detect a rotational state of the lens unit, a power supply controller configured to control power supply such that an operation of turning on the encoder sensor to generate a detection signal and an operation of turning off the encoder sensor are repeatedly performed, and a determiner configured to determine the rotational state of the lens unit from the detection signal.
US09426363B2	Image forming apparatus image forming method and image sensor An exemplary image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a light source which irradiates an object with light and of which the orientation and position are fixed; a tilting mechanism which tilts the object at multiple tilt angles; an image sensor which is arranged at a position where the light that has been transmitted through the object is incident, gets tilted along with the object by the tilting mechanism, and captures a plurality of images at the multiple tilt angles; and an image processing section which forms a high-resolution image of the object, having a higher resolution than any of the plurality of images, by synthesizing the plurality of images together.
US09426355B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus generates a GUI screen image for operating the imaging apparatus. A controller controls the generation of the GUI screen image upon detecting a predetermined operation.
US09426351B2	Auto-focusing system and method An auto-focusing method includes dividing an image into a plurality of blocks, performing discrete cosine transform (DCT) on image data of the plurality of blocks to output a plurality of DCT blocks each comprising DCT coefficients, generating a DCT mask for selecting DCT coefficients corresponding to a selected frequency range in a DCT block among the plurality of DCT blocks, and calculating a focus value of the image by applying the generated DCT mask to the DCT block.
US09426348B2	Autofocus camera for adjusting tilt in the optical axis of a lens, and camera-equipped electronic device An autofocus camera is provided which restrains and corrects any tilt that may occur in the optical axis direction without the need of providing any additional new sensors for that purpose. The autofocus camera includes an image sensor for receiving light from an object and converting the light into corresponding electrical signals, a lens driving device having a lens for focusing the light from the object upon said image sensor, and a control portion for causing said lens driving device to adjust any tilt that may occur in the optical axis in response to the electrical signals received from said image sensor. The control portion is operated to cause the lens driving device to adjust any tilts of the optical axis with respect to the image sensor in the orthogonal directions with each other, so that the resolution signals at the predetermined positions of said image sensor can be maximized.
US09426343B2	Array cameras incorporating independently aligned lens stacks Array cameras, and array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks are disclosed. Processes for manufacturing array camera modules including independently aligned lens stacks can include: forming at least one hole in at least one carrier; mounting the at least one carrier relative to at least one sensor so that light passing through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier is incident on a plurality of focal planes formed by arrays of pixels on the at least one sensor; and independently mounting a plurality of lens barrels to the at least one carrier, so that a lens stack in each lens barrel directs light through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier and focuses the light onto one of the plurality of focal planes.
US09426334B1	Device and method for determining appropriate color patch measurement operation by user based on acquired and predicted measurement values A determination device includes a first instructing unit, a first acquiring unit, a correcting unit, a predicting unit, a second instructing unit, a second acquiring unit, and a determining unit. The predicting unit predicts a measurement value of a multicolor patch image included in a second patch column to be output by an image output device, the second patch column being acquired after the correcting unit corrects tone values in a first patch column. The second acquiring unit acquires the measurement value of the multicolor patch image measured by performing, by a user, an operation of a measurement device along the second patch column output by the image output device. The determining unit determines whether the operation performed by the user is appropriate on a basis of the measurement value acquired by the second acquiring unit and the measurement value predicted by the predicting unit.
US09426333B2	Illusion analyzing apparatus, apparatus for generating illusion-considered image for which illusion is taken into consideration to allow perception according to original image, illusion analyzing method, method of generating illusion-considered image for which illusion is taken into consideration to allow perception according to original image, and program According to the present invention, multiresolution decomposition is performed on a color component of image data by using a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filter bank with orientation selectivity and subband signals are obtained; and when reconstructing an image by summing the obtained subband signals, coefficient processing is performed, between a decomposition phase and a synthesis phase in the multiresolution decomposition, on decomposition detail coefficients that are output from the decomposition phase such that the larger the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are further reduced, and the smaller the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are increased, or vise versa.
US09426330B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming system having a user authentication function Provided an image forming apparatus that can realize an authentication function easily. (1) Transmit a printing requested data from a PC to a port for printing. (2) A user authentication application inputs printing requested data from the port for printing, and user determination data of the printing requested data are transmitted to a user authentication server. (3) The user authentication server transmits “use permission” or “use non-permission” to the user authentication application. (4) The user authentication application transmits the image data of the printing requested data to an application platform in case of “use permission.” (5) The application platform transmits image data to a controller. (6) The controller outputs the image data to a printing part. (7) The user authentication application transmits “use non-permission” to the PC in case of “use non-permission.”
US09426313B2	Mobile device, image forming apparatus, and method for providing manual A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes an imaging unit configured to generate an image, a communication interface configured to receive status information from an image forming apparatus corresponding to the generated image, a controller configured to control the communication interface to receive manual information on the image forming apparatus according to the received status information, and a display configured to synthesize and display the generated image and the received manual information.
US09426311B2	Image forming apparatus, method of correcting image magnification, and computer-readable recording medium An image forming apparatus includes: an expansion/contraction ratio calculation unit that calculates a value of a ratio of expansion or contraction of a printing medium at a time of printing a second surface as compared with a time of printing a first surface; a storage control unit that causes an NVRAM to hold the calculated value of the ratio of expansion or contraction; and a magnification correcting unit that corrects magnification of an image on the second surface using a newly calculated value of the ratio when a difference between the newly calculated value and a value that has been held by the NVRAM until the new value is calculated is within a predetermined range, and corrects the magnification of the image on the second surface using a value closer to 0 than the newly calculated value when the difference exceeds the predetermined range.
US09426310B2	Technique for setting paper size for image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus indicates on a display a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in a cassette, on a reading device and issuance of an instruction to start reading, in order to set a size of paper placed in the cassette. When touch of a button is detected after the message is indicated and a user operation giving an instruction to start reading is accepted, the image forming apparatus detects the size of placed paper using the reading device. The image forming apparatus then sets the size of paper placed in the cassette to the detected size.
US09426304B2	Answering or releasing emergency calls from a map display for an emergency services platform A method and system of emergency call management is provided. Emergency calls received at an emergency service platform (ESP) through one or more communication networks are associated with location information. The location information is identified to a map server through an i3 event logging protocol to be displayed on graphical map displays at operator positions. An operator of an operator position can then select a call from the graphical map display and an associated responder client will request that the emergency call be routed by the ESP to the operator or a secondary responder agency. The operator position are associated with a public safety access point (PSAP) associated with the incoming emergency calls.
US09426303B1	Location based services for controlled-environment facilities Systems and methods for developing, deploying, providing, and/or operating location-based services for controlled-environment facilities (e.g., jails, prisons, etc.) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving, from a resident of a controlled-environment facility (e.g., an inmate, etc.), a request to establish a remote communication with a mobile device operated by a non-resident of the controlled-environment facility (e.g., family, friend, attorney, etc.). For example, the mobile device may be a cellular phone, a smart phone, a computing device, a tablet, or the like. The method may also include allowing or denying the request depending, at least in part, upon a physical location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method may also include comparing an indication of the physical location with a geo-fencing rule and taking a predetermined action in response to the comparison.
US09426299B2	Processing communication sessions Measures for moving an established communication session in a telecommunications network, the communication session being established between a first device in a plurality of user devices associated with a user and a remote user device associated with a remote party, to a second device in the plurality of user devices associated with the user. At the second user device, a message is received from the first user device indicating that a communication session has been established between the first user device and the remote user device, the message comprising contact information for the remote user device. The second user device transmits, to the remote user device using the contact information comprised in the message, a request to replace the communication session established between the first user device and the remote user device with a communication session between the second user device and the remote user device.
US09426281B1	Automatic calling list scheduler An automatic list scheduling (“ALS”) system monitors usage of calling lists by an administrator where the administrator terminates usage of a calling list based on various measured parameters. The ALS system is configure to learn the conditions associated with the measured parameters and, in one embodiment, recommends to the administrator when to terminate use of a current calling list in favor of another list. A learning mode gathers various samples of the measured parameters associated with calling lists, and analyzes the sample to determine a threshold value. Upon monitoring the measured values for subsequent usage of calling lists, the current measured parameters are compared to the threshold value to determine whether to generate a recommendation to the administrator. In one embodiment, the time zone of the called party and the applicable calling window is used to determine whether the current list can continued to be used.
US09426276B2	System and method for performing mobile telephone calling and/or messaging operations in-game during computer game application execution The present application provides a system and method for providing telephony functions for operation during a computer game application execution. In particular, a system and method for performing mobile telephony calling and/or messaging operations in-game during computer game application execution is provided. In the disclosure, a mobile telephony user interface is provided and operated in conjunction with a computer game user interface presenting a game environment to a gamer. Mobile telephony operations are provided by way of the mobile telephony user interface in a manner that at least substantially avoids interrupting gamer perception of ongoing game play and gamer interaction with the game environment.
US09426275B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method for displaying information of a wearable device A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenient functions including application management in association with such a wearable external device as a watch type mobile terminal and the like can be provided. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit, a touchscreen, and a controller, when the touchscreen is turned off, if a 1st touch is inputted to the touchscreen and a 2nd touch is then inputted to the touchscreen by maintaining the 1st touch, turning on the touchscreen and controlling information of at least one wearable device currently connected through the wireless communication unit to be displayed on the touchscreen.
US09426266B1	Active cover for electronic device Systems and methods of providing a mobile phone cover are described. In some embodiments, the mobile phone cover may include, for example, a processor and lighting devices. The lighting devices may be operatively coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured, for example, to receive first signals based on second signals in which the second signals are generated by the mobile phone. The second signals may be indicative of an incoming call, an incoming message, a pending message, and/or a calendar alert (e.g., an upcoming appointment), for example. The processor may be configured to cause lighting of one or more of the lighting devices based on the first signals.
US09426265B1	Method and apparatus for controlling a projector angle A system and its design variations use an innovative organic mirror tube to generate the flexible bending light and expose a multipurpose mobile projector. The goal has two folds: first, to provide the flexibility for wall projection angle, in order to ease the operation and second, to further create a foundation for potential naked eye 3D direct observations. The key component used is a silicon-based organic mirror, which can bend the light within the multiple layers of organic hydro gel. Different shaped optical pigtails are designed to match the multiple use cases. One of the many sample implementations using a flat mirror is described in details. The synthetic manufacture procedures are given in details.
US09426258B1	Expression based declarative data service execution chaining Expression based declarative data service execution chaining is disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication is received that a first data service has returned a result indicating the first data service has been invoked successfully. An expression is evaluated, based at least in part on the result. A second data service is invoked based at least in part on an outcome of the evaluation of the expression.
US09426254B2	Methods and systems for building a software appliance A computer implemented method may include installing a software appliance on a first computer system, the software appliance including database software and a business application. The software appliance may be configured on the first computer system to a predetermined configuration of the business application and the database software. The configured software appliance may be detached from an operating system of the first computing device. The detaching of the software appliance may include collecting metadata associated with the software appliance, the operating system and hardware the first system. The detached software appliance and the metadata may be stored on computer readable medium.
US09426252B2	Real-time information feed A computer-implemented method for updating a web user interface on a client device is provided. A router back-boned to the Internet communicates with the client device web-user interface data defined in markup language to dynamically update the web-user interface on the client device. The router contains no logic regarding the web-user interface running on the client device. The client device has a browser server for dynamically updating the web-user interface through downloading and caching the data from the router. The browser server on the client device has (i) a user interface model of the web-user interface running on the client device defined in Javascript, and (ii) a JavaScript Runtime Engine for dynamically converting the downloaded and/or cached web-user interface markup language data into JavaScript objects. The web-user interface is dynamically updated by combining steps (i) and (ii).
US09426247B2	System and method for populating a cache using behavioral adaptive policies A method, system and program are disclosed for accelerating data storage in a cache appliance cluster that transparently monitors NFS and CIFS traffic between clients and NAS subsystems and caches files using dynamically adjustable cache policies which populate the storage cache using behavioral adaptive policies that are based on analysis of clients-filers transaction patterns and network utilization, thereby improving access time to the data stored on the disk-based NAS filer (group) for predetermined applications.
US09426246B2	Method and apparatus for providing caching service in network infrastructure A method and apparatus for providing caching service in network infrastructure. In an embodiment, there is provided a method for providing caching service in network infrastructure, comprising: in response to at least one application node accessing data in a storage node, caching a copy of the data in a cache server; in response to the at least one application node accessing the data in the storage node, obtaining an identifier indicating whether the data in the storage node is valid or not; and in response to the identifier indicating the data in the storage node is valid, returning the copy; wherein the at least one application node and the storage node are connected via the network infrastructure, and the cache server is coupled to a switch in the network infrastructure. In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing caching service in network infrastructure.
US09426245B2	In-line FIX packet translator Certain embodiments provide systems and methods to perform in-line translation of message content according to FIX protocol variants in a trading system. An example method includes receiving, at a computing device, a message formatted according to a FIX protocol, the message including message content and a message wrapper, the message wrapper providing session and delivery information for the message to a target. The example method includes performing in-line translation of the message content of the received message to adjust the message content according to a predefined set of rules without affecting the message wrapper (with the possible exception of the message size) and message routing session. The example method includes facilitating routing of the message to the target based on the message wrapper.
US09426243B2	Remote contextual collaboration A method for remote collaboration includes receiving posting content from a first employee of a company. The posting content includes a multitude of key terms. The method further includes generating a first employee posting using the posting content, extracting the multitude of key terms from the posting content, matching one of the plurality of key terms to a key term label, storing the key term label in the first employee posting, and selecting a company channel corresponding to the key terms label. The method further includes identifying a subscriber of the company channel, where the subscriber is a second employee of the company, and presenting the first employee posting content to the subscriber.
US09426242B2	Determining an invitational content item type based on predicted user attention A media channel can include a mix of media items and invitational content items. At some point during the playback of the media channel an invitational content item can be presented. In some cases, the invitational content items eligible for presentation can be of differing types, such as video and audio. In can be advantageous to restrict presentation of video invitational content items to times when a user is likely to view the screen of the client device during playback of the invitational content item. To accomplish this one or more heuristics or rules can be applied to client device data to predict a user attention level. The user attention level can then be correlated to an invitational content item type, which can then be used to select an invitational content item for playback.
US09426241B1	Performance of secure mobile applications A request for a first resource by a user is received. In response to receiving the request for a first resource, a second resource is determined based on the first resource and a resource usage pattern of the user. A response to the request for the first resource is provided. The response includes the first resource and the second resource.
US09426233B2	Multi-objective server placement determination Methods and apparatus for determining recommended geographic server locations for online social networks by attempting to minimize user-server latency and inter-user communications latency. In an embodiment, geographic and relationship information for a plurality of users is acquired. The plurality of users may belong to one or more networks. The acquired information is transformed into a graph. A first plurality of clusters is generated with a first clustering algorithm. A second plurality of clusters is generated by iteratively examining pairs of the first plurality clusters, and swapping nodes between the examined clusters if it will reduce a total cut weight of the graph and locate each pair of nodes within a defined maximum distance from the centroid of the target cluster. In an embodiment, a method uses a joint analysis approach based upon characteristics of a plurality of existing networks.
US09426232B1	Geo-location based content publishing platform The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method for location-based content publishing. The method includes a step for receiving indication of a user subscription to one or more publisher feeds, wherein each of the one or more publisher feeds provides multiple content items, each content item being associated with a location. The method also includes a step for receiving a request for content items, wherein the request includes information about the user's location based on a mobile device of the user. The method also includes a step for selecting content items provided by the one or more publisher feeds based on the user's location and based on the location associated with the content items. The method also includes a step for providing at least a portion of the selected content items for display on the user's mobile device.
US09426219B1	Efficient multi-part upload for a data warehouse Data may be partitioned and uploaded in multiple parts in parallel to a data warehouse cluster in a data warehouse system. Data to be uploaded may be identified, and the partitions for the data may be determined at the storage client. The data may then be partitioned at the storage client. In various embodiments, no local partitions of the data may be maintained in persistent storage at the storage client. The partitioned data may then be sent in parallel to a data warehouse staging area in another network-based service that is implemented as part of a same network-based service implementing the data warehouse system. A request may then be sent to the data warehouse cluster to perform a multi-part upload from the staging area to the data warehouse cluster.
US09426218B2	Virtual storage appliance gateway A network connection is established between a virtual storage appliance (VSA) in a virtual machine and a storage server system. The virtual machine can run on a computing device remote to the storage server system. Access is provided to a second shared namespace of data at the VSA over the network connection. The second shared namespace is a policy defined subset of a first shared namespace of the storage server system. Data in the second shared namespace is accessible at the storage server system by at least one other computing device communicatively coupled to the storage server system. The data in the second shared namespace at the VSA is replicated to create a local copy at the computing device. Changes to the local copy are synchronized with the data in the second shared namespace at the storage sever system.
US09426212B2	Sharing an application configuration among social networks A machine may generate and store a correlation among multiple identifiers of the user that enable access to an application through multiple systems. For example, the user may have a first identifier for using a first social network system, and a second identifier for using a second social network system, and the machine may generate and store a correlation between the first identifier and the second identifier. The machine may identify the user based on the first identifier and access a database that stores the correlation. The machine may then access a configuration of the application based on the correlation and configure the application in accordance with the configuration. The machine may generate a visual representation of the configured application, provide the visual representation to a device of a further user, receive an indication of an opinion of the further user on the visual representation, and present the indication.
US09426208B2	Media acquisition, processing and distribution system for the internet The present invention, generally speaking, provides a broad-based solution for acquisition, processing and distribution of media objects including pictures (images), movies, videos, graphics, sound clips, etc via the Internet or the like. And specifically, it is a solution to such systems for use in applications wherein there are multiple originators of media objects that will be viewed in multiple web sites having different viewing requirements. A browser-based prepare and post tool prepares and submits media objects from inside a standard browser to a remote server. A Media Acquisition, Processing and Distribution (MAPD) system receives these media objects, processes them to meet specific requirements, and delivers them for integration into remote databases. MAPD system services include media object submission, processing, hosting and mirroring. The hosting service delivers a media object URL to a remote database, allowing the media object to be requested and served by the media object server. The mirroring service delivers the actual media object to multi-point remote databases to be stored and served by the customer.
US09426205B1	Supplemental content prediction to reduce blink-in effect Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining, for each of a plurality of resource requests for a resource that includes first content, whether a supplemental content event has occurred. The occurrence of the supplemental content event indicates that supplemental content will likely be served to a user device after the resource is served to the user device. For each resource request for which the supplemental content event has occurred, the resource is served with a defined supplemental content environment in which the supplemental content is to be displayed, the supplemental content environment being of dimensions that accommodate display of the supplemental content without adjustment of display of the first content upon the user device rendering the resource. For each resource request for which the supplemental content event has not occurred, the resource is served without the defined supplemental content environment.
US09426204B2	Network connection system for sharing data among independent networks A network connection system for sharing data among networks using a shared storage to enable easy mail transception, file transception, and use of clipboards, including a first terminal connected to a first network; a first network connection server between a shared storage and the first terminal to control or transceive data; a second terminal connected to a second network; a second network connection server between the shared storage and the second terminal to control or transceive data; having a single storage space shared by the network connection servers. Using separate portable storage media is eliminated, and a clipboard may be used. In addition, mail may be converted and transceived among the networks to reduce security risks, and files may be transceived among networks even when multiple terminals are accessed, eliminating loads on a server and improving quality of shared storage.
US09426196B2	Live timing for dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) In one example, a client device for receiving information for streaming of media data includes a clock, and one or more processors configured to receive a media presentation description (MPD) for media content, wherein the MPD includes data indicative of wall-clock times at which the client device can retrieve data of the media content from a source device, and wherein the data indicates a synchronization method by which the client device is to synchronize the wall-clock times with the clock, synchronize the clock with the wall-clock times using the method indicated by the MPD, and request data of the media content from the source device using the synchronized clock. A server device or source device may form and provide such an MPD to a client device.
US09426195B2	System and method for distribution of data packets utilizing an intelligent distribution network A system and method for efficient distribution of streamed media content to large and diversely located client locations is provided whereby an intelligent distribution network (IDN) center manages the delivery of the streamed media to a plurality of clients. The IDN center determines the most efficient delivery route to each client by utilizing trace routes between the IDN center, IDN nodes, various transmission devices and the client. Once a ‘best performing’ IDN node and network link is determined, the IDN center directs the client to the ‘best’ node and instructs deliver of a content stream along the ‘best’ link. Upon receiving the streamed media, the ‘best’ node replicates the stream and delivers the media to the client. Additional clients may ‘piggyback’ off the initial content stream by obtaining a replication of the media from their ‘best’ nodes which are, or connected to nodes, already transmitting/receiving the initial content stream.
US09426188B2	Apparatus and method for conferencing Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a network node, and corresponding method, for conference handling. The method comprises receiving an invitation, from an initiating user equipment, to create an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) conference, the invitation comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with the initiating user equipment. The method further comprises obtaining a conference focus identifier associated with a conference focus unit hosting the IMS conference, and compiling a mapping of the URI and the conference focus identifier. The method also comprises receiving, from a participating user equipment, a communication request comprising the URI associated with the initiating user equipment, and forwarding, based on the mapping, the participating user equipment to the IMS conference associated with the conference focus identifier.
US09426185B1	Proximity based communication with embedded system A computing device connects to a local area network (LAN) and determines whether a device comprising an embedded system is also connected to the LAN. Responsive to determining that the device is connected to the LAN, the computing device establishes a first session with the embedded system of the device over the LAN and then communicates with the embedded system of the device via the first session.
US09426184B2	Dockee-centric wireless docking In one example, a method includes sending a request to a wireless docking host to select one or more peripheral functions available via the wireless docking host in accordance with authentication and association information associated with a docking session with the wireless docking host. The method further includes sending a request to the wireless docking host to establish one or more payload connections with the wireless docking host, wherein the one or more payload connections are configured to communicate data via the wireless docking host for the selected one or more peripheral functions.
US09426182B1	Context-based authentication of mobile devices A system and method are disclosed for adaptive authentication. An access control system stores policies for an enterprise, where each policy specifies a type of access control. The type of access control includes one or more security rules, which may specify authentication procedures, allowable behaviors, or both. The access control system stores a mapping from contexts of requests to interact with applications and access control policies. When a user requests access to an application associated with the enterprise via a client, the access control system receives the context of the request. The access control system selects an access control policy for the context of the request. The access control system sends access control information from the access control policy selected to the client. The client interacts with the user to perform the authentication.
US09426179B2	Protecting sensitive information from a secure data store In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for the steps of receiving an indication that a computer facility has access to a secure data store, causing a security parameter of a storage medium local to the computer facility to be assessed, determining if the security parameter is compliant with a security policy relating to computer access of the remote secure data store, and in response to an indication that the security parameter is non-compliant, cause the computer facility to implement an action to prevent further dissemination of information, to disable access to network communications, to implement an action to prevent further dissemination of information, and the like.
US09426169B2	System and method for cyber attacks analysis and decision support A method for cyber attack risk assessment, the method including operating at least one hardware processor for: collecting global cyber attack data from a networked resource; collecting organizational profile data from a user, wherein the organizational profile data includes: types of computerized defensive controls employed by the organization, a maturity of each of the computerized defensive controls, and organizational assets each pertaining to a business environment and each associated with at least one of the computerized defensive controls; and computing a cyber attack risk of the organization in real time, by continuously performing the collecting of global cyber attack data and comparing the global cyber attack data to the organizational profile data, to compute a cyber attack risk score for each of the organizational assets.
US09426167B1	Management of decommissioned server assets in a shared data environment Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for monitoring decommissioned servers in a shared data environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to aggregate information associated with an environment from external resources, and calculate a baseline of server activity from the aggregated information. When new information is received, it is compared to the baseline of server activity in order to determine a possible misuse of the server assets, when inconsistencies are detected between the baseline of activity and the new information.
US09426164B2	Network device and network system A network device connected via a bus with a plurality of network devices includes: an authentication unit that executes authentication based upon message authentication information included in data transmitted, via the bus, by one of the plurality of network devices acting as a sender device; and a processing unit that invalidates the data upon determining that unauthorized data have been transmitted by the sender device impersonating another network device among the plurality of network devices if the authentication fails.
US09426163B2	Collaboration space with event-trigger configuration views Protecting sensitivity of information in a shared collaborative space on a computer network includes associating a set of sensitivity levels to sets of users and to sets of data elements. Access by each user to the shared collaborative space may be restricted to those data elements that have the same sensitivity level as of the user. Where multiple users join a single session, only data elements having a lowest common sensitivity level are made accessible by the users of the session.
US09426159B2	Securing sensor data Systems and methods include establishing a secure communication between an application module and a sensor module. The application module is executing on an information-handling machine, and the sensor module is coupled to the information-handling machine. The establishment of the secure communication is at least partially facilitated by a mutually trusted module.
US09426158B1	Client device connectivity with integrated business rules and multiple network types Applications executing on mobile client devices may access remote resources via network connections. Operational capabilities and financial costs of these connections may differ. Developers, network administrators, and other parties may wish to moderate usage of various available conditions to conform to business rules. Connectivity information including one or more network grants are integrated into an application received from a developer at ingestion by an application management server, which accesses those business rules. The client devices may coordinate with a proxy server to provide additional controls. Networking public interfaces provide the developer with a simplified pathway for development of applications which use network connections, particularly on mobile devices.
US09426154B2	Providing devices as a service Devices, such as hardware security modules, are provided as a service. A customer of a computing resource provider is able to request the addition of a device to a network of the customer hosted by the computing resource provider. The computing resource provider reconfigures a set of computing resources so that the devices of the customer are able to communicate with the device as if the device was in the customer's own network.
US09426135B2	Increased communication security Authentication data may be generated and included in a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) message communicated from a first computer system for delivery to a second computer system. The authentication data may allow the second computer system to perform message validation for verifying the authenticity of the first computer system and/or the integrity of the CoAP message. And in one embodiment, where the CoAP message includes a nonce, security can be improved by allowing the second computer system to advantageously detect and/or act on a replay attack.
