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US09467151B1	Apparatus and methods for using tuning information to adaptively and dynamically modify the parameters of an RF signal chain Provided herein are apparatus and methods for using tuning information to adaptively and dynamically modify the parameters of an RF signal chain. The tuning information from an oscillator core, having multiple oscillators, adaptively tunes parameters of system components within a signal chain. In this way the system components are tuned to operate within a band tailored to the signal and to the oscillator core. In addition, RF impedances can be matched and power added efficiency can be enhanced in an area efficient monolithic integrated circuit.
US09467150B2	Dynamic clock rate control for power reduction A pipeline system may adjust clock rates of variable-rate clock signals sent to different processing circuit blocks in a pipeline based on their respective, individual input and output buffer fill levels and processor busy statuses. Variable-rate clock generation circuitry may generate the variable-rate clock signals based on a common clock signal. Additionally, the variable-rate clock generation circuity may set or adjust the rates of variable-rate clock signals linearly in evenly-spaced increments and decrements.
US09467148B2	Oscillation circuit, oscillator, electronic device, moving object, and control method of oscillator In order to reduce the possibility of erroneous switching of an operation mode, an oscillation circuit, an oscillator, an electronic device and a moving object including: a power source detecting section that detects a power supply state; a determining section that determines an input state of a predetermined signal; and a control section that switches a operation mode when the determining section determines that input of the predetermined signal is detected within a predetermined time after it is detected that power is supplied, and a control method of the oscillator are provided.
US09467137B2	Input current control method, switch control circuit and power supply including the switch control circuit A switch control circuit that controls a switching operation of a power switch includes: an input current calculator generating an input sense voltage by integrating a sense voltage that indicates a switching current flowing to the power switch for a switching period unit of the power switch; and an input current comparator generating a gate-off signal according to a result of comparison between the input sense voltage and a predetermined input reference voltage, wherein the power switch is turned off according to the gate-off signal.
US09467132B2	Self-powered comparator Embodiments of the invention relate to an input-powered comparator. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to an active diode that includes an input-powered comparator and a switch. In a specific embodiment, the input-powered comparator only consumes power when an input source provides sufficiently high voltage. Embodiments of the active diode can be used in an energy harvesting system. The comparator can be powered by the input and the system can be configured such that the comparator only consumes power when the input is ready to provide power to the load or energy storage element. In a specific embodiment, when there is no input, or the input is too low for harvesting, the comparator does not draw any power from the energy storage element (e.g., battery or capacitor) of the system.
US09467120B1	Power management for PCI express Systems and methods are provided for managing power of a device coupled with a transceiver module, in communication with a high-speed interface. In one aspect, a dynamic clock trunk tree associated with the transceiver module is controlled by a trunk driver having a first clock tree gate. A dynamic clock leaf tree associated with the device is controlled by a leaf driver having a second clock tree gate. Significant power savings may be achieved, for example, by triggering activation of clock gating mechanisms.
US09467115B2	Circuits, devices and methods related to combiners for Doherty power amplifiers Circuits, devices and methods related to combiners for Doherty power amplifiers. A signal combiner can include a balun transformer circuit having a first coil and a second coil. The first coil can be implemented between a first port and a second port. The second coil can be implemented between a third port and a fourth port. The first port and the third port can be coupled by a first capacitance. The second port and the fourth port can be coupled by a second capacitance. The first port can be configured to receive a first signal. The fourth port can be configured to receive a second signal. The second port can be configured to yield a combination of the first signal and the second signal. The signal combiner can include a termination circuit that couples the third port to a ground.
US09467114B2	Impedance-matching device The invention relates to an impedance-matching device comprising a circuit consisting of a plane substrate (27) whereon at least one conductive stripline (26) is arranged, at least one conductive spring (22) applying mechanical stress on the circuit.
US09467100B2	Reference amplifier coupled to a voltage divider circuit to provide feedback for an amplifier An apparatus includes a voltage divider circuit and a reference amplifier coupled to the voltage divider circuit. The reference amplifier is configured to provide a feedback voltage to input circuitry of an amplifier.
US09467095B2	Switchable dual core power amplifier A dual mode, dual core power amplifier (PA) device includes a plurality of PA chains that generate output power according to an envelope tracking mode and a non-envelope tracking mode. The different modes can be selected to generate output power based on a set of predetermined criteria, which can be related to an input signal received by the system and related to a target power. A first PA chain with one or more PA cores is configured to operate in the envelope tracking mode based on at least a portion of the predetermined criteria being identified in the input signal and to generate output power with an envelope voltage supply that changes with an envelope of the input signal. In addition, a second PA chain with one or more PA cores can operate in a constant voltage supply mode or the non-envelope tracking mode according to the predetermined criteria.
US09467093B2	Single ended receiver with a multi-port transformer and shared mixer A single-ended receiver is described. The single-ended receiver includes a multi-port transformer that outputs a differential signal. The multi-port transformer includes a first primary coil that is coupled to an output of a first low noise amplifier. The multi-port transformer also includes a second primary coil that is coupled to an output of a second low noise amplifier. The multi-port transformer further includes a first secondary coil. The single-ended receiver also includes a shared mixer that receives the differential signal from the multi-port transformer.
US09467092B1	Phased locked loop with multiple voltage controlled oscillators A phased locked loop (PLL) incorporates multiple voltage controlled oscillators including one that operates in a lower frequency range than an operational VCO used by the PLL. A VCO selection circuit allows the system to select from one or more alternate VCOs. A ring oscillator VCO may be used as the alternate VCO for a PLL that uses a LC VCO for the operational VCO. While the ring oscillator VCO provides lower performance, the ring oscillator VCO allows the system with the PLL to be run at a lower speed for testing, debugging or characterization.
US09467085B1	Monitoring vibration motor induced voltage slope to control haptic feedback A method for controlling haptic feedback in an electronic device, in some embodiments, comprises: generating a series of braking pulses to stop vibrations generated by a vibration motor in the electronic device; during a high impedance period between at least one pair of pulses in said series of braking pulses, determining a rate of change of an induced voltage associated with the vibration motor; and if said rate of change meets a requirement, ceasing said generation of the series of braking pulses.
US09467083B1	Wound-field generator including electrically isolated engine alternator An isolated power management system includes at least one electronic power generator with a stationary side and a rotational side. The stationary side has an exciter field stator winding, a main field stator winding, and an isolator stator winding. The rotational side rotates with respect to the stationary side and includes a rotor power converting unit. At least one digital engine microcontroller generates a first electrical excitation current and excites the exciter field stator winding to generate a first electromagnetic field. The rotor power converting unit generates a second electromagnetic field in response to being energized by the first electromagnetic field. The main field stator winding and the isolator stator winding output first and second power signals, respectively, in response to being energized by the second electromagnetic field, where the second power signal is independent and isolated from the first power signal.
US09467082B2	Method for damping drive train oscillations in a wind turbine generator The present invention relates a wind turbine generator with an electrical generator, a dump load unit, for dissipating power, a wind turbine power controller and a damping controller both arranged to control wind turbine components based on a damping reference signal, the damping reference signal is a combined signal, and comprises a first reference signal and a second reference signal, the second reference signal is an oscillating part, the wind turbine power controller is controlling the power from the electrical generator according to the first reference signal and the damping controller is controlling the dump load unit to dissipate power according to the second reference signal. The invention also relates to a method for damping oscillations with wind turbine generators.
US09467081B2	Protection system for a power converter connected to a doubly fed induction generator Protection system for a power converter connected to a doubly fed induction generator having a rotor and a stator. The power converter includes a grid-side-converter, a machine-side-converter, a DC link between both converters, a chopper connected to the DC link, and a hardware protection system connected to the rotor of the generator. The protection system includes a first control unit for controlling the hardware protection system depending on the voltage in the DC link, a second control unit for controlling the chopper depending on the DC link voltage, and a third control unit for controlling both converters.
US09467080B2	Protective functions for parallel generators A generator system may include two or more generators electrically connected through a generator bus. A controller receives operation data from a first generator. The operation data may describe a power flow from a second generator to the first generator. From the operation data, either a loss of speed control or a loss of voltage control may be identified at the second generator. The controller may generate a command for the second generator based on the loss of speed control or the loss of voltage control.
US09467073B2	Piezoelectric energy conversion assemblies The present invention relates to piezoelectrie energy conversion assemblies. The assembly includes a piezoelectric nanowire (such as a ZnO nanowire), an electrically conductive nanofilament (such as a carbon nanotube), a first electrically conductive element (such as a first metallic trace), and a second electrically conductive element (such as a second metallic trace). The first electrically conductive element is electrically connected to the piezoelectric nanowire, and the second electrically conductive element is electrically connected to the electrically conductive nanofilament. The piezoelectric nanowire and electrically conductive nanofilament are operable to contact one another such that a charge can flow from the first electrically conductive element, through the piezoelectric nanowire and the electrically conductive nanofilament, to the second electrically conductive element. Generally, the piezoelectric nanowire and/or electrically conductive nanofilament are cantilevered to allow them to contact one another. Assemblies can be arranged in series or in parallel.
US09467067B2	Power converter In a filter capacitor including three capacitor elements including a first capacitor element at an end on one side in an electrical connection form and a second capacitor element at an end on the other side, a pair of direct-current terminals including a positive-electrode-side main terminal and a negative-electrode-side main terminal, which receive a direct-current voltage from a direct-current power supply, are provided, a first conductor path length between a positive-electrode-side terminal of the first capacitor element and the positive-electrode-side main terminal and a second conductor path length between a positive-electrode-side terminal of the second capacitor element and the positive-electrode-side main terminal are approximately the same, and a third conductor path length between a negative-electrode-side terminal of the first capacitor element and the negative-electrode-side main terminal and a fourth conductor path length between the negative-electrode-side terminal of the second capacitor element and the negative-electrode-side main terminal are approximately the same.
US09467065B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a multilevel soft switching power converter A system for controlling a multilevel soft switching power converter including a DC bus, a pair of switching arms, and a controller is disclosed. The DC bus has a positive rail and a negative rail operable to have a voltage potential present across the DC bus. Each switching arm is connected between the positive rail and the negative rail and includes four soft switches. Each soft switch is connected between the positive rail, the negative rail, or one of three intermediate connections between the positive and negative rails. Each soft switch is also controlled by a gating signal. A flying capacitor is connected between the first intermediate connection and the third intermediate connection and an output terminal is connected at the second intermediate connection of each switching arm. A controller is operable to generate each of the gating signals utilizing at least three control routines.
US09467063B2	Technologies for interleaved control of an inverter array An apparatus to deliver an alternating current (AC) power may include a controller having a processor and a memory. The apparatus may also include a plurality of power inverters in communication with the controller. Each power inverter may be configured to convert direct-current (DC) power into the (AC) power. Each of the plurality of power inverters may be configured to be controlled by the controller to generate AC power below at least one predetermined operating threshold. The plurality of power inverters may be configured to combine AC power generated by each of the plurality of power inverters, such that the combined AC power is delivered to a common AC load above the predetermined operating threshold. The apparatus may be arranged and operated according to a ratio of FMA=Fr/N, where Fr=fs/fl, fs is the switching frequency of the plurality of power inverters, fl is the frequency of the common AC load, and N is the number of power inverters of the apparatus.
US09467061B2	System and method for driving a transistor In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit for driving a control terminal of a switching transistor includes a driver having an output configured to be coupled to the control terminal of the switching transistor, a first power supply terminal configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a floating power supply, a second power supply terminal configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the floating power supply, and a switching input terminal configured to receive a switching signal. The circuit further includes a bias circuit having an output terminal configured to be coupled to a common-mode control terminal of the floating power supply, wherein the bias circuit is configured to provide a time dependent voltage.
US09467060B2	Capacitive level shifter devices, methods and systems Systems and methods of use relate to a circuit that is designed to detect the state of two control signals, wherein one control signal indicates an ON state for the gate driver and the other control signal indicates an OFF state for the gate driver. The circuit responds to each of the control signals by controlling the gate driver so that it drives an output either high or low. The circuit can also be configured to control the gate driver so that it to drives the output (either high or low) when neither control signal is present.
US09467050B2	Semiconductor apparatus having transfer circuit transferring high voltage A semiconductor apparatus includes a voltage supply circuit suitable for outputting a high voltage, a transfer circuit coupled between the voltage supply circuit and a peripheral circuit and suitable for transferring the high voltage to the peripheral circuit and a transfer control circuit suitable for outputting a transfer control signal to the transfer circuit to control the transfer of the high voltage to the peripheral circuit, wherein the transfer control circuit outputs the transfer control signal having a first positive voltage level to a gate of a transistor included in the transfer circuit when the voltage supply circuit outputs the high voltage to the transfer circuit.
US09467047B2	DC-DC converter, power source circuit, and semiconductor device A DC-DC converter includes a control circuit, a switching element, and a constant-voltage generation portion which generates an output voltage on the basis of an input voltage supplied through the switching element. The control circuit includes AD converters which convert the input voltage and the output voltage, a signal processing circuit, a pulse modulation circuit, and a power supply control circuit which controls supply of a power supply voltage to the signal processing circuit in accordance with digital values of the input voltage and the output voltage. The signal processing circuit determines the duty ratio in accordance with the digital value of the output voltage, and the pulse modulation circuit controls the switching element. The signal processing circuit includes a memory device including a memory element, a capacitor for storing data of the memory element, and a transistor for controlling charge in the capacitor. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor.
US09467044B2	Timing generator and timing signal generation method for power converter A timing generator for a power converter is provided. The timing generator includes a threshold voltage generation circuit and a timing generation unit. The threshold voltage generation circuit receives an error signal related to an output voltage of the power converter. The threshold voltage generation circuit generates a threshold voltage according to the error signal. The timing generation unit generates a timing signal according to the error signal, the threshold voltage and a control signal. The timing generation unit provides a tracking signal. A width of the timing signal depends on a time when tracking signal departed from a level of the error signal to a level of the threshold voltage. The present invention also provides a timing signal generation method for the power converter.
US09467042B2	Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller A method is provided for controlling a converter of the multiphase interleaving type. According to the method, there is detected when a change of the load applied to an output terminal of the converter occurs. All the phases of the converter are simultaneously turned off, and a driving interleaving phase shift is recovered so as to restart a normal operation of the converter. A controller for carrying out such a method is also provided.
US09467037B2	Electric power tool having a conductive elastic body connected to a yoke An electric power tool of an embodiment of the present invention uses a motor provided with a yoke as a drive source, and is configured such that an end portion of an electric component mounted on a drive circuit of the motor is electrically connected to the yoke of the motor through a conductive elastic body.
US09467033B2	Vibration motor and mobile terminal having the same A vibration motor includes a housing, a coil, a moving portion, an elastic member and a roller member. The housing has a top surface, a bottom surface, and first to fourth side surfaces joining the top surface to the bottom surface, the first to fourth surfaces defining an inner circumferential surface of the housing. The coil is provided in the housing. The moving portion provided in the housing and the moving portion is configured to reciprocate between the first and third sides arranged opposite to each other. The elastic member is provided between the moving portion and the housing. The roller member is provided in the housing and arranged to come into rolling contact with the top or bottom surface of the housing.
US09467030B2	Air-cooled electric machine and method of assembling the same In one aspect, an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a housing including at least one air intake, an air outlet, and an air passage extending between the at least one air intake and the air outlet. The electric machine also includes a first heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage, and a second heat sink positioned at least partially within the air passage downstream of the first heat sink. A cooling airflow through the at least one air intake flows through the air passage to cool the first heat sink and the second heat sink before the cooling airflow is exhausted through the air outlet.
US09467026B2	Electromechanical actuator An electromechanical actuator comprising an actuator member and an electric motor (2) adapted to drive the actuator member. The electric motor (2) comprises a rotor portion (4), a stator portion (5) comprising a yoke-forming body (9) and a set of coils received in slots (12) in the body (9), and at least one electrical module (17). The electrical module is adapted to generate an electrical power supply current (Ia) for the electric motor (2), which current flows in the set of coils. The electrical module (17) is carried by the body (9).
US09467023B2	Liquid cooled motor for cabin air compressor A method of manufacturing a nonconductive liquid cooled back iron heat exchanger to house a conductive cooling liquid is disclosed. This method may include forming layers of material via additive manufacturing to create channels for transporting cooling liquid. The layers may be staggered to create electrically insulated liquid cooling channels. This method may include providing cooling liquid from a power electronics cooling system (PECS) heat exchanger via a pressure drop between the PECS heat exchanger back iron heat exchanger. Also described herein is a liquid cooled stator cooling system, including an aircraft cabin air compressor motor. The motor may include a motor housing and a stator core. A liquid cooled back iron heat exchanger may be positioned between the motor housing and the stator core.
US09467017B2	Inter-phase insulation sheet for rotating electric machine The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inter-phase insulation sheet for a rotating electric machine, wherein it is possible to produce the effects of exerting excellent insertion workability between coil ends of different phases, of preventing the positional misalignment of the inter-phase insulation sheet during production work when forming the coils or when lacing, of preventing the inter-phase insulation sheet from tearing when lacing, and of being able to reliably ensure that the coil ends are insulated from one another even when the shape of the coil ends are not the same. In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, an inter-phase insulation sheet (11) has a fixed section (13) and a movable section (14). The movable section (14) has a base section (14A) on one side and a flanged section (14B) on the other side. The fixed section and the base section are placed so to completely overlap with one another and are inserted between coil ends (23b) of different phases. Meanwhile, the flanged section passes the inner side (23c) of one of the coil ends of different phases and is drawn from the insulation sheet insertion side of the coil end out to the side opposite that of the insulation sheet insertion side. Moreover, in order to facilitate the flanged section to be drawn out, a slit is formed between the fixed section and the base section and between the center and the side of the base section.
US09467012B2	Electric motor A stator includes a housing made of magnetically conductive material, a plurality of magnets fixed to the stator housing; and a magnet holder attached to one end of the housing for fixing the magnets to the stator housing. The magnet holder includes a body and a plurality of locking structures extending from the body. Each magnet is locked between two adjacent locking structures. A plurality of cut-outs is formed in the stator housing, and a plurality of projections is formed on the body of the magnet holder and engaged with the cut-outs. Each locking structure includes a wedge-shaped inner end inwardly abutting against respective magnets to prevent the magnets from moving inwardly.
US09467009B2	Dipolar transverse flux electric machine The present invention relates to an improved electric machine which, when operating in motor mode, produces rotational torque without using alternating magnetic polarity, but rather magnetic axial flux that utilizes coils arranged in a dipolar manner around an axial plane. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the use of energy is significantly enhanced therein by injecting the energy harvested from the collapsing fields of electromagnetic drive components, and then directing said energy from said primary-drive coils of the machine into an isolated circuit which is thereafter introduced as a transient secondary process to power secondary-drive coils of the machine in order to increase the overall efficiency of the machine.
US09467005B2	Underwater power supply system An underwater power supply system is provided with an ascending/descending station that ascends and descends underwater between the water depth at which an underwater moving body works and the vicinity of the water surface, and a charging station that supplies electrical power wirelessly to the ascending/descending station in the vicinity of the water surface. At the aforementioned water depth, the underwater moving body moves adjacent to the ascending/descending station, and electrical power is supplied wirelessly from the ascending/descending station to the underwater moving body.
US09466990B2	Method for enhancing a battery management system, battery management system, battery system and motor vehicle A method for enhancing a battery management system for determining at least one limit value for a first characteristic variable of a battery. The method includes measuring different values of a further characteristic variable for predetermined values of the first characteristic variable in order to determine limit values of the further characteristic variable for charging and/or discharging the battery for the predetermined values of the first characteristic variable, with the result that battery discharging or charging corresponding to the limit values does not result in a battery voltage outside a permissible battery voltage range if the battery has that predetermined value of the characteristic variable which is associated with the respective limit value. The method further includes determining charging and/or discharging limit values of the characteristic variable for predetermined values of the further characteristic variable using the determined charging and/or discharging limit values.
US09466989B2	Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment Various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computing environment are described. The wireless powered local computing environment includes at least a near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power supply arranged to wirelessly provide power to any of a number of suitably configured devices. In the described embodiments, the devices arranged to receive power wirelessly from the NFMR power supply must be located in a region known as the near field that extends no further than a distance D of a few times a characteristic size of the NFMR power supply transmission device. Typically, the distance D can be on the order of 1 meter or so.
US09466975B2	Base element and surge protection system A base element and a surge protection system incorporating the base element are provided. The base element includes a housing having a front portion and a rear portion. Apertures in the rear portion provide access to contacts secured within the housing, and a receiving portion extending from the front portion includes at least one receiving section for receiving a surge protection cartridge. Plug receptacles in the receiving portion are in electrical communication with the contacts to incorporate the surge protection device in a circuit when the surge protection cartridge is inserted. The base element is configured to mount orthogonally to a case such that conductors secured to the contacts extend through the apertures and into an enclosure defined by the case in a substantially linear direction. The system includes a case configured to be attached to a rack mount system and a plurality of base elements secured to the case.
US09466971B2	Mini appliance leakage current interrupter circuit and housing embodiments An appliance leakage current interrupter (ALCI) for interrupting the flow of current through a pair of lines extending between a source of power and a load. The appliance leakage current interrupter having a housing integrating components that would normally be positioned on an ALCI circuit board. The ALCI having a prong assembly for supplying power from a source of power to the remainder of the ALCI, the prong assembly having first and second contact prongs which are in a first embodiment integrated into an ALCI circuit and in a second embodiment integrated into the housing assembly.
US09466970B2	ESD protection device and method for manufacturing the same An ESD protection device having high insulation reliability and excellent discharge characteristics is provided. In an ESD protection device including a first and a second discharge electrode disposed to face each other, a discharge auxiliary electrode (18) formed so as to bridge the first and second discharge electrodes, and an insulating substrate holding the first and second discharge electrodes and the discharge auxiliary electrode (18), the discharge auxiliary electrode (18) is formed of an aggregate of metal grains (24) each having a core-shell structure comprising a core portion (22) primarily formed of a first metal and a shell portion (23) primarily formed of a metal oxide containing a second metal, and the aggregate of metal grains (24) further includes an insulating resin (27) which bonds the metal grains (24) to each other.
US09466967B2	Oil-cooled equipment harness An oil-cooled equipment harness includes a front end to be enclosed in a shielding case of an oil-cooled equipment for connecting to a terminal of a body of the oil-cooled equipment disposed in the shielding case, a wire including a conductor, a sheath including an insulating elastic member on a periphery side of the conductor, and a flexibility, a terminal fitting enclosing a portion of the conductor and a portion of the sheath of the wire, connecting to the conductor, and connecting to the terminal of the body of the oil-cooled equipment, a housing attached to shielding case and enclosing a periphery of the wire a predetermined distance away from the terminal fitting such that the wire is exposed from the terminal fitting, and an oil entry-preventing unit disposed between the wire and the terminal fitting for preventing oil in the shielding case from entering into the conductor.
US09466961B2	Generator connection box for photovoltaic installations A generator junction box for a photovoltaic generator is presented, which has a junction box housing with a back wall and a surrounding side wall, and input modules, each with an integrated quick connector for connecting a generator string line to the associated input module, wherein the input modules are situated directly against the surrounding side wall of the junction box housing in such a way that it is possible to connect the string lines directly to the quick connector of the associated input module from the outside.
US09466960B2	Binding band unit of electric wire passing guide A hole for inserting a binding band is arranged through a gutter shape electric wire passing guide. A widening width guide groove for guiding the binding band is arranged at an inner surface of the electric wire passing guide so as to expand its width gradually from the hole toward an opening end of one sidewall of the electric wire passing guide. In condition that a plurality of electric wires is inserted in the electric wire passing guide, a tip end of the binding band is inserted from the guide groove into the hole. One side surface of the guide groove is curved convexly toward the projecting top between the hole and the opening end. The one side surface of the guide groove is inclined toward the projecting top between a bottom surface of the guide groove and the inner surface of the electric wire passing guide.
US09466958B2	Conduit end with demarcation A coated conduit end with a perceivable demarcation quickly and reliably indicates how far conduit is screwed or inserted into a coated conduit fitting to form a conduit system.
US09466954B1	Rack mountable power distribution units Example implementations relate to rack mountable power distribution units (PDUs). For example, a PDU includes a plurality of receptacles to couple to power cords of a plurality of computing devices, where each receptacle includes a retention mechanism to hold the power cords in the receptacles. The PDU includes a first set of mounting holes and a second set of mounting holes on either side of the PDU, where the first and second set of mounting holes are to receive a plurality of mounting buttons to mount the PDU to a rack.
US09466949B1	Gallium nitride containing laser device configured on a patterned substrate A gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode device. The device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate material comprising a surface region. The surface region is configured on either a non-polar crystal orientation or a semi-polar crystal orientation. The device has a recessed region formed within a second region of the substrate material, the second region being between a first region and a third region. The recessed region is configured to block a plurality of defects from migrating from the first region to the third region. The device has an epitaxially formed gallium and nitrogen containing region formed overlying the third region. The epitaxially formed gallium and nitrogen containing region is substantially free from defects migrating from the first region and an active region formed overlying the third region.
US09466946B2	Semiconductor laser array In a semiconductor laser array of the present invention, a plurality of laser elements (first to fifth laser elements) are disposed such that waveguides of the laser elements are parallel to one another, each of the plurality of laser elements includes a front-end-surface reflection film on a front end surface serving as a light emitting surface of the waveguide, each of the plurality of laser elements includes a rear-end-surface reflection film on a rear end surface opposite to the front end surface with the waveguide sandwiched between the front end surface and the rear end surface, the front-end-surface reflection films of at least two of the plurality of laser elements have different reflectances, the rear-end-surface reflection films of the plurality of laser elements have the same reflectance, and the plurality of laser elements are driven by a single power supply.
US09466941B2	Patterned retarder and optical engine for laser projection apparatus A patterned retarder is described that may be used with a laser source array to obtain a combined beam suitable for laser image projection (e.g., three-dimensional laser image projection using orthogonal polarization states and/or orthogonal color spaces). An effect of the retarder on a polarization state of an incident beam may be dependent on the location of the retarder upon which the beam is incident. In one example, a method of producing a laser beam from a plurality of component laser beams includes directing the plurality of component laser beams onto corresponding regions of such a patterned retarder having a plurality of pattern elements.
US09466940B2	Graphene illuminator, and heat dissipating apparatus and optical transmission network node using the graphene illuminator A graphene illuminator includes two electrodes, an accelerating electric field power supply, and several magnet sets, and further includes a graphene material used for providing free-electrons. The two electrodes are respectively disposed on both sides or at both ends of the graphene material, and meanwhile are both disposed on a plane where the graphene material is disposed; a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the accelerating electric field power supply are respectively connected to the two electrodes, to apply, in a first direction, an accelerating electric field to the graphene material; and the magnet sets are disposed on upper and lower sides of the plane where the graphene material is disposed, to generate a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane where the graphene material is disposed, and South poles and North poles of the magnet sets are arranged alternately to generate an alternating magnetic field in a second direction.
US09466936B2	Bulb socket and lighting system A bulb socket and a lighting system, which can reduce components and dimensions and improve a force for holding a bulb, are provided. A housing has an insertion hole including an opening for receiving a base portion of a bulb, and a plurality of projection portions projecting from a deep side wall of the insertion hole toward an opening side. The projection portions are opposed to each other so that the base portion is sandwiched therebetween. A distance between the projection portions is formed smaller than a cross-sectional dimension of the base portion. When the base portion is inserted into the insertion hole, the projection portions are elastically deformed away from each other, and contacts slidingly a surface of the base portion. The base portion is sandwiched by a biasing force of the elastically deformed projection portions in a biasing state, and thereby the bulb is held.
US09466926B2	Switch device A switch device includes a first contacting portion including a first fixed contact, a first movable contact contactable to the first fixed contact, and a first break contact, the first movable contact being configured to selectively contact one of the first fixed contact and the first break contact; a second contacting portion including a second fixed contact, a second movable contact contactable to the second fixed contact, and a second break contact, the second movable contact being configured to selectively contact one of the second fixed contact and the second break contact; and a mechanical switch that mechanically moves the first movable contact and the second movable contact toward the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact, and toward the first break contact and the second break contact, respectively.
US09466925B2	Paddle card assembly for high speed applications A paddle card assembly is disclosed for use in providing a high speed transmission line for connecting electronic devices together. The paddle card takes the form of a circuit board that has two distinct portions, a base portion to which wires of a cable are terminated, and an extension portion that extends rearwardly toward the cable wire in order to extend between sets of wires. The extension portion has one or more ground plane layers formed therewith and supported thereby and as such, the extension portion places a ground plane in the termination area of the connector, rear of the trailing edge of the paddle card to provide shielding between pairs of wires on opposite sides of the paddle card where the cable shields are cut back. The extension portion may have either a reduced thickness, or wire-receiving channels formed therein which accommodate portions of the wires of the cable.
US09466923B2	Female connector for high-speed transmission Provided is a female connector for high-speed transmission, including a case, an insulating body, an upper terminal group and a lower terminal group. The insulating body includes an upper insulating body, a middle insulating body, and a lower insulating body. The upper terminal group is disposed on the upper insulating body. The lower terminal group is disposed on the lower insulating body. The upper insulating body and the lower insulating body are engaged with the middle insulating body to form an integrated connector body. The connector body is disposed in the case. The insulating body can receive various terminals and can be fabricated and installed easily.
US09466921B2	Linear conductor connection terminal A housing of a linear conductor connection terminal is provided with a first contact point portion having a recessed portion composed of a metal plate and opening inwardly of the housing. The recessed portion allows insertion of a linear conductor inserted into the housing from an insertion port. The housing is further provided with a second contact point portion that supports contact between the linear conductor and the first contact point portion. This allows the linear conductor to reliably conductively contact the first contact point portion and the second contact point portion.
US09466919B2	Magnetic connector A magnetic connector has a plug core disposed around a plug contact set and a receptacle core disposed around a receptacle contact set. The plug core defines a generally elongated circular plug core edge. The receptacle core defines a generally elongated concentric-circular receptacle core edge. The receptacle core edge defines an air gap and the plug core defines an anchor configured to insert into the air gap. A coil is disposed around the receptacle core, and the coil, the plug core and the air gap define a magnetic circuit. The coil is electrically energized so as to form a magnetic field within an air gap, lock the anchor within the air gap and lock the plug contact set to the receptacle contact set accordingly.
US09466912B2	Connector A connector is mateable with a mating connector along a predetermined direction. The connector comprises a holding member, a plurality of contacts and a plurality of contact prevention members. The holding member includes a holding portion. The plurality of contacts include held portions and main portions, respectively. The held portions are held by the holding portion. The main portions extend from the held portions, respectively, in the predetermined direction. The main portions project over the holding portion in the predetermined direction. Each of the main portions has a tubular shape. Each of the contact prevention members is made of insulator. The contact prevention members occupy insides of the main portions, respectively. The contact prevention members project over the main portions, respectively, in the predetermined direction.
US09466909B1	Connector A connector is provided, including a housing, a conductive contact disposed in the housing, a hollow structure disposed in the housing, and an electrical connecting mechanism. The electrical connecting mechanism is movably disposed in the hollow structure, including a first conductive member, a first spring, a second conductive member, and a second spring. The first spring connects the first conductive member with the hollow structure and provides a first spring force such that the first conductive member protrudes from the hollow structure. The second conductive member and the second spring are movably disposed in the first conductive member, wherein the second spring connects to the first and second conductive members and provides a second spring force such that the second conductive member protrudes from the first conductive member. Specifically, the second conductive member and the conductive contact are spaced apart by a distance. When the first conductive member is pushed by an external force and slides to a predetermined position in a first direction with respect to the hollow structure, the first spring is compressed, and the second conductive member moves in the first direction and contacts the conductive contact.
US09466898B2	Connection terminal Provided is a connection terminal including: a conductive plate including a connection unit having a ring shape, and an extension unit integrally formed with the connection unit and extending from one side of the connection unit; and a connection cable electrically connected to the conductive plate, wherein the conductive plate further includes a damping portion formed as a part of the extension unit and bent to protrude along a direction perpendicular to the connection unit.
