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US09647605B2	Single-phase brushless motor driver and method A driving circuit for a single-phase-brushless motor and a method that includes a driving-signal-generating circuit configured to generate a driving signal for supplying, to a driving coil of the single-phase brushless motor, an output circuit coupled to the driving signal generating circuit; and an induced voltage zero-cross detecting circuit having a plurality of inputs and an output, a first input coupled to the driving signal generating circuit and configured to detect a zero cross of an induced voltage in response to operation in the de-energized period.
US09647596B2	Motor control system having a reactive power reducing input power system A motor control system powered by an input power source. The system includes a reactive power reducing input power system in electrical communication with a motor and a constant frequency input power source. The reactive power reducing input power system includes an AC-DC converter and a regulator system, wherein the regulator system is in electrical communication with a DC-AC inverter that is in electrical communication with the motor. The system may include an isolation system to electrically isolate the DC-AC inverter from the motor when the DC-AC inverter is not transmitting power to the motor. The system may accept multiple alternating current voltage sources including both single phase and three phase sources.
US09647595B2	Current profile strategy for minimizing torque ripple and current A method of controlling an electric motor may include determining a desired torque at the electric motor. A current at a first phase of the electric motor may be calculated at a controller. The calculated current may be a current that results in supplying the desired torque at the electric motor. The controller may compare the calculated current to a predetermined threshold current, and when the calculated current is greater than the predetermined threshold current, the controller may reduce the calculated current to the predetermined threshold current and adjust a current in a second phase adjacent to the first phase of the electric motor to continue to supply the desired torque at the electric motor.
US09647594B2	Flyback control mode-based controller and motor-controlling method thereof A flyback control mode-based controller includes a power supply circuit, a position-checking circuit, a current-checking circuit, a control circuit, and a power output circuit. The power output circuit includes a controlled energy conversion unit. The energy conversion unit includes a control switch and an energy conversion circuit. The energy conversion circuit uses the capacitor C circuit, the inductor L circuit, or the LC circuit to connect parallelly or serially with an inductor in a motor winding L so as to form an oscillation circuit, such that periodic oscillations with attenuation are enabled by relying on the energy stored in the motor winding L. By applying the controller to motors having forward control mode or motors having flyback control mode, the current to be released by the motor during discharging can be repeated used, thereby achieving maximum energy conservation.
US09647591B2	Magnet degradation and damage controls and diagnostics for permanent magnet motors Techniques for motor magnet degradation controls and diagnostics are disclosed. An exemplary technique determines q-axis current, d-axis current, q-axis voltage, and/or d-axis voltage of a permanent magnet motor based upon sensed current and voltage information of the motor. This information is utilized to determine flux information. The flux information is utilized in evaluating collective state conditions of a plurality of motor magnets and evaluating localized state conditions of a subset of the plurality of motor magnets. The evaluations can be used to identify degradation or damage to one or more of the magnets which may occur as a result of elevated temperature conditions, physical degradation, or chemical degradation.
US09647590B2	Apparatus for compensating phase error in inverter output voltage A phase compensation apparatus in an inverter output voltage in a system is provided, whereby performance of an inverter can be enhanced by compensating a time delay of measured voltage of inverter output voltage detection unit.
US09647588B2	Decay lock loop for time varying current regulation in electric motors A system and method for a decay lock loop for time varying current regulation in electric motors determines if a predetermined electrical current regulation level for an electric motor has been obtained within a tuning control time window. A coarse control loop increases or decreases a fast current decay, in response to a determination that the predetermined electrical current regulation level has not been obtained within the tuning control time window, until the predetermined electrical current regulation level falls within the tuning control time window. A fine control loop increments or decrements an amount of fast current decay during a total decay time, in response to a determination that the predetermined electrical current regulation level has been obtained within the tuning control time window, until a predetermined timing of the predetermined electrical current regulation level has been obtained.
US09647587B2	System and method for determining the position of a moving part driven by an electric motor A system for determining the position of a moving part driven by an electric motor: a single position sensor, coupled to the electric motor, incrementally detects an amount of movement thereof; a direction switching arrangement controls a direction of movement of the electric motor; and a control unit, coupled to the single position sensor and the direction switching arrangement, at each incremental amount of movement detected by the single position sensor, determines a current position of the moving part based on a previous position thereof and the current direction of movement controlled by the direction switching arrangement.
US09647583B2	Variable magnetization machine controller A variable magnetization machine controller has a current command module, a magnetization module and a reducing current module. The current command module computes a vector current command in a dq axis based on a torque command. The magnetization module applies a magnetization control pulse to a d-axis current of the vector current command. Thus, the reducing current module applies a reducing current to a q-axis current of the vector current command based on the torque command and one of an estimated torque of the variable magnetization machine and a measured torque of the variable magnetization machine.
US09647582B2	Induction motor-permanent magnet generator tandem configuration starter-generator for hybrid vehicles Disclosed in the present invention is a tandem starter-generator construction that includes an induction motor-generator, a permanent magnet motor-generator and power transmission unit disposed adjacent to the motor-generators. The induction motor-generator is utilized predominantly as a motor to provide mechanical power at relatively high efficiency as a motor, and as a generator to provide electrical power during regenerative braking. The permanent magnet motor-generator is used predominantly as a generator for very high efficiency power conversion and to capture additional electrical power during regenerative braking to compensates for the regenerative energy captured at lower efficiency by the induction motor-generator. Accordingly, the tandem motor-generator construction disclosed herein overcomes the drawbacks of low efficiency of an induction motor-generator operating in regenerative mode and a permanent magnet motor-generator magnetic drag losses during periods of non-utilization at high speeds in order to improve fuel efficiency of a parallel hybrid vehicle.
US09647580B2	Wireless signal transmitting apparatus and wireless illumination control apparatus using the same A wireless signal transmitting apparatus, includes: a piezoelectric harvester configured to generate electrical energy responsive to user switch manipulation; and, a wireless communication circuit configured to generate wireless signals from the electrical energy and wirelessly transmit the wireless signals to an external wireless power receiving device.
US09647572B2	Method for controlling a converter A method for controlling a converter including a resonant circuit, where the converter is controlled such that control switches are switched into a first state at the occurrence of an event that is related to a dependent variable of the converter and are switched into a second state at the occurrence of an event that is not related to a dependent variable of the converter. The method may be employed in a converter or an inductive power transfer transmitter.
US09647563B1	Active energy recovery clamping circuit to improve the performance of power converters A regenerative clamping circuit for a power converter using clamping diodes to transfer charge to a clamping capacitor and a regenerative converter to transfer charge out of the clamping capacitor back to the power supply input connection. The regenerative converter uses a switch connected to the midpoint of a series connected inductor and capacitor. The ends of the inductor and capacitor series are connected across the terminals of the power supply to be in parallel with the power supply.
US09647558B2	System and method for maintaining a constant output voltage ripple in a buck converter in discontinuous conduction mode The system and method creates a substantially constant output voltage ripple in a buck converter in discontinuous conduction mode by varying the on-time of a pulse width modulator (PWM) signal driving the buck converter when the buck converter is operating in discontinuous conduction mode. A first signal is generated that is a function of the switching frequency of the buck converter. This signal is low-pass filtered and compared with a second signal that is a function of the switching frequency of the buck converter when operating in continuous conduction mode and with constant PWM on-time. The output signal generated by the comparator is a signal that is equal to the ratio of the first signal and the second signal. The on-time of a voltage controlled oscillator is controlled by the output signal, the oscillator signal causing the on-time of the PWM signal to vary in a controlled fashion.
US09647542B2	Switched mode power supplies A switched mode power supply, SMPS. The SMPS comprises a switch, one or more inductors, an output smoothing capacitor, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a first energy difference that is an instantaneous energy in the inductor(s) minus an energy in the inductor(s) at a load current, and determine a second energy difference that is an energy in the output smoothing capacitor at a reference voltage minus an instantaneous energy in the output smoothing capacitor. The controller is further configured to turn the switch on and off with a clock rate and a variable duty cycle such that the switch is on from the start of each period of the clock until the first energy difference is substantially equal to the second energy difference, and such that the switch is otherwise off.
US09647534B2	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus is constituted by a power conversion circuit and a control section. The control section causes a gate driving signal to alternately open and close a set of a first switch and a fourth switch, and a set of a second switch and a third switch based on a circuit current flowing through the power conversion circuit and a voltage of an AC power supply. A current in which a high frequency component is mixed into a low frequency component of the AC power supply flows through the power conversion apparatus by the opening and closing the sets of the switches.
US09647529B2	Modular multi-stage inverter comprising surge arrester Electric power is transferred between an AC voltage grid and a DC voltage grid in the high-voltage range. Phase modules have at least one common DC voltage connection and separate AC voltage connections. A phase module branch between the DC voltage connection and each AC voltage connection has a series circuit of two-pole sub-modules, each with an energy storage device and a power semiconductor circuit in parallel with the energy storage device. The power semiconductor circuit is driven to generate either the voltage drop across the energy storage device or else a zero voltage at the two sub-module connection terminals. A converter transformer has a primary side on an AC voltage grid and a secondary side connected to the AC voltage connections. Improved protection against overloading is provided by at least one surge arrester between the or one of the common DC voltage connections and the inverter neutral point.
US09647528B2	Switch control circuit and resonant converter including the same A resonant converter includes a first switch coupled between a first node and a primary side ground, a second switch coupled between an input voltage and the first node, at least one capacitor and at least one inductor coupled in series between both ends of the first switch, and a switch control circuit that shifts switching frequencies of the first and second switches during a period for which an abnormal event lasts when occurrence of the abnormal event is detected, and shifts the switching frequencies in an opposite direction when the abnormal event ends.
US09647516B2	Fan device A fan device includes two magnetic members, a fan and a wire. The fan is disposed between the magnetic members, and includes a rotatable hub and a plurality of fan blades radiating from the hub. The wire is mounted on the fan, and has two electrode ends and a plurality of induction portions that are disposed between the electrode ends. Each induction portion is coupled to a respective fan blade, and is co-rotatable with the respective fan blade to intersect a magnetic field between the magnetic members to thereby generate an induced current that flows toward the electrode ends of the wire.
US09647515B2	Brushless motor and fuel pump having a terminal structure for reducing tensile forces between stator coils Relay terminals, which are formed integrally with a W-phase terminal, a V-phase terminal and a U-phase terminal provided radially outside bobbins, connect stator coils and the W-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal and the U-phase terminal. Second connection parts of the relay terminals connected to the coils are provided radially inside the W-phase terminal, the V-phase terminal and the U-phase terminal. Thus distances between the second connection part and the inner wall surface of a housing are increased to maintain insulation between the relay terminals and the housing. Thus the relay terminals are protected from breakage.
US09647514B2	Motor control unit having integrated inverter unit A motor control unit is obtained by integrating an inverter unit and a motor unit having a motor, the inverter unit having a control board erected on a support board.
US09647509B2	Cooler and motor-integrated power conversion apparatus A surface of a plate (102) having a predetermined thickness is used as a cooling surface (101). A pair of cooling medium entrance and exit (111, 112) are provided on one end surface (102a). First and second cooling medium flow paths (131, 132), a cooling medium branch path (121) communicating with the cooling medium entrance (111) and used for dividing cooling medium to flow into the cooling medium flow paths (131, 132), and a cooling medium merging path (122) at which the cooling media flowing from the exits of the cooling medium flow paths (131, 132) merge, are formed on a surface opposite to the cooling surface (101). The cooling medium flowing clockwise through the first cooling medium flow path (131) passes through a cooling medium communicating flow path (123) formed so as to three-dimensionally cross the first cooling medium flow path (131), so that the cooling medium flowing counterclockwise through the second cooling medium flow path (132) and the cooling medium flowing through the first cooling medium flow path (131) flow into the cooling medium merging path (122). Thus, pressure loss is avoided, high cooling performance is obtained, and simplification of a cooling system including a cooling medium pipe and the like can be realized.
US09647501B2	Interior permanent magnet motor, compressor and refrigeration and air conditioning apparatus A rotor outer peripheral surface includes first arcs and second arcs. The first arc is positioned in a magnetic pole center portion. The second arc is positioned in an inter-pole portion. The first arc bulges toward a radially outer side to a higher degree than the second arc. An air gap is varied in a manner of being increased as approaching from each of the magnetic pole center portions to the adjacent inter-pole portions. A hole defining portion of a magnet insertion hole on the radially outer side has a curvature of a third arc, and a hole defining portion of the magnet insertion hole on a radially inner side has a curvature of a fourth arc. An opening angle of a tooth tip portion, an opening angle of the first arc, and an opening angle of the third arc coincide with each other.
US09647498B2	Electric machine An electric machine, especially a transversal flux machine, the stator being composed of a stack of phase segments, each phase segment having at least one stator segment and one stator winding, especially a single winding, each stator segment having an annular stator bridge, on which pole shoes are premolded, which in particular extend in the radially inward direction, and/or which extend in the direction of the rotor and/or which are situated between the rotor and the annular stator bridge, the pole shoes having the same shape, in particular, the axial width of the pole shoe decreasing with increasing radial clearance, the associated profile being disposed between a first and a second profile, the first profile being a linear function of the radial clearance, the pole back associated with the first profile being a planar area, in particular, the second profile being a circular function, in particular a circular segment function, the pole back associated with the second profile being a cylindrical section area, in particular.
US09647497B2	Wireless power transmitter Disclosed is a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power transmitter includes a coil in a first case; a first passage groove having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first case; and a second case coupled to the first case.
US09647492B2	Direct current uninterruptible power supply system and device A DC uninterruptible power supply system includes plural uninterruptible power supply devices, each of which includes a power cord, a battery module, a voltage detecting circuit, a current detecting circuit, and a control unit. When the voltage detecting circuit detects that a voltage at the power cord is lower than a first preset value, the control unit controls the battery module to output electrical power to the power cord. When the current detecting circuit detects that current of another uninterruptible power supply device is smaller than a second preset value, the control unit controls a switch to permit current flow to the another uninterruptible power supply device.
US09647490B2	Household appliance circuit arrangement An electric household appliance has a low-voltage capacitive power means (10) connected to an electrical power network (3) and is designed to generate a low-voltage (S2,V2). The low-voltage capacitive power means (10) comprise a capacitive dividing circuit (28) comprising a first (30) and second input terminal (31) connected to a first and second power line (3) at a first (V1) and second (VREF) predetermined potential respectively; a first output terminal (32) adapted to generate said low-voltage enabling signal (S2); first (37) and second charge-accumulating means (38) connected between said first and second input terminal; and at least one voltage limiter (40) connected parallel to said second charge-accumulating means (38) and designed to switch from a non-conducting to a conducting state when subjected to a voltage above a predetermined breakdown voltage (VZ). The first (37) and second charge-accumulating means (38) are designed so that the voltage (VC2) at the terminals of said second charge-accumulating means (38) is below the predetermined breakdown voltage (VZ).
US09647485B2	Portable device and wireless power charging system for portable device A portable device is provided. The portable device includes a power receiving unit configured to receive a first energy or a second energy from a wireless power transmitter, the first energy being used to perform a communication function and a control function, the second energy being used to charge a battery, and the wireless power transmitter being configured to wirelessly transmit a power, a voltage generator configured to generate a wake-up voltage from the first energy, or to generate a voltage for charging the battery from the second energy, a controller configured to perform the communication function and the control function, the controller being activated by the wake-up voltage, and a communication unit configured to perform a communication with the wireless power transmitter based on a control of the controller.
US09647472B2	Method and circuitry to recover energy from discharge signals of a charging operation of a battery/cell Circuitry and methods to “capture”, recover, store and/or use electrical energy output and/or generated by the battery/cell as discharge signals of a charging sequence/operation. Such electrical energy may then be “reused” by the charging circuitry or system and/or in the system powered by the battery/cell and/or external to the charging circuitry or battery/cell. The energy output and/or generated by the battery/cell in response to discharge signals of a charging sequence/operation may (1) supply energy to the associated system being powered by the battery, (2) supply charge current to the same battery/cell or another battery/cell, (3) supply charge to one or more cells in a multiple cell battery pack that are at a lower voltage than the other cells, (4) store the charge in a different charge storing device (e.g., a capacitor and/or second battery), and/or (5) heat a battery/cell to improve charging performance.
US09647458B2	Distributed phase balancing Methods, systems, and computer program products for distributed phase balancing are provided herein. A method of use in connection with a distribution network having a phase imbalance includes determining one or more power consumption parameters associated with a given entity of the distribution network; determining one or more power supply parameters associated with the given entity of the distribution network; and computing, based on said one or more power consumption parameters and said one or more power supply parameters, at least one of (i) a level of power consumption increase and/or decrease and (ii) a level of power supply increase and/or decrease associated with one or more devices of the given entity to remedy the phase imbalance within the distribution network.
US09647450B2	Fault current limiter This specification relates to fault current limiter (FCL). More particularly, to solve problems of protecting and designing current limiting impedance in a protective coordination system, as limitations of the related art, the fault current limiter may measure heat capacity of a current limiting impedance unit by detecting fault current flowing to the current limiting impedance unit and limiting the fault current flowing to the current limiting impedance unit according to the measured heat capacity, which may result in preventing the current limiting impedance unit from being damaged due to the fault current, preventing an extended accident due to the damaged current limiting impedance unit and enabling a stabilized system and line protection.
US09647449B2	Integrated circuit arrangement, method and system for use in a safety-critical application An integrated circuit arrangement (100, 200, 600) has a first circuit part (102, 202, 602) which can be supplied with a first supply voltage (106, 206, 606), and a second circuit part (104, 204, 604) which can be supplied with a second supply voltage (108, 208, 608). The first circuit part and the second circuit part are arranged in a manner spatially separate from one another. The first circuit part has a first conduction element (110, 210, 310, 410, 610), and the second circuit part has a second conduction element (112, 212, 312, 412, 612). The integrated circuit arrangement also has a third conduction element (114, 214, 314, 414, 614), the third conduction element being arranged between the first conduction element and the second conduction element in such a manner that the third conduction element is arranged adjacent to the first conduction element and the third conduction element is also arranged adjacent to the second conduction element. The third conduction element can be supplied with a reference potential (116, 216, 616) at a first end, and the third conduction element is connected, at a second end, to an evaluation circuit (118, 218, 618) for detecting a short circuit from the first conduction element to the third conduction element or from the second conduction element to the third conduction element.
US09647447B2	Protective device having a thin construction The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to a solenoid actuator and configured to move along an assembly axis in a direction normal to a major surface of the electrical isolation member to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state and to interrupt the electrical continuity to effect a tripped state. The circuit interrupter assembly including at least one portion configured to pivot relative to the assembly axis to effect the reset state or the tripped state.
US09647446B2	Electrical switching apparatus including alternating current electronic trip circuit with arc fault detection circuit An electrical switching apparatus includes a transductor circuit that senses a direct current between at least one input terminal and at least one output terminal and outputs an alternating current proportional to the direct current between the input terminal and the output terminal. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a current sensor configured to sense an alternating current component of the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus further includes an alternating current electronic trip circuit including an arc fault detection circuit configured to detect an arc fault based on the sensed alternating current component. The alternating current electronic trip circuit is also configured to control pairs of separable contacts to trip open based on the alternating current output from the transductor circuit or the detected arc fault.
US09647445B2	Over-current protection circuit and method A determination is made as to when the current flowing through a transistor exceeds a predetermined threshold. When the current exceeds the predetermined threshold, the transistor is deactivated. The deactivating of the transistor is effective to limit the current that flows through the transistor. The limiting of the current is effective to prevent damage to the transistor in an over current condition. The transistor is maintained in a deactivated state until a time off circuit resets the DC-DC converter circuit. The maintaining of the transistor in the deactivated state until a time off circuit resets the DC-DC converter circuit is additionally effective to reduce the time on (Duty Cycle—D.C.) and frequency to further prevent damage to the transistor due to switching power losses.
US09647436B2	Electric sector cables A high voltage electric cable having a longitudinal axis may include: a conductive core having a first cross sectional area; wherein the conductive core includes a solid, central conductor, and at least three solid, sector conductors stranded around the central conductor. The central conductor may have a second cross sectional area. A ratio of the second cross sectional area to the first cross sectional area may be of from 1/130 to 1/20.
US09647435B2	Busbar system especially for long vertical paths A busbar system for the transport of energy especially for long vertical paths is disclosed, wherein the busbar system includes multiple sections, the sections each include multiple busbars and a holding piece, and the busbars of the sections are held by the respective holding pieces and electrically connected to one another via a connection.
US09647430B1	Load center, and bus assembly and operating method therefor A bus assembly is for a load center. The load center includes a cover apparatus and an electrical switching apparatus. The cover apparatus has a number of cover segments. The bus assembly comprises a bus stab structured to be coupled to the number of cover segments and the electrical switching apparatus; a bus bar structured to be coupled to the number of cover segments; and a connection device comprising an element extending from a corresponding one of the bus stab and the bus bar. The connection device is structured to move between a FIRST position corresponding to the element being electrically disconnected from the other of the corresponding one of the bus stab and the bus bar, and a SECOND position corresponding to the element being electrically connected to the other of the corresponding one of the bus stab and the bus bar.
US09647422B1	Laser device A laser device has a plurality of semiconductor lasers, a driving device that supplies a driving electric current to the semiconductor laser, a trigger generation circuit that sends a trigger signal to the driving device in order to output the driving electric current, and a wave-combining device that wave-combines laser light emitted from the semiconductor lasers at the combined-wave end, and at least any one of a signal transmitting time, an electric current transmitting time and a light transmitting time is adjusted so as to be the time set respectively for transmitting paths; wherein the signal transmitting time in which the trigger signal transmits over the signal path, the electric current transmitting time in which the laser light transmits over the electric current path, a light transmitting time in which the laser light transmits over the optical path.
US09647420B2	Package and methods for the fabrication and testing thereof Provided are methods of forming sealed via structures. One method involves: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; (b) forming a layer on the first surface of the substrate; (c) etching a via hole through the substrate from the second surface to the layer, the via hole having a first perimeter at the first surface; (d) forming an aperture in the layer, wherein the aperture has a second perimeter within the first perimeter; and (e) providing a conductive structure for sealing the via structure. Also provided are sealed via structures, methods of detecting leakage in a sealed device package, sealed device packages, device packages having cooling structures, and methods of bonding a first component to a second component.
US09647416B2	Bidirectional long cavity semiconductor laser for improved power and efficiency The invention relates to bi-directional long-cavity semiconductor lasers for high power applications having two AR coated facets (2AR) to provide an un-folded cavity with enhanced output power. The lasers exhibit more uniform photon and carrier density distributions along the cavity than conventional uni-directional high-power lasers, enabling longer lasers with greater output power and lasing efficiency due to reduced longitudinal hole burning. Optical sources are further provided wherein radiation from both facets of several 2AR lasers that are disposed at vertically offset levels is combined into a single composite beam.
US09647415B2	Laser apparatus and method of controlling laser apparatus A laser apparatus according to embodiment may include: a laser chamber filled with a laser gain medium; a pair of electrodes disposed in the laser chamber; a charger configured to apply a charge voltage for causing a discharge to occur between the pair of the electrodes; a pulse power module configured to covert the charge voltage applied by the charger into a short pulsed voltage, and apply the short pulsed voltage between the pair of the electrodes; and a controller configured to calculate input energies Ein applied to the pair of the electrodes based on the charge voltage, calculate an integration value Einsum of the input energies Ein by integrating the calculated input energies Ein, and determine whether the integration value Einsum exceeds an integration lifetime value Einsumlife of input energy or not.
US09647414B2	Optically pumped micro-plasma A laser and methods for providing a continuous wave output beam. The laser and method includes positioning a micro-plasma chip capable of creating micro-plasmas within a resonant cavity. A gas is input into the resonant cavity and flows around the micro-plasma chip. Micro-plasmas ignite and excite the gas to create metastables. The metastables are further excited by an optical pump having an energy sufficient to cause the metastables to lase.
US09647401B2	Connector device including cable connector A connector device includes first and second connectors including first and second housings. The second housing has a recess that receives the first housing. The first housing is connected to one end portion of a cable and has a first opening portion, which allows the other end portion of the cable to extend to the outside, on a peripheral wall at one side. An outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall includes an inclined surface at the other side. The inclined surface is inclined so as to approach a bottom portion of the recess while extending in a direction from the one end portion toward the other end portion of the cable. The inclined surface is brought into contact with the recess so that the first connector is moved relative to the second connector in the direction from the one end portion toward the other end portion.
US09647400B2	Indicator wafer An apparatus selectively connectable to the prongs of an electrical plug that provides an indication to a person of the presence of power to the prongs.
US09647394B2	Shielded and multishielded coaxial connectors A shielded coaxial connector including a central conductor and a waveguide to shield the central conductor from RF signals.
US09647391B2	Connector A lattice (29) is provided on a rear surface of a connector main body (10) and defines a plurality of insertion openings (28). The lattice (29) includes first and second walls (31, 32) extending parallel to each other in the same direction and third walls (33) intersecting the first and second walls (31, 32,). Rear ends of the first, second and third walls (31, 32, 33) are located more backward in the order of the second walls (32), the third walls (33) and the first walls (31). The first walls (31) provide identification from the surrounding by projecting more backward than the second walls (32). The third walls (33) achieve an improved resin flow by alleviating steps between the first and second walls (31, 32).
US09647389B2	Plug connector part comprising a locking element A plug connector part for connecting to an associated mating plug connector part includes a housing. A plug-in portion is arranged on the housing and can be plugged into the associated mating plug connector part in a plugging direction to engage with the mating plug connector part when in a connection position. At least one electrical contact element is arranged on the plug-in portion. The at least one electrical contact element is for making electrical contact with the mating plug connector part. A locking element is movably arranged on the housing. The locking element has a locking position for locking the plug connector part with respect to the mating plug connector part when in the connected position. The locking element can be moved out of the locking position to unlock the connection between the plug connector part and the mating plug connector part.
US09647384B2	Back body for coaxial connector A back body for a cable-connector assembly includes: an annular central portion; an annular mating portion that merges with one end of the central portion and is configured to mate with an outer conductor extension of a coaxial connector; and a plurality of fingers that extend axially from an opposite end of the central portion, the fingers being configured to flex inwardly to engage a jacket of a coaxial cable. The central portion, the mating portion, and the fingers define a bore configured to receive the coaxial cable. A radial clamp is configured to apply radially-inwardly directed pressure to the fingers.
US09647382B2	Connector terminal having a two-part waterproof case A connector terminal includes a barrel part capable of attaching thereto a conductor exposed from an outer skin of an electric wire to cause to conduct and connect, and a terminal part caused to conduct to a mating terminal. The barrel part and an end of the electric wire are covered with a waterproof case made of resin to be made waterproof. The waterproof case is made of divided two case members, and is formed of the same material as the outer skin of the electric wire.
US09647381B2	Downhole electrical wet connector A downhole electrical wet connector comprising a plug which is slidingly inserted into a socket, the socket comprising a series of wiper seals spaced apart by separation zones, each zone being individually supplied with dielectric fluid from a separate reservoir. A retractable insert is arranged in the socket and displaced by the plug during connection. The fluid pressure in each zone is individually regulated relative to ambient wellbore pressure and the pressure in adjacent zones and optionally equalized to minimize loss of fluid.
US09647378B1	Electrical connector An electrical connector is provided including a connector body having an upper housing, a lower housing and a front housing. The upper housing has terminal channels configured to receive terminals therein. The upper housing, the lower housing and the front housing are molded as a single piece with front sacrificial links connecting the upper and front housings and with rear sacrificial links connecting the upper and lower housings. The lower housing is press mated to the upper housing whereby the rear sacrificial links break as the lower housing is closed and mated to the upper housing. The front housing is press mated to the upper housing whereby the front sacrificial links break as the front housing is closed and mated to the upper housing.
US09647377B1	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes multiple terminals and an insulation body integrally formed with the terminals. Each terminal has a contacting portion and a head portion extending forward from the contacting portion. The insulation body includes a tongue extending along a front-back direction. Each contacting portion is partially insert-molded to the tongue and partially exposed to a surface of the tongue. Each head portion is embedded into a front end of the tongue. The insulation body has a first gate and a second gate. The first gate is located on a front end surface of the tongue, and the second gate is located in a middle portion or a rear portion of the insulation body.
US09647376B2	Tamper resistant receptacle A tamper resistant receptacle having shutter doors engaging a toggle mechanism wherein each shutter door must engage the toggle mechanism to move the device into the open position. When engaged properly by insertion of force into both the hot and neutral openings of the device simultaneous by the hot and neutral blades of an electrical plug, the shutter doors pivot to contact the toggle platform with force sufficient to overcome a spring bias and allow the platform to descend downwardly a distance sufficient to uncover blade openings in the platform and allow the blades to engage the device's electrical contacts. If only one of the pivoting doors contacts the platform, the platform tips, or toggles, in the direction of the door which blocks the item inserted into the receptacle opening of the device from reaching the underlying electrical contact.
US09647375B2	Power connector products with improved safety shutters The present invention relates to a power connector for receiving an electric plug. The power connector is provided with a three-piece safety shutter architecture to prevent unwanted or improper insertion of a single plug pole into the power receptacles. In this architecture, the locking bar is formed with a first and a second tabs. The first and second tabs work with a protrusion formed therebetween to engage with the safety shutters and keep the safety shutters spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, so that the safety shutters are slidably latched in parallel by the locking bar and only allowed to travel dependently of each other along the travel direction, making the invention to meet the strict international safety standards for household plugs, adapters and socket-outlets.
US09647366B1	Connector shielding in an electronic device Connector shielding devices are described herein. One connector shielding device includes a circuit board having a connector that is connectable with a connector of an additional circuit board. The shielding device further includes a plurality of spring fingers connected to and extending from a first surface of the circuit board or a base support adjacent to the first surface of the circuit board. The plurality of spring fingers provides a perimeter around the connector of the circuit board. Additionally, each spring finger of the plurality of spring fingers is configured to deflect toward the first surface of the circuit board when the connector of the circuit board connects with the connector of the additional circuit board. Further, a Faraday cage is provided by the circuit board, the additional circuit board, and the plurality of spring fingers when the connector and the additional connector are connected.
US09647363B2	Techniques and configurations to control movement and position of surface mounted electrical devices Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations to control movement and position of surface mounted electrical devices. In one embodiment, an electrical contact includes a leg portion configured to extend in a first direction, a foot portion coupled with the leg portion, the foot portion having a surface that extends in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the surface being configured to directly couple with solderable material to form a solder joint, a heel portion adjoining the leg portion and the foot portion, the heel portion having a profile shape, and a toe portion extending from the foot portion and disposed opposite to the heel portion, the toe portion having a profile shape that is symmetric with the profile shape of the heel portion. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09647362B2	Thermally sensitive contact lug A contact lug for electrically conductively connecting at least two components, wherein the contact lug is designed to apply a contact pressure to at least one of the components, the contact pressure being exerted by elastic deformation of the contact lug, wherein the contact lug is at least partially formed from a bimetal in such a way that an increase in the temperature of this bimetal leads to an increase in the contact pressure.
US09647352B2	Electric wire with terminal Provided is an electric wire with a terminal (1), in which a resin portion (4) molded by a die covers a conductor exposure portion of a terminal (3) to which a conductor is connected. At least groove portion (16) is provided at a part of the terminal (3) covered with the resin portion (4) so that the groove portion (16) prevents the resin portion (4) from separating from the terminal (3) in a removing direction of the die after the resin portion (4) is molded by the die.
US09647351B2	Temporary electrical grounding system having a magnetic component coupled to a conductive surface An apparatus for providing a temporary electrical grounding connection is described. The apparatus comprises a cable electrically joining first and second conductive couplings, the first and second conductive couplings each electrically coupled to a conductive surface using a clamp, magnetic component, or other connection component. A conductive coupling may be connected to the magnetic component using a clamp connected to a stub extending from the magnetic component, and there may be multiple clamps or magnetic components used in different combinations or series to provide an electrical bypass between two or more conductive surfaces.
US09647350B2	Ground clamp adapter A ground clamp adapter for grounding electrical wire. The ground clamp adapter comprises a first section. The first section comprises a body having a platform extending laterally from the body. The platform having a lateral recess and a transverse recess orthogonally integrally formed in the platform. At least one bracket is adjustably coupled to the platform proximate one of the lateral recess and the transverse recess. The bracket and one of the lateral recess and the transverse recess are configured to clamp a grounding wire. A second section has a coupling portion configured to adjustably couple with the first section. The second section is configured to clamp onto a pipe shaped object to conduct electricity to ground.
US09647339B2	Wearable device A wearable device includes a nonconductive base, a metal loop, and a matching circuit. The nonconductive base substantially has a hollow structure. The metal loop is disposed on the nonconductive base, and has a feeding point and a grounding point. The metal loop has at least one notch. The grounding point of the metal loop is coupled through the matching circuit to a ground voltage. An antenna structure of the wearable device is formed by the metal loop and the matching circuit.
