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US09450093B2	Semiconductor device structure and manufacturing method thereof Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including receiving a FinFET precursor including a fin structure formed between isolation regions, and a gate structure formed over a portion of the fin structure such that a sidewall of the fin structure is in contact with a gate spacer of the gate structure; patterning the fin structure to comprise a pattern of at least one upward step rising from the isolation region; forming a capping layer over the fin structure, the isolation region, and the gate structure; performing an annealing process on the FinFET precursor to form at least two dislocations along the upward step; and removing the capping layer.
US09450087B2	Semiconductor device, and manufacturing method for same A semiconductor device has a source region, a channel region, and a drain region disposed in order from the surface of the device in the thickness direction of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source metal embedded in a source contact groove penetrating the source region and reaching the channel region, a gate insulating film formed on the side wall of a gate trench that is formed so as to penetrate the source region and the channel and reach the drain region, a polysilicon gate embedded in the gate trench so that at least a region facing the channel region in the gate insulating film is covered with the polysilicon gate and so that all of the polysilicon gate is placed under a surface of the source region, and a gate metal that is embedded in a gate contact groove formed in the polysilicon gate so as to reach the depth of the channel region and that is in contact with the polysilicon gate.
US09450081B2	High voltage GaN transistor A multiple field plate transistor includes an active region, with a source, a drain, and a gate. A first spacer layer is over the active region between the source and the gate and a second spacer layer over the active region between the drain and the gate. A first field plate on the first spacer layer is connected to the gate. A second field plate on the second spacer layer is connected to the gate. A third spacer layer is on the first spacer layer, the second spacer layer, the first field plate, the gate, and the second field plate, with a third field plate on the third spacer layer and connected to the source. The transistor exhibits a blocking voltage of at least 600 Volts while supporting a current of at least 2 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 5.0 mΩ-cm2, of at least 600 Volts while supporting a current of at least 3 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 5.3 mΩ-cm2, of at least 900 Volts while supporting a current of at least 2 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 6.6 mΩ-cm2, or a blocking voltage of at least 900 Volts while supporting a current of at least 3 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 7.0 mΩ-cm2.
US09450080B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The semiconductor device is manufactured by the following method. A first oxide semiconductor film is formed over a first gate electrode and a first insulating film, oxygen is added to the first oxide semiconductor film, and then a second oxide semiconductor film is formed over the first oxide semiconductor film. Then, heat treatment is performed. Next, part of the first insulating film, part of the first oxide semiconductor film, and part of the second oxide semiconductor film are etched to form a first gate insulating film having a projection. Next, a pair of electrodes is formed over the second oxide semiconductor film, and a third oxide semiconductor film is formed over the second oxide semiconductor film and the pair of electrodes. Then, a second gate insulating film is formed over the third oxide semiconductor film, and a second gate electrode is formed over the second gate insulating film.
US09450072B2	Replacement gate structure for enhancing conductivity After formation of a gate cavity straddling at least one semiconductor material portion, a gate dielectric layer and at least one work function material layer is formed over the gate dielectric layer. The at least one work function material layer and the gate dielectric layer are patterned such that remaining portions of the at least one work function material layer are present only in proximity to the at least one semiconductor material portion. A conductive material having a greater conductivity than the at least one work function material layer is deposited in remaining portions of the gate cavity. The conductive material portion within a replacement gate structure has the full width of the replacement gate structure in regions from which the at least one work function material layer and the gate dielectric layer are removed.
US09450068B2	Method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device In a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a JFET, a trench is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a channel layer and a second gate region are formed on an inner wall of the trench. The channel layer and the second gate region are planarized to expose a source region. A first recess deeper than a thickness of the source region is formed on both leading ends of the trench, and an activation annealing process of 1300° C. or higher is conducted in an inert gas atmosphere. A first conductivity type layer formed by the annealing process to cover a corner which is a boundary between a bottom and a side of the first recess is removed.
US09450067B2	Semiconductor devices comprising aluminum oxide A semiconductor structure comprising aluminum oxide. The semiconductor structure comprises a dielectric material overlying a substrate. The aluminum oxide overlies the dielectric material in a first region of the structure. A second region of the structure includes a first titanium nitride portion overlying the dielectric material, magnesium over the first titanium nitride portion, and a second titanium nitride portion over the magnesium. Methods of forming the semiconductor structure including aluminum oxide are also disclosed.
US09450065B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first stacked structure body, a first semiconductor layer, a first organic film, a first semiconductor-side insulating film, and a first electrode-side insulating film. The first stacked structure body includes a plurality of first electrode films stacked along a first direction and a first inter-electrode insulating film provided between the first electrode films. The first semiconductor layer is opposed to side faces of the first electrode films. The first organic film is provided between the side faces of the first electrode films and the first semiconductor layer and containing an organic compound. The first semiconductor-side insulating film is provided between the first organic film and the first semiconductor layer. The first electrode-side insulating film provided between the first organic film and the side faces of the first electrode films.
US09450063B2	Semiconductor device and method A semiconductor device is disclosed. One embodiment includes a lateral HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor) structure with a heterojunction between two differing group III-nitride semiconductor compounds and a layer arranged on the heterojunction. The layer includes a group III-nitride semiconductor compound and at least one barrier to hinder current flow in the layer.
US09450050B2	Lateral super junctions with high substrate breakdown and build in avalanche clamp diode This invention discloses configurations and methods to manufacture lateral power device including a super-junction structure with an avalanche clamp diode formed between the drain and the gate. The lateral super-junction structure reduces on-resistance, while the structural enhancements, including an avalanche clamping diode and an N buffer region, increase the breakdown voltage between substrate and drain and improve unclamped inductive switching (UIS) performance.
US09450047B1	Semiconductor structure having enlarged regrowth regions and manufacturing method of the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including: an insulation region including a top surface; a semiconductor fin protruding from the top surface of the insulation region; a gate over the semiconductor fin; and a regrowth region partially positioned in the semiconductor fin, and the regrowth region forming a source/drain region of the semiconductor structure; wherein a profile of the regrowth region taken along a plane perpendicular to a direction of the semiconductor fin and top surfaces of the insulation region includes a girdle, an upper girdle facet facing away from the insulation region, and a lower girdle facet facing toward the insulation region, and an angle between the upper girdle facet and the girdle is greater than about 54.7 degrees.
US09450043B2	Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.
US09450041B2	Stackable high-density metal-oxide-metal capacitor with minimum top plate parasitic capacitance A system including first and second plurality of conductors stacked along a first axis on a substrate. The first axis is perpendicular to a plane on which the substrate lies. In the first and second plurality of conductors, each conductor is connected to an adjacent conductor by one or more first vias arranged along the first axis. The first and second plurality of conductors are arranged in parallel along a second axis (i) perpendicular to the first axis and (ii) parallel to the plane on which the substrate lies. The first plurality of conductors respectively lie on a plurality of planes (i) perpendicular to the first axis and (ii) parallel to the plane on which the substrate lies. The second plurality of conductors respectively lie on the plurality of planes. Capacitances are formed along the plurality of planes between the first plurality of conductors and the second plurality of conductors.
US09450038B2	Flexible display 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.
US09450034B2	Display devices and methods of manufacturing display devices A display device includes a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, display structures at the display region of the substrate, a plurality of blocking structures at the peripheral region of the substrate wherein the blocking structures have heights different from each other, an organic layer on the display structures and the blocking structures, and an inorganic layer on the organic layer.
US09450032B2	Light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device A novel light-emitting device with small power consumption, which can be formed with high productivity, is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel. The first pixel includes a first light-emitting element and a first optical element, the second pixel includes a second light-emitting element and a second optical element, and the third pixel includes a third light-emitting element. A first light-emitting layer or a second light-emitting layer is shared among the first to third light-emitting elements. Furthermore, the first light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting material having a spectrum peak in the range of higher than or equal to 540 nm and lower than or equal to 580 nm, and the second light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material having a spectrum peak in the range of higher than or equal to 420 nm and lower than or equal to 480 nm.
US09450026B2	Semiconductor device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes at least two control electrodes, a plurality of semiconductor layers and an insulating film. Each control electrode extends in a first direction. The semiconductor layers are provided between the control electrodes, and arranged in the first direction. Each semiconductor layer extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The insulating film covers side surfaces of the semiconductor layers, and is disposed between the control electrodes. Each semiconductor layer has a side surface that includes at least one curved surface swelling in a direction from a center of the semiconductor layer to the insulating film.
US09450000B2	Photodiode of high quantum efficiency A photodiode includes at least one central pad arranged on a light-receiving surface of a photodiode semiconductor substrate. The pad is made of a first material and includes lateral sidewalls surrounded by a spacer made of a second material having a different optical index than the first material. The lateral dimensions of the pad are smaller than an operating wavelength of the photodiode. Both the first and second materials are transparent to that operating wavelength. The pads and spacers are formed at a same time gate electrodes and sidewall spacers of MOS transistors are formed.
US09449994B2	Display backplane having multiple types of thin-film-transistors There is provided a TFT backplane having at least one TFT with oxide active layer and at least one TFT with poly-silicon active layer. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of the TFTs implementing the circuit of pixels in the active area is an oxide TFT (i.e., TFT with oxide semiconductor) while at least one of the TFTs implementing the driving circuit next to the active area is a LTPS TFT (i.e., TFT with poly-Si semiconductor).
US09449991B2	Semiconductor device having circular light-blocking layer An object is to provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, which has stable electrical characteristics and improved reliability. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, insulating films each including a material containing a Group 13 element and oxygen are formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, whereby the interfaces with the oxide semiconductor film can be kept in a favorable state. Further, the insulating films each include a region where the proportion of oxygen is higher than that in the stoichiometric composition, so that oxygen is supplied to the oxide semiconductor film; thus, oxygen defects in the oxide semiconductor film can be reduced. Furthermore, the insulating films in contact with the oxide semiconductor film each have a stacked structure so that films each containing aluminum are provided over and under the oxide semiconductor film, whereby entry of water into the oxide semiconductor film can be prevented.
US09449990B2	Thin film transistor and display device Provided is a thin film transistor which is provided with an oxide semiconductor thin film layer and has a threshold voltage that does not change much due to light, a bias stress or the like, thereby exhibiting excellent stress stability. A thin film transistor of the present invention is provided with a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer composed of a single layer which is used as a channel layer, an etch stopper layer to protect a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, a source-drain electrode, and a gate insulator layer arranged between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The metal elements constituting the oxide semiconductor layer comprise In, Zn and Sn. The hydrogen concentration in the gate insulator layer in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is controlled to 4 atomic % or lower.
US09449983B2	Three dimensional NAND device with channel located on three sides of lower select gate and method of making thereof A select gate transistor for a NAND device includes a select gate electrode having a first side, a second side, and top and a bottom, a semiconductor channel located adjacent to the first side, the second side and the bottom of the select gate electrode, and a gate insulating layer located between the channel and the first side, the second side and the bottom of the select gate electrode.
US09449979B2	Ferroelectric memory device and fabrication process thereof, and methods for operation thereof A new form of a solid-state non-volatile memory cell is presented. The solid-state memory cell comprises a series of different layers of ferroelectric materials, semiconductors, ferroelectric semiconductors, metals, and ceramics, and oxides. The memory device stores information in the direction and magnitude of polarization of the ferroelectric layers. Additionally, a method is presented for storing multiple bits of information in a single memory cell by allowing partial polarization of a single ferroelectric layer and stacking of multiple ferroelectric functional units on top of each other. Additionally, a technique for reading and writing said memory cell is presented. Additionally, the memory cell design allows for the formation of Schottky barriers which act to improve functionality and increase resistance. Additionally, a method is presented for depositing textured lithium niobate thin films.
US09449975B1	FinFET devices and methods of forming In accordance with some embodiments, a device includes first and second p-type transistors. The first transistor includes a first channel region including a first material of a first fin. The first transistor includes first and second epitaxial source/drain regions each in a respective first recess in the first material and on opposite sides of the first channel region. The first transistor includes a first gate stack on the first channel region. The second transistor includes a second channel region including a second material of a second fin. The second material is a different material from the first material. The second transistor includes third and fourth epitaxial source/drain regions each in a respective second recess in the second material and on opposite sides of the second channel region. The second transistor includes a second gate stack on the second channel region.
US09449962B2	N-well/P-well strap structures Embodiments of N-well or P-well strap structures are disclosed with lower requirements achieved by forming the strap on both sides of one or more floating polysilicon gate fingers.
US09449954B2	LED with IC integrated lighting module The present disclosure involves a method of packaging light-emitting diodes (LEDs). A carrier having a first side and a second opposite the first side is provided. The carrier includes a plurality of conductive interconnect elements. An integrated circuit (IC) die is bonded to the first side of the carrier. A packaging material having light-reflective properties is molded over the first and second sides of the carrier such that the IC die is sealed by the packaging material. A portion of the packaging material is molded into a reflective cap structure. A light-emitting diode (LED) is bonded to the second side of the carrier. Sidewalls of the reflective cap structure circumferentially surround the LED. The LED and the IC die are electrically coupled together through the conductive interconnect elements in the carrier. A lens is then formed over the LED.
US09449953B1	Package-on-package assembly and method for manufacturing the same A package-on-package (PoP) assembly includes a bottom die package and a top die package mounted on the bottom die package. The bottom die package includes an interposer having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, at least one chip mounted on the first side within a chip mounting area through a plurality of bumps, a molding compound disposed on the first side, the molding compound covering the at least one chip, and a plurality of peripheral bump structures penetrating through the molding compound within the peripheral area. Each of the peripheral bump structures includes conductive pillar and a partial TMV directly stacked on the conductive pillar. A plurality of solder balls is mounted on the second side of the interposer. The top die package is electrically connected to the peripheral bump structures.
US09449952B2	Accessing or interconnecting integrated circuits Multiple integrated circuits (ICs) die, from different wafers, can be picked-and-placed, front-side planarized using a vacuum applied to a planarizing disk, and attached to each other or a substrate. The streets between the IC die can be filled, and certain techniques or fixtures allow application of monolithic semiconductor wafer processing for interconnecting different die. High density I/O connections between different IC die can be obtained using structures and techniques for aligning vias to I/O structures, and programmably routing IC I/O lines to appropriate vias. Existing IC die can be retrofitted for such interconnection to other IC die, such as by using similar techniques or tools.
US09449950B2	Semiconductor device, related manufacturing method, and related electronic device A semiconductor device may include the following elements: a first substrate; a second substrate; a dielectric layer, which may be positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and may have a hole; a first conductive member, which may be positioned in the dielectric layer; a second conductive member, which may be positioned in the dielectric layer, may be spaced from the first conductive member, and may be positioned closer to the second substrate than the first conductive member; and a third conductive member, which may contact both the first conductive member and the second conductive member through the hole.
US09449949B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device A first semiconductor chip has a first electrode pad, and a second semiconductor chip has a first through via and a second electrode pad joined to the via and aligned with the first electrode pad. A third semiconductor chip has a second through via, a third electrode pad joined to the via, wiring joined to the via, and a fourth electrode pad joined to the wiring and aligned with the second and third electrode pads. The semiconductor chips are stacked and electrically connected by joining the first to third electrode pads to one another, and gaps of the stacked body are filled with resin. The stacked body is secured to an adhesive material formed on a substrate and a solder bump formed on the substrate is joined to the fourth electrode. A molding resin encapsulates the stacked body and an adjacent surface of the substrate.
US09449948B2	Chip support substrate, chip support method, three-dimensional integrated circuit, assembly device, and fabrication method of three-dimensional integrated circuit The present invention relates to a chip support substrate including a lyophilic region 4 that is formed on the substrate and that absorbs a chip 3A, and an electrode 6 that is formed on the substrate and in the lyophilic region and that generates electrostatic force in the chip, and to a chip support method including the steps of arranging the chip onto the lyophilic region of the chip support substrate with a liquid 15, the chip support substrate comprising the lyophilic region that is formed on the substrate, and the electrode that is formed on the substrate and in the lyophilic region, and generating the electrostatic force in the chip corresponding to the electrode by applying a voltage to the electrode.
US09449946B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, which can achieve miniaturization and improvement in the integration level by forming a substrate using a pattern layer implemented on a wafer in a semiconductor fabrication (FAB) process. In one exemplified embodiment, the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device includes preparing a first semiconductor die including a plurality of through electrodes and a plurality of first conductive pillars, mounting the first semiconductor die to connect the first conductive pillars to the pattern layer provided on a wafer, forming a first encapsulant to cover the pattern layer and the first semiconductor die, mounting a second semiconductor die to electrically connect second conductive pillars provided in the second semiconductor die to the plurality of through electrodes exposed to a second surface of the first semiconductor die, and removing the wafer from a first surface of the pattern layer.
US09449945B2	Filter and capacitor using redistribution layer and micro bump layer An integrated circuit package includes a die. An electrically conductive layer comprises a redistribution layer (RDL) in the die, or a micro-bump layer above the die, or both. The micro bump layer comprises at least one micro-bump line. A filter comprises the electrically conductive layer. A capacitor comprises an electrode formed in the electrically conductive layer.
US09449943B2	Semiconductor device and method of balancing surfaces of an embedded PCB unit with a dummy copper pattern A semiconductor device has a substrate. A conductive via is formed through the substrate. A plurality of first contact pads is formed over a first surface of the substrate. A plurality of second contact pads is formed over a second surface of the substrate. A dummy pattern is formed over the second surface of the substrate. An indentation is formed in a sidewall of the substrate. An opening is formed through the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited in the opening. An insulating layer is formed over second surface of the substrate. A dummy opening is formed in the insulating layer. A semiconductor die is disposed adjacent to the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and substrate. The first surface of the substrate includes a width that is greater than a width of the second surface of the substrate.
US09449931B2	Pillar bumps and process for making same Apparatus and methods for providing solder pillar bumps. Pillar bump connections are formed on input/output terminals for integrated circuits by forming a pillar of conductive material using plating of a conductive material over terminals of an integrated circuit. A base portion of the pillar bump has a greater width than an upper portion. A cross-section of the base portion of the pillar bump may make a trapezoidal, rectangular, or sloping shape. Solder material may be formed on the top surface of the pillar. The resulting solder pillar bumps form fine pitch package solder connections that are more reliable than those of the prior art.
US09449921B1	Voidless contact metal structures Voidless contact metal structures are provided. In one embodiment, a voidless contact metal structure is provided by first providing a first contact metal that contains a void within a contact opening. The void is then opened to provide a divot in the first contact metal. After forming a dielectric spacer atop a portion of first contact metal, a second contact metal is then formed that lacks any void. The second contact metal fills the entirety of the divot within the first contact metal. In another embodiment, two diffusion barrier structures are provided within a contact opening, followed by the formation of a contact metal structure that lacks any void.
US09449920B2	Electronic device An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a transistor provided on a substrate, a transmission line provided on the substrate and connected to the transistor, an electrode pad connected to the transmission line, and a connection wiring electrically connecting the electrode pad and the transmission line through a first wiring and a second wiring. Both of the first wiring and the second wiring are connected to different positions of the electrode pad.
US09449916B2	Radio-frequency integrated circuits including inductors and methods of fabricating the same A radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a substrate, an N-type deep well region disposed in an upper region of the substrate and having a top surface coplanar with a top surface of the substrate, an inductor disposed over the N-type deep well region; and an insulation layer disposed between the inductor and the N-type deep well region, wherein the inductor is electrically insulated from the N-type deep well region by the insulation layer.
US09449915B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is located on the substrate. The dielectric layer has a plurality of openings, and side walls of the openings have concave-and-convex profile.
US09449914B2	Stacked integrated circuits with redistribution lines An integrated circuit structure includes a first and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first substrate and a first plurality of dielectric layers underlying the first substrate. The second semiconductor chip includes a second substrate and a second plurality of dielectric layers over the second substrate, wherein the first and the second plurality of dielectric layers are bonded to each other. A metal pad is in the second plurality of dielectric layers. A redistribution line is over the first substrate. A conductive plug is electrically coupled to the redistribution line. The conductive plug includes a first portion extending from a top surface of the first substrate to a bottom surface of the first substrate, and a second portion extending from the bottom surface of the first substrate to the metal pad. A bottom surface of the second portion contacts a top surface of the metal pad.
US09449912B1	Integrated circuit (IC) card having an IC module and reduced bond wire stress and method of forming An integrated circuit (IC) module for an IC card includes a plurality of IC card contacts in side-by-side relation. A dielectric support layer is above the contact layer and has a plurality of openings and a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). An IC die is above the dielectric support layer and includes a plurality of bond pads. A bond wire extends from a respective bond pad to a corresponding contact through an adjacent opening in the dielectric support layer. A respective body of fill material is within each opening and has a second CTE. A mold compound body is above the dielectric support layer, the bodies of fill material, and surrounding the IC die. The mold compound body has a third CTE. The first CTE is closer to the second CTE than to the third CTE.
US09449911B1	Fan-out wafer level package and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a wafer level package and a manufacturing method thereof. The wafer level package method includes preparing a patterned wafer, forming a recess in a position, in which a semiconductor chip is to be attached, of the patterned wafer through an etching process, fixing the semiconductor chip to the interior of the recess, and applying a passivation material to portions other than the semiconductor chip within the recess and to an upper end of the wafer. The wafer level package includes a silicon or glass wafer including a recess formed through etching and having an area larger than a semiconductor chip, a semiconductor chip fixed to the interior of the recess, and a passivation material filling an empty space other than the semiconductor chip within the recess and applied to a portion corresponding to an area larger than the semiconductor chip on an upper end of the wafer.
US09449910B2	Stress relief layout for high power semiconductor package A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: an insulating substrate; a circuit pattern having a first surface that is bonded to a first main surface of the insulating substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface on which a semiconductor element is bonded; a back surface pattern having a first surface that is bonded to a second main surface of the insulating substrate; and a heat dissipation plate bonded to a second surface of the back surface pattern opposite to the first surface of the back surface pattern. A curvature of a corner portion of the circuit pattern is greater than a curvature of a corner portion of the back surface pattern, and the corner portion of the circuit pattern is located inside the corner portion of the back surface pattern in a plan view.
US09449905B2	Plated terminals with routing interconnections semiconductor device A semiconductor package includes terminals, each having an exposed surface that is flush with a bottom surface of the semiconductor package, and a layer of interconnection routings disposed within the semiconductor package. At least one interconnection routing is electrically coupled with a terminal and extends planarly therefrom. The semiconductor package also includes at least one die coupled with the layer of interconnection routings. In some embodiments, the semiconductor package also includes one or more additional intermediary layers. Each intermediary layer includes a via layer and an associated routing layer. The associated routing layer includes associated routings. At least one associated routing is electrically coupled with a terminal and extends planarly therefrom. Each via layer couples two routing layers. The semiconductor package also includes a locking mechanism for fastening a package compound with the interconnection routings and the terminals.
US09449897B2	Chip package and method for forming the same An embodiment of the invention provides a chip package which includes: a semiconductor substrate; a device region formed in the semiconductor substrate; at least a conducting pad disposed over a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a protection plate disposed over the surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a spacer layer disposed between the surface of the semiconductor substrate and the protection plate, wherein the protection plate and the spacer layer surround a cavity over the device region, the spacer layer has an outer side surface away from the cavity, and the outer side surface of the spacer layer is not a cutting surface.
US09449891B1	Proximity switch fabrication method using angled deposition A method involves applying a voltage to a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface separated by a conductive surface gap of a distance greater than the distance required to produce a tunneling current between the first and second conductive surfaces when the voltage is applied, and using angled deposition to deposit conductive material on the first and second conductive surfaces to narrow the conductive surface gap until a tunneling current appears across the first and second conductive surfaces responsive to the applied voltage.
US09449888B2	Integrated circuit structure to resolve deep-well plasma charging problem and method of forming the same A method for forming an integrated circuit includes forming a deep n-well (DNW) in a substrate, and forming a PMOS transistor in the DNW. The method also includes forming an NMOS transistor in the substrate and outside the DNW, and forming a reverse-biased diode. The method further includes forming an electrical path between a drain of the PMOS transistor and a gate structure of the NMOS transistor. The dissipation device is also connected to the electrical path.
US09449883B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same First protective films are formed to cover side surfaces of gate electrode portions. In an nMOS region, an extention implantation region is formed by causing a portion of the first protective film located on the side surface of the gate electrode portion to function as an offset spacer and using the offset spacer as a mask, and then, cleaning is done. Since silicon nitride films are formed on surfaces of the first protective films, the resistance to chemical solutions is improved. Furthermore, second protective films are formed on the first protective films, respectively. In a pMOS region, an extention implantation region is formed by causing a portion of the first protective film and a portion of the second protective film located on the side surface of the gate electrode portion to function as an offset spacer and using the offset spacer as the mask, and then, cleaning is done.
US09449881B1	Methods of forming fins for FinFET semiconductor devices and the resulting devices A method includes forming a plurality of fins above a substrate, forming at least one dielectric material above and between the plurality of fins, and forming a mask layer above the dielectric material. The mask layer has an opening defined therein. At least one etching process is performed to remove a portion of the at least one dielectric material exposed by the opening so as to expose a top surface portion and sidewall surface portions of at least one fin in the plurality of fins. The at least one dielectric material remains above the substrate adjacent the at least one fin. An etching process is performed to remove the at least one fin.
US09449880B1	Fin patterning methods for increased process margin A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of first spacers over a substrate. A second spacer of a plurality of second spacers is deposited on sidewalls of each first spacer. In some embodiments, a spacing between adjacent first spacers is configured such that second spacers formed on sidewalls of the adjacent first spacers physically merge to form a merged second spacer. A second spacer cut process may be performed to selectively remove at least one second spacer. In some embodiments, a third spacer of a plurality of third spacers is formed on sidewalls of each second spacer. A third spacer cut process may be performed to selectively remove at least one third spacer. A first etch process is performed on the substrate to form fin regions. The plurality of third spacers mask portions of the substrate during the first etch process.
US09449877B2	Method of protecting a mounting tape during laser singulation of a wafer A method of singulating a semiconductor wafer with laser energy while the semiconductor wafer is supported on a mounting tape during singulation comprises the step of depositing a coating material onto a portion of the mounting tape adjacent to a perimeter of the semiconductor wafer to form a protective layer over the mounting tape. The semiconductor wafer is then cut with a laser beam such that the laser beam at least partially impinges upon the protective layer during cutting of the semiconductor wafer. After singulation of the semiconductor wafer, the protective layer is removed from the mounting tape.
US09449876B2	Singulation of semiconductor dies with contact metallization by electrical discharge machining A method of separating individual dies of a semiconductor wafer includes forming a metal layer on a first surface of a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer including a plurality of dies, separating the plurality of dies from one another, and electrical discharge machining the metal layer into individual segments each of which remains attached to one of the dies. A corresponding semiconductor die produced by such a method is also provided.
US09449868B2	Methods of forming semiconductor diodes by aspect ratio trapping with coalesced films A method of forming a photonic device that comprises a substrate and a dielectric material including two or more openings that expose a portion of the substrate, the two or more openings each having an aspect ratio of at least 1. A bottom diode material comprising a compound semiconductor material that is lattice mismatched to the substrate occupies the two or more openings and is coalesced above the two or more openings to form the bottom diode region. The method may further include forming a top diode material and an active diode region between the top and bottom diode materials.
US09449865B2	Electrostatic clamp, lithographic apparatus and method The present invention provides a method for containing unwanted electric charge that accumulates on the surface of the dielectric of an electrostatic clamp. One source of such charge is found to be from the triple points where conductive interconnect lines 28 and conductive burl coatings 26 contact the surface of the dielectric 20. These triple points are potted by means of an insulating material 29 such that any emitted electrons are contained. While the interconnect lines 28 are completely covered, in the case of the conductive burl coating 26 although the burl 25 cannot be completely covered by the insulating material, the triple point is moved to a region where there is no or at least only low electric field whereby there is no or only little emission of electrons.
US09449861B2	Substrate processing apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of reducing a volume occupied exclusively by a substrate processing apparatus. In order to achieve this object, a substrate processing apparatus includes: multiple processing parts that process a substrate W; a transport robot that makes rectilinear motion along one rectilinear axis or each of more rectilinear axes and rotative motion about a vertical axis to transport a substrate to each of the processing parts; a transport chamber defined as operating space for the transport robot; and a transport controller that controls operation of the transport robot. A first partial area defined in the transport chamber has a width (specifically, a width extending along a horizontal axis perpendicular to the one rectilinear axis or the more rectilinear axes) is smaller than a rotative diameter of the transport robot. The transport controller prohibits the rotative motion of the transport robot in the first partial area.
US09449859B2	Multi-gas centrally cooled showerhead design A method and apparatus for chemical vapor deposition and/or hydride vapor phase epitaxial deposition are provided. The apparatus generally include a lower bottom plate and an upper bottom plate defining a first plenum. The upper bottom plate and a mid-plate positioned above the upper bottom plate define a heat exchanging channel. The mid-plate and a top plate positioned above the mid-plate define a second plenum. A plurality of gas conduits extend from the second plenum through the heat exchanging channel and the first plenum. The method generally includes flowing a first gas through a first plenum into a processing region, and flowing a second gas through a second plenum into a processing region. A heat exchanging fluid is introduced to a heat exchanging channel disposed between the first plenum and the second plenum. The first gas and the second gas are then reacted to form a film on a substrate.
US09449855B2	Double-etch nanowire process In an aspect of this disclosure, a method is provided comprising the steps of: (a) providing a silicon-containing substrate, (b) depositing a first metal on the substrate, (c) etching the substrate produced by step (b) using a first etch, and (d) etching the substrate produced by step (c) using a second etch, wherein the second etch is more aggressive towards the deposited metal than the first etch, wherein the result of step (d) comprises silicon nanowires. The method may further comprise, for example, steps (b1) subjecting the first metal to a treatment which causes it to agglomerate and (b2) depositing a second metal.
US09449853B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device comprising electron trap layer A semiconductor device in which the threshold is adjusted is provided. In a transistor including a semiconductor, a source or drain electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor, a gate electrode, and an electron trap layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor, the electron trap layer includes crystallized hafnium oxide. The crystallized hafnium oxide is deposited by a sputtering method using hafnium oxide as a target. When the substrate temperature is Tsub (° C.) and the proportion of oxygen in an atmosphere is P (%) in the sputtering method, P≧45−0.15×Tsub is satisfied. The crystallized hafnium oxide has excellent electron trapping properties. By the trap of an appropriate number of electrons, the threshold of the semiconductor device can be adjusted.
US09449848B2	Manufacturing method for semiconductor device, annealing device, and annealing method According to one embodiment, the manufacturing method for the semiconductor device according to the embodiment includes carrying out ion implantation to the semiconductor layer and forming an amorphous layer on the surface of the semiconductor layer, and a heat treatment process using microwave annealing at a temperature higher than or equal to 200° C. and lower than or equal to 700° C. and single crystallizes the amorphous layer.
US09449847B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by thermal treatment with hydrogen A semiconductor device is manufactured by forming semiconductor elements extending between a front surface and a rear side of a semiconductor layer. This includes forming a porous area at a surface of a semiconductor body that includes a porous structure in the porous area, forming the semiconductor layer on the porous area by epitaxial growth so as to have a thickness in a range of 5 μm to 200 μm, and forming semiconductor regions including source, drain, body, emitter, base and/or collector regions in a front surface of the semiconductor layer by ion implantation. After forming the semiconductor regions, hydrogen is introduced into the porous area by a thermal treatment, activating a reallocation of pores and causing cavities to be generated. The semiconductor layer is separated from the semiconductor body along the porous area. After the separation, rear side processing is applied to the semiconductor layer.
US09449844B2	Etching method, etching apparatus, and storage medium An etching method for anisotropically etching a Cu film on a substrate surface includes providing a substrate having a Cu film on a surface thereof in a chamber and supplying an organic compound into the chamber while setting the inside of the chamber to a vacuum state and irradiating an oxygen gas cluster ion beam to the Cu film. The etching method further includes oxidizing Cu or the Cu film to a copper oxide by oxygen gas cluster ions in the oxygen gas cluster ion beam and anisotropically etching the Cu film by reacting the copper oxide and the organic compound.
US09449834B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor devices including PMOS devices having embedded SiGe A method of fabricating semiconductor device is provided. First, a recess having a substantially rectangular cross section is formed in a substrate. Then, oxide layers are formed on sidewalls and bottom of the recess by oxygen ion implantation process, wherein oxide layer on sidewalls of recess is thinner than oxide layer on bottom of recess. Thereafter, oxide layer on sidewalls of recess is completely removed, and only a portion of oxide layer on bottom of recess remains. Then, sidewalls of recess are shaped into Σ form by orientation selective wet etching using oxide layer remained on bottom of recess as a stop layer. Finally, oxide layer on bottom of recess is removed. By forming oxide layer on bottom of recess and using it as stop layer in subsequent orientation selective wet etching, the disclosed method can prevent a Σ-shaped recess with a cuspate bottom.
US09449829B1	Semiconductor process A semiconductor process includes the following steps. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate. A barrier layer is formed on the dielectric layer. An ammonia thermal treatment process with a processing temperature of 650° C.˜700° C. and a nitrogen containing gas annealing process with a processing temperature of 900° C.˜1000° C. are sequentially performed on the barrier layer. The present invention also provides a semiconductor process including the following steps. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate. A first nitrogen containing thermal treatment process is performed on the dielectric layer. A barrier layer is formed on the dielectric layer. A second nitrogen containing thermal treatment process and then an annealing process are performed in-situ on the barrier layer.