US09466892B2	Terminal fitting A terminal fitting (17) includes a welded part (26) to which the conductor part of an electric wire is ultrasonically welded, and a board-like mounting part (23) which is formed integrally with the welded part in the axial direction and which a through hole (21) penetrates in the thickness direction. A contour, when viewed from the penetration direction, of the through hole (21) is formed of a large radius circle (31), a small radius circle (33) whose radius is smaller than that of the large radius circle, and two tangent lines (35, 37) which respectively connect the two circles, and the small radius circle is located closer to the welded part than the large radius circle.
US09466889B2	Tracking antenna system adaptable for use in discrete radio frequency spectrums A tracking antenna system for discrete radio frequency spectrums includes a reflector, a pedestal supporting the reflector, a radome assembly enclosing both, a first feed for gathering radio waves within a first of discrete RF spectrums that is removably disposed in front of the reflector at the focal point, a first RF module operably connected to the first feed for converting the first gathered radio waves to first electronic signals, a feed mount for removably supporting the first feed and configured to removably support a second feed for gathering radio waves within a second of discrete RF spectrums, and a module mount for removably supporting the first RF module and configured to removably support a second RF module for converting the second radio waves to second electronic signals. A method of using the tracking antenna system adaptable for discrete radio frequency spectrums is also disclosed.
US09466886B2	Antenna device There is provided an antenna device which can suitably tilt directivity of an antenna. The antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, a conductive plate arranged on one surface of the dielectric substrate, a first slot element to which electric power is supplied from a power supply line, which has an electrical length having an approximately ½ wavelength of use frequency of the antenna device, and which is formed in the conductive plate, a second slot element which has an electrical length longer than that of the first slot element, and which is formed in the conductive plate to be substantially parallel to the first slot element by leaving a gap of an approximately ¼ wavelength of the electrical length from the first slot element, and a ground conductor arranged to be substantially parallel to the conductive plate by leaving a predetermined gap from the conductive plate.
US09466873B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device An antenna structure includes a feed portion, a ground portion, a first antenna, a second antenna, and a microstrip line. The first antenna includes a first radiating body and a second radiating body. The first radiating body and the second radiating body are both connected to the feed portion. The second antenna is connected to the ground portion and spaced from the second radiating body. The microstrip line is connected between the feed portion and the ground portion to adjust a matching impedance of the antenna structure.
US09466868B2	Reconfigurable branch line coupler A reconfigurable branch line coupler and methods of designing and reconfiguring the branch line coupler are disclosed. The reconfigurable branch line coupler includes a plurality of transmission lines, each of which comprises a phase shifter. The reconfigurable branch line coupler further includes an input port, which is split into two quadrature signals providing a second and third port between adjacent of the plurality of transmission lines, with a fourth port isolated from the input port at a center frequency.
US09466864B2	RF duplexer filter module with waveguide filter assembly An RF duplexer waveguide filter module for the transmission and filtering of TX and RX RF signals comprising a substrate with TX and RX filter assemblies mounted thereon. One or both of the TX and RX filter assemblies comprises an RF waveguide filter assembly including a plurality of blocks of dielectric material coupled together in a side-by-side relationship. Each of the blocks of dielectric material defines at least one slit and at least one internal RF signal transmission window. One or both of the end blocks defines a step and a through-hole terminating in an opening in the step. In one embodiment, the RF duplexer waveguide filter module additionally comprises an RF antenna waveguide filter extending between and coupling the TX and RX filter assemblies to an antenna RF signal transmission line.
US09466861B2	Battery inspection apparatus A battery inspection apparatus includes a temperature control system configured to provide a temperature control of the batteries by supplying a temperature control fluid through a battery supporting portion to flow, between adjacent batteries, the fluid along the side surfaces thereof and by discharging the fluid through a contactor supporting portion. The contactor supporting portion is provided to face the battery supporting portion and supports a plurality of contactors. The temperature control system may include at least one cross-flow fan that is arranged along an array direction of the batteries, a vent of the fan directed to the plurality of batteries, in order to supply an air flow toward the plurality of batteries.
US09466856B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte and electrochemical device comprising the same Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising: an acrylate compound; a sulfinyl group-containing compound; an organic solvent; and an electrolyte salt. Also, disclosed is an electrode comprising a coating layer formed partially or totally on a surface thereof, the coating layer comprising: (i) a reduced form of an acrylate compound; and (ii) a reduced form of a sulfinyl group-containing compound. Further, disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising a cathode, an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein (i) the non-aqueous electrolyte is the aforementioned non-aqueous electrolyte; and/or (ii) the cathode and/or the anode is the aforementioned electrode.
US09466843B2	Electrode catalyst and method of preparing electrode catalyst for fuel cell, and membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell including same An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, a membrane electrode assembly including the electrode catalyst, and a fuel cell including the electrode catalyst. The electrode catalyst has excellent electrochemical activity compared to the currently commercially available Pt/C catalyst and is much cheaper than a catalyst using platinum. The electrode catalyst includes tungsten carbide having a specific surface area of about 10 to about 30 m2/g, and a metal catalyst comprising palladium (Pd) or palladium alloy.
US09466841B2	Battery Provided is a battery having an outer package made of a laminated film, and further with a terminal having a plate-form first metal layer, and second metal layers laid over both surfaces of the first metal layer, respectively. The terminal is sandwiched between portions of the resin layer or between the resin layers, and at its sandwiched region the second metal layers of the terminal contact the resin layer(s) of the laminated film.
US09466835B2	Cathode active material A cathode active material is provided which has a charge and discharge capacity larger than that of FeF3 when used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The cathode active material for use in secondary batteries with a non-aqueous electrolyte includes an amorphous metal fluoride represented by a general formula Fe(1-x-ny)NaxMyF(3-2(x+ny)), wherein M is a metal element selected from a group consisting of Co, Ni, Cu, Mg, Al, Zn, and Sn, n represents an oxidation number of the metal element M, 0
US09466833B2	Titanium raw material for lithium titanate production and method for producing lithium titanate using same The invention provides a low-cost, efficient method for producing lithium titanate that is useful for applications in electric storage devices. The desired lithium titanate can be obtained by heating at least (1) titanium oxide having a BET single point specific surface area of 50 to 450 m2/g based on nitrogen adsorption and (2) a lithium compound. Preferably the titanium oxide and lithium compound are heated together with (3) a lithium titanate compound having the same crystal structure as the desired lithium titanate. Preferably these ingredients are dry-mixed before heating.
US09466831B2	Cation deficient materials for electrical energy storage A method of: dissolving salts of a first metal ion and a second metal ion in water to form a solution; heating the solution to a temperature of about 80-90° C.; and adding a base to the solution to precipitate nanoparticles of an oxide of the first metal ion and the second metal ion.
US09466826B2	Method for making lithium ion battery electrode A method for making a lithium ion battery electrode is provided. An electrode material layer including a plurality of electrode active material particles is provided. The electrode material layer includes a surface. A carbon nanotube layer is formed on the surface of the electrode material layer. The carbon nanotube layer consists of carbon nanotubes.
US09466823B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the case, a first electrode terminal on the cap plate, and a first lead tab electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the first electrode terminal, wherein the first lead tab has a cell fuse and a heat dissipating member coupled to the first lead tab and spaced from the cell fuse.
US09466815B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode display includes a display substrate including a first substrate and a plurality of pixel light emitting units on the first substrate, and an encapsulation substrate including a second substrate facing the display substrate, and a main reflecting member on the second substrate, the main reflecting member including a light emitting opening at a position corresponding to at least one of the pixel light emitting units, and an auxiliary opening dividing the main reflecting member into a plurality of sub-reflecting members.
US09466800B2	Aromatic amine derivative, and organic electroluminescent element comprising the same An aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (1)wherein at least one of Ar1 to Ar4 is a heterocyclic group represented by the following formula (2) wherein X1 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
US09466797B2	Organic optoelectronic component and method for producing an organic optoelectronic component In at least one embodiment of the organic optoelectronic component (1), the latter comprises a carrier (2) and a first electrode (11), which is mounted on the carrier (2). Furthermore, the component (1) contains at least one organic layer sequence (3) with at least one organic active layer (33). Furthermore, the component (1) comprises a second electrode (22), such that the organic layer sequence (3) is located between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (22). At least one dark region (4) and at least one bright region (5) are formed in a lateral direction. In both the dark region (4) and the bright region (5), both the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (22) and also the organic layer sequence (3) are applied to the carrier (2) in places or over the entire surface. A first reflectivity of the dark region (4) differs from a second reflectivity of the bright region (5) by at most 15 percentage points.
US09466792B2	Memory device and method for fabricating the same A memory device comprises a substrate, a first electrode layer, a spacer, a memory layer and a second electrode layer. The substrate has a recess. The first electrode layer is formed in the recess and has a top surface exposed from an opening of the recess. The spacer covers on a portion of the top surface, so as to define a contact area on the top surface. The memory layer is formed on the contact area. The second electrode layer is formed on the memory layer and electrically connected to the memory layer.
US09466788B2	Top electrode etch in a magnetoresistive device and devices manufactured using same A two-step etching process is used to form the top electrode for a magnetoresistive device. The etching chemistries are different for each of the two etching steps. The first chemistry used to etch the top portion of the electrode is more selective with respect to the conductive material of the top electrode, thereby reducing unwanted erosion of the photoresist and hard mask layers. The second chemistry is less corrosive than the first chemistry and does not damage the layers underlying the top electrode, such as those included in the magnetic tunnel junction.
US09466786B2	Magnetic electronic device and manufacturing method thereof A magnetic electronic device comprises a substrate, a first buffer layer, a first CoFeB layer, a first metal oxidation layer, a second buffer and a capping layer. The first buffer layer is disposed on the substrate. The first CoFeB layer is disposed on the first buffer layer. The first metal oxidation layer is disposed on the first CoFeB layer. The second buffer is disposed on the first metal oxidation layer, and the material of the second buffer layer includes platinum, palladium, tantalum or their any combination. The capping layer disposed on the second buffer. A manufacturing method of the magnetic electronic device is also disclosed.
US09466772B2	Method and apparatus for providing high-temperature multi-layer optics A solid-state light-emitting device (“SLD”) converting electrical energy to photon energy using a light emitter diode (“LED”) and high-temperature multi-layer optics (“HMO”) is disclosed. The SLD, in one aspect, includes a chip-on-board (“COB”), a silicone inner layer (“SIL”), and a Poly methyl methacrylate (“PMMA”) layer. The COB includes a first surface and a second surface wherein the first surface includes at least one LED. The LED converts electrical energy to optical light and the light subsequently leaves the LED becoming visible light. The SIL includes a first silicone surface and a second silicone surface wherein the second silicone surface is in contact with the first surface of COB and the second silicone surface is in contact with the PMMA layer. The operating temperature of PMMA layer is lower than the operating temperature of SIL.
US09466766B2	High-efficiency AlGaInP light-emitting diode grown directly on transparent substrate and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a high-efficiency AlGaInP light-emitting diode directly grown on a transparent substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and, more particularly, to a high-efficiency AlGaInP light-emitting diode grown on a sapphire substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, an AlGaInP light-emitting diode is manufactured using an inexpensive sapphire substrate having high transmittance to ultraviolet rays, infrared rays and visible rays. The AlGaInP light-emitting diode according to the present invention can emit light with high efficiency because a lower substrate does not absorb light, and can be effectively manufactured because a process of removing a GaAs or a process of bonding a sapphire substrate is not conducted.
US09466764B2	Optoelectronic component including a substrate on which a semiconductor layer sequence with an identifier for identifying the component is applied The invention relates to an optoelectronic component (101, 301, 501), comprising a substrate (103, 303, 503), on which a semiconductor layer sequence (105, 305, 505) has been placed, wherein the semiconductor layer sequence (105, 305, 505) has at least one identifier (115, 315) for identifying the component (101, 301, 501). The invention also relates to a method for producing an optoelectronic component (101, 301, 501).
US09466763B2	Semiconductor light-emitting element A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a substrate and a semiconductor stack portion provided on the substrate and having at least a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The substrate has a property to allow transmission of light from the light-emitting layer, and has a hexahedral shape including a first surface on which a semiconductor stack portion is provided, a second surface located opposite to the first surface, a pair of third surfaces orthogonal to the first surface and the second surface, and a pair of fourth surfaces orthogonal to the first surface and the second surface and different from the pair of third surfaces.
US09466758B2	Composite substrates of silicon and ceramic Composite substrates include a single crystal silicon layer disposed on a ceramic layer, including a transparent glass layer. Combination of single crystal devices and non-single crystal devices can be fabricated on a ceramic substrate.
US09466755B2	MIS-IL silicon solar cell with passivation layer to induce surface inversion The present invention relates generally to a photovoltaic solar cell device and more particularly, to a structure and method of inducing charge inversion in a silicon substrate by using a highly charged passivation layer on an upper side of the silicon substrate. A positively charged passivation layer comprising hafnium oxide may be formed on an insulating layer covering an upper surface of a p-doped silicon substrate and on a metal contact to induce a strong inversion layer in an upper portion of the p-doped silicon substrate.
US09466750B2	Hybrid polysilicon heterojunction back contact cell A method for manufacturing high efficiency solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises providing a thin dielectric layer and a doped polysilicon layer on the back side of a silicon substrate. Subsequently, a high quality oxide layer and a wide band gap doped semiconductor layer can both be formed on the back and front sides of the silicon substrate. A metallization process to plate metal fingers onto the doped polysilicon layer through contact openings can then be performed. The plated metal fingers can form a first metal gridline. A second metal gridline can be formed by directly plating metal to an emitter region on the back side of the silicon substrate, eliminating the need for contact openings for the second metal gridline. Among the advantages, the method for manufacture provides decreased thermal processes, decreased etching steps, increased efficiency and a simplified procedure for the manufacture of high efficiency solar cells.
US09466745B2	Composite quantum-dot materials for photonics detectors A method of manufacturing a composite quantum-dot photodetector formed by alternatively dipping a substrate into a colloidal solution containing at least one type of a quantum dot, thereby forming a monolayer of the quantum dots and then dipping the substrate with the monolayer of the quantum dots into a ligand spacing solution to build a film of the quantum dots and then alternatively exposing the film of the quantum dots to a vapor and an infill material.
US09466740B2	Integrated photodetector waveguide structure with alignment tolerance An encapsulated integrated photodetector waveguide structures with alignment tolerance and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structure(s). The method further includes forming a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure.
US09466737B2	Solar panel string converter topology The inventive technology, in certain embodiments, may be generally described as a solar power generation system with a converter, which may potentially include two or more sub-converters, established intermediately of one or more strings of solar panels. Particular embodiments may involve sweet spot operation in order to achieve improvements in efficiency, and bucking of open circuit voltages by the converter in order that more panels may be placed on an individual string or substring, reducing the number of strings required for a given design, and achieving overall system and array manufacture savings.
US09466731B2	Dual channel memory Technologies are generally described related to a dual channel memory device, system and method of manufacture. Various described devices include utilization of both a front channel and a back channel through a substrate formed underneath a dual gate structure of a semiconductor device. Using two pairs of contacts on opposing sides of the gate structure, where the contact pairs are formed on differently doped layers of the semiconductor device, multiple bits may be stored in the semiconductor device acting as a single memory cell. Memorization may be realized by storing different amount or types of charges on the floating gate, where the charges may impact a conduction status of the channels of the device. By detecting the conduction status of the channels, such as open circuit, close circuit, or high resistance, low resistance, data stored on the device (“0” or “1”) may be detected.
US09466722B2	Large area contacts for small transistors A large area electrical contact for use in integrated circuits features a non-planar, sloped bottom profile. The sloped bottom profile provides a larger electrical contact area, thus reducing the contact resistance, while maintaining a small contact footprint. The sloped bottom profile can be formed by recessing an underlying layer, wherein the bottom profile can be crafted to have a V-shape, U-shape, crescent shape, or other profile shape that includes at least a substantially sloped portion in the vertical direction. In one embodiment, the underlying layer is an epitaxial fin of a FinFET. A method of fabricating the low-resistance electrical contact employs a thin etch stop liner for use as a hard mask. The etch stop liner, e.g., HfO2, prevents erosion of an adjacent gate structure during the formation of the contact.
US09466718B2	Semiconductor device with fin and related methods A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a fin above the substrate and having a channel region therein, and source and drain regions adjacent the channel region to generate shear and normal strain on the channel region. A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a fin above the substrate and having a channel region therein, source and drain regions adjacent the channel region, and a gate over the channel region. The fin may be canted with respect to the source and drain regions to generate shear and normal strain on the channel region.
US09466705B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes an n-type first GaN-based semiconductor layer, a p-type second GaN-based semiconductor layer on the first GaN-based semiconductor layer. The second GaN-based semiconductor layer includes a low impurity concentration region and a high impurity concentration region. An n-type third GaN-based semiconductor layer is provided on the second GaN-based semiconductor layer. The device includes a gate electrode being located adjacent to the third GaN-based semiconductor layer, the low impurity concentration region, and the first GaN-based semiconductor layer intervening a gate insulating film. The device includes a first electrode on the third GaN-based semiconductor layer, a second electrode on the high impurity concentration region, and a third electrode on the opposite side of the first GaN-based semiconductor layer from the second GaN-based semiconductor layer.
US09466700B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating same A lateral drain metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes a well region having a second conductive type in a substrate, a body region having a first conductive type in the well region, a drift region having the second conductive type in the well region and spaced apart from the body region, a source region having the second conductive type in the body region, a drain region having the second conductive type in the drift region, a gate structure on the well region between the source region and the drain region, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure in the drift region between the drain region and the source region, and a buried layer having the first conductive type in the well region under the drift region, a center of the buried layer being aligned with a center of the STI structure.
US09466680B2	Integrated multiple gate length semiconductor device including self-aligned contacts A multi-channel semiconductor device includes a first and second gate channels formed in a semiconductor substrate. The first gate channel has a first length and the second gate channel has a second length greater than the first length. A gate dielectric layer is formed in the first and second gate channels. A first plurality of work function metal layers is formed on the gate dielectric layer of the first gate channel. A second plurality of work function metal layers is formed on the gate dielectric layer of the second gate channel. A barrier layer is formed on each of the first and second plurality of work function metal layers, and the gate dielectric layer. The multi-channel semiconductor device further includes metal gate stacks formed on of the barrier layer such that the barrier layer is interposed between the metal gate stacks and the gate dielectric layer.
US09466674B2	Semiconductor devices with non-implanted barrier regions and methods of fabricating same An electronic device includes a silicon carbide layer including an n-type drift region therein, a contact forming a Schottky junction with the drift region, and a p-type junction barrier region on the silicon carbide layer. The p-type junction barrier region includes a p-type polysilicon region forming a P-N heterojunction with the drift region, and the p-type junction barrier region is electrically connected to the contact.
US09466672B1	Reduced defect densities in graded buffer layers by tensile strained interlayers A semiconductor stack includes a substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a tensile strained interlayer layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the strained interlayer; wherein the difference in strain between the first semiconductor layer and the tensile strained interlayer is about 1 to about 2%.
US09466664B2	Uniaxially-strained FD-SOI finFET Methods and structures for forming uniaxially-strained, nanoscale, semiconductor bars from a biaxially-strained semiconductor layer are described. A spatially-doubled mandrel process may be used to form a mask for patterning dense, narrow trenches through the biaxially-strained semiconductor layer. The resulting slicing of the biaxially-strained layer enhances carrier mobility and can increase device performance.
US09466655B2	Display unit and electronic apparatus A display unit includes: a drive substrate including a thin film transistor; a pixel section provided on the drive substrate and including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a first electrode, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode in this order; and a connection section provided in a peripheral region around the pixel section in the drive substrate and configured to be electrically connected to the second electrode, in which the connection section includes an oxide semiconductor layer including, in at least a portion on a surface side thereof, a low-resistance region with lower electrical resistance than that in a portion other than the low-resistance region.
US09466648B2	Organic light emitting display device and manufacturing method thereof An organic light emitting diode display may include a substrate, a pixel defining layer on the substrate, being configured to define a pixel area, a pixel electrode on the pixel area, a light emitting layer on the pixel electrode, a common electrode on the light emitting layer, and an auxiliary wire spaced apart from the pixel electrode and disposed on the same layer as the pixel electrode. The pixel defining layer may include a pixel defining part configured to define a pixel area and a spacer protruding from the pixel defining part. The auxiliary wire may not overlap the spacer.
US09466644B2	Resistance-switching memory cell with multiple raised structures in a bottom electrode A reversible resistance-switching memory cell has multiple narrow, spaced apart bottom electrode structures. The raised structures can be formed by coating a bottom electrode layer with nano-particles and etching the bottom electrode layer. The raised structures can be independent or joined to one another at a bottom of the bottom electrode layer. A resistance-switching material is provided between and above the bottom electrode structure, followed by a top electrode layer. Or, insulation is provided between and above the bottom electrode structures, and the resistance-switching material and top electrode layer are above the insulation. Less than one-third of a cross-sectional area of each resistance-switching memory cell is consumed by the one or more raised structures. When the resistance state of the memory cell is switched, there is a smaller area in the bottom electrode for a current path, so the switching resistance is higher and the switching current is lower.
US09466641B2	Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, having a fixed electric potential; a dark-current drain region of a second conductivity type, formed on a portion of the semiconductor substrate; a connection region of the first conductivity type, formed on another portion of the semiconductor substrate where the dark-current drain region is not formed; a well region of the first conductivity type, covering the dark-current drain region and the connection region; and a first region and a second region, formed within the well region and constituting a part of a read transistor that reads signal charge generated by photoelectric conversion. The well region is maintained at a fixed electric potential by being connected to the semiconductor substrate via the connection region.
US09466627B2	Solid-state image pickup device, image pickup system using solid-state image pickup device, and method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup device In a solid-state image pickup device including a pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion portion, a carrier holding portion, and a plurality of transistors, the solid-state image pickup device further includes a first insulating film disposed over the photoelectric conversion portion, the carrier holding portion, and the plurality of transistors, a conductor disposed in an opening of the first insulating film and positioned to be connected to a source or a drain of one or more of the plurality of transistors, and a light shielding film disposed in an opening or a recess of the first insulating film and positioned above the carrier holding portion.
US09466625B2	Display panel, display device, and method for manufacturing display panel The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a display device and a method for manufacturing the display panel. The display panel comprises an array substrate and a color film substrate, wherein the array substrate is provided with a perforated region, at least a part of which is located between a silver paste conductive layer and an outermost metal lead of the array substrate, and the silver paste conductive layer is arranged on the array substrate, and connects an ITO layer on the color film substrate and a grounded signal region of the array substrate.
US09466620B2	Method for manufacturing array substrate, array substrate, and display device The present invention relates to the field of liquid crystal display, and provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate, the array substrate, and a display device. In the array substrate, a gate insulating layer between source and drain electrodes and a pattern of a gate electrode has a thickness greater than that of the gate insulating layer between an active layer and the pattern of the gate electrode. Due to the thick gate insulating layer between the source and drain electrodes and the pattern of the gate electrodes, the capacitance between the source and drain electrodes and the gate electrodes will be reduced.
US09466610B1	Method of fabricating three-dimensional gate-all-around vertical gate structures and semiconductor devices, and three-dimensional gate-all-round vertical gate structures and semiconductor devices thereof Present example embodiments relate generally to methods of fabricating a three-dimensional gate-all-around (GAA) vertical gate (VG) semiconductor structure comprising providing a substrate; forming a plurality of layers having alternating first insulative material layers and second insulative material layers over the substrate; identifying bit line and word line locations for the formation of bit lines and word lines; removing at least a portion of the plurality of layers outside of the identified bit line and word line locations, each of the removed portions extending through the plurality of layers to at least a top surface of the substrate; forming a vertical first insulative material structure in the removed portions; performing an isotropic etching process to remove the second insulative material from the second insulative material layers; forming bit lines in the second insulative material layers within the identified bit line locations; and forming word lines in the identified word line locations.
US09466602B1	Embedded dynamic random access memory field effect transistor device A method comprises forming a cavity in a substrate, depositing a silicon material in the cavity, forming a fin in the substrate and the silicon material such that a first portion of the fin is formed from the substrate and a second portion of the fin is formed from the deposited silicon material, forming a gate stack over the fin, growing an oxide material over the first portion of the fin and the second portion of the fin, removing the oxide material from the first portion of the fin, growing an epitaxial material on an exposed portion of the first portion of the fin, removing the oxide material from the second portion of the fin, and growing an epitaxial material on exposed portions of the second portion of the fin.
US09466600B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device may include a first metal gate electrode provided in a NMOS region of a substrate; and a second metal gate electrode provided in a PMOS region of the substrate, wherein the first and second metal gate electrodes may be formed of TiN material or TiAlN material. Here, the first metal gate electrode may have a higher titanium (Ti) content than the second metal gate electrode, and the second metal gate electrode may have a higher nitrogen (N) content than the first metal gate electrode.
US09466594B2	Compact sensor module A compact sensor module and methods for forming the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a sensor die is mounted on a sensor substrate. A processor die can be mounted on a flexible processor substrate. In some arrangements, a thermally insulating stiffener can be disposed between the sensor substrate and the flexible processor substrate. At least one end portion of the flexible processor substrate can be bent around an edge of the stiffener to electrically couple to the sensor substrate
US09466593B2	Stack semiconductor package A stack semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor package having a first package substrate and a first semiconductor chip mounted on the first package substrate. The first semiconductor chip includes first chip pads arranged along a side portion thereof. The stack semiconductor package includes a second semiconductor package disposed on the first semiconductor package, and includes a second package substrate. A first sub-chip and a second sub-chip is mounted on the second semiconductor package and arranged side by side extending along a direction of a first side portion of the second package substrate. Each of the first and second sub-chips includes second chip pads arranged along a side portion thereof. Connection wiring paths between interface portions and connection pads may be reduced and simplified, thereby preventing connection wires from being tangled. Moreover, connection wiring paths between a logic chip and a memory chip may be minimized, thereby providing high speed performance.
US09466590B1	Optimized solder pads for microelectronic components A multi-chip system includes a top chip stack element comprising a top chip having two major surfaces and top solder pads arrayed along a plane of one of the major surfaces; a bottom chip stack element comprising a bottom substrate having two major surfaces and bottom solder pads arrayed along a plane of one of the major surfaces; one or more solder reservoir pads connected to one or more of the top solder pads or of the bottom solder pads; and solder material; and wherein at least one of the top solder pads is connected to one of the bottom solder pads by one of the solder material.
US09466585B1	Reducing defects in wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) devices Consistent with example embodiments, a wafer substrate undergoes processing in which a resilient material is applied to the front-side and back-side surfaces of the wafer substrate. By defining trenches in saw lanes between active device die, additional resilient material may be placed therein. In an example embodiment, after the active device die are separated into individual product devices, the resulting product device has coverage on the front-side surface, back-side surface, and the four vertical faces of the encapsulated active device die. The front-side surface has exposed contact areas so that the product device may be attached to an end user's system circuit board. Further, the resilient coating protects the encapsulated active device die from damage during assembly.
US09466581B2	Semiconductor package device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a die, a pad disposed on the die and configured to be electrically coupled with a bump through a conductive trace attached on the pad, a polymer disposed over the die and patterned to provide a path for the conductive trace passing through, and a molding surrounding the die and the polymer. A top surface of the molding is substantially in a same level as a top surface of the polymer. Further, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a die, forming a pad on the die, disposing a first polymer over the die, patterning the first polymer with an opening over the pad, disposing a sacrificial layer over the patterned first polymer, disposing a molding surrounding the die, removing a portion of the molding thereby exposing the sacrificial layer, removing the sacrificial layer thereby exposing the pad and the first polymer, disposing a second polymer on the first polymer, patterning the second polymer with the opening over the pad, and disposing a conductive material on the pad within the opening.
US09466580B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor device structure (e.g., a sensor device structure), and method for manufacturing thereof, that comprises a three-dimensional package structure free of wire bonds, through silicon vias, and/or flip-chip bonding.
US09466570B1	MOSFET with asymmetric self-aligned contact A semiconductor device includes a source and drain on a substrate; a first and second gate on the source, and the second gate and a third gate on the drain; a source contact over the source and between the first and second gates, the source contact including first and second portions, the first portion in contact with the source and extending between the first and second gates, and the second portion contacting the first portion and extending over the first and second gates; and a drain contact formed over the drain and between the second and third gates, the drain contact including first and second portions, the first portion contacting the drain, extending between second and third gates, and recessed with respect to the first portion of the source contact, and the second portion in contact with the first portion and extending between and over the second and third gates.
US09466568B2	Distributed on-chip decoupling apparatus and method using package interconnect An integrated circuit device is disclosed. The integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor die fabricated by a front-end semiconductor process and having oppositely disposed planar surfaces. The semiconductor die is formed with semiconductor devices, power supply circuitry coupled to the semiconductor devices, decoupling capacitance circuitry, and through-vias. The through-vias include a first group of vias coupled to the power supply circuitry and a second group of vias coupled to the decoupling capacitance circuitry. Conductors are formed in a first metal layer disposed on the semiconductor die in accordance with a back-end semiconductor process. The conductors are configured to couple to the first and second groups of through-vias to establish conductive paths from the power supply circuitry to the decoupling capacitance circuitry.
US09466564B1	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a gate structure thereon and a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer surrounding the gate structure; a first hard mask on the gate structure; and a second hard mask on the gate structure, wherein the first hard mask is adjacent to two sides of the second hard mask and the first hard mask and the first hard mask comprises silicon nitride.
US09466562B2	Semiconductor chip having plural penetration electrode penetrating therethrough Disclosed herein is a semiconductor chip that includes: a plurality of penetration electrodes each penetrating between main and back surfaces of the semiconductor chip, the penetration electrodes including a plurality of first penetration electrodes, a second penetration electrode and a third penetration electrode; and a wiring configured to intersect with a plurality of regions, each of the regions being defined as a region between corresponding two of the first penetration electrodes, one end of the wiring being coupled to the second penetration electrode, the other end of the wiring being coupled to the third penetration electrode.
US09466559B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device In semiconductor integrated circuit devices for vehicle use, an aluminum pad on a semiconductor chip and an external device are coupled to each other by wire bonding using a gold wire for the convenience of mounting. Such a semiconductor integrated circuit device, however, causes a connection failure due to the interaction between aluminum and gold in use for a long time at a relatively high temperature (about 150 degrees C.). A semiconductor integrated circuit device can include a semiconductor chip as a part of the device, an electrolytic gold plated surface film (gold-based metal plated film) provided over an aluminum-based bonding pad on a semiconductor chip via a barrier metal film, and a gold bonding wire (gold-based bonding wire) for interconnection between the plated surface film and an external lead provided over a wiring board (wiring substrate).
US09466557B2	Electronic device with first and second contact pads and related methods An electronic device may include leads, an IC having first and second bond pads, and an encapsulation material adjacent the leads and the IC so the leads extend to a bottom surface of the encapsulation material defining first contact pads. The electronic device may include bond wires between the first bond pads and corresponding ones of the leads, and conductors extending from corresponding ones of the second bond pads to the bottom surface of the encapsulation material defining second contact pads.
US09466554B2	Integrated device comprising via with side barrier layer traversing encapsulation layer Some novel features pertain to an integrated device that includes an encapsulation layer, a via structure traversing the encapsulation layer, and a pad. The via structure includes a via that includes a first side, a second side, and a third side. The via structure also includes a barrier layer surrounding at least the first side and the third side of the via. The pad is directly coupled to the barrier layer of the via structure. In some implementations, the integrated device includes a first dielectric layer coupled to a first surface of the encapsulation layer. In some implementations, the integrated device includes a substrate coupled to a first surface of the encapsulation layer. In some implementations, the integrated device includes a first die coupled to the substrate, where the encapsulation layer encapsulates the first die. In some implementations, the via includes a portion configured to operate as a pad.
US09466553B2	Package structure and method for manufacturing package structure Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a package structure. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for manufacturing a package structure includes: preparing a die having a metal pillar disposed on one surface thereof; bonding the die on the metal plate to allow the metal pillar to face the outside; forming an insulating film covering the metal plate and the die; buffing the insulating film so as to expose the metal pillar; and manufacturing a first package structure by forming a circuit structure electrically connected to the metal pillar on the insulating film.
US09466552B2	Vertical semiconductor device having a non-conductive substrate and a gallium nitride layer The present invention discloses a vertical semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The vertical semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the substrate including a conductive array formed by multiple conductive plugs through the substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the first surface, the semiconductor layer having a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein the fourth surface faces the first surface; a first electrode formed on the third surface; and a second electrode formed on the second surface for electrically connecting to the conductive array.
