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US09503060B2	Gate control circuit An integrated circuit for switching a transistor is disclosed. In some embodiments, an operational amplifier is configured to drive a transistor, and slew rate control circuitry is configured to control the slew rate of the transistor source voltage during turn on. The transistor source voltage is employed as feedback to the operational amplifier to facilitate closed loop control of the transistor source voltage during switching of the transistor.
US09503057B1	Clock grid for integrated circuit Systems and methods are provided for distributing clocks or other signals on an integrated circuit. In some aspects, one or more distributed deskewing objects are provisioned for reducing or eliminating skew while linking multiple clock distribution segments into one clock tree of an arbitrary shape and size.
US09503053B1	Active balun for wideband applications An active balun uses two inverters to produce a differential output from a single-ended input. A current source supplies current to both inverters and a current sink sinks current from both inverters. The inverters include bias resistors coupled between their inputs and outputs. A coupling capacitor couples the output of the first inverter to the input of the first inverter. Values of the bias resistors and the coupling capacitor may selected to assure stability of the active balun. The values may be programmable, for example, based on a desired operating frequency. The current source may be biased by a common-mode feedback circuit based on the common-mode voltage of the differential output.
US09503047B2	Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device having roughened bottom side A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a substrate having a top side surface and a bottom side surface. A Bragg mirror is on the top side surface of the substrate. A bottom electrode layer is on the Bragg mirror, and a piezoelectric layer is on the bottom electrode layer. A top dielectric layer is on the piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode layer is on the top dielectric layer. The bottom side surface of the substrate has a surface roughness of at least 1 μm root mean square (RMS).
US09503043B2	Duplexer, circuit structure thereof and RF transceiver apparatus comprising the duplexer A duplexer is provided, which includes a first, a second and a third signal ports; a first filter and a second filter. The first filter has first, second, and third resonant circuits that have first, second and third inductors, respectively. The first, second and third inductors are mutually inductive. The first and third resonant circuits are electrically connected to the first and second signal ports, respectively. The second filter has fourth, fifth and sixth resonant circuits that have fourth, fifth and sixth inductors, respectively. The fourth resonant circuit is connected in series with the first resonant circuit. The fifth inductor and the fourth inductor are mutually inductive. The sixth resonant circuit is electrically connected to the third signal port. The second filter further has a main capacitor connected in series with the fifth and sixth resonant circuits respectively and located therebetween.
US09503040B1	Method and apparatus for changing the gain of a radio frequency signal A method and electronic circuit for changing the gain of a radio frequency signal. The apparatus is an electronic circuit comprising one or more variable gain electronic elements, and one or more adjustable phase shifting elements. The method comprises the steps of receiving a radio frequency signal, varying the gain of the variable gain electronic element while the variable gain electronic element changes the amplitude of the radio frequency signal, and adjusting an adjustable phase shifting element to generate a reverse phase shift in the radio frequency signal in response to the associated phase shift from the step of varying the gain.
US09503037B2	Cavity filter, power amplifying module A cavity filter is disclosed, which comprises a cavity, a cover plate, and a connector inner conductor disposed within the cavity, wherein the connector inner conductor passes through the cover plate to be connected with an external circuit board, the connector inner conductor comprises a first inner conductor and a second inner conductor, the first inner conductor is connected with a signal transmission point on the external circuit board, the second inner conductor is connected with an internal signal transmission point inside the cavity, the first inner conductor and the second inner conductor have a gap therebetween and cooperate with each other to form a structural capacitor, and the internal signal transmission point is connected with the signal transmission point on the external circuit board via the structural capacitor. A power amplifying module and a signal transceiving device are also disclosed.
US09503034B2	RF/microwave high power switching combiner unit A switching combiner unit (SCU) may combine coherent RF or microwave outputs from multiple power amplifier units (PAUs). Each SCU may be able to be switched between an on-line mode (on-line PAU), during which the PAU amplifies a coherent instance of the same RF or microwave input signal and delivers that amplified input signal to an output, and a standby or off-line mode (standby/off-line PAU), during which the PAU does not amplify an instance of the same RF or microwave input signal or deliver an amplified input signal to the output. The SCU may include an input port that connects to each of the PAU outputs; a control signal input that receives one or more control signals that indicate whether each PAU is in the on-line or standby/off-line mode; signal combining circuitry that coherently sums the outputs from all of the on-line PAUs, while simultaneously isolating the standby/off-line PAUs from the output of the SCU and the outputs of the on-line PAUs; and an SCU output port that delivers the coherently summed outputs from all of the on-line PAUs.
US09503028B2	Three-way sequential power amplifier system for wideband RF signal A three-way sequential power amplifier includes an input network connected to a main amplifier, a first peak amplifier, a second peak amplifier, which in turn are connected to a three-way output network. An input signal for an input port of the input network is a wideband radio frequency (RF) signal with a time varying amplitude. An output port of the output network can be connected to an antenna, via a bandpass filter, to attenuate out of band frequencies.
US09503014B2	Geared motor unit having function for limiting thrust load A compact geared motor unit, capable of properly protecting an electric motor without disengaging gears or suspending the unit, even when a thrust force larger than an allowable value is generated. The geared motor unit 10 has an electric motor and a gear configured to generate a thrust force applied to the electric motor when transmitting a torque, and a control section for controlling the electric motor. The control section has a thrust load obtaining part which obtains a thrust load of the electric motor at predetermined timings or time intervals; a critical thrust load storing part which stores a critical thrust load of the electric motor; and a torque limiting part which electrically limits the torque of the electric motor when the obtained thrust load exceeds the stored critical thrust load.
US09503003B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus drives and rotates at least one of a photosensitive drum and a transport roller with use of a stepping motor in a multi-phase excitation mode. The image forming apparatus includes: a constant-voltage control unit controlling the stepping motor by applying a constant voltage for each phase; a constant-current control unit controlling the stepping motor by regulating an amount of current for each phase by a chopping control; a measuring unit measuring a chopping count of each phase on a per-step basis; a chopping count determination unit determining whether the chopping count of each phase is less than or equal to a predetermined count; and a control switching unit causing the constant-voltage control unit to control the stepping motor when the chopping count determination unit determines affirmatively, and causing the constant-current control unit to control the stepping motor when the chopping count determination unit determines negatively.
US09503002B2	Image forming apparatus, motor control apparatus, and method of controlling motor An image forming apparatus includes an engine portion configured to perform image forming, a direct current (DC) motor configured to mechanically operate the engine portion, a driver including a resistor to measure current that flows to the DC motor according to the measured current and configured to provide a predetermined voltage to the DC motor, and a drive controller configured to measure a driving speed of the DC motor based on a voltage value of the resistor and to control the driver to provide a voltage that corresponds to the measured driving speed to the driver.
US09502999B2	Apparatus for driving motor and controlling method thereof There is provided an apparatus for driving a motor including: a converter applying an input voltage to each phase winding of the motor; and a processor controlling a phase current flowing to the phase winding to which the input voltage is applied to be increased or decreased in a preset reference range and controlling phase commutation of the motor based on a change in the phase current.
US09502997B2	Engine control for a synchronous motor The invention relates to an engine control for a synchronous motor having a number of N stator coils set off in regard to each other, which are arranged around a rotor of the synchronous motor, wherein there may be impressed upon the stator coils by the engine control a coil voltage and wherein there is formed a coil current having a direct current component in a co-ordinate system rotating proportionally with the number of revolutions performed by the synchronous motor as well as a cross current component, wherein the cross current component effects a tangential force activating the rotor in the direction of rotation and wherein the direct current component effects a force acting perpendicularly to the rotor surface on the rotor, wherein the engine control has a direct current generator for generating a direct current component periodically alternating in the rotating co-ordinate system, in order to neutralize oscillations of the synchronous motor activated by the engine control by means of the force generated perpendicularly to the rotor surface, wherein the direct current generator is formed for evaluating at least one angle information and an operating cross current.
US09502983B2	Power supply device capable of varying switching frequency according to load condition A power supply device includes a power switch, a power delivering means configured to convert an input in accordance with switching operation of the power switch and output a result, and a switch control circuit configured to linearly control switching frequency of the power switch in accordance with an output detection voltage corresponding to an output voltage according to the output.
US09502980B2	Circuit and method for producing an average output inductor current indicator In one implementation, a circuit for producing an average output inductor current indicator in a voltage converter is configured to start a counter when a high side power switch turns on, to sense a sample current through an output inductor of the voltage converter after the high side power switch turns off and when a low side power switch is on, and to register a first count of the counter when the low side power switch turns off. The circuit is further configured to register a second count of the counter when the high side power switch subsequently turns on, and to produce the average output inductor current indicator based on the sample current and the first and second counts of the counter.
US09502976B2	Power supply circuit and control method for the same According to an embodiment, a power supply circuit is provided. The power supply circuit includes a switching transistor which is controlled to be ON/OFF by a PWM signal, and a mode switching control circuit configured to switch a control mode between peak current mode control and valley current mode control depending on the length of an ON time of the PWM signal which drives the switching transistor.
US09502965B1	Burst mode power supply method and burst mode power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus (10) includes a voltage input side (102), a power switch circuit (104), a voltage output side (106) and a pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108). According to a pulse width modulation signal (112), the pulse width modulation signal generating circuit (108) controls the power switch circuit (104), so that the power supply apparatus (10) enters a burst mode. A pulse quantity of each of burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10), a pulse frequency of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) and a pulse duty cycle of each of the burst clumps of the power supply apparatus (10) are fixed and constant after the power supply apparatus (10) enters the burst mode.
US09502961B2	Control circuit implementing a related method for controlling a switching power factor corrector, a PFC and an AC/DC converter A control circuit controls a switching power factor corrector based on switch off-time modulation by controlling the input electric charge during on-time. The circuit includes a charge current generator that generates charge current as a replica of a current sense signal amplified with a gain corresponding to the square of peak value of a rectified input voltage, a loop capacitor charged with the charge current during on-time intervals and discharged with a discharge current during off-time intervals, a discharge current generator that generates the discharge current proportional to a product of a comparison voltage and a difference between a regulated output voltage and the rectified input voltage, and a PWM modulator that senses a charge voltage of the loop capacitor, turns on the switch for an on-time duration in response to detecting that the charge voltage nullifies, and turns off the switch when the on-time duration has elapsed.
US09502950B2	Method of manufacturing rotor for rotating electrical machine A method of manufacturing a rotor for rotating electrical machines, notably an alternator, the rotor including two magnet wheels defining between them at least one interpole space arranged to receive at least one magnet. At least one angular indexing mark is produced on at least one of the magnet wheels. At least one groove partially delimiting the interpole space is formed, by machining, on the magnet wheel while maintaining the magnet wheel in an angular position dependent on the angular indexing mark.
US09502948B2	Method for producing stator pole teeth that are wound and connected to one another A method for producing stator pole teeth includes: arranging stator pole teeth to be wound in the form of a row, each of the stator pole teeth having at least one insulation body; winding one pole tooth or several pole teeth of the row of stator pole teeth; routing winding wire or winding wires out of a winding space in the pole teeth to the outside of the stator pole teeth into a laying space bounded on one side by insulation bodies of the pole teeth; and laying the winding wire or the winding wires in the laying space to connect individual pole teeth to one another. During laying of the winding wire or wires, the laying space is temporarily constricted such that the winding wires are forcibly automatically axially stacked in the laying space so as to avoid wire crossovers.
US09502937B2	Terminal for stator The first extending portion 26 overlaps the second extending portion 27 in a radial direction at one part in the circumferential direction and overlaps the third extending portion 28 in the radial direction at another part in the circumferential direction. The second extending portion 27 overlaps the first extending portion 26 in the radial direction at one part in the circumferential direction and overlaps the third extending portion 28 in the radial direction at another part in the circumferential direction. The third extending portion 28 overlaps the first extending portion 26 in the radial direction at one part in the circumferential direction and overlaps the second extending portion 27 in the radial direction at another part in the circumferential direction.
US09502934B2	Motor rotor and motor having same A motor rotor includes an iron core and a permanent magnet arranged inside the iron core, wherein, a plurality of groups of mounting grooves are arranged in the iron core in a circumferential direction of the iron core, and each group of mounting grooves comprises two or more than two mounting grooves arranged at intervals in a radial direction of the iron core; and a plurality of groups of permanent magnets are provided, and each permanent magnet in each group of permanent magnets is correspondingly embedded in the corresponding mounting groove of each group of mounting grooves. A motor having the motor rotor is further provided, and the magnetic reluctance torque of the motor rotor is increased, thereby increasing the output torque of the motor and the efficiency of the motor.
US09502931B2	Brushless motor A brushless motor includes a first rotor core, a second rotor core, and a field magnet member. The first rotor core includes primary projecting pieces arranged along a circumferential direction at equal intervals. The second rotor core has the same shape as the first rotor core, and includes secondary projecting pieces arranged along the circumferential direction at equal intervals. The secondary projecting pieces are positioned between the primary projecting pieces that are adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction. The field magnet member is arranged between the first rotor core and the second rotor core. The field magnet member is magnetized along an axial direction to generate primary magnetic poles in the primary projecting pieces, and generate secondary magnetic poles in the secondary projecting pieces. A rotor includes the first rotor core, the second rotor core, and the field magnet member.
US09502930B2	Motor rotor and motor having same A motor rotor includes an iron core and permanent magnets provided inside the iron core. The iron core is provided with sets of mounting grooves on the iron core in the peripheral direction of the iron core, each set of mounting grooves having two or more mounting grooves provided intermittently in the radial direction of the iron core. There are sets of permanent magnets, the individual permanent magnet of each set of permanent magnets correspondingly being embedded into the individual mounting grooves of each set of mounting grooves; there is an island region between the outermost layer of mounting grooves and the periphery of the iron core, and an enhancing hole is provided in the island region, an enhancing rod being provided in the enhancing hole. A motor includes a motor stator and the motor rotor, with the motor rotor provided inside the motor stator.
US09502929B2	Rotor and motor A rotor with a first rotor core, a second rotor core, a field magnet, and an interpole magnet is provided. The first rotor core has a first core base and a plurality of first nail-shaped magnetic pole parts that extend in the axis direction from the outer circumference section of the first core base. The second rotor core has a second core base and a plurality of second nail-shaped magnetic pole parts that extend in the axis direction from the outer circumference section of the second core base. The field magnet is magnetized along the axis direction and makes the first nail-shaped magnetic parts function as first magnetic poles and the second nail-shaped magnetic parts function as second magnetic poles. The interpole magnet is arranged between the first nail-shaped magnetic parts and the second nail-shaped magnetic parts. The interpole magnet has the same polarity as the first and second nail-shaped magnetic pole parts, in the sections where same face the first and second nail-shaped magnetic pole parts.
US09502928B2	Motor design for reducing cogging torque and torque ripple while maintaining efficiency A motor of this invention comprises a rotor having a permanent magnet, the number of which magnet poles is P, and a stator including M pcs of teeth, the teeth arranged in a circumferential direction in a manner to face the permanent magnet through a spatial gap, wherein the stator includes stator core having the number M of the teeth, and a winding wire wound about each of the tooth, wherein the number P of the magnet poles and the number M of the teeth have a relation defined by formulae (2/3)M
US09502922B2	Charging apparatus A charging apparatus is provided that avoids a reduction in the strength of radio waves or a magnetic field used by a charging target device having a wireless communication function and reduces an influence on the radio waves or magnetic field. In this apparatus, position detection section (201) detects a position of power reception coil (251) of charging target device (150) placed on charging table (101). Power transmission coil (208) is made close to power reception coil (251) and transmits electric power. Coil moving mechanism (207) brings power transmission coil (208) close to the position of power reception coil (251) that is detected by position detection section (201).
US09502919B2	Wireless communication apparatus and electronic equipment for harvesting power Provided is a wireless communication apparatus including at least one two-way antenna for power recovery, a wireless block processing a wireless signal which the two-way antenna for power recovery transmits and receives, a power recovery block recovering electric power from a received signal of the two-way antenna for power recovery, and a connection switching part connecting the two-way antenna for power recovery to and switching the connection between the wireless block and the power recovery block. A duty ratio at which the connection switching part connects the two-way antenna for power recovery to the wireless block and the power recovery block is set so that the wireless block attains a desired communication speed.
US09502918B2	Battery pulse charging method and apparatus Disclosed herein are some embodiments for safely charging a mobile system battery pack, even when the power source (e.g., adapter) voltage is at a relatively high level that would otherwise result in excessive charge current.
US09502917B2	Charging method of electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette box The present invention relates to a charging method of an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette box. The charging method of the electronic cigarette comprising: presetting first voltage and current, and second voltage and current, charging the electronic cigarette with the first voltage and current for a preset length of time, detecting actual charging current or charging voltage to the electronic cigarette, comparing the actual charging current or charging voltage with the second current or voltage separately, selecting different charging modes to the electronic cigarette according to a comparing result. The electronic cigarette box is enabled to be compatible with different charging management modes for charging the electronic cigarettes, and the charging modes can be automatically selected according to the different charging management modes of the electronic cigarette.
US09502910B2	Power charging apparatus and battery apparatus A power charging apparatus and a battery apparatus quickly charge a battery with power by separately charging each battery cell with power. The power charging apparatus includes: a power supplier supplying power; and a charging part having at least two chargers corresponding one-to-one to at least two battery cells connected to each other in parallel, each of the at least two chargers charging the corresponding battery cell with power transmitted from the power supplying unit. The battery apparatus includes: a battery having at least two battery cells connected to each other in parallel; and a charging part having at least two chargers corresponding one-to-one to the at least two battery cells and charging the at least two chargers with power received.
US09502907B2	Power supplies for pool and spa equipment Power supplies for pool and spa equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the power supply includes a buoyant housing, a peripheral float, at least one solar cell positioned on the buoyant housing for collecting sunlight and converting same to electrical energy, and a power cable for interconnecting the power supply and pool/spa equipment. In other embodiments, first and second inductive power couplings are provided for powering pool and spa equipment. The power couplings can also be installed using existing plumbing features of the pool or spa.
US09502901B2	Method and area electric power system detecting islanding by employing controlled reactive power injection by a number of inverters An area electric power system includes a number of direct current power sources, and a number of inverters operatively associated with the number of direct current power sources. Each of the number of inverters is structured to provide real power and controlled reactive power injection to detect islanding. An output is powered by the number of inverters. A number of electrical switching apparatus are structured to electrically connect the number of inverters to and electrically disconnect the number of inverters from a utility grid. A number of devices are structured to detect islanding with respect to the utility grid responsive to a number of changes of alternating current frequency or voltage of the output.
US09502893B2	Distributed power supply system and method A distributed power supply system and a method for managing such a distributed power supply system is disclosure. The method may include: for each power storage unit i of the plurality of power storage units, determining whether power storage unit i have sufficient status of charge (SOC) based on SOC of the power storage unit i (Ci), and load of the power storage unit i (Li); identifying a set of power storage units that have insufficient SOC; and adjusting output power of the power storage units that have sufficient SOC to provide supplemental power to the set of power storage units that have insufficient SOC.
US09502888B2	Systems and methods for grounding power line sections to clear faults A system for clearing power transmission line faults includes a sensor network configured to communicate with a transmission line and configured to detect one or more faults on the transmission line, a crowbar configured to coordinately switch first and second ends of a section of the transmission line to respective termination points, wherein the crowbar includes first and second grounding switches disposed respectively at about the first and second ends of the section of the transmission line, and a controller configured to receive information from the sensor network and configured to control the switching of the crowbar in response to the information.
US09502883B2	Extended drain non-planar MOSFETs for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection Snapback ESD protection device employing one or more non-planar metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors (MOSFETs) are described. The ESD protection devices may further include lightly-doped extended drain regions, the resistances of which may be capacitively controlled through control gates independent of a gate electrode held at a ground potential. Control gates may be floated or biased to modulate ESD protection device performance. In embodiments, a plurality of core circuits are protected with a plurality of non-planar MOSFET-based ESD protection devices with control gate potentials varying across the plurality.
US09502879B2	Insulation waterproof member and insulation waterproofing method An insulating waterproof member for insulating and waterproofing a connector of a cable, the insulating waterproof member including: a sealing material for covering the connector, and a protective sheet for covering the connecting portion with the sealing material interposed therebetween, the protective sheet having an adhesive layer on a surface on a sealing material side, wherein the protective sheet includes a body portion for covering the connector and an extending portion that extends in a first direction from the body portion, and the extending portion allows pressure to be imparted to the sealing material and the body portion that cover the connector in a first region at a first end side of the body portion in a second direction that intersects the first direction, in a second region at a second end side of the body portion, and in a third region between the first region and the second region.
US09502877B2	Inlet funnel for cable terminal The present invention provides an inlet funnel (100) for cable terminal, which comprises a funnel body part (10) and a fixation part (20). The funnel body part (10) has one end with a smaller opening and the other end with a larger opening, said funnel body (10) having a gradually increasing diameter (D) from said one end with the smaller opening to said other end with the larger opening, and the funnel body (10) is suitably to be installed over an electrical cable (C). The fixation part (20) is provided at said other end with the larger opening of said funnel body part (10) and adapted for the attachment of said inlet funnel (100). The inlet funnel (100) further comprises a pretreated mounting part (30) extending from said one end side with the smaller opening towards said the other end side with the larger opening. Accordingly, the inlet funnel for cable terminal according to the present invention may reduce workload, save time, and simplify the mounting process.
US09502876B2	Power cord integrated hanger system for suspending a lighting fixture A power cord integrated hanger system for suspending a lighting fixture has a flexible load bearing inner suspension part and a flexible non-load bearing outer conductor part that acts as the “power cord” for the suspended lighting fixture. The flexible outer conductor part has an internal passageway for the inner suspension part. An outer cover of the outer conductor part holds electrical conductors in place in the outer conductor part and preferably conceals the conductors from view. The outer cover of the conductor part can be provided with different aesthetic qualities to enhance the visual appearance of the hanger system.
US09502873B2	Compressor and enclosure assembly for electrical components A compressor electrical component enclosure may include a base and a lid. The base may include first and second opposing surfaces and a magnet. The magnet may be coupled to the second surface and may secure the base to a compressor shell. The lid may engage the base and cooperate with the base to define an electrical component housing.
US09502858B2	Laser array mux assembly with external reflector for providing a selected wavelength or multiplexed wavelengths A laser array mux assembly generally includes an array of laser emitters coupled to an optical multiplexer, such as an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), with an external partial reflector after the multiplexer. Each of the laser emitters may include a gain region that emits light across a range of wavelengths including, for example, channel wavelengths in an optical communication system. The AWG filters the emitted light from each of the laser emitters at different channel wavelengths associated with each of the laser emitters. The reflector reflects at least a portion of the filtered light such that lasing occurs at the channel wavelengths of the reflected light. The laser array mux assembly may be used to generate an optical signal at a selected channel wavelength or to generate and combine optical signals at multiple channel wavelengths.
US09502852B2	Fiber designs for wavelength tunable ultra-short pulse lasers Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to fiber designs for wavelength tunable ultra-short pulse lasers. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to systems incorporating fiber designs for higher order mode fibers capable of soliton self frequency shifting where a system comprises a first fiber for shifting the wavelength from a pump wavelength to a transfer wavelength and a second fiber for shifting the pulse from the transfer wavelength to an output wavelength. In one embodiment of the present invention, a wavelength tunable short pulse fiber laser system comprises: a pulse generator for providing a pulse having an input wavelength; a mode-converter; a first designed fiber for shifting the pulse from the input wavelength to a transfer wavelength; and a second designed fiber for shifting the pulse from the transfer wavelength to an output wavelength.
US09502838B2	Electrical connector having an improved insulative base An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a receiving room and a tongue portion in the receiving room, a first contact module defining a first embedded portion and a second contact module defining a second embedded portion both received in the insulative housing, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing. The tongue portion defines a recess at a front end thereof and a first through hole, the recess engaging with a forehead of the first and second contact modules, the first through hole receiving the first and second contact modules while exposing the exposed upper surface of the first embedded portion and the exposed lower surface of the second embedded portion.
US09502829B2	Modular jack having transformer with winding wires and method of making the same An electrical connector (500) includes a transformer (100) including a magnetic core (3), a first wire group (1), and a second wire group (2). The magnetic core has a left half (31), a right half (32), and an opening (30). The first and second wire groups each have four wires with different colors. Each wire has a first end, a second end, and a central portion. The central portion of the first wire group is only wound around the left half. The central portion of the second wire group is only wound around the right half.
US09502828B2	Insulation body of a plug-in connector The invention relates to an insulation body of a plug-in connector that consists of a plug body (10), in which contact elements (11) are provided, and which consists of a connection body (20), which in turn has connection elements (21) that can be electrically connected to conductor tracks of a circuit board and/or to individual wires of a multi-wired cable to be connected, wherein the plug body (10) and the connection body (20) can be mated together, as a result of which the contact elements (11) can be electrically contacted with the connection elements (21) of the connection body (20).
US09502819B2	Methods and apparatus for connecting devices with stacked magnetic connectors There is disclosed magnetic connectors and electronic devices including such connectors. A connector may include a magnet rotatable about at least one axis of the magnet; wherein the magnet rotates to magnetically engage a magnet of another connector to form an electrical connection between the two magnets. A connector may also include a cylindrical magnet to magnetically engage a magnet of another connector; and a sleeve wrapped around at least part of the magnet, the sleeve comprising a contact for forming an electrical connection with a contact on the other connector. A connector may be adapted for selective connection with other connectors. A connector may be adapted such that a moveable magnet may move between an engaged position proximate a contacting surface of the connector and a disengaged position recessed from a contacting surface, wherein the moveable magnet is biased to the disengaged position.
US09502815B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed having a terminal housing and a female type terminal positioned in the terminal housing. The terminal housing has a first terminal housing, and a second terminal housing positioned independent from the first terminal housing. The female type terminal has a first female terminal, second female terminal, and a coupling member. The first female terminal is positioned in the first terminal housing and is electrically connected to a first male terminal. The second female terminal is positioned in the second terminal housing and is electrically connected to a second male terminal. The coupling member connects the first female terminal to the second female terminal.
US09502813B2	Supporting frame construction for modular connectors A supporting frame construction for modular connectors comprises a main structural element associated by sliding engagement means with a linear element; said main structural element including a linear portion having a plurality of seats for engaging therein a plurality of corresponding projections formed on modules to be mounted in the supporting frame construction; said linear element including a plurality of linear element seats, corresponding to the seats of the linear portion of the main structural element, for engaging therein corresponding projections formed on said modules.
US09502807B2	Tamper resistant receptacle A tamper resistant electrical receptacle comprising a slide housing disposed beneath the hot and neutral blade openings in the receptacle. The slide housing includes a neutral slide body and a hot slide body having slide pads and tabs for reducing friction when the bodies slide against each other as the spring bias of the bodies in the slide housing is overcome by simultaneous insertion of the tines of an electrical plug contact ramp surfaces and camming past the slide bodies causing them to slide against each other and spreading a gap area a distance sufficient for receiving the lateral neutral prong of a 20 A electrical plug.
US09502805B2	Connector for motor vehicles The invention relates to a connector for motor vehicles. By means of the invention the device for assuring the position of the contacts is prevented from being accidentally displaced from its shipping position to its use position. To this end, the device for assuring the position of the contacts is locked in the shipping position against a stop. On insertion of one or more contacts into its respective cavity, a direct interaction between this contact or these contacts and the device for assuring the position of the contacts causes escape from the stop. The device for assuring the position of the contacts can then be displaced from its shipping position to its use position.
US09502799B2	Connector device A connector (200) provides improved robustness and strength with a header (202) configured to retain and expose a plurality of receptacles (204). The exposed portion of each receptacle provides a surface mount solderable element as part of the overall connector. Another embodiment further provides a lead (208) extending from the exposed portion of the receptacle to provide an additional leaded solderable element to the connector. Thus, the connector can provide both surface mount capability and/or a combination of surface mount and lead mount capability. The exposed portions of the receptacles may be soldered flush to a board (302), thus minimizing z-height of the connector to the board and allowing for a larger sized diameter receptacle.
US09502794B2	Field-replaceable terminal block divider A terminal block assembly with one or more removable dividers. The dividers include a tenon that can be inserted into a groove in one or more blocks. The dividers can be retained by a fastening member, such as a clip, placed at an open end of the groove.
US09502792B2	Earth apparatus of vehicle The present invention provides an earth apparatus of a vehicle, which includes a panel having a through-hole, a fastener having a panel-shaped support portion with an open side at one side and a nut portion fitted in the through-hole of the panel, and an earth member combined by the fastener, connected with an earth wire at one side, and having a guide bending downward at a predetermined length at the other side such that the guide is combined at a position corresponding to the open side of the support portion of the fastener.
US09502783B2	Two-part crimp contact element The invention relates to a two-part crimped contact element. The invention further relates to a method for producing a two-part crimped contact element. The invention further relates to a device for producing a two-part crimped contact element. Previous crimped contact elements comprising two portions have a high transition resistance between the two portions and insufficient mechanical stability. The crimped contact element according to the invention overcomes these disadvantages by at least one pressure-shaped connection element being used to connect the two portions.
US09502782B2	System and method for transmitting power through a plug-in unit A stab for use in a plug-in assembly includes a stab piece and a lug. The stab piece includes one or more contact arms configured to engage a bus bar, and a base portion coupled to the one or more contact arms. The base portion is configured to be coupled to a stab shaft for rotating the stab about a rotational axis to transition the stab from a retracted position to an extended position. The lug is coupled to the stab piece and configured to receive wire for transmitting power from the bus bar to an electrical component. The lug is configured to be deformed around the wire to hold the wire when a crimping force is applied to the lug. The lug is configured to hold the wire at a position approximately centered on a rotational axis of the stab shaft when the lug is deformed by the crimping force.
US09502780B2	Antenna array using sandwiched radiating elements above a ground plane and fed by a stripline An exemplary antenna array has first self-complementary antenna cells, e.g. bowtie antennas, disposed in a first plane in rows and columns. Additional bowtie antenna cells are disposed in a second plane parallel to the first plane and are aligned in corresponding rows and columns. A first stripline disposed between the first and second planes carries RF signals to/from the first and second bowtie antenna cells. A slot feed couples the RF signals between the first stripline and each of the first and second bowtie antenna cells. A conductive layer in a third plane parallel to the first and second planes serves as a ground plane for signals radiated from/to the first and second bowtie antenna cells.
US09502776B2	Antenna surrounded by metal housing An antenna system includes a metal housing including a first edge and a second edge that meet at a corner and a slot located proximate the second edge that extends from the first edge parallel to the second edge defining a strip and an antenna located behind and in close proximity to the strip. The antenna is coupled to the strip. A parasitic element is located proximate the antenna and the strip includes a ground coupling that crosses the slot in spaced relation thereto. The parasitic element assists in establishing second and third higher frequency modes of the antenna system.
US09502775B1	Switching a slot antenna A computing device may include a conductive member, a slot antenna having a slot defined by the conductive member and an antenna pattern portion disposed proximate to the slot, and/or a slot switch configured to switch a portion of the slot. The slot switch may have a first terminal and a second terminal such that the portion of the slot is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal. The slot switch may be switchable between a first configuration in which the first and second terminals are electrically connected and a second configuration in which the first and second terminals are not electrically connected. The computing device may also include a switching controller configured to switch the slot switch between the first and second configurations.
US09502765B2	Apparatus and method of a dual polarized broadband agile cylindrical antenna array with reconfigurable radial waveguides Embodiments are provided for an agile antenna that beamsteers radio frequency (RF) signals by selectively activating/de-activating tunable elements on radial-waveguides using direct current (DC) switches. The antenna comprises two parallel radial waveguide structures, each comprising a first radial plate, a second radial plate in parallel with the first radial plate, and conductive elements positioned vertically and distributed radially between the two plates. The radial waveguide structure further includes a plurality of quarter RF chokes which are connected to the conductive elements via respective micro-strips and tunable elements. The two parallel radial plates are separated by a height determined according to a desired transmission frequency range for RF signals, a length of the micro-strips, a diameter of the conductive elements, and a clearance space around each one of the conductive elements.
