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US09642655B2	Methods for percutaneously extending an existing spinal construct Apparatus and devices for percutaneously extending an existing spinal construct ipsilaterally with an additional spinal construct in a patient are disclosed. The additional spinal construct comprises a rod connector that includes an elongate additional rod integrally attached thereto. The additional rod is placed through an access port in a first orientation generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the access port and rotated to a different second orientation generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the access port. During such rotation the additional rod is moved subcutaneously beneath the skin of the patient from the existing spinal rod to an additional bone engaging implant. In another arrangement, the extension of an existing spinal construct in a minimally invasive procedure comprises a rod connector having an offset support for receiving an additional spinal rod that may be placed laterally interiorly or exteriorly of the existing spinal construct.
US09642651B2	Inverted serpentine spinal stability device and associated methods A spinal implant includes a plurality of frame segments that define a first frame array, the first frame array being coupled to a first mounting connection. A plurality of contiguous segments define a second frame array, the plurality of contiguous segments being coupled to a second mounting connection and being coupled to the first frame array. The first frame array and the second frame array are positioned relative to one another such that application of a force in a first direction to the first and second mounting connections results in application of a force in an opposing direction to the plurality of contiguous segments.
US09642648B2	Device for arthroscopic use, and method of diagnosis or treatment of joint ailments using said device Method and device used in arthroscopy for the diagnosis or treatment of a joint (2) surrounded at least partially by a capsule (3). The device (1) includes a plate (6) and a traction element (10). The method comprises the steps of inserting the device (1) through the capsule (3) and into the joint (2), allowing the traction element (10) to protrude, and pulling the traction element (10) so that the plate (6) exerts an intra-articular traction of the capsule (3) tissues, creating a space (13) under the plate (6). The formation of this space (13) helps to improve visibility inside the joint (2) without the need for extensive incisions in the capsule (3). Therefore, the capsule (3) is less damaged after the arthroscopy and post-operative complications are minimized for the patient.
US09642643B1	Device for minimally invasive tendon sheath release having sliding blade A device for minimally invasive tendon sheath release is presented. The device enables a surgeon to cut (“open”) a pulley that is obstructing a nodule and keeping a tendon from sliding smoothly. The device is generally comprised of a shaft having a guide probe at a distal end and a slidable blade positioned to slide longitudinally from the proximal to the distal end of the device. The device is inserted through a small incision and the guide probe is used to find the edge of the pulley. Once found, the probe is guided to an end of the pulley. After proper position is assured, a cutting blade is deployed by sliding the blade from the proximal to the distal end of the device until the pulley is completely released or where resistance is no longer felt.
US09642624B2	Devices and methods for lumen occlusion Methods and devices for at least partially occluding an airway of a lung is disclosed. The method includes deploying a catheter into the airway such that a balloon at a distal end of the catheter is positioned proximate a tissue wall that defines the airway, and inflating the balloon to cause pressure to be applied on a portion of the tissue wall. The method may also include deflating the balloon to cause the portion of the tissue wall to be drawn radially inward to at least partially occlude the airway.
US09642614B1	Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing An apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing is disclosed. A suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes proximal section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween; a suture head assembly extending from the distal end of the proximal section; a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end, the suturing needle capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the proximal section, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to and after rotation of the suturing needle; and an actuator extending from the proximal end of the proximal section to actuate a drive mechanism having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle.
US09642600B2	Shear wave attenuation from k-space analysis system The present invention provides a system and method for ultrasound processes using wave attenuation derived from k-space analysis by analyzing spatial frequency domain data.
US09642590B2	Adaptive color doppler image formation Embodiments for adaptively forming color Doppler images in an ultrasound diagnostic system are disclosed. A method of forming a color Doppler image in an ultrasound diagnostic system comprises: scanning a first set of scan lines set at a full scan region to detect at least one scan line that passes a moving object in the full scan region among the first set of scan lines; setting a second set of scan lines based on the detected scan lines; and scanning the second set of scan lines to form a first color Doppler image.
US09642581B2	Specimen radiography with tomosynthesis in a cabinet A method and system for producing tomosynthesis images of a breast specimen in a cabinet x-ray system. An X-ray source delivers X-rays through a specimen of excised tissue and forms an image at a digital X-ray detector. Multiple X-ray images are taken as the X-ray source moves relative to the stationary breast specimen. In the preferred embodiment, the X-ray source moves in a range from about 350° to and including about 10°. The X-ray source may travel substantially along a path that generally defines an arc, or linearly, while the digital X-ray detector remains stationary throughout and the X-ray source remains substantially equidistant from the specimen platform. The set of X-ray image data taken at the different points are combined to form a tomosynthesis image that can be viewed in different formats, alone or as an adjunct to conventional specimen radiography.
US09642580B2	Monitoring device including compliant variable capacitor for respiration and cardiac sensing applications A monitoring device for obtaining data from a patient during a respiratory and/or cardiac cycle of the patient. The monitoring device includes a compliant variable capacitor securely attached to the patient. The capacitance of the compliant variable capacitor changes during movement of the patient caused by the respiratory cycle and/or a cardiac cycle. The changing capacitance is used to generate a monitoring signal that includes the frequency, timing and amplitude of either the respiratory or cardiac cycle. The signal from the monitoring device is provided to a medical imaging system such that the medical imaging system can compensate for the motion of the patient during the reparatory/cardiac cycle.
US09642575B2	ECG noise reduction system for removal of vehicle motion artifact An ECG processing system which removes vehicle motion artifact from a measured ECG signal based on vehicle cabin motion and vehicle suspension motion.
US09642571B2	System and method for sensorized user interface A system and method for is provided for operation of an orthopedic system. The system includes a load sensor for converting an applied pressure associated with a force load on an anatomical joint, and an inertial sensing device configured to measure alignment. The inertial sensing device provides alignment measurement data to measure alignment. An ultrasonic transducer, MEMs microphone, electromagnets, optical elements, metallic objects or other transducers can be configured to convert or convey a physical movement to an electrical signal and support measurement of muscular-skeletal alignment. The load sensor can be used to measure load magnitude and position of load of an applied load by the muscular-skeletal system.
US09642569B2	Syringe with removable plunger for arterial blood gas sample collection A fluid collection assembly (10) and method for use thereof is provided including a fluid collection cartridge (20) having a tubular member (21) with a plunger assembly slidably inserted. The plunger assembly includes a stopper (32) and a plunger rod (31). The stopper and plunger rod are removably interlocked together which enables the plunger rod to exert a force in a distal direction on the stopper and to be removed from the stopper upon the application of a proximal force thereto. The fluid collection assembly is particular useful in the collection of arterial blood. In use, the assembly is primed with a liquid anticoagulant, the plunger rod is removed, and a blood sample is collected with the arterial pressure causing the stopper to travel in a proximal direction along the cartridge.
US09642567B2	Biological information measurement device and pulse oximeter A device includes a body part and a wearable part integrally attached to the body part and to be worn on a finger, and includes a light source unit and a light receiving unit that are arranged so as to oppose each other. The body part includes an electric circuit including a signal processor, a power supply unit, and a first terminal unit electrically connected to the electric circuit, and the wearable part includes at least one of the light source unit and the light receiving unit, and a second terminal unit electrically connected to the at least one of them. The first and second terminal units are mechanically in contact with and electrically connected to each other. The signal processor acquires a digital value concerning a pulse wave based on a signal output from the light receiving unit receiving light from the light source unit via the finger.
US09642565B2	Deformable physiological sensor A sensor for measuring physiological characteristics is provided that includes a circuit assembly and a means of deforming the sensor to a desired shape of small radius compound curvature. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a deformable layer configured to conform and maintain a shape of a surface on which the sensor is applied.
US09642555B2	Subcutaneous lead guidance An apparatus for subcutaneous lead guidance includes a flexible guide strap, a navigation catheter and a tunneling tool. The guide strap includes an upper layer having a plurality of retainer formations and a substrate attachable on a patient's skin extending between an incision and a target site. The navigation catheter is coupled to the upper layer via the retainer formations from a first end to a second end of the guide strap. The navigation catheter includes a plurality of position sensors for generating a subcutaneous navigation volume between the incision and the target site when the navigation catheter is coupled to a navigation system. The tunneling tool has a distal portion with a leading end and at least one position sensor on the distal portion for viewing digital representation of the distal portion in relation to the navigation volume on a display coupled to the navigation system.
US09642544B2	Systems, apparatuses and methods for sensing fetal activity The invention provides systems and methods for monitoring the wellbeing of a fetus by the non-invasive detection and analysis of fetal cardiac activity data, utilizing a plurality of acoustic sensors.
US09642531B2	Systems, methods and computer-accessible medium which provide microscopic images of at least one anatomical structure at a particular resolution Exemplary embodiments of systems and methods can be provided which can generate data associated with at least one portion of a sample. For example, at least one first radiation can be forwarded to the portion through at least one optical arrangement. At least one second radiation can be received from the portion which is based on the first radiation. Based on an interaction between the optical arrangement and the first radiation and/or the second radiation, the optical arrangement can have a first transfer function. Further, it is possible to forward at least one third radiation to the portion through such optical arrangement (or through another optical arrangement), and receive at least one fourth radiation from the portion which is based on the third radiation. Based on an interaction between the optical arrangement (or the other optical arrangement) and the third radiation and/or the fourth radiation, the optical arrangement (or the other optical arrangement) can have a second transfer function. The first transfer function can be at least partially different from the second transfer function. The data can be generated based on the second and fourth radiations.
US09642513B2	Compact multi-viewing element endoscope system The present specification is directed towards endoscopes, such as colonoscopes, that provide a broader field of view and allow extended access of surgical tools and also enable efficient packing of all necessary elements in the tip section, while maintaining their functionality. Also described are methods and systems for capturing and displaying still and video images using an endoscope corresponding to a left-side looking, a front-looking and a right-side looking viewing element of an endoscopic tip generated in a native aspect ratio.
US09642506B2	Auxiliary toilet seat There is provided an auxiliary toilet seat with which a toddler can sit astride or sit in a posture like sitting on a chair. An auxiliary toilet seat main body of an auxiliary toilet seat is formed substantially oval. A seating surface of the auxiliary toilet seat main body is formed substantially flat. A splash prevention part is formed at each front and rear part of an inner peripheral part of the auxiliary toilet seat main body. An abutting fixing part having fixing position adjusting means is provided to each of two positions in a front part and rear part on a bottom surface of the auxiliary toilet seat main body. The auxiliary toilet seat is abuttable against a bottom surface of a toilet seat of a western style adult toilet bowl to be fixedly attached to the bottom surface.
US09642503B1	Portable, vertically oriented automatic towel dispenser apparatus A portable towel dispenser includes a housing configured to stand upright and an interior space for receiving a toweling assembly including a roll of towels on an arbor. The interior space is configured to receive in a vertical orientation the arbor for vertical support thereof during unwinding of the roll of towels. A loading door is configured to rotate relative to the housing about a generally vertical axis between a closed position, in which the loading door and housing together enclose the toweling assembly within the dispenser, and an open position, in which the dispenser is configured to receive the toweling assembly therein without obstruction by the loading door. The dispenser is battery operated, includes a handle, and is readily hand portable. A button on a bottom of the housing is depressed to enable dispensing when the housing is stood upright.
US09642496B2	Colander A colander for selectively opening and closing a bottom frame is provided. The colander includes an outer shell having a screen with an upper rim forming an open top, and a bottom frame. A circular inner screen is disposed on the bottom frame, wherein the inner screen is rotatable via a pivot pin. The colander further includes an annular base rotatably coupled to the bottom frame to provide an open and closed configuration for the inner screen. The colander bottom frame can be opened and closed to remove food and the like therefrom.
US09642494B1	Radial immersion blender An improved immersion blender generally consisting of a motor, an elongated motor shaft that extends from the motor through a removable tubular guard to a back-to-back radial-flow cutter blade. The cutter blade is securely attached to the distal end of motor shaft and is housed within the tubular guard assembly. The tubular guard has a manifold at its distal end that provides side inlet and outlet ports for the blade and a lower inlet aperture through the distal annular plate of the manifold. The lower blade of the back-to-back radial-flow cutter draws liquid from the bottom portion of the container, through the lower inlet side-ports in the manifold and the aperture through the distal end of the manifold, and discharges the liquid through the outlet ports in the manifold toward the sides of container in a radial direction. The upper blade draws the liquid from the top portion of the container, through the upper inlet side-ports in the manifold, and discharges the liquid through the outlet ports toward the sides of container in a radial direction. The flow of the liquid drawn into the blades is towards the center axis of the motor shaft, and the flow of the liquid discharged from the blades is away from the center axis of the motor shaft.
US09642493B2	Fryer cabinet thermal oil heat exchange A hot oil fryer for continuous frying duty in continuous food process lines has a frame, a cooking channel carried by the frame, a conveyor through the cooking channel having an upper food product carrying-run and a lower return runs, a bed of elongated heat exchanger tubes inside the cooking channel for circulating a thermal fluid, and a combustion-fired thermal oil heater supported by the frame off the floor for heating the thermal fluid which is circulated through the bed of elongated heat exchanger tubes. Preferably the cooking channel is elongated, as also preferably is the combustion-fired thermal oil heater carried, which is laid down to extend along a horizontal axis underneath the cooking channel. The combustion-fired thermal oil heater is fed either fuel-oil or a fuel-gas for combusting therein.
US09642492B2	Griddle with adjustable space between upper and lower pans Griddle with adjustable space between upper and lower pans, including an upper shell, a lower shell, rear sides of the upper and lower pans connected through adjustable hinges, the bottom of the upper hinge seat extending downwardly and the top of the lower hinge seat extending upwardly to form upper and lower joint arms, a groove extending along the side of the lower joint arm, the top of the groove extending forward, a protrusion mounted at the side of the lower joint arm and in front of the groove; the bottom of the upper joint arm extending to one side to form a pintle which can move in the groove, and a supporting portion formed at the bottom of the upper joint arm and in front of the pintle, to keep a space between the upper pan and the lower pan by abutting against the protrusion.
US09642485B2	Beverage holder A beverage holder includes a cup configured to receive and support a beverage and an arm directly coupled to the cup. The arm includes a first vertical wall and a second vertical wall. The first and second vertical walls define a slot configured to receive an arm of a chair. The beverage holder also includes a strap having a first end fixed to the arm and a second end removably coupled to the arm. A leveling mechanism is configured to allow the cup to be tilted relative to the arm and selectively fixed in place such that a user can vertically align the cup.
US09642482B2	Portable beverage container with ultrasonic welded joint and method of making the same A product, e.g., insulated beverage bottle having a lid, and method of making it are disclosed. The product includes an outer hollow blow molded vessel in which an inner hollow blow molded vessel, is disposed. Each of vessel has a sidewall from which a flange projects. The flange of the outer vessel includes an annular wall. The flange of the inner vessel includes an engagement surface having an annular groove to receive the annular wall of the outer vessel. The inner vessel is arranged to be supported within the outer vessel on the flange of the outer vessel and with portions of the annular wall and annular groove engaging each other. Ultrasonic energy is applied to one of the flanges adjacent the engaging surfaces to concentrate the ultrasonic welding energy at those surfaces to produce a good double sided shear joint weldment thereat.
US09642481B2	Crib shield system and other breathable apparatus An apparatus and method for making same utilizing a breathable mesh material having a reduced suffocation resistance level for infant and toddler use. The breathable mesh material includes an inner and outer fabric that includes larger openings on the front substructure than on the back substructure and a pile substructure is integrated and extends between the front and back substructures allowing air to substantially move effectively therethrough.
US09642480B1	Apparatus for suspending object on a wall An apparatus operable to provide hanging of an object on a vertical wall such as but not limited to an open back canvas. The apparatus includes a wall member and a frame member. The wall member includes a recessed portion having a raised perimeter edge circumferentially surrounded thereto. The frame member includes an upper surface operable to support an object thereon. A lip is formed along the rear perimeter edge of the upper surface. The frame member includes an upper portion having an angular perimeter edge. Contiguously formed with the upper portion is lower portion having a plurality of sides and a bottom. A pair of magnetic projections members are present on the rear side of the lower portion and the bottom of the lower portion. The magnetic projections members are configured to couple with the recessed portion of the wall member.
US09642479B2	Hanger for wall art A hanger attachable to an artwork frame includes a base having an open interior and openings at each end, rim and engagement member spanning the interior of the base. A method of mounting a canvas to an artwork frame includes attaching frame members with mating beveled ends to the back of the canvas, trimming margins of the canvas, rotating the frame members and canvas margins 90 degrees such that the frame ends matingly engage one another, and securing the frame ends to one another. Loose margins of the canvas may be folded and secured to the frame and a backing member attached thereto.
US09642477B2	Modular support column A modular support column allows electrical signal- and power-transmitting lines between a data-processing device and an associated weighing device to be enclosed. The modular support column includes a foot module (5; 6), at least a primary pole module (10), at least one adapter module (20, 50), mechanical connector elements (70, 80) and fasteners (55, 75). The modular support column, when assembled, has a central axis (a) defining an axial direction. A first axial end (11) of the primary pole module is connected to the foot module which, in turn, is to a chassis base (4) of a weighing scale (3). A second axial end (12) is connected to the at least one adapter module. The mechanical connector elements and fasteners are also enclosed. Extension pole modules (40) and adapter modules (20, 50) can extend the modular support column.
US09642469B2	Seating apparatus with adjustable cushioning A seating apparatus with adjustable cushioning, comprises a seat base and an inflatable bladder comprising a plurality of air cells. The inflatable bladder is positioned in between at least two polyurethane foam layers, supported on the seat base. The seating apparatus further comprises a pump unit operatively connected to the inflatable bladder via a conduit for inflating or deflating the plurality of air cells for providing adjustable firmness to the seating apparatus.
US09642468B2	Seating unit convertible to bed A seating unit having a foldable bed includes: a base with an internal cavity and a rear wall; a foldable bed that includes separate and distinct head, intermediate and seat sections, wherein in a folded position, the intermediate and seat sections are generally horizontally disposed and positioned in vertically stacked relationship, and the head section is generally vertically disposed and positioned adjacent the rear wall of the base, and in an unfolded position, the head, intermediate and seat sections are generally horizontally disposed and in serial alignment with each other; and a bed folding mechanism that is attached to the base and the head, intermediate and seat sections that controls the movement of the bed between the folded and unfolded positions.
US09642457B1	Adjustable frame for hanging folders A hanging file folder frame is disclosed in several embodiments one of which is constructed of three segments. Two frames are joined together by rails. The frame includes a slot of a particular profile and the rails have a similar profile to slide into the slots. On the bottom of the frame are recesses sized to receive a portion of a wireframe leg. The leg is prevented from being ejected from the frame by a spanning flange which bridges part of the recess and confines a part of the leg between the recess walls and the flange.
US09642454B2	Multiple viewing angle media support For multiple viewing angle media support, and apparatus includes three support sides. Each support side includes a back support and an edge support. A top of each back support is in physical communication with an adjacent edge support clockwise about a central axis and each back support and each edge support is in physical communication with two ends of a solid interior. Each back support, each edge support, and each end is a surface of the solid interior, the solid interior is a pillow covered in fabric, a first viewing angle of the first back support is 36 degrees, a second viewing angle of the second back support is 74 degrees, and a third viewing angle of the third back support is 49 degrees.
US09642453B2	Collapsible support device for holding an object A collapsible support device configured to support an object in an inclined position, may include a base portion and an upper support panel. A hinge connecting the base portion to the upper support panel may be disposed at one edge of the base portion and a first edge of the upper support panel. The collapsible support device may be configured to be in at least one open position such that the base portion and the upper support panel are at an angle relative to each other and to be in a closed position such that the upper support panel lays against the base portion. The collapsible support device may be used to support the object at an inclined position in the open position.
US09642449B2	Paint-coating brush and coating process The present invention relates to a paint-coating brush consisting of a rectangular flat body plate, a handle installed on a center of an upper surface of the body plate, and a plurality of bristles bundled on a lower surface of the body plate, wherein a front end portion of the said plate is bended downward to form a sharp R-shaped muzzle section. The procedures of using the paint-coating brush include: (A) dipping the plurality of bristles in paint; (B) using a front end (tip) portion of the body plate to contact a borderline of a target object and then coating towards a central part of the object being painted. However, the procedure of masking non-coating areas is not included.
US09642443B2	Backpack with closure mechanisms A bag, such as a backpack, is provided having first and second closure mechanisms. The backpack includes an opening at the top end of the bag, with the first and the second closure mechanisms configured to selectively secure and close the opening. The first closure mechanism is configured to couple a front side and a back side of the backpack at the top end to partially close the opening and form a first slot and a second slot. The second closure mechanism is configured to partially or completely secure the opening by securing a first edge of the opening to a second edge of the opening to close each slot. The second closure mechanism includes a first and a second releasable fastener which may be zippers. The first and second slots are alignable with one or more interior sections to form first and second equipment storage compartments within the backpack.
US09642442B2	Wiper for a container A wiper which seals the container upon withdrawal of an applicator from the container. The wiper comprises an upper part and a lower part which is a sealing part, and wherein the sealing part is a self-sealing resilient structure. In a closed state of the sealing part, the sealing part forms a seal at a distal end of the wiper and in an open state, an opening is formed at the distal end of the wiper, when the applicator is inserted into the wiper. The wiper of the present disclosure can be employed in the container used for application of cosmetic or care products include viscous cosmetics, mascara, eye liner, lip gloss, hair color and like products.
US09642441B1	Multi-property applicator assembly and methods of use An applicator assembly having an application element, a blending element and a retaining element. The application element comprises a material configured to retain an application material and distribute the application material onto a surface and the blending element comprises a material configured to distribute the application material on the surface. Together the application and blending elements allow the process of transferring, distributing and blending the application material onto the surface to be performed with a single application assembly. Embodiments of the applicator assembly have the application element and the blending element to be comprised of materials with different characteristics.
US09642439B2	Cosmetic dispenser with crenelated wall for frictional resistance A cosmetic dispenser with an inner body, an outer body, and an elevator cup has a rotary extension and retraction mechanism, a first annular bearing surface retained relative to the inner or outer body and an annular wall retained relative to the other of the outer or inner body. The annular wall can be a skirt of the outer body and can be crenelated into arcuate merlons and crenels. The merlons establish an effective circumference that overlaps with the circumference of the first annular bearing surface to provide frictional resistance to a rotation of the inner body relative to the outer body. The merlons can surround the first annular bearing surface and establish a circumference smaller than the circumference of the first annular bearing surface. The annular bearing surface can be a lateral bearing surface, and a second annular bearing surface can form a longitudinal bearing surface.
US09642429B2	Sterile case for electronic devices used in medical procedures A sterile case for an electronic device used during medical procedures includes a rigid housing with at least one transparent face. An opening in the housing permits movement of the device into and out of the housing in, for example, a direction parallel to the length or width of the housing. A door attached to the housing moves between open and closed positions to seal the opening. A sleeve is configured to be received, when the door is in the open position, partially within the housing and to extend outward from the housing through the opening. The sleeve defines a bore aligned with the opening and configured to receive the device and to permit insertion of the device through the sleeve into the housing without contact between the device and a rim of the housing surrounding the opening.
US09642422B2	Umbrella wire frame An umbrella frame has a post, a number of arms, a number of connecting rods, a lift ring and a ring lock. The post has a number of aligned wire elements connected to each other along their length with a number of post spacers. Each arm has at least two aligned wire elements connected together along their length with a number of arm spacers. Each arm is connected to the top of the post and rotates upward from a closed position along the post to an upward open position and back. The lift ring slides up and down the post to open and close the umbrella frame. Each connection rod is connected to the lift ring at one end and the other end to a mid-point on each respective arm. The ring lock secures the lift ring to the post in the open position.
US09642413B2	Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a knitted component and, in some configurations, a skin layer secured to the knitted component. The knitted component may have a plurality of protruding areas that extend outward and away from a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer. The protruding areas may include one or both of (a) a first tubular structure and an inlaid strand extending through the first tubular structure and (b) a second tubular structure and yarn sections extending across the second tubular structure.
US09642408B2	Method and system for making tailored garments A method for allowing a user to make a tailored garment (M) comprises the following steps: preparing at least one image (I) comprising a sample garment (C) of the same type as the tailored garment (M) to be made and also comprising a reference object (O) with actual standardized dimensions (M7,M8); measuring on the at least one image (I) the dimensions of the reference object (O) and a set of basic dimensions (M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,M6) of the sample garment (C); calculating the actual dimensional values of the set of basic dimensions of the sample garment (C) as a function of: the dimensional values of the set of basic dimensions (M1,M2,M3,M4,M5,M6) of the sample garment (C) measured on the image (I), the dimensional values of the reference object (O) and the actual dimensions (M7,M8) of the reference object (O); selecting the aesthetic features of the tailored garment (M) to be made; transmitting to a tailoring apparatus (4) the calculated actual dimensional values of the set of basic dimensions of the sample garment (C) and the selected aesthetic features; performing on the tailoring apparatus (4) a sequence of operations of cutting and sewing the tailored garment (M), to make the tailored garment (M) so its basic dimensions are substantially equal to the previously calculated actual dimensional values of the set of basic dimensions of the sample garment (C).
US09642403B2	Strap fastening system for a disposable respirator providing improved donning A disposable respirator has a strap fastening system that facilitates ease of donning and comfort during wear. More specifically, the respirator includes a pull-strap fastening component and a strap configuration that provides a tight seal over the mouth and nose of the user, yet be easily donned and comfortable to wear.
US09642380B1	Feed processing using salts of fatty acids Methods for using water-soluble salts of fatty acids alone, or in chosen combinations with chelating agents, antifreeze compounds, and water for improving the processing of feed materials including whole grains or finely-divided ingredients, which may contain grain, that are mechanically processed, are described. The fatty acid salts may be added to water or to steam prior to application to feed materials, and may be applied directly to the feed materials, or added to grain conditioners known in the art to improve their performance. Treated feed materials have improved lubricity, and thin, strong durable flakes having less bulk density, and durable hard pellets, may be generated with reduced fines. Addition of an anti-freeze material permits the resulting compositions to remain fluid under freezing conditions, while oxidation or spoilage, may be reduced by adding a chelating agent. The solutions are basic and are non-corrosive.
US09642378B2	Device and method for removing abdominal fat from abdominal skin of a slaughtered bird suspended by the legs A device and method for removing abdominal fat from abdominal skin of a slaughtered bird suspended by the legs. A scraping tool having a first vertically movable part and a second vertically movable part that is tiltable towards the first part, wherein the first part and the second part are arranged to execute a concerted operation in an abdominal cavity of the slaughtered bird for removal of the abdominal fat from the bird.
US09642376B1	Automatic product diverter for meat processing plant An automated system and method is provided for separating left and right animal carcass cuts from one another. The system includes a conveyor to carry cut meat pieces along a path. A sensor generates a signal corresponding to the left or right cuts, and sends the signal to a processor or controller, which actuates a product diverter, which moves across the conveyor so as to push and remove selected meat pieces from the conveyor for further processing on a separate line. The diverters are pivotal out of the conveyor path if engaged by meat piece intended to continue along the conveyor path.
US09642368B2	3-alkyl-5-fluoro-4-substituted-imino-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one derivatives as fungicides This present disclosure is related to the field of 3-alkyl-5-fluoro-4-substituted-imino-3,4-5 dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides. Also provided are methods of controlling a fungal disease such as Septoria tritici, comprising administering an effective amount of the fungicide compound to at lease one surface associated with the plant, seed or soil.
US09642362B2	Antimicrobial compositions and uses thereof The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition having activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The composition is a) a composition comprising at least two organic acids selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid and citric acid; b) a composition comprising at least two bacteriocin selected from the group consisting of pediocin, Nisin and reuterin; c) a composition comprising pediocin and at least two organic acids selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid and citric acid; or d) a composition comprising reuterin and at least one organic acid selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid and citric acid. The present invention also relates to the use of said compositions for sanitizing and/or disinfecting surfaces and method thereof.
US09642351B1	Cockroach bait station The cockroach bait station is an eradication system that is adapted for use with cockroaches. The cockroach bait station is comprises a bait and a bait station. The bait is a high energy, and therefore highly attractive, bait source that is laced with a poison that is known to be effective in: 1) limiting the future activities of cockroaches after ingestion; and, 2) is readily shared and transferred within a community of cockroaches.
US09642349B2	Fishing reel A fishing reel includes a fishing line threading section (60A) through which a fishing line to be unreeled from a spool (5A) is threaded, a main body (60B) that is engaged with a worm shaft (51) provided between left and right side plates, a fishing line guide body (60) that reciprocates between the left and right side plates through the rotational drive of the worm shaft, and a clutch mechanism (20) that switches the spool (5A) between a fishing line winding state and a fishing line unwinding state. The fishing line guide body (60) is supported in front of the spool (5A) so as to be switched and movable between the fishing line unwinding state and the fishing line winding state, and the fishing line threading section (60A) and the main body (60B) are formed separately and integrated with each other.
US09642336B2	Portable lighting apparatus for a livestock grooming stand or chute A portable lighting apparatus including a lamp assembly that is adjustably adapted to be suspended from and secured to the side rails of a livestock grooming stand or chute, or alternately to an articulated lamp stand, to shed diffused light downward on an animal occupying the grooming stand or chute. The lamp assembly includes a rigid housing in which is received a weatherproof lighting fixture and an adjustable bracket mechanism for suspending the assembly from the side rails or lamp stand. The lamp stand includes a position-adjustable hangar assembly for supporting the lamp assembly, a base, and a set of support arms that can be collapsed to a transport position for ease of transport and storage.
US09642333B2	Mushroom line B12998-s39 and methods and uses therefor A culture comprising at least one set of the chromosomes of the Agaricus bisporus line B12998-s39, the culture of the line B12998-s39 having been deposited under the NRRL Accession Number 50899, wherein said chromosomes comprise all of the alleles of the line B12998-s39 at the sequence-characterized marker loci listed in Table I. Methods are provided for introducing a desired trait into a culture of Agaricus bisporus line B12998-s39, as well as methods and processes for producing hybrid mushroom cultures. A method of mushroom strain development is further provided.
US09642328B1	Maize inbred PH1TJA A novel maize variety designated PH1TJA and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH1TJA with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1TJA through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH1TJA or a locus conversion of PH1TJA with another maize variety.
US09642317B2	Breeding, production, processing and use of specialty cannabis The invention provides compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of specialty cannabis.
US09642313B2	Hedge trimmer A hedge trimmer having a drive motor, a gear mechanism, and a blade arrangement with at least one cutter bar, which is driven in a reciprocating manner by the drive motor via the gear mechanism in a longitudinal direction. The blade arrangement includes a guide mechanism that extends over at least a part of the length of the blade arrangement. The guide mechanism is embodied as a molded part that includes a generally flat fastening portion and a profiled guide portion. The cutter bar is longitudinally movably held on the guide portion.
US09642308B2	Crop lifter with angle and finger adjustment A crop lifter apparatus has a bracket for attachment to a header guard finger. A cylindrical groove in a front portion of the mounting bracket has an axis perpendicular to a travel direction and a lock bolt hole is defined through the mounting bracket at the groove. The rear of a finger support member has a cylindrical wall engaged in the groove, and defines a cylindrical lock aperture with an axis coincidental with the axis of the groove. A slot in the rear of the support member is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the lock aperture. A lock cylinder is engaged in the lock aperture and a lock bolt extends through the lock bolt hole and the slot and into the lock cylinder and is tightened to secure the support member to the mounting bracket at a selected finger angle. A length of the lifting finger may be adjustable.
US09642303B2	Grass cutter including a fan above the mower deck A grass cutter is provided with a mower and a duct. The mower includes a rotary blade which cuts grass by being driven to rotate, a mower deck which houses the rotary blade, and a fan which is arranged above the mower deck and generates carrier air. The duct includes a duct body which communicates with the mower deck and extends in a conveyance direction of grass clippings cut by the rotary blade, and an opening which is configured to allow carrier air generated by the fan to be introduced into the duct body.
US09642296B1	Leaf and debris collector having two staffs with debris scoops A debris collector for collecting leaves and debris may include a first staff having a first handle attached to a first end thereof and a first shovel scoop attached to a second end thereof; a second staff having a second handle attached to a first end thereof and a second shovel scoop attached to a second end thereof; and a spring clamp connector attaching the first staff to the second staff such that when the first handle and the second handle are pushed together, the first shovel scoop moves away from the second shovel scoop; and when the first handle and the second handle are released, the first shovel scoop and the second shovel scoop clamp together.
US09648790B2	Heat exchanger assembly for an electronic display The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein provide a heat exchanger assembly for cooling power module bricks, having a plurality of heat exchanger layers where a top layer is in conductive thermal communication with the power module brick. A series of metallic plates are preferably positioned within each heat exchanger layer and are preferably aligned with the power module brick. A circulating fan may be positioned to force circulating gas across the power module brick and through the heat exchanger. An external air fan may be positioned to force external air through the heat exchanger. Pass through junctions may be positioned near edges of the heat exchanger to permit the circulating gas to cross paths with the external air without allowing the two gas flows to mix with one another.