US09426125B2	Real-time reconfigurable web application firewall for a distributed platform Some embodiments provide reconfigurable web application firewall (WAF) functionality across a distributed platform. Specifically, the WAF function at each distributed platform server is customizable on a per customer and per inbound message basis. When a server receives an inbound message, the server identities the content or services of which specific customer are implicated by the inbound message. The server screens the inbound message for attacks using a first set of rules and policies defined as part of a production profile from a WAF instance defined by the specific customer while contemporaneously testing the inbound message against a second set of rules and polices defined as part of an audit profile from the same WAF instance. In this manner, the specific customer tests the audit profile rules and policies while still receiving the protections of the production profile rules and policies.
US09426122B2	Architecture for network management in a multi-service network A mechanism is provided for a non-converged network for a service provider. A core network is divided into individually managed domains, where each of the domains comprises multiprotocol label switching for packets. A management system is coupled to each of the domains. Network elements in each of the domains are restricted from directly transferring packets to network elements in another one of domains. Each of the domains has a domain firewall at an edge of the domains, and the domain firewall restricts packets from being received from other domains. To transfer packets from one domain to another domain, the management system receives the packets from one domain and transfers the packets to the other domain after authentication.
US09426116B1	Multiple-master DNS system One or more embodiments provide a system and method for DNS that is resistant to losses of network connections. In some particular embodiments, DNS servers are operated to maintain consistency of DNS records between the multiple master servers in response to connection failure. Each master DNS server monitors network connectivity by periodically testing network connections of the master server (e.g., to other master servers) to determine whether the master DNS is isolated in a manner that prevents updates from being distributed between the master DNS servers. In response to detecting network isolation of the master DNS server, the master DNS server is configured to enter the isolation mode, in which the master DNS monitors the status of connections and takes appropriate actions to update and/or recover DNS data when connections are restored.
US09426113B2	System and method for managing devices over a content centric network A device can process commands from a remote device that manages the local device over a content centric network. During operation, the device can receive an Interest for managing a device resource, such that the Interest's name includes a name or a name prefix associated with the device resource, and includes a command for managing the resource. If the device determines that the name prefix corresponds to the local device, the device analyzes the Interest's command to determine a device resource and performs the resource-managing operation on the device resource. If the name prefix does not correspond to the local device, the device performs a longest-prefix-matching lookup using the Interest's name prefix to determine a destination for the Interest. If the Interest's destination corresponds to a component of the local device, the device forwards the Interest to the component or a local agent for the component.
US09426109B1	Selective forwarding of components of an attached archive in email system A communication management system. A computer receives an electronic communication including an attachment and selectively forwards components of the attachment to multiple recipients based on associating the recipients with the components.
US09426108B2	Method for storing conversation upon user's request in CPM system, and system thereof A method for storing a conversation upon a user's real-time request in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service is provided. The method includes receiving a pager mode message including a dynamic user preference; identifying a setting of the dynamic user preference; and storing the pager mode message in a message storage server, depending on the setting of the dynamic user preference.
US09426106B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating social networking via a media device Techniques for facilitating social networking via a media device are described. Some embodiments provide a social networking facilitator (“SNF”) as part of a media device, such as a set-top box that is configured to receive media content events from a broadcast system, such as a satellite broadcast system. As the media device presents a media content event, a user can share, via the SNF, information about the presented media content event with members of his social network. In particular, the SNF prepares a message that includes information about or from the presented media content event, such as a title, a channel, a summary, rating, video clip, or the like. This message can then be edited by the user, such as by adding a comment or rating, before being transmitted by the SNF a social networking system, to be forwarded as a notification to members of the user's social network.
US09426103B2	Host state-sensing for message interruption Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to managing interrupting requests to engage in a collaborative session and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for host state sensing for message interruptions. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system configured for host sensing for message interruption can include a messenger disposed is a host computing platform, prioritization logic including program code enabled to assign priorities to incoming messages, and host state sensing logic coupled to the host computing platform. The host state sensing logic can include program code enabled to adjust a threshold value for permitting message interruptions for messages having assigned priorities beyond the threshold value.
US09426099B2	Router, method for controlling router, and program An router includes: a plurality of data storage sections configured to store input data; and an arbiter configured to compare the availability of at least one of the plurality of data storage sections with respect to data that is stored in that data storage section and that shares at least a part of a transmission path to the availability of another data storage section in an adjacent router with respect to that data that also shares at least that part of the transmission path, thereby determining, based on a result of the comparison, whether or not to output that data.
US09426092B2	System and method for switching traffic through a network Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to network communications. More specifically, embodiments relate to a system and method for switching data through a network. An embodiment of a switching system communicatively couples an external network to a wide area network. The system includes a plurality of edge switches communicatively coupled to the external network, a plurality of core switches communicatively coupled to the wide area network, and an interconnected matrix of switches communicatively coupled to the core switches and the edge switches and configured to forward communication traffic between the edge switches and the core switches.
US09426083B2	Consistency checking for credit-based control of data communications A credit-based method for controlling data communications in a computer system between a sender and a receiver coupled by an ordered communication link is described herein. A request for a credit check is transmitted from the sender to the receiver via the ordered communication link. An initial number of credits are allocated to the sender in a credit counter. A snapshot counter is set to a value of the credit counter and us updated as returned credits are received. A number of reported credits are determined based on a credit check response message received from the receiver. The returned credits are ordered relative to the credit check response message. The number of credits is checked for consistency based on a number of the snapshot counter and the number of reported credits.
US09426078B2	Systems and methods for dynamic quality of service Systems, methods, and apparatus for routing are provided in which a connection track comprising a plurality of network or transport layer packets, received by a router, is identified by examination of header fields of one or more first packets in the plurality of packets. One or more quality of service (QoS) parameters is associated with the connection track by determining whether the track encodes a data type by (i) an identification of a predetermined application protocol used within the one or more first packets and/or (ii) a comparison of a payload of one or more packets in the plurality of packets to known data type formats. A first QoS parameter is set to a first value in a first value range when the connection track contains the first data type. The connection track is routed through the router in accordance with the one or more QoS parameters assigned to the connection track.
US09426076B2	Dynamic middlebox redirection based on client characteristics Dynamic middleboxes include a network monitor module configured to determine a quality-affective factor in a connection between a client and a server in a network; a processor configured to compare the quality-affective factor to a threshold to determine whether the connection would benefit from a network processing function; and a network control module configured to reconfigure the network to redirect the connection to a middlebox that performs the network processing function if the connection would benefit and further configured to reconfigure the network to exclude the middlebox from the connection if the connection would not benefit.
US09426069B2	System and method of cross-connection traffic routing Methods and systems are disclosed for routing traffic between Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) devices. In one aspect, a method for routing traffic includes receiving traffic from a routing device associated with a customer. A control portion of the traffic may include an imported route target. The method further includes, based on the route target in the control portion of the traffic, consulting a table to determine an exported route target and, based on the determined exported route target, determining a destination device and routing the traffic to that device. In some embodiments, routing and/or destination devices may be provisioned to the customer on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis. Systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed for implementing the above-described method.
US09426061B2	Communication system, node, control device, communication method, and program A communication system includes a node that processes a received packet; and a control device that sets a processing rule, which defines a matching rule and processing for a packet that conforms to the matching rule, in the node. The node holds an identifier in association with a processing rule and determines whether or not to perform processing for a received packet depending upon whether or not an identifier of the received packet corresponds to an identifier associated with a processing rule corresponding to a matching rule that conforms to the received packet, wherein the processing is performed according to the processing rule corresponding to the matching rule that conforms to the received packet.
US09426056B2	Method and system for determining alternate paths An approach is provided for determining alternative paths. Information is stored specifying a set of available paths among network elements within a connection-oriented network. The available paths are sorted according to a predetermined criterion. The sorted paths are selectively filtered based on either a particular one of the network elements, a region associated with one or more of the network elements, or a combination thereof.
US09426050B2	Provisioning a moderated data service using a syndicated radio access network (RAN) A system is configured to receive, from a content provider, traffic associated with a data service and that is destined for a group of user devices; retrieve service information, associated with the data service, that includes a value, associated with the data service, that represents a level of service quality associated with the data service; determine whether the traffic is authorized to be transmitted to the user devices based on the value; discard the traffic based on a determination that the value is less than a threshold; process the traffic to identify whether a condition is associated with the traffic based on a determination that the value is not less than the threshold; transmit the traffic to one or more of the user devices based on a determination that the traffic is not associated with a condition; and discard the traffic based on a determination that the traffic is associated with a condition.
US09426049B1	Domain name resolution A method for inferring a domain for an IP address, the method including receiving a computerized flow record from a communication service provider including the IP address, wherein the IP address corresponds to a request from a subscriber for an Internet resource, performing an in-stream lookup including: determining whether any SSL exchanges result from the request for the Internet resource, when the SSL exchanges exist, attempting to retrieve domain information corresponding to the IP address from the SSL exchanges, determining whether any DNS records exist that include the IP address, and when the DNS records exist that include the IP address, attempting to retrieve the domain information corresponding to the IP address from the DNS records, performing contextual mapping including: performing a whois query using the IP address in an attempt to identify the domain information corresponding to the IP address, performing a reverse DNS lookup in an attempt to identify the domain information corresponding to the IP address, attempting to establish an SSL connection to the IP address to identify the domain information, and querying clickstream information from the content service provider in an attempt to identify the domain information.
US09426046B2	Web page download time analysis Systems and methods for determining web page download times are described. HTTP transactions data is collected from flow records or PDUs. A subscriber IP address, HTTP URI, and referrer are extracted from the flow records. A subscriber record is identified using the subscriber IP address, and a configured web page is identified using the HTTP URI. A processing path is then determined for the HTTP transaction The processing path is selected from one of: a new page download path for a configured page, a collision path for HTTP transactions that collide with an existing page download, and a page object path for artifacts pages that are already being tracked.
US09426036B1	Mixture model approach for network forecasting Disclosed are various embodiments that provide a mixture model approach to network forecasting. Network traffic models are generated for multiple host types. Weights are determined for the network traffic models. A network forecast is generated based at least in part on a hardware footprint forecast and on the network traffic models as weighted by the determined weights.
US09426034B2	Usage policy for resource management A tool for a computing service using a computing usage policy. The tool receives by one or more computer processors, a configured usage policy. The tool validates, by one or more computer processors, the configured usage policy. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, one or more rules governing the configured usage policy. The tool executes, by one or more computer processors, the one or more rules governing the configured usage policy. The tool manages, by one or more computer processors, one or more cloud service resources according to the configured usage policy.
US09426021B2	Communication failover in a distributed network An initial request is received to establish a communication session. The initial request contains a communication address of a first communication device. A communication server detects that the communication session cannot be established across a primary network. In response, the initial request is repurposed by changing the first communication address to a second communication address. The changed request is sent to a communication system, which adds a field to the changed request that indicates that the changed request is to be sent via a secondary network. The changed request is sent with the field to the communication server. The changed request with the second communication address is sent to a gateway to establish the communication session across a secondary network. A portion of the communication session is established using the second communication address. The first communication address is sent in the portion of the communication session using Dual-Tone-Multi-Frequency (DTMF).
US09426016B2	Self track scheme for multi frequency band serializer de-serializer I/O circuits A serializer and de-serializer circuit having self tracking circuitry which is particularly well-suited for use in communicating digital data from one integrated circuit (chip) to another for implementing chip-to-chip communications is presented. The circuits are scalable and utilize a multi-frequency modulation mechanism (e.g., QAM) for converting digital data bits into a serial analog stream at multiple frequencies for communication over a chip I/O connection. The track pulse generated on the transmitter side is serialized through the same path as the data, and demodulated through the same path in the de-serializer to provide synchronization with the data, without the need for complicated base band processing.
US09426009B2	MIMO OFDM system A MIMO OFDM system includes a plurality of space-time encoders for encoding respective data blocks with independent space-time codes. The transformed data block signals are transmitted by a plurality of transmit antennas and received by a plurality of receive antennas. The received data is pre-whitened prior to maximum likelihood detection. In one embodiment, successive interference cancellation can be sued to improve system performance. Channel parameter estimation can be enhanced by weighting the channel impulse response estimates based upon a deviation from average.
US09426007B1	Alignment of signal copies from an asynchronous sensor network Various embodiments associated with resampling signal copies for asynchronous sensors are described. A plurality of asynchronous sensors that sample signals at different frequencies can be distributed in an area. These sensors can sense a signal of interest for an entity. The sensors can send copies of the signal of interest that they have sensed to a system of the entity for processing. However, since the sensors are asynchronous the copies are sampled at different sampling time periods or sampling frequencies. A specific copy of the signal of interest can be selected from among the copies as a reference to estimate relative sampling frequency offset and the remaining copies can be resampled such that their resampled sampling time period or sampling frequency align with the reference signal. With the copies aligned, combination of the copies occurs and further processing can take place.
US09426003B2	Proximity integrated circuit card bias adjustment A proximity integrated circuit card bias adjustment. In one example, a decoding circuit, having an decoding range, for translating a data-frame signal having an information portion and a bias portion into an output code; and a bias adjust circuit coupled to receive the output code from the decoding circuit, and adjust the bias portion of the data-frame signal such that the output code is within the decoding range is disclosed. In another example, a method for proximity integrated circuit card bias adjustment, comprising: translating a data-frame signal having an information portion and a bias portion into an output code; and adjusting the bias portion of the data-frame signal such that the output code is within a decoding range is disclosed.
US09425995B2	Impedance matching device-integrated network signal processing circuit An impedance matching device-integrated network signal processing circuit includes a first connection terminal electrically connected to the network chip, a second connection terminal electrically connected to the network connector, a plurality of circuit paths electrically connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal, a coupling circuit including a plurality of capacitors respectively connected in series to the circuit paths and a plurality of inductors respectively connected in parallel between each two adjacent circuit paths, and a plurality of impedance matching devices respectively electrically connected in series to each two adjacent circuit paths, each impedance matching device including two microstrip coils respectively electrically connected in series to each two adjacent circuit paths between the first connection terminal and respective the inductors to keep the impedance at the motherboard of the computer in balance with the impedance at the network cable, avoiding signal interference and achieving signal transmission stability.
US09425994B2	Discovering devices in a network A network asset manager is provided that comprises a network interface coupled to a processor and a memory that broadcasts a first “Start Discovery” message. The “Start Discovery” message instructs unconfigured devices in an EIA-485 network to generate random number identifiers within a predetermined range and results in receipt of a “I Have Random ID” message from at least one of the unconfigured devices with a specific random number identifier associated with the at least one of the unconfigured devices. Receipt of the “I Have Random ID” message results in a broadcast message from the network interface to at least one of the unconfigured devices using the specific random number identifier.
US09425993B2	Methods and apparatus for customizing the audio characteristics of networked voice communications devices Methods and apparatus for customizing the audio parameters of a networked voice communications device (NVCD) are presented. One method includes receiving a settings file, determining a group parameter, extracting at least one audio control parameter from the settings file based upon the group parameter, deriving audio processing parameters based upon a value selected from the at least one audio control parameter, and controlling the audio characteristics of the networked voice communications device using the audio processing parameters. An apparatus having audio characteristics configured by a settings file is also presented, which includes a processor, and memory which is functionally coupled to the processor, where the memory stores a group parameter and executable instructions, and the executable instructions cause the processor to control the audio characteristics of the networked voice communications device based upon the group parameter.
US09425987B2	Computer system and visualization method of virtual network A controller of the present invention specifies a transmission virtual node and a reception virtual node of packet data by acquiring from a switch, a reception notice of packet data transferred between virtual networks which are managed by different controllers. A managing unit combines the virtual networks managed by the different controllers by using the transmission virtual node and the reception virtual node as common virtual nodes. Thus, the whole virtual network which is controlled by the plurality of controllers using an open flow technique can be managed by one source.
US09425970B2	Multicast communication method, communication node device and program Disclosed is a communication node device constituting a communication system performing multicast, which is characterized by that: when having forwarded data to a child node subordinate to it along a normal distribution path, it sets a retransmission timer also with respect to a child node on a redundant distribution path; and when having received data, it sends a reception confirmation message to both the parent node of the normal distribution path and a parent node of the redundant distribution path.
US09425967B2	Method for certificate generation and revocation with privacy preservation Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for generating and revoking, as well as validating, certificates used to protect communications within networks while maintaining privacy protection. In the context of a method, certificate generation and revocation with privacy preservation comprises determining a secret value to be used by a certificate authority and an entity; constructing a key tree based on the secret value, wherein the leaves of the key tree represent derived keys for the certificates for the entity; and generating certificates for the entity based in part on the key tree leaves. The method further comprises determining that one or more of the certificates should be revoked; determining a minimum key node set that covers the certificates to be revoked; adding the minimum key node set to a certificate revocation list; and providing the certificate revocation list to one or more entities. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US09425959B1	Security variable scrambling Methods and systems are provided for securing an integrated circuit device against various security attacks, such as side-channel attacks. By limiting the number of different challenge vectors that can be combined with a critical variable of an encryption operation, it becomes more difficult to create enough side channel measurements to successfully perform statistical side-channel analysis.
US09425957B2	System and method for remote reset of password and encryption key Data is secured on a device in communication with a remote location using a password and content protection key. The device stores data encrypted using a content protection key, which itself may be stored in encrypted form using the password and a key encryption key. The remote location receives a public key from the device. The remote location uses the public key and a stored private key to generate a further public key. The further public key is sent to the device. The device uses the further public key to generate a key encryption key, which is then used to decrypt the encrypted content protection key. A new content encryption key may then be created.
US09425952B2	Algebraic manipulation detection codes from algebraic curves A method for protecting encoded data from algebraic manipulation includes receiving a data word sεKd to be protected, randomly selecting two integers a ε{0, . . . , q−1} and b ε{0, . . . , √q−1}, finding a point (α, β) on a Hermitian curve over a field Fq that corresponds to the randomly selected integers (a, b) from a mapping (a, b)(α, β)=(ua, ua√q+1z+vb), where u a := { 0 if ⁢ ⁢ a = 0 , γ 1 a - 1 otherwise , ⁢ V b := { 0 if ⁢ ⁢ b = 0 , γ 2 b - 1 otherwise , and z is an element of the field Fq of unit trace, and where γ1 is a fixed primitive element of the field Fq and γ2 is a primitive element of a field F√q⊂Fq, and calculating a sum fs(α, β)=αid+1βjd+1+Σk=1dαikβkjk for a set of d+1 integers pairs I ={(ik,jk)}k=1d+1, where the encoded word is a triple (s, (α, β),fs(α, β)).
US09425951B2	Method and/or system for transmitting and/or receiving data Embodiments of a method and/or system of transmitting and/or receiving data is disclosed.
US09425949B2	Communication unit and sliced radio frequency module therefor A communication unit includes at least one divider module arranged to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and output a divided representation of the RF signal, and a plurality of sliced RF modules. Each of the plurality of sliced RF modules includes: an input for receiving a clock signal; a timing synchronization module arranged to receive the divided representation of the RF signal and synchronize the divided representation of the RF signal to the clock signal, across the plurality of sliced RF modules; and at least one logic module operably coupled to the timing synchronization module and arranged to receive the clock signal and a synchronized output from the timing synchronization module. A combiner port is arranged to couple a number of synchronized outputs from the plurality of sliced RF modules.
US09425946B2	Interference measurement methods for advanced receiver in LTE/LTE-A A method for receiving a PDCH is provided. The method comprises: receiving, by a UE, information identifying a plurality of resource elements that are transmitted with zero power in a resource block containing the PDCH; receiving, by the UE, a first DMRS on a first DMRS port transmitted from a first cell; and receiving, by the UE, the PDCH that is transmitted on the first DMRS port.
US09425939B2	Methods and apparatuses for receiving or transmitting downlink signal in MBSFN subframe According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for receiving a downlink signal from a base station (BS) in a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe which performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving information indicating an MBSFN subframe of which a data region is allocated a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), among MBSFN subframes, and demodulating the downlink signal received in the data region of the MBSFN subframe based on the CRS in the data region of the MBSFN subframe according to the information.
US09425937B2	Method and apparatus for selective acknowledgement of packets from an access probe Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods capable of selective acknowledgement of packets from an access probe. In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a transceiver configured to receive a set of frames associated with an access probe message from a wireless node, wherein the access probe message includes a plurality of frames, and the set of frames comprises a subset of the plurality of frames; and a processing system configured to generate a selective acknowledgement message based on a determination of whether each frame in the set of frames is received correctly. The acknowledgement includes an indication of receipt for at least one frame in the set of frames. The transceiver can transmit the selective acknowledgement message with an identifier assigned to the wireless node to allow tracking of a response. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09425936B2	Method and apparatus for generating a reference signal sequence in a wireless communication system A method and base station for receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes transmitting a cell-specific group hopping parameter to a plurality of user equipments (UEs). The cell-specific group hopping parameter is used to disable a group hopping. The method according to the embodiment further includes transmitting a cell-specific sequence hopping parameter to the plurality of UEs. The cell-specific sequence hopping parameter is used to enable a sequence hopping. The method according to the embodiment further includes transmitting a UE-specific sequence group hopping (SGH) parameter to a certain UE. The UE-specific SGH parameter is used to disable the sequence hopping. The method according to the embodiment further includes receiving a reference signal, which is generated based on a base sequence number. The base sequence number within the base sequence group is determined by the UE-specific SGH parameter.
US09425934B2	Method and user device for receiving downlink data, and method and base station for transmitting downlink data The present invention enables an increase in data transmission performance by variously applying precoding to open and closed-loop MIMOs. An eNB in the present invention applies an identical precoder to neighboring PRBs scheduled in UE in the closed-loop MIMO, and applies an non-identical precoder to neighboring PRBs scheduled in UE in an open-loop MIMO. The UE variously introduces a precoder applied to neighboring PRBs scheduled in the UE according to whether the MIMO set in the UE is the closed-loop MIMO or the open-loop MIMO.
US09425930B2	Method and system for inter-cell interference coordination in wireless networks A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for managing inter-cell interference in a wireless network is provided. The method may be executed by at least one processor at a small cell gateway and may include receiving, uplink interference power corresponding to a first small cell base station (SCBS). The method may further include receiving neighboring cell information of the first SCBS, the neighboring cell information including information on a first plurality of SCBSs neighboring the first SCBS. The method may further include determining based on the received uplink interference power, that the first SCBS is experiencing inter-cell interference and determining a second plurality of SCBSs from among the first plurality of SCBSs that are interfering with the first SCBS. The method may further include adjusting uplink power allocation corresponding to a second SCBS from among the second plurality of SCBSs.
US09425929B2	Wireless communication with suppression of inter-cell interference in large-scale antenna systems In exemplary LSAS (large-scale antenna system) networks, uplink signals are processed to compensate for pilot contamination. Slow-fading coefficients are generated for terminals in the wireless network, and postcoding matrices are generated based on the slow-fading coefficients and terminal transmit power levels. Uplink signals are received from the terminals, and M-dimensional postcoding is performed to generate estimated uplink signals from the received uplink signals, where M is the number of antennas at a base station of the wireless network. The postcoding matrices are applied to the estimated uplink signals to compensate for pilot contamination. The improved technique used to generate postcoding matrices depends on whether the M-dimensional postcoding involves matched filtering or zero forcing. Postcoding matrices generated using improved techniques work better than those generated independent of the terminal transmit power levels by inverting slow-fading coefficient matrices for LSAS networks having intermediate numbers (>10 and <1000) of antennas per base station.
US09425928B2	Data transmission method and device Provided are a data transmission method and device. The method includes: determining, by means of a frequency hopping manner according to a TTI Bundling parameter, a frequency domain position of a physical resource block in a slot for sending a TTI Bundling, wherein a frequency hopping variable i of the frequency hopping manner is determined according to the TTI Bundling parameter by means of one of or a combination of predetermined approaches, where mod is a modulus operation, floor is rounded down operation, ns is a sequence number of the time slot; transmitting data on a time frequency resource corresponding to the frequency domain position of the physical resource block in the slot of the TTI bundling. According to the solution, the coverage area of the TTI bundling data transmission is improved.
US09425927B2	Systems and methods for configuring transmissions in a wireless network A method for configuring a wireless transmission includes obtaining, at a first network node serving a first cell, information pertaining to a type of an almost blank subframe (ABS) configuration to be used in a second cell. The method also includes determining based on the obtained information a transmission configuration for a downlink control channel carrying feedback information for one or more wireless communication devices in one or more candidate subframes in a restricted measurement pattern. The transmission configuration comprises transmission power level, transmission format, or both. The method also includes transmitting feedback information for an uplink transmission to said one or more wireless communication devices using the determined transmission configuration.
US09425922B2	Reduced memory iterative baseband processing A receiver, including: a posteriori probability demodulator configured to receive an input digital signal and output demodulated data; a deinterleaver configured to deinterleave the demodulated data; a forward error correction (FEC) decoder configured to error correct the demodulated data; a FEC encoder configured to encode the error corrected demodulated data; an interleaver configured to interleave the FEC encoded data and output the interleaved FEC encoded data to the posteriori probability demodulator; and a symbol compressor/decompressor configured to compress symbol data from the a posteriori demodulator and store the compressed data in a symbol memory and configured to decompress compressed symbol data stored in the symbol memory.
US09425921B1	Systems and methods for suppressing interference in a wireless communication system Receiving devices and methods for suppressing interference from a data signal received at a receiving device are provided. The receiving device has m receive antennas. A training signal set transmitted from a first transmitting device is received at the receiving device. The training signal set includes (i) data for each transmit antenna of n transmit antennas included on the first transmitting device and (ii) information sufficient to determine a channel estimate corresponding to a communication channel between the first transmitting device and the receiving device. The channel estimate is determined based on the training signal set. The channel estimate includes an m-by-n description of the communication channel. The data signal received at the receiving device is filtered based on the channel estimate to suppress the interference in the data signal. The data signal is transmitted from a second transmitting device different from the first transmitting device.