US09502757B2	Low-cost ultra wideband LTE antenna An antenna capable of operating among all LTE bands, and also capable of operation among all remote side cellular applications, such as GSM, AMPS, GPRS, CDMA, WCDMA, UMTS, and HSPA among others. The antenna provides a low cost alternative to active-tunable antennas suggested in the prior art for the same multi-platform objective.
US09502749B2	Antenna construction, for example for an RFID transponder system The invention relates to an antenna assembly having a microchip, a first antenna portion of a conducting material supported by a substrate and a second portion of the conducting material wrapped around the substrate, first antenna portion and microchip. Both antenna portions are connected to the microchip and said antenna portions overlap in order to form a capacitance. The antenna assembly may be employed in a construction for an RFID chip for long ranges.
US09502745B2	Flexible substrate having a microstrip line connected to a connection portion with a specified conductor pattern A flexible substrate is disclosed. The flexible substrate includes an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first connection portion having a first conductor, a first ground pattern, and a second ground pattern on the first surface, the first ground pattern and the second ground pattern being spaced apart from the first conductor and respectively located at either side of the first conductor, a conductor pattern formed on the second surface, the conductor pattern being connected to the first conductor, and a third ground pattern formed on the second surface, the third ground pattern being connected to the first ground pattern, wherein a distance between the conductor pattern and the third ground pattern is smaller than a distance between the first conductor and the first ground pattern.
US09502744B2	Microstrip line structures The invention is related to a microstrip line structure, which comprises: a first microstrip line and a second microstrip line, paralleled with the first microstrip line for transferring a transmission signal, and a plurality of grooves periodically arranged on both sides of the second microstrip line by using subwavelength, and each period length in the plurality of grooves is smaller than the wavelength of the transmission signal.
US09502737B2	Voltage-enhanced energy storage devices The present disclosure provides an energy storage device comprising at least one electrochemical cell comprising a negative current collector, a negative electrode in electrical communication with the negative current collector, an electrolyte in electrical communication with the negative electrode, a positive electrode in electrical communication with the electrolyte and a positive current collector in electrical communication with the positive electrode. The negative electrode comprises an alkali metal. Upon discharge, the electrolyte provides charged species of the alkali metal. The positive electrode can include a Group IIIA, IVA, VA and VIA of the periodic table of the elements, or a transition metal (e.g., Group 12 element).
US09502736B2	Cylindrical single-piece lithium-ion battery of 400Ah and its preparation method A cylindrical single-piece lithium-ion battery of 400 Ah includes: a cylindrical battery enclosure (1), a battery mandrel (3), a plurality of tabs (4), a wiring terminal (6), a positive and negative electrode cover (11); a positive electrode sheet, said battery positive electrode is composed of LiFePO4, conductive carbon-black, graphite, adhesive such as PVDF, and solvent such as NMP; a negative electrode sheet, the battery negative electrode is composed of lithium titanate, conductive carbon-black, graphite, adhesive such as PVDF, and solvent such as NMP. The cylindrical lithium-ion battery made by the invention has a capacity of 400 Ah which is the one reportedly having the largest capacity in the world presently.
US09502731B2	Fuel cell plate features to resolve differences in component tolerances A bipolar plate for a fuel cell has a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side. The bipolar plate also has an active region, a feed region, a perimeter region, a sealing region, and a hinge region. The sealing region is disposed between the perimeter region and each of the active region and the feed region. A plurality of outwardly extending tabs are disposed adjacent the perimeter region at each of the first end and the second end of the bipolar plate. The hinge region is disposed between the perimeter region and the outwardly extending tabs. The hinge region extends from the first side of the plate to the second side of the bipolar plate. The hinge region permits a flexing of the outwardly extending tabs to connect with peripheral electrical device without undesirably flexing the sealing region.
US09502728B1	High-efficiency molten carbonate fuel cell system with carbon dioxide capture assembly and method A high efficiency fuel cell system adapted to receive flue gas from a flue gas generating device and to capture carbon dioxide from the flue gas, the high efficiency fuel cell system comprising a topping fuel cell assembly comprising a topping cathode portion and a topping anode portion, a bottoming fuel cell assembly comprising a bottoming cathode portion and a bottoming anode portion, wherein the bottoming anode portion receives anode exhaust output from the topping anode portion, and a separation assembly configured to receive carbon dioxide-containing exhaust and to separate carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide-containing exhaust, wherein the carbon dioxide-containing exhaust is one of anode exhaust output from the bottoming anode portion and a gas derived from the anode exhaust output from the bottoming anode portion, and wherein at least one of the topping cathode portion and the bottoming cathode portion receives at least a portion of the flue gas output from the flue gas generating device.
US09502726B2	Cathode humidification unit adapting degradation factor A method and an apparatus to adapt the performance of a cathode humidification unit as a membrane in a fuel cell stack degrades over time. An algorithm compares a sensed humidity profile of the fuel cell stack and model humidity profile of a cathode humidification unit model to calculate a new degradation factor. The cathode humidification unit model uses the degradation factor in the performance of the cathode humidification unit.
US09502724B2	Fuel cell system and operation method thereof A fuel cell system may be capable of reducing an adverse influence which acts on a fuel cell at the time of restarting the fuel cell after emergency shutdown of operation of the fuel cell. A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply unit, an oxygen-containing gas supply unit, a storage unit that stores whether shutdown of operation of the fuel cell is normal shutdown or emergency shutdown, and a control unit that controls at least the fuel gas supply unit and the oxygen-containing gas supply unit. The control unit, in emergency shutdown, controls the fuel gas supply unit at a time of restarting the fuel cell after the shutdown of the fuel cell so as to reduce an amount of fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell to be less than that at a time of restarting the fuel cell after normal shutdown.
US09502715B2	Disordered anodes for Ni-metal rechargeable battery An electrochemical cell is provided that includes a structurally and compositionally disordered electrochemically active alloy material as an anode active material with unexpected capacity against a nickel hydroxide based cathode active material. The disordered metal hydroxide alloy includes three or more transition metal elements and is formed in such a way so as to produce the necessary disorder in the overall system. When an anode active material includes nickel as a predominant, the resulting cells represent the first demonstration of a functional Ni/Ni cell.
US09502712B2	Method of manufacturing battery electrode Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a battery electrode in which a positive electrode lead tab and a negative electrode lead tab each of which is integrally formed with a collector formed of a metal foil and has excellent characteristics. The method includes separating a battery electrode having a desired size from a strip-shaped electrode in which an active material is intermittently applied onto a collector. The strip-shaped electrode includes an n-th application part, an n-th non-application part adjoining the n-th application part, and an (n+1)-th application part that adjoins the n-th non-application part on an opposite side at which the n-th application part adjoins the n-th non-application part (n is a positive integer). The battery electrode is cut out from the strip-shaped electrode, including at least the n-th application part, n-th non-application part, and (n+1)-th application part.
US09502711B2	Fabrication of biscrolled fiber using carbon nanotube sheet Fabrication of yarns or other shaped articles from materials in powder form (or nanoparticles or nanofibers) using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheet as a platform (template). This includes methods for fabricating biscrolled yarns using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheets and biscrolled fibers fabricated thereby.
US09502708B2	Ohmically modulated battery A rechargeable battery whose ohmic resistance is modulated according to temperature is disclosed.
US09502696B2	Terminal-cover assembly for secondary battery A terminal-cover assembly for a secondary battery comprises a cover and at least two terminal assemblies. The cover is arranged on one side of the battery housing and has several through-holes where two terminal assemblies are installed. Each terminal assembly has an electric-conduction terminal penetrating the through-hole. The electric-conduction terminal has an installation member at one end thereof and at least one fixing element with a female thread. A fastening element with a male thread is inserted through the installation member and engaged with the female thread of the fixing element. The fixing element and fastening element are made of an identical material. Thereby, the fastening element and the fixing element can cooperate with electric-conduction plates to cascade secondary batteries to form a battery assembly, neither damaged by hardness difference nor loosened by different extents of deformations resulting from different thermal expansion coefficients.
US09502694B2	Pouch for secondary battery and secondary battery including the same Provided are a pouch for a secondary battery including a first sheet and a second sheet, and a frame unit which is sealed by the first sheet and the second sheet and includes an accommodating part for accommodating an electrode assembly including electrode tabs therein, and a secondary battery including the pouch. According to the present invention, since a structure of a pouch for a secondary battery may include a frame unit capable of accommodating a large electrode assembly, a high-capacity and large-area secondary battery having high capacity and high stiffness may be realized.
US09502692B2	Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of pixels and each pixel includes a first area configured to emit light and a second area configured to transmit external light therethrough. Each pixel also includes a first electrode formed in the first area and an organic layer formed in the first area and the second area, wherein the organic layer covers the first electrode. Each pixel further includes a second electrode covering at least the organic layer formed in the first area and having a first opening exposing at least a portion of the organic layer formed in the second area. A reflection prevention layer is formed substantially covering the organic layer formed in the second area. The reflection prevention layer has a refractive index lower than that of the organic layer.
US09502691B2	Organic light-emitting diode display panel and manufacturing method thereof An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and manufacturing method thereof. The method of manufacturing the OLED display panel comprises forming an anode (2), an organic light-emitting layer (3), a cathode (4) and a first optical coupling layer (5) sequentially on a substrate (1), and forming a second optical coupling layer (6) on a side, away from the cathode (4), of the first optical coupling layer (5) by arranging a plurality of protrusion structures with arc-shaped surfaces. Light that would be totally reflected from a surface of the first optical coupling layer are transmitted out through the protrusion structures with the arc-shaped surfaces of the second optical coupling layer, therefore the total reflection of the light is reduced, the light extraction efficiency is increased, and the external quantum efficiency of the device is improved.
US09502686B2	Fluorine-containing polymerized HMDSO applications for OLED thin film encapsulation Methods for forming an OLED device are described. An encapsulation structure having organic buffer layer and an interface layer disposed on the organic buffer layer sandwiched between barrier layers is deposited over an OLED structure. In one example, the method includes depositing a first barrier layer on a region of a substrate having an OLED structure disposed thereon, depositing a buffer layer with a fluorine-containing plasma formed from a first gas mixture containing a polymer gas precursor and a fluorine containing gas on the first barrier layer, depositing an interface layer on the buffer layer with a second gas mixture containing the polymer gas precursor, and depositing a second barrier layer on the interface layer.
US09502685B2	Organic EL element including EL layer and insulating layer between electrodes An organic EL element including: first and second electrode layers; an organic EL layer located therebetween and including a light-emitting layer; an insulating layer extending between the electrode layers at least in a region where the organic EL layer is not present; and a sealing layer located on the other side of the second electrode layer from the organic EL layer, the sealing layer covering at least the organic EL layer. The insulating layer includes first and second sections provided between the electrode layers. The second section is thicker than the first section and not closer to the organic EL layer. At least a part of the second section is not covered by the sealing layer. The first section is entirely covered by the sealing layer. The insulating layer located between the electrode layers and not covered by the sealing layer is entirely included in the second section.
US09502684B2	Organic electroluminescence device and method for manufacturing the same A highly reliable organic electroluminescence device and a manufacturing method includes at least one organic electroluminescence element, a structure, a to-be-covered portion and a passivation film. On a substrate, the organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, an organic layer including an organic light emitting layer, and a cathode. The structure is disposed on the substrate, and thickness of the structure is greater than that of the organic electroluminescence element. The to-be-covered portion is disposed at a step bottom portion of the structure and is formed such that the curvature radius of the cross-sectional shape of the to-be-covered portion at the step bottom portion is at least 0.3 micrometers. The passivation film covers the organic electroluminescence element, the structure and the to-be-covered portion.
US09502668B2	Organic light-emitting device, and light-emitting material and compound used therefor An organic light-emitting device having a light-emitting layer containing a compound represented by the general formula below has a high light emission efficiency. In the general formula, at least one of R1 to R5 represents a cyano group, at least one of R1 to R5 represents a 9-carbazolyl group, a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-carbazolyl group, a 1-indolyl group or a diarylamino group, and the balance of R1 to R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
US09502661B2	Amine derivative, organic electroluminescence material having the same and organic electroluminescence device using the material An amine derivative including a fluorine substituted aryl group is represented by compound (1) of the following Formula 1. wherein, each of Ar1 and Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, L is a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, a is an integer satisfying 0≦a≦3, and at least one of Ar1 and Ar2 is substituted with at least one fluorine atom.
US09502660B2	Electronic device and compound The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a compound according to formula 1 A-B (1) and wherein —Ar1 is a C6-C18 arylene, which can be monocyclic or polycyclic and may be optionally substituted by one or more C1-C10-alkyl or C3-C10-cycloalkyl groups, —Ar2 is a C6-C18 arene skeleton, optionally substituted with electron donating groups R4, —B1 and B2 are independently selected from B and Ar2, —B3 is independently selected from the same group as B, —R1, R2, R3 are independently selected from alkyl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, dialkylamino, - x is selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3, wherein for x>1 each Ar1 may be different, - y is a non-zero integer up to the overall count of valence sites on the arene skeleton, - z is a integer from zero up to the overall count of valence sites on the arene skeleton minus y; as well as a respective compound according to formula A-B.
US09502649B2	Bottom electrode structure for improved electric field uniformity An integrated circuit with a multilayer bottom electrode, and a corresponding method for manufacturing the integrated circuit, are provided. An insulating layer includes an opening, and a bottom electrode substantially fills the opening. The bottom electrode includes a plurality of layers laterally or vertically stacked upon each other, and lining the opening. The layers of the plurality include corresponding surfaces facing an interior of the opening and extending respectively at angles relative to a top surface of the bottom electrode. Further, the layers of the plurality include corresponding regions of increased resistance or height extending along the corresponding surfaces. A dielectric layer is arranged over the insulating layer and the bottom electrode, and a top electrode arranged over the dielectric layer.
US09502641B2	Double synthetic antiferromagnet using rare earth metals and transition metals A mechanism relates to magnetic random access memory (MRAM). A free magnetic layer is provided and first fixed layers are disposed above the free magnetic layer. Second fixed layers are disposed below the free magnetic layer. The first fixed layers and the second fixed layers both comprise a rare earth element.
US09502638B2	Method of manufacturing flexible piezoelectric structures A method of making a flexible piezoelectric structure is disclosed. A piezoelectric film is deposited by film deposition on a planar substrate. A biocompatible flexible substrate is contacted with the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film and biocompatible flexible substrate are separated from the planar substrate, and the piezoelectric film remaining is attached to the biocompatible flexible substrate.
US09502634B2	Piezoelectric component and method for producing a piezoelectric component An electrically conductive contact layer (4) is provided with a joining material (9) during a method for producing a piezoelectric component (1), in particular a piezoelectric sensor (1). To this end, the electrically conductive contact layer (4) can be dipped into a paste that serves to form the joining material (9). The contact layer (4) provided with the joining material (9) is subsequently disposed between a first piezoceramic layer (2) and a second piezoceramic layer (3). The contact layer (4) is then inserted via the joining material (9) between the first piezoceramic layer (2) and the second piezoceramic layer (3), wherein a pressure is applied to the first piezocermaic layer (2) against the second piezoceramic layer (3).
US09502625B2	Electrophotographic deposition of unpackaged semiconductor device Described herein are techniques related a precision deposition of unpackaged semiconductor devices (“dies”) onto a substrate. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09502624B2	Resin molding, surface mounted light emitting apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a surface mounted light emitting apparatus which has long service life and favorable property for mass production, and a molding used in the surface mounted light emitting apparatus.The surface mounted light emitting apparatus comprises the light emitting device 10 based on GaN which emits blue light, the first resin molding 40 which integrally molds the first lead 20 whereon the light emitting device 10 is mounted and the second lead 30 which is electrically connected to the light emitting device 10, and the second resin molding 50 which contains YAG fluorescent material and covers the light emitting device 10. The first resin molding 40 has the recess 40c comprising the bottom surface 40a and the side surface 40b formed therein, and the second resin molding 50 is placed in the recess 40c. The first resin molding 40 is formed from a thermosetting resin such as epoxy resin by the transfer molding process, and the second resin molding 50 is formed from a thermosetting resin such as silicone resin.
US09502614B2	Light emitting diode chip, light emitting device, and wafer-level structure of light emitting diode A light emitting device is provided with a growing base having specific geometry to prevent delamination between the encapsulant and the growing base, and thereby enhance structural reliability of the light emitting device. Furthermore, the light emitting efficiency as well as uniformity of light output of the light emitting device can be improved by forming the side surface of the growing base with at least a curved portion or slanted portion, and uneven structures can be formed on the curved portion or slanted portion to further improve the uniformity of light output. Furthermore, the light emitting diode chips can be fabricated by taking batch processing on the growing substrate, as provided in the wafer-level structure, with the advantages of saving cost, improving yield, etc.
US09502608B2	Method of manufacturing a light emitting device in which light emitting element and light transmissive member are directly bonded Provided is a light emitting device capable of reducing light attenuation within the element and having high light extraction efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device. The light emitting device has a light emitting element having a light transmissive member and semiconductor stacked layer portion, electrodes disposed on the semiconductor stacked layer portion in this order. The light emitting element has a first region and a second region from the light transmissive member side. The light transmissive member has a third region and a fourth region from the light emitting element side. The first region has an irregular atomic arrangement compared with the second region. The third region has an irregular atomic arrangement compared with the fourth region. The first region and the third region are directly bonded.
US09502607B2	Method for producing an active zone for an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and optoelectronic semiconductor chip In at least one embodiment, the method is designed to produce an active zone for an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and comprises the following steps: growing a fourth barrier layer (24) based on Alx4Iny4Ga1−x4−y4N where 0≦x4≦0.40 and on average 0
US09502595B2	Methods and apparatus for improving micro-LED devices A μLED device comprising: a substrate and an epitaxial layer grown on the substrate and comprising a semiconductor material, wherein at least a portion of the substrate and the epitaxial layer define a mesa; an active layer within the mesa and configured, on application of an electrical current, to generate light for emission through a light emitting surface of the substrate opposite the mesa, wherein the crystal lattice structure of the substrate and the epitaxial layer is arranged such that a c-plane of the crystal lattice structure is misaligned with respect to the light emitting surface.
US09502590B2	Photovoltaic devices with electroplated metal grids One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar cell. The solar cell includes a photovoltaic structure and a front-side metal grid situated above the photovoltaic structure. The front-side metal grid also includes one or more electroplated metal layers. The front-side metal grid includes one or more finger lines, and each end of a respective finger line is coupled to a corresponding end of an adjacent finger line via an additional metal line, thus ensuring that the respective finger line has no open end.
US09502589B2	Solar cell, solar cell module, and method for manufacturing solar cell A solar cell has a collecting electrode formed therein. The collecting electrode is provided with: a main conductive layer that contains copper; and an overcoat layer that covers at least a part of the main conductive layer.
US09502580B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A highly reliable semiconductor device exhibiting stable electrical characteristics is provided. Further, a highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. Oxide semiconductor films are stacked so that the conduction band has a well-shaped structure. A second oxide semiconductor film having a crystalline structure is provided over the first oxide semiconductor film and a third oxide semiconductor film is provided over the second oxide semiconductor film. The bottom of a conduction band in the second oxide semiconductor film is deeper from a vacuum level than the bottom of a conduction band in the first oxide semiconductor film and the bottom of a conduction band in the third oxide semiconductor film.
US09502577B2	Oxide thin film transistor, display device, and method for manufacturing array substrate Provided are oxide thin-film transistor and display device employing the same, and method for manufacturing an oxide thin-film transistor array substrate. A source electrode and a drain electrode are located below an oxide active layer pattern, and a gate electrode is located below the source electrode and the drain electrode, and the gate insulating layer is located between the gate electrode and the source electrode/the drain electrode.
US09502570B2	Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device Embodiments of the present invention provide a thin film transistor and its manufacturing method, an array substrate and a display device, to improve the electrical performance of the thin film transistor and improve the picture quality of images displayed by the display device. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate; a gate, a source, a drain and a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; a first gate protection layer; a gate isolation layer; and a second gate protection layer. The first gate protection layer is at least partly located between the gate and the semiconductor layer, and is an insulating layer. The gate isolation layer is at least partly located between the first gate protection layer and the second gate protection layer, and is a conductive layer. The second gate protection layer is at least partly located between the gate isolation layer and the semiconductor layer, and is an insulating layer.
US09502569B2	FinFET structure and manufacture method A method for forming a FinFET transistor structure includes providing a substrate with a buried oxide layer and a layer of first semiconductor material. One or more fin structures are formed on the first layer of semiconductor material using a hard mask layer. Sidewall spacers are formed on sidewalls of the fin structures and the hard mask layer. An angled oxygen ion implantation is carried out using the hard mask and side walls as the mask. Next, an annealing process is performed to form oxide diffusion regions. Then, the oxide diffusion regions are removed, and the exposed first semiconductor material layer is etched to expose portions of the buried oxide layer. The resulting fin structure has recessed regions formed on the sidewalls, and the fin structure has a bottom portion below the recessed regions that is wider than a top portion.
US09502558B2	Local strain generation in an SOI substrate Method to strain a channel zone of a transistor of the semiconductor on insulator type transistor that makes use of an SMT stress memorization technique in which regions located under the insulation layer of the substrate (FIG. 6) are amorphized, before the transistor gate is made.
US09502555B2	Semiconductor device and fabricating method thereof A semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate comprising a trench; a first electrode disposed below the trench; a second electrode disposed above the trench, a first insulating layer being disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first contact arranged in a first direction of the substrate and connected to the first electrode; and a second contact arranged in second direction that is different from the first direction, the second contact being connected to the second electrode.
US09502554B2	High frequency switching MOSFETs with low output capacitance using a depletable P-shield Aspects of the present disclosure describe a high density trench-based power MOSFETs with self-aligned source contacts and methods for making such devices. The source contacts are self-aligned with spacers. The MOSFETS also may include a depletable shield in a lower portion of the substrate. The depletable shield may be configured such that during a high drain bias the shield substantially depletes. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09502533B2	Silicon recess etch and epitaxial deposit for shallow trench isolation (STI) Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method. In this method, a semiconductor substrate, which has an active region disposed in the semiconductor substrate, is received. A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is formed to laterally surround the active region. An upper surface of the active region bounded by the STI structure is recessed to below an upper surface of the STI structure. The recessed upper surface extends continuously between inner sidewalls of the STI structure and leaves upper portions of the inner sidewalls of the STI structure exposed. A semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the recessed surface of the active region between the inner sidewalls of the STI structure. A gate dielectric is formed over the epitaxially-grown semiconductor layer. A conductive gate electrode is formed over the gate dielectric.
US09502527B2	Semiconductor device structure having multi-layered insulating cap layers over metal gate A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure further includes a gate stack over the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a metal gate over the gate dielectric layer, a first insulating layer over the metal gate and a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer. Materials of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are different. The semiconductor device structure also includes spacers over opposite sidewalls of the gate stack. The spacers and the metal gate surround a recess, and the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are in the recess.
US09502510B2	Heterojunction bipolar transistors for improved radio frequency (RF) performance The present disclosure relates to heterojunction bipolar transistors for improved radio frequency (RF) performance. In this regard, a heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a base, an emitter, and a collector. The base is formed over the collector such that a base-collector junction is formed between the base and the collector. The base-collector junction is configured to become forward-biased at a first turn-on voltage. The emitter is formed over the base such that a base-emitter junction is formed between the base and the emitter. The base-emitter junction is configured to become forward-biased at a second turn-on voltage, as opposed to the first turn-on voltage. Notably, the second turn-on voltage is lower than the first turn-on voltage.
US09502502B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are described. In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include: patterning a substrate to have a first region and a second region extending from the first region of the substrate; depositing an isolation layer over a surface of the first region of the substrate; and epitaxially forming source/drain regions over the isolation layer and adjacent to sidewalls of the second region of the substrate.
US09502498B2	Power semiconductor device A power semiconductor device may include a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate, a super-junction portion disposed on the first conductivity type semiconductor substrate and including a first conductivity type pillar and a second conductivity type pillar arranged in an alternating manner, and a three-dimensional (3D) gate portion disposed on the first conductivity type pillar. The 3D gate portion is disposed on the first conductivity type pillar to reduce the widths of the first and second conductivity type pillars, thereby effectively reducing a device size.
US09502490B2	Embedded package substrate capacitor A package substrate is provided that includes a core substrate and a capacitor embedded in the core substrate including a first side. The capacitor includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at opposite ends of the capacitor. The package also includes a first power supply metal plate extending laterally in the core substrate. The first power supply metal plate is disposed directly on the first electrode of the capacitor from the first side of the core substrate. A first via extending perpendicular to the first metal plate and connected to the first power supply metal plate from the first side of the core substrate.
US09502479B2	Transparent display device and manufacturing method thereof Embodiments of the present invention relate to a transparent display device and a manufacturing method thereof. A display region of the transparent display device includes light a transmission area (12) and a light shield area (11). At least one silicon solar cell is disposed in a partial area of the light transmission area (12). The silicon solar cell is configured to absorb optical energy in the direction perpendicular to the light transmission direction of the light transmission area (12) and convert the optical energy into electric energy.
US09502469B2	Electrically reconfigurable interposer with built-in resistive memory An integrated interposer may include a substrate and a resistive-type non-volatile memory (NVM) array(s). The integrated interposer may also include a contact layer on a first surface of the substrate. The contact layer may include interconnections configured to couple the resistive-type NVM array(s) to a die(s). The resistive-type NVM array(s) may be partially embedded within the contact layer of the integrated interposer.
US09502465B2	Solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion portion, a charge holding portion, a floating diffusion, and a transfer portion. The pixel also includes a beneath-holding-portion isolation layer and a pixel isolation layer. An end portion on a photoelectric conversion portion side of the pixel isolation layer is away from the photoelectric conversion portion compared to an end portion on a photoelectric conversion portion side of the beneath-holding-portion isolation layer, and an N-type semiconductor region constituting part of the photoelectric conversion portion is disposed under at least part of the beneath-holding-portion isolation layer.
US09502463B2	Method for fabricating image sensor device An image sensor device includes a silicon-based substrate, a silicon-germanium epitaxy layer, an isolation feature, an active pixel cell and a logic circuit. The silicon-germanium epitaxy layer is on the silicon-based substrate, in which the silicon-germanium epitaxy layer has a composition of Si1-xGex, where 0
US09502461B2	Methods of fabricating camera module and spacer of a lens structure in the camera module A camera module and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The camera module includes a lens structure and an image sensor device chip disposed under the lens structure. The lens structure includes a transparent substrate and a lens disposed on the transparent substrate. A spacer is disposed on the transparent substrate to surround the lens, wherein the spacer contains a base pattern and a dry film photoresist. The method includes forming a base pattern on a carrier and attaching a dry film photoresist on the carrier. The dry film photoresist is planarized by a lamination process and then patterned to form a spacer. A transparent substrate having a plurality of lenses is provided. The spacer is stripped from the carrier, attaching on the transparent substrate to surround each of the lenses, and then bonded with image sensor device chips.
US09502457B2	Global shutter image sensor pixels having centralized charge storage regions An image sensor may be provided with an array of image pixels formed on a substrate having front and back surfaces. Each pixel may have a photodiode that receives light through the back surface, a floating diffusion node, and a charge transfer gate. The floating diffusion node may be formed in the center of the photodiode and may be surrounded by the charge transfer gate at the front surface. The charge transfer gate may isolate the floating diffusion node from the surrounding photodiode. The pixel may include reset transistor gates, an addressing transistor gate, and a source follower transistor arranged about the periphery of the photodiode. By centering the floating diffusion node and charge transfer gate within the photodiode, the image pixels may have improved shutter efficiency and charge transfer efficiency relative to pixels having floating diffusion nodes at non-centralized locations.
US09502454B2	Image pickup element, method of manufacturing image pickup element, and electronic apparatus An image pickup element includes: a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion section for each pixel; a pixel separation groove provided in the semiconductor substrate; and a fixed charge film provided on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the fixed charge film includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film, the first insulating film being provided contiguously from the light-receiving surface to a wall surface and a bottom surface of the pixel separation groove, and the second insulating film being provided on a part of the first insulating film, the part corresponding to at least the light-receiving surface.
US09502450B2	Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of solid-state imaging device, and electronic device The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device, which can provide a solid-state imaging device having further improved features such as reduced optical color mixing and the like. Also, an electronic device using the solid-state imaging device thereof is provided. According to a solid-state imaging device having a substrate 12 and multiple photoelectric converters 40 that are formed on the substrate 12, an insulating film 21 forms an embedded element separating unit 19. The element separating unit 19 is configured of an insulating film 20 having a fixed charge that is formed so as to coat the inner wall face of a groove portion 30, within the groove portion 30 which is formed in the depth direction from the light input side of the substrate 12.
US09502448B2	Method for fabricating an array substrate with improved driving ability A method for fabricating an array substrate includes sequentially forming a bottom gate, a first gate insulating layer, an active layer and a second gate insulating layer on a base substrate, a gate line being formed at the same time as forming the bottom gate; forming a top gate on the second gate insulating layer; sequentially forming a gate isolation layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a pixel electrode on the top gate. Before forming the top gate on the second gate insulating layer, the method includes forming a nickel layer at an area on the active layer where the source electrode is to be formed and/or an area on the active layer where the drain electrode is to be formed, and then performing a heat treatment on the active layer at a temperature in the range of 500° C.-570° C. for 2 hours in an atmosphere of H2.
US09502447B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display device An array substrate comprises a base substrate, a gate line, a data line and a thin film transistor arranged in an array on the base substrate, a pixel electrode and a passivation layer, the thin film transistor include a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and the pixel electrode and the active layer, the drain are disposed in a same layer and formed integrally. A display device comprising the array substrate and a manufacturing method of the array substrate are further disclosed.
US09502444B2	Method for forming a thin-film layer pattern, display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device A method for forming a thin-film layer pattern, a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The method for forming the thin-film layer pattern comprises: forming a first thin-film layer to be patterned on a substrate; forming a first overcoat (OC) layer on a surface of the first thin-film layer; forming a first overcoat layer pattern by beam melting; and removing the first thin-film layer not covered by the first overcoat layer pattern to form a first thin-film layer pattern. The method adopts beam melting process and hence can improve the accuracy and the resolution of the display substrate, improve the product quality and reduce the manufacturing cost.
US09502443B1	Substrate cutting apparatus and method of manufacturing display device by using the same A substrate cutting apparatus includes: a stage configured to support a substrate and including at least one curved portion that extends along a first direction, and flat portions respectively on sides of the curved portion and continuous with the curved portion; and a cutting portion above the stage and configured to cut the substrate in a second direction and along the first direction at a position spaced from a central line of the curved portion in a third direction.
US09502440B2	Display device and electronic device A novel display device capable of excellent reflective display is provided. The display device includes a transistor including a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, a semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, and a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer over the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor layer; a reflective electrode layer on the same plane as the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer; a coloring layer overlapping with the reflective electrode layer; a pixel electrode layer overlapping with the coloring layer; and an anti-oxidation conductive layer connected to one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer. The pixel electrode layer is connected to the transistor through the anti-oxidation conductive layer.
US09502436B2	Thin film transistor, array substrate and method for fabricating the same, and display device A thin film transistor, an array substrate and a method for fabricating the array substrate, and a display device are disclosed. The thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a protection layer provided on a base substrate, and comprises: a first transparent electrode provided between the source electrode and the semiconductor active layer, corresponding to the source electrode and in direct contact with the source electrode; a second transparent electrode provided between the drain electrode and the semiconductor active layer, corresponding to the drain electrode and in direct contact with the drain electrode, the first transparent electrode is in contact with the semiconductor active layer through a first via provided in the protection layer, the second transparent electrode is in contact with the semiconductor active layer through a second via provided in the protection layer.
US09502435B2	Hybrid high electron mobility transistor and active matrix structure Hybrid high electron mobility field-effect transistors including inorganic channels and organic gate barrier layers are used in some applications for forming high resolution active matrix displays. Arrays of such high electron mobility field-effect transistors are electrically connected to thin film switching transistors and provide high drive currents for passive devices such as organic light emitting diodes. The organic gate barrier layers are operative to suppress both electron and hole transport between the inorganic channel layer and the gate electrodes of the high electron mobility field-effect transistors.