US09648789B2	Apparatus for cooling and mounting a circuit board An apparatus is provided that includes a housing for an electronic device. The housing includes a plurality of side walls and a removable exterior housing panel. A circuit board is mechanically attached to a first side of the panel, which faces an interior of the housing when the panel is secured to the plurality of side walls. The panel is made from a heat-conductive material to conduct heat from the circuit board to the panel and exterior environment.
US09648788B2	Server room managing air conditioning system In accordance with embodiments, a server room managing air conditioning system includes: a first coil; a second coil; and an air supply fan. The first coil adjusts returned air of a server room to a predetermined temperature value lower than a supplied air temperature target value and dehumidifies the returned air. The second coil adjusts the returned air of the server room to a predetermined temperature value higher than the supplied air temperature target value so that the supplied air temperature target value and a supplied air humidity target value can be achieved when the returned air is mixed with air adjusted by the first coil. The air supply fan mixes the returned air and supplies the mixed returned air as the supplied air to the server room.
US09648784B2	Systems and assemblies for cooling server racks A cooling assembly for cooling server racks includes a server rack enclosure sub-assembly that includes at least one panel member defining a volume for receiving one or more server racks having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one of the panel members is a rear panel member; at least one frame member defines an opening for receiving the rear portion of the server racks to form a hot space between the rear panel member and the combination of the frame member and the rear portion of the server racks; a cooling sub-assembly disposed in thermal communication with the hot space to cool at least one server supported in the server rack and including a chassis receiving at least one heat exchange member for exchanging heat between a refrigerant fluid flowing through the heat exchange member and fluid flowing through the hot space heated by the server.
US09648778B2	Electronics cabinet An electronics cabinet having a cabinet frame, a front equipment rail, and a structural air dam. The cabinet frame includes a first pair of front-to-back beams connected to a pair of top side-to-side beams to form a top frame, a second pair of front-to-back beams connected to a pair of bottom side-to-side beams to form a bottom frame, and a plurality of vertical post connected to the top frame and the bottom frame. The front equipment rail is removably connected to one of the first pair of front-to-back beams and to one of the second pair of front-to-back beams. The structural air dam is connected to the front equipment rail and to one of the plurality of vertical posts.
US09648777B2	Water-based computing system A water-based computing system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of interconnected computer nodes each placed in a waterproof container floating in a body of water. Each computer node is configured to generate power for use thereof and for the other interconnected computer nodes.
US09648769B2	Power unit for electric vehicle inverter The invention relates to a power unit having a housing (1) in which at least one power electronics module (2), preferably a plurality of power electronics modules (2) is or are housed, positioned on a plane of the housing (1), the or each power electronics module (2) comprising at least one power electronics component (16), and being connected to at least one electronic control board (6) by at least one connection element (5). The power unit is characterized in that it comprises at least one member (7, 8) supporting the at least one electronic control board facing the power module (2) over at least one expanse of the board (6), the support member being the beam (7, 8) substantially parallel to said plane of the housing.
US09648764B2	Fixing structure of electric apparatus to vehicle Provided is a fixing structure of an electric apparatus in an engine compartment provided in a front portion of a vehicle. The fixing structure includes a tray, a removal mechanism, and a protecting plate. The tray is fixed in the engine compartment and configured such that the electric apparatus is placed thereon. The removal mechanism is configured to remove the electric apparatus from the tray when the electric apparatus receives a predetermined impact force or more from a front side of the vehicle. The protecting plate is attached to the electric apparatus, and is configured to abut with a structural object placed at a rear side of the vehicle relative to the electric apparatus when the electric apparatus is removed from the tray due to the impact force so as to move rearward.
US09648760B2	Substrate structure and manufacturing method thereof A substrate structure includes a dielectric layer, a metal foil, a patterned metal layer, a first patterned solder-resist layer and a second patterned solder-resist layer. The dielectric layer includes a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface has a plurality of recesses. The metal foil is disposed on the second surface. The patterned metal layer is disposed on the first surface, the patterned metal layer has a plurality of openings, and the openings are respectively corresponding to and expose the recesses. The first patterned solder-resist layer is filled in each of the recesses and corresponding to each of the openings. A top surface of the first patterned solder-resist layer is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the patterned metal layer. The second patterned solder-resist layer is disposed on the first patterned solder-resist layer and in the openings, and covers a portion of the patterned metal layer.
US09648757B2	Method for manufacturing space transformer by using carrier substrate made for chip package and provided with elongated contacts A method of manufacturing a space transformer includes providing a carrier substrate made for a chip package, forming an insulated layer disposed on the carrier substrate, and forming a conductive block. The carrier substrate is formed with elongated first and second wires. The first wire has an elongated contact which is longer than the width of the first wire. The insulated layer is formed with a hole corresponding in position to the elongated contact. The conductive block is formed with an elongated connecting column located in the hole and connected with the elongated contact, and a cylindrical contact pad exposed at the outside of the insulated layer, larger-sized than the elongated connecting column is connected with the elongated connecting column. As a result, the cylindrical contact pad has sufficient area and structural strength for contact with a probe needle.
US09648756B2	Applying apparatus An applying apparatus that applies a flux liquid includes: a nozzle from which the flux liquid is injected; and an intake and exhaust unit that sucks the flux liquid injected from the nozzle through an intake port and exhausts a gas through an exhaust port. The intake and exhaust unit has a filtering unit that filters the flux liquid sucked through the intake port and through which the gas passes before the gas reaches the exhaust port. The filtering unit is movably provided within the intake and exhaust unit so that when installing/removing the filtering unit with respect to the intake and exhaust unit, the filtering unit moves in a direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the flux liquid is sucked through the intake port and in which the gas is exhausted through the exhaust port.
US09648755B2	Method for manufacturing a non-planar printed circuit board assembly A method for manufacturing a non-planar printed circuit board assembly (1) is disclosed. The method comprises providing a planar formable substrate (2) for supporting a conductive material (3) and at least one electronic component (4), printing a circuit pattern of an uncured conductive material (3) on the planar substrate (2), forming the substrate (2) and the uncured conductive material (3) into a non-planar shape, and curing the conductive material (3), wherein the substrate (2) comprises a metal sheet and an electrically insulating coating (2b) arranged between the metal sheet and the conductive material (3).
US09648748B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board for mounting of the same A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include three external electrodes disposed on a mounting surface of a ceramic body and spaced apart from each other, and first and second lead-out portions extended from a first internal electrode so as to be exposed through the mounting surface of the ceramic body and spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the ceramic body have one or more space portions, respectively, and a board for mounting thereof is provided.
US09648735B2	Printed circuit boards and methods of manufacturing thereof A printed circuit board includes an electrically conductive layer and a dielectric layer including a polymer, wherein the polymer includes metallic particles.
US09648725B2	High-frequency circuit package and sensor module Shielding of high-frequency circuits is achieved using a simple and inexpensive configuration not using any lid. A high-frequency circuit mounting substrate (20) is disposed, on an underside surface layer of which are disposed high-frequency circuits (21 and 22) and is formed a first grounding conductor that has same electric potential as grounding conductors of the high-frequency circuits and that surrounds the high-frequency circuits. A mother control substrate (3) is disposed, on which the high-frequency circuit mounting substrate (20) is mounted in such a way that the high-frequency circuits are sandwiched therebetween and on which a second grounding conductor is formed in a region facing the high-frequency circuits. Plural first lands are formed on the first grounding conductor of the high-frequency circuit mounting substrate (20) to surround the high-frequency circuits. Plural second lands are formed that are electrically connected to the second grounding conductor at positions on a surface layer of the mother control substrate (3) which face the first lands. Plural solder balls (30G2) are disposed for connecting the first lands and the second lands. The high-frequency circuits are housed in pseudo shielding cavities surrounded by the solder balls (30G2), the grounding conductors of the high-frequency circuits, and the first and second grounding conductors.
US09648716B2	Direct three phase parallel resonant inverter for reactive gas generator applications A power system for a reactive gas generator can include a direct three phase inverter. A resonant tank can further be included to receive a square wave output of the direct three phase inverter and provide a sine wave output. The power system can include an inverter controller that turns on and off selected switches of the direct three phase inverter based on states of the three phases of a three phase AC power supply, where a switch is turned on with an adaptive ON time and a modulated OFF time depending on a desired output power.
US09648711B2	X-ray detector pixel layout An X-ray detector comprises an array of pixels, each comprising a sensitive area, a body structure, and an electric circuitry. The sensitive areas are attached to, and arranged on, the body structure. The electric circuitry controls and reads out the sensitive areas and connects the sensitive areas with a processing unit. The sensitive areas provide an electric signal representing X-rays hitting the pixel. All pixels are provided in a pixel layout with a pixel layout scheme where the sensitive area is a first part of the pixel's surface that is contributing to the pixel's signal and a second part of the pixel's surface is irrelevant to contributing to the pixel's signal. To facilitate avoiding visual artifacts, the sensitive areas in a pattern in which at least a part of the pixels having the same pixel layout scheme such that the pixel layout of adjacent pixels is arranged differently.
US09648702B2	Two-level LED security light with motion sensor A two-level LED security light is operated with a motion sensor. When an electric power is supplied, the LED security light is turned on for a low level illumination. When the motion sensor detects any intrusion, the LED security light is switched from the low level illumination to a high level illumination for a short duration time to scare away the intruder. After the short duration time, the LED security light returns to the low level illumination for saving energy. The LED security light includes a power supply unit, a motion sensing unit, a loading and power control unit, and a lighting-emitting unit. The lighting-emitting unit includes one or a plurality of LEDs which may be turned-on or turned-off by control signal generated from the loading and power control unit.
US09648699B2	Automatic control of location-registered lighting according to a live reference lighting environment According to the disclosed embodiments, a three-dimensional (3D) reference environment having one or more environmental lighting reference (ELR) sources is determined by a controller. Also, characteristics of the one or more ELR sources are tracked by the controller. Then, a lighting environment generated by the one or more ELR sources in the 3D reference environment is replicated by the controller by dynamically and automatically controlling one or more physical light sources that illuminate a physical subject according to the characteristics of the one or more ELR sources.
US09648692B2	Portable lamp comprising a contact-less control device A portable lamp, such as a headlamp, having control of the light power without the need for any manual switch is presented. The lamp comprises a power module for powering one or more light sources, first proximity detectors for detecting an object such as a finger moving close to the lamp, in one direction or another along a first axis X-X; and a control module receiving information generated by said first proximity detectors, said control module being configured for generating, from the direction of the movement of said object, a control information for switching-on, switching-off or adjusting the level of the intensity of the light power.
US09648684B1	Capacitor-less LED drive The capacitor-less LED drive is an LED drive circuit having a design based on the utilization of the internal capacitance of the LED to replace the smoothing capacitor in a conventional buck converter in a power supply. LED lighting systems usually have many LEDs for better illumination that can reach multiple tens of LEDs. Such a configuration can be utilized to enlarge the total internal capacitance, and hence minimize the output ripple. Also, the switching frequency of the buck converter is selected such that minimum ripple appears at the output. The functionality of the present design is confirmed experimentally, and the efficiency of the drive is 85% at full load.
US09648683B2	Lighting device, lighting apparatus, and lighting fixture A lighting device includes a switching circuit configured to supply a supply voltage to each of a plurality of light sources by time division. The lighting device includes a variable control circuit configured to supply a continuous DC supply voltage to each of the light sources. The lighting device includes a controller. The controller includes a first control function of controlling the switching circuit. The controller includes a second control function of controlling the variable control circuit. The controller is configured to select either the first control function or the second control function for each of the light sources.
US09648678B1	LED driver circuit with dimming control and programming interfaces An LED driver circuit is provided with a dynamic operating range. A controller for a power converter is configured to regulate the output voltage and the output current generated by the power converter based on a dimming control signal from a dimming control interface, a sensed output from the power converter, and programmed maximum output voltage and maximum output current values. The tuning interface may be coupled to the dimming control interface and provide a sequence of digital pulses corresponding to a desired maximum output voltage and/or maximum output current. The controller may modify the programmed maximum output voltage and the maximum output current values based on the predetermined sequence of digital pulses received via the tuning interface circuit.
US09648663B2	Distributed cellular client network A second cellular client delegates cellular communication to a first cellular client. The first cellular client determines that the first cellular client has been assigned to perform cellular communication for the second cellular client. The first cellular client receives a transmission from a cellular service-provider antenna intended for the second cellular client. The first cellular client sends a first command based on the transmission to the second cellular client. The first command instructs the second cellular client to enable the cellular functionality of the second cellular client.
US09648661B2	WLAN system scanning and selection Techniques for performing WLAN system scanning and selection are described. A terminal performs multiple iterations of scan to detect for WLAN systems. A scan list containing at least one WLAN system to detect for is initially determined. For each scan iteration, a scan type may be selected from among the supported scan types. The selected scan type may indicate passive scan or active scan, frequency channels to scan, etc. A scan may be performed based on the selected scan type. Signal strength measurements are obtained for access points received during the scan and used to identify detected access points. After all scan iterations are completed, candidates access points are identified based on the scan results, e.g., based on the signal strength measurements for the detected access points and a detection threshold. The best candidate access point may be selected for association by the terminal.
US09648658B2	Managing radio resource control (RRC) connections based on radio bearer attributes A base station may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first user device. The base station may determine a bearer attribute of a bearer associated with the RRC connection and the first user device. The base station may determine that the bearer attribute satisfies a set of conditions, and may analyze multiple bearer attributes associated with multiple established RRC connections. The base station may select a terminable RRC connection, of the multiple established RRC connections, based on analyzing the multiple bearer attributes. The terminable RRC connection may be associated with a second user device that is different from the first user device, and the terminable RRC connection may be different from the RRC connection. The device may terminate the terminable RRC connection based on selecting the terminable RRC connection.
US09648653B2	User equipment-initiated control method and apparatus for providing proximity service The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, disclosed are a UE-initiated control method and apparatus for providing a proximity service. A method in which first user equipment of a wireless communication system performs a proximity service (ProSe) according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step in which the first user equipment detects second user equipment with which the ProSe can be performed; a step of transmitting a message requesting for a permission of ProSe to a network node; a step of receiving a response to the request for a permission of ProSe from the network node; and a step of setting up a direct data path to the second user equipment.
US09648652B2	Facilitating wireless connections using a BLE beacon Systems and methods are provided for facilitating wireless connections using a Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) beacon installed at a location. In particular, the provided systems and methods may facilitate wireless connections by providing credentials for accessing a wireless network at the location when a user checks in to the location using a user device in communication with the BLE beacon. The provided systems and methods may further facilitate wireless connections by establishing a Wi-Fi Direct connection with the user device to quickly provide content to the user device while at the location.
US09648648B1	Wireless device system and pairing method A wireless device system and method are disclosed herein, in which the wireless device system includes a wireless device and an electronic device. The wireless device includes an audio receiving unit and an encoder, in which the audio receiving unit receives a knocking wave, and the encoder encodes the knocking wave to a pairing request code. The electronic device includes an audio receiving part, a wireless transceiver and a processor. The audio receiving part receives the knocking wave, and the wireless transceiver receives the pairing request code. The processor encodes the knocking wave to a detecting code, and the electronic device connects with the wireless device when the pairing request code matched the detecting code. The wireless device touches the electronic device so that the knocking wave is generated.
US09648646B2	Method and device for establishing packet data network connection Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for establishing a packet data network PDN connection. A method includes: receiving, by a trusted wireless local area network access network TWAN device, a trigger message from a user equipment; obtaining, by the TWAN device, an access point name APN from the user equipment; sending, by the TWAN device, a create session request message carrying the APN to a PDN gateway; receiving, by the TWAN device, a create session response message carrying an IP address from the PDN gateway; and sending, by the TWAN device, the IP address to the user equipment. In this way, an additional PDN connection or a non-default PDN connection is established for a user equipment to extend a network access range of the user equipment.
US09648639B2	Uplink control channel allocation in a communication system and communicating the allocation Various methods of allocating uplink control channels in a communication system are implemented at a resource scheduler or a user equipment (UE). In one method the scheduler reserves resources for a downlink data channel and signals a corresponding downlink data channel grant and also reserves resources for a persistent uplink control channel for a longer duration than the data channel grant. Signaling overhead associated with a grant for this persistent uplink control channel is reduced over a full dynamic grant. A predetermined rule can be used at the scheduler and at the UE to avoid overhead signaling associated with a grant for this persistent control channel. Predetermined rules at the UE and scheduler can also be used to reserve appropriate resources and select appropriate MCS levels for control information and the control information and uplink data can be transported over a common uplink channel when a time overlap occurs between an uplink data channel and the persistent control channel.
US09648636B2	Intelligent M2M energy optimization algorithm The invention provides for a method for power optimized transmission scheduling in an energy harvesting machine to machine device, comprising an internal power storage and an internal energy harvesting source and being configured for communication with a mobile communications network via a wireless link. The method comprises receiving an event triggering a decision to send data to the mobile communications network, monitoring at least one power parameter of said internal power source and scheduling said data for transmission based on the at least one power parameter. The invention also relates to a corresponding M2M device, to a network node and to a computer program for performing the method.
US09648616B2	Method and apparatus for implementing efficient low-latency uplink access A method and apparatus may determine a plurality of access points. The plurality of access points belong to a cluster set of a user device. The method may also include allocating a plurality of random-access-channel slots to the plurality of access points such that the plurality of random-access-channel slots are staggered in time over a random-access-channel period within a frame structure used by the user device.
US09648605B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in cellular radio communication system using cooperative multi-point scheme An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE.
US09648602B2	Fast switching of forward link in wireless system A technique for distributing channel allocation information in a demand access communication system. Multiple access codes are used that have a defined code repeat period or code epoch. For each such epoch duration, a schedule of assignment of traffic channels to active terminals for each epoch is determined. For each terminal designated as active during the epoch, a list of active channels for such terminal unit is assigned. Prior to the start of each epoch, a channel set up message is sent on one of the forward link channels, such as a paging channel, indicating the lists of active channels for epochs of the associated traffic channel(s) that are to follow.
US09648596B2	Interference mitigation for control channels in a wireless communication network Techniques for mitigating interference on control channels in a wireless communication network are described. In an aspect, high interference on radio resources used for a control channel may be mitigated by sending a request to reduce interference to one or more interfering stations. Each interfering station may reduce its transmit power on the radio resources, which may then allow the control channel to observe less interference. In one design, a user equipment (UE) may detect high interference on radio resources used for a control channel by a desired base station. The UE may send a request to reduce interference on the radio resources to an interfering base station, which may reduce its transmit power on the radio resources. The UE may receive the control channel on the radio resources from the desired base station and may observe less interference from the interfering base station.
US09648587B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a whitespace map in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a whitespace map. The method for transmitting whitespace map (WSM) information from a first station (STA) to a second STA includes the steps of: setting a map version bit value included in the WSM information as a predetermined value; and transmitting the WSM information including the predetermined map version bit value to the second STA.
US09648585B2	Data transmission method and device Disclosed are a data transmission method and device, used to solve the problem of achieving air interface group calling and multicasting when a base station is connected to a network side via an IP interface; the data transmission method of the present invention comprises: the base station determines a group air interface identifier corresponding to an IP broadcast address or an IP multicast target address; the base station assigns the air interface identifier to a user equipment in the group; and the base station schedules and transmits the air interface data via the air interface identifier.
US09648579B2	Systems and methods for driver and vehicle tracking Systems and methods for driver and vehicle tracking in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a location tracking system includes a processor and a memory storing a location tracking application, wherein the location tracking application directs the processor to obtain vehicle location data, where the vehicle location data includes a set of vehicle location data points, obtain driver location data, where the driver location data includes a set of driver location data points, correlate the vehicle location data and the driver location data, and generate vehicle driver data based on the correlated vehicle location data and driver location data, where the generated vehicle driver data includes a set of drivers associated with a vehicle.
US09648573B2	Enhancing positioning with transmit-timing adjustment information Conventional positioning methods based on measurements of wireless device transmissions may fail to account for adjustments to uplink transmit timing made by the wireless device. Problems caused by this failure may become even more severe when multiple timing advances are applied on different carriers, in multi-carrier operation where the carriers are non-co-located. One example method for handling timing measurements used for positioning, according to several of the techniques detailed herein, begins with obtaining (810) one or more timing measurement values for timing measurements performed on radio signals transmitted by a wireless device. Information related to one or more transmit timing adjustments applied to radio signal transmissions by a wireless device is also obtained (820). Finally, one or more of the timing measurement values are compensated (830) with a compensation value, based on the obtained information related to the one or more transmit timing adjustments applied by the wireless device.
US09648571B2	Method of efficiently reporting user equipment transmission power and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
US09648570B2	Method of efficiently reporting user equipment transmission power and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
US09648568B2	Hybrid dual-band satellite communication system A hybrid satellite communication system in which a hub station transmits signals to remote stations through a satellite at a relatively low frequency which is unaffected by weather effects and in which the remote stations transmit signals to the hub station at a relatively higher frequency which enables the use of more economical equipment at the remote stations. The hub station senses the signal quality or strength received from each remote station and transmits power control signals to remote stations with poor signal strengths to cause such remote stations to increase their output power to overcome weather effects. The power control signals are transmitted on the lower frequency to prevent the power control signals from being masked by the weather effects.
US09648566B2	Apparatus and method for setting antennas of mobile device, and mobile device The disclosure provides an apparatus and method for setting antennas of a mobile device, and a mobile device, and the apparatus includes: one or more processors; and a memory, where the memory is configured to store one or more computer readable program codes, and the one or more processors are configured to execute the one or more computer readable program codes to perform operations of: functioning, by the mobile device, as a Wi-Fi relay to be connected with both a wireless access point and an electronic device, wherein the mobile device is provided with at least two Wi-Fi antennas to receive and transmit Wi-Fi data; determining a communication type of communication between the wireless access point and the electronic device; and adjusting the number of receiving antennas and the number of transmitting antennas among the Wi-Fi antennas according to the communication type.
US09648565B1	Safety cutoff for a power tool or other device A cutoff system for a power tool or other device includes a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver being configured to electrically couple to a power source and to a power tool or other device, the transmitter is configured to transmit a communication signal to the receiver, and the receiver is further configured to transmit electrical power from the power source to the power tool or other device only when the receiver receives the communication signal from the transmitter.
US09648564B1	Wake-up management for mobile devices A processing device identifies a plurality of wake-ups that are requested by one or more applications and applies a wake-up restriction policy to the plurality of wake-ups. Applying the wake-up restriction policy to a wake-up of the plurality of wake-ups comprises determining whether the wake-up conforms to the wake-up restriction policy. Responsive to determining that the wake-up conforms to the wake-up restriction policy, the processing device permits the wake-up to activate at least one of the processing device or an additional processing device. Responsive to determining that the alarm wake-up will violate the wake-up restriction policy, the processing device prevents the wake-up from later activating at least one of the processing device or the additional processing device.
US09648545B2	Methods and system for dynamic spectrum arbitrage policy driven quality of service A dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) system includes a dynamic spectrum policy controller (DPC) and a dynamic spectrum controller (DSC) that together dynamically manage the allocation and use of resources (e.g., spectrum resources) across different networks. The DSC component may include wired or wireless connections to eNodeBs, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) component/server, and various other network components. The PCRF may be configured to receive eNodeB congestion state information from the eNodeB, information identifying wireless devices attached to the eNodeB, categorize each of the identified wireless devices into a category selected from a plurality of categories, select a subset of the identified wireless devices based on the category into which they are categorized, and perform congestion response operations on the selected wireless devices so as to reduce the congestion of the eNodeB.
US09648544B1	Community based network protocols A computer-implemented method includes determining that network connectivity does not exist for a mobile data network. The computer-implemented method further includes initiating, via a wireless peer to peer communication protocol, a scan request to identify one or more peer devices, wherein each of one or more peer devices have a readiness score. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a routing table. The routing table includes the one or more peer devices located within a threshold distance. The computer-implemented method further includes generating a forwarding table. The forwarding table includes the one or more peer devices of the routing table that have a readiness score that exceeds a given threshold. The computer-implemented method further includes transmitting a data packet to each of the one or more peer devices of the forwarding table. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US09648542B2	Session-based packet routing for facilitating analytics A GTP correlation cluster (GCC) can automatically program a network element to forward copies of packets originating from a mobile device and having a shared attribute to the same analytic server, regardless of the regions into which the mobile device moves. The GCC can monitor attributes of copies of control packets that the network element receives. In response to detecting a changed attribute within a control packet originating from a mobile device, the GCC can update a session map specific to that mobile device in order to cause packets having that changed attribute to be forwarded to the same port to which packets having the former attribute were being forwarded prior to the change. As a result, the network element can ensure that packets belonging to a particular session still are forwarded to the same analytic server even if the mobile device has moved to a different region.
US09648541B2	Apparatus and method for forwarding data based on software defined network in communication network To forward traffic to a base station using Software Defined Network technology, a method for operating a switch includes receiving path information of a packet to be forwarded from a source terminal to a plurality of destination terminals, from a controller, receiving the packet to be forwarded from the source terminal to the destination terminals, from a base station, and transmitting the packet along a path determined by the path information. An apparatus for controlling a switch in a communication network includes a transceiver configured to receive information of a source terminal and a plurality of destination terminals, from a server which controls a service for forwarding traffic from the source terminal to the destination terminals, and a controller configured to determine a packet forward path between the source terminal and the destination terminals, wherein the transceiver transmits the determined path information to at least one switch.
US09648537B2	Profile switching powered by location A device and method for profile switching based on location and wireless network quality are provided. A client device determines relevant locations for a user of the client device based on a variety of factors. After determining that a location is of particular relevance to the user, the client device will proceed to collect wireless network parameters for each available wireless network at each of the relevant locations for the user. The client device then determines a quality score for each wireless network at each relevant location and proceeds to utilize the quality score to make wireless network profile switching decisions as the client device travels between the relevant locations.
US09648534B2	Method and system of analyzing a plurality of cells in a cellular telecommunication network The presently disclosed subject matter provides a method of analyzing a plurality of cells of a cellular telecommunication network, the plurality of cells providing telecommunication services to a service area and being set with one or more cell configuration parameters enabling a cell rating for mobile stations in the service area. The method comprises selecting one or more cells among the plurality of cells; changing at least one cell configuration parameter of at least one of the plurality of cells during an intervention period in order to affect a rate of the selected cells in the cell rating for the mobile stations in the service area; monitoring traffic events communicated using the selected cells during the intervention period; and determining radio coverage contribution information of the selected cells by correlating the monitored traffic events and the change of cell configuration parameter.
US09648531B2	Communication services to a moving platform A method and apparatus are described for providing communication services to a mobile platform while moving, wherein the mobile platform communicates along two current communication links extending between the mobile platform and two network gateways. The method comprises: setting an H-VPLS service to enable provisioning of L2 services to the moving platform via at least one of the two current communication links; enabling the moving platform to exchange communications along one or both communication links; replacing one of the two current communication links while the mobile platform is moving, with another communication link extending towards a third network gateway, by using Pseudo Wire Redundancy (PWR) to re-route traffic from the communication link being replaced to the other communication link, thereby allowing the moving platform to continue provisioning the L2 services while communicating with two network gateways, being the third network gateway and one of the former two network gateways.
US09648519B2	Devices, methods and computer program products for an improved handover in inter-site carrier aggregation scenarios A device communicates with a terminal in association with at least a first other device, using at least two carriers, wherein at least a first carrier towards the terminal is established from the device and at least a second carrier is established towards the terminal from the first other device. The device receives a report indicative of a connection quality of the first carrier, responsive thereto issues a request for handover of the first carrier towards a second device, sends relocation information in relation to the first carrier towards the first other device, and only after sending that relocation information, commands the terminal to perform a handover of the first carrier to the second device. Such device, in cooperation with other devices, accomplishes an optimized handover in terms of a primary component carrier relocation from a serving eNB towards a target eNB, while a secondary component carrier is maintained.
US09648516B2	Method and system for data flow management of user equipment in a tunneling packet data network A data replication system of a communication network is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the data replication system includes a replication gateway node and a replication control system. The replication gateway node is configured to create a first replication tunnel between a first gateway node and the replication gateway node and a second replication tunnel between the replication gateway node and a second gateway node. The replication gateway node replicates data streams between the first gateway node and the second gateway and delivers the replicated data stream to a management node for further analysis.
US09648508B2	Wireless communication method, wireless communication system, base station, and wireless terminal A wireless communication method includes: transmitting, by a wireless terminal executing a plurality of wireless communications, first assistance information for assisting in control of interference to a base station, according to occurrence of the interference in the wireless terminal; receiving, by the base station, the first assistance information from the wireless terminal and transmitting control information relating to the plurality of wireless communications to the wireless terminal; and performing, by the wireless terminal, measurement for the control of the interference and transmitting second assistance information for assisting in the control of the interference.
US09648503B2	System and method to establish and maintain cell clusters A wireless communication method of establishing and maintaining a cell cluster comprising at least one cell configured to communicate with at least one UE (User Equipment), comprising detecting a broadcast beacon signal. The method further comprises, in response to an absence of the broadcast beacon signal, assuming the role of a cluster head of a cluster having a specific intra-cell identifier, and broadcasting a beacon signal. In response to detecting the broadcast beacon signal and an absence of an intra-cell identifier, continuing to transmit and receive using a prior duplex communication configuration. Further, in response to detecting the broadcast beacon signal and a presence of the intra-cell identifier, joining the cell identified by the detected intra-cell identifier, and setting its intra-cell identifier based on the detected intra-cell identifier.
US09648502B2	System for tailoring wireless coverage to a geographic area Provided herein are systems and methods (i.e., utilities) that allow for synthesizing antenna patterns for wireless access points that provide coverage in a wireless network. The utilities utilize various mathematical models to identify antenna settings that enhance coverage of a coverage area.
US09648501B2	Inter-operator spectrum sharing control, inter-operator interference coordination method, and radio resource scheduling in wireless communication systems An inter-operator radio resource sharing method for sharing radio resources between two or more radio communication systems each controlled by a respective operator and configured to control respective proprietary radio resources and to provide respective served user equipments with radio communication services. The inter-operator radio resource sharing method: determines, by each radio communication system, a bandwidth of respective shared radio resources belonging to the respective proprietary radio resources based on a traffic load related to guaranteed-quality radio communication services requested by the respective served user equipments; signals, by each radio communication system, the respective shared radio resources to other radio communication systems; and provides, by each radio communication system, the respective served user equipments with the radio communication services on the respective proprietary radio resources and on the shared radio resources signalled by other radio communication systems.
US09648496B2	Authentication of web content The disclosure relates to a method of authenticating content offered by a content source to a local device for displaying content. The method includes establishing a communication session between the content source and a browser executing at the local device, transmitting from the content source to the browser a validation page comprising a content authentication token which is a randomly generated one-time use only credential bound to the content source, and capturing the content authentication token from the browser by a verification application. The method also includes transmitting the authentication token to a validation service which determines whether the token is bound to a valid source of content and causing the content to be displayed on the local device if the token is bound to a valid source of content.
US09648488B2	Methods and systems for providing user information in telecommunications networks Example embodiments and methods are directed to providing and otherwise handling user information within telecommunications networks, including wireless telecommunications networks. Example embodiments may include wireless networks having a Correlation Data Records Store (CDRS) that may store and update all user data needed by applications and services operating in example networks. Example methods may provide for collection and handling in the CDRS of all user information relied upon by applications and services operating in wireless networks, so as to reduce resource consumption by such applications and services.
US09648485B2	Discovery of a neighbor awareness network (NAN) using a wake up message A method includes transmitting, from an electronic device in a neighbor awareness network (NAN) via a first wireless protocol, a wake up message indicating discovery information associated with a second wireless protocol. The method further includes communicating information via the NAN using the second wireless protocol after transmitting the wake up message.
US09648481B2	Calling a response provider based on detection of an emergency situation Calling a response provider based on detection of an emergency situation includes: receiving sensor data describing at least one characteristic of physical surroundings of a computing device; receiving biometric data for a user of the computing device; selecting, in dependence upon the biometric data and the sensor data, a profile of trigger data from among a plurality of profiles of trigger data; determining that the sensor data and the biometric data satisfy a threshold criterion of the profile of trigger data for activating a response trigger; and in response to the determination, activating the response trigger, including automatically and without the user's intervention: establishing a connection to an emergency response provider; and providing information describing the user to the emergency response provider.
US09648480B2	Method and apparatus to deliver public warning messages A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to receive an emergency situation notification. The method and apparatus include the WTRU receiving a paging message with an emergency situation notification, and the WTRU receiving scheduling information in a system information block.