US09647333B2	Array antenna, configuration method, and communication system Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communication field and provide an array antenna. The array antenna includes: an antenna body, which is a multi-beam antenna, a single-beam antenna without grating lobes, or a single-beam antenna with grating lobes and transmits or receives a beam set by centering on the antenna body, where the beam set includes at least one beam; a planar reflection board, configured to reflect the beam set transmitted or received by the antenna body; and an adjusting unit, connected to the antenna body and/or the planar reflection board, and configured to adjust a relative position between the planar reflection board and the beam set of the antenna body so that the beam set of the antenna body can be transmitted or received in any direction after being reflected by the planar reflection board.
US09647331B2	Configurable antenna assembly An antenna assembly may include a first ground plane, a second ground plane that may be switched between grounding and non-grounding states, and first and second antenna layers. Each of the first and second antenna layers may include a plurality of pixels interconnected by a plurality of phase change material (PCM) switches. The PCM switches are configured to be selectively switched between phases to provide a plurality of antenna patterns within the first and second antenna layers.
US09647322B2	Structural body and wireless communication apparatus A first resin layer is provided with a step part formed in conformity with a shape of at least part of an electrically conductive pattern, and the first resin layer and a second resin layer closely adhere to each other in the step part.
US09647319B2	Window assembly with transparent layer and an antenna element A window assembly includes an electrically conductive transparent layer and an antenna element disposed on a substrate. The transparent layer has an area defining a periphery with a plurality of edges. An outer region devoid of the transparent layer is defined adjacent the transparent layer along the periphery. The antenna element includes a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment. The first antenna segment is elongated and disposed in the outer region and spaced from the periphery and extends solely along one edge of the periphery. The second antenna segment extends integrally from the first antenna segment towards the transparent layer such that the second antenna segment crosses a periphery of the transparent layer. A feeding element is coupled to the first antenna segment to energize the antenna element and the transparent layer such that the antenna element and the transparent layer collectively transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals.
US09647308B2	Dielectric filter having dielectric resonators disposed within a casing and secured by an intermediate member Provided is a dielectric filter that can be anchored in a stable manner without causing damage even when there is variation in the size of the parts. With this dielectric filter, one surface of washers has a concave part, which is equipped with an edge part formed at the perimeter of the one surface, a floor surface provided at a lower position than the edge part, and a tapered part formed between the edge part and the floor surface. The washers are arranged on the upper surface of and fastened by means of screws to dielectric bodies with the concave parts facing the dielectric bodies, with sheet metal therebetween.
US09647300B2	Solar canopy with integral storage compartment to receive high capacity batteries The technology of the present application provides a solar canopy having a cavity. The cavity defines at least one space that is sized and shaped to receive a high capacity battery, of which electric vehicle batteries are one example. The cavity includes an opening to allow access to the space. Contacts are arranged in the cavity to align with contacts of a battery inserted into the space to electrically couple the battery to the power electronics or power conditioner, which includes a power conversion system, and inverter, and a converter or transformer. The cavity also includes a heat dissipation system.
US09647298B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery and electrical apparatus A nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes an anode; a cathode; a separator; an electrolytic solution including a solvent and an electrolyte salt; wherein the solvent includes a fluoro ethylene carbonate, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte battery has a discharge capacity ratio of a discharge capacity B when discharging at a 5 C rate to a discharge capacity A when discharging at a 0.2 C rate ((B/A)×100%), and wherein the discharge capacity ratio is 80% or more. An electrical apparatus including a nonaqueous electrolyte battery is also provided.
US09647297B2	Production method for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery According to the present invention, there is provided a seal step (ST105) storing an electrode laminate in which a separator is disposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode and an electrolyte within an exterior body constituted by a laminate film and sealing the exterior body; a pressure application step (ST106) of applying a pressure to the exterior body in which the electrode laminate is stored by means of a flat plate press working or so forth; charge step (ST102) of charging up to a full charge; a gas removal step (ST107) of unsealing the exterior body and removing gas generated within the exterior body at the charge step; and a re-seal step (ST108) of sealing the exterior body after the gas removal step.The number of times of the gas removal steps is small and an influence of gas on battery characteristics is suppressed.
US09647295B2	Lithium ion secondary battery and electrolyte additive for the same Provided is an electrolyte additive for a lithium ion secondary battery including an organic lithium compound and a hyper-branched structure material. The electrolyte additive enhances the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte up to 5.5 V, and increases the heat endurable temperature by 10° C. or more. The safety of the battery is thus improved.
US09647293B2	Gel polymer composite electrolyte, polymer lithium ion battery comprising the gel polymer composite electrolyte and methods of preparing the same A gel polymer composite electrolyte, a polymer lithium ion battery comprising the gel polymer composite electrolyte and methods of preparing the polymer lithium ion battery are provided. The gel polymer composite electrolyte is formed by swelling after a polymer membrane absorbs an electrolyte, wherein the polymer membrane is formed by thermocuring a polymer mixture comprising an acrylic emulsion, water and ammonia water, and the acrylic emulsion has a glass transition temperature ranging from about −30° C. to about 50° C.
US09647288B2	Phosphoric acid-based electrolytes and applications thereof A liquid electrolyte formed by reacting phosphoric acid (H3PO4) in the liquid state with silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4), thereby forming a fluid suspension. The fluid suspension is heated to yield a liquid electrolyte including phosphoric acid (H3PO4), pyrophosphoric acid (H4P2O7), and a particulate solid comprising a silicophosphoric acid, wherein the silicophosphoric acid is an acidic molecular compound including silicon and phosphorus. A concentrated silicophosphoric acid composition prepared by removing most of the liquid from the liquid electrolyte is dissolved in water to yield a homogeneous solution. The homogeneous solution is dried to yield a solid electrolyte. In some cases, the homogenous solution is dried on a substrate to coat at least a portion of the substrate with a proton conductive solid electrolyte. A fuel cell may include the liquid electrolyte, the solid electrolyte, or the coated substrate.
US09647286B2	System and method for generating power and enhanced oil recovery A method for producing a purified carbon dioxide product suitable for EOR and surplus electricity uses a vaporous hydrocarbon feed and a SOFC system. A SOFC system includes a condensate removal system, an acid gas removal system, a hydrodesulfurization system, a sorption bed system, a pre-reformer, a solid oxide fuel cell, a CO2 separations system and a CO2 dehydration system operable to form the purified carbon dioxide product, where the SOFC system is operable to produce surplus electricity from the electricity produced by the solid oxide fuel cell. A method of operating the pre-reformer to maximize the internal reforming capacity of a downstream solid oxide fuel cell uses a pre-reformer fluidly coupled on the upstream side of a solid oxide fuel cell. A method of enhancing hydrocarbon fluid recovery from a hydrocarbon-bearing formation using a SOFC system.
US09647284B2	Integration of molten carbonate fuel cells in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for integration of molten carbonate fuel cells with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process. The molten carbonate fuel cells can be integrated with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process in various manners, including providing synthesis gas for use in producing hydrocarbonaceous carbons. Additionally, integration of molten carbonate fuel cells with a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process can facilitate further processing of vent streams or secondary product streams generated during the synthesis process.
US09647271B2	Batteries and related structures having fractal or self-complementary structures An aspect of the subject technology/invention of the present disclosure includes electrode structures or elements/components that have (e.g., present) fractal and/or self-complementary shapes or structures, e.g., on a surface. Such shapes or structures can be pre-existing. The electrodes can be made of any suitable material. The electrodes may function or operate or be used as a “seed” structure to incorporate or receive a material or materials useful for lattice assisted nuclear reactions and/or cold fusion processes.
US09647269B2	Electrode active material and secondary battery In a secondary battery utilizing redox by a radical site, charge-discharge is carried out in such a manner that a lithium ion moves between a positive electrode and a negative electrode (rocking chair-type). An anion in an amount necessary for electrode doping during charge-discharge is made unnecessary, thereby reducing the amount of an electrolytic solution. A secondary battery with a large energy density is achieved. Provided is an electrode active material including at least one polymer including a radical site capable of being converted into a first cation, and an anion site capable of being bonded with the first cation or a second cation.
US09647263B2	Electroactive material A composition for use in a lithium ion battery includes a plurality of elongate elements and a plurality of particles. The elongate elements and particles each include a metal or semi-metal selected from one or more of the group including silicon, tin, germanium, aluminum or mixtures thereof. The composition may include additional ingredients such as a binder, a conductive material and a further electro-active material, such as graphite. The compositions can be used for the fabrication of electrodes, preferably anodes in the manufacture of lithium ion batteries and optionally batteries based on magnesium ions or sodium ions. The composition is able to intercalate and release lithium during the charging and discharging cycles respectively of a battery into which it has been incorporated. Methods of fabricating the composition and electrodes including the composition are included as well as electrodes thus prepared and devices including such electrodes.
US09647260B2	Method of manufacturing anode for thermally activated reserve battery using thin metal foam and cup Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an anode for a thermally activated reserve battery using a thin metal foam and a cup, which includes rolling a metal foam, coating the metal foam with a molten eutectic salt, impregnating the metal foam with lithium, and providing the metal foam with an electrode cup and a conductive separation membrane, and in which lithium having excellent capacity and output characteristics is employed in an anode for a thermal battery operating at high temperature.
US09647259B2	Gas phase deposition of battery separators Methods of making a battery component are provided. The method comprises gas phase depositing a composition onto an electrode, the composition comprising a first component and a second component, and removing at least a portion of the second component to form a separator comprising a porous polymer film on the electrode. The first component is selected from the group consisting of polymers, dimers and monomers. In some embodiments, the second component is selected from the group consisting of polymers, dimers and monomers and is different from the first component. The first component and the second component each form separate polymer phases and together form a layer. In some embodiments, the second component is selected from the group consisting of by-products and remaining portions of the first component from the forming the first polymer.
US09647253B2	Methods of producing and using microporous membranes A method of producing microporous membranes includes stretching a multi-layer layer extrudate having first and second layers, the first layer including a first polyolefin and a first diluent, and the second layer including a second polyolefin and a second diluent, the second polyolefin including polypropylene in an amount of 1.0 wt. % to 40.0 wt. %, the polypropylene having an Mw>0.9×106 and a ΔHm≧100.0 J/g; removing at least a portion of the diluents to produce a dried membrane having a first length and a first width; stretching the membrane by a first magnification factor of 1.1 to 1.5 and stretching the membrane by a second magnification factor of 1.1 to 1.3; and reducing the width.
US09647249B2	Cooling system for vehicle batteries The present disclosure relates to a cooling system for a vehicle battery, having: a cooling plate; an inlet manifold configured to supply fluid from a heat exchanger to the cooling plate; an outlet manifold configured to return fluid to the heat exchanger; and a plurality of micro-conduits formed in the cooling plate, configured to deliver fluid between the inlet manifold and outlet manifold.
US09647246B2	Battery A battery includes: a cylindrical battery case; and an electrode body disposed in the battery case, and including a positive plate, a negative plate, and a separator disposed between the positive plate and the negative plate. A spacer formed of a dense body and an electrolyte storage space storing an electrolyte are provided between the electrode body and the battery case on one end or both ends of the battery case in an axial direction of the electrode body.
US09647226B2	Organic electroluminescent element An organic electroluminescence device according of the invention includes an anode, a cathode, and at least a first emitting layer and a second emitting layer interposed between the anode and the cathode. The first emitting layer includes a first host material and a first dopant material. The second emitting layer includes a second host material, a third host material and a second dopant material.
US09647217B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices The present invention relates to novel organic compounds comprising at least two different selections selected from the group consisting of N-phenyl carbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, triphenylene, aza-(N-phenyl carbazole), aza-dibenzofuran, aza-dibenzothiophene, and aza-triphenylene. The compounds are useful for organic light-emitting diodes. The compounds are also useful for charge-transport and charge-blocking layers, and as hosts in the light-emissive layer for organic light emitting devices (OLEDs).
US09647213B2	Interlayer for electronic devices Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
US09647211B2	Method of manufacturing ink for forming functional layer and method of manufacturing organic EL element A method of manufacturing an ink for forming a functional layer includes: dispersing a mixture in which a low molecular material and a high molecular material are mixed in a poor solvent; and dissolving the mixture by adding a good solvent to the poor solvent in which the mixture is dispersed, in which a volume ratio of the poor solvent is from 10% to 70% with respect to the total volume in which the good solvent is added to the poor solvent and the poor solvent and the good solvent can be mixed.
US09647198B2	Piezoelectric oriented ceramics and method of manufacturing the same Piezoelectric oriented ceramics containing a Pb(Ti, Zr)O3-based compound having a high degree of orientation not lower than 0.64, which was calculated with the Lotgering method based on an X-ray diffraction pattern in a prescribed cross-section thereof, and having a sintered density not lower than 85% of a theoretical density.
US09647197B2	Piezoelectric ceramics and method for manufacturing the same There is provided a piezoelectric ceramics, including a perovskite compound of a non-stoichiometric composition represented by a composition formula (KxNa1-x)y(Nb1-zTaz)O3 (0
US09647193B2	Thermoelectric conversion element and thermoelectric conversion device [Object] To increase the degree of freedom in designing a system for taking out power from a temperature gradient in terms of a thermoelectric conversion element or a thermoelectric conversion device.[Means for Achieving Object] A thermal spin-wave spin current generating member made of a magneto-dielectric body is provided with an inverse spin Hall effect member, a temperature gradient is provided in the above-described thermal spin-wave spin current generating member in the direction of the thickness, and at the same time a magnetic field is applied to the above-described inverse spin Hall effect member in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the direction of the above-described temperature gradient by means of a magnetic field applying means so that a thermal spin-wave spin current is converted to a voltage which is taken out in the above-described inverse spin Hall effect member.
US09647178B2	Package structure of optical module having printed shielding layer and its method for packaging A package structure of an optical module includes: a substrate having a frame defined with a light-emitting region and a light-admitting region; a light-emitting chip disposed at the light-emitting region of the substrate; a light-admitting chip disposed at the light-admitting region of the substrate; two encapsulants formed in the frame and enclosing the light-emitting chip and the light-admitting chip, respectively; and a shielding layer formed on the frame and the encapsulants and having a light-emitting hole and a light-admitting hole, wherein the light-emitting hole and the light-admitting hole are positioned above the light-emitting chip and the light-admitting chip, respectively. The optical module package structure uses an opaque glue to reduce costs and total thickness of the package structure.
US09647170B2	Method for producing group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device The present techniques provide a method for producing a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device, with suppression of an increase in polarity inversion defect density. The production method includes an n-type semiconductor layer formation step, a light-emitting layer formation step, and a p-type semiconductor layer formation step. The p-type semiconductor layer formation step includes a p-type cladding layer formation step. The p-type cladding layer formation step includes a first p-type semiconductor layer formation step for forming a p-type AlGaN layer, a first semiconductor layer growth intermission step after the first p-type semiconductor layer formation step, and a p-type InGaN layer formation step after the first semiconductor layer growth intermission step. In the first semiconductor layer growth intermission step, a mixture of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas is supplied to the substrate.
US09647169B2	Light emitting diode (LED) using carbon materials Carbon-based light emitting diodes (LEDs) and techniques for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a LED is provided. The LED includes a substrate; an insulator layer on the substrate; a first bottom gate and a second bottom gate embedded in the insulator layer; a gate dielectric on the first bottom gate and the second bottom gate; a carbon material on the gate dielectric over the first bottom gate and the second bottom gate, wherein the carbon material serves as a channel region of the LED; and metal source and drain contacts to the carbon material.
US09647162B2	Electronic power cell memory back-up battery An electronic power cell memory back-up battery is disclosed. The electronic power cell memory back-up battery utilizes stored light photons to produce usable energy, and can be used to replace batteries or other power sources in electronic devices. The electronic power cell memory back-up battery disclosed includes a light source and a photovoltaic device in optical communication with the light source. The photovoltaic device creates electrical power in response to receiving light from the light source. A portion of the electrical power generated by the photovoltaic device is used to power the light source. In some embodiments power input contacts are included for use in providing initial start-up power to the light source. In some embodiments the light source comprises a light-emitting device and a photoluminescent material optically coupled to the light-emitting device, where the photoluminescent material emits light in response to receiving light from the light-emitting device.
US09647157B2	Discrete attachment point apparatus and system for photovoltaic arrays An attachment point apparatus and system for photovoltaic arrays is disclosed as well as an installed photovoltaic array using attachment apparatus. One embodiment provides a rail for receiving a PV module, including a rail member located substantially beneath at least a portion of a second photovoltaic module and having a first end located near a gap between a first and second photovoltaic modules. An embodiment also provides a second photovoltaic module which is substantially coplanar with and located between a first and third photovoltaic modules and wherein said rail member is connected to the first, second, and third photovoltaic modules and attached to a support structure by a first and second attachment brackets. A further embodiment provides a lever clip, said lever clip comprising a head portion connecting a photovoltaic module to a rail, a lever portion extending away from a head portion, and a retaining portion near an end of a lever portion wherein the lever portion acts as a lever to rotate the head portion during installation such that the head portion secures the photovoltaic module to a frame.
US09647155B1	Long wave photo-detection device for used in long wave infrared detection, materials, and method of fabrication The disclosure provides a photo-detection device for use in long-wave infrared detection and a method of fabrication. The device comprises a GaSb substrate, a photo absorbing layer comprising InAs/InAsSb superlattice type-II, a barrier layer comprising AlAsSb, and a contact layer comprising InAs/InAsSb superlattice type-II. The barrier layer is configured to allow minority carrier holes current flow while blocking majority carrier electrons current flow between the photo-absorbing and contact layers.The disclosure further provides a method of producing the photo-detector using photolithography which includes selective etching of the contact layer that stops on the top of the barrier so no etching is made to the barrier layer so the barrier may operate as a passivator too.The disclosure presents an x-ray and photoluminescence results for InAs/InAsSb superlattice type-II material. Also present a measurement of a single element, Long-Wave photo-detector, showing very low dark current and very high Quantum efficiency, as predicted.
US09647142B2	Method for producing semiconductor device and semiconductor device A method for producing a semiconductor device includes a first step of forming a fin-shaped semiconductor layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a first insulating film; a second step of forming a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer and a first dummy gate; a third step of forming a second dummy gate on side walls of the first dummy gate and the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer; a fourth step of forming a fifth insulating film and a sixth insulating film around the second dummy gate; a fifth step of depositing a first interlayer insulating film, removing the second dummy gate and the first dummy gate, forming a gate insulating film around the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, depositing metal, and performing etch back to form a gate electrode and a gate line; and a sixth step of forming a first diffusion layer in an upper portion of the pillar-shaped semiconductor layer.
US09647129B2	Semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device which occupies a small area and is highly integrated. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, an electrode layer, and a contact plug. The electrode layer includes one end portion in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and the other end portion facing the one end portion. The other end portion includes a semicircle notch portion when seen from the above. The contact plug is in contact with the semicircle notch portion.
US09647128B2	Semiconductor device To suppress a change in electrical characteristics and to improve reliability in a semiconductor device using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode over an insulating surface, an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, a gate insulating film which is between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film and is in contact with a surface of the oxide semiconductor film, a protective film in contact with an opposite surface of the surface of the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. In the gate insulating film or the protective film, the amount of gas having a mass-to-charge ratio m/z of 17 released by heat treatment is greater than the amount of nitrogen oxide released by heat treatment.
US09647126B2	Oxide for semiconductor layer in thin film transistor, thin film transistor, display device, and sputtering target Provided is an oxide semiconductor configured to be used in a thin film transistor having high field-effect mobility; a small shift in threshold voltages against light and bias stress; excellent stress resistance. The oxide semiconductor has also excellent resistance to a wet-etchant for patterning of a source-drain electrode. The oxide semiconductor comprises In, Zn, Ga, Sn and O, and satisfies the requirements represented by expressions (1) to (4) shown below, wherein [In], [Zn], [Ga], and [Sn] represent content (in atomic %) of each of the elements relative to the total content of all the metal elements other than oxygen in the oxide. (1.67×[Zn]+1.67×[Ga])≧100 (1) {([Zn]/0.95)+([Sn]/0.40)+([In]/0.4)}≧100 (2) [In]≦40 (3) [Sn]≧5 (4)
US09647125B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A first trench and a second trench are formed in an insulating layer, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer in the first trench is formed, and a capacitor is formed along the second trench. A first gate electrode is formed over the first trench, and a second gate electrode is formed under the first trench.
US09647122B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor fin, and at least one epitaxy structure. The semiconductor fin is present on the substrate. The semiconductor fin has at least one recess thereon. The epitaxy structure is present in the recess of the semiconductor fin. A topmost location of the epitaxy structure has an n-type impurity concentration lower than an n-type impurity concentration of a location of the epitaxy structure below the topmost location.
US09647121B1	Structure for HCI improvement in bulk finFET technologies A field effect transistor (FET) is disclosed having one or more fins and providing an increased depletion layer as compared to conventional finFETs. The finFET includes the one or more fins and a substrate formed of a first semiconductor material having a first well region formed of a second semiconductor material, a second well region formed of a third semiconductor material and separated from the first well region by the first semiconductor material, and a deep well region formed of a fourth semiconductor material and disposed below the first well region and the second well region.
US09647116B1	Method for fabricating self-aligned contact in a semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed over a substrate, and sidewall spacers disposed on both side walls of the gate structure. The sidewall spacers includes at least four spacer layers including first to fourth spacer layers stacked in this order from the gate structure.
US09647113B2	Strained FinFET by epitaxial stressor independent of gate pitch A semiconductor device fabrication process includes forming a fin and a plurality of gates upon a semiconductor substrate, forming sacrificial spacers upon opposing gate sidewalls, forming a mask upon an upper surface of the fin between neighboring gates, removing the sacrificial spacers, recessing a plurality of regions of the fin to create a dummy fin and fin segments, removing the mask, and epitaxially merging the dummy fin and fin segments. The fins may be partially recessed prior to forming the sacrificial spacers. The device may include the substrate, gates, fin segments each associated with a particular gate, the dummy fin between a fin segment pair separated by the wider pitch, and merged epitaxy connecting the dummy fin and the fin segment pair. The dummy fin may serve as a filler between the fin segment pair and may add epitaxial growth planes to allow for epitaxial merging within the wider pitch.
US09647107B1	Fabrication method for forming vertical transistor on hemispherical or polygonal patterned semiconductor substrate A vertical transistor and the fabrication method. The transistor comprises a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. A drift region of the first doping type, this drift region is located between the first surface and the second surface; at least one source region of the first doping type and the source region being located between the drift region and the first surface, with a first dielectric layer located between adjacent source regions; at least one drain region with said first doping type and said drain region being located between said drift region and said second surface, a gate being provided between adjacent drain regions. Said gate includes a gate electrode and a gate dielectric layer disposed between said gate electrode and said drift region, and the second dielectric layer being positioned between said gate electrode and said second surface.
US09647100B2	Semiconductor device with auxiliary structure including deep level dopants A semiconductor device includes transistor cells formed along a first surface at a front side of a semiconductor body in a transistor cell area. A drift zone structure forms first pn junctions with body zones of the transistor cells. An auxiliary structure between the drift zone structure and a second surface at a rear side of the semiconductor body includes a first portion that contains deep level dopants requiring at least 150 meV to ionize. A collector structure directly adjoins the auxiliary structure. An injection efficiency of minority carriers from the collector structure into the drift zone structure varies along a direction parallel to the first surface at least in the transistor cell area.
US09647097B2	Vertical tunnel field effect transistor (FET) Among other things, one or more techniques for forming a vertical tunnel field effect transistor (FET), and a resulting vertical tunnel FET are provided herein. In an embodiment, the vertical tunnel FET is formed by forming a core over a first type substrate region, forming a second type channel shell around a circumference greater than a core circumference, forming a gate dielectric around a circumference greater than the core circumference, forming a gate electrode around a circumference greater than the core circumference, and forming a second type region over a portion of the second type channel shell, where the second type has a doping opposite a doping of the first type. In this manner, line tunneling is enabled, thus providing enhanced tunneling efficiency for a vertical tunnel FET.
US09647095B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device formed using an oxide semiconductor layer and having small electrical characteristic variation is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor layer and exhibiting stable electric characteristics is provided. Further, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is provided. In the semiconductor device, an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a channel formation region, a multilayer film which includes an oxide layer in which the oxide semiconductor layer is wrapped is provided, and an edge of the multilayer film has a curvature in a cross section.
US09647088B2	Manufacturing method of low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor The invention provides a manufacturing method of a low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor, including: providing a substrate; forming a buffer layer on the substrate; simultaneously forming a polysilicon layer and a photoresist layer on the buffer layer; implanting ions into a source region and a drain region; removing the photoresist layer; forming an insulating layer on the polysilicon layer; forming a gate electrode on the insulating layer; and forming a passivation layer on the insulating layer. The passivation layer covers the gate electrode. The invention can only use one time of mask process and one time of ion implantation process to complete the manufacturing processing of the polysilicon layer, the manufacturing process can be simplified and therefore the cost of process is reduced and the productivity is improved.
US09647077B2	Power semiconductor devices having a semi-insulating field plate A power semiconductor device comprising a first metal electrode and a second metal electrode formed on a first substrate surface of a semiconductor substrate, a semi-insulating field plate interconnecting said first and second metal electrodes, and an insulating oxide layer extending between said first and second metal electrodes and between said field plate and said semiconductor substrate, wherein said semi-insulating field plate is a titanium nitride (TiN) field plate.
US09647066B2	Dummy FinFET structure and method of making same A FinFET device may include a dummy FinFET structure laterally adjacent an active FinFET structure to reduce stress imbalance and the effects of stress imbalance on the active FinFET structure. The FinFET device comprises an active FinFET comprising a plurality of semiconductor fins, and a dummy FinFET comprising a plurality of semiconductor fins. The active FinFET and the dummy FinFET are laterally spaced from each other by a spacing that is related to the fin pitch of the active FinFET.
US09647053B2	Systems and methods for integrated multi-layer magnetic films Integrated multi-layer magnetic films for use in passive devices in microelectronic applications and methods of manufacture thereof. Soft ferromagnetic materials exhibiting high permeability and low coercivity are laminated together with insulating layers interposed. Electrical conductors coupled to interconnects are magnetically coupled to magnetic film layers to engender an inductor (self and mutual). Soft ferromagnetic materials are provided in an alternating array of parallel plate capacitors. Each alternating magnetic film is electrically coupled to either a primary or secondary electrical conductor interconnects and separated by an electrically insulating dielectric material. Alternatively, each alternating magnetic layer comprises an induced anisotropy material, which can also be combined with coiled conductor giving rise to a hybrid inductive/capacitive device. Also, soft ferromagnetic material are also selected and tuned to provide for FMR notch filtering.
US09647052B2	Flexible display substrate, flexible organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same A flexible display substrate, a flexible organic light emitting display device, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The flexible display substrate comprises a flexible substrate including a display area and a non-display area extending from the display area, a first wire formed on the display area of the flexible substrate, and a second wire formed on the non-display area of the flexible substrate, wherein at least a part of the non-display area of the flexible substrate is curved in a bending direction, and the second wire formed on at least a part of the non-display area of the flexible substrate includes a first portion formed to extend in a first direction and a second portion formed to extend in a second direction.
US09647050B2	Flexible circuit film and display apparatus having the same A flexible circuit film includes a first flexible film, a second flexible film facing the first flexible film, a plurality of wirings arranged between the first flexible film and the second flexible film and extending in a first direction, then bending to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, and then bending a second time to extend in an opposing direction to the first direction, and a guide film including a material more rigid than the first and second flexible films and arranged on an ends of the first flexible film. The guide film includes a tear-preventing portion overlapping with a bending portion of a shortest one of the wirings while covering portions of an inner edge near inner corners of a U-shaped flexible circuit film.
US09647044B2	Organic light-emitting diode array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device Embodiments of the invention disclose an organic light-emitting diode array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate, a thin film transistor disposed above the base substrate, an organic light-emitting diode and a filling layer, the organic light-emitting diode including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein, in a light transmissive region of the organic light-emitting diode array substrate, the base substrate, the filling layer and the organic light-emitting layer of the organic light-emitting diode are disposed to be sequentially abutting.
US09647042B2	Organic light-emitting diode display panel having induction lines on a pixel defining layer Disclosed is an organic light-emitting diode display panel, including: a substrate; a thin-film transistor layer including a plurality of thin-film transistors, arranged on the substrate; a plurality of organic light-emitting diode subpixel structures, arranged on the thin-film transistor layer; a pixel defining layer including a plurality of openings, arranged on the thin-film transistor layer; a plurality of first direction induction lines and second direction induction lines, arranged on the pixel defining layer; an insulation layer, arranged between the plurality of first direction induction lines and second direction induction lines; and a packaging substrate, arranged on the plurality of second direction induction lines. The organic light-emitting diode display panel employs a touch control electrode having a metal mesh structure, the touch control electrode is directly deposited on the pixel defining layer, and the touch control function is directly integrated on the organic light-emitting diode display panel.
US09647033B2	Methods of manufacturing magnetic memory device having a magnetic tunnel junction pattern Methods of manufacturing a magnetic memory device including forming a lower magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and an upper magnetic layer on a substrate, forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pattern by patterning the lower magnetic layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the upper magnetic layer, forming a first insulating layer exposing an upper surface of the MTJ pattern, forming a polymer pattern on the exposed upper surface of the MTJ pattern, forming a second insulating layer exposing an upper surface of the polymer pattern, removing the polymer pattern to form a cavity in the second insulating layer, the cavity exposing the upper surface of the MTJ pattern, and forming a metal line by filling the cavity with a conductive metal.
US09647031B2	Memory device and manufacturing method thereof A memory device includes a substrate, first and second wirings above the substrate, a third wiring above the first and second wirings, a fourth wiring above the third wiring, a first contact electrically connected between the first wiring and the fourth wiring, a first insulator on the first contact, and a second contact on the first insulator, the second contact being electrically connected between the second wiring and the third wiring. The first contact overlaps the second contact in a direction that is orthogonal to an upper surface of the substrate.
US09647027B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device An inorganic film is dry-etched using plasma with a photoresist pattern serving as a mask, and an organic film is dry-etched using plasma with the photoresist pattern serving as a mask without exposing a pad electrode. The photoresist pattern is removed using a stripping solution. After the removal of the photoresist pattern using a stripping solution, the organic film is etched to expose the pad electrode with the inorganic film that remains after the dry etching of the inorganic film using plasma serving as a mask.
US09647026B2	Solid-state image pickup device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A solid-state image pickup device, including: a plurality of pixels; a separation structure provided along a boundary line adjacent to the plurality of pixels; the separation structure includes a groove provided from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate to a depth corresponding to a wavelength, the groove being positioned along the boundary line, a first separation layer provided in the groove, and a second separation layer provided above the first separation layer and corresponding to the boundary line, the second separation layer being connected to the first separation layer; and methods including the same.
US09647025B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels composed of a photoelectric conversion section and a pixel transistor is arranged; an on-chip color filter; an on-chip microlens; and a multilayer interconnection layer in which a plurality of layers of interconnections is formed through an interlayer insulating film. The solid-state imaging device further includes a light-shielding film formed through an insulating layer in a pixel boundary of a light receiving surface in which the photoelectric conversion section is arranged.
US09647023B2	Image pickup device and method of manufacturing the same A P-type well is defined by an isolation region formed in a semiconductor substrate. A pixel region and a ground region are defined in the P-type well. In the pixel region, a pixel transistor region and a photodiode region having a photodiode formed therein are defined. An antireflection film is formed so as to cover at least the photodiode region and the ground region. A plug connected to the ground region is formed so as to extend through the antireflection film and the like.
US09647021B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method A first waveguide member is formed, as viewed from above, in an image pickup region and a peripheral region of a semiconductor substrate. A part of the first waveguide member, which part is disposed in the peripheral region, is removed. A flattening step is then performed to flatten a surface of the first waveguide member on the side opposite to the semiconductor substrate.
US09647019B2	TFT and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, X-ray detector and display device A TFT and manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, an X-ray detector and a display device are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes: forming a gate-insulating-layer thin film (3′), a semiconductor-layer thin film (4′) and a passivation-shielding-layer thin film (5′) successively; forming a pattern (5′) that includes a passivation shielding layer through one patterning process, so that a portion, sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film forms a pattern of an active layer (4a′); and performing an ion doping process to a portion, not sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film to form a pattern comprising a source electrode (4c′) and a drain electrode (4b′). The source electrode (4c′) and the drain electrode (4b′) are disposed on two sides of the active layer (4a′) respectively and in a same layer as the active layer (4a′). The manufacturing method can reduce the number of patterning processes and improve the performance of the thin film transistor in the array substrate.