US09502432B1	Semiconductor device comprising a slit insulating layer configured to pass through a stacked structure The semiconductor device may include a substrate including a trench. The semiconductor device may include an isolation layer formed in the trench and including an etch stop pattern. The semiconductor device may include a stacked structure disposed over the substrate. The semiconductor device may include a slit insulating layer passing through the stacked structure and including a first region extending in a first direction and a second region extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. An intersection region between the first region and the second region may pass through a portion of the isolation layer and come into contact with the etch stop pattern.
US09502427B2	Non-volatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same A preliminary tunnel insulation pattern and a preliminary charge storage pattern are formed on each active pattern extending in a direction, and a trench is defined between structures including the active pattern, the preliminary tunnel insulation pattern and the preliminary charge storage pattern. A preliminary isolation pattern partially fills the trench. A dielectric layer and a control gate electrode layer are formed on the preliminary charge storage pattern and the preliminary isolation pattern. The control gate electrode layer, the dielectric layer, the preliminary charge storage pattern and the preliminary tunnel insulation pattern are patterned to form gate structures including a tunnel insulation pattern, a charge storage pattern, a dielectric layer pattern and a control gate electrode. The preliminary isolation pattern is isotropically etched to form an isolation pattern and a first air gap. An insulating interlayer is formed between the gate structures to keep the first air gap.
US09502426B1	One time programming non-volatile memory cell A one time programming non-volatile memory cell includes a first floating gate transistor with a single gate structure, an isolation transistor, and a select transistor. A first terminal of the first floating gate transistor is connected with a second control line. A floating gate of the first floating gate transistor is in a floating state. A first terminal of the isolation transistor is connected with a second terminal of the first floating gate transistor. An isolation gate of the isolation transistor is connected with an isolation line. A first terminal of the select transistor is connected with a second terminal of the isolation transistor. A second terminal of the select transistor is connected with a first control line. A select transistor of the select transistor is connected with a word line.
US09502423B2	Semiconductor device layout and method for forming the same A semiconductor includes a gate line having a first portion in a transistor region and a second portion in a decoupling capacitor region.
US09502412B2	Semiconductor device structure with gate spacer having protruding bottom portion and method for forming the same A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a gate stack structure formed on the substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes gate spacers formed on the sidewall of the gate stack structure, and the gate spacers include a top portion and a bottom portion adjoined to the top portion, and the bottom portion slopes to a top surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device structure further includes an epitaxial structure formed adjacent to the gate spacers, and the epitaxial structure is formed below the gate spacers.
US09502410B1	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a first fin structure and a second fin structure disposed thereon, a first isolation region located between the first fin structure and the second fin structure, a second isolation region located opposite the first fin structure from the first isolation region, and at least an epitaxial layer disposed on the side of the first fin structure and the second fin structure. The epitaxial layer has a bottom surface, the bottom surface extending from the first fin structure to the second fin structure, and the bottom surface is lower than a bottom surface of the first isolation region and a top surface of the second isolation region.
US09502408B2	FinFET device including fins having a smaller thickness in a channel region, and a method of manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) device, comprises forming a plurality of fins on a substrate to a first thickness, forming a sacrificial gate stack on portions of the fins, forming source drain junctions using ion implantation, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate, removing the sacrificial gate stack to expose the portions of the fins, thinning the exposed portions of the fins to a second thickness less than the first thickness, and forming a gate stack on the thinned exposed portions of the fins to replace the removed sacrificial gate stack.
US09502401B2	Integrated circuit with first and second switching devices, half bridge circuit and method of manufacturing An integrated circuit includes a first switching device including a first semiconductor region in a first section of a semiconductor portion and a second switching device including a second semiconductor region in a second section of the semiconductor portion. The first and second sections as well as electrode structures of the first and second switching devices outside the semiconductor portion are arranged along a vertical axis perpendicular to a first surface of the semiconductor portion.
US09502399B1	Diode string circuit configurations with improved parasitic silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) conduction during electrostatic discharge (ESD) events Diode string configurations are provided that employ one or more guard bars (GBARS) positioned adjacent an end diode structure of a diode string to create a parasitic silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) coupling between the end diode structure and the guard bar/s that operates to discharge current of an ESD event through a lateral parasitic bipolar transistor of the SCR and away from the individual diodes of the diode string. One or more of the disclosed guard bars may be positioned adjacent to a diode on a first end of a diode string to create a lateral SCR coupling for ESD discharge away from all of the diodes in the diode string without requiring positioning of a last diode on an opposite end of the same diode string adjacent the first terminal diode.
US09502384B2	Semiconductor devices and semiconductor systems including the same A semiconductor device may include a first input/output (I/O) unit and a second I/O unit. The first I/O unit may include a first input path that receives a signal through a first pad and a first output path and a first I/O controller that output a signal to the first pad. The second I/O unit may include a second input path that receives a signal through a second pad and a second output path and a second I/O controller that output a signal to the second pad.
US09502383B2	3D integrated circuit package processing with panel type lid Presented herein is a package comprising a carrier device of a device stack and at least one top device of the device stack mounted on a first side of the carrier device. A lid is mounted on the first side of the carrier device, with a first portion of the lid attached to the carrier device and a second portion of the lid extending past and overhanging a respective edge of the carrier device. The lid comprises a recess disposed in a first side, and the at least one top device is disposed within the recess. A thermal interface material disposed on the top device and contacts a surface of the recess.
US09502382B2	Coplaner waveguide transition A coplanar waveguide transition includes a substrate, a first coplanar waveguide on a first side of the substrate, and a second coplanar waveguide on a second side of the substrate. The coplanar waveguide transition includes a first, a second, and a third via through the substrate electrically coupling the first coplanar waveguide to the second coplanar waveguide. The coplanar waveguide transition includes voids through the substrate between the first, second, and third vias and edges of the first coplanar waveguide and edges of the second coplanar waveguide.
US09502381B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor package, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device, a semiconductor package, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor die; an electrical isolation layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor die; a substrate; and a non-conductive adhesive layer disposed between the electrical isolation layer and the substrate, so as to adhere the electrical isolation layer to the substrate.
US09502377B2	Semiconductor package and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor package is disclosed, which includes: a circuit board; a carrier disposed on the circuit board; an RF chip disposed on the carrier; a plurality of high level bonding wires electrically connecting electrode pads of the RF chip and the circuit board; and an encapsulant formed on the circuit board for encapsulating the carrier, the high level bonding wires and the RF chip. The present invention positions the RF chip at a high level so as to facilitate element arrangement and high frequency wiring on the circuit board, thereby achieving a highly integrated wireless SiP (System in Package) module.
US09502373B2	Lid attach process and apparatus for fabrication of semiconductor packages An adhesive dispenser comprises a dispensing head. The dispensing head comprises an adhesive material applicator portion on a first level of the dispensing head. The adhesive material applicator portion corresponds to a periphery of a package. The dispensing head also comprises a thermal interface material (TIM) applicator portion on a second level of the dispensing head different from the first level. The TIM applicator portion corresponds to a die of the package. The dispensing head further comprises an adhesive material conduit configured to supply the adhesive material applicator portion with an adhesive material. The dispensing head additionally comprises a TIM conduit configured to supply the TIM applicator portion with a TIM.
US09502370B2	Semiconductor bonding structure and process A system and method for bonding semiconductor devices is provided. An embodiment comprises halting the flow of a eutectic bonding material by providing additional material of one of the reactants in a grid pattern, such that, as the eutectic material flows into the additional material, the additional material will change the composition of the flowing eutectic material and solidify the material, thereby stopping the flow. Other embodiments provide for additional layouts to put the additional material into the path of the flowing eutectic material.
US09502359B2	Integrated circuit component shielding Embodiments of shielding apparatuses are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a shielding apparatus may include first and second conductive regions and a plurality of vias disposed between the first and second conductive regions. The first and second conductive regions and the plurality of vias may surround an integrated circuit (IC) component and individual vias of the plurality of vias are spaced relative to one another to shield incoming or outgoing electromagnetic interference (EMI). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09502351B1	Multiple split rail standard cell library architecture A MOS device includes first and second sets of power rails. The first set of power rails extends across the MOS device and includes at least two power rails for providing a first voltage to the MOS device. The first set of power rails is interior to an edge of a cell boundary in the MOS device. At least one power rail of the first set of power rails extends over a pMOS active region of the MOS device. The second set of power rails extends across the MOS device and includes at least two power rails for providing a second voltage to the MOS device. The second set of power rails is interior to an edge of the cell boundary in the MOS device. At least one power rail of the second set of power rails extends over an nMOS active region of the MOS device.
US09502349B2	Separated lower select line in 3D NAND architecture Roughly described, a memory device has a multilevel stack of conductive layers which are divided laterally into separate word lines, each defining a block of memory cells. Vertically oriented pillars each include series-connected memory cells at cross-points between the pillars and the conductive layers. String select lines run above the conductive layers, each intersection of a pillar and an string select line defining a respective select gate of the pillar. Bit lines run above the SSLs. Ground select lines run below the conductive layers, each intersection of a pillar and a ground select line defining a respective ground select gate of the pillar. The ground select lines are divided laterally such that the number of ground select lines in each block is greater than 1 but less than the number of string select lines in the block.
US09502348B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A method for forming a semiconductor device includes, sequentially, providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate; forming a second dielectric layer having a plurality of first openings exposing portions of a top surface of the first dielectric layer; forming a first conductive layer in the first openings; etching the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer in the second region until the substrate is exposed to form a plurality of second openings; forming passivation regions in portions of the substrate exposed by the second openings; exposing the surface of the first dielectric layer in the second region; forming a third dielectric layer on the surface of the first dielectric layer and in the second openings; and forming a second conductive layer, a portion of which is configured as an inductor, over the third dielectric layer.
US09502345B2	Ball-grid-array package, electronic system and method of manufacture A multiple-chip-package (MCP) has multiple chip groups and multiple package terminal groups for electrical connections in the MCP. Semiconductor chips of the same chip group are electrically connected to the package terminals of the same package terminal group, while package terminals of different chip groups are electrically connected to the package terminals of different package terminal groups.
US09502332B2	Nonvolatile memory device and a method for fabricating the same A nonvolatile memory device including a substrate which includes a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure formed on the cell array region and the connection region and including a plurality of laminated electrodes, a first recess formed in the electrode structure on the connection region and disposed between the cell array region and a second recess formed in the electrode structure on the connection region, and a plurality of vertical wirings formed on the plurality of electrodes exposed by the first recess.
US09502331B2	Electric power converter with a spring member An electric power converter includes a semiconductor module, a cooling pipe, a pressing member and a supporting member. A pair of supporting wall portions is disposed so as to sandwich the semiconductor module, the cooling pipe, and the pressing member in an overlapping direction. A semiconductor element includes a small-sized semiconductor element, and a large-sized semiconductor element of which an outer shape is larger than that of the small-sized semiconductor element when projected onto a plane parallel to the overlapping direction. Within the semiconductor module, the large-sized semiconductor element is disposed closer to a connecting end portion side where a connecting portion of the pair of supporting wall portions are disposed than the small-sized semiconductor elements is.
US09502324B2	Electronic device An electronic device having a heat generating element and a housing is provided including a heat dissipation arrangement provided between the heat generating element and the housing, the heat dissipation arrangement comprising a first layer in contact with the heat generating element and a second layer provided on top of the first layer and being in contact with the housing, the first layer having higher heat conductivity than the second layer, the second layer preventing heat from rapidly passing through such that the heat can be diffused in the first layer.
US09502321B2	Thin film RDL for IC package A package substrate comprising a thin film redistribution layer (RDL) with a plurality of metal pillar configured on chip side is disclosed to thin the thickness of an IC package before mounting to a circuit board. The height of metal pillar keeps a proper distance between the IC chip and the package substrate so that an underfill material can be filled in between to ensure the reliability of the IC package.
US09502314B2	Method for manufacturing tested apparatus and method for manufacturing system including tested apparatus Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a tested apparatus that includes forming a stacked structure that includes a plurality of first semiconductor chips stacked over a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer comprises a plurality of second semiconductor chips that are arranged in matrix of a plurality of rows and columns. Each of the first semiconductor chips is stacked over and electrically connected to a different one of the second semiconductor chips. The method further includes contacting a probe card to at least one of the first semiconductor chips to perform a first test operation on a corresponding one of the second semiconductor chips with an intervention of the at least one of the first semiconductor chips so that a plurality of tested apparatus each comprising a pair of first and second semiconductor chips stacked with each other is derived.
US09502312B2	Area efficient field effect device A novel semiconductor transistor is presented. The semiconductor structure has a gate region forming a channel with repetitive patterns in the direction perpendicular to the current flow, so that the portion of its channel that is not strictly planar contributes to a significant reduction of the silicon area occupied by the device. It offers the advantage of lower on-resistance for the same silicon area while improving on its dynamic performances. The additional cost to shape the channel region of the device in periodic repetitive patterns is minimum, which makes the present invention easy to implement in any conventional CMOS process technology and very cost effective.
US09502308B1	Methods for forming transistor devices with different source/drain contact liners and the resulting devices A method includes forming first and second contact openings so as to expose first and second source/drain regions, respectively, of a semiconductor material. At least one process operation is performed to selectively form a first liner only in the first contact opening. The first liner covers a bottom portion of the first contact opening and exposes a sidewall portion of the first contact opening. A second liner is formed in the first and second contact openings. At least one process operation is performed so as to form a conductive material above the second liner to fill the first and second contact openings and define first and second contacts conductively coupled to the first and second source/drain regions, respectively.
US09502302B2	Process for integrated circuit fabrication including a uniform depth tungsten recess technique Dummy gates are removed from a pre-metal layer to produce a first opening (with a first length) and a second opening (with a second length longer than the first length). Work function metal for a metal gate electrode is provided in the first and second openings. Tungsten is deposited to fill the first opening and conformally line the second opening, thus leaving a third opening. The thickness of the tungsten layer substantially equals the length of the first opening. The third opening is filled with an insulating material. The tungsten is then recessed in both the first and second openings using a dry etch to substantially a same depth from a top surface of the pre-metal layer to complete the metal gate electrode. Openings left following the recess operation are then filled with a dielectric material forming a cap on the gate stack which includes the metal gate electrode.
US09502301B2	Fabrication methods for multi-layer semiconductor structures Methods are provided for fabricating multi-layer semiconductor structures. The methods include, for example: providing a first layer and a second layer over a substrate, the first layer including a first metal and the second layer including a second metal, where the second layer is disposed over the first layer and the first metal and second metal are different metals; and annealing the first layer, the second layer, and the substrate to react at least a portion of the first metal of the first layer to form a first reacted layer and at least a portion of the second metal of the second layer to form a second reacted layer, where at least one of the first reacted layer or the second reacted layer includes at least one of a first metal silicide of the first metal or a second metal silicide of the second metal.
US09502295B2	Protective film material for laser processing and wafer processing method using the protective film material A protective film material for protecting a surface of a wafer during a laser processing treatment contains a water soluble poly-N-vinyl acetamide. The protective film material is applied to the surface of the wafer which is then irradiated with a laser beam through the protective film material to perform a laser processing treatment. After the laser processing treatment, the protective film material is removed by washing with water.
US09502294B2	Method and system for wafer level singulation A method of singulating a plurality of semiconductor dies includes providing a carrier substrate and joining a semiconductor substrate to the carrier substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of devices. The method also includes forming a mask layer on the semiconductor substrate, exposing a predetermined portion of the mask layer to light, and processing the predetermined portion of the mask layer to form a predetermined mask pattern on the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming the plurality of semiconductor dies, each of the plurality of semiconductor dies being associated with the predetermined mask pattern and including one or more of the plurality of devices and separating the plurality of semiconductor dies from the carrier substrate.
US09502290B2	Oxidation-free copper metallization process using in-situ baking A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes providing a substrate; forming a metal feature over the substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the metal feature; and forming an opening in the dielectric layer. At least a portion of the metal feature is exposed through the opening. An oxide layer is accordingly formed on an exposed portion of the metal feature. The method further includes, in a production tool having a vacuum environment, performing a plasma process to remove the oxide layer. Between the step of forming the opening and the oxide-removal process, no additional oxide-removal process is performed to the metal feature outside the production tool. The method further includes, in the production tool, forming a diffusion barrier layer in the opening, and forming a seed layer on the diffusion barrier layer.
US09502285B1	Method of forming trenches A method of forming trenches is provided. A first layer, a second layer and a third layer are formed on the substrate. A patterned third layer with a plurality of third trenches is formed. A spacer is formed on sidewalls of the third trenches, following by removing a portion of the patterned third layer between the third trenches. By using the spacer and the patterned third layer as a mask, a patterned second layer with a plurality of second trenches is formed. Next, the patterned third layer and the spacer are completely removed, and a block layer is formed on the patterned second layer, filling into the at least one second trench to separate said second trench into at least two parts. The first layer is patterned by using the patterned second layer and the block layer as a mask to form a patterned first layer with first trenches.
US09502283B2	Electron-beam (E-beam) based semiconductor device features Electron-beam (e-beam) based semiconductor device features are disclosed. In a particular aspect, a method includes performing a first lithography process to fabricate a first set of cut pattern features on a semiconductor device. A distance of each feature of the first set of cut pattern features from the feature to an active area is greater than or equal to a threshold distance. The method further includes performing an electron-beam (e-beam) process to fabricate a second cut pattern feature on the semiconductor device. A second distance of the second cut pattern feature from the second cut pattern feature to the active area is less than or equal to the threshold distance.
US09502266B2	Silicon wafer and method of manufacturing thereof, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device An object of the present invention is to provide an epitaxial wafer on which dislocation is preventable even when a LSA treatment is performed in device processes. An epitaxial wafer according to the present invention includes a wafer 11 whose nitrogen concentration is 1×1012 atoms/cm3 or more or whose specific resistance is 20 mΩ·cm or less by boron doping, and an epitaxial layer 12 provided on the wafer 11. On the wafer 11, if a thermal treatment is performed at 750° C. for 4 hours and then at 1,000° C. for 4 hours, polyhedron oxygen precipitates grow predominantly over plate-like oxygen precipitates. Therefore, in the device processes, plate-like oxygen precipitates cannot be easily formed. As a result, even when the LSA treatment is performed after various thermal histories in the device processes, it is possible to prevent the dislocation, which is triggered by oxygen precipitates, from generating.
US09502261B2	Spacer etching process for integrated circuit design A method includes forming a first material layer on a substrate and performing a first patterning process using a first layout to form a first plurality of trenches in the first material layer. The method further includes performing a second patterning process using a second layout to form a second plurality of trenches in the first material layer, wherein the second layout a cut pattern for the first layout. The method further includes forming spacer features on sidewalls of both the first and second pluralities of trenches, wherein the spacer features have a thickness and the cut pattern corresponds to a first trench of the second plurality whose width is less than twice the thickness of the spacer features. The method further includes removing the first material layer; forming a second material layer on the substrate and within openings defined by the spacer features; and removing the spacer features.
US09502259B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a fin-shaped structure on the substrate; forming a cap layer on the fin-shaped structure; removing part of the cap layer on top of the fin-shaped structure; removing part of the fin-shaped structure; removing the remaining cap layer; and removing part of the remaining fin-shaped structure.
US09502256B2	ZrAION films Atomic layer deposition (ALD) can be used to form a dielectric layer of zirconium aluminum oxynitride (ZrAlON) for use in a variety of electronic devices. Forming the dielectric layer may include depositing zirconium oxide using atomic layer deposition and precursor chemicals, followed by depositing aluminum nitride using precursor chemicals, and repeating. The dielectric layer may be used as the gate insulator of a MOSFET, a capacitor dielectric, and a tunnel gate insulator in flash memories.
US09502230B2	Method for producing SiC substrate A method of manufacturing a SiC substrate of the invention includes at least an oxide film-forming process of forming an oxide film (10) to cover a surface (1a) of the SiC substrate (1); and a planarization process of polishing the SiC substrate (1) from an oxide film side (10) in accordance with a CMP method so as to remove the oxide film (10), and of polishing the surface (1a) of the SiC substrate (1) to planarize the surface (1a).
US09502229B2	Ultra-compact plasma spectrometer Various examples are provided for collimator assemblies and/or energy analyzer arrays of plasma spectrometers. In one example, among others, an ultra-compact plasma spectrometer includes a collimator assembly; an energy analyzer array that receives charged particles from the collimator; and a detector plate that detects charged particles exiting the energy analyzer array. The energy analyzer array can include a plurality of analyzer plates having distinct energy channels. In another example, a method includes bonding a stack of analyzer plates to form an energy analyzer array, affixing a collimator assembly to the entrance surface of the energy analyzer array, and affixing an array of detectors to the exit surface of the energy analyzer array. The analyzer plates include energy analyzer bands extending from the entrance surface to the exit surface. The aperture arrays and the detectors can align with the energy analyzer bands.
US09502226B2	Sample collection in compact mass spectrometry systems Mass spectrometry systems include a core featuring an ion source, an ion trap, and an ion detector connected along a gas path, a pressure regulation subsystem connected to the gas path and configured to regulate a gas pressure in the gas path, a sample pre-concentrator connected to the gas path, where the sample pre-concentrator includes an adsorbent material, and a controller connected to the sample pre-concentrator, where during operation of the system, the controller is configured to heat sample particles adsorbed on the adsorbent material to desorb the particles from the adsorbent material and introduce the desorbed particles into the gas path, and a pressure difference between a gas pressure in the sample pre-concentrator and a gas pressure in at least one of the ion source, the ion trap, and the ion detector when the desorbed particles are introduced into the gas path is 50 mTorr or less.
US09502222B2	Integrated anode and activated reactive gas source for use in magnetron sputtering device The invention relates to an integrated anode and activated reactive gas source for use in a magnetron sputtering device and a magnetron sputtering device incorporating the same. The integrated anode and activated reactive gas source comprises a vessel having an interior conductive surface, comprising the anode, and an insulated outer body isolated from the chamber walls of the coating chamber. The vessel has a single opening with a circumference smaller that that of the vessel in communication with the coating chamber. Sputtering gas and reactive gas are coupled through an input into the vessel and through the single opening into the coating chamber. A plasma is ignited by the high density of electrons coming from the cathode and returning to the power supply through the anode. A relatively low anode voltage is sufficient to maintain a plasma of activated reactive gas to form stoichiometric dielectric coatings.
US09502221B2	Etch rate modeling and use thereof with multiple parameters for in-chamber and chamber-to-chamber matching A method includes receiving a voltage and current measured at an output of an RF generator of a first plasma system and calculating a first model etch rate based on the voltage and current, and a power. The method further includes receiving a voltage and current measured at an output of the RF generator of a second plasma system, determining a second model etch rate based on the voltage and current at the output of the RF generator of the second plasma system, and comparing the second model etch rate with the first model etch rate. The method includes adjusting a power at the output of the RF generator of the second plasma system to achieve the first model etch rate associated with the first plasma system upon determining that the second model etch rate does not match the first model etch rate. The method is executed by a processor.
US09502215B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method A plasma processing apparatus is provided. According to the apparatus, a main antenna connected to a high frequency power source and an auxiliary antenna electrically insulated from main antenna is arranged. Moreover, projection areas when the main antenna and the auxiliary antenna are seen in a plan view are arranged so as not to overlap with each other. More specifically, the auxiliary antenna is arranged on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the turntable relative to the main antenna. Then, a first electromagnetic field is generated in the auxiliary antenna by way of an induction current flowing through the main antenna, and a second induction plasma is generated even in an area under the auxiliary antenna in addition to an area under the main antenna by resonating the auxiliary antenna.
US09502211B1	Adaptive scanning for particle size using directed beam signal analysis Methods and systems are provided for a scanning microscope to rapidly form a partial digital image of an area. The method includes performing an initial scan for the area and using initial scan to identify regions representing features of interest in the area. Then, the method performs additional adaptive scans of the regions representing structures of interest. Such scans adapt the path of the scanning beam to follow the edges of a feature of interest by performing localized scan patterns that intersect the feature edge, and directing the localized scan patterns to follow the feature edge.
US09502200B1	Low tolerance magnetic trip for a miniature circuit A trip assembly for a circuit breaker includes a trip lever and a trip actuator. The trip lever causes electrical contacts, which are in a closed position, to disengage from each other into an open position and interrupt current flow to a circuit, when tripped by the trip actuator due to an overcurrent condition. The trip actuator includes a bimetallic member, a yoke and an armature with an opening in which an end of the trip lever is latched in the closed position. The yoke includes a tab adjacent to the opening. When the trip lever is latched in the opening, the end of the trip lever includes first, second and third surfaces that contact a front surface of the armature, an interior surface of the armature defining the opening, and the tab of the yoke, respectively, to provide a consistent magnetic gap between the back side of the armature and the yoke.
US09502195B2	Switching device A switching device includes a contact system having a movable contact to be moved along a movement direction, a stationary contact and an improved arc quenching device with a configuration for generating a magnetic field formed in a plane perpendicular to the movement direction and an electrode configuration having a first electrode conductively connected to the movable contact and a second electrode conductively connected to the stationary contact. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in such a way that an electric field can be generated between the first electrode and the second electrode perpendicularly to the direction of movement and perpendicularly to the magnetic field.
US09502188B2	Adjustable door assembly One or more apparatuses are provided for forming a seal between a circuit breaker and an enclosure. An adjustable door assembly includes an inner floating frame assembly positioned according to a floating configuration between a first external flange and a second external flange that connect to an enclosure door of an enclosure housing a circuit breaker. The inner floating frame assembly includes an inner floating frame and an inner floating box frame. An adjustable coupling is used to apply a force, between the inner floating frame and the inner floating frame box, to the inner floating box frame towards a front side of the circuit breaker to form a seal between the front side of the circuit breaker and the enclosure door. The seal may provide a barrier for mitigating arc flash, hazardous gases, material, and/or explosive force from escaping from a backside of the circuit breaker.
US09502184B2	Method for manufacturing a unit for storing electrical energy The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a unit for storing electrical energy, comprising a cover and an outer casing, the method including a closing step (400) consisting of contactlessly applying a compressive force to one of the parts forming the storage unit, such that the cover and the outer casing are mechanically titled into one another so as to close the outer casing using the cover by means of the engagement of the shapes thereof.
US09502173B2	Shield part, method of fabricating the same, and contactless power transmission device having the shield part There is provided a shield part including: a magnetic laminate formed by laminating a plurality of magnetic layers and having a first surface and a second surface; a coil pattern formed on the first surface; and a first lead part formed at an end portion of a central portion of the coil pattern and a second lead part formed outside of the coil pattern, wherein a portion of the second surface is removed to form a recess, the first lead part is electrically connected to the second lead part by a conductive material disposed in the recess and a first via formed in the magnetic laminate in a lamination direction, and the second lead part is electrically connected to the first lead part by the conductive material disposed in the recess and a second via formed in the magnetic laminate in the lamination direction.
US09502157B2	Power cable assembly device and a power cable provided with such a device A power cable assembly device adapted to be arranged in the spaces between neighboring power cores of a power cable, includes an extruded profiled body made of a polymer material and adapted to the cross-sectional shape and elongation of the power cable, the profiled body including a chamber and defining a slit to the chamber, the chamber being adapted to receive a fiber optic cable via the slit. Substantially the whole surface of the profiled body inside the chamber, the surface of the profiled body defining the slit, and the surface of at least a region outside the profiled body extending from the slit and away from the slit is provided with a layer of semi-conductive material.
US09502155B2	Coaxial or triaxial seal assembly A seal assembly includes a first shield tube surrounding a signal wire and a second shield tube surrounding the signal wire. The seal assembly includes an electrically insulating barrier positioned between the first shield tube and the second shield tube and through which the signal wire extends. The insulating barrier includes a first conductive layer on a first side of the insulating barrier and a second conductive layer on an opposing second side of the insulating barrier. The first shield tube is electrically connected to the first conductive layer and the second shield tube is electrically connected to the second conductive layer such that the first shield tube, first conductive layer, second shield tube, and second conductive layer are electrically insulated from the signal wire.
US09502151B2	Ink composition and circuit board and method for producing the same An ink composition and a circuit board and a method for producing the same are provided. The ink composition comprises: an acrylic resin; an epoxy resin; a polyester resin; a curing agent; and an active powder comprising a modified metal compound, in which the metal element of the modified metal compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of Zn, Cr, Co, Cu, Mn, Mo, and Ni.
US09502143B2	Floating nuclear power reactor with a self-cooling containment structure A floating nuclear power reactor including one or two nuclear power reactors positioned in a floating vessel such as a barge or the like. Means is disclosed for flooding the containment structure of the nuclear reactor and for flooding the reactor vessels to cool the same.
US09502135B2	Shift register unit, gate driving apparatus and display device Provided is a shift register unit, a gate driving apparatus and a display device capable of increasing a lifespan of a shift register. The shift register unit according to the present disclosure includes: a first thin film field effect transistor, a drain thereof connected with a first signal terminal, a source thereof connected with the outputting node at the present stage, a gate thereof connected with a first node; a second thin film field effect transistor, a drain thereof connected with the first signal terminal, a source thereof connected with the pulling-up node, and a gate thereof connected with the first node; a third thin film field effect transistor, a drain thereof connected with a second signal terminal, a source thereof connected with the outputting node at the present stage, and a gate thereof connected with a second node; a fourth thin film field effect transistor, a drain thereof connected with the second signal terminal, a source thereof connected with the pulling-up node, and a gate thereof connected with the second node; and a node voltage control module, configured to control the first node and the second node to be in a high potential state alternatively when the shift register unit is in a pulling-down phase. The present disclosure increases the lifespan of the shift register.
US09502132B2	Multi level antifuse memory device and method of operating the same An antifuse memory device includes an antifuse memory cell, a reference current generation unit, and a comparison unit. The antifuse memory cell includes an antifuse. The reference current generation unit provides a reference current selected from a plurality of reference currents. The comparison unit compares an intensity of a cell current flowing through the antifuse with an intensity of the reference current and provides an output signal corresponding to a result of the comparison.
US09502126B1	Memory system and operating method thereof A method of operating a semiconductor memory device includes applying a read voltage to a selected word line on which a program operation is performed; applying a first pass voltage to at least one unselected word line adjacent to the selected word line; applying a second pass voltage to the at least one unselected word line when a first reference time elapses; and performing a read operation on memory cells connected to the selected word line according to the read voltage when a second reference time elapses.
US09502120B2	Programming memory cells dependent upon distortion estimation A method for data storage includes accepting data for storage in an array of memory cells, which are arranged in rows associated with respective word lines. Data is stored in one or more memory cells of the array using one or more programming levels. In response to a determination that a first memory cell of the one or more memory cells is subject to distortion, a second memory cell may be programmed to a predetermined programming level.
US09502117B2	Cell-level statistics collection for detection and decoding in flash memories Methods and apparatus are provided for collecting cell-level statistics for detection and decoding in flash memories. Data from a flash memory device is processed by obtaining one or more read values for a plurality of bits in a page of the flash memory device; and generating cell-level statistics for the flash memory device based on a probability that a data pattern was read from the plurality of bits given that a particular pattern was written to the plurality of bits. The cell-level statistics are optionally generated substantially simultaneously with a reading of the read values, for example, as part of a read scrub process. The cell-level statistics can be used to convert the read values for the plurality of bits to a reliability value for a bit among the plurality of bits.
US09502115B2	Amplifier stage An input signal is amplified into an output signal that is to be applied to an electrical load including a capacitive component. An amplifier stage includes a pre-amplifier module to receive a first supply voltage, and an output module to receive a second supply voltage. The pre-amplifier module includes a first gain block to pre-amplify the input signal into a first pre-amplified signal, and a second gain block to pre-amplify the input signal into a second pre-amplified signal. A feedback block feeds back the output signal as a feedback signal. A combination element combines the first pre-amplified signal and the feedback signal into a combined signal. The output module combines the combined signal and the second pre-amplified signal into the output signal.