US09466543B2	Semiconductor package substrate, package system using the same and method for manufacturing thereof A semiconductor package substrate includes an insulating substrate; a circuit pattern on the insulating substrate; a protective layer on the insulating substrate, the protective layer covering the circuit pattern on the insulating substrate; a pad on the protective layer; and an adhesive member on the protective layer, wherein the pad includes a first pad buried in the protective layer, and a second pad on the first pad, the second pad protruding over the protective layer.
US09466537B2	Method of inspecting semiconductor device and method of fabricating semiconductor device using the same A method of inspecting a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, on which a mold layer with a plurality of mold openings is provided, milling the mold layer in a direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction normal to a top surface of the substrate, such that an inclined cutting surface exposing milled mold openings is formed, the milled mold openings including first milling openings along a first column extending in a first direction and having different heights, obtaining image data of the cutting surface, the image data including first contour images of the first milling openings, and obtaining a first process parameter, which represents an extent of bending of the mold openings according to a distance from a top surface of the substrate, using positions of center points of the first contour images.
US09466535B2	Method of forming target patterns A method of forming target patterns is disclosed. A substrate with multiple fins is provided. A plurality of mask patterns is formed across the fins and in at least a part of non-target areas. Target patterns are formed respectively in trenches between the mask patterns. The mask patterns are removed. With the disclosed method, the target patterns can be formed with substantially equal thickness. In the case that the target patterns are dummy gates, the conventional defects such as dummy gate residues or gate trench widening caused by uneven thicknesses are not observed upon the dummy gate removal step.
US09466529B2	Masking method for semiconductor devices with high surface topography The method comprises the steps of providing a semiconductor body or substrate (1) with a recess or trench (2) in a main surface (10), applying a mask (3) on the main surface, the mask covering the recess or trench, so that the walls and bottom of the recess or trench and the mask together enclose a cavity (4), which is filled with a gas, and forming at least one opening (5) in the mask at a distance from the recess or trench, the distance (6) being adapted to allow the gas to escape from the cavity via the opening when the gas pressure exceeds an external pressure.
US09466525B2	Interconnect structures comprising flexible buffer layers A structure includes a substrate, a low-k dielectric layer over the substrate, and a conductive barrier layer extending into the low-k dielectric layer. The conductive barrier layer includes a sidewall portion. A metal line in the low-k dielectric layer adjoins the conductive barrier layer. An organic buffer layer is between the sidewall portion of the conductive barrier layer and the low-k dielectric layer.
US09466523B2	Contact hole collimation using etch-resistant walls Contact holes are constrained to their designated active areas by etch-resistant walls so that they cannot contact adjacent active areas. Etch-resistant walls provide outer limits for any contact hole bending that may occur and thus keep contact holes substantially vertical. Mask openings for contact hole formation may be large so that they overlap etch-resistant walls.
US09466518B2	Electrostatic chuck device An electrostatic chuck device is provided in which there is no concern that a plate-shaped sample may be deformed when adsorbing the plate-shaped sample or when detaching the plate-shaped sample, the temperature of the plate-shaped sample is uniformized, and particles are not easily produced.In an electrostatic chuck device 1 provided with an electrostatic chuck section 2 which has a placement plate 11, an upper surface 11a of which is a placement surface on which a plate-shaped sample W such as a semiconductor wafer is placed, a support plate 12 integrated with the placement plate 11, and an internal electrode for electrostatic adsorption 13 and an insulating material layer 14 which are provided between the placement plate 11 and the support plate 12, an annular projection portion 21 is provided at a peripheral border portion on the upper surface 11a, a plurality of projection portions 22 having the same height as the height of the annular projection portion 21 are provided in an area surrounded by the annular projection portion 21 of the upper surface 11a, and an upper end portion of the annular projection portion 21 and an upper end portion of each of the plurality of projection portions 22 are located on a concave surface 23 with a central portion of the upper surface 11a as a basal plane.
US09466512B2	Substrate cleaning apparatus and substrate processing apparatus A substrate cleaning apparatus which can sufficiently clean a pen-sponge in its entirety, and can prevent particles, which have been once removed, from being reattached to the pen-sponge is disclosed. The substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to hold and rotate a substrate; a sponge cleaning tool to be brought into contact with a surface of the substrate; a cleaning element provided adjacent to the substrate held by the substrate holder; and a cleaning-tool moving mechanism configured to bring the sponge cleaning tool into contact with the cleaning element. The cleaning element has a cleaning surface that is to come in contact with the sponge cleaning tool, and a central portion of the cleaning surface is located at a higher position than a portion, of the cleaning surface, outside the central portion.
US09466511B2	Systems and methods for drying high aspect ratio structures without collapse using stimuli-responsive sacrificial bracing material Systems and methods for drying a substrate including a plurality of high aspect ratio (HAR) structures is performed after at least one of wet etching and/or wet cleaning the substrate using at least one of wet etching fluid and/or wet cleaning fluid, respectively, and without drying the substrate. Fluid between the plurality of HAR structures is displaced using a solvent including a bracing material. After the solvent evaporates, the bracing material precipitates out of solution and at least partially fills the plurality of HAR structures. The plurality of HAR structures are exposed to non-plasma based stimuli to remove the bracing material.
US09466504B1	Methods of fabricating features associated with semiconductor substrates Some embodiments include a method of fabricating features associated with a semiconductor substrate. A first region of the semiconductor substrate is altered relative to a second region. The altered first region has different physisorption characteristics for polynucleotide relative to the second region. The altered first region and the second region are exposed to polynucleotide. The polynucleotide selectively adheres to either the altered first region or the second region to form a polynucleotide mask. The polynucleotide mask is used during fabrication of features associated with the semiconductor substrate.
US09466502B2	Line width roughness improvement with noble gas plasma A method for forming lines in an etch layer on a substrate may comprise providing a ultra-violet (UV) producing gas to a vacuum chamber having a photoresist mask, ionizing the UV producing gas to produce UV rays to irradiate the photoresist mask, and etching the lines into the etch layer through the photoresist mask.
US09466500B2	Method and apparatus for direct formation of nanometer scaled features An apparatus and use of the apparatus to form nanometer sized features on a workpiece includes a plurality of individually biasable tips, and each tip has a diameter on the scale or 10 nm or less. By moving the tips above the surface of a workpiece in the presence of reactants, features can be directly formed on the workpiece on a sub-micron size, below the resolution of current photolithography. The features may be etched into a workpiece, or formed thereover.
US09466499B2	Combinatorial methods for developing electrochromic materials and devices A substrate having a plurality of site-isolated regions defined thereon is provided. A first electrochromic material, or a first electrochromic device stack, is formed above a first of the plurality of site-isolated regions using a first set of processing conditions. A second electrochromic material, or a second electrochromic device stack, is formed above a second of the plurality of site-isolated regions using a second set of processing conditions. The second set of processing conditions is different than the first set of processing conditions.
US09466488B2	Metal-semiconductor contact structure with doped interlayer Disclosed herein is a method of forming a metal-to-semiconductor contact with a doped metal oxide interlayer. An insulating layer is formed on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate with target region at the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An opening is etched through the insulating layer with the opening exposing a top surface of a portion of the target region. A doped metal oxide interlayer is formed in the opening and contacts the top surface of the target region. The remainder of the opening is filled with a metal plug, the doped metal oxide interlayer disposed between the metal plug and the substrate. The doped metal oxide interlayer is formed from one of tin oxide, titanium oxide or zinc oxide and is doped with fluorine.
US09466476B2	Film-forming method for forming silicon oxide film on tungsten film or tungsten oxide film A film-forming method includes forming a tungsten film or a tungsten oxide film on an object to be processed, forming a seed layer on the tungsten film or the tungsten oxide film, and forming a silicon oxide film on the seed layer, wherein the seed layer formed on the tungsten film or the tungsten oxide film is formed by heating the object to be processed and supplying an aminosilane-based gas to a surface of the tungsten film or the tungsten oxide film.
US09466475B2	Ashing device An ashing device that prevents the ashing rate from changing over time. The ashing device ashes organic material on a substrate including an exposed metal in a processing chamber. The ashing device includes a path, which is formed in the processing chamber and through which active species supplied to the processing chamber pass. The path is defined by a surface on which the metal scattered from the substrate by the active species is collectible, with the surface being formed so as to expose a metal that is of the same kind.
US09466473B2	Coaxial ion guide A method of mass and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed comprising: trapping ions in an annular or co-axial ion trap; and then axially ejecting at least some of said ions from said annular or co-axial ion trap into an annular ion guide. Ions trapped in the ion trap are distributed around the entire circumference of the annular or co-axial ion trap. As the ions travel along at least a portion of the length of the ion guide their motion around the circumference of the annular ion guide is unrestricted and the ions separate axially as they travel along the ion guide.
US09466466B1	Determination of semiconductor chamber operating parameters for the optimization of critical dimension uniformity Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for optimizing Critical Dimension Uniformity (CDU) during the processing of a substrate. One method includes identifying an operation of a recipe for processing a substrate within a chamber, the operation being configured to provide a pulsed radio frequency (RF) to the chamber. A plurality of tests are performed in the chamber for the operation utilizing the pulsed RF, each test having a duty cycle for the pulsed RF selected from a plurality of RF duty cycles. The method also includes for each test, measuring the critical dimension (CD) and the CDU for features in the substrate, and selecting a first duty cycle from the plurality of RF duty cycles based on the measured CDs and CDUs for the plurality of tests. The method also includes setting the selected first duty cycle in the operation of the recipe for processing the substrate.
US09466458B2	Scanning electron microscope A scanning electron microscope suitable for imaging samples in a non-vacuum environment, the scanning electron microscope including an electron source located within an enclosure maintained under vacuum, an electron permeable membrane disposed at an opening of the enclosure separating an environment within the enclosure which is maintained under vacuum and an environment outside the enclosure which is not maintained under vacuum, the electron permeable membrane not being electrically grounded and at least one non-grounded electrode operative as an electron detector.
US09466456B2	X-ray tube with rotating anode aperture An x-ray tube for generating a sweeping x-ray beam. A cathode is disposed within a vacuum enclosure and emits a beam of electrons attracted toward a rotating anode. The rotating anode is adapted for rotation with respect to the vacuum enclosure about an axis of rotation. At least one collimator opening or aperture corotates with the rotating anode within the vacuum enclosure, such that a swept x-ray beam is emitted.
US09466446B2	Rotary knob operator control apparatus and domestic appliance having at least one rotary knob operator control apparatus A rotary knob operator control apparatus for an electrical domestic appliance has a mounting board on a side of an operator control panel facing away from a user, a first electrode configuration on the mounting board and a substantially annular operator control element on a side of the operator control panel facing toward the user. The operator control element has a second electrode configuration and a holding device for the operator control element on the operator control panel. The operator control element rotates about an axis perpendicular to the operator control panel. The operator control element is latched relative to the operator control panel in predefined rotary positions by a latching device, so the second electrode configuration on the operator control element is oriented in a predefined manner relative to the first electrode configuration. An electrical domestic appliance having at least one rotary knob operator control apparatus is also provided.
US09466427B2	Multilayer ceramic component and board having the same A multilayer ceramic component includes a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic body including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes, an insulating frame including a first horizontal insulating portion disposed on one surface of the ceramic body, second and third horizontal insulating portions, and first and second vertical insulating portions, first and second external conductor electrodes including first and second upper horizontal conductor portions, first and second lower horizontal conductor portions, and first and second vertical conductor portions, first and second internal conductor electrodes, and electrical connecting units connecting the first and second upper horizontal conductor portions and the first and second internal conductor electrodes.
US09466406B2	Communication cable A communication cable is provided which can suppress the shielding performance thereof.A communication cable 1 includes one or a plurality of conductors 10, an insulator 20 placed on the conductor 10 to cover it, a shielding layer 30 which is formed on an outer circumference of the insulator 20, an insulating sheath 40 which covers the shielding layer 30 and a biaxially oriented film layer 50 which is provided between the insulator 20 and the sheath 40 so as to cover the outer circumference of the insulator 20.
US09466405B2	High voltage power cable for ultra deep waters applications A high voltage power cable (1) includes at least two insulated conductors (2) and an armor package (6) surrounding the conductors (2). The cable (1) has a longitudinal central element (4) of an elastic material, and longitudinal elements (3) of polymer material placed between the said insulated conductors (2).
US09466402B2	Processes and systems for laser crystallization processing of film regions on a substrate utilizing a line-type beam, and structures of such film regions Process and system for processing a thin film sample, as well as at least one portion of the thin film structure are provided. Irradiation beam pulses can be shaped to define at least one line-type beam pulse, which includes a leading portion, a top portion and a trailing portion, in which at least one part has an intensity sufficient to at least partially melt a film sample. Irradiating a first portion of the film sample to at least partially melt the first portion, and allowing the first portion to resolidify and crystallize to form an approximately uniform area therein. After the irradiation of the first portion of the film sample, irradiating a second portion using a second one of the line-type beam pulses to at least partially melt the second portion, and allowing the second portion to resolidify and crystallize to form an approximately uniform area therein. A section of the first portion impacted by the top portion of the first one of the line-type beam pulses is prevented from being irradiated by trailing portion of the second one of the line-type beam pulses.
US09466400B2	Ventilated transfer cask with lifting feature An apparatus for transferring spent nuclear fuel in the form of a cask having a cylindrical inner shell forming a cavity configured to receive a canister containing spent nuclear fuel, an intermediate shell disposed concentrically around and spaced apart from the inner shell and an outer shell disposed concentrically around and spaced apart from the intermediate shell. A bottom flange is affixed to bottoms of each of the shells, and a bottom lid is removably affixed to the bottom flange. A top flange is affixed to tops of each of the shells, and a top lid is seated on the top flange. An annulus for air flow may be formed between the inner shell and the canister; the bottom lid may include an impact zone including impact absorbing structure; and the top flange may have integrally formed trunnions.
US09466381B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a memory block including memory cells coupled between bit lines and a common source line and operated by voltages applied to word lines, and an operation control block suitable for performing an erase operation and a pre-program operation on the memory block, wherein the operation control block performs an erase level control operation after the erase operation is completed so that threshold voltages of the memory cells relatively close to the bit lines and threshold voltages of the memory cells relatively close to the common source line are distributed at different erase levels.
US09466371B2	Transistor and circuit using same A transistor is described including a fly-over conductor. The transistor has a gate, a channel and a source/drain terminal. The fly-over conductor is disposed over the source/drain terminal. A circuit is connected to the fly-over conductor to apply a bias voltage tending to offset effects on the transistor of charge trapped in insulating material. A word line driver can include a transistor with a fly-over conductor.
US09466370B2	Non-volatile semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a non-volatile memory, a monitoring section, a determining section, and a notification processing section. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells driven by word lines and a voltage generating section that generates a read voltage to be applied to the word lines. The monitoring section monitors a change in a threshold distribution of the plurality of memory cells upon performing a read processing to read data from the plurality of memory cells by applying the read voltage to the word lines. The determining section determines a degree of deterioration of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a monitoring result by the monitoring section. The notification processing section notifies a life of the non-volatile memory in accordance with a determining result by the determining section.
US09466369B1	Word line-dependent ramping of pass voltage and program voltage for three-dimensional memory Techniques are provided for programming a three-dimensional memory device while minimizing over-programming and program disturb. When a selected word line is at the source-side of a set of word lines, a channel gradient is created in the channel adjacent to the selected word line when a program voltage is applied. The gradient generates hot carriers which can cause over-programming of memory cells connected to the selected word line. To reduce the amount of hot carriers, a ramp rate and/or duration of a first step up of the program voltage is reduced. When the selected word line is not at the source-side of the set of word lines, a baseline ramp rate and/or duration can be used. A ramp rate and/or duration of the voltage applied to unselected word lines can be reduced as well but by a lesser amount.
US09466368B2	Connectible nanotube circuit Carbon nanotube template arrays may be edited to form connections between proximate nanotubes and/or to delete undesired nanotubes or nanotube junctions.
US09466365B2	Path isolation in a memory device Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for word-line path isolation in a phase change memory (PCM) device. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a memory cell of a memory device, a bit-line coupled to the memory cell, a word-line coupled to the memory cell, a bit-line electrode coupled to the bit-line, a word-line electrode coupled to the word-line, current-limiting circuitry of a selection module coupled to one of the word-line electrode and the bit-line electrode having a lower potential, the current-limiting circuitry to facilitate a selection operation of the memory cell by the selection module, sensing circuitry coupled to the one of the word-line electrode and the bit-line electrode having the lower potential, the sensing circuitry to perform a read operation of the memory cell, and write circuitry coupled to the one of the word-line electrode and the bit-line electrode having the lower potential, the write circuitry to perform a write operation of the memory cell. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09466362B2	Resistive cross-point architecture for robust data representation with arbitrary precision This disclosure relates generally to resistive memory systems. The resistive memory systems may be utilized to implement neuro-inspired learning algorithms with full parallelism. In one embodiment, a resistive memory system includes a cross point resistive network and switchable paths. The cross point resistive network includes variable resistive elements and conductive lines. The conductive lines are coupled to the variable resistive elements such that the conductive lines and the variable resistive elements form the cross point resistive network. The switchable paths are connected to the conductive lines so that the switchable paths are operable to selectively interconnect groups of the conductive lines such that subsets of the variable resistive elements each provide a combined variable conductance. With multiple resistive elements in the subsets, process variations in the conductances of the resistive elements average out. As such, learning algorithms may be implemented with greater precision using the cross point resistive network.
US09466360B2	Semiconductor device and method of operating the same A method of operating a semiconductor device includes performing a program operation on selected memory cells of a selected page, and selectively performing a soft erase operation on memory cells having threshold voltages greater than a reference voltage, among the selected memory cells, to reduce a width of a threshold voltage distribution of the selected memory cells.
US09466355B2	Memory architecture dividing memory cell array into independent memory banks A memory architecture includes K first wordlines, M groups of second wordlines, a memory cell array and M switch circuits. K and M are positive integers. Each group of second wordlines includes a plurality of second wordlines. The memory cell array includes M memory banks. The M memory banks are coupled to the M groups of second wordlines respectively, and receive independent M sets of second wordline signals through the M groups of second wordlines respectively. M switch circuits are disposed in correspondence with the M memory banks respectively. Each switch circuit selectively couples the K first wordlines to a corresponding memory bank so that the corresponding memory bank receives a shared set of first wordline signals through the K first wordline. Each memory bank performs a data access operation according to the received set of first wordline signals and a corresponding set of second wordline signals.
US09466354B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of controlling read preamble signal thereof, and data transmission system A system, includes a controller comprising a plurality of first external terminals configured to supply a command and an address, and communicate a data, and communicate a strobe signal related to the data; and a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of second external terminals corresponding to the plurality of first external terminals, at least one of the plurality of first external terminals and at least one of the plurality of second external terminals each being capable of supplying an information specifying a length of a preamble of the strobe signal before the semiconductor memory device communicates the data between the controller and the semiconductor memory device, the semiconductor memory device further including a preamble register configured to be capable of storing the information.
US09466348B2	Method and apparatus for memory command input and control Memories containing command decoder, chip enable, and signal truncation circuits are disclosed. One such command decoder circuit may include command decoder logic configured to receive command signals and output a decoded command to an interconnect bus responsive to a chip select signal having an active state. Decoder circuits may also prevent coupling commands to the interconnect bus based on the receipt of chip select signals having inactive states. Chip enable circuits having control logic are configured to receive chip select signals and provide the chip select signals to an interconnect bus responsive to receiving a valid command. Chip enable circuits may also prevent coupling chip select signals to the interconnect bus from chip enable signals based on the receipt of invalid command signals. Signal truncation circuits may be used to shorten and/or shift chip select signals to increase timing margins and improve the reliability of command execution by memories.
US09466347B1	Row decoder for non-volatile memory devices and related methods An integrated circuit includes an array of phase-change memory (PCM) cells, a plurality of wordlines coupled to the array of PCM cells, and a row decoder circuit coupled to the plurality of wordlines. The row decoder circuit includes a first low voltage logic gate and a first high voltage level shifter coupled to the first low voltage logic gate. The row decoder circuit also includes a second low voltage logic gate, a second high voltage level shifter coupled to the second low voltage logic gate, and a first low voltage logic circuit coupled to the second low voltage logic gate. In addition, the row decoder circuit includes a second low voltage logic circuit coupled to the second low voltage logic gate, and a low voltage wordline driver having an input coupled to the outputs of the first and second low voltage logic gates, and an output coupled to a selected wordline.
US09466345B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of operating the same and memory system including the same A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory block, a driving circuit performing a program operation on memory cells and a voltage detector generating a detection signal when an external power supply voltage is reduced to less than a reference voltage level. The driving circuit discharges a voltage applied to a drain selection line during the program operation in response to the detection signal.
US09466344B2	System and method for decoding commands based on command signals and operating state A system and method for decoding command signals that includes a command decoder configured to generate internal control signals to perform an operation based on the command signals and an operating state. The same combination of command signals can request different commands depending on the operating state. A command is selected from a first set of operations according to the command signals when the memory system is in a first operating state and a command is selected from a second set of operations according to the command signals when the memory system is in a second operating state.
US09466343B2	Semiconductor device having PDA function A method for writing a mode register in a semiconductor device, the method includes receiving a mode register command and a mode signal; generating a first mode register setting signal; delaying the first mode register setting signal in a first latency shifter to provide a second mode register setting signal; receiving a data signal in synchronization with the second mode register setting signal; and writing the mode signal to the mode register only if the received data signal has a first logic level.
US09466339B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines and a peripheral circuit group configured to supply a pass voltage to unselected word lines among the plurality of word lines, wherein the peripheral circuit group stepwise raises the pass voltage supplied to the unselected word lines to a target level.
US09466337B1	Apparatuses and method for supply voltage level detection Example apparatuses and methods may detect when one or more supply voltage levels have reached a trigger voltage. An example apparatus may include a terminal, a voltage reference circuit and a voltage detector circuit. The terminal may be configured to receive a first voltage, and the voltage reference circuit may be coupled to the terminal. The voltage reference circuit may be configured to receive the first voltage and provide a second voltage responsive, at least in part, to the first voltage. The voltage detector circuit may be configured to respond, at least in part, to the first and second voltages, and further configured to produce an output signal when the first voltage reaches a target level. The voltage detector circuit may include a first transistor including a gate configured to receive the second voltage, and a first resistor coupled in series between the terminal and the transistor.
US09466330B1	Correction value calculating method, manufacturing method of disk drive, and disk drive In a correction value calculating method according to an embodiment, a first distance is measured as a distance actually traveled by a head while the head is unloaded. Meanwhile, a first correction value is generated. The first correction value is used to correct a first torque value exerted on a coil when the head is unloaded. Then, a second torque value is obtained with the first correction value. The second torque value is exerted on the coil when the head is actually unloaded. Based on the second torque value, a second distance traveled by the head is calculated. Then, a second correction value used to correct the second torque value is calculated based on the first correction value, and the ratio of the first distance to the second distance.
US09466323B2	Method of inspecting magnetic recording medium, and method of controlling movement of magnetic head in magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus by utilizing inspecting method A method for moving magnetic heads in a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, which comprises the steps of writing high-frequency signals in the magnetic recording/reproducing tracks; and then, either (i) conducting DC erasing or AC erasing to inspect extra pulse signals reproduced from the erased tracks, or (ii) inspecting concurrently occurring signals of missing pulse and spike pulse, which are reproduced from the written signals, whereby minute protrusions on a surface of the tracks were detected. Reading and writing of information are conducted while the magnetic heads are moved in a manner controlled so that reading and writing of information in specific tracks having defects is avoided. This method enhances reliability and life of the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus.
US09466320B1	Thermal assisted magnetic recording light delivery waveguide circuit for reduced stray light induced writer protrusion A thermally assisted magnetic recording head is disclosed with a light delivery waveguide circuit wherein a middle section of the primary waveguide (WG) has a curved portion. In one embodiment, the curved portion connects to a front WG section at the air bearing surface (ABS) and is offset in a cross-track direction from the laser diode to prevent stray light from heating metal parts proximate to the front section and undesirable writer protrusion. Optionally, a reflective blocker is inserted between the WG spot size converter and ABS. In a second embodiment, the laser diode, spot size converter, and front WG section are all aligned along a center slider plane. The curved portion has at least one 180° bend to bend light around the blocker that is between the spot size converter and WG front section. The blocker is tilted to prevent reflected light from returning to the laser diode.
US09466308B2	Method for encoding and decoding an audio signal and apparatus for same A method for coding and decoding an audio signal or speech signal and an apparatus adopting the method are provided.
US09466307B1	Robust spectral encoding and decoding methods Spectral encoding methods are more robust when used with improved weak signal detection and synchronizations methods. Further robustness gains are achieved by using informed embedding, error correction and embedding protocols that enable signal to noise enhancements by folding and pre-filtering the received signal.
US09466300B2	User profile based audio adjustment techniques Embodiments are directed toward user profile based audio adjustment techniques. The techniques are used to render various audio and/or audio/video content having different audio output parameter values in accordance with a user profile that characterizes a user's desired value and/or range of one or more of the output parameter levels.
US09466290B2	Systems and methods for aviation communication monitoring using speech recognition Systems and methods for aviation communication monitoring using speech recognition are provided. In one embodiment, a method for multichannel avionics communication is provided. The method comprises: configuring a software defined radio to generate digitized audio data for a plurality of voice communication channels; audibly reproducing voice communication received over a first channel of the plurality of voice communication channels; applying a trigger word speech recognition algorithm to at least a second channel of the plurality of voice communication channels to detect a message containing a trigger word; and when a trigger word is detected, storing a communication containing the trigger word and generating an alert.
US09466288B2	Comparing differential ZC count to database to detect expected sound A low power sound recognition sensor is configured to receive an analog signal that may contain a signature sound. Sparse sound parameter information is extracted from the analog signal and compared to a sound parameter reference stored locally with the sound recognition sensor to detect when the signature sound is received in the analog signal. A portion of the sparse sound parameter information is differential zero crossing (ZC) counts. Differential ZC rate may be determined by measuring a number of times the analog signal crosses a threshold value during each of a sequence of time frames to form a sequence of ZC counts and taking a difference between selected pairs of ZC counts to form a sequence of differential ZC counts.
US09466286B1	Transitioning an electronic device between device states This disclosure describes techniques for transitioning an electronic device between device states. In one example, a voice-controlled device is configured to transition from a low power state to an interactive state in response to identifying a user speaking a defined utterance. If, however, the device determines that the user has spoken an utterance that is close, but not equivalent to, the defined utterance, then the device may lower a threshold for subsequent speech such that the device is more likely to determine that the subsequent speech is equivalent to the defined utterance.
US09466283B2	Sound attenuating structures A sound attenuation panel is configured with a substantially acoustically transparent planar, rigid frame divided into a plurality of individual, substantially two-dimensional cells. A sheet of a flexible material is fixed to the rigid frame, and a plurality of platelets fixed to the sheet of flexible material such that each individual cell of the plurality of cells is provided with a respective platelet to establish a resonant frequency, the resonant frequency defined by the planar geometry of the individual cells, the flexibility of the flexible material and the platelets. The cells are divided into at least two different types of the individual cells, configured so that sound waves emitted by a first type of said different types of individual cells establishes a sound cancellation pattern with sound waves emitted by a second type of said different individual cells or an aggregation of different types of the individual cells.
US09466281B2	ANC noise active control audio headset with prevention of the effects of a saturation of the feedback microphone signal The headset includes an active noise control, with an internal ANC microphone (28) placed inside the acoustic cavity (22) and delivering a signal including an acoustic noise component. A digital signal processor DSP (50) comprises a feedback ANC branch (54) applying a filtering transfer function (54, HFB2) to the signal delivered by the ANC microphone, and a mixer (60) for mixing the signal of the feedback branch with an audio signal to be reproduced (M). The headset comprises a movement sensor (64) mounted on one of the earphones. The DSP comprises an anti-saturation module (68) for analyzing concurrently i) the signal delivered by the internal microphone (28) and ii) the signal delivered by the movement sensor (64), and verifying whether current characteristics of these signals fulfill or not a set of predetermined criteria. Upstream from the feedback ANC filter (54), an anti-saturation filter (70, HFB1) is selectively switched as a function of the result of this verification. The filtering of an equalization branch (58, HEQ2) of the signal to be reproduced (M) is also modified by a similar anti-saturation filter (72, HEQ1).
US09466276B1	Stringed musical instrument having a resonator assembly A stringed musical instrument having a resonator assembly is disclosed herein. The stringed musical instrument includes a musical instrument body; a neck having a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion of the neck being coupled to the musical instrument body; a plurality of strings extending from the first end portion of the neck to the musical instrument body; and a resonator assembly disposed in the musical instrument body, the resonator assembly including a resonator diaphragm and a pickup subassembly operatively coupled to the resonator diaphragm. The pickup subassembly includes a pickup body portion and an elongate piezo-film portion operatively coupled to the pickup body portion. In one or more embodiments, a first end of the elongate piezo-film portion is attached to the pickup body portion and a second end of the elongate piezo-film portion is attached to a side of the resonator diaphragm.
US09466273B2	Snare cajón instrument A snare cajón percussion instrument is disclosed. The instrument comprises a closed frame body having a plurality of sides, each side having a top portion, a bottom portion, an inner portion, and an outer portion. A rigid striking surface is securely affixed to the top portions of the plurality of sides. A snare apparatus having a brace, a fastener, and at least one snare element is securely attached to the inner portion of a first side of the frame body via the fastener and is configured to allow the snare element to alternatively contact and not contact the striking surface to produce a snare sound. The instrument may have a second striking surface that does not contact the snare apparatus and produces a cajón sound.
US09466270B2	Hand actuated tremolo system for guitars A tremolo device with a movable bridge, an adjustment device, and a support frame is implemented on an acoustic guitar, with features that can also be employed on an electric guitar or other stringed instruments. The movable bridge holds strings of the musical instrument in tension. The adjustment device, such as a tremolo bar, moves the bridge to change the tension of the strings. The support frame engages the bridge at a first area and engages the musical instrument at a larger second area. When the tremolo device is used, the support frame receives a force over the first area and transmits a corresponding force to the musical instrument over the larger second area, reducing the pressure that would be experienced by the musical instrument. The support frame also transmits string vibration received through the bridge to the instrument body to produce proper acoustic tones.
US09466266B2	Dynamic display markers Various arrangements for defining a marker are presented. A first defined marker presented by a public display device may be determined to be insufficient for use by a head mounted display. The first defined marker may be used as a reference point for positioning information for display by the head mounted display. In response to determining that the first defined marker is insufficient, a second marker displayed by the public display device may be defined. The second marker may have a display characteristic different from the first defined marker. The second defined marker may then be used as the reference point for positioning the information for display by the head mounted display. An indication of the second marker may be transmitted to the head mounted display.
US09466264B2	Graphic meter device There is provided a graphic meter device which improves the visibility of a needle and which allows for easy determination of the kind of indicator. The graphic meter device includes a dot matrix display (8) for displaying a needle indicator image (9) provided with a dial (10a) and a needle (10b) pointing to the dial (10a) in accordance with a measured quantity and a CPU (1) for controlling a display state of the dot matrix display (8), the CPU being arranged to display a colored region (10f) of the needle (10b) of the dial (10a) with a color different from the rest of the region in the dial (10a).
US09466261B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a memory which stores gamma data for gamma curves including a first gamma curve and a second gamma curve; a gray voltage generator which generates gray voltages based on the gamma data; a data driver which receives an input image signal from a signal controller and converts the input image signal into a data voltage using the gray voltages; and a display panel including pixels which receives the data voltage and may display an image, where the pixel displays images corresponding to the input image signal during one frame set, one frame set includes consecutive frames, the images displayed by a pixel includes first and second images displayed based on the first and second gamma curves, respectively, a luminance of the first image is not less than a luminance of the second image, and the second image is displayed in two consecutive frames.
US09466257B1	Multi-screen virtual billboard A system, method, and computer program product are provided for the display of a multi-screen virtual billboard. The virtual billboard utilizes individual mobile devices as portions of a display screen (e.g., as individual pixels or groups of pixels). Each mobile device is configured to display a portion of the virtual billboard corresponding to a location of the mobile device. The mobile devices forming the virtual billboard are triggered in order to display a graphic or other visual information in synchronization with the other mobile devices.