US09648479B2	Determination by PSAPs of caller location based on the WiFi hot spots detected and reported by the caller's device(s) Location information associated with a wireless access point is used to assist with emergency call routing. Additionally, the location information can be used to assist with determining where an emergency call is physically originating from. This location information is one or more of enterable, detectable and/or populated with the assistance of a location determining device, such as a GPS, associated with the wireless network. The location information can also be dynamic to account for mobile wireless access points, such as a mobile access point provided on public transportation. The location information is also associatable with an outbound communication, such as an emergency communication, with this location information usable to route the communication to an appropriate entity(ies).
US09648476B2	Methods and arrangements for sensors Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.
US09648474B2	Efficiently transmitting bulk data over a mobile network A method for efficiently transmitting bulk data over a mobile network using predetermined fillable templates may include correlating records in a database with an input field of a predetermined fillable template and a report field of a predetermined report. The template may be provided to a user by way of a downloadable and executable mobile application. The method may include receiving discrete SMS messages populated into the input fields of the template by a user of a mobile device upon which the mobile application has been installed. The method may include associating each received SMS message with a corresponding report field of the predetermined report according. The method may include populating the corresponding report field of the predetermined report with report information based on the received SMS message. The method may also include providing the predetermined report to a computing device associated with a second user.
US09648471B2	Method and apparatus for providing an enhanced text messaging service A method and apparatus for providing a text messaging service are disclosed. For example, the method receives a text message destined to a customer, and determines a preference of the customer for forwarding the text message, wherein the preference comprises a plurality of customer endpoint devices for receiving the text message. The method forwards the text message in accordance with a sender input, if the preference of the customer allows for processing of the text message in accordance with the sender input, and forwards the text message in accordance with the preference of the customer; if the preference of the customer does not allow sender input.
US09648467B2	Group communication configuration A method includes generating, by a computing system, configuration information for configuring a communication application, the configuration information based at least in part on usage information associated with communication application configurations specific to a group comprising a plurality of users. The method further includes determining that a first user within the group is using the communication application for communicating via a client device with at least one other user in the group and responsive to the determining, sending the configuration information to the client device.
US09648463B2	Method and apparatus for providing context-related point-of-interest recommendations An approach is provided for providing context-related destination location recommendations. The destination recommendation platform determines at least one context associated with at least one user. The platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of mobility pattern information associated with the at least one user to determine one or more predicted destination locations and associated probability information based, at least in part, on the at least one context. The probability information represents respective one or more probabilities that the at least one user will travel to the one or more predicted destination locations under the at least one context. The platform further determines entropy information based, at least in part, on the probability information. The platform determines whether to cause, at least in part, a presentation of one or more recommended destination locations to the at least one user based, at least in part, on the entropy information.
US09648461B2	Constraint-based scheduling for delivery of location information Defining subscriptions to location information for a computing device (e.g., a mobile computing device). Application programs, services, and/or peer devices define the subscriptions based on constraints associated with requests for the location information. A location request scheduler coordinates the subscriptions temporally and spatially to reduce the quantity of the requests from the computing device. In some embodiments, the subscriptions are automatically defined based on an observed mobility pattern of the computing device.
US09648455B2	Method for optimizing mobile device region monitoring and region management for an anonymous mobile device A method, apparatus, and computer program product for reducing battery consumption while performing region monitoring. A mobile device requests, from a web server, N regions to be monitored within a circle having a first radius centered at a current location of the mobile device. The mobile device receives at most N closest regions and a second radius, wherein a personal region comprises an area of a circle having the second radius and centered at the current location of the mobile device. The second radius may be the same or different from the first radius. The mobile device monitors an updated location of the mobile device with respect to the previously defined personal region. The mobile device performs region monitoring of the received regions. When it is determined that the mobile device exits the personal region, requesting, from the web server, an update of the regions to be monitored.
US09648447B2	System level procedures and methods to enable data sharing in cellular network Methods and systems may enable the setup and configuration of proximity services between wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) over different sharing paths including via a direct air interface, a radio access network (RAN) or one or more network nodes. Mobility management entities (MMEs) may exchange messages to initiate, modify or terminate a proximity service session between WTRUs, and may negotiate data paths for proximity services with or without the assistance of WTRUs. WTRU-to-WTRU control plane messages may be exchanged between WTRUs with limited involvement from other network entities and may avoid the setup of resources for data plane communications. Mobility management entities (MMEs) may exchange messages to initiate, modify or terminate a proximity service session between WTRUs, and may negotiate data paths for proximity services with or without the assistance of WTRUs.
US09648446B2	Systems and methods for shipping management in a network of moving things Systems and methods for shipping management in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for integrating sensors, mobile access points, and/or the network of moving things with shipping container management systems (e.g., port management systems, train management systems, trucking management systems, etc.).
US09648443B1	System, method, and computer program for device management A system, method, and computer program product are provided for device management. In use, a first profile associated with a first device is identified. A second profile for a second device is then identified, based on the identification of the first profile associated with the first device. To this end, the second profile is communicated to the second device, for use in connection with management of the second device.
US09648435B2	Sound-source separation method, apparatus, and program Filtering containing a delay by a specific time is performed on one of the pair of input signals are input from microphones L, R. After the filtering, a pair of input signals InL and InR are alternately interchanged for each sampling by an interchanging circuit 2 to generate a pair of interchanged signals InA and InB. The one interchanged signal InB is multiplied by a coefficient m by an coefficient updating circuit 3 to generate an error signal of the interchanged signals InA and InB. The recurrence formula of the coefficient m containing the error signal is calculated to update the coefficient m for each sampling. The pair of input signals InL and InR are multiplied by the sequentially updated coefficient m and are output.
US09648429B2	Hearing assistance device with improved microphone protection Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for improved microphone protection for hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device, such as a completely-in-the-canal (CIC) type hearing aid, that includes a battery door with a microphone slit and a battery contact including a microphone port. In various embodiments, the microphone slit and the microphone port are configured to create a nonlinear acoustic path to a microphone of the hearing assistance device. In various embodiments, the acoustic path is configured to prevent earwax from blocking and/or damaging the microphone, such as during insertion, removal or cleaning of the hearing assistance device.
US09648428B2	Wireless communication method and apparatus of hearing device A wireless communication method of a hearing aid includes extracting an audio signal through a first hearing aid, determining a beam forming vector as a beam toward a rear of a user wearing the first hearing aid and a second hearing aid. The method may also include pre-coding of the audio signal using the beam forming vector, and transmitting the pre-coded audio signal to the second hearing aid through a first antenna. The first hearing aid may include the first antenna and the second hearing aid includes a second antenna.
US09648427B2	MEMS microphone The present disclosure discloses a MEMS microphone including a MEMS chip, an ASIC chip and an injection molding package. The MEMS chip is stacked on and connected to the ASIC chip by a TSV connector. The MEMS chip comprises a substrate having a cavity, a back plate and a diaphragm for forming a capacitor structure. The cavity is divided by the capacitor structure into a rear acoustic cavity facing the ASIC chip and the front acoustic cavity opposite to the rear acoustic cavity. The size of the MEMS microphone is reduced effectively, as the MEMS chip is stacked on the ASIC chip and connected each other by a TSV connector.
US09648415B2	Vehicle approach warning apparatus A vehicle approach warning apparatus outputting a warning sound signal for outputting a warning sound, and generating the warning sound according to the warning sound signal from a speaker, and notifying a pedestrian around a vehicle that the vehicle approaches to the pedestrian is provided. The vehicle approach warning apparatus includes a memory portion, a signal generation portion, a level adjustment portion, a signal synthesizing portion, and an amplifier. The memory portion stores a first sound source data for generating a signal of a low frequency component, and a second sound source data for generating a signal of a high frequency component. The signal generation portion generates the signal of the low frequency component, and the signal of the high frequency component. The level adjustment portion adjusts a level of the signal of the low frequency component and the high frequency component.
US09648406B2	Speaker A speaker is provided in the present disclosure. The speaker includes a membrane, a solder pad formed on the membrane, a voice coil connected to the membrane, and a connecting wire connected to the solder pad. The connecting wire is configured for receiving an electric signal for driving the voice coil. The voice coil includes a coil portion for driving the membrane to vibrate, and a line lead portion led out from an end of the coil portion; the line led portion is connected to the solder pad.
US09648404B2	Speaker module and assembling method of the speaker module The present invention discloses a speaker module and an assembling method of the speaker module and relates to the technical field of electroacoustic products. The structure of the housing of the module is improved in the present invention, so that first performing the ultrasonic welding between the shells, then mounting the speaker monomer into the inner cavity of the module and at last sealing the front acoustic cavity by coating the glue are realized, which effectively solves the disadvantages caused by first mounting the speaker monomer and then performing ultrasonic welding in prior art. According to the present invention, in the course of the assembling, the occurrence of the problems of the damage of the speaker monomer, the deformation or breaking of the shells and the leakage of the front and the rear acoustic cavity is avoided, and the end products of the speaker modules of the present invention have a high qualified rate.
US09648402B2	In-band communication channel in optical networks Systems and methods, for an in-band communication channel in an optical network, include adapting one or more client signals into a line signal for transmission to the second node, and utilizing line adaptation bandwidth of the line signal for the in-band communication channel. The in-band communication channel is operationally independent from the one or more client signals while concurrently being transported together over the line signal. The line adaptation allows a rate of the line signal to be independent of rates of the one or more client signals.
US09648399B2	System having plastic waveguides The present disclosure relates to a system having a plurality of electronic devices interconnected by way of dielectric waveguides. In some embodiments, the system has a plurality of electronic devices respectively including a data element and a multiplexing element. The data element has a plurality of electronic device terminals that output and receive data. The multiplexing element provides the data output from the plurality of electronic device terminals to a transceiver element, which generates a wireless signal that transmits the data in a manner that distinctly identifies data from different electronic device terminals. A plurality of dielectric waveguides are disposed at locations between the plurality of electronic devices. The plurality of dielectric waveguides convey the wireless signal between the plurality of electronic devices. By interconnecting electronic devices using dielectric waveguides, disadvantages associates with metal interconnect wires can be mitigated.
US09648393B2	System and method for layered delivery of media content quality A method in a server for providing various Internet Protocol television signal qualities involves an IPTV signal having a first signal quality that is transmitted over a first network connection to a first device. A request to receive the IPTV signal over a second network connection at a second device with the IPTV signal having a second signal quality is received. A determination is made that the second network connection has sufficient bandwidth to transmit the IPTV signal at the second signal quality, and that the second device is capable of receiving IPTV signal. The transmission of the IPTV signal over the first network connection to the first device is ended. An endpoint for the transmission of the IPTV signal to the first device is determined. The IPTV signal is transmitted over the second network connection to the second device at the second signal quality beginning at the determined endpoint.
US09648391B2	Multimedia content broadcast procedure A procedure to broadcast digital multimedia contents to subscribers, where a first digital data transport stream broadcast to subscribers from a head end (12) via a first telecommunications network other than a telecommunications network based on an Internet IP protocol is received in a customer device (15); transmission from a first retransmission unit (153) of a lost packet petition message to a second retransmission unit (132) contained in a service application unit (13) connectable to the customer device (15) via a second telecommunications network (11) based on an Internet IP protocol; in response to the lost packet petition message from the first data transport stream, transmission of a second digital data stream that comprises at least one packet lost form the first digital data transport stream.
US09648384B2	Apparatus and method for searching broadcast channel An apparatus for searching a broadcast channel may include a channel searching unit including first and second channel searching units searching broadcast channels of broadcast signals received from antennas, and a controlling unit controlling the first channel searching unit to search broadcast channels included in a first broadcasting standard, controlling the second channel searching unit to search broadcast channels included in a second broadcasting standard, and receiving searching results from the first and second channel searching units to generate effective channel list information.
US09648382B2	Display apparatus, display system and storage medium A display apparatus connected to a content server via a network, includes a content acquisition unit that acquires content with an input format; an input format detection unit that detects an input format of content to be acquired; a storage unit that stores information on the content server connected to the display apparatus; a server search unit that searches for a content server in the network; and a server connection unit that, upon the input format detection unit detecting that the input format of the content to be acquired is an input format of content acquired from a content server, connects to at least one of a content server specified by the information stored in the storage unit and a content server searched for and detected by the server search unit.
US09648374B2	Vehicle display with automatic positioning system A display system mounted within a vehicle is provided, where the system monitors the user's position within the vehicle's seat and automatically adjusts the location of the display to compensate for variations in the size or seating position of the user, thereby helping to alleviate the eye strain, fatigue, neck and back pain that often accompany the improper use of a monitor for an extended period of time.
US09648370B1	System and method for scheduling clips Disclosed is a system and method for scheduling clips. An example method involves (i) accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C1 . . . Cn; (ii) accessing a second list that includes a player identifier Pq; (iii) accessing a third list that includes player identifiers P1 . . . Px; (iv) making a determination that a particular clip identifier from the clip identifiers C1 . . . Cn is associated with a property; (v) responsive to making the determination, assigning to the particular clip identifier, the player identifier Pq; (vi) assigning to each clip identifier C1 . . . Cn except for the particular clip identifier, a respective one of the player identifiers P1 . . . Pn wherein the player identifiers are selected in an ordered and looping fashion; and (vii) for each of the clip identifiers C1 . . . Cn, causing a player identified by the one of the player identifiers Pq or P1 . . . Px assigned to that clip identifier to load a clip identified by that clip identifier.
US09648369B2	Cross-platform schedule management interface A method includes presenting a user interface providing access to content from multiple content providers and receiving, via the user interface, user input indicating selection criteria for recommending content. The selection criteria include an amount of time available to the user. The method includes providing, to a network device, an indication of the selection criteria and receiving, from the network device, information for providing recommended content options based on the selection criteria. The recommended content options are available from different content providers of the multiple content providers. The method includes presenting, to the user and via the interface, the recommended content options in association with the selection criteria.
US09648360B2	Relay apparatus, recording medium storing program for relay apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system A relay apparatus configured to communicate with a server which transmits contents corresponding to identification information received by the server, and a terminal which acquires the contents corresponding to the identification information, the relay apparatus comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate with the server and the terminal; and a processor configured to: receive first identification information from the server through the communication unit; determine whether first contents corresponding to the received first identification information complies with a first format or a second format; transmit the first identification information to the terminal through the communication unit if the processor determines that the first contents complies with the first format; and transmits, to the terminal through the communication unit, second identification information corresponding to second contents which is acquired by converting the first contents if the processor determines that the first contents complies with the second format.
US09648355B2	Adaptive security camera image compression apparatus and method of operation A lossy compression method optimizes bandwidth and storage for a security surveillance network. An appliance on a local network attached to event capture terminals transforms image files into a key frame and at least one subsequent frame. Decompression combines a subsequent frame with its key frame to provide an image with graduated resolution/noise clutter. A camera records, and forwards a plurality of image files compatible with JPEG. Key frames are selected from among the plurality of image files. A configurable low pass filter is reset for each train of a key frame and its subsequent frames. Each low pass filter is selectively applied to each pixel block within a subsequent frame. The transformation operates on coefficients of frequency bins. Meta data enables decompression of a single subsequent frame by reversing some of the transformations to provide a JPEG compatible file having selectively reduced resolution or noise clutter.
US09648354B2	Low complex deblocking filter decisions The present disclosure relates to deblocking filtering, which may be advantageously applied for block-wise encoding and decoding of images or video signals. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an improved memory management in an automated decision on whether to apply or skip deblocking filtering for a block and to selection of the deblocking filter. The decision is performed on the basis of a segmentation of blocks in such a manner that memory usage is optimized. Preferably, the selection of appropriate deblocking filters is improved so as to reduce computational expense.
US09648345B2	Field programmable object array having image processing circuitry A field programmable object array integrated circuit has video data compression capability. The integrated circuit comprises an array of programmable objects and a video compression co-processor communicatively coupled to the array of objects. The video compression co-processor comprises a set of search engines and a subpixel engine. The subpixel engine can interpolate subpixels from integer pixels and shift the integer pixels by a predetermined number of subpixels. The search engines can perform a plurality of sum of absolute differences (SAD) computations between search window pixels and macroblock pixels to locate the best SAD value using either integer pixels and/or the interpolated subpixels.
US09648344B2	High efficiency video coding device and method based on reference picture type The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device.
US09648327B2	Intra prediction mode encoding/decoding method and apparatus for same An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: deriving neighboring prediction mode information from a left neighboring prediction mode and a top neighboring prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a target unit to be decoded, using the derived neighboring prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction for the target unit to be decoded, based on the intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, video encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.
US09648310B2	Systems and methods for mask adjustment in 3D display Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for presenting a stereoscopic, 3-dimensional image to a user. The system may comprise a mobile device having a camera and a pixel-selective mask overlaying a display. The system may perform facial and object recognition techniques to determine the location of the user's eyes. Subsequently, the system may adjust the mask so as to maintain an optimal stereoscopic effect for the user, regardless of the user's position.
US09648309B2	Controllable lenticular lenslets An autostereoscopic 3D display system includes a display having a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel is configured to display light rays representing a left-eye view and a right-eye view of an image. The autostereoscopic 3D display system further includes an optical-deflection system configured to control the light rays representing the left-eye view and the right-eye view. The optical-deflection system includes a separately controllable lenslet associated with each pixel, where the lenslet is configured to steer the light ray representing the left-eye view corresponding to the pixel, and steer the light ray representing the right-eye view corresponding to the pixel.
US09648307B2	Display apparatus and display method thereof A display apparatus and a display method of a display apparatus to which a 3D display film is attachable are provided. The display method according to various exemplary embodiments of the present general inventive concept includes sensing whether a 3D display film is attached to or detached from a display apparatus, automatically converting the display apparatus into a 3D mode when the 3D display film is attached to cover a display unit of the display apparatus, and automatically converting into a normal mode when the 3D display film is detached from the display apparatus.
US09648296B2	User control for displaying tags associated with items in a video playback A user control, such as a television remote control device, allows a user to selectively display tags during a video program. The tags provide information about items that are visible in scenes in the video. The tags can identify the brand name, item name, location where the item can be purchased, additional information about the item, etc. The tags can be turned on or off by a viewer or user during playback. In a particular embodiment, a single button press on a remote control can cause switching from a play mode without tags to a tag mode that shows tags in the video; skipping back in time a short interval; and putting the video in a slow-forward play mode, or other alternate mode of play.
US09648289B1	Doorbell-triggering method A doorbell-triggering method first controls the doorbell trigger to switch to a hardware shutdown status when detecting the doorbell trigger is idle; controls the doorbell trigger to switch to an operating booting status to connect to a relay host when receiving a doorbell signal from a button unit of the doorbell trigger under the hardware shutdown status; sends a visiting message to a remote electronic device via the relay host; receives a return image/text message from the relay host and displaying the return image/text message on a display unit of the doorbell trigger. The present disclosed example can substantially reduce the power consumption and the requirement of network bandwidth via automatically switching to the hardware shutdown status when idle and using the image/text message having smaller data size to respond the visitor.
US09648282B2	Media monitoring, management and information system Systems and methods are provided for monitoring transmissions of media content (such as audio and audiovisual content) in order to obtain independent and objective data regarding the use of specific media content recordings or works within the transmissions. Processing and reporting of such data is provided in various ways to serve a variety of business needs. Methods for employing content identification technology to efficiently and automatically obtain reliable, accurate, and precise monitoring data are also disclosed. Various information products and services based on such monitoring systems are proposed.
US09648279B2	Method and system for video communication An apparatus and a non-transitory machine readable medium for facilitating a video communication session between correspondents. Each correspondent is associated with the apparatus having a graphical user interface (GUI). Video corresponding to at least one of the correspondents is displayed in a first partition, the video having characteristics. A plurality of applications executing concurrently during the video communication session are displayed in a second partition. GUI objects corresponding to the video communication session are displayed in a third partition. The second partition is dynamically resized to a size that depends on the characteristics of the video.
US09648275B2	Communication management system A communication management system includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal are each configured to transmit and receive content data including at least video and audio data captured at a location of each of the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal is designated as a content delivery source and content data captured at the location of the first terminal is transmitted to the second terminal. The second terminal is restricted from transmitting content data captured at the location of the second terminal.
US09648273B2	Transmission system for transmitting high-resolution video signal by performing multi-value transmission changing in amplitude direction A transmitter apparatus is provided with a first multi-value signal generator to convert the non-video signal of natural number “a”×natural number M bits other than a video signal into a multi-value signal of a multi-value number 2aM and to output a resulting signal, a second multi-value signal generator to convert the video signal of natural number “a”×natural number N bits into a multi-value signal of a multi-value number 2aN larger than the multi-value number 2aM and to output a resulting signal, and a transmission driver circuit to transmit the multi-value signal of the multi-value number 2aM in at least partial time interval of a blanking time interval and to transmit the multi-value signal of the multi-value number 2aN in an active time interval.
US09648270B2	Electronic display with mount-accessible components An electronic display assembly where the components can be removed and serviced or replaced without having to remove the display from its position. A backplane may be in electrical communication with the image producing assembly and may contain a plurality of blind mate connectors. Various electronic assemblies may be connected to the blind mate connectors. An access panel may provide access to the electronic assemblies so that they can be removed from the housing. N+1 power supplies may be used so that if one fails the unit would continue to operate until the failed power supply could be replaced. The electronic assemblies may be removed from the left side, right side, top, or bottom surfaces of the display housing. Any flat panel electronic display may be used.
US09648267B2	Image sensor and control method for image sensor The present technology relates to an image sensor and a control method for an image sensor which are capable of measuring illuminance of each color in an image sensor. Each of a plurality of pixel units includes a pixel and a reset transistor, and the pixel includes a photoelectric converting unit that performs photoelectric conversion on light of a certain color incident through a color filter and a transfer transistor that transfers charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion of the photoelectric converting unit and is controllable for each color. According to control of the transfer transistor, the charges are read from the photoelectric converting unit through the transfer transistor and the reset transistor, and a voltage corresponding to the charges is supplied to an AD converting unit connected to the reset transistor. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image sensor that photographs an image.
US09648264B2	Solid-state image sensing apparatus In a solid-state image sensing apparatus of an addressing method, a clock-conversion part generates a high-speed clock signal having a frequency two times or more the frequency of a low-speed clock signal. A signal processing part receives 10-bit pixel data through a horizontal signal line, performs predetermined signal processing, and passes parallel-format data to a switching part. The switching part selects each one bit of the parallel-format 10-bit data in a predetermined sequence to output from an output terminal using the high-speed clock signal from the clock-conversion part as a switching command, thus converts the parallel-format data into serial-format data, and passes it to an output buffer. The output buffer externally outputs differential output of normal video data and inverted video data individually from output terminals. Accordingly, the problems in power consumption, noises, and unnecessary radiation are solved, and higher-speed output is achieved.
US09648263B2	Charge conservation in pixels Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide conservation of charge in a pixel. Charge in the pixel may be alternately stored in a first gate capacitance of the pixel and a second gate capacitance of the pixel. Transferring the charge between the gate capacitances conserves some or all of the charge, and reduces input power used to charge the gate capacitances.
US09648261B2	Account for clipped pixels in auto-focus statistics collection An image processing pipeline may account for clipped pixels in auto focus statistics. Generating auto focus statistics may include evaluating a neighborhood of pixels with respect to a given pixel in a stream of pixels for an image. If a clipped pixel is identified within the neighborhood of pixels then the evaluation of the given pixel may be excluded from an auto focus statistic. The image processing pipeline may also provide auto focus statistics that do not exclude clipped pixels. A luminance edge detection value may, in some embodiments, be generated by applying an IIR filter to the given pixel in a stream of pixels to band-pass filter the given pixel before including the band-pass filtered pixel in the generation of the luminance edge detection value.
US09648242B2	Display control apparatus, display control method, program, and image pickup apparatus for assisting a user There is provided a display control apparatus, including: a composition determining section configured to determine recommended composition of an input image; an image generating section configured to generate an image based on the recommended composition; and a display controller configured to control displaying the input image, the recommended composition, and the image based on the recommended composition, on a display section.
US09648240B2	Stabilizing platform The present invention provides an apparatus and related methods for stabilizing a payload device such an imaging device. The methods and apparatus provide fast response time for posture adjustment of the payload device while reducing the energy used.
US09648230B2	Use of wireless connection loss to facilitate identifying and recording video capture location A method and system to facilitate identifying and recording capture location of recorded video. A computing system determines multiple locations where a first wireless communication module and second wireless communication module have lost wireless connectivity with each other, as possible locations where a video camera may be used to capture video. The computing system then outputs, for presentation to the videographer or another user, a location-selection prompt that specifies the multiple determined locations as candidate capture-locations for a video that was captured by the video camera. Further, the computing system receives, in response to the location-selection prompt, data that represents a user selection of one of the specified locations. The computing system then records the selected location as capture-location metadata for the video, such as capture-location data integrated with the video or in a database relationship with the video.
US09648216B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate having a plurality of organic light emitting structures thereon, a second substrate facing the first substrate to encapsulate the organic light emitting structures, an aperture under a lower surface of the first substrate, and an aperture controller under the lower surface of the first substrate. The organic light emitting structures define a pixel area. The second substrate has a light absorption area. The aperture corresponds to the light absorption area. The aperture controller is adjacent to the aperture.
US09648214B2	Module for plenoptic camera system An apparatus including a substrate; a plurality of first image sensels supported by the substrate and arranged in rows and columns, wherein the substrate includes one or more apertures.
US09648209B2	Information processing apparatus, image forming system, and computer-readable medium therefor An information processing apparatus including a controller configured to accept image data identification information, an image forming instruction, and first user information, store the image data identification information, the image forming instruction, and the first user information, in response to acceptance of the image data identification information, the image forming instruction, and the first user information, transmit a reply request to an image forming apparatus, the reply request requesting the image forming apparatus to return second user information to the information processing apparatus, after transmission of the reply request, in response to receipt of the second user information, determine whether the first user information is in a particular relationship with the second user information, when determining that the first user information is in the particular relationship with the second user information, transmit image data identified by the image data identification information to the image forming apparatus.
US09648204B2	Processing a fax transmission using a mobile device Methods and apparatus are described for receiving a fax transmission at a mobile phone. In one embodiment, the mobile phone receives an incoming call and answers the incoming call, upon receiving a command from a user of the mobile phone to answer the incoming call. A program on the mobile phone then detects that the incoming call is a fax transmission, and then places an outgoing call to a fax server. The program on the mobile phone then conferences the incoming call with the outgoing call to the fax server, such that the fax server receives the fax transmission. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09648202B2	Transmitting a job to a destination using a destination notification manager and a delivery agent Examples disclosed herein relate to processors instructed to receive a job from a job source, retrieve destinations from a destination store and present the destinations on a user interface, receive through the user interface, a selected destination and parameters for the job, map the selected destination to a delivery agent, render the job into a document, and transmit the document to the selected destination with the delivery agent.
US09648197B2	Salient point-based arrangements A variety of methods and systems involving sensor-equipped portable devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, are described. One particular embodiment decodes a digital watermark from imagery captured by the device and, by reference to watermark payload data, obtains salient point data corresponding to an object depicted in the imagery. Other embodiments obtain salient point data for an object through use of other technologies (e.g., NFC chips). The salient point data enables the device to interact with the object in a spatially-dependent manner. Many other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09648187B2	Sheet feed apparatus and sheet housing apparatus In accordance with one embodiment, a sheet feed apparatus comprises a sheet housing section, a guide, an optical sensor, markers and a determination section. The sheet housing section houses sheets. The guide is arranged at a position corresponding to the size of the sheet housed in the sheet housing section. The detection position of the optical sensor varies by interlocking with the guide. The markers, which have different image features corresponding to the sizes, are arranged at the detection position of the optical sensor pre-determined according to the size of the sheet. The determination section determines the size of the sheet housed in the sheet housing section based on a detection result of the optical sensor.
US09648181B2	Touch panel device and image processing apparatus A touch panel device includes a touch panel unit, a fingerprint image capturing unit, a size derivation unit, and a control unit. The touch panel unit includes a display section that displays information about an operating instruction for a user. The touch panel unit detects the condition of contact with a user's finger to accept an input of the operating instruction. When the touch panel unit is pressed by the user's finger, the fingerprint image capturing unit captures an image of a fingerprint of the user's finger pressing the touch panel unit. The size derivation unit derives a size of the user's finger having pressed the touch panel unit from the fingerprint image captured by the fingerprint image capturing unit. The control unit controls the operating instruction based on the size of the user's finger derived by the size derivation unit.
US09648178B2	Embedded job accounting system and method A document processing system and method includes a first document processing device configured to send a job completion notification subscription, user account information, charge account information, and usage restriction information to a second document processing device, and in response receive job usage information from the second document processing device for each document processing operation completed by the second document processing device, such as printing, scanning, photocopying, and faxing. The first document processing device updates the user account, charge account, and usage restriction information based on the received job usage information, and sends updated user account, charge account, and usage restriction information to the second document processing device.
US09648176B2	Multifunctional document processing device retrieving information on behalf of mobile device A method for operating a mobile device. The method includes receiving a software application for the multifunctional document processing device by the mobile device, establishing a local connection with the mobile device to a multifunctional document processing device, and generating with the software application a service request by the mobile device, wherein the service request includes service request data. The method further includes transmitting the service request with the software application to the multifunctional document processing device and receiving, by the software application of the mobile device, return data in response to the service request from the multifunctional document processing device. The mobile device does not provide a location of the mobile device to a service provider of the mobile device.
US09648171B1	Emotion recognition to match support agents with customers An application infers emotional states of support agents from facial recognition data collected from support calls processed by the support agents. The application determines an outcome of each of the support calls based on feedback indicating user experience with the support agents. The application correlates outcomes of the support calls based on different topics with the emotional states. Upon receiving a request to initiate a support call, the application predicts, from the correlation, an emotional state that increases a likelihood of achieving a specified outcome for the support call based on a topic identified in the request. The application identifies an available support agent having the predicted emotional state, and assigns the identified support agent to interact with the user for the support call.
US09648170B2	System and method for providing call-back options A system and method for providing call-back options is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a call in a call routing system, providing at least one call-back option for a caller to receive a call-back, re-allocating resources in the call routing system based at least in part on the at least one call-back: option, and calling the caller based on the at least one call-back option. The caller may specify a specific time, a relative time, or a time range when a call-back is preferred. The caller may also specify one or more telephone numbers in combination with the time preferences. The call-back may be initiated by a voice response unit (VRU) and additional call-back options may be presented to the customer who responds to the call-back.
US09648167B2	Back office services of an intelligent automated agent for a contact center A back office services of an intelligent automated agent for a contact center is provided. The back office services is configured to run on a processor coupled to a non-transitory storage device. The back office services includes: a customer profile module configured to access a profile of a customer from a customer profile database stored on the storage device, the profile of the customer including interaction data from interactions involving the customer and the contact center, and analysis results from analyzing the interaction data between the interactions involving the customer and the contact center; and a content analysis module configured to generate new analysis results by performing the analyzing of the interaction data between consecutive interactions of the interactions involving the customer and the contact center, and update the analysis results of the profile of the customer on the storage device to reflect the new analysis results.
US09648165B2	System and method for provision of a second line service to a telecommunications device using dialed sequence A method and system for providing a second line service (“SLS”) feature to a subscriber using a telecommunications device (“TD”) which includes receiving at a switch on the network of the subscriber's primary service provider a communication made up of a trigger and a directory number. When the communication is received at the primary service provider's switch, the switch parses the communication and detects the trigger. Once the switch has received the communication, the switch additionally transmits a query message to a SLS platform that manages the SLS feature. As a result of the switch's query message transmission, the switch receives a reply to the query message from the SLS platform. Based at least in part on the reply to the query message, the switch can route the communication such that the switch connects one or multiple voice channel circuit between the subscriber's TD and the terminating TD.
US09648163B2	Generation of phone number lists and call filtering An analyzer resource receives call information about outbound phone calls from multiple phone numbers to target phone numbers in a phone network. The analyzer resource analyzes the call information to detect likely unwanted call activity. Based on the analyzing, the analyzer resource produces a list of phone numbers from which one or more entities originate unwanted calls to the subscribers in the phone network.
US09648161B2	Edge injected speech in electronic communications Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an input from an agent during a call with a caller where the input directs one or more processors to inject a recorded statement in the agent's voice into the call, and where the recorded statement in the agent's voice is stored in a computer-readable file. Obtaining the recorded statement in the agent's voice based on data associated with the input and in response to receiving the input. And causing the recorded statement in the agent's voice to be inserted into a media stream of the call.
US09648160B2	Communication system having user selectable features A communication system comprising a server capable of establishing telephone communications between at least two users of a communication network and transcribe audio and/or voice communication signals of either or both users of a telephone call established by the server and the transcription is done in accordance with user selectable feature information entered by the users during a registration procedure to the communication system at a website residing in a registration server in communication with the communication system. The communication system may be part of the PSTN or the Internet or both.