US09449826B2	Graded well implantation for asymmetric transistors having reduced gate electrode pitches In sophisticated semiconductor devices, an asymmetric transistor configuration may be obtained on the basis of an asymmetric well implantation while avoiding a tilted implantation process. For this purpose, a graded implantation mask may be formed, such as a graded resist mask, which may have a higher ion blocking capability at the drain side compared to the source side of the asymmetric transistor. For instance, the asymmetric configuration may be obtained on the basis of a non-tilted implantation process with a high degree of performance gain and may be accomplished irrespective of the technology standard under consideration.
US09449823B2	Method for manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device In a state where a silicon carbide substrate having a first main surface and second main surface opposite to each other is fixed to a base material having a higher flexibility than the silicon carbide substrate, silicon carbide on a side of second main surface of silicon carbide substrate is removed, and an electrode is formed on the second main surface. The base material has an area which is smaller than or equal to an area of the first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate. In the step of fixing silicon carbide substrate to the base material, the base material is arranged at a position of covering a center of the first main surface so that the base material does not extend beyond an outer circumference of the first main surface.
US09449815B2	Method of growing gallium nitride based semiconductor layers and method of fabricating light emitting device therewith Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of growing gallium nitride-based semiconductor layers through metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, including disposing a substrate in a chamber, growing a first conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer on the substrate at a first chamber pressure, growing a gallium nitride-based active layer on the first conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer at a second chamber pressure higher than the first chamber pressure, and growing a second conductivity-type gallium nitride-based semiconductor layer on the active layer at a third chamber pressure lower than the second chamber pressure.
US09449814B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A problem in the conventional technique is that metal contamination on a silicon carbide surface is not sufficiently removed in a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using a monocrystalline silicon carbide substrate. Accordingly, there is a high possibility that the initial characteristics of a manufactured silicon carbide semiconductor device are deteriorated and the yield rate is decreased. Further, it is conceivable that the metal contamination has an adverse affect even on the long-term reliability of a semiconductor device. In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using a monocrystalline silicon carbide substrate, there is applied a metal contamination removal process, on a silicon carbide surface, including a step of oxidizing the silicon carbide surface and a step of removing a film primarily including silicon dioxide formed on the silicon carbide surface by the step.
US09449813B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, substrate processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which is capable of increasing the controllability of the concentration of carbon in a film by increasing the yield when a boron carbonitride film or a boron nitride film is formed. The method includes forming a film containing boron, carbon and nitrogen or a film containing boron and nitrogen on the substrate by performing, a predetermined number of times, a cycle including supplying a source gas consisting of boron and a halogen element to a substrate and supplying a reactive gas consisting of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen to the substrate.
US09449808B2	Apparatus for advanced packaging applications The embodiments disclosed herein pertain to novel methods and apparatus for removing material from a substrate. In certain embodiments, the method and apparatus are used to remove negative photoresist, though the disclosed techniques may be implemented to remove a variety of materials. In practicing the disclosed embodiments, a stripping solution may be introduced from an inlet to an internal manifold, sometimes referred to as a cross flow manifold. The solution flows laterally through a relatively narrow cavity between the substrate and the base plate. Fluid exits the narrow cavity at an outlet, which is positioned on the other side of the substrate, opposite the inlet and internal manifold. The substrate spins while in contact with the stripping solution to achieve a more uniform flow over the face of the substrate. In some embodiments, the base plate includes protuberances which operate to increase the flow rate (and thereby increase the local Re) near the face of the substrate.
US09449800B2	Sputtering apparatus and sputtering method An objective of the present invention is to provide a sputtering apparatus capable of obtaining an adequate film thickness distribution on a substrate surface even if a target projection plane is kept from being projected on the substrate. A sputtering apparatus includes: a process chamber; a substrate holder being rotatable in an in-plane direction of the substrate while holding the substrate; and a sputtering cathode located obliquely to the substrate holder, and arranged to incline to the substrate holder. A projection plane of a target holding surface of the sputtering cathode projected in a direction along a center normal line to the target holding surface onto a plane containing a substrate mounting surface of the substrate holder is formed outside the substrate mounting surface of the substrate holder, and the center normal line to the substrate mounting surface and the center normal line to the sputtering cathode are not coplanar.
US09449799B2	Film deposition device A film deposition device is disclosed. The device includes a driver, a sputtering target assembly, and at least one rotatable magnetoelectric device located at the back of the sputtering target assembly. The rotatable magnetoelectric device includes a transmission having a conveyor belt, and at least one pair of gears which cooperate with the conveyor belt and are disposed at an inner side of the conveyor belt, where an axial direction of the gears is substantially parallel to a surface of the sputtering target assembly. The rotatable magnetoelectric device also includes a first set of magnets, where the first set of magnets are disposed outside of the conveyor belt. In addition, the driver is configured to cause the gears to rotate.
US09449798B2	Plasma processing device, printing apparatus, printing system, computer program product, and method for manufacturing printed material A plasma processing device includes a plasma processing unit that performs plasma processing on a predetermined area on a target recording medium at least two times; and a control unit that sets a plasma energy amount used by the plasma processing unit to perform a first plasma processing on the predetermined area of the target recording medium as a first energy amount and sets a plasma energy amount used by the plasma processing unit to perform a second plasma processing on the predetermined area as a second energy amount smaller than the first energy amount.
US09449796B2	Plasma processing system including a symmetrical remote plasma source for minimal ion energy A remote plasma source is enclosed by a pair of counter electrodes of conical or similar shape that are mirror images of one another and connected across a plasma power source.
US09449795B2	Ceramic showerhead with embedded RF electrode for capacitively coupled plasma reactor A showerhead assembly for a substrate processing system includes a back plate connected to a gas channel. A face plate is connected adjacent to a first surface of the back plate and includes a gas diffusion surface. An electrode is arranged in one of the back plate and the face plate and is connected to one or more conductors. A gas plenum is defined between the back plate and the face plate and is in fluid communication with the gas channel. The back plate and the face plate are made of a non-metallic material.
US09449794B2	Symmetrical inductively coupled plasma source with side RF feeds and spiral coil antenna A plasma reactor has an overhead multiple coil antennas including a parallel spiral coil antenna and symmetric and radial RF feeds and cylindrical RF shielding around the symmetric and radial RF feeds. The radial RF feeds are symmetrically fed to the plasma source.
US09449792B2	Charged particle beam writing apparatus, aperture unit, and charged particle beam writing method A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a beam emitter configured to emit a charged particle beam; an aperture having an opening portion through which the charged particle beam emitted by the beam emitter passes; an aperture beam tube being provided on a surface of the aperture and functioning as a thermally conductive member having thermal conductivity; and a heater provided on a surface of the aperture beam tube and configured to supply heat to the aperture via the aperture beam tube.
US09449791B2	Beam irradiation apparatus and beam irradiation method Provided is a beam irradiation apparatus including: a beam scanner that is configured such that a charged particle beam is reciprocatively scanned in a scanning direction; a measurement device that is capable of measuring an angular component of charged particles incident into a region of a measurement target; and a data processor that calculates effective irradiation emittance of the charged particle beam using results measured by the measurement device. The measurement device measures a time dependent value for angular distribution of the charged particle beam. The data processor transforms time information included in the time dependent value for the angular distribution to position information and thus calculates the effective irradiation emittance. The effective irradiation emittance represents emittance of a virtual beam bundle, the virtual beam bundle being formed by summing portions of the charged particle beam which are incident into the region of the measurement target.
US09449775B2	Thermal trip device, switching device, thermal magnetic circuit breaker and method for protecting an electrical circuit from damage A thermal trip device of a thermal magnet circuit breaker is disclosed for protecting an electrical circuit from damage by overload. A switching device including such a thermal trip device is also disclosed, for interrupting a current flow. Further, a thermal magnetic circuit breaker is disclosed for protecting an electrical circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit, including at least such a switching device. Further, a method is disclosed, for protecting an electric circuit from damage by overload by way of a thermal trip device of a thermal magnet circuit breaker.
US09449768B2	Stabilization techniques for key assemblies and keyboards Key stabilization techniques for a key assembly or keyboard are provided. In one embodiment, a key assembly includes a keycap having a touch surface for receiving a press force that moves the keycap from an unpressed position toward a pressed position. The key assembly also includes a base having a planar-translation effecting mechanism supporting the keycap to guide the keycap in the press direction and the second direction as the keycap moves from the unpressed position toward the pressed position. A key stabilization mechanism positioned in the keycap, the base or both the keycap and the base configured to the stabilize the keycap so that the touch surface remains substantially planar while the keycap moves from the unpressed position toward the press position to resist tilt of the keycap and rotation of the keycap about an axis in the press direction as keycap moves toward the pressed position.
US09449763B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component having alternatively offset internal electrodes and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component, including: a ceramic body in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, having respective ones of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and being placed alternately to the left and to the right in a width direction of the ceramic body to be offset from one another, when the ceramic body is viewed in a width-thickness cross-sectional direction; and first and second external electrodes formed on the end surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively.
US09449759B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board having the same mounted thereon A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes formed to end surfaces of the ceramic body. The ceramic body may includes an active layer, a capacitance formation portion, and a cover layer, a non-capacitance formation portion, the cover layer includes a plurality of dummy electrode layers. When the number of the first and second internal electrodes is defined as AL, a thickness of each of the first and second internal electrodes is defined as AT, a thickness of each of the dummy electrode layers is defined as DT, and the number of the dummy electrode layers is defined as DL, DL is equal to {(T×x)−(AL×AT)}/DT, x being 9.0% or more.
US09449753B2	Varying thickness inductor A particular device includes a substrate and a spiral inductor coupled to the substrate. The spiral inductor includes a first conductive spiral and a second conductive spiral overlaying the first conductive spiral. A first portion of an innermost turn of the spiral inductor has a first thickness in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The first portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the first conductive spiral and does not include the second conductive spiral. A second portion of the innermost turn includes a first portion of the second conductive spiral. A portion of an outermost turn of the spiral inductor has a second thickness in the direction perpendicular to the substrate that is greater than the first thickness. A portion of the outermost turn includes a second portion of the first conductive spiral and a second portion of the second conductive spiral.
US09449743B2	Synthesis of magnetic carbon nanoribbons and magnetic functionalized carbon nanoribbons Various embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of making magnetic carbon nanoribbons. Such methods generally include: (1) forming carbon nanoribbons by splitting carbon nanomaterials; and (2) associating graphene nanoribbons with magnetic materials, precursors of magnetic materials, or combinations thereof. Further embodiments of the present disclosure also include a step of reducing the precursors of magnetic materials to magnetic materials. In various embodiments, the associating occurs before, during or after the splitting of the carbon nanomaterials. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure further comprise a step of (3) functionalizing the carbon nanoribbons with functionalizing agents. In more specific embodiments, the functionalizing occurs in situ during the splitting of carbon nanomaterials. In further embodiments, the carbon nanoribbons are edge-functionalized. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to magnetic carbon nanoribbon compositions that were formed in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure.
US09449737B2	Dynamic application cable assembly and method for making the same A cable and flange assembly has at least one cable and at least one flange. The cable has an armor, a jacket and at least one conductor element therein. The flange includes a flange body, an armor retainer and a grommet holder. The armor of the cable is configured to be secured to the flange via the armor retainer.
US09449735B2	Molded article of polyolefin-based resin expanded beads An electrostatic dissipating molded article having a surface resistivity of 1×105 to 1×1010Ω and obtained by in-mold molding of multi-layered polyolefin-based resin expanded beads each having an polyolefin-based resin expanded core layer and a polyolefin-based resin cover layer which covers the polyolefin-based resin expanded core layer and which is formed from a polyolefin-based resin (A), a polymeric antistatic agent (B) of a block copolymer of a polyether block and a polyolefin block, and an electrically conductive carbon black (C), the components (A) to (C) being present in a specific proportion.
US09449721B2	Method of providing impact in vacuum In space, a linear accelerator firing charged pellets can be situated at a large distance from a target at which the pellets are aimed. The accelerator can fire a graduated-speed train of pellets over a period of seconds or longer which arrive at the target simultaneously, and impart a large pulse of energy. An accelerator of modest power can thus provide a pulse in the megajoule range, sufficient to ignite fusion. It is necessary to provide course corrections to the pellets, to bring them together with very high precision as they approach the target. An ideal siting is to place the accelerator at the Earth-Moon L1 or L2 Lagrange point, and the fusion target at a point on the surface of the Moon where the pellets will strike at grazing incidence, i.e. on a great circle intersecting the lunar poles. Length of the particle trajectory is over 60000 km.
US09449720B1	Dynamic redundancy repair The disclosed memory device technology for implementing dynamic device repair includes a memory array, a redundancy array and a redundancy mapping store. The memory array includes memory cells and the redundant array includes redundancy cells. The memory device also includes circuitry configured to execute a write operation and a read operation in response to respective commands, using a dynamic redundancy repair method to replace the temporary defective cells in the memory array with the redundancy cells in the redundancy array.
US09449719B2	Solid-state storage device including a high resolution analog-to-digital converter A storage device includes a solid-state storage medium having a plurality of cells adapted to store data and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to at least one cell of the plurality of cells. The ADC includes a first operating mode having a first number of quantization levels to determine a value stored in the at least one cell based on a number of possible values represented by the at least one cell. The ADC further includes a second operating mode having a second number of quantization levels to determine the value stored in the at least one cell, where the second number of quantization levels is greater than the first number of quantization levels. The ADC selectively enables the first or the second operating mode as a selected operating mode and determines a signal representative of the value stored in the at least one cell using the selected operating mode.
US09449710B2	Decoding and scan driver The present invention relates to a decoding and scan driver, which comprises a level-shift circuit, a decoding circuit, an output driving circuit, and a control circuit. The level-shift circuit receives a plurality of input signals and shifts the voltage levels of the plurality of input signals for producing a plurality of decoding control signals. The decoding circuit is coupled to the level-shift circuit and produces a plurality of decoding signals according to the plurality of decoding control signals. The output driving circuit is coupled to the decoding circuit, produces a driving signal sequentially according to the plurality of decoding signals, and outputs the driving signal for driving a display panel. The control circuit is coupled to the output driving circuit, produces a control signal according to one of the plurality of input signals, and transmits the control signal to the output driving circuit for controlling the output driving circuit to output the driving signal. Thereby, the circuit area of the decoding and scan driver is saved and the cost is thus reduced.
US09449703B1	Systems and methods for driving a control gate with a select gate signal in a split-gate nonvolatile memory cell A nonvolatile memory includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells, a select gate driver configured to provide a select gate voltage to a select gate of a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells, and a control gate driver configured to use the select gate voltage to provide a control gate voltage to a control gate of a second memory cell of the plurality of memory cells.
US09449702B1	Power management According to an embodiment of the invention there may be provided a method for measuring, by a power measurement circuit of a memory controller, a power consumption of a flash memory unit coupled to the memory controller to provide power measurements; wherein the memory controller further may include a read circuit, a write circuit, an erase circuit and a processor.
US09449701B1	Non-volatile storage systems and methods A non-volatile storage system is provided. The non-volatile storage system includes a memory array that includes a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of sense blocks, a plurality of bit line select transistors arranged in a bit line select transistor array, each bit line select transistor coupled between a corresponding one of the bit lines and a corresponding one of the sense blocks, the bit line select transistor array including an edge bit line select transistor adjacent an edge of the bit line select transistor array, and a first dummy bit line select transistor adjacent the edge bit line select transistor.
US09449700B2	Boundary word line search and open block read methods with reduced read disturb Techniques are presented to reduce the amount of read disturb on partially written blocks of NAND type non-volatile memory, both for when determining the last written word line in a block and also for a read operation, including post-write verify reads. Non-selected word lines that are unwritten are biased with a lower read-pass voltage then is typically used. The determination of the last written word line of a block can be done in a coarse-fine search, where the word lines are divided into a number of zones to find the zone with the last written word line, which is in turn sub-divided for a finer search.
US09449696B2	Direct-transfer marching memory and a computer system using the same A direct-transfer marching memory includes an array of memory units, each of the memory units having a sequence of bit-level cells so as to store information of byte size or word size, the information of byte size or word size is transferred synchronously, step by step, along a direction orthogonal to a direction of the sequence of bit-level cells, each of the bit-level cells encompassing an electron-storage region configured to accumulate cell-electrons. The cell-electrons accumulated in an electron-storage region in a subject memory unit is directly transferred to an adjacent electron-storage region, which is assigned in the next memory unit adjacent to the subject memory unit, the transfer of the cell-electrons is directly controlled by control signals, without using a combinational function of a logic gate circuit.
US09449694B2	Non-volatile memory with multi-word line select for defect detection operations A stress mode for use in testing non-volatile memory arrays for a number of types of defects is described. More specifically, a multi-word line select option for a given block can be used for a group of selected word lines to be set to the a programming or other high voltage, while the unselected word lines of the block are set to a pass voltage to minimize electric field differences in order to avoid disturb. For example, a group of selected word lines could number 4, 8 or 16. The multi-word line option can be applied to one block per plane, so that if there are two memory planes, for example, two such blocks can be selected simultaneously for the multi-word line option for those blocks.
US09449692B2	Functional data programming and reading in a memory Methods for functional programming memory cells and apparatuses are disclosed. One such method for functional programming includes encoding a group of data with a function to generate representative data and programming the representative data to the memory. In one embodiment, the representative data is a pattern of threshold voltages to be programmed to a group of memory cells.
US09449688B2	Device and method for writing data to a resistive memory The invention relates to a resistive memory including resistive elements, the resistance of each resistive element being capable of alternating between a high value and a low value, the memory further including a device for switching the resistance of at least one selected resistive element between the high and low values. The device includes a first circuit capable of circulating a first current through a first reference resistive component (RLRS), a second circuit capable of circulating a second current proportional to the first current through the selected resistive element, a third circuit capable of detecting the switching of the resistance of the selected resistive element from the comparison of the voltage across the first reference resistive component with the voltage across the selected resistive element, and a fourth circuit capable of interrupting the second current on detection of the switching.
US09449683B2	Memory cells having a plurality of resistance variable materials Resistance variable memory cells having a plurality of resistance variable materials and methods of operating and forming the same are described herein. As an example, a resistance variable memory cell can include a plurality of resistance variable materials located between a plug material and an electrode material. The resistance variable memory cell also includes a first conductive material that contacts the plug material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials and a second conductive material that contacts the electrode material and each of the plurality of resistance variable materials.
US09449682B2	Reading a multi-bit value from a memory cell Adaptive write operations for non-volatile memories select programming parameters according to monitored programming performance of individual memory cells. In one embodiment of the invention, programming voltage for a memory cell increases by an amount that depends on the time required to reach a predetermined voltage and then a jump in the programming voltage is added to the programming voltage required to reach the next predetermined voltage. The adaptive programming method is applied to the gate voltage of memory cells; alternatively, it can be applied to the drain voltage of memory cells along a common word line. A circuit combines the function of a program switch and drain voltage regulator, allowing independent control of drain voltage of selected memory cells for parallel and adaptive programming. Verify and adaptive read operations use variable word line voltages to provide optimal biasing of memory and reference cells during sensing.
US09449680B2	Write assist circuit and memory cell A write assist circuit capable of writing data to a memory cell with a bit line and a bit line bar is provided. The write assist circuit includes a clamping circuit, and first and second sense amplifiers. The clamping circuit is coupled to first and second nodes to prevent the voltage of the first and second nodes from being lower than a data-retention voltage. The first and second nodes are supplied with first and second voltage sources. The first and second sense amplifier are utilized to detect the voltage of the bit line or the bit line bar, amplify the voltage and pull down the voltage of one of the first or second node according to the data while the voltage of the other one of the first or second node is kept at a power supply voltage level.
US09449679B2	Memory devices and control methods thereof A memory device includes a first signal line; a memory cell array divided into a first area and a second area and having a plurality of first memory cells and second memory cells in the first area and second area, respectively. The plurality of first and second memory cells are coupled the first signal line, and each has a reference node. A first voltage adjustment circuit adjusts voltages at the reference nodes of the plurality of first memory cells, wherein the first voltage adjustments circuit includes: a first switch coupled between the reference nodes of the plurality of first memory cells and the ground, controlled by an address signal; and a first bias element coupled to the reference nodes of the plurality of first memory cells. A second voltage adjustment circuit adjusts voltages at the reference nodes of the plurality of second memory cells.
US09449666B2	Local word line driver A memory circuit with a word line driver and control circuitry is disclosed. The plurality of word line drivers are coupled to a plurality of word lines. Word line drivers include a CMOS inverter, which can have an input and an output, and a p-type transistor and an n-type transistor. The output of the CMOS inverter is coupled to one of the plurality of word lines. The control circuitry has multiple modes, including at least a first mode to discharge a particular word line of the plurality of word lines via a first discharge path such as at least a first transistor type of the CMOS inverter; and a second mode to discharge the particular word line of the plurality of word lines via a second discharge path such as at least the a second transistor type of the CMOS inverter.
US09449657B2	Low voltage sensing scheme having reduced active power down standby current A low voltage sensing scheme reduces active power down standby leakage current in a memory device. A damping device or diode is used between a Psense amplifier control line (e.g. ACT) and Vcc and/or between an Nsense amplifier control line (e.g. RNL) and Vss (ground potential). The clamping diode is not enabled during normal memory operations, but is turned on during active power down mode to reduce leakage current through ACT and/or RNL nodes. The damping device connected to the ACT node may reduce the voltage on the ACT line during power down mode, whereas the clamping device connected to the RNL* node may increase the voltage on the RNL* line during power down mode to reduce sense amplifier leakage current through these nodes. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.
US09449655B1	Low standby power with fast turn on for non-volatile memory devices Systems and methods for driving a non-volatile memory device in a standby operating condition are disclosed. A standby detection circuit detects whether the non-volatile memory system is in a standby condition. In response to determining that the non-volatile memory system is in a standby condition, a bias control circuit provides bias currents to drivers of the non-volatile memory system in a standby mode.
US09449652B2	Systems and devices including multi-transistor cells and methods of using, making, and operating the same A device may include a first transistor, a second transistor, and a data element. The first transistor may have a column gate and a channel, and the second transistor may include a row gate that crosses over the column gate, under the column gate, or both. The second transistor may also include another channel, a source disposed near a distal end of a first leg, and a drain disposed near a distal end of a second leg. The column gate may extend between the first leg and the second leg. The channel of the second transistor may be connected to the channel of the first transistor, and the data element may be connected to the source or the drain. Methods, systems, and other devices are contemplated.
US09449651B2	System and method for offsetting the data buffer latency of a device implementing a JEDEC standard DDR-4 LRDIMM chipset A system and method for offsetting the data buffer latency in a CPIO device having a JEDEC standard DDR-4 LRDIMM chipset as the front end is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a CPIO ASIC provides variable timing control for its DDR-4 LRDIMM interface such that propagation delay of the data buffers can be offset by the CPIO ASIC, allowing the CPIO LRDIMM to be timing compatible with an RDIMM.
US09449646B2	Methods and systems for media file management Methods and systems for media file management are provided. A music file including music samples is provided. The music file is analyzed to calculate a gain for each music sample. At least one valley point is detected based on the gains of the respective music samples. A first and a second specific valley points are selected from the detected valley point, and respectively setting the first and second specific valley points as a start and an end of a music segmentation. Media data is generated for media files in the electronic device based on the music segmentation.
US09449644B2	Data-providing apparatus, data-providing method and program-sorting medium In the present invention, image data is edited in response to a demand transmitted from a data-processing apparatus through a network. A moving-picture server (3) acquires a scenario consisting of a plurality of scenes, each lasting for a given time, is acquired in response to a demand made by a personal computer (1-1). The server acquires from a temporary edition space (6) a given number of original data items that will be used in the scenario, also in response to a demand made by the data-processing apparatus. The moving-picture server (3) selects prescribed ones of the original data items acquired and allocate them to the scenes of the scenario acquired. The server corrects the original data items selected, in accordance with the prescribed image data items that have been allocated to the scenes of the scenario. The image data is thereby edited.
US09449634B2	Magnetic recording medium fabrication method A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, includes forming the lubricant by depositing a first lubricant on the stacked body after forming the protection layer, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere, and depositing a second lubricant on the stacked body after depositing the first lubricant, by vapor-phase lubrication deposition, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere. The first lubricant has a lower molecular mass and a higher chemical polarity than those of the second lubricant.
US09449633B1	Smooth structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording media A recording medium having improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) capabilities and head-disk interface characteristics includes an etched smoothened underlayer, over which the recording layer is grown. One mechanism for increasing the SNR is by growing more columnar magnetic grain structures within the recording layer, which is facilitated by a smoother underlayer template.
US09449629B2	Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spacing, and/or head-media contact detection A sensor supported by a head transducer has a temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and a sensor resistance. The sensor operates at a temperature above ambient and is responsive to changes in sensor-medium spacing. Conductive contacts connected to the sensor have a contact resistance and a cross-sectional area adjacent to the sensor larger than that of the sensor, such that the contact resistance is small relative to the sensor resistance and negligibly contributes to a signal generated by the sensor. A multiplicity of head transducers each support a TCR sensor and a power source can supply bias power to each sensor of each head to maintain each sensor at a fixed temperature above an ambient temperature in the presence of heat transfer changes impacting the sensors. A TCR sensor of a head transducer can include a track-oriented TCR sensor wire for sensing one or both of asperities of the medium.
US09449628B2	Quasi-statically oriented, bi-directional tape recording head In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic head. The magnetic head has a first array of data transducers, a second array of data transducers spaced from the first array, and a third array of data transducers positioned between the first and second arrays. The magnetic head is positionable between a first position and a second position, where the longitudinal axis of the third array is positively or negatively angled relative to a line oriented perpendicular to an intended direction of tape travel thereacross when positioned towards the respective positions. Outer data transducers of the third array are about aligned with outer data transducers of the second array when the magnetic head is positioned towards the first position. The outer data transducers of the third array are about aligned with outer data transducers of the first array when the magnetic head is positioned towards the second position.
US09449609B2	Accurate forward SNR estimation based on MMSE speech probability presence Acoustic noise in an audio signal is reduced by calculating a speech probability presence (SPP) factor using minimum mean square error (MMSE). The SPP factor, which has a value typically ranging between zero and one, is modified or warped responsive to a value obtained from the evaluation of a sigmoid function, the shape of which is determined by a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which is obtained by an evaluation of the signal energy and noise energy output from a microphone over time. The shape and aggressiveness of the sigmoid function is determined using an extrinsically-determined SNR, not determined by the MMSE determination. The extrinsically-determined SNR is obtained from a long term history of previously-determined speech presence probabilities and a long term history of previously-determined noise histories.
US09449603B2	Multi-channel audio encoder and method for encoding a multi-channel audio signal The invention relates to a method for determining an encoding parameter for an audio channel signal of a multi-channel audio signal, the method comprising: determining a frequency transform of the audio channel signal; determining a frequency transform of a reference audio signal; determining inter channel differences for at least each frequency sub-band of a subset of frequency sub-bands, each inter channel difference indicating a phase difference or time difference between a band-limited signal portion of the audio channel signal and a band-limited signal portion of the reference audio signal in the respective frequency sub-band the inter-channel difference is associated to; determining a first average based on positive values of the inter-channel differences and determining a second average based on negative values of the inter-channel differences; and determining the encoding parameter based on the first average and on the second average.
US09449600B2	Character data entry Methods and apparatuses for entry of character data are disclosed. In one example, a user action is received at a headset input user interface. The user action is correlated to a character data previously stored. The character data is transmitted to a host device, the character data configured to be automatically entered in one or more data fields.
US09449597B2	Ultrasound receiving module, method and system An ultrasound receiving method is provided. N return-wave signals corresponding to N channels are respectively stored in N set of shift register arrays. Each set includes a delay filter unit and M shift registers. A delay controller is utilized to assign a set of coefficients to the delay filter unit to perform an interpolation operation on data of the M shift registers to obtain an output value. The delay controller is utilized to decide delay time of each channel according to a delay table, and accordingly to control a time multiplexer to switch and output the N output values in order. A multiplier is utilized to multiply the output value received from the time multiplexer by a weighted value corresponding to the channel to obtain a corrected value. An accumulator is utilized to accumulate the N corrected values to obtain an image value.
US09449589B2	Touch detecting device, electronic musical instrument, touch detecting method and storage medium First and third counters count an ON time between first and second contact nodes of a key and an ON time between the second contact node and a third contact node, respectively. A second counter counts a time after counting of the first counter is completed. A counter memory stores velocity counter values representing count times of the first and third counters, and a correction time counter value representing the count time of the second counter. An arrival comparator circuit compares an arrival time value and the correction time counter value. In a case that the velocity count value of the first counter is larger than a threshold value, when the arrival comparator circuit detects that the arrival time value coincides with the correction time counter value, a controller outputs a sound generation instruction including touch information according to the velocity counter value loaded from the counter memory.
US09449588B2	Single container-based portable drum kit A drum kit container is configured to house various compartments sufficient to stow all of the equipment needed by a drummer in setting up a drum kit. One compartment is sized to house a relatively small bass drum, with an acoustic chamber formed behind this compartment and used to improve the sound of a small bass drum so that it sounds more like a larger bass drum as generally used in performance.
US09449584B2	Display control apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium A display control apparatus performs, when an image is switched to another image while remaining enlarged, display not giving an uncomfortable feeling to a user, and performs control, when a first image enlarged and displayed on a display unit is switched into a second image, to zoom and display, out of a display magnification of the second image based on magnification information used in the first image before the switching and stored, and of a fit magnification for making the second image have a size falling within a display area in the display unit to match the display area, the second image at a magnification that is the fit magnification or more when the display magnification based on the magnification information is smaller, and the second image at the display magnification based on the magnification information when the display magnification based on the magnification information is larger.
US09449578B2	Circuitry for image processing A method of increasing the color saturation of the RGB values of at least one pixel of an image, the method involving: calculating a luminance value based on RGB values of a first pixel; calculating a first maximum increase of said color saturation based on the highest of said RGB values and on said luminance value; calculating a second maximum increase of said color saturation based on the lowest of said RGB values and on said luminance value; and increasing the color saturation of said first pixel based on said first and second maximum increases.
US09449573B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a system and a liquid crystal module. The system detects an input frame frequency, generates a DISP signal indicating the input of an abnormal signal at a high logic level when the detected frame frequency is within a previously determined range, and generates the DISP signal at a low logic level when the detected frame frequency is beyond the previously determined range. The liquid crystal module includes a signal processing unit which selectively outputs digital video data for implementing a normal screen and digital black data for implementing a black screen in response to the DISP signal.
US09449570B2	Driving circuit A driving circuit for connecting a display module is provided. The driving circuit includes a polarity control module, an output control module, and a detecting module. The polarity control module provides a polarity control signal. The output control module is connected with the polarity control module and provides a plurality of output control signals. The detecting module is coupled with the polarity control module and the output control module, wherein the detecting module detects the polarity control signal and selectively controls the output control module to operate in at least one of a first control mode and a second control mode to control the output control signals.
US09449568B2	Liquid crystal display monitor and source driver and control method thereof A liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor including an LCD display panel for displaying a frame, a timing controller for generating a polarity control signal and a latch signal, and a driving circuit including a plurality of source drivers, each of the plurality of source drivers including a comparison unit for comparing a common electrode voltage with a first and a second reference voltages to generate a comparison result, an enabling unit for generating an enabling signal according to the comparison result, a source driving signal and a reset signal, a horizontal dot inversion control unit for generating a horizontal dot inversion control signal according to the enabling signal, and a polarity control unit for generating a polarity inversion control signal and the reset signal according to the enabling signal, the polarity control signal and the latch signal.
US09449567B2	Common voltage compensation in display apparatus A method and a circuit component for suppressing crosstalk associated with the common voltage in a liquid crystal display are disclosed. In particular, in a liquid crystal display where the crosstalk is mainly caused by various control signals generated by a timing control circuit, one or more timing control signals are extracted from the timing control circuit and processed to become a compensation signal. The compensation signal is provided to display area of the liquid crystal display. The timing control signals generated by the timing control circuit include a start signal and a plurality of clock signals. The steps for processing these signals may include summing, inverting, high-pass filtering and amplitude adjustment, to be carried out in different orders and/or combinations. When the timing control signals are current signals, the steps for processing these signals may include current-to-voltage conversion, summing and inverting.
US09449566B2	Display device and terminal device To provide a plural-viewpoint display device having an image separating optical element such as a lenticular lens or a parallax barrier, which is capable of achieving a high image quality by suppressing deterioration in the display image quality caused when a block division driving method is employed, and to provide a terminal device, a display panel, and a driving method thereof, which can be preferably used for those devices. A pixel group configured with pixels for displaying a right-eye image includes a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the first phase of a block division driving method, and a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the third phase, and a pixel connected to a data line phase-deployed in the second phase. In this manner, it is designed to have no deviation in the phase deployment orders in the pixel groups for each viewpoint.