US09466249B2	Display and operating method thereof A display and an operating method thereof are provided. The display includes a display panel, a timing controller, and a plurality of source drivers. The source drivers are coupled to the timing controller and the display panel, and the source drivers are coupled to one another. The timing controller outputs a plurality of training packets to the source drivers. When the source drivers lock a clock of the timing controller according to the training packets, a lock signal is output to the timing controller. The timing controller outputs a plurality of color data packets and at least one latch signal to the source drivers based on the lock signal. The source drivers respectively output a plurality of pixel voltages to the display panel according to the latch signal. The training packets and the color data packets are serially transmitted to the source drivers.
US09466237B2	Image processor, display device and driving method thereof An image processing controller, a display device including the image processing controller and a driving method of the display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving an image signal and gamma correcting the image signal into at least one main area image signal. The method also includes interpolating the main area image signal into a boundary area image signal. The method further includes dithering the main area image signal and the boundary area image signal into a data signal and providing the data signal to a display panel.
US09466233B2	Antifraud device for garments and other consumer products and devices and system and method related thereto The present invention relate to an anti-fraud return device that deters persons from temporarily using garments and or other consumer goods for a short period of time and then returning them to a merchant for a refund, exchange or credit. The present invention includes a strip of material formable into a fixed loop that may be provided with one or more security features.
US09466231B2	Solar powered illuminated sign A solar powered sign is provided. The solar powered sign may include a panel frame. The panel frame includes an inner surface forming an inner housing, and at least one rim forming an opening leading into the housing. A translucent panel covers the opening of the panel frame. The present invention further includes internal components. The internal components may include at least one support rod and a plurality of lights. The support rod of the present invention includes a mirrored outer surface and the plurality of lights are disposed within the housing to emit light towards the support rod. The present invention further includes a solar panel electrically powering the plurality of lights.
US09466227B2	Multiple mathematical operation teaching device A teaching device used for teaching mathematical operations that includes: a support defining a fulcrum axis, a lever-like member, a plurality of objects and optionally a cradle. The lever-like member is pivotably supported about the fulcrum axis and has a surface facing upwardly with a plurality of weight stations equidistantly disposed along the length at measured intervals that are assigned numeric values. Each of the objects has a weight that is assigned a numerical value. One or more of the objects can be positioned on the weight stations on each of the first and second ends of the lever-like member. The moments for the first and second ends about the fulcrum are the sum of the products of the weight value and distance from the fulcrum axis for each weight. The lever-like member is in equilibrium when the first moment is equal to the second moment.
US09466209B2	Traffic network sensor placement Locations for traffic sensors can be determined by a computer system that identifies a particular segment of a travel path. Traffic flow data from other segments of travel path are accessed based on traffic flow characteristics of the particular path. Using the traffic flow data, parameters for a traffic incident symptom propagation model are generated, and a location of a traffic incident along the segment of the path is determined. Using time-to-detection limits and the incident model, upstream and downstream distances are determined, and the locations of two sensors are identified based on the distances.
US09466208B2	Device and method for identifying a collision in a medical instrument A device and an associated method for identifying a collision in a medical instrument are provided. The device includes a carrier module of the medical instrument, a housing cladding module that is detachably connected to the carrier module at at least one connection site, and at least one switching element arranged on the carrier module at a distance from the connection site. A partial portion of the housing cladding module has a spring-like flexible design in order to be pressed in the direction of the switching element during a collision with an object.
US09466201B2	Alarm output device and alarm output method Conventional technology is based on the prerequisite that an appropriate value has been established in advance as a target value for power consumption, but this does not does not take into consideration the possibility of establishment of an excessively low value. In order to solve the aforementioned problem, an alarm output device is provided, characterized by determining at all times whether or not electric power expected to be consumed within a regular interval of time exceed the set upper limit target value and by outputting an alarm in case that the electric power exceeds the set upper limit target value at approximately the point in time at which a predetermined interval of time commences or by outputting instructions for changing the set upper limit target value within such interval.
US09466193B2	Device and method for detecting intrusion An intrusion detecting device includes a transmitter configured to transmit ultrasonic waves, a receiver configured to receive ultrasonic waves, and a controller configured to control the transmitter to output ultrasonic waves with a reference period, and configured to control a transmission period of the transmitter such that a voltage level of received ultrasonic waves may become equal to a reference voltage level. The controller is configured to determine an intrusion based on the voltage level of the received ultrasonic waves and a frequency of the received ultrasonic waves.
US09466181B2	Gaming method and apparatus with dynamic element function A method and apparatus for use in gaming activities such as slot machine. A plurality of symbols is presented in connection with a gaming activity. At least one multi-characteristic symbol capable of exhibiting a plurality of different gaming characteristics is also presented. A first gaming characteristic is attributed to the multi-characteristic symbol during play of the gaming activity. The multi-characteristic symbol's first gaming characteristic is replaced with a second gaming characteristic if none of the remaining plurality of symbols exhibit the second gaming characteristic.
US09466179B2	Gaming machine having a community game with side wagering According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system and method for conducting a wagering game on a plurality of gaming machines is disclosed. The method comprises the act of triggering a community event while conducting the wagering game on the plurality of gaming machines. Two or more gaming machines are selected to participate in the community event. The community event is selected from a plurality of independent community events. The gaming system comprises a plurality of gaming machines, at least one community display, and at least one controller. The controller is operative to select the two or more gaming machines to participate in the community event, and select the community event from the plurality of independent community events to display on the at least one community display.
US09466176B2	Systems and methods for balance transfers associated with gaming environments Systems and methods are disclosed for selectively increasing and decreasing the balances of gaming accounts and stored value accounts. Each of the gaming account and the stored value account are associated with a player. Instructions for balance transfers can be provided by the player to a remote computing device.
US09466175B2	Transportable variables in hybrid games Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention include: an entertainment game that provides outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game by utilizing elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within an entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay; a gambling game constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of elements from a wager of elements; and a transportable variables module constructed to: communicate an entertainment gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers the wager of elements in the gambling game to the gambling game; associate elements with the player based upon elements accrued during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and the randomly generated payout of elements from the gambling game; and determine a cash out value of real world credits for the player based upon elements associated with the player.
US09466164B2	Monitoring and control device for a door unit A monitoring and control device for a door unit includes a sensor control device comprising an output side and an input side. At least one sensor assembly is arranged in a region of the door unit. The at least one sensor assembly is connected to and controlled by the sensor control device, and is configured to measure at least one of a 3D signal and a distance signal A drive device comprises a drive control unit connected with the output side and with the input side of the sensor control device. The drive device is configured to move the door unit.
US09466157B2	Wheel alignment measurement A method of onboard determination of vehicle wheel alignment is provided. In a first step, a lateral acceleration signal is generated, using an accelerometer mounted on the vehicle wheel. In a second step, a first lateral acceleration value ay Acc is derived from a first portion of the lateral acceleration signal, which is during a longitudinal acceleration a0 of the vehicle. In a third step, a second lateral acceleration value ay CS is derived from a second portion of the lateral acceleration signal, which is measured when the longitudinal acceleration has ceased and the vehicle is travelling at constant speed. In a fourth step, the magnitude of the longitudinal acceleration a0 associated with the first portion of the lateral acceleration signal is measured. In a fifth step, a toe angle α of the vehicle wheel is determined according to the following relationship: α = arcsin ( a Y Acc - a Y CS - a 0 ⁢ cos ⁡ ( arcsin ⁡ ( a Y CS g ) ) ) · 180 π where g is the gravitational acceleration constant.
US09466153B2	Vehicle maintenance reminders A system may determine, based on vehicle data received from vehicle sensors, a maintenance indication indicative of vehicle maintenance required according to a vehicle maintenance schedule, identify a maintenance time indication for which a maintenance procedure unrelated to the vehicle maintenance schedule should be performed, and generate a maintenance recommendation to provide in a vehicle human-machine interface offering to perform the vehicle maintenance and the unrelated maintenance procedure. The system may also identify, based on driver maintenance preferences, a weather-specific maintenance procedure unrelated to a vehicle maintenance schedule, identify a maintenance time indication according to properties of weather appropriate for the weather-specific maintenance procedure and weather forecast data queried from a weather service, and present a maintenance recommendation offering to perform required vehicle maintenance and the weather-specific maintenance procedure at a time indicated by the maintenance time indication.
US09466151B2	Bracket-slot-to-wire play compensation archwire design A method and workstation are described for designing compensation in an orthodontic archwire in order to offset the bracket-slot-to-wire play and realize the disered displacement in a tooth from an initial position to the target position. Bracket-slot-to-wire play can reduce the effectiveness of an archwire in bringing the teeth of an orthodontic patient from malocclusion to desired target. Bracket-slot-to-wire play is the difference in volume between the size of a bracket slot, which is larger than the size of the archwire, and the size of the sliding segment of an archwire inserted in the bracket slot. Customized archwires comprise alternating sliding segments interconnected by segments with bends and/or twists in three-dimensional space. The sliding segments are placed in the bracket slots and exert forces on the brackets created by the segments with bends and/or twists for moving the teeth towards the target positions.
US09466143B1	Geoaccurate three-dimensional reconstruction via image-based geometry A technique for generating a three-dimensional reconstruction of a scene involves generating a high-fidelity point cloud representing a three-dimensional reconstruction of a scene from two-dimensional images generated by at least one sensor whose position and orientation are known relative to a fixed coordinate system for each of the images. The high-fidelity point cloud is generated in a relative coordinate system without regard to the position and orientation of the sensor(s). A low-fidelity point cloud is generated in the fixed coordinate system from the two-dimensional images using the position and orientation of the sensor(s) relative to the fixed coordinate system. A transformation between the relative and fixed coordinate systems is determined based on a relationship between points in the high-fidelity and low-fidelity point clouds, and the high-fidelity point cloud is converted from the relative coordinate system to the fixed coordinate system by applying the transformation to the high-fidelity point cloud.
US09466139B2	Map obtaining method A method for obtaining a map comprises: capturing a map image from a physical map, obtaining a plurality of geographical coordinates corresponding to a plurality of reference points from one of the physical map and the map image, calculating a corresponding geographical coordinate of each pixel in the map image, and embedding a relationship between each pixel and its corresponding geographical coordinate into the map image.
US09466136B2	Methods and systems for performing model-based image processing Methods and systems for model-based image processing are provided. One method includes selecting at least one reference image from a plurality of reference images, partitioning the at least one reference image into a plurality of patches, generating a probability distribution for each of the patches, and generating a model of a probability distribution for the at least one reference image using the probability distributions for each of the patches.
US09466130B2	Systems and methods for enhancing displayed images A method of enhancing an image includes displaying an image, receiving eye-tracking information associated with the displayed image, and identifying a region of interest in the displayed image using the eye tracking information. The method further includes enhancing the region of interest and displaying the enhanced region of interest adjacent to or superimposed upon an unenhanced region of the displayed image.
US09466123B2	Image identification method, electronic device, and computer program product An image identification method, an electronic device with image identification function and a computer program product executing the image identification method with a software program are provided. The image identification method comprises steps of: proceeding texture feature extraction on a color source image to obtain a plurality of texture parameters; proceeding color feature extraction on a color source image to obtain a plurality of color momentums; and weighting the plurality of texture parameters and the plurality of color momentums to obtain an image identification parameter corresponding to the color source image.
US09466112B1	Zoom and image capture based on features of interest Methods and systems for intelligently zooming to and capturing a first image of a feature of interest are provided. The feature of interest may be determined based on a first interest criteria. The captured image may be provided to a user, who may indicate a level of interest in the feature of interest. The level of interest may be based upon to store the captured image and capture another image. The level of interest may be a gradient value, or a binary value. The level of interest may be based upon to determine whether to store the captured image, and if so, a resolution at which the captured image is to be stored. The level of interest may also be based upon to determine whether to zoom to and capture a second image of a second feature of interest based on the first interest criteria or a second interest criteria.
US09466110B2	Image processing device that analyzes motion of object In an image processing device (1), the motion detection unit (43) extracts an outline indicating a body from an image of each frame in moving image data of a player and sets a motion reference axis(line) to each part of the body. Then, the motion comparison unit (44) compares a moving image of the player and a moving image of a professional golfer based on a motion of a main motion reference axis(line) and generates moving image data for comparison to which comparison result data is added. Based on this moving image data for comparison, the comparison result display control unit (45) distinguishably displays a difference between the moving image of the player and the moving image of the professional golfer.
US09466109B1	Image stitching in a multi-camera array Images captured by multi-camera arrays with overlap regions can be stitched together using image stitching operations. An image stitching operation can be selected for use in stitching images based on a number of factors. An image stitching operation can be selected based on a view window location of a user viewing the images to be stitched together. An image stitching operation can also be selected based on a type, priority, or depth of image features located within an overlap region. Finally, an image stitching operation can be selected based on a likelihood that a particular image stitching operation will produce visible artifacts. Once a stitching operation is selected, the images corresponding to the overlap region can be stitched using the stitching operation, and the stitched image can be stored for subsequent access.
US09466094B1	Method to improve video quality under low light conditions A method to improve video quality by suppressing noise and artifacts in difference frames of a video is described herein.
US09466090B2	Subset based compression and decompression of graphics data Techniques related to graphics rendering including techniques for compression and/or decompression of graphics data by use of indexed subsets are described. In one example, compression in graphics rendering may include determining a plurality of color values associated with individual pixels of a tile of pixels, generating a subset of the plurality of color values such that the subset of the plurality of color values include one or more distinct color values from the plurality of color values, associating an index value with each color value of the subset of the plurality of color values, determining, for each of the individual pixels, an associated pixel index value to generate a plurality of pixel index values associated with the individual pixels of the tile of pixels, storing, in memory, graphics data including the subset of the plurality of color values, the associated index values, and the plurality of pixel index values.
US09466087B2	Meter data management testing Examples of meter data management testing are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include one or more processors, a memory for storing machine readable instructions, and a data store. The computing device may further include a meter data management testing module stored in the memory and executing on at least one of the one or more processors to test a meter data management system using a data set of representative metering data and a user-generated test scenario specifying a plurality of metering parameters.
US09466078B2	Systems and methods for indicating the existence of accessible information pertaining to articles of commerce A system and method are provided for indicating an existence of a link to information pertaining to an article of commerce. The present disclosure provides for downloading a look-up table from a server database to a mobile device via a communication network. The look-up table is configured to store a plurality of UPC numbers associated with a plurality of articles of commerce and a plurality of information link indicators. Each information link indicator is associated with a respective UPC number and article of commerce and indicates the existence of a link via the communication network to information pertaining to the respective article of commerce. The mobile device allows a consumer to immediately determine if product information is available for a particular article of commerce, via a visual or audible indication on the mobile device, without access to the communication network.
US09466070B2	System and method for executing a business process workflow A method for updating records associated with work items within a business process workflow according to embodiments of the invention, includes the steps of processing the work items according to the business process workflow, and updating a record associated with a group of work items as the group of work items transitions from a first state to a second state within the business process workflow.
US09466064B2	System and method for locating desired traits in resources using a network A system and method updates a consumer's preference information not only as a result of explicit preference information received from the consumer, but also resulting from actions of the user.
US09466058B2	Multi-purpose transaction card and associated methods and systems An approach for associating a card (e.g., a transaction card, an identification card, etc.) that corresponds to a primary account with one or more ancillary accounts (e.g., a library account, etc.) includes obtaining information from the card and associating that information with an ancillary account. The card may then be used to access the ancillary account. The card may be a transaction card and the primary account may be a financial account. The ancillary account may be a library account. When the card is a transaction card, fees associated with the ancillary account may be charged to the financial account.
US09466054B1	Interoperable systems and methods for peer-to-peer service orchestration Systems and methods are described for performing policy-managed, peer-to-peer service orchestration in a manner that supports the formation of self-organizing service networks that enable rich media experiences. In one embodiment, services are distributed across peer-to-peer communicating nodes, and each node provides message routing and orchestration using a message pump and workflow collator. Distributed policy management of service interfaces helps to provide trust and security, supporting commercial exchange of value. Peer-to-peer messaging and workflow collation allow services to be dynamically created from a heterogeneous set of primitive services. The shared resources are services of many different types, using different service interface bindings beyond those typically supported in a web service deployments built on UDDI, SOAP, and WSDL. In a preferred embodiment, a media services framework is provided that enables nodes to find one another, interact, exchange value, and cooperate across tiers of networks from WANs to PANs.
US09466044B2	Use of organization chart to direct mail items from central receiving area to organizational entities using clusters based on a union of libraries Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item are provided. The apparatus may include a processor device; and machine readable memory. The processor device may be configured to: assign a unique destination identifier to an organizational entity; aggregate into an aggregate documents that were addressed to the entity and received by the entity; and store in the machine readable memory the unique destination identifier and a library that includes unique terms in the aggregate.
US09466043B1	System and method for generating shipment forecasts for materials handling facilities Embodiments may include a forecasting component that, for each of different service levels offered to customers, generates a projection of the quantity of shipments to be shipped according to that service level during a time period. The forecasting component may be configured to, based on an aggregate quantity of shipments projected to be shipped, modify the projected quantities of shipments for the multiple service levels. The forecasting component may, for each service level, receive information specifying a distribution of different shipment methods that are projected to be utilized to ship shipments of a particular priority designation to meet requirements of that service level. The forecasting component may, based on the distribution for each service level and the modified projected quantity of shipments for each service level, generate a forecast specifying quantities of shipments that are to be shipped during the time period according to each of the different shipment methods.
US09466040B2	Automatic analysis system and device management server Precise prediction of the state of congestion in an automatic analysis system and adjustment of timings and the order of take-in and take-out of specimens in each of devices prevent increase in TATs of urgent specimens. A device management server for instructing each device to take in or take out specimens in each device determines the current position of each specimen, estimates the staying time of each specimen in one of regions by simulating the operation of each device assuming an initial state in which each specimen is at the current position, causes the simulation unit to perform a simulation, and corrects the timings or order of take-in and take-out of one or more other specimens so that each of the staying times in one of the regions do not exceed a corresponding allowable staying time in the region.
US09466035B2	Systems and methods for leveraging social queuing to facilitate event ticket distribution A method for identifying a simulated social media account history is provided. The method may include querying a social media identification information (“social media ID”) to determine whether the account history includes one or more parameters that indicate whether the social media ID is related to an automated entity or a human entity. The parameters may include at least one of less than a threshold number of friends on the account. The parameters may include more than a threshold frequency of historic ticket purchases per unit time. The parameters may also include disparate location of historic ticket purchases per unit time. The parameters may also include a historic record of less than a threshold reaction time to a plurality of ticket offers.
US09466033B2	Self-adaptive classifiers Methods and arrangements for reconfiguring an analytics model without retraining the analytics model. A contemplated method includes: providing a cloud-based classifier which performs analytics on input data, the classifier including an analytics model; receiving a first data set at the classifier, wherein the first data set is a training data set; via the analytics model, discovering features in the first data set; receiving a second input data set at the classifier; via the analytics model, discovering one or more new features in the second input data set; and reconfiguring the analytics model, without retraining the analytics model, based on one or more new features discovered in the second input data set. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09466029B1	Demographic inference calibration Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for labeling user identifiers. A method includes: identifying a set of unlabeled identifiers, wherein an unlabeled identifier has an unknown classification as to a particular class in a multi-class demographic characteristic; determining for each unlabeled identifier a probability as to inclusion in a class of the multi-class demographic characteristic based on known user behavior producing a distribution of probabilities for the unlabeled identifier; for a given unlabeled identifier, adjusting the probability based on a known internet distribution of entities with respect to a given class in the multi-class demographic characteristic and distribution of the probabilities among the unlabeled identifiers; and assigning a label for a particular class in the multi-class demographic characteristic to the unlabeled identifier in accordance with the adjusting.
US09466025B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for loading content items An apparatus for loading content items may include a processor that may be configured to identify at least one rule associated with a type associated with a content item. The processor may further be configured to evaluate at least one attribute associated with the content item against the at least one rule. The processor may also be configured to identify a container based at least in part on the at least one rule, and store the content item in the identified container based at least in part on the evaluation of the at least one attribute against the at least one rule. A corresponding method and computer program product may also be provided.
US09466020B2	Systems and methods for a RFID enabled metal license plate In the embodiments described herein, a RFID enabled license plate is constructed by using the license plate, or a retro-reflective layer formed thereon as part of the resonator configured to transmit signals generated by and RFID chip integrated with the license plate. Such an RFID enabled license plate can include a metal license plate with a slot formed in the metal license plate, and a RFID tag module positioned in the slot. The RFID tag module can include a chip and a loop, and the loop can be coupled with the metal license plate, e.g., via inductive or conductive coupling. In this manner, the metal license plate can be configured to act as a resonator providing increased performance.
US09466014B2	Systems and methods for recognizing information in objects using a mobile device The systems and methods of the present disclosure use a mobile device equipped with a camera to capture and preprocess images of objects including financial documents, financial cards, and identification cards, and to recognize information in the images of the objects. The methods include detecting quadrangles in images of an object in an image data stream generated by the camera, capturing a first image, transforming the first image, binarizing the transformed image, recognizing information in the binarized image, and determining the validity of the recognized information. The method also includes communicating with a server of a financial institution or other organization to determine the validity of the recognized information. The mobile device may include a camera, a display to display an image data stream and captured images, a memory to store a configuration file including parameters for the preprocessing and recognition functions, captured images, and software, and a communication unit to communicate with a server of the financial institution or other organization.
US09466011B2	Method and system for coordinating between image sensors Method and system for coordinating between separate image sensors imaging a mutual area of interest at different imaging perspectives. A target point is designated on a first image acquired by a first image sensor. Feature points are defined and characterized on the first image and transmitted over a data communication link to a second image sensor. The target point is identified in a second image acquired by the second image sensor using an iterative convergence operation. The first iteration involves locating feature points in the second image corresponding to the defined first image feature points. Subsequent iterations involve locating feature points in a subregion of the second image corresponding to decreasing subsets of first image feature points, the subregion defined by the feature point cluster located in the previous iteration. When a termination condition is reached, the remaining cluster of located feature points is established to represent the target point.
US09466002B2	Real-time system for aiding drivers during vehicle backup and image capture and transmitter unit for use therein A real-time surveillance system for aiding vehicle drivers and portable first unit for use therein is provided. The unit includes an image sensor that generates a sequence of images from received light. The system further includes a support to detachably support the unit on the vehicle so that the sensor is capable of receiving light from obstacles, hazards or individuals located in a blind spot region of the vehicle. A display is supported on the vehicle so that the images are viewable by a driver of the vehicle in real time. The system further includes a mechanism to authenticate a person desirous of using the system or removing the unit from the vehicle as an authorized person based, at least in part, on an authenticator. The authenticator includes at least one of a password, a passphrase, a personal identification number, a security token, a security card, and a biometric identifier.
US09466001B1	Image processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an operation unit, a comparative determination unit, and an output unit. The operation unit is configured to calculate a standard deviation and an entropy based on tone information of pixels comprising an image, and calculate a ratio between the standard deviation and the entropy. The comparative determination unit is configured to compare the ratio and a reference value. The output unit is configured to output a comparison result obtained by the comparative determination unit.
US09465990B2	Tiled image based scanning for head position for eye and gaze tracking An eye tracking method comprising: capturing image data by an image sensor; determining a region of interest as a subarea or disconnected subareas of said sensor which is to be read out from said sensor to perform an eye tracking based on the read out image data; wherein said determining said region of interest comprises: a) initially reading out only a part of the area of said sensor; b) searching the image data of said initially read out part for one or more features representing the eye position and/or the head position of a subject to be tracked; c) if said search for one or more features has been successful, determining the region of interest based on the location of the successfully searched one or more features, and d) if said search for one or more features has not been successful, reading out a further part of said sensor to perform a search for one or more features representing the eye position and/or the head position based on said further part.
US09465979B2	Measurement-target-selecting device, face-shape-estimating device, method for selecting measurement target, and method for estimating face shape A measurement-target-selecting device that is capable of estimating a face shape with high precision and at low computational time. In this device, a face texture assessment value calculating part (103) calculates a face texture assessment value representing a degree of match between an input face image and the texture of a face shape candidate, a facial-expression-change-likelihood-calculating part (104) calculates a first likelihood between a face shape constituting a reference and a face shape candidate, a correlation assessment part (105); calculates a first correlation assessment value representing the strength of a correlation between the face texture assessment value and the first likelihood, and a selection part (107) selects from among the plurality of face shape candidates as a measurement target a face shape candidate having a first correlation assessment value that is lower than a first threshold.
US09465977B1	Face template balancing Implementations generally relate to face template balancing. In some implementations, a method includes generating face templates corresponding to respective images. The method also includes matching the images to a user based on the face templates. The method also includes receiving a determination that one or more matched images are mismatched images. The method also includes flagging one or more face templates corresponding to the one or more mismatched images as negative face templates.
US09465971B2	Information processing device, program, and information processing method There is provided an apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture a current image including an information code, the information code being arranged at an arrangement position corresponding to a location within the captured current image, and a control unit configured to determine a difference between a predetermined position and the arrangement position, wherein, when the determined difference is greater than a predetermined threshold, a notification is output to a user, based on the determined difference, to notify of the difference as a guide for adjusting a capturing position of the current image to thereby move the information code to a new arrangement position corresponding to a location of the predetermined position.
US09465968B2	Optical grid enhancement for improved motor location Methods for performing a scheme that results in a refined measurement pattern within an optical grid are provided. Physically adjusting spacing of elements within an optical grid to achieve enhanced resolution is historically unfeasible, as reduction of the spacing causes light sensors of the optical grid to pick up false signals when reading light beams. Technology introduced by the present invention generates a virtual reduced spacing of the elements within the optical grid by using two signals that are slightly different. These slightly different signals can accomplish, at least, quarter-grid spacing resolution within the optical grid. Additionally, the enhanced resolution derived from the virtual reduced spacing is employed to govern movement of a motor. The motor movement is in response to one or more changes of direction such that the motor is operating in its linear range. Advantageously, the virtual reduced spacing allows for substantial movement in a non-linear phase, while only limited movement in a linear phase is necessary to locate accurately a target within the optical grid.
US09465956B2	System and method for privacy-aware information extraction and validation Disclosed herein is a system to validate information about a user, or users, derived from publicly-accessible data. The system comprises a validation system that uses private data about the user to validate the user information derived from the publicly-accessible data. The validation system may receive a validation request in connection with an inconclusive result derived from the publicly-accessible data.
US09465954B1	Method and system for tracking masking of data Methods and systems for tracking masking of one or more data elements in a datastore are disclosed. The methods involve monitoring one or more masking operations on the one or more data elements in the datastore. Thereafter, one or more metadata associated with the one or more masking operations are identified. Subsequent to identifying the one or more metadata, at least a part of the one or more metadata may be recorded. This metadata may then be transmitted to the destination when a copy (full/partial) of the original data is made, enabling the same information on masking to be obtained at the destination, as at the source.
US09465945B2	Media service delivery system providing conditional access to media content from various client devices A system for protecting the digital rights of content owners allows digital media to be delivered to only those media rendering client devices that have been approved for the media content. Before delivering requested media, the media service provider may determine whether the media rendering client device that requested the media is the type of device that is authorized to receive the request media. If it is, the media service provider may transmit the media to a middleman server over a network (such as the Internet). A middleman server may then serve the media to the client device over a local network. By allowing the media content to be distributed to approved devices only, the media service provider can prevent a user from using the media in a way that is not authorized by the content owner.
US09465943B2	Extension of a platform configuration register with a known value A computing system calculates a hash value of binary of a component of the computing system using a hash function and determines whether a signature that is associated with the binary of the component is valid. A trusted platform module in the computing system extends a platform configuration register value in the trusted platform module using a known value that is associated with the binary if the signature is valid.
US09465941B2	Method, system, and apparatus for detecting malicious code A method, a system, and an apparatus for detecting malicious code to solve the problem that detection efficiency is low and that more resources are occupied. The method includes: monitoring execution of an instruction in a virtual machine supervisor of a host computer, where the instruction is generated in escape mode when a read-write request generated during execution of program code in a virtual machine of the host computer is delivered to the virtual machine supervisor; obtaining execution characteristics of the program code according to execution of the instruction; and comparing the obtained execution characteristics with pre-stored execution characteristics of known malicious code, and determining that the program code is malicious code when the obtained execution characteristics and the pre-stored execution characteristics are the same. This improves the detection efficiency, and saves the storage resources and the processing resources in the host computer.
US09465929B2	System and method for controlling user access to an electronic device A method and system for authenticating a user to access a computer system. The method comprises communicating security information to the computer system, and providing the computer system with an implicit input. The method further comprises determining whether the security information and implicit input match corresponding information associated with the user. The method further comprises granting the user access to the computer system in the event of a satisfactory match. When authenticating the user, the method and system consider the possibility of the user being legitimate but subject to duress or force by a computer hacker.
US09465916B2	Caregiver rounding communication system An information technology system for a healthcare facility is provided. The system includes a first computer device to keep track of rounding intervals for caregivers and to determine whether the caregivers successfully complete their rounds in a timely manner for their assigned patients. The system also has a real time locating system (RTLS) that tracks locations of the plurality of caregivers and that is in communication with the first computer device. The system further has a number of graphical displays in communication with the first computer device. Each graphical display is operable to display a list of patients for whom rounds are due and to display reminder messages to the plurality of caregivers relating to rounding.
US09465911B2	Prediction of phenotypes and traits based on the metabolome The invention provides methods for characterizing metabolic profiles, phenotypic profiles and trait profiles in plants or groups of plants. Additionally, methods for establishing an unbiased model between a phenotypic profile and a metabolic profile, or between a trait profile and metabolic profile, are also provided by the invention. Further, methods for using such unbiased models to accurately predict the development of a phenotype of interest or a trait of interest in an independent, immature plant are also provided. In one embodiment, immature plants are selected for use based on their predicted development of a phenotype or trait of interest.
US09465909B2	Systems and methods of discriminating DC arcs and load switching noise Systems and methods of detecting arcing in DC power systems that can differentiate between DC arcs and load-switching noise. The systems and methods can determine, within a plurality of predetermined time intervals, at least the pulse count (PC) per predetermined time interval, and the pulse duration (PD) per predetermined time interval, in which the PC and the PD can correspond to the number and the intensity of potential arcing events in a DC power system, respectively. The systems and methods can process the PC and PD using one or more arc fault detection algorithms, thereby differentiating between DC arcs and load-switching noise with increased reliability.
US09465908B2	Method for designing a physical layout of a photovoltaic system A method for creating a physical layout of a photovoltaic system in a specified field is provided where the photovoltaic system is specified by a plurality of technical properties. The method includes reading out more than 20 pre-calculated, completed layouts for the photovoltaic system from a memory; presenting the completed layouts in a graphical presentation wherein each of the completed layouts is represented by at least one partial amount of the plurality of technical properties; modifying value ranges of the presented technical properties, in order to present a modified number of completed layouts in a comparable manner; and selecting an optimized layout that has been optimized with regard to the presented properties from the modified number of completed layouts. Thereby a photovoltaic system having a high nominal power can be established in the best possible manner. The physical layout of the entire photovoltaic system is adapted to the specified field.
US09465904B2	Device pin mux configuration solving and code generation via Boolean satisfiability This invention is a signal input/output design tool for integrated circuit input/output design. The connectivity capacity of at least multiplexer connecting internal signals and external lines is expressed as a first set of Boolean expressions. The desired connectivity between internal signals and external lines is expressed is provided by a designer. A programmed general purpose computer expresses the desired connectivity as a second set of Boolean expressions and determines whether said first set of Boolean expressions and said second set of Boolean expressions are Boolean satisfiable. If satisfiable, the design tool generates control signals to configure the at least one multiplexer to achieve the desired connectivity. If not satisfiable, the design tool generates a report indicating which portions of the desired connectivity are achievable and which are not.
US09465897B2	Analysis of stress impact on transistor performance Roughly described, a method for approximating stress-induced mobility enhancement in a channel region in an integrated circuit layout, including approximating the stress at each of a plurality of sample points in the channel, converting the stress approximation at each of the sample points to a respective mobility enhancement value, and averaging the mobility enhancement values at all the sample points. The method enables integrated circuit stress analysis that takes into account stresses contributed by multiple stress generation mechanisms, stresses having vector components other than along the length of the channel, and stress contributions (including mitigations) due to the presence of other structures in the neighborhood of the channel region under study, other than the nearest STI interfaces. The method also enables stress analysis of large layout regions and even full-chip layouts, without incurring the computation costs of a full TCAD simulation.