US09502102B1	MLC OTP operation with diode behavior in ZnO RRAM devices for 3D memory Providing for a memory cell capable of forming a one time programmable, multi-level cell two-terminal memory cell or a rewritable, two terminal memory cell is described herein. In some embodiments, one time programmable, multi-level cell two-terminal memory cell can exhibit diode-like characteristics. In other embodiments, the memory cell can comprise a first electrode layer configured to generate ions in response to an electric field applied to the memory cell; a resistive ion migration layer at least in part permeable to migration of the ions within the resistive ion migration layer; a second electrode layer; and a substrate layer comprising a silicon wafer.
US09502099B2	Managing skew in data signals with multiple modes A method for controlling a memory includes causing a data de-skewer to operate in a writing mode, at the data de-skewer, receiving a first signal, and skewing the first data signal by a first compensation skew, causing the data de-skewer to operate in a reading mode, at the data de-skewer, receiving a second signal, and skewing the second signal by a second compensation skew, wherein the first signal is representative of a bit from a byte that is to be written to the memory, and wherein the second signal is representative of a bit from a byte that has been read from the memory.
US09502092B2	Unipolar-switching perpendicular MRAM and method for using same MRAM devices that are switched by unipolar electron flow are described. Embodiments use arrays of cells that include a diode or transistor with a pMTJ. The switching between the high and low resistance states of the pMTJ is achieved by electron flow in the same direction, i.e. a unipolar flow. Embodiments of the invention include methods of operating unipolar MRAM devices that include a read step after a write step to verify the operation. Embodiments also include methods of operating unipolar MRAM devices that include an iterative stepped-voltage write process that includes a plurality of write-read steps that begin with a selected voltage for the write pulse for the first iteration and gradually increase the voltage for the write pulse for the next iteration until a successful read operation occurs.
US09502082B1	Power management in dual memory platforms Methods, apparatuses, and systems may provide a sensor to monitor a power consumption of a non-volatile random access memory (RAM) and a volatile RAM. A switch, connected to an output of the sensor, controls power to the non-volatile RAM, and a voltage regulator regulates a voltage of the non-volatile RAM and the volatile RAM. One or more memory slots receive the non-volatile RAM and the volatile RAM, and a processor receives information from the sensor, and controls the voltage regulator based on the received information. The voltage regulator comprises a plurality of registers to store power consumption information of the non-volatile RAM and the volatile RAM.
US09502078B2	Stack bank type semiconductor memory apparatus capable of improving alignment margin A semiconductor memory apparatus is capable of improving the alignment margin for a bank and sufficiently ensuring a space for forming a global input/output line. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes a stack bank structure having at least two sub-banks continuously stacked without disconnection of data signal lines, and a control block arranged at one side of the stack bank structure to simultaneously control column-related signals of the sub-banks.
US09502077B2	Shingle verify archive appliance An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a controller configured to control a write transducer to perform shingled writing where a currently written track is written over a portions of a previously written track thereby defining a shingled track comprising a remaining portion of the previously written track. The controller is also configured to cause reading of data from at least one shingled track during the shingled writing using a read transducer.
US09502069B2	Plasmonic transducer having two metal elements with a gap disposed therebetween A plasmonic transducer includes at least two metal elements with a gap therebetween. The metal elements are elongated along a plasmon-enhanced, near-field radiation delivery axis. Cross sections of the metal elements in a plane normal to the delivery axis vary in shape along the delivery axis. A waveguide is disposed along an elongated side of the plasmonic transducer. The waveguide is optically coupled to the plasmonic transducer along the elongated side.
US09502067B1	Optical disc with copy protection file system format and method of making such disc The present invention provides an improved file system format for an optical disc to help prevent illegal copying of multimedia content, where certain non-readable data record is placed into increased measured length of a multimedia data block; disc made pursuant to present format allows normal playback with very low level noise that would not affect the user enjoyment of viewing/listening the movie or music content on the multimedia disc.
US09502066B2	Ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording medium An aspect of the present invention relates to ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the average particle size of which is equal to or less than 20 nm, and which comprises, on a particle number basis, equal to or more than 50% of ellipsoid hexagonal ferrite powders satisfying relation (1): 1.2
US09502064B1	Recording head with surface charge control A data recording head may consist of at least a charge control circuit that has a substrate, ground, surface charge circuitry, and data reader circuitry. The substrate may be electrically isolated from the ground and electrically connected between the surface charge circuitry and a non-zero fixed voltage. The surface charge circuitry can be configured to apply a varying substrate charge to the substrate at a predetermined frequency to alter a head media spacing between the substrate and a data storage medium.
US09502061B1	Data storage device optimization based on adjacent track interference Systems, devices, processes, and methods of optimizing a data storage device based on adjacent track interference (ATI) are presented. ATI can be detected by writing a specific track of a disc a number of times and measuring a bit error rate (BER) of an adjacent track. In addition, more accurate in-field simulations of ATI can be achieved by seeking to another track, such as an adjacent track, in-between each write to the specific track. Further, in a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) device, a laser bias control can be implemented during at least one of the seeks to calibrate a laser in-between each write. Even further, the seeks may be anticipatory track seeks (ATS).
US09502049B2	Time warp activation signal provider, audio signal encoder, method for providing a time warp activation signal, method for encoding an audio signal and computer programs An audio encoder has a window function controller, a windower, a time warper with a final quality check functionality, a time/frequency converter, a TNS stage or a quantizer encoder, the window function controller, the time warper, the TNS stage or an additional noise filling analyzer are controlled by signal analysis results obtained by a time warp analyzer or a signal classifier. Furthermore, a decoder applies a noise filling operation using a manipulated noise filling estimate depending on a harmonic or speech characteristic of the audio signal.
US09502046B2	Coding of a sound field signal A method for encoding sound field signals includes allocating coding rate by application of a uniform criterion to all subbands of all signals in a joint process. An allocation criterion may be based on a comparison, in a given subband, between a spectral envelope of the signals to be encoded and a coding noise profile, wherein the noise profile may be a sum of a noise shape and a noise offset, which noise offset is computed on the basis of the coding bit budget. The rate allocation process may be combined with an energy-compacting orthogonal transform, for which there is proposed a parameterization susceptible of efficient coding and having adjustable directivity. In a further aspect, the invention provides a corresponding decoding method.
US09502045B2	Coding independent frames of ambient higher-order ambisonic coefficients In general, techniques are described for coding an ambient higher order ambisonic coefficient. An audio decoding device comprising a memory and a processor may perform the techniques. The memory may store a first frame of a bitstream and a second frame of the bitstream. The processor may obtain, from the first frame, one or more bits indicative of whether the first frame is an independent frame that includes additional reference information to enable the first frame to be decoded without reference to the second frame. The processor may further obtain, in response to the one or more bits indicating that the first frame is not an independent frame, prediction information for first channel side information data of a transport channel. The prediction information may be used to decode the first channel side information data of the transport channel with reference to second channel side information data of the transport channel.
US09502036B2	Correcting text with voice processing The present invention relates to voice processing and provides a method and system for correcting a text. The method comprising: determining a target text unit to be corrected in a text; receiving a reference voice segment input by the user for the target text unit; determining a reference text unit whose pronunciation is similar to a word in the target text unit based on the reference voice segment; and correcting the word in the target text unit in the text by the reference text unit. The present invention enables the user to easily correct errors in the text vocally.
US09502030B2	Methods and systems for adapting a speech system Methods and systems are provided for adapting a speech system of a vehicle. In one example a method includes: logging data from the vehicle; logging speech data from the speech system; processing the data from the vehicle and the data from the speech system to determine a pattern of context and a relation to user interaction behavior; and selectively updating a user profile of the speech system based on the pattern of context.
US09502029B1	Context-aware speech processing Described herein are systems and methods for context-aware speech processing. A speech context is determined based on context data associated with a user uttering speech. The speech context and the speech uttered in that speech context may be used to build acoustic models for that speech context. An acoustic model for use in speech processing may be selected based on the determined speech context. A language model for use in speech processing may also be selected based on the determined speech context. Using the acoustic and language models, the speech may be processed to recognize the speech from the user.
US09502010B1	Guitar tremolo bridge A tremolo bridge for a guitar comprising a body, a neck attached to said body, a headstock attached to said neck, a plurality of tuners disposed on said headstock and adjacent the neck, at least one post extending from said body, each of said at least one post further comprising a V-shaped notch, and a plurality of strings, whereby each string of said plurality of strings is attached to the tremolo bridge, extends along the neck of the guitar, and is attached to a corresponding one of said plurality of tuners disposed on the headstock, said tremolo bridge comprising: a base plate, a block extending from said base plate, a tremolo arm attached to said base plate, and a locking mechanism for locking the position of the tremolo bridge.
US09502006B1	Load displacement assembly and a stringed musical instrument including the same A load displacement assembly is disclosed herein. The load displacement assembly includes a saddle member, the saddle member configured to receive a load from one or more strings of a musical instrument; at least one upper load displacement component coupled to the saddle member in a load carrying manner, the at least one upper load displacement component configured to transfer the load from the saddle member to one or more connecting members; and a lower load displacement component coupled to the one or more connecting members in a load carrying manner, the lower load displacement component configured to transfer the load from the one or more connecting members to a monopole area of the soundboard of the musical instrument. A stringed musical instrument, which includes the load displacement assembly, is also disclosed herein.
US09502001B2	Display control method and apparatus for power saving A display control method and an apparatus for power saving of a display unit are provided. The method includes, determining a display mode in response to input of external illumination data, detecting input of a Red-Green-Blue-White (RGBW) data frame, applying a weight corresponding to the determined display mode to at least a White (W) sub-pixel value among pixel values of the RGBW data frame, determining luminance control data using the pixel values to which the weight is applied; and controlling the lighting system to output light based on the determined luminance control data, and controlling the display panel to transmit the light based on the determined luminance control data.
US09501990B2	Scan driving circuit A scan driving circuit is disclosed and used to execute a driving operation for cascaded scan lines. The scan driving circuit has a pull-down control module, a pull-down module, a pull-up module, a pull-up maintaining module, a bootstrap capacitor, a constant low-level voltage source and a constant high-level voltage source; the scan driving circuit uses a PMOS type transistor to control the pull-down control module, the pull-down module, the pull-up module and the pull-up maintaining module. The scan driving circuit has a simple overall structure and lower energy consumption.
US09501986B2	Semiconductor device, liquid crystal display panel, and mobile information terminal A semiconductor device includes a plurality of sets of external drive terminals in a marginal region along one long side of a rectangular semiconductor substrate, a plurality of sets of ESD protection circuits arranged in the marginal region and coupled to corresponding sets of the drive terminals, and a plurality of output circuits coupled to corresponding sets of the drive terminals. Each set of drive terminals in a plurality of n columns along a Y direction is laid out in a staggered arrangement with drive terminals in adjacent columns shifted relative to each other. Each output circuit includes n output units associated with n drive terminals of each set and arranged in one column in an X direction. By the arrangement, the drive terminals can be arranged at a narrower pitch, and the total width for n output units can be compacted into that of one output circuit.
US09501984B2	Driving device and driving device control method thereof A driving device includes a driving module, for generating a plurality of driving signals according to a plurality of next channel data and adjusting coupling relationships of the plurality of driving signals according to a charge sharing control signal; and a timing control module, for generating the plurality of next channel data and selecting one of a plurality of charge sharing control commands as the charge sharing control signal.
US09501969B2	DC-DC converter and organic light emitting display including the same There are disclosed a DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display including the same. The DC-DC converter includes a first voltage generator that has an inductor and a plurality of transistors, and converts an input voltage into a first voltage and outputs the first voltage to a first output terminal. The DC-DC converter also includes a controller that controls driving of the first voltage generator by supplying a first driving pulse to each transistor of the first voltage generator. In the DC-DC converter, the amplitude of the first driving pulse is adjustable. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display including the same, which can achieve high power conversion efficiency by change a driving pulse used in a DC-DC converter.
US09501968B2	Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof An organic light emitting display includes: a display region including: a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixels coupled to corresponding ones of the data lines and corresponding ones of the scan lines; a timing controller configured to: divide input data into frames, select a set of a plurality of subfields having different time-weighted values for a plurality of gray levels of the input data to generate conversion data, and convert the input data into image data based on the conversion data; a scan driver configured to supply a plurality of scan signals to the scan lines; and a data driver configured to generate a plurality of data signals using the image data and to supply the data signals to the data lines.
US09501958B2	Sealing label A sealing label suitable for sealing a package made of varnished cardboard comprises: a carrier layer, and an adhesive layer, wherein the thickness of the carrier layer, the material of the carrier layer, and the composition of the adhesive layer have been selected such that: a minimum deformation force of the label is smaller than a first breaking force needed to break the cardboard material of the varnished cardboard, a minimum detaching force of the label is greater than the first breaking force, and the minimum detaching force is smaller than a second breaking force needed to break the label, wherein the first breaking force is a first pulling force which causes breaking of the cardboard material in a situation where the label is separated from the varnished cardboard by pulling the label with said first pulling force, and the minimum detaching force is a second pulling force which is needed to separate the adhesive layer of the label from the surface of the varnished cardboard in a situation where the label is pulled with said second pulling force.
US09501955B2	Endoscopic ultrasonography simulation A method and a system to simulate ultrasound images and hence for simulating the evaluation of a subject with such images as a diagnostic tool. For the purpose of simulating ultrasound images, these images may be considered to be planar slices of a given geometry. These slices are generated from the surface geometry of the portion of the subject which would receive the ultrasound waves if the ultrasound diagnostic procedure was actually be performed. Simulating such ultrasound images may therefore be performed by determining such images from surface models, and then rendering those ultrasound images at the desired position. The rendering of such simulated ultrasound images also optionally and preferably includes the simulation of the “grainy” quality of such images.
US09501951B2	Using structured communications to quantify social skills Embodiments for using structured communications to quantify social skills and social behavioral factors. Communications between at least two devices are intercepted and/or relayed by a computer system wherein a portion of the communications correspond to an audible source and wherein the forwarding or processing of communications is based on a combination of historical, contextual and/or commanded information derived from current and past communications by the computer system. Primary statistics are measured based on the communications and contextual information. Secondary statistics are derived related to a user wherein the secondary statistics quantify social skills and behavioral factors of the user in one or more dimensions against one or more profiles or roles.
US09501948B1	Interactive educational system and method A system for associating an action of a user with a message corresponding to the action, where the message is visually displayed on a series of sequentially disposed discrete mats. The message is uttered by the user and the message is verified using a speech analyzer. The system includes at least two mats, each mat having a display, a transmitter, a receiver, and a presence sensor indicating the presence of the user and configured to indicate the intention of the user to add an answer to a composite answer. The system also includes an audio receiver that receives an audio input from the user and an indicator device that indicates whether the mat is a head mat.
US09501942B2	Personalized avatar responsive to user physical state and context Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate visualizing how a user will appear in response to adhering to a health and fitness program. In an aspect, a system includes a reception component configured to receive information corresponding to a user's physical appearance and physical health, an analysis component configured to determine or infer one or more changes to the user's physical appearance based on predicted performance of a health and fitness program by the user and the user's physical health, and a visualization component is configured to generate a visual representation of the user based on the information and the one or more changes to the user's physical appearance.
US09501937B2	Systems and method of controlling airport traffic A method of controlling airport traffic is provided. The method includes routing a plurality of aircraft towards a runway and selecting a runway approach vector for each of the plurality of aircraft. First approach legs of each runway approach vector are separated from each other by a distance.
US09501931B1	On-demand performance of an action associated with a vehicle A device may detect a trigger associated with a vehicle. The device may determine registration information, associated with the vehicle, based on detecting the trigger. The registration information may include information associated with a user device associated with the vehicle. The device may determine that the user device is not within a particular distance of the vehicle. The device may provide, to the user device and based on determining that the user device is not within the particular distance of the vehicle, an alert associated with the vehicle. The alert may be provided via a communications network. The device may determine, after providing the alert to the user device, that an action, associated with the vehicle, is to be performed. The device may cause the action, associated with the vehicle, to be performed.
US09501929B2	Movement assistance device and movement assistance method A movement assistance device includes a provided information acquirer that acquires, traffic signal cycle data in which traffic signal data comprised of identification information of a traffic light, which is stored in an SNS server, and an image capture date and time and a lighting duration time of the traffic light is organized for each light color pattern of the traffic light, and that specifies, from the identification information of the traffic light of the traffic signal cycle data, a traffic light which a moving object will pass, and calculates a remaining lighting time which will elapse until the lighting of each light color of the specified traffic light is ended from both the time difference between the image capture date and time of each light color of the traffic signal cycle data and the current time, and the lighting duration time of the traffic signal cycle data.
US09501925B2	Modular alert system The present invention provides methods and systems for a modular alert system that includes at least one module having a top portion and a bottom portion. The at least one module provides an alarm for one or more monitored conditions, and the bottom portion and the top portion of the at least one module contains mating features. A mounting plate that has a top portion and a bottom portion contains mounting features, and the mounting features of the bottom portion correspond to the mounting features of the top portion of the module for forming a selectively secured arrangement. The system may also include at least one speaker housed within the module, and a smoke detector.
US09501914B1	Surveillance method A surveillance method includes capturing media by a media capturing device of a sensor device according to a trigger event; the sensor device sending a media ready notice to a host; the host sending a media size request to the sensor device to request a size of the captured media; the sensor device sending a media size response to the host to notify the host of the size of the captured media; the host determining a number of packets to be transmitted in burst mode according to the notified size of the captured media, followed by sending a corresponding burst mode packets transmit request to the sensor device; and the sensor device transmitting the determined number of packets in a continuous manner to the host according to the burst mode packets transmit request.
US09501912B1	Haptic feedback device with a rotating mass of variable eccentricity A haptic element having a rotating element at least partially fixed to the rotating shaft of a motor. The rotating element dynamically reconfigures its center of mass to provide at least a first concentric rotation state and second eccentric rotation state. The transition between the concentric state and the eccentric state may be at least partially defined by a threshold angular velocity of the rotating shaft of the motor. As the motor approaches the threshold, the rotating element may be concentrically aligned with the axis of rotation of the rotating shaft of the motor. Once the threshold is reached, the mass element may be eccentrically aligned with the axis of rotation, initiating an immediate and perceivable haptic feedback.
US09501906B2	Gaming system and a method of gaming A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a plurality of display positions disposed in a display area, a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at respective display positions, and an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether the selected symbols correspond to a winning outcome with reference to at least one of a plurality of defined win lines. Each of the defined win lines comprises at least one display position, and at least some of the win lines comprise differing numbers of display positions. A corresponding method of gaming is also disclosed.
US09501898B1	Gaming system and method providing a game having a sub-symbol award evaluation Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a game having a sub-symbol award evaluation. Generally, in various embodiments, if an outcome of a play of the game includes a set of one or more displayed designated symbols that are each associated with a same one of a plurality of different characteristics and that are collectively associated with a quantity of sub-symbols that is at least a designated quantity, the gaming system determines an award based on that particular characteristic and that particular quantity of sub-symbols. Put differently, the determined award varies based on the particular characteristic associated with each of those displayed designated symbols and the particular quantity of sub-symbols collectively associated with those displayed designated symbols.
US09501897B2	Method and apparatus for enabling customized electronic game feautures by authorized personnel Methods and apparatus are described relating to allowing authorized personnel to customize rake options for one or more electronic games. In one embodiment, a processor-readable media is described, comprising instructions for receiving an indication by a processor, from a user interface, of a desire to customize rake options associated with an electronic game by the authorized personnel, providing a selection of rake options available for customization to the authorized personnel by the processor via the user interface, receiving, by the processor, a selection of one or more rake option settings chosen by the authorized personnel from the user interface, and reducing an account balance of a game player in accordance with the rake option settings chosen by the authorized personnel as the electronic game is played by the game player.
US09501892B2	Gaming machine having award modifier dependent on game outcome and method therefor A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a wager input device and a display for displaying a randomly selected outcome. The randomly selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes including at least one winning outcome. The gaming system further includes a controller operative to (i) display the at least one winning outcome, and (ii) provide an award modifier to the player, wherein the award modifier is dependent on a quantity of symbols which comprises the at least one winning outcome.
US09501889B2	Product storage device A product storage device includes: a product rack including a plurality of product storage columns, the product storage column having a product storage path; a main gate member provided the product storage columns to be rotatable in a form of moving into or out of the product storage path; and a restraining unit including a guide member extending along a direction of arranging the product storage columns, and a plurality of piece members slidably housed in a housing region of the guide member. The restraining unit in a normal state restrains all the main gate members from being retreated from the product storage path. The restraining unit allows any one main gate member to be retreated from the product storage path and restrain the other main gate members from being retreated from the product storage path when extraction of a product in the product rack is allowed.
US09501869B2	Systems and methods for presenting vehicle component information A system and method for presenting vehicle component information includes storing voxel data in a computerized database. The voxel data represents a plurality of voxels spatially arranged to encompass a shape representing at least part of a vehicle. A plurality of component records is stored in the database, wherein each component record corresponds to a component of the vehicle. Each component record is associated with voxel data representing at least one voxel. A graphical representation of at least one of the components is displayed on a display.
US09501860B2	Sparse rasterization An importance map indicates, for each of a plurality of pixels, whether the pixel is considered important enough to be rendered. A hierarchical tree for pixels is created to generate a hierarchical importance map. The hierarchical importance map may be used to stop traversal of a primitive that does not overlap a pixel indicated to be important.
US09501859B2	Triangle rasterization Techniques are disclosed for deriving a list of pixels contained within a projected triangle in a way that is computationally efficient. In particular, the recursive techniques disclosed herein are particularly well-suited for implementation on modern multi-processor computer systems, and enable a list of pixels contained within a projected triangle to be derived quickly and efficiently. For example, in certain embodiments a network of projected triangles is overlaid by a plurality of tiles, which are subsequently divided into an array of sub-tiles, each of which can be processed in parallel by a multi-processor computer system. This recursive process advantageously allows three-dimensional objects to be rendered in a computationally efficient manner.
US09501858B2	Display device and computer A display device converts an animation file into first binary data in a data format which can be processed by a first graphics library of a first display, the binary data including a DL, and converts the converted first binary data into second binary data in a data format which can be processed by a second graphics library of a second display.
US09501854B2	Color-sample image generator, color-sample generator, color-sample generation method, and color-sample A color sample image generator, a color-sample generator, and a color sample generation method are provided. The color-sample image generator produces a color sample, and lightness of every pixel of a first area of a first image from which the color sample is to be extracted is measured and all the pixels are arranged in a second area of a second image that is different from the first area based on lightness level. The color-sample generator and the color-sample generation method includes obtaining all pixels of a first area of a first image from which a color sample is to be extracted, measuring a level of lightness of each of the obtained pixels of the first area, and rearranging each of the pixels whose lightness has been measured in a second area of a second image that is different from the first area.
US09501853B2	Providing in-line previews of a source image for aid in correcting OCR errors The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for assisting users in correcting OCR errors. For example, systems and methods described herein involve identifying the position of a cursor within a machine-readable document. Systems and methods described herein also involve identifying corresponding position co-ordinates in a source image, as well as, capturing an image preview from the source image based on the corresponding position co-ordinates. Systems and methods described herein may also involve providing the preview of the source image within the machine-readable document.
US09501852B2	Method and apparatus for image fusion Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for image fusion. A method for image fusion according to the embodiments of the present invention comprises: obtaining multiple images for a same scene; and calculating a fused image of the multiple images based on Bayes analysis by using a kernel function.
US09501849B2	Multi-dimensional visualization tool for browsing and troubleshooting at scale A user interface that allows administrators of a virtualized computing environment to easily navigate to and/or search for specific objects, determine relationships between selected objects, and have visibility into the health status of objects in the virtualized computing environment. Objects within a column may be displayed with names, displayed as bars, or aggregated into groups based on the number of objects in the column. Also, in some embodiments, when a user selects one object, objects in other columns that are related to the selected object may be visually distinguished from the other objects, allowing an administrator to easily navigate to related objects.
US09501848B2	Fitting a parametric curve using maximum curvature Parametric curve fitting using maximum curvature techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a parametric curve is fit to a segment of a plurality of data points that includes a first data point disposed between second and third data points by setting a point of maximum curvature for the segment of the curve at the first data point. A result of the fitting is output by the computing device.
US09501846B2	Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, and recording medium storing said program for producing noise-eliminated image An average image producing means 52 produces an average image from all or some of a plurality of images captured at the same location. A noise extracting means 53 extracts a noise pixel on the basis of the result of a comparison between the pixel values of the pixels in the captured images and the pixel values of the pixels at the same position in the average image. An interpolating means 54 interpolates the pixel value of the noise pixel included in the captured images using the pixel values of other pixels to produce a noise-eliminated image.
US09501843B2	Fast face beautifying method for digital images The present invention provides a fast face beautifying method for digital images. Gaussian blur is performed to an original image to extract a green channel value which is then subject to linear light blending and hard light blending, and a blended green channel value is recalculated. Meanwhile, skin recognition and whitening are performed to the original image, and finally, by using a product of the recalculated green channel value by a probability obtained by skin recognition as a transparency, transparency blending is performed to the original image and the whitened image to compose a beautified image. Moreover, by performing skin recognition to the original image, black pixels will be prevented from being processing by an algorithm, so that hairs, eyes and other non skin parts will be prevented from being processing. Consequently, the final effect of beautification will become better and more natural.
US09501840B2	Information processing apparatus and clothes proposing method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an interface and a control part. The interface receives an image which is transmitted from a first terminal and in which a person and an object as a reference of magnitude of one pixel are photographed. The control part calculates a size of clothes suitable for the person based on the image and a magnitude of the object in the image, and transmits information relating to the clothes with this size to the first terminal through the interface.
US09501832B1	Using pose data and positioning information to locate online photos of a user The aspects described herein include receiving a request for available images depicting a user. One or more time and location indicators indicating one or more locations visited by the user are determined. Based on at least in part the one or more time and location indicators, a set of candidate images may be identified. The set of candidate images depict one or more locations at a time corresponding to at least one of the time indicators. Pose data related to the user may be obtained based on the location indicators. The pose data indicates a position and orientation of the user during a visit at a given location depicted in the set of candidate images. One or more images from the set of candidate images may be selected based on the pose data and the 3D reconstruction. The selected images include at least a partial view of the user.
US09501825B2	Real-time functional-MRI connectivity analysis A method and associated systems for real-time subject-driven functional connectivity analysis. One or more processors receive an fMRI time series of sequentially recorded, masked, parcellated images that each represent the state of a subject's brain at the image's recording time as voxels partitioned into a constant set of three-dimensional regions of interest. The processors derive an average intensity of each region's voxels in each image and organize these intensity values into a set of time courses, where each time course contains a chronologically ordered list of average intensity values of one region. The processors then identify time-based correlations between average intensities of each pair of regions and represent these correlations in a graphical format. As each subsequent fMRI image of the same subject's brain arrives, the processors repeat this process to update the time courses, correlations, and graphical representation in real time or near-real time.
US09501817B2	Image range expansion control methods and apparatus Image data is adjusted for display on a target display. Maximum safe expansions for one or more attributes of the image data are compared to maximum available expansions for the attributes. An amount of expansion is selected that does not exceed either of the maximum safe expansion and the maximum available expansion. Artifacts caused by over expansion may be reduced or avoided.
US09501805B2	Methods and systems for optimizing a building design Methods and systems for optimizing a building design. A geographic location and a human comfort zone are identified. It is determined whether to adjust the building design based on information comprising building simulated delivered energy data and whether the building design meets pre-determined comfort conditions.
US09501803B2	Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring energy systems Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise a set of electrical energy monitoring devices. Each of the set of electrical energy monitoring devices can be adapted to be mounted in a circuit breaker panel substantially adjacent to a corresponding circuit breaker. The system can comprise an energy monitoring master controller adapted to be communicatively coupled to each of the set of electrical energy monitoring devices.
US09501801B2	One click to update buyer in mass on purchaser orders and prepare changes to communicate to supplier A mass change of values of a specified attribute (e.g., buyer identity) of multiple purchase orders can be performed automatically in conjunction with additional automatically performed operations, and all in response to a single user activation of a button control, without requiring any further human intervention. The additional operations can include the creation of change orders for each changed purchase order; the logging of each change made to each purchase order in an audit history; the requesting of change approvals for purchase orders; and the preparation of the created change orders for communication to suppliers to whom the changed purchase orders pertain. Thus, each supplier can made aware via an automated process that he is now dealing with a different entity than before.
US09501800B2	Centralized transaction record storage Methods and systems according to one or more embodiments are provided for storing online transaction records associated with user-merchant transactions. In an embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors. The system also comprises one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to: receive transaction information captured and passed from a client device in response to the client device determining that information or content provided by a merchant server comprises transaction information, wherein the transaction information is associated with a user-merchant transaction; and store the received transaction information in a searchable machine-readable transaction record associated with a user account.
US09501797B2	System and method for providing electronic price feeds for tradeable objects System and methods for a price feed generation are described. According to an example method described herein, upon receiving market information including a plurality of linear prices and order quantities, a reference price level is selected and a price feed message is generated to include the reference price level and the plurality of order quantities. The price feed message is then provided to client terminals.
US09501795B1	Validating an electronic order transmitted over a network between a client server and an exchange server with a hardware device Methods and systems for performing risk checks on electronic orders for securities. According to one embodiment, the method comprises performing risk checks on an electronic order for a security, the electronic order being issued from a client computer to an exchange computer via a network, wherein a risk check engine is logically interposed between the client computer and the exchange computer on the network. According to the illustrative method, at the risk check engine, the electronic order is received and parsed into one of more fields and data within the fields is identified at a network layer. The risk check engine performs one or more risk checks on the data using a processing element at the network layer. If the risk checks are passed, the risk check engine permits the electronic order to be transmitted to the exchange computer. If one or more of the risk checks are violated, the risk check engine rejects the order.
US09501791B2	Online marketplace with seller financing An online marketplace system generates an online marketplace for seller-financed transactions. The system includes a plurality of listings of transaction offerings that are available. The transaction offerings are listed by a plurality of users and are from a plurality of different categories of products and services. The transaction offerings include a plurality of transaction terms, including payment and seller-financing terms. A transaction engine facilitates the negotiation of transaction terms between users and the formation of agreement between users. Transaction coins are awarded during the successful performance of a transaction according to the agreed upon transaction terms. A reputation engine generates trust profiles and trust scores for users. The trust profiles and trust scores are used by parties to evaluate the trustworthiness of the other party. A user interface engine generates a user interface that includes listings from users and trust scores of those users.
US09501790B2	Method and system for service-enablement gateway and its service portal A method and system for dynamic service support is presented. A portal-page service and an interface bundle are installed at the gateway. A customer service at the gateway, based on the interface bundle, is installed at the gateway. The portal-page service searches for the customer service and generates a user interface for the customer service based on the customer service. The portal-page service generates a portal-page based on the user interface and the portal-page service.
US09501789B1	System and method for controlling real-time bidding for online advertisements A method and system for controlling real-time bidding for online advertisements is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises communicating with a bidder and an impression server and an event tracking server. The bidder receives a real-time bidding (RTB) request containing an available impression from an exchange and places a bid corresponding to the RTB request. The impression server receives impression requests from a browser and responds to the impression requests from the browser. The event tracking server receives event requests from the browser and responds to event requests from the browser. Campaign performance data is retrieved from one or more of the impression server and the event tracking server and compared to the campaign target. The bidder is notified whether to bid for online advertisement impressions based on the campaign performance data.
US09501786B1	Interactive display system An interactive display system is described. The interactive display system comprises a display, a server and a wireless handset communicatively coupled to a wide area network. The system further comprises at least one transmitter configured to transmit a signal. The wireless handset is configured to receive a signal from the at least one transmitter and send signal strength information for the at least one transmitter to the server. The server is configured to determine whether the wireless handset is within a predefined viewing area of the display. The display is configured to present a content item when the wireless handset is within the predefined viewing area.