US09425919B2	Operation and stabilization of mod-MUX WDM transmitters based on silicon microrings A transmitter comprising a plurality of modulator and multiplexer (Mod-MUX) units, each Mod-MUX unit operating at an optical wavelength different from the other Mod-MUX units. The transmitter can additional include in each Mod-MUX unit two optical taps and three photodetectors that are configured to allow the respective Mod-MUX unit to be tuned to achieve thermal stabilization and achieve effective modulation and WDM operation across a range of temperatures. The Mod-MUX transmitter avoids the use of a frequency comb. The Mod-MUX transmitter avoids cross-modulation between different modulators for different laser signals.
US09425914B2	Method and device for relay deployment in a TDD communication network The embodiments disclose a method and base station for relay deployment in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication network. The method comprises configuring a first base station to operate as a donor base station, and configuring a second base station to operate as a relay node, wherein a first sector of the second base station is configured as a User Equipment (UE) part of the relay node and a second sector of the second base station is configured as a base station part of the relay node. The method further comprises allocating wireless resources for backhaul link between the first base station and the second base station and for access link between the second base station and a UE.
US09425911B2	Broadcast channel identification An apparatus including a memory for associating at least one user defined channel identifier with at least one selection item of the apparatus and a control unit coupled to the memory, the control unit being configured to cause one of the at least one user defined channel identifier to play when a corresponding one of the at least one selection item is activated by a user.
US09425907B2	Loopback-based built-in-self-test A method of self-test for a near-field communication (NFC) radio frequency (RF) front-end unit comprising one antenna driver and at least one unit from a group comprising one reader and one card emulator, the RF front-end unit being connected to a digital front-end unit, wherein the antenna driver and the unit are interconnected through a first connection line via their respective first input-output interface and are also interconnected through a second connection line via their respective second input-output interface, the digital front-end unit being connected to the second connection line, the method comprising: activating the antenna driver and the unit based on control signals; —generating a first signal onto the first connection line by modulating a respective first bitstream; —retrieving a second bitstream from the second connection line, by demodulating the first signal; and, —determining an outcome of the self-test by monitoring the demodulated signal.
US09425903B1	Built-in redundancy scheme for communication system on chip In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a redundancy block is configured to add at least redundancy bit as a function of one or more data bits associated with data for data error detection and correction data. In an example, the driver module is coupled to the signal processing blocking using a uni-directional multi-lane bus configured with N lanes, whereupon N is greater than M such that a difference between N and M represents a redundant lane or lanes. The device also has a mapping block configured to associate the M lanes to a plurality of selected laser devices for a silicon photonics device.
US09425902B2	System including driver circuit for electrical signaling and optical signaling A system including a driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to provide first output signals in a first mode for electrical signaling and second output signals in a second mode for optical signaling. The driver circuit is configured to provide the first output signals in the first mode with at least one of a lower frequency and higher power and the second output signals in the second mode with at least one of a higher frequency and lower power.
US09425892B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of swiftly starting wireless data communication between a pair of electronic devices. An information processing apparatus as one aspect of the present disclosure includes an information management unit for categorizing setting information that is obtained as a result of a connection setting process for performing wireless data communication between electronic devices as preferred information that is not deleted at a time of an initialization process or as non-preferred information that is deleted at a time of the initialization process, and managing the setting information. The present disclosure may be applied to electronic devices provided with a bluetooth interface.
US09425889B2	Method and apparatus for improved non-geostationary communications The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for communications in a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite network. For example, the method may include receiving data, at a relay node, from a first NGSO satellite of the NGSO satellite network, wherein the relay node is located at a boundary or a common beam area associated with the first satellite and a second satellite of the NGSO satellite network, and wherein the data is received at the relay node in response to identifying by the first NGSO satellite that an internet point of presence (IPP) is not available in at least one of a plurality of beams associated with the first NGSO satellite, and relaying the data from the relay node to a second NGSO satellite of the NGSO satellite network, wherein an IPP is available in at least one of a plurality of beams associated with the second NGSO satellite. As such, communications in a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite network may be achieved.
US09425874B2	Signal generating method and signal generating apparatus A transmission method for simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at the same frequency includes performing precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changing the phase of at least one of the signals. In this method, the power ratio between a plurality of signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time differs from the power ratio between a plurality of pilot signals transmitted from the plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time, whereby the accuracy of channel estimation by a reception device is improved.
US09425864B2	Wireless inductive power transfer A power transmitter (101) transfers power to a power receiver (105) using a wireless inductive power signal. The power transmitter (101) comprises an inductor (103) for providing the power signal and a power signal generator (207) for driving the inductor (103) to provide the power signal. The power receiver (105) comprises an inductor (107) for receiving the power signal and a transmitter (305) which transmits data messages to the power transmitter (101). The data are communicated by load modulation of the power signal in repeating load modulation intervals which are separated by intervening time intervals. The power transmitter (101) transmits data to the power receiver (105) by modulating the power signal with a message during the intervening time intervals and the power receiver demodulates the data in these time intervals. The power transmitter (101) transmits single bit of the message by modulating it across a plurality of intervening time intervals and the power transmitter (101) receives it by demodulating over these time intervals.
US09425860B2	Two wire signal transmission Apparatus, including a first signal source generating a first signal and a second signal source generating a second signal. A cross-over switch is connected between the two sources so as to generate in a direct switch configuration a sum of the first and second signals and in a crossed switch configuration a difference between the first and second signals. The apparatus includes a processor which is configured to receive the sum and the difference, and to recover the first signal and the second signal therefrom.
US09425858B2	UPBO for vectored DSL Residual FEXT resulting from intended and/or inherent partial cancellation of crosstalk in vectored DSL systems impairs upstream power back-off (UPBO) as traditionally implemented. By considering and taking into account the effects of residual crosstalk on vectored DSL system performance and operation, improved data rates and/or other vectored DSL system performance are realized through the use of UPBO parameters generated for a given residual FEXT environment.
US09425855B2	Iterative interference suppressor for wireless multiple-access systems with multiple receive antennas This invention teaches to the details of an interference suppressing receiver for suppressing intra-cell and inter-cell interference in coded, multiple-access, spread spectrum transmissions that propagate through frequency selective communication channels to a multiplicity of receive antennas. The receiver is designed or adapted through the repeated use of symbol-estimate weighting, subtractive suppression with a stabilizing step-size, and mixed-decision symbol estimates. Receiver embodiments may be designed, adapted, and implemented explicitly in software or programmed hardware, or implicitly in standard RAKE-based hardware either within the RAKE (i.e., at the finger level) or outside the RAKE (i.e., at the user or sub channel symbol level). Embodiments may be employed in user equipment on the forward link or in a base station on the reverse link. It may be adapted to general signal processing applications where a signal is to be extracted from interference.
US09425852B2	Apparatus and methods for antenna sharing in a mobile device Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for antenna sharing in a mobile device. In certain configurations, a mobile device includes a switching circuit that controls access of a plurality of transceivers to a plurality of antennas. The switching circuit includes a multi-pole multi-throw switch and a single-pole multi-throw switch, and has a first mode in which the switching circuit electrically connects a WiFi transceiver to a first antenna via a first transmit signal pathway through the multi-pole multi-throw switch. The switching circuit also has a second mode in which the switching circuit electrically connects the WiFi transceiver to a second antenna via a second transmit signal pathway through both the multi-pole multi-throw switch and the single-pole multi-throw switch. The multi-pole multi-throw switch includes an insertion loss component along the first transmit signal pathway to substantially match a total insertion loss of the first and second transmit signal pathways.
US09425845B2	Method of setting up a communication session via an SWP interface Disclosed are methods performed by, and devices including, a microcircuit card that makes it possible to set up a communication session between the microcircuit card and a contactless communication module via an SWP interface. An implementation of the method comprises: an initialization phase for the SWP interface; and a negotiation phase between the microcircuit card and the contactless communication module, the contactless communication module being suitable for maintaining the power supply of said microcircuit card during these phases. Among other reasons, the method is remarkable in that the microcircuit card prolongs said negotiation phase until the end of a procedure internal to the microcircuit card.
US09425844B2	SIM locking Where a smartcard is embedded or inaccessible within a cellular telecommunications device (i.e. an eUICC), locking the smartcard (or the subscription associated with the smartcard) to a particular MNO while allowing the MNO to be altered legitimately presents a challenge. A method is described using policy control tables stored in a trusted service manager registry and/or the smartcard's data store. By maintaining the policy control table, any MNO subscription may be downloaded/activated on the smartcard but the device will be prevented from accessing the desired MNO because that access would violate the lock rules.
US09425843B1	Systems and methods for optimizing broadcasts Optimizing a power level for a transmission so that the transmission is receivable at or near a destination, but no farther, is useful for reduced-power transmissions. Taking into account known distance for the transmission as determined by onboard GPS and geographic databases, a power level may be set more precisely. Accounting for atmospheric conditions which may impact transmission as determined by onboard or received measurements of temperature, solar or other conditions may also permit a power level to be set more precisely. An obstruction database may be consulted to determine whether transmissions will degrade due to objects in between the transmitter and receiver, permitting power level, frequency, bandwidth or transmit/receive location to be adjusted accordingly. The techniques may be implemented in any signal transmission scenario including mobile telephones, aircraft, marine or other vehicle radios, mobile devices with Wi-Fi radios for network computing, stationary radios, and other situations requiring communications.
US09425840B2	Wideband tunable notch cancellation A system and method for wideband tunable notch cancellation that is passive and does not require feedback or feed forward circuitry. An input spectrum containing interference is split into two signals that are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. The preferred signal is filtered out of the 180 degree out of phase signal using a notch filter while the original signal is sent through a delay line. Then the two signals are summed with a power summer so that the interference signals that are 180 degrees out of phase with those in the original signal are cancelled out and the preferred signal remains. The notch filter is tunable to different preferred signals.
US09425829B2	Adaptive error correction codes (ECCs) for electronic memories Systems and methods for adaptive error correction codes (ECCs) for electronic memories. In some embodiments, a memory device, may include a first memory having a plurality of address locations, each of the plurality of address locations having a number of storage bits configured to store data and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data; and a second memory distinct from the first memory, the second memory having a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries configured to store one or more operation code bits relating to data stored at a corresponding address location in the first memory, the one or more operation code bits identifying an error correction scheme used to generate the one or more error correction bits at the corresponding address location in the first memory.
US09425824B2	Configurable multi-mode media independent interface A configurable media independent interface in an integrated circuit device includes a first plurality of channels and a second plurality of channels, wherein each channel of the first and second pluralities includes a transmit path. The interface also includes a first serializer configurable to serialize transmit data for the first and second pluralities of channels in a first mode and to serialize transmit data for the first plurality of channels in a second mode, and a second serializer configurable to be disabled in the first mode and to serialize data for the second plurality of channels in the second mode.
US09425819B1	Adaptive compression of data A method of encoding data includes determining a magnitude of change between a first value associated with first data and a second value associated with second data based on a comparison of the first value and the second value. The first value is encoded into a first set of bits having a first number of bits. The method includes determining, based on the comparison of the first value and the second value, a second number of bits (that is less than the first number of bits) to be used to encode the magnitude of change. The method includes encoding the magnitude of change into a second set of bits having the second number of bits. The method further includes sending the second set of bits and a first indicator, with the first indicator indicating that the magnitude of change is encoded into the second number of bits.
US09425817B1	High order correction for pulse width modulation (PWM) digital/analog converters with reduced computation A delta sigma modulator (DSM) may be improved by configuring it to set the high-order nonlinear function values to zero when the quantization value being output is at its minimum or maximum value. In one embodiment, a DSM may include at least a quantizer having an input responsive to one of two state variables of the DSM and providing a feedback signal and a modulator output signal. The DSM may also include two mutually nonlinear function blocks, each applying a nonlinear function to the feedback from the quantizer, to form two mutually nonlinear feedback signals. At least one of the nonlinear functions applied by the function blocks may comprise a zero when the modulator output signal is a maximum modulator output signal capable of being output by the quantizer or when the modulator output signal is a minimum modulator output signal capable of being output by the quantizer.
US09425811B1	Method and apparatus for compensating offset drift with temperature The disclosure provides an analog to digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a comparator that receives a threshold voltage. A set of elementary capacitors is coupled to the comparator, and receives one of an input voltage and a set of reference voltages. A set of M offset capacitors is coupled to the comparator, and receives one of a primary voltage and a secondary voltage, M is an integer. A difference in the primary voltage and the secondary voltage varies linearly with temperature.
US09425807B2	Circuit for symbol timing synchronization The present disclosure relates to a timing synchronization circuit for a digital receiver structure that includes a timing error detection module comprising a phase difference calculation unit arranged for calculating a phase difference between incoming samples of a digital data stream, and a timing error estimator arranged for determining a timing error estimate based on the calculated phase difference, and for generating, based on the determined timing error estimate, a signal indicative of timing error detection. The circuit also includes a timing error control module arranged for receiving the signal indicative of timing error detection, for evaluating the number of received signals indicative of timing error detection and for outputting, after comparison with a threshold value, a sampling adjustment command for adjusting the sampling instants applied for obtaining the digital data stream.
US09425804B2	System and method for controlling superconducting quantum circuits using single flux quantum logic circuits A system and methods for controlling superconducting quantum circuits are provided. The system includes at least one superconducting quantum circuit described by multiple quantum states, and at least one single flux quantum (“SFQ”) control circuit configured to generate a voltage pulse sequence that includes a plurality of voltage pulses temporally separated by a pulse-to-pulse spacing timed to a resonance period. The system also includes at least one coupling between the at least one superconducting quantum circuit and the at least one SFQ control circuit configured to transmit the voltage pulse sequence generated using the SFQ control circuit to the at least one superconducting quantum circuit. In some aspects, the system further includes a controller system configured to optimize the pulse-to-pulse spacing to minimize a gate infidelity due to at least one of a timing error, a timing jitter and a weak qubit anharmonicity.
US09425798B2	Reconfigurable semiconductor device A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including: a plurality of logic units which configure an array and are connected to each other, wherein each logic unit includes a pair of a first and a second memory cell units, each of the first and the second memory cell units operates as a logic element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that a logic calculation of an input value specified by a plurality of addresses is output to a data line, and/or operates as a connection element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that an input value specified by a certain address is output to a data line to be connected to an address of another memory cell unit, a latter stage of the first memory cell unit includes a sequential circuit which synchronizes with a clock, and the logic units include, for each pair of the first and the second memory cell units, a selection unit which selectively outputs an address to the first or the second memory cell unit in accordance with an operation switch signal.
US09425795B2	Circuit and method for detection and compensation of transistor mismatch The present disclosure relates to a detection circuit formed as part of an integrated circuit. In one example, the detection circuit includes a signal generator configured to generate a reference signal, and an amplification circuit comprising a p-channel transistor and an n-channel transistor, wherein the amplification circuit is affected by a variability that also affects a functional circuit formed as part of the integrated circuit. The variability causes the p-channel transistor and the n-channel transistor to have different respective drive strengths. The amplification circuit is configured to receive the reference signal and to provide an amplified signal representative of a difference in the respective drive strengths, wherein the reference signal is more insensitive to the variability than the amplified signal. The present disclosure also relates to an integrated circuit and a method for detecting and compensating a transistor mismatch.
US09425793B2	Circuit for generating bias voltage for high speed input/output pad The present invention provides a circuit for generating a bias voltage for a high speed input/output pad. To this end, a bias voltage generator according to an embodiment of the present invention is to supply at least one bias voltage to a buffer circuit connected to the pad, which includes: a bias generation part for generating a first bias voltage; and a reference voltage generation part for generating a voltage proportional to the pad voltage applied to the pad as a reference voltage, wherein the first bias voltage may be the sum of the reference voltage and a predetermined voltage.
US09425786B2	System and method for driving a power switch A gate driver circuit for the power switch is disclosed. The gate driver circuit includes a resistor network coupled to the power switch. The resistor network includes a plurality of resistors and a control unit operatively coupled to the resistor network. The control unit detects an occurrence of a commutation phase and a saturation phase based on an identity of the power switch and corresponding time stamps associated with a start of a delay phase, the commutation phase, and the saturation phase. The control unit further controls the resistor network to provide different resistance values in at least two of a delay phase, a commutation phase, and a saturation phase when the power switch is transitioned to a first state. A method for driving the power switch is also disclosed.
US09425785B1	Switching regulator with controllable slew rate A driver circuit for driving a switching transistor having a control terminal responsive to a switching control signal includes a plurality of driver stages, each having a control input responsive to a respective driver control signal and an output coupled to the output of the other driver stages and to the control terminal of the switching transistor. At least one of the driver control signals has an on time that is delayed with respect to the other driver control signals. In an embodiment, at least two driver stages are on during a slew time interval.
US09425782B2	Radio-frequency switch A radio-frequency switch may include: a common port; a first signal transfer unit; and a second signal transfer unit, wherein the first signal transfer unit includes a first switch unit that has a plurality of switch circuit units, each of the plurality of switch circuit units having switches connected to each other with one forward-biased and another reverse-biased and being connected to a control terminal of respective switches in the first signal transfer part, and the second signal transfer unit includes a second switch unit that has a plurality of switch circuit units, each of the plurality of switch circuit units having switches connected to each other with one forward-biased and another reverse-biased and being connected to a control terminal of respective switches in the second signal transfer part.
US09425774B1	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus may include a data alignment block configured to convert parallel type data into rising data and falling data, and output the rising data and the falling data as serial type synchronous data. The semiconductor apparatus may include a driving control block configured to compare levels of respective bits of the serial type synchronous data, and generate a driving control signal. The semiconductor apparatus may include a data output driving block configured to change a driving force in response to the driving control signal, drive the serial type synchronous data with the driving force, and output an output data.
US09425762B2	System and method for tuning an RF circuit A tuning system connected to a tunable RF circuit is described. The tuning system obtains an output of a sensing circuit and processes the output in the control circuit in order to tune one or more passive components in the tunable RF circuit. A related method is also described.
US09425753B2	Low-noise amplifier matching Exemplary embodiments are related to a low-noise amplifier (LNA) matching device. A device may include an antenna for receiving a wireless signal and at least one LNA. The device may further include an LNA matching device coupled between the antenna and the at least one LNA and configured to receive one or more control signals to provide an optimal LNA match setting for each band of a plurality of frequency bands.
US09425743B2	Buffer amplifier and trans-impedance amplifier including the same Provided is a buffer amplifier. The buffer amplifier includes: a replica bias unit dividing an internal power voltage received from an internal power node to generate a bias voltage; an input unit including a first differential amplifier comparing a first differential input signal with the bias voltage to output a first internal signal and a second differential amplifier comparing a second differential input signal with the bias voltage to output a second internal signal; and an output unit including a third differential amplifier comparing the first internal signal with the second internal signal to output a first differential output signal and a second differential output signal.
US09425740B2	Mixer circuit A mixer circuit includes a single-ended to differential converter, first and second transistors, first to fourth inductive transmission lines, and a mixer. The first and second transistors receive a differential input voltage signal pair from the single-ended to differential converter and generate a differential input current signal pair. The mixer mixes the differential input current signal pair with a differential oscillatory voltage signal pair. The first and second inductive transmission lines are configured such that an equivalent input impedance seen into the first and second transistors matches an equivalent output impedance seen into the first single-ended to differential converter.
US09425737B1	Tapped inductor voltage controlled oscillator A voltage controlled oscillator includes a resonator and an amplifier. The resonator includes a capacitive element and an inductive element. The inductive element has a plurality of conductive segments forming a physical loop. The inductive element has electrical connections on the physical loop to the plurality of conductive segments forming at least one electrical loop disposed within an interior space formed by the physical loop. The amplifier has an input and an output, the input coupled to a first conductive segment forming a first impedance and the output coupled to a second conductive segment forming a second impedance.
US09425735B2	Voltage-controlled oscillator An apparatus is disclosed that includes a first cross-coupled transistor pair, a second cross-coupled transistor pair, at least one capacitance unit, and a first, second, third, and fourth inductive elements. The first cross-coupled transistor pair and second cross-coupled transistor pair are coupled to a pair of first output nodes and a pair of second output nodes, respectively. The at least one capacitance unit is coupled to at least one of the pair of first output nodes and the pair of second output nodes. The first and second inductive elements are electrically coupled to the first output nodes, respectively. The third inductive element is electrically coupled to one of the second output nodes and DC-biased and magnetically coupled to the first inductive element. The fourth inductive element is electrically coupled to the other of the second output nodes and DC-biased and magnetically coupled to the second inductive element.
US09425726B2	Fault-tolerant wind energy conversion system This disclosure is directed to a fault-tolerant energy conversion system. A fault-tolerant doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) for use with a wind energy conversion system (WECS) consistent with the present disclosure may allow for seamless operation during all kinds of grid faults. In one embodiment, a six-switch grid side converter (GSC) commonly used with such systems may be replaced with nine-switch converter circuitry. With three additional switches, the nine-switch converter can provide two independent three phase outputs. For example, one three-phase output may be coupled to the grid through interfacing inductors to realize normal GSC operation, while the other three-phase output may be coupled to neutral side of the stator windings to provide fault ride-through (FRT) capability to the DFIG. A control algorithm may be employed that both achieves seamless fault ride-through during any kind of grid faults and strictly satisfies grid codes requirements.
US09425725B2	Position estimation system and method for an electric motor Systems and methods of estimating a motor position of a motor are disclosed. One exemplary system and method involve observing motor currents of the motor at two different times. Average motor voltages of the motor are determined between the two different times. Average back electro motive force (BEMF) values of the motor are calculated between the two different times. The BEMF values are in conformity with the observed motor currents and the average motor voltages. Another exemplary system and method for estimating a rotor position of a motor involve a motor position estimator that receives information from the motor and estimates a rotor position for a future time. The future time corresponds approximately to a desired target current,
US09425713B2	Method and device for starting motors in weak grids Method and device for starting a motor (12) in weak grids, especially asynchronous motors, which motor after start-up is supplied by a supply grid (13). The device (11) includes a frequency converter (14), which is rated in relation to the size of the motor (12) and arranged to bring the motor (12) up in speed, arranged to synchronize output voltage with voltage from the supply grid (13), and arranged for connecting the motor (12) to the supply grid (13) after the voltage of the motor is synchronized with the voltage of the supply grid (13). The main object is to do this with as low costs as possible and in the most space-saving manner.
US09425704B2	Power inverter with multi-fed on-board power supply for supplying a controller An inverter includes a DC/AC converter connectable to a DC power grid, at least one DC/DC converter arranged upstream of the DC/AC converter and providing a galvanic isolation, and a DC voltage link at the input of the at least one DC/DC converter and connectable to at least one DC power source. The inverter also includes at least one further DC voltage link which is galvanically isolated from the first DC voltage link by the DC/DC converter, on-board voltage rails supplying a controller and other auxiliary devices of the inverter with electric energy; and an on-board supply unit. The on-board supply unit is configured and adapted to feed the electric energy into the on-board voltage rails both out of the first DC voltage link and out of the at least one further DC voltage link.
US09425691B1	Low thermal design for DC-DC converter A DC-DC converter includes an input terminal Pin receiving an voltage input, switching circuits connected in parallel between the input terminal Pin and ground, an output terminal Pout from which converted voltage is output, and a controller that turns the switching circuits on in a predetermined cycle by inputting, into each of the switching circuits, a control signal that turns the switching circuits on individually.
US09425682B2	Start-up circuit and method for AC-DC converters using a depletion mode transistor An AC-DC power converter includes a rectifying unit for generating a rectified voltage, an output stage for converting the rectified voltage into a DC voltage for a load, a controller for controlling the output stage, and a start-up circuit. The start-up circuit includes a first power section coupled to the rectifying unit and configured to generate a first voltage from the rectified voltage and to output the first voltage to the controller to enable the controller before the output stage starts outputting power. The first power section includes a depletion mode transistor having a first terminal configured to receive the rectified voltage and a second terminal configured to output the first voltage.
US09425680B2	Switching regulator with ripple-based control and method for switching regulator with ripple-based control A ripple-based control switching regulator includes a switch, an inductor, a capacitor, an output voltage processing unit and a control unit. Where the switch is utilized to output selectively output a first reference voltage or a second reference voltage as an output voltage according to a control signal. The inductor is coupled to the switch, and produces an inductor output voltage according to the output voltage. The capacitor is coupled to the inductor. The output voltage processing unit is used to output a processed inductor output voltage according to the output voltage and the inductor output voltage. The control unit is used to output the control signal according to at least the processed inductor output voltage.
US09425677B2	Grid-interconnected power converter A power converter that includes: a power conversion unit; and a control unit configured to control the power conversion unit such that the power conversion unit operates as a virtual synchronous generator. The control unit includes: an AVR model unit; a governor and driving source model unit; a power generation torque arithmetic operation unit; a rotation angle arithmetic operation unit; a voltage d-q conversion unit; and a generator model unit configured to perform arithmetic operation.
US09425672B2	Motor and brushless motor A brushless motor is provided that is capable of suppressing water from contacting a magnetism detection sensor. A brushless motor includes a rotor section that includes a rotor magnet; a stator section that generates a rotational magnetic field with respect to the rotor magnet; a magnetism guide member that guides a portion of magnetism from the rotor magnet; a control unit that includes a circuit substrate and a circuit chamber which is sealed and houses the circuit substrate; and a magnetism detection sensor that is mounted on the circuit substrate inside the circuit chamber and that detects magnetism guided by the magnetism guide member.
US09425656B2	Transverse flux machine A transversal flux machine having a stator and an external rotor disposed about the stator, the stator comprising two axial end faces, having an inner core of the stator, having a cooling path disposed radially within the inner core, wherein a cooling path either a) protrudes out of the transversal flux machine on the axial end face of the stator, said transversal flux machine facing away from an inlet side, or b) the cooling path protrudes out of the transversal flux machine on the axial end face of the stator, said transversal flux machine facing away from the inlet side, the cooling path running between the inlet and the outlet in an intermediate space between the stator and the external rotor of the stator facing the inlet side, the cooling path between the inlet and the outlet running in an intermediate space between the stator and the external rotor.
US09425652B2	Adaptive holdover timing error estimation and correction Disclosed herein are a variety of various systems and method for adaptive holdover time error estimation. In one embodiment a system may include a local time source configured to generate a local time signal and an external time source interface configured to receive an external time signal. A time source subsystem may be configured to compare the local time signal and the external time signal and to determine a temperature-dependent signal drift rate of the local time signal relative to the external time signal. The time source subsystem may be a time-dependent signal drift rate of the local time signal relative to the external time signal. A holdover subsystem may detect a loss of reception of the external time signal during a holdover period and may estimate a total maximum error based on an estimated maximum time-dependent error and an estimated maximum temperature-dependent error.