US09449562B2	Display apparatus having a micro-electro-mechanical system A display apparatus includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises a switching device coupled to a corresponding gate line of the plurality of gate lines and to a corresponding data line of the plurality of data lines, a micro-electro-mechanical system coupled to an output electrode of the switching device, and a control device coupled to the output electrode of the switching device. The control device comprises a storage capacitor coupled to the output electrode of the switching device and a coupling capacitor coupled to the output electrode of the switching device, the storage capacitor connected in parallel with the coupling capacitor. The output electrode of the switching device, the storage capacitor, the coupling capacitor, and a first electrode of the micro-electro-mechanical system are all directly connected to each other.
US09449551B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a display unit including first pixels emitting first color light, second pixels emitting second color light, and third pixels emitting third color light, and a power source voltage supplier supplying a driving voltage to the respective pixels of the display unit. The display further includes a first voltage wire transferring the driving voltage to the first pixels, a second voltage wire transferring the driving voltage to the second pixels, and a third voltage wire transferring the driving voltage to the third pixels. The first, second and third voltage wires being provided in a first layer. The display includes auxiliary voltage wires provided in a second layer different from the first layer. Contact areas between the first, second and third voltage wire and the auxiliary voltage wires are different from each other.
US09449548B2	Organic light emitting display device and method for driving thereof An organic light emitting display device for displaying 2D and 3D image, the organic light emitting display device including a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines; a data driver for supplying a data signal to a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels that located at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines for controlling a current flowing from a first power driver to a second power driver via an organic light emitting diode; a data processor for classifying data supplied from outside as 2D or 3D data, and for producing 2D or 3D; and a timing controller for transmitting 2D or 3D data supplied from the data processor to the data driver, wherein the timing controller is configured to set the pixels in a non-emission state during a scan period.
US09449542B2	Gate driving circuit, array substrate and display device The present disclosure discloses a gate driving circuit including multi-stage shift registers, and an output side switch element which is controlled by the second clock signal to be turned on or off. The output side switch element is located between an input terminal and an output terminal of each stage shift register. An output terminal of the (N+2)-th stage shift register is coupled to a reset terminal of the N-th stage shift register.
US09449540B2	Display device An upper frame and a lower frame are prevented from coming close to each other within a predetermined distance by a push-in preventing pawl and an abutting part, while preventing the upper and lower frames from coming off by a come-off preventing pawl and an engagement part. In this manner, it becomes possible to prevent the load which causes deterioration of the display quality from being applied to a liquid crystal display panel, so that the reliability can be enhanced.
US09449532B2	Hernia model A model for practicing transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) and total extraperitoneal (TEP) approaches for laparoscopic hernia repairs is provided. The model simulates an insufflated space between the abdominal muscles and peritoneum. A spring layer may be incorporated to provide a realistic resiliency to the model while in the simulated insufflated configuration. At least one hole is provided in the model from which synthetic tissue protrudes to simulate a hernia. The model is used to selectively simulate direct, indirect and femoral inguinal hernias as well as incisional hernias by removably placing the protruding simulated tissue into any one of several openings. The model contains all important anatomical structures and sits on a base frame or is connected to a rigid simulated pelvis. When located inside a laparoscopic trainer with an angled top cover, the model provides an ideal simulation for teaching and practicing laparoscopic hernia repair.
US09449525B2	Systems and methods for testing over a distributed network A computer-based testing system includes testing stations connected to a testing service center and backend via the Internet for providing testing services. The system is operable to perform state management to implement fault recovery due to a computing device failure while a test is being administered. The system is also operable to utilize multiple caching techniques for mitigating network latency while administering tests.
US09449510B2	Selective object detection Video analytics is used to track an object of interest represented in video data representing the field of view of a scene observed by a video camera. A multidimensional virtual beam is used to detect whether the tracked object of interest is continually present in a detection zone within the field view of the scene. An occurrence of an event is signaled when the tracked object of interest is continually present in the detection zone during a period beginning when the tracked object of interest enters the detection zone and ending when the tracked object of interest leaves the detection zone through the opposite side, after having completely crossed through the detection zone. Use of a virtual beam detection zone reduces false alarms as compared to the numbers of incidences of false alarms of traditional detection methods, while adding several features and benefits.
US09449508B2	Filtering road traffic condition data obtained from mobile data sources Techniques are described for assessing road traffic conditions in various ways based on obtained traffic-related data, such as data samples from vehicles and other mobile data sources traveling on the roads, as well as in some situations data from one or more other sources (such as physical sensors near to or embedded in the roads). The assessment of road traffic conditions based on obtained data samples may include various filtering and/or conditioning of the data samples, and various inferences and probabilistic determinations of traffic-related characteristics from the data samples. In some situations, the filtering of the data samples includes identifying data samples that are inaccurate or otherwise unrepresentative of actual traffic condition characteristics, such as data samples that are not of interest based at least in part on roads with which the data samples are associated and/or that otherwise reflect vehicle locations or activities that are not of interest.
US09449506B1	Pedestrian counting and detection at a traffic intersection based on location of vehicle zones Pedestrian detection and counting for traffic intersection control analyzes characteristics of a field of view of a traffic detection zone to determine a location and size of a pedestrian area, and applies protocols for evaluating pixel content in the field of view to identify individual pedestrians. The location and size of a pedestrian area is determined based either on locations of vehicle and bicycle detection areas or on movement of various objects within the field of view. Automatic pedestrian speed calibration with a region of interest for pedestrian detection is accomplished using lane and other intersection markings in the field of view. Detection and counting further includes identifying a presence, volume, velocity and trajectory of pedestrians in the pedestrian area of the traffic detection zone.
US09449499B2	Connectorized wireless node used to distribute power and control devices in a power distribution system A connectorized wireless node used to distribute power and control devices in a system. The connectorized wireless node includes a housing, power control circuitry and wireless control circuitry. The power control circuitry is provided in the housing and distributes power to the devices. The wireless control circuitry is provided in the housing and receives wireless signals which contain control information. The wireless control circuitry cooperates with the power control circuitry to control the devices within a system.
US09449497B2	Method and system for detecting alarm system tampering An alarm system monitors a home, business, or other property for fire, burglary, break-in, or other event that may warrant raising an alarm. The alarm system is configured to detect tampering, whereby someone intentionally impedes the ability of the system to raise an alarm or otherwise interferes the system's operation. An alarm panel of the alarm system communicates with a server. At certain times, the alarm system transmits a series of packets to the server using a unidirectional protocol. Upon receipt of one of the packets, the server alternates between monitoring for an incoming packet and ignoring any incoming packets. Detection of an incoming packet during a monitoring time period causes the server to transition to ignoring packets for a sleep period of time. Completion of the sleep period of time causes the server to return to monitoring for the monitoring period of time.
US09449495B1	Crash detection and severity classification system implementing emergency assistance A crash detection system is disclosed that utilizes a mobile computing device to detect a vehicular accident via one or more sensors integrated into the mobile computing device. The system monitors the sensor metrics measured by one or more sensors and generates an event sensor profile that may include the plurality of sensor metrics and additional status data, such as an indication of whether the mobile computing device was located within a vehicle when the event occurred. By comparing the plurality of sensor metrics to other crash sensor metrics, a determination may be made whether the event requires emergency assistance, which may be confirmed by determining whether the data included in the event sensor profile meets one or more exception conditions. If the event requires emergency assistance and an exception condition is not met, the mobile computing device may place a call to the appropriate emergency response personnel.
US09449493B2	Burglar alarm control Apparatus is described for use with a burglar alarm that includes a detector configured to detect activity and to generate an activity-detection signal in response thereto. A sensor monitors a resting surface and generates a signal in response thereto. A control unit identifies a correspondence between (a) the activity-detection signal, and (b) the signal that is generated by the sensor. The control unit inhibits the burglar alarm from being triggered, in response to the correspondence. Other applications are also described.
US09449489B2	Apparatus and method for providing a task reminder based on user location Providing a reminder of a task to be performed at a task location includes receiving location information identifying a location of a user via a mobile communication device associated with the user, receiving information that identifies a task, receiving information that identifies a task location, and providing a reminder for the task based on a current location of the user and on a comparison of an estimated probability of the user traveling in a trajectory leading toward the task location and an estimated probability of the user traveling in a trajectory leading away from the task location.
US09449485B2	Flame detector having visible light related processing circuits and infrared related circuits respectively coupled to photodiodes to establish instantaneous dc related signal changes and peak-to-peak ac signals over a predetermined time interval A flame detector incorporates visible and near infrared sensors in common with processing circuits to form processed instantaneous, dc type, signal values minus an average value and peak-to-peak ranges of values of ac-type signals over a measurement time interval on the order of three seconds. The resulting values are further processed to determine the presence of a fire condition by comparing them to a predetermined threshold.
US09449479B2	Security system Known security systems issue an audible and/or visible alarm to alert all those local to a secured article that the article has been compromised. However, for various reasons, passers-by do not respond to such an alarm/alert. According to the present invention, if an intruder interferes with a secured article, a sensor may detect an event associated with an article being interfered with and/or compromised. This detection will trigger (via a processor) an alarm condition, and a transceiver will send an alarm signal to a monitoring device over a communication network; however, no indication of the alarm condition is detectable outside the housing by means other than via the alarm signal. In this way, an intruder compromising an article is not alerted to detection of the event by the sensor. Therefore, authorities may be summoned to apprehend the intruder without the intruder being provided with the opportunity to escape.
US09449471B2	Gaming device having a re-triggering symbol bonus scheme A gaming device having a bonus scheme wherein a combination of bonus symbols trigger a bonus game and any one of the bonus symbols in the bonus game provides a player with an award. The award may be an extension of the bonus game by providing the player with additional spins or games. Also, the award may modify the combination and type of bonus symbols needed to enter the bonus game. Furthermore, the award may modify the award values in the bonus game. Therefore, a combination of bonus symbols triggers the bonus game and also triggers the gaming device to provide bonus awards in the bonus game. The re-triggering symbol award bonus scheme changes the probability of winning for the player and therefore creates a higher level of excitement and enjoyment of the game.
US09449469B2	Lottery-type game based upon at least two casino games A lottery-type game is enabled via two or more casino games such as keno or video poker games. If the outcome of the first game is winning, the player may be awarded first winnings. If the outcome of the second game is winning, the player may be awarded second winnings. Regardless of the outcomes of the base games, if designated indicia comprising certain indicia from the first and second games match a selected set of indicia, then the lottery-type game is winning. In the case of a keno game, the designated indicia may be certain player numbers from the keno games and in the case of a poker game, certain player-selected cards. The selected set of indicia may comprise drawn keno numbers or dealt cards.
US09449464B2	Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing a game having an obstacle board with falling symbols A gaming system providing a falling symbol obstacle board game. The gaming system displays a symbol starting position, a plurality of symbol ending positions, and a plurality of obstacles. The gaming system selects one of a plurality of symbols, displays the symbol moving from the symbol starting position into one of the symbol ending positions along one of a plurality of symbol paths through the obstacles, and displays the symbol at the symbol ending position at the end of the symbol path. The gaming system repeats selecting symbols, displaying the symbol moving from the symbol starting position to a symbol ending positions along a symbol path, and displaying the symbol at the symbol ending position at the end of the symbol path until a termination condition is satisfied, after which the gaming system determines whether any winning combinations of the symbols are displayed at the symbol ending positions.
US09449462B2	Method and apparatus for awarding individual or group point multiplication In use, the player would insert his or her player card at the EGM 10. The system checks to see if any multiplier currently applies to the machine and player. The multiplier is available as a token and can communicate to the guest via display on the EGM. The multiplier would be displayed using a conditional message feature of the display. Session points would accumulate at the “multiplied” rate and are displayed as such on the EGM display. Alternately, an assurance message is available to be displayed frequently that shows the current multiplier. When the player removes his or her card, the session is posted to the patron management system. Casino personal can then review the session detail by accession the history of the player at a workstation capable of querying the player tracking system. The session multiplier and points earned by the multiplier are listed within the record.
US09449461B1	Networked gaming system enabling a plurality of player stations to play independent games with online play A system, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a networked gaming system that enables a plurality of players to wager on one or more dealers at different dealing stations dealing independent games simultaneously. A live video is captured on each dealing station and simulcast to player stations where players are playing at. Players can bet on any combination of the games that are being broadcast.
US09449459B2	Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller A method includes monitoring game outcomes generated for one or more players of a plurality of linked gaming machines. Instances of one or more special symbols occurring in the generated game outcome are identified. A counter for each of the one or more special symbols based on instances of one or more special symbols occurring in the game outcome, is incremented. In response to a trigger condition, one or more special symbols are allocated to one or more of the linked gaming machines for modifying a game outcome generated for a player of the linked gaming machine, to provide a new game outcome for each of the one or more players of linked gaming machines to which the special symbols are allocated. The number of special symbols allocated is based on a value of the accumulating counter.
US09449457B2	Method and apparatus for gaming with alternate value payouts Systems and methods are provided for permitting a player to play a game at a gaming device. The gaming device provides a payout for the game. The payout is redeemable for one of a plurality of values, and at least two of the plurality of values are different from each other. The values typically have different corresponding forms of payout, such as cash or merchandise credits.
US09449454B2	Wagering game having bonus-award feature with changing state A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a display arrangement for displaying a video image overlaying a game display. The video image includes special symbols for indicating a bonus-award feature having a changing state. The changing state is continually updated or modified based on outcomes of the wagering game as displayed on the game display. The gaming system further includes a controller operative to cause the bonus-award feature to provide an award to the player in response to the state of the bonus-award feature meeting certain criteria.
US09449452B2	Sheets processing apparatus In a sheet processing apparatus which checks sheets and sorts the sheets for a plurality of cassettes on the basis of the check result and conditions for the sheets which are assigned to the respective cassettes, conditions for sheets such as bill types and bill states which are assigned to the respective cassettes are displayed on a display unit. When an instruction to save these setting contents is issued while a cassette and conditions for sheets which are displayed on the display unit are selected, the selected conditions for sheets are assigned to the selected cassette.
US09449449B2	Access control operator diagnostic control A computing device using diagnostic application software described herein allows an owner or operator of a premises to provide a service technician access to operational data from a movable barrier operator so that the technician's computing device can troubleshoot for possible issues with the operation of the barrier operator. The owner's computing device can send credentials to the technician mobile device so that the technician's computing device can then utilize the application to access the operational data. For added security, the application can further give the owner computing device control over the type and duration of access provided to the technician.
US09449448B2	Controlling access to a location A method of configuring a lock control unit of an access control system. The unit has an associated lock control unit identifier and an electronic key, and can communicate via a wireless communications channel with a mobile unit and can receive an electronic key from the mobile unit to verify a received electronic key and, subject to successful verification, to activate the lock mechanism. A message having a location address is received from an access control management system. Lock control unit(s) are detected communicating via the channel in a proximity of the technician mobile unit. A respective lock control unit identifier is received from each detected unit. The unit connected to the lock mechanism is identified, based on the received identifiers. An electronic key associated with the identifier is received from the ACMS. Commands are sent to the lock control unit causing the lock control unit to perform configuration.
US09449445B2	Wireless communication techniques for controlling access granted by a security device Wireless communication techniques are useful for controlling access granted by a security device (22). In a disclosed example, a communication portion (24) comprises a residential gateway that is capable of communicating with a mobile station (30) over a local network (32). The communication portion (24) is also capable of communicating with a remotely located server (40) over a secure network connection (42) such as over the internet. The mobile station (30) identifies itself to the security device (22). The mobile station identifier is verified to determine authorization to gain the requested access. The security device (22) provides the mobile station identifier to the remote server (40) which provides a security code to the mobile station (30) and a pass code to the security device (22). The security device (22) uses the pass code to verify the security code received from the mobile station (30) and controls access accordingly.
US09449441B2	Body tracking and identification system and method A method of identifying and tracking victims of a casualty event includes separating a two-part tag into a tag portion and a container portion, each portion including corresponding indicia in human-readable and/or machine-readable form. The tag portion is attached to an individual victim, and the container portion is used to collect a tissue sample from the victim for later analysis and positive identification. A handheld computer may be used to record the tag portion's indicia, and a GPS or other geolocating system allows the computer to also record the present geographical location of the victim. If the victim is later moved, the tag indicia is again scanned and the new location recorded. Once the victim is positively identified, the victim data file is updated and next-of-kin or other interested parties are notified of the current victim location for final disposition of the victim.
US09449440B2	Wireless crash survivable memory unit A recorder for a vehicle comprises a crash survivable memory unit, which includes a first antenna assembly including a first resonant element configured for near field data communications and to receive near field power transmissions, and a crash protected memory assembly that operatively communicates with the first antenna assembly. One or more protective layers surround the first antenna assembly and the memory assembly. A second antenna assembly is external to the crash survivable memory unit. The second antenna assembly includes a second resonant element, which is configured for near field data communications with the first resonant element and for near field power transmissions to the first resonant element. The second antenna assembly is adapted to receive information related to vehicle operations and to configure the information for wireless transmission to the first antenna assembly for recording in the memory assembly.
US09449439B2	Battery state display system A battery state display system includes: a plurality of electric vehicles, each of the plurality of electric vehicles being configured to be driven by a battery containing battery fluid; and a display terminal. The display terminal includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with the plurality of electric vehicles; a display configured to display an image including a state of the battery of each of a plurality of electric vehicles on the display of the display terminal; and a processor configured to: control the display terminal to display on the display a battery state indication for each of the electric vehicles, the battery state indication including: a charge state indication representing a charge state of the battery; and a fluid amount indication relating to an amount of the battery fluid of the battery.
US09449434B2	Electrically actuatable module of a motor vehicle and method for identifying an electrically actuatable module of a motor vehicle The invention relates to an electrically actuatable assembly of a motor vehicle having at least one component comprising a non-volatile memory. The component has base functionality characteristic for the component and required for the operation of the assembly. The memory comprises a memory region not utilized for realizing the base functionality of the component, in said memory region is stored a characteristic value that identifies the assembly with a predetermined probability. Furthermore, the characteristic value can be read out from the memory region of the component. Finally, the invention describes a method for identifying such an electrically actuatable assembly.
US09449433B2	System for reproducing virtual objects A system for reproducing virtual objects includes a detector device that carries a known tracking pattern or tracking feature; and a host device configured for virtually reproducing a template pattern to a surface and producing an image combining the tracking pattern and the template pattern. The template pattern corresponds to a virtual object. The host device is configured to process the image and thereby transmit information regarding the geometrical relationship between the tracking pattern and the template pattern to a user so that the user can reproduce the virtual object on the surface based on the information.
US09449429B1	Stereoscopic modeling based on maximum ocular divergence of a viewer A computer-implemented method for computing an effective inter-ocular distance for a modeled viewer based on a maximum ocular divergence angle. A maximum ocular divergence angle, viewing distance, and an inter-ocular distance are obtained for the modeled viewer. An effective inter-ocular distance is computed based on the viewing distance, the inter-ocular distance, and the maximum ocular divergence angle. The effective inter-ocular distance represents the maximum positive parallax for the modeled viewer having the defined maximum ocular divergence angle. The effective inter-ocular distance may be used in a stereoscopic modeling system in place of the inter-ocular distance, the stereoscopic modeling system relating a set of parameters in a camera space to a set of parameters in viewer space. The stereoscopic modeling system may be a stereoscopic transformation.
US09449425B2	Apparatus and method for generating medical image Disclosed herein are a medical image generation apparatus and medical image generation method that realistically display an object or inner tissues of the object. The medical image generation apparatus includes a sample image extractor configured to extract a sample image from an original image containing color information of an object, a color gamut modeler configured to model a color gamut of the sample image to have a predetermined shape, a 2D color map generator configured to generate a 2D color map based on the modeled color gamut, a volume data generator configured to generate 3D volume data based on a sectional image of inner tissues of the object, and a control unit configured to generate a 3D color medical image by applying values of the 2D color map to a 3D grayscale medical image acquired by volume rendering of the 3D volume data.
US09449417B1	Artistic simulation of curly hair Techniques are disclosed for stably simulating stylized curly hair that address artistic needs and performance demands, both found in the production of feature films. To satisfy the artistic requirement of maintaining a curl's helical shape during motion, a hair model is developed based upon an extensible elastic rod. A method is provided for stably computing a frame along a hair curve for stable simulation of curly hair. The hair model introduces a new type of spring for controlling the bending and twisting of a curl and another for maintaining the helical shape during extension. The disclosed techniques address performance concerns often associated with handling hair-hair contact interactions by efficiently parallelizing the simulation. A novel algorithm is presented for pruning both hair-hair contact pairs and hair particles. The method can be used on a full length feature film and has proven to be robust and stable over a wide range of animated motion and on a variety of hair styles, from straight to wavy to curly.
US09449411B2	Ranking image importance with a photo-collage A method of ranking the importance of digital images from a collection of images, including using a processor to operate upon a photo-collage identifying digital images in the image collection to rank the importance of one or more of the digital images based on the photo-collage, and associating the importance ranking of the one or more digital images with the corresponding one or more digital images.
US09449404B2	Iterative image reconstruction with regularization A method includes scaling a regularization term of an update algorithm of an iterative reconstruction algorithm with regularization with a scaling value. The scaling value is variable in at least one dimension, thereby varying the regularization of the iterative reconstruction in the least one dimension. The method further includes iteratively reconstructing an image based at least on the update algorithm, the varying scaled regularization term, and projection data.
US09449402B2	Color display converter for pinball machine A later generation display device may be connected to the video output port of an older electronic device which utilized an earlier generation display such as a dot matrix display. The early generation display is replaced with the later generation display. The display device includes software which receives graphic data through the video output port and identifies which frame is currently being streamed. The display device matches the frame being streamed to a stored graphic frame having a higher resolution and/or color. The matched frame is delivered to the later generation device so that the user can experience a higher quality visual effect by retrofitting the older electronic device with the later generation display.
US09449398B2	Directional object detection Video analytics is used to track an object of interest represented in video data representing the field of view of a scene observed by a video camera. A multidimensional virtual beam is used to detect whether the tracked object of interest is continually present in a detection zone within the field view of the scene. An occurrence of an event is signaled when the tracked object of interest is continually present in the detection zone during a period beginning when the tracked object of interest enters the detection zone and ending when the tracked object of interest leaves the detection zone through the opposite side, after having completely crossed through the detection zone. Use of a virtual beam detection zone reduces false alarms as compared to the numbers of incidences of false alarms of traditional detection methods, while adding several features and benefits.
US09449397B2	Real-time visual odometry system for determining motion of a machine with a range detection unit A motion determination system is disclosed. The system may receive a first camera image and a second camera image. The system may receive a first range image corresponding to the first camera image. The system may generate a first range map by fusing the first camera image and the first range image. The system may iteratively process a plurality of first features in the first range map to determine a change in position of the machine. The plurality of second features may correspond to the plurality of first features, and each of the plurality of first and second features is denoted by feature points in an image space of the camera.
US09449395B2	Methods and systems for image matting and foreground estimation based on hierarchical graphs In accordance with an embodiment, a method for image matting based on a hierarchical graph model, comprises receiving an input image including a plurality of image elements; generating a plurality of matting cells based on the input image, each cell including a group of image elements; calculating affinity values for the plurality of matting cells based on the input image; forming a graph based on the plurality of matting cells and the affinity values, the graph including a plurality of nodes representing the matting cells and a plurality of edges associated with the affinity values of the matting cells; and generating a plurality of matting components for the input image based on the graph.
US09449386B2	Method and apparatus for extended phase correction in phase sensitive magnetic resonance imaging Methods, apparatuses, systems, and software for extended phase correction in phase sensitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A magnetic resonance image or images may be loaded into a memory. Two vector images A and B associated with the loaded image or images may be calculated either explicitly or implicitly so that a vector orientation by one of the two vector images at a pixel is substantially determined by a background or error phase at the pixel, and the vector orientation at the pixel by the other vector image is substantially different from that determined by the background or error phase at the pixel. A sequenced region growing phase correction algorithm may be applied to the vector images A and B to construct a new vector image V so that a vector orientation of V at each pixel is substantially determined by the background or error phase at the pixel. A phase corrected magnetic resonance image or images may be generated using the vector image V, and the phase corrected magnetic resonance image or images may be displayed or archived.
US09449372B2	Dust removal technology for driver vision leverage A system includes a way of improving an image obscured by airborne particles. The system includes a decomposition processor and an image generation processor. The decomposition processor decomposes an object of interest moving in a first image at a first rate of speed into at least one first subspace vector. This decomposition processor also decomposes fine particles moving at a different rate of speed than the object in the first image into at least one second subspace vector. The fine particles obscure the object of interest in a second image. The image generation processor generates based, at least in part on the first subspace vector and the second subspace vector, an image of the object without some of the fine particles obscuring the object of interest.
US09449370B2	Detecting exposure quality in images Systems, methods and computer readable media for exposure quality detection are described. In some implementations, a method can include computing an overall image exposure score for an image. The method can also include determining one or more face regions in the image. The method can further include computing a face region exposure score for each face region. The method can also include combining the overall image exposure score and each face region exposure score to generate an exposure quality score for the image.
US09449368B2	Method, system and mobile terminal for information displaying A method, system and mobile terminal for information displaying are provided. The method is applied to a system that includes a cloud server and at least one mobile terminal, the method including: reporting, by the mobile terminal, its attribute information to the cloud server, the attribute information includes screen density of the mobile terminal and screen width of the mobile terminal; typesetting, by the cloud server, information to be displayed of the mobile terminal, based on the screen density and the screen width, and returning the typeset information to the mobile terminal to display. Since typesetting information of the cloud server is typeset according to the attribute information reported by the mobile terminal, displaying information of the mobile terminal may be adapted to the screen density of the mobile terminal.
US09449360B2	Reducing the number of sequential operations in an application to be performed on a shared memory cell Methods and apparatuses to reduce the number of sequential operations such as atomic operations in an application to be performed on a shared memory cell may be provided. A translation unit can detect in the application multiple atomic operations to be performed on the same memory and replaces the multiple atomic operations with an equivalent single atomic operation. In some implementations, the application includes shader code. In some implementations, each of the multiple atomic operations increment a value stored at the same memory by an update amount. The translation unit may calculate the partial prefix sum over all the atomic operations and replace the multiple atomic operations with a single atomic operation to increment the value stored at memory by the sum of the update amounts.
US09449358B2	Arrangements for increasing detection confidence In one embodiment, a first set of digital data (e.g., an image) is tested for the presence of a certain feature (e.g., a certain face), yielding one of two outcomes (e.g., not-present, or present). If the testing yields the first outcome, no additional testing is performed. If, however, the testing yields the second outcome, further testing is performed to further check this outcome. Such further testing is performed on a second set of digital data that is based on, but different from, the first set of data. Only if the original testing and the further testing both yield the same second outcome is it treated as a valid result. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09449353B2	Enabling enforcement of licensing terms in distributing content in containers by including a key in the container containing the pertinent licensing terms A method, system and computer program product for enforcing licensing terms when distributing content via a container image running in a container. Upon receiving a request for a service from the container by the isolation code, where the isolation code limits, accounts and isolates resource usage of process groups, the commerce code application programming interfaces (APIs) of the isolation code read a key of the container. The key contains licensing terms applied to the component(s) (e.g., applications) of the container. The commerce code APIs will then confirm that the container is in compliance with those licensing terms. If the container is in compliance with the licensing terms, the container will be allowed to execute. Otherwise, the container will be prevented from executing. In this manner, the commerce code APIs can enforce the licensing terms, including restrictions and enforcement of payment to the licensor upon distributing content in the container.
US09449337B2	Emulation of a client browser and generation of web page data by an electronic commerce server in a testing environment having a separate test server A method for electronic commerce management is provided. The method includes sending a request to the test server to be assigned a session identifier, the session identifier being associated with an assigned content version and receive the session identifier from the test server. The method further includes generating web page data to send to the client program, the web page data including (1) computer code which upon execution will cause the client program to retrieve the assigned content version of the static content from the test server using the session identifier, and (2) dynamic web page content based on one or more dynamic content factors and send the web page data to the client program.
US09449336B2	Apparatus and method for providing harmonized recommendations based on an integrated user profile In certain implementations, a system may receive attribute data corresponding to attributes of a plurality of users and to one or more venues for which the plurality of users has an affinity. A user personality matrix may be calculated for one or more of the plurality of users based on interrelational nodal link strengths between the one or more users and the venues. The user personality matrices may be merged to calculate a combined personality matrix representing a unified taste profile for the one or more users. A candidate list of venues having the highest link strength with the combined personality matrix may be determined. One or more recommended venues from the candidate list of venues that have the strongest links to the combined personality matrix may be determined, and recommendation data corresponding to the recommended venues may be output.
US09449326B2	Web site accelerator A web site accelerator system includes a web asset migrator storing web assets in a data repository according to categories specified in a predetermined schema. The system also includes a web asset configurer matching rules stored in the data repository with attributes associated with an online user. The rules each specify a condition and a web asset stored in the data repository to provide to the online visitor if the condition is satisfied. The system also includes a rules optimizer modifying the rules based on captured online behavior.
US09449311B2	Methods and systems for facilitating transactions using badges In various embodiments, a system and method for facilitating transactions using a badge are provided. In example embodiments, codes for a badge to be displayed on a web page of a web site are generated. The codes for the badge are embedded in the web page prior to an occurrence of an event external to the web site. In response to an indication of the event, the embedded codes are activated to display the badge on the web page.
US09449305B2	Method of organizing a database according to an event for a web-based conference collaboration tool with dynamic content and roles A conference collaboration system has a server connected to a network and configured to generate a page view requested by a client device over the network and provide dynamic content associated with the requested page view for display on the device; and a database configured to store the dynamic content, update the dynamic content in response to commands from the server, and provide the dynamic content to the server in response to requests from the server, wherein the dynamic content is associated with a plurality of services, each shown in a page view, and the dynamic content and the services are associated with a conference. The server can determine an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device and provide a page view and dynamic content in response to the authorization level, and the dynamic content is updated or created in response to or for actions during the conference.
US09449288B2	Travel services search A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.
US09449267B1	Methods and systems for preventing tampering of a smart tag Embodiments of the present invention relates to methods and systems for preventing tampering of a smart tag, such as a near field communication (NFC) tag or the like, in a retail environment. The smart tag is typically coupled with a protector at one side of the smart tag to prevent programming or encoding of the smart tag. The protector is removed to allow the smart tag to be programmed or write enabled. The smart tag is typically coupled with a sticker for adhering with an object such as a gift item.
US09449264B1	Embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) package A radio frequency identification (RFID) device is described. In one or more implementations, the RFID device includes an integrated circuit (IC) die electrically connected to a radio frequency (RF) antenna winding for transmitting electronically stored information via the RF antenna winding. The RFID device also includes a substrate comprising a first core laminated to a second core. The RF antenna winding is routed through the first core and the second core. The first core defines a cavity for retaining the IC die. The cavity is disposed within the RF antenna winding in the first core.
US09449212B2	Capacitive fingerprint sensor with sensing elements comprising timing circuitry The present invention relates to a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, the capacitive fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements, each including: a protective dielectric top layer to be touched by the finger; an electrically conductive sensing structure arranged underneath the top layer; charge measuring circuitry connected to the sensing structure for sequentially transitioning between at least a first measurement state and a second measurement state to perform a measurement sequence resulting in an output signal from the charge measuring circuitry being indicative of a change of a charge carried by the sensing structure resulting from a change in a potential difference between the finger and the sensing structure; and timing circuitry connected to the charge measuring circuitry for controlling a timing of at least one of the measurement states.
US09449200B2	Methods, systems and apparatus to secure devices via physical and/or virtual locking Methods, systems, apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed to secure devices. An example disclosed apparatus includes a platform detector to determine when the device is within a threshold proximity to a platform, a device locking manager to initiate a locking service for the device when within the threshold proximity, and a device tampering manager to initiate a tampering remedy in response to detecting an indication of tampering.
US09449199B2	Feature enablement within a printer In one embodiment, an apparatus that removably connects to a first printer is validated, the validating including comparing first data stored within the apparatus to second data stored within the first printer. A first feature is enabled within the first printer utilizing third data stored within the apparatus. The apparatus is restricted such that the apparatus is no longer operable to enable the first feature within a printer other than the first printer.
US09449197B2	Pooling entropy to facilitate mobile device-based true random number generation A mobile device operating system pools any available entropy. The resulting entropy pool is stored in device memory. When storing entropy in memory, preferably memory addresses are randomly allocated to prevent an attacker from capturing entropy that might have already been used to create a random number. The stored entropy pool provides a readily-available entropy source for any entropy required by the operating system or device applications. Then, when a cryptographic application requests a true random number, the operating system checks to determine whether the pool has available entropy and, if so, a portion of the entropy is provided to enable generation (e.g., by a TRNG) of a true random number that, in turn, may then be used for some cryptographic operation. After providing the entropy, the operating system clears the address locations that were used to provide it so that another entity cannot re-use the entropy.
US09449194B2	Secure access to running client application features from a browser application A secure access is provided to a plurality of software application features associated with a plurality of software applications running on a user's device, wherein the secure access is provided from a web browser application associated with the user's device. This may include providing an open connection between a server and at least one software application within the plurality of software running on the user's device. This may also include sending a message from the web browser application to the server. This may further include detecting the sent message from the web browser application to the server. Additionally, the open connection may be used to send data from the server to the at least one software application.