US09501782B2	Monitoring system A system for remote monitoring of conditions at a site and transmitting alerts to interested parties' mobile devices via a social networking service is described. The system employs a wireless communications device, partially exposed outside a small, metal enclosure, to transmit SMS (text message) alerts to a social networking site. Interested parties, including other devices, receive the alerts by simply subscribing to the ‘user’ device, and alarm threshold conditions are established autonomously by the device. Thus, no configuration of the device by interested parties is required. Temperature alerts are generated by the device without user-configured or fixed thresholds. A wall-mounted installation of the device conceals the external antenna within the wall cavity.
US09501774B2	Method and apparatus for using at least a portion of a one-time password as a dynamic card verification value Method and apparatus for using at least a portion of a one-time password as a dynamic card verification value (CVV) are disclosed. A credit/debit card is able to generate a dynamic card verification value (CVV). Such a card may also include an indication that the dynamic CVV is to be used as a security code for purchasing or other transactions. A card-based financial transaction can be authorized in accordance with the use of a dynamic CVV by receiving a transaction authorization request for a specific credit/debit card, wherein the transaction authorization request includes a dynamic CVV. The dynamic CVV can be compared to at least a portion of a one-time password generated for the specific credit/debit card, and a transaction authorization can be sent to the merchant or vendor when the dynamic CVV matches all or a portion of the one-time password.
US09501771B2	Method and system for exchanging information updates between mobile devices A first mobile device receives a request to send information updates from the first mobile device to the second mobile device, the request specifying a predefined geographical region. In response to the request, the first mobile device checks its current location and determines whether the current location is within the predefined geographical region. After determining that the current location of the first mobile device is within the predefined geographical region, the first mobile device sends a first information update to the second mobile device. Subsequently, the first mobile device sends a second information update to the second mobile device after determining that the current location of the first mobile device is outside the predefined geographical region.
US09501763B2	Social collaborative scoring for message prioritization according to a temporal factor between sender and recipient Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to message prioritization and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for social collaborative prioritization of messages in a messaging system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for social collaborative prioritization of messages can be provided for a messaging system. The method can include receiving a message from a sender as directed to a recipient, determining a value for a different social collaborative criterion based upon a temporal factor between the sender and the recipient, transforming the value into a priority for the message, and associating the priority with the message in the messaging system.
US09501757B2	Identifying remote objects on a client system A method and system for identifying remote objects on a client system is provided. A client system (101) has a connection means (302) to access a component (310) on a remote system (103). The client system (101) has a graphical user interface (308) including a user interface object (306) representing the component (310) at the remote system (103). Means (304) are provided for applying a theme to the object (306) to distinguish it as representing a remote component (310). The graphical user interface (308) also includes user interface objects (307) for components local to the client system (101), and the means for applying a theme (304) applies distinguishing themes to the local objects (307) and the remote objects (306).
US09501754B2	Arranging for shipment of a package without generating a shipping label Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.
US09501747B2	Systems and methods that formulate embeddings of problems for solving by a quantum processor Systems and methods allow formulation of embeddings of problems via targeted hardware (e.g., particular quantum processor). In a first stage, sets of connected subgraphs are successively generated, each set including a respective subgraph for each decision variable in the problem graph, adjacent decisions variables in the problem graph mapped to respective vertices in the hardware graph, the respective vertices which are connected by at least one respective edge in the hardware graph. In a second stage, the connected subgraphs are refined such that no vertex represents more than a single decision variable.
US09501742B2	System and method for assessing categorization rule selectivity Assessment of selectivity of categorization rules. One or more categorization rules are applied to a set of un-categorized objects to produce a categorization result set representing assignment of objects the set into at least two categories. A selectivity score for the at least one categorization rule is obtained based on statistical information. The numerical selectivity score represents an estimation of accuracy of the at least one categorization rule, and is produced as a result of application of at least one trained selectivity determination algorithm, which is based on application of a plurality of specially-selected categorization rules to a set of pre-categorized training data, with the application of each one producing a uniform grouping of objects.
US09501739B2	Neuron learning type integrated circuit device using a plurality of synapses, a soma, transistors, a zener diode, and condensers According to one embodiment, a neuron learning type integrated circuit device includes neuron cell units. Each of the neuron cell units includes synapse circuit units, and a soma circuit unit connected to the synapse circuit units. Each of the synapse circuit units includes a first transistor including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a first control terminal, a second transistor including a third terminal, a fourth terminal, and a second control terminal, a first condenser, one end of the first condenser being connected between the second and third terminals, and a control line connected to the first and second control terminals. The soma circuit unit includes a Zener diode including an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal being connected to the fourth terminal, and a second condenser, one end of the second condenser being connected between the fourth terminal and the input terminal.
US09501731B2	Multi-frequency transponder The invention concerns a multi-frequency transponder for communicating at a first frequency according to a first communication protocol and at a second different frequency according to a second communication protocol. The transponder comprises a first physical memory for storing a first data of the first communication protocol; a second physical memory for storing a second data, different from the first data, of the second communication protocol; and a logic unit for accessing the first and second physical memories. The logic unit comprises a first control unit for handling communications according to the first protocol, and a second control unit for handling communications according to the second protocol. The transponder comprises a mapping memory to store a logical memory map of the first or second physical memories. The logical memory map comprises mapping information for the first or second control unit to access data items in first and second physical memories.
US09501729B2	Microtransactional association of physical and virtual accessories There is provided a stored value card comprising a physical accessory being a portion of the stored value card and being detachable from the stored value card, wherein the physical accessory is configured to be attached to a physical primary; and a unique identification code, wherein the unique identification code is associated with the stored value card, the physical accessory and a virtual accessory, and wherein a virtual primary and the virtual accessory are stored in a network server and correspond to the physical primary and the physical accessory, respectively.
US09501728B1	Power conservation in an image forming apparatus by delaying activation of a printing drum A method for minimizing power consumption of a laser printer includes receiving page description language (PDL) data corresponding to a printing task, identifying commands corresponding to the received PDL data, computing a total predicted rendering time corresponding to the identified commands, computing a print deferral time according to the total predicted rendering time wherein the print deferral time corresponds to an amount of time by which printing drum initialization can be deferred without delaying completion of the printing task, and configuring a printing drum to begin operation according to the print deferral time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
US09501717B1	Method and system for coding signals using distributed coding and non-monotonic quantization A method reconstructs and an uncompressed signal by first obtaining an encoded signal corresponding to the uncompressed signal, wherein the encoded signal includes universally quantized dithered linear measurements of the signal, and wherein each universally quantized dithered linear measurement is a quantized dithered linear measurement of the signal missing one or more significant bits. Side information about the signal is obtained, and the side information is used to obtain a prediction of the signal. The missing one or more significant bits are determined from the encoded signal using the prediction of the signal and the missing one or more significant bits are combined with the encoded signal to produce quantized dithered linear measurements of the signal. Then, the signal can be reconstructed as a reconstructed signal using the quantized dithered linear measurements.
US09501703B2	Apparatus and method for recognizing traffic sign board A method and apparatus for detecting and recognizing a traffic sign using a modified census transform (MCT) feature are disclosed. The traffic sign recognizing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes detecting a traffic sign candidate region from an input image using a modified census transform (MCT) feature; verifying whether the candidate region corresponds to a traffic sign using the MCT feature histogram for the candidate region; and lassifying a region of interest into the corresponding traffic sign step by step using the MCT feature histogram for the verified candidate region.
US09501702B2	Method of processing video data, device, computer program product, and data construct The invention relates to a method of processing video data, a device (102) and a computer program product for implementing said method, and a data construct including video data processed by said method. The method processes unprocessed video data into processed video data, said unprocessed video data being provided by picking up (112) sequential images of a situation or scene (100), and includes the steps of: applying a motion and gesture recognition technology (114) in real time to said situation or scene; identifying undesirable image contents contained in said unprocessed video data, based on a result of said motion and gesture recognition, said undesirable image contents preferably including inappropriate body expression (128-132) such as obscene gestures or indecent exposures, and providing content information relating to any identified undesirable image contents; and using said content information to produce said processed video data.
US09501697B2	Method for the authentication and/or identification of a security item A method for authenticating and/or identifying a security article that includes a transparent or translucent substrate and, on a side of a first face of the substrate, a first image. The method includes superimposing at least partially the first image of the article with a second image. The second image may be produced by an electronic imager. The second image may be situated on the side of a second face of the substrate that is opposite to the first face. The method permits observation of an authentication and/or identification information item of the security article during a change of the angle of observation of the first and second superimposed images.
US09501696B1	System and method for metadata extraction, mapping and execution The present disclosure provides a system and method for mapping zone-based metadata into one or more reference-able objects. The system and method extracts and/or generates metadata from a document according to custom zones defined in a document type. Each custom zone is associated to actions such as generating events, invoking triggers and/or invoking callback methods. One or more of these actions may be triggered when pre-processing or post-processing a document. According to an inventive concept of the present application, when a document is stored in a data storage and placed in a process queue to be processed by a suitable processing plugin according to the custom zones defined in the document. For instance, an image file comprising textual custom zones may be processed by an OCR plugin which extracts text metadata from the document. Other processing plugins include plugins to extract metadata from proprietary document formats such as CAD, PPTX, PDF, PSD, or others. Plugins are also available for generation of metadata by interpreting an image (i.e. detection or identification of objects and/or scenery in an image) through artificial intelligence and computer vision means. The process queue can be used for scalability of the quantity of actions to process.
US09501685B2	Integrated finger print sensor A fingerprint sensor and fingerprint sensor system especially for integration in a device having an overlay made of an insulating material comprises a plurality of sensing elements positioned on a first side of the overlay; a plurality of probes positioned in a predetermined pattern defining a fingerprint sensing area on a second side of the overlay, the plurality of probes extending from the first side of the overlay at least partially through the overlay; a plurality of conductor leads on the first side of the overlay interconnecting the plurality of probes with the plurality of sensing elements; a plurality of amplifiers connected to the plurality of sensing elements, the number of amplifiers being less than the number of sensing elements; and an activation circuit connected to the plurality of sensing elements, the activation circuit being adapted to output at least one activation signal.
US09501683B1	Multi-frame super-resolution barcode imager A system and method for reading a machine readable code associated with an object moving relative to an imaging device may include capturing a first image of the machine readable code at a first resolution. A second image of the machine-readable code with a non-integer pixel shift in alignment at the first resolution may be captured. An interleaved image may be formed from the first and second images. An image of the machine-readable code may be generated at a second resolution using the interleaved image, where the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.
US09501670B2	Labeling and authenticating using a microtag A system for decoding energy peaks of an identifier includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a reference peak position associated with an identifier, wherein the identifier comprises a rugate microtag, and receive a set of data pattern peak positions associated with the identifier. The processor is configured to determine a set of adjusted data pattern peak positions based on the reference peak position.
US09501668B2	Secure video ouput path Systems and methods for secure delivery of output surface bitmaps to a display engine. An example processing system comprises: an architecturally protected memory; and a processing core communicatively coupled to the architecturally protected memory, the processing core comprising a processing logic configured to implement an architecturally-protected execution environment by performing at least one of: executing instructions residing in the architecturally protected memory and preventing an unauthorized access to the architecturally protected memory; wherein the processing logic is further configured to provide a secure video output path by generating an output surface bitmap encrypted with a first encryption key and storing an encrypted first encryption key in an external memory, wherein the encrypted first encryption key is produced by encrypting the first encryption key with a second encryption key.
US09501667B2	Security domain prediction A data processing apparatus supports operation in both a secure domain and a less secure domain. The secure domain has access to data that is not accessible when operating the less secure domain. Prediction circuitry generates a domain prediction indicating whether a given processing action (such as a memory access) is to be performed in association with the secure domain or with the less secure domain. In this way, an appropriate set of memory permission data for controlling access by different privilege levels in the domains may be selected and applied by an appropriate memory protection unit. If the domain prediction is incorrect, then the processing is stalled and the given processing action retried.
US09501666B2	Polymorphic computing architectures Polymorphic computing architectures can support and control separate, independently executable domains and other components on a computing platform. In some embodiments, the architectures may control the different domains and/or components according to different purposes. In some embodiments, the architectures can control domains and/or components to enforce a desired “purpose” of a domain/component while simultaneously denying a corresponding “anti-purpose”.
US09501665B2	Method and apparatus for remotely provisioning software-based security coprocessors A virtual security coprocessor is created in a first processing system. The virtual security coprocessor is then transferred to a second processing system, for use by the second processing system. For instance, the second processing system may use the virtual security coprocessor to provide attestation for the second processing system. In an alternative embodiment, a virtual security coprocessor from a first processing system is received at a second processing system. After receiving the virtual security coprocessor from the first processing system, the second processing system uses the virtual security coprocessor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09501662B2	System and method for online data processing Customer online data is collected via script on customer computers and is communicated to a server hosted by an organization, such as a card issuer. The customer online data communicated to the server is non-personally identifiable information (non-PII). In turn, the server aggregates the non-PII customer online data from the set of participating merchants. The server associates the received non-PII customer online data with non-PII demographic data. Other non-PII transaction data, such as previous transactions processed at a card issuer, also can be associated with the non-PII customer online data and non-PII demographic data. These associations are, in turn, used to create reports and to provide services to help merchants or other requesting organizations develop online strategies to drive click thru and conversion rates.
US09501653B2	Method and apparatus of verifying usability of biological characteristic image A method and an apparatus of verifying a usability of a biological characteristic image are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a biological characteristic image uploaded by a terminal; verifying a digital watermark included in the biological characteristic image; and if verification is passed, determining that the biological characteristic image is usable. The technical solution of the present disclosure can ensure that a biological characteristic image generated in a device can only be used in that device, thus avoiding a security problem which may be caused by the theft and interception of a biological characteristic image of a user when storing or transmitting the image using a biological recognition technology.
US09501651B2	Distinguish valid users from bots, OCRs and third party solvers when presenting CAPTCHA Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of providing an automated public Turing test to a client display system. The method includes providing an image having a plurality of random characters, as well as providing a browser code to the client, whereby the browser code is adapted to restrict display of the image to only a predetermined portion of the image. The method further includes detecting a client response to receiving the predetermined portion of said image.
US09501642B2	Render engine, and method of using the same, to verify data for access and/or publication via a computer system A method and system to verify active content at a server system include receiving, at the server system a communication (e.g., an e-mail message or e-commerce listing) that includes active content that is to be made accessible via the server system. At the server system, the active content is rendered to generate rendered active content. The rendered active content presents a representation of information and processes to which an end user will be subject. At the server system, the rendered active content is verified as not being malicious.
US09501638B2	Techniques for managing security modes applied to application program execution A device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute a management program, an application program, and a first security module. The management program presents a first list associated with the first security module to a user that includes a first item that represents the application program. The application program is executed in a security mode that is governed by the first security module when the first item is selected.
US09501631B2	Biometric sensor for touch-enabled device One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a biometric imager that can be integrated into a touch enabled computing device, and may be used to interact with the device. Upon touching the touch-enabled surface of the device, an image of at least a portion of the touch object can be captured and used in conjunction with identification of the user and/or for input to the device. The systems or techniques, described herein, may be integrated into a portion of the surface of such a device, and may comprise a luminescent layer that can emit photons upon touch, and an image capture component that can generate data indicative of an image of at least a portion of the touch object.
US09501630B2	Method for generating a human likeness score One embodiment of the invention is a method utilizing a CAPTCHA to generate a human likeness score including blocks: a) receiving a user solution to the CAPTCHA; b) receiving a user interaction pattern descriptive of an interaction undertaken by the user, through a graphical interface of the CAPTCHA, to achieve the user solution; c) determining the accuracy of the user solution; d) comparing the user interaction pattern against an interaction model generated from interaction patterns of previous users; e) calculating the human likeness score based upon the determination of block c) and the comparison of block d), wherein the human likeness score lies within a continuum of human likeness scores.
US09501624B2	Pharmacy management and administration with bedside real-time medical event data collection Methods and systems for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record (EHR) for a patient include an automatic data collection facility that collects data of a medically related event in proximity to a patient upon occurrence of the event. The collected data may include medication administration data such as medication, time of administration, administration of a dosage of medication, reaction data, and the like. The collected data is communicated to a real-time data integration facility that automatically integrates the data with a patient's electronic health record to establish an enhanced electronic health record.
US09501616B2	Processing of digital data, in particular medical data by a virtual machine The present invention relates to a virtual machine (VM) for processing digital data (MD), in particular medical data by executing a digital data processing application program, in particular a medical data application program called MeDPAP, the virtual machine (VM) being a simulation of a computer, the virtual machine comprising at least the following components: • a MeDPAP controller (MC) which is constituted —so that it can be addressed by a Uniform Resource Identifier called VM-URI via a wide area network (WAN), —to support direct interoperable interaction with a client application (MCA) over the wide area network (WAN), —to assign a Uniform Resource Identifier called MeDPAP-URI to the MeDPAP, and —to send the assigned MeDPAP-URI to the client application via the wide area network (WAN); and • the MeDPAP which is constituted —to process the digital data (MD), —so that it can be addressed by the client application via the wide area network (WAN) by using the MeDPAP-URI, and —to support direct interaction with the client application over the wide area network for receiving instructions from the client application (MCA) to process the digital data.
US09501615B2	System and method for management of drug labeling information A system for managing drug labeling information includes a repository comprising a network accessible database, the repository having an upload portion and a download portion, the repository being accessible to a plurality of users via client computers coupled to a wide area network. The repository includes drug labeling information on a plurality of drugs stored therein. The upload portion of the repository is accessible by a first set of users while the download portion of the repository is accessible by a second set of users. In one preferred aspect of the invention, drug manufactures are able to upload new or revised PDF files containing drug labeling information. The new or revised PDF files are then available for download by pharmacists or other authorized users.
US09501614B2	Method for computer-aided vaccine discovery Virus-like particle (hereinafter sometimes VLP)-based strategies for developing vaccines against human viruses. Computer models of the VLPs are modified by the addition to the computer models of computer models of viral materials of the viruses against which the vaccines are being developed.
US09501613B1	Health and wellness management technology Health and wellness management technology, in which events that relate to activity within the monitored property are sensed based on output from sensors located at a monitored property. Behaviors are detected based on the sensed events that relate to activity within the monitored property and, in accordance with the detected behaviors, one or more models are created based on a likelihood of similarly expressed events happening at similar times with similar characteristics. Additional behaviors detected after creation of the one or more models are evaluated against the one or more models to determine whether the additional behaviors are consistent with the one or more models. At least one action is performed based on the determination of whether the additional behaviors are consistent with the one or more models.
US09501610B2	Integrated circuit design using dynamic voltage scaling Methods and systems for integrated circuit design using dynamic voltage scaling may comprise (a) designing an IC to meet a voltage dependent frequency specification, the IC design including feedback circuitry for controlling a power supply voltage to a fabricated instance of the IC design, (b) characterizing a fabrication process for corner lots for the IC design at a range of power supply voltage levels achievable by the feedback circuitry; (c) validating the IC design against the fabrication process if the frequency specification is achievable for essentially all instances of the IC design fabricated, wherein the feedback circuitry in each IC resulting from the IC design is operable to respectively adjust the power supply voltage of each IC resulting from the IC design by reducing the power supply voltage if the IC is from a fast corner lot and increasing power supply voltage if from a slow corner lot.
US09501609B1	Selection of corners and/or margins using statistical static timing analysis of an integrated circuit Examples of techniques for statistical static timing analysis of an integrated circuit are disclosed. In one example according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method comprises performing an initial statistical static timing analysis of the integrated circuit to create a parameterized model of the integrated circuit for a plurality of paths using a plurality of timing corners to calculate a timing value for each of the plurality of paths, each of the plurality of timing corners representing a set of timing performance parameters. The method further comprises determining at least one worst timing corner from the parameterized model for each of the plurality of paths based on the initial statistical static timing analysis and calculated timing value for each of the plurality of paths. The method also comprises performing a subsequent analysis of the integrated circuit using the at least one worst timing corner.
US09501603B2	Integrated circuit design changes using through-silicon vias A method for adding an electrical interconnection within a three-dimensional integrated circuit (3-D IC) is disclosed. The method may include creating, within a design file of a 3-D IC that specifies a layout for a first chip of the 3-D IC, design data corresponding to a set of through-silicon via (TSV) reservation areas. The method may also include receiving an engineering change order (ECO) and releasing, in response to the ECO, at least one TSV reservation area for reuse. The method may also include adding, by re-using at least one TSV reservation area, an electrical interconnection within the design file of the first chip of the 3-D IC.
US09501595B2	Graphical design verification environment generator A graphical tool creates design-verification environments. The tool includes a graphical environment builder that allows for the drag and drop addition of verification IP (“VIP”) modules to a graphical verification environment. The tool assigns connector signals associated with source code that simulates a connection between a VIP module and the device under test (“DUT”). The tool learns which connection signals are suitable to connect a VIP to the DUT and facilitates selecting of the suitable signals in the environment development process. The tool converts the graphical environment to source code that can be executed to simulate testing on the DUT. The tool also allows a user to navigate between view modes that display the verification environment graphically, and that display the source code associated with components of the verification environment.
US09501592B1	Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for implementing analog behavioral modeling and IP integration using systemverilog hardware description language Some embodiments provide support for real number modeling in SystemVerilog by defining built-in nettypes with real data type and resolution functions natively in SystemVerilog and allow a simple path for porting Verilog-AMS wreal modeling to SystemVerilog modeling. Some embodiments provide support for incompatible nettypes and for net coercion in SystemVerilog. Some embodiments provide support for SystemVerilog reals net connecting to electrical nets and support for SystemVerilog real signals connecting to Verilog-AMS wreal signals. Some embodiments combine the strengths of Verilog-AMS and SystemVerilog languages to build a solution for value conversion between incompatible nets and an effective way to configure, simulate, or verify mixed-signal designs that are written in SystemVerilog language.
US09501590B1	Systems and methods for testing integrated circuit designs A CoDec in a design for test integrated circuit. In embodiments described herein, portions of the CoDec are distributed over the area of the IC. In particular, both the compressor and the decompressor may be distributed over the IC. To this end, XOR gates are located locally to the scan chains over the area of the chip to reduce wire length back to the input/output test pins. The compressor and decompressor may be distributed in a 2-dimensional grid. The compressor may XOR each scan chain in two different directions such that a fault may be resolved back to a specific region of the IC.
US09501589B2	Identification of power sensitive scan cells Aspects of the disclosed techniques relate to techniques for identifying power sensitive scan cells. Signal probability values for signal lines in a circuit design are first computed, wherein the signal lines comprise signal lines associated with scan cells in the circuit design. Toggling probability values are then computed based on the signal probability values, wherein the toggling probability values comprise toggling rate values for the scan cells. Toggling rate reduction values are then computed based on the toggling probability values, wherein the toggling rate reduction values comprise toggling rate reduction values for the scan cells. Finally, scan cells having high toggling rate reduction values are identified.
US09501585B1	Methods and system for providing real-time business intelligence using search-based analytics engine The methods and systems for providing real-time business intelligence using search-based analytics engine facilitate a user to input a natural language query with regard to business analytics and obtain an analytics report in response without the user aggregating or processing raw data from a database query. Such business intelligence platform may receive a data analytics request including a user-desired data variable via a user interface; receive, via the user interface, user-configured parameters identifying a user-selected data source and a user-defined data set; form the user-defined data set based on user-configured parameters; query the user-defined data set to obtain a query result of the user-desired data variable; and generate a user interactive graphical representation of the query result of user-desired data variable.
US09501584B2	Apparatus and method for distributing a search key in a ternary memory array Separate key processing units generate different search keys based off of a single master key received at a ternary memory array chip. A reference search key and selection logic are provided to reduce power dissipation in a global search key bus across the chip. The reference search key is the output of one of the key processing units and its bytes are compared with the output from each of the other key processing units. A select signal from each unit indicates which bytes match. Each matching byte at each key processing unit is blocked from changing corresponding bit line logic values across the chip, reducing the number of voltage switches occurring in the global search key bus. The select signal causes a selection module local to each superblock to select the matching byte(s) from the reference search key and non-matching byte(s) from the global search key bus to reconstitute the entire search key.
US09501576B2	Identification of content by metadata Systems and methods for identifying content in electronic messages are provided. An electronic message may include certain content. The content is detected and analyzed to identify any metadata. The metadata may include a numerical signature characterizing the content. A thumbprint is generated based on the numerical signature. The thumbprint may then be compared to thumbprints of previously received messages. The comparison allows for classification of the electronic message as spam or not spam.
US09501572B2	Content placement criteria expansion Systems and methods of providing information via a computer network are provided. A data processing system can identify a cluster that includes a plurality of online content items having a semantic or user similarity. The data processing system determines a plurality of cluster placement criteria of the cluster, and receives content configured for display with a web page. The content can be associated with the cluster based on the semantic or user similarity. A cluster placement criterion of the plurality of cluster placement criteria can be selected based on a quality metric of the selected cluster placement criterion, and the selected cluster placement criterion can be provided as a supplemental criterion used to select the content for display with the web page.
US09501566B1	User interface for transparent concept search A computing device identifies concept terms related to an input phrase based on data in a data set. The input phrase defines an initial scope of a concept search. The computing device presents the concept terms in a graphical user interface (GUI) and a GUI element in the GUI to represent the input phrase. Upon a selection of at least one concept term, the computing device presents a visual representation of a relationship between the selected concept term(s) and the input phrase in the GUI using the GUI element, and a count of documents available to be retrieved in the GUI based on the relationship.
US09501563B2	Server, information-management method, information-management program, and computer-readable recording medium with said program recorded thereon A server includes an input information database (14) that stores input information where position information indicating a geographic position, a word given to the position, and a user ID identifying a user having given the word to the position are associated with one another, a dictionary database (15) that stores dictionary data indicating associations between words, and an association unit (17) that extracts a plurality of input information where the geographic positions are included in one geographic range and the words are associated with each other by referring to those databases, associates the extracted plurality of input information with each other by assigning a common identifier to the plurality of input information, and enters the plurality of input information into the input information database (14).
US09501561B2	Personalizing an online service based on data collected for a user of a computing device An Internet or other online service is personalized or customized based on data collected for a user of a computing device. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing a plurality of person profiles for persons associated with communications received by a user of a computing device; receiving data associated with an online service; and filtering, using at least one processor, the data based on the plurality of person profiles, wherein the filtered data is for display to the user on the computing device.
US09501560B2	Systems and methods for identifying and visualizing elements of query results The systems and methods described herein generally relate to increasing user productivity in reviewing query results by visually depicting the presence/absence of a set of query terms in a set of paragraphs across a set of documents.
US09501557B2	Information generating computer product, apparatus, and method; and information search computer product, apparatus, and method A computer-readable recording medium stores a program causing a computer to execute an information generating process that includes tabulating an appearance frequency for each designated word in an object file group in which character strings are described; identifying for each designated word and based on the appearance frequency tabulated for the designated word, a rank in descending order up to a target appearance rate for the designated words; detecting in an object file selected from the object file group, specific designated words among the identified ranks; and generating for each of the detected specific designated words, index information that indicates the presence/absence of the specific designated word in each object file among the object file group.
US09501556B2	Importing metadata into metadata builder First metadata for a first version of a computer program product and a first metadata schema is converted into second metadata for a second version of the computer program product and/or a second metadata schema. The converting may be performed by recursively processing an object class structure representing the second metadata, to construct objects and their contents pursuant to a set of ID references for the second metadata. The recursive processing may be performed by repeatedly calling methods of an object in the object class structure to populate the content of the object using the set of ID references. The repeatedly calling may be performed using object reflection. Related methods, systems and computer programs are described.
US09501545B2	System and method for caching hashes for co-located data in a deduplication data store Systems and methods are provided for caching hashes for deduplicated data. A request to read data from the deduplication data store is received. A persist header stored in a deduplication data store is identified in a first hash structure that is not stored in memory of the computing device. The persist header comprises a set of hashes that includes a hash that is indicative of the data the computing device requested to read. Each hash in the set of hashes represents data stored in the deduplication data store after the persist header that is co-located with other data represented by the remaining hashes in the set of hashes. The set of hashes is cached in a second hash structure stored in the memory, whereby the computing device can identify the additional data using the second hash structure if the additional data is represented by the persist header.
US09501540B2	Interactive visualization of big data sets and models including textual data Systems and processes are disclosed for advanced text analysis in the field of big data analytics and visualization: Users can now factor text into their predictive models, alongside regression, time/date and categorical information. This is ideal for building models where text content may play a prominent role (e.g., social media or customer service logs). Multiple data types, including text fields, may be combined together in datasets and models, and may be presented in various interactive visualization displays.
US09501534B1	Extreme value computation Determining an extremum value of an attribute of a first data table. The first data table includes a set of data blocks. Assigning each data block of the set of data blocks an attribute value information indicative of a range of values of the attribute. Assigning the attribute value information results in an extremum set of indicative maximum and minimum values of the attribute. Determining a reference value as the infimum or supremum of the extremum set. If the extremum is a minimum, selecting a subset of the set of data blocks, each having a respective minimum value of the attribute smaller than the reference value. If the extremum is a maximum, selecting a subset of the set of data blocks, each having a respective maximum value of the attribute higher than the reference value. Processing at least part of the subset of data blocks for identifying the extremum value.
US09501524B2	Searching and determining active area The present disclosure discloses an example method and server for searching and determining an active area. A search request is received by a server. An active area corresponding to the search request is searched in accordance with the search request. Information of the active area is returned. According to the present techniques, the active area found by the server is determined objectively based on the obtained related information. The present techniques avoid increasing search times of the server, prevent waste of resources and bandwidth of the server, and improve the accuracy and reliability for searching the active area.
US09501522B2	Systems and methods for providing a unified variable selection approach based on variance preservation This disclosure describes a method, system and computer-program product for parallelized feature selection. The method, system and computer-program product may be used to access a first set of features, wherein the first set of features includes multiple features, wherein the features are characterized by a variance measure, and wherein accessing the first set of features includes using a computing system to access the features, determine components of a covariance matrix, the components of the covariance matrix indicating a covariance with respect to pairs of features in the first set, and select multiple features from the first set, wherein selecting is based on the determined components of the covariance matrix and an amount of the variance measure attributable to the selected multiple features, and wherein selecting the multiple features includes executing a greedy search performed using parallelized computation.
US09501516B2	Zero downtime upgrade of database applications using triggers and calculated fields An upgrade of a first version of a database application to a second version of a database application that both have a same data schema is initiated. The first database application has a first access schema such that at least one table in the data schema is linked to the first access schema. The second version of the database application has a second access schema such that at least one table in the data schema is linked to the second access schema. Subsequently, concurrent access is provided for each access schema to at least one database table in the data schema to the first and second versions of the database application. The concurrent access is enabled by a respective at least one table link object in each of the first access schema and the second access schema that is used by database views or stored procedures such access schema.
US09501515B2	Data governance manager for master data management hubs Improved data governance solutions to enterprise-level master data storage hubs are provided by implementing data governance functionality with regard to a master data hub. Data governance functionality is provided by providing visibility into the data quality the data of an enterprise.
US09501505B2	System of and method for entity representation splitting without the need for human interaction Disclosed is a system for, and method of, determining whether records and entity representations should be delinked. The system and method need no human interaction in order to calculate parameters and utilizing formulas used for the delinking decisions.
US09501493B1	Instantiating virtualization unit on storage or proxy node for performing operation based on node having hardware characteristics for serving required file system role for operation A method for adjusting roles of nodes in a distributed clustered file system can include receiving a first computation operation and profiling the first computation operation according to one or more metrics. The method can also include determining, based on the profiling of the first computation operation, a first file system attribute of the first computation operation. The method can also include identifying that the first computation operation serves a first file system role and identifying a first hardware characteristic of hardware on which a first node of a plurality of nodes is hosted. The method can also include receiving an identification that the first node can utilize additional computation of the first file system role and instantiating a virtualization unit on the first node.
US09501487B1	Change tree incremental backup Implementations are provided herein for incremental backup using a change tree. A change tree is a database file for tracking file system changes of a specific dataset, such as a directory of a file system. A backup process can create and/or initiate a change tree when creating a backup snapshot of a dataset. After the change tree is created, all file system changes inside the dataset can be tracked. The next incremental backup can then take advantage of the change tree to backup changes without traversing the entire dataset. Thus, incremental backups can be more efficient and are better able to keep up with tape streaming speed.