US09425645B2	Electronic apparatus, control method of electronic apparatus, and storage medium An electronic apparatus includes a connection unit for connecting a first power supply device, a power receiving unit for receiving power from a second power supply device wirelessly. The electronic apparatus selects either the first power supply device or the second power supply device based on the power supply capacity of the first power supply device.
US09425644B1	Method and apparatus for charging an electrically chargeable device utilizing resonating magnetic oscillations in the apparatus An apparatus for charging an electrically chargeable device is provided. The apparatus comprises a core structure. The core structure comprises a first portion common to each of a first magnetic flux circuit in the core structure and a second magnetic flux circuit in the core structure. The core structure comprises a second portion included in the first magnetic flux circuit and not included in the second magnetic flux circuit. The apparatus comprises a first coil wound on or around the first portion and configured to be driven by an alternating voltage. The apparatus comprises a second coil wound on or around the second portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the electrically chargeable device.
US09425642B2	Wireless power transfer for low power devices Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power transfer. A method of operating a wireless receiver may comprise receiving wireless power with a receive antenna and conveying power from the receive antenna to a chargeable element. The method may further include electrically isolating the receive antenna from the chargeable element upon detecting that the chargeable element is fully-charged.
US09425634B2	Charging apparatus for secondary battery A charging apparatus for a secondary battery comprises: a power supply circuit connected to a primary winding 11a of a transformer T1; a main winding 11b and a sub winding 11c connected to a secondary side of the transformer T1; a charging circuit 110 connected to the main winding 11b, the charging circuit 110 supplying power to a battery pack 130 to be charged; and a control circuit 120 connected to the sub winding 11c, the control circuit 120 controlling the charging circuit 110, wherein the charging circuit 110 comprises a LED 140 indicating a standby state or a charge completion state, the LED 140 being lighted at light-load time of the charging circuit 110 based on a command of the control circuit 120.
US09425631B2	System and method for battery management In accordance with an embodiment, a bi-directional charging circuit has a battery coupling node output configured to be coupled to a battery cell, an input coupled to a common node of the battery management system, and a controller coupled to the bi-directional charging circuit. The controller is configured to operate the bi-directional charging circuit in a charging mode to transfer charge from the common node to the battery coupling node, and operate the bi-directional charging circuit in a discharge mode to transfer change from the battery coupling node to the common node.
US09425617B2	Modular electronically reconfigurable battery system An electronically reconfigurable battery includes a number of battery modules selectively interconnected by a number of electronic switches, wherein a selectable number of battery modules may be connected either in a series configuration or in a parallel configuration, as a result of placing selected switches of said plurality of switches in open states or closed states. In a parallel configuration, the battery provides power to a primary load, such as a propulsion load for a vehicle. In a series configuration, the battery is configured to provide a high voltage and high power output to a short-term and/or pulsed load, such as an additional load provided on the vehicle. Current from the battery is limited in one of three ways: a) by the batteries themselves; b) a current limiting device or system in series with the total erected battery; or c) a single level power converter or current limiter that is used to erect and charge the capacitor bank in a sequential one level at a time manner until the battery is fully erected and the capacitor is fully charged.
US09425607B2	AC-DC converter device comprising an overvoltage protection circuit An AC-DC converter device includes a first overvoltage protection circuit connected between a first DC output terminal and a first control terminal of a gate pulse controller. The first overvoltage protection circuit is configured to turn off a first switch if the output voltage between the DC output terminals is above a threshold voltage. A galvanic insulation barrier is connected either between the first overvoltage protection circuit and the first control terminal or between the first control terminal and the first switch.
US09425604B1	Adjustable electrical cord connector protection device An enclosure for connected electrical connectors provides protection for a multiplicity of sizes of connector and electrical cords to protect the connectors and adjacent cord from stress on the cord, mechanical shocks, and adverse environments.
US09425603B2	Bus plug apparatus using multiple interconnected enclosures An apparatus includes a first enclosure configured to be mounted on a first wall of a bus duct and housing at least one circuit protective device and a connector assembly configured to engage an outlet of the bus duct of the first wall of the bus duct. The apparatus further includes a second unit including a second enclosure mounted on the first enclosure and housing at least one metering device and wiring passing between the first and second enclosures.
US09425602B2	Busbar A bus bar including a bus bar pin that is mounted onto a circuit board, the bus bar including a base part that is disposed along the circuit board and supports the bus bar pin, and a pair of support columns that are formed at both ends of the base part and clamp the circuit board to fix the bus bar pin to the circuit board.
US09425601B2	Current sensor mounting adaptor Apparatus and associated methods relate to a mounting adapter which connects to a current sensor and provides an alignment of a bus bar to the current sensor while securely mounting the current sensor to the bus bar. In some embodiments, a mounting adapter may be inserted into an aperture of the current sensor. A bus bar may then be inserted into an aperture in the mounting adapter sized to receive the bus bar and to align it within the current sensor. The bus bar may substantially fill the entire aperture space which may lock the mounting adapter to the current sensor. In some embodiments the bus bar may be secured to the mounting adapter. The secure alignment and coupling of the bus bar to the current sensor via an exemplary mounting adapter may eliminate the need for separate mounting and alignment of the bus bar and current sensor.
US09425596B2	Wire connector An improved wire connector is provided that allows for securing one, two, or more cables in an electrical box knockout hole. The wire connector body interior includes a central tab with a hinge for exerting pressure against at least a first/tab cable. The central tab also has a gripping portion for gripping the tab cable without cutting its sheathing. In preferred embodiments, the central tab further includes a multifunction tab member, such as a multifunction knob or multifunction bumpers, which provides inter alia a secondary spring function for applying added pressure on an inserted tab cable, especially when a second/wall cable is inserted. The wire connector body contains ribs on the inner wall facing the central tab gripping portion for gripping a wall cable without cutting its insulation. The wire connector body also contains a longitudinal slot for easy installation or removal from an electrical box.
US09425592B2	Elastically deformable conduit assembly and method of fittingly retaining wires An elastically deformable conduit assembly includes a conduit comprising an outer surface and formed of an elastically deformable material, the conduit configured to deform from a relaxed condition to an elastically deformed condition. Also included is a mating component configured to engage the outer surface of the conduit in the elastically deformed condition.
US09425590B2	Withdrawable-type circuit breaker Disclosed is a withdrawable-type circuit breaker, including a cradle, a main body disposed to be inserted into and withdrawn from the cradle by a transfer device, and an interlock device for restricting a withdrawal of the main body when the circuit breaker is in a connected state, wherein the interlock device includes a support part vertically disposed on a bottom surface of the main body, an interlock lever, having a sliding hole at one end thereof and a power transmission part at another end thereof, hinge-coupled at its medium portion to one end of the support part, and an interlock pin having one end inserted into and coupled to the sliding hole and another end up and downwardly movable and insertable to an interlock pin hole formed in a bottom surface of the cradle.
US09425589B2	Gas-insulated switchgear A circuit breaker (33) formed with a sealed tank (4) having a breaker section and an operating mechanism (2) is laterally arranged in a lengthwise direction and is fixed to a frame (1), and above the circuit breaker, main bus containers (11, 12) are provided, substantially orthogonally to an axial direction of the circuit breaker (33). Operating mechanism-side working space (B) and breaker section-side working space (C) are provided respectively above the operating mechanism (2) and the sealed tank (4), and a hand hole (5) is provided on an upper surface of the sealed tank (4). A connecting pin (24) is provided in a link mechanism connecting the operating mechanism (2) and the movable contact (7), and an operating mechanism-side working hole for accessibility to the connecting pin (24) from the operating mechanism-side working space (B) is provided.
US09425580B1	Modular laser system Methods and related modular laser systems, e.g., distributed aperture, ultra short pulsed laser, are provided on a host platform having multiple compartments and groups of components where each group has a different environmental sensitivity such as temperature, humidity, vibration, etc or other installation constraints. Each component group is placed in different compartments of the host platform based on constraints comprising equipment, size, available installation footprint, equipment interconnection, and location constraints. For example, one group with one temperature sensitivity falling within environments provided for aircraft passengers or crews can be placed in the crew or passenger compartments. Other components having a greater temperature tolerance might be placed in an equipment bay having a different temperature range than a crew/passenger cabin. Other components might be placed in an area without any environmental controls or even pressurization (e.g., a cargo bay). Components can be located based on single, multiple, or combinations of constraints.
US09425579B2	Optical fiber coupler and optical fiber amplifier An optical fiber coupler in which damage to a pumping light source can be suppressed even if signal light leaks and an optical fiber amplifier using the optical fiber coupler are provided. An optical fiber coupler includes: a first optical fiber having a core and a clad coating the core; a second optical fiber having a core; and a fusion-drawn portion formed by arranging the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber so that their longitudinal directions are in the same direction and fusing the clad of the first optical fiber and the core of the second optical fiber. The clad of the first optical fiber has a larger refractive index than the core of the second optical fiber.
US09425573B2	Crimping clamp A crimping clamp includes a pair of clamp bodies, a pair of jaws and a pair of fixed bars. Each clamp body includes a holder end and a head end. The head end is connected to the holder end, and each head end of the pair of clamp bodies includes a pair of holes. The pair of holes of the head end of the same clamp body correspond to each other. Each of the jaws is removably combined with the head end of each clamp body. One side of each jaw includes a notch, and the notch includes a containing end and a gap end. A width of the gap end is less than a width of the containing end. Each fixed bar is respectively movably located in each pair of holes, and each fixed bar includes a free part and a fastening part.
US09425571B2	Methods and apparatus to form electrical interconnects on ophthalmic devices Methods and apparatus for forming interconnects on the surfaces of three dimensional substrates, including ophthalmic devices incorporating one or more electrical components may be utilized to provide high quality electrical and mechanical connections.
US09425563B2	Retractable cable and cable rewind spool configuration A spool apparatus is described to include in one particular example a cable spool with a first cylindrical lip and a second cylindrical lip on an opposite side of the cable spool. A center of the spool includes a clutch bearing in the center of both the first cylindrical lip and the second cylindrical lip that provides a rotational axis for the cable spool to rotate around. The apparatus may also include a feed slot near the first cylindrical lip that provides a passage for cable to pass from the second cylindrical lip to the first cylindrical lip.
US09425560B1	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a docking module, a shielding shell and a metal cover. The shielding shell has a top plate, two lateral plates, a bottom plate and a receiving space. Front ends of the two lateral plates are punched outward to form two barbs. Middles of the two lateral plates bulge outward to form two convex portions. The metal cover is covered downward on the shielding shell. The metal cover has a base plate and two side plates. The two side plates define a plurality of openings. Bottom edges of the two side plates are recessed upward to form a plurality of guiding notches. Each of the guiding notches is located below one of the openings. The barbs and the convex portions are guided along the guiding notches to be fastened in the openings.
US09425552B2	Locking apparatus for plug connectors Disclosed is a locking apparatus for plug connectors, comprising at least one first locking half and at least one second locking half, wherein the first locking half is formed from an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, wherein the outer sleeve can be moved in a linear manner against a plugging direction towards the inner sleeve, and wherein the second locking half is formed from a further sleeve which can be inserted into the inner sleeve of the first locking half, and wherein the first locking half has at least one associated latch which acts on an inserted sleeve through at least one latching opening in the inner sleeve.
US09425546B2	Contact housing with positioning means for fixing the position of a cable that is prone to kinking A contact housing for a connector of a connector assembly extends through a wall and includes a contact region having a contact seat for receiving a contact-side end of a kink-prone cable. The connector may be for a sealed connector assembly that includes an outer housing, which has a cable inlet opening and an interior space, at least sections of which form a mating-connector receptacle for a mating connector that is complementary to the connector. At least sections of the contact housing of the connector are arranged in the interior space. The contact housing, which has the contact region having the contact seat for holding the contact-side end of the kink-prone cable, facilitates assembly of the connector and prevents damage to the kink-prone cable, and includes positioning means for fixing the position of a laced section of the kink-prone cable.
US09425544B2	Electric power takeout device An electric power takeout device includes a protruding wall protruding in such a manner as to surround an electric power takeout section, and a cover covering the protruding wall and the power takeout section. The cover includes a cover wall covering the power takeout section with its outer peripheral edge opposed to the distal end edge of the protruding wall, and a peripheral wall protruding from the outer peripheral edge of the cover wall along the protruding wall, the peripheral wall being spaced a given distance from the body to thereby define a water introduction port above the protruding wall. The cover wall has a water discharge port communicating with the water introduction port and opening beneath the protruding wall, and a water guide section extending from the lower edge of the water discharge port to beneath the protruding wall.
US09425542B1	Water-proof connector A water-proof connector includes a housing, a plurality of terminals and a waterproof component. The housing has a base portion, a center of a top face of the base portion defines a cavity, a bottom of the cavity defines a plurality of terminal grooves extending frontward and rearward and penetrating a rear face of the base portion. The plurality of terminals are assembled in the terminal grooves of the housing. The waterproof component includes an insulation cover board, a sealing element. The insulation cover board is assembled in the cavity, the sealing element is secondary molded in a rear end of the cavity of the housing and on a rear end of the insulation cover board.
US09425529B2	Integrated circuit chip tester with an anti-rotation link A socket for testing or connecting an integrated circuit is disclosed having a platform for receiving the integrated circuit and adapted to overlay a piece of test equipment or other board, the platform formed with an array of slots each locating a portion of a two-piece connector assembly. When the integrated circuit is seated on the platform, the two piece connector assemblies pivot so as to make contact between a contact pad on the IC and the board for establishing or evaluating signal transmission by the IC. The platform houses a resilient elongate elastomer that biases the connector assembly out of the platform to make contact with the board or test equipment. When the IC is placed on the platform, the bias of the resilient tubular member is overcome and an electrical connection is established across the connector assembly.
US09425528B2	Connector A connector for a flat connecting member having a plurality of circuits includes a terminal provided at an end portion of the flat connecting member and a resin slider that can be assembled to the terminal. When the terminal penetrates through the slider, in the process of this penetration, assembly holes of the terminal are fitted with locking projections of the slider and the assembly of the connector is completed.
US09425526B2	Connector set and connector An outer peripheral surface of a first anchoring terminal has a first surface facing one side of a second direction and a second surface facing one side of a third direction in a first corner portion, and a third surface facing the other side of the second direction and a fourth surface facing the other side of the third direction in a second corner portion. An inner peripheral surface of a second anchoring terminal has a fifth surface facing the other side of the second direction and a sixth surface facing the other side of the third direction in the first corner portion, and a seventh surface facing the one side of the second direction and an eighth surface facing the one side of the third direction in the second corner portion. The first to fourth surfaces make contact with the fifth to eighth surfaces, respectively.
US09425523B2	Electrical connector with contact pin shoulders An electrical connector having a body having a shoulder receiving recess formed in a terminal end wall, and a plurality of contacts positioned in the body. Each contact has a pin projecting from a terminal end of the body. Each pin has a base with a pair of protruding shoulders.
US09425521B2	Electrical assembly with electrical connection device The present invention relates to an electrical assembly comprising a first element having a first connection portion and a second element having a second connection portion, and an electrical connection device having an electrical member comprising a connection part with a first portion and a second portion. The electrical member of the electrical connection device is at least partly inserted in a first opening section of the first connection portion and a second opening section of the second connection portion along an inserting axis. The first portion of the connection part is in electrical connection with the first connection portion of the first element and the second portion of the connection part is in electrical connection with the second connection portion of the second element.
US09425516B2	Compact dual band GNSS antenna design An antenna structure comprising a dielectric substrate layer and a patch layer laminated on top of the dielectric substrate layer, wherein the antenna structure is adapted to provide dual band coverage by combining a patch mode and a slot mode configuration.
US09425513B2	Lens with spatial mixed-order bandpass filter An apparatus includes a plurality of layers of conductive elements and a substrate layer. A first of the layers of conductive elements has a first portion that includes conductive elements having a first structure different from a second structure of conductive elements in a second portion of the first layer. The first layer can be in contact with one side of the substrate layer. Conductive elements in a second of the layers of conductive elements can be in contact with another side of the substrate layer. The lens may include a first type of unit cell including at least one conductive element having the first structure and conductive elements having the second structure positioned on different sides of the substrate layer. The first type of unit cell may provide a capacitively-loaded bandpass filter response, and a second type of unit cell may provide a bandpass filter response.
US09425512B2	Reflectarray and design method A reflectarray reflects an incident wave in a desired direction. The reflectarray includes a substrate including a surface which is perpendicular to a predetermined axis, and elements disposed on the substrate. A specific element among the elements reflects the incident wave with a specific reflection phase among a plurality of reflection phases. Each of the elements has an element structure including, at least, a patch and a ground plate. Element spacing of first neighboring elements is different from element spacing of second neighboring elements, and a length of a gap between patches of the first neighboring elements is equal to a length of a gap between patches of the second neighboring elements.
US09425508B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using same An antenna structure includes a feed terminal, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The first antenna includes a first antenna portion connected to the feed terminal, and a second antenna portion connected to the first antenna portion. The second antenna is substantially parallel to the second antenna portion and cooperatively defines a space with the second antenna portion.
US09425499B2	Hydraulic excavator A GNSS antenna device includes an antenna supporting part supported by a handrail disposed on an upper surface of a body of a work vehicle. A GNSS antenna is disposed on a top portion of the antenna supporting part.
US09425498B2	Wideband antenna module A wideband antenna module includes a ground conductor, two radiating conductors and a decoupling inductor. Each of the radiating conductors includes a feed-in portion, a ground portion and three radiating portions. The feed-in portion is spaced apart from the ground conductor and has a feed-in end part. The ground portion is connected to the feed-in portion and the ground conductor. For each of the radiating conductors, the radiating portions are arranged in sequence from the feed-in portion to a free end part. The decoupling inductor is connected between the free end parts of the two radiating conductors.
US09425493B2	Cavity resonator filters with pedestal-based dielectric resonators In one embodiment, a filter includes two sets of dielectric resonators mounted in corresponding sets of metallic resonant cavities. Adjoining resonant cavities are separated by a wall that have an opening. Each dielectric resonator of the first and second sets has a post and a single connected pedestal and is mounted within its corresponding cavity so that the post contacts a first cavity wall and the pedestal is separated from the opposing wall by an air gap. Each dielectric resonator of the first set is oriented in a first direction, with its pedestal on the bottom. Each dielectric resonator of the second set is oriented in a second direction, opposite to the first, with its pedestal on the top. The filter's (i) source port couples with a resonator of the first set and (ii) load port couples with a resonator of the second set.
US09425489B2	Charging and discharging system for electronic device A charging and discharging system is disclosed. The charging and discharging system includes a first cell assembly and a second cell assembly. The first battery cell assembly includes a first cell, a first connecting piece, and a second connecting piece. The second cell assembly includes a second cell, a third connecting piece, and a fourth connecting piece. The first connecting piece and the second connecting piece connect the first cell to a circuit board. The third connecting piece and the fourth connecting piece connect the second cell to the circuit board. A length of the third connecting piece and the fourth connecting piece is greater than a total length of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece. A resistivity of the third connecting piece and the fourth connecting piece is smaller than a length of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece.
US09425477B2	Fuel cell stack A fuel cell stack is provided that includes a fuel cell stack module and an enclosure. The fuel cell stack module includes end plates and coupling bars coupled to the end plates. The enclosure includes an upper enclosure covering a front surface, an upper surface, and a back surface of the fuel cell stack module, a lower enclosure covering the front surface, a lower surface, and the back surface of the fuel stack module, a left enclosure fixed to one of the end plates, and a right enclosure fixed to the other of the end plates. The upper enclosure and the lower enclosure are coupled to protruding portions of the left enclosure and the right enclosure and bent toward the surfaces of the fuel cell stack module so as to be in surface contact with the surfaces of the fuel cell stack module.
US09425475B2	Solid oxide fuel cell system responsive to explosive vaporization of water in reformer to control power To provide a fuel cell system with which degradation of fuel cells can be suppressed by avoiding the ill effects caused by bumping of water used for steam reforming during the electrical generation. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell system including: a fuel cell module, a fuel flow regulator unit, a reformer for reforming supplied fuel, a vaporizing section for supplying steam to the reformer, a water flow regulator unit, and a controller for controlling the fuel supply device and water supply device, and for controlling the power extracted from the fuel cell module; whereby the controller is furnished with: a bumping determination circuit for determining the occurrence of excessive vaporization of water in a vaporizing chamber, and an extracted power limiting circuit for limiting the power when the bumping determination circuit has determined excessive bumping of water.
US09425474B2	Method and system for controlling air intake of fuel cell vehicle A method and a system are provided for controlling an air intake of a fuel cell vehicle. The method includes calculating a value for basic air intake of a fuel cell based on a driver requirement and calculating a value of motor current requirement based on the driver requirement. A rate-of-change is calculated of the value of motor current requirement and a value for supplementary air intake is calculated by multiplying the rate-of-change of the value of motor current requirement by a gain value. A value for final air intake is then calculated by adding the value for basic air intake and the value for supplementary air intake. An air blower of an air intake system of the fuel cell is operated with the value for final air intake.
US09425473B2	Fuel cell system and method of operating fuel cell system The invention is provided to reliably restore generated voltage that has declined due to clogging of water in a fuel cell stack. A method of operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas including hydrogen gas and an oxidation gas, wherein when a generated voltage of the fuel cell stack declines, the water-in-cell content of the fuel cell stack is adjusted so that a variation in cell pressure loss in the fuel cell stack decreases based on a characteristic curve of the water-in-cell content of the fuel cell stack and the cell pressure loss of the fuel cell stack.
US09425470B2	Energy dissipation device for controlling flow of a fuel cell fluid An example energy dissipation device for controlling a fuel cell fluid includes a conduit extending in longitudinal direction between a first opening and a second opening. A flow control insert is configured to be received within the conduit. The flow control insert is configured to cause a fuel cell fluid to flow helically relative to the longitudinal direction.
US09425469B2	Integrated gas diffusion layer with sealing function and method of making the same The present invention relates to the field of fuel cell technology and, more particularly, relates to an integrated gas diffusion layer with a sealing function and a method of making the same. The integrated gas diffusion layer includes a gas diffusion member and a sealing member having fuel inlet and outlet openings, oxidant inlet and outlet openings, and coolant inlet and outlet openings. The sealing member is sized to substantially cover the peripheral portion of the gas diffusion member. The sealing member and the gas diffusion member are integrally injection molded or adhered together by adhesive bonding.
US09425466B2	Production method for a tubular fuel cell having a two-layer cap region of the support body A method for producing a tubular fuel cell by means of a pulling-core tool, the pulling-core tool comprising at least one tool part, which forms a cavity, and a pulling core, which can be positioned in at least two positions in the cavity.
US09425462B2	Preparation of hollow Pt and Pt-alloy catalysts A method for preparing hollow platinum or platinum-alloy catalysts includes a step of forming a plurality of low-melting-point metal nanoparticles. A platinum or platinum-alloy coating is then deposited onto the low-melting-point metal nanoparticles to form platinum or platinum-alloy coated particles. The low-melting-point metal nanoparticles are then removed to form a plurality of hollow platinum or platinum-alloy particles.
US09425449B2	Outer packaging material for battery, and battery An outer packaging material for a battery includes a heat resistant stretched resin film layer as an outer layer integrally laminated on one of surfaces of an aluminum foil layer via a first adhesive layer. A thermoplastic unstretched resin film layer as an inner layer is integrally laminated on the other surface of the aluminum foil layer via a second adhesive layer. An adhesive strength between the inner layer and the aluminum foil layer is 4N/15 mm-width to 30N/15 mm-width, and an adhesive strength between the outer layer and the aluminum foil layer is 2N/15 mm-width to 14N/15 mm-width. As a thermoplastic unstretched resin film constituting the inner layer, a thermoplastic unstretched resin film having a sealing strength of two sheets of the thermoplastic unstretched resin films arranged one on the other and heat sealed exceeding 30N/15 mm-width but not exceeding 110N/15 mm-width is used.
US09425435B2	Display device, manufacturing method of display device, and electronic apparatus There is provided a display device (100) including a step forming member (14) which forms a step between a first region (s1) and a second region (s2) over a substrate (11) so that the first region (s1, 173R) becomes higher than the second region (s2, 173G) when viewed from the substrate (11), a first light emitting (173R) layer transferred to the first region, and a second light emitting layer (173G) transferred to the first region and the second region, and which has an emission wavelength shorter than an emission wavelength of the first light emitting layer.
US09425419B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Provided is an organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate; and a plurality of pixels on the substrate, wherein each of the pixels comprise: an organic light-emitting device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the intermediate layer comprises an organic emission layer; a driving transistor configured to drive the organic light-emitting device; and a switching transistor electrically coupled to the driving transistor, wherein the gate electrode of the driving transistor comprises a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer between the first conductive layer and the active layer of the driving transistor and has a smaller size than the first conductive layer, and the gate electrode of the switching transistor comprises a same material as the first conductive layer.
US09425418B2	Flexible display device with bend stress reduction member and manufacturing method for the same There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US09425415B2	Four coordinated platinum and palladium complexes with geometrically distorted charge transfer state and their applications in light emitting devices Described herein are platinum and palladium compounds with geometrically distorted charge transfer state, applications and methods for the preparation thereof. The platinum and/or palladium compounds described herein are capable of emitting light and can be used in light emitting devices.
US09425408B2	Organic light emitting host materials Disclosed herein are compounds represented by formula: where HT, ET, and R1-R6 are described herein. Compositions of said compounds along with organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices related thereto are also disclosed.
US09425399B2	Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. In the manufacturing method, pixel electrodes, required to be deposited with a material, on a base substrate are charged, and electrodes at an evaporation source are charged to form an electric field; evaporation material corresponding to the material required to be deposited are placed into the evaporation source and ionized, and the ionized evaporation material are deposited on the base substrate under the action of the electric field; deposited material in other pixel units are etched off and removed, so that the evaporation material only on the previously charged pixel electrodes on the base substrate are retained; and patterns of the required material are formed by the processes of deposition and etching in turn. The manufacturing method improves the resolution of finished products and can help to improve the resolution of the OLED.