US09449189B1	Protection of state data in computer system code Method and system are provided for protecting state data of computer system code. The computer system code may be operating system code, subsystem code or application code and the item of state data is not expected to change within the execution of the computer system code. The method includes: creating or modifying an item of state data having a field value and being stored in memory for access by computer system code; registering an item of state data for protection; preserving the field value of the item of state data in a form inaccessible to third party software; validating the field value of the item of state data by comparing a current field value with the preserved field value to determine if the field value has been modified; and, if the field value has been modified, taking appropriate action.
US09449186B2	System for and method of managing access to a system using combinations of user information The present invention is directed to systems for and methods of controlling access to computer systems. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises performing a test that includes comparing input responses to randomly selected questions with corresponding pre-determined responses to the questions and granting access to the system in the event the test is passed. A first condition of passing the test is that each input response matches a corresponding pre-determined response. Once passing the test, the user is granted permissions to access data based on his position. For example, a corporate director generally has greater permissions than an engineer. Preferably, the user's permissions determine an encryption key and a decryption key that the user is able to use to access protected data.
US09449185B2	Extensible and/or distributed authorization system and/or methods of providing the same In certain example embodiments, an extensible and/or distributed security system is provided. In certain example embodiments the security system provides authorization to a resource of a first application. In the first application, a security context is created and a client is authenticated to the first application. A request is accepted in the first application to access at least one resource. The first application communicates with an authorization application to determine authorization to the at least one resource. In the authorization application, an authorization process is executed which communicates with another application that defines a step of the authorization process for this resource. Based on that step, it is determined whether the first application allows access to the at least one resource for the client.
US09449184B2	Time based access control in social software An embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling access to content in a social networking website, wherein a connection is established between a first user and a second user on the social networking website. Content on the profile pages of the first user is categorized into a first content category and a second content category. The first content category includes content created before the connection between the first user and the second user was established. The second content category includes content created after the connection between the first user and the second user was established. Content in the first content category is also categorized into a first subcategory and at least one second subcategory. Access by the second user is restricted to the first content category. Specifically, the second user is prevented from viewing content in the first subcategory and permitted to view content in the second subcategory.
US09449165B2	System and method for wireless proximity-based access to a computing device Disclosed herein is a system and method for wireless proximity-based access to a computing system, which in accordance with certain aspects of an embodiment of the invention includes a small, portable, person-carried or personal-item-carried (e.g., by attachment to a user's key's, purse, knapsack, etc.) wireless transmitter that serves as a “key,” and a wireless receiver configured for attachment to the computing system that serves as a “lock.” The lock may comprise, for example, a USB device that both wirelessly communicates with the key to detect its physical proximity, and communicates with the computer access software that is native on the computing system (e.g., standard WINDOWS username and password authentication processes) to either allow or disallow such computer access software from allowing access to the computing system based upon the physical proximity of the key to the lock.
US09449160B1	Methods and systems of adding a user account to a device A method of adding a user account to an unassociated device may include detecting, by an associated device that is associated with a user account, an audio signal broadcast by an unassociated device that is not associated with the user account, where the audio signal includes a token. The method may include sending the token to a computing device associated with a service provider of the user account, receiving, by the associated device, a command, determining that the received command is an authorization command, and in response to determining that the received command is an authorization command, sending one or more authorization instructions to the computing device. The one or more authorization instructions may instruct the computing device to send one or more credentials associated with the user.
US09449158B2	Expiration time authentication system, expiration time authentication device, and expiration time authentication method for applications A smartphone into which an application is installed includes a first and second authentication processing unit. The first authentication processing unit is configured to determine whether or not a current activation time of the application is past expiration time; permits authentication if the current activation time is not past the expiration time; and denies authentication if the current activation time is past the expiration time. The second authentication processing unit is configured to determine whether or not the current activation time is after previous activation time; permit authentication if the current activation time is after the previous activation time; and deny authentication if the current activation time is not after the previous activation time, wherein second authentication processing allows authentication to be denied if the current activation time (tampered and unauthorized activation time) is time before the previous activation time, as a result of turning back an internal clock of the smartphone.
US09449150B2	Combination treatment selection methods and systems Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one attribute of at least one individual, querying at least one database at least partly based on the at least one attribute, selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual, and/or presenting an indication of the at least one prescription medication and the at least one artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the selecting from the at least one database at least one prescription medication and at least one artificial sensory experience to address the at least one attribute of at least one individual.
US09449149B2	Method for optimising local drug delivery The present invention relates to a data processing method for determining an infusion location in an anatomical region of interest of a patient's body for infusing a medical substance, the method being executed by a computer and comprising steps of: a) acquiring permeability data comprising information about the permeability of anatomical vessels in the body; b) acquiring body vessels set data comprising information about a body vessel set, wherein the body vessel set represents a set of at least one anatomical body vessel in the patient's body and wherein the body vessel set data comprises information about the spatial structure of the at least one body vessel; c) acquiring coverage condition data comprising information about a predetermined coverage of a target region with the medical substance; d) determining, for a plurality of candidate infusion locations, candidate coverage data comprising information about a candidate coverage of a target region with the medical substance based on the permeability data, the body vessel set data and the coverage condition data; e) determining infusion location data comprising information about the infusion location based on the permeability data, the body vessel set data and the coverage condition data.
US09449144B2	Flux balance analysis with molecular crowding Methods are provided herein for: calculating cell growth rates in various environments and genetic backgrounds; calculating the order of substrate utilization from a defined growth medium; calculating metabolic flux reorganization in various environments and at various growth rates; and calculating the maximum metabolic rate and optimal metabolite concentrations and enzyme activities by applying a computational optimization method to a kinetic model of a metabolic pathway. The optimization methods use intracellular molecular crowding parameters and/or well as kinetic rates to assist in modeling metabolic activity.
US09449140B2	Conflict detection for self-aligned multiple patterning compliance Among other things, one or more techniques and systems for performing design layout are provided. An initial design layout is associated with an electrical component, such as a standard cell. A conflict graph is generated based upon the initial design layout. The conflict graph comprises one or more nodes, representing polygons within the initial design layout, connected by one or more edges. A same-process edge specifies that two nodes are to be generated by the same pattern process, while a different-process edge specified that two nodes are to be generated by different pattern processes, such as a mandrel pattern process and a passive fill pattern process. The conflict graph is evaluated to identify a conflict, such as a self-aligned multiple pattering (SAMP) conflict, associated with the initial design layout. The conflict is visually displayed so that the initial design layout can be modified to resolve the conflict.
US09449138B2	Prototype and emulation system for multiple custom prototype boards A system for emulating a circuit design is presented. The system includes a host workstation coupled by an emulation interface to a field programmable gate array (FPGA) configured to emulate and verify the circuit design when the host workstation is invoked to verify the circuit design. The emulation interface is configured to provide timing and control information for at least the verify. The system further includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions, which when executed cause a computer to compile a portion of the circuit design and an associated verification module adapted to configure the FPGA. A compilation is performed in accordance with a description file.
US09449137B2	Buffered conduits for high throughput channel implementation, crosstalk de-sensitization and late timing fixes on skew sensitive buses A method of manufacturing a system on a chip and a system on a chip including a set of pre-designed modules. These modules are place on a semiconductor and connecting by a set of busses formed according to a set of design rules specifying tracks having a minimum size of conductors and a minimum spacing between conductors. The busses are routed in a preferred direction. The busses include minimum size conductors at alternate tracks within a selected metal layer of the semiconductor and minimum size conductors at alternate tracks in a different metal layer. The conductors in the different metal layer are connected to corresponding connectors in the selected metal layer by vias. Shields of conductors not connected to the bus may be included in tracks not including bus conductors.
US09449127B1	System for verifying timing constraints of IC design An EDA tool for verifying timing constraints of an integrated circuit (IC) design includes a processor and a memory that stores register transfer level (RTL) code of the IC design and a timing constraint file. The processor generates a netlist based on the RTL code, and identifies asynchronous clock paths, false paths and multi-cycle paths in the netlist using the timing constraint file. The processor then inserts buffer cells for logic cells in the netlist. The processor also inserts buffer cells in the asynchronous clock paths, false paths, and multi-cycle paths. The processor delay annotates logic cells and clock delay cells with a zero delay value and the buffer cells with known delay values. The processor generates a modeled standard delay format (SDF) file and performs a gate level simulation (GLS) using the modeled SDF file.
US09449123B2	Stresses induced by random loading A computer-implemented method of modelling a root-mean-square stress in a structure induced by a random load. The method comprises determining a modal correction factor based on data representing the eigensolution for the structure in free vibration. The modal correction factor characterizes the proportion of the random load, which is attributable to the root-mean-square response of the structure. Once the modal correction factor has been calculated, it is applied to data representing a stress in the structure due to a forced vibration to thereby determine the root-mean-square stress induced by the random load.
US09449117B2	Metadata search based on semantics According to some embodiments, a method and an apparatus of enriching search results with metadata are provided to receive a plurality of metadata associated with an entity and storing the plurality of metadata in a repository. A search request associated with the entity is received and search results that comprise a portion of the plurality of metadata stored in the repository are determined.
US09449116B2	Online radix tree compression with key sequence skip Systems and methods are disclosed for inserting a key into and removing a key from a composite data structure including a radix tree and an auxiliary data structure. In an example, a method of inserting a key into the composite data structure includes receiving an instruction to store a first key in the composite data structure. The composite data structure stores a second key. The method further includes generating, based on comparing the first and second keys, one or more sequences of elements. The method also includes splitting each of the generated sequences of elements into a prefix and a suffix, storing the respective prefixes into the radix tree; and storing the respective suffixes into the auxiliary data structure.
US09449097B2	System to conduct search updates at determined frequency A system, according to some example embodiments, includes a commerce database storing item data for a plurality of items offered for sale. A search criteria database stores search criteria associated with a user, the search criteria including search frequency information indicating frequency of a search update to be performed using the search criteria. A search server operation retrieves the search criteria from the search criteria database and performs an update search of the commerce database, the search being performed using the search criteria and in accordance with the search frequency information. A notification engine operationally identifies an update to a previous search result based on the update search and generates a notification of the update to the previous search result.
US09449096B2	Identifying influencers for topics in social media A computer determines social media influencers in a specific topic. The computer receives a dataset of information on a website, the information including a list of users of the website and a list of content that each user posts, wherein each user is associated with one or more other users. The computer identifies a plurality of variables associated with the dataset, wherein the plurality of variables represent the information of the dataset on the website. The computer executes a topic specific search based on the plurality of variables, the topic search providing at least another list of users representing influencers in a specific topic.
US09449085B2	Pattern matching of sound data using hashing Pattern matching of sound data using hashing is described. In one or more implementations, a query formed from one or more spectrograms of sound data is hashed and used to locate one or more labels in a database of sound signals. Each of the labels is located using a hash of an entry in the database. At least one of the located one or more labels is chosen as corresponding to the query.
US09449083B2	Performance data search using a query indicative of a tone generation pattern A user inputs, as a query pattern, a desired search-object rhythm pattern using a control, corresponding to a desired one of a plurality of performance parts constituting a performance data set (automatic accompaniment data set), in a rhythm input device. An input rhythm pattern storage section stores the input rhythm pattern (query pattern) into a RAM on the basis of a clock signal output from a bar line clock output section and input trigger data. A part identification section identifies a search-object performance part corresponding to the user-operated control. For the identified performance part, a rhythm pattern search section searches an automatic accompaniment database for an automatic accompaniment data set including a rhythm pattern that matches, i.e. has the highest similarity to, the input rhythm pattern (query pattern).
US09449081B2	Identification of semantic relationships within reported speech Methods and computer-readable media for associating words or groups of words distilled from content, such as reported speech or an attitude report, of a document to form semantic relationships collectively used to generate a semantic representation of the content are provided. Semantic representations may include elements identified or parsed from a text portion of the content, the elements of which may be associated with other elements that share a semantic relationship, such as an agent, location, or topic relationship. Relationships may also be developed by associating one element that is in relation to, or is about, another element, thereby allowing for rapid and effective comparison of associations found in a semantic representation with associations derived from queries. The semantic relationships may be determined based on semantic information, such as potential meanings and grammatical functions of each element within the text portion of the content.
US09449079B2	Method of and system for displaying a plurality of user-selectable refinements to a search query Method of displaying by a client application in communication with a search engine a plurality of user-selectable refinements to a search query including a search term, comprising: sending the search query; receiving search results and suggested search query refinements determined based at least in part on an analysis of groups of related search queries, each suggested search query refinement corresponding to a refined search query including the search term and an additional search term; displaying search results and, apart from a search bar, refinements, refinements being selectable by a user via a graphical object; receiving a selection of one of the refinements, the selection corresponding to a refined search query including the search term and an additional search term; receiving refined search results; and displaying refined search results and a visual representation of a refinement relationship between the search query and the refined search query. Related systems are also disclosed.
US09449078B2	Evaluating the ranking quality of a ranked list The ranking quality of a ranked list may be evaluated. In an example embodiment, a method is implemented by a system to access log data, ascertain which entries of a ranked list are skipped, and determine a ranking quality metric from the skipped entries. More specifically, log data that reflects user interactions with a ranked list having multiple entries is accessed. The user interactions include at least indications of which of the multiple entries are selected entries. It is ascertained which entries of the multiple entries of the ranked list are skipped entries based on the selected entries. The ranking quality metric for the ranked list is determined responsive to the skipped entries.
US09449068B2	Information retrieval and navigation using a semantic layer and dynamic objects Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.
US09449064B2	System and method for dynamic and secure communication and synchronization of personal data records A system and method for dynamic and secure communication and synchronization of personal data records through a distributed network. More specifically, a system that receives, stores and secures personal data records for users and then transmits and synchronizes personal data records between users in a distributed network based on rule-based security controls.
US09449061B2	Storing and processing data organized as flexible records A system and method are disclosed for persisting data received from disparate data sources having different internal schemas. In operation, a data processing engine aggregates related data received from the different data sources and organizes the aggregated data into flexible records. A flexible record is a composite of associated fields aggregated from a set of records received from one or more data sources. Each field associated with a flexible record includes data received from a particular data source and specifies the particular data source as the source of the data. Flexible records are stored in a storage repository, and each flexible record is associated with at least one user who accesses data via a client device.
US09449045B2	System and method for enhanced query optimizer search space ordering In an optimizer within a Relational Database Management System improved ways in which a search space (the universe of possible join combinations) is generated and managed and improved ways in which the elements of a search space are evaluated so that among other things unpromising elements are efficiently dropped (pruned).
US09449043B2	Automatic fitting of haptic effects A system is provided that automatically generates one or more haptic effects from source data, such as audio source data. The system fits the one or more haptic effects to the source data by analyzing the source data and identifying one or more haptic effects that are the most similar to the source data. The system matches the identified one or more haptic effects with the source data. The system subsequently outputs the identified one or more haptic effects.
US09449041B2	Database system lock operation method and device A database system lock operation method is provided that includes: acquiring, by a first processing node, a lock operand of a target lock; using, by the first processing node, the target lock to perform a lock acquiring operation on a target data object; when the lock operand meets a condition for a successful lock acquiring operation, determining, by the first processing node, that the lock acquiring operation is successful, and updating a value of a data bit that is in the lock operand and used to indicate a state of the target lock on the first processing node to a value that is used to indicate that the state of the target lock on the first processing node is lock held. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention further disclose a node device. The embodiments of the present invention can improve performance of a database system.
US09449037B2	Enhanced delivery of messaging data traffic Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for delivering enhanced message content to subscribers and for overcoming common incompatibilities found in message delivery mechanisms. Exemplary embodiments profile an intended recipient's network capabilities, the intended recipient's device, and/or the recipient's service feature profile. This profile is leveraged to predictively and adaptively adjust the subsequent enhanced message content delivery process. Further, content modification can be applied for those cases where there is a defined mismatch that can be handled in order to facilitate delivery of the substance of the enhanced content. Finally, in cases where the content needs to be delivered intact to the intended recipient, but where the recipient network, the recipient's device and/or the recipient's service profile do not allow for delivery, the content may be delivered to an alternative device or system. These alternative devices or systems may be managed by the sender, the recipient, or a service provider's network.
US09449035B2	Systems and methods for active column filtering Systems and methods are disclosed for active column filtering. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for active column filtering. The method includes providing a table having data values arranged in rows and columns, providing a first filter location indicator whose location is visually associated with a first column, and providing a first interface based on a selection of the first filter location indicator, wherein the first interface's location is visually associated with the first column. The method also includes acquiring a first filter input entered into the first interface, filtering the table based on the acquired first filter input, providing the filtered table for displaying, and providing an applied filter indicator, whose location is visually associated with the first column, the applied filter indicator including at least the first filter input.
US09449033B2	Intent based automation of data management operations by a data management engine Provided are a method, computer program product, and system for processing a data management request. User intent that defines properties of target data is determined. Policies and constraints for the data management request are determined. An abstract data management request that identifies source data, the target data, and the polices and constraints is created. A technology to use to process the data management request based on the user intent, policies, and constraints is determined.
US09449016B2	Data synchronization policies Techniques for data synchronization policies are described. In one or more implementations, techniques may be employed to set data synchronization (“sync”) policies for devices in a data sync environment. The sync policies specify parameters for sync operations in the sync environment, such as how frequently data sync operations are performed, what types of data are synced to particular devices, how frequently particular types of data are synced, and so on. In implementations, the sync policies consider the number of devices that are participating in a sync environment and attributes of the devices in specifying parameters for sync operations. Data can be synchronized among devices in the sync environment based on the sync policies.
US09449014B2	Resynchronization of replicated data Mechanisms are provided for efficient resynchronization of replicated data. A hash value is generated for a chunk of data replicated from a source node to a target node. The chunk of data may be a file deduplicated and compressed at both a source node and a target node. A current sequence number is determined and a sequence number and hash tuple is maintained for the chunk of data at both the source node and the target node. Sequence numbers are modified whenever the data is modified. Current sequence numbers and sequence number and hash values in the sequence number hash tuples at the source node and the target node may be compared to determine whether data is still synchronized at a later point in time or whether data requires resynchronization.
US09449013B2	Application transparent deduplication data Mechanisms are provided to allow for application transparent deduplication data. A mail database associated with a mail application can be analyzed to identify attachments meeting particular administrator criteria. The attachments are analyzed and replaced with stubs to allow continued mail application interaction with the mail database. The attachments may be optimized with deduplication and/or compression.
US09449004B2	File repository abstraction layer Example systems and methods of implementing an abstraction layer for a file repository are presented. In one example, an access request to retrieve an electronic file is received from a requesting device. The request includes an identification of a first storage location in the file repository. In response to the request, the first storage location of the file repository is searched for the electronic file. If the search is successful, the electronic file is retrieved from the file repository at the first storage location. If the search is unsuccessful, a redirection file is accessed in the file repository. The redirection file includes an identification of a second storage location for the electronic, file at a storage site external to the file repository. The electronic file is retrieved from the storage site based on the indication of the second storage location. The retrieved file is transmitted to the requesting device.
US09449003B1	System, method, and computer program for presenting entity-related events using radially segmented concentric circles A system, method, and computer program product are provided for presenting entity-related events using radially divided concentric circles. In use, a plurality of events associated with at least one entity is stored. Additionally, a set of the events is retrieved according to a preconfigured time period. Further, each of the events in the set is categorized according to a plurality of predefined categories. Still yet, a plurality of concentric circles each segmented by a radial axis centered on the concentric circles is displayed, where each segment is associated with a different one of the predefined categories and each concentric circle is associated with a different portion of the preconfigured time period. Moreover, each of the events in the set is presented in one of the segments of one of the concentric circles, based on the categorization.
US09448997B1	Techniques for translating content Techniques, including systems and methods, for providing translated content are described and suggested herein. In an embodiment, translations for instances of content are received and reviewers provide votes regarding the translations' quality. Votes received for translations are utilized in order to determine scores for the translations. Reviewers and translators may be scored as well. Scores for translations are used in various processes for providing appropriate content to users.
US09448995B2	Method and device for performing natural language searches A digital device and a method for parsing a query, in particular a natural language query, and retrieving results from possibly multiple data sources such as relational databases or the Semantic Web. The method includes a parsing procedure for generating a graph-based logical representation of the query using semantically structured resources, consisting of a tokenizer, a node generator, a relationship generator, and a focus identificator. The digital device realizes a modularized architecture, consisting of a parser enabling the processing of a query with possibly multiple vocabularies, a query performer retrieving data of knowledge sources independently from their database management system, and a result processor merging the results.
US09448992B2	Natural language search results for intent queries Systems and methods provide natural language search results to clear-intent queries. To provide the natural language search results, a system may parse a document from an authoritative source to generate at least one heading-text pair, the text appearing under the heading in the document. The system may assign a topic and a question category to the heading-text pair and store the heading-text pair in a data store keyed by the topic and the question category. The system determines that a query corresponds to the topic and the question category, and provides the heading-text pair as a natural language search result for the query. In some implementations, the text portion of the heading-text pair may be a paragraph or a list of items and the natural language search result may be provided with conventional snippet-based search results in response to the query.
US09448990B2	Adaptive construction of a statistical language model A statistical language model (SLM) may be iteratively refined by considering N-gram counts in new data, and blending the information contained in the new data with the existing SLM. A first group of documents is evaluated to determine the probabilities associated with the different N-grams observed in the documents. An SLM is constructed based on these probabilities. A second group of documents is then evaluated to determine the probabilities associated with each N-gram in that second group. The existing SLM is then evaluated to determine how well it explains the probabilities in the second group of documents, and a weighting parameter is calculated from that evaluation. Using the weighting parameter, a new SLM is then constructed as a weighted average of the existing SLM and the new probabilities.
US09448981B2	Methods and systems for setting and enabling images on web pages Methods and systems for enabling images on a web page are provided. In example embodiments, a selection of an event external to a website of a publisher that will trigger display of an image that corresponds to the event is received. Information regarding a format for the image is received. Prior to the event occurring, code for the image to be displayed on a web page of the web site associated with the publisher is generated. The code is generated using the information regarding the format for the image. An indication of an occurrence of the event external to the web site is received. The code is triggered to display the image on the web page in response to the receiving the indication of the occurrence of the event.
US09448979B2	Managing a display of results of a keyword search on a web page by modifying attributes of DOM tree structure An approach is provided for managing a display of a keyword search result. The search for the keyword on a web page includes identifying first Document Object Model (DOM) element(s) including a subset of DOM element(s) that include the keyword. Based on preference(s), second DOM element(s) are identified, which are unrelated to the subset of DOM element(s). Based on the preference(s), styles of the first and second DOM element(s) are modified to generate a display of the search result that includes content of the web page specified by the first DOM element(s), and that (1) does not include other content of the web page specified by the second DOM element(s) or (2) emphasizes the content specified by the first DOM element(s) over the other content specified by the second DOM element(s), in accordance with the modified styles.
US09448975B2	Character data processing method, information processing method, and information processing apparatus A character data processing method executed by a computer includes detecting glyph variant information from an input character data string, and converting detected glyph variant information to extended expression data, the extended data and the detected glyph variant information, the basic character data being associated with the detected glyph variant information in the input character string, wherein the extended expression data can be converted to the basic character data by specific bit arithmetic processing.
US09448974B2	Method and apparatus for processing XML for display on a mobile device A method and apparatus are set forth for creating a Document Object Model of an XML document of predetermined type, comprising a first process for receiving and opening a compressed input file containing the XML document; a second process for opening and parsing the contents of a relationships file to create a map of name-value pairs and detecting a value for identifying the predetermined type from among a plurality of types of XML documents; and a further process for parsing data in the XML document according to the predetermined type, and building the Document Object Model.
US09448969B2	Telecommunication device configured to forward vehicle information from a mobile vehicle monitoring device The present invention is directed a system including a vehicle monitoring device coupled to a vehicle configured to retrieve vehicle information from a vehicle diagnostic system of the vehicle and transmit the vehicle information to an off-board device via a communication relay device to receive the vehicle information and display the received vehicle information based at least in part on information of the one or more recipients.
US09448968B2	Automated small object sorting systems and methods In various embodiments, a small object sorting system includes an object tray cart docking station configured to dock an object tray cart here within. The system additionally includes an automated tray removal and positioning subsystem configured to remove an object tray from the object tray cart, selectively position the tray such that selected small objects can be extracted therefrom, and replace the object tray into the object tray cart. Furthermore, the system includes an automated collection assembly positioning subsystem configured to selectively position a collection assembly such that the selected extracted small objects can be deposited into selected object receptacles, and an automated object extraction subsystem configured to extract the selected small objects and deposit each extracted small object into the selected object receptacles.
US09448959B2	Two-wire communication protocol engine In an example embodiment, a two-wire communication protocol engine manages control and data transmissions in a bi-directional, multi-node bus system where each node is connected over a twisted wire pair bus to another node. Some embodiments include a state machine that allows for synchronized updates of configuration data across the system, a distributed interrupt system, a synchronization pattern based on data coding used in the system, and data scrambling applied to a portion of the data transmitted over the twisted wire pair bus. The multi-node bus system comprises a master node and a plurality of slave nodes. The slave nodes can be powered over the twisted wire pair bus.
US09448957B2	Unified system area network and switch A network switch, based on the PCI Express protocol, is disclosed. The switch includes a processor, local memory and a plurality of non-transparent bridges. By configuring the non-transparent bridges appropriately, the network switch can facilitate a number of different communication mechanisms, including TCP/IP communication between servers, server clusters, and virtualized I/O device utilization. For example, the network switch may configure the non-transparent bridges so as to have access to the physical memory of every server attached to it. It can then move data from the memory of any server to the memory of any other server. In another embodiment, the network switch is connected to an I/O device, and multiple servers are given access to that I/O device via virtualized connections.
US09448949B2	Mobile data vault A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a data interface module that processes files associated with a user, the data interface module receives and validates a password from a user of the portable electronic device before the user is allowed access to files processed by the data interface module, an encryption key formed by the data interface module upon validation of the password, the encryption key further comprising the password, a hard coded private string and a serial number of the portable electronic device and a data storage area that stores files received from the data interface module the stored files are encrypted using the encryption key and where neither the encryption key or the password are stored in an unencrypted format anyplace within the portable electronic device.
US09448946B2	Data storage system with stale data mechanism and method of operation thereof Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable a stale data mechanism. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving a write command specifying a logical address to which to write, (2) determining whether a stale flag corresponding to the logical address is set, (3) in accordance with a determination that the stale flag is not set, setting the stale flag and releasing the write command to be processed, and (4) in accordance with a determination that the stale flag is set, detecting an overlap, wherein the overlap indicates two or more outstanding write commands are operating on the same memory space.
US09448938B2	Cache coherence protocol for persistent memories A memory device having a memory controller, a main memory with at least a portion comprising persistent memory, and at least two processing entities, wherein the memory controller enables the processing entities to access the main memory according to a cache coherence protocol. The cache coherency protocol can signal when the main memory is being updated and when the update has finished. The processing entities can be configured to wait for the main memory to be updated or can access previously stored memory.
US09448937B1	Cache coherency A system is disclosed that includes a memory, a processing sub-system, and a programmable logic sub-system. The processing and programmable logic sub-systems each include a respective circuit configured to access a first set of memory addresses that are shared by the processing and programmable logic sub-systems. Each of the processing and programmable logic sub-systems also include a respective cache circuit, configured to cache the first set of addresses of the first memory, and a respective coherent interface circuit configured to communicate data transactions between the respective cache circuit and the memory. The system also includes a cache coherent interconnect configured to maintain coherency between the first cache circuit and the second cache circuit for the first set of addresses.
US09448929B1	Memory allocation folding based on object dominance A computer-implemented method for compilation of applications can include receiving a set of software instructions and traversing the set of software instructions based on a control-flow order of the set of software instructions. The traversing can include identifying a first allocation instruction in the set of software instructions, the first allocation instruction being configured to allocate a first amount of memory for a first object and identifying a second allocation instruction in the set of software instructions, the second allocation instruction being configured to allocate a second amount of memory for a second object. The method can include determining that the first allocation instruction dominates the second allocation instruction and, in response to the determining, combining the first allocation instruction and the second allocation instruction into a folded allocation instruction that allocates the first amount of memory and the second amount of memory in a single memory allocation operation.
US09448928B2	System and method for two-tier adaptive heap management in a virtual machine environment In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for two-tier adaptive heap management (AHM) in a virtual machine environment, such as a Java virtual machine (JVM). In accordance with an embodiment, a two-tier AHM approach recognizes that more virtual machines can be run on a particular host, or the same number of virtual machines can support higher load while minimizing out-of-memory occurrences, swapping, and long old garbage collection pauses, if the heap is divided into tiers, so that a garbage collection policy that minimizes pause time can be used in a first (normal) tier, and a garbage collection policy that favors heap compaction and release of free memory to the host can be used in another (high-heap) tier.
US09448925B2	Semiconductor storage device and semiconductor storage device control method A semiconductor storage device includes: a storage; an address translater configured to translate a logical address for access to the storage to a physical address based on address translation information; and a controller configured to output the address translation information to the address translater, wherein the controller, when the address translation information is changed, interchanges a first physical address based on first address translation information before the change and a second physical address based on second address translation information after the change in the storage.
US09448920B2	Granting and revoking supplemental memory allocation requests Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for granting and revoking supplemental memory allocation requests. Supplemental memory allocations of memory resources are granted to applications following initial memory allocations of the memory resources to the applications. In response to determining that available memory resources have fallen below an availability threshold, determining a weighting factor for each supplemental memory allocation based on at least one of an amount of the memory resources allocated to the supplemental memory allocation and a measured duration during which the memory resources have been allocated. At least one of the supplemental memory allocations is selected to revoke based on the determined weighting factors of the supplemental memory allocations.
US09448918B2	Content-aware digital media storage device and methods of using the same A content-aware digital media storage device includes a host device interface for exchanging digital information with a host device, a memory array for storing digital information received from the host device via the host interface, a peripheral module configured to communicate the digital information stored in the memory array to a receiver located remote from the digital media storage device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the host device interface, the memory array and the peripheral module configured to interpret directory information associated with the digital information stored in the memory array so as to selectively access said digital information and communicate such accessed digital information to the peripheral module for transmission to the remote receiver. Digital images stored in the memory array may be transmitted to a remote host via a wireless network access point with which the peripheral module of the storage device is associated.
US09448916B2	Software test automation systems and methods Described are a system and method for performing an automated quality assessment on a software program under test. A test automation system executes a test on a software program Data related to the test is automatically collected. The data includes first information determined by the test automation system in response to executing the test. The data further includes second information related to the test and received from a source other than the test automation system. The first information is analyzed. A quality assessment of the software program is generated from the analyzed first information and from the second information.
US09448914B2	Method and system for implementing remote debugging The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for implementing remote debugging, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The disclosed methods and systems can implement remote debugging across different local area networks (LANs). A transit agent, a debugger agent, and a debuggee agent are configured in a remote debugging system. The transit agent may, according to a stored mapping table, forward information sent by the debugger agent and the debuggee agent, to transmit information between a remote debugging client and a remote debugging server that are in different LANs.
US09448910B2	Computer-implemented method, program, and tracer node for obtaining trace data relating to particular virtual machine An improved method for identifying trace data relating to a particular virtual machine from trace data acquired by a tracer node. The method is executed in a computing environment including at least one processing node and a tracer node for acquiring a trace of access to a memory apparatus thereof. The method includes the steps of: starting recording of trace data containing information of the trace of the access to the memory apparatus of the tracer node; storing, in response to migration of the particular virtual machine from a given processing node to the tracer node, information identifying a physical address of the memory apparatus of the tracer node, the physical address being assigned to the particular virtual machine; and identifying the trace data relating to the particular virtual machine from the trace data, using the assigned physical address of the memory apparatus of the tracer node.
US09448908B2	System and method for model based session management System and method for model based session management. A session including a set of interactions with an application and screens produced by the application may be recorded. A model of an application may be obtained, the model including a plurality of screenshots related to screens and related transition information. A set of screenshots and events related to a set of screens included in the session may be received. A difference between a received screenshot and a screenshot included in the model may be determined and the session may be recorded by recording the difference. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09448904B2	Information processing apparatus and server management method An information processing apparatus includes an instruction unit and a calculation unit, and instructs a plurality of physical servers to start to provide or stop providing service. The calculation unit monitors the operating status of equipment that is installed in each of a plurality of chassis each housing one or a plurality of physical servers and that is used for operations of the physical servers. Then, the calculation unit calculates an equipment error probability indicating how likely the physical servers housed in a chassis are to fail to provide service due to an error in the equipment of the chassis. The instruction unit instructs physical servers to start to provide or stop providing the service, based on the equipment error probabilities of the plurality of chassis.
US09448903B2	Multiple test type analysis for a test case using test case metadata In one embodiment, a method determines a test case containing test code for testing a functionality of a computer system. The test case is associated with metadata. The metadata is parsed to determine a plurality of system test types and one or more parameters for the plurality of system test types wherein the one or more parameters indicate system conditions for the computer system. The method executes a set of tests using the test code with the computer system using the system conditions. Results of the executed set of tests are output for the plurality of system test types.