US09648157B2	Mobile terminal and method of controlling information publication via a website in a mobile terminal A mobile terminal and a method of a mobile terminal controlling information publication via a website are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal includes: a wireless communication unit for accessing a social networking service (SNS) website; a user input unit for receiving an input of information to be published at the accessed SNS website; a position location module for obtaining a current position of the mobile terminal; and a controller for: determining whether the obtained current position is located within a specific location area; preventing publication of the input information at the accessed SNS website if it is determined that the obtained current position is located within the specific location area; and allowing publication of the input information if it is determined that the obtained current position is not located within the specific location area.
US09648121B2	Source-destination network address translation (SDNAT) proxy and method thereof A proxy and method for performing source destination network address translation are presented. The method includes receiving a first message from a node communicatively connected to a first network to access a resource communicatively connected to a second network, wherein the first message contains at least a source address and a destination address used within the first network; translating the destination address designated in the first message to an address of the resource; generating a unique address for the destination address designated in the first message, wherein the unique address is an address not in use on the second network; providing a translated message including the translated destination address and the unique address; and forwarding the translated message to the resource communicatively connected to the second network.
US09648117B2	Systems and methods for receiving and processing detected events Techniques for receiving and processing detected events are provided. A bit array may be received from a device. Each bit value in the bit array may indicate whether a user initiated event relating to interaction with a website was detected by the device. Data regarding a start time associated with the bit array may be received. Each bit value in the bit array is associated with a time increment after the start time.
US09648114B2	System and method for displaying data feeds from multiple online social networks Multiple different social networks are aggregated and placed together on a timeline. The timeline is arranged such that at any given time the user can see what information from each of the social networks was provided. The timeline is arranged in a two-dimensional grid, with the horizontal grid showing time, and the vertical grid showing the type, where the type can be video, text, wall posts, and photos. The user can select which of their friends information to appear on the timeline and can also select which of multiple different social network type sites provide content to the timeline.
US09648113B2	Location specific event broadcasting Applications in a broadcast environment distribute events in real-time to a large number of receivers within specified geographic locations while efficiently sharing bandwidth resources with other applications using the same broadcast network. Applications need not be aware of the other applications sharing the resources, nor of the methods, protocols, and other mechanisms used to actually broadcast the data over the broadcast medium. Server-side applications that serve data, send notifications, or distribute events to specific locations within the network use a broadcast location manager. Client applications that receive such data, notifications, or events use a client location filter to obtain events that are relevant based on the location of the device. The broadcast location manager and client location filter work together to reliably and efficiently transmit data, notifications, and events to specific locations over the broadcast network for all applications involved.
US09648108B2	Bluetooth service discovery A method provides a service in a Bluetooth device. The method includes initiating, in a first Bluetooth device connection establishment with a second Bluetooth device; carrying out a service discovery procedure with the second Bluetooth device, during which at least one unique service identifier associated with a personal training data service is exchanged between the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device, wherein the personal training data service comprises at least one personal training data item processed by the first Bluetooth device and/or the second Bluetooth device during a physical exercise; and after the service discovery procedure, transferring at least one frame with the second Bluetooth device, wherein the frame comprises an information element specifying personal training data and a command information element specifying how to process the personal training data.
US09648106B2	System and method for client policy assignment in a data storage system A system and method for property assignment in a data storage system is presented. A data storage system defines a client configuration profile comprising a set of storage operation properties, wherein the storage operation properties regulate criteria for performing storage operations by the data agent on client devices that are associated with the client configuration profile. A storage management system associates a first client device to the client configuration profile; and communicates the set of properties of the client configuration profile to property tables of corresponding objects in the first client device.
US09648100B2	Cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems Systems and methods are disclosed for cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems. Data may be transferred from one information management system to another information management system without interfering with or overriding each system's autonomy. For example, a secondary copy of production data (e.g., backed up data) is transferred from a first information management system that originated the data to a component of another “foreign” information management system. A first storage manager that manages the first information management system also manages the cross-system data transfer operation to a “foreign” client computing device, which remains under autonomous management as a component of the foreign information management system.
US09648098B2	Predictive peer determination for peer-to-peer digital content download Each computing device in a peer-to-peer network stores particular digital content. A computing device in the peer-to-peer network includes a peer prediction system that obtains an indication of digital content that has not been downloaded to the computing device but is predicted to be downloaded by the computing device in the future (e.g., in response to a user request for the digital content). The peer prediction system obtains a list of peer computing devices in the peer-to-peer network that have at least part of the digital content, and communicates with those peer computing devices to determine connectivity information for each of those peer computing devices. The computing device maintains a record of this connectivity information, and in response to a subsequent user request to download the digital content, uses the maintained record to determine which peer computing devices to access to obtain the digital content.
US09648084B2	System and method for providing an in-memory data grid application container A system and method for providing an in-memory data grid application container, for use with an application server, is described herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an application server, such as WebLogic Server (WLS), can be used to host data grid applications, such as Coherence applications (in which case the application container can be referred to as a Coherence container), and deliver the same benefits that regular Java Enterprise Edition (EE) applications derive from being hosted in a WLS environment. A model for creating combined Java EE and data grid applications can also be provided, by merging the programming, packaging, and deployment models used for data grid with existing Java EE models.
US09648082B2	Functionality inoperable unless node registered at remote site Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.
US09648081B2	Network-attached memory A method for memory access is applied in a cluster of computers linked by a network. For a given computer, a respective physical memory range is defined including a local memory range within the local RAM of the given computer and a remote memory range allocated to the given compute within the local RAM of at least one other computer in the cluster, which is accessible via the network using the network interface controllers of the computers. When a memory operation is requested at a given address in the respective physical memory range, the operation is executed on the data in the local RAM of the given computer when the data at the given address are valid in the local memory range. Otherwise the data are fetched from the given address in the remote memory range to the local memory range before executing the operation on the data.
US09648074B2	Systems and methods for delivering media data based on geographical locations The invention discloses a method performed at a server computer for location-based media data delivering. The method includes receiving first geolocation data that identify a first geolocation of a first client device, identifying a plurality of second client devices as located within a predetermined range of the first geolocation according to their respective second geolocation data, and in response to the identifying, retrieving media file log data that record information concerning a plurality of media files that have been transmitted to the plurality of second client devices. The method further includes in response to a media content request received from the first client device for requesting interested media data: identifying, among the retrieved media file log data, one or more media files as being associated with the interested media data, and transmitting information of at least one identified media file and the interested media data to the first client device.
US09648071B2	Cloud queue playhead An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system over the network interface, a request to initiate playback of the particular cloud queue at a first media item. The computing system assigns a playhead pointer to a position within the particular cloud queue that corresponds to the first media item and transmits, to the media playback system over the network interface, an instruction that causes one or more playback devices of the media playback system to initiate playback of the particular cloud queue at the first media item. While the one or more playback devices play back the particular cloud queue, the computing system updates the assigned position of the playhead pointer to indicate the currently playing media item of the particular cloud queue.
US09648067B2	Reception of a digital content in trick mode A terminal receives a digital content which is transmitted in the form of a data stream in a network. This digital content is received by the terminal with a reception throughput, a nominal rendering time being associated with the digital content. Activation of a trick mode corresponding to a modification of the nominal rendering time according to a modification factor associated with the trick mode is detected on the terminal. Data to be requested are then determined according to the modification factor and according to a value representative of reception throughput. The data are then requested from the network and the requested data are received.
US09648063B1	Personalized content delivery using a dynamic network Personalized content delivery using a dynamic network may include, using a processor, continually receiving, from each of a plurality of mobile devices, a location of the mobile device and a list specifying at least one RF device detected by the mobile device while at the location; and, estimating, using the processor, location information for the RF devices according to the locations and the lists. Using the processor, a determination may be made that a first RF device from the lists is proximate to a stationary presentation device. Responsive to the determining and using the processor, content may be provided to the stationary presentation device. The content may be selected, at least in part, according to the location information of the first RF device.
US09648059B2	System and methods for multi-user CAx editing conflict management A multi-user CAx editing system may comprise a plurality of editing clients and a collaborative editing server. The server and editing clients may be collectively configured to: a) assign a feature to a first user, detect an attempt to edit the feature by a second user, and reassign the feature to the second user if the first user indicates that the feature may be reassigned, and/or b) detect an editing conflict between a first and second user for a feature and send a reversion request for the feature to one or more clients and/or c) initiate changes for a feature within a remote instance of the electronic model edited by another user and initiate reversion of the changes for the feature within a local instance of the electronic model in response to determining that the changes to the feature within the remote instance of the electronic model generated an error.
US09648054B2	Method of registering terminals in a transmission system In view of the above, in one aspect of the present invention, in response to a request for registering a specific management terminal to be under management of a specific administrator, a transmission management system not only registers terminal identification information of the specific management terminal, to terminal identification information of management terminals being managed by the specific administrator, but also registers the terminal identification information of the specific management terminal from candidate counterpart terminal identification information for the other management terminals being managed by the specific administrator.
US09648052B2	Real-time communications gateway A system performs Real-Time Communications (“RTC”). The system establishes a signaling channel between a browser application and a rich communications services (“RCS”) endpoint. The system then queries RCS capabilities of the RCS endpoint via the signaling channel, and initiates the RTC between the browser application and the RCS endpoint via the signaling channel.
US09648051B2	System and method for transitioning a communication session between networks that are not commonly controlled Provided are a system and method for network transitions. In one example, the method includes receiving messages from a mobile device indicating that the mobile device is in a session initiation protocol (SIP) wireless hotspot and that the mobile device is engaged in a communication session via a cellular network while in the SIP wireless hotspot. The cellular network is instructed to add the mobile device to the communication session via the SIP wireless hotspot. An affirmative response is received from the cellular network and a third message is sent to the mobile device to notify the mobile device of the affirmative response.
US09648047B2	Security device controller In some embodiments, a security device controller (SDC) is provided. In some embodiments, a security device controller includes receiving a configuration policy in a vendor neutral language; and automatically configuring a plurality of security devices on a heterogeneous network based on the configuration policy. For example, the plurality of security devices can include physical, virtual, or software defined network (SDN) based routers and/or firewalls, and the heterogeneous network can include security devices from a plurality of different vendors.
US09648042B2	Apparatus and method for managing security content using virtual folder Provided are an apparatus and method for managing security contents using a virtual folder. The apparatus for managing security contents includes a data control unit that receives an authority policy on contents from a security content server, and stores the received authority policy in a storage means, a security processing unit that encodes or decodes the contents based on the authority policy provided from the data control unit, and a security filesystem interface unit that creates a virtual folder based on position information of a folder to be virtualized and path information of the virtual folder by driving a virtual folder creation module that is operated in a kernel mode and registers the created virtual folder in a filesystem, and provides, to the security processing unit, contents corresponding to an input and output event for contents which have been recorded or are to be recorded in the virtual folder hooked from the kernel mode and instructs the security processing unit to encode or decode the provided contents. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide contents created in different environments to a user based on authority information without any separate content conversion operation.
US09648038B2	Propagation of viruses through an information technology network Requests to send data from a first host within a network of hosts are monitored against a record of destination hosts that have been sent data in accordance with a predetermined policy. Destination host identities (not the record) are stored in a buffer. The buffer size is monitored to determine whether requests from the first host are pursuant to viral activity therein.
US09648037B2	Security threat detection using access patterns and domain name registrations Domain names are determined for each computational event in a set, each event detailing requests or posts of webpages. A number of events or accesses associated with each domain name within a time period is determined. A registrar is further queried to determine when the domain name was registered. An object is generated that includes a representation of the access count and an age since registration for each domain names. A client can interact with the object to explore representations of domain names associated with high access counts and recent registrations. Upon determining that a given domain name is suspicious, a rule can be generated to block access to the domain name.
US09648031B2	Identifying an imposter account in a social network A method for identifying an imposter account in a social network includes a monitoring engine to monitor user accounts of a social network, an identifying engine to identify attributes associated with each of the user accounts of the social network, a matching engine to match the attributes associated with each of the user accounts of the social network, a determining engine to determine when one of the user accounts is an imposter account associated with identity theft of a victim account, a calculating engine to calculate a threshold, and an executing engine to execute an action against the identity theft of the victim account by the imposter account.
US09648025B1	Using space-filling curves to fingerprint data A file is received. Contents of the file are transformed using a space-filling curve. One example of a space-filling curve that can be used for the transformation is a Hilbert curve. The result of the transformation is down-sampled. One example way of down-sampling is using a blur operation with anti-aliasing. A hashing operation is performed on the down-sampled result. One example of a hashing operation is locality sensitive hashing.
US09648020B2	License management system A license management system comprises at least one processor capable of executing processor-executable code coupled with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing a master license database and processor-executable code for causing the processor to: (a) store a master state of a network device indicative of at least one license key associated with the network device in the master license database; (b) access information indicative of a license key request for the network device subsequent to the storing of the master state, the license key request including a current state of the network device; (c) compare the master state of the network device with the current state of the network device; and (d) in response to the master state differing from the current state of the network device, generate an error message and store the error message in non-transitory processor-readable medium.
US09648019B2	Wi-Fi integration for non-SIM devices The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by an AAA server (113) for enabling a non-SIM device (101b) to access a first network (100a) via a second network (100b). Based on a request for authorization to the first network (100a) from the non-SIM device (101b), the AAA server (113) obtains an identity associated with the non-SIM device (101b). The AAA server (113) transmits a request for a user profile associated with a user of the non-SIM device (101b) to the subscriber database (110). The request comprises the obtained identity for the non-SIM device (101b). The AAA server (113) receives, from the subscriber database (110), the requested user profile for the non-SIM device (101b). Based on the received user profile, the AAA server (113) authorizes the non-SIM device (101b) to access the first network (100a) via the second network (100b).
US09648011B1	Tokenization-driven password generation Applications usually require users to present passwords as a form of identification in order to access user accounts. To improve the security and convenience for accessing such accounts, tokenized passwords may be used in place of or in addition to traditional passwords. Client devices retrieve password rules from an application associated with the user account, and retrieve token tables based on the password rules. The client device receives information from the user for use as a password seed. Using the password seed as an input to the token tables, the client device generates a tokenized password. The tokenized password is transmitted to the application for association with the user account. The tokenized password is not saved at the client device but is re-generated each time the user accesses the account, improving the security of the token-driven password generation system.
US09648009B2	Efficient network layer for IPv6 protocol An electronic device may include a network interface that may enable the electronic device to wirelessly couple the electronic device to other electronic devices. The electronic device may also include a processor that may determine at least one data path to the other electronic devices using a Routing Information Protocol—Next Generation (RIPng) routing mechanism. After identifying at least one data path to the other electronic devices, the processor may determine whether the identified data path(s) is secure using a Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol. If the identified data path(s) is determined to be secure, the processor may send Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) data packets to the other electronic devices via the secure data path(s).
US09648008B2	Terminal identification method, and method, system and apparatus of registering machine identification code A terminal identification method, a machine identification code registration method and related system and apparatus are disclosed. After receiving a first request for which signature or certificate verification is to be performed from a terminal, a service network obtains a signature or certificate of a trusted party for a machine identification code identifier of the terminal from the first request, wherein the machine identification code identifier being an identifier allocated by the trusted party to the machine identification code of the terminal. The service network verifies the obtained signature or certificate, and if a verification result indicates legitimacy, identifies the terminal using the machine identification code identifier obtained from the signature or certificate. The present disclosure further provides a trusted party and a method of registering a machine identification code by the trusted party. The present scheme can efficiently realize terminal identification, occupy fewer resources and facilitate better privacy protection.
US09648004B2	Secure domain name system A method and system for authenticating answers to Domain Name System (DNS) queries originating from recursive DNS servers are provided. A verification component provides a verification that a DNS query originated from the recursive DNS server. An authoritative DNS server receives the query via a network, such as the Internet, and provides an answer to the query to an authentication component. The authentication component then provides an authentication, such as a digital signature, which confirms that the received answer was provided by the authoritative DNS server, and then communicates the answer and the authentication to the verification component via the network. The verification component then verifies that the authentication corresponds to the received answer and sends the answer to the recursive DNS server. When the verification component receives an answer in the absence of a corresponding authentication, the verification component drops the answer.
US09647997B2	USB interface for performing transport I/O Systems and methods for implementing a Transport I/O system are described. Network encrypted content may be received by a device. The device may provide the network encrypted content to a secure processor, such as, for example, a smart card. The secure processor obtains a network control word that may be used to decrypt the network encrypted content. The secure processor may decrypt the network encrypted content to produce clear content. In embodiments, the secure processor may then use a local control word to generate locally encrypted content specific to the device. The device may then receive the locally encrypted content from the secure processor and proceed to decrypt the locally encrypted content using a shared local encryption key. The secure processor may connect to the device via a standard connection, such as via a USB 3.0 connector.
US09647994B2	System and method for grid based cyber security A method and system for providing a secure communication network using an electrical distribution grid is disclosed. A device connected to the electrical distribution grid initiates a request for a secured key token by signaling an intelligent communicating device residing at or near an edge of the grid. The intelligent communicating device forwards the request to a receiver at a distribution substation on the electrical grid. This receiver enhances the properties of the request such that a grid location for the request can be inferred. The enhanced request is forwarded to a server at the distribution substation, which compares the request grid location to a Grid Map and Policies of known secure grid locations. Any inconsistencies between the grid location inferred from the enhanced request and the Grid Map and Policies locations are considered evidence of tampering, and the server rejects the request.
US09647991B2	Secure cloud-based clipboard for touch devices Methods and systems for securely transferring assets via a cloud-based clipboard are provided. In an embodiment, input is indicating an asset is received from an input device at a computing device, which transmits to asset to cloud-based storage. The method stores a reference to a storage location of the asset in the cloud-based storage in the input device. The method receives, from the input device, a request for the asset at a second computing device, the request indicating the reference. The requested asset is retrieved from the cloud-based storage and rendered on the second computing device. The asset can be encrypted prior to transmission to the cloud-based storage and a decryption key for the asset is stored in the input device. In response to a request, the encrypted asset is retrieved and provided to a second computing device, where the asset is decrypted using the key from the input device.
US09647990B2	Method for anonymously associating measurement device measurements to a source ID Proposed invention refers to a method for anonymously associating health monitoring device measurements to a user ID. The invention comprises the steps of: registering in a server a user associated with an ID and a first set of metadata; registering a health monitoring device associated to a second ID and a second set of metadata; then, sending through a first communication channel the ID associated to the user and the first set of metadata to the server by a communication device; taking a measurement of the user by the health monitoring device and sending through a second communication channel said measurement associated to the second ID and the second set of metadata to the server; comparing the metadata stored in the server; and finally associating the first ID with the measurements taken by the health monitoring device corresponding to the second set of metadata, being based the association on the results of the previous comparison.
US09647988B2	Policy-based configuration of internet protocol security for a virtual private network A method for performing policy-based configuration of Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) for a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is provided. According to one embodiment, a network device displays a policy page via a user interface of the network device through which a policy, including multiple VPN settings for establishing the VPN connection, is viewed and configured, the VPN settings including a type of IPSec tunnel to be established between the network device and a peer network device. The network device receives via the user interface, a selection regarding the type of IPSec tunnel to be used for the VPN connection. The network device sends a notification request, including parameter values associated with the VPN settings, to the peer network device.
US09647987B1	Transferring data Techniques for transferring data may be provided. For example, destination files may be generated from a source file. Information about at least a location for storing at least one of the destination files on a destination computing resource may be determined. A master file may be generated and may include a portion of the information. The at least one destination file and the master file may be sent to the destination computing resource. The sending may cause the destination computing resource to at least store the sent destination file at the location.
US09647984B2	System and method for securely using multiple subscriber profiles with a security component and a mobile telecommunications device System and method for allowing a mobile telecom device to use multiple profiles. The system and method includes operating a security function to perform a cryptographic operation on a profile using a cryptography key of the security function thereby producing a cryptographically protected profile, storing the cryptographically protected profile, and activating the cryptographically protected profile by operating the security function to verify that the cryptographically protected profile has been cryptographically protected using the cryptography key of the security function, and upon verifying that the cryptographically protected profile has been protected using the cryptography key of the security function, activating the cryptographically protected profile.
US09647982B2	Peer tunneling for real-time communications A system performs peer tunneling for real time communication (“RTC”). The system receives, by a tunneling server, a peer service request message from a first user equipment (“UE”) indicating a request for establishing a peer tunnel between the first UE and a second UE. The system determines whether tunneling service is available at the second UE. When tunneling service is available at the second UE, the system sends a first peer service response message back to the first UE including remote tunnel parameters corresponding to the second UE. When tunneling service is not available at the second UE, the system sends a second peer service response message back to the first UE indicating a failed tunnel creation.
US09647981B2	Network discovery and connection using device addresses not correlated to a device To prevent tracking as it roams through a network of wireless access points (WAPs), a wireless device changes the MAC address. The device does this by randomizing some or all of the bits in the MAC address or selecting the MAC address from a group of MAC addresses assigned to the device by the device manufacturer. Furthermore, in order to further confuse tracking and make analytics not useful, a device can share MAC addresses with other devices, and check to make sure that a shared MAC address is not actively being used before selecting and using it.
US09647980B2	Apparatus and methods for a scalable communications network A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first request for an identity of a first regional name authority pointer server of a plurality of regional name authority pointer servers to a national domain name system server responsive to determining that a name authority pointer associated with a telephone number is not stored in cache memory, transmitting a second request for the name authority pointer to the first regional pointer server identified by the domain name system server, where the first regional name authority pointer server corresponds to a geographic region associated with the telephone number, and receiving the name authority pointer from the first regional name authority pointer server. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09647958B2	Radio frequency signal router A RF router for routing n input signals to m destinations, where the router comprises a backplane coupled to a plurality of RF input terminals, a plurality of RF output terminals, a plurality of splitters and a plurality of connectors. The backplane is also coupled to a controller and a plurality of connectors for receiving a plurality of switching matrices. The RF router comprises a plurality of u×v input switch matrices, a plurality of p×q intermediate switch matrices and a plurality of r×s output switch matrices, where at least one of the plurality of u×v input switch matrices, the plurality of p×q intermediate switch matrices and the plurality of r×s output switch matrices are redundant.
US09647941B2	Hierarchical hashing for longest prefix matching A system for hierarchical hashing for longest prefix matching may include a memory and a processor. The memory may be configured to store hash tables that include prefixes and associated next hop information, where the hash tables are associated with lengths of the prefixes and at least one of the hash tables is associated with a range of lengths of the prefixes. The processor may be configured to determine a destination address associated with a packet received over a first port, determine next hop information associated with a longest prefix that matches the destination address by searching at least a first hash table of the hash tables that stores a largest number of the prefixes relative to the hash tables, and prepare the packet for transmission over a second port that is determined based at least on the next hop information.
US09647924B2	Propagating LDP MAC flush as TCN A first provider edge (PE) device is configured to: receive a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) MAC Flush message from a PE device via an input port; flush a routing table in response to the LDP MAC Flush message; determine whether the LDP MAC Flush message comprises a PE identifier corresponding to the PE device; generate a Topology Change Notification (TCN) message based on the LDP MAC Flush message when the LDP MAC Flush message comprises the PE identifier corresponding to the PE device; and output the TCN message.
US09647922B2	Computer implemented methods and apparatus for trials onboarding Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for trials onboarding. A server may receive a request to generate a trial instance of an organization providing data and functionality for a period of time. Data on the request may also be stored. The trial instance may be selected from a template based on an access channel corresponding to the request.
US09647914B2	Method and apparatus for logging The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for logging a radio resource control (RRC) failure of user equipment (UE) and receiving the log. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for logging an RRC failure of UE may comprise the steps of: attempting random access; if the failure of random access is sensed, logging information on the failure; and if the success of random access is sensed, transmitting information on the failure logged before the success to a connected base station. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a method which effectively log a channel state or a connection failure can be provided.
US09647905B1	System and method for optimized management of statistics counters, supporting lock-free updates, and queries for any to-the-present time interval A method and system for monitoring computer and networking performance. The method includes receiving a request for a tracked statistical item over a specified interval, calculating a result value for the request by adding accrued values recorded within specified interval with interpolated value between last value in the specified interval and most recent value outside the interval using available recorded data for the statistical item organized in ranges with varied granularity, and returning the result value to a requestor.
US09647894B2	Mapping relationships among virtual elements across a system A system for mapping relationships among virtual elements across a system includes a switch and a server having a virtualized network interface controller (vNIC) with a plurality of vNIC links connected to the switch. The system also includes a virtual relationship module configured to: identify relationships between physical ports on the switch and virtual ports on the switch; for each vNIC link, identify local area network (LAN) interface information on the server; create data structures establishing topology information between the switch and the server; and create a mapping of each vNIC link to a respective virtual port on the switch by correlating the topology information with the LAN interface information.
US09647888B2	Network addressable appliance interface device The present disclosure relates to an interface device to control an appliance through a network. The interface device can be device-agnostic and can be incorporated into any suitable appliance. Upon initialization, the interface device can determine the capabilities of the attached appliance and send out update information that can be received by a controller. The controller can send commands designated to control the appliance, which are received by the interface device and translated into appropriate commands that are transmitted to the appliance. The interface device can turn the appliance into a network device, such as a home automation network device.
US09647879B2	Network backup device and network system Provided are a network backup device and a network system. The network backup device includes a first connector configured to connect with one or more ports of a first network equipment, a second connector configured to connect with one or more second network equipment, a third connector configured to connect with a third network equipment, a switching module configured to aggregate data transmitted from the second connector, transfer the aggregated data to the third connector, and distribute data transmitted from the third connector to the second connector, and a switch configured to, in response to a fault occurring in a port of the first network equipment, switch from a connection between the second connector and the faulty port of the first network equipment to a connection between the second connector and the switching module.
US09647877B2	Network system, master device, and method for controlling network system A network system includes a master device (200), a plurality of slave devices; and a hub device including a plurality of ports on a downstream side. The master device (200) includes: a storage unit (204) in which setting information is stored, information on a device and topological information being set in the setting information; a real configuration information generating unit (202) that generates real configuration information including information on the device constituting an actual network system and topological information on the device; and a determination unit (203) that determines whether a destination of each device is correct by comparing the real configuration information to the setting information. The determination unit (203) determines that the destination of the slave device is correct, even if a position of the connected port is incorrect with respect to the slave device connected to the hub device.
US09647870B2	Relay apparatus, system, and computer-readable medium A relay apparatus includes a storage, and request data reception and transmission units, first and second conversion units, and content identifier reception and transmission units. For each storage service, the storage stores a service identifier, access destination information, and a conversion routine for converting a content identifier and a specified condition for specifying content between a server format and a client apparatus format. The request data reception unit receives a service identifier and a specified condition from a client apparatus. The first conversion unit converts the specified condition into a server format. The request data transmission unit transmits the resulting specified condition according to the access destination information. The content identifier reception unit receives a content identifier from a server. The second conversion unit converts the received content identifier into the client apparatus format. The content identifier transmission unit transmits the resulting content identifier to the client apparatus.
US09647868B2	Handling signals Apparatus comprises a memory configured to store a matrix of transmit data; a multi-element antenna; and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal from a multi-element antenna as part of a packet within a transmit period in a switching interval by: switching between different elements of the multi-element antenna in a sequence of transmit intervals within the transmit period; and deriving the signal for transmission in different transmit intervals from different ones of the transmit data in the matrix. Also, apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive plural packets; and an accumulator configured, for each packet, to accumulate signals received in a switching interval of the packet. The apparatus is configured to: derive a correlation metric for each of the packets from the accumulated signals for the packets; identify a packet with the best correlation metric; identify a direction associated with the packet identified as having the best correlation metric; and provide the direction as an output.
US09647858B2	Optimizing apparatus and method for a pulse shaping filter and a transmitter Embodiments of the present invention provide an optimizing apparatus and method for a pulse shaping filter and a transmitter. The apparatus is configured to determine an initial peak-to-average power ratio threshold of the pulse shaping filter, and determine an initial filter coefficient of the pulse shaping filter according to the initial peak-to-average power ratio threshold; determine a constraint condition for optimizing the pulse shaping filter according to the initial peak-to-average power ratio threshold and the initial filter coefficient of the pulse shaping filter; wherein the constraint condition comprises a threshold constraint in a filter coefficient sign domain; and adjust the initial peak-to-average power ratio threshold and the initial filter coefficient of the pulse shaping filter in a case where the constraint condition is satisfied, until a predefined condition is satisfied, so as to obtain an optimized filter coefficient of the pulse shaping filter.
US09647854B1	System and method for configuring and managing virtual grids Some embodiments provide a hosting system for provisioning and managing servers (e.g., virtual servers, dedicated servers). In some embodiments, the hosting system receives a configuration for one or more servers for a particular entity (e.g., customer, user). The hosting system then identifies a grid identity and a set of virtual local area network (VLAN) identities for the particular entity. The hosting system then deploys the set of servers on one or more of the hardware nodes using the grid identity and the set of VLAN identities. In some embodiments, the set of VLAN identities includes a first VLAN identity for a private network and a second VLAN identity for a public network.
US09647852B2	Selective single-ended transmission for high speed serial links Embodiments of systems and methods for selective single-ended transmission for high speed serial links. In an embodiment, a method includes training a data link in a differential mode. The method may also include training the data link in a single-ended mode. Additionally, the method may include dynamically operating the data link in the single-ended mode or the differential mode according to a monitored performance characteristic of the data link.
US09647850B2	Location-based device automation This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a presence of a plurality of mobile devices at a geographic location; determining an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location based on the identified plurality of mobile devices; and based on the determination, selecting an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location.
US09647847B2	Tamper evidence per device protected identity Various techniques are described to protect secrets held by closed computing devices. In an ecosystem where devices operate and are offered a wide range of services from a service provider, the service provider may want to prevent users from sharing services between devices. In order to guarantee that services are not shared between devices, each device can be manufactured with a different set of secrets such as per device identifiers. Unscrupulous individuals may try to gain access to the secrets and transfer secrets from one device to another. In order to prevent this type of attack, each closed computing system can be manufactured to include a protected memory location that is tied to the device.
US09647845B2	Key downloading method, management method, downloading management method, device and system Disclosed is a key download and management method, comprising: a device end authenticating the validity of an RKS server by checking the digital signature of a public key of an operating certificate of the RKS server; the RKS server generating an authentication token (AT); after being encrypted with a device identity authentication public key of the device end, returning a ciphertext to the device end; after being decrypted by the device end with a device identity authentication private key thereof, encrypting the ciphertext with the public key of the operating certificate and then returning same to a key server; after being decrypted with a private key of the operating certificate, the key server contrasting whether the decrypted authentication token (AT) is the same as the generated authentication token (AT); and if so, indicating that the POS terminal of a device is valid, thereby realizing bidirectional identity authentication.
US09647839B2	Password generation and retrieval system The present invention seeks to meet these needs by providing a password generation and retrieval system (PGRS) that generates encrypted passwords with a computer program using an algorithm that combines a website information such as a domain name or email address, the user's own text input or phrase, and the user's own numeric value or pin number. The present invention does not involve the maintenance of a database of any kind. As such, there is no login required and no records are kept of the visitors, their input or the passwords generated. Preferably, the process is carried out using a website, browser extension, smart phone application and/or a stand-alone executable program.
US09647835B2	Terminating SSL connections without locally-accessible private keys An Internet infrastructure delivery platform (e.g., operated by a service provider) provides an RSA proxy “service” as an enhancement to the SSL protocol that off-loads the decryption of the encrypted pre-master secret (ePMS) to an external server. Using this service, instead of decrypting the ePMS “locally,” the SSL server proxies (forwards) the ePMS to an RSA proxy server component and receives, in response, the decrypted pre-master secret. In this manner, the decryption key does not need to be stored in association with the SSL server.
US09647832B2	Efficient methods for protecting identity in authenticated transmissions Systems and methods are provided for protecting identity in an authenticated data transmission. For example, a contactless transaction between a portable user device and an access device may be conducted without exposing the portable user device's public key in cleartext. In one embodiment, an access device may send an access device public key to a portable user device. The user device may return a blinded user device public key and encrypted user device data. The access device may determine a shared secret using the blinded user device public key and an access device private key. The access device may then decrypt the encrypted user device data using the shared secret.
US09647829B1	Enabling RX signal path synchronization and alignment signals in a highly integrated TX RFIC A transmit (TX) signal path circuit in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver responsive to a digital front end (DFE) for generating receive (RX) path phase alignment signals is disclosed. A digital up-conversion block uses a first numerically-controlled oscillator (NCO) for generating digital intermediate frequency (IF) signals for ordinary TX signal generation, and a different, second NCO for generating digital IF signals for RX phase alignment signal generation. An RF up-conversion block uses a TX local oscillator (LO) for generating analog RF signals for ordinary TX signal generation, and a different feedback (FB) LO for generating analog RF signals for RX phase alignment signal generation. Thus, phase alignment of the circuitry used for ordinary TX signal generation is left undisturbed by RX phase alignment signal generation.