US09425393B2	Non-volatile resistance-switching thin film devices Disclosed herein are resistive switching devices having, e.g., an amorphous layer comprised of an insulating aluminum-based or silicon-based material and a conducting material. The amorphous layer may be disposed between two or more electrodes and be capable of switching between at least two resistance states. Circuits and memory devices including resistive switching devices are also disclosed, and a composition of matter involving an insulating aluminum-based or an silicon-based material and a conducting material. Also disclosed herein are methods for switching the resistance of an amorphous material.
US09425392B2	RRAM cell structure with laterally offset BEVA/TEVA The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell. The method forms a bottom electrode over a bottom electrode via. The method further forms a variable resistive dielectric layer over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the variable resistive dielectric layer. The method forms a top electrode via vertically extending outward from an upper surface of the top electrode at a position centered along a first axis that is laterally offset from a second axis centered upon the bottom electrode via. The top electrode via has a smaller width than the top electrode. Laterally offsetting the top electrode via from the bottom electrode via provides the top electrode via with good contact resistance.
US09425381B2	Low voltage transistor and logic devices with multiple, stacked piezoelectronic layers A piezoelectronic transistor device includes a first piezoelectric (PE) layer, a second PE layer, and a piezoresistive (PR) layer arranged in a stacked configuration, wherein an electrical resistance of the PR layer is dependent upon an applied voltage across the first and second PE layers by an applied pressure to the PR layer by the first and second PE layers. A piezoelectronic logic device includes a first and second piezoelectric transistor (PET), wherein the first and second PE layers of the first PET have a smaller cross sectional area than those of the second PET, such that a voltage drop across the PE layers of the first PET creates a first pressure in the PR layer of the first PET that is smaller than a second pressure in the PR layer of the second PET created by the same voltage drop across the PE layers of the second PET.
US09425376B2	Plasma cleaning of superconducting layers In a “window-junction” formation process for Josephson junction fabrication, a spacer dielectric is formed over the first superconducting electrode layer, then an opening (the “window” is formed to expose the part of the electrode layer to be used for the junction. In an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber (or multi-chamber sealed system) equipped with direct or remote plasma capability, the exposed part of the electrode is sputter-etched with Ar, H2, or a combination to remove native oxides, etch residues, and other contaminants. Optionally, an O2 or O3 pre-clean may precede the sputter etch. When the electrode is clean, the tunnel barrier layer is deposited by ALD in-situ without further oxidant exposure.
US09425364B2	Method for the production of white LEDs and white LED light source For the production of a white LED having a predetermined color temperature, a blue LED (2a-2d) or a UV LED is coated with a conversion layer (5) which absorbs the blue light or UV light and emits light of greater wavelength. In accordance with the invention, the exact wavelength of the LED (2a-2d) is determined and the color conversion agent (5) is applied over this LED (2a-2d) in a quantity dependent upon the determined wavelength. Through this, the tolerance of the color temperature can be significantly reduced. The color conversion agent may be applied by means of dispenser or stamp, and the quantity and/or concentration selected in dependence upon the determined wavelength. Inkjet printing, deposition from the gas phase or selective removal by means of a laser is, however, also possible. The invention also relates to light sources produced in accordance with this method.
US09425363B2	Light emitting device A light-emitting device is disclosed and comprises: a semiconductor stack; a transparent substrate comprising a first material; a bonding layer which bonds the semiconductor stack and the transparent substrate; and a medium in the transparent substrate, the medium comprising a second material different from the first material.
US09425357B2	Diode for a printable composition An exemplary printable composition of a liquid or gel suspension of diodes comprises a plurality of diodes, a first solvent and/or a viscosity modifier. An exemplary diode comprises: a light emitting or absorbing region having a diameter between about 20 and 30 microns and a height between about 2.5 to 7 microns; a first terminal coupled to the light emitting region on a first side, the first terminal having a height between about 1 to 6 microns; and a second terminal coupled to the light emitting region on a second side opposite the first side, the second terminal having a height between about 1 to 6 microns.
US09425353B2	Heterostructure including anodic aluminum oxide layer A semiconductor structure including an anodic aluminum oxide layer is described. The anodic aluminum oxide layer can be located between a semiconductor layer and another layer of material. The anodic aluminum oxide layer can include a plurality of pores extending to an adjacent surface of the semiconductor layer. The layer of material can penetrate at least some of the plurality of pores and directly contact the semiconductor layer. In an illustrative embodiment, the layer of material is a conductive material and the anodic aluminum oxide is located at a p-type contact.
US09425346B2	Methods of imprint patterning of irregular surface Patterned substrates for photovoltaic and other uses are made by pressing a flexible stamp upon a thin layer of resist material, which covers a substrate, such as a wafer. The resist changes phase or becomes flowable, flowing away from locations of impression, revealing the substrate, which is subjected to some shaping process. A typical substrate is silicon, and a typical resist is a wax. Workpiece textures include extended grooves, discrete, spaced apart pits, and combinations and intermediates thereof. Platen or rotary patterning apparatus may be used. Rough and irregular workpiece substrates may be accommodated by extended stamp elements. Resist may be applied first to the workpiece, the stamp, or substantially simultaneously, in discrete locations, or over the entire surface of either. The resist dewets the substrate completely where desired.
US09425345B2	Epitaxial wafer and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing an epitaxial wafer for manufacture of an image pickup device, wherein, before the growth of the epitaxial layer, a thickness X of a region where oxygen concentration in the epitaxial layer becomes 4×1017 atoms/cm3 or more after the manufacture of the image pickup device is calculated and, in the growth of the epitaxial layer, the epitaxial layer is grown with a thickness such that a thickness of a region where the oxygen concentration in the epitaxial layer is less than 4×1017 atoms/cm3 after the manufacture of the image pickup device is 6 μm or more in addition to the thickness X. As a result, it is possible to provide the epitaxial wafer in which an adverse effect of an impurity such as oxygen in the silicon wafer is not exerted on an image pickup device forming portion of the epitaxial layer and a manufacturing method thereof.
US09425344B2	Formulation of colloidal titanium-oxide solutions composition for coating and printing methods, and improvement of the output and lifespan of organic P-I-N/N-I-P photovoltaic cells The invention relates to a method for preparing a colloidal nanoparticle solution, including: (a) dissolving a titanium-oxide precursor, referred to as a precursor, in one or more solvents, referred to as precursor solvents; and (b) chemically converting, preferably by means of hydrolysis, said titanium-oxide precursor and said precursor solvent into a colloidal-solution solvent so as to form titanium-oxide nanoparticles that are dispersed in the colloidal-solution solvent, said colloidal solution having a dynamic viscosity of between 4 and 54 cP at 20° C. and 101,325 Pa.The invention also relates to a colloidal titanium-oxide nanoparticle solution containing a dispersion of titanium-oxide nanoparticles in a solvent or system of solvents, the viscosity of which is between 4 and 54 cP, said solution being particularly obtainable according to the method of the invention, as well as to the uses thereof, in particular for preparing photovoltaic cells. The invention also relates to a method for generating power using a semiconductor prepared from said solution.
US09425338B2	Solar system for generating electric power A solar power generation system for providing operating power for a desired application, the system includes one or more solar-array modules, wherein each of the one or more solar-array modules includes a multiplicity of solar cells and a high efficiency DC to DC power converter. The multiplicity of solar cells is arranged in strings of serial-units electrically connected in parallel to form a crisscross matrix array of solar cells, which matrix allows currents to bypass malfunctioning cells, thereby improving the performance of the system. The power converter includes fast MOSFET transistors having duty cycle that is operationally constant and is almost 50%. Optionally, the power converter includes a plus conductive pad and a minus conductive pad, wherein each of the strings of serial-units is individually wired to the plus conductive pad and the minus conductive pad.
US09425335B2	Optical detector Disclosed is an optical detector. The optical detector includes: a first dielectric layer; a graphene optical transmission line formed on the first dielectric layer; a graphene optical detector formed on the first dielectric layer and configured to detect light transmitted along the graphene optical transmission line; electric wires formed on the graphene optical detector; metal pads positioned at both ends of the graphene optical detector and connected with the electric wires; and a second dielectric layer formed on the graphene optical transmission line, in which the graphene optical detector detects an intensity of light incident in a horizontal direction with respect to a surface of the graphene optical transmission line.
US09425324B2	Semiconductor device and channel structure thereof A semiconductor device having a composite structure is disclosed, which includes a channel structure having an inner core strut that extends substantially along a channel direction of the semiconductor device and an outer sleeve layer disposed on the inner core strut. The inner core strut mechanically supports the sleeve member across a channel length of the semiconductor device.
US09425316B2	Source/drain contacts for non-planar transistors The present description relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic devices having non-planar transistors. Embodiments of the present description relate to the formation of source/drain contacts within non-planar transistors, wherein a titanium-containing contact interface may be used in the formation of the source/drain contact with a discreet titanium silicide formed between the titanium-containing interface and a silicon-containing source/drain structure.
US09425298B2	Lateral bipolar transistor A bipolar junction transistor comprises a semiconductor layer disposed on an insulating material, at least a portion of the semiconductor layer forming a base region. The bipolar junction transistor further comprises a transistor emitter laterally disposed on a first side of the base region, where in the transistor emitter is a first doping type and has a first width, and wherein the first width is a lithographic feature size. The bipolar junction transistor further comprises a transistor collector laterally disposed on a second side of the base region, wherein the transistor collector is the first doping type and the first width. The bipolar junction transistor further comprises a central base contact laterally disposed on the base region between the transistor emitter and the transistor collector, wherein the central base contact is a second doping type and has a second width, and wherein the second width is a sub-lithographic feature size.
US09425295B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, a metal oxide film which has a function of preventing electrification and covers a source electrode and a drain electrode is formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and then, heat treatment is performed. Through the heat treatment, impurities such as hydrogen, moisture, a hydroxyl group, or hydride are intentionally removed from the oxide semiconductor film, whereby the oxide semiconductor film is highly purified. By providing the metal oxide film, generation of a parasitic channel on the back channel side of the oxide semiconductor film in the transistor is prevented.
US09425289B2	Methods of forming alternative channel materials on FinFET semiconductor devices One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming a recessed fin structure and a replacement fin cavity in a layer of insulating material above the recessed fin structure, forming at least first and second individual layers of epi semiconductor material in the replacement fin cavity, wherein each of the first and second layers have different concentrations of germanium, performing an anneal process on the first and second layers so as to form a substantially homogeneous SiGe replacement fin in the fin cavity, and forming a gate structure around at least a portion of the replacement fin.
US09425284B2	Metal oxide semiconductor having epitaxial source drain regions and a method of manufacturing same using dummy gate process A semiconductor device in which sufficient stress can be applied to a channel region due to lattice constant differences.
US09425281B2	Enhancement mode III-nitride device and method for manufacturing thereof Enhancement mode III-nitride HEMT and method for manufacturing an enhancement mode III-nitride HEMT are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing a substrate having a stack of layers on the substrate, each layer including a III-nitride material, and a passivation layer having high temperature silicon nitride overlying and in contact with an upper layer of the stack of III-nitride layers, wherein the HT silicon nitride is formed by MOCVD or LPCVD or any equivalent technique at a temperature higher than about 450° C. The method also includes forming a recessed gate region by removing the passivation layer only in the gate region, thereby exposing the underlying upper layer. The method also includes forming a p-doped GaN layer at least in the recessed gate region, thereby filling at least partially the recessed gate region, and forming a gate contact and source/drain contacts.
US09425266B2	Integrated floating diode structure and method therefor In one embodiment, a floating diode structure includes a p-type semiconductor substrate. An n-type doped region is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and a p-type doped region of the first conductivity type adjacent the first doped region. An n-type cathode region is disposed within the p-type doped region and a p-type anode region is disposed within the cathode region. An anode electrode is connected to the anode region and a cathode electrode is connected to the cathode region. In one embodiment, the cathode electrode is further connected to the p-type doped region. The n-type doped region is configured as a floating region that facilitates the diode operating in both a forward and reverse bias mode and both below ground and above ground with respect to the p-type semiconductor substrate.
US09425246B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of repairing the same An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of scan lines extended in a first direction on the substrate, a plurality of data lines extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plurality of first switching elements in the display area, the plurality of first switching elements being connected to the scan lines and data lines, organic emission layers connected to the first switching elements, first dummy lines between corresponding adjacent ones of the plurality of scan lines, the first dummy lines extending in the first direction, second switching elements disposed in the non-display area, the second switching elements being adjacent to first ends of the first dummy lines, and second dummy lines extended in the second direction, the second dummy lines being adjacent to the second switching elements.
US09425245B2	Array substrate and method for manufacturing the same, display device Embodiments of the present invention disclose an array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel units disposed on a base substrate, the pixel units comprising: a thin film transistor structure formed on the base substrate; and an OLED driven by the thin film transistor structure, the OLED disposed in a pixel region of the pixel units, the OLED comprising sequentially in a direction away from the base substrate a first electrode which is transparent, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode which reflects light; a transflective layer disposed between the OLED and the thin film transistor structure; a color filter disposed between the second electrode of the OLED and the transflective layer; the second electrode of the OLED and the transflective layer constitute a microcavity structure.
US09425244B2	Display device A display device is provided including a display region arranged with a plurality of the pixels in a matrix, the plurality of pixels including a light emitting region, a first light shielding layer, and a second light shielding layer, wherein the first light shielding layer includes a plurality of first apertures opening the light emitting region, and a plurality of second apertures opening a non-light emitting region between the plurality of the pixels, and the second light shielding layer is arranged below the first light shielding layer and includes a plurality of third apertures opening the light emitting region, the second light shielding layer being arranged with a light shielding region below the second apertures.
US09425241B2	Organic electroluminescence display unit, method of manufacturing organic electroluminescence display unit, and color filter substrate A display device includes a first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting region, and a second electrode. The display device also includes a conductive layer electrically connected to the second electrode and including an opening corresponding to the light emitting region.
US09425236B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes: a ceramic substrate; a plurality of LED chips; a printed resistor(s) connected in parallel with the plurality of LED chips; a dam resin made of a resin having a low optical transmittance; a fluorescent-material-containing resin layer; and an anode-side electrode and a cathode-side electrode, (a) which are provided on a primary surface of the ceramic substrate so as to face each other along a first direction on the primary surface and (b) which are disposed below at least one of the dam resin and the fluorescent-material-containing resin layer. With the configuration in which a plurality of LEDs, which are connected in a series-parallel connection, are provided on a substrate, it is possible to provide a light emitting device which can achieve restraining of luminance unevenness and an improvement in luminous efficiency.
US09425233B2	RGBZ pixel cell unit for an RGBZ image sensor An image sensor is described. The image sensor includes a pixel array having a unit cell that includes visible light photodiodes and an infra-red photodiode. The visible light photodiodes and the infra-red photodiode are coupled to a particular column of the pixel array. The unit cell has a first capacitor coupled to the visible light photodiodes to store charge from each of the visible light photodiodes. The unit cell having a readout circuit to provide the first capacitor's voltage on the particular column. The unit cell having a second capacitor that is coupled to the infra-red photodiode through a transfer gate transistor to receive charge from the infra-red photodiode during a time-of-flight exposure. The unit cell has a back-drain transistor coupled to the infra-red photodiode.
US09425230B2	Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method of the same, and electronic apparatus There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: an imaging pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit which receives incident light; and a phase difference detection pixel including the photoelectric conversion unit and a light shielding unit which shields some of the light incident to the photoelectric conversion unit, in which the imaging pixel further includes a high refractive index film which is formed on the upper side of the photoelectric conversion unit, and the phase difference detection pixel further includes a low refractive index film which is formed on the upper side of the photoelectric conversion unit.
US09425229B2	Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and signal processing method including a dispersing element array and microlens array This solid-state image sensor includes a photosensitive cell array including first through fourth photosensitive cells 2a to 2d, a dispersing element array including first and second dispersing elements 1a and 1b arranged to face the first and third photosensitive cells 2a and 2c, respectively, and a microlens array including first and second microlenses 4a and 4b. The first dispersing element 1a makes parts of incoming light that have come through the first microlens 4a and that have first and second color components incident on the first and second photosensitive cells 2a and 2b, respectively. The second dispersing element 1b makes parts of incoming light that have come through the second microlens 4b and that have third and fourth color components incident on the third and fourth photosensitive cells 2c and 2d, respectively. In addition, light that has not passed through the first and second microlenses 4a and 4b is also incident on the second and fourth photosensitive cells 2b and 2d.
US09425225B2	Solid-state imaging device Unit pixel cells each includes: a photoelectric conversion film; a transparent electrode; a pixel electrode; an amplification transistor; a reset transistor; and an element isolation STI and a leakage suppression region for electrically isolating the amplification transistor and the reset transistor, the first isolation region being in a silicon substrate, between the amplification transistor and the reset transistor, the reset transistor including: a gate electrode; and a drain region which is connected to the pixel electrode, and is in the silicon substrate, between the gate electrode and element isolation STI and the leakage suppression region, in which a depletion layer formed by a first PN junction between the drain region and its surrounding region and in contact with a surface of the silicon substrate is narrower than a depletion layer formed by a second PN junction between the drain region and its surrounding region and formed in the silicon substrate.
US09425224B2	Light detection device A semiconductor light detection element has a plurality of channels, each of which consists of a photodiode array including a plurality of avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode, quenching resistors connected in series to the respective avalanche photodiodes, and signal lines to which the quenching resistors are connected in parallel. A mounting substrate is configured so that a plurality of electrodes corresponding to the respective channels are arranged on a third principal surface side and so that a signal processing unit for processing output signals from the respective channels is arranged on a fourth principal surface side. In a semiconductor substrate, through-hole electrodes electrically connected to the signal lines are formed for the respective channels. The through-hole electrodes and the electrodes are electrically connected through bump electrodes.
US09425221B2	Circuit-on-wire A circuit-on-wire (CoW) is provided that is made from a flexible metal wire with an outer surface, and a plurality of discrete electrical control devices formed in series along the metal wire outer surface. Each control device may have an electrical contact accessible through the metal wire. In one aspect, the control device may have a via through the metal wire from the top surface to the bottom surface with a second electrical contact accessible through the via. In addition, the control devices may have a top surface with an accessible third electrical contact. For example, the control device may be a first thin-film transistor (TFT), with a gate electrode accessible through the metal wire, wherein the second electrical contact is a first source/drain (S/D) electrode, and wherein the third electrical contact is a second S/D electrode. Using the above-described CoW, a woven active matrix array can be fabricated.
US09425217B2	Semiconductor device Defects in an oxide semiconductor film are reduced in a semiconductor device including the oxide semiconductor film. The electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film are improved. The reliability of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film is improved. A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor layer; a metal oxide layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, the metal oxide layer including an In-M oxide (M is Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, or Hf); and a conductive layer in contact with the metal oxide layer, the conductive layer including copper, aluminum, gold, or silver is provided. In the semiconductor device, y/(x+y) is greater than or equal to 0.75 and less than 1 where the atomic ratio of In to M included in the metal oxide layer is In:M=x:y.
US09425216B2	Thin film transistor substrate having metal oxide semiconductor and manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a thin film transistor substrate having a metal oxide semiconductor for the fringe field type flat panel displays and a method for manufacturing the same. The thin film transistor substrate having an oxide semiconductor layer can include a substrate including pixel region; a gate element formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer covering the gate element; a channel layer on the gate insulating layer, a source area expanded form a first side of the channel layer, a drain area expanded from a second side of the channel layer, and a pixel electrode expanded from the drain area to the pixel region; an etch stopper formed on the channel layer; a data element formed on the etch stopper; and a common electrode formed on the passivation layer and within the pixel region.
US09425205B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body; a semiconductor body; and a charge storage film. The stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers crosswise extending in a first direction and second direction crossing the first direction, the plurality of electrode layers separately stacked each other in a third direction crossing the first direction and second direction. The semiconductor body extends in the third direction and provided in the stacked body. The charge storage film is provided between the semiconductor body and the plurality of electrode layers.
US09425204B2	Non-volatile memory for high rewrite cycles application A non-volatile memory has an array of non-volatile memory cells. Each of the non-volatile memory cells includes a coupling device formed on a first well, a read device, a floating gate device formed on a second well and coupled to the coupling device, a program device formed on the second well, and an erase device formed on a third well and coupled to the first floating gate device. The read device, the program device, and the erase device are formed on separate wells so as to separate the cycling counts of a read operation, a program operation and an erase operation of the non-volatile memory cell.
US09425190B2	Techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device Techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for biasing a direct injection semiconductor memory device. The method may comprise applying a first voltage potential to a first N-doped region via a bit line and applying a second voltage potential to a second N-doped region via a source line. The method may also comprise applying a third voltage potential to a word line, wherein the word line is spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to a body region that is electrically floating and disposed between the first N-doped region and the second N-doped region. The method may further comprise applying a fourth voltage potential to a P-type substrate via a carrier injection line.
US09425187B1	Apparatus and methods for modulating current / voltage response using multiple semi-conductive channel regions (SCR) produced from different integrated semiconductor structures Apparatuses and methods for modulating current/voltage response using multiple semi-conductive channel regions (SCR) produced from different integrated semiconductor structures are provided. In particular, embodiments include systems and methods for controlling current or mitigating electromagnetic or radiation interference effects using combined integrated functions of a lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (LDMOSFET) and junction field effect transistor (JFET) disposed in proximity of a LDMOSFET's SCR within a certain orientation forming a second SCR.
US09425170B2	Stacked chips electrically connected by a plurality of juncture portions An inventive semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip having a front surface opposed to a front surface of the first semiconductor chip; a first electrode region including a first electrode provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip to electrically connect the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip; and a juncture portion provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip as surrounding the first electrode region to connect the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip.
US09425157B2	Substrate and package structure According to an exemplary embodiment, a substrate having a first area and a second area is provided. The substrate includes a plurality of pads. Each of the pads has a pad size. The pad size in the first area is larger than the pad size in the second area.
US09425154B2	Noise decoupling structure with through-substrate vias A device includes a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; an integrated circuit device at the front surface of the substrate; and a metal plate on the back surface of the substrate, wherein the metal plate overlaps substantially an entirety of the integrated circuit device. A guard ring extends into the substrate and encircles the integrated circuit device. The guard ring is formed of a conductive material. A through substrate via (TSV) penetrates through the substrate and electrically couples to the metal plate.
US09425149B1	Integrated circuit package routing with reduced crosstalk An integrated circuit package substrate may include a core layer and dielectric layers formed on top and bottom surfaces of the core layer. Routing traces such as stripline structures may be formed in some of the dielectric layers, whereas plated through hole (PTH) structures may be formed through the core layer. A first pair of PTHs that carry a first differential signal may be orthogonally intertwined with a second pair of PTHs that carry a second differential signal. Solder balls formed at the surface of the package substrate may include a first pair of solder balls that convey a first differential signal that is orthogonally intertwined with respect to a second pair of solder balls that convey a second differential signal. The package substrate may be mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). Differential PCB vias could use the same BGA orthogonal pattern described above.
US09425140B2	Capacitors in integrated circuits and methods of fabrication thereof In one embodiment, a capacitor includes a first via level having first metal bars and first vias, such that the first metal bars are coupled to a first potential node. The first metal bars are longer than the first vias. Second metal bars and second vias are disposed in a second via level, the second metal bars are coupled to the first potential node. The second metal bars are longer than the second vias. The second via level is above the first via level and the first metal bars are parallel to the second metal bars. Each of the first metal bars has a first end, an opposite second end, and a middle portion between the first and the second ends. Each of the middle portions of the first metal bars and the second ends of the first metal bars do not contact any metal line.
US09425139B2	Dual row quad flat no-lead semiconductor package Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a Quad Flat No-Lead package comprising: an outer row of outer peripheral leads disposed on an outer periphery of a bottom surface of the Quad Flat No-Lead package; and an inner row of inner peripheral leads disposed on an inner periphery of the bottom surface of the Quad Flat No-Lead package, wherein each of the inner peripheral leads has a substantially rectangular shape, and wherein the substantially rectangular shape has two rounded corners adjacent to the outer row of outer peripheral leads.
US09425130B2	Package with multiple I/O side-solderable terminals Consistent with an example embodiment, there is leadless packaged semiconductor device having top and bottom opposing major surfaces and sidewalls extending there between. The leadless packaged semiconductor device comprises a lead frame sub-assembly having an array of two or more lead frame portions each having a semiconductor die arranged thereon. There are at least five I/O terminals wherein each of said terminals comprise a respective metal side pad wherein the respective metal side pad is disposed in a recess. A feature of this embodiment is that the each of the side pads is electroplated. The electroplated side pads accept solder and the solder menisci are contained by the recesses.
US09425124B2	Compliant pin fin heat sink and methods A heat sink includes a plurality of layers being disposed substantially parallel with a surface of a heat source. The layers include a plurality of pin portions spaced apart from each other in a planar arrangement wherein the pin portions of the layers are stacked and bonded to form pin fins extending in a transverse direction relative to the heat source to sink heat. A compliant layer is disposed between the pin fins and a mechanical load. The compliant layer provides compliance such that the pin fins accommodate dimensional differences when interfacing with the heat source.
US09425123B2	Electronic device having heat conducting member An electronic device includes a semiconductor module, a wiring substrate, a case member and a heat conducting member. The heat conducting member thermally connects predetermined portions of wiring patterns and a heat conducting pattern of the wiring substrate to a predetermined heat conduction region of a surface of the case member opposing to the wiring substrate. The predetermined heat conduction region is located further from the wiring substrate than a surface of a body portion opposing to the case member. The heat conducting pattern is disposed adjacent to at least one of non-terminal projecting surfaces of the body portion on a surface of the wiring substrate. The heat conducting pattern has a surface that is not covered with solder resist at least at a part. As a result, an area of a heat conducting passage increases and heat radiation performance can be increased.