US09647016B2	CMOS image sensors including vertical transistor Provided is a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor. The CMOS image sensor can include a substrate having a first device isolation layer defining and dividing a first active region and a second active region, a photodiode disposed in the substrate and can be configured to vertically overlap the first device isolation layer, a transfer gate electrode can be disposed in the first active region and can be configured to vertically overlap the photodiode, and a floating diffusion region can be in the first active region. The transfer gate electrode can be buried in the substrate.
US09647003B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including gate lines and data lines, the gate lines and the data lines intersecting, and pixels defined at the intersections of the gate lines and data lines, a gate driver to sequentially output a gate driving signal to the gate lines, a data driver to sequentially output a data signal to channels, a switching controller to electrically connect one of the channels with two or more of the data lines, the switching controller including a switch for each of the channels, wherein the two or more data lines are adjacent, one is directly connected to the channel and the other is connected to the channel through the switch, and a timing controller to provide a selection signal to the switch which controls the connection between the other of the two or more data lines and the channel.
US09647000B2	Display device A display device includes a first electrode, a first insulating layer having a first top surface and a first side wall, the first side wall having a closed shape and being exposed to a first opening reaching the first electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer on the first side wall, the oxide semiconductor layer including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being connected with the first electrode, a gate electrode facing the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, a first transparent conductive layer above the first top surface, the first transparent conductive layer being connected with the second portion, and a second transparent conductive layer connected with the first transparent conductive layer, the second transparent conductive layer forming the same layer with the first transparent conductive layer.
US09646999B1	Thin film transistor, array substrate and method of forming the same The present disclosure proposes a TFT. The source and the drain of the TFT are disposed on the same side as the gate. The gate includes a first buffer layer, a first copper layer, a second copper layer and a second buffer layer that are stacked from bottom to top, and the second buffer layer is disposed on the side that is close to the source and drain. The source and drain include a first buffer layer, a first copper layer, a second copper layer and a second buffer layer that are stacked, and the first buffer layer is disposed on the side that is close to the gate. The first copper layer is deposited by a first power, the second copper layer is deposited by a second power lower than the first power. Through the above method, it is prevents photoresist from shedding when etching.
US09646991B2	Semiconductor device with surrounding gate transistors in a NOR circuit A semiconductor device employs surrounding gate transistors (SGTs) which are vertical transistors to constitute a CMOS NOR circuit. The NOR circuit is formed by using a plurality of MOS transistors arranged in m rows and n columns. The MOS transistors constituting the NOR circuit are formed on a planar silicon layer disposed on a substrate, and each have a structure in which a drain, a gate, and a source are arranged in a vertical direction, the gate surrounding a silicon pillar. The planar silicon layer includes a first active region having a first conductivity type and a second active region having a second conductivity type. The first active region and the second active region are connected to one another via a silicon layer formed on a surface of the planar silicon layer. This provides for a semiconductor device that constitutes a NOR circuit.
US09646986B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device includes insulating patterns and conductive patterns stacked alternately with each other, penetrating structures passing through the insulating patterns and the conductive patterns, and deposition suppressing layers formed on one end portions of respective interfaces between the insulating patterns and the conductive patterns.
US09646984B2	Non-volatile memory device A non-volatile memory device is provided. The non-volatile memory device includes a channel structure that is located on a substrate and extends perpendicularly to the substrate, a conductive pattern that extends perpendicularly to the substrate and is spaced apart from the channel structure, an electrode structure that is located between the channel structure and the conductive pattern, and comprises a plurality of gate patterns and a plurality of insulation patterns that are alternately laminated. An insulating layer that contacts with a top surface of the conductive pattern is formed along side surfaces of the electrode structure. The top surface of the conductive pattern is formed to be lower than the top surface of the channel structure.
US09646983B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a plurality of line patterns including at least two continuous line repetition units having, as one of the line repetition unit, four line patterns continuously arranged in a first direction and having variable widths based on location. To form the plurality of line patterns including the at least two continuous line repetition units, a plurality of reference patterns are formed repeatedly at a uniform reference pitch on a feature layer. A plurality of first spacers covering both side walls of each of the plurality of reference patterns are formed. A plurality of second spacers covering both side walls of each of the plurality of first spacers are formed by removing the plurality of reference patterns. The feature layer is etched using the plurality of second spacers as an etch mask by removing the plurality of first spacers.
US09646980B2	Logic compatible flash memory cells A method includes forming a first pad oxide layer and a second pad oxide layer over a first active region and a second active region, respectively, of a semiconductor substrate, forming a dielectric protection layer overlapping the first pad oxide layer, removing the second pad oxide layer, and forming a floating gate dielectric over the second active region. A floating gate layer is then formed to include a first portion over the dielectric protection layer, and a second portion over the floating gate dielectric. A planarization is performed on the first portion and the second portion of the floating gate layer. A blocking layer, a control gate layer, and a hard mask layer are formed over the second portion of the floating gate layer. The hard mask layer, the control gate layer, and the blocking layer are patterned to form a gate stack for a flash memory cell.
US09646970B2	Floating body memory cell having gates favoring different conductivity type regions A method for fabricating floating body memory cells (FBCs), and the resultant FBCs where gates favoring different conductivity type regions are used is described. In one embodiment, a p type back gate with a thicker insulation is used with a thinner insulated n type front gate. Processing, which compensates for misalignment, which allows the different oxide and gate materials to be fabricated is described.
US09646959B2	Slim bezel and display having the same A bezel of a display includes source lines with a same length, gate in panel (GIP) lines, and at least two customized integrated circuit (IC) chips arranged along a straight line in a lateral direction. Each of the customized IC chips is coupled to at least one of the source lines or the GIP lines. Circuit layouts on the customized IC chips are, together, equivalent to a circuit layout on a standard IC chip. A sum of widths of the customized IC chips in the lateral direction is greater than a width of the standard IC chip.
US09646956B2	Light emitting device package Embodiments provide a light emitting device package including a package body having a top-opened cavity disposed in at least a portion thereof, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer electrically isolated from the package body with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer being electrically isolated from each other at a bottom surface of the cavity, a light emitting device placed on the bottom surface of the cavity configured to emit light through the open region of the cavity, and a sensor placed on at least a portion of the package body at the outside of the cavity configured to measure output of the light emitting device.
US09646955B2	Packages and methods of forming packages Various packages and methods of forming packages are discussed. According to an embodiment, a package includes a processor die at least laterally encapsulated by an encapsulant, a memory die at least laterally encapsulated by the encapsulant, and a redistribution structure on the encapsulant. The processor die is communicatively coupled to the memory die through the redistribution structure. According to further embodiments, the memory die can include memory that is a cache of the processor die, and the memory die can comprise dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
US09646953B2	Integrated circuit packaging techniques and configurations for small form-factor or wearable devices Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward integrated circuit (IC) packaging techniques and configurations for small form-factor or wearable devices. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a substrate having a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side and a sidewall disposed between the first side and the second side, the sidewall defining a perimeter of the substrate, and a plurality of through-substrate vias (TSVs) disposed between the first side and the second side of the substrate, and a first dielectric layer disposed on the first side and including electrical routing features to route electrical signals of one or more dies in a plane of the first dielectric layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09646947B2	Integrated circuit with inductive bond wires An integrated circuit (IC) that includes a semiconductor die in an IC package. The semiconductor die includes an electrical endpoint. The IC also includes a pad affixed to the semiconductor die. The pad is characterized by a capacitance and is coupled to the electrical endpoint. The IC also includes a bond wire coupling the pad to an IC package pin. The bond wire is an inductor characterized by an inductance. The inductance is configured to decrease signal degradation caused by the capacitance of the pad on electrical signals transmitted between the pin and the electrical endpoint of the semiconductor die.
US09646936B2	Intramodule radio frequency isolation A radio frequency (RF) module comprises RF-shielding structure for providing three-dimensional electromagnetic interference shielding with respect to one or more RF devices disposed on the module. The RF-shielding may comprise wirebond structures disposed adjacent to or surrounding an RF device. Two or more intramodule devices may have wirebond structures configured to at least partially block certain types of RF signals disposed between the devices, thereby reducing effects of cross-talk between the devices.
US09646935B1	Heat sink of a metallic shielding structure A heat sink of a metallic shielding structure is provided in this disclosure, which includes a heating module and a cooling module. The heating module includes a heat generating component, a substrate, and a shield housing. The heat generating component is electrically connected to one side surface of the substrate and forms an opening corresponding the substrate. The cooling module includes a body and a working fluid is disposed in the body.
US09646933B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer on an underlying layer, a first trench formed in the first insulating layer, and a first graphene layer provided in the first trench. The first trench comprises a bottom surface on the underlying and two side surfaces joined to the bottom surface, formed into a U-shape. The first graphene layer has a stacked structure including a plurality of graphene sheets. The plurality of graphene sheets each include a depression in a central portion. Portions of the graphene sheets located in an edge of the first graphene layer are each extended upward, which is in a direction opposite to the bottom surface.
US09646927B2	Power semiconductor device A power semiconductor device includes a first polarity-side semiconductor element whose first principal electrode is in contact with a first polarity-side surface electrode on an insulator plate; a second polarity-side semiconductor element whose first principal electrode is in contact with an intermediate surface electrode on the insulator plate; an intermediate conductor connecting the intermediate surface electrode with a second principal electrode of the first polarity-side semiconductor element; a heatsink being in contact with the insulator plate; a sealing resin sealing the first polarity-side semiconductor element, the second polarity-side semiconductor element, the insulator plate, and the intermediate conductor; a second polarity-side terminal of plate-type connected with a second principal electrode of the second polarity-side semiconductor element and extending externally from the scaling resin; and an adjusting electrode mounted and connected to the heatsink so as to have a surface facing the second polarity-side terminal.
US09646920B2	Power semiconductor device with small contact footprint and the preparation method A power semiconductor package has a small footprint. A preparation method is used to fabricate the power semiconductor package. A first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip are attached to a front side and a back side of a die paddle respectively. Conductive pads are then attached to electrodes at top surfaces of the first and second semiconductor chips. It is followed by a formation of a plastic package body covering the die paddle, the first and second semiconductor chips, and the conductive pads. Side surfaces of the conductive pads are exposed from a side surface of the plastic package body.
US09646919B2	Semiconductor package for a lateral device and related methods A semiconductor package. Implementations may include a lateral device that may include a lateral semiconductor device including one of interspersed and interdigitated source and drain regions and one or more gate regions, a single layer clip, and a leadframe. The single layer clip may be coupled to the one of interspersed and interdigitated source and drain regions and the one or more gate regions and to the leadframe. The single layer clip may be configured to redistribute and to isolate source, drain, and gate signals passing into and out from the lateral semiconductor device during operation of the semiconductor device package.
US09646917B2	Low CTE component with wire bond interconnects A component such as an interposer or microelectronic element can be fabricated with a set of vertically extending interconnects of wire bond structure. Such method may include forming a structure having wire bonds extending in an axial direction within one of more openings in an element and each wire bond spaced at least partially apart from a wall of the opening within which it extends, the element consisting essentially of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”) of less than 10 parts per million per degree Celsius (“ppm/° C.”). First contacts can then be provided at a first surface of the component and second contacts provided at a second surface of the component facing in a direction opposite from the first surface, the first contacts electrically coupled with the second contacts through the wire bonds.
US09646916B1	Method and apparatus to facilitate direct surface cooling of a chip within a 3D stack of chips using optical interconnect In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system of stacked and connected layers of circuits that includes at least one pair of adjacent layers having very few physical (electrical) connections. The system includes multiple logical connections. The logical interconnections may be made with light transmission. A majority of physical connections may provide power. The physical interconnections may be sparse, periodic and regular. The exemplary system may include physical space (or gap) between the a pair of adjacent layers having few physical connections. The space may be generally set by the sizes of the connections. A constant flow of coolant (gaseous or liquid) may be maintained between the adjacent pair of layers in the space.
US09646915B2	Heat dissipation device and semiconductor device In a laminating direction of first to fifth ceramic sheets, a first slit and a second slit are positioned closer to a first mounting section and a second mounting section than a first communication hole, a second communication hole, a third communication hole and a fourth communication hole. Moreover, an overlapping section where each first slit and the first communication hole overlap, and an overlapping section where each second slit and the third communication hole overlap, are positioned in the vicinity of an area where the first mounting section and the second mounting section are disposed when viewed from the laminating direction of the first to fifth ceramic sheets.
US09646914B2	Process for producing a microfluidic circuit within a three-dimensional integrated structure, and corresponding structure A three-dimensional integrated structure includes a first and a second element each having an interconnection part formed by metallization levels encased in an insulating region. The first and second elements are attached to one another by the respective interconnection parts. The first element includes an electrical connection via passing through a substrate. A thermal cooling system includes at least one cavity having a first part located in the insulating region of the interconnection part of the first element and a second part located in the insulating region of the interconnection part of the second element and at least one through channel extending from a rear face of the first element to open into the at least one cavity.
US09646909B2	Electrical switch and mounting assembly therefor A mounting assembly is for an electrical switch, such as for example, a dimmer switch, which includes a heat sink. The mounting assembly includes a switching member, an insulator disposed between the switching member and the heat sink, and a separate cover member overlaying the switching member. The separate cover member is structured to secure the switching member and the insulator to the heat sink. The switching member includes a switch body and a conductive tab. The separate cover member secures the switching member to the heat sink, without requiring a separate fastener to be inserted through a hole in the conductive tab. The insulator electrically isolates the conductive tab from the heat sink.
US09646894B2	Packaging mechanisms for dies with different sizes of connectors Embodiments of mechanisms for forming a die package with multiple packaged dies on a package substrate use an interconnect substrate to provide electrical connections between dies and the package substrate. The usage of the interconnect substrate enables cost reduction because it is cheaper to make than an interposer with through silicon vias (TSVs). The interconnect substrate also enables dies with different sizes of bump structures to be packaged in the same die package.
US09646893B2	Method and apparatus for reducing radiation induced change in semiconductor structures Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and a method for reducing the adverse effects of exposing portions of an integrated circuit (IC) device to various forms of radiation during one or more operations found within the IC formation processing sequence by controlling the environment surrounding and temperature of an IC device during one or more parts of the IC formation processing sequence. The provided energy may include the delivery of radiation to a surface of a formed or a partially formed IC device during a deposition, etching, inspection or post-processing process operation. In some embodiments of the disclosure, the temperature of the substrate on which the IC device is formed is controlled to a temperature that is below room temperature (e.g., <20° C.) during the one or more parts of the IC formation processing sequence.
US09646891B2	Metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, method of fabricating the same, and semiconductor apparatus including the same Example embodiments relate to a metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) of a high performance operating with a necessary threshold voltage while including a channel region formed based on a group III-V compound, and a method of manufacturing the MOSFET. The MOSFET includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer including a group III-V compound on the substrate, and a gate structure disposed on the semiconductor layer, and including a gate electrode formed based on metal and undergone an ion implantation process.
US09646889B1	Method of removing a hard mask layer on a gate structure while forming a protective layer on the surface of a substrate A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first gate structure on the substrate and a first spacer adjacent to the first gate structure; forming a first epitaxial layer in the substrate adjacent to the first gate structure; forming a first hard mask layer on the first gate structure; removing part of the first hard mask layer to form a protective layer on the first epitaxial layer; and removing the remaining first hard mask layer.
US09646888B2	Technique of reducing shallow trench isolation loss during fin formation in finFETs A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate including a hard mask layer; performing, using the hard mask layer, etching to the semiconductor substrate to form a fin-type structure and a groove; forming an isolation material layer in the regions between adjacent fins of the fin-type structure and in the groove; removing a portion of the isolation material layer that is located above the hard mask layer to form a shallow trench isolation; and forming a second mask layer over the hard mask layer, the second mask layer having an opening above the shallow trench isolation; performing ion implantation to the shallow trench isolation through the opening; removing the second mask layer and the hard mask layer; and removing a portion of the isolation material layer located in the regions between adjacent fins of the fin-type structure and a portion of the shallow trench isolation.
US09646887B1	Tailored silicon layers for transistor multi-gate control Disclosed is a process of making field-effect transistor gate stacks containing different deposited thin film silicon material layers having different hydrogen content, and devices comprising these gate stacks. The threshold voltage (Vt) can be tuned by tailoring the hydrogen content of the thin film silicon material layer positioned below a core dielectric and directly on a semiconductor material substrate.
US09646874B1	Thermally-isolated silicon-based integrated circuits and related methods Thermally isolated devices may be formed by performing a series of etches on a silicon-based substrate. As a result of the series of etches, silicon material may be removed from underneath a region of an integrated circuit (IC). The removal of the silicon material from underneath the IC forms a gap between remaining substrate and the integrated circuit, though the integrated circuit remains connected to the substrate via a support bar arrangement that suspends the integrated circuit over the substrate. The creation of this gap functions to release the device from the substrate and create a thermally-isolated integrated circuit.
US09646868B2	Wafer temporary bonding method and thin wafer manufacturing method A method for temporarily bonding a wafer to a support via a temporary bonding arrangement is provided. The arrangement is a composite temporary adhesive layer consisting of a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer (A) which is releasably bonded to the wafer, a thermosetting siloxane polymer layer (B) laid thereon, and a thermosetting siloxane-modified polymer layer (C) releasably bonded to the support. The method comprises the steps of providing a wafer laminate having a thermosetting silicone composition layer (B′) formed on the resin layer (A) which has been formed on the wafer, providing a support laminate having a siloxane-containing composition layer (C′) formed on the support, joining and heating layer (B′) and layer (C′) in vacuum for bonding and curing the layers together.
US09646867B2	Plasma processing apparatus, power supply unit and mounting table system A plasma processing apparatus includes a mounting table including a lower electrode and an electrostatic chuck, a high frequency power supply electrically connected to the lower electrode, a heater provided in the electrostatic chuck, a heater power supply for supplying a power to the heater, a filter unit including a filter connected to the heater power supply, a rod-shaped power feeder connecting the heater power supply and the heater via the filter, an insulating tubular portion having an inner hole through which the power feeder extends, and a conductive choke portion serving to suppress a microwave propagating through the tubular portion. The choke portion includes a first portion extending from the power feeder in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the power feeder and a cylindrical second portion extending, between the tubular portion and the power feeder, from a peripheral portion of the first portion.
US09646864B2	Substrate processing system and substrate transfer control method A substrate processing system includes a plurality of processing chambers configured to perform a predetermined processing with respect to substrates, a transfer device configured to transfer the substrates to the processing chambers in a predetermined order, and a delivery unit configured to deliver the substrates between the delivery unit and the transfer device. The substrate processing system configured to sequentially process the substrates by repeating an operation in a predetermined transfer order. The substrate processing system includes a transfer order setting unit and a transfer control unit configured to switch the first transfer order to the second transfer order.
US09646863B2	Multilayer styrenic resin sheet Disclosed are a multilayer styrenic resin sheet including 10 to 50 laminated layers which are each made of a styrenic resin composition that includes 29 to 65 mass % of a styrene/conjugated diene copolymer (A), 51 to 15 mass % of a polystyrene resin (B) and 20 to 9 mass % of an impact-resistant polystyrene resin (C) and which each have an average thickness of 2 to 50 μm; and a packaging material (such as carrier tape or tray) for electronic components which is formed from the multilayer styrenic resin sheet. The melt tension of the styrenic resin composition at 220° C. is preferably 10 to 30 mN, and the content of the conjugated diene is preferably 10 to 25 mass % relative to 100 mass % of the copolymer (A).
US09646862B2	Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium Heating within a plane of a substrate may be uniform while a thermal budget is decreased. A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to accommodate a substrate; a substrate mounting unit installed in the process chamber and configured to have the substrate placed thereon; an electromagnetic wave supply unit configured to supply an electromagnetic wave to the substrate placed on the substrate mounting unit; and a choke groove formed on a side surface of the substrate mounting unit.
US09646858B2	Semiconductor cleaner systems and methods In an embodiment, the present invention discloses a EUV cleaner system and process for cleaning a EUV carrier. The euv cleaner system comprises separate dirty and cleaned environments, separate cleaning chambers for different components of the double container carrier, gripper arms for picking and placing different components using a same robot handler, gripper arms for holding different components at different locations, horizontal spin cleaning and drying for outer container, hot water and hot air (70 C) cleaning process, vertical nozzles and rasterizing megasonic nozzles for cleaning inner container with hot air nozzles for drying, separate vacuum decontamination chambers for outgassing different components, for example, one for inner and one for outer container with high vacuum (e.g., <10−6 Torr) with purge gas, heaters and RGA sensors inside the vacuum chamber, purge gas assembling station, and purge gas loading and unloading station.
US09646856B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including removing a relief layer from back surface of semiconductor chip A method of manufacturing a device includes providing a semiconductor chip having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face with a contact pad arranged on the first face. The semiconductor chip is placed on a carrier with the first face facing the carrier. The semiconductor chip is encapsulated with an encapsulation material. The carrier is removed and the semiconductor material is removed from the second face of the first semiconductor chip without removing encapsulation material at the same time.
US09646849B2	Semiconductor device with nano-gaps and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first capping layer formed above the substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on the first capping layer; a second capping layer formed on the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer formed on the second capping layer; a plurality of conducting lines separately formed on the substrate; a third capping layer formed on the conducting lines and the second dielectric layer; and several nano-gaps formed between the adjacent conducting lines, and the nano-gaps being formed in the second dielectric layer, or further extending to the second capping layer or to the first capping layer. The nano-gaps partially open one of the second and first dielectric layers, or the nano-gaps expose the first capping layer or the second capping layer.
US09646844B2	Method for forming stair-step structures A method for forming a stair-step structure in a substrate is provided. An organic mask is formed over the substrate. A hardmask with a top layer and sidewall layer is formed over the organic mask. The sidewall layer of the hard mask is removed while leaving the top layer of the hardmask. The organic mask is trimmed. The substrate is etched. The forming the hardmask, removing the sidewall layer, trimming the organic mask, and etching the substrate are repeated a plurality of times.
US09646836B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method Provided is a semiconductor device manufacturing method such that miniaturization of a parallel p-n layer can be achieved, and on-state resistance can be reduced. Firstly, deposition of an n−-type epitaxial layer, and formation of an n-type impurity region and p-type impurity region that form an n-type region and p-type region of a parallel p-n layer, are repeatedly carried out. Furthermore, an n−-type counter region is formed in the vicinity of the p-type impurity region in the uppermost n−-type epitaxial layer forming the parallel p-n layer. Next, an n−-type epitaxial layer is deposited on the n−-type epitaxial layer. Next, a MOS gate structure is formed in the n−-type epitaxial layer. At this time, when carrying out a p-type base region diffusion process, the n-type and p-type impurity regions are caused to diffuse, thereby forming the n-type region and p-type region of the parallel p-n layer.
US09646835B2	Wafer structure for electronic integrated circuit manufacturing A bonded wafer structure having a handle wafer, a device wafer, and an interface region with an abrupt transition between the conductivity profile of the device wafer and the handle wafer is used for making semiconductor devices. The improved doping profile of the bonded wafer structure is well suited for use in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The bonded wafer structure is especially suited for making radiation-hardened integrated circuits.
US09646832B2	Porous fin as compliant medium to form dislocation-free heteroepitaxial films A method for forming a heteroepitaxial layer includes forming an epitaxial grown layer on a monocrystalline substrate and patterning the epitaxial grown layer to form fins. The fins are converted to porous fins. A surface of the porous fins is treated to make the surface suitable for epitaxial growth. Lattice mismatch is compensated for between an epitaxially grown monocrystalline layer grown on the surface and the monocrystalline substrate by relaxing the epitaxially grown monocrystalline layer using the porous fins to form a relaxed heteroepitaxial interface with the monocrystalline substrate.
US09646829B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a highly reliable semiconductor device with less change in threshold voltage is provided. An insulating film from which oxygen can be released by heating is formed in contact with an oxide semiconductor layer, and light irradiation treatment is performed on a gate electrode or a metal layer formed in a region which overlaps with the gate electrode, so that oxygen is added into the oxide semiconductor layer in a region which overlaps with the gate electrode. Accordingly, oxygen vacancies or interface states in the oxide semiconductor layer in a region which overlaps with the gate electrode can be reduced.
US09646816B2	Light source device In a light source device, a control unit causes an energy density of a laser light in a lighting start region RS when a laser support light is maintained to be lower than an energy density of the laser light in the lighting start region RS when the laser support light is put on. For this reason, when the laser support light is maintained, a laser light L is radiated to the lighting start region RS at an energy density of a degree where sputtering does not occur. Therefore, in the light source device, because sputtering in a light emission sealing body can be suppressed, a sufficiently long life can be realized.
US09646815B2	Integrated nanospray system Integrated nanospray ionization package, comprising a nanospray emitter, a push button carriage with button element projecting through a bore in said package, an integral high voltage contact pin, a bore in said package for reversible protrusion of the nanospray emitter, a push-and-retract spring mechanism in which the range of forward motion of the emitter is not dependent on range of travel of the said button, and then upon actuation of said button element and spring element for retraction of said nanospray emitter, said nanospray emitter is pushed forward to establish electrical contact, and upon release of said button retracts and breaks the electrical contact.
US09646809B2	Intaglio printing plate coating apparatus There is described an intaglio printing plate coating apparatus (1) comprising a vacuum chamber (3) having an inner space (30) adapted to receive at least one intaglio printing plate (10) to be coated, a vacuum system (4) coupled to the vacuum chamber (3) adapted to create vacuum in the inner space (30) of the vacuum chamber (3), and a physical vapour deposition (PVD) system (5) adapted to perform deposition of wear-resistant coating material under vacuum onto an engraved surface (10a) of the intaglio printing plate (10), which physical vapour deposition system (5) includes at least one coating material target (51, 52) comprising a source of the wear-resistant coating material to be deposited onto the engraved surface (10a) of the intaglio printing plate (10). The vacuum chamber (3) is arranged so that the intaglio printing plate (10) to be coated sits substantially vertically in the inner space (30) of the vacuum chamber (3) with its engraved surface (10a) facing the at least one coating material target (51, 52). The intaglio printing plate coating apparatus (1) further comprises a movable carrier (6) located within the inner space (30) of the vacuum chamber (3) and adapted to support and cyclically move the intaglio printing plate (10) in front of and past the at least one coating material target (51, 52).
US09646797B2	Ferroelectric emitter for electron beam emission and radiation generation Disclosed are methods and devices suitable for generating electron beams and pulses of radiation. Specifically, in some disclosed embodiments, multiple emitting electrodes of a ferroelectric emitter are sequentially activated, generating a relatively long electron beam pulse that is substantially a series of substantially consecutive short electron beam pulses generated by the sequentially-activated individual emitting electrodes.
US09646783B1	Encoder assembly for an appliance knob A knob assembly is provided that includes a knob having a rotatable shaft, a rotatable first circuit board rigidly attached to the rotatable shaft, and a fixed second circuit board positioned near the first circuit board. The first circuit board includes an encoding portion configured to provide positioning data of the knob, and an eccentric rotating mass (ERM) motor mounted to the rotatable, first circuit board with a shaft of the ERM motor perpendicular to the rotatable shaft of the knob. The ERM motor is configured to produce and transfer vibration to the rotatable shaft of the knob. The second circuit board includes a sensor configured to determine a position of the first circuit board and thereby the knob at least in part from the positioning data provided by the encoding portion.
US09646772B2	High voltage electrode for electric dual layer capacitor and method of manufacturing the same A high voltage electrode includes a through type aluminum sheet, a plurality of first hollow protrusion members protruded to one side of the through type aluminum sheet, a plurality of second hollow protrusion members protruded to the other side of the through type aluminum sheet, a metal oxidation layer coated on the through type aluminum sheet, the plurality of first hollow protrusion members, and the plurality of second hollow protrusion members, a first active material sheet bonded to the metal oxidation layer so that it is placed in the first surface of the through type aluminum sheet, and a second active material sheet bonded to the metal oxidation layer so that it is placed in the second surface of the through type aluminum sheet.
US09646770B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and mounting board for multilayer ceramic capacitor There is provided multilayer ceramic capacitor including, a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers laminated therein, an active layer including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and having capacitance formed therein, an upper cover layer formed on an upper portion of the active layer, a lower cover layer formed on a lower portion of the active layer and having a thickness greater than that of the upper cover layer, first and second dummy electrode terminals provided in the lower cover layer to be alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the lower cover layer, and first and second external electrodes covering the both end surfaces of the ceramic body.
US09646767B2	Ceramic electronic component and ceramic electronic apparatus including a split inner electrode A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element, a first inner electrode, a second inner electrode, an outer electrode, and a first auxiliary electrode. The first auxiliary electrode extends to a first surface of the ceramic element. The first inner electrode extends along a first direction on the first surface. The first auxiliary electrode extends outward from the region where the first inner electrode is disposed in the first direction on the first surface. The outer electrode covers the first inner electrode and the first auxiliary electrode.
US09646764B2	Rectangular wire edgewise-bending processing device and rectangular wire edgewise-bending processing method Provided is a rectangular wire edgewise-bending processing device for performing an edgewise-bending process for a rectangular wire to form a coil, the rectangular wire edgewise-bending processing device including a fixing unit for fixing the rectangular wire, a pressing tool for pressing a surface formed by a long side of a rectangular cross section of the rectangular wire, and a bending tool for bending the rectangular wire into a predetermined coil shape, wherein the edgewise-bending process is performed while the surface formed by the long side of the rectangular cross section of the rectangular wire is pressed.
US09646755B2	Advanced electronic header apparatus and methods A low profile and small size electronic device for use in, e.g., electronic circuits which provides maximum creepage and/or clearance distances. In one embodiment, the device is configured for a small footprint and utilizes two or more windings that require isolation. The exemplary device includes a self-leaded header made from a unitary construction which comprises a box-like support body having a cavity for mounting a circuit element, the support body having a base and leads extending generally horizontally outward from the support body adjacent the base, the support body having one side opening on a side with leads permitting the loading of the inductive device in the cavity, and a routing channel residing on the top of the base, so as to maximize the creepage and clearance distance of the electronic device. Shaped-core and other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09646744B2	Method for manufacturing a surface mount device A method of manufacturing a surface mount device includes forming a plaque from a material, forming a plurality of conductive protrusions on a top surface and a bottom surface of the plaque, and applying a liquid encapsulant over at least a portion of the top surface and at least a portion of the bottom surface of the plaque. The liquid encapsulant is cured and when cured encapsulant has an oxygen permeability of less than about 0.4 cm3·mm/m2·atm·day. The assembly is cut to provide a plurality of components. After cutting, the top surface of each component includes at least one conductive protrusion, the bottom surface of each component includes at least one conductive protrusion, the top surface and the bottom surface of each component include the cured encapsulant, and a core of each component includes the material.
US09646736B2	Aromatic polycarbonate resin composition and molded article thereof A resin composition which has high electrical conductivity and high stiffness, is suppressed in outgassing caused by a temperature rise and is excellent in heat stability during melt molding in the production process and a molded article thereof.The resin composition comprises (A) 65 to 85 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A), (B) 15 to 35 parts by weight of graphite having an average particle diameter of 5 to 60 μm (component B), and (C) 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of at least one compound (component C) selected from the group consisting of a polyester having a sulfonate group (component C-1) and a polyether ester having a sulfonate group (component C-2) based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the components A and B.
US09646734B2	Positive electrode active material, positive electrode for electrical device, and electrical device [Summary] A positive electrode active material is provided to contain: a solid solution lithium-containing transition metal oxide (A) represented by Li1.5[NiaCobMnc[Li]d]O3 (where a, b, c and d satisfy the relations of a+b+c+d=1.5, 0.1
US09646730B2	Ultra clean cleaning process for radiopharmaceutical reusable pigs A process for cleaning reusable canisters known as pigs which contain radioactive drugs and may contain residual radioactive material and other contaminants. Those pigs that are contaminated with radio-active material are removed from the cleaning process until they have decayed to the background radiation level, cleaned and disinfected. Within a very clean drug preparation area a radioactive drug is inserted into the pig and the pig is placed in a protective outer container. At a treatment site the outer container and pig are delivered to a clean treatment area where the pig is removed from the outer container and the drug is removed from the pig and utilized.
US09646722B2	Method and apparatus for a fret resistant fuel rod for a light water reactor (LWR) nuclear fuel bundle A method and apparatus for a fret resistant fuel rod for a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) nuclear fuel bundle. An applied material entrained with fret resistant particles is melted or otherwise fused to a melted, thin layer of the fuel rod cladding. The applied material is made of a material that is chemically compatible with the fuel rod cladding, allowing the fret resistant particles to be captured in the thin layer of re-solidified cladding material to produce an effective and resilient fret resistant layer on an outer layer of the cladding.