US09647826B2	Method for managing communications between two devices mutually connected via a serial link, for example a point-to-point serial interface protocol A system may include a first device, a second device, a third device, and a serial link between the second device and the third device. The first device may be configured to deliver to the second device an information stream having a transmission fault tolerance associated with a transmission by the second device to the third device over the serial link. A related method may include, during the transmission over the serial link, phases for synchronization between the second and third devices, and during each synchronization phase, the first device may continue to deliver the information stream to the second device.
US09647819B2	Mechanisms to facilitate a telecommunication system to make use of bands which are not-licensed to the telecommunication system The present invention addresses a method, including configuring a remote device (UE) for measurements of at least one carrier in a first frequency band which is different from a second frequency band which is licensed used for communication by said remote device, receiving a measurement report from said remote device, and deciding on the usability of the at least one measured carrier in said first frequency band for communication by said remote device. Also, a method is proposed, including measuring at least one carrier in a first frequency band which is different from a second frequency band which is licensed used for communication by a remote device, and sending, to a network transceiver device, a measurement report of the measurements. Likewise, corresponding computer program products as well as correspondingly configured devices are addressed.
US09647810B2	Method and system for mapping pilot signals in multi-stream transmissions A base station is provided. The base station comprises a downlink transmit path comprising circuitry configured to transmit a plurality of reference signals in two or more subframes. Each subframe comprises one or more resource blocks. Each resource block comprises S OFDM symbols. Each of the S OFDM symbols comprises N subcarriers, and each subcarrier of each OFDM symbol comprises a resource element. The base station further comprises a reference signal allocator configured to allocate a first group of the plurality of reference signals to selected resource elements of a first subframe according to a reference signal pattern. The first group of the plurality of reference signals is for a first group of antenna ports. The reference signal allocator also configured to allocate a second group of the plurality of reference signals to selected resource elements of a second subframe according to the same reference signal pattern. The second group of the plurality of reference signals is for a second group of antenna ports different from the first group of antenna ports.
US09647804B2	Multi-carrier configuration, activation and scheduling Embodiments of block acknowledgements request apparatus, systems, and methods are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. An aggregated block of a plurality of data frames is received from an originator transmission, with each data frame including a medium access control (MAC) header. An acknowledgement policy that is solicited by the originator is identified in a quality of service field in at least one of the MAC headers of the received transmission. A single block acknowledgement is transmitted to the originator acknowledging receipt of one or more of the plurality of data frames in the aggregated block of data frames.
US09647799B2	FEC coding identification The present invention is directed to data communication systems and methods. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for transceivers to quickly identify FEC mode used in data communication. A transmitting transceiver embeds FEC mode information in a designated field of an alignment marker. The receiving transceiver acknowledges the receipt of the FEC mode information and processes the incoming data accordingly. There are other embodiments as well.
US09647796B2	Channel coding method of variable length information using block code A method for channel-coding information bits using a code generation matrix including 32 rows and A columns corresponding to length of the information bits includes, channel-coding the information bits having “A” length using basis sequences having 32-bit length corresponding to columns of the code generation matrix, and outputting the channel-coded result as an output sequence. If “A” is higher than 10, the code generation matrix is generated when (A-10) additional basis sequences were added as column-directional sequences to a first or second matrix. The first matrix is a TFCI code generation matrix composed of 32 rows and 10 columns used for TFCI coding. The second matrix is made when at least one of an inter-row location or an inter-column location of the first matrix was changed. The additional basis sequences satisfy a value 10 of a minimum Hamming distance.
US09647788B2	Low latency multiplexing for optical transport networks Techniques for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals for optical transport networks are presented. A network component comprises a multiplexer component that multiplexes a plurality of signals having a first signal format to produce a multiplexed signal in accordance with a second signal format, while maintaining error correction code (ECC) of such signals and without decoding such signals and associated ECC. The multiplexer component interleaves the plurality of signals with stuffing and adds overhead without generating new ECC. A second network component receives the multiplexed signal as part of a frame in accordance with the second signal format. A demultiplexer component of the second network component demultiplexes the multiplexed signal using the original ECC associated with the plurality of signals, wherein the second network element removes and filters the stuffing from the multiplexed signal and produces a plurality of demultiplexed signals as an output, in accordance with the first signal format.
US09647787B1	Activating interference signal rejection filter path based on detection of an interference signal in a wireless distribution system (WDS) Embodiments of the disclosure relate to activating an interference signal rejection filter path based on detection of an interference signal in a wireless distribution system (WDS). In this regard, in one aspect, a filter path selection circuit is configured to activate an interference rejection filter path configured to suppress a predefined interference signal when the predefined interference signal is detected in a received radio frequency (RF) signal. In another aspect, the filter path selection circuit is configured to detect the predefined interference signal by comparing a measured power level of the predefined interference signal against a predefined power threshold. By activating the interference rejection filter path to suppress the predefined interference signal based on detection of the predefined interference signal, it is possible to dynamically respond to the predefined interference signal that may randomly appear in the WDS, thus providing an enhanced overall RF performance in the WDS.
US09647783B2	Automatic checking method for clock synchronization and specialized apparatus thereof The invention relates to an automatic checking method for clock synchronization, comprising the following steps: (1) regularly acquiring clock signals sent by a Beidou signal source, a GPS signal source and an SNTP signal source; (2) performing subtraction to the clock signals of the Beidou signal source and the GPS signal source and evaluating the absolute value of the difference; at the same time, performing subtraction to the clock signals of the Beidou signal source and the SNTP signal source and then evaluating the absolute value of the difference and finally judging the results of the two differences; and (3) constantly repeating steps (1) and (2). The operations in the present invention can efficiently avoid the problems in the existing technology, guarantee the consistency and accuracy of system time, and guarantee the stable and safe operation of the system and the normal operation of other power grid businesses.
US09647780B2	Individualizing a content presentation Embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, and a method. A method individualizing a presentation of content includes receiving data indicative of a physical orientation of a person relative to a display operable to present the content. The method also includes selecting a display parameter of the presented content in response to the received data indicative of a physical orientation of a person. The method further includes employing the selected display parameter in presenting the content. The method may include generating the data indicative of a physical orientation of a person relative to a display operable to present the content. The method may include receiving information indicative of a change in the physical orientation of the person proximate to the display; and changing the display parameter of the presented content in response to the received information indicative of a change in the physical orientation of the person proximate to the display.
US09647778B2	Method and apparatus for providing advertisement correlation An approach is provided for enabling advertisers to correlate a communication session with an amount of consumption of the advertisement by a viewer. A correlation platform tracks an amount of consumption of an advertisement presented via a set-top box associated with a user. The amount of consumption of the advertisement is then correlated to a communication session initiated by the user in response to the presentation of the advertisement.
US09647775B1	Power amplification module A power amplification module includes a first input terminal arranged to receive a first transmission signal in a first frequency band, a second input terminal arranged to receive a second transmission signal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band, a first amplification circuit that amplifies the first transmission signal, a second amplification circuit that amplifies the second transmission signal, a first filter circuit located between the first input terminal and the first amplification circuit, and a second filter circuit located between the second input terminal and the second amplification circuit. The first filter circuit is a low-pass filter that allows the first frequency band to pass therethrough and that attenuates a harmonic of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal. The second filter circuit is a high-pass filter that allows the second frequency band to pass therethrough and that attenuates the first transmission signal.
US09647773B2	System and method for a subscriber powered network element A system for powering a network element of a fiber optic wide area network is disclosed. When communication data is transferred between a central office (CO) and a subscriber terminal using a network element to convert optical to electrical (O-E) and electrical to optical (E-O) signals between a fiber from the central office and twisted wire pair, coaxial cable or Ethernet cable transmission lines from the subscriber terminal, techniques related to local powering of a network element or drop site by the subscriber terminal or subscriber premise remote powering device are provided. Certain advantages and/or benefits are achieved using the present invention, such as freedom from any requirement for additional meter installations or meter connection charges and does not require a separate power network.
US09647771B2	Wavelength optimization for underwater optical communications Systems and methods for wavelength optimization for underwater optical communication can include a plurality of n lasers having different wavelengths λi for i=1 to n, a beam splitter and a corner retro-reflector. The plurality of n lasers can simultaneously illuminate the beam splitter along a coincident axis. The plurality of n lasers can be selectively blocked so that only one laser wavelength λi at a time impinges on the beam splitter. A portion passes through the beam splitter to establish a reference signal, while the remainder is reflected off the corner retro-reflector. A portion of return illumination passes through the beam splitter to establish a return signal. The process can be repeated for each of n lasers for i=1 to n. The λi wavelength where the normalized signal-to-noise differential between the reference signal and return signal is the minimum can be the optimum communication wavelength.
US09647770B1	System and method for producing high-precision electrical signals and continuous-wave optical signals A photonic oscillator can produce a multifrequency optical signal having a spectrum that includes regularly spaced spectral lines. A photodetector can convert the multifrequency optical signal to a multifrequency electrical signal having a spectrum that includes the regularly spaced spectral lines. A bandpass filter can attenuate all but one spectral line of the spectrum of the multifrequency electrical signal to form a single-frequency electrical signal having leading/trailing edges that have the same precision as the photonic oscillator. A continuous-wave laser can lock to the multifrequency optical signal and produce a continuous-wave optical signal at a wavelength precisely locked to the photonic oscillator. A data encoder/decoder can modulate/demodulate a data stream onto/from the continuous-wave optical signal at a data rate of the single-frequency electrical signal. The modulated optical signal can be clocked with the leading/trailing edges of the single-frequency electrical signal.
US09647766B2	Method, communication apparatus, and communication system A method of communication through a network, executed by a communication apparatus that performs transmission by selecting a transmission mode, the method includes determining whether to transmit the data in either a first mode or a second mode when transmitting data; transmitting the data using a predetermined number of kinds of optical signals having different levels in light intensity when determined to transmit in the first mode; and transmitting the data using a fewer number of kinds of optical signals having different levels in light intensity than the predetermined number when determined to transmit in the second mode.
US09647764B2	Adaptive compensation circuitry for suppression of distortions generated by the dispersion-slope of optical components A distortion compensation circuit compensates for the distortions generated by the dispersion-slope of an optical component and the frequency chirp of an optical transmitter. The dispersion compensation circuitry can be utilized in the optical transmitter, the optical receiver and/or at some intermediate point in a fiber-optic network. One embodiment of the compensation circuit utilizes a primary electrical signal path that receives at least a portion of the input signal and a delay line; and a secondary signal path in parallel to the primary path that receives at least a portion of the input signal and including: an amplifier with an electrical current gain that is proportional to the dispersion-slope of the optical component, an optional RF attenuator, an optional delay line, a “squarer” circuit, and a “differentiator” circuit. Another embodiment of the disclosure performs simultaneous, and independent, compensation of second-order distortions generated by both the dispersion-slope of a first optical component and the dispersion of a second optical component. Other embodiments of the disclosure perform adaptive predistortion for compensation of distortions generated by the dispersion-slope of a first optical component and the dispersion of a second optical component to maintain optimum compensation even if the dispersion properties of the optical components change with time.
US09647762B2	Integrated parallel optical transceiver Aspects of the present invention include an optical transceiver for providing transmission and reception of optical signals. The optical transceiver includes a carrier having two opposing surfaces and one or more openings extending from a first of the two opposing surfaces to a second of the two opposing surfaces. The optical transceiver includes a laser driver chip coupled to the first surface. The optical transceiver includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array chip coupled to the first surface. The optical transceiver includes a photodetector array chip coupled to the first surface. The optical transceiver includes a receiver amplifier chip coupled to the first surface. The optical transceiver includes an optical coupling element coupled to the second surface. The VCSEL array chip and the photodetector array chip are disposed such that optical signals can pass through the one or more openings in the carrier.
US09647761B1	Flexible rate communication signalling Flexible rate communication signalling apparatus and methods are disclosed. A determination is made as to a set of one or more of first frames and second frames which would provide a desired communication rate. The first frames and the second frames have a common frame structure but different associated rates. The determined set of one or more of the first frames and the second frames, including received client signals, is generated.
US09647759B2	Efficient mapping of CPRI signals for sending over optical networks A method for communication includes receiving in a first communication interface input frames, which include data symbols that were derived by encoding respective characters, and further include one or more synchronization symbols having no corresponding characters. The characters from the data symbols are recovered, and the recovered characters are transmitted to a second communication interface by mapping the characters into communication frames and discarding the synchronization symbols. The characters are extracted from the communication frames in the second communication interface by synchronizing to the input frames independently of the synchronization symbols. The input frames are reconstructed in the second communication interface, including the data symbols and the synchronization symbols, by re-encoding the extracted characters.
US09647744B2	Methods and arrangements in a wireless communication system Method and arrangement in a user equipment for adjusting signals transmitted in uplink to a network node, based on a feedback value received from the network node. The method comprises transmitting a signal, to be received by the network node. Further, the method comprises receiving a feedback signal from the network node, providing feedback on the transmitted signal. In addition, the method comprises obtaining a value of a time delay of the received feedback signal. Furthermore, the method comprises adjusting signals transmitted in the uplink according to the received feedback signal, wherein compensation is made for the obtained time delay value of the received feedback signal.
US09647743B2	Method and apparatus for supporting management actions for very high throughput in wireless communications A method and apparatus may be used in Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) management actions. Management action frames such as VHT Action frames may be used to implement VHT features in WLANs. Extensions to 802.11 Action frames may be used to support VHT features and provide backward compatibility. VHT Management Actions may be supported with VHT Action frames and VHT extensions to 802.11 Action frames in various categories such as Direct Link Setup (DLS), Public, Spectrum Management and high throughput (HT). An access point (AP) or a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may indicate VHT capability by way of signaling.
US09647740B1	Proximal user detection with a complex measurement receiver A method, communication device, and computer program product mitigates Specific Absorption Rating (SAR) exposure to a user who is proximate to a communication device. The method includes an on-device measurement receiver of a communication device detecting a first complex reflected signal corresponding to transmit signals that are reflected by a first antenna. The method includes a controller determining a pair of first complex return loss values based on a first complex transmit power signal and the first complex reflected signal. The method includes the controller determining whether both the first complex return loss values differ from respective baseline values by respective Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) threshold amounts. In response to the controller determining that both the first complex return loss values differ by the respective SAR threshold amounts, the controller reduces an output power level of a transceiver that delivers power to the first antenna.
US09647720B2	Method and apparatus for an adaptive filter architecture A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for selecting a spectral region in a radio frequency spectrum for initiating a communication session having an uplink and a downlink, correlating a signal strength of portions of the spectral region to generate a correlation factor, detecting radio frequency interference in the spectral region according to the correlation factor, and generating tuning coefficient data to substantially suppress the radio frequency interference in the spectral region during the communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09647714B2	Apparatus to assist a user with holding a mobile device An apparatus that facilitates one-handed use of a mobile device has a finger brace configured to brace a user's finger on each of two opposed sides of the point where it is coupled to a flexible member. The flexible member extends through a hole in the back portion of the mobile device's case and is anchored to an interior surface of the back portion of the case. The flexible member's length is such that two fingers of the user's hand can press against the finger brace to brace the mobile device when the two fingers are between the finger brace and the case.
US09647711B2	Electronic device According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a cover, a flexible board, a coupler, a communication module, and an output device. The cover covers at least a part of the flexible board. The coupler is on the flexible board and has flexibility. The communication module performs close proximity wireless communication by using the coupler. The output device outputs at least a part of data received by the coupler.
US09647708B2	Advanced signal processors for interference cancellation in baseband receivers A multi-mode receiver includes a channel decomposition module (e.g., a Rake receiver) for separating a received signal into multipath components, an interference selector for selecting interfering paths and subchannels, a synthesizer for synthesizing interference signals from selected sub channel symbol estimates, and an interference canceller for cancelling selected interference in the received signal. At least one of the channel decomposition module, the synthesizer, and the interference canceller are configurable for processing multi-mode signals.
US09647707B1	Signal receiver A signal receiver includes a first mixer configured to mix its first input with its second input associated with an oscillating output of a first synthesizer into an output; a first splitter configured to split its input associated with the output of the first mixer into a first output and a second output; a first switch matrix configured to switch its first input associated with the first output of the first splitter into a first output; a second switch matrix configured to switch its first input associated with the second output of the first splitter into a first output; a second mixer configured to mix its first input associated with the first output of the first switch matrix with its second input associated with an oscillating output of a second synthesizer into an output; and a third mixer configured to mix its first input associated with the first output of the second switch matrix with its second input associated with an oscillating output of a third synthesizer into an output.
US09647699B1	Dual supply voltage power harvesting in an open drain transmitter circuit A power harvesting circuit for use in an open drain transmitter circuit is configured to generate two distinct harvested supply voltages at different voltage levels along with two distinct cascode voltages at different voltage levels. The harvested supply voltages are used to power circuitry in the transmitter circuit. The cascode voltages are used to bias cascode transistors in the open drain circuitry for different channels.
US09647685B1	Data compression Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for compressing rows of data stored in a first matrix using run length encoding (RLE) to produce an RLE encoded matrix. Compressing columns of the RLE encoded matrix into a set of arrays by differentially encoding data count values of the RLE encoded matrix, wherein each array in the set of arrays represents a column of the RLE encoded matrix.
US09647684B2	Memory-based history search Systems, devices and methods for data compression using history search for dictionary based compression. Systems, devices and methods may use parallel processing techniques for data compression and encoding. Systems, devices and methods may provide memory search techniques for hardware.
US09647682B1	Data compression system and method A divider divides an input data into a plurality of data blocks. A hash calculator calculates a hash value of each data block. A compression dictionary memory stores a compression dictionary that stores a previous input data and includes a shared dictionary shared by different data lengths. A hash table memory stores a hash table that stores an address representing a storage location of the data block corresponding to the hash value on the compression dictionary for each data block and includes a shared table shared by different data lengths. An address acquirer acquires the address corresponding to the data block based on the hash table. A matcher determines sameness between the previous data block indicated by the address and the new input data. An encoder generates a compressed data that includes matching information and a matched portion is converted to the address.
US09647681B2	Pad encoding and decoding A system, method and computer program product for encoding an input string of binary characters representing alphanumeric characters. A system includes: a character writing engine for writing a binary character to an empty cell of a multi-dimensional shape beginning with a starting empty cell; a next cell determination engine for determining a next empty cell by traversing neighboring cells in the multi-dimensional shape until an empty cell is located; a loop facilitator for looping back to the character writing engine and the next cell determining engine until there are no more data characters or a next empty cell is not determined; and a serialization engine for serializing the cells into a one dimensional binary string of characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters.
US09647677B2	Integrator, AD converter, and radiation detection device An integrator according to an embodiment includes first and second nodes, first to fifth switches, first and second main integration capacitors, and a first subsidiary integration capacitor. The first (second, third, fourth, fifth) switch has one end connected to a first (third, first, fourth, first) node and the other end connected to a third (second, fourth, second, fifth) node. The first main integration capacitor has one end connected to the third node and the other end connected to a standard voltage line. The second main integration capacitor has one end connected to the fourth node and the other end connected to the standard voltage line. The first subsidiary integration capacitor that has one end connected to the fifth node and the other end connected to the standard voltage line.
US09647674B2	Apparatus for generating clock signals having a PLL part and synthesizer part with programmable output dividers A clock signal generator responsive to synchronization pulses to perform actions has a phase locked loop (PLL) part including a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) and an output driver coupled to the DCO, and a synthesizer part including a frequency synthesizer responsive to frequency and phase information from the DCO to generate a synthesized clock and programmable output dividers for generating output clocks from the synthesized clock. An interface establishes communication between the PLL part and the synthesizer part. The output driver is programmed to compute a phase offset required to align a selected output divider with the phase of the DCO and transmit the computed offset to the selected output divider over said interface for application to said selected output divider upon the occurrence of a synchronization pulse.
US09647672B2	Digitally compensated phase locked oscillator A digitally compensated phase locked oscillator (DCPLO) is disclosed herein. The DCPLO comprises: a DCPLO input for receiving a reference signal at a known frequency; a DCPLO output for outputting a signal at a desired frequency; a phased locked loop (PLL), the phased locked loop comprising: a phase frequency detector, an oscillator, and a PLL output coupled to the output; a first direct digital synthesizer (DDS), the first DDS having an output coupled to the PLL to supply a DDS signal to the PLL for adjusting the frequency within the PLL so as to maintain phase lock over the operating temperature; a temperature sensor; and a processor coupled to the first DDS, the phase frequency detector, and the temperature sensor, the processor configured to set the frequency of the first DDS according to a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor.
US09647670B2	Oscillator with dynamic gain control In one form, an oscillator includes an oscillator core circuit and a dynamic gain control circuit. The oscillator core circuit is for connection to a frequency reference element and provides a first clock signal using a negative gain element having a gain determined by a gain control signal. The dynamic gain control circuit provides the gain control signal to set an absolute value of the gain to a first level during a startup state, and changes the gain control signal to reduce the absolute value of the gain to a second level lower than the first level after the first clock signal has reached a steady state.
US09647669B1	High speed frequency divider Disclosed examples include frequency divider circuits, comprising an even number 4 or more differential delay circuits coupled in a cascade ring configuration of a configurable length N, with N−K of the N delay circuits providing an inverted polarity output signal to a succeeding delay circuit in the cascade ring configuration to control an amount of overlap between phase shifted clock signals from the delay circuits.
US09647668B2	Apparatus for flexible electronic interfaces and associated methods A semiconductor die includes at least one flexible interface block. The flexible interface block includes at least one interconnect, and at least one buffer coupled to the at least one interconnect. The flexible interface block further includes a routing interface coupled to circuitry integrated in the semiconductor die, and a controller coupled to provide communication between the routing interface and the at least one buffer.
US09647663B1	Differential input buffer circuits and methods An input buffer circuit that receives differential signals includes a first resistive path circuit, a second resistive path circuit and a feedback circuit. The first resistive path circuit may generate a first common mode voltage from the differential signals. The feedback circuit is coupled to the first resistive path circuit. The feedback circuit receives the first common mode voltage as an input. The second resistive path circuit includes a transistor circuit and a resistor formed in a serial circuit configuration. The second resistive path circuit may generate a second common mode voltage on a node formed between the transistor circuit and the resistor by controlling activation of the transistor circuit using outputs from the feedback circuit. The first common mode voltage may be substantially identical to the second common mode voltage.
US09647662B1	Superconducting tunable coupler A superconducting system is provided that includes a coplanar superconducting circuit. The coplanar superconducting circuit includes a first ground plane region, a second ground plane region electrically isolated from the first ground plane region by portions of the coplanar superconducting circuit, and a tunable coupler having a first port and a second port. The tunable coupler comprises a variable inductance coupling element coupled between the first port and the second port, a first termination inductor having a first end coupled between a first end of the variable inductance element and a second end coupled to the first ground plane region, and a second termination inductor having a first end coupled between a second end of the variable inductance element and a second end coupled to the second ground plane region.
US09647651B2	Delay circuit and semiconductor device To provide a delay circuit improved in the accuracy of a delay time. A delay circuit is provided which includes a plurality of switches respectively provided between a plurality of constant current sources and a delay time adjustment terminal, a control circuit which ON/OFF-controls the switches, and a comparator circuit which compares a voltage of the delay time adjustment terminal and a reference voltage. The control circuit sequentially turns ON the switches every preset period after a signal is inputted to a signal input terminal and sets as a delay time, a time taken for the comparator circuit to detect that the voltage of the delay time adjustment terminal exceeds the reference voltage.
US09647650B2	Clock generating device A clock generating device includes a first timing delay module, a multiplexer, and a second timing delay module. The multiplexer is electrically connected to the first timing delay module. The second timing delay module is electrically connected to the multiplexer. The first timing delay module generates a plurality of delayed clock signals based on a reference clock signal. The multiplexer outputs a first delayed clock signal and a second delayed clock signal, among the plurality of delayed clock signals, based on a clock generating signal. The second timing delay module generates an output clock signal based on the clock generating signal, the first delayed clock signal and the second delayed clock signal.
US09647647B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first circuit block that is connected between a first power supply voltage line and a first reference voltage line, a second circuit block that is connected between a second power supply voltage line and a second reference voltage line and transmits and receives signals with the first circuit block, a first clamp circuit that clamps a potential difference between the second power supply voltage line and the first reference voltage line, a resistor circuit that is connected between the second power supply voltage line and the second circuit block and includes a resistance value that is greater than an impedance of the first clamp circuit, and a second clamp circuit that clamps a potential difference between a line connected between the resistor circuit and the second circuit block and the first reference voltage line.
US09647642B2	Clock phase adjustment mechanism of a ring oscillator using a phase control signal A clock generator comprises a voltage controlled oscillator including a ring oscillator which has a plurality of differential inverter circuits connected in a ring shape, and a phase controller to control an output of a differential inverter circuit which belongs to a second group, in a first state or a second state, for a predetermined time period. The differential inverter circuit which belongs to the second group is distinct from a differential inverter circuit which belongs to a first group. The differential inverter circuit which belongs to the second group, in the first state, outputs a first logic signal from a first differential output terminal and outputs a second logic signal from a second differential output terminal. Further, the differential inverter circuit which belongs to the second group, in the second state, outputs the second logic signal from the first differential output terminal and outputs the first logic signal from the second differential output terminal.
US09647639B1	Baseband filters and interfaces between a digital-to-analog converter and a baseband filter Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to baseband filters. A device may include a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to output a DC current. The device may also include an operational amplifier coupled to an output of the DAC and configured to bias an input stage of the operational amplifier with the DC current.
US09647632B2	Lumped element radio frequency tuning calibration process A preferred method for efficiently tuning RF ports while avoiding conventional labor intensive, step-by-step processes is disclosed. The method may use at least three tuning blocks (comprised of capacitors and inductors) in a series topology and at least three tuning blocks in a shunt topology. These tuning blocks will yield two circles that can be charted on the Smith chart. Those circles may then be centered along the centerline of the Smith chart to adjust for latency, and then expanded to adjust for the losses. Once those circles have been expanded, the circle (either series or shunt) that encompasses one the Smith chart reference circles is used and the traditional Smith chart methodology can be used to tune the RF port.
US09647624B2	Adaptive loudness levelling method for digital audio signals in frequency domain Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for adjusting the amplitude of a digital audio signal in the frequency domain to control the perceived loudness of the audio signal at a desired level. In one embodiment, a method first adjusts the audio signal to a desired loudness level by applying an adaptive wideband gain and thereafter a multi-band compression is applied to further reduce a dynamic range of the audio signal, and noise analysis and temporal masking operations are also performed to provide a pleasant sound for a listener or listeners.
US09647620B2	Electronic device and integrated circuit comprising a gain control module and method therefor A method for controlling a gain applied to an audio signal. The method comprises applying a gain step to a gain setting at defined time intervals, and upon detection of at least one zero crossing point within the audio signal, applying the gain setting to a gain control signal for controlling the gain applied to the audio signal.
US09647613B2	Differential amplifier A differential amplification circuit includes a first current control unit configured to control driving current in response to a voltage level difference between first input voltage and second input voltage, a second current control unit configured to control the driving current in response to a voltage level difference between the second input voltage independent from temperature and a temperature voltage depending on the temperature, and a signal output unit configured to generate a detection signal in response to the driving current.
US09647612B2	Power amplifying apparatus and power amplifying method A power amplifying apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and supply a load with the amplified input signal, a current detecting circuit, disposed at an output stage of the amplifier, configured to detect a current of an output signal from the amplifier, a current feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of the detected current of a certain feedback amount, a voltage feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of a voltage of the output signal of a certain feedback amount, and an adjuster configured to adjust the input signal using the feedback current and the feedback voltage.
US09647610B2	RF amplification device with power protection during high supply voltage conditions A radio frequency (RF) amplification device comprises an RF amplification circuit, and a dynamic level shifter (DLS) circuit coupled between a supply voltage and the RF amplification circuit. The DLS circuit is configured to provide a first shifted voltage to the RF amplification circuit via a first diode when the supply voltage is above a first threshold voltage level. The DLS circuit is further configured to provide a second shifted voltage to the RF amplification circuit via a first shunt transistor when the supply voltage is below the first threshold voltage level, wherein the supply voltage less the second shifted voltage is less than the supply voltage less the first shifted voltage.
US09647609B2	Transceiver using technique for improvement of phase noise and switching of phase lock loop (PLL) A transceiver may include a reception (Rx) radio frequency (RF) part configured to process a received signal, a transmission (Tx) RF part configured to process a transmitted signal, and a phase lock loop (PLL) configured to provide a reception frequency to the reception RF part and provide a transmission frequency to the transmission RF part. The PLL may be controlled according to whether the reception RF part or the transmission RF part is on. In addition, a transceiver may include quenching waveform generator (QWGs) to control quenching waveforms of the RF parts corresponding to a plurality of antennas. The quenching waveforms may be generated respectively by VCOs operating at a same frequency. The QWGs may control the VCOs such that the quenching waveforms do not overlap.
US09647602B1	Determination of stator winding resistance in an electric machine An electric machine assembly includes an electric machine having a stator and a rotor. The stator has stator windings at a stator winding temperature (tS) and the rotor is configured to rotate at a rotor speed (ω). A controller is operatively connected to the electric machine and has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for determining stator winding resistance. The controller is configured to determine a high-speed resistance factor (rH) which is based at least partially on the torque command (T*), the stator winding temperature (tS), the rotor speed (ω), a characterized torque error and the number of pole pairs (P). The controller may determine a total resistance value (R) based on a weighting factor (k), the high-speed resistance factor (rH) and the low-speed resistance factor (rL).
US09647600B2	Device for controlling a polyphase inverter The device according to the invention controls a polyphase inverter (10, 14, 17) intended for powering from a DC current source (CC) a polyphase rotating electric machine (1). The device is of the type of those generating commutation functions driving commutation elements (9, 13) of the inverter in such a way as to obtain a reduction of the losses in the commutation elements and a decrease of an effective current in a decoupling capacitor (16) of the source (CC). According to the invention, this reduction and this decrease are obtained by means of a set of control strategies (21, 24) determining the commutation functions by using additional degrees of freedom of the polyphase machine (1) with respect to a three-phase reference machine. The polyphase machine comprises first and second phase windings forming a first three-phase system (2, 3, 4) and a second three-phase system (5, 6, 7) with distinct neutral points (11, 15) offset angularly by a predetermined angle of offset (Θ). The first and second phase windings are linked respectively to three first and three second power arms (8, 12) formed by the commutation elements.
US09647597B2	Motor control apparatus and method for controlling motor A motor control apparatus includes a voltage regulator to execute a voltage increase mode to increase a voltage applied to an induction motor from a lower limit of a first range over time. A frequency regulator executes a frequency decrease mode to decrease a frequency of the voltage from an upper limit of a second range over time. The frequency regulator limits decrease of the frequency when a bus voltage of a bus exceeds a first threshold in the frequency decrease mode. The bus supplies DC power to an inverter to drive the motor. A mode changer alternatively changes the voltage increase mode and the frequency decrease mode to control the motor to change from a free running state to a state in which the voltage and the frequency satisfy a relationship. The determinator determines whether the voltage and the frequency satisfy the relationship.
US09647585B2	Brushless direct-current motor and control for power tool Brushless direct-current (“BLDC”) motor and control for a power tool. A BLDC motor of a power tool is controlled in either a pulse-width modulation (“PWM”) commutation mode or a centerline commutation mode. When the motor is rotating slowly, the motor is operated using PWM commutation. When the motor is rotating at a speed greater than a threshold speed value, the operation of the motor is transitioned to the centerline commutation mode. When operating in the centerline commutation mode, the high-side field-effect transistors (“FETs”) and low-side FETs can each be used for motor speed control. By switching between speed control using the high-side FETs and speed control using the low-side FETs, the heat generated by freewheeling currents can be approximately evenly distributed among the high-side and low-side FETs.
US09647581B2	Motor drive having function of detecting failure in dynamic braking circuit A motor drive according to the present invention has a dynamic braking circuit. The motor drive includes a motor drive control circuit for applying a voltage to windings of a synchronous motor and the dynamic braking circuit for a predetermined time by switching power transistors connected to a direct current power supply, a current detection circuit for detecting a current value outputted from the power transistor, and a failure determination circuit for determining the presence or absence of a failure in the dynamic braking circuit from the current value detected by the current detection circuit and a predetermined threshold value. When the presence or absence of a failure in the dynamic braking circuit is detected, the resistance of the dynamic braking circuit is changed.
US09647576B2	Vibration type driving apparatus, two-dimensional driving apparatus, image-blur correction apparatus, interchangeable lens, image-pickup apparatus, and automatic stage A vibration type driving apparatus including:a vibrator including an electro-mechanical energy conversion device; a driven body between the vibrator and a movable body and driven in a first direction by the vibrator; and a moving mechanism that allows the movable body to move in a second direction relative to the driven body, in which the second direction is a direction intersecting the first direction in a plane parallel to a plane where the vibrator and the driven body are in contact with each other.