US09425120B2	Semiconductor device and production method therefor A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device in which connection portions of a semiconductor chip are electrically connected to connection portions of a wiring circuit substrate or a semiconductor device in which connection portions of a plurality of semiconductor chips are electrically connected to each other, the method comprising a step of sealing at least part of the connection portions with an adhesive for a semiconductor comprising a compound having a group represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents an electron-donating group.
US09425119B2	Package structure and fabrication method thereof A package structure is provided, which includes: a wafer having a surface with a groove, a thin film closing an open end of the groove and electrical contacts; a chip having a surface with a conductive layer and an opposite surface with a concave portion and a seal ring located at a periphery of the concave portion, the chip being disposed on the wafer with the seal ring surrounding the thin film and the electrical contacts located outside the seal ring; an encapsulant formed on the wafer for encapsulating the chip and the electrical contacts; a plurality of sub-conductive wires embedded in the encapsulant with one ends exposed from a top surface of the encapsulant and the other ends in electrical connection with the electrical contacts; and a through hole penetrating the wafer and communicating with the concave portion, thereby reducing the fabrication cost and size of the package structure.
US09425117B2	Substrate design with balanced metal and solder resist density A package includes a package substrate, which includes a middle layer selected from the group consisting of a core and a middle metal layer, a top metal layer overlying the middle layer, and a bottom metal layer underlying the middle layer. All metal layers overlying the middle layer have a first total metal density that is equal to a sum of all densities of all metal layers over the middle layer. All metal layers underlying the middle layer have a second total metal density that is equal to a sum of all densities of all metal layers under the middle layer. An absolute value of a difference between the first total metal density and the second total metal density is lower than about 0.1.
US09425111B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a package substrate; a semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the package substrate; a chip pad disposed on a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip to face the top surface of the package substrate, the chip pad including a connection pad and a measurement pad; and a chip bump including a first bump provided between the package substrate and the connection pad and a second bump provided between the package substrate and the measurement pad. An interconnection disposed within the package substrate is not connected to the second bump to be electrically isolated from the second bump.
US09425110B1	Yield enhancing vertical redundancy method for 3D wafer level packaged (WLP) integrated circuit systems A three-dimensional wafer level packaged (WLP) integrated circuit that includes a pair of opposing circuit cells fabricated on separate wafers that have been bonded together to provide vertical circuit redundancy. The integrated circuits on each of the separate wafers are performance tested prior to the wafers being bonded together so as to designate good performing circuits as active circuit cells and poor performing circuits as inactive circuit cells. The inactive circuit cell for a particular pair of integrated circuits is metalized with a short circuiting metal layer to make it inoperable. The WLP integrated circuit implements a yield-enhancing circuit redundancy scheme on spatially uncorrelated wafers that avoids wasting valuable wafer x-y planar area, which provides cost savings as a result of more wafer area being available for distinct circuits on each wafer rather than sacrificed for traditional side-by-side redundant copies of circuits.
US09425103B2	Methods of using a metal protection layer to form replacement gate structures for semiconductor devices A method that involves forming a high-k gate insulation layer, a work-function adjusting metal layer and a metal protection layer in first and second replacement gate cavities, wherein the metal protection layer is formed so as to pinch-off the first gate cavity while leaving the second gate cavity partially un-filled, forming a first bulk conductive metal layer in the un-filled portion of the second gate cavity, removing substantially all of the metal protection layer in the first gate cavity while leaving a portion of the metal protection layer in the second gate cavity, forming a second conductive metal layer within the first and second replacement gate cavities, recessing the conductive metal layers so as to define first and second gate-cap cavities in the first and second replacement gate cavities, respectively, and forming gate cap layers within the first and second gate-cap cavities.
US09425089B2	Conductive element structure and method Conductive element structures and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of forming a conductive element in an insulating layer includes: forming a recess in a metal layer disposed over the insulating layer; selectively forming a metal liner on a sidewall of the recess; and etching a via in the insulating layer using the metal layer and the metal liner as a mask.
US09425087B1	Method for forming semiconductor device structure A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming a mask layer over the dielectric layer. The mask layer has an opening exposing a portion of the dielectric layer. The method includes removing the portion of the dielectric layer through the opening to form a recess in the dielectric layer. The method includes removing the mask layer. The method includes performing a plasma cleaning process over the dielectric layer. The plasma cleaning process uses a carbon dioxide-containing gas.
US09425081B2	Method of implantation for fragilization of substrates The disclosure relates to a method for implantation of atomic or ionic species into a batch of substrates made of semiconductor material, in which: each substrate made of semiconductor material is positioned on a respective support of a batch implanter, each substrate comprising a thin layer of electrical insulator on its surface; and a dose of at least one ionic or atomic species is implanted over the whole surface of the substrates, through their layer of insulator, so as to form a fragilization region within each substrate and to bound there a thin layer of semiconductor material between the thin layer of insulator and the fragilization region of the substrate, the implantation method being characterized in that, during the method, each support on which a substrate is positioned has at least two separate inclinations with respect to the plane orthogonal to the direction of implantation of the species in order to improve the implantation depth of the species in the substrate. The disclosure also relates to structures of the semiconductor-on-insulator type obtained by the implementation of the implantation method.
US09425079B2	Semiconductor structure with integrated passive structures A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) with integrated passive structures and methods of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The method includes forming a stacked structure in an active region and at least one shallow trench isolation (STI) structure adjacent to the stacked structure. The method further includes forming a semiconductor layer directly in contact with the at least one STI structure and the stacked structure. The method further includes patterning the semiconductor layer and the stacked structure to form an active device in the active region and a passive structure of the semiconductor layer directly on the at least one STI structure.
US09425076B2	Substrate transfer robot end effector Embodiments of apparatus for supporting a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for supporting a substrate includes a support member; and a plurality of substrate contact elements protruding from the support member, wherein each of the plurality of substrate contact elements includes: a first contact surface to support a substrate when placed thereon; and a second contact surface extending from the first contact surface, wherein the second contact surface is adjacent a periphery of the substrate to prevent radial movement of the substrate, wherein the first contact surface is at a first angle with respect to the support member and the second contact surface is at a second angle with respect to the support member, and wherein the first angle is between about 3 degrees and 5 degrees.
US09425075B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus, and recording medium The present disclosure suppresses oxidation of a base film on a substrate surface during the formation of an oxide film. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes forming an initial layer including a predetermined element and having a thickness of several atomic layers on a substrate in a process chamber by supplying a predetermined-element-containing gas to the substrate, and forming an oxide film including the predetermined element on the initial layer by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including supplying a precursor gas including the predetermined element to the substrate in the process chamber and supplying an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas to the substrate heated in the process chamber under a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure.
US09425071B2	Film forming method A film forming method for obtaining a thin film by laminating molecular layers of oxide on a surface of a substrate in a vacuum atmosphere includes performing a cycle a plurality of times. The cycle includes: supplying a source gas containing a source to the substrate in a vacuum vessel to adsorb the source onto the substrate; forming an ozone atmosphere containing ozone having a concentration not less than that where a chain decomposition reaction is caused in the vacuum vessel; and forcibly decomposing the ozone by supplying energy to the ozone atmosphere to generate active species of oxygen, and oxidizing the source adsorbed onto the surface of the substrate by the active species to obtain the oxide.
US09425069B2	Electronic modules Electronic modules are formed by encapsulating microelectronic dies within cavities in a substrate.
US09425064B2	Low-cost low-profile solder bump process for enabling ultra-thin wafer-level packaging (WLP) packages Techniques are described herein for a dip soldering process which provides a low-profile, low-cost solder bump formation process which may be implemented to promote package thickness scaling (e.g., reduce the overall package thickness). For example, the dip soldering process disclosed herein may enable ultra-thin wafer-level packages (WLP), ultra-thin wafer level quad-flat no-leads (WQFN) packages, or the like.
US09425061B2	Buffer cap layer to improve MIM structure performance The present disclosure relates to method of forming a MIM (metal-insulator-metal) structure having a buffer cap layer that reduces stress induced by an overlying stress-inducing protective layer, and an associated apparatus. The method is performed by forming a lower conductive layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a dielectric layer over the lower conductive layer, and forming an upper conductive layer over the dielectric layer. A buffer cap layer is formed over the upper conductive layer and a stress-inducing protective layer is formed onto the buffer cap layer. The buffer cap layer reduces a stress induced onto the upper conductive layer by the stress-inducing protective layer, thereby reducing leakage current between the lower and upper conductive layers.
US09425045B2	Semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor and manufacturing method thereof It is an object to provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, which has stable electric characteristics and high reliability. An oxide semiconductor film serving as a channel formation region of a transistor is formed by a sputtering method at a temperature higher than 200° C., so that the number of water molecules eliminated from the oxide semiconductor film can be 0.5/nm3 or less according to thermal desorption spectroscopy. A substance including a hydrogen atom such as hydrogen, water, a hydroxyl group, or hydride which causes variation in the electric characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor is prevented from entering the oxide semiconductor film, whereby the oxide semiconductor film can be highly purified and made to be an electrically i-type (intrinsic) semiconductor.
US09425042B2	Hybrid silicon germanium substrate for device fabrication Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a semiconductor device structure. An example semiconductor device structure includes a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer, a n-type transistor structure, and a p-type transistor structure. The first buffer layer having a first germanium concentration is formed on a substrate. The second buffer layer having a second germanium concentration is formed on the substrate, the second germanium concentration being larger than the first germanium concentration. The n-type transistor structure is formed on the first buffer layer, and the p-type transistor structure is formed on the second buffer layer.
US09425041B2	Isotropic atomic layer etch for silicon oxides using no activation Methods for controlled isotropic etching of layers of silicon oxide and germanium oxide with atomic scale fidelity are provided. The methods make use of NO activation of an oxide surface. Once activated, a fluorine-containing gas or vapor etches the activated surface. Etching is self-limiting as once the activated surface is removed, etching stops since the fluorine species does not spontaneously react with the un-activated oxide surface. These methods may be used in interconnect pre-clean applications, gate dielectric processing, manufacturing of memory devices, or any other applications where accurate removal of one or multiple atomic layers of material is desired.
US09425040B2	Method of forming laminated film and forming apparatus thereof A method of forming a laminated film includes forming a silicon oxide film on a plurality of target objects loaded in a reaction chamber, and forming a silicon oxynitride film on the plurality of target objects by supplying a silicon source, an oxidizing agent and a nitride agent to the reaction chamber, wherein forming the silicon oxide film and forming the silicon oxynitride film are repeatedly performed for a predetermined number of times on the plurality of target objects to form a laminated film including the silicon oxynitride film and the silicon oxide film.
US09425038B2	Method and apparatus for forming silicon oxycarbonitride film, silicon oxycarbide film and silicon oxynitride film A method for forming a silicon oxycarbonitride film includes supplying a gas containing a silicon precursor having an oxygen-containing group onto a process surface of a workpiece, supplying a gas containing a carbon precursor onto the process surface, and supplying a nitriding gas onto the process surface subjected to the supplying a gas containing a silicon precursor and the supplying a gas containing a carbon precursor. The silicon oxycarbonitride film is formed on the process surface by the supplying the gas containing the silicon precursor, the supplying gas containing the carbon precursor and the supplying a nitriding gas without performing an oxidation process.
US09425034B2	Quasi-planar multi-reflecting time-of-flight mass spectrometer A multi-reflecting time-of-flight (MR-TOF) mass spectrometer, which includes two quasi-planar electrostatic ion mirrors extended along drift direction (Z) and is formed of parallel electrodes, separated by a field-free region. The MR-TOF includes a pulsed ion source to release ion packets at a small angle to X-direction which is orthogonal to the drift direction Z. Ion packets are reflected between ion mirrors and drift along the drift direction. The mirrors are arranged to provide time-of-flight focusing ion packets on the receiver. The MR-TOF mirrors provide spatial focusing in the Y-direction orthogonal to both drift direction Z and ion injection direction X. In a preferred embodiment, at least one mirror has a feature providing periodic spatial focusing of ion packets in the drift Z-direction.
US09425029B2	Processing apparatus having a first shield and a second shield arranged to sandwich a substrate A processing apparatus includes a supply source including a first supply source and a second supply source arranged to respectively face a first surface of a substrate and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface. The supply source is configured to supply a material to apply a process to the substrate. A shield member includes a first shield provided around the first supply source and a second shield provided around the second supply source, the first shield and the second shield being arranged to sandwich the substrate. A moving device is configured to move the first shield and the second shield to set one of a close state in which the first shield and the second shield are close to each other and a separate state in which the first shield and the second shield are separate from each other.
US09425025B2	Mixed mode pulsing etching in plasma processing systems A method for processing substrate in a chamber, which has at least one plasma generating source, a reactive gas source for providing reactive gas into the interior region of the chamber, and a non-reactive gas source for providing non-reactive gas into the interior region, is provided. The method includes performing a mixed-mode pulsing (MMP) preparation phase, including flowing reactive gas into the interior region and forming a first plasma to process the substrate that is disposed on a work piece holder. The method further includes performing a MMP reactive phase, including flowing at least non-reactive gas into the interior region, and forming a second plasma to process the substrate, the second plasma is formed with a reactive gas flow during the MMP reactive phase that is less than a reactive gas flow during the MMP preparation phase. Perform the method steps a plurality of times.
US09425005B2	Vacuum interrupter with transition areas between metal housing parts and ceramic housing parts covered by insulating material A vacuum interrupter is disclosed with transition areas between metal housing parts and ceramic housing parts covered by insulating material. To enhance dielectric performance and field grading behavior, the insulating material can extend as a tube or a multilayer tube design over at least nearly a complete length of the vacuum interrupter or vacuum device arrangement. The insulating material can be filled or at least covered at an inner surface which comes into close contact with the vacuum interrupter or vacuum device surface, with metal and/or conductive metal oxides.
US09425004B2	Reinforced pin which hinge couples a rotatable shaft to the transfer link in a circuit breaker A circuit breaker according to the present disclosure may include a movable contact configured to be brought into contact with or separated from the stationary contact; and a switching mechanism configured to switch the movable contact, wherein the switching mechanism includes a shaft rotatably installed therein; a transfer link configured to transfer a driving force from the shaft to the movable contact; and a pin configured to hinge-couple the shaft to the transfer link and insulate them from each other, and the pin is installed with a wear resistant member at a portion brought into contact with the shaft.
US09424995B2	Electrolytic capacitor An apparatus is disclosed which includes an electrolytic capacitive element with multiple capacitor sections.
US09424981B2	Inductor element A multilayer body 12 includes nonmagnetic sheets SH1a and SH1b each having an upper surface provided with a plurality of linear conductors 16, a magnetic sheet SH3 having an upper surface provided with a plurality of linear conductors 18a, and a nonmagnetic sheet SH4 having an upper surface provided with a plurality of linear conductors 18b, which are stacked one on top of another. Via-hole conductors or side-surface conductors are disposed with the multilayer body 12 so as to connect these linear conductors to one another and form an inductor. The plurality of linear conductors have a pattern that is common among at least two sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction.
US09424977B2	Thermally conductive silicone adhesive composition for reactor and reactor A thermally conductive silicone adhesive composition for a reactor, having good fluidity even when containing a large amount of thermally conductive filler to obtain a thermally conductive silicone adhesive composition, permitting potting of fine substrates, having good properties after curing, having little change in properties even with heat or moist-heat aging, and giving good adhesiveness to metals and organic resins, and a reactor potted by this composition, can be provided by making a thermally conductive silicone adhesive composition having a viscosity of 100 mPa·s at 25° C. and containing a liquid organohydrogenpolysiloxane having 2-10 hydrogen atoms bonded with silicon atoms in the molecule, containing no alkoxy groups, having at least one epoxy group bonded with a silicon atom via an alkylene group, having a polysiloxane degree of polymerization of 15 or lower, and containing a polysiloxane skeleton having a cyclic structure.
US09424974B2	Dry-type transformer and method of manufacturing a dry-type transformer A dry-type electrical transformer includes a coil assembly having at least one winding wound into a plurality of concentric turns, at least one cooling sector defined between adjacent concentric turns, spacers positioned inside the cooling sector and spaced from each other to allow a plurality of air ducts each defined between two adjacent spacers, and at least one electrical shield positioned in the cooling sector and arranged to electrically shield the air ducts. At least one electrical shield is positioned in the cooling sector and arranged to electrically shield the air ducts. The electrical shield include a first end edge connected to the turn at the inner side of the cooling sector, a second end edge which is free and electrically insulated from the surrounding parts, and a central portion extending between the first and second end edges and is positioned at the outer side of the spacers.
US09424968B2	Magnetic material for antennas, antenna, and wireless communication device A magnetic material for antennas including: an M-type hexagonal ferrite represented by the following general formula (1) as a main phase, MA.Fe12-x.MBx.O19 (wherein MA is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Sr and Ba, MB is MC or MD, MC is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Sc and In, MD is an equivalent mixture of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ti, Sn and Zr and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Ni, Zn, Mn, Mg, Cu and Co, X is a number from 1 to 5), and an average crystal particle diameter is equal to or greater than 5 μm.
US09424947B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method of program verifying the same A program method of a three-dimensional nonvolatile memory device is provided which includes executing at least one program loop including an operation of programming selected memory cells of a selected string turned on by a selected string selection transistor and an operation of verifying whether programming of the memory cells is passed; and applying a negative counter voltage to a selected word line connected to the selected memory cells of the selected string at least once during an interval of the verify operation where there are turned on string selection transistors of unselected strings connected through the same bit line as that of the selected string.
US09424945B2	Linear programming based decoding for memory devices Technologies are generally described herein for linear programming based decoding for memory devices. In some examples, a cell threshold voltage level of a memory cell is detected. An interference voltage level of an interference cell that interferes with the memory cell can be determined. The cell threshold voltage level can be decoded in accordance with a set of beliefs to determine the value of the memory cell. The set of beliefs can include a minimization of an objective function of a linear program representing inter-cell interference between the memory cell and the interference cell.
US09424943B2	Data reading device and semiconductor device The present invention provides a data reading device capable of preventing erroneous writing during an operation of reading data from a non-volatile memory element. The data reading device includes a dummy reading circuit provided with a non-volatile memory element, the writing voltage of which is lower than that of a non-volatile memory element of a data reading circuit, and a state detection circuit that detects a written state of the non-volatile memory element of the dummy reading circuit. Upon detection of erroneous writing to the non-volatile memory element of the dummy reading circuit during a data reading operation, the data reading operation is immediately terminated.
US09424937B2	Method for programming a flash memory A method of programming a flash memory is described. The method includes partitioning a flash memory into a first group having a first level of write-protection, a second group having a second level of write-protection, and a third group having a third level of write-protection. The write-protection of the second and third groups is disabled using an installation adapter. The third group is programmed using a Software Installation Device.
US09424935B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment may include a memory string including a drain selection transistor, memory cells and a source selection transistor all coupled between a bit line and a common source line, and the drain selection transistor, the memory cells and the source selection transistor configured to operate, respectively, in response to voltages applied to a drain selection line, word lines and a source selection line. The semiconductor device may include an operation circuit configured for performing a program operation. The operation circuit may be configured for sequentially performing a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation. In the first operation memory cells adjacent to the drain selection transistor may be programmed. In the second operation memory cells adjacent to the source selection transistor may be programmed. In the third operation remaining memory cells may be programmed.
US09424933B2	Nonvolatile memory system, method of operating the same and method of manufacturing the same An operating method of a nonvolatile memory system including first and second areas is provided. Data stored in the first area is migrated to the second area when a first booting operation is performed. The data stored in the second area is reprogrammed. The first booting operation is a booting operation performed when the nonvolatile memory system is first powered on after mounted on a printed circuit board. The reprogramming is a program operation performed on the data stored in the second area without performing an erasing operation on the data stored in the second area.
US09424930B2	Apparatus, system, and method for non-volatile storage element programming Methods, storage controllers, and systems for non-volatile storage element programming are described. One method includes programming user data in pages associated with a set of wordlines of an erase block of a non-volatile, solid-state storage element. The method further includes selecting at least one of the wordlines of the set programmed with the user data and restricting further programming of user data in the pages associated with the selected wordline. In some embodiments, the selected wordline occurs subsequent to the pages associated with the other wordlines of the set in a page programming order for the erase block.
US09424920B2	Memory cells, methods of forming memory cells, and methods of programming memory cells Some embodiments include methods in which a memory cell is formed to have programmable material between first and second access lines, with the programmable material having two compositionally different regions. A concentration of ions and/or ion-vacancies may be altered in at least one of the regions to change a memory state of the memory cell and to simultaneously form a pn diode. Some embodiments include memory cells having programmable material with two compositionally different regions, and having ions and/or ion-vacancies diffusible into at least one of the regions. The memory cell has a memory state in which the first and second regions are of opposite conductivity type relative to one another.
US09424917B2	Method for operating RRAM memory Methods for operating memory are disclosed. A method includes applying a select word line voltage to a word line node of a first resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell; applying a first programming voltage to a source line node of the first RRAM cell; and setting the first RRAM cell comprising applying a second programming voltage to a bit line node of the first RRAM cell. The first programming voltage is greater than zero volts, and the second programming voltage is greater than the first programming voltage. Other disclosed methods include concurrently setting and resetting RRAM cells.
US09424913B2	High-speed readable semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array and a controller. The memory cell array includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a third memory cell, and a fourth memory cell. The controller writes data having n values (n is natural numbers of 2 or more to k or less) in the second memory cell and simultaneously writes the fourth memory cell, after writing the data having the n values in the first memory cell. When reading the data from the first memory cell, the controller reads data of the first memory cell and the third memory cell which is selected simultaneously with the first memory cell and, changes a read voltage of the first memory cell based on the data read from the third memory cell.
US09424907B2	Semiconductor device suppressing BTI deterioration Disclosed herein is a device includes a command generation circuit that activates first and second command signals, an internal circuit that includes a plurality of transistors that are brought into a first operation state when at least one of the first and second command signals is activated, and an output gate circuit that receives a first signal output from the internal circuit, the output gate circuit being configured to pass the first signal when the second command signal is deactivated and to block the first signal when the second command signal is activated.
US09424906B2	Timing controller with delay time units for a semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of memory units respectively comprising a plurality of memory cells. A data bus is shared by the memory units and transfers data from the memory units or to the memory units. A timing controller includes a delay time unit shared by the memory units sharing the data bus. The timing controller is configured to output a control signal for driving the memory units after a predetermined delay time elapses since receiving an input signal.
US09424903B2	Memory apparatus and memory device To provide a memory apparatus capable of operating at high speed with less current and inhibiting a decrease in an amplitude of a readout signal.A memory apparatus includes a memory device at least including a memory layer, a magnetic fixed layer, and an intermediate layer made of a non-magnetic body disposed between the memory layer and the magnetic fixed layer; current being capable of flowing in a lamination direction; a wiring for supplying current flowing to the lamination direction; and a memory control unit for storing information by flowing standby current at a predetermined level to the memory device via the wiring to incline the magnetization direction of the memory layer from the direction perpendicular to a film surface and flowing recording current that is higher than the standby current via the wiring to change the magnetization direction of the memory layer.
US09424893B2	Systems and methods for acoustic wave enabled data storage The present disclosure provides systems and methods for storing, reading, and writing data using particle-based acoustic wave driven shift registers. The shift registers may physically shift particles along rows and/or columns of wells through the interactions of two parallel surfaces. A transducer may generate an acoustic wave to displace one or more of the two parallel surfaces. The particles may be transferred to and/or otherwise constrained by a buffer surface during at least a portion of the acoustic wave, such that the particles may be shifted during one or more cycles of the acoustic wave. In various embodiments, the amplitude of the acoustic wave may correspond to the spacing distance between each of the wells. The wells may be physical and/or potential wells.
US09424891B2	Methods and devices for temperature sensing of a memory device Methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed involving a memory device. In one embodiment, a memory device is disclosed that includes a command error module of the memory device operably coupled to at least one of a command signal and an address signal and configured to detect and report a parity error on the command signal, the address signal, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, a memory device may include a temperature sensor operably coupled to a mode register. The temperature sensor may be configured to sense a device temperature and report a temperature status. Furthermore, the memory device may be incorporated into a memory module, which may be included in an electronic system.
US09424884B2	Content shuffling system and method A video system (10) includes a digital viewing device (22) having a display (32), a plurality of discrete video clips that are each associated with a first stack, and a video clip display sequencer defining an order for sequential display of the video clips in the first stack on the display (32) of the digital viewing device (22). The video clips in the first stack are unrelated to each other in terms of plot, and associations of each of the video clips with the first stack are selectively defined using the digital viewing device (22). At least a portion of the order for sequential display is determined substantially randomly by the digital viewing device (22).
US09424881B2	Selective placement of progress bar Methods and apparatus are disclosed for selecting the placement of a progress bar that is displayed on top of audiovisual content being presented on a display device when a viewer issues a “trick-play” command to change the rate at which the audiovisual content is being presented, such as rewind, pause, or fast-forward. The placement of the progress bar is selected such that it does not obscure audiovisual content used by the viewer to determine how long to issue the trick-play command.
US09424879B1	Data storage device with adaptive data capacity A data storage device can have one or more data bits that are stored on a data storage medium and accessed with a transducing head. The data bits may be organized on the data storage medium to provide a surface data capacity. A performance degradation can be predicted for the transducing head by a controller connected to the transducing head. In response to the predicted performance degradation, the surface data capacity of the data storage medium is decreased.
US09424875B2	Content-receiving device A content receiver comprises: an acceptance unit for accepting a designation of a recording medium to which contents are to be output; a license information acquiring unit for acquiring output license information describing the output requirements of the contents; and an output unit for outputting the contents to the designated recording medium. The output license information includes usage time limit information indicating the time limit of using the contents in an output destination. The output unit acquires the usage time limit information from the output license information for the contents, and sets the acquired usage time limit information to a management information storing area in the designated recording medium, thereby managing the time period of using the contents in the recording medium even if the copyright protection of the recording medium, which is an export destination, has a function to manage the time period of using the contents.