US09501482B2	Download queue as part of user interface library view for on-demand content systems and methods An exemplary method includes an on-demand content management system detecting a user request for a content library view and displaying, in response to the request, the content library view in a graphical user interface, the content library view including a list of entries graphically representing a plurality of on-demand content instances included in a library of on-demand content, the list of entries comprising a first set of one or more entries representing one or more on-demand content instances included in the library and in a download queue and a second set of one or more entries representing one or more other on-demand content instances included in the library but not in the download queue, wherein a position of the first set of entries is prioritized over a position of the second set of entries in the list of entries. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09501480B2	Revenue-generating electronic multi-media exchange and process of operating same In a process for creating media content, media submissions are requested and electronically received from end users and stored in a computer database. The submissions are searched for material to be included in the media content, and cross-checked against the other submissions for originality and timeliness. After the material is selected from one or more submissions, the content is developed and released to an audience for review. The end users whose submission material was included in the released content are rewarded. In one embodiment, third parties are permitted to access and search the submissions on an open exchange. The third parties can bid for rights in submissions on the open exchange. After receiving these bids, they are forwarded to the particular submission's end user for acceptance or rejection. Appropriate billing and payment processes are used to bill and pay the parties involved.
US09501471B2	Generating a context for translating strings based on associated application source code and markup A method for generating a context for translating strings for a graphical user interface. The method includes receiving a string to be translated and associated source code, the string identified by a unique key within the associated source code. The method includes identifying a first logical section of the associated source code corresponding to a unique key of the string. The method includes identifying one or more graphical user interface components within the identified logical section of the associated source code. The method then includes creating a mockup image presenting the one or more graphical user interface components and the string.
US09501468B2	NLP-based systems and methods for providing quotations Techniques for providing quotations obtained from text documents using natural language processing techniques are described. Some embodiments provide a content recommendation system (“CRS”) configured to provide quotations by extracting quotations from a corpus text documents, and providing access to the extracted quotations in response to search requests received from users. The CRS may extract quotations by using natural language processing-based techniques to identify one or more entities, such as people, places, objects, concepts, or the like, that are referenced by the extracted quotations. The CRS may then store the extracted quotations along with identified entities, such as quotation speakers and subjects, for later access via search requests.
US09501456B2	Automatic fix for extensible markup language errors Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for an automatic fix for extensible markup language (XML) errors. A method includes detecting a location causing an error in a markup language document, displaying the location and the error on the display unit, analyzing the error and underlying causes of the error, computing a set of possible actions to remedy the error, displaying information about the error and its underlying causes on the display unit, and displaying the set of possible actions to remedy the error on the display unit.
US09501449B2	Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for parallelization of a computer program on a plurality of computing cores An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for parallelization of a computer program on a plurality of computing cores includes receiving a computer program comprising a plurality of commands, decomposing the plurality of commands into a plurality of node networks, each node network corresponding to a command in the plurality of commands and including one or more nodes corresponding to execution dependencies of the command, mapping the plurality of node networks to a plurality of systolic arrays, each systolic array comprising a plurality of cells and each non-data node in each node network being mapped to a cell in the plurality of cells, and mapping each cell in each systolic array to a computing core in the plurality of computing cores.
US09501440B2	Slave control device and method for programming a slave control device A slave control device for use in a master/slave bus system having at least two programs that are stored in the slave control device, wherein the programs are matched to different masters that differ in schedule tables, at least one distinguishing feature of the schedule tables is stored in the slave control device, the respectively connected master is detected as a function of the distinguishing feature and the associated program is loaded into a program memory or remains loaded. Also disclosed is a method for programming a slave control device.
US09501439B1	Communicating in an integrated circuit using hardware-managed virtual channels Embodiments herein describe a switchboard coupled to a system bus in an integrated circuit for managing the flow of data between different entities coupled to the bus (e.g., processing cores, accelerators, memory controllers, input/output (I/O) interfaces, and the like). The switchboard is a hardware module that may be tasked with assigning different system bus addresses (or range of addresses) to each of the entities coupled to the bus. These addresses may be unique such that each entity can be uniquely identified by its assigned address. The address space of the system bus also includes managed address that are reserved—i.e., are not assigned to any particular entity. The switchboard is tasked with assigning the managed addresses (also referred to as virtual channels) to an entity which can be used to enable direct communication between hardware entities using the system bus.
US09501436B1	Multi-level message passing descriptor In an embodiment of the invention, a method for to use a two level linked list descriptor mechanism to pass information among flash, memory, and IO controller modules is presented. The method includes creating a first level data structure for one or more first level descriptors; creating a second level data structure for one or more second level descriptors, each second level descriptor having a pointer to tracking information that includes start information, running information, and rewind information for a data DMA; using the one or more second level descriptors, the one or more first level descriptors, and the tracking information for a data DMA; updating the tracking information during the data DMA; and updating the tracking information at the end of the data DMA.
US09501434B2	Microcomputer A rewriting area of a flash ROM stores a main program, which includes a user vector with respect to each of interrupt factors that are different from each other in respect of types. The user vector with respect to a subject interrupt factor indicates an address, which stores an interrupt processing program that is executed when the subject interrupt factor arises. This user vector is stored in a predetermined address dedicated for the subject interrupt factor. The predetermined address of the user vector is enabled to be specified by an interrupt vector or interrupt changeover program, both of which are stored in a non-rewriting area of the flash ROM. Even when an address of the interrupt processing program is changed, the changed address is enabled to be indicated by using the user vector.
US09501433B2	Semiconductor memory systems with on-die data buffering A semiconductor memory system includes a first semiconductor memory die and a second semiconductor memory die. The first semiconductor memory die includes a primary data interface to receive an input data stream during write operations and to deserialize the input data stream into a first plurality of data streams, and also includes a secondary data interface, coupled to the primary data interface, to transmit the first plurality of data streams. The second semiconductor memory die includes a secondary data interface, coupled to the secondary data interface of the first semiconductor memory die, to receive the first plurality of data streams.
US09501428B2	Managing apparatus A managing server includes a predicting unit and a controlling unit. The predicting unit predicts either a time or a time period at which frequency of accesses from a plurality of apparatuses to a storage device storing data therein will exceed a predetermined threshold value, on a basis of a status of the accesses from the plurality of apparatuses to the storage device. The controlling unit controls the storage device so as to transmit the data stored therein to at least one of the plurality of apparatuses, prior to the predicted time or time period.
US09501422B2	Identification of low-activity large memory pages Large pages that may impede memory performance in computer systems are identified. In operation, mappings to selected large pages are temporarily demoted to mappings to small pages and accesses to these small pages are then tracked. For each selected large page, an activity level is determined based on the tracked accesses to the small pages included in the large page. By strategically selecting relatively low activity large pages for decomposition into small pages and subsequent memory reclamation while restoring the mappings to relatively high activity large pages, memory consumption is improved, while limiting performance impact attributable to using small pages.
US09501419B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing a memory efficient cache The present disclosure relates to apparatus, systems, and methods that implement a less-recently-used data eviction mechanism for identifying a memory block of a cache for eviction. The less-recently-used mechanism can achieve a similar functionality as the least-recently-used data eviction mechanism, but at a lower memory requirement. A memory controller can implement the less-recently-used data eviction mechanism by selecting a memory block and determining whether the memory block is one of the less-recently-used memory blocks. If so, the memory controller can evict data in the selected memory block; if not, the memory controller can continue to select other memory blocks until the memory controller selects one of the less-recently-used memory blocks.
US09501414B2	Storage control device and storage control method for cache processing according to time zones A storage control device capable of avoiding a decrease in performance related to accesses to a storage device from a start time of a certain time zone is provided. A schedule information storing unit 130 stores schedule information indicating target data in an access to a storage device in a predetermined time zone. The target data is a target of a cache control using a cache memory. A cache processing unit 120 performs the cache control for the access to the target data and an access to data other than the target data in a time zone except the predetermined time zone, and performs the cache control for the access to the target data in the predetermined time zone. A preprocessing unit 140 performs a preprocessing to make the cache memory available for the cache control of the target data by a start time of the predetermined time zone.
US09501413B2	Storage apparatus, staging control method, and computer-readable recording medium having stored staging control program A cache controller controls data input/output of the storage device and causes the semiconductor storage device to function as a cache memory of the storage device. A staging controller performs, when data is staged from the storage device to the cache memory, first staging amount control until a staging amount to the cache memory exceeds a first threshold after the storage apparatus starts up; performs second staging amount control until a variation per unit time of a read amount from the cache memory falls within a predetermined range after the first period; and performs third staging amount control after the second period. With this configuration, the semiconductor apparatus can be efficiently used.
US09501408B2	Efficient validation of coherency between processor cores and accelerators in computer systems A method of testing cache coherency in a computer system design allocates different portions of a single cache line for use by accelerators and processors. The different portions of the cache line can have different sizes, and the processors and accelerators can operate in the simulation at different frequencies. The verification system can control execution of the instructions to invoke different modes of the coherency mechanism such as direct memory access or cache intervention. The invention provides a further opportunity to test any accelerator having an original function and an inverse function by allocating cache lines to generate an original function output, allocating cache lines to generate an inverse function output based on the original function output, and verifying correctness of the original and inverse functions by comparing the inverse function output to the original function input.
US09501405B2	Flexible wear management for non-volatile memory Systems and methods of memory cell wear management that can achieve a more uniform distribution of write cycles across a memory cell address space. The systems and methods allow physical addresses of memory cells subjected to a high number of write cycles to be swapped with physical addresses of memory cells subjected to a lower number of write cycles. The physical address of a group of memory cells is a “hot address” if the write cycle count for that memory cell group exceeds a specified threshold. If the write cycle count for a group of memory cells does not exceed the specified threshold, then the physical address of that memory cell group is a “cold address”. The systems and methods allow the specified threshold of write cycle counts to be dynamically incremented to assure that cold addresses are available for swapping with hot addresses in the memory cell address space.
US09501394B2	Method for sharing reference data among application programs executed by a plurality of virtual machines and reference data management apparatus and system thereof Apparatus, method and systems for managing reference data, which can prevent duplicated data loading of reference data and eliminate redundancy of I/O operations for loading of the same reference data required by different virtual machines present in the same physical node to reduce use memory and I/O through sharing virtual machine leveled memories, are provided.
US09501389B1	Test machine management A computer-implemented method includes creating a test suite, wherein the test suite includes a plurality of test cases for execution on a plurality of test agents. The method distributes a first portion of test cases to any available test agents, wherein each test case out of the first portion of test cases does not have any associated preconditions. The receives test results and event information for a first test case out of the first portion of test cases from a first test agent. Responsive to determining the event information for the first test case includes a satisfied condition for a second test case with one or more associated preconditions, the method determines whether the satisfied condition for the second test case relates to a global variable or local variable.
US09501383B2	Method for securing a program A method for securing a first program, the first program including a finite number of program points and evolution rules associated to program points and defining the passage of a program point to another, the method including defining a plurality of exit cases and, when a second program is used in the definition of the first program, for each exit case, definition of a branching toward a specific program point of the first program or a declaration of branching impossibility, defining a set of properties to be proven, each associated with one of the constitutive elements of the first program, said set of properties comprising the branching impossibility as a particular property and establishment of the formal proof of the set of properties.
US09501381B2	Method and apparatus for application costing based on client hardware Various methods for application costing based on the hardware of a client device are provided. One example method may comprise receiving a message comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with a service. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise determine one or more hardware attributes related to the one or more hardware requirements. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise evaluating whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.
US09501371B2	Method and apparatus for indirectly assessing a status of an active entity A method and system permit a backup entity of a redundant apparatus of a communication system that shares control of hardware resources or other network resources with an active entity to indirectly determine a status of the active entity based upon behavior and reaction to actions it takes in connection with resources it shares control of with the active entity. Such a method and system permit the backup entity to deduce the state of the active entity without having any a hardware connection or other communication connection with the active entity.
US09501358B2	Adjusting a dispersal parameter of dispersedly stored data A method includes storing a first subset of encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices in one local memory, LAN memory, and/or WAN memory. The method further includes storing a second subset of encoded data slices in a different one of the local memory, the LAN memory, and the WAN memory. The method further includes determining to make a change in storage of the set of encoded data slices. The method further includes determining to make an adjustment to the pillar width number based on the determined storage change. The method further includes generating adjusted encoded data slices for the set of encoded data slices based on the adjustment to the pillar width number. The method further includes storing the updated set of encoded data slices in accordance with the determined change in the storage of the set of encoded data slices.
US09501356B2	Fast data back-up and restore between volatile and flash memory Back-up of data to flash memory. Data to back up is written into stripes, which are sets of pages across flash memory backup devices having the same block and page address. First metadata is embedded in each stripe indicating any blocks of the flash memory known to be bad. In response to encountering a new error in a block of flash memory during writing data to back up to a stripe, re-writing the stripe starting at the next available stripe excluding pages on the block of flash memory having the new error, writing subsequent stripes excluding pages on the block of flash memory having the new error, and embedding second metadata in the re-written and subsequent stripes indicating the location of the block having the new error. Responsive to finding no bad blocks indicated in the first metadata, initiating a write to two or more stripes simultaneously.
US09501353B2	Erasure code prioritization Example apparatus and methods selectively generate and store erasure codes differently based on priorities associated with the erasure codes or based on conditions in a data storage system (DSS) that protects messages using erasure codes. Producing a systematic erasure code (EC) may be prioritized over producing a non-systematic EC. Producing an EC associated with correcting X erasures may be prioritized over producing an EC associated with correcting Y erasures, X and Y being numbers, X
US09501349B2	Changing dispersed storage error encoding parameters A method begins with a processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) maintaining, over time, a continuum of time-to-repair information regarding a plurality of storage units of the DSN and maintaining, over time, a continuum of time-to-failure information regarding the plurality of storage units. When the continuum of time-to-repair information and the continuum of time-to-failure information are each below undesired levels, the method continues with the processing module changing dispersed storage error encoding parameters of a logical storage vault of the DSN by lowering a decode threshold number with respect to a current decode threshold number and increasing a pillar width number with respect to a current pillar width number. The method continues with the processing module re-encoding stored encoded data of the logical storage vault based on the increased pillar width number and the decreased decode threshold number.
US09501343B2	Method of operating non-volatile memory device A method of operating a non-volatile memory device including first buffer memory cells and main memory cells, where the first buffer memory cells store first data, the main memory cells store second data, which is read from the first buffer memory cells, or recovered first data, which is recovered from the second data through a correction process, includes reading data, which is stored in sample buffer memory cells included in the first buffer memory cells, as sample data when an accumulated number of read commands, which are executed on the non-volatile memory device, reaches a reference value. The method includes counting the number of errors included in the sample data based an error correction code, and determining whether the main memory cells store the second data or the recovered first data based on the number of the errors relative to the first threshold value.
US09501336B2	System and method for unifying the listing and launching of applications and packages spread across multiple domains A method at a computing device having a plurality of concurrently operating domains for providing a unified home screen, the method sending a request for package information from a home screen application on the computing device; receiving the request for package information at a unified package manager on the computing device; requesting, from the plurality of concurrently operating domains, package information; receiving package information from at least one of the plurality of concurrently operating domains at the unified package manager on the computing device; decorating the received package information with domain information for a domain from which the package information was received at the unified package manager on the computing device; and providing the decorated package information to the home screen application.
US09501334B2	Protocol for communication of data structures A system and method are provided for communicating information in a data structure between applications. According to the method, a description of a data structure is sent from a first application to a second application, and there is received from the second application an identification of at least one portion of the data structure that is requested by the second application. The first application marshals a subset of the data structure consisting of the at least one portion that was identified, and there is sent from the first application to the second application the marshalled subset of the data structure.
US09501330B2	Controlling capacity in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service environment in a cloud computing system Implementations of the disclosure provide for controlling capacity in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment in a cloud computing system. A method includes obtaining, by a resource control module executed by a processing device, an active capacity metric of each node in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system, the active capacity metric determined in view of a number of containers that are currently executing in the node and a maximum number of active containers allowed to execute in the node, comparing, by the resource control module, the active capacity metric of the each node to an active capacity threshold associated with the each node, and when the active capacity metric exceeds the active capacity threshold in all of the nodes in a district of the multi-tenant PaaS system and when a maximum actual capacity of containers in the district is not exceeded, adding a new node to the district.
US09501316B2	Instantiating virtual appliances of a storage array A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently processing information. In some embodiments, this includes selecting a service to add to a storage array, determining a virtual appliance associated with the service, and instantiating the virtual appliance. In some embodiments, instantiating the virtual appliance includes instantiating an image of the virtual appliance.
US09501314B2	Reducing aborts caused by a runtime helper called during execution of a transaction block A system and method for reducing the number of aborts caused by a runtime helper being called during the execution of a transaction block. When a runtime helper is called during the execution of a transaction block while a program using hardware transactional memory is running, the runtime helper passes ID information indicating the type of runtime helper to an abort handler. When there is an abort caused by a call to a runtime helper, the abort handler responds by acquiring the ID information of the runtime helper that caused the abort, disables the transaction block with respect to a specific type of runtime helper, executes the non-transactional path corresponding to the transaction block, and re-enables the transaction block when predetermined conditions are satisfied.
US09501308B2	Implementing coherent accelerator function isolation for virtualization A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing coherent accelerator function isolation for virtualization in an input/output (IO) adapter in a computer system. A coherent accelerator provides accelerator function units (AFUs), each AFU is adapted to operate independently of the other AFUs to perform a computing task that can be implemented within application software on a processor. The AFU has access to system memory bound to the application software and is adapted to make copies of that memory within AFU memory-cache in the AFU. As part of this memory coherency domain, each of the AFU memory-cache and processor memory-cache is adapted to be aware of changes to data commonly in either cache as well as data changed in memory of which the respective cache contains a copy.
US09501305B2	System for virtualisation monitoring A system for virtualization monitoring is provided as a hardware interface provided on a physical machine supporting a virtualization layer. The interface comprises an indication of the state of virtualization on the physical machine to monitor any virtual machines running on the physical machine. The interface also comprises means for interacting with the virtualization layer, for example for activating a maintenance mode by a migration of virtual servers running on a physical machine.
US09501301B2	Flexible instruction sets for obfuscated virtual machines A method for protecting computer software code is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves receiving instructions corresponding to computer software code for an application, the instructions including a first section of instructions to protect that is indicated by a first indicator and a second section of the instructions to protect that is indicated by a second indicator, rewriting the first section of instructions into a first section of virtual instructions, and rewriting the second section of instructions into a second section of virtual instructions, wherein the first section of instructions includes a first virtual instruction that corresponds to a first handler and the second section of virtual instructions includes a second virtual instruction that corresponds to a second handler, the first handler having different properties than the second handler.
US09501298B2	Remotely executing operations of an application using a schema that provides for executable scripts in a nodal hierarchy A schema is provided that logically represents a nodal hierarchy relating to execution of an application. The hierarchy includes multiple nodes, including one or more category nodes and one or more content nodes. An executable script is provided with the schema. The script may be associated with at least one node of the hierarchy. Each of multiple user inputs from the computing device are processed using the schema. The individual user inputs may be selective of nodes of the hierarchy. In response to processing each of multiple user inputs, user interface content is provided to the computing device. The user interface content for each user input corresponds to one of (i) one or more nodes, or (ii) a script content, generated as an output of an executed script that is associated with a selected node.
US09501296B2	Hypervisor automation manager for starting an operation system with customization data from a disk image An automation manager configured to manage a plurality of sessions of operating systems implemented in a hypervisor. The automation manager includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions when executed by the processor cause the automation manager to perform: generating a compact disk image containing customization data; instructing the hypervisor to mount the compact disk image to an operating system created from an operating system template; and instructing the hypervisor to start the operating system to which the compact disk image is mounted and execute a native boot time application to read the customization data from the compact disk image and store the customization data in a predetermined location of the operating system designated for a system preparation process, which customizes the operating system based on the customization data, before the system preparation process is executed. Ejecting the compact disk image when the customization is complete.
US09501291B2	Method and system for providing hybrid-shutdown and fast startup processes In an example, in a method for providing a shutdown process for a computer system including an operating system (OS), basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware may capture a request from the OS to hardware of the computer system to enter into a hibernate state. In addition, the BIOS firmware may determine whether a hybrid-shutdown process is in process and in response to a determination that the hybrid-shutdown process is in process, may turn off the computer system instead of entering the computer system into the hibernate state.
US09501290B1	Techniques for generating unique identifiers Techniques are described for generating a unique identifier by a first processor using a plurality of values including a shared value, the first processor's identifier, a container identifier and a time value. The shared value is a common value used by a plurality of processors including the first processor. The container identifier identifies a memory location. The time value denotes an amount of time that has elapsed since the first processor was last booted.
US09501288B2	Power-on method and related server device based on a blade enable signal asserted by a chassis management module A power-on method for a server device includes generating a stand-by power to a server module of the server device when a blade enable signal is asserted; asserting, by the server module, a power-on signal to a storage module of the server device; performing, by the storage module, a first boot-on process when the storage module receives the asserted power-on signal; transmitting, by the storage module, an asserted ready signal to the server module when the first boot-on process finishes; and performing, by the server module, a second boot-on process via a normal power when the server module receives the asserted ready signal.
US09501282B2	Arithmetic processing device An arithmetic processing device includes: an arithmetic unit configured to execute an arithmetic operation; and a stream engine configured to execute stream processing, wherein a data bus of the arithmetic unit and a data bus of the stream engine are tightly coupled with each other.
US09501281B2	Method and apparatus for performing a shift and exclusive or operation in a single instruction Method and apparatus for performing a shift and XOR operation. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes execution resources to execute a first instruction. In response to the first instruction, said execution resources perform a shift and XOR on at least one value.
US09501278B2	Method and device for data transmission between register files The present disclosure discloses a method and device for data transmission between register files. The method includes that: data in a source register file are read at a Stage i of a pipeline; and the read data are transmitted to a destination register file using an idle instruction pipeline. With the method of the present disclosure, data and mask information are transmitted using an idle instruction pipeline, without addition of extra registers for data and control information buffering, thus reducing logic consumption as well as increasing utilization of an existing functional unit.
US09501274B1	Qualitative feedback correlator A computer receives one or more partitions of application code and one or more tags associated with each partition. The computer identifies feedback corresponding to the application and determines whether terms contained within the feedback correspond to the tags associated with the partitions of code. Based on determining that the terms within the feedback correspond to the tags associated with a partition, associating the feedback with the corresponding partition of code. Based on determining that the terms within the feedback do not correspond to the tags associated with a partition, improving correlating accuracy through techniques such as machine learning, text analytics, natural language processing, and developer feedback to determine additional terms and additional tags.
US09501270B2	System and method for providing customized resources on a handheld electronic device A system and methods for customizing operating system and application resources on an electronic device are described. Methods of operation include checking for an optimization tag in an application file prior to installing the application file on an electronic device, checking properties of the electronic device in response to detecting the optimization tag, purging resource files that are not necessary for the electronic device based on the electronic device properties, and installing the application on the device. The system and methods, among other advantages in addition to providing customization, reduce file storage in a memory of an electronic device by eliminating resource file duplications.
US09501252B2	Method and apparatus for secure image data processing An image processing apparatus includes an image data acquiring unit that acquires image data, and a transmitting unit that, if a first destination specified as a destination of the image data by a user is not safe, transmits the image data to a second destination different from the first destination, and transmits information indicating the second destination to the first destination.
US09501244B2	Scheduling policy for queues in a non-volatile solid-state storage A method of applying scheduling policies is provided. The method includes distributing user data throughout a plurality of storage nodes through erasure coding, wherein the plurality of storage nodes are housed within a single chassis coupling the storage nodes as a cluster. The method includes receiving operations relating to a non-volatile memory of one of the plurality of storage nodes into a plurality of operation queues. The method includes evaluating each of the operations in the plurality of operation queues as to benefit to the non-volatile solid-state storage according to a plurality of policies. For each channel of a plurality of channels coupling the operation queues to the non-volatile memory, the method includes iterating a selection and an execution of a next operation from the plurality of operation queues, with each next operation having a greater benefit than at least a subset of operations remaining in the operation queues.
US09501240B2	Efficient free-space management of multi-target peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) modified sectors bitmap in bind segments For efficient free-space management of multi-target peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) modified sectors bitmap in bind segments, maintaining a list of bind segments having a free slots for each storage volume. Each one of the bind segments includes a bitmap of the free slots. Those of the bind segments having more than an predetermined number of the free slots are freed.
US09501237B2	Automatic mutual exclusion An automatic mutual exclusion computer programming system is disclosed which allows a programmer to produce concurrent programming code that is synchronized by default without the need to write any synchronization code. The programmer creates asynchronous methods which are not permitted make changes to shared memory that they cannot reverse, and can execute concurrently with other asynchronous methods. Changes to shared memory are committed if no other thread has accessed shared memory while the asynchronous method executed. Changes are reversed and the asynchronous method is re-executed if another thread has made changes to shared memory. The resulting program executes in a serialized order. A blocking system method is disclosed which causes the asynchronous method to re-execute until the blocking method's predicate results in an appropriate value. A yield system call is disclosed which divides asynchronous methods into atomic fragments. When a yield method call is made, shared memory changes are committed if possible or reversed and the atomic fragment is re-executed.
US09501234B1	System and method for incrementally performing full data backup A system and method is disclosed for performing a backup of electronic data. An example method includes storing a first incremental data backup portion of a dataset in an electronic memory where the first incremental data backup includes both modified and unmodified portions of the dataset. Once stored, the method includes determining whether the first incremental data backup is a complete backup of the dataset. If the first incremental data backup is not a complete backup of the dataset, the method stores one or more additional incremental data backups of the dataset in the electronic memory that include additional modified and unmodified portions of the dataset until a full backup of the dataset is created.
US09501224B2	Method and system for memory oversubscription for virtual machines A method for oversubscribing a host memory of a host running a virtual machine monitor (VMM), comprising, examining a virtual machine (VM) memory for a VM for metadata associated with the VM memory, the metadata maintained by a guest OS running on the VM, collecting the metadata for the VM memory, and managing the VM memory using the metadata for oversubscribing a host memory.
US09501215B2	Image display device, image display control method, program and information storage medium Methods and apparatus provide for: displaying on a screen a partial area image indicating a given area within an image to be displayed; moving the given area in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user; and determining whether or not the given area is located at an end portion of the image to be displayed, where, when the given area is located at the end portion of the image to be displayed, in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user, instead of moving the given area, changing an appearance of the partial area image displayed on the screen and displaying the partial area image on the screen.
US09501207B2	Providing context-aware input data External constraints with respect to at least one input field of at least one application are generated. Context-aware input data is provided to at least one input field of a currently used application, based on the external constraints.
US09501193B2	Method and apparatus for improved input sensing using a display processor reference signal Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus that is configured to reduce the effects of interference that is undesirably provided to a transmitter signal that is delivered from a transmitter signal generating device to a sensor processor to determine if an input object is disposed within a touch sensing region of a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the sensor processor includes a receiver channel that has circuitry that is configured to separately receive a transmitter signal delivered from a display processor and a sensor processor reference signal that is based on a display processor reference signal to reliably sense the presence of an object. Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide an improved apparatus and method for reliably sensing the presence of an object by a touch sensing device.
US09501192B2	Single-layer capacitive touch sensor and touch control terminal The present invention relates to the touch control technology filed. Provided are a single-layer capacitive touch sensor and a touch control terminal, wherein a substrate of the single-layer capacitive touch sensor is distributed with several rows of induction electrode and drive electrode pairs with electrode extension parts mutually interlocked, and several ground electrodes located between saturated surfaces of adjacent induction electrodes. According to the present invention, two types of electrodes are designed into an interlocking shape, a capacitive structure is formed through interlocked parts, making wiring simpler, and furthermore, the ground electrodes are added on the substrate, and an area to the ground is enlarged, thereby reducing a suspension effect.
US09501189B2	Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device An electronic device includes a control unit (60) that performs processing associated with an object displayed on a display unit (20) in accordance with a contact position of a contacting body in an input acceptance region, of a contact detection unit (10), corresponding to the object and in accordance with data based on pressure detected by a pressure detection unit (30). When the contact position of the contacting body detected by the contact detection unit (10) changes from being inside the input acceptance region to outside the input acceptance region along with an increase in the data based on pressure detected by the pressure detection unit (30), the control unit (60) performs control to consider the contact position to be inside the input acceptance region, thereby preventing operations not intended by the operator when a contact position shifts due to the start of pressure.
US09501188B2	Noise-shielded capacitive touch device The present invention discloses a noise-shielded capacitive touch device, which includes a first sensor region, a second sensor region and a shielding layer. Each of the first sensor region and the second sensor region includes plural sensing lines and driving lines. The sensing lines are in parallel with each other and extend along a first direction. Each sensing line has an extension portion at its end near the other sensor region. The driving lines are in parallel with each other and extend along a second direction, wherein the second direction intersects the first direction. The extension portions and the shielding layer form an electric field wall to avoid cross interferences between the two sensor regions.
US09501183B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for distinguishing a touch event from a gesture There are disclosed a method, apparatuses and a computer program product for sensing a movement of an object in proximity of a sensing panel. In some embodiments of the method proximity data indicative of existence of one or more pointing objects in proximity of a sensing panel is formed. It is also determined from the proximity data whether at least one of the pointing objects touches the sensing panel. If the determining indicates at least one touch of at least one pointing object, it is determined if a probability that movement of one or more of the pointing objects in proximity of the sensing panel illustrates a predetermined gesture. The probability is compared to a predetermined threshold; and a touch event is sent, if the probability is less than the predetermined threshold.
US09501168B2	Methods and apparatus to detect a presence of a conductive object A method and apparatus determine a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions having a detected change in capacitance value that meets or exceeds a threshold value. In an embodiment, the method and apparatus fit a shape to the plurality of regions and determine another region, the other region being within the fitted shape and not having the detected change in capacitance value that meets or exceeds the threshold value. The method and apparatus may assign an assigned change in capacitance value to the other region.
US09501166B2	Display method and program of a terminal device An electronic device, including circuitry to detect, based on an output of a touch panel, a kind of finger that operates the touch panel; determine, based on the detected kind of the finger, an arrangement of display elements on a display formed on or integrally with the touch panel; and control the display to display the elements in accordance with the determined arrangement.
US09501163B2	Apparatus and method for activating a trigger mechanism A method and apparatus for activating a trigger mechanism at a data capture device having a touch display, and a data capture module is provided. In operation, a first region associated with a first application and an input region is provided on the touch display. An input is received at the device, including at least a touch sensor input from the touch display. Based on the input, an obtained input pattern may be identified. The identified input pattern may include at least one of a spatial pattern, a temporal pattern, a touch size and a hard-tap. When the identifying is successful, either an input may be provided to the first application or the trigger mechanism may be activated to initiate a data capture at the data capture module. Alternatively, when the identifying is successful, an operation associated with the first application may be performed or a mode of operation of the data capture device may be changed to a second mode.
US09501160B2	Coordinate detection system and information processing apparatus A coordinate detection system that detects a coordinate pointed by a pointing operation on a board face includes at least two light receiving units that receive a light emitted from a peripheral light emission part provided in a periphery of the board face; and a coordinate detecting unit that detects the coordinate pointed by the pointing operation based on a comparison between a first intensity distribution and a second intensity distribution, wherein the first intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part without an interruption of the light caused by the pointing operation, wherein the second intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part when the pointing operation points the board face.
US09501159B2	Wireless power transmitting apparatus and wireless power receiving apparatus A wireless power transfer system is disclosed. A mouse system includes a mouse pad for wirelessly transmitting power and a wireless mouse for wirelessly receiving power. The mouse pad receives control information related to control of the position of a mouse pointer from the wireless mouse through wireless communication and transmits the received control information to a computer to control the position of the mouse pointer.
US09501158B2	Storage medium having stored thereon information processing program and information processing apparatus A data obtaining unit repeatedly obtains acceleration data. An acceleration vector generation unit generates first acceleration vector in accordance with first acceleration data obtained by the data obtaining unit, and generates second acceleration vector in accordance with second acceleration data time-sequentially obtained by the data obtaining unit following the first acceleration data. A cross product direction calculation unit calculates a direction of a cross product between the first acceleration vector and the second acceleration vector. A swing direction identification unit identifies a swing direction in which the input device is swung in accordance with the direction of the cross product.