US09465895B2	Method for estimating the thightness of a seal A method for estimating a seal of a gasket, including: digitally simulating, using a computer, a creep deformation of a gasket resulting from crushing of the gasket between two bearing surfaces; calculating, at an interface between the gasket and one of the two bearing surfaces and during the computer simulation, a cumulative plastic deformation of the gasket, an axial stress between the gasket and the one the two bearing surfaces, and a contact length between the gasket and the one of the two bearing surfaces; and calculating a simulated porosity filling coefficient, representing the seal of the gasket at the interface.
US09465894B1	Generation of section view cutting lines with automatic constraints Creating a section view of a computer-aided design model includes creating a cutting line to apply to the computer-aided design model by at least one cut operation, constraining the cutting line by selecting a constraining point on the computer-aided design model or first inferring a geometric candidate to constrain the initial cutting line, and enhancing the cutting line by automatically adding an enhancement according to an enhancement type and adjusting the enhancement via a cursor-controlled device according to a set of rules.
US09465884B2	System and method for monitoring web content A system and method of monitoring content stored at a plurality of locations in a location set are provided. The method comprises: determining two or more historic attributes for a first feature associated with each location; for each location in the location set, determining a first predicted attribute for the first feature associated with that location based on the historic attributes for that first feature and that location; determining a monitoring schedule in accordance with the first predicted attribute; and monitoring the content at the locations in the location set according to the monitoring schedule.
US09465878B2	System and method for depicting backlink metrics for a website A system and method for displaying metrics indicating the geographical source of backlinks to at least one of a website and a web page is presented. A plurality of backlinks are identified for a web page. Each of the plurality of backlinks includes a uniform resource locator (URL). For each backlink in the plurality of backlinks, the backlink is translated into an Internet protocol (IP) address, a geographical location associated with the IP address is identified, and the backlink is allocated to at least one of a plurality of geographical regions using the geographical location. A visual representation of at least one of the plurality of geographical regions and an indication of a number of backlinks allocated to the at least one of the plurality of geographical regions is displayed.
US09465873B1	Systems, methods, and devices for identifying and presenting identifications of significant attributes of unique items The disclosure herein provides systems, methods, and devices for identifying and presenting identifications of significant attributes of unique items. A significant attributes system for identifying and presenting identifications of significant attributes of unique items comprises an item analysis engine, at least one driver models database, and a model building engine, wherein the item analysis engine comprises an item description receiver and one or more driver calculators.
US09465870B2	System and method for digital video retrieval involving speech recognition Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for retrieving digital images. The method embodiment includes converting a descriptive audio stream of a digital video that is provided for the visually impaired to text and then aligning that text to the appropriate segment of the digital video. The system then indexes the converted text from the descriptive audio stream with the text's relationship to the digital video. The system enables queries using action words describing a desired scene from a digital video.
US09465864B2	Training a search query intent classifier using wiki article titles and a search click log Techniques are described herein for training a search query intent classifier using wiki article titles and a search click log. Titles of wiki articles that correspond to links that are associated with a specified wiki article and/or titles of wiki articles that are included in a category that includes the specified wiki article are extracted and included with the title of the specified wiki article in an initial set. Each title in the initial set is correlated with respective clicked URI(s) using a search click log. The initial set is expanded to include search terms that are correlated to the clicked URIs based on the search click log to provide an expanded set. The search query intent classifier is trained to classify search queries with respect to a query intent that is associated with the title of the specified wiki article based on the expanded set.
US09465863B2	Content-providing method and system A content-providing method and system, including identifying a representative type cluster by clustering content related to behavioral data which represents a use history of a user, according to type of the content, mapping the representative type cluster to a time interval, and storing the representative type cluster and the time interval.
US09465858B2	Systems and methods for authenticating and aiding in indexing of and searching for electronic files According to some aspects there is provided a system, method and a device for generating at least one electronic file. The method includes receiving primary data for at least one page to be included in an electronic file; receiving metadata associated with the primary data, the metadata comprising a plurality of tags and corresponding tag values associated therewith; generating a globally unique identifier associated with the page based upon the primary data and the metadata associated therewith; storing the globally unique identifier as a tag value for a unique identifier tag in the metadata associated with that page; generating the at least one page for the file, the at least one page comprising the page data and the metadata including the globally unique identifier; if the at least one page includes a plurality of pages, repeating above to generate a plurality of the pages for the electronic file; and storing the file comprising the at least one generated page in a data storage device.
US09465853B2	Custom object-in-memory format in data grid network appliance Techniques are disclosed for implementing custom object-in-memory formats in a data grid network appliance. The techniques include maintaining a record of format definitions on a client device of the data grid and a corresponding record of format definitions on a server device of the data grid. Each format definition may indicate one or more attributes of an object class and data types and byte ranges of the attributes. The client device may serialize one or more objects for storage in the data grid based on respective format definitions associated with the one or more objects and retrieved from the record of format definitions maintained on the client device. Further, the server device may perform one or more data grid operations using format definitions retrieved from the record of format definitions maintained on the server device.
US09465845B2	Dynamic card validation A card validation system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface receives a request to validate a card and a set of cell identifiers of a card validation matrix from a user. The set of cell identifiers are determined by the user. The interface further receives one or more received cell values corresponding to the set of cell identifiers of the card validation matrix. The one or more processors determines a set of stored cell values corresponding to the set of cell identifiers of the card validation matrix and compares the set of received cell values to the set of stored cell values. Based at least in part upon the comparison, the one or more processors determine whether the card is validated.
US09465840B2	Dynamically indentifying and preventing skewed partitions in a shared-nothing database Dynamically identifying and preventing skewed partitions in a shared-nothing database is provided. The database management system software receives a parameter for identifying a threshold value associated with at least one distribution key value. Optimizer statistics are gathered on a first table that is distributed across one or more partitions in the shared-nothing database, wherein the first table includes a first table name. Distribution key skew is identified based on the gathered optimizer statistics indicating the threshold value being exceeded. A second table with an alternate distribution key, is created having a second table name for receiving overflow data rows associated with the at least one distribution key value based on the identified distribution key skew. A union all view is created based on the first and the second table.
US09465836B2	Enhanced business object retrieval A request for at least a portion of a business object is received by a database from a client in a first half of a roundtrip between the client and the database. Each of the tables includes a primary key column and a plurality of records. The primary key column provides, for each record in the table, a primary key for one of a plurality of business objects. Thereafter, the database identifies records within a set of tables among a larger number of tables in the database by matching a primary key associated with the business object with the primary key in the primary key column. Once this identification has been made, the database obtains all values responsive to the request from the identified record and transmits, in a second half of the roundtrip between the client and the database, the obtained values for the business object to the client.
US09465835B2	Columnwise spatial aggregation A spatial aggregation query of a database is processed by receiving data specifying a maximum bounded rectangle for point data responsive to the query and specifying one or more grid partitions of the maximum bounded rectangle (in which at least one of the partitions is partially aggregated. Thereafter, for each partition, a number of points responsive to the query in each partition and a center of gravity of the points in each partition is computed. Data characterizing the corresponding computed number of points and center of gravity is then provided (e.g., persisted, loaded, transmitted, displayed, etc.). Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09465830B2	Real time content searching in social network Indexing and retrieving real time content in a social networking system is disclosed. A user-term index includes user-term partitions, each user-term partition comprising temporal databases. As a post is received from a user, a user identifier, a post identifier, and a post is extracted. An object store communicatively coupled to a temporal database for recently received content is queried to determine whether terms in the post has already been stored. A term identifier is stored in the user-term index with the user and post identifiers. A forward index stores the post by post identifier. Responsive to a search query, the user-term index is searched by the user's connections and the terms. A real time search engine compiles the results of the user-term index query and retrieves the stored posts from the forward index. The search results may then be ranked and cached before presentation to the searching user.
US09465827B1	Proximity based management services Described are techniques for determining a list of data storage systems. Filtering criteria is used and includes a distance threshold and associated distance condition denoting a distance with respect to the management device. A set of one or more data storage systems meeting the filtering criteria is determined. Information is displayed regarding the set of data storage systems.
US09465826B2	Estimating unique entry counts using a counting bloom filter A method of estimating a number of unique entry counts of an attribute in a database comprises, with a processor: identifying a sample of entries from an attribute database, determining frequencies of a number of input observations of the sample of entries, determining a number of high frequency values of the sample of entries, and estimating a number of unique entry counts of an attribute within the attribute database using a counting Bloom filter and based on the frequencies of the input observations and the high frequency values.
US09465814B2	Annotating search results with images Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for annotating search results. Images associated with a plurality of different websites are obtained and associated with respective domains of the websites. Search results are then annotated with the obtained images according to their domains. User selection of an annotated search result's image will cause a local search of the website associated with the image based on the query.
US09465809B2	Methods, computer program products, and systems for automatically synchronizing directory structures across different applications Directory structures of a messaging application and a personal file manager application are synchronized. A designated layer in the directory structure of the messaging application is associated with the designated layer in the directory structure of the personal file manager application. Each time a folder is created or an existing folder is modified or deleted in the designated layer in the directory structure of the messaging application, a corresponding folder is created, modified, or deleted in the designated layer in the directory structure of the personal file manager application and vice versa. Files or links to files are created in the folders of the messaging application to correspond to files or links to files within folders in the personal file manager application, and vice versa. A folder (and its contents) is deleted in the messaging application to correspond to deletions in the personal file manager application, and vice versa.
US09465808B1	Deduplication featuring variable-size duplicate data detection and fixed-size data segment sharing A hybrid deduplication system operates to detect variable-sized deduplication matches, while performing the storage deduplication on fixed-size segments of data. The hybrid deduplication system calculates unique identifiers for variable-sized sections of data within a data stream being written to a deduplicated data store. The hybrid deduplication system then compares those newly-calculated identifiers to identifiers of variable-sized sections of data that have already been stored within the deduplicated data store. If a match is found, the hybrid deduplication system identifies the location of each of the fixed-size data segment(s), already stored in the deduplicated data store, that include the identified variable-sized section of data. Instead of writing the sections that match already-existing sections to the deduplicated data store, the hybrid deduplication system simply causes the creation of a reference to the identified storage locations, indicating that the data stream being written includes the data in these pre-existing storage locations.
US09465806B2	Mechanism for facilitating evaluation of data types for dynamic lightweight objects in an on-demand services environment In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating evaluation of data types for dynamic lightweight objects in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes uploading a data file having data at a first computing device in response to a request, and detecting data types relating to the data within the data file. The detecting includes scanning data rows and data columns of the data file. The method may further include classifying the detected data types into one or more categories, and creating one or more dynamic objects based on the one or more categories.
US09465805B1	Systems and methods for archiving related items A computer-implemented method for archiving related items may include: 1) identifying a data element on a computing device, 2) identifying at least one additional data element on the computing device that is related to the data element, the data element and the additional related data element collectively representing a group of related data elements, 3) determining, by applying an archiving policy to the group of related data elements, that the entire group of related data elements is eligible for archiving, and then 4) archiving the group of related data elements. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09465804B1	Techniques for managing shortcut storage Techniques for managing shortcut storage are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a computer implemented method for managing shortcut storage comprising identifying a shortcut in data storage, determining whether at least one attribute associated with the shortcut meets a specified criteria, modifying the shortcut in the event that the at least one attribute meets the specified criteria.
US09465801B2	Method and system for automatic processing and management of technical digital documents and drawings The embodiments herein provide a method and system for automating the document control business process in an organization particularly the ones that are operating in construction, resources, energy, infrastructure and/or large capital expenditure projects. This computer implemented method and system fetches information and data from the different data sources including file attachments as exchanged between organizations via E-mails, web-applications, and/or other data sources, automatically identifies and extracts data from inside the files/data received, performs data quality checks and validations as per business process requirements and updates organizational records with minimal human intervention. The business logic and rules are applied on the information to create automatically the business deliverables as reports, document transmittal notes, and acknowledgement letters etc., that are expected from a well-functioning document control center in an organization.
US09465797B2	Translating text using a bridge language Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for translating text using a bridge language. One of the methods includes receiving original text in a source language and data identifying a target language; obtaining bridge language translations for the original text into a bridge language, wherein the bridge language translations comprise one or more dictionary translations; for each bridge language translation, obtaining one or more candidate translations for the bridge language translation into the target language, wherein the candidate translations comprise one or more dictionary translations; determining that a candidate translation is a dictionary translation obtained for a particular bridge language translation and that the particular bridge language translation is a dictionary translation obtained for the original text; determining that the candidate translation is obtained for two or more distinct bridge language translations; and selecting the candidate translation as a preferred translation of the original text.
US09465794B2	Terminal and control method thereof Disclose is a mobile terminal and control method thereof for inputting a voice to automatically generate a message to be sent during conversation using a mobile messenger, and it may include a microphone for inputting a user's voice, a display unit for displaying a mobile messenger; and a controller for inputting and recognizing a user's voice when a mobile messenger is implemented and then converting into a message to display the message on a message input window of the mobile messenger, and sending the displayed message to the other party which has been preset, and displaying the message sent to the other party and a message received from the other party in the sending and receiving order on a send/receive display window of the mobile messenger.
US09465793B2	Systems and methods for advanced grammar checking In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for methods and systems of grammar checking comprising a grammar checking facility and a plurality of human proofreaders in a crowd-source population for the detection and correction of grammatical errors in text as received from a computing device, wherein possible detected errors are categorized as high confidence or low confidence possible errors, and the high confidence errors may be distributed to the human proofreaders according to ranking.
US09465790B2	SVO-based taxonomy-driven text analytics Textual data is organized into statement clusters. Sentences are extracted from textual data and parsed. A verb usage pattern is identified and an SVO triplet is determined. The SVO triplet is compared to a taxonomy associated with the domain of the data and a sentiment is derived. A statement cluster is constructed comprising a higher level SVO triplet sensitive to the taxonomy and verb usage pattern, as well as the derived sentiment. Accordingly, the statement clusters may be organized by grouping.
US09465783B2	Real time term suggestion using text analytics An approach is provided in which a conversion manager receives a conversion request that identifies a conversion mode corresponding to a first category and a second category. The conversion manager identifies one or more first terms corresponding to the first category that are included in a page of text. As such, the conversion manager selects one or more second terms corresponding to the second category and, in turn, replaces the first terms with their corresponding second terms.
US09465779B2	Microblog-based document file sharing method and device Embodiments of the present invention provide a microblog-based document file sharing method and device. The method comprises: converting a document file into an swf file; performing format confusion on the swf file; and publishing the swf file after the format confusion through a microblog platform. After the embodiments of the present invention are applied, information transmission and the audience size are expanded through sharing via microblog technologies. In addition, the format confusion is performed on the swf file, so that the possibility of directly obtaining the original of the document file through a link is eliminated, and therefore, the information security of the document is also enhanced.
US09465776B2	Filtering fonts based on a selection of glyphs Techniques are disclosed for filtering a list of fonts based on the criteria that each font in the resulting filter supports every single glyph in an arbitrary array of glyphs. The array of glyphs may include one or more glyphs and can be, for example, user-defined (e.g., based on a user content selection within a given document, or entries made on a configuration page) and/or defined by a selected digital document or folder system (where only fonts that support all glyphs used within that entire document or folder system are listed). The techniques can be implemented, for instance, in digital content generation/editing systems that allow for a variety of different fonts and glyphs to be used. In any such cases, the system can be configured to allow for viewing a filtered font list, such that each and every glyph of interest is supported by each font presented in the list.
US09465772B2	Calculating device, calculating system, and computer product A calculating device selects an action and a corresponding state; acquires an evaluation value by evaluating the combination of the selected action and the selected state; identifies for each selected action, a lowest evaluation value among acquired evaluation values; determines the lowest evaluation value among evaluation values of all the states selected for each action as a minimax candidate, and determines, as a minimax, an evaluation value that is highest among the lowest evaluation values corresponding to the actions; each time an evaluation value is acquired for a combination of a state and an action after the minimax candidate is determined, compares the acquired evaluation value and the minimax candidate, and terminates selection of a state corresponding to the action when the evaluation value is lower than the minimax candidate and selects an unselected action from the action set; and outputs an action corresponding to the determined minimax.
US09465768B2	PCI function measurement block enhancements Embodiments relate to an enhancement of a function measurement block. An aspect includes obtaining common statistics from a function table. An aspect includes obtaining adapter-specific statistics from an adapter. An aspect includes providing the common statistics and the adapter-specific statistics in the function measurement block. An aspect includes providing adapter-specific counters in the function measurement block.
US09465766B1	Isolation interface for master-slave communication protocols An apparatus for communication using a master-slave communication protocol includes a master circuit and a slave circuit configured to communicate with each other using a master-slave communication protocol. The apparatus also includes an interface circuit coupled to the master and slave circuits. In response to a first control signal having a first value, the interface circuit forwards messages received from the master circuit to the slave circuit and forwards responses received from the slave circuit to the master circuit. In response to the first control signal having a second value, the interface circuit prevents messages received from the master circuit from being forwarded from the master circuit to the slave circuit.
US09465764B2	Interface extension device compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 standards An interface extension device includes a USB port, a USB hub and a first interface conversion circuit. The USB hub has a first port connected to the USB port. The first interface conversion circuit includes first and second USB hosts. The first USB host is connected to the USB hub and is connected to the USB port through the USB hub. The second host has a bus and is directly connected to the USB port without routing though any USB hub.
US09465758B2	Reconfigurable instruction cell array with conditional channel routing and in-place functionality A reconfigurable instruction cell array is disclosed that includes an array of switch boxes. Each switch box within the array includes a set of I/O ports that are configured to receive a plurality of input channels from neighboring switch boxes in the array. Within a switch box, one of the I/O ports conditionally selects from the input channels received by the remaining I/O ports in the switch box to form a plurality of output channels to be driven to a neighboring switch box in the array.
US09465752B2	Systems and/or methods for policy-based access to data in memory tiers Certain example embodiments provide efficient policy-based access to data stored in memory tiers, including volatile local in-process (L1) cache memory of an application and at least one managed (e.g., non-volatile) in-memory (L2) cache. Operations include receiving an access request for access to a data element in L2; detecting whether a copy of the data element is in L1; if so, copying the data element and the access policy from L2 to L1 and providing the user with access to the copy of data element from L1 if the access policy allows access to the user; and if not, determining, by referring to a copy of the access policy stored in L1, whether the user is allowed to access the data element, and, if the user is allowed to access the data element, providing the user with access to the copy of the data element from the L1 cache memory.
US09465747B2	Controller for controlling non-volatile memory and semiconductor device including the same A controller controlling a non-volatile memory includes a first memory area suitable for storing a first address table, a second memory area suitable for storing a second address table, an address conversion block suitable for converting a sector address received from a host into a physical address corresponding to the non-volatile memory with reference to the first and second address tables, and one or more function blocks suitable for sharing the second memory area with the address conversion block. The address conversion block exclusively uses the first memory area.
US09465746B2	Diagnostics for transactional execution errors in reliable transactions Gathering diagnostics during a transactional execution in a transactional memory environment, a transactional memory environment for performing transactional executions is provided. Included is identifying a first indicator, by a computer system, signaling a beginning instruction of a transaction comprising a plurality of instructions; generating, by the computer system, a computed digest based on the execution of at least one of the plurality of instructions; accumulating, by the computer system, a diagnostic data of the transaction based on the execution of the plurality of instructions; identifying, by the computer system, a second indicator associated with the plurality of instructions signaling an ending instruction of the transaction comprising the plurality of instructions; and based on an abort of the transaction, not saving the memory store data of the transaction to memory.
US09465738B2	Information processing system, control method, program, and recording medium An information processing system that determines whether static data is already loaded into shared memory when a request is made to load static data into shared memory from a process out of a plurality of processes. When the information processing system determines that static data is not loaded into shared memory, after loading the data into shared memory, it notifies the requesting process with information identifying the static data. When the information processing system determines that the static data is already loaded into shared memory, it notifies the requesting process with information identifying the static data.
US09465733B2	Storage device and global garbage collection method of data storage system including the same A storage device includes at least one nonvolatile memory device; and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device, wherein the memory controller includes, at least one processor configured to control an overall operation of the memory controller; a buffer memory configured to store input/output data according to a control of the processor when an input/output request from an external device occurs; an error correction circuit configured to detect and correct an error of the input/output data; a garbage collector configured to selectively generate a first global garbage collection command in response to the input/output request and configured to perform a global garbage collection according to a second global garbage collection command received from the external device; and a storage interface configured to transmit the first global garbage collection command to another storage device.
US09465731B2	Multi-layer non-volatile memory system having multiple partitions in a layer A multi-layer memory and method for operation is disclosed. The memory includes multiple layers, where each layer includes flash memory cells having a greater bit per cell capacity than the prior layer and each layer may include a plurality of partitions having blocks exclusively associated with a particular data type. The method may include directing host data directly into a particular partition of a particular layer of the multi-layer memory upon receipt depending on a type of the data. The method may also include copying data within the same partition in a respective layer in a data relocation operation to generate more free blocks of memory so that data preferably stays within each layer and in the same partition, as well as transferring data from one layer to the next higher bit per cell layer within a same partition when layer transfer criteria are met.
US09465728B2	Memory controller adaptable to multiple memory devices A memory controller, in one embodiment, includes a command translation data structure, a front end and a back end. The command translation data structure maps command operations to primitives, wherein the primitives are decomposed from command operations determined for one or more memory devices. The front end receives command operations from a processing unit and translates each command operation to a set of one or more corresponding primitives using the command translation data structure. The back end outputs the set of one or more corresponding primitives for each received command operation to a given memory device.
US09465726B2	Abstract layer for automatic user interface testing A method to provide automatic testing of a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of GUI components includes maintaining an abstract layer configured to provide a uniform interface for accessing a plurality of user interface (UI) testing tools, each of which is configured to interact with one or more of the plurality of GUI components to perform automatic testing of the GUI. The method also includes receiving a test command, selecting one of the plurality of UI testing tools based on the test command, identifying the GUI component from the plurality of GUI components based on a first uniform identifier in the test command, and utilizing the uniform interface to communicate with the selected UI testing tool for interacting with the GUI component based on the test command.
US09465714B1	Adaptive runtime for a multiprocessing API A computer-implemented method includes selecting a runtime for executing a program. The runtime includes a first combination of feature implementations, where each feature implementation implements a feature of an application programming interface (API). Execution of the program is monitored, and the execution uses the runtime. Monitor data is generated based on the monitoring. A second combination of feature implementations are selected, by a computer processor, where the selection is based at least in part on the monitor data. The runtime is modified by activating the second combination of feature implementations to replace the first combination of feature implementations.
US09465713B2	Monitoring data analyzing apparatus, monitoring data analyzing method, and monitoring data analyzing program An object of the present invention is to improve prediction accuracy for a performance value of a monitoring target system even if the performance value is substantially different for each of patterns of use. A monitoring data analyzing apparatus includes a regression-model recalculating section 14 configured to combine regression models, which are generated for each of a plurality of groups into which log data including monitoring data in a monitoring target system set as a target of performance management is classified, using the log data belonging to the groups corresponding to the regression models and test target log data, which is the log data set as a target of a performance test, to recalculate the regression models.
US09465707B2	POST (power-on-self-test) debugging method and apparatuses using the same The invention introduces a POST (power-On-Self-Test) debugging method, executed by a processing unit, which contains at least the following steps. A phase number indicative of a current POST phase is set. A driver is selected from a scheduled queue. A GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) of the driver is obtained. The phase number and the GUID are stored or output, so as to recognize the phase of the driver being interrupted upon a break point of the driver. After that, the driver is executed.
US09465695B2	Efficient backup replication A system for backup replication comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to determine data present in a most recent backup not present in a previous backup; transmit an extent specification; and transmit data segment fingerprints of the one or more data segments. The memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions.
US09465692B2	High reliability erasure code distribution Example apparatus and methods treat some erasure codes differently than other erasure codes. For example, erasure codes that are only involved in error-recovery may never be read and thus may be stored using a different approach than erasure codes that are involved in more regular data reading. If different types of data stores are available, then the erasure codes that are more likely to be read may be stored in data stores having a first (e.g., higher, faster) type of read performance while the erasure codes that are less likely to be read may be stored in data stores having a second (e.g., lower, slower, less expensive) type of read performance. Different data stores may be located on different data storage devices. Different data stores may even be located on a single data storage device.
US09465683B2	Apparatus and a method for providing an error signal for a control unit An apparatus for providing an error signal for a control unit, the error signal indicating a malfunction of a sensor unit. The apparatus includes an input module configured to receive a sensor signal from the sensor unit, the sensor signal being a periodic signal between an upper level and a lower level of a physical quantity. Further, the apparatus includes a determination module configured to determine the malfunction of the sensor unit and an output module configured to provide the error signal indicating the malfunction for the control unit. The error signal comprises a predetermined level of the physical quantity which differs from the upper level and from the lower level.
US09465677B2	Partitioned application environment A partitioned application environment is disclosed. In various embodiments, a request associated with an application environment in which an application is running is received from the application. A determination is made to fulfill the request at least in part via a call to a node at which application code associated with the application is running in an application environment partition provided at the node. A call associated with the request is sent to the node, based at least in part on the determination.
US09465671B1	Systems and methods for performance indexing Systems and methods relate to indexing of performance and cost of workloads in a computing environment. The computing environment may include a virtualized computing environment. According to some embodiments, a performance index relating to a plurality of workloads executing in the computing environment may be generated, where the performance index is based at least in part on performance and cost of use of one or more resources in the computing environment by the plurality of workloads. The index may be normalized. If the performance or cost of a particular workload departs from an expected performance or cost determined from the average performance and/or cost in the computing environment, resources may be reallocated to the workloads such that the performance or cost of the workload is closer to its expected performance or cost based on the performance index.
US09465665B1	System and method for controlled sharing of consumable resources in a computer cluster In one embodiment, a method includes empirically analyzing a set of active reservations and a current set of consumable resources belonging to a class of consumable resources. Each active reservation is of a managed task type and includes a group of one or more tasks requiring access to a consumable resource of the class. The method further includes, based on the empirically analyzing, clocking the set of active reservations each clocking cycle. In addition, the method includes, responsive to the clocking, sorting a priority queue of the set of active reservations.
US09465664B1	Systems and methods for allocation of environmentally regulated slack Systems and methods for allocation of environmentally regulated slack are provided. In one embodiment, a time-partitioned processing system comprises: at least one processing core; a memory coupled to the processing core; a real-time operating system including a scheduler configured to partition processing time for the processing core into a plurality of time periods, wherein the scheduler further budgets a pre-determined duration of processing time for executing a first budgeted time partitioned entity (TPE) by allocating at least a first allocation of time to the first budgeted TPE; wherein the scheduler utilizes at least a portion of processing time not used to execute the first budgeted TPE or any other budgeted TPE as environmentally regulated slack; wherein the scheduler allocates at least a portion of environmentally regulated slack to one or more slack consuming TPEs based on a measurement of one or more operational environment parameters associated with the processing core.
US09465658B1	Task distribution over a heterogeneous environment through task and consumer categories Task distribution over a heterogeneous system is provided using task and consumer categories. A task category can be created for a task based on task attributes of the task. An entry in a data store can be identified by the task category. If an entry matching the task category is found, a task description can be stored in the matching entry. If an entry matching the task category is not found, a new entry in the data store can be created for the task category and the task description can be stored in the new entry. In addition, a consumer device can request a task description by a consumer category that is based on consumer attributes of the consumer device. If an entry matching the consumer category exists in the data store, a task description in the matching entry can be sent to the consumer device.
US09465649B2	Executing distributed globally-ordered transactional workloads in replicated state machines A method of transaction replication includes transmitting at least one transaction received during an epoch from a local node to remote nodes of a domain of 2N+1 nodes at the end of an epoch (N is an integer greater than or equal to 1). The remote nodes log receipt of the at least one transaction, notify the local node of the receipt of the at least one transaction, transmit the at least one transaction to all of the 2N+1 nodes, and add the at least one transaction to an execution order upon receiving at least N+1 copies of the at least one transaction.
US09465646B2	Detection apparatus, notification method, and computer product A coprocessor stores to local memory, a driver execution start time, for each execution start of drivers. If a CPU call process is executed during the execution of driver A, the coprocessor calculates the difference of the execution start time and the current time, for drivers B and C. Taking driver C as an example, the coprocessor adds to the difference calculated for the driver C, a processing time required for the CPU call process of driver A and a processing time required for a normal process of driver B. The coprocessor determines whether respective addition results for driver C comply with respective time constraints. If it is determined that an addition result for the driver C cannot comply with the time constraint, and the coprocessor sends an execution request for driver C to another coprocessor.
US09465645B1	Managing backlogged tasks A method and apparatus for managing backlogged tasks are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, upon receiving a task pertaining to a requestor group, a number of outstanding tasks associated with the requestor group is determined and the task is submitted for processing if the number of outstanding tasks is within an allowable range. If the number of outstanding tasks is outside of the allowable range, take one or more actions may be taken, which may include rejecting the request.
US09465644B2	Selection of virtual machines from pools of pre-provisioned virtual machines in a networked computing environment Embodiments of the present invention provide a set of algorithmic methods that can be used to select which partially and/or pre-provisioned virtual machines (VMs) should be used as a base platform to satisfy a new workload (e.g., provisioning) request received in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). Specifically, when a workload request is received, a set (e.g., at last one) of software programs needed to process the workload request is identified. Then, a set of VMs is selected from a pool of pre-provisioned VMs having the set of software programs. In general, multiple methods and/or factors can be followed to select the set of VMs. Examples include a length of time to install the set of VMs, a probability of the set of VMs being in demand, and/or or a quantity of the set of VMs having the set of software programs. Once the set of VMs has been selected, the set of VMs may be installed, and the workload request can be processed using the set of software programs.
US09465643B1	Systems and methods for monitoring a primary operating system (OS) and/or migrating data using an OS hypervisor Systems and methods for monitoring a primary Operating System (OS) and/or migrating data using an OS hypervisor. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) includes a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: provide an Operating System (OS) hypervisor configured to enable operation of a primary OS environment and a service OS environment concurrently, wherein the primary and service OS environments are distinct from each other; and allow the service OS, via the OS hypervisor, to monitor a state of the primary OS while forbidding the primary OS from monitoring a state of the service OS.
US09465620B2	Scalable compute fabric A method and apparatus for providing a scalable compute fabricare provided herein. The method includes determining a workflow for processing by the scalable compute fabric, wherein the workflow is based on an instruction set. A pipeline in configured dynamically for processing the workflow, and the workflow is executed using the pipeline.
US09465612B2	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing delta encoding on packed data elements Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing delta encoding on packed data elements of a source and storing the results in packed data elements of a destination using a single vector packed delta encode instruction are described.
US09465606B2	Forecasting of reusable software assets Systems and methods for forecasting reusable software assets are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a forecast comprising forecast information pertaining to at least one forecasted software asset. Further, the method comprises mapping the forecast to a domain map based on the forecast information, wherein the domain map includes a plurality of domain constituents. Based in part on the mapping, a development request for creation of the at least one forecasted software asset is generated.
US09465603B2	Application management apparatus, application management system, application management method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An application management apparatus includes an output unit that outputs an application contained in a server to an image processing device connected to the apparatus if the application contained in the server is a first application that is not contained in the image processing device or if the application contained in the server is a second application that is contained in the image processing device but is of a version different from that stored in a storage unit of the image processing device, and that acquires the application from the server and outputs the acquired application to the image processing device if the application contained in the server is not stored in the storage unit of the image processing device.
US09465601B2	Pluggable activation engine extensions via virtual disks A computer-implemented method, system and/or computer program product configure an extended virtual machine. A virtual image is executed to initialize a virtual machine. An activation engine is activated to search for special extensions in the virtual image. The virtual machine scans at least one virtual disk for script to implement the special extensions as virtual machine extensions, such that the virtual machine reads and executes the extensions prior to being available for use.