US09424865B2	Near field transducer anneal for heat assisted magnetic recording A method for annealing a metal antenna of a near field optical transducer of a magnetic write element without inadvertently heat damaging the read element. A heating element is placed within a write head build in a cerf region outside of the active area of the read and write heads. A layer of thermally conductive, electrically insulating material is formed over the heating element to separate the heating element from the antenna. The thermally conductive, electrically insulating layer is preferably in contact with the antenna. A current can be applied to the heating element to heat the antenna to a temperature that is at or above the operating temperature of the optical transducer. After annealing, the heater element can be removed by the lapping process that is used to define the media facing surface of the head.
US09424864B2	Data management for a data storage device with zone relocation Managing data stored on media of a Data Storage Device (DSD) using zone relocation. At least a portion of the media is logically divided into a plurality of zones and zones are identified with access counts greater than or equal to a threshold. The access count for each of the identified zones indicates a number of times data in the zone has been read or written. Data is relocated from at least one zone of the identified zones to at least one destination zone on the media to reduce a data access time between the identified zones.
US09424859B2	System to control audio effect parameters of vocal signals A vocal effect processing system may include an effect modification module configured to selectively and dynamically apply effects to an input audio signal in accordance with a degree of likelihood that the input audio signal includes a vocal signal and/or based on a proximate location of a source of vocal audio with respect to a vocal microphone. Determination of the degree of likelihood that the input audio signal includes a vocal signal and/or the proximate location may be based on processing of the input audio signal or a plurality of input audio signals. Determination of the proximate location may alternatively, or in addition, be estimated based on a proximity sensor. The effect modification module may dynamically and selectively adjust the effects in response to changes in the degree of likelihood that the vocal signal is included in the input audio signal and/or changes in the estimated proximate location.
US09424854B2	Method and apparatus for processing audio data A method for processing audio data includes determining a first common scalefactor value for representing quantized audio data in a frame. A second common scalefactor value is determined for representing the quantized audio data in the frame. A line equation common scalefactor value is determined from the first and second common scalefactor values.
US09424850B2	Method and apparatus for allocating bit in audio signal A method and an apparatus for allocating bits in an audio signal. The method includes dividing a frequency band of an audio signal into a plurality of subbands, quantizing a subband normalization factor of each subband; and an energy attribute of an audio signal of the corresponding group; allocating coding bits to at least one group, where a sum of coding bits allocated to the at least one group is the number of coding bits of the audio signal; and allocating the coding bits allocated to the at least one group to each subband in each group of the at least one group. In a case of a low or medium bit rate, the embodiments of the present invention can, by means of grouping, ensure relatively stable allocation of previous and subsequent frames and reduce impact of global allocation on partial discontinuity.
US09424848B2	Method for secure transactions utilizing physically separated computers A secure transaction method involves establishing an electronically accessible verification site authorized by the holder of a credit or debit card, and accessing the verification site by a merchant to determine whether a request for goods or services is authorized. The request for goods or services is based upon the use of the credit or debit card, but the card is not physically presented. The verification site is an electronic mail account which may be established by the merchant, card holder or other authorized person or entity. An authorization message is preferably sent from the site to the merchant in response to the step of accessing the verification site by the merchant. The verification site may also be wirelessly accessible, enabling an authorization message to be delivered through a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, or other mobile device.
US09424847B2	Bandwidth extension parameter generation device, encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, bandwidth extension parameter generation method, encoding method, and decoding method A bandwidth extension parameter generation device includes: a derivation unit which derives a high-band signal representing a high-band portion of an input sound signal; and a calculation unit which calculates a tone parameter and a floor parameter, the tone parameter indicating a magnitude of energy of a tone component of the high-band signal, the floor parameter indicating a magnitude of energy of a floor component obtained by subtracting the tone component from the high-band signal.
US09424842B2	Speech recognition system including an image capturing device and oral cavity tongue detecting device, speech recognition device, and method for speech recognition A speech recognition system is to be used on a human subject. The speech recognition system includes an image capturing device, an oral cavity detecting device and a speech recognition device. The image capturing device captures images of lips of the subject during a speech of the subject. The oral cavity detecting device detects contact with a tongue of the subject and distance from the tongue of the subject, and accordingly generates a contact signal and a distance signal. The speech recognition device processes the images of the lips and the contact and distance signals so as to obtain content of the speech of the subject.
US09424839B2	Speech recognition system that selects a probable recognition resulting candidate A system has a speech recognition unit 2 including a first recognition engine capable of recognizing predetermined word strings and a second recognition engine capable of recognizing parts of the word strings; and a deciding unit 4 that selects, in accordance with a difference between the durations of first and second recognition resulting candidates, which are recognition results of the speech recognition by the first and second recognition engines 2a and 2b, one or more probable recognition resulting candidates from the first and second recognition resulting candidates.
US09424837B2	Voice authentication and speech recognition system and method A method for configuring a speech recognition system comprises obtaining a speech sample utilized by a voice authentication system in a voice authentication process. The speech sample is processed to generate acoustic models for units of speech associated with the speech sample. The acoustic models are stored for subsequent use by the speech recognition system as part of a speech recognition process.
US09424834B2	Method and system for reading fluency training A non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to be executed by a processor. The code causes the processor to receive a request from a user of a client device to initiate a speech recognition engine for a web page displayed at the client device. In response to the request, the code causes the processor to (1) download, from a server associated with a first party, the speech recognition engine into the client device; and then (2) analyze, using the speech recognition engine, content of the web page including text in an identified language to produce analyzed content based on the identified language, where the content of the web page is received from a server associated with a second party. The code further causes the processor to send a signal to cause the client device to present the analyzed content to the user at the client device.
US09424831B2	Voice synthesizing having vocalization according to user manipulation A voice synthesizing apparatus includes a manipulation determiner configured to determine a manipulation position which is moved according to a manipulation of a user, and a voice synthesizer configured to generate, in response to an instruction to generate a voice in which a second phoneme follows a first phoneme, a voice signal so that vocalization of the first phoneme starts before the manipulation position reaches a reference position and that vocalization from the first phoneme to the second phoneme is made when the manipulation position reaches the reference position.
US09424821B2	Piccolo A piccolo comprising a conical-bore headjoint, and a cylindrical-bore main body having toneholes of particular size disposed at particular intervals along the length of the body.
US09424817B2	Fully-adjustable capo for stringed musical instruments A tuning apparatus for a musical instrument is provided. The apparatus includes a clamp, a plurality of string-contacting members, and a string-contacting member spacing adjustment mechanism. The clamp removably attaches to a desired longitudinal position on the instrument's neck. Each member is rotatably supported by the clamp and rotates thereon independently of the other members. Each member also adjustably impinges upon and urges a given string or course thereof on the instrument toward a user-selectable one of three different longitudinal positions on the neck's front surface, these positions including a home position, a home−1 position, and a home+1 position. The mechanism allows a user to adjust the location of the members as a group on the clamp so as to substantially center the plane of rotation of each member over a different string or course thereof, and to maintain substantially equal spacing between each different adjacent pair of members.
US09424808B2	Image cropping manipulation method and portable electronic device The invention discloses an image cropping manipulation method for use in a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device comprises a touch screen and an image processing unit. The method comprises: displaying a sub-image on the touch screen, the sub-image is cropped from a digital image; receiving a user input from the touch screen; in response to the user input, map the user input to an operation on the digital image; and performing the operation to update the sub-image.
US09424806B2	Presenting data in a graphical overlay A method for displaying data in a graphical overlay includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time.
US09424802B2	Assistance for color recognition Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for processing a color image for a color blind person to perceive color variation within the color image. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, a color image is received from an image capture device or other means. Each area of the color image having one of a specific color or color combination is determined. A pattern is generated based on the one of the specific color or color combination. A pattern overlay of the generated pattern is rendered on a display device.
US09424781B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display is disclosed. The organic light emitting display includes a display panel having subpixels; a data driving part for supplying a data signal to the display panel; a compensation circuit part for sensing the subpixels; a power generation part for generating and outputting power to be supplied to the display panel and the data driving part; a voltage line wired between an output terminal of the power generation part and the display panel, the voltage line to transmit a voltage output from the power generation part to the display panel; and a power control part for controlling the voltage line.
US09424779B2	Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof An organic light emitting display device includes a scan driving unit supplying a first scan signal and a second scan signal to each of a plurality of scan lines; a data driving unit supplying data signals to each of a plurality of data lines to be synchronized with the second scan signal; pixels positioned at intersections of the scan lines with the data lines, receiving bias power when the first scan signal is supplied, and receiving the data signals when the second scan signal is supplied.
US09424777B2	Organic light-emitting diode display An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a display panel including pixels and having first and second end portions opposing each other, and a center portion therebetween. First and second power supply voltage lines extend from the first end portions to the second end portions. A third power supply voltage line having first and second ends are respectively formed in the first and center portions. A fourth power supply voltage line has first and second ends respectively formed in the first and second end portions. A power supply unit is formed adjacent to the first end portion and configured to apply a first power supply voltage to the first ends of the first and second power supply voltage lines and a second power supply voltage to the first end of the third power supply voltage line.
US09424768B2	System and method for universal 3D viewing device A signal format definition data appropriate for a rendering device used to present alternate-frame sequencing based 3D material is identified and the identified signal format definition data is thereafter used to decode received synchronization signals associated with the rendering device. A shutter of a universal viewing device may thus be controlled as a function of the decoded synchronization signals associated with the rendering device to thereby allow for viewing of the alternate-frame sequencing based 3D material.
US09424766B2	Method of displaying stereoscopic images, and stereoscopic image display device A method of displaying stereoscopic images includes synchronizing a first image frame with a first shutter in accordance with a first shutter control signal and synchronizing a second image frame with a second shutter in accordance with a second shutter control signal, adding a first modification voltage to the first and second shutter control signals for a first time period after a start point of a shutter open period, adding a second modification voltage to the first and second shutter control signals for a second time period before an end point of the shutter open period, and alternately opening the first shutter and the second shutter based on the first shutter control signal and the second shutter control signal.
US09424764B2	Sign holder assembly with mounting member A sign holder assembly comprises a support member and a mounting member. The support member includes a substantially planar panel and a plurality of rails. The plurality of rails rearwardly extend from a surface of the substantially planar panel and define at least one reception track extending between two adjacent ones of the plurality of rails. The mounting member includes a main body, a coupling rail, and a magnet. The main body includes a bottom end and two opposing side surfaces. The magnet is secured to the bottom end and is configured to selectively and magnetically couple with a top spine of a separate display fixture. The coupling rail is coupled to one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body. The coupling rail is slidably secured within the at least one reception track such that the support member is supported relative to the separate display fixture.
US09424763B2	Messaging sign having a reversible fastening system for moveable display articles A messaging sign apparatus is provided. The messaging signs includes a frame, and a moveable article. The frame includes an article receiving section along an inner body thereof and an article receiving opening on an outer surface and leading into the article receiving section. The moveable article is positioned in the article receiving section and moveable through the article receiving opening. The moveable article includes a first position notch positioned between a distal end and a leading end of the moveable article to engage the frame and secure one end of the moveable article within the frame and an opposite end positioned outside the frame.
US09424754B2	Methods and systems for briefing aircraft procedures Methods and systems are provided for providing procedure information associated with an aircraft procedure onboard an aircraft. An exemplary method involves obtaining a briefing sequence for the aircraft procedure and providing the procedure information via the output device, wherein the procedure information is provided in accordance with the briefing sequence. When the output device is realized as an audio output device, the procedure information is sequentially provided auditorily via the audio output device. In one or more embodiments, the procedure information is sequentially indicated on a display device onboard the aircraft in concert with the auditorily provided procedure information.
US09424750B2	Vehicle control system, specific object determination device, specific object determination method, and non-transitory storage medium storing specific object determination program A vehicle control system includes: an anti-collision safety control unit executing anti-collision safety control for avoiding or alleviating a collision with an object including a reflection point on the basis of positional information about the reflection point, output from a positional information output unit; and a cancellation unit calculating an index value that increases with a duration of a state where a variation in a position of the reflection point in a direction perpendicular to a vehicle travelling direction is smaller than a predetermined amount and that, when the index value exceeds a threshold, issues a command such that the anti-collision safety control unit does not execute anti-collision safety control over the reflection point. When it is determined that the vehicle is travelling near a curve entrance, the cancellation unit increases the threshold as compared with when it is determined that the vehicle is not travelling near a curve entrance.
US09424747B2	Vehicle counting methods and systems utilizing compressed video streams This disclosure provides method and systems of recording a predetermined event associated with a moving object, the predetermined event captured with an image capturing unit and one or more of the associated frames compressed, producing one or more motion vectors. According to one exemplary embodiment, vehicle counting is performed based on motion vectors produced during the data compression process, either inline or offline.
US09424746B2	System and method for setting warning reference of advanced driver assistance system A system and method for setting a warning reference of an advanced driver assistance system are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, vehicle information based on a driving condition from a telematics terminal and calculating statistical data for each item of the vehicle information based on the collected vehicle information. In addition, the controller is configured to store the statistical data in a database and calculate at least one time series risk index based on statistical data and a computation weight table stored in the database. The time series risk index is then transmitted to the telematics terminal.
US09424744B2	Method and apparatus for traffic management A method for determining travel time of a vehicle on a road, wherein the vehicle is operable within a mobile communication network, comprising: collecting historical communication events of a mobile user in order to obtain travel samples, wherein the historical communication events indicate when the mobile user travelled along a monitored road; determining a cell handover sequence from the historical communication events; determining from the cell handover sequence, one of more road segments of the monitored road; determining the travel time of the one or more road segments according to the travel time samples; selecting, for an undetermined road segment of the monitored road for which the real-time travel time is not determined from the collected historical communication events, a candidate mobile user that is most likely to appear on the undetermined road segment; actively positioning the candidate mobile user to obtain positioning information; and returning to the step of collecting communication events of a mobile user currently on a monitored road with the active positioning as one communication event for the candidate mobile user, to determine the real-time travel time of the undetermined road segment.
US09424742B1	Notification system, method, and computer application based on decision rules for evaluating a plurality of utility meter conditions Various methods and systems are directed to a meter alert system that provides surveillance of meters and other components of a utility system. The meter alert system obtains, via a user interface, specification of one or more meter conditions among a list of meter conditions. The meter alert system generates a rule for a utility metering device according to the meter conditions, wherein the rule is associated with a utility metering device identifier of the utility metering device. The meter system executes the rule, wherein an execution of the rule generates an alert in response to at least one of the first meter condition being satisfied or the second meter condition being satisfied. The meter alert system transmits a notification message in response to the alert being generated.
US09424741B2	Combined sense signal generation and detection In an exemplary implementation, a detection circuit for regulating a power converter is configured to receive a combined sense signal comprising a first sense signal from the power converter superimposed with a second sense signal from the power converter. The detection circuit is further configured to generate a first detect signal from the combined sense signal and generate a second detect signal from the combined sense signal. The first detect signal can correspond to the first sense signal and the second detect signal can correspond to the second sense signal. The detection circuit can generate a filtered signal corresponding to the first sense signal from the combined sense signal to generate the first detect signal from the combined sense signal. Also, the detection circuit can generate an offset signal based on the combined sense signal to generate the second detect signal from the combined sense signal.
US09424739B2	Self powered wireless system Apparatus for a self-powered wireless transmitter system. One such system includes an inductor, a delay circuit, and a transmitter with an antenna. The magnet interacting with the inductor generates both power and a trigger signal. The inductor generates sufficient power for the transmitter to transmit a wireless signal corresponding to when the magnet interacts with the inductor. Precise timing is insured by the inductor being connected to the trigger input of the transmitter unit and the delay circuit adding a short delay to the signal from the inductor with the delayed signal connected to the supply voltage connection of the transmitter. The transmitter transmits the wireless signal upon being energized through the delay circuit.
US09424738B2	Automatic updates to a remote control device A method includes detecting that a particular media device is communicatively coupled to one or more media devices in a set of media devices; in response to detecting that the particular media device is communicatively coupled to the one or more media devices in the set of media devices: automatically sending one or more remote operating codes, for remotely controlling the particular media device, to a remote control device.
US09424737B2	User management of a response to a system alarm event A system and method for managing a response to an alarm event for an alarm system monitoring a premises are provided. The premises is associated with at least one user device. The system includes a monitoring device including a processor programmed to: determine whether an alarm event has triggered at the premises, determine whether a user response message associated with the at least one user device has been received, and in response to receiving the user response message, cause an indicator at a remote monitoring center to indicate whether the user wants at least one response action.
US09424736B2	Asset-based weather and event alerts In an approach for asset management, a processor identifies the location of an asset. A processor receives information specific to the location of the asset. A processor determines that an alert is required based on at least the asset, the location of the asset, and the information specific to the location of the asset. A processor generates an alert.
US09424726B2	System and method for global safety communication Systems and methods are provided herein describe a global safety system for workers in hazardous locations such as electrical Class 1/Division 1 locations. In at least one example, a user will carry a user device that is approved for the hazardous electrical locations. This device will monitor for safety-triggering events such as a lack of user movement, a press of an emergency button, or any other indication of an emergency. Once a safety-triggering event is detected, the user device will transmit an alert to a user station outside of the hazardous electrical location. In turn, the user station will transmit an alert to a remote station regarding the status of the user device.
US09424722B2	Smart memory material lock devices Tracking device embodiments, comprising: portable housing with a locking mechanism; band latched about a wrist; tampering detection device to detect tampering with the band, comprising: power source; latch configured to latch one end of the band within the housing; a shape memory material component connected to the latch; an electrical circuit for controlling the power source to heat the shape memory material component to cause the shape memory material component to change from a first length/shape to a second length/shape during supply of power to perform a locking function; a timer; two-way network communication device; a tracking element; tampering signal generation circuit. In embodiments, a tamper resistant container cap, comprises: cap housing releasably lockable to an open end of a container and a locking mechanism using a shape memory material component.
US09424718B2	Symbol match apparatus and method for game A method and apparatus of aggregating a randomly distributed number of symbol images to a population of consumers using mobile communication devices to scan consumer products or promotional messages. The virtual game card puzzles on the communication devices are populated by the symbols in an order to complete a card and earn a prize or an entry for a drawing to win a prize.
US09424713B2	Gameplay-altering portable wagering media Portable wagering media may be utilized to alter play of wagering games.
US09424709B2	Gaming machine A gaming machine with more gaming excitement is provided. The gaming machine includes: a lamp body provided with LEDs so that the lighting state thereof is viewable from the outside; a sensor configured to detect a player's gesture with respect to the lamp body 132; and a controller used to start a game, the controller starting the detection of the player's gesture by the sensor at a timing corresponding to the state of the game, and causing the LEDs to emit light in a light emission mode in sync with the detected player's gesture while the player's gesture is being detected.
US09424708B2	Parking meter A parking meter comprises a meter base (50), a meter cover (60), and a meter mechanism (10). A coin path (20) is provided at a lower section of a front panel (11) of a shell of the meter mechanism (10), the lower section of the front panel (11) comprising a first panel (111) and a second panel (112) in a step form, the first panel (111) protruding relative to the second (112). The parking meter further comprises a slider (30) comprising an slider upper section (31) and a slider lower section (32) in a step form. A through hole (114) facilitating passing through of the slider (30) is provided on a joint wall (113) of the first panel (111) and the second panel (112) and below the coin path (20); a sliding groove (40) facilitating upward and downward sliding of the slider (30) is provided on the second panel (112).
US09424701B2	Electronic lock and key assembly A locking device comprises a key that comprises a key power coil and a key data coil and an electronically-actuatable lock comprising a lock power coil and a lock data coil. The key power coil and the lock power coil are coaxial and at least partially overlapping one another when the key engages the lock. The key data coil lies in a first plane and the lock data coil lies in a second plane. The first plane and the second plane are substantially parallel to one another.
US09424700B2	Electronic lock having usage and wear leveling of a touch surface through randomized code entry An electronic lock that requires the user complete a wear leveling action prior to entering in the passcode. The wear leveling action causes the user to touch one or more portions of the touch interface that may not be associated with the passcode to distribute wear of the touch interface. These area(s) of the touch interface selected for the wear leveling actions could be determined based on a pseudorandom number generator and/or by tracking usage of the touch interface to identify less used areas.
US09424699B2	Electronic access control and location tracking system A method and system that allows authorized individuals access into controlled access locations and the ability to grant temporary and limited access to guests into these locations. The method and system allows for navigational services to be provided to members and guests, and real-time tracking and confirmation to members and administrators that guests have arrived at their destination and did not enter any unauthorized areas. The method preferably can work through a system of wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons communicating with member and guest's electronic devices. Members and administrators can send one or more temporary electronic access keys to a guest's smartphone or other electronic device. Wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons provide an access control and location tracking system with real-time data about the member and guest whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking.
US09424695B2	Code evaluator tool with urgency indicator A diagnostic tool and method are provided wherein the diagnostic tool can be configured to communicate a message including indicators to indicate the condition of the vehicle using a database and the DTCs present in the vehicle. The message can indicate for each DTC retrieved from the vehicle, the level of repair urgency and whether the vehicle can be driven without damaging the vehicle through one or both of a display and a speaker.
US09424686B2	Graphics processing circuit having second vertex shader configured to reuse output of first vertex shader and/or process repacked vertex thread group and related graphics processing method thereof A graphics processing circuit includes a buffer, a first vertex shader, and a second vertex shader. The first vertex shader generates at least coordinate values of a plurality of vertices to the buffer. The second vertex shader reads at least a portion of buffered coordinate values from the buffer, and reuses at least the portion of the buffered coordinate values to generate a value of at least one user-defined variable.
US09424684B2	System, method, and computer program product for simulating light transport A system, method, and computer program product are provided for simulating light transport. In operation, a distribution function is decomposed utilizing a technique for sampling from a probability distribution (e.g. the Alias Method, etc.). Additionally, light transport associated with at least one scene is simulated utilizing information associated with the decomposed distribution function.
US09424681B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for realizing an intuitive operation to issue an instruction to move an object in a virtual three-dimensional space or the like, to an operator who performs operations while looking at an image of the virtual three-dimensional space.The information processing device in this disclosure includes a control unit that controls a CG image generating unit in response to an input of parameters of three axial directions through a three-dimensional operating unit. The control unit changes the amount of control of the CG image generating unit in accordance with the input parameters, to cause an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to vary between where a virtual camera is associated with the three-dimensional operating unit and where an object is associated with the three-dimensional operating unit. This disclosure can be applied to a video editing device for editing broadcast video images.
US09424674B2	Tomographic imaging of multiphase flows Tomographic reconstruction is performed of cross-sectional images of downhole or surface multiphase flows containing water (brine), oil, and gas phases. Measures are obtained of digital transmission (or analog attenuation) and also of analog transit time to form two views of the same cross sectional flow in a location of interest in a flow conduit. The measures are then merged by synthesizing a composite image of the multiphase flows. Rather than performing a complex tomographic reconstruction requiring a large number of calculations, measures are also obtained directly from the tomographic pattern which can be used to reconstruct an approximation of the cross sectional flow by the superposition of circles of variable position, radius and density representing flow patterns.
US09424665B1	System and method for signals transmission in complex scattering environments using interaction of the waves with a nonlinear object A system and method for safe communication in a complex scattering environment is achieved by means of providing a passive nonlinear object in the wave propagation environment which nonlinearly interacts with the waves to create an exclusive communication channel between the nonlinear object and any point where the waves can be collected. Excitations generated by the nonlinearity in the time-reversal mirror are gathered, time-reversed, and retransmitted into the environment. The retransmitted signals arrive and are reconstructed exclusively at the location of the nonlinear object or linear object depending on the linearity or nonlinearity of the retransmitted sonas. The principles of the system and method are useful in numerous applications where signal communication or power delivery is desired to an object whose location is not known or dynamically changed in an exclusive, highly localized, precise, and secure fashion.
US09424660B2	Media encoding using changed regions A method and system for media encoding using changed regions. The method includes detecting the changed regions and a static portion of a desktop of a computing device. The amount of changed regions may be determined. The changed regions may be encoded in response to the amount of changed regions.
US09424651B2	Method of tracking marker and electronic device thereof Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for tracking a marker. The method of tracking a marker by an electronic device includes: detecting a position of a marker in a first frame; tracking a position of the marker in a second frame based on the position of the marker detected in the first frame; and estimating a 3D position based on the tracked position of the marker. Further, the method of tracking a marker is implemented through various embodiments.
US09424647B2	Visual-based inertial navigation A method includes: receiving sensor measurements from a pre-processing module, in which the sensor measurements include image data and inertial data for a device; transferring, using a processor, information derived from the sensor measurements, from a first set of variables associated with a first window of time to a second set of variables associated with a second window of time, in which the first and second windows consecutively overlap in time; and outputting, to a post-processing module, a state of the device based on the transferred information.
US09424642B2	Extraction of myocardial contour points One of the preferred embodiments includes: (a) creating a summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data by summing a plurality of 3D nuclear medicine imaging data pixel by pixel; (b) determining pixels corresponding to myocardial regions in the summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data; (c) defining a plurality of tracing directions based on the summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data, and determining a reference myocardial center base point, a reference inner myocardial wall base point and a reference outer myocardial wall base point for each of the tracing directions; (d) determining a phase-specific myocardial center base point for each of the tracing directions for each of the phases; and (e) seeking a difference between the reference myocardial center base point and the phase-specific myocardial center base point, and determining a phase-specific inner myocardial wall base point and a phase-specific outer myocardial wall base point.
US09424637B2	Vessel segmentation method and apparatus using multiple thresholds values A vessel segmentation method includes acquiring an image of a blood vessel, including cross sections, using a contrast medium. The method further includes setting a threshold value for each of the cross sections based on data of an intensity of the contrast medium. The method further includes performing vessel segmentation based on the image and the threshold value for each of the cross sections.
US09424628B2	Identifying gray regions for auto white balancing Examples of the disclosure accurately define a gray region for automatic white balancing. Ratios corresponding to possible gray areas are white balanced before color distance metrics are calculated with respect to white points under different light sources. The color distance metrics of each point in the image data are compared with a predetermined threshold value to identify a gray region. Gray points within a captured image are identified using the gray region and input to any AWB method to accurately white balance the captured image.