US09448901B1	Remote direct memory access for high availability nodes using a coherent accelerator processor interface According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for remote direct memory access failover is provided. The method may include determining an RDMA operation will be performed. The method may include determining an available node. The method may include sending a data element to the available node based on the RDMA operation being an insert. The method may include receiving a pointer in response to sending the insert, whereby the pointer corresponds to a memory range. The method may include storing the pointer. The method may include retrieving the pointer based on the RDMA operation being an update, a read, or a delete. The method may include sending the pointer, the data element to the available node based on the RDMA operation being an update. The method may include sending the pointer and the RDMA operation to the available node based on the RDMA operation being a read or a delete.
US09448900B2	System and method for datacenters disaster recovery A method for configuring an asynchronous Disaster Recovery (DR) process over a storage system comprising a plurality of storage sites, the method comprising: receiving data indicative of the storage sites; calculating information dispersal parameters that enable dispersing slices of DR enabling data based on original data written to a primary storage site out of the storage sites between at least two DR storage sites out of the storage sites, wherein at least one of the DR storage sites is a remote storage site, wherein each of the slices of DR enabling data is smaller than the original data and wherein the DR enabling data is larger than the original data; and configuring the asynchronous DR process in accordance with the calculated information dispersal parameters.
US09448899B2	Method, apparatus and system for switching over virtual application two-node cluster in cloud environment A method for switching over a virtual application two-node cluster in a cloud environment, including: sending an association state of a shared EBS volume to the standby virtual machine; receiving a request for removing an association between the active virtual machine and the shared EBS volume; removing the association between the active virtual machine and the shared EBS volume; receiving a request for associating the shared EBS volume sent by the standby virtual machine; and associating the standby virtual machine with the shared EBS volume. A brain-split problem can be completely solved using the method and an apparatus disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. In addition, dependence on a reference active node is no longer required, which can simplify deployment of an application two-node cluster and improve reliability of the application two-node cluster.
US09448886B2	Flexible data storage system Methods and systems for managing and locating available storage space in a system comprising data files stored in a plurality of storage devices and configured in accordance with various data storage schemes (mirroring, striping and parity-striping). A mapping table associated with each of the plurality of storage devices is used to determine the available locations and amount of available space in the storage devices. The data storage schemes for one or more of the stored data files are changed to a basic storage mode when the size of a new data file configured in accordance with an assigned data storage scheme exceeds the amount of available space. The configured new data file is stored in accordance with the assigned data storage scheme in one or more of the available locations and the locations of the new data file are recorded.
US09448885B2	Forward error correction with configurable latency A method of performing forward error correction with configurable latency, where a configurable latency algorithm evaluates a target Bit Error Rate (BER) against an actual BER and adjusts the size of a configurable buffer such that the target BER may be achieved when utilizing the smallest buffer size possible. When errors are corrected without the utilization of each of the configurable buffer locations, the algorithm reduces the size of the buffer by y buffer locations; the algorithm may continue to successively reduce the size of said buffer until the minimum number of buffer locations are utilized to achieve the target BER. If the buffer locations have been reduced such that the buffer size is too small and the target BER cannot be achieved, the algorithm may increase the size of the buffer until the minimum number of buffer locations are utilized to achieve the target BER.
US09448881B1	Memory controller and integrated circuit device for correcting errors in data read from memory cells An integrated circuit device for correcting errors in data read from memory cells includes a decoder, an encoder and a data management module. The data management module is configured to select a correctable raw bit error rate limit from a plurality of raw bit error rate limits by changing a code-rate used by the encoder, wherein a virtual change to the decoder and the encoder occur to change the code rate.
US09448876B2	Fault detection and prediction in storage devices A method of fault detection includes, while in normal operation: recording data corresponding to measurements of electrical current drawn during performance of a respective operation on a specified portion of a storage device; analyzing the recorded data, including determining whether one or more predefined characteristics of the recorded data meets predetermined failure criteria; and in accordance with a determination that the recorded data meets the predetermined failure criteria, performing one or more remedial actions, the one or more remedial actions including marking the specified portion as a known-bad portion. The method, optionally, includes, determining whether one or more predefined characteristics of the recorded data meets predetermined warning criteria and does not meet the predetermined failure criteria; and in accordance with a determination that the recorded data meets the predetermined warning criteria and does not meet predetermined failure criteria, performing one or more predictive actions.
US09448836B2	Alerting hardware transactions that are about to run out of space A transactional memory system determines whether to pass control of a transaction to an about-to-run-out-of-resource handler. A processor of the transactional memory system determines information about an about-to-run-out-of-resource handler for transaction execution of a code region of a hardware transaction. The processor dynamically monitors an amount of available resource for the currently running code region of the hardware transaction. The processor detects that the amount of available resource for transactional execution of the hardware transaction is below a predetermined threshold level. The processor, based on the detecting, saves speculative state information of the hardware transaction, and executes the about-to-run-out-of-resource handler, the about-to-run-out-of-resource handler determining whether the hardware transaction is to be aborted or salvaged.
US09448835B2	Thread-based cache content saving for task switching Embodiments relate to thread-based cache content savings for task switching in a computer processor. An aspect includes determining a cache entry in a cache of the computer processor that is owned by the first thread, wherein the determination is made based on a hardware thread identifier (ID) of the first thread matching a hardware thread ID in the cache entry. Another aspect includes determining whether the determined cache entry is eligible for prefetching. Yet another aspect includes, based on determining that the determined cache entry is eligible for prefetching, setting a marker in the cache entry to active.
US09448834B2	Automated testing of physical servers using a virtual machine An illustrative method for validating integrity of a source server backup includes receiving, at a recovery server, data indicating a state of a data storage unit associated with a source server, creating a virtual hard drive image from the received data, and storing, in memory of the recovery server, the created virtual hard drive image. The method also includes booting a virtual machine using the stored hard drive image and mounting a second drive image to the virtual machine including tools facilitating access to an operating system running on the virtual machine by an application running on the recovery server. The tools are prevented from being installed in an operating system running on the source server. The method further includes automatically detecting, by a recovery application running on the virtual machine, that the drive includes the tools, automatically installing, by the recovery application and without user intervention, the tools in the operating system running on the virtual machine, and controlling, by the application running on the recovery server, applications running on the virtual machine.
US09448830B2	Service bridges Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for service bridges. In one aspect, a method includes a host operating system performs operations comprising: receiving, using one or more service bridges that execute in the host operating system, a plurality of requests from the one or more virtual machines, wherein each service bridge is associated with a different virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines, and wherein each request is a request to interface with one or more external services; modifying, using a respective service bridge, each request to be processed by the one or more external services; and providing each modified request from the respective service bridge to the one or more external services, where the respective service bridge communicates with the one or more external services over a network.
US09448828B2	Methods and apparatus to provide dynamic messaging services Methods and apparatus to provide dynamic messaging services are disclosed. An example method of displaying information on a display screen includes determining, using a virtual machine manager, supported dimensions for display of information on the display screen; generating, using the virtual machine manager, restricted dimensions that are less than the supported dimensions; providing the restricted dimensions to an operating system of a virtual machine supported by the virtual machine manager, wherein the restricted dimensions define a boundary between a first screen portion and a second screen portion; and using the virtual machine manager to display first information in the first screen portion, the virtual machine manager enforcing the presence of the first screen portion on the display screen.
US09448827B1	Stub domain for request servicing Techniques for reclaiming resources from guest computing systems while those systems are waiting for responses to requests in virtualized and/or distributed computer systems are described herein. At a time after issuing a request and determining that the response will take longer than a threshold length of time, one or more computer system entities within a computer system invoke one or more computer system capabilities to at least instantiate a listener object, transfer the listener object to another system domain, suspend the guest computing system and reclaim resources from the suspended guest computing system. When the response is returned to the listener object, the guest computer system is restored and the response is forwarded to the restored guest. While the guest computing system is suspended, the reclaimed resources are made available to other computer system entities.
US09448823B2	Provision of a download script Disclosed are machine processors and methods performed thereby. The processor has access to processing units for performing data processing and to libraries. Functions in the libraries are implementable to perform parallel processing and graphics processing. The processor may be configured to acquire (e.g., to download from a web server) a download script, possibly with extensions specifying bindings to library functions. Running the script may cause the processor to create, for each processing unit, contexts in which functions may be run, and to run, on the processing units and within a respective context, a portion of the download script. Running the script may also cause the processor to create, for a processing unit, a memory object, transfer data into that memory object, and transfer data back to the processor in such a way that a memory address of the data in the memory object is not returned to the processor.
US09448820B1	Constraint verification for distributed applications Systems and methods are described for analyzing and verifying distributed applications. In one embodiment, an application program is executed as independently executable components. During execution, redundant portions of application program data are aggregated. A property of the application program is verified using the aggregated application program data to represent code execution paths.
US09448810B2	Web-based interface to access a function of a basic input/output system A web-based interface in an electronic device receives a request to access a function of a Basic Input/Output System.
US09448809B2	Peripheral device mapping Systems and methods related to providing peripheral device functionality is described herein. In one embodiment, a method of operating a host computing device is described. The method includes communicatively coupling with a keyboard and querying the keyboard for a descriptor. Receiving the descriptor from the keyboard, wherein the descriptor includes data representative of a language, layout, and key mappings for the keyboard. Storing the data from the descriptor at the host and publishing strings for proper translation and interpretation of input received from the keyboard.
US09448804B2	Techniques for managing graphics processing resources in a tile-based architecture One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for managing buffer entries in a tile-based architecture. The technique includes receiving a first plurality of graphics primitives and a first buffer address at which attributes associated with the first plurality of graphics primitives are stored. The technique further includes, for each tile included in a plurality of tiles, transmitting the first plurality of graphics primitives and the first buffer address to a screen space pipeline and receiving an acknowledgement from the screen space pipeline indicating that processing the first plurality of graphics primitives has completed. The technique further includes determining that processing the first plurality of graphics primitives has completed for a last tile included in the plurality of tiles and that the acknowledgement has been received for each tile included in the plurality of tiles, and, in response, releasing a buffer entry associated with the first buffer address.
US09448801B2	Automatic register port selection in extensible processor architecture This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to access n consecutive entries of a register file in a single operation using a register file entry index consisting of B bits, wherein B is less than the binary logarithm of a depth of the register file, which corresponds to the number of entries in the register file, and to automatically select, for a set of register arguments for the n consecutive entries, between a register port for each argument requiring a register port or one or more shared register ports for the set of register arguments according to description of an instruction set architecture associated with the register file.
US09448798B1	Silent store detection and recording in memory storage An aspect includes receiving a write request that includes a memory address and write data. Stored data is read from a memory location at the memory address. Based on determining that the memory location was not previously modified, the stored data is compared to the write data. Based on the stored data matching the write data, the write request is completed without writing the write data to the memory and a corresponding silent store bit, in a silent store bitmap is set. Based on the stored data not matching the write data, the write data is written to the memory location, the silent store bit is reset and a corresponding modified bit is set. At least one of an application and an operating system is provided access to the silent store bitmap.
US09448796B2	Restricted instructions in transactional execution Restricted instructions are prohibited from execution within a transaction. There are classes of instructions that are restricted regardless of type of transaction: constrained or nonconstrained. There are instructions only restricted in constrained transactions, and there are instructions that are selectively restricted for given transactions based on controls specified on instructions used to initiate the transactions.
US09448794B2	Instruction and logic to provide vector horizontal majority voting functionality Instructions and logic provide vector horizontal majority voting functionality. Some embodiments, responsive to an instruction specifying: a destination operand, a size of the vector elements, a source operand, and a mask corresponding to a portion of the vector element data fields in the source operand; read a number of values from data fields of the specified size in the source operand, corresponding to the mask specified by the instruction and store a result value to that number of corresponding data fields in the destination operand, the result value computed from the majority of values read from the number of data fields of the source operand.
US09448787B2	Methods and systems for analyzing software development risks Methods and systems for analyzing software development risks are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of risk factor questions associated with a software development process of a software program during a software development stage in which the software program is being created or will be created are generated. A plurality of risk factor responses associated with the software development process of the software program is received. A plurality of risk factors with a plurality of risk factor models and a plurality of risk factor weightings is respectively associated. The plurality of risk factors are totaled in combination with their respective association of the plurality of risk factor models and the plurality of risk factor weightings to generate a predicted number of expected software development defects associated with continued development of the software program. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US09448784B2	Reducing downtime during upgrades of interrelated components in a database system A method, system, and computer program product for reducing downtime during upgrades of interrelated components in a computing environment. The method commences while at least one running software application is executing within the computing environment by loading a plurality of database objects from an initial run edition into a patch edition. The database objects comprise at least one software application code module, at least one relational database table, and at least one file system. The method continues by applying at least one patch to the software application code module(s) corresponding to the running software application(s) to create patched software application(s), then applying patches to the relational database table to create a patched relational database table, and further applying a patch to the file system to create a patched file system. When the subject patches have been applied, the method stops the running software application(s) and starts the patched software application(s).
US09448783B2	Software delivery for virtual machines One embodiment entails delivering a software payload to guest software in a virtual machine so that the software payload is part of a file system accessible by the guest software, wherein the delivery is such that the software payload is part of a file system accessible by the guest software. The delivering utilizes a virtual device of the virtual machine, but does not involve either a virtual network interface card (NIC) or any virtual host bus adapter (VHBA) of the virtual machine. The delivering further includes establishing a data path from the software payload to the virtual machine and a guest agent of the virtual machine. During processing of the software payload, status from the guest agent is monitored. After reception of the status indicating completion of the processing of the software payload, the data path is deactivated.
US09448782B1	Reducing a size of an application package Some examples include techniques for efficiently handling an application package. For instance, a native code library used by an application may be identified. A wrapper library that enables the application to access the native code library may be created. The wrapper library may be stored in a first area of the application package. The native code library may be stored in a second area of the application package. If the application package includes more than one native code library, the application package may include a loading order specifying an order in which the native code libraries are to be loaded into a memory of a computing device.
US09448763B1	Accessibility management system for media content items A system operates to manage accessibility of media content items based on a user's performance of a repetitive motion activity. The system can generate rule data based on a rule designed to permit access to certain media content items. The rule data can include information about various conditions to be satisfied to make the media content items accessible for playback. Such conditions can be associated with a user's performance or status of a repetitive motion activity.
US09448742B2	Communication between a host and a secondary storage device Communication between a host and a data storage device (DSD) including a first media for storing data and a second media for storing data. In one embodiment, a first controller of the DSD is configured to control operation of the first media and a second controller of the DSD is configured to control operation of the second media. The first controller receives a key data block of a monitoring system from the host with the key data block including a task file. The key data block is evaluated to determine if the key data block is directed to the second media, and if it is determined that the key data block is directed to the second media, the task file of the key data block is sent from the first controller to the second controller.
US09448740B2	Storage apparatus and hierarchy control method Proposed are a storage apparatus and a hierarchy control method capable of reducing the workload of system operation and the workload of performance investigation.An access frequency of each of a plurality of measurement cycles for each unit area in a virtual volume is measured in a storage apparatus loaded with a hierarchy control function, the storage hierarchy which is proper as a placement destination of data written in each of the unit areas of the virtual volume is determined based on a measurement result, and the data written in a necessary unit area in the virtual volume is relocated to the storage area to which belongs the storage hierarchy that was determined as being proper based on a determination result.
US09448738B2	Compression and formatting of data for data storage systems Embodiments of compression and formatting of data for data storage systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a data storage system can compress fixed sized data before storing it on a media and format obtained variable sized compressed data for storing on the media that typically has fixed size storage granularity. One or more modules compress the incoming host data and create an output stream of fixed sized storage units that contain compressed data. The storage units are stored on the media. Capacity, reliability, and performance are thereby increased.
US09448733B2	Data management method in storage pool and virtual volume in DKC A storage system connected to a computer and a management computer, includes storage devices accessed by the computer, and a control unit for controlling the storage devices. A first-type logical device corresponding to a storage area set in at least one of the storage devices and a second-type logical device that is a virtual storage area are provided. The control unit sets at least two of the first-type logical devices different in a characteristic as storage areas included in a storage pool through mapping. The first-type logical device stores data by allocating a storage area of the second-type logical device to a storage area of the first-type logical device mapped to the storage pool. The characteristic of the second-type logical device can be changed by changing the allocated storage area of the second-type logical device to a storage area of another first-type logical device.
US09448730B2	Method and apparatus for dispersed storage data transfer The method begins with a processing module determining whether to reconstruct data corresponding to a plurality of data slices when the plurality of data slices is to be transferred from a first type of memory device to a second type of memory device. The method continues with the processing module retrieving the plurality of data slices from a first set of memory devices that are of the first type of memory, reconstructing at least a portion of the data from the plurality of data slice in accordance with a first error coding dispersal function to produce reconstructed data, encoding the reconstructed data in accordance with a second error coding dispersal function to produce a second plurality of data slices, and storing the second plurality of data slices in a second set of memory devices that are of the second type of memory when the data is to be reconstructed.
US09448725B2	Self-adapting keypad A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for implementing a virtual keyboard for use with small input devices. A circular keyboard can be graphically displayed, in response to a user input by a user via a small input device. A circular and centrally located key can be graphically located and displayed within the center of the circular keyboard, wherein character keys radiate outward from the centrally located key (i.e., the “central key”). Character keys that are most commonly utilized by the user are preferably located closed to the circular and centrally located key within the circular keyboard. Character keys least commonly utilized by the user are preferably located at the edges of the keyboard, thereby permitting the circular keyboard to function as a self-adapting virtual keyboard for use with small input devices based on the usage of the keyboard by the user.
US09448719B2	Touch sensitive device with pinch-based expand/collapse function Techniques are disclosed for expanding and collapsing content in electronic touch sensitive devices. The expand/collapse function can be used to navigate through content that may be displayed on a screen. The user can engage the function with a pinch-based gesture. In some cases, the UI feature includes a reading pane that displays a sample of the previously hidden detailed data relating to the content currently displayed on the screen. Background content outside the reading pane can be faded or otherwise softened. In some cases, the UI feature also includes, or alternatively includes, tap-expand feature that allows the user to select one or more items that are intended to be expanded or collapsed. Such a feature can include an initial single contact, followed by an inward or outward pinch with at least one additional contact point, in some example case.
US09448712B2	Application programming interfaces for scrolling operations Described are devices, methods and storage media for receiving an input and issuing at least one scroll call or gesture call based on a determination whether the input consists of a single input point that moves a distance across the display or consists of a plurality of input points on the display. A scroll call, for example, causes scrolling of a window in a vertical or horizontal direction at a fixed or varying speed. A gesture call, for example, initiates various operations such as scaling of a window, rotating a window, etc.
US09448710B2	Tracking user interactions with a mobile UI to facilitate UI optimizations The disclosed embodiments relate to an apparatus or system for tracking and analyzing user interactions with a mobile user interface (UI). During operation, the apparatus collects data while a user interacts with the mobile UI through a touchscreen, wherein the data includes tap-attempt data that specifies coordinates for touchscreen locations that the user has tapped while interacting with the mobile UI. Next, the apparatus compares the tap-attempt data with locations of tappable elements in the mobile UI, wherein each tappable element has an associated tap target size. For each tappable element, the apparatus uses results of the comparison to determine a percentage of tap attempts that have succeeded or failed for the associated tap target size. Finally, the apparatus makes the percentage information available to a UI designer to enable the UI designer to adjust tap target sizes for the mobile UI.
US09448707B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An information processing apparatus having a display unit and an input device capable of detecting a plurality of designated points designated on a screen, and its method of controlling the same. The apparatus detects, on a plurality of coordinates a plurality of designated points that a user designates on the input device, a movement of the coordinates, and a change in a distance between two designated points accompanying the movement, and performs enlargement or reduction of a whole image displayed on the display unit in a case where an operation of the user is a predetermined operation designating at least two points and a first condition is satisfied, and performs enlargement or reduction of a character displayed on the display unit in a case where an operation of the user detected the predetermined operation and a second condition is satisfied.
US09448698B2	Free-form entries during payment processes Various methods and systems are provided that allow a user to perform a free-form action, such as making a mark on a device, speaking into a device, and/or moving the device, to cause a step to be performed that conventionally was performed by the user having to locate and select a button or link on the device.
US09448696B1	System and method for media content collaboration throughout a media production process A method for delivering media content in full motion video to users via a network in a collaborative media production process is disclosed. The method includes: receiving production digital media files at a server; preparing the production digital media files for downloading or streaming to a collaborative display interface, wherein the production digital media files include meta-data captured on a production set, including production time codes; downloading or streaming the production digital media files to a collaborative display interface via the network; and enabling viewing and collaborative interaction with the production digital media files by a user using the collaborative display interface, wherein the collaborative interaction includes interacting with other users during post-production by notating comments that include inserting a link to a specific digital media file and an actual media clip frame using a production time code.
US09448690B2	Controlling a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation Control of a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is disclosed. The three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation. A signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter and reflecting positional information of the control device is received. A view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is manipulated in response to the received signal, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device.
US09448689B2	Wearable user device enhanced display system Systems and methods for displaying information on a wearable user device include determining calibration information based on user actions and information from images captured by a camera on a wearable user device. A field of view calibration may then be performed on a display engine in the wearable user device using the calibration information. Graphical information may then be displayed on a display device on the wearable user device according to a user field of view using the display engine in the wearable user. Field of view calibrations may be performed using calibration information that is based on: a user's head range of motion such that displayed graphical information conforms to that head range of motion, calibration objects by themselves that indicate a user's perspective in a user field of view, and calibration objects that allow the size of a user's hands to be determined and used to measure objects.
US09448684B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for setting a digital-marking-device characteristic Aspects of the present invention are related to systems, methods and apparatus for setting a drawing characteristic of a digital marking device. According to a first aspect of the present invention, detection of a touch gesture simultaneous to engagement of a digital marking device with a digital mark surface may effectuate a drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture. A characteristic of the digital marking device may be set according to the drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture.
US09448683B2	Network media device A network media device is described that pulls multimedia data from one or more sources (e.g., a multimedia website or a multimedia server computer) at a first time, stores it to long-term storage within the device and transmits the stored multimedia data to one or more designated multimedia playback devices at a second time.
US09448672B2	Touch panel structure and fabrication method for the same A touch panel structure includes a transparent substrate having a touch area and a frame wire area, X conductive electrodes, Y conductive electrodes, X conductive connecting sections connecting the X conductive electrodes along a first direction, frame wires, insulated layers and Y conductive connecting bridges on the insulated layers. The X and Y conductive electrodes are respectively arranged in an array in the touch area and interlaced with each other. The X and Y conductive electrodes are electrically connected to an external circuit via the frame wires. The insulated layers each cover one of the X conductive electrodes and two of the Y conductive electrodes. The Y conductive electrodes are electrically connected to each other via the Y conductive connecting bridges along a second direction. A conducting material is performed by one-time printing to pattern the X and Y conductive electrodes, X conductive connecting sections and frame wires.
US09448669B2	System and method for communication through touch screens The invention discloses a system and method for communication through touch screens that uses a first touch screen and a second touch screen for communication to form a communication system. The first and the second touch screens have a detecting mode for detecting an approach or touch of an external conductive object. In addition, the first and the second touch screens have a communication mode in which capacitively coupled communications between the first and the second touch screens are performed in order to exchange or communicate a message.
US09448666B2	Dark film lamination for a touch sensor Different lamination methods may be used to create a touch sensor with a darkened side of metalized film facing the user. One lamination method includes laminating a metalized film to an optically clear adhesive (OCA) layer such that an edge of the metalized film including the termination pads remain un-adhered to the OCA layer. Flex-tails may be bonded to the termination pads at a later time by bending up the un-adhered edge. Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) may be placed on the termination pads prior to laminating the metalized films. Flex-tails may be placed onto an OCA layer in a location where the termination pads on the metalized film will be located when laminated to the OCA layer. A strip of ACF may be placed on the flex-tail pads. The flex-tails may be bonded to the termination pads of the metalized film prior to the metalized film being laminated.
US09448663B2	Parallel touch point detection using processor graphics Technologies for touch point detection include a computing device configured to receive input frames from a touch screen, identify touch point centroids and cluster boundaries, and track touch points. The computing device may group cells of the input frame into blocks. Using a processor graphics, the computing device may dispatch one thread per block to identify local maxima of the input frame and merge centroids within a touch distance threshold. The computing device may dispatch one thread per centroid to detect cluster boundaries. The computing device may dispatch one thread per previously identified touch point to assign an identifier of a previously tracked touch point to a touch point within a tracking distance threshold, remove duplicate identifiers, and assign unassigned identifiers to closest touch points. The computing device may dispatch one thread per block to assign unique identifiers to each unassigned touch point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09448656B2	Capacitive in-cell touch panel and display device Embodiments of the invention disclose a capacitive in-cell touch panel and a display device. The touch panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate, the array substrate includes: pixels defined by gate lines and data lines and a common electrode corresponding to each pixel. All the common electrodes are divided into a plurality of first common electrode groups arranged in a row direction and a plurality of second common electrode groups arranged in a column direction; a plurality of metal wires disposed in a same metal layer, wherein all the metal wires are divided into a plurality of first metal wire groups arranged in the row direction and a plurality of second metal wire groups arranged in the column direction; the first metal wire groups in a direction of a same row are electrically connected to each other, and are electrically connected to first common electrode groups corresponding to them in position, respectively, so as to form a driving line; the second metal wire groups in a direction of a same column are electrically connected to each other, and are electrically connected to second common electrode groups corresponding to them in position, respectively, so as to form a sensing line.
US09448654B2	Touch screen and display device The embodiment provides a touch screen and a display device. The touch screen has: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in opposite to each other, and a touch-driving electrode and a touch-sensing electrode arranged in a crossing manner on the first substrate and the second substrate, a non-flat region is provided at a region of the first substrate on which the touch-sensing electrode is to be formed, and the touch-sensing electrode is arranged on the first substrate in accordance with a shape of the first substrate so as to be formed with a non-flat region; and/or a non-flat region is provided at a region of the second substrate on which the touch-driving electrode is to be formed, and the touch-driving electrode is arranged on the second substrate in accordance with a shape of the second substrate so as to be formed with a non-flat region.
US09448651B2	Intelligent touchscreen keyboard with finger differentiation Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of displaying a plurality of keys on a touchscreen of a computing device, receiving user input to the touchscreen, the user input including a contact with the touchscreen, in response to receiving the user input, determining spatial information associated with the contact and generating an image of the contact, determining an output based on the image and the spatial information, and executing the output.
US09448648B2	Method and system for ink data generation, ink data rendering, ink data manipulation and ink data communication Methods and systems are provided for generating, rendering, manipulating (e.g., slicing), and communicating stroke objects that form ink data. In a method of generating a stroke object, pen event data indicative of pen down, pen movement, and pen up events are sequentially received to generate point objects that collectively form a stroke object. The point objects serve as control points for interpolating curve segments. Further, a start parameter indicative of a start point within a starting curve segment of the curve segments at which display of the stroke object starts, and an end parameter indicative of an end point within an ending curve segment of at which display of the stroke object ends, are generated for the stroke object. When rendering the stroke object, a system limits display of the stroke object to a range bound by the start and end parameters, as opposed to displaying the entire stroke object.
US09448646B1	System and method for bidirectional communication between stylus and stylus sensor controller A method is provided for transmitting orientation data from an active stylus to a sensor controller, wherein the sensor controller is coupled to a sensor configured to receive input from the active stylus. In the method the active stylus transmits stylus capability information to the sensor controller, wherein the stylus capability information indicates one or more orientation sensors included in the active stylus, out of multiple orientation sensors that are respectively configured to measure multiple types of orientation data. The sensor controller, based on the received stylus capability information indicating the one or more orientation sensors included in the active stylus, requests the active stylus to transmit corresponding one or more types of orientation data measured by the one or more orientation sensors. The active stylus, in response to the request from the sensor controller, transmits the one or more types of orientation data.
US09448645B2	Digitizer using multiple stylus sensing techniques A digitizer system utilizing two location measurement techniques that operate in cooperation to improve the operation of the digitizer. The first location measurement technique provides an X-Y coordinate stylus location. The second location measurement technique provides a Z coordinate stylus location.
US09448639B2	Controller An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a highly reliable controller in which shapes that are not susceptible to false recognition are set as cue signs. The controller includes a control circuit which is implemented by a microcomputer or the like, an image sensor unit, and a memory. The control circuit is connected to a lighting controlling device of lighting equipment, a shade controlling device of a shade, and an air conditioning control device of an air conditioner through a communication link. A user can operate these pieces of equipment with a predetermined cue sign or an action with a predetermined cue sign.
US09448638B2	Mobile devices for transmitting and receiving data using gesture A mobile device configured for data transmission to a corresponding mobile device is provided. The mobile device may include a gesture input unit configured to receive a gesture, a gesture determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture corresponds to a preset gesture associated with a command to perform data transmission to the corresponding mobile device, and a data communication unit configured to transmit a data transmission request to the corresponding mobile device based on a result of the determination, configured to receive, from the corresponding mobile device, an acceptance signal indicating an input of an acceptance gesture at the corresponding mobile device, and configured to transmit data to the corresponding mobile device in response to receiving the acceptance signal.
US09448629B2	Multi-mode tactile sensation providing device Provided are a touch sensor (11), a pressure detection unit (12) that detects pressure on a touch face, a tactile sensation providing unit (13) that vibrates the touch face, a battery information acquisition unit (17) that acquires information on a battery, and a control unit (15) that switches between a first input mode, in which the control unit (15), upon the touch sensor (11) detecting contact, executes predetermined processing, and a second input mode, in which the control unit (15), upon data based on pressure detected by the pressure detection unit (12) satisfying a predetermined standard while the touch sensor (11) is detecting contact, controls the tactile sensation providing unit (13) to provide a tactile sensation and executes predetermined processing. The control unit (15) switches between the first input mode and the second input mode based on the information on the battery acquired by the battery information acquisition unit (17).
US09448626B2	Sound to haptic effect conversion system using amplitude value A haptic conversion system is provided that intercepts frames of audio data, such as a digital audio signal, converts the frames into a haptic signal, and plays the created haptic signal through an actuator to produce haptic effects. The haptic signal is based on a maximum value of each audio data frame, which defines a magnitude of the haptic signal. The haptic signal is applied to the actuator configured to receive the haptic signal, where the actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the one or more haptic effects.
US09448615B2	Managing power savings in a high availability system at a redundant component level of granularity Based on a current activity running on a first selection of components operating in a primary mode from among redundant components within a high availability system, a separate power setting is selected for each separate type of redundant component from among the types of redundant components within the redundant components as specified in a high availability status specified for the current activity. At least one controller interface is called with a request to set the powered state of a particular component that is redundant to at least one of the first selection of components, from among a second selection of components operating in a standby mode from among the redundant components, to the separate power setting for the separate type of redundant component.
US09448613B1	Actuator detection A voltage control circuit in an electronic device receives an actuator identification signal from a personality module of an actuator in the electronic device. The voltage control circuit determines, based on the actuator identification signal, an operating voltage for the actuator and providing a drive signal at the operating voltage to the actuator.
US09448609B2	Multimedia processing system and method of operating the same The multimedia processing system includes a plurality of first units including a CPU and a top domain; a storage domain configured to store a plurality of multimedia data; a multimedia codec domain configured to decode segments of target multimedia data received from the storage domain and to output decoded segments according to control of the CPU or the top domain; a system bus configured to connect the plurality of first units, the storage domain, and the multimedia codec domain with one another; and an alive domain configured to control power supply to the plurality of first units, the storage domain, the multimedia codec domain, and the system bus and to receive a signal from a user.
US09448608B1	Switchable backup battery for layered datacenter components Systems and methods for handling battery backup resources in a computer system differently in certain situations, such as catastrophic events, based upon an assigned layer of the datacenter components to which the battery backup resource provides backup power. The layer can be based, for example, on criticality of the resource to the system. Less critical layers can shed load or gracefully shut down to respond to the event, and the battery resources can be reallocated or reconfigured to provide battery power to the more critical layers.
US09448599B2	High-density storage server chassis Technology is provided for a high-density storage server chassis. The storage server chassis comprises a frame and an opposed pair of support ledges disposed in the frame and positioned to support a storage device therebetween. The support ledges are disposed on corresponding partitions mounted in the frame. The support ledges include at least one protrusion positioned to space the storage device away from the support ledge thereby defining an air flow region between the storage device and the support ledge. The storage server chassis further comprises a retainer moveably attached to a corresponding partition and operative to retain a corresponding storage device in the frame, wherein the retainer is movable between an open position and a closed position.
US09448589B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touchscreen, anda controller configured, upon reception of a predetermined touch input applied to the touchscreen, to display an object for controlling deletion of a text disposed around a touch point corresponding to the touch input at the touch point, to display a control area including a plurality of control items for setting a deletion direction and a deletion unit based on the object on the touchscreen, and to delete the text based on at least one control item upon selection of the at least one control item. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a user interface accessible more rapidly and easily when a text displayed on the touchscreen is deleted.
US09448580B2	Methods and apparatus for generating clock signals based on duty code and period code A clock signal generating method includes receiving a duty code that represents a duty of a clock signal, and a period code that represents a period of a clock signal, and normalizing the duty code to the period code to output a normalized duty code. The clock signal generating method further includes controlling a rising timing of a clock signal in response to the period code, and controlling a falling timing of the clock signal in response to the normalized duty code to generate a timing-controlled clock signal.