US09465599B2	Method, device and system for installing terminal software The present invention provides a method, a device and a system for installing terminal software. The method comprises: a terminal determining to access a computer host as a driver according to attributes of a current port, and uploading an automatic operating program to the host; the host running the autorun program, and then the automatic operating program obtaining information related to terminal software on the host and feeding the obtained information related to terminal software back to the terminal; the terminal using the information related to terminal software to obtain corresponding terminal software from a server, and uploading the obtained terminal software to the host; and the automatic operating program installing the terminal software on the host.
US09465588B1	User programmable toy set A user programmable toy set comprising a master toy member; a microcontroller; a group of transducers and sensors, a software compiling program, a web site are provided to support users to program an interactive toy.
US09465586B2	Third party application scriptability A system and method for allowing third-party script developers to create secure scripts that can safely be incorporated into software applications is disclosed. The system may provide the flow and mechanisms for enabling a client/server secure scripting environment to be added to a hosted software application development environment so that third-party scripts can be added to software applications without application developers having to be concerned about protecting their applications from malicious scripts. This scripting environment may allow an application to be securely scriptable by untrusted third-party script developers.
US09465583B2	Random number generation using a network of mobile devices A method, system, and computer program product for random number generation using a network of mobile devices are provided in the illustrative embodiments. From a set of mobile devices, a corresponding set of data packets is received. A presence of raw sensor data is detected in a first data packet received from a first mobile device in the set of mobile devices. The raw sensor data comprises data corresponding to changing value of an output of a sensor in a set of sensors installed in the first mobile device. The raw sensor data is separated from the first data packet, resulting in an original data packet. A first random number is generated using the raw sensor data.
US09465576B1	First-in-first-out (FIFO) memory devices and methods having multiple queuing A first-in-first-out (FIFO) memory device may include a plurality of memory locations configurable into M input queues comprising sequences of input data values and N output queues for storing sequences of output data values, wherein N is not equal to M.
US09465572B2	Dynamic server-side image sizing for fidelity improvements Dynamically-generated images sized according to a requesting web client application display resolution are provided. The client application may calculate a target display resolution and pass the target display resolution as an input parameter with a request to a server for application content. The server may use the desired size input parameter to determine an optimal image size for the target display resolution. The server may render the application content as one or more images to the optimal image size and send the rendered image(s) to the client application. A determination may be made by the client application to display the image(s) at the size received or to scale the server-provided image(s). If the available area in the client application pane changes, the client application may recalculate the target display resolution and issue a new request to the server with the new target display resolution as the desired size input parameter.
US09465561B2	Storage system and storage control method A storage system includes: a storage device including a recording medium that stores data and a device controller that executes addition processing involving a change of state of the data with respect to the data; and a storage controller that controls input and output of data for the storage device. The storage controller transmits, to the storage device, determination information that can be utilized by the device controller for determining whether or not to execute the addition processing along with input-output processing relating to input-output target data. The device controller controls execution of the addition processing with respect to the input-output target data based on the determination information transmitted from the storage controller.
US09465558B2	Distributed file system with speculative writing A method for data storage includes running on multiple interconnected compute nodes respective virtual heads that collaboratively store files in persistent storage. In response to receiving in an initiator virtual head a request to write at least a portion of a given file, the initiator virtual head selects one or more destination virtual heads for storing the portion. The portion is sent from the initiator virtual head to the selected destination virtual heads, and a notification of the selected destination virtual heads is sent to an owner virtual head, which has been assigned to own metadata of the portion. In the destination virtual heads, the portion received from the initiator virtual head is cached, and committed to the persistent storage only in response to receiving a commit instruction from the owner virtual head.
US09465547B2	Processing input/output requests using proxy and owner storage systems A first storage system is configured as a proxy for a logical volume stored on a second storage system in a distributed computing environment. A probe request verifying availability of the logical volume is conveyed to an identified port, and upon receiving a response from a second storage system verifying the availability of the logical volume for an I/O request, the I/O request is conveyed to the identified port, a result of the I/O request is received from the identified port, the result is conveyed to the host computer.
US09465542B2	Storage management system, management device and method therefor A storage management method, includes steps: detecting sizes of shared storage spaces of all terminal devices joined in a sharing system; dividing the all terminal devices into a number of device groups randomly; classifying the terminal devices of each group into a number of kinds of terminal devices according to the sizes of the shared storage spaces of the terminal devices of each device group; mapping the shared storage spaces of each kind of terminal device of each device group to one corresponding virtual disk of one row of a virtual disk array card; and determining a size of a file to be stored when receiving a storing request, and selecting a virtual disk with size nearest to and greater than or equal to that of the file from one row randomly, and storing the file into the terminal devices mapping to the selected virtual disk.
US09465540B2	Application and system settings configuration filtering during physical to virtual hard disk conversion During conversion and transfer of data from a physical machine to a virtual hard disk, a transmuter generates a catalog of contents of the physical machine. Catalog entries are compared to a set of alterations templates which alter matching data. The altered data is then stored in the virtual hard disk. Alterations templates may include filters that exclude unwanted or duplicated catalog entries, mapping filters that transfer source catalog entries to target locations on the virtual hard disk, and add-on filters that add additional data or location references to catalog entries. The disclosed process allows modifications to be made in a systematic way during data transfer.
US09465521B1	Event based media interface Systems and methods which provide an event based media interface operable to organize digital media content for presentation to a user based upon predefined events are shown. A user may define an event epoch, such as may comprise an event designator, temporal criteria, location criteria, content criteria, etc., whereby digital media content associated with the event epoch is organized into an event collection. Various aspects of the event collection, such as relative event significance level, sharing scope, contributor group, etc., may be used to facilitate control with respect to the event collections of event epochs of embodiments herein. The event content of event collections herein may comprise digital photographs, videos, sound files, documents, etc., alone or in combination. An event gallery may be utilized to provide a user interface in which event content of one or more event collection is presented.
US09465519B2	Methods and systems for in silico experimental designing and performing a biological workflow Embodiments describe a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions, executable by a processor, comprising instructions for a method for performing a biological workflow in silico comprising: presenting to a user a plurality of subroutines listed in a sequential order of the workflow, wherein at least two subroutines comprise two steps; providing the user ability to navigate to any subroutine and/or step, to select a subroutine, to view, set, or change one or more parameters associated with step/subroutine; providing option to display biomolecule(s) resulting from execution of the subroutines/steps; and providing an option to navigate to a prior subroutine and change a parameter of a step of the prior subroutine and execute the step of the prior subroutine, if the user is not satisfied with the displayed biomolecule(s). Computer systems and methods for performing a biological workflow in silico are also described.
US09465517B2	Character input device and car navigation device equipped with character input device A character input device provides a function of deleting an unconfirmed inputted character which the user is currently inputting, and a function of changing a confirmed character string to an unconfirmed state to a single correction key. Therefore, the character input device enables the user to carry out a character input efficiently by using limited space without requiring an excessive operation and arrangement of a new key for reconversion. Further, because the character input device holds the information on confirmed character strings even after all the character strings have been confirmed, the character input device enables the user to arbitrarily select a character string which the user wants to correct at any time, and re-edit only the portion.
US09465516B2	Operating system program launch menu search An operating system program launch menu, such as a Start menu, provides various mechanisms for a user to quickly and efficiently locate and launch desired data items such as programs, data files, storage locations, and the like. A search box within the program launch menu may be used to quickly locate programs, documents, communications, and other data items. An auto-complete feature may be used, e.g., when the user restricts the locations searched for the user-entered search text. A most commonly used program list may include programs based on various criteria including both frequency of use and recent use, thereby always including a most recently used item. An all programs view may display programs and documents in a hosted-tree view within the original confines of the program launch menu, thereby negating the need to open sub-menus on top of a large portion of the desktop displayed on the display device.
US09465515B2	Graphical user interface for mobile presentation application During a user-interface technique, a user interface that includes information associated with a set of presentations is displayed on an electronic device. In this user interface, the presentations are arranged in different categories along a vertical direction of the user interface in an order that is determined based on presentation preferences of a user of the electronic device and/or presentation activities of a group of individuals associated with the user. Furthermore, thumbnails or tiles associated with pages of individual presentations in the set of presentations are arranged along a horizontal direction of the user interface. Subsequently, in response to the user input, the displayed user interface is modified. For example, if the user input specifies a vertical displacement, the set of presentations is displaced along the vertical direction. Alternatively, if the user input specifies a horizontal displacement, the thumbnails for a given presentation are displaced along the horizontal direction.
US09465514B2	Method and apparatus for providing a changed shortcut icon corresponding to a status thereof A method of controlling a mobile apparatus which provides a changed shortcut icon corresponding to a status of the mobile apparatus is provided. The method includes displaying a shortcut icon, corresponding to a function in the mobile apparatus, on a display unit; recognizing the status of the mobile apparatus; changing an initial entry point of the shortcut icon to a changed entry icon as a function of the status; detecting an execution gesture for executing the shortcut icon; and executing the function using the changed entry point when the execution gesture is detected.
US09465513B2	Visual representation of map navigation history A system includes a processor configured to display a Geographic Information System (GIS) map, derive a data based on a user action associated with the map; associate a thumbnail image to the data; and display the thumbnail image representative of the map.
US09465512B2	Discovering and presenting décor harmonized with a décor style Technology is disclosed for discovering décor harmonized with a décor style (“the technology”). The décor includes décor items, e.g. artworks, paintings, pictures, artifacts, architectural pieces, arrangement of artworks, color selection, room décor, rugs, mats, furnishings, household items, fashion, clothes, jewelry, car interiors, garden arrangements etc. The technology facilitates analyzing user input to identify a décor style from a décor style dictionary, obtaining décor that harmonizes with décor style, and presenting a representation of the décor to the user. The décor style dictionary includes décor styles that are generated based on an analysis of content, including images and description of décor, from a plurality of sources. The décor styles can be based on a number of concepts, including a theme of the décor, a color/color palette, a mood of the person, a fashion era, a type of architecture, etc. The technology facilitates presentation of discovered décor using computer generated imagery techniques.
US09465506B2	System and method for displaying additional information associated with a messaging contact in a message exchange user interface An unobtrusive tab is provided in a user interface (UI) used in communicating with a contact, for providing a notification of new information, and to enable access to the information or a representation of the information. The items provided in the information pane may also be selectable to enable further information to be displayed, e.g. an application related to or containing the selected item. Various data items can also be associated with items in the information pane in order to enable further content and information to be launched through selection of an item in the information pane. The information pane can be used as an alternative communication channel and portal for sending and receiving data items such as links, pictures, or other attachments to enable sharing between contacts without disrupting or cluttering a conversational exchange or consuming resources in a particular communication medium.
US09465505B1	Reputation based collaboration session A method and computer system for determining a reputation threshold requirement for participating in a collaboration session. A determination is made whether a reputation of a user satisfies the reputation threshold requirement for the collaboration session. Access to the collaboration session is enabled if the reputation of the user satisfies the reputation threshold requirement for the collaboration session. Access to the collaboration session is disabled if the reputation of the user fails to satisfy the reputation threshold requirement for the collaboration session.
US09465501B2	Multi-layer micro-wire substrate method A method of making a multi-layer micro-wire structure includes providing a substrate having a substrate edge and first and second layers formed over the substrate. One or more micro-channels are imprinted in each of the first and second layers and first and second micro-wires located in the imprinted micro-channels, the micro-wires forming at least a portion of an exposed connection pad in each layer. The second layer edge is farther from the substrate edge than the first layer edge for at least a portion of the second layer edge so that the first connection pads are exposed through the second layer.
US09465500B2	Two-touch gesture detection on a four-wire resistive touchscreen Embodiments of a touchscreen control device and associated method of operation enable two-touch gesture detection on a four-wires resistive touchscreen. Illustrative devices and methods enable detection when a resistive touchscreen is touched in two separate points. Embodiments of an electronic circuit can comprise a controller configured for coupling to a four-wires resistive touchscreen and at least two resistors. The controller can be further configured to detect multiple touches on the four-wires resistive touchscreen and measure zoom gestures comprising measuring distances between two-touches and obtaining angle of rotation and total distance between the two-touches.
US09465496B2	Capacitive in-cell touch panel and display device The embodiments of the present invention disclose a capacitive in-cell touch panel and a display device, which are configured so that the entirety of a common electrode layer in an array substrate is divided into a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of touch driving electrodes insulated from each other; at least one data signal line is used through time division multiplex access as a touch read signal line, thus production cost is saved and production efficiency is improved; and the respective touch read signal line is connected with a corresponding touch sensing electrode through at least one signal switch unit. During a display period, the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are applied with a common electrode signal to achieve a normal display function; and during a touch period, the touch driving electrodes are applied with a touch scan signal, and the signal switch units are switched on, through which the touch scan signal coupled with the touch sensing electrodes is outputted to the touch read signal line.
US09465493B2	Touchscreen device and method of sensing touch There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of sensing a touch. The touchscreen device includes: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes; a driving circuit unit simultaneously applying driving signals to M first electrodes among the first electrodes, where M is a natural number equal to or greater than two; a sensing circuit unit detecting capacitance generated in intersections between the first electrodes and the second electrodes so as to output sensing signals; and an operation unit determining whether a touch has occurred, based on the sensing signals.
US09465491B2	Method for forming a capacitive touch sensor for identifying a fingerprint A method of forming a capacitive sensor includes forming a capacitive touch position sensor including a first plurality electrodes sense electrodes and drive electrodes in a touch sensing area of a capacitive sensor. The first plurality of sense electrodes and drive electrodes are configured to enable detection of the presence and position of a touch in the touch sensing area. The method also includes forming a capacitive finger print sensor including a second plurality of sense electrodes and drive in a fingerprint sensing area of the capacitive sensor. The second plurality of sense electrodes and drive are configured to enable identification of the fingerprint of a finger placed in the fingerprint sensing area.
US09465490B2	Curved surface sensor pattern A touch sensor includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of sense electrodes and a plurality of drive electrodes disposed on the flexible substrate, a plurality of electrode branches, and a central spine. Each of the plurality of sense and drive electrodes includes electrode teeth, and electrode teeth of the sense electrodes are interdigitated with electrode teeth of the drive electrodes. Each particular electrode branch includes a portion of at least one of the drive electrodes and a portion of at least one of the sense electrodes. The central spine includes tracks that are coupled to the sense and drive electrodes. When the touch sensor is not formed into a three-dimensional shape, at least a portion of one of the electrode branches is separated from an adjacent electrode branch by a gap. When the touch sensor is formed into a three-dimensional shape, the gap is substantially eliminated, thereby forming a substantially continuous touch-sensitive surface.
US09465489B2	Randomized mesh design In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a touch sensor that includes a mesh of conductive material. The mesh includes a number of mesh cells that each have a number of vertices. Each of the vertices has a substantially randomized location within an annulus centered at a seed location of the vertex. The apparatus may also include one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the touch sensor and embodying logic that is configured when executed to control the touch sensor.
US09465486B2	Portable interactive whiteboard module A system for determining a touch point's location within a user-definable region is provided. The system comprises plural modules. In a set-up stage, a user positions each module to define a peripheral point of the region. Exemplarily, a module comprises a means for detecting alignment between the module and another one, a means for measuring an inter-module distance, and a means for making wireless data communication. In particular, the detecting of the alignment and the measuring of the inter-module distance are configured to be performed without physically connect the two modules together. Hence, a geometric coordinate of the module relative to the other one is determinable without a need to physically connect the two modules. The system can thereby be compactly packed for traveling to give an advantage of high portability to a portable interactive whiteboard system that incorporates such system.
US09465485B2	Pixel driving circuit having a photosensitive sub-circuit and driving method therefor, and array substrate A pixel driving circuit comprises: a data line (Data), a first scan line (Scan[1]), a second scan line (Scan[2]), an enable control line (EM), a power supply line (Vdd), a light emitting element (D), a display sub-circuit (1) and a photosensitive sub-circuit (2); wherein the display sub-circuit (1) is connected to the data line (Data), the first scan line (Scan[1]), the second scan line (Scan[2]), the enable control line (EM), the power supply line (Vdd) and the light emitting element (D), and is configured to drive the light emitting element (D) to emit light for display under the control of the first scan line (Scan[1]), the second scan line (Scan[2]), the enable control line (EM), the data line (Data) and the power supply line (Vdd); and the photosensitive sub-circuit (2) is connected to the data line (Data), the first scan line (Scan[1]), the second scan line (Scan[2]) and the enable control line (EM), and is configured to sense a touch action under the control of the first scan line (Scan[1]), the second scan line (Scan[2]), the enable control line (EM) and the data line (Scan[1]).
US09465478B2	Driving algorithm on projected capacitance touch A projected capacitive touch panel comprises a touch control integrated circuit, sensing electrodes, driving electrodes, a MCU, a AC signal generator, a sensing bus, and a driving bus. The driving electrodes are made of high resistance material. One driving electrodes is selected by MCU based on firmware program as selected driving electrode. A low voltage AC signal is generated by the AC signal generator. The AC signal is transmitted to the selected driving electrode and its adjacent two driving electrodes via the driving bus. The rest of driving electrodes are connected to a fixed DC level. Providing the same AC signal to three driving electrodes simultaneously can induce higher sensing signal in the sensing electrodes.
US09465476B1	Electronic device with seamless protective cover glass input An electronic device with seamless protective cover glass is disclosed. In the described embodiments, the cover glass is coupled to the housing such that the cover glass or portions of the cover glass move with respect to the housing. This movement can be used as an interface for receiving user inputs that can be used to provide control signals to the electronic device.
US09465471B2	Transparent electrode layer, touch panel and electronic device A transparent electrode layer includes plural touch units. Each of the touch units includes a sensing part and a wiring part. The sensing part has at least one dummy slit. The wiring part is electrically connected to the sensing part, and includes at least one conductor line and at least one slit. The at least one conductor line and the at least one slit are alternately formed in the wiring part. A density ratio, in a range between 0.5 and 2, is determined by a sensing part density parameter and a wiring part density parameter.
US09465470B2	Controlling primary and secondary displays from a single touchscreen Various systems and methods for controlling primary and secondary displays from a single touchscreen are described herein. An apparatus comprises a touchscreen display, a processor communicatively coupled to the touchscreen display, a detection module communicatively coupled to the processor, and a control module communicatively coupled to the processor. The detection module detects a particular configuration of a plurality of contact points occurring concurrently on the touchscreen display and detects a touch interaction sequence after detecting the particular configuration of the plurality of contact points. The control module controls a pointer on the secondary display based on the touch interaction sequence.
US09465463B2	Display and touch panels with drive and sense techniques The present invention provides a display device comprising: a display panel including a data line, a gate line, and a pixel; a data driver configured to output a data signal to the data line; a gate driver configured to output a gate signal to the gate line; and a signal controller configured to control the data driver, and the gate driver, wherein at least one of the data driver and the gate driver comprises a first current monitoring unit configured to monitor output current of the at least one of the data driver and the gate driver.
US09465459B2	Electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of detecting noise An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display that includes drive electrodes and sense electrodes configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, a noise-detection electrode spaced from the drive electrodes and the sense electrodes, at least one controller operably coupled to the drive electrodes, the sense electrodes, and the noise-detection electrode and configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display utilizing the drive electrodes and the sense electrodes, and detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during touch detection.
US09465452B2	Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit which includes an operation surface, and a position designation unit which detects at least one operation to the operation surface and outputs a position designation signal according to the detected position; and a control unit which performs a first control operation based on the position designation signal according to the first operation detected by the operation to the operation surface, continues the first operation, and performs a second control operation which is different from the first control operation with respect to the information processing apparatus, based on the new second operation to the operation surface.
US09465451B2	Method, system and computer program product for obtaining and displaying supplemental data about a displayed movie, show, event or video game Method, system and computer program product for displaying additional information about a displayed point of interest. A region region within a particular frame of a display can be selected to access additional information about a point of interest associated with the region. The additional information can be displayed on a secondary display, in response to selecting the region within the particular frame of the display to access the additional information about the point of interested associated with the region.
US09465450B2	Method of controlling a system The invention describes a method of controlling a system (1) comprising one or more components (C1, C2, . . . , Cn), which method comprises the steps of aiming a pointing device (2) comprising a camera (3) in the direction of one or more of the components (C1, C2, . . . , Cn), generating image data (4) of a target area A( ) aimed at by the pointing device (2), encompassing at least part of one or more of the components (C1, C2, . . . , Cn), and analyzing the image data (4) to determine position information (P) pertaining to the position of the user (5) relative to one or more of the components (C1, C2, . . . , Cn) at which the pointing device (2) is being aimed and/or to relative positions of the components. The system (1) is subsequently controlled according to the position information (P). Furthermore, the invention describes a corresponding control system (10), a home entertainment system, and a lighting system. The invention further describes a method of acquiring dimensional data (D) for use in the image data analysis.
US09465447B2	Display apparatus, UI display method thereof and computer-readable recording medium A display apparatus which corrects input characters by moving a cursor in word units is provided. The display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive a control command for a character input from a control device, a display configured to display characters corresponding to the control command, and a controller configured to control the display to move a cursor in word units when a correction command to correct the displayed characters is received.
US09465446B2	Electronic device including mechanical keyboard having touch sensors for detecting touches and actuation of mechanical keys An electronic device includes a keyboard. The keyboard includes a plurality of mechanical keys including a first key, and capacitive touch sensors including a first capacitive touch sensor and a second capacitive touch sensor. The keyboard is configured to detect a touch on the first key utilizing the first capacitive touch sensor and the second capacitive touch sensor, and to detect actuation of the first key when the first capacitive touch sensor is electrically coupled to the second capacitive touch sensor.
US09465441B2	Navigation device An optical navigation device, including a radiation source capable of producing a beam of radiation; a sensor for receiving an image; and an optical element for identifying movement of an object on a first surface to thereby enable a control action to be carried out. The optical element is such that a whole of the imaged area of the first surface is substantially covered by the object in normal use. The device is operable to receive from the object on the first surface an input describing a pattern, to compare the received pattern to a stored reference pattern and to perform a predetermined function if the received pattern and stored reference pattern are substantially similar. The pattern may be a continuous line, the device being operable to store the continuous line as a set of turning points in chronological order.
US09465437B2	Method and apparatus for controlling screen by tracking head of user through camera module, and computer-readable recording medium therefor Controlling a screen by tracking user's head using a camera module is described, comprising: (a) when a request for displaying contents is received, displaying a plurality of content regions on a screen and tracking the head of the user looking at the screen through the camera module; and (b) when it is determined in the tracking that the head of the user moves in a specific direction in a state where information on a first content is displayed in a central content region among the plurality of content regions, displaying, in the central content region, information on a second content which was displayed in a peripheral content region, the peripheral content region being positioned in the specific direction or in a direction opposite to the specific direction from the central content region.
US09465429B2	In-cell multifunctional pixel and display A multifunctional pixel is disclosed. The multifunctional pixel may include a display pixel, a photoelectric sensor, and a second sensor. The second sensor may include one of the following: an ultrasonic sensor and an infrared sensor. The display pixel, the photoelectric sensor, and the second sensor may be located in the multifunctional pixel.
US09465417B2	Cluster system, method and device for expanding cluster system A method for expanding a cluster system is provided. The cluster system includes at least one Cluster Central Chassis (CCC), and a newly-added Cluster Line-card Chassis (CLC) connected with the CCC to form the cluster system. The method includes the following steps. A control plane is established. An equipment management right is switched to the CCC, so that the CCC manages the newly-added CLC. Meanwhile, a cluster line-card device, a cluster central exchange device, and a cluster system are further provided. In implementation, smooth expansion can be achieved without interrupting running equipment services in the CLC current network and without interrupting data services. Moreover, during the expansion process, hardware equipment needs not to be replaced, thus investment of users on the equipment is reduced.
US09465414B2	User-removable device cover An apparatus includes a chassis with at least one chassis latching member and an outward facing, protruding portion. A cover of the apparatus includes an opening that encompasses the protruding portion of the chassis and at least one cover latching member that interfaces with the chassis latching member. The cover is slidably disengagable from the chassis by applying a first force on the protruding portion of the chassis in a first direction and applying a second force on the cover in a second direction.
US09465409B2	Docking station A docking station for installing a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a display surface and at least one slot located at one side of the display surface. The docking station includes a supporting structure, at least one hook, and at least one first magnetic element. The supporting structure includes a body and a shell. The shell covers the body. The hook is disposed on the body and extrudes out of the supporting surface of the shell. The first magnetic element is disposed on the body and located in the shell. The hook is adapted to inlay in the slot and the first magnetic element is adapted to attract the portable electronic device, such that the portable electronic device is fixed on the supporting structure.
US09465399B2	Current generator device and method of generating a current wave A current generator device includes a processing unit including an input module designed to acquire input data representing a desired current wave. The processing unit also includes a management and control module connected to the input module and designed for receiving the input data and generating a primary voltage wave. The processing unit also includes an output module connected to the management and control module and designed to receive the primary voltage wave and to process it so as to generate an output current wave. The management and control module are further designed for receiving the output current wave from the output module and comparing the output current wave with the desired current wave and, if they are not substantially equal, modifying the primary voltage wave so as to obtain a new output current wave substantially equal to the desired current wave.
US09465397B2	System, method, and apparatus for electric power grid and network management of grid elements Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of active grid elements. Grid elements are transformed into active grid elements following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of active grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity. Also preferably, messaging is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
US09465395B2	Voltage generating circuit A voltage generating circuit includes: (1) a driving unit having an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the input terminal is configured to receive an input signal, wherein when the input signal is at a first logic level, power is configured to be charged from a first voltage terminal to the output terminal, and when the input signal is at a second logic level, power is configured to be discharged from the output terminal to a second voltage terminal; (2) a first switch configured to couple the second voltage terminal to a capacitance-compensating terminal based on the input signal; (3) a compensating capacitor configured to be coupled between the capacitance-compensating terminal and a third voltage terminal; and (4) a second switch configured to couple the capacitance-compensating terminal to a fourth voltage terminal based on the input signal.
US09465394B2	Low-drop regulator apparatus and buffer stage circuit having higher voltage transition rate A low-drop regulator (LDO) apparatus includes an operational amplifier, a buffer stage circuit, and a power transistor. The operational amplifier is used for receiving a reference voltage and a feedback voltage to generate a first voltage. The buffer stage circuit is coupled to the power transistor and the operational amplifier and used for buffering the first voltage to generate a second voltage. The power transistor is coupled to the buffer stage circuit and used for generating an output voltage according to the second voltage wherein the output voltage is proportional to the feedback voltage. In addition, the buffer stage circuit is arranged to determine whether to mirror and generate a mirrored current according to the first voltage and to generate the second voltage for providing the second voltage to the power transistor to control on/off state of the power transistor when the mirrored current is generated.
US09465382B2	Embedded system, fool-proof control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An embedded system is disclosed. The embedded system is used for preventing a processing machine from an abnormal phenomenon when at least one processing parameter setting value is inputted into the processing machine. The embedded system is electrically connected to the processing machine, and the processing machine comprises an input interface, a first storing medium, a first controller and a stepper motor. The embedded system comprises a second storing medium and a second controller. The second controller captures the a processing parameter setting value inputted and compares it with a security range, so as to determine whether the processing machine is able to perform process for a workpiece. When the second controller determines that the processing machine is not able to perform process for the workpiece, a stop signal is generated and transmitted to the processing machine to stop performing process for the workpiece.
US09465378B2	Power electronics device, communication device, cooperative control method and computer readable medium According to some embodiments, there is provided a power electronics device including: a controlling unit, a determining unit, a confirming unit and a determining unit. The controlling unit performs surveillance/control concerning an input/output of power to a power line with other power electronics devices connected via the power line. The determining unit determines a master device which is a subject of the surveillance/control and a slave device which is controlled by the master device, based on power characteristic information of the other power electronics devices from among the other power electronics devices and the power electronics device. The confirming unit confirms whether the master device and the slave device determined by the determining unit are matched with the master device and the slave device determined by the other power electronics devices. The determining unit permits a start of the surveillance/control when matching is determined by the confirming unit.
US09465376B2	Managing electricity usage for an appliance Methods and arrangements for providing appliance power management. A connector arrangement is provided for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply. There is identified, with respect to the appliance connected to the power supply, at least one of: an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance. In response to the identifying of the at least one of: an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state, there is detected at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Also, a control action is undertaken relative to the detection of the at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09465375B2	Sliding hard keys A console includes a display and a plurality of individually-actuatable modules, including a physical key configured to slide into and out of a surface of the console. The modules include a motor, a threaded shaft coupled to and extending from the motor, and a movable platform movably attached to the threaded shaft. The physical key is movably supported on the movable platform.
US09465364B2	Illumination of a date mechanism A device for illuminating at least one display indicator incorporated in a case underneath an aperture of a horological or scientific apparatus, the device including a phosphorescent light source inside the case, a mechanism collecting external light energy from an ambient medium of the case towards the phosphorescent light source, and at least one light component formed, either by the source, or by a light relay connected to the source by a transmission mechanism, and the light component is configured, to illuminate the indicator, either on the opposite side to the aperture relative to the indicator, or at a periphery of the aperture, and a controller is configured to move a cover insertable between the light component and the indicator.
US09465362B2	Oscillator with a detent escapement The invention relates to an oscillator comprising a resonator of the inertia-elasticity type cooperating with a detent escapement comprising a detent cooperating with an escape wheel. The resonator is in one-piece and includes an inertia member and a first flexible structure providing the elasticity and forming a virtual pivot axis of the resonator and the detent is in one-piece and includes an unlocking spring and a second flexible structure forming a virtual pivot axis of the detent.
US09465351B2	Self-transforming imaging cartridge chip An electronic circuit for use with a consumable imaging unit comprises information configured to transform said electronic circuit from a communicated state to a non communicated state. Additionally, the information of the circuit is configured to alter an identifier of the circuit. The information of the circuit is also configured to point an imaging machine to communicate with a second element of the circuit after the information determines that a first element of the circuit has been altered from its original state.
US09465346B2	Metallic color image forming apparatus and metallic color image forming method In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus forms a metallic toner image with the toner having metallic color tone. The plurality of developing sections includes either or both of a developing section for forming a black toner image with the black toner and a developing section for forming a white toner image with the white toner. The plurality of developing sections is provided with one or more than two developing sections for forming a metallic toner image with the toner having metallic color tone.
US09465345B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, including a conveyer unit, an image forming unit, and a registration unit, is provided. The conveyer includes a first roller, a second roller, and a belt having a first surface to contact the sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on the sheet in an image forming area. The registration unit is on an upstream side of the image forming area and includes a third roller and a fourth roller. A rotation axis of the third roller is on a side of the first surface, and a rotation axis of the fourth roller is on a side of a second surface of the belt, which is a reverse surface of the first surface. The registration unit manipulates the third and fourth rollers to align the sheet with a reference orientation and convey the sheet to the belt.
US09465316B2	Developer container and image forming apparatus including the same A developer container includes a container body and a movable wall. The container body includes an inner surface defining a cylindrical internal space extending in a first direction. The container body is formed with a developer discharge port communicating with the internal space. The movable wall includes a conveying surface defining a storage space for containing the developer in cooperation, and moves in a moving direction parallel with the first direction from an initial position at one end side to a final position at the other end side of the internal space while conveying the developer in the storage space to the developer discharge port. The movable wall that is at the final position allows the conveying surface to extend so obliquely that an upper edge of the conveying surface lies downstream of a lower edge of the conveying surface in the moving direction.
US09465313B2	Optical print head and image forming apparatus An optical print head includes: light-emitting elements in line shape; first power line supplying first reference voltage; second power line supplying drive current to each light-emitting element and supplying second reference voltage; DAC outputting first voltage indicating light emission amount of each light-emitting element; first elements for holding first voltage difference between the first reference voltage and the first voltage; second elements each electrically connectable with corresponding first element and for holding second voltage difference between the second reference voltage and second voltage according to the first voltage, and during supply of drive current, controls each first element to hold the first difference by electrically disconnecting the first and second elements, and temporarily suspends supply of the drive current, and controls the second element to hold the second difference by electrically connecting the first and second elements, such that the drive current according to the second voltage difference is supplied.
US09465311B2	Targeting ads in conjunction with set-top box widgets A network device receives selection of a widget, for execution at a set-top box (STB) associated with a customer, from multiple widgets stored at a server, where each of the multiple widgets includes a software application that the STB can execute to render graphics or images on a screen or to perform other functions associated with the STB. The network device analyzes information associated with the customer and the widget, and selects an ad for the customer based on the analysis, where the ad relates to a product or service available for purchase. The network device causes the selected widget and the selected ad to be delivered to the STB.