US09647568B1	Bi-directional multi-port applications Methods and systems for bi-directional multi-port power conversion systems and applications are disclosed. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can be used to provide conversion between synchronous and asynchronous power. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can perform power conversion can be performed to and from three-phase AC with an active neutral line. In some sample embodiments, current-modulating power converters can convert between synchronous and asynchronous power and also support three-phase AC with active neutral.
US09647564B2	Power supply device A power supply device according to the present invention includes: a filter capacitor coupled to a line to which an input voltage that is passed through a dimmer is supplied; a discharge switch coupled to the filter capacitor through the line; and a main switch receiving the input voltage and controlling power transmission. The power supply device performs input voltage control for shaping the input voltage with a predetermined pattern using the discharge switch.
US09647562B2	Power conversion with switch turn-off delay time compensation In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes driving an electronic switch in a switched-mode power converter in successive drive cycles, wherein driving the switch in each of the drive cycles comprises switching on the electronic for an on-period and subsequently switching off the electronic switch for an off-period. The method further includes establishing the on-period based on a comparison of an on-time signal with an off-threshold, calculating the off-threshold based on an output signal of the switched-mode power converter and a compensation offset, and calculating the compensation offset in one drive cycle based on an estimated delay time, wherein the estimated delay time is calculated based on a measured delay time and an estimated delay time of a previous drive cycle.
US09647546B2	Dual-mode voltage doubling buck converter with smooth mode transition Devices and methods provide a voltage regulating device including voltage supply circuitry configured to receive a first voltage, generate at least a second voltage based on the first voltage, and output an output voltage, the output voltage being one of the first voltage and the second voltage based on a voltage selection signal; regulator circuitry configured to switch between the output voltage and a reference potential based on a control signal; and control circuitry configured to generate the control signal, the control signal having a first duty cycle if the output voltage is the first voltage and a second duty cycle if the output voltage is the second voltage, the control circuitry configured to adjust the second duty cycle based on, at least in part, a droop voltage in the regulator circuitry.
US09647541B2	Hysteretic control DC/DC converter switching frequency with reduced dependence on voltage and current In a hysteretic control DC/DC converter apparatus having a coupling circuit that couples a voltage input to a voltage output, a control signal is generated based on a node voltage at a node in the coupling circuit. The node is alternately connected to a fixed potential and disconnected from the fixed potential in accordance with a frequency of the control signal.
US09647539B1	Charge pump based on a clock generator integrated chip A charge pump includes chip, package substrate and circuit board. Chip includes transistor set including at least four transistors connected to first input end of input terminal set and two rows of odd number and even number second input ends of input terminal set. Except first transistor, the other transistors are arranged in two rows subject to odd number and even number and respectively electrically coupled to the two rows of at least three second input ends by traces. At least three second external pins of package substrate and at least three capacitors of circuit board are respectively arranged in two rows subject to odd number and even number, enabling first circuit with connected odd number second external pins and second circuit with connected even number second external pin to be kept apart without intersection. Traces in chip are arranged in staggered manner, reducing parasitic capacitance.
US09647537B2	Charge pump circuit for generating a negative voltage A circuit for generating a negative voltage on the basis of a positive voltage, including: at least one first transistor between a first terminal for applying a potential greater than a reference potential and a first node; a first capacitive element between the first node and a second node, a control terminal of said first transistor being linked to the second node; a first switch between the first node and a second terminal for applying the reference potential; a second switch between the second node and a third terminal for providing said negative voltage; a third switch between the second node and the second terminal; and a second capacitive element between the third terminal and the second terminal.
US09647523B2	Levitated-micro manipulator system A system has a first operation substrate, the operation substrate having at least one sliding surface and at least one conductive trace in a layer in the substrate, at least one flex circuit magnetically coupled to the operation substrate, the flex circuit having at least one sliding surface and at least one conductive trace in the substrate, and at least one manipulator moveable across the sliding surfaces of the operation substrate and the flex circuit by magnetic fields generated by application of current to the conductive traces.
US09647519B2	Inflatable air gap tooling for assembly of rotor and stator A number of variations may include a method of assembly of a rotor and a stator having a concentric air gap in an electric motor comprising: providing inflatable gap support tooling in a deflated state in an air gap between a rotor and a stator; filling the inflatable gap support tooling with a fluid so that it uniformly fills at least a portion of the air gap between the stator and the rotor and holds the stator and the rotor together as a single unit; placing the single unit into a motor assembly; seating a plurality of bearings into the motor assembly; locking the stator into place in the motor assembly; removing the fluid from the inflatable gap support tooling; and removing the inflatable gap support tooling from the motor assembly.
US09647513B2	Actuator unit, robot including the same, and reducing apparatus An actuator unit, a robot including the same, and a reducing apparatus, the actuator unit including a driving unit; a sensor unit; a control unit; and a frame unit.
US09647512B2	Electric machine The electric machine has a casing housing a stator and a rotor and containing a gas, and a dryer for the gas. The dryer is connected to the casing. The dryer includes a separation group, for separating humidity from the gas, a water accumulator, for at least temporally accumulating water discharged from the separation group, at least a detector for the water contained in the water accumulator.
US09647505B2	Rotating electrical machine A rotating electrical machine is configured such that, in a rotor coil, ventilation passages are formed in two lines arranged in a width direction of the rotor coil, and formed in the same shape at a plurality of positions spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction, 0.3≦W1/W2≦0.7 . . . (Expression 1) is satisfied, where (W1) is a width dimension of the ventilation passage in the longitudinal direction and (W2) is a width dimension from one end of the ventilation passage to one end of another ventilation passage adjacent thereto, and 0.025≦W4/W3≦0.08 . . . (Expression 2) is satisfied, where (W3) is a width dimension of the rotor coil and (W4) is a width dimension of the ventilation passage.
US09647504B2	Interphase insulator Electrically insulating material so foldable as to form an interphase insulator so configured as to be inserted in the slots of the stator or the rotor of an electric machine to prevent separate coils inserted in the same slot to be in direct contact with one another and to prevent the coil heads of different coils to be in direct contact is described herein. The interphase insulator may be so folded that the coil heads are properly insulated from one another.
US09647484B2	Wireless charging transceiver device and wireless charging control method A wireless charging transceiver device includes an energy storage module, a coil, a switch module, a rectifier circuit, and a resonant circuit. The coil is used to induce an external magnetic field or receive an external charging signal, and is used to transmit a wireless charging signal. The switch module is used to be coupled between the energy storage module and the coil through a first or second electrical path. The rectifier circuit is coupled between the energy storage module and the switch module, and is sited in the first electrical path, and rectifying a first inducing current which is induced from the external magnetic field in a first mode. The resonant circuit is coupled between the energy storage module and the switch module, and is sited in the second electrical path.
US09647483B1	Closed magnetic wireless power transfer system A wireless power transfer system includes a receive coil system nested within a transmit coil system forming a closed magnetic circuit. The transmit coil system includes a non-planar tapered transmit coil disposed within a tapered ferrite housing and a layer of insulating material surrounding the non-planar tapered transmit coil and the tapered ferrite housing. The receive coil system includes a ferrite plug comprising a column portion centrally secured to a plate portion, a non-planar receive coil wound around the column portion, a layer of insulating material surrounding the column portion and the non-planar receive coil, and a hemispherical covering surrounding the insulated column portion and non-planar receive coil. The non-planar receive coil has a smaller diameter than the non-planar tapered transmit coil. The maximum outside diameter of the hemispherical covering is less than or equal to the minimum inside diameter of the non-planar tapered transmit coil.
US09647482B2	Smart wireless charger A wireless charging system is disclosed. The wireless charging system includes a coil to create electromagnetic field and a sniffer system to detect a presence of a low frequency (LF) signal. The sniffer system is configured to deactivate the coil for a predetermined duration and perform an operation to detect the presence of the LF signal.
US09647478B2	Method and device for discharging an electrical network A method, a device and an electrical system for discharging a first electrical network. The first electrical network comprises in particular an intermediate circuit which comprises in particular an intermediate-circuit capacitor. The first electrical network is connected to a second electrical network by means of a DC-DC converter for this purpose. The first electrical network is discharged by means of the DC-DC converter. At the same time, the DC-DC converter transfers electrical energy into the second electrical network. For discharging, the output voltage of the DC-DC converter is set to a first voltage value, which is larger than the nominal voltage of the second electrical network. For discharging, the output voltage of the DC-DC converter is set to the first voltage value for a predefinable first period of time.
US09647475B2	Charger, terminal, charging system, and charging control method A charger for charging a terminal, includes: a power supply device configured to output a direct current (DC) charging current, the power supply device including a voltage output port and a feedback receiving port; a charging port configured to connect to the terminal, and to output the DC charging current from the power supply device to the terminal, the charging port including a power supply port and a data signal port, the power supply port being connected to the voltage output port and configured to output the DC charging current to the terminal; a charging control device; and a switch device provided between the feedback receiving port and the charging port, and configured to connect the feedback receiving port to the power supply port or the data signal port according to control of the charging control device.
US09647474B2	Protective case for mobile device with auxiliary battery and power control A protective case for a mobile device is disclosed. The case includes an additional power source (i.e., a battery) that can supply electric current to the mobile device. A processing device within the protective case may be wirelessly connected to the mobile device, such as with a Bluetooth interface, and thereby control operational aspects of the battery case, including for example control over supplying power to the mobile device. The battery case may be part of a charging system or kit that includes a uniquely designed separate charger. In yet another aspect, the protective case may include unitary bumper flexible bumper co-molded to the body of the case and a male connector extending from a nested portion that is adapted to tilt outward from the case to facilitate insertion of the corresponding female port on the mobile device into the connector and into the case. The protective case may also include a stand in the form of dock or cradle to allow positioning and/or charging of the battery case and mobile device via external contact terminals correspondingly positioned on the outside of the case and in the cavity of the cradle.
US09647466B2	Battery system in which information transmission occurs via insulating circuits A battery system includes a battery module that is constituted with a plurality of serially connected battery cells, a plurality of integrated circuits that group the battery cells so as to perform processing on battery cells in each group, a first transmission path through which a command signal is transmitted via a first insulating circuit from a higher-order control circuit that controls the integrated circuits to a highest-order integrated circuit of the integrated circuit, a second transmission path through which a data signal collected by the integrated circuits is transmitted from the highest-order integrated circuit to a lowest-order integrated circuit, and a third transmission path through which the data signal is transmitted from the lowest-order integrated circuit to the higher-order control circuit via a second insulating circuit.
US09647460B2	System for the inductive charging of an energy accumulator of a vehicle, and charging station A system for the inductive charging of an energy accumulator of a vehicle, and a charging station, an electronic circuit being provided in the interior of a hood, the opening of which is situated at the bottom side of the hood.
US09647454B2	Methods and apparatus for determining conditions of power lines Techniques for determining conditions of power lines in a power distribution system based on measurements collected by a plurality of sensor units deployed in the power distribution system. Techniques include obtaining first transformed data associated with a first set of one or more measurements collected by a first sensor unit in the plurality of sensor units and second transformed data associated with a second set of one or more measurements collected by a second sensor unit in the plurality of sensor units, and determining, by using at least one processor and based at least in part on one or more features calculated from the first transformed data and the second transformed data, at least one condition of at least one power line in the power distribution system.
US09647444B2	Variable threshold current limiting circuit A current limiting circuit for a motor controller includes a comparator. The comparator has a sensed current input, a current threshold input, and an overcurrent protection trip output. A variable resistance current threshold circuit is connected to the current threshold input. A first controller is connected to the variable resistance current threshold circuit via a plurality of connections. The first controller is configured to control a voltage output of the variable resistance current threshold circuit.
US09647421B2	Semiconductor laser module and method of manufacturing the same The semiconductor laser module 1 has a first substrate 10, a second substrate 20 provided on the first substrate 10, a semiconductor laser device 30 operable to emit a laser beam L having an optical axis along the Z-direction, a collimator lens 40 configured to collimate components of the laser beam L along a direction of a fast axis (Y-direction), and a lens fixture block 50 having a lens attachment surface 50A and a block fixation surface 50B that are perpendicular to the X-direction. An end 40A of the collimator lens 40 along the X-direction is fixed to the lens attachment surface 50A of the lens fixture block 50 with a lens fixation resin 42. The block fixation surface 50B of the lens fixture block 50 is fixed to a side surface 20A of the second substrate 20 along the X-direction with a block fixation resin 52.
US09647418B1	Laser generation using dual seeded nested and/or in-series Raman resonators, for telecommunications applications A desired Nth-order Stokes output and zeroth-order Stokes pump input are seeded into a rare-earth doped amplifier where the power of the zeroth-order Stokes signal is amplified prior to both signals entering a Raman amplifier comprised of N−1 Raman resonators, each uniquely tuned to one of the N−1 Stokes orders, in various configurations to include one or more nested and/or in-series Raman resonators. The zeroth-order Stokes signal is converted to the Nth−1-order Stokes wavelength in steps and the power level of the Nth-order Stokes wavelength is amplified as the two signals propagate through the Raman resonators. Each Raman resonator includes a photosensitive Raman fiber located between a pair of Bragg gratings. The linewidths of the Stokes orders can be controlled by offsetting the reflectivity bandwidths of each pair of Bragg gratings respectively located in the Raman resonators.
US09647413B2	High-efficiency parallel-beam laser optical fibre drawing method and optical fibre Provided are a high-efficiency parallel-beam laser optical fiber drawing method and optical fiber, the method including the steps of: S1: providing base planes on the side surfaces of both a gain optical fiber preform and a pump optical fiber preform, inwardly processing the base plane of the gain optical fiber preform to make a plurality of ribs protrude, and inwardly providing a plurality of grooves on the base plane of the pump optical fiber preform; S2: embedding the ribs into the grooves, tapering and fixing one end of the combination of the ribs and the grooves to form a parallel-beam laser optical fiber preform; S3: drawing the parallel-beam laser optical fiber preform into parallel-beam laser optical fibers. The process has high repeatability, and the obtained parallel-beam laser achieves peelability of pump optical fibers in a set area, thus facilitating multi-point pump light injection of parallel-beam laser optical fibers.
US09647412B2	Method for generating free electrons and free-electron laser system using the interaction with a laser undulator The disclosure relates to a free-electron laser system and a method for generating a packet of relativistic electrons capable of propagating in a first propagation direction (Oz), and a device for generating an undulator beam capable of interacting with the packet of relativistic electrons. In the system, the undulator beam results from combining, at an interaction area through which the propagation direction (Oz) of the packet passes, at least two laser beams propagating in different directions and each of which has at least one non-zero component in a plane orthogonal to the propagation direction (Oz) of the packet. The disclosure also relates to a method for generating a free-electron laser beam involving trapping and guiding a packet of relativistic electrons injected into an interaction area and implementing such a free-electron laser system.
US09647411B2	Method of controlling wavelength of laser beam and laser apparatus There is provided a method of controlling the wavelength of a laser beam. The method includes measuring an absolute wavelength of the laser beam; calculating a difference between a reference wavelength and the absolute wavelength of the laser beam; and adjusting the reference wavelength of the laser beam based on the difference between the reference wavelength and the absolute wavelength of the laser beam, at an interval shorter than an interval for which the absolute wavelength of the laser beam is measured.
US09647406B2	Laser unit and extreme ultraviolet light generating system There is provided a laser unit that may include a master oscillator, a laser amplifier, and an adjuster. The master oscillator may be configured to output a laser light beam. The laser amplifier may be disposed in a light path of the laser light beam outputted from the master oscillator. The adjuster may be disposed in the light path of the laser light beam, and may be configured to adjust a beam cross-sectional shape of the laser light beam amplified by the laser amplifier to be a substantially circular shape. The beam cross-sectional shape may be at a beam waist of the laser light beam or in the vicinity of the beam waist of the laser light beam, and may be in a plane orthogonal to a light path axis.
US09647405B2	Method of machining a flat harness using a punching machine A flat harness is machined by providing a punching machine that includes a first punching device and a second device, and forming different types of hole portions in the shape on the insulating portion of the flat harness in a die cutting process by using the first punching device and the second punching device.
US09647404B2	Brush holder apparatus and system A brush holder apparatus includes a stationary support member having at least one groove, and a fork electrical connector. The stationary support member has a conductive bar configured to pass through a portion of the stationary support member's main body. The conductive bar is configured to provide electrical conductivity with a collector mount and the fork electrical connector. A brush retainment member is configured to be releasably affixed to the stationary support member. The brush retainment member has at least one rail configured to slide along the at least one groove, and a knife electrical connector configured to mate with the fork electrical connector. The stationary support member is configured for electrical connection to a collector mount and the brush retainment member is configured to retain at least one brush.
US09647398B2	Dual orientation electronic connector A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. Each individual contact in the first plurality of contacts is electrically connected within the tab or body to a corresponding contact in the second plurality of contacts. In some embodiments contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are directly opposite each other are coupled together. In some other embodiments, contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are in a cater cornered relationship with each other are coupled together. The first plurality of contacts are symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab is shaped to have 180 degree symmetry so that it can be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two insertion orientations.
US09647395B2	Electrical connector assembly with improved ground terminals An electrical connector for high-frequency transmission comprises an elongate insulative housing including a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to each other, and a pair of end walls respectively connecting two ends thereof, and a receiving cavity surrounded thereby; a terminal assembly received in the top wall and the bottom wall respectively, and stacked in an up-to-down direction; and a metal case enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the terminal assembly includes a signal terminal group, and a ground terminal group including a first contact portion and a second contact portion, wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are arranged in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both the up-to-down direction and the elongate direction, and respectively protruding into the receiving cavity.
US09647380B2	Connector A connector 1 connecting an inverter and a motor includes an inverter case 10 where the inverter is arranged, an inverter side terminal block 30 mounted on the inverter case 10, an inverter side terminal disposed on the inverter side terminal block 30, a motor case where the motor is arranged, a motor side terminal block 40 mounted on the motor case 20, a motor side terminal disposed on the motor side terminal block 40 and fit to the inverter side terminal 32 such that the inverter case 10 is opposite the motor side terminal block 40, and a second sealing member S2 arranged between the inverter case 10 and the motor side terminal block 40 to surround a connection portion of the inverter side terminal 32 and the motor side terminal 42 and configured to seal a space between the inverter case 10 and the motor side terminal block 40.
US09647370B2	Connector It is aimed to maximally suppress the inclination of a terminal fitting in a terminal accommodating chamber. A connector includes a terminal fitting having a wire connecting portion connected to an end of a wire, a housing having a terminal accommodating chamber into which the terminal fitting is to be inserted from behind, and a sleeve fitted on a rear side of the terminal fitting while surrounding the wire connecting portion of the terminal fitting and functioning to retain the terminal fitting by locking both front and rear end parts to the terminal fitting and a wall surface of the terminal accommodating chamber. An inclination regulating portion configured to regulate such inclination of the terminal fitting relative to the sleeve as to incline axial lines of the terminal fitting and the sleeve relative to each other is provided near a fitting part of the terminal fitting and the sleeve.
US09647369B2	Electrical receptacle connector An electrical receptacle connector includes a first insulated member and a second insulated member that are received in a metallic shell. A plurality of first receptacle terminals and a plurality of second receptacle terminals are respectively held in the first insulated member and the second insulated member. The first insulated member includes a tongue portion. The second insulated member includes a terminal positioning portion on the surface of the first insulated member. The surface of the terminal positioning portion and the surface of the tongue portion are at the same horizontal plane. A surface texture of the terminal positioning portion is different from a surface texture of the tongue portion.
US09647368B2	Terminals for electrical connectors A female terminal for an electrical connector may generally include a socket with an opening for receiving a male terminal, a first pair of contacts, a second pair of contacts, a pair of crimping members, and positioning tabs. The socket may be defined by a pair of opposing sidewalls, a top, and a bottom, at least in examples where the socket is generally rectangular. The first and second pairs of contacts may be disposed along the pair of opposing sidewalls, projecting at least partially into the socket configured to contact and exert substantially the same normal force on a male terminal that is inserted into the socket. The pair of crimping members can be utilized to secure a wire to the female terminal, and the positioning tabs may be utilized to secure the female terminal within the electrical connector.
US09647367B1	Current restrictive spring-loaded electrical connection device In the present invention, a connector pin assembly for a high voltage (hv) connector used to connect a high voltage (hv) power supply to a cathode assemble of an X-ray tube is provided. The pin connector assembly includes a conductive outer cylinder adapted to be connected to a hv power supply, a conductive inner cylinder located at least partially within the outer cylinder, a biasing member disposed within the inner cylinder, a conductive plunger slidably disposed within and engaged with the inner cylinder and the biasing member and a non-conductive member disposed within the inner cylinder, the non-conductive member operable to restrict a current flowing through the connector pin along a path from the outer cylinder through the inner cylinder to the plunger, without contacting the biasing member.
US09647356B2	Eye-of-needle compliant pin A first connector includes a first plurality of eye-of-needle (EON) pins. Each EON pin of the first plurality includes two opposing spring arms. Each EON pin of the first plurality is configured to be received within a corresponding electrical via of a printed circuit board (PCB) such that the spring arms engage walls of the corresponding electrical via at a set of contact points. A second connector includes a second plurality of EON pins. Each EON pin of the second plurality includes two opposing spring arms. Each EON pin of the second plurality is configured to be received within a same corresponding electrical via of the PCB as a corresponding EON pin of the first plurality located at a same relative connector body location such that the spring arms engage the walls of the same corresponding electrical via at a different set of contact points.
US09647354B1	Terminal block splitter connector The invention relates to a terminal block splitter connector including an insulating housing, the first conductive metal component, the second conductive metal component, the first fixing component, the second fixing component, the first wire inlet group, the second wire inlet group, the first push button, and the second push button. The first and second push button match with the first and second conductive metal component for on-line and off-line control of the first and second conductive metal component. A conductive connection plate is installed on the bottom of the insulating housing for power connection of the first and second conductive metal component. The first and second pin group are respectively mounted on the bottom of the first and second conductive metal component. The first and second socket group are installed on the conductive connection plate and respectively correspond to the first and second pin group.
US09647335B1	Joint beamforming in point-to-point wireless communication networks A system for transmitting information between nodes in a point-to-point wireless communication system. The system includes a node with an antenna array and a beamformer that is controllable to orient a main lobe of the antenna array in a desired direction. A spacing of the plurality of antenna elements in the array is adjustable to control a direction of a grating lobe of the antenna array to complete a communication link with a node in the network. Signals are simultaneously transmitted in the direction of the main lobe and the grating lobe to different nodes in the network.
US09647332B2	Electronic device antenna with interference mitigation circuitry An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may be formed from peripheral conductive housing structures. An audio jack or other connector may be mounted in an opening in the peripheral conductive housing structures. The audio jack may overlap the antenna ground. Contacts in the audio jack may be coupled to an interference mitigation circuit. The interference mitigation circuit may include capacitors coupled to the ground and inductors coupled between the contacts and the capacitors. Radio-frequency signal blocking inductors may be coupled between the interference mitigation circuit and respective ports in an audio circuit.
US09647330B1	Whisker reinforced high fracture toughness ceramic tips for radomes A radome tip assembly has high fracture toughness due to a tip and a bushing fastener that attaches the tip to a radome where both the tip and bushing fastener are constructed from a mixture of aluminum oxide ceramic material and reinforcing silicon-carbide crystal whiskers and the radome is constructed of an oxide ceramic matrix composite material.
US09647326B1	High-efficiency broadband antenna A design for high-efficiency broadband antennas which includes a D-plate and an E-cylinder, electrically insulated from each other, the E-cylinder being above the D-plate, and both parts insulated from a ground plane. The E-cylinder and D-plate may be fed by distinct feed networks with adjustable impedance.
US09647325B2	Flexible artificial impedance surface antennas for automotive radar sensors A flexible, printable antenna for automotive radar. The antenna can be printed onto a thin, flexible substrate, and thus can be bent to conform to a vehicle body surface with compound curvature. The antenna can be mounted to the interior of a body surface such as a bumper fascia, where it cannot be seen but can transmit radar signals afield. The antenna can also be mounted to and blended into the exterior of an inconspicuous body surface, or can be made transparent and mounted to the interior or exterior of a glass surface. The antenna includes an artificial impedance surface which is tailored based on the three-dimensional shape of the surface to which the antenna is mounted and the desired radar wave pattern. The antenna can be used for automotive collision avoidance applications using 22-29 GHz or 76-81 GHz radar, and has a large aperture to support high angular resolution of radar data.
US09647318B2	Modular antenna system A modular reconfigurable indoor antenna is disclosed. The antenna may include a bottom piece, a top piece, and a plurality of vertical members. The top piece may include an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) reception element. The plurality of vertical members may be disposed between the bottom piece and the top piece and coupled therewith. At least one of the plurality of vertical members may include a Very High Frequency (VHF) reception element.
US09647317B2	Radio communication module Disclosed herein is a radio communication module, including: a printed circuit board provided with a receiving unit receiving a radio wave and provided with a via hole; an antenna including a connector which has a transmitting unit connected to the receiving unit formed thereat and forms a ring part outwardly bent at a tip thereof and forms a cut part at a circumference thereof so that the ring part is elastically deformed so as to be inserted and fastened into the via hole; a ground GND formed on the printed circuit board; and a discharge unit disposed between the receiving unit and the ground and including an ESD diode and a discharge line guiding electrostatic discharge (ESD) introduced from the outside to the ground.
US09647315B2	Directional coupler A directional coupler includes a multilayer structure formed by stacking a plurality of dielectric layers including first and second dielectric layers; a main line including first and second main line portions that are electrically connected in series to each other; and a sub line electromagnetically coupled with the main line, the sub line including first and second sub line portions that are electrically connected in series to each other. The first main line portion and the first sub line portion are provided on the first dielectric layer. The second main line portion and the second sub line portion are provided on the second dielectric layer. In planar view along a stacking direction, the first main line portion and the second sub line portion overlap one another, and the first sub line portion and the second main line portion overlap one another.
US09647304B2	Battery cooling structure including heat transfer sheet A battery cooling structure in which a heat transfer sheet that can be deformed by pressure is held between a cooling plate and a cooling surface of a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, and heat of the battery module is transferred from the cooling surface to the cooling plate via the heat transfer sheet to thus carry out cooling, wherein the cooling plate is a hollow member in which a cooling medium passage is formed for a cooling medium to flow, and the heat transfer sheet is formed so as to have a larger thickness in a middle part than in an outer peripheral part.
US09647303B2	Energy storage system preventing self from overheating, a method for preventing energy storage system from overheating and a method for forming a heat dissipation coating on energy storage system The present invention discloses an overheat prevention energy storage system preventing self from overheating, comprising a heat dissipating external surface, wherein at least a portion of the external surface is coated with at least one layer of heat dissipation coating of high emissivity. The present invention further discloses a method for preventing overheat of the energy storage system and a method for forming at least one layer of heat dissipation coating of high emissivity onto at least part of an external surface of the energy storage system or assemblies thereof.
US09647301B2	Battery monitoring apparatus A battery monitoring apparatus monitors a battery pack configured by a plurality of battery cells. The battery monitoring apparatus includes a main monitoring unit, a sub monitoring unit and a control unit. The main monitoring unit monitors a plurality of physical quantities indicating a battery state of the battery pack. The sub monitoring unit monitors a part of the physical quantities separately from the main monitoring unit. The control unit detects malfunction of the battery pack on the basis of at least one of a monitoring result of the main monitoring unit and a monitoring result of the sub monitoring unit.
US09647292B2	Battery cell assembly and method for manufacturing a cooling fin for the battery cell assembly A battery cell assembly having a cooling fin with a tube and a flexible thermally conductive sheet disposed on the tube is provided. The tube has first, second, and third tube portions. The sheet has first, second, and third sheet portions. The first and second sheet portions are disposed on at least the first and second tube portions, respectively, and the third sheet portion extends between the first and second tube portions. The assembly further includes a first clamping member clamping the first sheet portion to the first tube portion, and a second clamping member clamping the second sheet portion to the second tube portion. The assembly further includes a battery cell disposed against the third sheet portion.
US09647282B2	Method for controlling fuel cell system Provided is a method of controlling a fuel cell system including a stop command sensing process of sensing a stop command output when the fuel cell system stops, an anode pressure increasing process of increasing pressure so that the pressure of the anode reaches a first predetermined pressure value, and a stop-time discharge process of performing discharge by consuming oxygen remaining within an oxidant off-gas while driving an oxidant off-gas circulation pump.
US09647280B2	Fuel cell vehicle An object is to supply a sufficient amount of air to a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell vehicle when the fuel cell stack is mounted below a floor, the fuel cell stack configured to draw in air through an intake duct and discharge air to the exterior through an exhaust duct. An air introduction surface (26) faces upward or downward in a vehicle upper and lower direction, an intake passage portion (30) of the intake duct (28) extends along the air introduction surface (26) and vertical walls (31, 32) of left and right end portions of the fuel cell stack (11) while a pair of air introduction ports (33, 34) opens in left and right end portions of the intake passage portion (30), and an exhaust passage portion (39) of the exhaust duct (29) extends along an air discharge surface (27) and vertical walls (40, 41) of front and rear end portions of the fuel cell stack (11) while a pair of air discharge ports (42, 43) opens in front and rear end portions of the exhaust passage portion (39).
US09647277B2	Hydrolytically-stable hydrophilic coating for bipolar plates A method for forming a hydrolytically-stable hydrophilic coating on a fuel cell flow field plate comprises contacting a flow field plate with a titanium oxide sol to form a titanium oxide layer disposed upon the flow field plate. The coated flow field plate is subsequently contacted with a silicon oxide sol to form a silicon oxide/titanium oxide bilayer disposed upon the flow field plate. A flow field plate formed by the method is also provided.
US09647274B2	Method of making a proton exchange membrane using a gas diffusion electrode as a substrate One embodiment includes a method comprising providing a first catalyst coated gas diffusion media layer, depositing a wet first proton exchange membrane layer over the first catalyst coated gas diffusion media layer to form a first proton exchange membrane layer; providing a second catalyst coated gas diffusion media layer; contacting the second catalyst coated gas diffusion media layer, or second proton exchange membrane layer, with the first proton exchange membrane layer; and hot pressing together the catalyst coated diffusion layers and proton exchange membrane layer(s).
US09647267B2	Rechargeable copper-zinc cell A rechargeable cell comprising h combination a bipolar electrode, a zinc electrolyte, a copper electrolyte and metal-ion impermeable, polymer electrochemical membrane separator, wherein the zinc electrolyte and the copper electrolyte are separated from each other by the bipolar electrode on one side and by the membrane separator on the other side. A battery comprising at least one said rechargeable cell.
US09647258B2	Method for producing electrode covered with sodium metal A current collector is covered with sodium metal through: (1) applying a sodium dispersion containing sodium metal and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of an imide salt and a binder, on a current collector in an inert gas environment (with an oxygen concentration of not more than 0.01% and a dew point of not more than −10° C.), followed by heating and drying; (2) pressure bonding a piece of solid sodium metal having a surface which exhibits a metallic luster onto a current collector in the aforementioned inert gas environment; (3) vapor-depositing sodium metal on a current collector in a reduced pressure environment; or (4) immersing a current collector having a surface fired at a temperature ranging from 150 to 300° C. in molten sodium metal after removing a coating film which is generated on a surface and formed from impurities, in the aforementioned inert gas environment.
US09647255B2	Porous separation membrane, secondary battery using same, and method for manufacturing said secondary battery Provides are a porous separator that prevents a short-circuit between two electrodes by using a porous nanofiber web where nanofibers have a core-shell structure, to thereby promote safety and thinning simultaneously. The porous separator includes: a porous nonwoven fabric playing a support role and having micropores; and a porous nanofiber web that is laminated on one side of the porous nonwoven fabric, and plays a role of an adhesive layer and an ion-containing layer when the porous nanofiber web is in close contact with an opposed electrode, wherein a portion of the porous nanofiber web is incorporated in a surface layer of the porous nonwoven fabric, to thus partially block pores of the porous nonwoven fabric and to thereby lower porosity of the porous nonwoven fabric. The porous nanofiber web has nanofibers obtained by spinning a mixture of a swellable polymer and a non-swellable polymer to have a core-shell structure.
US09647254B2	Coated separator and one-step method for preparing the same In a one-step method for preparing a coated separator, a suspension of i) a ceramic, ii) a cermet, iii) a ceramic with an electrolyte, or iv) a cermet with an electrolyte in a carrier liquid is plasma sprayed without a carrier gas. The carrier liquid is water, alcohol, ethylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.