US09448579B2	Low drift voltage reference Circuits and method for providing voltage reference circuits that include low drift over time and lower operating voltages are provided. Generally, it is desirable that a reference circuit provide an accurate and precise reference over time. The voltage reference circuits described can provide for good long term stability, operation at lower voltages than prior designs, consistent output voltage with reduced variability due to process changes and mismatches, low noise in the reference voltage, and other advantages.
US09448577B2	Smart-grid adaptive power management method and system with power factor optimization and total harmonic distortion reduction A method and system of power factor optimization and total harmonic distortion are provided under the premise of efficient power management and distribution on an electrical grid. The method and system include a novel optimization technique based on a novel current profiling methodology enabling real-time power management with power factor correction as a function of the optimization. The optimization can be performed under dynamic current constraints. When deployed on an electrical grid, the method and system can provide a new technique for power management targeting an efficiency of the electrical grid. The method and system can thus provide for reduced costs of energy production and reduced carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
US09448568B2	Intelligent controller providing time to target state The current application is directed to intelligent controllers that continuously, periodically, or intermittently calculate and display the time remaining until a control task is projected to be completed by the intelligent controller. In general, the intelligent controller employs multiple different models for the time behavior of one or more parameters or characteristics within a region or volume affected by one or more devices, systems, or other entities controlled by the intelligent controller. The intelligent controller collects data, over time, from which the models are constructed and uses the models to predict the time remaining until one or more characteristics or parameters of the region or volume reaches one or more specified values as a result of intelligent controller control of one or more devices, systems, or other entities.
US09448563B2	Grey water interface for high flow applications in vacuum systems Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a flow control unit for controlling liquid flow in a vacuum waste system. In one embodiment, the flow control unit provides a series of valves that direct liquid flow. The unit may also have an intermediate transfer tube that holds a portion of the liquid to be directed, prior to delivery of the liquid to left and right transfer tubes. In one embodiment, the unit may be installed on board a passenger transport vehicle. A particularly beneficial use of the flow control unit is on a private aircraft for use as a shower control unit.
US09448559B2	Autonomous vehicle routing and navigation using passenger docking locations A method and apparatus for autonomous vehicle routing and navigation using passenger docking locations are disclosed. Autonomous vehicle routing and navigation using passenger docking locations may include an autonomous vehicle identifying vehicle transportation network information representing a vehicle transportation network, the vehicle transportation network including a primary destination, wherein identifying the vehicle transportation network information includes identifying the vehicle transportation network information such that it includes docking location information representing a plurality of docking locations, wherein each docking location corresponds with a respective location in the vehicle transportation network. The autonomous vehicle may determine a target docking location for the primary destination based on the vehicle transportation network information, identify a route from an origin to the target docking location in the vehicle transportation network using the vehicle transportation network information, and travel from the origin to the target docking location using the route.
US09448553B2	Cam integrated CNC control of machines Systems and Methods for Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) devices comprising a CNC integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) controller configured to input a CAD file and output a CAM file and a CAM integrated CNC controller configured to input the CAM file and output at least one command for at least one servo controller of a set of one or more servo controllers.
US09448552B2	Numerically-controlled machine tool and spindle error compensating method thereof A spindle error measurement jig is attached to a spindle of a numerically-controlled machine tool. A probe capable of measurement in a moving axis direction of each axis of the machine tool is installed on a table. By means of driving-control of a linear shaft driving the table and a linear shaft elevating a spindle head, spindle error measurement is made by measuring a spindle center position measurement hole and a spindle angular deviation measurement end-face so as to make spindle error calculation. On the basis of the calculation result, an angular deviation and a spindle error compensation amount are acquired, and they are used as parameters for compensating relative movement amounts of the table and the spindle so as to correct the spindle error.
US09448540B2	Satellite signal receiving device, electronic timepiece, and satellite signal receiving method A satellite signal receiving device including: a reception unit is configured to searche for positioning information satellites including a GNSS satellite used in a global navigation satellite system and an RNSS satellite used in a regional navigation satellite system, and receive satellite signal transmitted from a satellite locked onto by the search; a reception control unit is configured to control the reception unit; and a region determination unit is configured to determine whether or not the current location is in a region where satellite signal transmitted from the RNSS satellite can be received; the reception control unit prioritizing searching for an RNSS satellite when the region determination unit determines the current location is in a region where satellite signal transmitted from the RNSS satellite can be received.
US09448532B2	Method and device for encoding three-dimensional scenes which include transparent objects in a holographic system Method for computing the code for the reconstruction of three-dimensional scenes which include objects which partly absorb light or sound. The method can be implemented in a computing unit. In order to reconstruct a three-dimensional scene as realistic as possible, the diffraction patterns are computed separately at their point of origin considering the instances of absorption in the scene. The method can be used for the representation of three-dimensional scenes in a holographic display or volumetric display. Further, it can be carried out to achieve a reconstruction of sound fields in an array of sound sources.
US09448531B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus (1) includes an image carrier unit (15) and a positioning member (30) configured to position the image carrier unit (15) to the apparatus main body (2). The image carrier unit (15) has a concentric circumference part (51L), (51R) formed on a concentric circle with a rotating shaft (9a) of the image carrier (9) and the apparatus main body (2) has an edge part (42L), (42R) facing the concentric circumference part (51L), (51R) at the attachment position. The positioning member (30) has an intervening part (37) formed with an edge side abutment face (37a) facing the edge part (42L), (42R) of the apparatus main body (2) and a unit side abutment face (37b) facing the concentric circumference part (51L), (51R) of the image carrier unit (15).
US09448529B2	Developing cartridge A developing cartridge, comprising: a housing; a developing roller; a drive mechanism configured to transmit a driving force to the developing roller; and a restriction part configured to restrict movement of the housing when the restriction part engages with an external member, wherein the housing comprises: a first side wall; and a second side wall spaced from the first side wall in a first direction, wherein the drive mechanism is disposed to the second side wall, wherein: the restriction part is disposed to the first side wall; and the restriction part comprises projecting parts spaced from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US09448515B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device fixes a toner to a recording medium. The fixing device includes a rotary member, a bearing, and a bearing holder. The rotary member is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the rotary member. The bearing is disposed around an end part of the rotary member. The bearing holder holds the bearing. The bearing has an outer circumferential surface with a flat portion and a bearing groove. The bearing groove has a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. The first side surface of the bearing groove is capable of being in contact with the bearing holder. The second side surface of the bearing groove is capable of being in contact with the bearing holder. The bearing holder is engaged with the bearing groove such as to be in contact with the first and second side surfaces of the bearing groove.
US09448514B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes a first heater disposed opposite and heating at least a center of a fixing belt in an axial direction thereof and a second heater disposed opposite and heating at least a lateral end of the fixing belt in the axial direction thereof. A power supply supplies power to the first heater and the second heater. A controller that controls the power supply includes a calculator to calculate an elapsed time elapsed after at least one of the first heater and the second heater starts heating the fixing belt. The controller controls the power supply to supply power to the first heater and the second heater such that a power density of the second heater is greater than a power density of the first heater when the elapsed time calculated by the calculator is smaller than a predetermined time.
US09448510B2	Image forming apparatus for forming image by using developer including toner and carrier An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a first guide portion, a developing portion, and a second guide portion. The first guide portion forms a first flow path in which toner removed from the image carrier is flowed downward with respect to a horizontal direction. The developing portion visualizes an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image carrier, with developer including at least toner and carrier. The second guide portion forms a second flow path in which the developer in the developing portion is flowed diagonally downward with respect to the horizontal direction and guided to the first flow path.
US09448507B2	Nozzle receiver, powder container, and image forming apparatus A nozzle receiver for use with a powder container includes: a shutter to open an opening of the nozzle receiver to an opening position when the shutter is pressed by a conveying nozzle of an image forming apparatus, and to close the opening to a closing position when not being pressed by the conveying nozzle, and that includes a sealing portion for sealing the opening; a supporter to support and guide the shutter between the opening position and the closing position; and a cap to cover the supporter when the shutter is located at the closing position.
US09448501B2	Toner for developing electrostatic image, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and process cartridge A toner for developing an electrostatic image, which contains: resin particles (C), wherein the resin particles (C) each contain a resin particle (B) and resin particles (A) or a coating film (P) deposited on a surface of the resin particle (B), where the resin particle (B) contains a second resin (b) and a filler (f), wherein the resin particles (A) or the coating film (P) contains a first resin (a), wherein the second resin (b) contains a crystalline resin, and wherein the resin particle (B) contains the filler (f) in an amount of 15% by mass or greater.
US09448499B2	Electrophotographic toner using bioplastic and method of producing the same An electrophotographic toner having good grindability, and excellent fixability and durability, and a method of producing the same are provided. The electrophotographic toner includes an amorphous bioplastic having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 to 100,000, and at least one of a phenol resin and a terpene phenol resin as a grinding aid.
US09448487B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor and exposure system A method of manufacturing semiconductor and an exposure system are provided. The method includes the following step. A material layer is formed on a substrate. A patterned photoresist layer is formed a on the material layer and a monitor parameter group is produced from a state information of the patterned photoresist layer. The monitor parameter group is calculated based on a mathematic formula to obtain a virtual parameter. Whether the virtual parameter is less than a reference value is determined. A layout process is performed on the material layer when the virtual parameter is less than the reference value.
US09448484B2	Sloped electrode element for a torsional spatial light modulator A method of forming a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) pixel, such as a DMD-type pixel, by depositing a photoresist spacer layer upon a substrate. The photoresist spacer layer is exposed to a grey-scale lithographic mask to shape an upper surface of the photoresist spacer layer. A control member is formed upon the shaped spacer layer, and has a sloped portion configured to maximize energy density. An image member is configured to be positioned as a function of the control member to form a spatial light modulator (SLM).
US09448473B2	Method for fracturing and forming a pattern using shaped beam charged particle beam lithography In the field of semiconductor production using charged particle beam lithography, a method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation or proximity effect correction is disclosed, where a non-circular target pattern to be formed on a surface is input. A plurality of charged particle beam shots for a multi-beam charged particle beam system is determined, where the plurality of shots will form a pattern on the surface, each charged particle beam shot being a multi-beam shot comprising a plurality of circular or nearly-circular beamlets. The pattern on the surface matches the target pattern within a predetermined tolerance. The determining is performed using a computing hardware device.
US09448470B2	Method for making a mask with a phase bar in an integrated circuit design layout A method for making a mask includes receiving an integrated circuit (IC) design layout and identifying at least one targeted-feature-surrounding-location (TFSL) in the IC design layout, wherein TFSL is identified by a model-based approach. The method further includes inserting at least one phase bar (PB) in the IC design layout and performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) to the IC design layout having the at least one PB to form a modified IC design layout. A mask is then fabricated based on the modified IC design layout.
US09448457B2	Optical modulator An optical modulator according to the present invention includes an optical branching section having at least one beam splitter and a mirror and configured to branch input light, a lens configured to converge the respective lights branched in the optical branching section, a plurality of phase modulation sections each configured to perform phase modulation of each light which is input thereto through the lens, and an optical combining section configured to combine a plurality of phase-modulated lights which are output from the plurality of phase modulation sections, and output modulated signal light.
US09448455B2	Thin film transistor substrate and liquid crystal display including the same A thin film transistor array panel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode electrically connected with a drain electrode through a first contact hole and a second contact hole, respectively. The first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode include a plurality of vertical stems, a plurality of horizontal stems, and a plurality of branch electrodes. The first subpixel electrode is formed above a gate line and the second subpixel electrode is formed below a gate line. The thin film transistor array panel further includes a first protrusion formed in the plurality of vertical stems of the first subpixel electrode and the plurality of vertical stems of the second subpixel electrode.
US09448452B2	Liquid crystal display device with double rate driving structure with increased aperture ratio Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The LCD device include first and second gate lines, data lines, a common electrode line formed between adjacent data lines and configured to perpendicularly cross the plurality of first and second gate lines and divide the plurality of pixel areas into first and second areas, first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) formed between a corresponding first gate line and a second gate line adjacent to the corresponding first gate line, a protective layer configured to include a first contact hole and a second contact hole, a common electrode formed on the protective layer and coupled to the common electrode line through the first contact hole, an insulation layer formed on the protective layer to cover the common electrode and a pixel electrode formed on the insulation layer.
US09448449B2	Glare reduction system A glare reduction system is disclosed including a display device configured for placement in a line of sight of an object. The display device includes a plurality of picture elements without a color filter. Each of the picture elements have a pair of spaced apart polarizing elements in substantially parallel orientation with respect to each other, and a liquid crystal element between the polarizing elements. An imaging source is provided to receive light from the object. The glare reduction system further includes a display driver to process the received light to generate a voltage signal, and selectively provide the voltage signal to one or more of the picture elements in order to regulate the opacity of the display device.
US09448448B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate, and a liquid crystal interposed between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, and drives the liquid crystal in a horizontal electric field. The TFT substrate includes a recess, and the CF substrate includes a columnar protrusion. The protrusion of the CF substrate is fitted to the recess of the TFT substrate so as to function as a stopper for preventing a positional gap between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate.
US09448438B2	Liquid crystal display panel comprising alignment molecules having a core portion, a polarity portion, and a tail portion A liquid crystal display panel including a first display substrate, a second display substrate coupled to and spaced apart from the first display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second display substrates. The first and second display substrates include inorganic layers containing an inorganic silicon-based material. The liquid crystal layer includes alignment molecules vertically aligned with respect to the inorganic layers, and liquid crystal molecules vertically aligned between the inorganic layers. A manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display panel includes surface-treating the inorganic layers to vertically align the liquid crystal molecules.
US09448437B2	Display apparatus for controlling optical transmissivity A display apparatus includes a transparent display device, a first polarizer on a first surface of the transparent display device, a first retarder between the first polarizer and the first surface of the transparent display device, a second polarizer on a second surface of the transparent display device opposite the first surface, and a conversion retarder between the second polarizer and the second surface of the transparent display device, the conversion retarder being configured to delay a wavelength of the external light within a range from a first phase to a second phase and to transmit the wavelength-delayed light therethrough when power is supplied to the conversion retarder.
US09448430B2	Reflective liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus provided therewith A reflective liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a reflective electrode, a second substrate provided with a transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an anisotropic scattering member formed on the second substrate. The anisotropic scattering member has first and second surfaces each including a first refractive index region and a second refractive index region having a refractive index different from that of the first refractive index region. A refractive index difference between the first refractive index region and the second refractive index region in the first surface is larger than that in the second surface. The anisotropic scattering member is disposed so that light enters from the first surface thereof and the light exits as scattered light from the second surface thereof. A phase difference is given to the light entered the anisotropic scattering member.
US09448427B1	Transparent display using a polarizing beam splitter A transparent display apparatus. The apparatus includes a transparent display and a prism. The prism includes a polarizing beam splitter for splitting a received light into a first polarized light component and a second polarized light component. The prism transmits the first light component and reflects the second light component into the prism. In addition, the prism includes an optical rotator for converting the second light component to a first light component. The converted first light component is transmitted through the prism and displayed through the transparent display. In one embodiment, one or more custom prisms are used. In another embodiment, one or more cube prisms are used.
US09448397B2	Image pickup unit and endoscope An image pickup unit includes: a moving lens holding barrel that holds a moving lens constituting a part of an objective optical system and is disposed so as to freely advance and retract along a shooting optical axis O; a drive unit that generates a driving force for advancing and retracting the moving lens holding barrel along the shooting optical axis O in a fixed barrel; a flexible substrate disposed so as to urge the moving lens holding barrel in one direction orthogonal to the shooting optical axis O and bent so as to press a part of an outer surface of the moving lens holding barrel in the one direction to an inner surface of the fixed barrel; and a magnetism detecting portion detecting a relative position of the moving lens holding barrel from the fixed barrel according to magnetism of a position detecting magnet.
US09448387B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power and a second lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens and second lens have specific focal lengths. The first to third lenses have specific Abbe's numbers.
US09448382B2	Electromagnetic actuators for digital cameras Electro-magnetic actuators used to provide a displacement of an optical element such as a lens carrier comprise at least one ferromagnetic frame associated with a large air gap and at least one ferromagnetic member parallel to and separated from an elongated section of a frame by a small air gap. Actuation causes a magnetic circuit that appears in the at least one frame, the at least one member and small air gaps and by-passes or bridges the large air gap. In some embodiments, the resultant magnetic force moves the at least one member and leads to the displacement of an optical element attached thereto. In some embodiments, at least one frame and at least one member are arranged to provide a center hole and are dimensioned to enable insertion of a lens carrier in the hole. In some embodiments, the displacement is for auto-focus. In other embodiments, the displacement is for optical image stabilization.
US09448356B2	Light-emitting diode (LED) package including multiple LEDs per housing and display device having the same as light source A light-emitting diode (LED) package and a display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel and a backlight assembly including a light-emitting diode (LED) package configured to output light via an opening and a light guide plate configured to guide the emitted light to the display panel. The LED package includes a housing having a light reflecting property and including a bottom portion, a sidewall portion connected to the bottom portion, and a cover portion connected to the sidewall portion, wherein the opening is defined in the sidewall portion and faces the light guide plate. The LED package also includes a plurality of LEDs accommodated in the housing, and wherein the LEDs are arranged in a first direction extending from the light guide plate to the opening.
US09448354B1	Glass-based light emitting panel A glass-based light emitting panel (LEP) includes a glass layer that has a light receiving edge. The glass-based LEP also includes a silicone layer attached to the glass layer. The silicone layer includes an optic control pattern. The glass-based LEP is designed to receive light through the light receiving edge of the glass. The glass-based LEP is also designed to emit a portion of the light through the silicone layer.
US09448350B2	Backlight unit and display device including the same A backlight unit includes a light guide plate; a light emitting unit configured to irradiate light toward a side portion of the light guide plate, the side portion comprising an upper side part and a lower side part; and a light controller of which at least a portion is in at least one from among the upper and the lower side parts of the side portion of the light guide plate. The light controller includes a first region overlapping the light guide plate and a second region not overlapping the light guide plate, and a reflectivity of the first region is different from a reflectivity of the second region.
US09448349B2	Optical film and method of adjusting wavelength dispersion characteristics of the same An optical film including at least one retardation film and at least one isotropic layer made of an isotropic material, wherein the difference in average refractive between the retardation film and the isotropic layer is at least 0.1 or more is provided. A method of adjusting wavelength dispersion characteristics of an optical film including stacking an isotropic layer onto a retardation film, and a method for preparing optical films having a variety of wavelength dispersion characteristics by coating the retardation film with the isotropic layer are provided.
US09448335B2	Composition for polarizing film, polarizing film, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display provided with the polarizing film A composition for a polarization film including a polyolefin component including polypropylene and a polyethylene-polypropylene copolymer; and a dichroic dye.
US09448331B2	Dispersions of blends of silicon nanoparticles and silica nanoparticles Polymer-inorganic particle blends are incorporated into structures generally involving interfaces with additional materials that can be used advantageously for forming desirable devices. In some embodiments, the structures are optical structures, and the interfaces are optical interfaces. The different materials at the interface can have differences in index-of-refraction to yield desired optical properties at the interface. In some embodiments, structures are formed with periodic variations in index-of-refraction. In particular, photonic crystals can be formed. Suitable methods can be used to form the desired structures.
US09448329B2	Method to determine local variations of the earth's magnetic field and location of the source thereof A method to determine the earth's magnetic field vector along a sub-surface wellpath having unknown and possibly changing azimuth, in the presence of a magnetic disturbance caused by a magnetic source external to the wellpath includes estimating the three components of the earth field along the three axes of a magnetic sensor package by a polynomial function of measured depth along the wellpath. Upon removal of the earth's magnetic field from the measurements, the resultant magnetic field of the disturbance is determined and can be used to determine the position and orientation of the source of the disturbance.
US09448326B2	Detection and/or classification of materials A method processing an image dataset of radiation emergent from a test object after its irradiation by a suitable radiation source is described which comprises the steps of: generating an image dataset comprising a spatially resolved map of items of intensity data from the radiation emergent from the test object; further, resolving the intensity data items spectroscopically between at least two energy bands across the spectrum of the source; numerically processing the spectroscopically resolved intensity data items to determine a further spatially resolved dataset of data items representative of one or more orders of Compound Proton Number and/or effective mass thickness and/or a density; generating a segmented image dataset using the said dataset of data items representative of one or more orders of Compound Proton Number and/or effective mass thickness and/or a density. The method applied as part of a method for the radiological examination of an object and an apparatus for the same are also described.
US09448321B2	Torsional wave logging A method for torsional wave logging in a borehole of a subterranean formation. The method includes obtaining a torsional wave measurement of the borehole, wherein the torsional wave measurement represents characteristics of a torsional wave propagating within a cylindrical layered structure associated with the borehole, wherein the cylindrical layered structure comprises the subterranean formation and a completion of the borehole, analyzing, by a computer processor, the torsional wave measurement to generate a quality measure of the completion, and displaying the quality measure of the completion.
US09448306B1	Methods and apparatus for self-assisting positioning system In a method of implementing a positioning system a buffer is configured to store a buffer record for each of a plurality of position fixes determined by the receiver and a database is configured to store a database record for each of the position fixes. Buffer records are accumulated, with each buffer record corresponding to one of the position fixes determined by the receiver. A first threshold position near an area in which a degradation event occurs is identified and recorded in a first database record. A second threshold position near the area is identified in a second database record. The second threshold position is indicated by one of the position fixes outside of the area and is proximate to a position at which the degradation event ends.
US09448304B2	Ground moving target indicator (GMTI) radar that converts radar tracks to directed graphs (DG), and creates weighted DGs aligned with superimposed with digital maps The present invention is directed to a system that includes a semantic reasoning engine that is configured to convert radar track data into a directed graph representation (DGR) of the predetermined surveillance region and iteratively combine the DGRs to create a weighted directed graph (WDG) aligned and superimposed with the digital map data. The WDG includes first WDG elements corresponding to moving objects detected by a radar system. The WDG is compared to historical data to obtain a surveillance detection parameter. An alarm message is generated if the surveillance detection parameter deviates from the historical data by a predetermined amount. An output device is coupled to the semantic reasoning engine and is configured to provide a representation of the digital map data, the WDG and the at least one alarm message.
US09448295B2	Multi-layer cushion for optimum adjustment to anatomy and for susceptibility adjustment A shim cushion for a magnetic resonance tomography system includes at least two layers. A first layer of the at least two layers includes both a higher deformability and also a lower susceptibility than a second layer of the at least two layers.
US09448293B2	System for communication usable by magnetic resonance and other imaging devices An imaging apparatus and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The imaging apparatus control method includes generating a pulse signal to an imaging unit, the imaging unit imaging an object to acquire an image signal of the object, generating an antiphase pulse signal based on the generated pulse signal, the antiphase pulse signal having an opposite phase to that of the pulse signal, and controlling a wireless communication unit based on the antiphase pulse signal, the wireless communication unit transmitting the image signal using a wireless communication network.
US09448289B2	Background field removal method for MRI using projection onto dipole fields For optimal image quality in susceptibility-weighted imaging and accurate quantification of susceptibility, it is necessary to isolate the local field generated by local magnetic sources (such as iron) from the background field that arises from imperfect shimming and variations in magnetic susceptibility of surrounding tissues (including air). We present a nonparametric background field removal method based on projection onto dipole fields in which the background field inside an ROI is decomposed into a field originating from dipoles outside the ROI using the projection theorem in Hilbert space.
US09448287B2	Battery monitoring device A battery monitoring device for real-time measurement and monitoring of a battery module driving an actual load and having a plurality battery cells connected together in series, has a plurality of power and impedance calculators provided for the respective battery cells, and configured to receive voltage signals and current signals from the battery cells, respectively and to measure instantaneous power values and internal impedance characteristics of the battery cells, respectively, and a battery module state manager configured to receive output data of the power and impedance calculators via an internal bus.
US09448285B2	Method and apparatus of wafer testing A system for testing a wafer includes a probe card and a wafer. The probe card includes at least one first probe site and at least one second probe site. The wafer includes a plurality of dies. The at least one first probe site is arranged for a first test, and the at least one second probe site is arranged for a second test. Each of the plurality of dies corresponds to first probe pads and second probe pads. Each of the at least one first probe site is arranged to touch the first probe pads of each of the plurality of dies. Each of the at least one second probe site is arranged to touch the second probe pads of each of the plurality of dies.
US09448282B1	System and method for bit-wise selective masking of scan vectors for X-value tolerant built-in self test A system and method are provided for selective bit-wise masking of X-values in scan channels in an integrated circuit (IC) during a built-in self test (BIST). The composite mask pattern is selectively generated according to locations of X-values identified in a simulation of the IC. The composite mask pattern is stored on the IC and cyclically maintained while being applied to the operational scan results of the IC. The composite mask pattern is recycled over a plurality of scan iterations to effectively prevent the X-values from influencing the resulting signature of the BIST that represents a functional fingerprint of the IC and minimize storage requirements for the composite mask pattern.
US09448268B2	Inductive sensor actuator with reciprocating contact post A sensor assembly comprises a housing, a bushing, a contact post, and a sensor. The housing has a hollow interior and the bushing is disposed within the hollow interior of the housing at a distal end of the housing. The bushing has a hollow interior, and the contact post is configured to slide within the hollow interior of the bushing as a tip of the contact post comes into contact with a surface. The contact post has a partial bore and the sensor is configured to slide into the partial bore if necessary. The sensor is also configured to measure a distance between the bottom of the contact post and a tip of the sensor. The sensor may communicate the measurement to a data processor.
US09448255B2	Capacitance detection device According to one embodiment, a capacitance detection device includes a switched capacitor amplifying circuit including a variable capacitor and a reference capacitor, and a voltage applying circuit configured to apply, to the switched capacitor amplifying circuit, a reference voltage having a temperature characteristic for compensating fluctuation in an output voltage of the switched capacitor amplifying circuit due to a temperature characteristic of capacitance of the variable capacitor.
US09448251B2	Integrated inertial sensor and pressure sensor, and forming method therefor An integrated inertial sensor and pressure sensor may include a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface; at least one or more conductive layers, formed on the first surface of the first substrate; a movable sensitive element, formed by using a first region of the first substrate; a second substrate and a third substrate, the second substrate being coupled to a surface of the conductive layer, the third substrate being coupled to the second surface of the first substrate in which the movable sensitive element of the inertial sensor is formed, and the third substrate and the second substrate are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the movable sensitive element; and a sensitive film of the pressure sensor, including at least a second region of the first substrate, or including at least one of the conductive layers on the second region of the first substrate.
US09448248B2	Method and system for fluid surface detection The present invention pertains to a method for detecting a fluid surface, comprising the following steps: providing at least one probe having an electric capacitance with respect to its surroundings; moving the probe into or out of a fluid; charging the probe by applying a periodic first electric signal to the probe for activating the probe; applying a periodic third electric signal to one or more electrically conductive regions different from the probe simultaneously with applying the first electric signal to the probe, wherein the third electric signal corresponds to the first electric signal or an amplified/damped first electric signal; at least partially discharging the probe so as to obtain a discharging current; detecting a second electric signal based on the discharging current; analyzing the second electric signal or a signal derived from the second electric signal with respect to the capacitance of the probe; identifying the fluid surface of the fluid based on a change of the capacitance of the probe. It further relates to a corresponding system adapted to perform the method.
US09448246B2	Integrated sequential sample preparation system The invention provides an integrated sequential sample preparation system using a sequential centrifuge for preparing samples for analysis. Methods of more efficiently preparing discrete samples sequentially for subsequent analysis are also provided. The apparatus and methods for sequentially preparing discrete samples provide improved operating efficiencies over conventional preparation processes that use batch centrifugation systems. Such advantages include reducing dwell time, increasing system throughput, reducing sample preparation system footprint, and improving precision of the analytical process. The integrated sequential preparation system with the integrated sequential centrifuge further provides the capability of handling critical or STAT samples without compromising the operating efficiencies achieved by preparing discrete samples in a sequential manner.
US09448243B2	Weak affinity chromatography The present invention provides methods for analyzing a target compound from a biological sample. In one aspect, a method for analyzing a target compound in a biological sample can comprise delivering a biological sample through an affinity column, the affinity column having a binding ligand coupled to a stationary structural support, wherein the affinity column has a high density of the binding ligand per the stationary structural support and wherein the binding ligand has been preselected to cause weak affinity separation zonal retardation of the target compound from the biological sample forming a target compound fraction and a biological sample fraction and detecting the target compound by mass spectrometry.
US09448237B2	Modified tyrosine amino acids, peptides containing them, and their use for detecting hydrolase enzyme activity The present invention relates to a method and tools which allow the kinetic monitoring of hydrolase enzyme activity. The present invention also aims to provide synthetic peptides and peptide residues modified such that they can be used in assays for monitoring hydrolase enzyme activity, and preferably phosphatase activity. Also claimed are modified tyrosine amino acid derivatives of formula (IV), wherein Y is chosen from —POy2− with y equal to 2 or 3 and esters thereof, —SOZ− with z equal to 2 or 3 and esters thereof, a carbohydrate or carbohydrate derivatives; and; wherein X1 and/or X2 is selected from —N3, —NO2, —CI, or —CN, —SCN, a C1 to C8 alkyl, or H, wherein either X1 or X2 is not H.
US09448233B2	Method and system for detection of natural high intensity sweeteners that contain hydroxyl groups The present invention provides a hapten derivative and conjugate of a natural high intensity sweetener containing hydroxyl groups. The conjugate can be used to produce antibodies specific against the natural high intensity sweetener. The present invention further provides a kit and method for detecting and quantifying the natural high intensity sweetener in a sample.
US09448232B2	Methods and materials for detecting C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration or C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion positive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis This document provides methods and materials for detecting C9ORF72 hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) (SEQ ID NO: 3) repeat expansion positive (C9+) frontotemporal lobar degeneration or C9+ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. For example, methods and materials related to using anti-(GP)8 (SEQ ID NO: 2) antibodies to identify mammals (e.g., humans) having C9+ FTLD or C9+ ALS are provided.
US09448229B2	Kit for monitoring immune status after transplant and method for monitoring immune status using same The present invention relates to a method and a kit for monitoring an immune status after transplant. The kit for monitoring an immune status after transplant and the method for monitoring an immune status of an individual after transplant as provided in the present invention make it easy and accurate to determine an immune status in the individual after transplant and thus have an effect of reducing overuse of an immunosuppressive agent prescribed after transplant and also have an effect of conveniently managing an immune status of each patient.
US09448227B2	Anuran cross-species molecular sensors Described herein are DNA primer sequences designed for the determination of gene or transcript information from Anuran species, and which may be used in studies for developmental and/or toxicity testing and for environmental toxicology or ecological assessment. Also described herein is a rapid, sensitive, high-throughput assay useful for supporting potential risk assessment across vertebrate clades, and that is also useful for evaluation of complex contaminant mixtures.
US09448226B2	Method of toxicological evaluation, method of toxicological screening and associated system The present invention relates to a method of toxicological evaluation of a candidate substance on at least one tissue or organ, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a bioartificial tissue or organ by simulation or modelling of the metabolic activity of said tissue or organ by at least one bioreactor; (b) exposure of said bioartificial tissue or organ to said substance; (c) observation of the metabolic response of the bioartificial tissue or organ and acquisition without a priori of an associated multidimensional data set; (d) identification by means of a method of multivariate statistical analysis of the components of the multidimensional data set which are quantitatively correlated with predetermined variables; (e) generation of a predictive model on the basis of the components of the data set that are actually retained; (f) testing of the predictive nature of said model by at least one statistical method of estimating reliability; (g) identification of the metabolic response of the bioartificial tissue or organ in the form of biomarkers associated with the components of the data set that are adopted for the model. The present invention also relates to a method of toxicological screening and to a system for this purpose.
US09448217B2	Gas sensing system A gas sensing system includes an air intake hole which comprises a plurality of micro-flow channels, a replaceable sensor for receiving an air from the air intake hole and detecting the received air, and a processing unit coupled to the replaceable sensor and doing determination for the component of the air according to a detection result of the replaceable sensor. Wherein, the replaceable sensor includes a plurality of sensing chips arranged in an array and each sensing chip is coated with a sensing thin film separately to detect a different gas.
US09448214B2	Network for measuring greenhouse gases in the atmosphere Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for measuring greenhouse gas. A calibration device receives a first sample of atmospheric gas from a first port exposed to the earth's atmosphere. The calibration device receives a second sample of atmospheric gas from a second port exposed to the earth's atmosphere. The calibration device routes the first sample and the second sample to a measurement device for greenhouse gas analysis. The measurement device determines a characteristic of a greenhouse gas present in at least one of the first sample and the second sample. The measurement device transmits data associated with the determined characteristic of the greenhouse gas to a computing device for determining sinks and sources of the gas.
US09448212B2	Method for the detection of sulphur containing phosphorylating agents A method is provided for detecting sulphur-containing species (such as thiophosphorous esters, in particular phosphorylating agents), in which a suspected sulphur-containing species is brought into contact with a tetrazolium compound in the presence of base, typically at a pH of at least 8. A device, kit and tetrazolium compounds for use in such a method are also disclosed.