US09646715B2	Low-noise low-distortion signal acquisition circuit and method with reduced area utilization A sample and hold amplifier includes an input node for receiving an input current signal, a non-linear sampling capacitor circuit having an input coupled to the input node, an operational amplifier having a negative input coupled to an output of the non-linear sampling capacitor circuit, a positive input coupled to ground, and an output for providing a sample and hold voltage signal, and a linear capacitor coupled between the negative input and the output of the operational amplifier. The non-linear sampling capacitor includes a non-linear capacitor coupled between an intermediate node and ground, a first switch coupled between the input and the intermediate node configured to switch according to a first phase signal, and a second switch coupled between the output and the intermediate node configured to switch according to a second phase signal.
US09646708B2	Input/output interface circuits and methods for memory devices An input/output interface circuit is provided for a memory device. The input/output interface circuit receives a first control signal and a second control signal, and provides an output clock signal. The input/output interface circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks coupled in series, the a plurality of circuit blocks including an input terminal coupled to the first control signal and the second control signal, and an output terminal providing the output clock signal, a plurality of power switch transistors, each power switch transistor including a control terminal and coupled between a corresponding one of the circuit blocks and a power supply terminal, and a plurality of switch control circuits, each switch control circuit coupled to the control terminal of a corresponding one of the power switch transistors. The switch control circuits are configured to activate the circuit blocks in a first predetermined order and deactivate the circuit blocks in a second predetermined order.
US09646704B2	Operating method for nonvolatile memory and operating method for storage device including the nonvolatile memory An operation method of a storage device including a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller controlling the nonvolatile memory, includes transmitting a multi-program command to the nonvolatile memory by the memory controller; and programming memory cells connected to two or more word lines by the nonvolatile memory in response to the multi-program command.
US09646694B2	10-transistor non-volatile static random-access memory using a single non-volatile memory element and method of operation thereof A memory including an array of nvSRAM cells and method of operating the same are provided. Each nvSRAM cell includes a volatile charge storage circuit, and a non-volatile charge storage circuit including exactly one non-volatile memory (NVM) element, a first transistor coupled to the NVM element through which data true is coupled to the volatile charge storage circuit, a second transistor coupled to the NVM element through which a complement of the data is coupled to the volatile charge storage circuit and a third transistor through which the NVM element is coupled to a positive voltage supply line (VCCT). In one embodiment, the first transistor is coupled to a first node of the NVM element, the second transistor is coupled to a second node of the NVM element and the third transistor is coupled between the first node and VCCT. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09646673B2	Address detection circuit, memory system including the same An address detection circuit includes an address storage unit suitable for receiving an address when an active command is activated, and storing recently inputted N number of addresses; and an address determination unit suitable for determining whether an address currently inputted to the address storage unit is already inputted at least a threshold number of times in each period that the active command is activated M (1≦M≦N) number of times, based on the N number of addresses stored in the address storage unit.
US09646671B1	Systems and methods for managing write voltages in a cross-point memory array Techniques are provided for managing voltages applied to memory cells in a cross-point array during a write operation (e.g., to transition from a resistive state into a conductive state). The techniques apply to thyristor memory cells and non-thyristor memory cells. Bitlines, connected by a wordline, are preconditioned to a voltage level, by a precondition device, to write data to one or more memory cells at intersections of the bitlines and the wordline. Each bitline is coupled to a high impedance device, a detect device, a precondition device and a clamp device. When a memory cell on a first bitline transitions from a resistive state into a conductive state, it pulls a voltage level of the first-bit line level low. A first clamp device maintains the voltage level at a level to de-bias the first bitline from the wordline, while other memory cells to be written along the wordline remain biased.
US09646669B2	Programming memory elements using two phase boost Memory devices, such as MRAM devices, are described that comprise memory elements for storing data and configuration logic for programming memory elements using a two phase boost. The memory devices perform the two phase boosting to program anti-parallel data values during a first programming phase and to program parallel data values during a second programming phase that is subsequent to the first programming phase. The voltage boost is provided by a high percentage of memory elements in a memory device by simultaneously transitioning the source line of the memory elements from a reference voltage to a source voltage during the first programming phase to effectively double the activation voltage for gates of transistors in the memory elements to program anti-parallel data values. Methods are also described for programming memory elements using a two phase boost.
US09646667B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first active area provided in a semiconductor substrate; a second active area provided in the semiconductor substrate and intersecting with the first active area; a first select transistor comprising a first drain region provided in the first active area and a source region provided in an intersection region of the first and second active areas; a second select transistor comprising a second drain region provided in the second active area and sharing the source region; a word line coupled to gates of the first and second select transistors; and first and second variable resistance elements coupled to the first and second drain regions, respectively.
US09646666B2	Voltage controlled spin switches for low power applications Spin switch devices with voltage controlled magnetism in ultra-low power usage applications are disclosed. The spin switch devices may be configured to provide ultra-low power and ultra-high speed switching by directly controlling drain or gate electron spins via electric field induced magnetic anisotropy tuned with finite gate voltage. A lateral spin switch with voltage controlled magnetic drain is placed in an “OFF” or an “ON” state by controlling the gate voltage to be equal to 0 or greater than 0 volts respectively. A vertical spin switch with voltage controlled magnetic gate is placed in an “OFF” or an “ON” state by controlling a value of the gate voltage to be less than a threshold voltage or greater than the threshold voltage respectively. A voltage controlled complementary switch provides a very large gain by controlling a value of the gate voltage to be equal to 0 volts.
US09646663B2	Multi-bank memory with line tracking loop In some embodiments, a circuit comprises a plurality of memory banks, a column line tracking loop and/or a row line tracking loop, and a tracking circuit. The plurality of memory banks are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of memory building blocks. The column line tracking loop traverses at least a portion of the plurality of rows. The row line tracking loop traverses at least a portion of the plurality of columns. The tracking circuit is configured to receive a first edge of a first signal, cause the first edge of a first signal to be propagated through the column line tracking loop and/or through the row line tracking loop and cause a second edge of the first signal when receiving the propagated first edge of the first signal. The first signal is associated with accessing of the plurality of memory banks.
US09646654B2	Synchronization of events and audio or video content during recording and playback of multimedia content items A computer-implemented method for simultaneously recording a media recording and an event recording includes recording a media recording, recording an event recording simultaneously with the media recording, the event recording encoding a plurality of events, an event being related to one or more user interactions with an input device associated with the media recording and recording the event recording includes for each of a plurality of events of the event recording generating data characterizing the particular event and generating a corresponding time stamp for the particular event by polling a system time of a computer device at the time the particular event takes place, the method further includes providing the data characterizing the particular event and the corresponding time stamp for storage.
US09646650B2	Automatically syncing recordings between two or more content recording devices This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate synchronizing recordings between a plurality of content recording devices using embedded markers or metadata, and employing the synchronized recordings on a content recording device or a content server to present one or more of the synchronized recordings concurrently in a merged presentation or in a manner that allows for switching between recordings while maintaining synchronization.
US09646649B2	Medical image data information exchange system [Problem] To efficiently and effectively exchange information on medical image data. [Solution] A video image extracted from a DICOM file is uploaded from an upload terminal (6) to a server (2). A medical personnel accesses medical image data from a viewing terminal (8a) and plays the video image provided by the server. The user inputs a comment, into which link destination information to the medical image data is incorporated (inserted), via a comment input field on a medical image viewing screen.
US09646645B2	Spindle motor with disk clamp centered on cover cap The invention relates to the spindle motor for driving a hard disk drive, comprising: a stationary motor component (10, 12, 16, 18), a rotary motor component (14) rotatably mounted relative to the stationary motor component using a fluid dynamic bearing system, a bearing gap (20) disposed between the stationary motor component and the rotary motor component and filled with a bearing fluid, having at least one open end, at least one sealing gap (34) for sealing the open end, at least one cover cap (30) for covering the sealing gap, which is secured to the rotatable motor component, a disk clamp (44) for attachment of at least one magnetic storage disk (48) on the rotatable motor member and an electromagnetic drive system (40, 42) to drive the rotatable motor member. The disk clamp (44, 156) is centered on a peripheral surface of the cover cap (30, 118).
US09646644B2	Apparatus and method for controlling transportation of tape medium An apparatus, computer readable medium device, and method for controlling transportation of a tape medium. A determination is made whether to execute a backhitch operation in response to writing a data set to tape from the buffer. If not, a determination is made whether a transaction size at which data is transferred from the buffer to the tape is less than a buffer size. If so, then a determination is made of a a new speed and whether a current speed is different from the determined new speed. If so, then a backhitch is initiated.
US09646635B2	Magnetoresistive sensor Implementations disclosed herein allow a signal detected by a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor to be improved by providing for one or more alloyed layers that each includes a ferromagnetic material and a refractory material. The alloyed layers are provided adjacent to a shield element or between soft magnetic layers of the sensor stack.
US09646628B1	Noise cancellation for open microphone mode A system has multiple audio-enabled devices that communicate with one another over an open microphone mode of communication. When a user says a trigger word, the nearest device validates the trigger word and opens a communication channel with another device. As the user talks, the device receives the speech and generates an audio signal representation that includes the user speech and may additionally include other background or interfering sound from the environment. The device transmits the audio signal to the other device as part of a conversation, while continually analyzing the audio signal to detect when the user stops talking. This analysis may include watching for a lack of speech in the audio signal for a period of time, or an abrupt change in context of the speech (indicating the speech is from another source), or canceling noise or other interfering sound to isolate whether the user is still speaking. Once the device confirms that the user has stopped talking, the device transitions from a transmission mode to a reception mode to await a reply in the conversation.
US09646626B2	System and method for network bandwidth management for adjusting audio quality Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for processing audio signals. An example system configured to practice the method receives audio at a device to be transmitted to a remote speech processing system. The system analyzes one of noise conditions, need for an enhanced speech quality, and network load to yield an analysis. Based on the analysis, the system determines to bypass user-defined options for enhancing audio for speech processing. Then, based on the analysis, the system can modify an audio transmission parameter used to transmit the audio from the device to the remote speech processing system. The audio transmission parameter can be one of an amount of coding, a chosen codec, an amount of coding, or a number of audio channels, for example.
US09646621B2	Voice detector and a method for suppressing sub-bands in a voice detector The present invention relates to a voice detector being responsive to an input signal being divided into sub-signals representing a frequency sub-band, comprising: means to calculate, for each sub-band, an SNR value snr[n] based on a corresponding sub-signal for each sub-band and a background signal for each sub-band. The voice detector further comprises: means to calculate a power SNR value for each sub-band, wherein at least one of said power SNR values is calculated based on a non-linear function, means to form a single value snr_sum based on the calculated power SNR values, and means to compare said single value snr_sum and a given threshold value vad_thr to make a voice activity decision vad_prim presented on an output port. The invention also relates to a voice activity detector, a node and a method for selectively suppressing sub-bands in a voice detector.
US09646620B1	Method and device for processing audio signal The present invention relates to a method and device for encoding or decoding an object audio signal or rendering the object audio signal in a three-dimensional space. The method for processing an audio signal, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a first object signal group and a second object signal group obtained by classifying a plurality of object signals according to a determined method; generating a first down-mix signal for the first object signal group; generating a second down-mix signal for the second object signal group; generating first object extraction information in correspondence with the first down-mix signal with respect to object signals included in the first object signal group; and generating second object extraction information in correspondence with the second down-mix signal with respect to object signals included in the second object signal group.
US09646615B2	Audio signal encoding employing interchannel and temporal redundancy reduction A method of encoding a time-domain audio signal is presented. A device transforms the time-domain signal into a frequency-domain signal including a sequence of sample blocks, wherein each block includes a coefficient for each of multiple frequencies. The coefficients of each block are grouped into frequency bands. For each frequency band of each block, a scale factor is estimated for the band, and the energy of the band for the block is compared with the energy of the band of an adjacent sample block, wherein the blocks may be adjacent to each other in either or both of an interchannel and a temporal sense. If the ratio of the band energy for the first block to the band energy for the adjacent block is less than some value, the scale factor of the band for the first block is increased. The coefficients of the band for each block are quantized based on the resulting scale factor. The encoded audio signal is generated based on the quantized coefficients and the scale factors.
US09646609B2	Caching apparatus for serving phonetic pronunciations Systems and processes for generating a shared pronunciation lexicon and using the shared pronunciation lexicon to interpret spoken user inputs received by a virtual assistant are provided. In one example, the process can include receiving pronunciations for words or named entities from multiple users. The pronunciations can be tagged with context tags and stored in the shared pronunciation lexicon. The shared pronunciation lexicon can then be used to interpret a spoken user input received by a user device by determining a relevant subset of the shared pronunciation lexicon based on contextual information associated with the user device and performing speech-to-text conversion on the spoken user input using the determined subset of the shared pronunciation lexicon.
US09646607B2	Managing wake-on-voice buffer quality based on system boot profiling Systems and methods for managing wake-on-voice buffer quality based on system boot profiling. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include at least one logic circuit and at least one memory circuit coupled to the at least one logic circuit, the at least one memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the at least one logic circuit, cause the IHS to: determine an expected time duration of a future wake event; receive a verbal command from a user, the verbal command configured to trigger the future wake event; capture the verbal command as an audio signal; adjust at least one of: a quality of the audio signal or a duration of the audio signal, where the adjustment is based, at least in part, upon the expected time duration; and store the adjusted audio signal in a fixed-size buffer.
US09646605B2	False alarm reduction in speech recognition systems using contextual information A system and method are presented for using spoken word verification to reduce false alarms by exploiting global and local contexts on a lexical level, a phoneme level, and on an acoustical level. The reduction of false alarms may occur through a process that determines whether a word has been detected or if it is a false alarm. Training examples are used to generate models of internal and external contexts which are compared to test word examples. The word may be accepted or rejected based on comparison results. Comparison may be performed either at the end of the process or at multiple steps of the process to determine whether the word is rejected.
US09646600B1	Text reading and vocalizing device A text reading and vocalizing device having an elongate, handheld, manipulable body positional proximal a line of text, whereby movement of the body along the line of text positions a light scanner, distally disposed upon a second body part, to optically recognize text for audible indication of the text sounded by the body or relayed through a pair of headphones interconnected at a headphone jack, wherein text is readable and playable to a user, the text further translatable into an associated language when one of a plurality of language selection buttons, disposed upon the body, is depressed.
US09646598B2	Audio device An audio device connected to an electronic device is provided. The audio device connected to an electronic device includes an audio side connector comprising a microphone terminal that outputs a microphone signal to the electronic device, at least one audio terminal that receives an audio signal from the electronic device, an active noise cancelling (ANC) terminal, and a ground terminal, an ANC block that is driven by power input from the electronic device to remove noise around the audio device, an ANC power source unit that is provided in the electronic device and applies power input via the ANC terminal to the ANC block as drive power, and an on/off switch unit that controls the ANC power source unit, wherein the ANC terminal is included in any one of the areas of the microphone terminal, the audio terminal, and the ground terminal.
US09646597B1	Delivery sound masking and sound emission An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may emit masking sounds during operation of the UAV to mask other sounds generated by the UAV during operation. The UAV may be used to deliver items to a residence or other location associated with a customer. The UAV may emit sounds that mask the conventional sounds generated by the propellers and/or motors to cause the UAV to emit sounds that are pleasing to bystanders or do not annoy the bystanders. The UAV may emit sounds using speakers or other sound generating devices, such as fins, reeds, whistles, or other devices which may cause sound to be emitted from the UAV. Noise canceling algorithms may be used to cancel at least some of the conventional noise generated by operation of the UAV using inverted sounds, while additional sound may be emitted by the UAV, which may not be subject to noise cancelation.
US09646596B2	Active noise reduction device, instrument using same, and active noise reduction method In an active noise reduction device, in order to solve this problem, a control block determines a level of a reference signal detected by a level detection unit. If determining that the level of the reference signal is small, the control block decreases a level of a cancel signal. This operation suppresses generation of an abnormal sound even if a level of a noise is small.
US09646588B1	Cyber reality musical instrument and device Systems and methods for creating and presenting sensory stimulating content in a cyber reality environment. One aspect of the disclosure allows a composer to associate audio content with one or more virtual triggers, and to define behavior characteristics which control the functioning of each virtual trigger. Another aspect of the disclosure provides a variety of user interfaces through which a performer can cause content to be presented to an audience.
US09646584B1	Visual aid for improvised music A visual aid for music performers provides a mat-like structure having printed portions including a keyboard section, a tempo section, a music mode section, and a timing section. In use, a musician positions illuminated pucks using his/her foot upon the visual aid to communicate musical key changes, tempo changes, music mode changes, and/or timing changes. The visual aid enables musicians to improvise a musical number without interruption.
US09646583B2	Remote hi-hat mouth controller A wireless hi-hat cymbal controller is activated by a user's biting action. The controller includes a pressure sensor located in a mouthpiece and operably coupled to a wireless transceiver. An actuator operates in response to a wireless signal received from the controller when the pressure sensor detects that a user is biting down on the mouthpiece.
US09646579B1	Stringed musical instrument A stringed musical instrument including a body in which a cutaway is formed, wherein the body includes a back board on which at least one brace is provided so as to extend in a width direction of the back board, and wherein a first brace, which is the closest to the cutaway among the at least one brace, has a dimension in the width direction of the back board smaller than a width of the back board at a position of the back board at which the first brace is fixed, the first brace being fixed to the back board so as to be disposed nearer to one side of the back board than another side thereof on which the cutaway is formed.
US09646578B2	Keyboard device A keyboard device has a plurality of keys, wherein each key includes: a base member formed of a resin material in a box shape having an open lower surface opposite a touching surface, the base member having a rotatably supported base end side; and a pair of wood members formed of a wood material in a rectangular plate shape, disposed respectively on left and right side surfaces of the base member, wherein at least one of the pair of wood members has a thickness dimension within a range of 2 mm or more and 14.5 mm or less.
US09646577B2	Display screen having regions of differing pixel density A display device including: a display screen having first region and second region, the first region having a first pixel density and the second region having a second pixel density, the second pixel density being higher than the first pixel density, an input for receiving image data, a power source; and wherein the display screen is operable in a full screen mode in which an image is displayed in both the first region and the second region and a reduced screen mode in which power to the first region is turned off and the image is displayed in the second region.
US09646568B2	Display method A display method is provided that reduces the probability of communication error without causing significant deterioration of picture quality. The method includes specifying, as a specified light emission period, a light emission period in which light emission is performed for greater than or equal to a time required for transmitting a block included in a visible light communication signal, out of one or more light emission periods in which light emission is performed for displaying an image included in a video signal. The method also includes transmitting the block of the visible light communication signal by luminance changing in the specified light emission period.
US09646567B2	Display device, electronic apparatus, and color conversion method According to an aspect, a display device includes an image display unit in which pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix, and a color converting unit that performs color conversion to reduce power consumption in the image display unit. The color converting unit does not perform the color conversion when total power consumption obtained by adding up the power consumption in the image display unit and power consumption in the color converting unit in a case where the color conversion is performed exceeds the power consumption in the image display unit in a case where the color conversion is not performed.
US09646566B2	Medical image display control apparatus and operation method of the same, and medium Providing a parameter calculation unit that calculates parameters representing medical functional information for pixel positions of the medical image, wherein the upper and lower limit values of the parameter medically represent the same functional information and whose value changes cyclically between these values, an interpolation parameter calculation unit that obtains, for a pixel position for which the parameter is not calculated, a parameter by interpolation, the unit calculating a parameter obtained by the interpolation using a cyclic function in which the interpolation direction differs according to the difference between the parameters calculated for two pixel positions, a display color group storage unit that includes a color group in which the same color corresponds to the upper and lower limit values of the parameter and whose color changes with the magnitude of the parameter, and a mapping unit that maps the parameters based on the color group.
US09646564B2	Information processing apparatus that controls display of display sections of contents, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An information processing apparatus that is capable of displaying, when displaying a large number of contents in a manner divided into a plurality of pages, the contents in a manner such that continuity between each other is maintained, and enables a user to easily recognize the contents located in the vicinity of each page boundary. The information processing apparatus includes a CPU which selects and arranges the contents such that contents selected as objects to be displayed are redundant between adjacent display sections at a predetermined ratio, and subjects displays the contents to screen display in a display area, on a display section-by-display section basis.
US09646561B2	Testable data driver and display device including the same A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, and a driving control unit. The display panel includes pixels connected to a corresponding one of gate lines and a corresponding one of data lines. The gate driver drives the gate lines. The data driver includes first pads and second pads. The first pads are connected to each of first data lines of the data lines, and the second pads are connected to each of second data lines of the data lines. The driving control unit provides control signals and a data signal to the data driver, and to control the gate driver. The data driver includes a digital-to-analog converter and a switching circuit. The digital-to-analog converter converts the data signal into analog signals. The switching circuit sequentially outputs the analog signals to the first pads during a test mode.
US09646559B2	Liquid crystal display device A display device including a panel having a display area and first, second, third and fourth non-display areas formed at an outer portion of the display area, said first non-display area facing the second non-display area, and the third non-display area facing the fourth non-display area; a data driver disposed in the first non-display area, and configured to drive a plurality of data lines provided in a first direction in the display area; a gate driver disposed in the second non-display area and configured to drive a plurality of gate lines provided in a second direction vertical to the first direction in the display area; a timing controller configured to drive the data driver and the gate driver; and a plurality of link lines in the display area and extending from the gate driver and provided in parallel to the data lines respectively connected to the gate lines.
US09646552B2	Display device with a source signal generating circuit In RGB time division drives, there is capacitor coupling due to the effects of fluctuation in the drain lines, and thus, the image quality deteriorates (lateral smearing), so that the display brightness becomes different from the desired display brightness due to delay in the convergence of the fluctuation of the common potential, and thus, it is a goal to prevent the image quality from deteriorating (lateral smearing). In RGB time division drives, the order of time division is switched for each frame, or in the direction of the horizontal lines.
US09646551B2	Display control system, processor, controller, and display control method A processor determines a drive scheme from among candidates of a plurality of drive schemes having differing schemes for supplying a signal to a signal line of a display panel. A controller stores a scheme drive information in which a drive scheme information and a signal control information in a drive scheme are associated. A controller receives a scheme information from a processor, and controls a signal supplied to a signal line of a display panel, the control being made based on a scheme information and a scheme drive information.
US09646547B2	Color display device The present invention provides a color display device in which each pixel or sub-pixel can display four high quality color states, More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture. The fluid may further comprise substantially uncharged neutral buoyancy particles.
US09646541B2	Display device A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including gate lines and pixels electrically connected to the gate lines, the pixels comprising a first pixel row and a second pixel row having a fewer number of pixels than the first pixel row. The display device also includes a gate driver including stages, each configured to output a gate signal to the respective gate line, the gate lines comprising first and second gate lines respectively connected to the first and second pixel rows, and the stages comprising first and second stages respectively connected to the first and second gate lines. An output transistor of each stage is configured to output the gate signal and the channel width of the output transistor of the first stage is greater than that of the output transistor of the second stage.
US09646537B2	Organic light emitting diode display panel structure and driving mechanism An organic light emitting diode display panel structure includes a number of pixel units and at least one performance enhancing unit. The pixels are arranged in a number of rows and columns. Each pixel unit receives a corresponding data signal. The performance enhancing unit receives performance information corresponding to the data signals of the pixel units, and calculates an enhanced data signal according to the performance information. Each pixel unit operates in a number of time events repeating in sequence. The time events are set by a time controller. A portion of the time events any two adjacent rows of pixel units overlaps. Each pixel unit emits light according to the enhanced data signal.
US09646531B2	Element substrate and light emitting device A light emitting device and an element substrate which are capable of suppressing variations in luminance intensity of a light emitting element among pixels due to characteristic variations of a driving transistor without suppressing off-current of a switching transistor low and increasing storage capacity of a capacitor. A gate potential of a driving transistor is connected to a first scan line or a second scan line, and the driving transistor operates in a saturation region. A current controlling transistor which operates in a linear region is connected in series to the driving transistor. A video signal which transmits a light emission or non-emission of a pixel is input to the gate of the current controlling transistor through a switching transistor.
US09646527B2	Display apparatus, method of controlling the same, and data transmitting method of display apparatus A display apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display apparatus includes an input device configured to receive a display signal including a video signal, a graphic signal, and an alpha value, a calculator configured to calculate effective bits of data of the video signal and the graphic signal, the effective bits of data being used to perform alpha-blending based on an alpha value of each pixel from the display signal, an alpha-blender configured to perform alpha-blending on the display signal by using the effective bits of data calculated by the calculator and the alpha value, and a display configured to display an image generated according to the alpha-blended display signal.
US09646524B2	Display device for reducing screen flicker during a power-off period and method for driving the same A display device includes a display panel, a data driver supplying a data signal to the display panel, a gate driver supplying a gate signal to the display panel, a power supply unit supplying electric power to at least one of the display panel, the data driver, and the gate driver, a voltage monitor unit which monitors an output voltage output from the power supply unit and outputs an alarm signal when the output voltage is cut off, and a timing controller which outputs a gate control signal converting all of gate signal output from the gate driver into a gate-on voltage and a data control signal converting all of the data signal output from the data driver into a black data signal in response to the alarm signal.
US09646516B2	Masking and unmasking methods and devices Devices and methods for masking and unmasking sensitive data, based on a standard cryptographic algorithm defining a ciphering algorithm, and a deciphering algorithm using more resources than the ciphering algorithm are described. The masking of sensitive data is done by applying the deciphering algorithm to the sensitive data to obtain masked sensitive data. The unmasking of the masked sensitive data is done by applying the ciphering algorithm to the masked sensitive data to obtain sensitive data in plain form.
US09646515B2	Vehicle extrication door system A vehicle extrication door system that is a training simulator which is used to simulate opening the door of a vehicle that has been involved in an accident. The vehicle extrication door system comprises two supports, two consumable pieces, a first connector, and a compound hinge. Each support can have a proximate end, a distal end, an interior surface and an exterior surface, and each consumable piece can have an opening. The proximate end of the first support supports the first consumable piece, and the proximate end of the second support supports the second consumable piece. The opening of the first consumable piece aligns with the opening of the second consumable piece on the same horizontal axis and the first connector then passes through the openings of the consumable pieces and secures the first consumable piece to the second consumable piece. The first support is moveable between an open and a closed position.
US09646510B2	Ice-skate instructional kit An ice-skate instructional kit is provided and comprises at least one pair of slip-on covers and stickers having directional words, directional symbols, gender identifying words and exchangeable decorations thereon. The top surface of the slip-on cover is adapted to cover the toecap of an ice-skate and is preferably formed of a flexible plastic material that is writeable, erasable and is adapted to receive a plurality of stickers. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the slip-on cover is secured in place by placing a first confronting flap atop a second confronting flap and further securing the flaps in place by adhesive members attached thereon. In a second embodiment of the invention, small securing clips and large securing clips can be used to hold the slip-on covers in place.
US09646509B2	System, method and apparatus for driver training system with stress management A training system has sensors that monitor at least one biological parameter. During training, a stress level is determined/calculated based upon data from the sensors and, if the stress level is out of bounds, the training is modified and/or personnel are notified. For example, if the stress level is too high, the training is slowed or stopped and a trainer is notified.
US09646506B2	Methods and apparatus for managing a premature descent envelope during descent of an aircraft A method for managing a premature descent envelope during descent of an aircraft is provided. The method receives glideslope deviation data by an instrument landing system (ILS) onboard the aircraft; compares, by the ILS, the glideslope deviation data to an acceptable band of glideslope deviation values; and when the glideslope deviation data is within the acceptable band, expands, by a terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS), the premature descent envelope to produce an increased premature descent envelope for the aircraft.
US09646503B2	Cockpit display systems and methods for generating navigation displays including landing diversion symbology Cockpit display systems and methods for generating navigation displays including landing diversion symbology are provided. In one embodiment, the cockpit display system includes a cockpit monitor and a controller coupled to the cockpit monitor. The controller is configured to assess the current feasibility of landing at one or more diversion airports in a range of an aircraft on which the cockpit display system is deployed. The controller is further configured to assign each diversion airport to one of a plurality of predetermined landing feasibility categories, and generate a horizontal navigation display on the cockpit monitor including symbology representative of the feasibility category assigned to one or more of the diversion airports.
US09646499B1	Crowdsourced detection of defective street lights A method for the crowdsourced detection of defective street lights includes receiving reporting data from a plurality of vehicles, where each reporting data includes: (i) at least one light intensity value measured by at least one sensor of a respective vehicle, (ii) a time that the light intensity value was measured by the respective vehicle, and (iii) a location of the respective vehicle at the time that the light intensity value was measured. The method also includes obtaining a baseline light intensity value for at least one street light at the location and combining the reporting data received from the plurality of vehicles to generate combined light intensity data for the location. An indication of a degradation of performance of the at least one street light is then generated in response to a comparison of the combined light intensity data to the baseline light intensity value.
US09646492B2	Congestion sign detection method, program, and congestion sign detection device A congestion sign detection method that is executed by a congestion sign detection device 10 which includes three-dimensional acceleration sensor 14 that acquires acceleration information in each axis direction of an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis forming an orthogonal coordinate system of the three-dimensional space. The method includes: an input data calculation step of calculating an acceleration vector using the acceleration information acquired by the three-dimensional acceleration sensor 14, and calculating a norm of a difference of the vectors at two different timings as input data; a frequency analysis step of calculating an autocorrelation of the input data and calculating a power spectrum by performing a Fourier transform on the autocorrelation; an angle information acquisition step of converting the power spectrum into angle information; and a congestion sign detection step of detecting congestion sign according to the angle information.
US09646484B2	Intelligent smoke sensor Method and/or system for an intelligent smoke sensor may comprise a sensor system configured to detect at least one of a plurality of predefined conditions, a processor coupled to the sensor system. The processor may be configured to generate an alarm indication in response to having detected at least one predefined condition. The intelligent smoke sensor system may comprise a recorder coupled to the processor. The recorder may be configured to record the alarm indication and the detected predefined conditions. The intelligent smoke sensor may comprise communication circuitry that mat be configured to communicate the alarm indication and the detected predefined condition to the network.
US09646476B1	Gas-monitoring and fall detection device The gas monitoring and fall detection device is a safety device intended to be worn by special duty personnel, such as maintenance people, who do not work in a set location and may inadvertently stray into dangerous situations. The gas monitoring and fall detection device monitors the working environment for dangerous gas levels and, when a dangerous gas level is detected, generates an alarm to the wearer and transmits an alarm to a supervisory station. The gas monitoring and fall detection device also contains an accelerometer to detect falls and a GPS module to provide the location of the wearer. The gas monitoring and fall detection device comprises a monitoring unit that is worn by the wearer and a supervisory station to receive the transmitted alarm information.
US09646473B2	Interchangeable personal security device An apparatus for personal security is disclosed that includes a wearable accessory formed to receive an alerting device such that the alerting device is not visible while the accessory is worn. The apparatus includes an alerting device with an alerting element. The alerting device is interchangeable with a plurality of wearable accessories. One or more activation elements are disposed on the wearable accessory and formed to activate the alerting device wherein the alerting element sends an alert signal in response to receiving an activation signal from the one or more activation elements. In one embodiment, the alerting device is in wireless communication with a communication device and sends an alert signal to the communication device in response to receiving the activation signal. In another embodiment, the communication device notifies one or more predefined contacts that an alert signal was sent in response to receiving the alert signal.
US09646469B2	Visual and touch interaction display A sensory display for experiencing rigidity and local shape in the display is provided. Rigidity and local shape of cells in an array of cells forming the display is controlled by three independent and different control mechanisms. Cell rigidity controllers control the rigidity of the cells. A shape array controller controls the shape of the array of cells. Cell pinning controllers controls the height of the cells. A computer control interface could control the respective control functionalities of each of the controllers. The display experience could be further enhanced with audio, images or video.
US09646466B2	Proximity-based notification of a previously abandoned and pre-queued ATM transaction Proximity-triggered notifications/alerts are communicated to bank customers as a result of a previously abandoned/canceled ATM transaction that has subsequently been pre-queued for completion. In this regard, the present invention recognizes when the customer is proximate in location to a financial institution channel suitable for completing the transaction and sends the customer an alert, which is typically received by the customer via a mobile communication device. The alert indicates that the previous abandoned ATM transaction has been pre-queued for completion and provides the customer with the location of the nearest financial institution channel suitable for completing the transaction. In specific embodiments of the invention, pre-queuing of the transaction for completion provides for the customer to complete the transaction from the last existing point in the transaction completed by the customer.