US09501156B2	Adjustable ergonomic keyboard An adjustable ergonomic keyboard includes keyboard segments coupled by a joint allowing the keyboard segments to pivot relative to one another. A retainer secures a corresponding keyboard segment with respect to a base support and allows the corresponding retained keyboard segment to rotate thereabout and to travel laterally with respect to the base support. The base support may be part of a portable laptop chassis or body or may be a stand-alone base for use of the keyboard as a peripheral data input device.
US09501152B2	Free-space user interface and control using virtual constructs During control of a user interface via free-space motions of a hand or other suitable control object, switching between control modes may be facilitated by tracking the control object's movements relative to, and its penetration of, a virtual control construct (such as a virtual surface construct). The position of the virtual control construct may be updated, continuously or from time to time, based on the control object's location.
US09501142B2	Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and providing medium The invention enables users to virtually attach information to situations in the real world, and also enables users to quickly and easily find out desired information. An IR sensor receives an IR signal transmitted from an IR beacon, and supplies the received signal to a sub-notebook PC. A CCD video camera takes in a visual ID from an object, and supplies the inputted visual ID to the sub-notebook PC. A user inputs, through a microphone, a voice to be attached to situations in the real world. The sub-notebook PC transmits position data, object data and voice data, which have been supplied to it, to a server through a communication unit. The transmitted data is received by the server via a wireless LAN. The server stores the received voice data in a database in correspondence to the position data and the object data.
US09501138B2	Systems and methods for remapping three-dimensional gestures onto a finite-size two-dimensional surface A method for operating a real-time gesture based interactive system includes: obtaining a sequence of frames of data from an acquisition system; comparing successive frames of the data for portions that change between frames; determining whether any of the portions that changed are part of an interaction medium detected in the sequence of frames of data; defining a 3D interaction zone relative to an initial position of the part of the interaction medium detected in the sequence of frames of data; tracking a movement of the interaction medium to generate a plurality of 3D positions of the interaction medium; detecting movement of the interaction medium from inside to outside the 3D interaction zone at a boundary 3D position; shifting the 3D interaction zone relative to the boundary 3D position; computing a plurality of 2D positions based on the 3D positions; and supplying the 2D positions to control an application.
US09501126B1	Power management in a wireless local area network A computer readable storage medium or media stores machine readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to, while a device in a communication network is operating in a first power management mode, simultaneously monitor for an expiration of a first period of time during which no message traffic is observed at all on a communication channel of the communication network, and an expiration of a second period of time during which no message traffic destined for the device is received by the device via the communication channel of the communication network. The instructions also cause the one or more processors to, responsive to the expiration of the first or second period of time, whichever comes first, initiate operation of the device in a second power management mode.
US09501124B2	Virtual machine placement based on power calculations An optimized placement of virtual machines may be determined by optimizing an energy cost for a group of virtual machines in various configurations. For various hardware platforms, an energy cost per performance value may be determined. Based on the performance usage of a group of virtual machines, a total power cost may be determined and used for optimization. In some implementations, an optimized placement may include operating a group of virtual machines in a manner that does not exceed a total energy cost for a period of time.
US09501114B2	Apparatus and method for managing power based on data Provided is an apparatus and method for managing power based on data. The apparatus may include a code segment searching unit configured to search for at least one code segment in which a power type is inserted, a block determining unit configured to determine at least one block based on the at least one found code segment, and a power mode control unit configured to control the at least one determined block to operate in a power mode corresponding to the power type.
US09501112B2	Thermal energy storage, dissipation and EMI suppression for integrated circuits using porous graphite sheets and phase change material Mobile platforms and methods may provide for an integrated circuit such as a system on chip (SoC), a first heat spreader thermally coupled to the integrated circuit and a phase change material configuration thermally coupled to the first heat spreader. The integrated circuit may include logic to operate the integrated circuit in a performance burst mode according to a duty cycle, wherein the performance burst mode causes a phase change material to enter a liquid state within a graphite matrix of the phase change material configuration.
US09501109B2	Detachable guiding mechanism and related electronic device A detachable guiding mechanism is selectively disposed inside an electronic device and located above a half-height expansion card of the electronic device. The detachable guiding mechanism includes a bridging component and a guiding component. The bridging component includes at least one connecting portion. The guiding component is detachably assembled with the bridging component. The guiding component includes a contacting surface, a first guiding surface, a second guiding surface and at least one fixing portion. The contacting surface contacts against or abuts adjacent to an upper edge of the half-height expansion card since the detachable guiding mechanism is located above the half-height expansion card. The first guiding surface and the second guiding surface are connected to the contacting surface to respectively form a first angle and a second angle. The fixing portion is disposed on the connecting portion to detachably assemble the guiding component with the bridging component.
US09501108B2	Electronic display system with a support stand An example electronic display system including a housing with a recess, a top side, and a bottom side opposite the top side and a kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being rotatably coupled to the housing proximate the bottom side, and the second end being rotationally biased away from the housing. A variable friction assembly is coupled to the first end. The kickstand has a first position in which the second end is received within the recess, and a second position in which the second end is substantially rotatably separated from the recess. Further, the variable friction assembly applies a first friction load to the first end when the kickstand is the first position, and a second friction load when the kickstand is in the second position, wherein the first friction load is greater than the second friction load.
US09501102B2	Method of manufacturing surface panel A method manufactures a front panel including a front panel body formed of a single transmissive resin layer and a sensor film attached thereto, using a first mold having a molding recessed portion and a second mold having a molding projecting portion. The first and second molds are joined together such that a cavity is formed between the molding recessed portion and the molding projecting portion, by placing the sensor film between the first mold and the second mold, on the molding projecting portion in the cavity. A melted resin is injected into the cavity to form the single transmissive resin layer having a front surface formed in a shape of the molding recessed portion, and a back surface formed along the sensor film in a shape of the molding projecting portion, thereby laminating the sensor film to the back surface of the transmissive resin layer.
US09501084B1	Wearable electronic device with force feedback A wearable electronic device provides force feedback that acts on a controller of the device. At least one actuator coupled to the controller receives inputs from a host computing system and applies forces in at least one of two allowed degrees-of-freedom to the movable controller. The actuator includes an axle that is rotatably driven by an electric motor, and a force transmission gear assembly for transmitting the torque from the motor to the controller via the axle.
US09501073B2	Low-noise sampled voltage regulator A method and voltage regulator comprises a generator that generates an error difference between a reference and regulated voltage. A clocked ADC samples the voltage as a digital stream. A DAC converts the stream to analog signal(s). A current source driven by the signal(s) generate(s) the regulated voltage. The generator may be an op-amp or comparator comprising a buffer and/or a latch. The N-bit ADC may be a Σ-Δ modulator or N 1-bit ADC latches. The N-bit DAC may comprise 1-bit DACs comprising a switched-capacitor summer and a one stage RC LPF. Sampling the error up-converts flicker noise to the clock frequency which the DAC filters out. The current source may comprise N transistors with gates driven by a signal and sources tied to an independent power supply. Each signal may be weighted by a DAC weight. The apparatus may comprise a decoupling capacitor between the regulated voltage and ground.
US09501071B2	Method and apparatus for establishing a set back temperature for an environmental control system A method for establishing a set back temperature for an environmental control system includes entering an energy saver control phase having a predetermined time period, determine an effective thermal load for an environmental control zone, calculating a set-back temperature based on the effective thermal load for the environmental control zone and the predetermined time period, operating an environmental control device to establish and maintain the set-back temperature for a portion of the predetermined time period, and operating the environmental control device to establish a desired temperature substantially by an end of the predetermined time period.
US09501066B2	Controls and controllers for air mattress systems A display for displaying the condition of an air mattress. The display comprises a plurality of arrays of elements organized in a hierarchy. Each element represents a pressure increment. Each array comprises a plurality of rows and a plurality columns. The elements in each row of an array being distinctive in appearance from the elements in the other rows of the array. A control that operates the elements to indicate the pressure beginning with the first column, of the first row, of the lowest array in the hierarchy.
US09501063B2	Electric linear motion actuator An electric linear motion actuator includes an electric motor, a motion converting mechanism that converts the rotational motion of the electric motor into a linear motion of a linear moving member, a load sensor that detects the magnitude of the load applied to the brake disk from the linear moving member, and a controller that performs feedback control on the electric motor based on the difference between the load detected by the load sensor and a load command value. The controller reduces the number of revolutions of the electric motor when the linear moving member moves into a predetermined zone immediately before the position where the clearance between the linear moving member and the brake disk becomes zero.
US09501061B2	Near-flight testing maneuvers for autonomous aircraft Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable media for evaluating operating conditions of an autonomous aircraft before performing a mission by executing brief near-flight testing maneuvers at a low elevation. A processor of the autonomous aircraft may receive near-flight testing maneuver instructions that indicate a near-flight testing maneuver to be executed by the autonomous aircraft. The processor may control motors to cause the aircraft to execute a near-flight testing maneuver within a testing area, obtain data indicating stability and performance information while executing the near-flight testing maneuvers, and take an action in response to the obtained data. Actions may include adjusting a position of a payload, a weight, or a portion of the aircraft based on the obtained data, and adjusting a flight plan. The near-flight testing maneuvers may include a sequence of moves for testing stability of the aircraft and payload executing a flight path under anticipated flying conditions.
US09501052B2	Die cushion force control method and die cushion apparatus A die cushion force control method and a die cushion apparatus generates a die cushion force on a cushion pad based on a die cushion force command value set in advance. A die cushion force command value equal to or larger than a target die cushion force command value is outputted initially in order to suppress an initial die cushion force overshoot generated when the target die cushion force command value configured to be stepwise is used as the die cushion force command value, then a die cushion force command value decreased continuously (gradually) so as to be smaller than the target die cushion force command value is outputted, and subsequently a die cushion force command value increasing gradually so as to be equal to the target die cushion force command value is outputted.
US09501050B2	DC thermostat with low battery response A battery powered thermostat senses a battery voltage drop to a low-battery voltage level. At that point, the thermostat microprocessor provides a LOW BATTERY alert message, visible on the thermostat display. If the occupant fails to replace the power cells or does not notice the LOW BATTERY message, when the battery voltage drops further the microprocessor alters the thermostat set points. This reduces the number of heating or cooling cycles per day, and reduces the number of actuations of the latching relays in the thermostat, conserving remaining battery life. At a further drop in battery voltage the set points are changed additionally. Additional functions, such as second level heat, second level cooling, and fan speed, are disabled. The change in heat or cooling cycles induces the occupant to check the thermostat where he or she will notice the LOW BATTERY message.
US09501048B2	System and method for customized, on-demand production of minted metal and minted metal assemblies A computer-based system and method for the customized, on-demand production of minted metal pieces or minted metal assemblies is presented herein. Particularly, the system includes an on-demand management system and data storage device comprising a plurality of selectable metal data and/or selectable housing data for ordering, customizing and the on-demand production of minted metal and/or housings thereof.
US09501043B2	Flexible portable electronic device A flexible portable electronic device capable of generating information includes a flexible body configured to be attached to a part of a user's body, the flexible body including a lower flexible band that gives the flexible portable electronic device thickness and mechanical resistance and an upper flexible band fixed to the lower flexible band, and an electronic assembly to generate information, the electronic assembly being housed between the lower flexible band and the upper flexible band. At least two successive bellows each including at least one fold are separated from each other by a transverse reinforcing element at one location on a length of the lower flexible band. The reinforcing element extends transversely to a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the flexible body and is secured to the lower flexible band. The bellows are configured to compress and relax along the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the flexible body.
US09501041B2	Duty cycle error detection device and duty cycle correction device having the same In a duty cycle error detection device, a first digital code generator is configured to generate high and low codes corresponding to a lengths of high level low level periods, respectively, of a clock signal, generate a sign signal representing the longer period between the high level period and the low level period, and output one of the high and low digital codes corresponding to the shorter period as a first digital code. A clock delay circuit is configured to generate a delay clock signal by delaying the clock signal for a time corresponding to the first digital code, and a second digital code generator is configured to generate a duty error digital code corresponding to a length from a start of the longer period of the delay clock signal to an end of the longer period of the clock signal based on the sign signal.
US09501036B2	Apparatus and methods for holographic display A holographic display and more particularly an apparatus and method for a curved electro-holographic display are disclosed. The apparatus mainly includes at least one light source for providing lights, at least one axially symmetric mirror for reflecting the lights coming from the light source, at least one spatial light modulation system having one or more than one spatial light modulators for modulating the lights reflecting from the axially symmetric mirror and forming a desired optical reconstruction above the axially symmetric mirror by reflecting the lights which is seen from a viewing zone by the user.
US09501027B2	Image forming apparatus having a wavelike portion capable of expanding and contracting The one end portion and the other end portion of the support member have tapered portions, respectively, and thickness of each tapered portion is gradually reduced toward a center side from an end side of the support member in a longitudinal direction.
US09501025B2	Gear transmission device and image forming apparatus including the same A gear transmission device includes a first external gear driven by a drive motor attached to a first side of a frame and a first internal gear driven by the first external gear. The first internal gear includes an outer cylinder portion, an end plate, an annular opening, and an inner cylinder portion including a shaft hole. The outer cylinder portion includes internal teeth formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof. The inner cylinder portion is formed concentrically inside the outer cylinder portion. The end plate connects the outer cylinder portion, the inner cylinder portion, and the shaft hole at one end in an axial direction. In a state in which the annular opening faces a second side of the frame opposite the first side thereof, the first external gear is inserted to the annular opening to mesh with the internal teeth of the outer cylinder portion.
US09501022B2	Iterative learning control for motion error reduction An apparatus for reducing registration errors in a media handling device. The apparatus including an image-bearing member having sheets individually pass across the image-bearing member. Each sheet pass corresponds to one of a series of iterations between the image-bearing member and the sheets. The image-bearing member is operatively coupled to a controller for regulation motion of the image-bearing member. The controller receives input signals representing at least one measured disturbance. Each disturbance being defined by a pattern of image-bearing member movement away from and substantially returning to a reference state of motion. A repetition of the pattern being coincident with at least one of the iterations, wherein based on the measured disturbance, the reference state and an indication associated with when the pattern will repeat, a modified signal is generated for the actuator to adjust the image-bearing member motion in coordination with the indication.
US09501015B2	Image forming apparatus utilizing flat pigment An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a heating unit, and a fixing unit. The image forming unit uses a toner including a flat pigment. The heating unit heats a recording medium. The fixing unit allows the recording medium to pass therethrough so as to cause an image formed on the recording medium to be fixed onto the recording medium by heat. In the image forming apparatus, the heating unit heats the recording medium on which the image has not been formed, the image forming unit forms the image on the recording medium having been heated, and the fixing unit fixes the image having been formed onto the recording medium.
US09501011B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same A fixing device to fix a toner image on a sheet includes a first rotary member that rotates in a predetermined direction and a second rotary member that contacts an outer circumferential surface of the first rotary member. A stationary member is fixed inside the first rotary member to press the first and second rotary members together to form a nip portion between the rotary members. A reinforcement member is fixedly provided inside the first rotary member and pressed against the stationary member. The fixing device includes heat source to heat the first rotary member and a reflector to reflect heater light emitted from the heat source toward the first rotary member.
US09501003B2	Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit including a heater, a necessary integral power calculation unit configured to calculate a necessary integral power required for the fixing unit to reach a predetermined fixable temperature, a suppliable integral power calculation unit configured to calculate a suppliable integral power capable of being supplied to the heater in a time elapsing until the recording material reaches the fixing unit, a power source condition detection unit configured to detect a power source condition of a power source for supplying power to the heater, and a controller configured to control a timing to start conveyance of the recording material according to the necessary integral power and the suppliable integral power, wherein the suppliable integral power calculation unit calculates the suppliable integral power according to a resistance value of the heater and the power source condition.
US09501000B2	Image forming apparatus The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that forms an image by consecutively superposing toner images that have been formed on a plurality of photosensitive drums, on an intermediate transfer member or a transfer medium. The image forming apparatus is made compact and operates at a low cost. Since a current supply member supplies a current in a rotational direction of an intermediate transfer belt, multiple first transfer portions do not need corresponding voltage sources. Even in the case where a charging member supplies a current, the potential of the intermediate transfer belt is maintained at a predetermined potential by a constant-voltage element connected to support rollers.
US09500999B2	Image forming apparatus having positioning of transfer unit interlocked with closing of main body door An image forming apparatus includes a door movably holding a transfer unit; a first roller movably held by the door and a second roller provided on the main body for conveying a recording material; a transfer positioning member provided on the main body to be interlocked with rotation of the door, the transfer positioning member positioning the transfer unit with respect to the main body with the transfer member being in contact with the image bearing member; and a roller positioning member provided on the main body to be interlocked with rotation of the door, the roller positioning member positioning the first roller with respect to the main body with the first roller being in contact with the second roller.
US09500997B2	Development rotating member for liquid development, liquid developing device, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge A development rotating member for liquid development includes a base material, an elastic layer that is provided on the base material, and a surface layer that is provided on the elastic layer and contains a polyimide resin, wherein a JIS-A hardness of the development rotating member is in a range of 40 degrees to 80 degrees.
US09500992B2	Developing device having a powder conveyor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus including the same A developing device includes a housing to store a powder, a developing roller to hold the powder, a supplying roller to supply the powder to the developing roller, a regulator to regulate the powder held by the developing roller, a powder conveyer to convey the powder for image forming, a first powder storing chamber, and a second powder storing chamber. The powder conveyor includes a first conveying part that includes a rotating axis, and a conveying surface inclined with respect to the rotating axis along a direction of the rotating axis. The powder conveyor further includes a second conveying part that includes a conveying surface parallel to the rotating axis along the direction of the rotating axis, and the first conveying part and the second conveying part are disposed alternately along the direction of the rotating axis.
US09500982B2	Sensor device, toner concentration detection method and image forming apparatus The detection sensitivity of a variation in resonant frequency is increased, and thus a toner concentration is accurately detected. In a sensor device that includes an LC resonant circuit which outputs a pulse signal having a frequency corresponding to the toner concentration, a multiplier portion which multiplies the pulse signal output from the LC resonant circuit and a concentration detection portion which detects the toner concentration based on the pulse signal multiplied by the multiplier portion, the LC resonant circuit includes a detection coil and a capacitor and outputs a pulse signal having a frequency corresponding to the toner concentration. The multiplier portion multiplies the frequency of the pulse signal output from the LC resonant circuit. The concentration detection portion subtracts a predetermined offset pulse number from the pulse signal multiplied by the multiplier portion and detects the toner concentration based on the subtracted pulse number.
US09500971B2	Toner composition A toner is described containing low melt wax and having a core and shell, which toner exhibits improved fusing performance as compared to a toner produced with a high melt wax in the core; having a core resin with a Tg equal to or lower than that of the shell resin; or both.
US09500966B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member, comprising a support, a charge generating layer on the support and a charge transporting layer on the charge generating layer, wherein the charge generating layer comprises a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound has a substituent.
US09500960B2	Apparatus and method for maintaining immersion fluid in the gap under the projection lens during wafer exchange in an immersion lithography machine An immersion exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate with a light beam via an optical element and immersion liquid. A table holds the substrate and is movable relative to the optical element. A pad member is movable relative to the table and is movable away from being opposite the optical element. While the table is arranged opposite the optical element, the pad member is movable relative to the table so that the pad member can be arranged adjacent to the table, and when the pad member is arranged adjacent to the table, the adjacent table and pad member are movable to locate the pad member opposite the optical element in place of the table such that the immersion liquid is maintained below the optical element during the movement.
US09500944B2	Method and apparatus for controlling ultrasound systems with physical controls A user interface for controlling an ultrasound system comprises a display for displaying ultrasound data and a plurality of physical controls. At least one of the physical controls is configured to control multiple functions of the ultrasound system and has a user operable member providing physical actions that are associated with system parameters. The physical actions comprise rotational and translational movements, and each of the system parameters is associated with an ultrasound system action.
US09500940B2	Projector and brightness adjusting method thereof The invention provides a projector and a brightness adjusting method thereof. The projector includes a light source module, a color wheel module, a brightness adjusting device, and a brightness processing module. The light source module is used for emitting a light beam. The color wheel module is used for being excited to generate at least one color light beam by the light beam emitted from the light source module. The brightness adjusting device includes a light sensor and a brightness processing module, wherein the light sensor is disposed on a transmission path of a portion of the color light beam and the brightness processing module is electrically connected to the light sensor for adjusting the brightness value of the color light beam. The brightness adjusting method of projector is also provided.
US09500932B2	Fast-response photorefractive polymer element The present invention provides a fast-response photorefractive polymer element (1) including two insulating substrates (2, 2) arranged substantially in parallel with each other, ITO electrodes (3, 3) provided on inner surfaces (2a, 2a) of two insulating substrates (2, 2), dark current control layers (4, 4) provided on inner surfaces (3a, 3a) of ITO electrodes (3, 3), and a photorefractive composite material (5) provided between two insulating substrates (2, 2) with ITO electrodes (3, 3) and dark current control layers (4, 4). The photorefractive composite material (5) contains polytriarylamine (PTAA) which is a photorefractive polymer, and a dark current control layer (4) is a single-layered monomolecular film or multi-layered monomolecular films. With these configurations, a fast-response photorefractive polymer element achieves significantly improved responsiveness.
US09500931B2	Nonlinear optical device manufactured with 4H silicon carbide crystal Provided is a nonlinear optical device manufactured with 4H silicon carbide crystal. The nonlinear optical crystal may be configured to alter at least a light beam (12) at a frequency to generate at least a light beam (16) at a further frequency different from the frequency. The nonlinear optical crystal comprises a 4H silicon carbide crystal (13). The nonlinear optical device is more compatible with practical applications in terms of outputting mid-infrared laser at high power and high quality and thus are more applicable in practice, because the 4H silicon carbide crystal has a relatively high laser induced damage threshold, a relatively broad transmissive band (0.38-5.9 μm and 6.6-7.08 μm), a relatively great 2nd-order nonlinear optical coefficient (d15=6.7 pm/V), a relatively great birefringence, a high thermal conductivity (490 Wm−1K−1), and a high chemical stability.
US09500923B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same Discussed are a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same in which a single common line is formed at the center of a substrate, which results in an enhanced aperture ratio and transmittance. The liquid crystal display device includes a single common line located at a center of a substrate; a first group of unit pixels located in a right portion of the substrate on the basis of the common line and a second group of unit pixels located in a left portion of the substrate on the basis of the common line, each unit pixel defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines orthogonally intersecting each other; and a plurality of thin film transistors formed at a right side of the respective unit pixels of the first group and at a left side of the respective unit pixels of the second group.
US09500917B2	Liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a lower electrode including a unit pixel electrode; an upper electrode including an upper unit electrode facing the unit pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules aligned approximately perpendicular to the surfaces of the lower electrode and the upper electrode in the absence of an electric field, wherein the unit pixel electrode includes a stem forming a boundary between a plurality of sub-regions and a plurality of minute branches extending in different directions in two different sub-regions, the upper unit electrode includes an opening facing the stem and extending parallel to the stem, any alignment aid to pretilt the liquid crystal molecules is absent, and a length of the minute branches is equal to or less than about 53 μm.
US09500908B2	Display panel and display device A display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first transparent conductive layer and a first alignment layer. The first transparent conductive layer includes a first surface and has at least a first notch, the first alignment layer includes a first part and a second part, the first part is disposed in the first notch, the second part is disposed on the first surface, and the surface roughness of the first part of the first alignment layer is greater than that of the second part. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A display device having the display panel is also disclosed.
US09500904B2	Light valve device, infrared display apparatus, dedicated spectacles and system The present invention discloses a light valve device, an infrared display apparatus, dedicated spectacles and a system, to realize with naked eyes, only a black picture plane without any information can be seen on a display screen, but with spectacles, effective image information can be seen on the display screen; as a result, the image display is more concealed. The light valve device comprises a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell that are oppositely disposed to each other; the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell are both formed by two substrates that are oppositely arranged, and alignment films with parallel or antiparallel alignment directions are formed on the inside the two substrates respectively; cholesteric liquid crystals with opposite arrangement and rotation directions are filled in the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell respectively.
US09500900B2	Micro lens array substrate, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A micro lens array substrate includes a substrate having optical transparency and a lens layer having optical transparency and a different refractive index from that of the substrate, which is formed in such a manner as to fill in a concave portion arranged in one surface of the substrate in the X-direction, the Y-direction, and the W-direction. A through-hole is provided in the lens layer, between the adjacent concave portions in the W-direction in the lens layer, and the lens layer is continuous between the adjacent concave portions in the X-direction or in the Y-direction.
US09500898B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a plurality of color filters formed on the first substrate and arranged in a matrix with an island shape; a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the color filters; and a capacitor disposed between neighboring color filters in a column direction among the color filters, wherein two terminals forming the capacitor are disposed at a portion outside a position overlapping the color filters.
US09500897B2	Display device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device A display device includes a display section in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, a plurality of scan lines which select pixels, a plurality of signal lines which supply image signals to the selected pixels, and color filters that are arranged so as to correspond to color displays of the pixels. In the device, the display section includes an effective pixel portion and a frame portion that surrounds the effective pixel portion, and the frame portion and a wiring circuit of the effective pixel portion are covered with light-shielding layers, the light-shielding layers being separated from each other at a certain separation location in the display section, and a plurality of color filters having different colors are arranged by being stacked at the separation location.
US09500896B2	Cooling system for liquid crystal display The exemplary embodiments herein provide a transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly having a glass panel with an LCD panel placed in front of the glass panel. A light guide may be positioned between the LCD panel and the glass panel and the light guide may have an edge. A substrate containing a plurality of LEDs is preferably positioned adjacent to the edge of the light guide and a thermal plate is preferably attached to both the substrate and the glass panel. The thermal plate may contain two portions which are substantially perpendicular to each other, where one of the portions is substantially parallel to the glass panel. In some embodiments, the LCD may be sandwiched in between a pair of glass panels, held opposite one another by a spacer.
US09500894B2	Liquid crystal display device A first substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a first interlayer insulating film covering the gate line, a first common electrode formed on the first interlayer insulating film extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second interlayer insulating film covering the first common electrode, a source line extending in the second direction, and a third interlayer insulating film covering the source line. A pixel electrode includes a main pixel electrode extending in the second direction on the third interlayer insulating film. A second common electrode includes a second main common electrode extending in the second direction on the third interlayer insulating film and facing the source line. The second common electrode is set to the same potential as the first common electrode. A first alignment film covers the pixel electrode and the second common electrode.
US09500881B2	Contact lenses for myopic eyes and methods of treating myopia A contact lens and a method for treating an eye with myopia is described. The contact lens includes an inner optic zone and an outer optic zone. The outer optic zone includes at least a portion with a first power, selected to correct distance vision. The inner optic zone has a relatively more positive power (an add power). In some embodiments the add power is substantially constant across the inner optic zone. In other embodiments the add power is variable across the inner optic zone. While in some embodiments the inner optic zone has a power designed to substantially eliminate lag of accommodation in the eye with myopia, in other embodiments, the add power may be higher.
US09500880B2	Presbyopia lens with pupil size correction based on level of refractive error Ophthalmic lenses for the treatment of presbyopia may be improved to enhance the visual experience of the patient. By adjusting the optical design of presbyopic lenses to account for changes in pupil size due to the degree of myopia or hyperopia, an enhanced visual experience may be achieved independent of the level of ametropia.
US09500879B2	Eyewear Eyeglasses include lens elements (2, 3), sidepiece elements (4, 5) for supporting the eyeglasses and connecting elements (9) between the lens elements (2, 3) and the sidepiece elements (4, 5). The connecting elements (9) include a pin portion (10, 11) extending from the sidepiece elements (4, 5), and the lens elements (2, 3) have a hole (12, 13) for insertion of the pin portion (10, 11), the pin portion (10, 11) being inserted into the insertion hole (12, 13) to form elements for rotating the sidepiece elements (4, 5) relative to the lens element (2, 3).
US09500877B2	Lens driving unit, and lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus including the same A lens driver moving a lens perpendicularly to optical axis, the lens driver including: fined member; movable member holding the lens; spacer interposed therebetween with the members being movable to each other perpendicularly to optical axis; biasing unit biasing the movable member toward the fixed member; detector for detecting position of the movable member relative to the fixed member in plane perpendicular to optical axis; driver driving the movable member relative to the fixed member perpendicularly to optical axis; controller controlling the driver based on position of the movable member; and range definer defining: movable position having large movable range between the members in the perpendicular plane; and fixed position having small movable range between the members in the perpendicular plane based on rotation position about optical axis where sliding friction is generated between the spacer and one of the members, or between the driving unit and the movable member.
US09500854B2	Beam steering mirror device A beam steering mirror device includes a mirror having an optical part with a reflecting or optical surface and a mirror body. The optical part is essentially thermally de-coupled from the body. A biaxial suspension of the mirror body has two rotation axes arranged essentially perpendicular with respect to each other and being located in a common plane. The suspension includes a set of four flexible pivots with a pair of pivots assigned to each rotation axis. The mirror is arranged with regard to the biaxial suspension such that its center of mass is approximately located in the intersection point of the two rotation axes. The device also includes motors for moving of the mirror body around the two rotation axes, sensors for determining the tilting angle of the mirror, and a housing for the mirror, the biaxial suspension, the motors and the sensors.
US09500853B2	MEMS-based display apparatus A display apparatus incorporating electromechanical light modulators and a layer of material including apertures corresponding to the electromechanical light modulators that results in the display apparatus having lower power-consumption.
US09500850B2	Culture microscope Provided is a culture microscope including a culturing space that is provided with a stage on which a specimen is mounted; an adjacent space that is adjacent to the culturing space and in which a driving mechanism of the stage is disposed; a stationary partition that divides the adjacent space and the culturing space and that is also provided with a first through-hole; a tabular movable partition that is disposed at a position where the movable partition closes the first through-hole, that has a second through-hole that is smaller than the first through-hole, that is supported so as to be movable parallel to the stationary partition, and that is larger than the first through-hole; and a lid member that is disposed at a position where the lid member closes the second through-hole of the movable partition and that is supported so as to be movable parallel to the movable partition.
US09500844B2	Compact lens system for use in photoacoustic microscopy A lens system for use with photoacoustic microscopy apparatus has a collimated single mode optical fiber to which a toroidal ultrasound transducer is operatively attached. The transducer is located inside a tank. A lens housing is located inside the tank adjacent the transducer and has flexible optically transmissive entrance and exit ports made of polydimethysiloxane. The lens housing is filled with cinnamaldehyde. The cinnamaldehyde can be introduced into the lens housing and withdrawn from it so as to flex its entrance and exit ports, and the tank is filled with a mixture of glycerol and water.
US09500841B2	Zoom lens, and imaging apparatus incorporating the same The zoom lens comprises, from an object side, a first lens group, a second lens group that includes an aperture stop moving integrally therewith, a third lens group, and a fourth lens group having, respectively, negative, positive, negative, and positive refracting power, and during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a spacing between the first and second lens groups becomes narrow, between the second and third lens groups changes, and between the third and fourth lens groups grows wide, and the first lens group includes a first lens having negative refracting power, a second lens having a reflective surface for bending a light ray coming out of an object and a third lens having positive refracting power, and in said second lens group, a most image-plane-side surface of a lens having negative refracting power is configured in a concave shape on an image plane side.
US09500836B2	Precision optical mount for optical devices An optical mount and mounting system including an optical device, a housing, and a plurality of optical mounts that couple the optical device to the optical housing. Each mount includes a sleeve attached to the optical device and each sleeve includes a bore. Studs are attached to the optical housing and each stud includes an outer bonding surface extending through the bore of each sleeve. Once the optical device is aligned properly, a curable material is deposited into the sleeve and cured between the sleeve and the stud, such that the curable material couples the sleeve and the stud to each other to provide a robust structural joint that minimizes self-induced stresses into the optic. A series of annular conical portions and corresponding surfaces are provided to retain registration of the optical device against dynamic shearing and bending forces. A method of aligning and mounting an optical device is provided.