US09448210B2	Plug unit and connection system for connecting capillary tubes, especially for high-performance liquid chromatography A plug unit for connecting capillary tubes includes a plug housing that has an axial borehole, a plug capillary tube that projects through the axial borehole, and a sealing element that surrounds the plug capillary tube. The front end of the plug capillary tube is sealed by an elastic and/or plastic deformation of the sealing element against the capillary tube receptacle opening of a bushing unit. A hollow cylindrical pressure piece is provided that surrounds the sealing element in an axial region facing away from the end surface of the plug capillary tube, and the pressure piece has a rearward end side that faces away from the end surface of the plug capillary tube and that can be loaded by the plug housing with an axial pressure force when the plug unit and bushing unit are connected.
US09448206B2	Device for detection of defects in a recess The invention relates to a device for the detection of defects in a recess, comprising a longitudinal hollow body (107), a movement conversion means (109) housed in said body (107) and installed free to move along the longitudinal direction, and at least one sensor (11) coupled to said body (107) and to said conversion means (109) such that longitudinal translation of the conversion means will move said sensor (11) in transverse translation between a retracted position and an extended position.
US09448181B2	Optical biosensor and biosensing system with resonant feedback controls An optical biosensor is provided. The optical biosensor includes a biosensing unit, a detection unit, and a feedback circuit. The biosensing unit is configured to receive an input optical signal, sense a biomaterial, and generate a sensed optical signal. The detecting unit is configured to convert the sensed optical signal into an electrical signal and output the electrical signal as a detection signal. The feedback circuit is configured to output a feedback signal. The feedback signal is generated based on the detection signal and is changed according to a changed amount of a resonant wavelength of the biosensing unit.
US09448180B2	Multi-analyte detection system and method The invention provides for a multiple analyte detector that is capable of detecting and identifying explosive, chemical or biological substances having multiple analytes with a single system having multiple reporters. The reporters include fluorescent polymers, conducting polymers, metal oxide elements electrochemical cells, etc. The reporters may be combinations of other reporters that are optimized for broadband detection.
US09448179B2	Gas analyzing apparatus A gas analyzing apparatus includes a gas analyzing unit, a luminescence inducing component generating unit, and a measurement signal calculating unit. The gas analyzing unit receives a sample gas containing a component gas and/or a standard gas and the luminescence inducing gas. The gas analyzing unit is configured to output a detection signal based on an intensity of a reaction light generated by the interaction between the component gas and the luminescence inducing component. The luminescence inducing component generating unit generates the luminescence inducing gas by electric discharge generated repeatedly at specified intervals. The measurement signal calculating unit calculates a first measurement signal based on a first detection signal, based on the reaction light generated when the sample gas and the luminescence inducing gas are introduced, and a second detection signal, based on the reaction light generated when the standard gas and the luminescence inducing gas are introduced.
US09448170B2	Harmful substance evaluating method and harmful substance evaluation kit A biological growth inhibition factor assay method includes: a first step of mixing a photosynthetic sample, with an aqueous solution sample to prepare a test measurement solution, letting the test measurement solution stand, and then after illuminating light onto the test measurement solution for a predetermined illumination time, measuring the light amount of the delayed fluorescence that is emitted; a second step of mixing the photosynthetic sample with a standard sample, in which biological growth inhibition factors are not present, to prepare a standard measurement solution, letting the standard measurement solution stand, and then after illuminating light onto the standard measurement solution for a predetermined illumination time, measuring the light amount of the delayed fluorescence that is emitted; and a third step of computing assay values based on the light amounts of delayed fluorescence, respectively measured in the first step and the second step, and determining a comparison value of the assay values to assay biological growth inhibition factors. A biological growth inhibition factor assay method that enables analysis of a wide range of inhibition factors in a short time is thereby realized.
US09448164B2	Systems and methods for noninvasive blood glucose and other analyte detection and measurement using collision computing In a noninvasive system for detection/measurement of glucose and other analytes in a medium such as tissue, spectra from the medium are deconstructed into features. Conditioned features, which contain frequency components specific to glucose or the other analytes, are derived from one or more features by modulating a carrier kernel with the feature. The conditioned features are computationally collided with one or more Zyotons that are co-dependent with the conditioned features. One or more collisions amplify a property of the analyte e.g., energy absorbed by glucose in tissue from radiation directed to the skin. A gradient of several values of the amplified property, each value corresponding to a particular radiation pattern according to a spectroscopic tomographic sequence, is used to select a suitable projector curve, with which a representative amplified value is projected to an accurate estimate of the concentration of glucose or the other analytes, without needing personalized calibration.
US09448148B2	Rolling weight deflectometer A device for measuring the deflection of pavement under an applied load includes a longitudinally extending member mounted on a mobile carriage. A load wheel is mounted near the first end of the longitudinally extending member below a load platform. A first distance sensor is mounted near the load wheel to measure the depth of a deflection basin created by the wheel at a target location disposed on the pavement. A second distance sensor mounted at a predetermined distance from the first sensor to measure distance to the target location when the second distance sensor is positioned proximate to the target location. The device further includes a target designator for designating the target location and a target detector for detecting a position of the target location.
US09448143B2	Device for removing samples from a material flow In a device for taking samples from a material flow of fine-grained and dry material, in particular in the cement industry, comprising an upwardly open sample chamber (2) capable of being introduced into, and retracted from, the material flow through an introduction socket, the sample chamber (2) is formed in a rod-shaped body (1) translationally guided between a sampling position and a retracted position, and the sample chamber (2) has an openable bottom (7).
US09448136B2	Sensor control apparatus, sensor control system, and sensor control method A sensor control apparatus which receives from a gas sensor (10) a sensor output signal Ip corresponding to the concentration of a specific gas component, and a pressure signal P output from a pressure sensor (20). The sensor control apparatus includes a computation section (38) which computes a specific component concentration which is corrected based on the pressure signal P so as to eliminate the influence of the pressure of the gas. The sensor control apparatus includes response adjustment sections (34) and (36) for adjusting the response rates of the sensor output signal Ip and the pressure signal P before being input to the computation section (38), the response rate exhibiting a time variation of the corresponding signal to a change in the pressure of the gas, such that the response rate of the sensor output signal Ip or the response rate of the pressure signal P, whichever is faster, approaches the slower of the two.
US09448134B2	Systems for detecting a chemical species and use thereof Systems and methods for detecting chemical species including a lens, a beam splitter, first and second bandpass filters, and first and second electromagnetic radiation detectors. The first bandpass filter has a first transmittance window having a first width transmitting greater than 50% of the filtered first electromagnetic radiation beam within a first electromagnetic radiation wavelength range. The second bandpass filter includes a second transmittance window having a second width within a second electromagnetic radiation wavelength range. The second transmittance window has an upper limit wavelength value that is greater than an upper limit wavelength value of the first transmittance window. The second bandpass filter is configured to transmit a lesser percentage of the second electromagnetic radiation beam passing through the second transmittance window than the first bandpass filter transmits of the first electromagnetic radiation beam passing through the first transmittance window.
US09448132B2	System and method for monitoring seals between a stationary conduit and a rotating conduit A device for monitoring a seal assembly includes a body having a central axis and a through-passage, a piston slidably disposed in the through-passage and biased towards one end of the body by a biasing member, and a signaling assembly coupled to the body. The signaling assembly includes an indicator and a switch coupled to the indicator. The through-passage and the piston are exposed to a fluid pressure in the seal assembly. The piston is configured to translate axially in the through-passage to transition the switch between a first position and a second position, allowing the switch to transition the indicator between a deactivated state and an activated state.
US09448131B2	Battery pack leak detection assembly and method A method of detecting a leak in a battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, calculating a predicted amount of thermal energy at a position, measuring an actual amount of thermal energy at the position, and comparing the predicted amount to the actual amount to identify if a battery pack is leaking.
US09448105B2	Optical sensor An optical sensor is disclosed for measuring pressure and/or temperature. The optical sensor is adapted for use in high temperature environments, such as gas turbines and other engines. The optical sensor comprises an optical assembly having a sensor element, a spacer and a lens arranged along the optical axis. The sensor element is spaced from the lens by the spacer. An optical fiber is coupled to the optical assembly for illuminating the sensor element. The optical assembly is resiliently mounted in a housing such that the optical assembly is insulated from shock to the housing. There is also disclosed a method of assembling the optical sensor.
US09448103B2	Achromatic lens array A luminescence detection system may include an excitation light source, a single element achromat, and a detector. The single element achromat may be configured to regulate the excitation light from the light source and direct the regulated light to a target, and the detector may be configured to detect luminescence generated by the target. The single element achromat may be configured to regulate the emission light from the target and direct the regulated light to a detector, and the excitation light source may be configured to direct the excitation light to the target. The single element achromat may be configured to regulate both the excitation light from the light source and the emission light from the target and direct the regulated light to, respectively, the target and a detector.
US09448102B2	Photoreception device with an insulating resin mass, and method for producing photoreception device A photoreception device includes: a substrate; a photoreceptor element including a photoreceptor portion upon an upper surface thereof and a lower surface thereof is mounted upon the substrate; and an insulating resin mass that contains a flat upper surface and an opening that exposes the photoreceptor portion of the photoreceptor element, that is formed upon the substrate to be thicker than thickness of the photoreceptor element, and that adheres closely against side surfaces of the photoreceptor element, the side surfaces surrounding the photoreceptor element. The insulating resin mass contains a step portion that is provided to a height between the flat upper surface thereof and the upper surface of the photoreceptor portion; and the step portion extends parallel to at least one pair of mutually opposed side surfaces of the photoreceptor element, at a periphery of the opening.
US09448096B2	Measuring and dispensing cap with internal measuring chambers In an apparatus for measuring and dispensing pourable material, a removable cap includes a body, a cylindrical sleeve member sheathing an outer circumference of the body, and a biasing spring engageable between the body and the cylindrical sleeve member for biasing the cylindrical sleeve member toward a predetermined home position. The body can include chambers separated longitudinally from one another by a radial panel defining an arcuate aperture allowing passage of the pourable material between the chambers. The cylindrical sleeve member is rotatable with respect to the body for aligning at least one of a plurality of measuring compartments defined by the cylindrical sleeve member with the arcuate aperture for allowing pourable material flow therethrough. The biasing spring can close access to the plurality of measuring compartments during dispensing of a predetermined amount of the pourable material.
US09448090B2	Method of, and apparatus for, measuring the mass flow rate of a gas There is provided a meter for measuring the mass flow rate of a gas, the meter comprising a conduit through which the gas flows in use, the conduit having a flow restriction orifice through which choked flow occurs in use, the flow restriction orifice dividing the conduit into an upstream portion upstream of said orifice and a downstream portion downstream of said orifice, the meter further comprising a sensor assembly including a first piezoelectric crystal oscillator in said upstream portion such that said first piezoelectric oscillator is in contact with said gas when the meter in use, a second piezoelectric crystal oscillator in said downstream portion such that said second piezoelectric oscillator is in contact with said gas when the meter in use, said sensor assembly being arranged: to drive the first and second piezoelectric crystal oscillators such that each of the first and second piezoelectric crystal oscillators resonate at respective resonant frequencies; to measure the resonant frequency of the first piezoelectric oscillator and the resonant frequency of resonant frequency of the first piezoelectric oscillator and the the second piezoelectric oscillator; and to determine, from the resonant frequency of the second piezoelectric oscillator, the mass flow rate of gas through said orifice.
US09448089B2	Optical encoder An optical encoder, comprising a plurality of light receiving elements 1-12, receiving light that has passed through or been reflected by a scale having a lattice of pitch P, and outputting four-phase signals that have been respectively offset in phase by an integer number of times 90° (1/4P). 12 light receiving elements being are in the lateral direction (scale longitudinal direction) with gaps between them of P/60 or 2P/60, four arbitrary light receiving elements arranged next to each other in a row all output signals of different phases, and light receiving elements respectively outputting signals of same phase have three lateral widths of 7OP/60, 13P/60 or 20P/60.
US09448087B2	Contactless magnetic linear position sensor In a position sensor, two field sensors are placed along a line parallel to the movement to be detected. Two magnets are placed at an angle to each other to generate a magnetic field such that their position is a linear or approximately linear function of the difference between the outputs of the sensors.
US09448082B2	Method for operating a hybrid drive A method operates a hybrid drive operable selectively in a first operating mode powered by only an internal combustion engine or in a second operating mode powered by only an electric motor. Prior to starting a trip, for which a route that leads from a start to a destination is determined, the entire route to be traveled is segmented, according to pre-defined logic, into a plurality of route sections. These route sections are used to select certain route sections that are ever taken into consideration, based on certain route section criteria, for driving in the second mode. From, the selected certain route sections, those are used to identify and to drive on the route in the second mode in which route travel in the second mode yields a total maximum fuel economy advantage compared to driving the route in the first or any other mode.
US09448074B2	Curve modeling device, curve modeling method, and vehicular navigation device A curve modeling device includes a curvature calculation unit, a curvature correction unit, and a node information generation unit. The curvature calculation unit calculates a curvature of each sampling point on a route based on location information of each sampling point. The curvature correction unit corrects the curvature at each sampling point and approximates the route by a straight line interval, an arc interval, or a smooth curve interval. The node information generation unit builds a shape model of a curve included in the route by generating node information indicative of a node location on a road corresponding to the route based on the corrected curvature of the sampling point. The curvature correction unit corrects the curvature under a condition that an orientation difference defined by the calculated curvatures maintains a constant value.
US09448072B2	System and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets both indoors and outdoors A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods (e.g., inertial navigation and signal-based methods) may be provided as input to a mapping application. The mapping application may generate position estimates for trackees using a suite of mapping tools to make corrections to the tracking data. The mapping application may further use information from building data, when available, to enhance position estimates. Indoor tracking methods including, for example, sensor fusion methods, map matching methods, and map building methods may be implemented to take tracking data from one or more trackees and compute a more accurate tracking estimate for each trackee. Outdoor tracking methods may be implemented to enhance outdoor tracking data by combining tracking estimates such as inertial tracks with magnetic and/or compass data if and when available, and with GPS, if and when available.
US09448070B2	Gyrometer with reduced parasitic capacitances Gyrometer including a substrate and an inertial mass suspended above the substrate, the inertial mass including an excitation part and a detection part, means of moving the excitation part is movable in at least one direction contained in the plane of the inertial mass, and capacitive detection device detecting movement of the detection part outside the plane of the mass. The capacitive detection device includes comprising at least one suspended electrode, located above the detection part located facing the substrate so as to form a variable capacitor with the detection part, the electrode being held above the detection part by at least one pillar passing through the inertial mass.
US09448056B2	System for fourier domain optical coherence tomography Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging method which can image with micrometer-scale resolution up to a few millimeters deep into, for example, living biological tissues and preserved tissue samples. An improved apparatus and image reconstruction algorithm for parallel Fourier Domain OCT which greatly eases requirements for interferometer stability and also allows for more efficient parallel image acquisition is provided. The apparatuses and algorithms reconstruct images from interfered, low-coherence, multiwave length signals having a .pi. radian phase difference relative to one another. Other numbers of signals and other phase differences may be alternatively used, with some combinations resulting in higher resolution and image stability. The apparatus also eliminates a need for bulk optics to modulate a phase delay in a reference arm of the optical path. Images may be reconstructed using two spectrometers, where each is coupled to a detector array such as a photodiode array.
US09448054B2	Throttle opening detection device A throttle opening detection device includes a rotor which is rotated in an interlocking manner by manipulation of an acceleration grip which is mounted together with the rotor on a handlebar. First magnets are arranged near a peripheral portion of one side surface of the rotor along the circumferential direction of the rotor, while second magnets are respectively laminated to the first magnets, and have opposite polarities to the first magnets. The first magnets with the second magnets laminated thereto are disposed with a set spacing therebetween. A magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic force generated by all the magnets is arranged to oppose, with a clearance therebetween, the one side surface of the rotor in which the magnets are arranged, in an axial direction of the rotor.
US09448045B2	High straightness arrow and method of manufacture The high straightness arrow in the present invention is designed to improve the straightness of the archery arrow by adopting new manufacturing technique and method. Chamber and post are made of dissimilar metals and the chamber includes a wall that creates an external housing and defines an internal airspace. Once the post with shaft is positioned through chamber, nuts are tightened securely, forming an assembly, to straighten post. Due to the different coefficients of thermal expansion of chamber and post, when they are heated simultaneously, the chamber expands more than the post, creating a natural tension along post which results in a near perfectly straight shaft. As the assembly cools, the post and chamber return to their original length, yet the shaft retains its straightened form and thus this manufacturing process yields an arrow shaft that is straighter than shafts made of the same materials but with a traditional manufacturing technique.
US09448042B2	Diminishing detonator effectiveness through electromagnetic effects An inductively coupled transmission line with distributed electromotive force source and an alternative coupling model based on empirical data and theory were developed to initiate bridge wire melt for a detonator with an open and a short circuit detonator load. In the latter technique, the model was developed to exploit incomplete knowledge of the open circuited detonator using tendencies common to all of the open circuit loads examined. Military, commercial, and improvised detonators were examined and modeled. Nichrome, copper, platinum, and tungsten are the detonator specific bridge wire materials studied. The improvised detonators were made typically made with tungsten wire and copper (˜40 AWG wire strands) wire.
US09448037B1	Aiming sight apparatus for devices that shoot projectiles An aiming sight for devices that shoot projectiles having a housing with an interior. A sight element is positioned within the interior by means of adjustment threads. The adjustment threads pass through channels in the sides of the front sight element so that the front sight element is movable along the adjustment threads from the bottom to the top of the housing. The sight element has a sighting aperture through which a specific target point, intended for penetration by an arrow, is visible. The sighting aperture may be constructed as a front sighting aperture of a front aiming sight to align visually with a rear sighting aperture of a rear aiming sight. When aiming, the specific target point is viewed in the voids of the front sighting aperture and the rear sighting aperture without obstruction.
US09448032B2	Expandable bow cam An expandable bow cam increases the exit velocity of an arrow in comparison to a traditional bow cam. The expandable bow cam includes a mounting body, a first restraining member, a second restraining member, am expansion member, and a string track. The mounting body mounts the expandable bow cam onto a limb of a bow. The first restraining member and the second restraining member limit the range of the expansion member and provide support for the bow string to accommodate for the increased radius of the expandable bow cam. The expansion member increases the radius of the expandable bow cam as the bowstring is drawn such that the tension in the bowstring increases as the bowstring is released subsequently increasing the exit velocity of the arrow. The string track prevents the bowstring from becoming dislodged from the present invention as the bow is drawn and fired.
US09448028B2	Shooting stabilizer for hand-held precision weapons A stabilizer device (100) for a firearm, apt to control the movement performed by the firearm barrel (11) in the instant in which a bullet is ejected, comprising a support element (1) for the firearm barrel (11), removably fixed or fixable to the barrel (11) and apt to be made slidable along a main direction of extension of the barrel (11) with respect to the stock (13) of the firearm that can be gripped by a shooter, and control means for controlling the sliding motion of the support element (1) with respect to the stock (13) of the firearm, having a first (14; 140) and a second (15; 150) control element constrained or constrainable respectively to the support element (1) and to the stock (13) and apt to cooperate to limit and control the extent of such sliding.
US09448027B1	Barrel nut with two-piece separable extension A quick-attach/quick-detach coupler assembly used for mounting a hand guard around a rifle barrel, allowing prompt barrel change. The coupler assembly has a generally cylindrical barrel nut with a plurality of external rail-mounting teeth centrally around its exterior circumference, interior threads for connection to the upper receiver of a rifle, and multiple fastener holes allowing set screws to contact a two-piece separable extension and provide anti-rotational engagement between it and the barrel nut. The barrel nut's interior threads also connect it to the extension. A tool configured as a hand guard fastener and stored/carried on the hand guard is easily accessed to tighten/release the set screws. The tool's handle may also be configured to engage notches on the extension's barrel end and facilitate its release from the barrel nut. The coupler assembly will mount almost every hand guard currently marketed to the upper receiver of the AR family of rifles.
US09448025B2	Firearm trigger block and tamper notification system A trigger block and tamper notification system for use on a firearm includes a main enclosure assembly with an engagement element receivable through a trigger guard and a slide assembly having a complemental element releasably engaging the engagement element on an opposing side of the trigger guard. A magnetic reed switch is carried within the engagement element and a switch magnet is mounted in the slide assembly adjacent the complemental element so as to be in a position adjacent the magnetic reed switch when the slide assembly is engaged with the main enclosure assembly. A control module includes a signaling element activated when the switch magnet is moved from the position adjacent the reed switch.
US09448014B2	Channel member, and heat exchanger, semiconductor unit, and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including the same Channel members 100 to 107 according to the present invention have an inner spiral channel 9 through which a fluid 23 flows. The channel 9 is formed by a lid part 1, a bottom plate part 3, and a wall part 2 connected to the lid part 1 and the bottom plate part 3. The wall part 2 is made of a ceramic laminate. Even if the wall part 2 of the channel members 100 to 107 is narrow between channel segments 9, its good corrosion resistance allows the channel 9 to be resistant to collapse when the fluid 23 is supplied at high pressure. A heat exchanger 200, a semiconductor unit 300, and a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 400 including any of the channel members 100 to 107 have improved heat exchange efficiency between the channel members 100 to 107 and the fluid 23.
US09448010B2	Heat exchanger A primary heat exchanger for use in an environmental control system of an aircraft is provided having a rectangular core. The core includes a plurality of alternately stacked first fluid layers and second fluid layers. The core has a length to width ratio of about 4.88 and a width to height ratio of about 2.37. A first header is positioned adjacent a first surface of the core and a second header is positioned adjacent a second opposite surface of the core. The first header and the second header form a portion of a flow path for a first fluid. An inlet flange is positioned adjacent a third surface of the core. An outlet flange is positioned adjacent a fourth, opposite surface of the core to form a portion of a flow path for a second fluid.
US09447996B2	Carbon dioxide removal system using absorption refrigeration A carbon dioxide removal system includes a chilled ammonia carbon capture system; an absorber refrigeration system in fluid communication with the chilled ammonia system; and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) in fluid communication with the chilled ammonia system and the absorber refrigeration system.
US09447992B2	Geothermal system with earth grounding component A geothermal system with earth grounding component for providing electrical grounding is introduced. The geothermal system includes: a geothermal component configured to perform heat exchange; wherein the geothermal component comprises at least one heat exchange tube configured to extend into an underground environment; and an earth grounding component configured to provide earth grounding for electronic equipment; wherein the earth grounding component includes at least one conductive rod coupled to and extended along the at least one heat exchange tube, and the at least one conductive rod is configured to electrically couple to a grounding interface of the electronic equipment.
US09447980B2	Outdoor unit of refrigeration apparatus An outdoor unit of a refrigeration apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a casing constituent member and a seal member. The heat exchanger has plural collection header pipes, plural fins disposed at a predetermined fin pitch between the header pipes, and plural heat transfer tubes inserted through the fins and connected to the header pipes. An interstice larger than the fin pitch is formed between one of the header pipes and one of the fins adjacent to the one of the header pipes. The casing constituent member is disposed facing the one of the header pipes and is configured to surround part of the heat exchanger. The seal member is attached to the casing constituent member, is pressed against the one of the header pipes and the one of the fins in the environ of the interstice facing the casing constituent members, becomes deformed, and closes the interstice.
US09447969B2	Low NOx combustion process and burner therefor Method of combusting a fuel with an oxidizer and corresponding burner assembly, whereby a jet of fuel and a jet of primary oxidizer are injected into a combustion zone in contact with one another so as to generate a primary fuel-rich flame, a swirling first peripheral gas jet is injected through a first passage around the fuel jet and primary oxidizer jets and a swirling second peripheral gas jet is injected through a second passage around the first peripheral gas jet and whereby a jet of secondary oxidizer is injected through a passage into the combustion zone between the first and second peripheral gas jets.
US09447966B2	Fuel burner A burner is provided. The burner includes an air compressor, an atomizing head having an air orifice, first and second fuel tanks, the first fuel tank being located at least partially below the atomizing head, and the second fuel tank being located at least partially above the atomizing head, a first fluid pathway connecting the air compressor to the air orifice of the atomizing head, a second fluid pathway having a first end configured to receive air from the air compressor, and a second end extending into the first fuel tank, a third fluid pathway connecting from the first fuel tank to the second fuel tank, and a fourth fluid pathway connecting the secondary fuel tank to a distribution point above the atomizing head. The second and third fluid pathway define at least a portion of a bubble pump. The burner is configured to use air from the air compressor to both (a) deliver fuel to the atomizing head, and (b) atomize the delivered fuel at the atomizing head.
US09447965B2	Burner with a perforated reaction holder and heating apparatus A combustion system such as a furnace or boiler includes a perforated reaction holder configured to hold a combustion reaction that produces very low oxides of nitrogen (NOx).
US09447963B2	Dynamic tuning of dynamic matrix control of steam temperature A technique of controlling a steam generating boiler system includes dynamically tuning a rate of change of a disturbance variable (DV) to control operation of a portion of the boiler system, and in particular, to control a temperature of output steam to a turbine. The rate of change of the DV is dynamically tuned based on a magnitude of an error or difference between an actual and a desired level of an output parameter, e.g., output steam temperature. In an embodiment, as the magnitude of the error increases, the rate of change of the DV is increased according to a function f(x). A dynamic matrix control block uses the dynamically-tuned rate of change of the DV, a current output parameter level, and an output parameter setpoint as inputs to generate a control signal to control a field device that, at least in part, affects the output parameter level.
US09447959B2	Heat sink for electrical elements and light-emitting device containing thereof The disclosure provides a heat sink for electrical elements and a light-emitting device containing thereof. The heat sink includes a radiating substrate and at least one hollow radiating channel. In which, the hollow radiating channel is horizontally embedded in the radiating substrate, and has two openings disposed on the same site or the opposite sites of the radiating substrate, so that gas may flow in the hollow radiating channel and remove heat of the radiating substrate. And a light-emitting device containing the heat sink is also provided.
US09447957B2	LED lamp The present invention relates to an LED lamp. In the LED lamp, light may be emitted in lateral and rear directions as well as in a front direction to obtain light distribution characteristics similar to those of an incandescent lamp, and heat generated when the LED emits light may be effectively dissipated.
US09447954B2	Light fixture having a central wire-way The light fixture includes a frame, a substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel disposed within the frame, power circuitry disposed within at least one of a number of channels within the frame, and a central wire-way. The frame includes a bottom assembly and a top assembly coupled to the bottom assembly. The bottom assembly and the top assembly cooperate to form the channels within the frame. The bottom assembly has a back surface. The power circuitry is configured to electrically couple the substantially flat LED panel to an external AC power supply. The central wire-way is disposed adjacent the back surface of the bottom assembly and configured to route wiring to or from the power circuitry disposed within at least one of the channels within the frame.
US09447937B2	Electronic luminary device with simulated flame A flameless candle may include a side wall including an upper region and a lower region, a base engaged with the lower region of the side wall, and an upper surface extending from the upper region of the side wall to form an upper recess. The candle may also include a projection screen extending upwardly through an aperture in the upper surface. The position of the projection screen is fixed with respect to a position of the upper surface. Two sources of light positioned below the upper surface may project light through the aperture onto the projection screen. Circuitry may electrically connect to the first source of light and the second source of light. The circuitry may independently control each of the sources of light.
US09447934B2	Outdoor camping lamp with socket assembly having battery installing bracket An outdoor camping lamp, which comprises a handle, a top cover, a shade, a lamp socket assembly and a plurality of batteries, the lamp socket assembly includes a lamp socket, a housing, a battery installing bracket and a bottom support, the upper end of the lamp socket is connected with the lower end of the shade, the lower end of the lamp socket is connected with the upper end of the housing, the upper end of the battery installing bracket is connected to the lower end surface of the lamp socket, and the lower end of the battery installing bracket is connected to the upper end surface of the bottom support; both the battery installing bracket and the bottom support are arranged in the housing. With this structure, it is more convenient for replacing the batteries, and parts loss can be avoided, thereby ensuring normal working.
US09447928B2	Lighting device Disclosed is a lighting device having wide light-distribution characteristics. The lighting device includes a base; a protrusion disposed on the base; and a light emitting module disposed on the protrusion; wherein the light emitting module comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes inclined inward with respect to the a protruding direction of the protrusion. Accordingly, the lighting device can provide wide light-distribution characteristics.
US09447921B2	Multi-function unit for the offshore transfer of hydrocarbons A hydrocarbon transfer arrangement for transfer of fluids between an offshore unit and a carrier which are placed in an offloading configuration, includes at least one transfer hose and a gas return hose, wherein the end of the at least one transfer hose is connected to a floating multi-function unit allowing for the transport of the transfer hose between the offshore unit and the carrier, wherein the floating multi-function unit can be lifted out of the water and can be held in a fixed position above water-level and is provided with connection elements for making a fluid connection between the transfer hose end and a manifold of the carrier and with emergency disconnect elements for the at least one transfer hose, placed at a distance from the connection elements.
US09447916B2	Securing an air conditioning unit to a building by applying force to an interior and an exterior surface of the building A system for securing an air conditioning unit to a building without the need for any alteration and/or damage to the building itself. The system includes a cross bar, an air conditioning unit support, and a strut. The arrangement of the components results in the cross bar applying an outward force to an interior surface of the building and strut applying an inward force to an exterior surface of the building in response to the downward force exerted on the air conditioning unit support. The sum of the forces applied on the surfaces of the building are sufficient to secure the air conditioning unit to the building.
US09447914B2	Hanger for hanging object from support rod including hooks A hanger for hanging an object from a generally vertical support rod includes a hanger body, a first set of one or more hooks on the hanger body defining a first hook-defined recess, and a second set of one or more hooks on the hanger body defining a second hook-defined recess. The first and second hook-defined recesses have different transverse dimensions for receiving support rods having respective first and second different diameters.
US09447899B2	Tube support structure for aircraft A tube support structure for an aircraft includes: a parallel movement mechanism configured to support the tube movably in parallel; and an angle adjustment mechanism configured to support the tube angle-adjustably. The parallel movement mechanism includes: an eccentric sleeve, through which the tube passes, configured to adjust a position of the tube in a Z direction perpendicular to the X direction, and a Y direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the eccentric sleeve in a Y direction perpendicular to the X direction and the Z direction. The angle adjustment mechanism includes: a first member configured to have a first curved surface and support the tube, and a second member configured to have a second curved surface with a shape corresponding to the first curved surface, have contact slidably with the first curved surface at the second curved surface, and support the first member by the second curved surface. Each of the first curved surface and the second curved surface is formed such that a cross-sectional shape in an XZ plane is a circular arc shape, and an angle of the tube is adjusted by sliding the first curved surface with respect to the second curved surface. Thus, a tube support structure for aircraft, which can suppress a preload, is provided.
US09447898B1	Ultra-high temperature rigidity seal ball valve An ultra-high temperature (UHT) rigidity seal ball valve that includes an upper cover, a valve cover, a valve body, a valve rod and a ball body. The valve seat is arranged in the valve body; the valve rod penetrates the upper cover and the valve cover sequentially and connects to the ball body; a sealing element is arranged between the upper cover and the valve rod and between the valve cover and the valve rod; the ball body includes a medium channel; a hermetically-sealed cooling cavity encircles the outside of the medium channel of the ball body; a through hole allowing cooling liquid to pass through to the cooling cavity is formed in the valve rod. An accommodating cavity is arranged in the ball body; the through communicates with the accommodating cavity, so that cooling liquid can be introduced to a product when the valve operates at an ultra-high temperature.
US09447897B2	Handwheel for hydraulic valve provided with opening level indicator A handwheel (30) for hydraulic valve provided with numerical indicator of the valve opening level, comprising a base-body (32) or fixed element apt to be stably restrained with respect to the valve-body and supporting a mobile element (34) rotatably coaxial with respect to said base-body (32), connected with a member of maneuver of the valve and provided with a knob (46) apt to be gripped by a user in order to impart a rotation to said maneuver member corresponding to the value or degree of opening required for the valve indicated by figures (50) displayed through an opening or window (48) of said knob, said base-body (32) and mobile element (34) rotatably co-operating one with the other by means of a kinematic continuous coupling with double parallel internal gear.
US09447896B2	Control valve and attachment structure of control valve A control valve includes a spool formed with a fluid passage allowing a circulation of an operation fluid for switching a supply of the operation fluid to plural operation fluid supply portions, a cylindrical sleeve including plural supply and exhaust ports supplying and exhausting the operation fluid to and from the plural operation fluid supply portions and plural drain ports allowing the operation fluid returning from the plural operation fluid supply portions to drain, the sleeve slidably accommodating the spool therein, a solenoid mechanism for changing a position of the spool relative to the sleeve, and a communication portion formed on an outer periphery surface of the sleeve, the communication portion connected to plural drain ports.
US09447891B2	Dual stage poppet A valve includes an interior portion and a nozzle passage. The valve further includes a poppet having a first stage portion and a second stage portion. The poppet has a closed position in which the first stage portion and the second stage portion seal the interior portion of the valve from the nozzle passage. The poppet also has a partially open position, in which the first stage portion of the poppet is spaced from the second stage portion of the poppet, and defines a first fluid passage between the interior portion of the valve and the nozzle passage. Additionally, the poppet has a fully open position, in which the second stage portion of the poppet is spaced from the nozzle passage of the valve, and defines a second fluid passage between the interior portion of the valve and the nozzle passage.