US09646461B2	Computer program, method, and system for providing redeemable promotional-valued credits An ecommerce platform, available via an interactive electronic resource, allows a user to purchase products and services from the resource, receive promotional-valued credits in return for the purchase, and play games to earn additional promotional-valued credits. The user can purchase products and services at the electronic resource with either or both of a government-issued legal tender, such as the U.S. dollar, or a virtual currency used by the electronic resource, such as the promotional-valued credits. In embodiments of the invention, the user is guaranteed that an amount of legal tender (e.g., the U.S. dollar) paid-in to the ecommerce platform is the same as or less than a fair market value of the products or services purchased via the ecommerce platform.
US09646459B2	Incentive apparatus for gambling game systems An incentive apparatus for a gambling game system aims to increase the odds thereof. The gambling game system includes a betting table and a plurality of game results. The betting table has payout odds marked thereon corresponding to different game results of the gambling game system. The incentive apparatus includes a dynamic raised odds calculation element, an electronic display board and a payout element. The dynamic raised odds calculation element randomly selects a specific number of the game results and generates dynamic raised odds for the selected game results respectively. The electronic display board has a plurality of display zones corresponding to the game results. The display zones immediately display the dynamic raised odds after betting of each round of game stops. The payout element pays out to players who win the round of the game according to the payout odds or the dynamic raised odds.
US09646456B2	Gaming system, a method of gaming and a jackpot controller A method for providing a jackpot controlled by a computer implemented jackpot controller. The method includes (a) on commencement of the jackpot, the jackpot controller setting a start-up jackpot prize value, the start-up prize value being the sum of a base amount and a predefined average increment amount for the jackpot, (b) incrementing the jackpot prize value by the jackpot controller using contributions from at least one participating gaming device until a jackpot trigger is determined; and (c) in response to the jackpot controller determining the jackpot trigger, awarding the jackpot prize and re-setting the jackpot prize value to the base amount.
US09646449B2	Method and system for handling value documents The invention concerns the processing of value documents of different deposits using a value-document processing apparatus. Upon insertion of the value documents into the containers with which they are fed to the value-document processing apparatus, a beginning position and, where applicable, also an end position of the respective deposit is established for each deposit and transmitted to the value-document processing apparatus. Even in the case of different deposits in the same container, the invention enables an error-free association of the checked value documents with the different deposits. When a deposit comprises two separate sub-stacks that were inserted in the same or different containers, said sub-stacks of the contemplated deposit can be brought to account jointly and a joint rejects processing of the sub-stacks of the same deposit carried out.
US09646443B2	Vehicle wireless communication system, vehicle control device, and portable machine A portable machine has a signal receivable area in which, when the portable machine approaches one of a plurality of LF transmitters provided to a vehicle at a first distance, a response request signal only from the LF transmitter is receivable by the portable machine and when the portable machine approaches one of the plurality of LF transmitters at a second distance shorter than the first distance, response request signals from the LF transmitter and any of the remaining LF transmitters are receivable by the portable machine. If the portable machine receives the response request signal from only one of the LF transmitters within a predetermined time period and the response request signal has an RSSI value not less than a threshold, control (door locking/unlocking, engine start, and the like) to the vehicle is inhibited.
US09646438B2	Device operations based on configurable input sequences An electronic device may be configured to identify configuration information associated with input sequences. In some examples, the configuration information may enable an association between the input sequences and operations capable of being performed by the electronic device. Additionally, in some aspects, the electronic device may be configured to receive biometric inputs and determine an operation to be performed based at least in part on the received biometric inputs and the association. Further, the electronic device may enable performance of the determined operation.
US09646437B2	Method of generating a temporarily limited and/or usage limited means and/or status, method of obtaining a temporarily limited and/or usage limited means and/or status, corresponding system and computer readable medium The invention refers to a method of generating a means and/or status which is temporarily limited and/or usage limited and allows access to a service which has access restrictions, the method being carried out in a computing system and comprising the steps of establishing a telecommunications connection such that an audio call as for example a telephone call, within the telecommunications connection is preferably initiated by a person; determining biometric data of a specific person such as for example voice information; receiving data such as a voice utterance from the person which is connected by the telecommunications connection; verifying that the received data and the determined biometric data fit; and generating the means and/or status which is temporarily limited and/or usage limited after the verifying step.
US09646435B2	Method and apparatus for finding and accessing a vehicle fueling station, including an electric vehicle charging station A control system and method are provided for a station to dispense fuel to a vehicle, including an electric vehicle, without requiring dedicated access to a communications network, with the advantage that authorization for fleet vehicles or individuals can be obtained from an access management system, using a portable, wireless device, such as a smart phone or a dashboard appliance. The authorization is wirelessly relayed to the station by the wireless device, to enable the dispensing of fuel. Subsequently, a log comprising the transaction is provided to the access management system, through the same or a different wireless, mobile computing device. The log may also report status and other events, such as load shedding.
US09646433B1	Systems and methods for using image data to generate vehicle operation logs Systems and methods for generating vehicle operation logs are provided. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive and analyze image data depicting an individual located within a vehicle. The electronic device may also interface with a set of sensors to retrieve or access relevant data related to the operation of the vehicle, such as time and date information, location information, and other data. The electronic device may generate a vehicle operation log that associates the individual depicted in the image data with the vehicle operating parameters.
US09646427B2	System for detecting the operational status of a vehicle using a handheld communication device A system which utilizes the on-board capabilities of handheld communication devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers and the like, to detect the operational status of a vehicle, such as the engine being ON, the engine idling, the vehicle moving, etc. The detected operational state may be desirable for monitoring operation of the vehicle, such as fleet management systems, wherein the duration and location of idling are of particular interest. The detected operational state may also be useful for controlling functionality on the handheld communication device, such as disabling texting or other manually operated functions when the vehicle is in motion.
US09646424B2	Methods and processes for interactive display of three dimensional covariance A system and method for displaying a three-dimensional surface along with ellipsoids representing covariances. In one embodiment, at a point on a three dimensional surface, an ellipsoid is formed having principal axes proportional to the eigenvalues of a covariance matrix. The ellipsoid and the three-dimensional surface are projected onto a two-dimensional plane for display on a two-dimensional screen to a user. The covariance matrix may be an estimated error covariance or a sample covariance.
US09646419B2	Augmented reality device display of image recognition analysis matches Aspects provide for notifications of image recognition analysis matches to streamed image data on augmented reality device displays. Data identifies one or more visual appearance attributes of a target object that are discernible within image data acquired by a camera. Image data captured by a camera is analyzed to determine an occurrence of the visual appearance attribute(s) within a stream of images of captured image data. In response to the analyzing determining an occurrence of the visual appearance attribute(s) within the stream of captured images, the method drives a display screen of the augmented reality device to distinguish a possible location of the target object within surroundings of a user of the augmented reality display device that are displayed to the user by the display screen.
US09646417B1	Augmented reality system for field training A method and apparatus for displaying simulation objects. A simulation of a live environment is run while a training device is present in the live environment. A set of simulation objects in the simulation is identified from a number of simulation objects in the simulation using a position of the training device in which the set of simulation objects is visible to the training device in the live environment. Simulation data is generated for the set of simulation objects. The simulation data is sent to the training device in the live environment.
US09646411B2	Virtual three-dimensional model generation based on virtual hexahedron models Disclosed embodiments include a method (system and non-transitory computer storage readable medium) for generating 3-dimensional model data of a virtual 3-dimensional model based on a plurality of 2-dimensional cross-sectional images of a 3-dimensional object. The 3-dimensional model of the 3-dimensional object is generated based on a plurality of virtual hexahedron models. The plurality of hexahedron models are generated based on respective pixels in the 2-dimensional cross-sectional images of the object. By generating the 3-dimensional model of the object including the plurality of hexahedron models, objects within another object can be accurately represented. In addition, the 3-dimensional model is guaranteed to have a closed shape, hence 3-dimensional printing of the 3-dimensional model can be performed successfully.
US09646398B2	Minimizing blur operations for creating a blur effect for an image A processing device receives input representing a selection of one or more areas of an image and creates a blurred area for the one or more selected areas. The blurred area corresponds to a portion of the image that contains the one or more selected areas. The portion of the image has a size that is greater than an aggregate size of the one or more selected areas. The processing device replaces the one or more selected areas with the corresponding portion of the blurred area.
US09646394B2	Case data visualization application A case data visualization application is provided that, when executed on a device, allows a user to visualize a chronology of events associated with a case, view a summary of one or more supporting details of an event, and drill-down to view specific case data of each supporting detail of an event. Thus, the case data visualization application provides a way of collecting, organizing, visualizing, and sharing data associated with a case. Furthermore, the case data visualization application allow a plurality of users to collaborate on the case, and synchronizes a plurality of supporting details created by a plurality of users that are associated with an event.
US09646388B2	Integrated image distortion correction with motion compensated integration A motion compensated integration (MCI) system is disclosed. The MCI system may include a moveable platform, an optical sensor mounted to the moveable platform, an optical sensor line-of-sight measuring device configured to generate optical sensor line-of-sight movement data, and a processor in communication with the optical sensor and the optical sensor line-of-sight measuring device. The optical sensor may include a set of optics, and a focal plane array. The focal plane array may be configured to detect infrared wavelengths focused through the set of optics, and generate focal plane array data. The processor may be configured to simultaneously correct optical distortion from the set of optics and perform MCI re-registration based on the focal plane array data and the optical sensor line-of-sight movement data.
US09646384B2	3D feature descriptors with camera pose information A method includes determining a first two-dimensional (2D) feature descriptor from a first image captured by an imaging camera in a first pose at a time of capture of the first image, the first pose including a first observation direction of the imaging camera. The method further includes storing, at an electronic device, a 3D feature descriptor including the first 2D feature descriptor and a representation of the first pose of the imaging camera. The method additionally includes determining a second 2D feature descriptor from a second image captured by the imaging camera in a second pose at a time of capture of the second image, the second pose including a second observation direction of the imaging camera. The method also includes storing the 3D feature descriptor with the second 2D feature descriptor and a representation of the second pose of the imaging camera.
US09646382B2	Method, system and apparatus for providing improved audience participation The present disclosure provides an apparatus for detecting placards in a captured image, comprising: input circuitry operable to receive the captured image; detector circuitry operable to detect placards in the captured image on a basis of a predetermined shape and/or color of the placards, the detector circuitry being operable to detect placards of a plurality of different shapes and/or colors; and counter circuitry operable to count a number of detected placards of each different shape and/or color.
US09646381B2	State-of-posture estimation device and state-of-posture estimation method This posture state estimation device is capable of estimating with high accuracy the posture state of an object. The posture state estimation device (100) is a device for estimating the posture state of an object having a plurality of sections connected by joints on the basis of image data that images the object, and has a section candidate extraction unit (140) for extracting a section candidate for a section from the image data, a complementary section candidate extraction unit (160) which estimates that a portion of an unextracted section for which a section candidate has not been extracted is being shadowed by an already extracted section for which a section candidate has been extracted in order to extract a section candidate of the unextracted section, and a posture state estimation unit (170) for estimating the posture state of the object on the basis of the extracted section candidate.
US09646376B2	System and method for reviewing and analyzing cytological specimens Systems and methods of use to facilitate classification of cytological specimens are discussed. The system acquires or imports image data of a cytological specimen. The imported image data may include, or the system may otherwise perform an image analysis to identify one or more objects of interest in a respective specimen image dataset, including feature attributes for the identified objects. The system analyzes the feature attributes by predetermined criteria and/or optionally with user inputted criteria. The system includes an analysis tool that assists the user in identifying cytologically abnormal objects, if present in a particular specimen, by manipulating and viewing images of objects selected as a function of feature attributes. More generally, the analysis tool aides the user to find, extract, and display abnormal objects from within a large dataset of images and facilitates navigation through large amounts of image data and enables the efficient classification of the entire specimen.
US09646374B2	Line width error obtaining method, line width error obtaining apparatus, and inspection system Optical image data is acquired by irradiating a pattern with light emitted from a light source. A threshold value is specified by internally dividing a minimum value and a maximum value of a signal amount of reference image data by a division ratio. A position corresponding to a signal amount of a threshold value is determined as an edge of a pattern of the reference image data. A position of a signal amount equal to the threshold value is determined as an edge of the pattern of the optical image data. A line width error is obtained as a difference between a first line width of the optical image data and a second line width of the reference image data. A new threshold value is specified in the case of fluctuation of a light quantity of the light source or decrease of a contrast value of the optical image data.
US09646369B2	Concepts for sorting items using a display Concepts for presenting display features to a user of a system which comprises a display, an acquisition device, and a controller system. In various embodiments, the acquisition device is configured to capture image data of one or more items moving along a conveying mechanism and read item identifiers associated with each item. The system then associates or identifies display features with each item identifier and presents the captured image data with the display features presented on or near the image data of the items.
US09646364B1	Dehazing photos and videos using visual artifact suppression Methods and systems for dehazing images with increased accuracy and reduced error enhancement. In particular, one or more embodiments estimate a transmission map representing an amount of unscattered light reflected from objects in an input image. One or more embodiments refine the transmission map to obtain transmission information consistent with a depth of the objects in the input image. One or more embodiments also determine a radiance gradient for the input image. One or more embodiments generate an output image from the input image by removing haze based on the refined transmission map and preventing error enhancement based on the determined radiance gradient.
US09646362B2	Algorithm for improved zooming in data visualization components Example embodiments reduce the processing required to zoom on graphical data visualizations by transforming only graphic elements visible in the zooming viewport. In one example embodiment, a grid overlays the component image. Prior to zooming, grid elements covered by the zooming viewport are determined and only graphic objects bounded by those grid elements are transformed during zooming.
US09646356B1	Self-driving vehicle systems and methods Self-driving vehicles have unlimited potential to learn and predict human behavior and perform actions accordingly. Several embodiments described herein enable a self-driving vehicle to monitor human activity and predict when and where the human will be located and whether the human needs a ride from the self-driving vehicle. Self-driving vehicles will be able to perform such tasks with incredible efficacy and accuracy that will allow self-driving vehicles to proliferate at a much faster rate than would otherwise be the case.
US09646354B2	Predictive approach to contract management Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for a predictive approach to contract management. In one embodiment, acceptable contract parameters are predicted based, at least in part on historic data and specified thresholds of identified contract parameters. Predicting acceptable contract parameters can help reduce negotiation cycles.
US09646347B1	System and method for determining and monitoring auto insurance incentives A computer system or computer-implemented method may provide incentives to an insured customer for receiving sensor data indicating risk-reducing and risk-increasing behavior during the policy term. In-vehicle sensors or other devices may gather information about the vehicle and its use during the policy term and send the information to a back-end system for analysis. Based on this analysis, the back-end system may determine that the received information is indicative of risk-reducing or increasing behavior. Upon confirmation that the information indicates risk-reducing or increasing behavior, the back-end system may perform one or more actions defined by a set of rules to establish an incentive or disincentive for the customer corresponding to the behavior. For example, the system may modify the customer's insurance policy data, send an e-mail, letter, gift card, coupon, points, or other incentive or disincentive for the customer based on the analysis.
US09646337B2	Content player with transference reader A first proximity-based device at a content player receives content modification data from a second proximity-based device within a product and/or a product package when the product or product package is placed within a proximity to the first proximity-based device. A processor at the content player performs modified playback of media content based on the content modification data.
US09646327B2	Disaggregation to isolate users for ad targeting Targeting advertisements to a specific user includes steps or acts of: identifying an area of interest that includes a plurality of users using the Internet; logging each Internet request from the plurality of users; aggregating data regarding each Internet request to reveal use patterns; and disaggregating the data according to the use patterns to match the Internet use pattern with the specific user, thus identifying the specific user with each Internet request.
US09646322B2	Use of behavioral portraits in web site analysis A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content.
US09646319B2	Systems and methods for determining whether to offer a reward at a point of return Computerized decision-making systems and methods are described for determining whether to provide one or more rewards, such as a coupon or instant discount, to a customer requesting to make a merchandise return at a store, and, if so, to determine the terms of the reward, such as value, expiration date/time and other terms that may be associated with a coupon. The reward determinations may be implemented in conjunction with a system for authorizing the requested merchandise return transaction. Information about the requested return may be used together with data about the customer's past purchase, return transactions, and other customer-related data. In some embodiments, the determinations are based, at least in part, on store-related information and policies. The reward may be printed with a receipt issued to the customer at the point of return and/or may be provided to the customer using a wide variety of other communications technologies.
US09646301B2	System and method for secure card with on-board verification Systems and methods for secure cards with on-board verification are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transaction device associated with at least one transaction account may have a substrate comprising a display that displays an account identifier for the transaction account; a sensor that receives authentication information from a user; a processor that processes the authentication information to verify the authenticity of the user; and a communicator that communicates at least the account information, the communicator including at least one of a magnetic stripe, an electrical interface, and a wireless RF interface. The display may not display the account identifier until the user is authenticated, and the communicator may be inactive to communicate the account information until the user is authenticated.
US09646295B1	Handsfree point-of-sale A system for performing a point-of-sale (POS) transaction. The system includes a POS device configured to receive an item order input specifying an item that is listed in a pre-determined inventory list of a merchant, receive a hands-free confirmation that the item is to be purchased by a customer, and prompt, in response to the hands-free confirmation, the customer to select a payment method, and a wearable device worn by the merchant and configured to obtain the hands-free confirmation from the merchant for sending to the POS device, and obtain, in response to the prompting, information associated with a payment credential of the consumer for sending to the POS device, where the POS transaction is performed based on the payment credential.
US09646290B2	Method for fleet management A method for fleet management can be created using a vehicle maintenance tracker for at least one vehicle and performing a vehicle inspection on the at least one vehicle using an inspection device to identify services needed on the vehicle. The vehicle inspection can then be transferred to a mechanic for verification of services needed on the vehicle. The vehicle inspection can provide a verification of services needed to the vehicle maintenance tracker and generate at least one of: vehicle repair information prioritized by importance of services, a schedule for vehicle service prioritized by importance of services needed, and a vehicle return to service date based on a schedule for vehicle service prioritized by importance of services needed.
US09646272B2	Operation schedule evaluation apparatus and operation schedule processing system A technique which comprehensively optimize passengers' convenience and a power consumption amount. An operation schedule evaluation apparatus has a passenger flow calculator and a power consumption amount calculator. The passenger flow calculator creates passenger flow information related to a passenger flow generated by transportation of a train, based on operation schedule information of each train and passenger information related to an entry and an exit of a passenger at a station. The power consumption amount calculator calculates the number of passengers or a car occupancy of each train based on the passenger flow information created by the passenger flow calculator, the operation schedule information and car information of each train, and calculates a power consumption amount of each train per unit time which reflects car weight corresponding to the number of passengers or the car occupancy.
US09646271B2	Generating candidate inclusion/exclusion cohorts for a multiply constrained group A computer implemented method, program product, and/or system allocate human resources to a cohort. At least one attribute held by each member of a group of human resources is identified. A request is received, from a planned cohort, for multiple human resources that collectively possess a set of predefined attributes, wherein no single human resource possesses all of the predefined attributes. The set of human resources that satisfies the request is identified and assigned to the planned cohort.
US09646266B2	Feature type spectrum technique Sensors are used to generate sample set data representing objects in a sample set. A computer system analyzes the sample set data to determine the frequencies with which features in a feature set are observed in the objects in the sample set. An example of such output is a bar chart representing the frequency of observation of features in the feature set in a particular object. The feature output may be used to identify one or more obscure (i.e., low frequency) features in the particular object. Machine learning may be used to learn associations between sample set data and features in the feature set.
US09646263B2	Identifying expanding hashtags in a message A social networking system receives messages from users that include hashtags. The social networking system may use a natural language model to identify terms in the hashtag corresponding to words or phrases of the hashtag. The words or phrases may be used to modify a string of the hashtag. The social networking system may also generate computer models to determine likely membership of a message with various hashtags. Prior to generating the computer models, the social networking system may filter certain hashtags from eligibility for computer modeling, particularly hashtags that are not frequently used or that more typically appear as normal text in a message instead of as a hashtag. The social networking system may also calibrate the computer model outputs by comparing a test message output with outputs of a calibration group that includes positive and negative examples with respect to the computer model output.
US09646261B2	Enabling continuous or instantaneous identity recognition of a large group of people based on physiological biometric signals obtained from members of a small group of people The present invention is a biometric security system and method operable to authenticate one or more individuals using physiological signals. The method and system may comprise one of the following modes: instantaneous identity recognition (MR); or continuous identity recognition (CIR). The present invention may include a methodology and framework for biometric recognition using physiological signals and may utilize a machine learning utility. The machine learning utility may be presented and adapted to the needs of different application environments which constitute different application frameworks. The present invention may further incorporate a method and system for continuous authentication using physiological signals and a means of estimating relevant parameters.
US09646252B2	Template clauses based SAT techniques A CNF formula comprises at least one template clause representing a set of concrete clauses, each associated with a different temporal shift. The template clause is utilized by a SAT solver in determining satisfiability of the CNF formula. The template clause may be utilized to reduce amount of storage resources required for performing the satisfiability analysis. The template clause may in some cases increase feasibility of determining satisfiability. The template clause may in some cases reduce required time to determine satisfiability. The template clause may be utilized in incremental SAT solving to reuse deduced relations between literals that are applicable to additional cycles, such as invariants originating from a transition relation of a model.
US09646244B2	Predicting likelihoods of conditions being satisfied using recurrent neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting likelihoods of conditions being satisfied using recurrent neural networks. One of the systems is configured to process a temporal sequence comprising a respective input at each of a plurality of time steps and comprises: one or more recurrent neural network layers; one or more logistic regression nodes, wherein each of the logistic regression nodes corresponds to a respective condition from a predetermined set of conditions, and wherein each of the logistic regression nodes is configured to, for each of the plurality of time steps: receive the network internal state for the time step; and process the network internal state for the time step in accordance with current values of a set of parameters of the logistic regression node to generate a future condition score for the corresponding condition for the time step.
US09646243B1	Convolutional neural networks using resistive processing unit array Technical solutions are described for implementing a convolutional neural network (CNN) using resistive processing unit (RPU) array. An example method includes configuring an RPU array corresponding to a convolution layer in the CNN based on convolution kernels of the layer. The method further includes performing forward pass computations via the RPU array by transmitting voltage pulses corresponding to input data to the RPU array, and storing values corresponding to output currents from the RPU arrays as output maps. The method further includes performing backward pass computations via the RPU array by transmitting voltage pulses corresponding to error of the output maps, and storing the output currents from the RPU arrays as backward error maps. The method further includes performing update pass computations via the RPU array by transmitting voltage pulses corresponding to the input data of the convolution layer and the error of the output maps to the RPU array.
US09646242B2	Booster antenna, contactless chip arrangement, antenna structure and chip arrangement In various embodiments, a booster antenna for a chip arrangement is provided. The booster antenna includes: a first circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit; a second circuit, which forms a second resonant circuit, wherein the first circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit; and a third circuit, which forms a third resonant circuit, wherein the third circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit.
US09646241B2	Electromagnetic radiation decoupler An electromagnetic radiation decoupler for decoupling radiation in the wavelength range λmin to λmax. The decoupler has a first conductor layer in contact with a dielectric layer which comprises at least one area of absence and the thickness of the decoupler is less than λmin/4n, where n is the refractive index of the dielectric. The dielectric layer may be sandwiched between two conductor layers, one of which has the structure described above. The invention is also directed to methods of using and various articles comprising such a decoupler.
US09646236B1	Encoding and decoding data in two-dimensional symbology Examples of techniques for encoding data in a 2D symbology are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented comprises assigning a first color representative of a 0-bit and a second color representative of a 1-bit. The method further comprises designating a starting cell pair and an ending cell pair. The method also comprises generating, by a processing device, the 2D symbology. The 2D symbology comprises a series of cells in a cell space starting with the starting cell pair and ending with the ending cell pair. Each cell between the starting cell pair and the ending cell pair corresponds to a bit of a binary string and has a common cell length. The cells corresponding to a 0-bit are colored the first color and the cells corresponding to a 1-bit are colored the second color.
US09646235B2	Method and apparatus for producing a 2D barcode encoded part by molding being identifiable using a smartphone A method for producing a part by molding with an embedded 2D barcode defined in the surface of the part and the embedded 2D barcode subsequently being readable using a light source and a camera, the method including providing a mold with an array of individual areas of optical anisotropic surface structures, where at least a number of the individual optical anisotropic structures forms a two-dimensional barcode or data matrix; making a replica of the mold, the replica including the array having the property that the directional reflection coefficient of the individual areas of optical anisotropic surface structures is depending on the illumination angle and detection angle in a way that is not rotational symmetric around the axis normal to the surface of the replica, the array being readable by illumination and detection of reflection intensity of the illumination source under a non-normal angle to the surface of the replica.
US09646232B2	Rendering apparatus, rendering method, and computer readable medium storing rendering program An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of combining a group element so that a color intended by a user is output ultimately even in the case where flattening is performed on the way of the processing performed on the group.
US09646231B2	Casing and electronic device using the same A casing and an electronic device using the same are provided. The casing includes a housing, a cover and a connection element. The housing has an opening. The cover selectively covers or exposes the opening and includes a release portion. The release portion is for releasing a component located within the housing. The connection element connects the cover and the housing.
US09646206B2	Object identification and inventory management A method/apparatus for identifying an object based on a pattern of structural features located in a region of interest wherein the pattern of features comprises at least one fingerprint feature. The region may be recognized and used to identify the object. A first feature vector may be extracted from a first image of the pattern and may be mapped to an object identifier. To authenticate the object, a second feature vector may be extracted from a second image taken of the same region later in time than the first image. The two feature vectors may be compared and differences between one or more feature vector values determined. A match correlation value may be calculated based on the difference(s). The differences may be dampened if associated with expected wear and tear. Thus the impact on the match correlation value of such differences may be reduced. The differences may be enhanced if associated with changes that are not explainable as wear and tear. Thus the impact on the match correlation value of such differences may be increased.
US09646202B2	Image processing system for cluttered scenes and method of operation thereof An image processing system and method of operation includes: a source image having source pixels; homogeneous blocks in the source image having a block color; a homogeneous region in the source image formed by merging the homogeneous blocks having the block color within a color threshold; a text background region having text pixels and background pixels in the homogeneous region with the text background region having a texture feature above a texture threshold and a region size above a region size threshold; and a binary text mask representing the text pixels and the background pixels for displaying on a device.
US09646198B2	Sentiment analysis in a video conference In an approach to determine a sentiment of an attendee of a video conference, the computer receives a video of an attendee of a video conference and, then, determines, based, at least in part, on the video of the attendee, a first sentiment of the attendee. Furthermore, in the approach the computer receives an indication of an attendee activity on a first application and determines, based, in part, on the attendee activity whether the first sentiment of the attendee is related to the video conference.
US09646195B1	Facial feature liquifying using face mesh In embodiments of facial feature liquifying using face mesh, an image processing application is implemented to modify facial features of a face in an image using an updated face mesh generated from a combination of deformation fields. The image processing application can generate a face mesh that includes landmark points, and then construct the deformation fields on the face mesh, where the deformation fields are defined by warpable elements formed from the landmark points. The image processing application can also combine the deformation fields and generate the updated face mesh that includes the combined deformation fields. The image processing application can also display the updated face mesh and receive an input to initiate modifying one or more of the facial features of the face in the image using the combined deformation fields included in the updated face mesh.
US09646192B2	Fingerprint localization A method, device and system for generating an enrollment template are provided. The enrollment template is generated by collecting a placement image representing a portion of a biometric object such as a fingerprint. The placement image is localized on the fingerprint by comparing the data in the placement image to data in a floor map representing a larger image of the fingerprint obtained by swiping or rolling the fingerprint over a sensing area of a partial placement sensor. As additional placement images are obtained more information is provided for the enrollment template. The additional placement images are also localized to one another utilizing the floor map. The enrollment template is generated based on a grouping of each placement image to its neighboring placement images.
US09646180B2	Device monitoring using multiple servers optimized for different types of communications An electronic device monitoring system uses two different types of servers to communicate with electronic devices of users. One type of server, which may be a rapid contact server, is optimized or configured for relatively short and frequent communications with the electronic devices. The other type of server is optimized or configured for less frequent but (typically) longer communications with the electronic devices. In some embodiments, the electronic devices are configured to communicate relatively frequently (e.g., every few minutes) with the rapid contact server. When an electronic device is reported as lost or stolen, the rapid contact server may instruct the electronic device to contact the other type of server to obtain security-related instructions.
US09646177B2	Systems and methods for preventing data remanence in memory systems Methods, circuits, and systems for preventing data remanence in memory systems are provided. Original data is stored in a first memory, which may be a static random access memory (SRAM). Data is additionally stored in a second memory. Data in the first memory is periodically inverted, preventing data remanence in the first memory. The data in the second memory is periodically inverted concurrently with the data in the first memory. The data in the second memory is used to keep track of the inversion state of the data in the first memory. The original data in the first memory can be reconstructed performing a logical exclusive-OR operation between the data in the first memory and the data in the second memory.
US09646167B2	Unlocking a portable electronic device by performing multiple actions on an unlock interface The disclosure provided herein includes a multi-step authentication process to unlock a portable electronic device. To unlock the device, a user can use a touch screen on the device to select an access category, to select an access subcategory, and to enter an access subcategory value. The access subcategory can depend on the access category, making them logically related. The access subcategory value can be a value that corresponds to the selected access category and subcategory. The multi-step authentication or unlocking process can advantageously be easy to remember because the pieces of information to be provided are logically related to one another. In addition, the multi-step authentication or unlocking process can be difficult to guess as each step in the process decreases the chances an unwanted person or system correctly guesses the correct values for each step.
US09646164B2	System and method for evaluating a reverse query Real-time techniques for determining all access requests to an attribute-based access control policy which evaluate to a given decision, “permit” or “deny”. The policy is enforced to control access to one or more resources in a computer network. In one embodiment, a method includes: (i) receiving a reverse query and a set of admissible access requests, each of which includes one or more attributes in the policy and values of these; (ii) extracting attributes to which all access requests in the set assign identical values; (iii) reducing the ABAC policy by substituting values for the extracted attributes; (iv) caching the policy as a simplified policy; (v) translating the simplified policy and the given decision into a satisfiable logic proposition; (vi) deriving all solutions satisfying the proposition; and (vi) extracting, based on the solutions, all access requests from the set for which the policy yields the given decision.
US09646157B1	Systems and methods for identifying repackaged files A computer-implemented method for identifying repackaged files may include (1) identifying an application package that packages files for a mobile device application that is to be executed through a mobile device operating system, (2) identifying, within the application package, a resource file that identifies resources for the application package defined in a programming language for the mobile device operating system, (3) parsing the resource file to identify a flag for a resource that specifies whether the resource is public, (4) determining that the flag for the resource has been set as public, and (5) classifying the application package as repackaged based at least in part on the determination that the flag for the resource has been set as public. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09646156B2	System and method for detecting OBD-II CAN BUS message attacks The present application discloses method and system for detecting potential security attacks against a vehicle networking through an OBD-II port. The system establishes an inbound OBD-II CAN message whitelist and an outbound OBD-II CAN message blacklist, respectively. Upon receipt of a CAN message command, the system updates statistics for the command and determines whether the command is inbound or outbound. In response to an inbound command from a device external to the vehicle, the system compares the inbound command with the whitelist and forwards the inbound CAN message command to the vehicle via the vehicle's OBD-II port when inbound command appears in the whitelist. In response to an outbound CAN message command from the vehicle, the system compares the outbound command with the blacklist and prevents the outbound command from being sent to an external vehicle via the vehicle's OBD-II port when the outbound command appears in the blacklist.
US09646149B2	Accelerated application authentication and content delivery A samples service is configured to provide accelerated application authentication and content delivery. A proof of identity of a client application is exchanged with credentials that are used to authenticate the client application to a content provider. Samples of documents from the content provider are selected based on a contextual information of the client application to provide it with customized content. Static data associated with the samples are provided instead of dynamic data that is resource intensive to generate.
US09646147B2	Method and apparatus of three-type or form authentication with ergonomic positioning A system and methods for authenticating a user for access to a system input terminal that includes an infrared imager, a user input terminal, and a processing section including a plurality of processing instructions operable to perform image capture for wrist areas of a user in proximity to an input terminal or other structures requiring authentication and comparison to determine access or deny access. An aspect of an embodiment of the invention permits initial and frequent authentication that reduces or eliminates user action to perform such authentication. Also provided are user interfaces, and additional authentication sections operable with the infrared imager. Alternative embodiments of the invention include a mobile embodiment as well as an embodiment-including a sensor positioned with respect to a user in an operational position where the user is performing a task in relation to an input terminal or structure requiring authentication (e.g. a keyboard).