US09465310B2	Liquid toner dispersion and use thereof A liquid toner dispersion provided with marking particles comprising a pigment and a polyester based resin, the dispersion comprising a nonpolar organic carrier liquid and a hyperdispersant comprising a graft copolymer provided with an anchor group comprising an amine-functionalized polymer onto which at least one stabilizing group is grafted, wherein a first stabilizing group and a second stabilizing group are coupled to the anchor group, wherein the first stabilizing group is a polyolefin and the second stabilizing group is hydroxylated fatty acid compound.
US09465307B2	Cleaning method for EUV light generation apparatus A cleaning method for an EUV light generation apparatus may include closing a connection portion so that a chamber interior and the interior of an exposure apparatus do not communicate when EUV light is not being generated, supplying an etchant gas for etching debris that has accumulated on a reflective surface of an optical element to the chamber interior in a state where the connection portion is closed, and exhausting the chamber interior using an exhaust apparatus while supplying the etchant gas.
US09465306B2	Source module of an EUV lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus, and method for manufacturing a device A source module for use in a lithographic apparatus is constructed to generate extreme ultra violet (EUV) and secondary radiation, and includes a buffer gas configured to cooperate with a source of the EUV radiation. The buffer gas has at least 50% transmission for the EUV radiation and at least 70% absorption for the secondary radiation.
US09465302B2	Lithographic apparatus An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a fluid supply system configured to supply a fluid, the fluid supply system having a chamber with a plurality of inlet holes in a first side wall and a plurality of outlet holes in a second side wall, the first side wall facing the second side wall, wherein the inlet holes direct fluid entering the chamber in a direction towards areas of the second side wall between the plurality of outlet holes.
US09465301B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A liquid supply system for an immersion lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space is defined between the projection system, a barrier member and a substrate. The barrier member is not sealed such that, during use, immersion liquid is allowed to flow out the space and between the barrier member and the substrate.
US09465294B2	Optical apparatus, projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides an optical apparatus that deforms a reflecting surface of a mirror, comprising a base plate, a fixing member configured to fix a part of the mirror including a center of the mirror to the base plate, and a plurality of actuators each having a first end connected to the mirror and a second end connected to the base plate, and configured to apply force to a back face of the mirror, wherein the plurality of actuators include a plurality of first actuators and a plurality of second actuators, and the plurality of first actuators are arranged such that a distance between each first actuator and the center of the mirror is longer than half of a distance between the center and a periphery of the mirror.
US09465292B2	Positive type resist composition for use in liquid immersion exposure and a method of forming the pattern using the same A positive type resist composition for use in liquid immersion exposure comprises: (A) a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon structure, the resin increasing its solubility in an alkali developer by an action of acid; (B) a compound generating acid upon irradiation with one of an actinic ray and a radiation; (C) an alkali soluble compound having an alkyl group of 5 or more carbon atoms; and (D) a solvent.
US09465286B2	Photomask, method of correcting error thereof, integrated circuit device manufactured by using the photomask, and method of manufacturing the integrated circuit device Provided are a photomask and a method of correcting errors thereof. The photomask includes a multilayer reflection film covering one side surface of a substrate and an energy receiving layer covering the other side surface of the substrate. The method includes determining a local correction position on a frontside surface of the photomask according to a detected error of the photomask, and locally applying an energy beam to a backside surface region of the photomask aligned with the local correction position in a thickness direction of the photomask. The invention may be applicable to structures other than photomasks that benefit from modification of surface heights or selectively applied stress.
US09465285B2	Light unit comprising an illumination unit and a projection unit A light-emitting unit having a lighting unit (10; 110; 210; 310; 410; 510; 610; 710; 810; 910; 1010; 1110) and a projection unit (12; 112; 212; 312; 412; 512; 612; 712; 812; 912; 1012; 1112), in which the lighting unit and the projection unit adapted to be switched on and off independently of one another.
US09465284B2	Methods and systems of vibrating a screen Screen vibration systems are provided that can vibrate theater screens using acoustical, electromagnetic, or another type of energy while reducing the presence of image artifacts that may otherwise be visible as result of vibrating the screen. In one example of a screen vibration system, the system includes a screen, a permanent magnet mounted to the screen, and a magnetic source positioned with respect to the permanent magnet and uncoupled from the screen. The screen is moveable in response to a changing magnetic field from the magnetic source.
US09465277B2	Lens hood and lens apparatus including the same There is provided a lens hood that, when attached to a front end portion of a lens barrel, enables easy operation of an optical member attached to the front end portion of the lens barrel and is strong against external shocks. The lens hood attachable to the front end portion of the lens barrel includes a hood body with which an opening is formed, an opening cover member configured to cover the opening, and a cover support member configured to slidably fix the opening cover member to the hood body, wherein the hood body or the cover support member includes a plurality of abutted portions to be abutted by the opening cover member in the sliding direction.
US09465275B2	Imaging device and focal plane shutter An imaging device includes: a focal plane shutter including: a board including an opening; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter opening and closing the opening; a leading shutter actuator and a trailing shutter actuator respectively driving the leading shutter and the trailing shutter; and a restrict portion that restricts reciprocating movement ranges of the leading shutter and the trailing shutter, an image pickup element which light enters through the opening; and a drive control portion.
US09465270B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes: a gate line including a gate electrode; a data line including a source electrode; a drain electrode; an organic layer on the gate and data lines and the drain electrode, and a first opening defined therein; a first electrode on the organic layer, and a second opening defined therein; and a passivation layer on the first electrode, and a contact hole defined therein exposing the drain electrode. An interval taken in a first direction between a first edge of the gate electrode, the first edge parallel to a second direction in which the gate line is extended and which is different than the first direction, and a second edge of the first electrode second opening, the second edge parallel to the second direction and adjacent to the gate electrode first edge is 0 micrometer to about 6 micrometers.
US09465262B2	Display panel and display device A display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a pixel array. The pixel array is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprises a pixel electrode and a data line. The data line is disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode and disposed above a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. The pixel electrode comprises a first trunk electrode and a plurality of branch electrodes. An extension of the first trunk electrode along a first direction crosses the data line and the first trunk electrode connects to the branch electrodes. The branch electrodes extend along a second direction. An angle y is formed by the first direction and the second direction, x is the value of the ppi of the display panel, and x and y satisfy the following equations: A1=−1.28×10−5(x)3+0.0047722(x)2−0.383068(x)+59.494865, B1=−2.38×10−5(x)3+0.0093751(x)2−1.098394(x)+81.919357, B1
US09465261B2	Display device The invention relates to a display device (10), in particular in the form of a multi-layer film body. The display device (10) has, in a first area (22), a first electrode (41), a second electrode (42), a third electrode (43) and a display layer (122) with a display material. The display layer (122) is arranged between the first electrode (41) and the second electrode (42). The third electrode (43) is arranged on the side of the display layer (122) facing away from the first electrode (41). The first electrode (41) is formed as an isolated electrode. The first electrode (41) overlaps both the second electrode (42) and the third electrode (43) at least in areas when viewed perpendicular to the plane spanned by the display layer (122).
US09465259B2	Liquid crystal display device Provided is an LCD device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a main spacer, and a supplementary spacer. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates. The main spacer makes contact with the first and second substrates. The supplementary spacer makes contact with one of the first and second substrates and is spaced apart from the other. A first area ratio defined by dividing the area of a first top surface by that of a first bottom surface of the main spacer may be smaller than a second area ratio defined by dividing the area of a second top surface by that of a second bottom surface of the supplementary spacer.
US09465249B2	Display device capable of displaying a continuous image A display device includes display units arranged in an array and a light guide unit. Each display unit includes a display panel including a display surface configured for displaying an image, and a frame located adjacent to edges of the display surface. The light guide unit includes a lower light guide and an upper light guide. The lower light guide is located above the display units, and includes first gratings. Each first grating corresponds to a side of one of the display unit and is configured for refracting light emitted from the display surface towards the corresponding side of the display unit. The upper light guide is located above the lower light guide and includes second gratings. Each second grating corresponds to one of the first gratings and is configured for reversely refracting light transmitted through the first grating towards a center of the display unit.
US09465247B2	Composition for black matrixes, method for preparing the same, display panel and display device There are disclosed a composition for black matrixes, a method for preparing the same, a display panel and a display device. The method for preparing said composition for black matrixes includes pigment dispersion forming process comprising the following steps: stirring the mixture of a carbon black, a dispersion agent, a solvent and a resin having a developing property until well mixed, and then performing a first shaking; adding the solvent continuously, or further adding the resin having a developing property, and performing a second shaking; adding the solvent continuously, and performing a third shaking to obtain the pigment dispersion; wherein, during at least one of the three shakings, a resin for improving the viscosity and the granularity stability was added therein. The obtained black matrixes has a higher electrical conductivity, thus the defects at the time of booting in the current display device can be further reduced or even avoided.
US09465239B2	Color neutral thermochromic layers and laminates A combination of layers comprised of: 1) a first LETC layer; 2) a second LETC layer and 3) a separator layer between the two LETC layers 4) an additive within at least one of the LETC layers and the separator layer wherein when the layers are laminated between two sheets of clear glass the color coordinate values of the laminate are about −8.5≦a≦about 8.5 and about −8.5≦b≦about 8.5 throughout the temperature range of about 0° C. to about 85° C.
US09465238B2	Eyeglass system and method of use An eyeglass system having a frame, left and right side shields connected to the frame at inset locations from the edge of the frame, arms connected to the side shields, and user select mechanisms for releasing the arms from a retracted position to a protracted position. The protracted position allows the length of the arms to be long enough for the temple tips to rest over the ears of the wearer while the retracted position allows the arms and side shields to close without the left side arm extending past the right side edge of the frame and the right side arm from extending past the left side edge of the frame in the closed position.
US09465237B2	Automatic focus prescription lens eyeglasses Embodiments are generally directed to automatic focus prescription lens eyeglasses. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more variable focus lenses coupled; one or more actuators to change the focus of the variable focus lenses; and one or more focus distance components coupled to detect a focus distance of one or more eyes of a user of the apparatus. The one or more actuators set a focal distance of each of the one or more variable focus lenses, a focal distance setting for each of the one or more variable focus lenses being determined in response to the focus distance of the one or both eyes of the user; and the focal distance setting for each of the one or more variable focus lenses includes adjustment for a vision prescription of the user.
US09465236B2	Ophthalmic devices incorporating photonic elements This invention describes Ophthalmic Devices with media inserts that have photonic elements upon or within them. In some embodiments passive ophthalmic devices of various kinds may be formed. Methods and devices for active ophthalmic devices based on photonic based projection systems may also be formed.
US09465231B2	Lens driving device and method of manufacturing the same A lens driving device and a method of manufacturing the device include a driving device having a lens with an optical axis, a focusing coil disposed at a periphery of the lens with respect to the optical axis, a vibration correction coil set comprising a plurality of coils and disposed on a flat surface perpendicular to the optical axis, and a plurality of magnets disposed at the periphery of the lens with respect to the optical axis, with each magnet having a first surface facing the focusing coil and a second surface facing a corresponding one of respective coils of the vibration correction coil set.
US09465222B2	Six-primary solid state illuminator A six-primary solid state illuminator is provided, including a blue light output unit. The blue light output unit continuously outputs a first blue light and a second blue light simultaneously. The wavelength of the first blue light differs from the wavelength of the second blue light. In a first mode, the first blue light and the second blue light are modulated into S-polarized and are output as a first combined light. In a second mode, the first blue light and the second blue light are modulated into P-polarized and are output as a second combined light.
US09465197B2	Imaging lens system An imaging lens system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power having object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens element with refractive power having an aspheric object-side surface and an aspheric concave image-side surface, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point.
US09465191B2	Lenses for curved sensor systems The subject disclosure is directed towards lenses for curved surfaces, including multi-element lens assemblies. In one or more implementations, an object-side meniscus lens is coupled to an image/curved surface side subassembly including a biconvex lens. The subassembly may comprise a single biconvex lens or a biconvex lens coupled to a negative meniscus lens.
US09465190B2	Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus A lens barrel 16 includes a movable cam ring 8, and a first lens holder 1b holding a first lens unit 1a and configured to follow a cam groove 8f formed on the movable cam ring 8, and the first lens holder 1b is provided with an opening 1c into which at least part (a protrusion 8c) of the movable cam ring 8 is insertable.
US09465183B2	Metal armored break-out cable assembly with grounding feature A break-out assembly includes an enclosure including a first side with a first opening and a second side, opposite the first side, with a plurality of second openings. A conductive frame is disposed within the enclosure. The conductive frame includes a first spring basket aligned to the first opening and a plurality of second spring baskets aligned to the plurality of second openings.
US09465172B2	Optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector comprises: a positioning housing that has a recessed open end; a positioning cover that is formed with at least two first grooves and at least two second grooves; and at least two terminal plugs, each of which has a plug housing and an end sleeve. The positioning cover is detachably mountable on the positioning housing between first and second positions relative to the positioning housing to cover the recessed open end. The end sleeves are respectively fitted into the first grooves when the positioning cover is disposed at the first position, and are respectively fitted into the second grooves when the positioning cover is disposed at the second position.
US09465171B2	Short optical terminus An optical connector comprising a plug housing having a pin cavity; a pin having a front and rear orientation and disposed at least partially in the pin cavity, the pin comprising at least a pin sleeve having a pin sleeve length, the pin sleeve at least partially containing a pin ferrule and a pin lens; a receptacle housing having a socket cavity; a socket having a front and rear orientation and disposed at least partially in the socket cavity, the socket comprising at least a socket sleeve having a socket sleeve length, the socket sleeve at least partially containing a socket ferrule and a socket lens; and an alignment sleeve between the pin and socket, wherein, when in a mated state, a pin front portion of the pin sleeve and a socket front portion of the socket sleeve are disposed in the alignment sleeve, wherein the pin front portion and the socket front portion are at least ⅓ the length of the pin sleeve and socket sleeve, respectively.
US09465160B2	Plasmonic interface and method of manufacturing thereof A method of manufacturing a layered material stack that includes a plasmonic interface between a plasmonic material and optical waveguide material is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate layer, disposing a layer of plasmonic material on the substrate layer, depositing a metal constituent of an optical waveguide material directly onto the layer of plasmonic material, and anodizing the metal constituent of the optical waveguide material to form an optically transparent oxide of the metal constituent configured to couple light into the layer of plasmonic material, with the optically transparent oxide of the metal constituent forming an optical waveguide structure.
US09465148B2	Security document Described is a security document with a transparent security element (12) which is arranged in a window or in a transparent region of the security document and has a structure layer, in which a first region (12f) of the structure layer has an asymmetrical diffractive relief structure, wherein the first region (12f) has an optical effect which is unexpectedly different in a front view and in a rear view of the security document.
US09465146B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes at least a light source, a display element, and an isotropic diffusion layer. When θ0 is an emission angle at which light from the light source has a maximum luminous flux ratio, θ1 is an average traveling angle at which light incident on the display element at the angle θ0 travels to the isotropic diffusion layer, T is a distance from an image formation surface to an interface between a light diffusing member and the isotropic diffusion layer, n0 is a refractive index of air, n1 is an average refractive index in a region between the image formation surface and the isotropic diffusion layer, P is a pixel pitch, and P′ is a distance between a position at which a portion of light emitted from an end portion of one of the pixels reaches the isotropic diffusion layer in a direction perpendicular to the isotropic diffusion layer and a position at which another portion of the light emitted from the end portion of the one of the pixels reaches the isotropic diffusion layer at the traveling angle θ1, the following Expressions (1), (2), and (3) are satisfied.
US09465136B2	Radiation detector, processor module, and methods of detecting radiation and well logging A control module for a radiation detector can be configured to use a first pulse shape discrimination technique at a first state, and use a second pulse shape discrimination technique at a second state.
US09465135B2	High energy X-ray inspection system using a fan-shaped beam and collimated backscatter detectors This invention provides a scanning system for scanning an object in a scanning zone. The scanning system includes both a radiation source arranged to irradiate the object with radiation having a peak energy of at least 900 keV and a scatter detector arranged to detect radiation scattered from the object wherein the radiation source is arranged to irradiate the object over a plurality of regions to be scanned within a single irradiation event. The scatter detector includes a plurality of detection elements, each detection element being arranged to detect scattered radiation from a predefined part of the scanning zone and a signal processor arranged to calculate scatter intensity across the plurality of detector elements.
US09465132B2	Tool for azimuthal resistivity measurement and bed boundary detection Systems and methods for performing bed boundary detection and azimuthal resistivity logging with a single tool are disclosed. Some method embodiments include logging a borehole with an azimuthally-sensitive resistivity logging tool; deriving both a resistivity log and a boundary detection signal from measurements provided by said tool; and displaying at least one of the boundary detection signal and the resistivity log. The resistivity log measurements may be compensated logs, i.e., logs derived from measurements by one or more symmetric transmitter-receiver arrangements. Though symmetric arrangements can also serve as the basis for the boundary detection signal, a greater depth of investigation can be obtained with an asymmetric arrangement. Hence the boundary detection signal may be uncompensated.
US09465126B2	Seismic geophysical surveying The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in geophysical surveying. Geophysical surveying typically involves stimulating an area of interest with a seismic source (204) and detecting the response in a sensor array. The application describes a fiber optic distributed sensing apparatus having a source (112) of electromagnetic radiation for repeatedly launching interrogating electromagnetic radiation into an optic fiber (104) deployed in said of area interest, a sampling detector (116) for sampling radiation back-scattered from the fiber; and a processor (108) arranged to process the back-scattered radiation to provide, for each of a plurality of longitudinal sensing portions of optic fiber, an indication of any incident acoustic signals affecting that sensing portion. The sampling detector is arranged to acquire a plurality of diversity samples for each said longitudinal sensing portion. The processor is configured process the diversity samples in diversity channels to determine a measurement signal indicative of any acoustic disturbance; correlate the measurement signal from each channel with a signal indicative of the seismic stimulus applied; and combine the correlated measurement signals to provide an overall measurement signal for the longitudinal sensing portion. The processor may apply a quality metric to the correlated data before performing the combination based on the quality metric. By correlating the individual diversity channels with the stimulus signal prior to performing the analysis of the measurement signal for a particular longitudinal section of optic fiber, the signal to noise ratio can be improved.
US09465118B2	Radiation detection system and method of analyzing an electrical pulse output by a radiation detector A radiation detection system can include a photosensor to receive light from a scintillator via an input and to send an electrical pulse at an output in response to receiving the light. The radiation detection system can also include a pulse analyzer that can determine whether the electrical pulse corresponds to a neutron-induced pulse, based on a ratio of an integral of a particular portion of the electrical pulse to an integral of a combination of a decay portion and a rise portion of the electrical pulse. Each of the integrals can be integrated over time. In a particular embodiment, the pulse analyzer can be configured to compare the ratio with a predetermined value and to identify the electrical pulse as a neutron-induced pulse when the ratio is at least the predetermined value.
US09465109B2	Laser projected acoustic sensor apparatus and method A plurality of lasers produces a lattice of projected points. A sensor system detects movement in the projected points in response to an incoming wave.
US09465100B2	System and method for a directable countermeasure with divergent laser A system includes a threat warning system and an countermeasure system. The threat warning system generates threat data that includes at least a threat coordinate value. The countermeasure system includes a wide-angle laser beam director and the infrared counter measure system receives the threat data including the threat coordinate value from the threat warning system and causes the beam director to direct a divergent laser beam based on the threat coordinate value.
US09465086B2	On-chip test technique for low drop-out regulators A circuit and method is described for automatically testing multiple LDO regulator circuits on an integrated circuit chip independent of an ATE. Each LDO regulator is tested for voltage at a specified current output capability, wherein the output driver transistor is formed by at least two pass transistors, which are each tested for voltage output at a particular current capability. The test results are delivered back to the ATE and for a failed test, the gate voltage of the pass device can be observed through an analog multiplexer to enable debug.
US09465082B2	Device and method for measuring a maximum cell voltage A device for measuring a maximum cell voltage among cell voltages of a plurality of battery cells connected in series includes a plurality of ohmic resistors connected in series. The device is configured to be connected to a plurality of battery cells connected in series in such a way that a respective battery cell is associated with each ohmic resistor according to the series connections. Each ohmic resistor, with the exception of a first ohmic resistor, is configured to conduct the larger of (i) a current that corresponds to the cell voltage of the associated battery cell, and (ii) the current that is conducted by the preceding ohmic resistor in the series connection.
US09465081B2	Battery power detecting device and method A battery power detecting device and method are provided. It can detect the battery power of a battery rod in a non-disposable electronic cigarette. The battery power detecting device includes a spare battery unit, a current sampling unit, a voltage sampling unit, a charging control unit, a main control unit, and a power display unit. The main control unit is configured to control the charging control unit to adjust and output the voltage provided by the spare battery unit according to the charging current sampled by the current sampling unit, in order to make the charging current equal to a preset current. Then, the main control unit calculates the battery power of the battery rod according to the charging voltage currently sampled by the voltage sampling unit, and finally controls the power display unit to display the battery power of the battery rod.
US09465076B2	Slip ring and slip ring electrical system A slip ring includes an exterior, a plurality of brushes, a plurality of rings, a brush fixing member that causes the plurality of brushes to contact the plurality of rings and supports the plurality of brushes, and a rotating shaft inserted into the plurality of rings and supports the plurality of rings. The slip ring also includes a reference signal generation unit configured to generate a reference signal, and a detection unit configured to detect a signal, wherein a circuit is formed by the reference signal generation unit, a first brush, which is at least one of the plurality of brushes, a first ring that contacts the first brush, and the detection unit, and wherein a state of contact of the first brush and the first ring is detected based on the signal detected by the detection unit.
US09465069B2	Method for the extraction of recombination characteristics at metallized semiconductor surfaces The present disclosure relates to methods for determining recombination characteristics at metallized semiconductor surfaces and of metallized semiconductor junctions, based on photo-conductance decay measurements. Dedicated test structures are used comprising a plurality of metal features in contact with a semiconductor surface at predetermined locations, the metal features being provided in a plurality of zones, each of the plurality of zones having a different metal coverage. The method comprises performing a photo-conductance decay measurement in each of the plurality of zones, thereby determining effective lifetimes for different injection levels as a function of metal coverage; and extracting the recombination characteristics from the determined effective lifetimes.
US09465068B2	Test method for semiconductor device having stacked plural semiconductor chips Disclosed herein is a method for testing a semiconductor device, the method includes: preparing a first semiconductor chip having a first bump electrode and a first driver circuit that drives the first bump electrode, and a second semiconductor chip having a second bump electrode and a second driver circuit that drives the second bump electrode; staking the first and second semiconductor chips so that the first bump electrode and the second bump electrode are electrically connected to each other to form a current path including the first and second bump electrodes; and driving, in a test mode, the current path to a first potential by the first driver circuit while driving the current path to a second potential different from the first potential by the second driver circuit.
US09465066B2	Transformer evaluation An illustrative method of evaluating a condition of a plurality of transformers that are located remotely from each other, includes: obtaining an ambient temperature for respective sites of the transformers at a plurality of times during a period; determining respective loading at the transformers at the plurality of times; and determining respective aging rates of the transformers during the period based on the respective ambient temperatures and loadings.
US09465064B2	Foreign object detection in wireless energy transfer systems The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.
US09465061B2	In-process material characterization Various embodiments include solutions for in-process material characterization. Various particular embodiments include a computer-implemented method including: providing instructions for transmitting oscillating electromagnetic field signals to a material under test (MUT); obtaining a return signal associated with the transmitted oscillating electromagnetic field signals; comparing the return signal with the oscillating electromagnetic field signals to determine a difference in an aspect of the return signal and the aspect of the oscillating electromagnetic field signals; comparing the difference in the aspect to a predetermined threshold; and determining a characteristic of the MUT based upon the compared difference.
US09465059B2	Method, sensor and system for analyzing appliances in a power line network A method for analyzing appliances in a power line network comprises obtaining an electrical characteristic of the power line network, using a sensor that is connected to the power line network, extracting a line-neglecting feature from the electrical characteristic of the power line network, and detecting an appliance connected to the power line network based on the extracted line-neglecting feature.
US09465057B2	Current measuring circuit for providing a current flow signal indicative of current flow between terminals A current measuring circuit for providing a current flow signal indicative of current flow between a first terminal and a second terminal includes a main transistor, a sense transistor, a bypass switch, an output amplifier for providing a current flow signal, and a controller for enabling current flow through each of respective drain-source paths of the main and sense transistors or a controllable conduction path of the bypass switch.
US09465056B2	Current sensor with temperature-compensated magnetic tunnel junction bridge A current sensor comprises a sensor bridge, with magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) elements, a MTJ temperature compensation resistor, and a current lead integrated onto a chip. The current lead is positioned close to the sensor bridge, and it is used to carry the test current. A permanent magnet is arranged at the periphery of the MTJ temperature compensation resistor. The permanent magnet rigidly aligns the magnetization direction of the free layer of the MTJ temperature compensation resistor anti-parallel to the magnetization direction of a pinning layer. The sensor bridge is connected in series with the MTJ temperature compensation resistor to temperature compensate the sensor bridge. A magnetic field generated by the test current produces an output voltage at the output of the temperature compensated sensor bridge that is proportional to the test current value.
US09465051B1	Surface contact imaging sensor An imaging system disposed on a TFT array employing a capacitance input sensing stage into a diode peak detecting circuit used as a single pixel on a semiconductor or TFT array that is capable of accessing the generated charge across the capacitor, peak detecting it, amplifying it and then distributing it to an external system via row and column addressing. The resulting imaging system is suitable for fingerprint imaging or as a computer touchpad input device.
US09465041B2	Antibodies to paliperidone and use thereof Disclosed is an antibody which binds to paliperidone, which can be used to detect paliperidone in a sample such as in a competitive immunoassay method. The antibody can be used in a lateral flow assay device for point-of-care detection of paliperidone, including multiplex detection of aripiprazole, quetiapine, olanzapine, and risperidone/paliperidone in a single lateral flow assay device.
US09465040B2	Method for profiling phytohormone levels in plant tissue The present invention provides a method for profiling phytohormone levels in plant tissue or tissue of other plastid containing organisms, i.e. a method for the simultaneous determination of a multitude of phytohormone levels in plant tissue or tissue of other plastid containing organisms.
US09465039B2	Perlecan as a biomarker for renal dysfunction The application discloses PERLECAN as a new biomarker for renal dysfunction; methods for predicting, diagnosing, prognosticating and/or monitoring said dysfunction based on measuring said biomarker; and kits and devices for measuring said biomarker and/or performing said methods.
US09465038B2	Quantitative determination of biomarkers in the erythrocyte membrane This invention relates to determination of quantitative expression of plasma membrane proteins as biomarkers in the erythrocytes. The invention includes simple, quantitative assay platforms which can be made available in most diagnostic laboratories. The platform allows performing personalized, quantitative tests for the direct expression level of a wide range of membrane proteins from small volume blood samples and connecting them to individual genetic variability, disease conditions, disease stages and complications, treatment protocols, pharmacological responses, or toxic side effects.
US09465033B2	Latex particles for agglutination assay A latex particle for high-sensitive agglutination assay and a reagent for agglutination assay including the particle are provided. The latex particle barely initiates non-specific reactions and can readily prepare diagnostic agents. A latex particle for agglutination assay including a polymerizable monomer having a phenyl group, a polymerizable monomer having a phenyl group and a salt of sulfonic acid, and a polymerizable monomer represented by Formula (1): CH2═CR1—COO(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (1) where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n is 1≦n<20, wherein the density of functional groups derived from the polymerizable monomer represented by Formula (1) on the surface of the particle is 0.05 to 0.5 μmol/m2.
US09465032B2	Method of using antibody-liposome complexes for selecting a pool of molecules The present disclosure relates to a method for selecting a pool of molecules comprising detecting if the pool of molecules has binding specificity to an agent. A method for selecting a pool of biological markers in or on a cell, a composition comprising a pool of molecules, a method for delivering a therapeutic agent, and a method for diagnosing a condition in a subject are also provided.
US09465022B2	Method for real-time on-line monitoring of concrete freeze-thaw damage A method for real-time and in-situ monitoring of freeze-thaw damage to concrete, comprising embedding pairs of gradient electrical resistance probes into a surface of concrete being monitored at a depth of 0-50 mm, the paired gradient electrical resistance probes having an anti-corrosion metal bar, with the buried depth gradient of different pairs of electrical resistance probes being in the range of 1 mm to 20 mm, and the buried depth gradient of the pair of electrical resistance probes nearest to the surface being less than 5 mm; transmitting an impedance value of the concrete measured by the paired gradient electrical resistance probes to a monitoring center for processing; and evaluating a spalling status of freeze-thaw damage to the concrete based on changes in impedance value which may be abrupt. Real-time in-situ monitoring of the freeze-thaw damage of concrete can be achieved by the electrical resistance probes and monitoring center of this invention.
US09465017B2	Method and device for preparing substances for qualitative and quantitative analyses A method and a device for preparing a qualitative and quantitative analysis of samples are presented. The device affords the possibility of delimiting and isolating a specific region of a solid or liquid sample. A liquid, e.g. a solvent or extracting agent, is added in the delimited and isolated region. Thereafter the created mixture of substance and liquid is, in a plug-shaped fashion, pressed out of the closed region by means of a neutral liquid or the same liquid, and supplied to the measuring instrument in the form of a highly concentrated solution.
US09465007B2	Nanosensor and method of manufacturing same A nanosensor may include a substrate that has a hole formed therein, a first insulating layer that is disposed on the substrate and has a nanopore formed therein, first and second electrodes that are disposed on the first insulating layer and are spaced apart from each other, first and second electrode pads that are disposed on the first and second electrodes, respectively, and a protective layer disposed on the first and second electrode pads. A method of manufacturing a nanosensor may include forming a first insulating layer, graphene, and a metal layer on a substrate, patterning the metal layer and the graphene, forming a protective layer on a portion of the graphene and the metal layer, exposing a portion of the graphene by removing a portion of the protective layer, forming a hole in the substrate, and forming a nanopore in the first insulating layer and the graphene to be connected to the hole.
US09465001B2	Conductive liquid property measurement using variable phase mixing A system and method for measuring an electrical characteristic of a fluid using a measuring circuit. In one implementation, the measuring circuit includes a sensing component, a current supply connected to the sensing component, a sensor switchably connected to the sensing component, an array of components switchably connected to the sensing component, and a monitoring circuit connected to the sensing component. A controller performs a calibration of the measuring circuit by switching parallel impedances in and out of the circuit while measuring voltages across the sensing component. The voltages are measured at at least two different phase angles that are determined by the calibration. Once voltages at different impedances and different phases are determined, the controller calculates a value of the electrical characteristic of the fluid by interpolating between lines of fixed capacitance or resistance.
US09464998B2	Method and system for electron microscope with multiple cathodes An electron microscope system includes a laser system operable to generate an optical pulse and a pump pulse and a microscope column. The microscope column includes a multiple cathode structure having a plurality of spatially separated cathode regions. Each of the cathode regions are operable to generate an electron pulse. The microscope column also includes an electron acceleration region adjacent the multiple cathode structure, a specimen region operable to support a specimen, and a detector.
US09464989B2	Stack gas measurement device and method thereof A gas sampling device includes an analysis block defining a first portion of a chamber and a dilution block defining a second portion of the chamber. The sampling device includes an exhaust gas orifice at the first portion for withdrawing gas from the chamber in response to an applied suction, a sample gas orifice at the second portion to modify passage of a sample gas entering the chamber in response to the suction, and a dilution gas orifice at the second portion to modify passage of a dilution gas entering the chamber in response to the suction.
US09464988B2	Surface plasmon resonance fluorescence measurement device and surface plasmon resonance fluorescence measurement method A surface plasmon resonance fluorescence analysis device emits a light beam to a prism in which a metal film is formed on a prescribed surface while changing an angle of incidence relative to the metal film in a state in which the light beam is totally reflected, measures light generated on a surface of the metal film, determines an angle at which the light beam enters the metal film based on a change in intensity of the measured light, adjusts the emitting direction of the light beam so that the light beam enters the metal film at the determined angle of incidence, and measures fluorescence generated on the surface of the metal film in a state in which the light beam is emitted the adjusted direction.