US09500834B2	Apparatus for compensating image of display and method for manufacturing same An apparatus for compensating an image of a display, includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface, and a plurality of light guiding channels. An area of the light emitting surface is greater than an area of the light incident surface. The plurality of light guiding channels is independent from each other, each light guiding channel extends from the light incident surface to the light emitting surface, and light from the light incident surface is extended to the light emitting surface by the light guiding channels. The present invention further discloses a method for manufacturing the same.
US09500831B2	Cable payout cassette with single layer cable storage area A payout cassette for a cable, which extends between first and second ends, stores and pays-out the cable. The cassette includes a storage area and a transitioning area. The storage area stores a stored portion of the cable between first and second generally parallel cable constraining surfaces that are spaced a distance from each other. The distance is sufficiently large to allow a single cable thickness to slide between the cable constraining surfaces and is sufficiently small to prevent another cable thickness from crossing over the signal cable thickness within the storage area. Thus, the storage area includes a single cable layer and thereby keeps the cable from becoming tangled. The transitioning area is adapted to transition the cable from the stored portion within the storage area to a paid-out portion of the cable that is external to the storage area. The transitioning area is at least partially positioned within an interior of the storage area.
US09500827B2	Apparatus, method and system for spectrometry with a displaceable waveguide structure Techniques and mechanisms for a monolithic photonic integrated circuit (PIC) to provide spectrometry functionality. In an embodiment, the PIC comprises a photonic device, a first waveguide and a second waveguide, wherein one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide includes a released portion which is free to move relative to a substrate of the PIC. During a metering cycle to evaluate a material under test, control logic operates an actuator to successively configure a plurality of positions of the released portion relative to the photonic device. In another embodiment, light from the first waveguide is variously diffracted by a grating of the photonic device during the metering cycle, where portions of the light are directed into the second waveguide. Different wavelengths of light diffracted into the second waveguide may be successively detected, for different positions of the released portion, to determine spectrometric measurements over a range of wavelength.
US09500823B2	Opto-electric integrated circuit and optical interposer An opto-electric integrated circuit includes an optical waveguide formed using a portion of an insulation layer on a silicon substrate to form a lower clad and using a portion of a semiconductor layer formed on the insulation layer to form a core. The opto-electric integrated circuit also includes an optical device connected to the optical waveguide, an electrical circuit connected to the optical device, a mesa-shaped connection section interconnecting the optical device and the electrical circuit, and an electrically conductive film formed in a region at least containing a flank surface of the connection section. The electrically conductive film is grounded while contacting the silicon substrate.
US09500819B2	Optical module An optical module includes: a light emitting element; an optical waveguide configured to guide light emitted from the light emitting element; and an optical fiber configured to be optically coupled to the optical waveguide, wherein, when an aperture angle of light incident into a core of the optical waveguide is NA1, a core diameter of the optical waveguide is w1, a core diameter of the optical fiber is w2, and a ratio of w1 to w2 is R, an optical system performance index a represented by a=NA1×(w1/w2)=NA1×R meets a condition of a<0.15, and the range of the ratio R meets a condition of 4.38a2+1.63a+0.16
US09500815B2	Fiber optic connector with power A fiber optic connector is provided for a multi fiber cable includes a housing, a strain relief, a ferrule, two guide arrangements configured to accept guide pins from an opposing connector, and a conductor coupled to each of the guide pin arrangement, configured to conduct electricity to the guide pin arrangements.
US09500810B1	Continuous evanescent perturbation gratings in a silicon photonic device A method of fabricating a silicon photonic device and a system including a silicon photonic device are described. The method includes forming a photoresist layer on a silicon layer and patterning a mask formed on the photoresist layer. The patterning defines a primary optical waveguide region, a first evanescent perturbation grating region on a first side of the primary optical waveguide region and a second evanescent perturbation grating region on a second side, opposite the first side, of the primary optical waveguide. The first evanescent perturbation grating region and the second evanescent perturbation grating region are defined as continuous regions along a length of the silicon photonic device. The method also includes etching the photoresist layer and the silicon layer according to a pattern of the patterned mask.
US09500806B2	Optical printed circuit board and a method of mounting a component onto an optical printed circuit board An optical printed circuit board having at least one optical interface on a surface, and a deformable dam structure provided on the optical printed circuit board adjacent to the at least one optical interface. The deformable dam structure has an absorbent portion for absorbing adhesive and a method or forming the same.
US09500801B2	LED assembly for transparent liquid crystal display A transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly is disclosed. The assembly has an LCD panel and a light guide placed behind the LCD panel. The light guide ideally contains a front and rear surface. The assembly preferably has a front bracket that contacts the front surface of the light guide and a rear bracket that contacts the rear surface of the light guide. While the light guide is constrained from movement towards or away from the LCD panel by the front and rear brackets, the light guide is generally permitted to move parallel to the LCD panel.
US09500800B2	Light source device and display device Provided are a light source device and a display device capable of preventing the user from recognizing unevenness in luminance due to reflection, by a reflection sheet, of the unevenness in luminance occurring at a cut-out part of a light guide plate. For cut-out parts formed on a light guide plate and a reflection sheet, respectively, to correspond to a positioning part which is located in a housing accommodating, in a stacked manner, the light guide plate and the reflection sheet for reflecting light entering the light guide plate to one surface side, the reflection sheet being located on another surface side of the light guide plate, and which determines a position of the light guide plate and the reflection sheet in the housing, the cut-out part of the light guide plate is configured to be included in the cut-out part of the reflection sheet in the direction of stack, thereby preventing unevenness in luminance occurring at the cut-out part of the light guide plate from being reflected to the side of one surface of the light guide plate.
US09500799B2	Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display Disclosed herein are a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display (LCD) having the same, wherein the backlight assembly includes a light guide panel having a plurality of lateral sides; and a plurality of light source units each emitting light to a respective lateral side of the plurality of lateral sides, wherein at least two lateral sides of the plurality of lateral sides, which receive light emitted from two respective light source units of the plurality of light source units, are neighboring lateral sides, and wherein at least one lateral side is longer than an incident surface which receives light emitted from the light source unit.
US09500798B2	Liquid crystal display device comprising a frame having holes wherein a plurality of light sources are disposed There is provided a liquid crystal display device including: a light source; a light guiding plate which takes in light generated from the light source, from a light incident surface, and emits the light from an emission surface as planar light; a plate-shaped member which has a surface perpendicular to an emission direction of the light of the light source and is disposed at least on the periphery of the light source; and a reflection member which covers from the emission surface of the light guiding plate to the plate-shaped member, the reflection member being made of a material that reflects the light.
US09500792B2	Method for manufacturing artificial smoldering scent-stick A method for manufacturing the hemispherical light emitting portion of an artificial smoldering scent-stick comprises the steps of providing a light guide pipe and a light emitting element. The light guide pipe includes a bottom end and a top end opposite to the bottom portion. The light emitting element is fixed on the bottom end. A colloid is dripped on an end face of the top end and the colloid cured, to obtain the shape of the required light-emitting portion.
US09500785B2	Grating structure for dividing light A grating structure and a solar cell assembly. In one aspect, the grating structure suppresses the zero order transmission to near 0%. In another aspect, the solar cell assembly has improved absorption due to coupling with a grating structure.
US09500784B2	Optical device using double-groove grating Optical devices using double-groove diffraction gratings having periodic sets of TiO2 elements on one or more surfaces of an SiO2 substrate are disclosed. First order components of incident polarized light coupled into the substrate are reflected so as to propagate through the substrate to terminus points where they either change direction for further propagation or exit the substrate. A windshield display system using the principles of the invention is disclosed.
US09500783B2	Light-guiding prism and image display apparatus Provided is a light guide prism including: an incident surface; one or more reflection surfaces, the reflection surfaces including at least an emission side reflection surface; and an emission surface, in which the light guide prism has a tip face positioned between the emission side reflection surface and the emission surface, the tip face most protruding from an end of the emission side reflection surface and from an end of the emission surface in a direction in which a width between the emission side reflection surface and the emission surface narrows, the tip face being a curved face. Further provided is an image display apparatus including: a display device; the light guide prism; and a support.
US09500778B2	Optical element, mold, and optical device An optical element having an antireflection effect includes an incident plane and an emission plane and a conical microstructure formed on at least one plane of the incident plane and the emission plane. The conical microstructure includes a first structure formed of a plurality of conical microprojections with an average height H1 and a second structure formed of a plurality of conical microrecesses with an average height H2. The average height H1 satisfies an inequality H1≦1/3λ/n and the average height H2 satisfies an inequality H2≦1/3λ/n. An average pitch P between the first structure and the second structure satisfies following conditions: H1/2≦P≦1/3λ/n, and H2/2≦P≦1/3λ/n, in which the use wavelength is defined as λ and the refractive index relative to the use wavelength is n.
US09500770B2	Sensor device for use in controlling irrigation Methods and apparatus are provided herein for sensing rain fall for use in irrigation control. In one embodiment, a wireless rain sensor comprises a housing at least partially covering a first sensor, a controller and a wireless transmitter. The first sensor comprises a moisture absorptive material located to be contacted by rain fall and configured to expand in response to the contact with the rain fall and contract in response to an absence of the rain fall. The controller is coupled to the first sensor and configured to output signals corresponding to a variable amount of expansion and contraction of the moisture absorptive material. The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit wireless signals, at least one wireless signal comprising data corresponding to the variable amount of expansion and contraction of the moisture absorptive material.
US09500763B2	Downhole fluid composition sensing The present disclosure introduces a downhole tool conveyable within a tubular within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation. The downhole tool includes a body and a member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is rotatably coupled to the body. A spectrometry sensor is disposed proximate the second end of the member. Embodiments also include a fluid separating component shaped such that a heavier fluid from the fluid flowing along the downhole tool is drawn away from the spectrometry window to reduce window contamination from fluid droplets, particles, and/or liquids.
US09500762B2	Borehole resistivity imager using discrete energy pulsing A resistivity imager uses discrete energy pulsing to determine resistivity of a borehole. The imager has pulse generation circuitry that generates discrete energy pulses. An electrode array exposed to the borehole emits or discharges the discrete energy pulses into the formation. The variations of the formation subject the electrode to impedance levels in response to the discrete energy pulses, and measurement circuitry measures the discharge of the pulsed energy subjected to the impedances. From the measurements, control circuitry determines resistivity parameters of the formation around the borehole. These resistivity parameters can be stored in memory downhole or can be telemetered to the surface. When analyzed, the resistivity measurements can produce an image of the borehole's features, indicate borehole structures, direct geosteering of drilling, or the like.
US09500753B2	Gamma ray detectors with gain stabilization Systems and methods for measuring natural gamma rays in a wellbore are disclosed that involve using a downhole gamma ray detector that provides signals that scale with energy deposited by gamma rays in the downhole gamma ray detector and storing digital signals in channels. A derivative of the digital signals is taken and the location of the maximum value of the derivative is used to stabilize the gamma ray detector by adjusting the threshold or gain based on the maximum value of the derivative or adjusting an amplifier or variable high voltage source. Other systems and methods are presented.
US09500750B2	Stacked crystal array for detection of photon emissions A stacked crystal array includes a plurality of crystal slices and a plurality of interconnects. The interconnects have electrically conductive, spaced-apart and generally parallel elements joined by electrically conductive spacers extending generally orthogonally therebetween, the spacers being rotationally offset from each other by a predetermined angle. The array further includes a plurality of electrical insulators and an electrically insulative housing having a plurality of slots. The crystal slices, insulators and interconnects are arranged in the housing to form an assembly wherein the crystal slices are coupled together in a parallel electrical circuit. The assembly provides photon absorption comparable to a monolithic crystal having a thickness generally equivalent to the sum of the thicknesses of the crystal slices, but at a lower bias voltage.
US09500747B2	Travel distance measurement device A travel distance measurement device includes a transmitting antenna that is disposed in a vehicle and emits a transmission signal, as a radio wave, toward a ground surface, a receiving antenna that is disposed in the vicinity of the transmitting antenna, and receives a radio wave reflected from the ground surface and acquires a reflection signal, and a distance calculator (an IQ demodulator and a phase conversion integrator) that calculates the travel distance of the vehicle on the basis of the phase of the acquired reflection signal.
US09500743B2	Golf ball locator A system and method for locating lost golf balls is described. In one embodiment, a plurality of small RFID chips are applied to or embedded in a ball. When the ball is to be located, a user uses a ball finder to receive RF signals from the RFID chips and locate the ball. The ball finder may have useful additional features such as overlaid maps to help and GIS data to help the user find the ball. In an alternative embodiment, a ball is prepared by applying a highly-reflective paint, such as a metallic paint, or a highly-absorbent paint such as a black iron ball paint, to create a characteristic radar signature for the ball. The ball finder may then be configured to locate the ball using the characteristic radar signature.
US09500742B2	Misalignment processing for a vehicle radar sensor The present invention relates to a vehicle radar system (2) arranged to detect objects outside a vehicle (1). The radar system (2) a radar detector (3) and a processing unit (4). The processing unit (4) is arranged to obtain values for detected target angle (θerr) and detected target Doppler velocity (vd) relative the radar detector (3) for each detected object (10a′, 10b′, 10c′, 10d′, 10e′) during a certain time interval. If there is a zero crossing (14) for a derivative (13) of a function (12) describing the progression of detected target Doppler velocity (vd) as a function of detected target angle (θerr), the processing unit (4) is arranged to detect the zero crossing (14). This zero crossing (14) is indicative of a radar system misalignment (θm). The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.
US09500741B2	Radar apparatus A radar apparatus is installed in a vehicle that moves along its direction of travel. A radar transmission unit transmits a high frequency radar transmission signal from a transmit antenna in each transmit period. In a radar reception unit, antenna system processing units each generate a correlation vector by computing the correlation between reflected wave signal from a stationary object or a moving object and the radar transmission signal. A Doppler frequency-azimuth conversion unit converts Doppler frequencies into the components of an azimuth in which the stationary object is present using an estimated vehicle speed vector for the vehicle. A stationary object azimuth estimation unit generates the power profile of the reflected wave signal using the correlation vector and a direction vector corresponding to the components of the azimuth in which the stationary object is present.
US09500729B2	Double shell noise reducing magnetic resonance apparatus A magnetic resonance apparatus is proposed. The magnetic resonance apparatus has a magnet unit and a housing unit surrounding the magnet unit. The housing unit has a first housing shell unit and a second housing shell unit. The second housing shell unit is arranged between the magnet unit and the first housing shell unit.
US09500722B2	Magnetic field measurement apparatus Gas cells allow first detection light and second detection light to pass therethrough and rotate the polarization plane of linearly polarized light in accordance with a magnetic field. A first detection section and a second detection section detect the polarization planes of the linearly polarized light that has passed through the gas cells. A third detection section and a fourth detection section detect the polarization planes of the linearly polarized light that has not passed through the gas cells. A measurement section uses detection results from the first detection section and the third detection section to remove influence of optical noise contained in the first detection light, uses detection results from the second detection section and the fourth detection section to remove influence of optical noise contained in the second detection light, and measures the difference in the magnetic field between the gas cells.
US09500712B2	Battery voltage monitor circuit A battery voltage monitor circuit for monitoring a voltage of plural secondary batteries includes first and second logic circuit parts that select first and second secondary batteries from the plural secondary batteries according to first and second command signals supplied from an external device, first and second reference voltage generation parts that generate first and second reference voltages, first and second AD conversion parts that digitalize a voltage of both ends of the first and second secondary batteries into first and second digital signals by using the first and second reference voltages, first and second communication parts that transmit the first and second digital signals to the external device.
US09500683B2	Arbitration device, arbitration method, and computer program product An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis.
US09500681B2	FET RF power detector An FET RF signal detector circuit comprising two unbalanced differential transistor pair circuits is disclosed. A current mirror output circuit is included for generating an output current derived from currents flowing in the differential transistor pair circuits. The first unbalanced differential transistor pair circuit comprises two branches, each with a respective tail, and a first variable resistor between the branch tails. The first unbalanced differential transistor pair circuit connects to a first current source tail arrangement. The second unbalanced differential transistor pair circuit comprises two branches, each with a respective tail, and a second variable resistor between the branch tails. The second unbalanced differential transistor pair circuit connects to a second current source tail arrangement.
US09500676B2	Apparatus and method for time correlated signal acquisition and viewing A test and measurement instrument includes a display having a time domain graticule and a frequency domain graticule. A processor is configured to sample an input signal to generate a time domain waveform for display in the time domain graticule. The processor is also configured to generate a frequency domain waveform for display in the frequency domain graticule, the frequency domain waveform being correlated to a selected time period of the time domain graticule. The processor is also configured to generate a spectrum time indicator configured to graphically illustrate a location and the selected time period of the time domain graticule with respect to the frequency domain waveform.
US09500675B2	Probe module supporting loopback test A probe module, which supports loopback test and is provided between a PCB and a DUT, includes a substrate, a probe base, two probes, two signal path switchers, and a capacitor. The substrate has two first connecting circuits and two second connecting circuits, wherein an end of each first connecting circuit is connected to the PCB. The probe base is provided between the substrate and the DUT with the probes provided thereon, wherein an end of each probe is exposed and electrically connected to one second connecting circuit, while another end thereof is also exposed to contact the DUT. Each signal path switcher is provided on the probe base, and respectively electrically connected to another end of one first and one second connecting circuits. The capacitor is provided on the probe base with two ends electrically connected to the two signal path switchers.
US09500673B2	Electrically conductive kelvin contacts for microcircuit tester Terminals of a device under test are connected to corresponding contact pads or leads by a series of electrically conductive contacts. Each terminal testing connects with both a “force” contact and a “sense” contact. In one embodiment, the sense contact partially or completely laterally surrounds the force contact, so that it need not have its own resiliency. The sense contact has a forked end with prongs that extend to opposite sides of the force contact. Alternatively, the sense contact surrounds the force contact and slides laterally to match a lateral translation component of a lateral cross-section of the force contact during longitudinal compression of the force contact. Alternatively, the sense contact includes rods that have ends on opposite sides of the force contact, and extend parallel.
US09500665B2	Sample processing apparatus and an error detecting method for sample processing apparatus A sample processing apparatus comprises an aspirating member which comprises a pump at one side and which is configured to aspirate a sample from the other side, a sensor which is configured to sense the presence or absence of a liquid at a predetermined position of the aspirating member, and a controller which is programmed to execute operations. The operations comprise controlling the aspirating member to aspirate a sample, obtaining a first sensing result by the sensor when the aspirating member aspirates a sample, controlling the aspirating member to aspirate air after aspirating a sample, obtaining a second sensing result by the sensor when the aspirating member aspirates air, and detecting an error in the aspirating operation, based on the first sensing result and the second sensing result.
US09500664B2	Droplet generation for droplet-based assays A system, including method and apparatus, for generating droplets suitable for droplet-based assays. The disclosed systems may include either one-piece or multi-piece droplet generation components configured to form sample-containing droplets by merging aqueous, sample-containing fluid with a background emulsion fluid such as oil, to form an emulsion of sample-containing droplets suspended in the background fluid. In some cases, the disclosed systems may include channels or other suitable mechanisms configured to transport the sample-containing droplets to an outlet region, so that subsequent assay steps may be performed.
US09500657B2	Formulations containing labels for medical diagnostics Systems, techniques and methods for estimating the metabolic state or flux, e.g., the body energy state (“BES”) of a patient, are disclosed. The BES provides deep insight into the nutritional needs of the patient, thus allowing for a sort of exquisite glycemic control with regard to the patient. The invention discloses systems and methods for estimating fractional gluconeogenesis, which is the % of glucose production that comes from gluconeogenesis (“GNG”), as opposed to glycogenolysis (“GLY”), the other form of glucose production. Nutritional formulations, materials, cocktails and methods for feeding patients by parenteral and other means are disclosed. The amount, type and rate of such nutritional feeding are typically based upon the above estimating. The invention discloses formulations that contain labels, such as deuterium, for medical diagnostics, such as for estimating BES and fractional gluconeogenesis. The invention is suitable for any sort of patient, including those who are injured, such as with traumatic brain injury, ill, or have other conditions that stress the metabolic system.
US09500652B2	Monoclonal antibody against duck tembusu virus, hybridoma cell line and application thereof A monoclonal antibody against the Duck Tembusu virus and a hybridoma cell line secreting the monoclonal antibody, a reagent kit and method for detecting a Duck Tembusu virus antibody, and application of the monoclonal antibody in preparing products for diagnosing the Duck Tembusu virus disease. The monoclonal antibody may bind specifically to E protein of Duck Tembusu virus and has an activity of neutralizing Duck Tembusu virus.
US09500643B2	Ectoparasite detection Ectoparasite infestation of a substrate like bedding is detected by contacting a sample from the substrate with a polyclonal ectoparasite antibody generated from a whole ectoparasite immunogen, under conditions wherein the antibody specifically binds ectoparasite antigen in the sample.
US09500640B2	Alzheimer's disease assay in a living patient An assay for Alzheimer's disease pathology (AD) in a living patient is disclosed wherein an amount of α7nAChR-FLNA, TLR4-FLNA and/or α7nAChR-Aβ42 complex present as a protein-protein complex in a sample is determined and compared to the amount in a standard sample from a person free of AD pathology. Use of one or more of those ratios provides an assay predictive of prognosis for treatment with a medicament in which the amount of an above protein complex is determined and compared to an amount determined in the presence of a medicament that binds to a FLNA pentapeptide and contains at least four of the six pharmacophores of FIGS. 7-12. An amount of protein complex determined in the presence of the medicament less than the first determined amount indicates a favorable treatment prognosis.
US09500634B2	Short-wave infrared super-continuum lasers for natural gas leak detection, exploration, and other active remote sensing applications A system and method for using near-infrared or short-wave infrared (SWIR) light sources between approximately 1.4-1.8 microns, 2-2.5 microns, 1.4-2.4 microns, 1-1.8 microns for active remote sensing or hyper-spectral imaging for detection of natural gas leaks or exploration sense the presence of hydro-carbon gases such as methane and ethane. Most hydro-carbons (gases, liquids and solids) exhibit spectral features in the SWIR, which may also coincide with atmospheric transmission windows (e.g., approximately 1.4-1.8 microns or 2-2.5 microns). Active remote sensing or hyper-spectral imaging systems may include a fiber-based super-continuum laser and a detection system and may reside on an aircraft, vehicle, handheld, or stationary platform. Super-continuum sources may emit light in the near-infrared or SWIR. An imaging spectrometer or a gas-filter correlation radiometer may be used to identify substances or materials such as oil spills, geology and mineralogy, vegetation, greenhouse gases, construction materials, plastics, explosives, fertilizers, paints, or drugs.
US09500626B2	Methods and devices for long term structural health monitoring of pipelines and vessels A system and method for non-destructive monitoring a component including a guided wave sensor positioned around a surface of the component, wherein the component has a perimeter. A first spring mounting clamp positioned around the component perimeter and a second spring mounting clamp positioned around the component perimeter, wherein the first and second mounting clamps are positioned a distance of 0.1 inches to 5.0 inches on either side of the guided wave sensor. A plurality of elongated springs is attached at a first end to the first spring mounting clamp and attached at a second end to the second spring mounting clamp. The central portion applying a pressure of at least 10 psi to the guided wave sensor.
US09500623B2	Synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface The invention generally relates to methods and devices for synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a mass spectrometry probe that generates sample ions, a discontinuous atmospheric interface, and a mass analyzer, in which the system is configured such that ion formation is synchronized with cycling of the discontinuous atmospheric interface.
US09500619B2	Method for performing processing on gas sensor A sensor element mainly contains an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte. By applying, across a first electrode formed on a surface of an internal space into which a measurement gas is introduced from an outside and a second electrode formed on an external surface of the element, a predetermined voltage determined based on a potential difference between the first electrode and a reference electrode provided inside the element, oxygen in the internal space can be pumped out. In a case where pump reference processing is performed, a DC voltage having a maximum value of 1.4 to 2.0 V inclusive is applied across the reference and second electrodes for 10 to 1200 seconds inclusive in a state in which the reference and second electrodes are respectively electrically connected to negative and positive terminals of an external DC power supply, and an element temperature is set to 700 to 850° C. inclusive.
US09500612B2	Detecting temperature sensor anomalies Discussed generally herein are systems, apparatuses, techniques, and software for determining if a temperature sensor is properly located. In one or more embodiments, a technique can include receiving a series of temperature readings from a temperature sensor, determining if the temperature sensor is properly located as a function of the received temperature readings, and in response to determining that the temperature sensor is not properly located, recording data indicating that the temperature sensor is not properly located.
US09500609B1	Method for detecting target materials using nuclear quadrupole resonance A method for detecting target material or explosives using Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance, comprises the steps of providing a sample material to test for a target material. The sample material is then irradiated with a first frequency from a continuous wave signal generator to create at least one sample material return frequency. A return frequency is then measured and it is determined whether the sample material contains the target material by comparing the return frequency to a known target material frequency in a library. The method allows for simultaneous irradiation of sample material and measuring the return frequency of the sample material. The method utilizes NQR to detect explosive material using a power safe for human scanning and testing.
US09500605B2	Prompt gamma neutron activation substance analyzers Methods and systems are provided to improve prompt gamma neutron activation substance analyzers. In one aspect, a detector unit for prompt gamma neutron activation analysis includes: a scintillator configured to fluoresce when impacted by gamma rays generated by absorption of neutrons by a substance to be analyzed; a photosensor configured to receive fluorescence from the scintillator; electronics coupled with the photosensor, the electronics configured to receive and process analog signals from the photosensor and output digital detection signals for the substance; and a housing containing the scintillator, the photosensor, and the electronics; wherein the housing includes interfaces configured to receive cables capable of providing power, temperature control, and digital communication signals.
US09500594B2	Method for automatic quantification of dendrite arm spacing in dendritic microstructures A method to automatically quantify dendrite arm spacing in dendritic microstructures. Once a location of interest in a cast material specimen has been identified, the information contained in it is automatically analyzed to quantify dendrite cell size information that is subsequently converted into a quantified dendrite arm spacing through an empirical relationship or a theoretical relationship. In one form, the relationship between DCS and DAS is such that the DAS in dendritic structure of cast aluminum alloys may be automatically determined from the measurement of one or more of dendrite cell size and the actual volume fraction of the eutectic phases in the local casting microstructure. Non-equilibrium conditions may be accounted for in situations where a theoretical volume fraction of a eutectic phase of the alloy in equilibrium condition is appropriately modified. Thus, in situations where equilibrium conditions—such as those where the casting is cooled very slowly during solidification—does not apply (such as during rapid cooling and consequent solidification), the eutectic measured in the non-equilibrium condition, which can be smaller than the theoretical value in equilibrium, can be accounted for.
US09500592B2	Surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate The disclosure provides a surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrate, including: a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active substrate; a patterned hydrophilic region and a patterned hydrophobic region formed on the SERS-active substrate, wherein a water contact angle difference between the patterned hydrophilic region and the patterned hydrophobic region is in a range from about 29 degrees to about 90 degrees.
US09500588B2	Flow cell modules and liquid sample analyzers and methods including same A liquid sample analyzer includes a liquid sample source, a flow cell, an optical device and a plurality of optical fibers. The flow cell is configured to receive a flow of a liquid sample from the liquid sample source. The plurality of optical fibers optically connect the flow cell to the optical device to transmit light between the flow cell and the optical device.
US09500584B2	Multiple examinations of a sample An apparatus for examination of a sample includes at least one sample chamber in which the sample can be provided, where the sample chamber has a detection surface; at least one light source for emitting a first input light beam which is totally internally reflected at the detection surface of the sample chamber into a first output light beam, and for emitting a second input light beam which is at least partially transmitted through the sample chamber into a second output light beam. The apparatus further includes at least one light detector for detecting the first and the second output light beams. The sample chamber is elongated and traversed in longitudinal direction by light of the second input light beam.
US09500583B2	Method and apparatus for measuring carbon dioxide dissolved in solution and wellbore monitoring systems based thereon A sensing apparatus (and corresponding method) for monitoring carbon dioxide dissolved in a liquid solution employs a crystal surrounded in part by a sample chamber such that, in use, the liquid solution is in direct contact with the crystal.
US09500581B2	Blood analyzer and blood analyzing method A blood analyzer comprises a flow cell, a first light source, a second light source, a first light receiving part, a second light receiving part, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to make determinations related to the types of microcytic anemia based on a first scattered light information based on the signals output from the first light receiving part, and a second scattered light information based on the signals output from the second light receiving part.
US09500578B2	Method and device for corrosion testing of solar cells Corrosion effects in a solar cell are measured by means of a conduit with electrolytic fluid. The rim of an open end of the conduit is placed against the surface of the solar cell to expose a selected area of the solar cell to the electrolytic fluid, leaving a free part of the planar surface of the solar cell outside the exposed area. Current and/or voltage fluctuations are measured in an electric circuit that contains the electrolytic fluid, an interface between the electrolytic fluid on the exposed area and a conductor layer on the planar surface, and a contact to the conductor layer in the free part.
US09500572B2	Sample dispenser including an internal standard and methods of use thereof The invention generally relates to a sample dispenser including an internal standard and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a fluid dispenser that includes a fluid chamber. A portion of an inner wall of the chamber includes an internal standard. The chamber is configured such that fluid introduced to the chamber must interact with the portion of the chamber wall that includes the internal standard prior to flowing through an outlet of the chamber. The dispenser additionally includes a member coupled to the chamber such that it can control movement of fluid within the chamber.
US09500569B2	Cascade impactor The invention relates to low flow rate cascade impactors for sampling aerosols, notably but not limited to pharmaceutical aerosols. The impactor stages serve as both orifice plate and collecting cup, simplifying collection and analysis. The impactor is designed to operate at flow rates approximating the inspiratory flow rates of young children and infants. Also presented is a method of and apparatus for applying a coating material to the collection surface of the stages after an impactor is assembled for use. The method entails generation of a polydisperse aerosol and sampling into the impactor. The coating substance improves the trapping of particles on the stages. The apparatus and method of application limit the amount of coating material applied and confines it to the regions of particle impact opposite the stage orifices.
US09500568B1	Inflatable inlet for aerosol sampling The present invention is directed to an air intake for an aerosol sampling device, the air intake being inflatable and deflatable.
US09500565B2	Vehicle and method of using a spare tire A spare tire monitoring system is provided. The spare tire monitoring system includes a controller programmed to output a signal indicating that a spare tire is currently being used in response to a difference between a radius of a first tire and a radius of a second tire exceeding a threshold.
US09500559B2	Damping testing Apparatus and methods related to damping testing are disclosed. For example, some embodiments may contain a testing platform supported on wheels and moveable by hydraulic cylinders, and two fasteners for fastening the testing sample, one fixed on the testing platform and the other moveable along the testing platform by another hydraulic cylinder, and may be used for the damping testing of slender structures such as umbilicals and flexibles used in oil and gas underwater field development.
US09500554B2	Method and system for detecting a leak in a pipeline System and method for detecting a leak in a pipeline with a sensing cable including an optical fiber sensor array aligned with a heating element. At least one heat pulse is propagated through the heating element along at least a portion of the sensing cable to affect an exchange of thermal energy between the heating element and fluid exposed to the sensing cable. A temperature profile of the sensing cable corresponding to the heat pulse at each of a plurality of sensor locations on the optical fiber sensor array is measured over time. A leak in a pipeline is detected by determining one or more properties of the fluid exposed to the sensing cable at each of the plurality of sensor locations based on the temperature profile corresponding thereto.
US09500552B2	Method for calibrating and manufacturing a force-sensing touch screen panel A method and apparatus for calibrating a force sensing touch screen panel includes determining calibration factors for the position sensing layers of the touch screen panel, and applying those calibration factors to adjust nominal resistance values for resistance components of the position sensing layers when force is applied to the touch screen panel. The calibration factors result in a more accurate determination of the resistance of a force sensing layer which changes resistance as a function of force applied to the touch screen panel. The resistance of the force sensing layer can be used to determine the force applied based on a curve relating force to resistance.

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