US09646146B2	Utilization of biometric data A system for capturing fingerprint data is provided. The system comprises a sensor configured to capture fingerprint data, wherein the sensor is configured to capture fingerprint data as either a touch input or a swipe input. The system also comprises a controller that, upon receiving a request from a requesting entity for a fingerprint data sample, configured to communicate that request to the sensor and convey the captured fingerprint data to the requesting entity.
US09646140B2	Method and apparatus for protecting online content by detecting noncompliant access patterns Methods to detect and hamper or thwart noncompliant access to online data examine access patterns, history and statistical records, and which may send no, incorrect or nonsense data if data harvesting is detected.
US09646139B1	Chemical structure-informed metabolomics data analysis This invention relates to statistically significant methods for metabolomics data analysis that incorporate the structure information of metabolites. Understanding of disease pathogenesis and drug effects, as well as prediction of variation in drug response can be achieved by analyzing quantitative data measuring metabolomics biomarker profiles from biological samples. This invention is to boost the statistical power of analyzing metabolomics data. The comprising methods may include retrieving information of metabolites' chemical structures, converting them into structural data, and integrating the structural data into analysis of metabolite concentration data to improve the evaluation of metabolites and to better identify metabolomics signatures.
US09646135B2	Clinical outcome tracking and analysis The described invention provides a method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for enabling a patient with a condition to optimize treatment options based on geography, clinical outcome, cost and other patient-set criteria. Computer program instructions when executed on a processor comprising a first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module causes the first clinical outcome and tracking module to account for biological variance up front by grouping patients in the patient population, thereby effectively removing biological variance as a factor in value of care, and leaving treatment variance as a predominant factor in treatment outcome by receiving, sorting, and classifying personal health information the latter by generating and assigning a plurality of nodal addresses, each nodal address representing a discrete punctuated string of digits comprising a prefix, a middle and a suffix that each represent a set of preselected variables that partition the sorted and classified information into a clinically relevant set of information. The described invention provides for communication between the processor comprising the first clinical outcome tracking and analysis module and a client device comprising a second clinical outcome tracking and analysis module that are communicatively linked so that a nodal address is assigned and communicated to the patient along with a geographically organized list of medical professionals treating patients within the assigned nodal address. Once the patient selects a medical professional that meets one or more of geographical, cost and clinical outcome needs of the patient, the first clinical outcome and tracking analysis module is communicatively linked to a computing device at the selected medical professional's office to facilitate scheduling of an appointment. The assigned nodal address can be associated with one or more bundles of predetermined patient care services for treatment of the condition, which can provide a predetermined course of treatment, cost certainty, or both.
US09646133B2	Computer system and microfluidic instrumentation for next-generation biological signaling network research and applications A computer-controlled micro-instrumentation biochemical reaction environment system includes an electrically-controllable microfludic routing system, at least one microreaction chamber, at least one micro-instrumentation device, and at least one electronic microprocessor. The microreaction chamber supports at least one chemical reaction associated with a biological signaling pathway. The micro-instrumentation device measures at least one physical quantity associated with the signaling pathway. The microprocessor transmits electrical control signals, receives electrical measurement signals, and executes at least one software algorithm. The microreaction chamber is connected to the microfludic routing system to receive and transmit at least a fluid or gas, and the electronic microprocessor receives electrical measurement signals from the micro-instrumentation device via a first electric interface and transmits electrical control signals to electrically-controllable microfludic routing system via a second electrical interface.
US09646127B2	3D resist profile aware etch-bias model Systems and techniques for using a three-dimension (3D) resist profile aware etch-bias model are described. A 3D resist profile aware etch-bias model can be calibrated based on empirical data. Next, the 3D resist profile aware etch-bias model can be used in one or more applications, including, but not limited to, lithography verification, etch correction, optical proximity correction, and assist feature placement.
US09646126B1	Post-routing structural netlist optimization for circuit designs Post-routing processing of a circuit design may include determining, using a processor, a baseline delay for a path of a routed circuit design, comparing, using the processor, the baseline delay of the path with a timing constraint of the path, and selectively applying, according to the comparing, a structural netlist optimization to the path resulting in an optimized path using a processor.
US09646121B2	Semiconductor device simulator, simulation method, and non-transitory computer readable medium A web simulator includes a sensor database, an account database that stores access authorization table, an authentication processing unit that specifies access authorization of an access by reference to the access authorization table, a sensor registration and update unit that registers/updates sensor information in the sensor database in accordance with an instruction of access, and a simulation execution unit that executes simulation of a connection circuit in which a sensor indicated by the registered/updated sensor information and a semiconductor device having an analog front-end circuit are connected.
US09646113B2	Generation of a computerized bone model representative of a pre-degenerated state and useable in the design and manufacture of arthroplasty devices A method of generating a computerized bone model representative of at least a portion of a patient bone in a pre-degenerated state. The method includes: generating at least one image of the patient bone in a degenerated state; identifying a reference portion associated with a generally non-degenerated portion of the patient bone; identifying a degenerated portion associated with a generally degenerated portion of the patient bone; and using information from at least one image associated with the reference portion to modify at least one aspect associated with at least one image associated the generally degenerated portion. The method may further include employing the computerized bone model representative of the at least a portion of the patient bone in the pre-degenerated state in defining manufacturing instructions for the manufacture of a customized arthroplasty jig.
US09646101B1	Presentation of information on multiple devices A computer-implemented method of information presentation on multiple devices is provided. The method may include presenting a first barcode on a webpage. The first barcode may be encoded with first data based on a uniform resource locator of the webpage. The method may also include generating second data based on a user interaction with the webpage and altering a configuration of the webpage based on the user interaction without leaving the webpage. The method may also include generating a second barcode encoded with the first data and the second data. The method may further include presenting the second barcode on the webpage with the altered configuration.
US09646093B2	Color coded symbol based world wide web indexing and retrieval system Machines, systems, and methods for a color coded symbol based world wide web indexing and retrieval system is provided. A method for using color coded symbol permutations for indexing and retrieving information on the world wide web, comprising using color coded symbol permutations, relating one or more than one piece of information thereto, and storing said color coded symbol permutations and their related one or more than one piece information for future lookup.
US09646090B2	Internet search engine based on location and public opinion A search engine that collects and uses public opinion and geographic location to refine search results. Feedback from users on results from previous searches is collected and used to rank the results of future searches and increase their relevancy to the user.
US09646089B2	System and method of modifying ranking for internet accessible documents A system and method is disclosed for altering a relevance ranking for a web accessible document or page containing target content. A set of pages containing the content in question are intentionally imbued with spam features (or other characteristics indicative of low value relevance) so that a search engine is less likely to index or retrieve such page in response to a query.
US09646085B2	Music streaming using supported services An example method includes sending a first message from a media playback system to a curating service server where the first message includes an indication of a service provider that is accessible to the media playback system. The example method further includes the media playback system receiving a message from the curating service server, where the message includes a media item identifier. The example method further includes the media playback system sending a request for a media item including the media item identifier to a service provider server.
US09646083B2	Web 2.0 system and method for dynamic categorization of heterogeneous and regulated enterprise assets A system and method for the dynamic categorization of heterogeneous, regulated enterprise information assets. In one embodiment of the invention a system includes a computer network controlled by an enterprise and a database including a plurality of enterprise data entities. A user interface, through which a plurality of enterprise users may access the enterprise data entities, is also used by the plurality of users to assign user-defined categories to the enterprise data entities. The user interface is configured to enable a plurality of the users to access and assign additional user-defined categories to enterprise data entities having user-defined categories previously assigned by other users.
US09646074B2	Method for discovering relationships in data by dynamic quantum clustering Data clustering is provided according to a dynamical framework based on quantum mechanical time evolution of states corresponding to data points. To expedite computations, we can approximate the time-dependent Hamiltonian formalism by a truncated calculation within a set of Gaussian wave-functions (coherent states) centered around the original points. This allows for analytic evaluation of the time evolution of all such states, opening up the possibility of exploration of relationships among data-points through observation of varying dynamical-distances among points and convergence of points into clusters. This formalism may be further supplemented by preprocessing, such as dimensional reduction through singular value decomposition and/or feature filtering.
US09646072B2	Multidimensional dataset query processing A method of processing a query. The method comprises providing at least one multidimensional dataset having at least three dimensions formed according to a plurality of data tables associating between a plurality of persons and a plurality of roles and comprising a plurality of cells, receiving a query defining at least one factual value coordinated by at least one of the plurality of cells, the at least one factual value representing a measure defined in at least one of the plurality of data tables, deriving at least one person from the plurality of persons, the at least one person being associated with the with multidimensional dataset with the at least one cell, and outputting an indication of the at least one person in response to the query.
US09646068B2	System, method and computer program product for performing a synchronization of data In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing a synchronization of data. These mechanisms and methods for performing a synchronization of data can enable a more efficient synchronization, time and resource savings, an enhanced user experience, etc.
US09646058B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating data quality indicators for relationships in a database The disclosed methods, systems, and computer-program products allow a business to generate data quality indicators for relationships in a database. In an embodiment, one or more relationships linked to a customer are retrieved from a database to form a set of relationships. A match confidence code is generated for each relationship based on a score generated by the comparison of customer data associated with the respective relationship and corresponding customer data obtained from an external industry database. A link confidence code is subsequently determined for the customer based on a score generated by the scores used to define the match confidence code for each relationship in the set of relationships and on internal data associated with each relationship in the set of relationships.
US09646045B2	Transaction processing system, method and program A system and method of implementing distributed transactions on a KVS having a simple configuration without unnecessarily causing rollbacks. The method includes providing a management map including a global transaction ID as a key and {a state of global transaction, a waiting global transaction ID list} as a value, starting a management local transaction on one of the plurality of servers, inserting a key-value pair including an ID of the global transaction to be processed as a key and {a state “working”, null} as a value into the management map in the management local transaction, and updating a value having the ID of the global transaction to be processed as a key to {a state “waiting”, a waiting global transaction ID list for the global transaction to be processed} on the management map in the management local transaction and committing the management local transaction.
US09646044B2	Increase database performance by reducing required communications and information transfers Technology for applying locks to memory pages. More specifically, a sticky lock is chosen by matching observed usage patterns with predetermined patterns associated with various sticky locks and/or types of stick locks increase database performance by reducing required communications and information transfers.
US09646042B2	Data consistency and rollback for cloud analytics An extract-transform-load (ETL) platform fetches consistent datasets in a batch for a given period of time and provides the ability to rollback that batch. The batch may be fetched for an interval of time, and the ETL platform may fetch new or changed data from different cloud/on-premise applications. It will store this data in the cloud or on-premise to build data history. As the ETL platform fetches new data, the system will not overwrite existing data, but rather will create new versions so that change history is preserved. For any reason, if businesses would like to rollback data, they could rollback to any previous batch.
US09646039B2	Snapshots in a storage system A system and method for creating and managing snapshots. Mediums are recorded and maintained, all of which are read-only except for the most recent mediums in use by a volume. Multiple volumes may be maintained, including a first volume which points to a first medium. When a snapshot of the first volume is taken, a second medium is created that points to the first medium. The first volume is also updated to point to the second medium. The first medium becomes the underlying medium of the second medium, and lookups are performed initially on the second medium and then on the first medium if the data is not located in the second medium.
US09646036B2	System and method for determining exact location results using hash encoding of multi-dimensioned data Aspects of the present invention are directed to system and methods for optimizing identification of locations within a search area using hash values. A hash value represents location information in a single dimension format. Computing points around some location includes calculating an identification boundary that surrounds the location of interest based on the location's hash value. The identification boundary is expanded until it exceeds a search area defined by the location and a distance. Points around the location can be identified based on having associated hash values that fall within the identification boundary. Hashing operations let a system reduce the geometric work (i.e. searching inside boundaries) and processing required, by computing straightforward operations on hash quantities (e.g. searching a linear range of geohashes), instead of, for example, point to point comparisons.
US09646035B1	Centralized metaobject ingest using a temporally-expanded bloom filter A server computer system identifies a first bloom filter using a schedule that rotates bloom filters based on time. The system identifies a first set of metaobjects to evaluate for ingestion using the first bloom filter and determines whether to add one or more of the metaobjects to a data store using the first bloom filter. The system identifies a second bloom filter using the rotation in the schedule and identifies a second set of metaobjects to evaluate for ingestion using the second bloom filter. The second set of metaobjects includes one or more metaobjects that are the same as one or more metaobjects in the first set of metaobjects. The system determines whether to add one or more of the second set of metaobjects to the data store using the second bloom filter.
US09646025B2	Method and apparatus for aggregating and presenting data associated with geographic locations Implementations relate to systems and methods for aggregating and presenting data related to geographic locations. Geotag data related to geographic locations and associated features or attributes can be collected to build a regional profile characterizing a set of locations within the region. Geotag data related to the constituent locations, such as user ratings or popularity ranks for restaurants, shops, parks, or other features, sites, or attractions, can be combined to generate a profile of characteristics of locations in the region. The platform can generate recommendations of locations to transmit to the user of a mobile device, based for instance on the location of the device in the region as reported by GPS or other location service and the regional profile. Geotag data can include audio data analyzed using region-specific terms, and user recommendations can be presented via dynamic menus based on regional profiles, user preferences or other criteria.
US09646020B2	Integrated format conversion during disk upload Uploading storage data. A method includes determining a file protocol for a local file including determining sparseness for the local file. Based on the sparseness for the local file, the local file is uploaded to a remote service, while preserving sparseness by not uploading data that the remote service can imply based on the sparseness.
US09646019B2	Secure isolation of tenant resources in a multi-tenant storage system using a security gateway Machines, systems and methods for handling a client request in a hierarchical multi-tenant data storage system, the method comprising processing a request in subtasks, wherein a subtask is executed with a minimal set of privileges associated with a specific subtenant; extracting a claimed n-level hierarchy of a tenant and sub-tenant identities from the request; extracting authentication signatures or credentials that correspond to a level in the hierarchy; for a first level in the hierarchy, sending the request to a dedicated subtenant authenticator with privilege to validate credentials for a subtenant at the first level; and receiving a confirmation from the dedicated subtenant authenticator, whether the request is authentic.
US09646016B2	Methods circuits apparatuses systems and associated computer executable code for data deduplication Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatuses, systems and associated computer executable code for data deduplication. An email data deduplication system includes an email server to send and receive emails and to store and retrieve emails from an email repository. The email data deduplication system further includes an email proxy to communicate with the email server, access one or more native repository data structures functionally associated with the email server, access one or more supplementary repository data storage resources, and parse an email being stored by the email server into a first email portion to be stored in one or more of the native repository data structures and a second email portion to be stored in one or more of the supplementary repository data storage resources.
US09646013B2	System and method for file management Embodiments of the invention provide, among other things, an improved system and method for building logical associations (links) between files and for assigning attributes to the files and/or links. In embodiments of the invention, such attribute data is indexed in a data store according to Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) in each file header.
US09646008B2	Modifying virtual item states in conjunction with digital broadcast An apparatus and computer implemented method for modifying a state of a virtual item and a corresponding computer-readable medium are disclosed. A receiving device receives information relating to one or more virtual items from a server via a broadcast signal. The information is filtered according to one or more criteria to select a selected virtual item from among the one or more virtual items. The criteria include a physical world location of the receiving device. A state of the selected virtual item is modified from an initial state to a modified state and information relating the modified state back is sent back to the server.
US09646001B2	Machine translation (MT) based spoken dialog systems customer/machine dialog Operation of an automated dialog system is described using a source language to conduct a real time human machine dialog process with a human user using a target language. A user query in the target language is received and automatically machine translated into the source language. An automated reply of the dialog process is then delivered to the user in the target language. If the dialog process reaches an initial assistance state, a first human agent using the source language is provided to interact in real time with the user in the target language by machine translation to continue the dialog process. Then if the dialog process reaches a further assistance state, a second human agent using the target language is provided to interact in real time with the user in the target language to continue the dialog process.
US09646000B2	Search method, search system, and natural language comprehension system A search method, a search system, and a natural language comprehension system are provided. The search system includes a structured database and a search engine. The structured database stores a plurality of records, each of which has a title field and a content field. The title field includes at least one sub-field, and each sub-field includes an indication field and a value field. The indication field stores indication data, the value field stores value data, and the content field stores detailed content data. The search engine conducts a full-text search to the records in the structured database according to a keyword derived from a user's request formation, and a search result is transmitted to a knowledge comprehension assistance module, so as to recognize the user's intention. After the user's intention is recognized, information associated with the recognized user's intention is transmitted back to the user.
US09645998B1	Learning new words Systems and methods are disclosed for a server learning new words generated by user client devices in a crowdsourced manner while maintaining local differential privacy of client devices. A client device can determine that a word typed on the client device is a new word that is not contained in a dictionary or asset catalog on the client device. New words can be grouped in classifications such as entertainment, health, finance, etc. A differential privacy system on the client device can comprise a privacy budget for each classification of new words. If there is privacy budget available for the classification, then one or more new terms in a classification can be sent to new term learning server, and the privacy budget for the classification reduced. The privacy budget can be periodically replenished.
US09645995B2	Language identification on social media A method for language prediction of a social network post includes generating a social network graph which includes nodes connected by edges. Some of the nodes are user nodes representing users of a social network and some of the nodes are social network post nodes representing social network posts. At least some of the users are authors of social network posts represented by respective social network post nodes. Edges of the graph are associated with respective weights. At least one of the social network post nodes is unlabeled. Language labels are predicted for the at least one unlabeled social network post node which includes propagating language labels through the graph. A language of the social network post is predicted based on the predicted language labels for the social network post node representing that social network post and optionally also based on content-based features.
US09645989B2	Techniques to generate custom electronic forms using custom content Techniques to generate custom electronic forms are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device and an application having a form manager component. The form manager component may be operative on the logic device to manage one or more forms for a user interface of the application during a run-time mode of the application. The form manager component may have a custom prompt module operative to determine whether an application context interface is available for a dynamic form prompt of a form. The form manager component may determine whether a custom language interface is available for the dynamic form prompt when the application context interface is available. The form manager component may retrieve custom content in a custom presentation language for the dynamic form prompt when the custom language interface is available. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09645987B2	Topic extraction and video association A topic is extracted from a digital text document (102). A video is selected from a video source for the extracted topic (104). The selected video is associated with the extracted topic (106).
US09645986B2	Method, medium, and system for creating an electronic book with an umbrella policy An electronic textbook system allows instructors to create custom coursebooks by integrating various materials from disparate sources. Instructors can arrange the materials, format them, provide tables of contents and indices. Payment mechanisms as well as policies for the components are integrated automatically so that the final book satisfies policy requirements for each of its component parts.
US09645985B2	Systems and methods for customizing text in media content Various embodiments are disclosed for facilitating automatic media editing. Media content is obtained and semantic analysis is performed on text in at least a portion of the media content to obtain at least one semantic textual segment each corresponding to a text section of the media content, wherein the text section comprises at least one word in the text in the at least a portion of the media content. At least one context token corresponding to the at least one semantic textual segment is generated. The text section is visually accentuated according to the context token.
US09645978B2	Techniques for the automatic animation of changes to document content Techniques for the automatic animation of document content are described. An apparatus may comprise a difference component operative to receive an old layout of a document and a new layout of the document, the new layout corresponding to an application of one or more changes to the old layout of the document, the difference component operative to determine a set of differences between the old layout and the new layout, and an animation layer generation component operative to generate a set of animation layers from the set of differences. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09645959B2	Fast link training in embedded systems Fast link training in embedded systems is disclosed. In one aspect, a host takes advantage of situations in which the host is coupled to one or more static devices through a communication bus. In particular, because the one or more devices are static, the host may be provided with information about the one or more devices before start up, so that when the host does perform a start up, the host already knows which device(s) to expect. Accordingly, the host may directly query the expected device(s), and after receipt of response(s) from the expected device(s), may begin link training the expected device(s). By using the provided information about the expected device(s) in this fashion, the host may bypass or skip an initial signal detection step used by conventional link training processes. Bypassing the initial signal detection step may save time, which in turn saves power.
US09645952B2	USB device communication system and working mode switching method to prevent USB device from adopting power interruption when reconfiguring firmware programs Provided are a USB device, a communication system and a method thereof for work mode switching, where the method for work mode switching of the USB device includes: a USB device is inserted into a host, wherein the USB device is configured with single disk device information and at least one type of work mode information; the single disk device information is sent to the host by the USB device, wherein the single disk device information includes installation information as per which the host installs a function management module; and a work mode is selected by the USB device according to a configuration instruction issued by the function management module of the host and configured as a current valid work mode. According to the present disclosure, the USB device, the communication system and the method thereof for work mode switching are capable of accomplishing work mode switching without reconfiguration of firmware programs requiring interruption of power supply, thereby reducing switching time of work modes.
US09645950B2	Low-cost backup and edge caching using unused disk blocks A designated storage system receives a request to store data in the local storage as a backup copy. The designated storage system requests a file system in the computer system to store the backup copy as a file in the local storage and maintains a record describing storage locations for each of the one or more sets of contiguous available file system data blocks. The storage system may transmit the record to a management computer configured to track which of the computer systems has stored the backup copy. The storage system then requests the file system to delete the file, whereupon the file system removes the file descriptor and frees the one or more file system data blocks in order to satisfy the deletion request but does not delete the data stored in the one or more file system data blocks.
US09645944B2	Enhancing data caching performance For a cache in which a plurality of frequently accessed data segments are temporarily stored, reference count information of the plurality of data segments, in conjunction with least recently used (LRU) information, is used to determine a length of time to retain the plurality of data segments in the cache according to a predetermined weight, where notwithstanding the LRU information, those of the plurality of data segments having a higher reference counts are retained longer than those having lower reference counts.
US09645938B2	Cache operations for memory management In accordance with the present description, cache operations for a memory-sided cache in front of a backing memory such as a byte-addressable non-volatile memory, include combining at least two of a first operation, a second operation and a third operation, wherein the first operation includes evicting victim cache entries from the cache memory in accordance with a replacement policy which is biased to evict cache entries having clean cache lines over evicting cache entries having dirty cache lines. The second operation includes evicting victim cache entries from the primary cache memory to a victim cache memory of the cache memory, and the third operation includes translating memory location addresses to shuffle and spread the memory location addresses within an address range of the backing memory. It is believed that various combinations of these operations may provide improved operation of a memory. Other aspects are described herein.
US09645937B2	Expedited servicing of store operations in a data processing system In at least some embodiments, a processor core generates one or more store operations by executing one or more store instructions in an instruction sequence. The one or more store operations are marked as a high priority store operations in response to detecting, in the instruction sequence, a window opening instruction and a window closing instruction bounding the one or more store instructions and are not so marked otherwise. The one or more store operations are buffered in a store queue associated with a cache memory of the processor core. Handling of the one or more store operations in the store queue is expedited in response to the one or more store operations being marked as high priority store operations and not expedited otherwise.
US09645928B2	Distributed directory service for in-memory compression unit home location Techniques are described herein for maintaining a directory map that contains a data chunk-to-server mapping. Directory maps, maintained within the volatile memory of each server node in the set of multiple server nodes, include a node hierarchy represented as a tree structure in which each node represents a range of an on-disk address range. Each child node, within the node hierarchy, represents a sub-range of the on-disk address range represented by the parent node of the child node. Once a data chunk is loaded into volatile memory of a particular server, mapping information relating the particular on-disk starting address of the data chunk loaded into volatile memory and the pointer address to the location in volatile memory is loaded into one or more node in the directory map. Loading mapping information into the directory map includes first, locating a target child node, in the node hierarchy that has a range into which the particular on-disk starting address falls, where the target node is the Nth child node of a particular parent node. Then inserting a mapping entry into the target child node. Then determining a set of parent nodes, other than the particular parent node of the target child node, that has ranges that overlap with the particular on-disk address range. Then inserting into each Nth child node of each parent node in the set of parents nodes, an entry corresponding to mapping information that includes an indication of the on-disk starting address and the particular in-memory address.
US09645924B2	Garbage collection scaling A computer processor determines an over-provisioning ratio and a host write pattern. The computer processor determines a write amplification target based on the host write pattern and the over-provisioning ratio. The computer processor determines a staleness threshold, wherein the staleness threshold corresponds to a ratio of valid pages of a block to total pages of the block. The computer processor erases a first block having a staleness which exceeds the staleness threshold.
US09645921B2	Start-up method for USB flash disk with synchronous flash memory and control system A start-up method for USB disk with synchronous flash memory includes steps of: (a) writing test data into a data cache zone of a flash memory according to an initiate read write clock of a flash memory controller; (b) reading the test data to a memory zone of a USB controller; (c) comparing the test data in two memory zones, and recording a comparison result and a phase parameter of read write clock; (d) delaying the initiate read write clock for one-unit delay, and repeating steps (a)˜(d); (e) if the comparison result changes from success to failure, stopping repeat the step (d); (f) selecting the phase parameter of the read write clock that corresponds to one of the comparison results in an interval with multiple continuous successful comparison results to determine a clock phase for accessing the flash memory, and then starting up the USB flash disk. The method is quick and stable.
US09645915B2	Continuous evaluation of program code and saving state information associated with program code A device receives a program code being created or edited, executes a first portion of the program code to generate a first result, and executes a second portion of the program code to generate a second result. The device stores the first result and the second result, and compares the first result and the second result to determine a difference between the first result and the second result. The device utilizes the difference to identify an error in the program code, and provides information, associated with the difference and the error, for display.
US09645902B2	Modular switched fabric for data storage systems Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage system is provided that includes a plurality of storage drives each comprising a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface, and configured to store data and retrieve the data stored on associated storage media responsive to storage operations. The data storage system includes one or more processing modules comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled to the plurality of storage drives over a PCIe fabric comprised of one or more PCIe switches. The processors are configured to share a PCIe address space associated with the PCIe fabric for transfer of the storage operations to appropriate ones of the processors that manage ones of the plurality of storage drives.
US09645894B2	Data storage device and flash memory control method A data storage device and a flash memory control method with a power recovery design. A microcontroller is configured to allocate a flash memory to provide a first block from the blocks to work as a run-time write block for reception of write data. During a power recovery process due to an unexpected power-off event that interrupted write operations on the first block, the microcontroller is configured to allocate the flash memory to provide a second block from the blocks for complete data recovery of the first block and to replace the first block as the run-time write block.
US09645891B2	Opportunistic execution of secondary copy operations Rather than relying on pre-defined scheduling of secondary copy operations such as backup jobs, the illustrative opportunistic approach initiates secondary copy operations based on changing operational conditions in a storage management system. An adaptive backup readiness score is based on a number of backup-readiness operational factors. An illustrative enhanced data agent which is associated with the target database application (or other executable component) may monitor the operational factors and determine the backup readiness score based on weights assigned to the respective operational factors. The enhanced data agent may evaluate recent backup jobs to determine which of the operational factors that contributed to the backup readiness score may have been most relevant. Based on the most-relevant analysis, the enhanced data agent may adapt the weights assigned to the monitored operational factors, so that the backup readiness score may be more suitable and responsive to ongoing operational conditions in the system.
US09645885B2	Hybrid distributed storage system There is provided a distributed object storage system that includes several performance optimizations with respect to efficiently storing data objects when coping with a desired concurrent failure tolerance of concurrent failures of storage elements which is greater than two and with respect to optimizing encoding/decoding overhead and the number of input and output operations at the level of the storage elements.
US09645883B2	Circuit arrangement and method for realizing check bit compacting for cross parity codes A circuit arrangement for determining m check bits c1, . . . , cm for k data bits u1, . . . , uk is provided, wherein the circuit arrangement includes a first subcircuit and a second subcircuit. The first subcircuit has k binary inputs for inputting the k data bits u=u1, . . . , uk and M binary outputs for outputting M binary intermediate values z1, . . . , zM determined from the data bits. The second subcircuit is configured to transform the intermediate values z1, . . . , zM into the check bits c1, . . . , cm.
US09645875B2	Intelligent inter-process communication latency surveillance and prognostics The disclosed embodiments provide a system that analyzes telemetry data from a computer system. During operation, the system obtains the telemetry data, which includes first information containing telemetric signals gathered using sensors in the computer system and second information that indicates one or more transaction latencies of software running on the computer system. Upon detecting an upward trend in the one or more transaction latencies, the system analyzes the telemetry data for a correlation between the one or more transaction latencies and one or more environmental factors represented by a subset of the telemetric signals. Upon identifying the correlation between the one or more transaction latencies and an environmental factor, the system stores an indication that the environmental factor may be contributing to the upward trend in the one or more transaction latencies.
US09645864B2	Technologies for operating system transitions in multiple-operating-system environments Technologies for transitioning between operating systems include a computing device having a main memory and a data storage device. The computing device executes a first operating system and monitors for an operating system toggle event. The toggle event may be a software command, a hardware buttonpress, or other user command. In response to the toggle event, the computing device copies state data of the first operating system to a reserved memory area. After copying the state data, the computing device executes a second operating system. While the second operating system is executing, the computing device copies the state data of the first operating system from the reserved memory area to the data storage device. The computing device monitors for operating system toggle events during execution of the second operating system and may similarly toggle execution back to the first operating system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09645855B2	Job scheduling optimization based on ratio of stall to active cycles An apparatus and a job scheduling method are provided. For example, the apparatus is a multi-core processing apparatus. The apparatus and method minimize performance degradation of a core caused by sharing resources by dynamically managing a maximum number of jobs assigned to each core of the apparatus. The apparatus includes at least one core including an active cycle counting unit configured to store a number of active cycles and a stall cycle counting unit configured to store a number of stall cycles and a job scheduler configured to assign at least one job to each of the at least one core, based on the number of active cycles and the number of stall cycles. When the ratio of the number of stall cycles to a number of active cycles for a core is too great, the job scheduler assigns fewer jobs to that core to improve performance.
US09645852B2	Managing a workload in an environment A system and computer-implemented method for managing a workload in an environment is disclosed. The method may include establishing a shadow workload on a shadow computer environment, wherein the shadow workload is a copy of an original workload. The method may include communicating a shadow input for the shadow workload, wherein the shadow input is a copy of an original input for the original workload. The method may also include collecting an original output from the original workload and a shadow output from the shadow workload. The method may also include determining, by comparing the original output from the original workload with the shadow output from the shadow workload, whether the shadow computer environment is configured to operate the original workload.
US09645847B1	Efficient suspend and resume of instances A virtual machine is suspended as a result of receiving a request for suspending a plurality of virtual machines, and, for each virtual machine of the plurality, obtaining a first snapshot of an exemplary virtual machine, obtaining a second snapshot of the virtual machine, determining a set of changes based on the second snapshot and the first snapshot, storing the set of changes in persistent storage in association with the virtual machine, and terminating the virtual machine. The system and method further including receiving a request for restoring the plurality of virtual machines to corresponding previous states, and, for each virtual machine of the plurality, obtaining the first snapshot of the exemplary virtual machine, obtaining the second snapshot of the virtual machine, and restoring the virtual machine to a previous state based on the second snapshot.
US09645839B2	Stateful applications operating in a stateless cloud computing environment A cloud computing environment may use a virtualization layer within a stateless cloud computing process to capture, store, and retrieve state information generated by a stateful application executing within the process. The virtualization layer may monitor various state storage systems to identify changes to stateful items and store the stateful items in a state storage mechanism. The virtualization layer may intercept and redirect calls to the stateful items stored in the state storage mechanism. A cloud computing manager may start and stop the stateless cloud computing process, and may recover the state and resume executing the application.
US09645837B2	Methods for compilation, a compiler and a system A method in a Just-In-Time, JIT, compiler for compiling code in a JIT-compiler for a heterogeneous multiprocessor system is provided. The method comprises compiling a snippet of input code, whereby one or more compiled code snippets are generated for the snippet of input code. The one or more compiled code snippets are tagged with one or more snippet specific characteristics. One or more compiled code snippets are selected from the compiled code snippets, based on said snippet specific characteristics. The one or more selected compiled code snippets are executed on one or more of the plurality of processors. While executing, run-time data is gathered, where the gathered data is tagged for which processor in the heterogeneous multiprocessor system it is related to.
US09645835B2	Systems and methods for monitoring and maintaining consistency of a configuration The present application is directed towards systems and methods for monitoring and maintaining consistency of a configuration across a plurality of cores or packet engines in a multi-core system. A configuration manager handles communication of configuration commands to a plurality of cores or packet engines. If a command executes successfully on a first packet engine but fails on a second packet engine, the configuration manager may communicate an undo command to the first packet engine. Successful execution of the undo command may restore the packet engines to a consistent configuration.
US09645833B2	Additive independent object modification Disclosed is a method, a system and a computer readable medium for additive independent object modification. The method includes determining an association between an independent object modification and a base object of a software application, modifying at least one element of the base object based on the associated independent object modification, and configuring the software application to execute in a computer system using the modified base object.