US09424625B2	Method and apparatus for performing interpolation based on transform and inverse transform Provided are a method and apparatus for interpolating an image. The method includes: selecting a first filter, from among a plurality of different filters, for interpolating between pixel values of integer pixel units, according to an interpolation location; and generating at least one pixel value of at least one fractional pixel unit by interpolating between the pixel values of the integer pixel units by using the selected first filter.
US09424609B2	Interactive account management system and method Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented interactive account management system operated in cooperation with a financial institution on behalf of multiple account holders. The interactive account management system may include a financial networking engine implemented by a processor for defining a financial network for each account holder and for identifying each member of an account holder financial network based on stored account information and account holder input. The system may additionally include interactive processing components for processing information to provide collaborative interaction between the members of the account holder financial network defined by the financial networking engine and user interface presentation tools for displaying financial guidance and collaborative interaction interfaces and inviting active participation from the financial network members.
US09424608B2	Generating and delivering a wrap package of cards including custom content and/or services in response to a vehicle diagnostic system triggered event Delivery of a wrap package “on the fly” in reply to a vehicle onboard diagnostic (OBD) system triggered event. When a notice of the event is received, a wrap package, including custom content presented within a plurality of cards arranged in one or more linear sequences, is automatically authored. The custom content encompasses, but is not limited to, one or more media types, application functionality and/or e-commerce related services. In one embodiment, the custom content pertains to a specific code generated by the OBD system that corresponds to the event. In another embodiment, the triggered event is an accident.
US09424603B2	Mobile location notifications system and method Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining the location of a mobile merchant, and performing further processing based on the determined location. Transaction data for a transaction conducted by a mobile merchant is electronically received at a server computer. The server computer determines a location of the mobile merchant based on the transaction data, and performs further processing based on the location of the mobile merchant.
US09424599B2	Proximity device and method for bundling of products and/or services A process stores, at a data storage device within a product and/or a product package, data associated with a bundle of products and/or services. Further, the process sends, from a proximity-based device within the product and/or the product package, the data to a mobile device when the mobile device is within a proximity to the proximity-based device.
US09424598B1	Visual search in a controlled shopping environment Various embodiments enable a customer to quickly search additional information (e.g., product variations, sizes, price and availability) related to a specific product. For example, the customer can request additional information of a specific product by submitting an image of the specific product from a computing device. In one embodiment, location of the customer can be determined based on the image submitted by the customer. Product features can be extracted from the image according to various imaging processing and text recognition algorithms and then used to match products that are within view of the customer. A search results with additional information of the specific product can be provided to the computing device for presentation to the customer.
US09424589B2	Systems and methods for enabling and managing ordering information within a network Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment including enabling selection between a plurality of counter services, receiving information relating to the selected counter service, enabling customization of the order for the selected counter service, transmitting the selection information, customization information and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled, and receiving completion data from the one of the plurality of remotes devices when the order is fulfilled.
US09424588B2	Systems and methods for data collection and providing coupons at a point of return Systems and methods are described for collecting data at a merchant's point of return for use in processing a merchandise return transaction that is being requested by a customer. In various embodiments, the data may be collected using a wide variety of data collection technologies and may be used in conjunction with stored data, including data collected from other merchants, by a return authorization system to make a determination whether to accept or deny the requested merchandise return and whether to provide a coupon to the customer. The data may additionally or alternatively be used to determine whether to issue a warning to the customer about limitations on future return transactions presented by the customer. Examples of data categories that may be collected include, but are not limited to, information about: the merchant, the customer, the requested transaction, the merchandise being returned, one or more receipts, a clerk processing the transaction, and other general applicable information.
US09424580B2	Table for storing parameterized product/services information using variable field columns Computer implemented systems store descriptions of multiple different types of marketplace items as a collection of parameter-value pairs, using a table having a plurality of rows and columns, wherein values for at least two of the items are stored in cells of first and second ones of the rows, respectively; keys that provide information that can be used to decipher differential mappings of a plurality of the columns to a plurality of parameters in different ones of the rows; and one or more interfaces that collectively display previously stored parameters and values to a human end-user.
US09424576B2	Methods and systems of creating a payment record with a cryptographically secure audit trail A method of creating a secure audit trail for transactions may include, by a host electronic device, for each of a plurality of transactions, receiving, from a client electronic device, a transaction details document that summarizes the transaction, generating a document hash by performing a first cryptographic hash function on the received transaction details document, and identifying metadata associated with the transaction. The method may include generating an entry hash associated with the plurality of transactions by performing a second cryptographic hash function on at least the document hash of each transaction in the plurality of transactions and the metadata associated with each transaction in the plurality of transactions, and storing the entry hash in an entry in a transaction log database.
US09424571B1	System and method for a mobile wallet A computer-implemented system and method for providing offers to a mobile device includes receiving at least one offer from at least one merchant at an offer computer system and determining, by the offer computer system, an offer to present on the mobile device based on at least one characteristic of a user of the mobile device, the offer providing the user a discount from a price of a product or service. The method includes receiving a request for a code to provide to a merchant, the code being generated for the mobile device that belongs to the user. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device, an indication from the user to use the offer and sending, by the offer computer system, to the mobile device an offer code to be displayed on the mobile device to be received by a merchant.
US09424567B2	Authentication method and system A method and system capable of authenticating transactions involving at least one service provider and one or more users who are each in electronic communication. This electronic communication can be, for example, SMS, MMS, e-mail or online account messaging. Certain embodiments provide for the transaction to be an authentication and/or verification of an entity. Examples of such entities are products, actions and users.
US09424566B2	Payment processing system for use in a retail environment having segmented architecture A payment processing system and method comprising a POS module providing an interface to effect sales of FGS in a retail environment, a device module operatively connected to at least one retail device configured to supply FGS and comprising a card reader adapted to receive a first payment card data for payment for the FGS, wherein the device module is adapted to control operation of the at least one retail device, and a payment system module operatively connected to the POS module and the device module, the payment system module adapted to validate payment for the FGS. The payment system module and the device module are separated from the POS module in order to segment a portion of the payment processing system configured to handle payment card data from a portion of the system that does not handle payment card data.
US09424561B2	System for scheduling routing rules in a contact center based on forecasted and actual interaction load and staffing requirements A system for scheduling resources and rules for routing includes a server connected to a network, a scheduling application executable from the server, and at least one programmable software agent for scheduling routing rules. The scheduling application receives statistics about forecast arrival rates for incoming interactions and current resource availability data and schedules resources and routing rules according to the forecast requirements the software agent propagating the portion of scheduling relative to the routing rules.
US09424558B2	Positioning of components in a user interface In particular embodiments, a client computing device of a user provides for presentation a user interface that includes one or more components. The client computing device may receive an indication of a message to the user. The client computing device may automatically modify the user interface to accommodate presentation of an interactive element associated with the message. The client computing device may modify the user interface at least in part by automatically modifying one or more of the components. The client computing device may automatically provide for presentation the user interface as modified and the interactive element associated with the message.
US09424550B2	Charging for operator-assisted sessions in IMS networks IMS networks and methods are disclosed for charging for operator-assisted sessions. To perform the charging, an operator assistance application server (AS) acts as an interface between an operator system (legacy or IMS) and charging systems for the IMS network. When an operator-assisted session is initiated in the IMS network, the operator assistance AS receives a session initiation message in SIP, and transmits the session initiation message to the operator system to allow the operator system to collect charging information from an end user. The operator assistance AS then receives a service request message from the operator system that includes the collected charging information, and detects a charging event. The operator assistance AS generates a Diameter charging request message, maps the charging information from the service request message to the Diameter charging request message, and transmits the Diameter charging request message to a charging system to charge for the operator-assisted session.
US09424545B1	Geospatial construction task management system and method Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing geospatial worksite management for large-scale construction projects are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a geographic map of a construction site and a construction schedule including multiple tasks. The computing device may display the geographic map and receive a selection of a geographic location on the geographic map. The computing device may determine that a first set of tasks is associated with the geographic location and may display an object associated with the first set of tasks overlaid on the geographic map at the determined geographic location. The object may represent a structure to be constructed at the construction site.
US09424544B2	Archival management of business processes in a cloud environment A method for archival management of business processes in a cloud environment is provided. In one aspect, the method comprises archiving managed pool including one or more versions of a business process instance or business process execution in a cloud computing environment. The method further comprises a provisioning manager of the cloud computing environment that requests or tasks provisioning, deprovisioning, decommissioning or deleting the one or more versions of a business process instance or business process execution. For each of the requests or tasks, a restore manager of the cloud environment determines, if the managed pools of virtual instances contain a business process management environment or a business process archive manager environment. The restore manager further recreates a previous version of the one or more versions of the business process instance or business process execution based on the determination.
US09424542B2	Device for communicating between aircraft flight personnel and the ground, and method implementing said device A system for communicating between a commercial aircraft and the base of the airline that chartered the same when the aircraft is itself located on the ground during the flight preparation phases and before unloading the commercial freight or passengers. A method implements such a communication system by the commercial flight staff and/or the aircraft captain to prepare a flight and the commercial freight unloading phase.
US09424539B2	Systems and methods for defining best practices, managing best practices, and validating service models Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for managing best practices in modeling information technology (IT) services. An architecture for validating a service model using a plurality of best practices (PBPs) provides separation of concern between the service model and selection of best practices by enabling an independent selection of the service model and the PBPs. A best practice precedence (BPP) is configured to disambiguate conflicts between the PBPs and select a selected best practice (SBP) from the PBPs. A validation engine validates a compliance or non-compliance of the service model with the SBP. A refined service model is generated by combining selective portions of the SBP with the service model.
US09424533B1	Method and system for predicting an outcome of an event Specification covers new algorithms, methods, and systems for artificial intelligence, soft computing, and deep learning/recognition, e.g., image recognition (e.g., for action, gesture, emotion, expression, biometrics, fingerprint, facial, OCR (text), background, relationship, position, pattern, and object), large number of images (“Big Data”) analytics, machine learning, training schemes, crowd-sourcing (using experts or humans), feature space, clustering, classification, similarity measures, optimization, search engine, ranking, question-answering system, soft (fuzzy or unsharp) boundaries/impreciseness/ambiguities/fuzziness in language, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computing-with-Words (CWW), parsing, machine translation, sound and speech recognition, video search and analysis (e.g. tracking), image annotation, geometrical abstraction, image correction, semantic web, context analysis, data reliability (e.g., using Z-number (e.g., “About 45 minutes; Very sure”)), rules engine, control system, autonomous vehicle, self-diagnosis and self-repair robots, system diagnosis, medical diagnosis, biomedicine, data mining, event prediction, financial forecasting, economics, risk assessment, e-mail management, database management, indexing and join operation, memory management, and data compression.
US09424530B2	Dataset classification quantification Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include selecting a training dataset including training instances having respective training features, and applying a classifier to the training dataset, thereby generating a training classification that assigns, to each of the training instances, one of a plurality of categories, the classifier having an expected classification. A classification bias is detected in the training classification relative to the expected classification, and in response to the classification bias, a calibration matrix is defined based on the training features, and the classification bias. A production dataset including production instances is selected, and the classifier and the calibration matrix are applied to the production dataset, thereby generating a production classification quantification that assigns, to each of the production instances, one of the plurality of categories.
US09424529B2	Systems and methods to facilitate local searches via location disambiguation Systems and methods use machine learning techniques to resolve location ambiguity in search queries. In one aspect, a dataset generator generates a training dataset using query logs of a search engine. A training engine applies a machine learning technique to the training dataset to generate a location disambiguation model. A location disambiguation engine uses the location disambiguation model to resolve location ambiguity in subsequent search queries.
US09424527B2	Information processing system, network structure learning device, link strength prediction device, link strength prediction method and program An information processing system separately generates sample sequences from a posterior distribution of each random variable in a probability model representing the structure of a template network that serves as a template for a plurality of networks whose network structures are to be learned, and from a posterior distribution of each random variable in a probability model representing the structures of the plurality of networks, using learning data and hyperparameters relating to the plurality of networks. Next, the information processing system derives a predictive value of the strength of a link specified by an external variable based on the external variable and on the sample sequences.
US09424525B1	Forecasting future states of a multi-active cloud system An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for forecasting future states of a multi-active cloud. The method, computer program product and computer system may include a computing device that determines the operating state of the passive server. The operating state of the passive server is one or more of a deploying state and a smoke testing state. The computing device may determine the probability of the operating state successfully completing. The computing device may delay the second asynchronous workflow until the operating state successfully completes based on the probability of the operating state successfully completing exceeding a predetermined value.
US09424523B2	Providing computable guidance to relevant evidence in question-answering systems A computer-based system includes a computer-processable definition of a region in a data set. The system identifies a region of the data set based on the definition of the region. The system provides output to a user representing a question and the identified region of the data set. The system may also automatically generate an answer to the question based on the question and the data set, and provide output to the user representing the answer. The system may generate the answer based on a subset of the data set, and provide output to the user representing the subset of the data set. The user may provide feedback on the first answer to the system, which the system may use to improve subsequent answers to the same and other questions, and to disable the system's automatic question-answering function in response to disagreement between the user and the system.
US09424521B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods of analyzing spatial, temporal and contextual elements of data for predictive decision-making A computer-implemented system and method of analyzing spatial, temporal and contextual elements of data for predictive decision-making. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a first set of rules and receiving first data and second data including spatial, temporal and contextual elements. The computer-implemented method also includes identifying each rule of the first set for which the received first data and the received second data is a respective candidate. For the identified rules for which the received first data is a candidate, and for the identified rules for which the received second data is a candidate, the respective received first data and received second data is indexed by its temporal, spatial or contextual elements as a function of the identified rules. The computer-implemented method also includes identifying an event as satisfying an identified rule in memory using the indexed first and second data.
US09424516B2	Comprehensive human computation framework Technologies for a human computation framework suitable for answering common sense questions that are difficult for computers to answer but easy for humans to answer. The technologies support solving general common sense problems without a priori knowledge of the problems; support for determining whether an answer is from a bot or human so as to screen out spurious answers from bots; support for distilling answers collected from human users to ensure high quality solutions to the questions asked; and support for preventing malicious elements in or out of the system from attacking other system elements or contaminating the solutions produced by the system, and preventing users from being compensated without contributing answers.
US09424497B2	Printer system There is provided a printer system including a printer apparatus configured to be controlled by a controller having a configuration of which at least a part is different for each client. A printing processor is configured to execute printing processing on a medium. A tray state detector is configured to detect a tray state indicating whether or not there is the medium on a destination tray to which the medium on which the printing processing has been executed is discharged. A printing processing control unit is configured to control whether or not to execute the printing processing in the printer apparatus on the basis of the tray state, when the controller is changed.
US09424483B2	Method and device for measuring the verticality of a container A method of measuring lean on a container driven in rotation comprises: taking at least one image of the container to obtain images of the left and right edges of the ring, the matrix images of the left and right edges of the heel, of the shoulder, and/or of the base of the neck; analyzing the images of the left and right edges of the ring to determine the real position of the ring; and the matrix images of the left and right edges to determine a left positioning point Tg and right positioning point Td; and determining the theoretical position of the ring on a perpendicular to the straight line segment passing through the left and right positioning points; and based on variations in the differences between the real position and the theoretical position of the ring, deducing a measurement of the lean of the container.
US09424464B2	Monitoring system, monitoring method, monitoring program, and recording medium in which monitoring program is recorded A monitoring system for monitoring a target is described. The monitoring system extracts features of a person's face from an image obtained from the face of the person and determines whether the person's face matches a person included in a list containing facial features of multiple individuals.
US09424462B2	Object detection device and object detection method To provide an object detection device and an object detection method in which incorrect grouping based on a range image can be prevented, processing is implemented including: generating a range image based on a pair of gray-scaled images (S603); grouping adjacent regions having range data representing close distances in the range image (S604); calculating differences between the luminance values of pixels in a vertical line below a ground plane above which objects are imaged and the luminance values of pixels in a vertical line above the ground plane in the gray-scaled images and dividing the group region into laterally separated sub-regions (S605); and determining whether or not there is a section without vertical edge in either of the left and right areas of each of sub-regions made based on the gray-scaled images and merging sub-regions whose areas including a section without vertical edge are next to each other (S607).
US09424461B1	Object recognition for three-dimensional bodies Various embodiments utilize two-dimensional (“2D”) and three-dimensional (“3D”) object features for purposes such as object recognition and/or image matching. For example, a user can capture an image (e.g., still images or video) of an object and can receive information about items that are determined to match the object. For example, the image can be analyzed to detect visual features (e.g., corners, edges, etc.) of the object and the detected visual features can be combined to generate a combined visual feature vector which can be used for object recognition, image matching, or other such purposes. Other approaches utilize the image to generate a 3D model of the object represented in the image, which can be used to determine at least one object or types of objects that match the object represented in the image.
US09424458B1	Systems and methods for performing fingerprint based user authentication using imagery captured using mobile devices Technologies are presented herein in support of a system and method for performing fingerprint recognition. Embodiments of the present invention concern a system and method for capturing a user's biometric features and generating an identifier characterizing the user's biometric features using a mobile device such as a smartphone. The biometric identifier is generated using imagery captured of a plurality of fingers of a user for the purposes of authenticating/identifying the user according to the captured biometrics and determining the user's liveness. The present disclosure also describes additional techniques for preventing erroneous authentication caused by spoofing. In some examples, the anti-spoofing techniques may include capturing one or more images of a user's fingers and analyzing the captured images for indications of liveness.
US09424442B2	Nonvolatile memory and electronic device The embodiments of the present invention disclose a nonvolatile memory and an electronic device, where each time the nonvolatile memory is powered on, an exchanger is used to implement a random exchange of at least one address subsignal and its inverted signal in a bank decoder and/or a row decoder in a bank and/or a column decoder in a bank, which causes that data stored before the nonvolatile memory is powered off is interrupted when the nonvolatile memory is powered off and then powered on and that data stored in the nonvolatile memory cannot be read sequentially from original storage addresses to achieve an encrypting effect and increase security of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory.
US09424438B2	Privacy leakage protection A client device securely transfers personal information to a third-party website. The client device stores personal information of a user and encrypts personal information requested by the third-party website, so that the third-party website can decrypt and retrieve the personal information, and so that a remote proxy server facilitating the transfer of personal information from the client device to the third-party website cannot read the encrypted personal information and has no access to unencrypted personal information.
US09424435B2	Filesystem access for web applications and native code modules One embodiment provides a system that facilitates the execution of a web application. During operation, the system allocates a storage space on one or more storage devices for use by the web application. Next, the system creates, for the web application, a private filesystem comprising a private root directory within the storage space. Finally, the system enables access to the private filesystem for the web application through the private root directory in a manner that does not allow access to a host filesystem associated with the one or more storage devices from the web application.
US09424431B2	Protecting operating system configuration values using a policy identifying operating system configuration settings In a pre-operating system environment on a device prior to loading and running an operating system on the device, a policy identifying configuration settings for the operating system is obtained. The operating system itself is prevented from changing this policy, but the policy can be changed under certain circumstances by components of the pre-operating system environment. The policy is compared to configuration values used by the operating system, and the operating system is allowed to boot with the configuration values if the configuration values satisfy the policy. However, if the configuration values do not satisfy the policy, then a responsive action is taken.
US09424428B2	Method and system for real time classification of events in computer integrity system Method and system using a designated known secure computer for real time classification of change events in a computer integrity system are disclosed. In the embodiment of the invention, the known secure computer, having only inbound connection, is dedicated for providing permissible change events, which are compared with change events generated on client operational computers. An alert is generated when the change event at the client operational computer and the respective permissible change event provided by the known secure computer mismatch.
US09424419B1	Automatic rotation and storage of security credentials A system and method for a credentials agent that automatically rotates and stores security credentials usable at least in part to authenticate calling applications with a computing resource service provider. Upon determining that a first set of credentials are due to be rotated, the credentials agent may obtain a second set of credentials and store the second set of credentials in a data store. The credentials agent may give notice to a calling application that the first set of credentials is due to be rotated, whereupon the calling application may obtain the second set of credentials and be authenticated to access a resource of the computing resource service provider at least in part by providing the second set of credentials. The authorization system provides visualizations and alerts to administrators of unexpected states that may be caused by misconfigured applications or malicious users.
US09424418B2	Information processing device and method for switching password input mode The present invention discloses an information processing device and the switching method for the password input mode thereof. The information processing device includes a usage scene monitoring unit configured to monitor the usage scene or the usage environment of the information processing device and a password input switching unit, configured to judge the usage scene or the usage environment of the information processing device 1 based on the output of the usage scene monitoring unit and to determine whether the password input mode should be switched based on the judgment result.
US09424417B2	Secure current movement indicator Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory processor-readable storage media for authenticating a computing device to access functionalities. An embodiment method may include operations for receiving in the computing device a signal from a proximity beacon device, obtaining from the received signal information that indicates whether the proximity beacon device has detected movement, determining whether the obtained information matches stored data corresponding to the proximity beacon device, performing an abbreviated authentication operations for the computing device to access the functionalities when it is determined that the obtained information from the received signal matches the stored data, and performing a normal authentication operations for the computing device to access the functionalities when it is determined that the obtained information from the received signal does not match the stored data.
US09424407B2	Weak password support in a multi-user environment Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for supporting weak password authentication in a multi-user application environment. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for supporting weak password authentication in a multi-user application environment can be provided. The method can include acquiring log in data for a log in attempt by an end user amongst end users in a multi-user application. The method also can include messaging the log in data to others of the end users for subjective analysis by the others of the end users in detecting an unauthorized log in attempt.
US09424406B2	Asset protection based on redundantly associated trusted entitlement verification A system and method of managing a plurality of assets by associating a smart card with a compute subsystem by installing a database on the smart card and embedding an identifier of the compute subsystem. The system and method, in turn, may receive a request to access an asset of a compute subsystem; verify that a feature of the database is enabled in response to the request, the feature corresponding to the asset; and grant the access to access the asset upon the verifying of the feature.
US09424396B2	Computational systems and methods for monitoring medication events Computer-based systems and computer-implemented methods are described for monitoring medication events for an individual. Computer-based systems include systems for monitoring medication events relating to an individual, including: circuitry for analyzing data for an identifier of a first medication event for an individual; circuitry for analyzing the data for at least one attribute of an individual; circuitry for analyzing the data for at least one attribute relating to a medication during the first medication event; circuitry for analyzing the data for at least one feature of visual information and at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event; circuitry for analyzing the received data for a time associated with the first medication event; circuitry for determining a compliance likelihood for the first medication event based on the analyzes of the received data; and circuitry for indicating the determined compliance likelihood.
US09424395B2	Method and system for sensitivity analysis in modeling blood flow characteristics Methods for determining cardiovascular information for a patient include receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's vasculature; creating an anatomic model representing at least a portion of the patient's vasculature based on the patient-specific data; and creating a computational model of a blood flow characteristic based on the anatomic model. The method also includes identifying one or more of an uncertain parameter, an uncertain clinical variable, and an uncertain geometry; modifying a probability model based on one or more of the identified uncertain parameter, uncertain clinical variable, or uncertain geometry; determining a blood flow characteristic within the patient's vasculature based on the anatomic model and the computational model; and calculating, based on the probability model and the determined blood flow characteristic, a sensitivity of the determined fractional flow reserve to one or more of the identified uncertain parameter, uncertain clinical variable, or uncertain geometry.
US09424393B2	Method, apparatus, and system for reading, processing, presenting, and/or storing electronic medical record information A method for accessing, processing, presenting, and/or storing electronic medical record (EMR) information on a touch-sensitive display includes reading EMR information, displaying at least a portion of the EMR information on a touch-sensitive sliding timeline, detecting finger swipe or similar gestures, and scrolling the sliding timeline so that a different portion of the EMR information is displayed chronologically on the touch-sensitive sliding timeline. The resolution of the timeline can be expanded or collapsed in response to pinch gestures. The timeline is divided into a columns, each column including icons representing medical related events. A second timeline having a different time resolution from the first timeline is used for navigating the medical related events. Different levels of detail regarding the medical related events can be viewed in different detail panes. An EMR access device and system are also disclosed, which are configured to access and present EMR information.
US09424388B2	Dividing lithography exposure fields to improve semiconductor fabrication In an approach to determine one or more exposure areas in a reticle field and associated lithography process parameters for the one or more exposure areas, a computer receives a semiconductor design and sends the semiconductor design to a design analysis program. Additionally, the computer receives data from the design analysis program. Furthermore, the computer determines the one or more exposure areas in the reticle field, and at least one lithography process parameter for each exposure area of the one or more exposure areas in the reticle field based, at least in part, on the data received from the design analysis program, the semiconductor design, and one or more clustering algorithms associated with the design analysis program.
US09424377B2	Simulation method and simulation device A state of a particle which was in a liquid state at a first time is calculated at a second time after the first time when a continuum including a liquid and a solid is represented by the plurality of particles. It is determined whether the particle has become a first solid particle at the second time. The first solid particle and all particles belonging to a solid which includes a second solid particle arranged in a predetermined range from the first solid particle are defined as particles belonging to the same solid when it is determined that the particle which was in the liquid state at the first time has become the first solid particle at the second time. The state of each of the particles belonging to the same solid is calculated using an equation of motion of a rigid body.
US09424376B2	Enhanced neutronics systems Illustrative embodiments provide for the operation and simulation of the operation of fission reactors, including the movement of materials within reactors. Illustrative embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, nuclear fission reactors and reactor modules, including modular nuclear fission reactors and reactor modules, nuclear fission deflagration wave reactors and reactor modules, modular nuclear fission deflagration wave reactors and modules, methods of operating nuclear reactors and modules including the aforementioned, methods of simulating operating nuclear reactors and modules including the aforementioned, and the like.
US09424366B1	Reducing power consumption in ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to accessing data stored in Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM). According to an aspect of the described systems and techniques, a device includes: several blocks of TCAM (Ternary Content Addressable Memory); a hash RAM (Random Access Memory); and processor electronics configured to pre-process control records to (i) identify a subset of bits of the control records, giving priority to bits with no X value, (ii) load the hash RAM based on the identified subset of the bits to be used for hashing of search records to find locations in the several blocks of TCAM, and (iii) order the control records in the several blocks of TCAM in accordance with the identified subset of the bits.

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