US09447889B2	Blocked valve isolation tool A valve isolation tool for insertion through a vent duct and vent duct valve of a gas flow duct. The isolation tool includes an outer tube having proximal and distal ends, the outer tube having a diameter sized to extend through the vent duct and blocking valve. An inner tube having proximal and distal ends is arranged coaxially with and movable within the outer tube. An inflatable balloon is attached to the distal end of the inner tube, wherein the isolation tool outer tube is insertable through the vent duct to an opening in the gas flow duct. The inner tube is slidably insertable through the outer tube until the balloon is situated within a bore formed through the gas flow duct and is inflatable therein to block any gas leak through the gas flow duct.
US09447878B2	Piston seal assembly A piston seal assembly including a piston, plate, and seal is provided. The piston is slidably supported on a shaft or in a housing, and includes a recess on an inner or outer radial portion. The plate is fastened to the piston and extends at least partially adjacent to the recess. The seal is located at least partially within the recess of the piston. The seal includes a radial sealing surface that engages the shaft or the housing, and the seal is axially movable between the piston and the plate via hydraulic fluid pressure.
US09447876B2	Transmission actuator and methods of use and manufacture thereof Some embodiments are directed to a vehicular transmission actuator. A release shaft is operatively coupled to a gear, and is actuable between a first position in which the gear is engaged, and a second position in which the gear is disengaged. The release shaft extends through an opening of a transmission case so as to define an exterior portion that projects beyond the exterior surface of the transmission case. A protuberance is disposed at the exterior surface of the transmission case adjacent the opening. A bracket is operatively connectable to the exterior portion of the release shaft to enable manual actuation of the release shaft from the first position to the second position. The bracket is configured to cooperate with the protuberance to automatically hold the release shaft in the second position subsequent to manual actuation of the release shaft from the first position to the second position.
US09447865B2	Transmission operating mechanism A transmission operating mechanism includes an operating housing, wherein an inner shifting shaft is provided in the operating housing, and the operating housing is provided with, from left to right, a first position-limiting structure installation hole, a shifting block installation cavity, a second position-limiting structure installation hole and a balancing spring installation cavity; and a shifting block is installed in the shifting block installation cavity and is connected to the inner shifting shaft via a shifting block positioning pin. The spatial position of the operating housing is fully utilized to effectively arrange each functional component, and the requirement for modification is fully considered within the limited dimensional range. Therefore, various operation modes may be achieved by simply providing several modified parts without changing the operating housing.
US09447862B2	Driving device and image forming apparatus A driving device includes: a plurality of vibrating members that vibrate when the vibrating members are driven; and a holding part that holds the vibrating members. The holding part includes a first member with which one or more of the vibrating members are brought into contact, and a second member with which one or more of the vibrating members are brought into contact. The first member and the second member are partially coupled to each other. A grounding member for electrically grounding a member held by the holding part is brought into contact with one of the first member and the second member that is more difficult to vibrate.
US09447860B2	Component with an adaptive coating A component includes a component body which has a toothed section. An adaptive coating is applied, at least in parts, to the toothed section, the coating having a thickness of a maximum 5 μm. The adaptive coating may have a hardness gradient that has an increasing hardness from an outer coating surface in the direction towards the component body.
US09447858B2	Hydro-mechanical continuously variable transmission for producing high torque output A hydro-mechanical continuously variable transmission for producing high torque output is provided. One transmission includes an engine drive shaft driven by an engine and a planetary gear unit driven by power from the engine and to provide power to drive a transmission output shaft. The transmission also includes a hydrostatic drive unit driven by power from the engine and to drive a primary hydrostatic drive shaft. The transmission includes an engine clutch to be driven by the engine and to drive an input sun gear of the planetary gear unit while engaged. The transmission includes a secondary hydrostatic drive shaft driven by the primary hydrostatic drive shaft and to drive a ring gear of the planetary gear unit. The transmission includes a hydrostatic output clutch driven by the secondary hydrostatic drive shaft and to provide power to drive an output sun gear of the planetary gear unit while engaged.
US09447851B2	Structure of power transmission apparatus A power transmission system transmits power from an internal combustion engine to a first and a second auxiliary device through an endless transmitting member. Prior to issuing of an engine start request, the first auxiliary device is actuated to move a tensioner pulley to a given position to increase the degree of tension of the endless transmitting member. The actuation of the first auxiliary device as an engine starter upon the issuing of the engine start request, therefore, enables a drive shaft of the engine to be rotated immediately within a required time to crank the engine. This achieves a quick start of the engine and results in a decrease in amount of time between the issuing of the engine start request and the actual start of the engine.
US09447843B2	Belt or belt segment having an open end and attachment device therefor A belt or belt segment defines a longitudinal direction and includes a plurality of steel ropes arranged to be essentially mutually in parallel and to extend essentially in the longitudinal direction. The belt or belt segment has at least one open end whereat the steel ropes have respective rope segments extending outwardly therefrom. An attachment device is disposed at the open end and is attached to at least a portion of the rope segments via clamping.
US09447840B2	Elastically deformable energy management assembly and method of managing energy absorption An elastically deformable energy management assembly includes a first component. Also included is at least one protrusion extending from the first component, the at least one protrusion having an outer surface. Further included is a second component comprising at least one aperture defined by an aperture wall, the aperture wall in slideable engagement with the outer surface of the at least one protrusion, wherein at least one of the protrusion and the aperture wall comprises an elastically deformable material.
US09447835B2	Damping force variable valve assembly and damping force variable shock absorber having the same Provided are a damping force variable valve assembly with a low-speed control valve capable of controlling an ultra-low flow rate and a low flow rate when a damping force variable valve operates in a soft mode, and a damping force variable shock absorber including the damping force variable valve assembly. The damping force variable valve assembly, which is installed in a damping force variable shock absorber for adjustment of a damping force of the shock absorber, includes: a solenoid; a spool which is movable by the magnetic force of the solenoid; a spool guide which surrounds the spool; a main valve which is installed in a main passage formed in a valve body installed in the spool guide; a back pressure chamber which is provided in the rear of the main valve; a chamber forming body which forms the back pressure chamber.
US09447832B2	Vehicle brake monitoring system and method A vehicle brake monitoring system comprises at least one sensor for detecting relative rotational position of a brake camshaft during vehicle braking. The at least one sensor is unconnected to the camshaft for remotely detecting the position. Processing structure communicates with the at least one sensor, and processes the output of the at least one sensor to determine brake status.
US09447829B2	Carrier and mount A carrier and mount assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake. The assembly includes a carrier having a first location formation formed therein, a mount having a second location formation formed therein, wherein the second location formation is aligned with the first location formation, and wherein the carrier is mounted to the mount via two or more fasteners that extend in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of insertion or removal of a friction element into or from the carrier. There is also a locator positioned in the first and second location formations to enable the carrier and mount to be assembled in the correct position, wherein the locator is at least a close fit to the first and second location formations.
US09447828B2	Carrier and mount A carrier and mount assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake. The assembly includes a carrier having a first location formation formed therein, a mount having a second location formation formed therein, wherein the second location formation is aligned with the first location formation, and wherein the carrier is mounted to the mount via two or more fasteners that extend in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of insertion or removal of a friction element into or from the carrier. There is also a locator positioned in the first and second location formations to enable the carrier and mount to be assembled in the correct position, wherein the locator is at least a close fit to the first and second location formations.
US09447821B2	Bearing outer race A roller bearing assembly (10) having an annular outer race (22) with a raceway (24), a pair of opposed flanges (30), and a pair of shoulders (32), each shoulder (32) being disposed between a corresponding flange (30) and a corresponding edge of the raceway (24), a roller retainer (12) defining a plurality of roller pockets (16), and a plurality of rollers (14), each roller (14) being disposed in a corresponding roller pocket (16). Each shoulder (32) forms an annular ridge (32a) with the corresponding edge of the raceway (24).
US09447820B2	Spacer assembly for a bearing A spacer assembly for a bearing of a wind turbine and/or a bearing assembly for a wind turbine is provided. The bearing assembly includes an outer race, an inner race rotatable relative to the outer race, a plurality of roller elements positioned between the inner and outer race, and a plurality of load-bearing spacers configured between the roller elements. Each of the spacers includes a spacer portion and an extension portion. Thus, each of the spacers is arranged to contact adjacent spacers within the bearing assembly via the extension portion such that the extension portions of the spacers are configured to transfer loads experienced by the bearing assembly rather than the loads passing through the roller elements.
US09447798B1	Fluid powered linear piston motor with harmonic coupling A motor is disclosed that includes a module assembly including a piston that is axially cycled. The piston axial motion is coupled to torque couplers that convert the axial motion into rotary motion. The torque couplers are coupled to a rotor to rotate the rotor.
US09447796B2	Annular jet pump An annular ejector of an annular jet pump is coaxially arranged at a front of a central ejector. The annular ejector includes an annular nozzle, an annular mixing chamber, and an annular mixing duct. The central ejector includes a central nozzle, a central mixing chamber, and a central mixing duct. The annular nozzle is connected with a primary fluid inlet. A primary fluid inlet is in direct connection with the central nozzle arranged at a bottom of the central pipe, and a secondary fluid inlet is connected with a sidewall of the annular mixing chamber.
US09447794B2	Inducer and diffuser configuration for a gas turbine system A system includes at least one inducer including a flow passage configured to guide a fluid flow into a cavity defined by a casing and rotor of a gas turbine engine, the flow passage includes an inlet configured to receive the fluid flow from a compressor diffuser of the gas turbine engine, and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid flow into the cavity. The at least one inducer is configured to be disposed within the gas turbine engine so that the second outlet is axially disposed forward of a diffuser outlet of the compressor diffuser.
US09447786B2	Compressor with trailing and leading edges of oil discharge passage displaced behind trailing and leading edges of oil supply hole A compressor includes a compression mechanism and a drive shaft having an oil supply hole opened through an outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft to supply oil to a bearing surface of the drive shaft. An oil discharge passage communicating with the oil supply hole is formed by a flat surface or a recessed surface at a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft. A trailing edge of the oil discharge passage is displaced behind a trailing edge of the oil supply hole with respect to a rotation direction of the drive shaft. A leading edge of the oil discharge passage is displaced behind a leading edge of the oil supply hole with respect to the rotation direction of the drive shaft. The oil discharge passage has a width that is no larger than a diameter of the oil supply hole.
US09447783B2	Tube unit, control unit, and micropump A micropump has a tube unit including a tube and a plurality of fingers, and a control unit including a cam. The tube unit is coupled to the control unit. The control unit encases the tube unit.
US09447780B2	Over-center linkage A novel changeover mechanism for a compressed air driven double diaphragm pump comprises a shaft slidably mounted through aligned apertures in opposing surfaces of the twin diaphragm chambers. At the center of the shaft between the two diaphragm chambers is provided an annular notch in to which is located an arm extending from a U shaped frame. The U shaped frame is pivotally mounted atop a valve plate which includes multiple ports.
US09447779B2	Low-power hall thruster A low power hall thruster is provided that is effective for micro-spacecrafts and nano-spacecrafts as well as mini-spacecrafts. The hall thruster comprises a co-axial acceleration channel capable of being applied with predominantly-radial magnetic field and a co-axial anode within a cavity capable of being applied with substantially longitudinal magnetic field. A cathode-compensator is placed beyond the acceleration channel and magnetic system is provided capable of generating the radial magnetic field within the co-axial acceleration channel and the longitudinal magnetic field within the co-axial anode. An electrically isolated gas distributor is also provided.
US09447769B1	Motion device system A motion device power generating system; a specially designed alternative energy source that, via a manually operated generator system, seeks to provide power free of fossil fuels and strain on the power grid.
US09447768B2	Internal combustion engine The present invention aims at effectively improving a propagation speed of a flame utilizing an electromagnetic wave in an internal combustion engine that promotes combustion of an air fuel mixture utilizing the electromagnetic wave. The present invention is directed to an internal combustion engine including: an internal combustion engine main body formed with a combustion chamber; and an ignition device that ignites the air fuel mixture in the combustion chamber, wherein combustion cycles, in which the ignition device ignites and combusts the air fuel mixture, are repeated. The internal combustion engine further includes: an electromagnetic wave emission device that emits an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber from the emission antenna; a flame propagation estimation part that performs an estimation operation of estimating a propagation condition of a flame while the flame is propagating in the combustion chamber; and a control unit that controls the electromagnetic wave emission device based on an estimation result of the estimation operation.
US09447759B2	Filter element endplate defining inflow and outflow flow paths A filter element for fuel, oil or other engine fluids, with an endplate that is designed to create flow paths for both clean and dirty regions. The filter element is part of a spin-on filter that is attachable to a filter head in an engine and that filters fuel, oil or other engine fluids. A pre-fill cap can be integrally incorporated onto the endplate to permit pre-filling and installation without removing components.
US09447749B2	Pivoting blocker door for thrust reverser A thrust reverser includes a translating sleeve and a blocking door assembly that includes two, three, or four blocker door segments. The translating sleeve is movable axially with respect to a fan case and a core cowl between a cruise position and a thrust reversal position. The blocker door segments are positioned adjacent an inner wall of the translating sleeve in the cruise position, and are pivotable to a position in which the blocker door segments substantially block the bypass duct in the thrust reversal position. Each blocker door segment is connected to the translating sleeve at transverse ends by a pair of support bearings that establish a pivot axis along an arc chord of the blocker door segment.
US09447748B2	Cylinder head with cooling channel A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head including a region for covering a combustion cylinder, the region including one or more ports for communicating with the cylinder, and the cylinder head including a coolant channel that embraces at least one of the ports for cooling the zone of the cylinder head adjacent the port.
US09447746B2	System and method for controlling engine A control system of an engine is provided. The control system includes an inlet sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an engine inlet air temperature and an intake manifold sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an engine intake manifold air temperature. The control system includes a control module communicably coupled to the inlet sensor and the intake manifold sensor. The control module is configured to determine the engine inlet air temperature and the engine intake manifold air temperature. The control module is configured to determine an initial de-rate value based on a predetermined relationship between the engine inlet air temperature and the engine intake manifold air temperature. The control module is configured to determine a pre-stored de-rate modifier corresponding to an engine speed. The control module is configured to determine a final de-rate value based on the initial de-rate value and the pre-stored de-rate modifier.
US09447734B2	Rotary wing aircraft with a hybrid power plant An aircraft (1) having at least one rotor (2) driven by a main gearbox (3), at least one fuel-burning engine (4), an on-board electricity network (7), and at least one electrical machine (10) corresponding to the engine (4) and capable of operating both in electric motor mode and also in electricity generator mode, each electrical machine (10) being mechanically connected to said main gearbox (3) by first connection means (20) and being electrically connected to said on-board electricity network (7). Second mechanical connection means (40) connect each electrical machine (10) mechanically to a gas generator (5) of an engine.
US09447729B2	Aerodiesel engine The present invention is an aero engine that is provided with compression combustion and weighs less than 725 lbs. The present invention is further a method of forming the aero engine.
US09447726B2	Accessory devices drive system An accessories drive system, including: a clutch assembly with a drive shaft; and at least one accessory device connected to the drive shaft. In a first position for the clutch assembly: the clutch assembly is arranged to transmit first torque from an output shaft for a transmission to the drive shaft to drive the at least one accessory device and rotation of the drive shaft is isolated from rotation of a launch device for the vehicle. In a second position for the clutch assembly: the clutch assembly is arranged to transmit second torque from the launch device to the drive shaft to drive the at least one accessory device and the rotation of the drive shaft is isolated from rotation of the output shaft for the transmission.
US09447724B2	Fuel and process for powering a compression ignition engine A process of powering a compression ignition engine using a main fuel comprising methanol and water, including: fumigating an intake air stream with a fumigant comprising an ignition enhancer; introducing the fumigated intake air into a combustion chamber in the engine and compressing the intake air; introducing the main fuel into the combustion chamber; and igniting the main fuel/air mixture to thereby drive the engine. Also provided a fuel for use in the process, a two-part fuel for use in the process, and associated power generation systems.
US09447715B2	Valve device for exhaust gas flow path A valve device includes a butterfly valve and a first link member each supported by a stay so as to be rotationally movable about a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, respectively, a second link member supported by the butterfly valve so as to be rotationally movable about a third rotation axis, and a spring to bias the butterfly valve in a valve closed direction. The first link member and the second link member are connected to each other so as to be mutually rotationally movable about a fourth rotation axis. An angle formed by a first link line connecting the second rotation axis and the fourth rotation axis to each other and a second link line connecting the third rotation axis and the fourth rotation axis to each other is formed to be the largest when the butterfly valve is in a valve closed state.
US09447711B2	Method for production of valve head portion of hollow engine valve and hollow engine valve Forming of a valve head portion (1) of a hollow engine valve (V) comprising a material particularly satisfactory in heat resistance is performed by cold forging. The material with excellent heat resistance is worked to form a valve head portion semifinished product (11) having a hollow hole (S11) whose inner diameter (φ11) is equal to the maximum inner diameter (φ11) of a hollow hole (S1) of a finished product of the valve head portion (1), and having a diameter-increased section (111) whose maximum outer diameter (φ12) is equal to the maximum outer diameter (φ12) of a diameter-increased section (1a) of the finished product. Parts of the valve head portion semifinished product other than a central part to a lower part of the diameter-increased section (111) are necked down by cold forging performed a plurality of times to obtain the finished product of the valve head portion (1).
US09447710B2	Variable valve timing control device A variable valve timing control device includes a driving side rotation member, a driven side rotation member, a control valve controlling a supply and draining of an operation fluid to and from a fluid pressure chamber to change a relative rotational phase of the driven side rotation member relative to the driving side rotation member, an intermediate member positioned inwardly of the driven side rotation member between the driven side rotation member and a camshaft, the intermediate member including the control valve inwardly thereof; and a torsion spring retained by the driving side rotation member and the intermediate member to bias the driving side rotation member and the driven side rotation member either in a first rotation direction or a second rotation direction.
US09447706B2	Bearing frame or cylinder head cover A bearing frame or cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine may include at least one camshaft mounted therein. The camshaft may be tunnel-mounted in at least two bearing openings arranged along a bearing channel. At least two radial bearings may be arranged on the camshaft, each of the radial bearings having an outer bearing shell. The outer bearing shells of the at least two radial bearings may include different outer diameters, each of the respective outer diameters adapted to be complementary to an inner diameter of the associated bearing opening. The inner diameters of the bearing openings may decrease in a direction of assembly of the camshaft along the bearing channel.
US09447701B2	Device for generating electrical energy by means of an ORC-circular flow The present invention relates to a device for performing an Organic Rankine Cycle-process (ORC-process), comprising a first circular flow in which a first process fluid is conducted, having an evaporator for evaporating the first process fluid, an expansion machine located downstream of the evaporator for expanding the evaporated first process fluid, wherein the expansion machine is connectable to a generator for generating electrical energy, a first condenser located downstream of the expansion machine for condensing the expanded first process fluid, and a first fluid energy machine located downstream of the first condenser for increasing the pressure of the condensed first process fluid and for transporting the first process fluid to the evaporator that is located downstream of the first fluid energy machine. The term fluid energy machine is to be understood to describe a machine that exchanges mechanical work with the process fluid.
US09447699B2	Steam turbine housing A steam turbine housing is provided having a housing wall and a stiffening cradle attached to the inner side which has two encircling inner webs which are arranged axially adjacent to one another and which project radially inward from the housing wall. Between the inner webs, running parallel and axially centrally, a central web is attached to the inner side of the housing wall, the radially inner edge of which is straight, wherein at the radially inner edge of the central web, the central web forks in a Y-shaped manner inward into two transition webs which extend to and merge into the adjacent inner web, such that the inner webs are fastened directly to the housing wall outside the circumferential extent of the transition webs and are fastened to the housing wall via the transition webs and the central web within the circumferential extent of the transition webs.
US09447691B2	Bucket assembly treating apparatus and method for treating bucket assembly A bucket assembly and a method for treating a bucket assembly are disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a platform, the platform defining a platform cooling circuit, and an airfoil extending generally radially outward from the platform, the airfoil defining an airfoil cooling circuit. The bucket assembly additionally includes a lower body portion extending generally radially inward from the platform, the lower body portion defining a root and a cooling passage extending from the root, the cooling passage in fluid communication with the airfoil cooling circuit. The bucket assembly further includes a transfer passage defined between and in fluid communication with the airfoil cooling circuit and the platform cooling circuit such that a cooling medium may flow from the airfoil cooling circuit through the transfer passage to the platform cooling circuit.
US09447686B2	Axial piston machine having an insert ring and an insert ring for an axial piston machine An axial piston machine includes a housing having a casting which is optimized with respect to casting. An insert ring which is optimized with respect to a pressure load is formed in the bottom of the housing. The insert ring is configured to be used with such an axial piston machine.
US09447677B2	Methods and apparatus for sensing in wellbores Methods and apparatus for sensing wellbore conditions in artificial lift wells using low profile sensors that are installed on down hole production equipment that makes them easier to install and retrieve. In one embodiment, low profile sensors are installed on a rod string making their insertion and removal much easier than it would be if they were mounted on production tubing. The sensors can be attached directly to the rod string or can be attached to a cable that is attached to the rod string. The sensors can transmit their data electrically through the cable or through the rod string. Alternatively, the sensors can transmit their data acoustically through the rod string.
US09447673B2	Methods for providing proppant slugs in fracturing treatments A proppant pack may be formed in a fracture that extends from a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation and is accomplished through different methods. The methods involve providing multiple spaced apart proppant slugs within a hydraulic fracturing fluid that is introduced into the wellbore at a pressure above the fracturing pressure of the formation.
US09447672B2	Method and apparatus for ballistic tailoring of propellant structures and operation thereof for downhole stimulation Propellant structures and stimulation tools incorporating propellant structures may comprise composite propellant structures including two or more regions of propellant having different compositions, different grain structures, or both. An axially extending initiation bore containing an initiation element may extend through a center of the propellant structure, or may be laterally offset from the center. An offset initiation bore may be employed with a composite grain structure. Methods of tailoring ballistic characteristics of propellant burn to result in desired operational pressure pulse characteristics are also disclosed.
US09447666B2	Rod attached apparatus for connecting a rotating drive rod string to a downhole assembly A system for disengaging a power supply at the surface of a well from a downhole assembly having a pump for pumping fluid in the well to the surface thereof. A captured spline assembly interposed in the rod string, selectively connected to the downhole assembly to provide torsional drive.
US09447663B1	Abrasive perforator with fluid bypass An abrasive perforator tool with a bypass flow channel. The tool comprises a tubular body or housing with perforating nozzles in the sidewall. A sleeve assembly inside the central bore of the tool provides for sequential deployment of first and second sleeves. Prior to deployment of the sleeve assembly, pressurized fluid can be passed through the tool to operate other tools beneath the perforator in the bottom hole assembly. Deployment of the first sleeve diverts pressurized fluid through the nozzles for perforating. Deployment of the second sleeve redirects the pressurized flow through the outlet of the tool to resume operation of other tools below the perforator.
US09447656B2	BOP heating methods and systems and heat exchange units A BOP heating method includes operating a coiled tubing unit (CTU) using hydraulic fluid. The fluid is supplied from the CTU to an exchange tube and returned from the exchange tube to the CTU. The method includes transmitting heat from the fluid to an inner plate. Heat is transmitted from the inner plate to a BOP on which the inner plate is temporarily mounted. A BOP heating system includes a CTU configured to use hydraulic fluid, a supply tube configured to supply fluid from the CTU to an exchange tube, and a return tube configured to return fluid from the exchange tube to the CTU. A BOP heat exchange unit includes an outer plate and an inner plate, an exchange tube between the outer plate and the inner plate, and a heat spreading material between the exchange tube and the inner plate. The exchange unit lacks any electrical component.
US09447652B2	Atmosphere to pressure ball drop apparatus An improved ball drop apparatus including an atmosphere-to-pressure frac ball injection chamber. A ball is first inserted into the atmosphere-to-pressure ball injection chamber from a ball feeding apparatus. The ball is then pushed into a pressure equalization section through a first seal pack. In a preferred embodiment, the pressure equalization section is connected to a pressure equalization apparatus and also to the wellbore through a second seal pack. Once the ball is injected into the pressure equalization section, the pressure equalization apparatus applies pressure, thereby causing the pressure of the pressure equalization section to increase until it reaches close to wellbore pressure. Once the pressures of the pressure equalization section and the wellbore are close, the atmosphere-to-pressure frac ball injection chamber and the frac ball are pushed through the second seal pack and into the wellbore, where the frac ball can be pumped downhole. The atmosphere-to-pressure ball injection chamber is then retracted into the pressure equalization section. The pressure equalization section can then be returned to atmospheric or close to atmospheric pressure by the pressure equalization apparatus. The ball injection chamber is then returned to a ball loading position where it may again be loaded by a ball feeding apparatus.
US09447642B2	Polycrystalline diamond material with high toughness and high wear resistance A cutting element that includes a substrate; and an outer layer of polycrystalline diamond material disposed upon the outermost end of the cutting element, wherein the polycrystalline diamond material: a plurality of interconnected diamond particles; and a plurality of interstitial regions disposed among the bonded diamond particles, wherein the plurality of interstitial regions contain a plurality of metal carbide phases and a plurality of metal binder phases together forming a plurality of metallic phases, wherein the plurality of metal carbide phases are formed from a plurality of metal carbide particles; wherein the plurality of interconnected diamond particles form at least about 60 to at most about 85% by weight of the polycrystalline diamond material; and wherein the plurality of metal carbide phases represent at least 35% by weight of the plurality of metallic phases is disclosed.
US09447634B2	Window treatment A window covering is provided. The window covering may include a frame mountable within a window return. The frame includes up to four frame members. The four frame members include a first side member having a first light stop, a second side member having a second light stop, a top member having a top light stop, and a bottom member having a bottom light stop. The top member may be coupled between top ends of the first side member and the second side member and the bottom member may be coupled between bottom ends of the first side member and the second side member to form a rectilinear shaped frame. A window covering may be coupled within the frame, wherein the light stops reduce a light gap between the window covering and the frame.
US09447631B2	Pet door assembly A pet door assembly that includes a support structure that defines an access opening through which a pet can pass. A connecting arrangement is positioned on the support structure to permit the support structure to be connected to at least one connector fastenable to an inwardly facing surface of a closure frame. A self-closing door is mounted on the support structure to be displaceable between a closed position in which the door closes the access opening and an open position.
US09447630B1	Apparatus and method for supporting a decorative panel An apparatus and method for detachably supporting a decorative or graphic panel or covering upon a frame or door without leaving a mark or other visible evidence of the presence of the panel. The panel may be used to install a decorative panel on a door or a decorative image on a frame to be hung on a wall, for example. Specially designed corner supports are attached to the panel and looped over the respective corners of the door or frame. The decorative image or graphic may be applied to the visible face of the panel or covering by any practical process.
US09447623B2	Vehicle door checker A door checker includes a stopper provided to a tip portion of a check lever and defining a door opening limit by engaging with stopper surfaces provided to an outer surface of a peripheral edge of a through-hole in a support body. The stopper is formed from paired first stopper portions engageable with paired first stopper surfaces arranged side-by-side with the through-hole therebetween, and paired second stopper portions engageable with paired second stopper surfaces. The first stopper portions are formed from metal-made protrusions integrally projecting from opposite sides of a tip portion of a lever core plate, and projecting from an outer surface of a synthetic resin-made covering portion. The second stopper portions are formed from synthetic resin-made portions of the outer surface located between the first stopper portions and swollen on opposite sides in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first stopper portions.
US09447611B2	Cable wrap security device A security device includes a locking member, a ratchet mechanism, and a plurality of cables. The cables are wrapped around an object. An attachment clip is releasably snap-fitted into the body of the security device. The ratchet mechanism includes a spool and a locking pawl or lever. A key is used to unlock the clip from the housing. An alarm system is contained in the housing and actuates an audible alarm upon certain unauthorized actions occurring. Insertion of the clip into the housing automatically actuates the ratchet mechanism preventing movement of the cable in the unwind direction and activates the alarm system.
US09447603B2	Universal bifurcated stanchion for handrail systems A novel stanchion, for insertion into and support of a tubular post of a handrail system for installation on a horizontal surface, slope or staircase, is configured with a bottom flange attached to a tubular upright portion. The upright portion is bifurcated, forming a mirror-image pair of arcuate sidewalls separated at side edges by a pair of vertical slots extending upwardly from closed low ends near the flange to open ends at the top of the upright portion. The slots are sized in width to allow passage of a handrail system bottom safety member passing through a pair of drilled holes in the post at any desired spacing above the flange, with never any need for drilling the stanchion. If required to ensure against deformation of the upright portion from external forces impacting the handrail system, reinforcement can be selectably located and deployed in a manner that avoids interference with any desired location of the bottom safety member.
US09447597B2	Variable stiffness bracing device The present invention relates to a variable stiffness bracing device comprising: a rectangular frame (100) having a solid quarter cylinder (101) at each angle of the rectangular frame (100); a pair of leaf spring (200) attached at each end of the rectangular frame (100) at the solid quarter cylinder (101); a steel rail (300) fixed on top middle of the rectangular frame (100); a core (400) fixed at the tip of each leaf spring (200), the core (400) is slidable along the steel rail (300); a cubic core (500) located in the middle of the core (400); and a rod cable (600) passes through each end of the rectangular frame (100) and the core (400) and ended at the cubic core (500) located in the middle of the core (400). The above provision is advantageous as the present invention deploys wholly mechanical in retrofitting and rehabilitation of structures.
US09447586B2	Joint for panels A joint (1) having a first edge (2) and a second edge (3), the first edge (2) being provided with a distal edge (21) and a downwards protruding heel (22). The distal edge (21) is further provided with an upper joint edge (25) beneath which a groove (23) is arranged. The second edge (3) is provided with lower cheek (31) having a distal end (32) at which an upwards protruding lower cheek heel (33) is arranged. The second edge (3) is further provided with an upper joining edge (35) beneath which an undercut (34) is arranged. A moveable locking element (40) is arranged in the space created by the undercut (34). The moveable locking element (40) have a locking tongue (41), a locking tongue leg (42) and a maneuvering leg (43).
US09447581B2	Roofing material with locally applied fire resistant material A roofing shingle having fire resistance material added to the shingle in a localized area includes a substrate having a first portion and a second portion, a first asphalt-based coating impregnating the first portion, the first asphalt coating including a fire retardant material, and a second asphalt-based coating impregnating the second portion, the second asphalt coating containing less of the fire retardant material than the first asphalt coating.
US09447579B2	Sliding door and pivoting door for demountable wall system A demountable modular wall system including a series of individual wall panels that can be positioned adjacent to each other. The demountable system includes a doorway defined by a pair of spaced vertical posts and a horizontal header. In one embodiment, a sliding glass door is movable along a sliding door track mounted to the horizontal header. A lower trim assembly mounted to the bottom end of the sliding glass door adjusts the overall height of the door. The doorway can also include a pivoting glass door. The pivoting glass door includes a bottom pivot assembly having a bottom clamp adjustably positioned along a bottom end of the pivoting glass door. The adjustable bottom clamp can be moved along the bottom end of the pivoting glass door and receives a pivot pin supported on the floor. A top pivot assembly includes a movable plunger that defines a portion of the pivot axis for the pivoting glass door.
US09447578B2	Modular block wall system A modular masonry system includes a plurality of masonry modules each having inner and outer structural members. Top and bottom spanning members extend the length of the inner and outer structural members and are retained within respective upper and lower retaining grooves of the inner and outer structural members. The top spanning member includes a second retaining feature that cooperates with a first retaining feature of the bottom spanning member of an adjacent masonry module. An insulation member is disposed within an interior volume defined between the inner and outer structural members and the top and bottom spanning members. The first retaining feature of each bottom spanning member slidably engages the second retaining feature of at least one vertically adjacent top spanning member. The engagement of the first and second retaining features aligns and secures the engaged masonry modules without the use of mortar.
US09447575B2	Polyamide resin composition, expanded polyamide resin molding, and automotive resin molding Provided is a polyamide resin composition which can provide an expanded molding being superior in heat resistance and sufficiently reduced in weight and having high load resistance by a simple molding process. The polyamide resin composition is characterized by comprising a polyamide resin (A), a glycidyl-group-containing styrene copolymer (B) having two or more glycidyl groups per molecule, a weight average molecular weight of 4000 to 25000 and an epoxy value of 400 to 2500 Eq/1×106 g and an inorganic reinforcing material (C) in a proportion such that the content of the glycidyl-group-containing styrene copolymer (B) is 0.2 to 25 parts by mass and the content of the inorganic reinforcing material (C) is 0 to 350 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide resin (A).
US09447572B2	Structure having a strengthening element made of high-strength concrete for increasing punching shear strength A structure has a plate and a strengthening element made of high-strength concrete which increases the punching shear strength. The strengthening element is configured to have an annular shape and an opening. The strengthening element is made of multiple prefabricated segments which are arranged in an annular shape around the opening.

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