US09645829B2	Techniques to communicate with a controller for a non-volatile dual in-line memory module Examples may include communicating with a controller for a non-volatile dual in-line memory module through a system management bus (SMBus) interface. In some examples, selective assertion of bits maintained in registers accessible through the SMBus interface may enable communication with the controller. The selective assertion may be based on a register map.
US09645818B2	Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus The information processing apparatus includes an arithmetic processing device configured to output an access request, a storage device configured to store data, a storage control device configured to accept the access request to the storage device from the arithmetic processing device, transfer the accepted access request to the storage device, and acquire a response to the access request from the storage device, and a diagnosis control device configured to send an access request to the storage device to the storage control device in place of the access request to the storage device from the arithmetic processing device, and acquire a response from the storage device via the storage control device.
US09645812B2	Headset firmware update from headset base unit A method of updating a headset system firmware and a headset system are provided. The headset system comprises a headset and a base unit, the base unit having a base unit control circuit and being configured to connect to a computer system, the base unit comprises a headset dock to receive the headset. The method comprises the steps of receiving, in the base unit control circuit, a headset system firmware update from the computer system, the headset system firmware update comprising a headset firmware update and/or a base unit firmware update, and updating the base unit control circuit with the base unit firmware update. In a base unit storage, storing the headset firmware update having a headset firmware update version and when a headset having a current headset firmware version is received in the headset dock, controlling the base unit control circuit to check whether the current headset firmware version is the same as the headset firmware update version stored in the base unit storage, and updating the current headset firmware with the stored headset firmware update if one or more conditions are fulfilled.
US09645806B2	Method to convey an application's development environment characteristics to the hosting provider to facilitate selection of hosting environment or the selection of an optimized production operation of the application A system and method for deploying a software application to a hosting environment that considers the development environment, and bases any decision on data about the development environment to make a selection of hosting environment and/or operational attributes. The system and methods determines and attaches metadata describing the development environment to an application, then uses that metadata to select a deployment model, and to select an operational model. The method assigns a security risk score to a developed application which may be hosted in a virtual hosting environment or a physical hosting environment. The system and method considers security issues in its scoring and focuses on the security risk associated with an application that would be deployed. The method steps convey the application attributes, such as complexity, robustness, likelihood of operational issued, likelihood of compromise, etc. to the deployment and operating entities.
US09645804B2	Extracting source code Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for extracting source code. One of the methods includes receiving, by a newly created process, a request to execute code of an executable file in the newly created process, wherein the request specifies a parameter. The newly created process loads a process interception library. Library initialization code of the process interception library determines whether the parameter should be intercepted. In response to determining that the parameter should be intercepted, the parameter is provided to another process.
US09645797B2	Development system and method for providing external functionality A system of one or more computing devices includes a user interface presented to a developer. A data store stores information identifying multiple functions, each corresponding to external functionality available from third party applications. The developer selects at least one of the functions to supplement functionality of a first application. A code generation module provides a software object for incorporation into the first application. The software object includes instructions for transmitting a query wrapper to a search system. The query wrapper includes a predefined text string corresponding to one of the functions selected by the developer. The software object includes instructions for receiving and displaying a result set including multiple items, each including a name and corresponding access mechanism of an application. The software object includes instructions for, in response to user selection of a first item, actuating the access mechanism to download or open the corresponding application.
US09645785B1	Heads-up displays for augmented reality network in a medical environment A system for providing networked communications includes a plurality of head-mountable devices, each in communication with a control system via a communication network. Each of the plurality of head-mountable devices includes a display, and may also include an image-capture device and/or a microphone. The control system receives, via the communication network, surgical data of a patient obtained from at least one source of surgical data. Wearers of the head-mountable devices may select aspects of the surgical data and the control system causes those selected aspects to be displayed on the respective wearable device. The control system may also generate alerts and cause the alerts to be displayed on the wearable devices. An alert may include a notification that additional surgical data is available for access by the wearer of the head-mountable device.
US09645784B2	Screen splicing system and video data stream processing method The invention discloses a screen splicing system and a video data stream processing method. The system includes: a video acquisition subsystem, configured to acquire an original video data stream, and output the acquired original video data stream to a smooth displaying subsystem after a smooth displaying image processing mode is enabled; the smooth displaying subsystem, connected with the video acquisition subsystem and configured to receive the original video data stream from the video acquisition subsystem, sequentially perform smooth displaying image processing and screen cutting processing on the original video data stream and send the cut video data stream to a screen splicing subsystem; and the screen splicing subsystem, connected with the smooth displaying subsystem and configured to perform splicing processing on the cut video data stream and send the spliced video data stream to a splicing display wall. According to the technical solutions provided by the invention, screen splicing display smoothness is improved, and an overall display effect of the screen splicing system is remarkably improved.
US09645780B2	Data storage apparatus and data storage method A data storage apparatus includes a memory for data storage. The data storage apparatus further includes a data storing section, an access detecting section, and a data deleting section. The data storing section attaches storage-purpose information to data when storing the data in the memory. The storage-purpose information is setting information indicating a purpose for which the image data is stored. The access detecting section attaches access information to the data stored in the memory upon the data being accessed when the data is used. The access information is setting information indicating a purpose for which the image data is used. The data deleting section deletes the data from the memory at a specific timing when the storage-purpose information and the access information attached to the data match.
US09645776B2	Printing system, printer, and information processing apparatus A printing system including a printer and an information processing apparatus, the printer being configured to receive image data from the information processing apparatus, store the image data, generate image identification information identifying the image data, and transmit the image identification information to the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being configured to store the received image identification information in association with an information-processor user ID, and transmit an inquiry about a login user to the printer, the printer returning a printer user ID of the login user to the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus transmitting to the printer a print command and the image data stored in association with the information-processor user ID when the received printer user ID is coincident with the stored information-processor user ID, the printer performing a printing operation based on the received image data.
US09645773B2	Peripheral device control system, printing device, peripheral device control method, and program for providing information regarding an amount of color material An application in an image processing apparatus presents information about ink installed in a peripheral device, such as the shape, color, size, arrangement direction, and a remaining ink level of an ink tank, in a visually realistic manner using accurate graphics. The image processing apparatus acquires ink information about, in particular, a remaining ink level, arrangement direction, and the order of the arrangement of the ink tank, and displays the information about the peripheral device in a user interface of the application using the acquired ink information.
US09645767B2	Aggregating storage elements using a virtual controller Apparatus and method for aggregating storage elements. In accordance with various embodiments, a virtual storage space is formed across a plurality of storage elements each comprising an array of data storage devices. A virtual controller comprises a first storage element aggregator (SEA) configured to issue a first command to a selected storage element in response to receipt by the first SEA of a first host command. The virtual controller further comprises a second SEA configured to concurrently issue a second command to the selected storage element in response to receipt by the second SEA of a second host command.
US09645765B2	Reading and writing data at multiple, individual non-volatile memory portions in response to data transfer sent to single relative memory address A first memory portion of a plurality of memory portions is configured to determine a designated position of the first memory portion (in a predefined sequence of the plurality of memory portions), and to receive a sub-request conveyed to the plurality of memory portions in the first memory device. The sub-request has a single contiguous instruction portion and a plurality of data segments. The single contiguous instruction portion has a single relative memory address and a single set of one or more instructions to write the data segments. The first memory portion detects that the received sub-request includes an instruction to write data, and in response, identifies a first data segment allocated to the first memory portion, places the first data segment into a buffer of the first memory portion, and writes the buffered first data segment to a location in non-volatile memory of the first memory portion.
US09645762B2	Using an enhanced data agent to restore backed up data across autonomous storage management systems An exemplary system preserves the autonomy of two or more distinct storage management systems all the while enabling backed up data to be restored from a first storage management system (the “local system”) to a specially-configured client in a second storage management system (the “remote system”). For example, backed up data in the local system (e.g., a secondary copy of production data) may be transferred, in a restore operation, from secondary storage in the local storage management system, which originated the data, to a client of the remote storage management system (the “remote client”). As a specially-configured “restore-only client,” the remote client is limited to receiving backed up data from the local storage management system, via restore operation(s) managed by the local storage manager. The remote client remains a full-fledged client in its home system, the remote storage management system.
US09645760B2	Storage system and control method thereof According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a plurality of memory units including a nonvolatile memory and a control unit which controls the nonvolatile memory, a routing unit which controls transfer of a packet between the memory units. The routing unit uses a partial address described in the packet and not the full address.
US09645758B2	Apparatus, system, and method for indexing data of an append-only, log-based structure Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for indexing data of an append-only, log-based structure. A storage controller writes a plurality of data packets to a storage medium by sequentially appending the data packets to a log-based structure of the storage medium. The data packets may be associated with different logical identifiers belonging to a logical address space that is independent of physical storage locations on the storage medium. An indexing module writes an index segment associated with the plurality of data packets to the log-based structure. The index segment may include index entries for determining the logical identifiers of the data packets. The indexing module records, on the storage medium, information indicating where the index segment is written on the storage medium.
US09645753B2	Overlapping write detection and processing for sync replication A primary write request that is to modify a primary portion of primary data stored in a primary storage node is received. The primary write request is to be replicated to create a current secondary write request. The current secondary write request is to modify a current secondary portion of secondary data that is stored in a secondary storage node. A current data range of the current secondary portion is determined. A determination is made of whether a previous secondary write request is in process of modifying a previous data range that at least partially overlaps with a current data range of the current secondary portion. Execution of the primary write request is suspended, until the previous secondary write request has completed updating the secondary storage node.
US09645745B2	I/O performance in resilient arrays of computer storage devices Storing computer data is provided. Responsive to determining that a first data includes user data, storing the user data to a first storage system, wherein the first storage system provides a first quality of service. Responsive to determining that a second data includes redundant data, storing the redundant data to a second storage system, wherein the second storage system provides a second quality of service that is lower than the first quality of service provided by the first storage system.
US09645738B2	Direct memory access of remote data An apparatus and associated methodology providing a data storage system operably transferring data between a storage space and a remote device via a network. The data storage system includes a first storage controller having top-level control of a first data storage device and a second storage controller having top-level control of a second data storage device that is different than the first data storage device, the first and second data storage devices forming portions of the storage space. Data pathway logic resides in the first storage controller that performs a direct memory access (DMA) transfer to the second data storage device at a DMA data transfer rate in response to the first storage controller receiving, from the external device via the network, an access request for the second data storage device.
US09645737B2	Information processing apparatus, control device, and control method An information processing apparatus includes a monitoring unit that monitors a reception of a power-on instruction from a second control device among the plurality of control devices, and a prevention unit that prevents an issue of the power-on instruction to the second control device when the monitoring unit detects the power-on instruction from the second control device. Therefore, the control device can prevent the occurrence of unintended power-on operations.
US09645729B2	Precise object selection in touch sensing systems A method for operating a user interface on a system in which objects are displayed on a touch sensitive display screen. A touch coordinate is received from the touch sensitive display screen indicative of a touch location on the display screen. A search area surrounding the touch coordinate is searched for an object. The search area has an initial minimum size. If an object is found within the initial minimum search area it is identified. If no object is found, then the size of the search area is incrementally increased and searched until a final maximum size is reached. If no object is found, then the search is terminated.
US09645727B2	Drag and drop of graph elements In a method of rendering a plurality of graph elements, first sample data is generated to render an instance of a first graph element type in a first cell of a canvas panel. An indicator is received that indicates a second graph element type to present in the first cell overlaid with the instance of the first graph element type. Second sample data is generated to render an instance of the second graph element type in the first cell overlaid with the instance of the first graph element type. An indicator is received that indicates selection of a fourth indicator of the instance of the second graph element type. An indicator is received that indicates dropping of the fourth indicator into a second cell. Third sample data is generated to render a second instance of the second graph element type in the second cell.
US09645720B2	Data sharing In an embodiment, a method of data sharing is disclosed. The method may include routing a data set to a specific device in response to a data selection and a target selection.
US09645716B2	Display processing apparatus for controlling display, method of display processing, and nontransitory storage medium storing display processing program A display processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to perform a first classification processing to classify a plurality of image files stored in a storage medium into a plurality of primary categories. The controller is further configured to perform a second classification processing to classify the plurality of image files into a plurality of secondary categories when it is judged that the number of the plurality of primary categories is greater than a maximum-displaying number. At least one of the plurality of secondary categories contains at least two of the plurality of primary categories. A plurality of primary-categorizing icons are displayed when the number of the plurality of secondary categories is equal to or less than the maximum-displaying number.
US09645705B2	Application user interface systems and methods An exemplary method includes a user computing device 1) executing a software application having primary, secondary, and tertiary menu levels, and 2) providing, for display as directed by the software application, a graphical user interface view that includes a first navigation control section in the form of a footer bar mapped to the primary menu level, a second navigation control section in the form of a header bar mapped to the secondary menu level, and a third navigation control section positioned between the footer bar and the header bar and mapped to the tertiary menu level. In some embodiments, the footer bar includes a slidable segment associated with selectable menu options included in a primary menu level application menu, and a fixed segment associated with a persistent selectable link to an additional software application included in a suite of software applications. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09645698B2	User interface for displaying a gallery of formatting options applicable to a selected object An improved user interface is provided for displaying a gallery of images showing different formatting options combinations that may be applied to a selected object. When a particular image is selected an associated formatting options combination is automatically applied to the selected object.
US09645696B2	Visual editor for defining geo fence boundaries A workflow authoring program generates a workflow. Further, a visual editor is invoked. In addition, a portion of a map is selected with the visual editor by marking a geo fence with boundaries that indicate the portion. The workflow authoring program also establishes a geo decision point in the workflow at which a determination is made if a condition is met within the geo fence.
US09645688B2	OGS touch screen substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and related apparatus The present invention discloses a touch screen substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen substrate includes a capacitance layer comprising a plurality of electrodes, a first cover layer formed on the capacitance layer; a plurality of conductive bridges located on the first cover layer and configured to be electrically connected to a part of the electrodes that are electrically isolated; and a plurality of electrical connection lines, configured to respectively be electrically connected to the respective conductive bridge so as to electrically connect the first electrode with a touch detecting circuit. A material layer for forming the electrical connection lines is different from a material layer for forming the conductive bridges such that the conductive bridges located below the electrical connection lines are not corroded when the material layer for the electrical connection lines is etched. Utilization of different chemical properties of copper and silver nanowires and ITO material and inclusion of a single patterning process increase productivity and yield.
US09645681B2	Optical touch display system Optical touch display system includes a light source, a reflector, an image sensor, and a processing device. The light source emits light to at least one object directly and emits light to the at least one object via the reflector at the same time. Then the image sensor receives light reflected from the at least one object directly and light reflected via the reflector simultaneously to form a set of imaging objects which have similar color parameters on an image. Then the processing device produces a set of still image parameters of the image objects such as gravity centers and border boundaries. Based on the still image parameters, the processing device determines the coordinates of the least one object on the optical touch display.
US09645677B2	Capacitive sensing device A driving signal is applied to a plurality of driving electrodes using the driving matrix illustrated in FIG. 5A obtained by removing a row in which a sum of codes is greatest and a column having a transposition relationship with the row in a Hadamard matrix. Distribution of capacitance in intersection portions between a sensing electrode and a plurality of driving electrodes can be obtained using an inverse matrix of the driving matrix illustrated in FIG. 5B. Further, when decoding is performed using an extended matrix obtained by replacing “0” with “−1” in FIG. 5B, it is possible to average noise and to improve an S/N ratio.
US09645673B2	Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate includes a detection electrode of a touch panel, pixels include pixel electrodes and counter electrodes, the counter electrodes are divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are provided in common to the pixels on a plurality of display lines being side by side, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel as well, the liquid crystal display device includes a semiconductor chip configured to supply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the divided blocks, the semiconductor chip includes a first terminal group formed on a side of a display area side configured by the plurality of pixels.
US09645661B2	Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same A display substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing loops and second sensing loops, an insulating layer covering the first and second sensing loops, a plurality of bridges disposed on the insulating layer, a gate line disposed on the insulating layer, and a transistor connected to the gate line, the transistor being disposed on the insulating layer. The first sensing loops are arranged on the substrate in a first direction at a predetermined interval. The second sensing loops are arranged on the substrate in a second direction different from the first direction at a predetermined interval. The second sensing loops are electrically separated from the first sensing loops. Each of the second sensing loops includes passing regions at which the first sensing loops pass through. One side of each of the first sensing loops and one side of each of the second sensing loops are open.
US09645659B2	Electronic device with a supporting device for mode switching The present application provides an electronic device having a first operating mode and a second operating mode, and including a body; a first rotating structure connected with the body; a supporting part connected with the body via the first rotating structure; a second rotating structure; a base connected with the supporting part via the second rotating structure. Specifically, the body is substantially perpendicular to the base when the electronic device is in the first operating mode; and the body is substantially parallel to the base when the electronic device is in the second operating mode.
US09645654B2	Initializing predictive information for free space gesture control and communication The technology disclosed relates generally to image analysis and, in particular embodiments, to identifying shapes and capturing motions of objects in three-dimensional space. This is accomplished by calculation of numerous span lengths between opposing sides of a control object wherein each control object can consist of a plurality of span modes, each span mode identified by a frequency distribution of a plurality of sample points. The relevant sample points are derived from the pairing of boundary points on the opposing sides of the control object. For each span mode, span width parameters are calculated from at least part of the distribution of the span lengths, using the span width parameters to initialize at least a portion of a model of the control object, and generating predictive information from the initialized model.
US09645648B2	Audio computer system for interacting within a virtual reality environment A computer system comprising a headset configured to sit on top of a user's head. The headset includes a microphone and a headset haptic device. The headset is configured to receive audio signals and for outputting a plurality of sound waves based on the audio signals received. The computer system also includes a sound processing module configured for receiving a plurality of sound data corresponding with a sound profile associated with a virtual reality environment and converting the sound data so that sound can be emitted from a sound emitting device of the headset. The headset haptic device is configured for converting audio signals into a haptic profile corresponding to the sound profile and transmitting vibrations corresponding with the haptic profile from the headset haptic device through the headband to the crown of the user's skull and from each ear cup to the skull around each user's ears.
US09645646B2	Three dimensional contextual feedback wristband device A device to output two or more coordinated haptic effects, comprising, a first haptic effect generator to output a first haptic effect, a second haptic effect generator to output a second haptic effect and a processor to coordinate operation of the second haptic effect generator with operation of the first haptic effect generator based on an input provided to the processor.
US09645644B2	Controlling visual and tactile feedback of touch input Described embodiments relate to an interactive user interface that enables a user to intuitively recognize correlation between a selected object and a desired operation to be performed. Such an interactive user interface may be provided by obtaining a priority of a selected object upon detection of a designated touch input made on the selected object for moving the selected object from a first display region to a second display region in a graphic user interface, determining feedback attributes of the detected designated touch input based on the obtained priority of the selected object, and outputting visual and tactile feedback of the detected designated touch input based on the determined feedback attributes.
US09645640B2	Device and method for navigating within a menu for controlling a vehicle, and selecting a menu entry from the menu A menu including at least one menu entry and/or a menu entry from the menu, is selected by using a menu navigation device. The device can control the vehicle by at least one head movement of a driver and includes a camera which is designed to be worn on the head of the driver to capture camera data corresponding to a field of vision of the driver, a processor unit which is configured to generate a compilation of menu entries as a function of at least one predetermined viewing direction which corresponds to the direction of a field of vision of the driver and/or a position of the driver's head, and a display for outputting the menu entries.
US09645638B2	Display device with a direction-dependent sensor A display device includes at least one first direction-dependent sensor that detects the presence of at least one person in a predetermined zone in front of the display device, the at least one first sensor being mounted on a housing part, wherein the display device is pivotable about at least one axis so that orientation of the at least one first sensor is altered; at least one second sensor adapted to detect the orientation of the display device, and a control unit adapted to generate a control signal in accordance with the orientation of the display device detected by the second sensor, the control signal indicating that detection of a person by the first sensor cannot be ensured.
US09645627B2	Computer stick docking system and power management method thereof A computer stick docking system and a power management method thereof are provided. The computer stick docking system includes a docking station and a computer stick device. The docking station is configured to receive a display device and a computer stick device, including a docking battery and a docking HDMI interface circuit. The computer stick device includes a computer-stick controller and a computer-stick HDMI interface circuit. The computer-stick controller is configured to load an operating system. The computer-stick HDMI interface circuit, coupled to the computer-stick controller, is configured to request battery power information of the docking battery from the docking station after it is powered on and the computer-stick HDMI interface circuit is connected to the docking station.
US09645619B2	Micro heat pipe cooling system At least one hollow metal body with a plurality of micro heat pipes embedded in the hollow metal body is used as a heat sink to remove heat from memory chips in a memory device.
US09645614B2	Tablet attachment system A display mounting system comprises a display (20, 120, 420, 720) having a perimeter edge surrounding a front face (30, 730) comprising a display region (34, 734) and a rear face (32, 732). An opening (26, 126, 426, 726) extends into the front face (30, 730) and is spaced from the perimeter edge of the display (20, 120, 420, 720) to receive and facilitate mounting of a display support accessory (44, 144, 244, 344, 345, 444, 544, 744, 844, 944, 1044, 1144, 1244).
US09645601B2	Point of control remote-actuation apparatus and methods Controlling a switch or valve at a distance is achieved by a support member having a movable portion, with the moveable portion including an elongate member, and a drive mechanism in communication with the moveable portion. A motor, hand crank, or other force transmission apparatus acts to move the drive mechanism and thus the movable portion and elongate member such that a valve or switch is actuated at a distance from a user.
US09645599B2	Power supply management device and machine tool having the power-supply management device The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device (101) detects a synchronization command of a control program, and compares an operation time of the electric-powered section between synchronizations in each control system which is a synchronization target by the synchronization command on the basis of the detected synchronization command. Then, the power-supply management device (101) disconnects the power supply to the electric-powered section belonging to the control system except the control system having the maximum operation time of the electric-powered section between the synchronizations, and restarts the power supply at the end of the synchronization in each control system.
US09645598B2	Controlling distributed power stages responsive to the activity level of functions in an integrated circuit A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises obtaining an activity level for each of a plurality of functions of an integrated circuit, wherein each function has a different physical location on the integrated circuit. The method further includes dynamically adjusting an amount of current supplied to the integrated circuit by each of a plurality of power stages of a DC voltage regulator to meet the current requirements of the plurality of functions and to control power losses between the power stages and the functions, wherein each power stage has a different physical location along a perimeter of the integrated circuit.
US09645588B2	Vibration suppressing apparatus and vibration suppressing method thereof A vibration suppressing apparatus and a vibration suppressing method thereof are provided. The vibration amplitude, vibration frequency, and vibration phase of a vibration suppressing unit are adjusted in real-time according to the vibration amplitude, vibration frequency and vibration phase of a vibration source.
US09645586B2	Pressure regulating valve assembly A pressure regulating valve assembly includes a housing. Also included is a valve sleeve mounted within a bore of the housing, the valve sleeve having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a diameter less than the first portion and received in a sense piston bore of the housing. Further included is a valve spool mounted within the valve sleeve. Yet further included is a sense piston disposed within the second portion of the valve sleeve. Also included is a damping orifice extending through an end portion of the second portion of the valve sleeve.
US09645583B2	Balanced fluid valve It is proposed to design a fluid flux regulating unit, comprising a first fluid port, a second fluid port and a valve comprising a movable valve part and at least one fluid pressure balancing means, wherein the fluid pressure balancing means comprises a surface in fluid communication with the first fluid port, which has a surface normal vector at least partially in parallel to the moving direction of the movable valve part.
US09645578B2	Direct methods for dense parking of autonomous vehicles A method of controlling autonomous or driverless vehicles in a specific control zone is disclosed. The vehicles enter the zone and come under the control of a zone authority that coordinates the movements of the vehicles until they leave the zone. The behavior of the vehicles is modified to insure that it matches a set of rules established by the zone authority. The zone may be an area such as a bridge, tunnel or construction zone where efficient, possibly single lane, travel requires tight coordination. Other possible zones include parking areas, indoor passages and areas with security concerns. The zone authority simultaneously controls multiple autonomous vehicles and possible additional driver operated vehicles. The messages establishing control or providing continuing administration of rules may be delivered by any type of communications link or may be associated with a device issued to vehicles entering the zone which is collected on exit.
US09645576B2	Apparatus for controlling a land vehicle which is self-driving or partially self-driving Apparatus for controlling a land vehicle which is self-driving or partially self-driving, comprising a coarse tuning assembly (1, 2, 3) and a fine tuning assembly (4), the coarse tuning assembly (1, 2, 3) comprising: (a) a sensor interface (1) which measures kinematic parameters including speed and braking, (b) fuzzy descriptions which model guidance, navigation and control of the vehicle, and which include: (i) driver behavior and driving dynamics, (ii) uncertainties due to weather, road conditions and traffic, and (iii) input faults including mechanical and electrical parts, and (c) an adaptive fuzzy logic controller (3), and the fine tuning assembly (4) comprising: (a) inputs from the coarse tuning assembly (1, 2, 3), (b) precognition horizons determining how many future samples of input sensor information are required for an optimum control sequence, (c) a linearized multi-input multi-output regression model extracted from the adaptive fuzzy logic controller (3), and (d) a non-linear dynamic linearized regression controller (4a).
US09645561B2	Optimizing a dispensing parameter of a product dispenser based on product usage data Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for optimizing a value of a dispensing parameter of a product dispenser based at least in part on product usage data. The dispensing parameter may include any suitable adjustable parameter of the product dispenser including, but not limited to, a dispense duration, a volume of product (e.g., a shot size), a sheet length, a capability of a user sensor to distinguish between genuine and false triggers of the sensor, a delay setting that specifies a delay time between successive dispenses, or the like. The value of the dispensing parameter may be optimized to align an actual performance outcome with a target performance outcome. The target performance outcome may include, for example, minimizing product usage per user, maximizing user sensor reliability (e.g., a percentage of dispenses that occur in response to genuine user-initiated triggering events), and so forth.
US09645560B2	Power controller, control system, and control method A power controller is provided in a consumer having a load equipment and controls an operation of the load equipment. The power controller comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of operation modes for determining an operation status of the load equipment, or acquires operation parameters configuring each of the plurality of operation modes and being for controlling the load equipment; a setting unit that sets any of the plurality of operation modes of the load equipment; a provisional operation control unit that provisionally operates the load equipment on the basis of the plurality of operation modes; and a measurement unit that measures, for each of the plurality of operation modes, a provisional power consumption consumed by the load equipment, during the provisional operation of the load equipment.
US09645555B2	Safety system A safety system includes a safety unit and at least one safety related participant which comprises a protective device and a first and a second interruptible signal transmission path which can be interrupted together on the occurrence of a non-secure state of the protective device. The safety system includes at least one test signal path which runs through the safety related participant to a safety input of the safety unit starting from an output of the safety unit and comprises at least one of the first and the second interruptible signal transmission paths. The safety related participant comprises an interruption switch arranged in the test signal path and an evaluation unit which is connected to the first signal transmission path and/or to a first switching signal output of the protective device and to the second signal transmission path and/or to a second switching signal output of the protective device.
US09645550B2	Timepiece part A timepiece part, includes a frame having a power source, a housing including a first pivotal movement system and a second pivotal movement system; an escapement set up on a mounting, a first kinematic linkage including a first wheel borne by a first half-shaft from the first pivotal movement system and a second wheel borne by a first half-shaft from the second pivotal movement system, and a second kinematic linkage including a first wheel borne by the second half-shaft from the first pivotal movement system and a second wheel borne by the first or second half-shaft of the second pivotal movement system. One of the wheels borne by the second pivotal movement system is kinematically linked to the power source, and the other wheel borne by the pivotal movement system is stationary relative to the frame. Both wheels borne by the first system are kinematically linked to a differential.
US09645548B2	System, apparatus and method for extracting image cross-sections of an object from received electromagnetic radiation An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of a cross-section of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract the received electromagnetic radiation and transmit a diffracted electromagnetic radiation. An image capture assembly is configured to capture an image of the diffracted electromagnetic radiation and produce the hologram of the cross-section of the object from the captured image. The hologram of the cross-section includes information regarding a single cross-section of the object.
US09645538B2	Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge incorporating same A developing device includes a developer bearer disposed opposite an image bearer and configured to rotate and carry developer to a latent image on the image bearer, a developer container to contain the developer, a detector including a detecting portion to detect a density of toner in the developer in the developer container, a wire connected to the detector, and a wire holder to hold the wire and determine a position of the wire relative to the detector.
US09645536B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a belt member that moves circularly and has an inner peripheral surface to which an oil is applied, a pressure member that is disposed in such a manner as to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt member and that applies pressure to a recording material on which an image has been formed, a heating member that is disposed in such a manner as to be in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt member and that heats the belt member, the heating member having an upstream side end portion that is located on an upstream side in a rotation direction of the belt member and separated from the inner peripheral surface.
US09645529B2	Image forming apparatus with color misregistration correction control An image forming apparatus includes upstream-side and downstream-side detection parts and a control section. The detection parts are disposed on a moving path of an intermediate transfer belt or a conveyor belt and detect a speed of the belt. The control section performs control to correct color misregistration of images composed of colors to be formed on the intermediate transfer belt or a recording medium conveyed by the conveyance belt on the basis of the detection result. The control unit calculates a difference between the speed detected by the upstream-side detection part and the speed detected by the downstream-side detection part after a predetermined time elapses since the upstream-side detection part detects the speed and performs the control on the basis of the difference. The predetermined time is obtained by dividing a distance between the detection parts by a target speed of the belt.
US09645519B2	Developer with toner and carrier, and image forming apparatus using the same A developer according to an embodiment includes a toner having a color erasable by heating and a carrier. The carrier includes a core portion and a coating portion covering at least 50% of the core portion. The coating portion includes an additive agent which suppresses an increase in electrification due to friction between the toner and the carrier. The additive agent has a white color.
US09645509B2	Scanner model representation with transmission cross coefficients The present invention relates to a method for simulating aspects of a lithographic process. According to certain aspects, the present invention uses transmission cross coefficients to represent the scanner data and models. According to other aspects, the present invention enables sensitive data regarding various scanner subsystems to be hidden from third party view, while providing data and models useful for accurate lithographic simulation.
US09645508B2	Lithographic apparatus and surface cleaning method An apparatus and method for cleaning a contaminated surface of a lithographic apparatus are provided. A liquid confinement structure comprises at least two openings used to supply and extract liquid to a gap below the structure. The direction of flow between the openings can be switched. Liquid may be supplied to the gap radially outward of an opening adapted for dual flow. Supply and extraction lines to respectively supply liquid to and extract liquid from the liquid confinement structure have an inner surface that is resistant to corrosion by an organic liquid. A corrosive cleaning fluid can be used to clean photo resist contamination.
US09645507B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
US09645505B2	Immersion exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method with measuring device to measure specific resistance of liquid An exposure apparatus is capable of accurately performing an exposure process and a measurement process based on a liquid immersion method. The exposure apparatus, which forms a liquid immersion area of a liquid on an image surface side of a projection optical system, and exposes a substrate via the projection optical system and the liquid of the immersion area, includes a measuring device which measures at least one of a property and composition of the liquid for forming the liquid immersion area.
US09645503B2	Collector A collector for a projection exposure apparatus for microlithography comprises a plurality of reflective sections which are embodied and arranged in such a way that they can be impinged upon during the focusing of radiation from a first focus into a second focus with angles of impingement in a predefined angular spectrum.
US09645502B2	Lithographic apparatus, programmable patterning device and lithographic method In an embodiment, a lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a modulator configured to expose an exposure area of the substrate to a plurality of beams modulated according to a desired pattern and a projection system configured to project the modulated beams onto the substrate. The modulator includes a deflector to displace the plurality of beams with respect to an exposure area.
US09645499B2	Photoresist with top-coating photo-decomposable base for photolithography A lithographic method includes forming a photoresist layer on a target layer, forming a photo-decomposable base (PDB) layer on the photo resist layer, performing an exposure operation using a mask, and performing a negative development treatment to form a patterned photoresist layer on the target layer. In some cases, the photo-decomposable base layer includes a self-generating top coating photo-decomposable base (TC-PDB) layer. The method can also include forming a top surface water-resistant coating in separate coating process. In some embodiments, a top surface water-resistant coating is self-generated during a photoresist coating process.
US09645498B2	Developer and patterning process using the same The present invention provides a developer for a photosensitive resist composition, comprising a compound represented by the general formula (1) wherein R1 to R6 represent a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and X represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 6 to 16 carbon atoms and optionally having an ester group. There can be provided a developer that can prevent the occurrence of pattern collapse and connection between patterns, i.e. bridge defect after development and can provide a resist pattern with small edge roughness.