US09647252B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery pack with gas-releasing portion for transferring heat According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a case member, a negative electrode terminal, an electrode group, a negative electrode lead, a rupture member, and a gas releasing portion. The electrode group is provided in the case member, and includes positive and negative electrodes. The negative electrode lead electrically connects the negative electrode terminal to the negative electrode. The gas releasing portion is provided in the case member, is able to transfer a heat from the negative electrode lead and includes a zeolite-based porous material.
US09647244B2	Integration equipment for replacing an evaporation material and use method for the same An integration equipment for replacing an evaporation material and a use method thereof are provided. The integration equipment includes an evaporation chamber region, a material replacing chamber region, a valve door disposed between the evaporation chamber region and the material replacing chamber region, and for separating the above two regions, a substrate disposed inside the evaporation chamber region, and a material feeding door disposed at a side of the material replacing chamber region away from the valve door. Each of the evaporation chamber region and the material replacing chamber region includes a carrying platform, multiple evaporation sources disposed on the carrying platform, multiple exchanging devices for fixing and delivering the multiple evaporation sources, an independent vacuum-pumping device, and a heating device disposed inside the carrying platform. The equipment is capable of replacing and preheating an evaporation material without breaking vacuum of the evaporation chamber region to increase production efficiency.
US09647243B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a pixel part disposed in a display area of a base substrate, including a switching element connected to a signal line, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element and a common electrode that overlaps the pixel electrode, a plurality of fan-out lines disposed in a peripheral area of the base substrate that are connected to the signal line of the display area, a plurality of pads disposed in the peripheral area of the base substrate that are respectively connected to end portions of the fan-out lines, an organic layer that covers the switching element of the display area and that extends from the display area to a portion of the fan-out lines, and an electrode pattern that overlaps the fan-out lines in a boundary portion of the organic layer.
US09647239B2	Electroluminescent device The invention relates to an electroluminescent device (10) comprising a layer system with a substrate (40) and on top of the substrate (40) a substrate electrode (20), a counter electrode (30) and an electroluminescent layer stack with at least one organic electroluminescent layer (50) arranged between the substrate electrode (20) and the counter electrode (30), characterized in that at least one optical transparent outcoupling body (71) is provided on top of the substrate electrode (20) to increase the outcoupling of light generated by the at least one organic electroluminescent layer (50) at least partly covering the optical transparent outcoupling body (71). The invention further relates to a method to manufacture such a device.
US09647231B2	Electrical connection of an OLED device Disclosed is a method for the production of an organic light emitting device of the OLED type, the method including the following sequences of steps: a step of forming a stack of layers on a substrate; the stack including, successively and in the following order, a first electrode, an organic layer and a second electrode; a step of positioning a cover; a step of forming a connection pad. The method also includes: a step of fixing a first end of at least one elongated electrical connection member to an area of the connection pad covering a portion of the second face of the cover and a step of forming a layer of resist, the layer of resist being so configured as to preserve an electrical access to a second end of the elongated electrical connection member above the layer of resist.
US09647221B2	Organic light-emitting devices Organic electronic devices comprising a covalently bonded organic/inorganic composite layer. The composite layer may be formed by the reaction of a metal alkoxide with a charge transport compound having one or more hydroxyl groups. Examples of metal alkoxides that can be used include vanadium alkoxides, molybdenum alkoxides, titanium alkoxides, or silicon alkoxides. This composite layer can be used for any of the various charge conducting layers in an organic electronic device, including the hole injection layer.
US09647220B2	Organic multicolor light-emitting apparatus An organic electroluminescence multicolor light-emitting apparatus including: a substrate; and a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device being arranged in parallel relative to the surface of the substrate; wherein the first light-emitting device includes, between an anode and a cathode, a first organic layer, a second organic layer and a third organic layer in this sequence from the anode side in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the second light-emitting device includes, between an anode and a cathode, a second organic layer and a third organic layer in this sequence from the anode side in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the first organic layer includes a first emitting dopant, the third organic layer includes a second emitting dopant, and the second organic layers independently comprise any one of compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (6).
US09647219B1	N-doped nanocarbon materials and method for manufacturing the same Provided are nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots as pyrolysis product of fumaronitrile. The carbon quantum dots may be formed in such a manner that nitrogen may be doped in an amount of 3-10 wt % based on the total weight of the carbon quantum dots with no need for a separate doping process. As a result, the carbon quantum dots have excellent properties, such as optical property, electroconductivity and thermal safety, and thus may be useful for photocatalysts or organic solar cells, or the like.
US09647214B2	Organic electroluminescent element, compound for organic electroluminescent element, and light-emitting device, display device, and illumination device using said element An organic electroluminescent element using a compound represented by the following general formula (I) emits dark blue light and has a high effect of inhibition of voltage during high-luminance driving: wherein R1 to R6; E1 and E2; X1 and X2; and A1 to A8 are as defined herein.
US09647207B2	Resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure A resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell with a high κ layer based on a group-V oxide and hafnium oxide is provided. The RRAM cell includes a bottom electrode layer, a group-V oxide layer arranged over the bottom electrode layer, and a hafnium oxide based layer arranged over and abutting the group-V oxide layer. The RRAM cell further includes a capping layer arranged over and abutting the hafnium oxide based layer, and a top electrode layer arranged over the capping layer. A method for manufacturing the RRAM cell is also provided.
US09647204B2	Spin torque MRAM based on Co, Ir synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayer Magnetic memory devices having an antiferromagnetic reference layer based on Co and Ir are provided. In one aspect, a magnetic memory device includes a reference magnetic layer having multiple Co-containing layers oriented in a stack, wherein adjacent Co-containing layers in the stack are separated by an Ir-containing layer such that the adjacent Co-containing layers in the stack are anti-parallel coupled by the Ir-containing layer therebetween; and a free magnetic layer separated from the reference magnetic layer by a barrier layer. A method of writing data to a magnetic random access memory device having at least one of the present magnetic memory cells is also provided.
US09647199B2	Piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing piezoelectric device In a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric device, during an isolation formation step, a supporting substrate has a piezoelectric thin film formed on its front with a compressive stress film present on its back. The compressive stress film compresses the surface on a piezoelectric single crystal substrate side of the supporting substrate, and the piezoelectric thin film compresses the back of the supporting substrate, which is opposite to the surface on the piezoelectric single crystal substrate side. Thus, the compressive stress produced by the compressive stress film and that produced by the piezoelectric thin film are balanced in the supporting substrate, which causes the supporting substrate to be free of warpage and remain flat. A driving force that induces isolation in the isolation formation step is gasification of the implanted ionized element rather than the compressive stress to the isolation plane produced by the piezoelectric thin film.
US09647195B2	Multi-frequency ultra wide bandwidth transducer Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) arrays and techniques for frequency shaping in pMUT arrays are described, for example to achieve both high frequency and low frequency operation in a same device. The ability to operate at both high and low frequencies may be tuned during use of the device to adaptively adjust for optimal resolution at a particular penetration depth of interest. In embodiments, various sizes of piezoelectric membranes are fabricated for tuning resonance frequency across the membranes. The variously sized piezoelectric membranes are lumped together by two or more separate electrode rails, enabling independent addressing between the two or more subgroups of sized transducer elements. Signal processing of the drive and/or response signals generated and/or received from each of the two or more electrode rails may achieve a variety of operative modes for the device, such as a near field mode, a far field mode, and an ultra wide bandwidth mode.
US09647192B2	Solar concentrator assembly and methods of using same A solar concentrator assembly includes a tripod, a base, a reflective dish, a receptacle, and a thermoelectric module or a heat transfer module. The tripod includes legs and a top tripod connector coupled to top portions thereof. The base includes a rod coupled to the tripod; a bottom support structure coupled to the rod; a top support structure coupled to the bottom support structure; an extension coupled to the bottom support structure and the top support structure; and a cap with recesses mounted to the top support structure. The reflective dish includes support rods received within the recesses; a pliable material forms panels, wherein the support rods are inserted into seams between the panels; and a reflective material disposed on the pliable material. The receptacle is connected to the base and disposed within the reflective dish. The thermoelectric module or the heat transfer module is partially disposed within the receptacle.
US09647191B2	Method for thermal energy-to-electrical energy conversion An improved method and apparatus for thermal-to-electric conversion involving relatively hot and cold juxtaposed surfaces separated by a small vacuum gap wherein the cold surface provides an array of single charge carrier converter elements along the surface and the hot surface transfers excitation energy to the opposing cold surface across the gap through Coulomb electrostatic coupling interaction.
US09647190B2	Package for light emitting apparatus and light emitting apparatus including the same A light emitting apparatus includes a package and a first light emitting device. The package has a package bottom surface and defining recessed portion having a recessed portion bottom surface therein. The package includes a first leadframe, a second leadframe and resin portion. Each of the first and second leadframes has a leadframe upper surface which is partially exposed at the recessed portion bottom surface and a leadframe bottom surface exposed at the package bottom surface. The first light emitting device is mounted in the recessed portion. The first and second leadframes are spaced apart each other via an separation area having a bending portion and a liner portion connected to the bending portion and extended substantially straight along a boundary line between the first leadframe main body and the first leadframe extension portion at the package bottom surface.
US09647187B1	Multi-slice two-dimensional phased array assembly A two-dimensional phased array beam former comprising at least first and second chips having each top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface of the first chip being attached to the top surface of the second chip; the first and second chips having each an emitter side surface, the emitter side surfaces of the first and second chips facing a same direction and comprising each a plurality of emitters; wherein each of said first and second chips comprises at least one conductive post extending between said top and bottom surfaces; the at least one conductive post of the first chip being vertically aligned with and connected to the at least one conductive post of the second chip.
US09647177B2	Semiconductor optoelectronic device with an insulative protection layer and the manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure is to provide an optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device comprises a heat dispersion substrate; an insulative protection layer on the heat dispersion substrate, wherein the insulative protection layer comprises AlInGaN series material; and an optoelectronic unit comprising an epitaxial structure comprising multiple layers on the insulative protection layer, wherein at least one layer of the epitaxial structure comprises III-V group material devoid of nitride.
US09647173B2	Light emitting device (LED) having an electrode hole extending from a nonconductive semiconductor layer to a surface of a conductive semiconductor layer A light-emitting device comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer; a second conductive type semiconductor layer under the first conductive type semiconductor layer; an active layer between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a nonconductive semiconductor layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer and including a light extraction structure formed in the nonconductive semiconductor layer; a recess disposed from the nonconductive semiconductor layer to an upper portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer; a first electrode layer on the upper portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer; a second electrode layer under the second conductive type semiconductor layer.
US09647158B2	Photovoltaic sub-cell interconnects Photovoltaic sub-cell interconnect systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device comprises a thin film stack of layers deposited upon a substrate, wherein the thin film stack layers are subdivided into a plurality of sub-cells interconnected in series by a plurality of electrical interconnection structures; and wherein the plurality of electrical interconnection structures each comprise no more than two scribes that penetrate into the thin film stack layers.
US09647156B1	Heteroepitaxial growth of orientation-patterned materials on orientation-patterned foreign substrates A layered OP material is provided that comprises an OPGaAs template, and a layer of GaP on the OPGaAs template. The OPGaAs template comprises a patterned layer of GaAs having alternating features of inverted crystallographic polarity of GaAs. The patterned layer of GaAs comprises a first feature comprising a first crystallographic polarity form of GaAs having a first dimension, and a second feature comprising a second crystallographic polarity form of GaAs having a second dimension. The layer of GaP on the patterned layer of GaAs comprises alternating regions of inverted crystallographic polarity that generally correspond to their underlying first and second features of the patterned layer of GaAs. Additionally, each of the alternating regions of inverted crystallographic polarity of GaP are present at about 100 micron thickness or more. A method of forming the OPGaP is also provided.
US09647139B2	Atomic layer deposition sealing integration for nanosheet complementary metal oxide semiconductor with replacement spacer A semiconductor device including a gate structure present on at least two suspended channel structures, and a composite spacer present on sidewalls of the gate structure. The composite spacer may include a cladding spacer present along a cap portion of the gate structure, and an inner spacer along the channel portion of the gate structure between adjacent channel semiconductor layers of the suspended channel structures. The inner spacer may include a crescent shape with a substantially central seam.
US09647137B2	Oxide semiconductor, thin film transistor, and display device An object is to control composition and a defect of an oxide semiconductor, another object is to increase a field effect mobility of a thin film transistor and to obtain a sufficient on-off ratio with a reduced off current. A solution is to employ an oxide semiconductor whose composition is represented by InMO3(ZnO)m, where M is one or a plurality of elements selected from Ga, Fe, Ni, Mn, Co, and Al, and m is preferably a non-integer number of greater than 0 and less than 1. The concentration of Zn is lower than the concentrations of In and M. The oxide semiconductor has an amorphous structure. Oxide and nitride layers can be provided to prevent pollution and degradation of the oxide semiconductor.
US09647136B2	Thin film transistor, thin film transistor panel, and method for manufacturing the same A Thin Film Transistor (TFT) includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate a first source electrode and a first drain electrode spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor layer, a channel area disposed in the semiconductor layer between the first source electrode and the first drain electrode, an etching prevention layer disposed on the channel area, the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode and a second source electrode in contact with the first source electrode, and a second drain electrode in contact with the first drain electrode.
US09647134B2	Thin-film transistor and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a thin-film transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer formed on a part of a substrate, a first gate insulator film of a silicon dioxide film formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and by the CVD method with a silane-based source gas, a second gate insulator film of a silicon dioxide film formed on the first gate insulator film by the CVD method with a TEOS source gas, and a gate electrode formed on the second gate insulator film.
US09647132B2	Semiconductor device and memory device A semiconductor device that can measure a minute current. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a node, and a capacitor. The first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The node is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor and a first terminal of the capacitor. The node is brought into an electrically floating state by turning off the first transistor after a potential V0 is supplied. Change in a potential VFN of the node over time is expressed by Formula (1). In Formula (1), t is elapsed time after the node is brought into the electrically floating state, τ is a constant with a unit of time, and β is a constant greater than or equal to 0.4 and less than or equal to 0.6. V FN ⁡ ( t ) = V 0 × ⅇ - ( t τ ) β ( 1 )
US09647124B2	Semiconductor devices with graphene nanoribbons Semiconductor devices with graphene nanoribbons and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming at least one layer of Si material on a substrate. The method further includes forming at least one layer of carbon based material adjacent to the at least one layer of Si. The method further includes patterning at least one of the at least one layer of Si material and the at least one layer of carbon based material. The method further includes forming graphene on the patterned carbon based material.
US09647123B1	Self-aligned sigma extension regions for vertical transistors A semiconductor structure including vertical transistors is provided in which a sigma shaped source/drain extension region is formed between a top faceted surface of a first region of an epitaxial semiconductor channel material and a bottom faceted surface of a second region of the epitaxial semiconductor channel material. The sigma shaped source/drain extension region is formed after formation of a functional gate structure on each side of an epitaxial semiconductor channel material by first removing a sacrificial bottom spacer layer of a bottom spacer material stack, performing a sigma etch on an exposed lower portion of the epitaxial semiconductor channel material to provide the first region of epitaxial semiconductor channel material and the second region of the epitaxial semiconductor channel material, and then epitaxially growing the sigma shaped source/drain extension region from the faceted surfaces of the first and second regions of epitaxial semiconductor channel material.
US09647117B2	Apparatus and method for forming semiconductor contacts A method comprises forming a fin structure over a substrate, wherein the fin structure comprises a channel connected between a drain region and a source region, depositing a semiconductor layer in an amorphous state over the drain region and the source region at a first temperature and performing a solid phase epitaxial regrowth process on the semiconductor layer at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
US09647112B1	Fabrication of strained vertical P-type field effect transistors by bottom condensation A method of forming a strained vertical p-type field effect transistor, including forming a counter-doped layer at a surface of a substrate, forming a source/drain layer on the counter-doped layer, forming one or more vertical fins on the source/drain layer, removing a portion of the source/drain layer to form one or more bottom source/drains below each of the one or more vertical fins, reacting an exposed portion of each of the one or more bottom source/drains with a reactant to form a disposable layer on opposite sides of each bottom source/drain and a condensation layer between the two adjacent disposable layers, and removing the disposable layers.
US09647104B2	Group III-nitride-based enhancement mode transistor having a heterojunction fin structure A Group III-nitride-based enhancement mode transistor having a heterojunction fin structure and a corresponding semiconductor device are described.
US09647102B2	Field effect transistor A field effect transistor includes a substrate; a first semiconductor layer, disposed over the substrate; a second semiconductor layer, disposed over the first semiconductor layer, wherein an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas; a p+ III-V semiconductor layer, disposed over the second semiconductor layer; and a depolarization layer, disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the p+ III-V semiconductor layer, wherein the depolarization layer includes a metal oxide layer.
US09647086B2	Early PTS with buffer for channel doping control A method of performing an early PTS implant and forming a buffer layer under a bulk or fin channel to control doping in the channel and the resulting bulk or fin device are provided. Embodiments include forming a recess in a substrate; forming a PTS layer below a bottom surface of the recess; forming a buffer layer on the bottom surface and on side surfaces of the recess; forming a channel layer on and adjacent to the buffer layer; and annealing the channel, buffer, and PTS layers.
US09647082B2	Diodes with multiple junctions A diode includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface; a first contact region disposed at the surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a first conductivity type; and a second contact region disposed at the surface, laterally spaced from the first contact region, and having a second conductivity type. The diode also includes a buried region disposed in the semiconductor substrate vertically adjacent to the first contact region, having the second conductivity type, and electrically connected with the second contact region; and an isolation region disposed at the surface between the first and second contact regions. The diode also includes a separation region disposed at the surface between the first contact region and the isolation region, the separation region formed from a portion of a first well region disposed in the semiconductor substrate that extends to the surface.
US09647080B2	Schottky device and method of manufacture A Schottky device includes a barrier height adjustment layer in a portion of a semiconductor material. In accordance with an embodiment, the Schottky device is formed from a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type which has a barrier height adjustment layer of a second conductivity type that extends from a first major surface of the semiconductor material into the semiconductor material a distance that is less than a zero bias depletion boundary. A Schottky contact is formed in contact with the doped layer.
US09647072B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device A silicon carbide semiconductor device has a silicon carbide substrate, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. Silicon carbide substrate includes a first impurity region having a first conductivity type, a well region being in contact with the first impurity region and having a second conductivity type which is different from the first conductivity type, and a second impurity region separated from the first impurity region by the well region and having the first conductivity type. The gate insulating film is in contact with the first impurity region and the well region. The gate electrode is in contact with the gate insulating film and is arranged opposite to the well region with respect to the gate insulating film. A specific on-resistance at a voltage which is half a gate driving voltage applied to the gate electrode is smaller than twice the specific on-resistance at the gate driving voltage.
US09647071B2	FINFET structures and methods of forming the same FinFETs and methods of forming finFETs are described. According to some embodiments, a structure includes a channel region, first and second source/drain regions, a dielectric layer, and a gate electrode. The channel region includes semiconductor layers above a substrate. Each of the semiconductor layers is separated from neighboring ones of the semiconductor layers, and each of the semiconductor layers has first and second sidewalls. The first and second sidewalls are aligned along a first and second plane, respectively, extending perpendicularly to the substrate. The first and second source/drain regions are disposed on opposite sides of the channel region. The semiconductor layers extend from the first source/drain region to the second source/drain region. The dielectric layer contacts the first and second sidewalls of the semiconductor layers, and the dielectric layer extends into a region between the first plane and the second plane. The gate electrode is over the dielectric layer.
US09647067B1	FinFET and fabrication method thereof Present embodiments provide for a FinFET and fabrication method thereof. The fabrication method includes two selective etching processes to form the channel. The FinFET includes a substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) layer, a buffer layer, an III-V group material, a high-K dielectric layer and a conductor material. The STI is formed on the substrate with a trench. The buffer layer is formed on the substrate in the trench. The III-V group material is formed on the buffer layer in vertical stacked bowl shape. The high-K dielectric layer is formed on the STI layer and surrounding the III-V group material. The conductor material is formed surrounding the high-K dielectric layer as a gate electrode.
US09647064B2	Semiconductor device and related electronic device A semiconductor device may include the following elements: a first n-type region; a second n-type region; a p-type region, which directly contacts each of the first n-type region and the second n-type region; a first p-type portion, which directly contacts the first n-type region; a first n-type portion, which directly contacts each of the first n-type region and the p-type region; a first electrode, which is electrically connected to each of the first p-type portion and the first n-type portion; a second p-type portion, which directly contacts the second n-type region; a second n-type portion, which directly contacts each of the second n-type region and the p-type region; and a second electrode, which is electrically connected to each of the second p-type portion and the second n-type portion.
US09647058B2	Diode A diode having excellent switching characteristics is provided. A diode includes a silicon carbide substrate, a stop layer, a drift layer, a guard ring, a Schottky electrode, an ohmic electrode, and a surface protecting film. At a measurement temperature of 25° C., a product R•Q of a forward ON resistance R of the diode and response charges Q of the diode satisfies relation of R•Q≦0.24×Vblocking2. The ON resistance R is found from forward current-voltage characteristics of the diode. A reverse blocking voltage Vblocking is defined as a reverse voltage which produces breakdown of the diode. The response charges Q are found by integrating a capacitance (C) obtained in reverse capacitance-voltage characteristics of the diode in a range from 0 V to Vblocking.
US09647056B2	Semiconductor devices including a support for an electrode and methods of forming semiconductor devices including a support for an electrode Semiconductor devices are provided. Each of the semiconductor devices may include a plurality of electrodes. Moreover, each of the semiconductor devices may include a supporting pattern connected to sidewalls of the plurality of electrodes. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided. For example, the methods may include forming the supporting pattern before forming the plurality of electrodes.
US09647048B2	Capacitor structures for display pixel threshold voltage compensation circuits A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. Each display pixel may have a light-emitting diode that emits light under control of a thin-film drive transistor. Each display pixel may have thin-film transistors and capacitor structures that form a circuit for compensating the drive transistor for threshold voltage variations. The capacitor structures may be formed from interleaved stacked conductive plates. The conductive plates may be formed from layers of material that are used in forming the drive transistor and other thin-film transistors such as a semiconductor layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a third metal layer, and interposed dielectric layers.
US09647045B2	Transparent display substrates, transparent display devices and methods of manufacturing transparent display devices A transparent display substrate, a transparent display device, and a method of manufacturing a transparent display device, the substrate including a base substrate including a pixel area and a transmission area; a pixel circuit on the pixel area of the base substrate; an insulation layer covering the pixel circuit on the base substrate; a pixel electrode selectively disposed on the pixel area of the base substrate, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the pixel circuit at least partially through the insulation layer; and a transmitting layer structure selectively disposed on the transmission area of the base substrate, the transmitting layer structure including at least an inorganic material, the inorganic material consisting essentially of silicon oxynitride.
US09647039B1	Array substrate, display panel, display device, and fabrication method thereof An array substrate includes a plurality of first pixel-unit columns and a plurality of second pixel-unit columns repeatedly alternating with each other along a first direction. The first pixel-unit column includes a plurality of first pixel-unit groups and a plurality of second pixel-unit groups repeatedly alternating with each other along a second direction. The second pixel-unit column includes a plurality of third pixel-unit groups and a plurality of fourth pixel-unit groups repeatedly alternating with each other along the second direction. Each of the first pixel-unit group, the second pixel-unit group, the third pixel-unit group, and the fourth pixel-unit group includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged into a matrix. The first pixel-unit group and the second pixel-unit group have same quantities of rows and columns in one matrix. The third pixel-unit group and the fourth pixel-unit group have same quantities of rows and columns in one matrix.
US09647036B2	Resistive random-access memory with implanted and radiated channels Resistive RAM (RRAM) devices having increased uniformity and related manufacturing methods are described. Greater uniformity of performance across an entire chip that includes larger numbers of RRAM cells can be achieved by uniformly creating enhanced channels in the switching layers through the use of radiation damage. The radiation, according to various described embodiments, can be in the form of ions, electromagnetic photons, neutral particles, electrons, and ultrasound.
US09647034B2	Magnetoresistive memory device and manufacturing method of the same According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive memory device includes a stacked layer structure includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer provided on the first magnetic layer, which is opposite the nonmagnetic layer. The third magnetic layer includes a first magnetic material portion and a second magnetic material portion provided between the stacked layer structure and the first magnetic material portion. The saturation magnetization of the second magnetic material portion is smaller than that of the first magnetic material portion.
US09647032B2	Spin-orbitronics device and applications thereof The present invention is directed to a spin-orbitronics device including a magnetic comparison layer structure having a pseudo-invariable magnetization direction; a magnetic free layer structure whose variable magnetization direction can be switched by a switching current passing between the magnetic comparison layer structure and the magnetic free layer structure; an insulating tunnel junction layer interposed between the magnetic comparison layer structure and the magnetic free layer structure; and a non-magnetic transverse polarizing layer formed adjacent to the magnetic comparison layer structure. The pseudo-invariable magnetization direction of the magnetic comparison layer structure may be switched by passing a comparison current through the transverse polarizing layer along a direction that is substantially parallel to a layer plane of the transverse polarizing layer. The pseudo-invariable magnetization direction of the magnetic comparison layer structure is not switched by the switching current. The variable magnetization direction of the magnetic free layer structure is not switched by the comparison current.
US09647024B2	Solid state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid state imaging device including: a pixel region that is formed on a light incidence side of a substrate and to which a plurality of pixels that include photoelectric conversion units is arranged; a peripheral circuit unit that is formed in a lower portion in the substrate depth direction of the pixel region and that includes an active element; and a light shielding member that is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit unit and that shields the incidence of light, emitted from an active element, to the photoelectric conversion unit.
US09647022B2	Multi-layer structure for high aspect ratio etch The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a masking structure having a trench with a high aspect ratio, and an associated structure. In some embodiments, the method is performed by forming a first material over a substrate. The first material is selectively etched and a second material is formed onto the substrate at a position abutting sidewalls of the first material, resulting in a pillar of sacrificial material surrounded by a masking material. The pillar of sacrificial material is removed, resulting in a masking layer having a trench that extends into the masking material. Using the pillar of sacrificial material during formation of the trench allows the trench to have a high aspect ratio. For example, the sacrificial material allows for a plurality of masking layers to be iteratively formed to have laterally aligned openings that collectively form a trench extending through the masking layers.
US09647013B2	Manufacturing method of TFT array substrate Embodiments of the invention provide a manufacturing method of a TFT array substrate. The TFT array substrate is formed to comprise a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixel units defined by intersecting these scanning lines and these data lines with each other. Each of the pixel units comprises a TFT and a pixel electrode. The TFT is formed to comprise a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a metal oxide semiconductor layer used as an active layer, an etch stopping layer formed on a portion of the surface of the metal oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode. In this method, the metal oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed by a same patterning process.
US09647012B1	TFT array substrate and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a TFT array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, forming a class structure of graphene-like two-dimensional layered semiconductor material on a base substrate and transferring the class structure of graphene-like two-dimensional layered semiconductor material on the designated position of the soft substrate to be a semiconductor active layer of the array substrate, therefore the semiconductor active layer of the TFT array substrate of the present disclosure uses a class structure of graphene-like two-dimensional layered semiconductor material to makes the array substrate having the advantage of higher electron mobility and mechanical property, excellent flexural resistance and reducing thickness of the substrate greatly.
US09647011B2	Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a thin film transistor array panel. The thin film transistor array panel includes: an insulation substrate including a display area with a plurality of pixels and a peripheral area around the display area; a gate line and a data line positioned in the display area of the insulation substrate; a first driving signal transfer line and a second driving signal transfer line positioned in the peripheral area of the insulation substrate; a first insulating layer positioned on the gate line and the data line; and a first photosensitive film positioned on the first driving signal transfer line and the second driving signal transfer line, in which the first photosensitive film is disposed only in the peripheral area.
US09647006B2	Light shielding pattern pixel structure having a one side overlapping scan line An active device of a pixel structure includes a semiconductor layer, an insulation layer covering the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode disposed on the insulation layer and electrically connected to a scan line, a protection layer covering the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to a source region and a drain region of the semiconductor layer. A channel region is disposed between the source region and the drain region. A source lightly doped region is disposed between the channel region and the source region. A drain lightly doped region is disposed between the channel region and the drain region. The light shielding pattern shields the source region, the drain region, the source lightly doped region and the drain lightly doped region. The light shielding pattern is overlapped with one side of the scan line and not overlapped with another side of the scan line.
US09647004B2	Display A display is disclosed. The display includes a display panel including pixel units in an image-displaying region. Each of the pixel units includes an AND gate and a pixel electrode electrically connected to an output terminal of the AND gate.
US09647002B2	Array substrate, manufacture method thereof, and display device with the array substrate An array substrate, a manufacture method thereof, and a display device with the array substrate are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate; a first gate scanning line; a first gate insulating layer; an active layer; a date scanning line; a pixel electrode formed in a pixel unit defined by the first gate scanning line and the data scanning line and over the data scanning line; and a second gate scanning line formed over or below the first gate scanning line. The second gate scanning line is substantially overlapped with the first gate scanning line in a stacking direction of the array substrate, and is arranged to be insulated from the first gate scanning line, the active layer, the data scanning line, and the pixel electrode, respectively.
US09646995B2	FFS array substrate and liquid crystal display device having the same An FFS array substrate and a liquid crystal display device having the same are disclosed. The FFS array substrate includes a substrate, first metal layer, a first insulated layer, a second metal layer, a second insulated layer, a transparent electrode layer, a third insulated layer and a common-electrode layer. The common-electrode layer includes a common-electrode line having a low resistivity and a transparent common electrode. The FFS array substrate ensures the stability of electrical potential on common electrode and enhances the display effect of the liquid crystal display device.
US09646989B1	Three-dimensional memory device According to one embodiment, the plurality of contact vias extend in the stacking direction in the insulating layer, and are in contact with the end parts of the electrode layers. The plurality of second columnar parts extend in the stacking direction in the second stacked part, and include a plurality of second semiconductor bodies being different in length in the stacking direction.
US09646987B2	Semiconductor memory device and production method thereof A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises a memory cell array including a stacked body and a semiconductor film, the stacked body including first layers stacked in a third direction, the semiconductor film having a side surface facing the first layers, and the semiconductor film extending in the third direction. The stacked body has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first end which is an end in a first direction, and the first portion having the semiconductor film disposed therein, and a second portion being positioned on a side of the first end of the first portion, and the second portion having disposed therein a connecting line that contacts one of the first layers and extends in the third direction. The second portion has a projecting portion that projects further in the second direction than the first portion.
US09646979B2	Non-volatile semiconductor storage device To propose a non-volatile semiconductor memory device capable of injecting charge into a floating gate by source side injection even in a single-layer gate structure. In a non-volatile semiconductor memory device (1), while each of the memory transistor (MGA1) and the switch transistor (SGA) is made to have a single-layer gate structure, when a selected memory cell (3a) is turned on by applying a high voltage to one end of a memory transistor (MGA1) from a source line (SL) during data programming and applying a low voltage to one end of the switch transistor (SGA) from a bit line (BL1), a voltage drop occurs in a low-concentration impurity extension region (ET2) in the memory transistor (MGA1) between the source line (SL) and the bit line (BL1) to generate an intense electric field, and charge can be injected into the floating gate (FG) by source side injection using the intense electric field.
US09646977B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same A nonvolatile memory device includes a floating gate formed over a substrate; a contact plug formed on a first side of the floating gate and disposed parallel to the floating gate with a gap defined therebetween; and a spacer formed on a sidewall of the floating gate and filling the gap, wherein the contact plug and the floating gate have a sufficiently large overlapping area to enable the contact plug to operate as a control gate for the floating gate.
US09646975B2	Lateral stack of cobalt and a cobalt-semiconductor alloy for control gate electrodes in a memory structure An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. Memory stack structures and a backside trench are formed through the alternating stack. Backside recesses are formed by removing the sacrificial material layers through the backside trench selective to the insulating layers. A cobalt portion is formed in each backside recess. A cobalt-semiconductor alloy portion can be formed on each cobalt portion by depositing a semiconductor material layer on the cobalt portions and reacting the semiconductor material with surface regions of the cobalt portions. A residual portion of the cobalt-semiconductor alloy formed above the alternating stack can be removed by an anisotropic etch or by a planarization process. A combination of a cobalt portion and a cobalt-semiconductor alloy portion within each backside recess can be employed as a word line of a three-dimensional memory device.
US09646967B2	Semiconductor device Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first fin portion and a second fin portion arranged on a substrate and extended in a first direction, the first fin portion and the second fin portion being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, a field insulating layer between the first fin portion and the second fin portion and having an upper surface thereof lower than an upper surface of the first fin portion, a first metal gate extended in a second direction on the first fin portion and a silicon gate extended in the second direction on the field insulating layer and contacting the field insulating layer.