US09464985B2	Plasmon resonance imaging apparatus having nano-lycurgus-cup arrays and methods of use Apparatus and methods are disclosed that are configured to permit nanoplasmonic spectroscopy sensing in the form of colorimetric sensing. An example apparatus involves: (a) an array layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein a plurality of nanoholes are defined in the top surface of the array layer, wherein the plurality of nanoholes each have at least one sidewall surface and a bottom surface, (b) a thin metal film disposed on the top surface of the array layer and on the bottom surface of each of the plurality of nanoholes, and (c) a plurality of nanoparticles disposed on the at least one sidewall surface of the plurality of nanoholes.
US09464983B2	Concentration determination apparatus, probe, concentration determination method, and program A concentration determination apparatus may determine a concentration of a target component in an arbitrary layer of an observed object including a plurality of light scattering medium layers. The concentration determination apparatus may include an irradiation unit, light scattering medium layer selection unit, a light receiving unit, a light intensity acquisition unit, an optical absorption coefficient calculation unit, and a concentration calculation unit.
US09464982B2	Self-cleaning optical sensor An optical sensor may include a sensor head that has an optical window for directing light into a flow of fluid and/or receiving optical energy from the fluid. The optical sensor may also include a flow chamber that includes a housing defining a cavity into which the sensor head can be inserted. In some examples, the flow chamber includes an inlet port defining a flow nozzle that is configured to direct fluid entering the flow chamber against the optical window of the sensor head. In operation, the force of the incoming fluid impacting the optical window may prevent fouling materials from accumulating on the optical window.
US09464978B2	Cross-instrument method and system for cell population discrimination The present invention provides methods and systems to combine the capabilities of a hematology analyzer with those of a flow cytometer to yield a far more powerful analytical system than either device alone. In one embodiment, a method of analyzing a cell sample includes receiving a first data generated by an analysis of a first aliquot of the sample on a first particle analyzer having a fluorescence measurement device such as a flow cytometer, detecting at least one unresolved cell population in the first data, and accessing a second data stored on a storage device wherein the second data was previously generated by interrogating a second aliquot of the sample using at least one of a cell volume measurement device and a cell conductivity measurement device in a second particle analyzer such as a hematology analyzer. The unresolved cell population in the first data is then resolved using the second data. Corresponding system embodiments are also disclosed.
US09464953B2	System and method for gauging safe towing parameters A system for determining the tongue weight of a towed vehicle and other parameters includes a drawbar transducer in one embodiment and a receiver hitch transducer in another embodiment. Strain gauges are strategically located on the transducer and information regarding the towed vehicle are sent to a display. In one embodiment, a portable display unit has a radio frequency transceiver for receiving transmitted data from the transducer reflective of the towed vehicle tongue weight so that a user can view the tongue weight in practically real time. In this manner, the user can adjust the contents of the towed vehicle to achieve proper tongue weight without the necessity of going back and forth between the trailer and the transducer. A method is also disclosed for determining a safe towing condition based on the trailer tongue weight, trailer pulling force, acceleration during towing, and calculated trailer weight.
US09464943B2	Temperature sensor and temperature compensation oscillator A temperature sensor includes a resonator; a first oscillation circuit to oscillate the resonator in a first oscillation mode; a second oscillation circuit to oscillate the resonator in a second oscillation mode different from the first oscillation mode; a switching circuit to connect the resonator to the first oscillation circuit or the second oscillation circuit; a control circuit to control the switching circuit so that the first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit are alternately connected to the resonator; and a temperature information output circuit to generate information representing a frequency difference between a signal output from the first oscillation circuit kept in a status of being connected to the resonator and a signal output from the second oscillation circuit kept in the status of being connected to the resonator on the basis of these signals and to output the frequency difference information as temperature information on the resonator.
US09464942B2	Semiconductor temperature sensor with high sensitivity A temperature sensor circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the temperature sensor comprises an input circuit with a current mirror for forcing a current down a reference stage and an output stage. The reference stage and the output stage include P-N junctions (e.g., using bipolar transistors) with differing junction potentials. By tailoring the resistances in the reference and output stages, the input circuit produces two output voltages, one of which varies predictably with temperature, and one which is stable with temperature. The input circuit is preferably used in conjunction with an amplifier stage which preferably receives both the temperature-sensitive and non-temperature sensitive outputs. Through various resistor configurations in the amplifier stage, the output of the temperature sensor can be made to vary at a higher sensitivity than produced by the temperature-sensitive output of the input circuit. Moreover, as a result of the non-temperature-sensitive output, the output of the temperature sensor is additionally and beneficially tailored in its offset voltage in a temperature-independent manner. The result is a flexible circuit that can achieve very high sensitivities and near-ideal performance even at lower power supply voltages.
US09464941B2	High-temperature sensor with a sensor element and a device for holding and positioning the sensor element, especially for automotive uses A high-temperature sensor comprising a sensor element and a device for holding and positioning the sensor element in a point of use, especially for automotive uses, has a holding part with a pouch molded into it in which the sensor element is received such as to be flush with the surface. In this way, the sensor element is reliably held in a high-temperature sensor and its safe operation is guaranteed also when the sensor is subject to vibrations.
US09464940B2	Body temperature measuring device A body temperature measuring device includes a main body, a probe, and a control mechanism. The main body includes a holding part, and an abutting surface arranged at a side of the holding part. The probe is affixed to the main body in a movable manner The probe includes a probe main body, and a fixing structure arranged on the probe main body for fixing a probe cover. The probe cover has a bottom edge. The control mechanism is coupled to the probe for controlling the probe moving between a first position and a second position. Wherein when the probe is at the first position, the probe cover is able to be fixed on the probe; and when the probe moves away from the first position, the abutting surface presses the bottom edge of the probe cover for detaching the probe cover from the probe.
US09464932B2	Draft shield for a balance with an integral spring element and holder element formed with the top rail members for securing the upper corners of the front wall A draft shield (1) for a balance has a rear wall (2), a front wall (11), two side walls (9, 10), a top cover 8, and rail members (3, 4) which extend from the upper corners of the rear wall (2) to the upper corners of the front wall (11) and carry guide tracks (5, 6, 7) in which the top cover (8) and the side walls (9, 10) are slidably seated. According to the invention, each rail member (3, 4) includes at its front end a spring element and a holder element which are integrally connected to the rail members (3, 4) and are made of one piece with the latter. The spring elements and the holder elements are arranged on the rail members (3, 4) in such a way that the front wall (11) can be inserted between the spring elements (16) and the holder elements (17), and as a result of said insertion the front wall (11) will be secured to the rail members (3, 4).
US09464926B2	Magnetic flowmeter flowtube assembly with spring-energized seal rings A magnetic flowmeter flowtube assembly includes a conduit with a first end and a second end. A first neck flange is coupled to the first end of the conduit and has an inside diameter with a first notch extending radially outwardly therefrom. A second neck flange is coupled to the second end and has an inside diameter with a second notch extending radially outwardly therefrom. A fluoropolymer liner is disposed within and extends through the first neck flange, the conduit and the second neck flange. A pair of electrodes is mounted relative to the liner to measure a voltage induced within a process fluid flowing through the liner. A first spring-energized seal ring is disposed in the first notch and a second spring-energized seal ring disposed in the second notch. A method of sealing a magnetic flowmeter having a fluoropolymer liner is also provided.
US09464921B2	Method for the operation of a capacitive sensor array on a motor vehicle and associated device A sensor array for the detection of movement gestures on a motor vehicle includes two elongated sensor electrode arrays offset from each other on the motor vehicle. At least one control and evaluation device is coupled to the arrays and detects a change in their capacitance. A longer array is deformed in the direction of a shorter array where the longer array protrudes over the shorter array. The control and evaluation device is designed to detect a time sequence of capacitance values for each of the arrays. The times when each array responds and stops responding are recorded, as is the time difference between the times when the arrays respond (response time difference), and the time difference between the times when the arrays stop responding (drop-out time difference). These are compared when assessing whether an actuation event has been recorded by the control and evaluation device.
US09464919B2	Magnetic position detecting apparatus With magnetic poles of a magnetic scale each having a length in the moving direction of T, a magnetic field sensing part has m element lines (m≧2) each including n magnetic sensors (n≧2) as the magnetic sensors corresponding to one of the magnetic poles. The n magnetic sensors included in one of the element lines are arranged at a constant pitch of λ(λ=T/n). Each of the magnetic sensors included in the second or further element line is placed shifted by λ/m in the moving direction of the opposite magnetic pole from each of the magnetic sensors included in the previous element line.
US09464915B1	Route stabilization scrolling mode An approach for a route stabilization scrolling mode is provided. The approach displays a map window, wherein the map window includes a visible region of a map, the map including a plotted route originating at a source location and ending at a destination location. The approach receives one or more swipe gestures within the map window. The approach determines whether the one or more swipe gestures exceeds an escape velocity threshold. Responsive to a determination that the one or more swipe gestures exceeds the level of intensity to progress the map window into an area of the map away from the plotted route, the approach generates one or more custom pegs, wherein the one or more custom pegs is a compressed snapshot of a last position on the plotted route prior to exceeding the escape velocity threshold.
US09464914B1	Landmark navigation Information of landmark candidates, near a map route, is extracted. A recognizability score for the landmark candidates is assigned based on the extracted information of the landmark candidates. A landmark is selected, based on recognizability score, among the landmark candidates. And the map route is modified based the selected landmark.
US09464911B2	Vehicle and method of controlling the same A vehicle is provided in which, when an estimated driving time for a destination set by a user exceeds a predetermined time, a stop at which the user can take a break when the predetermined time elapses after driving starts is searched for, and information on the stop is provided so that the user may be prompted to take a break during long-term driving. The vehicle includes an input unit for receiving information on destination setting from a user, a controller for generating a driving path from a departure position to the set destination and search for a stop candidate that is located on the driving path or a location adjacent to the driving path when an estimated driving time for the driving path is a predetermined first reference time or more, and a display unit configured to display a guide popup related to the searched stop candidate.
US09464909B2	Apparatus, system and method for clustering points of interest in a navigation system A navigation system, apparatus and method utilizing a processor and a sensor, operatively coupled to the processor to determine a location of the navigation system. A navigation input module is configured to receive destination data specifying a destination and a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) data from a user, where the navigation input module is further configured to receive a POI search area value defining an area of search for the POI data from potential route segments. The processor may utilize the POI search area value to search a plurality of areas along the potential route segments to identify at least some of the plurality of POI data that are in closest proximity to the destination, and wherein the processor may be further configured to cluster the identified POI data for simultaneous presentation on a navigational map.
US09464904B2	System and method for providing privacy protected navigation between mobile terminals A system of providing location and routing information to a target mobile terminal while still maintaining a specified level of privacy. A target mobile terminal includes a profile having an inaccuracy level contained therein. When a querying terminal desires routing information to the target terminal, a portion of a route to the target terminal is provided, with the portion of the provided route being based upon the level of inaccuracy in the target terminal profile.
US09464891B2	Method for measuring thickness by pulsed infrared thermal wave technology A method for measuring thickness or defect depth by pulsed infrared thermal wave technology is described. The method includes heating a measured object by pulsed heating devices, and at the same time, obtaining a thermal image sequence on the surface of the measured object by an infrared thermography device, and storing the thermal image sequence in a general-purpose memory. The method also includes multiplying a temperature-time curve at every point of the thermal image sequence by a corresponding time, thereby obtaining a new curve. The method also includes calculating a first-order differential and obtaining a peak time thereof. The method also includes use of one or more formulas to thereby determine the thickness or the defect depth of the measured object.
US09464884B2	Method for determining the position of a rotation axis In a system having a substrate holding means for holding a substrate, wherein the substrate holding means is rotatable about an axis of rotation that is perpendicular to an X-Y coordinate system, a method for determining position of the axis of rotation in the X-Y coordinate system, comprising the steps of: providing a reference labeling on the substrate holding means or on the substrate; determining a first X-Y reference position RP of a reference labeling on the substrate holding means or on the substrate by means of optical positional detecting means that is fixed relative to the X-Y coordinate system, rotating the substrate holding means by a defined angle of rotation R around the axis of rotation, determining by means of said fixed optical positional detecting means a second X-Y reference position RP′ of the reference labeling that is changed by the rotation, and calculating the X-Y position of the axis of rotation in the substrate.
US09464883B2	Integrated optical coherence tomography systems and methods Disclosed herein are optical integration technologies, designs, systems and methods directed toward Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other interferometric optical sensor, ranging, and imaging systems wherein such systems, methods and structures employ tunable optical sources, coherent detection and other structures on a single or multichip monolithic integration. In contrast to contemporary, prior-art OCT systems and structures that employ simple, miniature optical bench technology using small optical components positioned on a substrate, systems and methods according to the present disclosure employ one or more photonic integrated circuits (PICs), use swept-source techniques, and employ a widely tunable optical source(s).
US09464876B2	Trajectory modification of a spinning projectile by controlling the roll orientation of a decoupled portion of the projectile that has actuated aerodynamic surfaces An apparatus and system for controlling the trajectory of a projectile having two rotationally decoupled sections, wherein the first section is rotationally decoupled from the second section. The first section of the projectile contains a navigation system. The first section also contains an actuator by which aero-control surfaces on the second section are actuated. The second section may have external aero-spin surfaces which provide a torque counter to the rotation of the base projectile. The apparatus and system also includes embodiments having applications for nose sections of projectiles.
US09464874B1	Layered energetic material having multiple ignition points An energetic material having thin, alternating layers of metal oxide and reducing metal is provided. The energetic material may be provided in the form of a sheet, foil, cylinder, or other convenient structure. A method of making the energetic material resists the formation of oxide on the surface of the reducing metal, allowing the use of multiple thin layers of metal oxide and reducing metal for maximum contact between the reactants, without significant lost volume due to oxide formation. An ignition system for the energetic material includes multiple ignition points, as well as a means for controlling the timing and sequence of activation of the individual ignition points. The combination of the energetic material and ignition system provides a means of charge and blast shaping, ignition timing, pressure curve control and maximization, and safe neutralization of the energetic material.
US09464856B2	Configurable remote weapon station having under armor reload An RWS is configurable to adjust the height of a rotational elevation axis thereof by providing interchangeable pairs of removably mounted yoke arms, wherein the pairs have different heights. The RWS is provided with at least one fixed hanging ammunition container that is reloadable under the armored protection of the vehicle and the RWS shell.
US09464855B2	Countermass container for use in a recoilless weapon and a recoilless weapon comprising such a countermass container A countermass container for use in a recoilless weapon. The countermass container includes an envelope encloses a countermass. A recoilless weapon includes a barrel accommodating an ammunition unit, a propellant charge and a countermass container. The countermass container includes an envelope enclosing a countermass. The barrel includes a front end opening for firing the ammunition unit out of the barrel and a rear end opening for ejecting the envelope and countermass of the counter mass container. The envelope is divided into a front section and a rear section. The rear section of the envelope has a weaker construction than the front section of the envelope to more easily crack than the front section of the envelope. Splines are provided at the front section to create ducts.
US09464839B2	Semi-electric mobile refrigerated system A power supply system for a transport refrigeration system includes an engine coupled to a compressor of a refrigeration unit for direct drive powering the compressor and a generator arranged to also be direct driven by the engine for generating electric power. The generator and the compressor are mounted to a common drive shaft driven by the engine, and the generator may be integrated with the compressor. The power supply system may further include an alternator arranged to be belt driven by the engine for generating DC electric power. A battery pack may be provided for storing and supplying additional DC power. During peak load demand on the refrigeration unit, the engine may be operated with the generator switched off to directly drive the compressor and direct current may be drawn from the battery pack to drive the condenser/gas cooler and evaporator fans.
US09464838B2	Method of controlling heat pump system of electric vehicle A method of controlling a heat pump system of an electric vehicle, whereby power consumed for air conditioning is reduced during driving in a low load state in a heating mode, includes determining whether a heat dissipation amount insufficient condition of an indoor condenser is satisfied in the heat pump system of the electric vehicle. When it is determined that the heat dissipation amount insufficient condition of the indoor condenser is satisfied, measuring current revolutions per minute (rpm) of a compressor. It is determined whether the measured rpm of the compressor is greater than a minimum rpm limit of the compressor. When it is determined that the measured rpm of the compressor is greater than the minimum rpm limit of the compressor, the rpm of the compressor is reduced.
US09464836B2	Air conditioner and starting control method thereof An air conditioner having a plurality of compressors and a starting control method thereof, where the plurality of compressors is simultaneously started if a starting load of the air conditioner is smaller than a reference load, and the plurality of compressors is sequentially started if the starting load of the air conditioner is larger than the reference load, thereby simultaneously starting the plurality of compressors at a starting load section in which a starting stability of the compressors is secured, and thus capable of enhancing the cooling and heating performance.
US09464834B2	Temperature controlled service hoses for improved refrigerant charge accuracy A method and charging apparatus for adding refrigerant to refrigerant system are provided. The disclosure includes thermally conditioning the interior of the service hoses of a refrigerant recovery unit used to charge refrigerant. The conditioning may be based on one or more temperature reading(s) and/or based on a function and may be achieved by a heater along the length of the hose, recirculating refrigerant, and/or through a parallel line of heated liquid.
US09464819B2	Air conditioning control system and air conditioning control method According to one embodiment, an air conditioning control system is connected to a camera device, which is installed in an interior as an inside of a room and an air conditioning control target, and to an air conditioner that performs air conditioning for the interior as the air conditioning target, the air conditioning control system includes: an activity amount calculation unit; a current comfort index value calculation unit; a control parameter calculation unit; and an air conditioner control unit. The activity amount calculation unit acquires and analyzes image information formed by imaging the interior as the air conditioning control target from the camera device, and calculates an activity amount of a person present in the room based on the image information. The current comfort index value calculation unit calculates a current comfort index value of the person present in the room based on the activity amount. The control parameter calculation unit calculates a control parameter regarding an operation of the air conditioner based on the current comfort index value. The air conditioner control unit controls the operation of the air conditioner based on the control parameter.
US09464808B2	Nozzle tip assembly with secondary retention device A nozzle tip assembly and method characterized by the use of a retention device including at least one tab that cooperates with a ledge for coupling a nozzle shroud to a nozzle adaptor. The retention device can be used as a secondary retention feature to prevent nozzle separation and/or to enable the fuel injector to be repaired without having to replace the entire assembly. The latter advantage is of particular benefit when there is damage during assembly or when the nozzle tip assembly is being overhauled.
US09464794B2	Removable lighting assemblies Pool lighting assemblies, lens and methods of installing, maintaining and servicing are disclosed. A pool lighting assembly can include a light fixture body forming an elongated housing with a generally open interior, where the light fixture body constructed for insertion into a structure, such a pool wall. Additionally, a light cartridge can be provided. The light cartridge can have an illumination portion with a light emitting diode, a circuitry portion for controlling the light emitting diode, and a heat sink in proximity of the light emitting diode and the circuitry portion. A lens assembly, attachable to the light fixture body, can also be provided. The lens of the lens assembly can be interchangeable with a different lens. Also, the light cartridge can be removable from the light fixture body without removing the light fixture body from the structure.
US09464792B2	Lighting assembly An elongate tubular lighting assembly having a body with a length between spaced first and second ends. The tubular lighting assembly has a source of illumination and first and second connectors respectively at the first and second body ends. The first connector has cooperating first and second parts having first and second surfaces. The first and second connector parts are configured so that the first and second surfaces are placed in confronting relationship to prevent separation of the first and second connector parts with the body in an operative state as an incident of the first connector part moving relative to the second connector part from a position fully separated from the second connector part in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position.
US09464785B2	Vehicular light guides and assemblies with uniform illumination A light guide is provided that includes a light chamber defined by isotropically luminant top, bottom, and back surfaces, and a front surface having a translucent lens. The light guide also includes a reflective diaphragm within the chamber that defines a top gap between the diaphragm and the top surface, and a bottom gap between the diaphragm and the bottom surface. The light guide further includes an LED light source located between the diaphragm and the back surface of the chamber. The light guide may also be configured with a front surface having a partially transmissive lens and no reflective diaphragm. A vehicle lighting assembly is also provided that includes a plurality of interconnected light chamber sections comprising light guides.
US09464769B2	Techniques for using quantum dots to regenerate light in display systems Techniques for configuring light conversion materials such as quantum dots in a display system are described. A display system includes light source components that emit a first light. The display system further includes a light converter illuminated by the first light. The light converter converts the first light into second light comprising one or more color components to support a specific color gamut. The second light forms, based at least in part on image data for images to be rendered, an emission pattern that varies with space and time.
US09464761B2	Gas supply method and gas supply apparatus A gas-filling device (1) in which the design pressure of a pressure accumulator can be reduced while downsizing a compressor includes a compressor (4) and a pressure accumulator (5). In advance, a relationship between a filling pressure and a target flow rate is determined in accordance with the volume of a tank (3), the filling pressure is detected, and the target flow rate is determined. A flow rate of a gas to be supplied into the tank (3) is controlled according to the target flow rate. In a case where the target flow rate is equal to or less than a maximum discharge flow rate of the compressor (4), the gas is supplied to the tank (3) only from the compressor (4). In a case where the target flow rate is greater than the maximum discharge flow rate, the gas is supplied to the tank (3) from the compressor (4) and the pressure accumulator (5).
US09464752B2	Monitor stand assembly A monitor stand assembly includes a base, an arm that includes a monitor joint configured for pivotable attachment to a monitor and a base joint configured for pivotable attachment to the base, and an adjustable force strut. Such a strut may include a strut housing, a strut rod, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting force exerted by the rod with respect to the housing, an arm joint configured for pivotable attachment to the arm and a base joint configured for pivotable attachment to the base. Such an assembly may be suited to accommodate monitors of various weights and provide for flexible ergonomics. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09464739B2	Guiding device for guiding a despenser to draw solution from at least one well on a microplate The present invention discloses a guiding device for guiding a dispenser to draw solution from at least one well on a microplate. The guiding device includes a column body whereon a first opening and a second opening are formed on opposite sides, and a slotting structure passing through the column body and communicating with the first opening and the second opening. A pipe of the dispenser passes through the first opening, the slotting structure and the second opening to reach inside the at least one well on the microplate for drawing the solution contained in the at least one well.
US09464737B2	Eco-friendly high pressure hose fabric and eco-friendly high pressure hose using the same Proposed are an eco-friendly high pressure hose fabric and an eco-friendly high pressure hose using the same. The eco-friendly high pressure hose fabric includes a textile woven from a polypropylene-based fiber, a first coating layer formed on one surface of the textile, a second coating layer formed on the other surface of the textile to extend longer than the length of the textile, a resin adhesive layer formed over the entirety of the top surface of the first coating layer and the top surface of the second coating layer extending longer than the length of the textile, and a film layer formed on the top surface of the resin adhesive layer to correspond to the length of the second coating layer. Ends of the second coating layer, the resin adhesive layer and the film layer, which extend longer than the length of the textile and are stacked on one another, form an extended portion of the fabric.
US09464733B2	Gravity driven pile tower based device for pipeline lifting and support and method of use A system and method for securely cradling a subsea pipeline is claimed that lands on one side of the pipeline, is embedded into the sea floor, reaches under the pipeline, positions the cradling structure, and then lifts the pipeline. The system typically comprises a gravity driven pile based device, comprising a pile tower, a roller carriage assembly, and a jacking assembly that engages the roller carriage assembly and pile tower rails.
US09464708B2	Gear carrier flex mount lubrication An exemplary method of lubricating a turbomachine interface includes, among other things, securing a carrier relative to a torque frame using a flexure pin, and lubricating an interface of the flexure pin using a lubricant that has moved through a lubricant passage in the carrier and a lubricant passage in the flexure pin.
US09464705B2	Ball screw with an improved end deflector In a ball screw (1), comprising a screw shaft (3), a nut (7) threaded onto the screw shaft via a plurality of balls (9) received in a raceway (8) defined between the two parts, an end deflector receiving recess (6) is formed on each axial end thereof to complementarily receive an end deflector (21) which defines a part of the raceway in cooperation with an opposing part of the nut, wherein the end deflector is provided with a pair of engagement claws (31, 32) that engage corresponding parts of the thread (4) formed on the nut. Thereby, the need for a special engagement feature or other arrangement for attachment is eliminated, and still a highly firm and accurate engagement is ensured between the nut and the end deflector.
US09464702B2	Slider apparatus A slider apparatus of the invention includes a ball screw, first and second support members which respectively support the two end portions of the ball screw, a slider which includes a driving means for rotating a ball nut threadably engaging with the ball screw while rotatably holding the ball nut, and is disposed to be movable in the axial direction of the ball screw, first and second intermediate support members which are disposed to sandwich the slider, and each of which includes a support hole through which the ball screw passes and is movable in the axial direction of the ball screw, and a connecting member which engages with the first and second intermediate support members, and allows free movement of the first and second intermediate support members within the range of the full length of the connecting member.
US09464701B2	Fluid movement systems including a continuously variable transmission A system has a pump with a power input, a power source and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) coupled to the power source and to the power input of the pump. The CVT transmits power from the power source to the pump. The CVT comprises a plurality of planetary members in rolling contact with an inner race and an outer race. A radial distance between the planetary members and a drive-transmitting member corresponds to a transmission ratio of the CVT.
US09464694B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft into which power of an engine is input, a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first planetary carrier, and a first ring gear, a second planetary gear set including a second sun gear, a second planetary carrier, and a second ring gear, a third planetary gear set including a third sun gear, a third planetary carrier, and a third ring gear, a fourth planetary gear set including a fourth sun gear, a fourth planetary carrier, and a fourth ring gear, a first rotational shaft, a second rotational shaft, a third rotational shaft, a fourth rotational shaft, a fifth rotational shaft, a sixth rotational shaft, a seventh rotational shaft, and an eighth rotational shaft.
US09464693B2	Multi-speed gearbox The multi-speed transmission in planetary design, in particular an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle, comprises an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets, which are arranged in a housing, a total of eight rotatable shafts, and six shifting elements, comprising brakes and couplings, whose selective intervening brings about different transmission ratio relationships between the input shaft and the output shaft, such that at least eleven forward gears and one reverse gear are able to be realized.
US09464689B2	Energy chain, particularly for clean room applications This invention relates to an energy chain (100; 200 . . . 700) having a number of mutually articulated chain links (212; 312 . . . 812), at least some chain links present a housing (216; 316 . . . 816) for the feed-through of cables and hoses. Adjacent chain links are pivotable against each there by way of hinged connections in such a manner that between a fixed connector (105) and movable connector (107) of said energy chain a movable deflection zone (104) with a predetermined curvature is formed. The invention provides that a bendable tubular envelope (110; 210 . . . 810), in particular a corrugated hose or corrugated tube, surrounds the chain links in the circumferential direction and between said two connectors (105, 107) in a continuous manner. The envelope is supported and entrained by at least some chain links (212; 312 . . . 812) and is sufficiently flexible for absorbing the predetermined curvature of the deflection zone (104) and for following the reciprocating movement thereof.
US09464686B2	Power transmission belt and method for manufacturing same A power transmission belt has an uneven surface of rubber which when the power transmission belt is wound around a flat pulley, comes in contact with the flat pulley. The uneven surface has projected parts each having a flat top surface.
US09464684B2	Vibration control system with virtual end stops A component vibration control system is disclosed. The vibration control system includes a first physical end stop, a second physical end stop, a damper assembly, a position sensor configured to determine a component position, and a processor in communication with the position sensor and the damper assembly. The processor is configured to set a first virtual end stop position, regulate a damping force of the damper assembly as the component moves toward the first virtual end stop position, and determine a second virtual end stop position based on a first distance of the component from a set position.
US09464679B2	Brake system of a drum brake A brake system of a drum brake includes a carrier unit and a brake cylinder, wherein a connecting element is provided, which has a first connection section for fixing the brake cylinder and is fixed in a second connection section to the carrier unit wherein, the first connection section is arranged offset to the second connection section while being parallel relative to the wheel axis, and wherein the first connection section can be fixed directly to the brake cylinder in order to keep the distance between the center of gravity of the brake cylinder and the first connection section low.
US09464673B2	Punching sheet-type flange A sheet-type flange for transmitting power is formed by a substrate and a multiple of flange sheets. The substrate has a central axle hole with a square key slot and a multiple of fixed holes distributed around the axle hole. The multiple of flange sheets are annular and have connection slots arranged on a periphery of the flange sheets, as well as the multiple of flange sheets are arranged on both sides of the substrate respectively. The substrate and the multiple of flange sheets are fixed together by rivets.
US09464671B2	Bearing, housing including a set of bearings, associated method and computer program The invention relates to a bearing (10) including an inner ring (12), an outer ring (11), and rolling bodies positioned between the inner and outer rings, one of the rings being rotary and the other not, the bearing further including: a first module (20) including at least one set of sensor(s) suitable for performing successive measurements of at least one parameter representative of the vibrations within the bearing; and a second module (20) suitable for determining a frequency representation of the signal corresponding to the successive measurements, and for obtaining a set of elements(s) representative of the frequency representation based on that frequency representation, so as to compare at least one representative element of the set with a corresponding reference element and identify a malfunction based on that comparison (10).
US09464668B2	Bearing system A bearing system having a bearing pair made up of at least one bearing and at least one running partner, wherein a coating which is made up of a layer of which the main constituent is amorphous SiO2 is applied to at least one running surface of the bearing pair.
US09464667B2	Magnetic bearing assembly formed by measuring first and second order transverse stray magnetic fields Stray magnetic fields created by non-symmetrical magnetisation of the permanent magnets in a rotating magnet array of a magnetic bearing assembly, when used in turbo molecular pumps, can cause significant problems to devices such as scanning electron microscopes. In order to minimise the stray fields, at least the dipole and quadrupole moments of each magnet in the array is first measured. The magnets in the array are then arranged relative to one another such that both the dipole and quadrupole moments are minimised, thus minimising the stray magnetic field when the magnet array rotates in the turbomolecular pump.
US09464657B2	Retainer, retaining assembly, and retaining method A retainer can couple at least two components together and includes a retainer body defining a body opening and at least one leg extending from the retainer body. The leg can bend relative to the retainer body between a first position and a second position upon application of an external force. The leg includes a connection portion coupled to the retainer body, a support portion coupled to the connection portion, and a bendable portion interconnecting the connection portion and the support portion. The bendable portion can bend such that the leg can move relative to the retainer body between the first and second positions. When the leg is in the first position, the support portion is obliquely angled relative to the retainer body. When the leg is in the second position, the support portion is substantially parallel to the retainer body.
US09464655B2	Push-lock pin A push-lock pin for connecting a plate to surface includes a cylindrical pin housing and a shaft within the housing. The shaft has a ball-lock mechanism and a push-down pop-up mechanism.
US09464652B2	Fastening device for fastening a front panel on a drawer A fastening device includes at least one furniture fitting which is pre-assembled on the front panel and has a first connecting element and a second connecting element for fastening the front panel on the drawer and least two intercepting devices, which are assigned to the drawer, wherein the intercepting devices retain the connecting elements automatically when the latter are pushed in. The one intercepting device has at least one movable intercepting element and the second intercepting device has at least one movable retaining Element. At least one locking device for the two intercepting devices prevents the furniture fitting from being released unintentionally from the intercepting devices. At least one unlocking device the two connecting elements of the furniture fitting to be released together from the intercepting devices. The retaining element can be moved independently of the intercepting element of the first intercepting device.
US09464651B2	Lower corner connector for modular sports goal A lower corner connector for a modular sports goal comprises a first tube having a generally circular inner surface and a second tube extending substantially perpendicularly to the first tube. The first tube has an open end for receiving an upright and a base opposite the open end for resting on a surface. A retainer projects inwardly from the inner surface of the first tube for engaging and retaining the upright and permitting the upright to rock toward and away from the second tube within the first tube to assist in absorbing impact forces.
US09464650B2	Fastening device having a tubular sleeve member for mounting on a tube or immobilizing two telescopically connected tubes A fastening device for mounting on a tube includes: a tubular sleeve member adapted to be sleeved around the tube, defining a reception space to snugly receiving the tube and a notch for access into the reception space and having an inner wall surface defining the reception space and formed with a press element; and a fixing element mounted on the sleeve member at the notch such that tightening of the fixing element relative to the sleeve member results in pressing of the press element against the tube to deform the tube to possess an outwardly minor protrusion for abutting against the fixing element, which creates an inwardly dented minor recess on its outer wall surface of the tube.

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