US09645494B2	Resist underlayer film forming composition containing low molecular weight dissolution accelerator There is provided a resist underlayer film forming composition that is used in a lithography process for the production of semiconductor devices and that can be developed with an alkaline developer for photoresists, and a method of forming a photoresist pattern by using the resist underlayer film forming composition. The resist underlayer film forming composition used in a lithography process for a production of a semiconductor device comprising: an alkali-soluble resin (a); a polynuclear phenol (b); a compound (c) having at least two vinylether groups; and a photoacid generator (d). The alkali-soluble resin (a) may be a polymer containing a unit structure having a carboxyl group, and the polynuclear phenol (b) may be a compound having 2 to 30 phenolic hydroxyl groups in the molecule.
US09645491B2	Sulfonium salt, chemically amplified resist composition, and patterning process A sulfonium salt having both anion and cation moieties in the molecule functions as a photoacid generator and is compatible with other components. A resist composition comprising the sulfonium salt has the advantages of reduced acid diffusion and forms a pattern with a good balance of sensitivity, MEF and DOF, less outgassing, and minimal defects.
US09645489B2	Imprint lithography An imprint lithography template is disclosed. The imprint lithography template includes a plurality of pattern features extending from a plane of a body of the imprint lithography template, and away from that body, the pattern features to be used to apply a pattern into an imprintable medium. The imprint lithography template further includes a plurality of assist features in the form of recesses extending from the plane of that body of the imprint lithography template, and into that body. A method for forming the assist features in the imprint lithography template, using self-assembled block copolymers as an etch resist, is also disclosed.
US09645488B2	Position measuring method, misplacement map generating method, and inspection system In a position measuring method, a mask including first patterns to be transferred and second patterns not to be transferred is prepared. The position coordinates of the second patterns are measured with a position measuring apparatus and an inspection system. First position correction data is generated based on the position coordinates of the second patterns. A difference is obtained between the measured position coordinates of the second patterns and the first position correction data is corrected using the obtained difference. Second position correction data is generated from the corrected first position correction data. An optical image including the position coordinates of the first and second patterns is acquired. The position coordinates of the first patterns of the optical image are corrected using a difference between the position coordinates of the second patterns of the optical image and of the second patterns based on the second position correction data.
US09645486B2	Multiple threshold convergent OPC model Methods of calibrating an OPC model using converged results of CD measurements from at least two locations along a substrate profile of a 1D, 2D, or critical area structure are provided. Embodiments include calibrating an OPC model for a structure to be formed in a substrate; simulating a CD of the structure at at least two locations along a substrate profile of the structure using the OPC model; comparing the simulated CD of the structure at each location against a corresponding measured CD; recalibrating the OPC model based on the comparing of each simulated CD against the corresponding measured CD; repeating the steps of simulating, comparing, and recalibrating until comparing at a first of the at least two locations converges to a first criteria and comparing at each other of the at least two locations converges to a corresponding criteria; and forming the structure using the recalibrated OPC model.
US09645485B2	Halftone phase shift photomask blank and making method A halftone phase shift photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate and a halftone phase shift film consisting of silicon, nitrogen and optional oxygen, and providing a phase shift of 150°-200° relative to light of wavelength up to 200 nm. The phase shift film includes at least one layer meeting the formula: 2×O/Si+3×N/Si≧3.5 wherein Si is a silicon content (at %), N is a nitrogen content (at %), and O is an oxygen content (at %). The phase shift film exhibits satisfactory in-plane uniformity of transmittance.
US09645476B2	Camera accessory, camera accessory mount, camera body and camera body mount A camera accessory can be detachably engaged with a camera body that includes a camera body mount, and is equipped with an accessory mount assuming a bayonet structure with a first tab, a second tab and a third tab set over intervals in a circumferential direction running along a circumference of a circle and projecting from the circumference along a radial direction. The accessory mount can be inserted through the camera body mount without any of the first through third tabs being hindered by any of three camera body-side tabs at the camera body mount, as long as the accessory mount is inserted into the camera body mount at a correct interlock phase. The accessory mount includes a restricting member disposed near the third tab.
US09645470B2	High harmonic optical generator A high harmonic optical generator comprising a laser arrangement for emitting a beam of polarized radiation at a fundamental frequency and an optical waveguide having a hollow core for a gaseous harmonic generation medium for the generation of high harmonics of the fundamental frequency, the optical waveguide having an optical propagation axis along the hollow core, the laser arrangement is configured to couple the beam of polarized radiation along the propagation axis of the hollow core optical waveguide to provide a beam of optical driving radiation for the high harmonic generation, the optical driving radiation having a plane of polarization that rotates about the propagation axis.
US09645469B2	Electro-optic (E/O) device with an E/O amplitude modulator and associated methods An electro-optic (E/O) device includes an asymmetric optical coupler having an input and first and second outputs, a first optical waveguide arm coupled to the first output of the first asymmetric optical coupler, and a second optical waveguide arm coupled to the second output of the first asymmetric optical coupler. At least one E/O amplitude modulator is coupled to at least one of the first and second optical waveguide arms. An optical combiner is coupled to the first and second optical waveguide arms downstream from the at least one E/O amplitude modulator.
US09645465B2	Controlling transitions in optically switchable devices This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling transitions in an optically switchable device. In one aspect, a controller for a tintable window may include a processor, an input for receiving output signals from sensors, and instructions for causing the processor to determine a level of tint of the tintable window, and an output for controlling the level of tint in the tintable window. The instructions may include a relationship between the received output signals and the level of tint, with the relationship employing output signals from an exterior photosensor, an interior photosensor, an occupancy sensor, an exterior temperature sensor, and a transmissivity sensor. In some instances, the controller may receive output signals over a network and/or be interfaced with a network, and in some instances, the controller may be a standalone controller that is not interfaced with a network.
US09645450B2	Alignment apparatus, exposing apparatus including the same, and manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to an alignment apparatus including a source unit providing an electromagnetic signal, a receiving unit detecting the provided electromagnetic signal, and a polarization element positioned between the source unit and the receiving unit and having a transmissive axis fixed in a predetermined direction. A substrate may be positioned between the source unit and the receiving unit, and may be formed with a polarizer including a plurality of metal lines with a minute linear pattern. The luminance or intensity of the electromagnetic signal may be detected by the receiving unit while rotating the substrate.
US09645449B2	Curved display device and manufacturing method thereof A curved display device includes a thin film transistor display unit including a first insulation substrate; a common electrode display unit disposed opposite to the thin film transistor display unit and including a second insulation substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the thin film transistor display unit and the common electrode display unit; and a plurality of color filters disposed on the first insulation substrate or the second insulation substrate, where each color filter includes an overlapping compensation region, which overlaps an adjacent color filter, and a non-overlapping region, which does not overlap the adjacent color filter, the overlapping compensation region defines a stepped region having a step height with the non-overlapping region.
US09645447B2	LCOS display apparatus A liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display apparatus is provided, which includes a silicon substrate, a color filter layer, a first alignment layer, a second alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer. The silicon substrate has pixels arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixels has a tilting angle ranging from about 0 degrees to about 90 degrees and includes a pixel electrode. The color filter layer is disposed on the pixels. The color filter layer has a plurality of color filter units, and each of the color filter units respectively corresponds to one of the pixel electrodes. The first alignment layer is disposed on the color filter layer. The second alignment layer is disposed opposite to the first alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer has liquid crystal molecules with negative dielectric anisotropy.
US09645445B2	Liquid crystal display Disclosed is a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display comprises a first polarizer, a liquid crystal layer and a second polarizer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The present invention solves the problem that the dark-state light leakage is serious in the area near the horizontal viewing angle in the conventional liquid crystal display with a single-layer biaxial compensation architecture by adjusting compensation values of a biaxial layer of the first polarizer and a compensation value of a TAC layer of the second polarizer.
US09645444B2	Inverse wavelength dispersion retardation film and display device including the same A retardation film including: a first optical anisotropic layer including a polymer material; and a second optical anisotropic layer including a liquid crystal material, in which the first optical anisotropic layer has refractive indices which satisfy the following inequation: nz1≧nx1>ny1, the second optical anisotropic layer has refractive indices which satisfy the following inequation: nx2>ny2≧nz2, a fast axis of the first optical anisotropic layer and a slow axis of the second optical anisotropic layer form a predetermined angle such that refractive indices of the retardation film satisfy the following inequation: 0<(nx0−nz0)/(nx0−ny0)<1, and in-plane retardation values (Re0) of the retardation film respectively at a wavelength of about 450 nanometers, 550 nanometers and 650 nanometers satisfy the following inequation: Re0 (450 nm)
US09645435B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and transmits a first voltage, a second electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and transmits a second voltage, and a light blocking member overlapping a space between a side of the first electrode and a side of the second electrode which face each other, where the light blocking member has an island shape within a region of a pixel of the plurality of pixels in a plan view.
US09645432B2	Touch display devices A touch display device including a display module and a cover arranged above the display module is disclosed. The cover includes a plate body and a side plate extending from lateral ends of the plate body toward the display module. The side plate of the cover is bonded with the display module. A vacuum is formed between the cover and the display module. The side plate is formed in a rim of the plate body of the cover. The lateral surfaces of the side plate are bonded with the lateral surfaces of the display module to form the vacuum between the cover and the display module. As such, it is not needed to use the transparent optical glue between the cover and the display module. The display module is prevented from being damaged when the touch display device needs rework or repair, which contributes to the rework or repair.
US09645426B2	Display device A display device includes a display component, a light source, a substrate, and a cabinet. The light source irradiates the display component with light. The light source is mounted to the substrate. The substrate is attached to the cabinet. The cabinet includes a positioning component that positions the substrate.
US09645423B2	Liquid crystal display device Discussed is a liquid crystal display device which provides a simple structure by minimizing structural and optical components. The liquid crystal display (LCD) device can include a liquid crystal display panel that includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate bonded to each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a rear cover that includes a bottom supporter supporting a light source module emitting light toward a bottom of the liquid crystal display panel, an upper supporter supporting a lower edge of the liquid crystal display panel, and a sidewall between the bottom supporter and the upper supporter; a diffusion sheet arranged below the liquid crystal display panel to cover the bottom supporter of the rear cover; and a sheet attachment member provided at the edge of the diffusion sheet and attached to the bottom of the liquid crystal display panel.
US09645414B2	Laser protection eyewear A laser protection lens include an optically transparent material having a perimeter shape that follows a contour of a user's eye socket ridge, a horizontal shape, and a vertical shape. A multilayer interference coating is applied to at least one of an inside and outside surface of the optically transparent material. The multilayer interference coating has at least a 20 dB reduction of optical transmission for at least one of 445 nm, 532 nm, and 610 nm wavelengths and has at least 10 dB optical reduction over a wavelength band from at least one of 445 nm to the ultraviolet region and 610 nm the infrared region.
US09645411B2	Telescopic hinge for spectacles frame The telescopic hinge comprises a front face element intended to be joined with a side stud extending along the front face of the frame and having a first fastener, and a branch element, intended to be joined with the corresponding branch of the frame and having a second fastener capable of cooperating with the first fastener in order to hold the front face element against the branch element. The telescopic hinge also includes an intermediate fastener capable of cooperating respectively with the first fastener and the second fastener.
US09645408B2	Surface mount device type laser module A surface mount device type laser module includes a housing, an edge-emitting type laser diode unit, a reflective optical component and a base. The base is accommodated within the housing, and the edge-emitting type laser diode unit is integrated into the base. The base includes at least one surface transmission structure. The at least one surface transmission structure is exposed outside the base and the housing. An electronic signal is transmitted through the at least one surface transmission structure. A laser beam provided by the edge-emitting type laser diode unit is reflected by the reflective optical component, and the reflected laser beam is transmitted through an opening of the housing.
US09645405B2	Double-vision display system A double-vision display system comprises: a display displaying by periodically switching in at least two images or displaying region-alternately and simultaneously the at least two images in an array area according to inputted video streaming; a polarization modulation device disposed in front of the display and modulating emitted light of the at least two images into kinds of polarized light having different polarization directions; and at least two pairs of polarization spectacles, polarization direction of each pair of polarization spectacles being the same as the polarization direction of one kind of the polarized light.
US09645402B2	Integrated imaging display apparatus and backlight module thereof The present invention provides an integrated imaging display apparatus and backlight module thereof. The integrated imaging display apparatus comprises a switchable backlight module and a liquid crystal display panel, wherein the switchable backlight module is switched at least between a first operation mode and a second operation mode, with the first operation mode being a dot matrix backlight formed by a dot light source matrix so that 3D display could be performed by the integrated imaging display apparatus, and the second operation mode being a surface backlight so that 2D display could be performed by the integrated imaging display apparatus. Through the solution mentioned above, the 2D/3D display switching can be accomplished by switching the operation modes of the backlight module in the present invention.
US09645392B2	Vehicle exterior imaging apparatus A vehicle exterior imaging apparatus includes a photo-receiving element, a transparent member that is disposed on a front face of the photo-receiving element and introduces light into it, and a movable body movable between a covering position for covering part or all of a front face of the transparent member with the movable body being spaced apart from the transparent member, and an evacuated position evacuating from the front face of the transparent member with respect to the covering position. The movable body has a higher surface wettability in a portion opposing to the transparent member at the covering position than the one of the front face of the transparent member. The movable body evacuates water adhered to the surface of the transparent member in a moving direction of the movable body during the movement of the movable body from the covering position to the evacuated position.
US09645388B2	Facet mirror device There is provided a facet mirror device comprising a facet element and a support unit, the support unit supporting the facet element. The support unit comprises a first support element and a second support element, the second support element being connected to the facet element to support the facet element. The first support element is connected to the second support element to support the second support element, the first support element being connected to the second support element via at least one flexure unit, the flexure unit comprising at least one flexure.
US09645378B2	Microscope and method for SPIM microscopy Method and microscope for SPIM microscopy, wherein, in a first step, with reference to a sample to be examined, a calibration is carried out in that the actual position of the light sheet in different sample planes is detected and stored depending on the position in the sample and, in a second step, the stored position of the light sheet is utilized during observation and/or detection of the sample based on the values stored in the first step to correct the position of the light sheet relative to the focal plane of the detection objective and/or, during the displacement of the sample, an adjustment of the position of the light sheet relative to the focal plane of the detection objective is carried out such that the light sheet executes a relative movement in at least one direction relative to the sample and/or the detection objective.
US09645355B2	Lens module A lens module includes a first lens having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, a second lens having a concave object-side surface; a third lens having a meniscus shape; and a fourth lens having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface and a convex object-side surface. A distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to the object-side surface of the fourth lens may be less than 0.05. In an embodiment, r2, a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the first lens, and, f, an overall focal length of an optical system including the first through fourth lenses may satisfy −0.94
US09645348B2	Method of producing a lens mount and a lens mount which can be fixed radially in a lens tube A lens mount for radially fixing, or for radially adjusting and fixing, in a lens tube, having a mounting ring in which tangentially running first slots form cylindrical segments which, during the operation of turning the external diameter of the mounting ring to a nominal dimension are deformed by a screw by a width of the first slots, and therefore the circumferential surface of the mounting ring is not turned, at least in part, along the segment and the external diameter has an oversize.
US09645324B2	Optical connector An optical connector includes a ferrule, a ferrule retaining member having, at its rear end portion, a fastening portion into which an optical fiber is inserted and onto which a tightening ring configured to hold a tensile strength wire and a jacket in place is tightly fastened, a housing, and a fiber insertion passage formed through the fastening portion. The fiber insertion passage has an expansion space that ensures an interference avoidance gap with an outer circumference of the optical fiber inserted inside the fastening portion.
US09645314B2	Optical device An optical device includes a first fiber; a liquid crystal member configured to have liquid crystal pixels that reflect light output from the first fiber; a second fiber configured to have a core to which a first order light ray in the light reflected by the liquid crystal member is optically connected; a light receiving circuit configured to receive higher order light rays in the light reflected by the liquid crystal member; and a control circuit configured to control based on a light receiving result of the light receiving circuit, efficiency of optical connection of the first order light ray to the core of the second fiber, by varying an angle of the light reflected by the liquid crystal member.
US09645311B2	Optical component with angled-facet waveguide An optical component includes a component body, and at least one angled-facet waveguide formed in the component body, wherein the angled-facet waveguide is substantially mirror-symmetrical in shape relative to a line at or near the center of the angled-facet waveguide.
US09645308B2	Backlight device and display apparatus The backlight device included in the display apparatus includes a bezel, light guide plate, heat sink (supporting member) located on the rear side of the light guide plate, and a front side chassis (pressing member) located on the front side of the light guide plate to press the light guide plate from the front side. The bezel is fixed to the front side chassis. By a protrusion (suppressing member), the heat sink suppresses the approaching movement of a part of the bezel covering a side part of the heat sink. This also prevents the rotational movement of front part of the bezel and the front side chassis moving forward along with the movement of the part of the bezel. The force of the front side chassis pressing the light guide plate is not lowered, while preventing the light guide plate from shifting its position.
US09645296B2	Light guide plate and a backlight module The present invention discloses a light guide plate, comprises a light inducing portion closed to the light incident side and a main body portion away from the light incident side, the top surface on the main body portion is the light exiting surface, the light inducing portion is thicker than the main body portion, and the first angle between the light exiting surface and the connecting surface of the light inducing portion and the main body portion is an obtuse angle. In the light guide plate of the present invention, the light guide portion close to the light incident side is thicker than the main body portion, the light source utilization is increased, the light guide effect is enhanced, the light guide efficiency and the optical taste of the backlight module which contains the ultra-thin light guide plate are all improved.
US09645290B2	Color filter array and solid-state image sensor According to an embodiment, a color filter array includes a plurality of color filters of multiple colors. The color filters are arranged so that each of the color filter of each color corresponds to any one of a plurality of microlenses included in a microlens array. Each microlens is configured to irradiate a plurality of pixels with light.
US09645285B2	Optical article comprising a surfactant-based temporary antifog coating with an improved durability The present invention relates to an optical article comprising a substrate coated with a coating preferably comprising silanol groups on its surface and, directly contacting this coating, an antifog coating precursor coating, said precursor coating preferably having a static contact angle with water of more than 10° and of less than 50° and being obtained through the grafting of at least one organosilane compound possessing a polyoxyalkylene group and at least one silicon atom bearing at least one hydrolyzable group, and is further coated with a film obtained by applying a composition containing at least one surfactant of formula F(CF2)y—(CH2—CH2O)x+1H (VIII), wherein x is an integer ranging from 1 to 14, y is an integer lower than or equal to 10, compounds of formula (VIII) in which y=6 representing at least 90% by weight by weight, relative to the weight of compounds (VIII) present in the composition, so as to form an antifog coating, having preferably a static contact angle with water lower than or equal to 10°.
US09645282B2	Adaptive weather interrogation system An adaptive weather interrogation system capable of determining whether currently available weather for a particular trajectory or portion thereof, a particular volume of space or geospatial point meets subscriber operations and requirements. More specifically, the system provides the capability to determine the “best” weather information by evaluating the weather data and associated weather quality, accuracy or confidence attribute values against subscriber operations and requirements. If the weather data, quality, accuracy, and confidence do not meet the subscriber's requirements, the system is capable of interrogating weather data sources for additional or updated weather data to meet the subscriber's needs.
US09645274B2	Airborne electromagnetic system with rigid loop structure comprised of lightweight modular non-rotational frames The present invention provides a light weight, modular and rigid structure for supporting the transmitter loop of an airborne electromagnetic system. The airborne electromagnetic surveying system comprises a tow assembly connected to an aircraft, the tow assembly including a transmitter section comprising a transmitter coil for generating a primary electromagnetic field that induces a secondary electromagnetic field. The transmitter coil is supported by a generally rigid transmitter frame. The transmitter frame comprises a plurality of frame sections assembled in a way such that the generally rigid transmitter frame substantially retains a rigid shape during operation. The system may also include a receiver section located above the generally rigid transmitter frame in between the aircraft and the generally rigid transmitter frame for detecting the secondary electromagnetic field.
US09645273B2	Method of semi-permeable terrain geophysical data acquisition A method, a system and an apparatus of semi-permeable terrain geophysical data acquisition is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of geophysical data acquisition over a semi-permeable terrain includes placing an apparatus housing geophysical data measuring instruments over a semi-permeable terrain. The method adjusts and calibrates low frequency unshielded dipole antennas with a transmitter and a receiver in a pre-determined interval distance depending on central frequency. The method selects a time data trigger type and/or a unit data trigger type to scan and/or trace where a data signal is sent to a ground at selected intervals. The method causes a linear movement of the apparatus over the semi-permeable terrain. The method determines an optimal position for geophysical data acquisition over the semi-permeable terrain. Further, the method captures geophysical data with measuring instruments housed on the apparatus.
US09645272B2	Method and apparatus for synchronizing clocks underwater using light and sound Methods and systems for synchronizing clocks used in underwater devices is described. All clocks have some drift due to frequency accuracy and this disclosure provides a method for periodically synchronizing clocks to an accurate master clock to remove long term drift. A synchronization device can use an accurate clock and hardware to transmit both a sound wave and light pulse at the same point in time. Remote slave clocks can detect the light first, and later the sound, allowing them to calculate the distance the pulse had to travel. The clocks can then synchronize their time to the master clock canceling out any drift. The synchronization device can be packaged in a waterproof housing and can be moved around on a periodic basis between the clock on an underwater robot or any other means.
US09645271B2	Multiple receiver line deployment and recovery Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus and method of transferring seismic equipment to and from a marine vessel and subsurface location. In one embodiment, a marine vessel is provided. The marine vessel includes a deck having a plurality of seismic sensor devices stored thereon, two remotely operated vehicles, each comprising a seismic sensor storage compartment, and a seismic sensor transfer device comprising a container for transfer of one or more of the seismic sensor devices from the vessel to the sensor storage compartment of at least one of the two remotely operated vehicles.
US09645267B2	Triaxial accelerometer assembly and in-situ calibration method for improved geodetic and seismic measurements A device and method for improved geodetic and seismic measurements are disclosed. The device comprises a triaxial accelerometer assembly, mounted to a reference structure, having full scale ranges greater than +/−1 G on three orthogonal axes and a mechanism for rotating the triaxial accelerometer assembly on the reference structure. The triaxial acceleration assembly is calibrated with an internal alignment matrix such that measurements of Earth's gravity vector are rotationally invariant with respect to the direction of Earth's 1 G static gravity vector irrespective of the orientation of the triaxial assembly on the reference structure. In-situ calibrations are performed by rotating the axes of the triaxial acceleration assembly in the direction of Earth's static gravity vector. Drift of the triaxial accelerometer assembly is compensated for by measuring changes in the values of the invariant static gravity vector for each axis and correcting for the drift with new calibration coefficients.
US09645262B2	Capacitance reduction for pillar structured devices In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first layer including a n+ dopant or p+ dopant; an intrinsic layer formed above the first layer, the intrinsic layer including a planar portion and pillars extending above the planar portion, cavity regions being defined between the pillars; and a second layer deposited on a periphery of the pillars thereby forming coated pillars, the second layer being substantially absent on the planar portion of the intrinsic layer between the coated pillars. The second layer includes an n+ dopant when the first layer includes a p+ dopant. The second layer includes a p+ dopant when the first layer includes an n+ dopant. The apparatus includes a neutron sensitive material deposited between the coated pillars and above the planar portion of the intrinsic layer. In additional embodiments, an upper portion of each of the pillars includes a same type of dopant as the second layer.
US09645261B2	Normalization coefficients in PET continuous bed motion acquisition Normalization coefficients in are computed for positron emission tomography (PET) continuous bed motion acquisition (CBM). The normalization coefficients for the lines-of-response in CBM account for the change in decay of the injected isotope over time and/or changes in velocity of the bed motion.
US09645234B2	RFID device, methods and applications Systems and methods for ranging in indoor environment that are accurate and that are substantially undisturbed by multipath interference. The method includes illuminating a sensor tag with electromagnetic radiation generated from a transceiver; the transceiver are being located a distance away from the sensor tag; the sensor tag comprising at least one nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) for broadband harmonic generation, receiving backscattered electromagnetic radiation from the at least one NLTL at three or more locations; coordinates of the three or more locations being known, obtaining from the phase and magnitude outputs at a second harmonic and at least one sub harmonic of second harmonic, a distance from the sensor tag to each of the three or more locations and trilaterating a location of the sensor tag.
US09645233B2	Cavity length determination apparatus Embodiments include an apparatus comprising a frequency selective electromagnetic receiver and a signal analyzing module. The frequency selective electromagnetic receiver is configured to receive a reradiating electromagnetic signal resulting from a cavity induced modulation phenomenon occurring within cavit(ies). The signal analyzing module is configured to: determine a power spectral density of the reradiating electromagnetic signal. Frequencies are observed at which the amplitude modulation of the power spectral density peaks. A cavity length is determined employing the frequencies of the power spectral density peaks.
US09645230B2	Detection and ranging apparatus A detection and ranging apparatus includes a probe signal generating unit that generates a probe signal according to a first modulation method, a transmitting unit that transmits the generated probe signal, a receiving unit that receives a signal including at least one of a reflection signal and an interference signal according to a second modulation method, a demodulating unit that demodulates the reception signal according to a method corresponding to at least one of the first modulation method and the second modulation method, an interference signal detecting unit that detects the interference signal from the demodulated signal, an interference signal identifying unit that identifies specifications and a delay amount of the interference signal from the demodulated signal, and an interference signal removing unit that removes the interference signal within the reception signal by using the identified specifications and the identified delay amount of the interference signal.
US09645228B1	Shaping the spectrum of random-phase radar waveforms The various technologies presented herein relate to generation of a desired waveform profile in the form of a spectrum of apparently random noise (e.g., white noise or colored noise), but with precise spectral characteristics. Hence, a waveform profile that could be readily determined (e.g., by a spoofing system) is effectively obscured. Obscuration is achieved by dividing the waveform into a series of chips, each with an assigned frequency, wherein the sequence of chips are subsequently randomized. Randomization can be a function of the application of a key to the chip sequence. During processing of the echo pulse, a copy of the randomized transmitted pulse is recovered or regenerated against which the received echo is correlated. Hence, with the echo energy range-compressed in this manner, it is possible to generate a radar image with precise impulse response.
US09645224B2	Processing of geo-spatial athletics sensor data Correlated and processed data is received that is derived from a plurality of geo-spatial sensors that respectively generate data characterizing a plurality of sources within a zone of interest. The data includes a series of time-stamped frames for each of the sensors. Subsequently, events of interest are identified, in real-time, based on relative positions of the sources within the zone of interest prior to the data being written to a data storage application. Data can then be provided (e.g., loaded, stored, displayed, transmitted, etc.), in real-time, that characterize the events of interest. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09645223B2	Underwater acoustic navigation systems and methods An acoustic underwater navigation system is disclosed. For instance, an underwater receiver determines its position using signals broadcast from an array of acoustic transmitters located near the surface. The position of the array is measured using global positioning system (GPS) technology and the transmitters collectively produce an acoustic signal in which the position and attitude of the array and the GPS time of transmission are encoded. An underwater receiver which is synchronized with the GPS time uses the transmitted position and attitude of the array and the transmission time information to calculate its position.
US09645222B2	Apparatus for direction finding of wireless signals Provided herein is a compact and economical direction finding antenna using a mono-pulse antenna system, where a plurality of antenna elements are disposed in a circular array. The directional antennas may be formed by any type of antenna element, including a patch or reflector. The antenna beams of the directional antenna elements overlap, so that from any azimuthal direction, the point is covered by more than one antenna beam. Signals from each pair of adjacent antenna elements of the circular array are processed in order to determine the angle of arrival of a received signal.
US09645218B2	Method and device for testing sensors to be applied on a patient's skin for the detection of fluid or moisture A method and device for testing sensors to be applied on a patient's skin for detection of liquid or moisture are described, in particular for monitoring vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment, in which a patient's blood is carried away from the patient via an arterial line and is fed to the patient via a venous line. A method for producing sensors to be applied on a patient's skin for detection of liquid or moisture is also described. The method and device according to the present invention are based on the testing of one or more moisture sensors which are taken from current production. The method includes providing a large number of twists of the moisture sensor applied onto a torsion body, the mechanical stresses thus recreating the stresses that can occur in practice when the moisture sensor is applied or stuck onto the patient's skin or forearm.
US09645216B2	Determination of a measuring sequence for a magnetic resonance system A method and a measuring-sequence-determining device for determining a measuring sequence for a magnetic resonance system based on at least one intra-repetition-interval time parameter are provided. During the determination of the measuring sequence in a gradient-optimization method, gradient-pulse parameters of the measuring sequence are automatically optimized to reduce at least one gradient-pulse-parameter maximum value. As a boundary condition in the gradient-optimization method, the intra-repetition-interval time parameter is kept constant at least within a specified tolerance value.
US09645214B2	Systems and methods for determining electrical properties using magnetic resonance imaging Systems and methods for determining electrical properties using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. One method includes applying an ultra-short echo time (TE) pulse sequence in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system and acquiring a complex B1+B1− quantity from an object following the application of the ultra-short TE pulse sequence, where B1+ is a complex amplitude of a transmit radio-frequency (RF) magnetic field and B1− is a complex amplitude of a receive RF magnetic field. The method also includes estimating, with a processor, one or more electrical properties of the object using the complex amplitudes of the transmit RF magnetic field and the receive RF magnetic field.
US09645210B2	Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an MRI component by reducing eddy currents A thermal management component adapted to cool, when present, at least one component of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is described. The thermal management component is adapted to reduce or eliminate eddy current production during operation of the MRI system. The thermal management component comprises at least one conduit configured to circulate coolant, and at least one thermally-conductive substrate coupled to the at least one conduit and configured to transfer heat from the at least one component to the coolant when circulated through the at least one conduit, wherein the at least one thermally-conductive substrate is configured to reduce or eliminate eddy current production.
US09645206B2	Birdcage-type high-frequency coil and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus In order to allow the capacitances of a plurality of resonance capacitor elements inserted in a ring-shaped conductor element of a birdcage-type high-frequency coil to be collectively adjusted in a balanced manner without the need to perform adjustment separately, there is provided a birdcage-type high-frequency coil including two ring-shaped conductor elements in which a plurality of resonance capacitor elements are inserted in series and a plurality of linear conductor elements electrically connected to the two ring-shaped conductor elements. An adjustment belt to change the apparent capacitances of the plurality of resonance capacitor elements collectively is slidably disposed on the outer periphery of at least one of the two ring-shaped conductor elements with a dielectric member interposed therebetween.
US09645204B2	Magnetic field sensors and sensng circuits A magnetic sensor for sensing an external magnetic field includes first and second electrodes and first and second magnetic tunneling junctions. The first and second electrodes are disposed over a substrate; and the first and second magnetic tunneling junctions are conductively disposed between the first and second electrodes and connected in parallel between the first and second electrodes. The first and second magnetic tunneling junctions are arranged along a first easy axis of the magnetic sensor. The first magnetic tunneling junction includes a first pinned magnetization and a first free magnetization, and the second magnetic tunneling junction includes a second pinned magnetization and a second free magnetization. The first free magnetization and the second free magnetization are arranged substantially in parallel to the first easy axis and in substantially opposite directions.
US09645202B2	Geomagnetic sensor calibration apparatus and method thereof A geomagnetic sensor calibration apparatus includes a geomagnetic sensor which measures at least one value of Earth's magnetic field, an initial point estimator which estimates first central points regarding the at least one value of the Earth's magnetic field by using a first linear function, a central point estimator which estimates second central points by using a second linear function and the estimated first central points, and a controller which determines whether calibrating of the geomagnetic sensor is necessary based on the estimated first central points and controls the central point estimator to estimate second central points based on whether calibration is determined to be necessary.
US09645201B2	Voltage measuring apparatus and battery management system including the same The voltage measuring apparatus is connected to a plurality of battery cells connected to each other in series to measure respective voltages of the battery cells. The voltage measuring apparatus includes a sample/hold amplifier configured to sample and hold positive electrode and negative electrode voltages of the battery cells to generate first and second output voltages, a differential voltage converter configured to generate a battery cell voltage according to a voltage difference between a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal, and a switching unit configured to control the first and second output voltages and connection between the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal so that a polarity of the voltage difference is constant. The sample/hold amplifier electrically insulates the switching unit from the battery cells.
US09645195B2	System for testing integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC) is connected to an automated test equipment (ATE) with pogo pins. The IC includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), and a compensation circuit. The ATE provides reference voltage signals to the ADC by way of the pogo pins. A potential drop across a pogo pin introduces an error in a reference voltage signal that is reflected in a digital signal generated by the ADC. The VCO generates reference frequency signals corresponding to the reference voltage signals. The compensation circuit receives the reference frequency signals and the digital signal and generates a compensation factor signal. The compensation circuit multiplies the compensation factor signal and the digital signal to generate a compensated digital signal to compensate for the error introduced by the potential drop across the pogo pins.

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