US09646963B1	Integrated circuits with capacitors and methods for producing the same Integrated circuits and methods of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a substrate with an active layer overlying a buried insulator layer that in turn overlies a handle layer, where the active layer includes a first active well. A first source, a first drain, and a first channel are defined within the first active well, where the first channel is between the first source and the first drain. A first gate dielectric directly overlies the first channel, and a first gate directly overlies the first gate dielectric, where a first capacitor includes the first source, the first drain, the first channel, the first gate dielectric, and the first gate. A first handle well is defined within the handle layer directly underlying the first channel and the buried insulator layer.
US09646957B2	LED packaging structure having stacked arrangement of protection element and LED chip A light emitting diode (LED) packaging structure including a metal pad, an electric static discharge (ESD) protection element and an LED chip is provided. The metal pad has a first pad portion having a first top surface with a first concave configured thereon and a second pad portion having a second top surface with a second concave configured thereon. The ESD protection element has two first electrode portions respectively configured in the first concave and the second concave. The LED chip is located above the ESD protection element and has two second electrode portions respectively configured on the first top surface and the second top surface. A frame and a light emitting device having the frame that both include the above LED packaging structure are described herein. A light emitting device having an omni-directional light emitting effect is also described and includes the above LED packaging structure.
US09646950B2	Corrosion-resistant copper bonds to aluminum A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. A packaged semiconductor device is provided having copper ball bonds attached to aluminum pads. The packaged device is treated for at least one cycle at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to 270° C. for a period of time in the range from about 20 s to 40 s.
US09646945B2	Semiconductor device having solder joint and method of forming the same Provided is a semiconductor device having a high-reliability solder joint. The semiconductor device includes a high-temperature solder formed on a conductive pad. A low-temperature solder having a lower melting point than the high-temperature solder is formed on the high-temperature solder. A barrier layer is formed between the high-temperature solder and the low-temperature solder. An Sn content of the high-temperature solder is higher than that of the low-temperature solder.
US09646942B2	Mechanisms for controlling bump height variation The mechanisms for forming bumps on packaged dies and package substrates reduce variation of bump heights across the packaged dies and packaged substrates. Bumps are designed to have different widths to counter the higher plating current near edge(s) of dies or substrates. Bump sizes can be divided into different zones depending on the bump patterns and densities across the packaged die and/or substrates. Smaller bumps near edges reduce the thickness of plated film(s), which would have been thicker due to being near the edges. As a result, the bump heights across the packaged dies and/or substrates can be kept significantly constant and chip package can be properly formed.
US09646941B2	Semiconductor packaging device including via-in pad (VIP) and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a carrier and a metallic structure including a metallic member, a pad and a via portion; wherein the metallic member is disposed inside the carrier, the pad is configured for receiving a solder bump and is disposed on a surface of the carrier, the via portion is configured for electrically connecting the metallic member and the pad, and the via portion is disposed proximal to an end of the pad. Further, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a carrier, removing a portion of the carrier for forming a via extending a surface of the carrier to an interior of the carrier, filling the via by a conductive material, and disposing the conductive material on the surface of the carrier, wherein the via is disposed proximal to an end portion of the conductive material.
US09646939B2	Multilayer structure in an integrated circuit for damage prevention and detection and methods of creating the same Various embodiments facilitate die protection for an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, a multilayer structure is formed in multiple levels and along the edges of a die to prevent and detect damages to the die. The multilayer structure includes a support layer, a first plurality of dielectric pillars overlying the support layer, a metal layer that fills spaces between the first plurality of dielectric pillars, an insulation layer overlying the first plurality of dielectric pillars and the metal layer, a second plurality of dielectric pillars overlying the insulation layer, and a second metal layer that fills spaces between the second plurality of dielectric pillars.
US09646937B2	Packaging structure for thin die and method for manufacturing the same A packaging structure for thin die is provided. The packaging structure has a substrate, a thin die, a strengthening layer and an encapsulation body. The thin die is disposed on and electrically connected with the substrate; the strengthening layer is disposed on the thin die; and the encapsulation body is formed on the substrate and covers both the thin die and the strengthening layer. The strengthening layer can bear pressure or stress during the formation of the encapsulation body to protect the thin die. A method for manufacturing the packaging structure for the thin die is further provided to manufacture the above packaging structure for the thin die.
US09646932B2	Method for forming interconnect structure that avoids via recess A method for forming an interconnect structure includes forming a dielectric material layer on a semiconductor substrate. The dielectric material layer is patterned to form a plurality of vias therein. A first metal layer is formed on the dielectric material layer, wherein the first metal layer fills the plurality of vias. The first metal layer is planarized so that the top thereof is co-planar with the top of the dielectric material layer to form a plurality of first metal features. A stop layer is formed on top of each of the plurality of first metal features, wherein the stop layer stops a subsequent etch from etching into the plurality of the first metal features.
US09646929B2	Making an efuse A wafer chip and a method of designing the chip is disclosed. A first fuse is formed having a first critical dimension and a second fuse having a second critical dimension are formed in a layer of the chip. A voltage may be applied to burn out at least one of the first fuse and the second fuse. The first critical dimension of the first fuse may result from applying a first mask to the layer and applying light having a first property to the mask. The second critical dimension of the second fuse may result from applying a second mask to the layer and applying light having a second property to the mask.
US09646928B2	Semiconductor arrangement and formation thereof A semiconductor arrangement and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes a metal trace under at least a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer. The metal trace is connected to a ball connection by a first via in the first dielectric layer and second via in the second dielectric layer. The metal trace is connected to a test pad at a connection point, where the connection point is under the first dielectric layer. The metal trace under at least the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer has increased stability and decreased susceptibility to cracking in least one of the ball connection, the connection point, the first via or the second via as compared to a metal trace that is not under at least a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer.
US09646926B2	Wiring substrate and method of manufacturing the same A wiring substrate includes a first wiring layer including a first wiring part having a first wiring interval and a second wiring part having a second wiring interval wider than the first wiring interval, a metal plane layer formed on a portion of a first insulation layer formed on the first wiring layer, the first wiring part being located below the portion, a second insulation layer formed on the first insulation layer and the metal plane layer and having a first via hole and a second via hole, a second wiring layer formed on the second insulation layer and connected to the first wiring layer via a first via conductor formed in the first via hole, and a third wiring layer formed on the second insulation layer and connected to the metal plane layer via a second via conductor formed in the second via hole.
US09646925B2	Interconnect array pattern with a 3:1 signal-to-ground ratio An electronic device including a plurality of interconnects are orthogonally arranged in a grid pattern and evenly spaced by a first distance, the plurality of interconnects include: a first conductor pair with conductors arranged next to each other in a first direction, the first direction is oriented diagonally relative to the orthogonal grid pattern, a second conductor pair with conductors arranged next to each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, each conductor of the second conductor pair is spaced by the first distance from each signal conductor of the first conductor pair, and a third conductor pair with conductors arranged next to each other in a third direction substantially parallel to the first direction, each conductors of the third conductor pair is spaced by the first distance from one of the signal elements of the second conductor pair.
US09646924B2	Interposer, method for manufacturing interposer, and semiconductor device Electrodes pads formed on device surfaces connect semiconductor chips to through electrodes of an intermediate substrate. A flow path is formed inside the intermediate substrate. A cooling medium flows through the flow path. Stoppers are attached to an inner surface of the flow path. The stoppers include metal abutment members, respectively. An end of each pipe abuts against the counterpart abutment member. Solder connects the pipes to the abutment members.
US09646923B2	Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and packaged semiconductor devices Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and packaged semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate and conductive traces disposed over the substrate. Each of the conductive traces has a bottom region proximate the substrate and a top region opposite the bottom region. The top region has a first width and the bottom region has a second width. The second width is greater than the first width.
US09646918B2	Semiconductor device and method A semiconductor device and method utilizing a dummy structure in association with a redistribution layer is provided. By providing the dummy structure adjacent to the redistribution layer, damage to the redistribution layer may be reduced from a patterning of an overlying passivation layer, such as by laser drilling. By reducing or eliminating the damage caused by the patterning, a more effective bond to an overlying structure, such as a package, may be achieved.
US09646913B2	Thermal interface material on package A packaged assembly is disclosed, including thermal interface material dispensed on an organic package and methods of manufacturing. The method includes dispensing a thermal interface material (TIM) on an electronic assembly. The method further includes removing volatile species of the TIM, prior to lid placement on the electronic assembly. The method further includes placing the lid on the TIM, over the electronic assembly. The method further includes pressing the lid onto the electronic assembly.
US09646910B2	Integrated heat spreader that maximizes heat transfer from a multi-chip package In at least some embodiments, an electronic package to maximize heat transfer comprises a plurality of components on a substrate. A stiffener plate is installed over the components. The stiffener plate has openings to expose the components. A plurality of individual integrated heat spreaders are installed within the openings over the components. A first thermal interface material layer (TIM1) is deposited between the components and the plurality of individual integrated heat spreaders. In at least some embodiments, the thickness of the TIM1 is minimized for the components.
US09646906B2	Semiconductor package with printed sensor A method forming packaged semiconductor devices includes providing a completed semiconductor package having a die with bond pads coupled to package pins. Sensor precursors including an ink and a liquid carrier are additively printed directly on the die or package to provide precursors for electrodes and a sensing material between the sensor electrodes. Sintering or curing removes the liquid carrier such that an ink residue remains to provide the sensor electrodes and sensing material. The sensor electrodes electrically coupled to the pins or bond pads or the die includes a wireless coupling structure coupled to the bond pads and the method includes additively printing an ink then sintering or curing to form a complementary wireless coupling structure on the completed semiconductor package coupled to the sensor electrodes so that sensing signals sensed by the sensor are wirelessly transmitted to the bond pads after being received by the wireless coupling structure.
US09646904B2	Curable resin composition, and cured product of same The curable resin composition according to the present invention includes a polyorganosiloxane (A), a silsesquioxane (B), an isocyanurate compound (C), and a silane coupling agent (D). The polyorganosiloxane (A) is a polyorganosiloxane approximately devoid of aryl groups. The silsesquioxane (B) includes a ladder-like silsesquioxane. The curable resin composition has excellent heat resistance, transparency and flexibility. It offers superior reflow resistance and barrier properties to a corrosive gas.
US09646902B2	Paired edge alignment Among other things, one or more systems and techniques for scanner alignment sampling are provided. A set of scan region pairs are defined along a periphery of a sampling area associated with a semiconductor wafer. Alignment marks are formed within scan regions of the set of scan region pairs, but are not formed within other regions of the sampling area. In this way, scan region pairs are scanned to determine alignment factors for respective scan region pairs. An alignment for the sampling area, such as layers or masks used to form patterns onto such layers, is determined based upon alignment factors determined for the scan region pairs.
US09646899B2	Interconnect assemblies with probed bond pads An interconnect assembly includes a bond pad and an interconnect structure configured to electrically couple an electronic structure to the bond pad. The interconnect structure physically contacts areas of the bond pad that are located outside of a probe contact area that may have been damaged during testing. Insulating material covers the probe contact area and defines openings spaced apart from the probe contact area. The interconnect structure extends through the openings to contact the bond pad.
US09646898B2	Methods for treating a substrate by optical projection of a correction pattern based on a detected spatial heat signature of the substrate Techniques herein include systems and methods that provide a spatially-controlled or pixel-based projection of light onto a substrate to tune various substrate properties. A given pixel-based image projected on to a substrate surface can be based on a substrate signature. The substrate signature can spatially represent non-uniformities across the surface of the substrate. Such non-uniformities can include energy, heat, critical dimensions, photolithographic exposure dosages, etc. Such pixel-based light projection can be used to tune various properties of substrates, including tuning of critical dimensions, heating uniformity, evaporative cooling, and generation of photo-sensitive agents. Combining such pixel-based light projection with photolithographic patterning processes and/or heating processes improves processing uniformity and decreases defectivity. Embodiments can include using a digital light processing (DLP) chip, grating light valve (GLV), or other grid-based micro projection technology.
US09646895B2	Semiconductor package and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes providing a semiconductor chip including a circuit pattern, a connection pad, a first test pad and a second test pad, each of the connection pad, the first test pad and the second test pad respectively electrically connected to the circuit pattern, evaluating electrical characteristics of the semiconductor chip by applying a first test voltage to the first test pad and a second test voltage to the second test pad, the second test voltage being higher than the first test voltage, and electrically disconnecting the second test pad from the circuit pattern.
US09646885B1	Method to prevent lateral epitaxial growth in semiconductor devices by performing plasma nitridation process on Fin ends A method for preventing epitaxial growth in a semiconductor device is described. The method cuts the fins of a FinFET structure to form a set of exposed fin ends. A plasma nitridation process is performed to the set of exposed fin ends. The plasma nitridation process forms a set of nitride layer covered fin ends. Dielectric material is deposited over the FinFET structure. The dielectric is etched to reveal sidewalls of the fins and the set of nitride layer covered fin ends. The nitride layer prevents epitaxial growth at the set of spacer covered fin ends.
US09646879B2	Depression filling method and processing apparatus A depression filling method for filling a depression of a workpiece including a semiconductor substrate and an insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate includes: forming an impurity-doped first semiconductor layer along a wall surface which defines the depression; forming, on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer which is lower in impurity concentration than the first semiconductor layer and which is smaller in thickness than the first semiconductor layer; annealing the workpiece to form an epitaxial region at the bottom of the depression corresponding to crystals of the semiconductor substrate from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and etching the first amorphous semiconductor region and the second amorphous semiconductor region.
US09646878B2	Method for fabricating and manufacturing micro—and nano-fabricated devices and systems securely A method is disclosed for manufacturing integrated circuits, microelectronics, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), photonic, and any micro- and nano-fabricated devices and systems designs that allow these designs to be kept secure. The manufacturing of the devices in the substrates is performed in a traditional manner at a foundry that can be located anywhere in the world., The manufacturing at this foundry is stopped just before the fabrication of the first layer of electrical interconnects. At this stage, the semiconductor substrates with the devices, minus electrical interconnects, are sent back to the design organization (or their designated trusted foundry) to perform the fabrication of the electrical interconnects to complete the entire manufacturing process. Since the electrical interconnection wiring diagram is the critical component of the design, this de-coupling of the manufacturing allows the designs of the devices and systems to be kept secure and confidential.
US09646861B2	Heating plate with heating zones for substrate processing and method of use thereof A heating plate for use in a substrate support is configured to provide temperature profile control of a substrate supported on the substrate support in a vacuum chamber of a substrate processing apparatus. The heating plate includes an independently controllable heater zones operable to tune a temperature profile on an upper surface of the heating plate. The heater zones are each powered by two or more power lines wherein each power line is electrically connected to a different group of the heater zones and each respective heater zone is electrically connected to a different pair of power lines.
US09646860B2	Alignment systems and wafer bonding systems and methods Alignment systems, and wafer bonding alignment systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, an alignment system for a wafer bonding system includes means for monitoring an alignment of a first wafer and a second wafer, and means for adjusting a position of the second wafer. The alignment system includes means for feeding back a relative position of the first wafer and the second wafer to the means for adjusting the position of the second wafer before and during a bonding process for the first wafer and the second wafer.
US09646855B2	Semiconductor device with metal carrier and manufacturing method Semiconductor device including a metal carrier substrate. Above the carrier substrate a first semiconductor layer of Alx1Gay1Inz1N (x1+y1+z1=1, x1≧0, y1≧0, z1≧0) is formed. A second semiconductor layer of Alx2Gay2Inz2N (x2+y2+z2=1, x2>x1, y2≧0, z2≧0) is arranged on the first semiconductor layer and a gate region is arranged on the second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device furthermore includes a source region and a drain region, wherein one of these regions is electrically coupled to the metal carrier substrate and includes a conductive region extending through the first semiconductor layer.
US09646853B1	IC device having patterned, non-conductive substrate A patterned, non-conductive substrate for an integrated circuit (IC) package has a die side configured to receive a die and a lead side opposite the die side. A pattern formed in the substrate defines openings (e.g., holes, steps, grooves, and/or cavities) that extend between the die side and the lead side of the substrate. In the IC package, the openings are filled with conductive material (e.g., solder) that supports electrical connections between bond pads on the die and leads formed from the conductive material. The substrate can be used to form a relatively inexpensive, quad flat no-lead (QFN) IC package without using a metal lead frame and without bond wires.
US09646851B2	Embedded semiconductive chips in reconstituted wafers, and systems containing same A reconstituted wafer includes a rigid mass with a flat surface and a base surface disposed parallel planar to the flat surface. A plurality of dice are embedded in the rigid mass. The plurality of dice include terminals that are exposed through coplanar with the flat surface. A process of forming the reconstituted wafer includes removing some of the rigid mass to expose the terminals, while retaining the plurality of dice in the rigid mass. A process of forming an apparatus includes separating one apparatus from the reconstituted wafer.
US09646846B2	Method for producing a multilevel microelectronic structure A method for producing a multilevel microelectronic structure includes formation of a first layer, production of at least one second layer at least partially covering the first layer, and production of at least one microelectronic pattern on or in the second layer. The second layer is formed so as to generate a mechanical stress in it, the first layer forms, for the second layer, a support preventing relaxation of the stress. After the production of at least one microelectronic pattern, the method includes at least elimination of at least part of the first layer, thus making it possible to relax at least part of the mechanical stress on the second layer so that at least a portion of the second layer covering the eliminated part of the first layer moves, and fixing the moved portion of the second layer to a structure part that has remained fixed.
US09646842B1	Germanium smoothing and chemical mechanical planarization processes Method for chemical mechanical planarization is provided, which includes: forming a dielectric layer containing at least one opening, the dielectric layer is located on a substrate; epitaxially growing a germanium material within the at least one opening of the dielectric layer, the germanium material extending above a topmost surface of the dielectric layer; and planarizing the germanium material using at least one slurry composition to form coplanar surfaces of the germanium material and the dielectric layer, where a slurry composition of at least one slurry composition polishes the germanium material selective to the topmost surface of the dielectric layer, and includes an abrasive, at least one pH modulator, and an oxidizer, the at least one pH modulator including an acidic pH modulator, and lacking a basic pH modulator.
US09646840B2	Method for CMP of high-K metal gate structures A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate containing a front-end device and forming a dielectric layer on the substrate. The front-end device includes a first dummy gate in a first type metal gate transistor region, a second dummy gate in a second type metal gate transistor region, and a polysilicon gate in a polysilicon gate region. The method also includes removing a thickness of the first, second, and polysilicon gates and forming a protective layer on the polysilicon layer to protect the polysilicon layer during a CMP process, thereby improving the performance and yield of the semiconductor device.
US09646839B2	Ta based ohmic contact A method of forming an Ohmic contact including forming a Ta layer in a contact area of a barrier, forming a Ti layer on the first Ta layer, and forming an Al layer on the Ti layer, wherein the barrier layer comprises AlGaN having a 10% to 40% Al composition and a thickness in a range between 30 Å to 100 Å, and wherein the barrier layer is on a channel layer comprising GaN.
US09646837B2	Ion implantation method and ion implantation apparatus An ion implantation method includes transporting ions to a wafer as an ion beam, causing the wafer to undergo wafer mechanical slow scanning and also causing the ion beam to undergo beam fast scanning or causing the wafer to undergo wafer mechanical fast scanning in a direction perpendicular to a wafer slow scanning direction, irradiating the wafer with the ion beam by using the wafer slow scanning in the wafer slow scanning direction and the beam fast scanning of the ion beam or the wafer fast scanning of the wafer in the direction perpendicular to the wafer slow scanning direction, measuring a two-dimensional beam shape of the ion beam before ion implantation into the wafer, and defining an implantation and irradiation region of the ion beam by using the measured two-dimensional beam shape to thereby regulate the implantation and irradiation region.
US09646834B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device There are prepared a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface, and an adhesive tape having a third main surface and a fourth main surface, the first main surface having a maximum diameter of not less than 100 mm. The semiconductor substrate fixed to the third main surface of the adhesive tape is placed in an accommodation chamber. The accommodation chamber is evacuated while maintaining a temperature of the adhesive tape at not less than 100° C. An electrode is formed on the second main surface after the step of reducing the temperature of the semiconductor substrate. The step of evacuating the accommodation chamber includes a step of evacuating the accommodation chamber while maintaining the temperature of the adhesive tape at not less than 100° C. with a space being provided between the fourth main surface of the adhesive tape and the substrate holding unit.
US09646828B2	Reacted particle deposition (RPD) method for forming a compound semi-conductor thin-film A method is provided for fabricating a thin-film semiconductor device. The method includes providing a plurality of raw semiconductor materials. The raw semiconductor materials undergo a pre-reacting process to form a homogeneous compound semiconductor material. This pre-reaction typically includes processing above the liquidus temperature of the compound semiconductor. The compound semiconductor material is reduced to a particulate form and deposited onto a substrate to form a thin-film having a composition and atomic structure substantially the same as a composition and atomic structure of the compound semiconductor material.
US09646823B2	Semiconductor dielectric interface and gate stack A semiconductor/dielectric interface having reduced interface trap density and a method of manufacturing the interface are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method of forming a semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate and forming a termination layer on a top surface of the substrate. The termination layer includes at least one of hydrogen, deuterium, or nitrogen. The method further includes depositing a dielectric layer on the termination layer such that the depositing of the dielectric layer does not disrupt the termination layer. The termination layer may be formed by a first deposition process that deposits a first material of the termination layer and a subsequent deposition process that introduces a second material of the termination layer into the first material. The termination layer may also be formed by a single deposition process that deposits both a first material and a second material of the termination layer.
US09646822B2	Active regions with compatible dielectric layers A method to form a semiconductor structure with an active region and a compatible dielectric layer is described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor structure has a dielectric layer comprised of an oxide of a first semiconductor material, wherein a second (and compositionally different) semiconductor material is formed between the dielectric layer and the first semiconductor material. In another embodiment, a portion of the second semiconductor material is replaced with a third semiconductor material in order to impart uniaxial strain to the lattice structure of the second semiconductor material.
US09646820B2	Methods for forming conductive titanium oxide thin films The present disclosure relates to the deposition of conductive titanium oxide films by atomic layer deposition processes. Amorphous doped titanium oxide films are deposited by ALD processes comprising titanium oxide deposition cycles and dopant oxide deposition cycles and are subsequently annealed to produce a conductive crystalline anatase film. Doped titanium oxide films may also be deposited by first depositing a doped titanium nitride thin film by ALD processes comprising titanium nitride deposition cycles and dopant nitride deposition cycles and subsequently oxidizing the nitride film to form a doped titanium oxide film. The doped titanium oxide films may be used, for example, in capacitor structures.
US09646817B2	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.
US09646813B2	Mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a first quadrupole rod set mass filter, a collision cell, an ion mobility spectrometer or separator, an ion guide or collision cell arranged downstream of the ion mobility spectrometer or separator, a second quadrupole rod set mass filter and an ion detector.
US09646811B2	Miniaturized ion mobility spectrometer By utilizing the combination of a unique electronic ion injection control circuit in conjunction with a particularly designed drift cell construction, the instantly disclosed ion mobility spectrometer achieves increased levels of sensitivity, while achieving significant reductions in size and weight. The instant IMS is of a much simpler and easy to manufacture design, rugged and hermetically sealed, capable of operation at high temperatures to at least 250° C., and is uniquely sensitive, particularly to explosive chemicals.
US09646808B2	Cold plasma annular array methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus are described that use an array of two or more cold plasma jet ports oriented to converge at a treatment area. The use of an array permits greater tissue penetration by cold plasma treatments. This approach enables treatment of deeper infections of soft and hard tissues without surgical intervention. For example, this approach can treat sub-integumental infections, such as those common to joint replacements, without surgically opening the issues overlying the deeper infection.
US09646806B2	Plasma electrode device and method for manufacturing the same Provided are a plasma electrode device and a manufacturing method thereof. The plasma electrode device includes a first substrate including a first substrate main body having a first flow hole through which air flows and a first discharge electrode disposed on one surface of the first substrate main body and a second substrate disposed on one side of the first substrate, the second substrate including a second flow hole through which air flows and a second discharge electrode acting with the first substrate. The first substrate main body includes a ground electrode acting with the first or second discharge electrode to perform plasma discharge and a first insulator coupled to the ground electrode.
US09646801B2	Multilayer X-ray source target with high thermal conductivity In various embodiments, a multi-layer X-ray source target is provided having two or more layers of target material at different depths and different thicknesses. In one such embodiment the X-ray generating layers increase in thickness in relationship to their depth relative to the electron beam facing surface of the source target, such that X-ray generating layer further from this surface are thick than X-ray generating layers closer to the electron beam facing surface.
US09646793B2	Offset bus connection with field shaping and heat sink Method and apparatus for reducing the minimum clearance needed between an electrical conductor and ground in switchgear and similar electrical isolation equipment provide a bus-connector having an extended toroidal shape that is designed to allow the size of the switchgear cabinet to be reduced while complying with industry-standard performance requirements. The toroidal shaped bus-connector has mostly or only smooth and rounded surfaces so there are no hard or sharp edges or corners from which electrical discharge from/to ground or other conductors may occur. The shaped bus-connector also has an elongated body that produces an offset connection resembling a “Z,” which allows power buses and breaker terminals that do not vertically line up to connect.
US09646786B1	Hall principle-based LED lit mechanical keyboard switch The present invention relates to a Hall Principle-based LED lit mechanical keyboard switch comprising a keymodule, permanent magnet, housing, LED lamp, Hall switch, elastic strip, top cover and spring; the keymodule consists of a plunger and a slider, the plunger has a key on top and a first locating pole at bottom; the slider has magnet mounting slot on its side wall; a second locating pole is provided at the bottom center inside the housing, the second locating pole is provided with a guide hole at its center, and a LED lamp mounting hole is provided on one side in the housing; Hall switch mounting hole and plunger slideway are provided on the neighboring side next to the side of the housing on which LED lamp mounting hole is provided.
US09646771B2	Power storage element including positive electrode and negative electrode in the same plane over substrate and power storage device Disclosed is a power storage element including a positive electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode current collector layer which are arranged on the same plane. The power storage element further includes a positive electrode active material layer over the positive electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode active material layer over the negative electrode current collector layer. An electrolyte layer in contact with at least the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is provided. The electrolyte layer may be a solid electrolyte layer.
US09646766B2	Method of making dielectric capacitors with increased dielectric breakdown strength The invention is directed to a process for making a dielectric ceramic film capacitor and the ceramic dielectric laminated capacitor formed therefrom, the dielectric ceramic film capacitors having increased dielectric breakdown strength. The invention increases breakdown strength by embedding a conductive oxide layer between electrode layers within the dielectric layer of the capacitors. The conductive oxide layer redistributes and dissipates charge, thus mitigating charge concentration and micro fractures formed within the dielectric by electric fields.
US09646765B2	Coil winding device and winding method thereof The coil winding device includes a nozzle configured to feed a wire to wind the wire around the winding core to form a coil, a plurality of hook rods disposed in predetermined intervals around an end part of the winding core, the wire drawn out from an edge of the coil being configured to be hooked to each of the plurality of hook rods during a forming process of the coil, a winding core rotating mechanism configured to rotate the winding core together with the plurality of hook rods, a hook rod rotating mechanism configured to rotate the plurality of the hook rods, and a wire drawing-out mechanism configured to draw out the wire from the edge of the coil and hook the wire on the hook rods during the forming process of the coil.
US09646763B2	Contactless power transfer system A contactless inductively coupled power transfer system is provided including multiple pairs of power transmitter and power receiver coils and a power management module for controlling the supply of power to transmitter coils or the power supplied by the power receiver module to loads. The design is particularly suited for use in a wind turbine to supply power to the nacelle. The transmitter coils may be driven in phase at the same frequency or at different frequencies selected to avoid interaction between transmitter coils and the power transmitter module. The transmitter and receiver coils may be arranged in a traditional slip ring type configuration with adjacent coil pairs are physically spaced apart to avoid cross coupling with adjacent transmitter and receiver coil pairs shielded from each other. The power transmitter module may employ Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS).
US09646760B2	Common mode choke coil The present invention provides a common mode choke coil that has a higher coupling factor than that of a conventional common mode choke coil and that is easy to be assembled. A common mode choke coil according to the present invention includes a first coil portion 51 and a second coil portion 52 that are connected to each other in series, and a third coil portion 53 and a fourth coil portion 54 that are connected to each other in series. The first coil portion 51 and the second coil portion 52 are respectively disposed in the first quadrant and the third quadrant of an orthogonal coordinate system and housed in a first bobbin 8a, and the third coil portion 53 and the fourth coil portion 54 are respectively disposed in the fourth quadrant and the second quadrant of the orthogonal coordinate system and housed in a second bobbin 8b. The first bobbin 8a and the second bobbin 8b are fitted to each other, and thereby adjacent case portions of the two bobbins are bonded to each other.
US09646752B2	Magnetic field distribution control apparatus A magnetic field distribution control apparatus includes a rod portion, a coil disposed at one side of an upper surface of the rod portion, and a ferrite movably disposed within the coil and configured to produce a magnetic field.
US09646749B2	Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet The present invention proposes a method that can reduce the noise generated by a transformer core and the like when formed by laminations of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet in which core loss has been reduced by a magnetic domain refinement process. In this steel sheet, linear distortion extending with an orientation in which an angle formed with a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the steel sheet is an angle of 30° or less is periodic in the direction of rolling of the steel sheet, core loss (W17/50) is 0.720 W/kg or less, and magnetic flux density (B8) is 1.930 T. The volume of the closure domain arising in the distortion part is 1.00-3.00% of the total magnetic domain volume within the steel sheet.
US09646748B2	Resistive voltage divider made of a resistive film material on an insulating substrate A resistive voltage divider includes first and second resistors, which are electrically connected in series and are made of a resistive film material which is applied in the form of a trace onto an insulating substrate. The divider's voltage ratio has a value between ten and one million. To improve the accuracy of the voltage divider, the first and second resistors are made of the same resistive film material, have a trace length above a corresponding specific trace length, and have approximately the same trace width.
US09646743B2	High voltage bushing cover Bushing covers adapted to surround a bushing to protect the bushing and bushing connections from damage, which can be installed at distance using an insulated pole.
US09646742B2	Electricity transmission cooling system A method for cooling high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable comprising receiving a first flow of coolant at a first section of HTS cable and permitting the first flow of coolant to flow therethrough. The method also includes receiving a second flow of coolant at a second section of HTS cable and permitting the second flow of coolant to flow therethrough. The first section of HTS cable and said second section of HTS cable are coupled via a cable joint, the cable joint electrically connecting the first and second sections of HTS cable. The cable joint is in fluid communication with at least one refrigeration module. The cable joint includes at least one conduit configured to permit a third flow of coolant between the cable joint and the at least one refrigeration module through a coolant line separate from the first and second sections of HTS cable.
US09646733B2	Tracer wire product and method of manufacture of the same A tracer wire product for use in detection of underground utility line or routes includes: a metallic wire configured to conduct an electrical signal for detection by an aboveground signal detector; a tin coating formed over the metallic wire; a non-fibrous insulating jacket of polyethylene over the tin coating; a hot melt adhesive at least partially over the polyethylene jacket; a high tenacity woven polyester strength element with water blocking fibers being formed over the hot melt adhesive and the polyethylene jacket; and, an abrasion resistant HDPE outer jacket formed over the high tenacity woven polyester strength element to form one of a circular or oval cross-sectional shape. Further, an apparatus and method for manufacturing the tracer wire product includes a source of a substantially flat polyester woven material; a source of a metal wire material; and an elongated forming tool including an input base into which the substantially flat polyester woven material is fed. The elongated forming tool also includes an outlet member downstream of the input base and including a restricted passage for receiving the metal wire material, and concurrently folding the substantially flat polyester woven material about the metal wire material.
US09646731B2	X-ray radiation detector, CT system and related method A direct-converting x-ray radiation detector is disclosed for detecting x-ray radiation, in particular for use in a CT system. In an embodiment, the detector includes a semiconductor material used for detecting the x-ray radiation; at least one collimator; and at least one radiation source, to irradiate the semiconductor material with additional radiation. In at least one embodiment, the at least one collimator includes at least one reflection layer on a side facing the semiconductor material, on which the additional radiation is reflected to the semiconductor material. In another embodiment, a CT system including the direct-converting x-ray radiation detector, and a method for detecting incident x-ray radiation via a direct-converting x-ray radiation detector, in particular for use in a CT system, are disclosed.
US09646723B2	Thermoacoustic enhancements for nuclear fuel rods and other high temperature applications A nuclear thermoacoustic device includes a housing defining an interior chamber and a portion of nuclear fuel disposed in the interior chamber. A stack is disposed in the interior chamber and has a hot end and a cold end. The stack is spaced from the portion of nuclear fuel with the hot end directed toward the portion of nuclear fuel. The stack and portion of nuclear fuel are positioned such that an acoustic standing wave is produced in the interior chamber. A frequency of the acoustic standing wave depends on a temperature in the interior chamber.

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