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US09681899B2	Orthopedic derotation devices and methods of installation thereof Embodiments herein are generally directed to derotation systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal derotation procedures, as well as methods of installation. The derotation systems may include a plurality of derotation towers and clamp members.
US09681880B2	Device and method for operating a tool relative to bone tissue and detecting neural elements An apparatus for providing medical treatment includes a tool portion configured to operate relative to bone tissue, a handle portion to operate the tool portion, and a nerve monitoring system to detect neural elements. The tool portion includes an insulated shaft comprised of an electrically conductive member and a non-insulated tip. The shaft carries an electrical signal to the non-insulated tip. The handle portion, which is removably and operably connected to the tool portion, incorporates an operating system to rotationally operate the tool portion. Additionally, the nerve monitoring system is linked to the tip and is operable to detect a neural element as a function of a characteristic of the electrical signal on the tip. Upon detection of a neural element, the nerve monitoring system provides a signal to the operating system of the handle portion directing the operating system stop rotation of the tool portion.
US09681876B2	Methods and devices for endovascular embolization The present disclosure describes an occlusion device and methods of delivering the occlusion device. The occlusion device can include an expandable structure configured to move between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable structure can be configured to have an expansion ratio of at least about 5:1. Further, the occlusion device can be configured to prevent substantially all fluid from flowing past the occlusion device when the occlusion device is in the expanded configuration in the vessel.
US09681875B2	System and method for treating heart tissue Some embodiments of a system or method for treating heart tissue can include a control system and catheter device operated in a manner to intermittently occlude a heart vessel for controlled periods of time that provide redistribution of blood flow. In particular embodiments, the system and methods may be configured to monitor at least one input signal detected at a coronary sinus and thereby execute a process for determining a satisfactory time period for the occlusion of the coronary sinus. In further embodiments, after the occlusion of the coronary sinus is released, the control system can be configured to select the duration of the release phase before the starting the next occlusion cycle.
US09681871B2	Circular stapler mechanical lockout A surgical stapling device is disclosed including a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. The anvil assembly is translatable relative to the cartridge assembly between a spaced position, where the anvil assembly is spaced from the cartridge assembly, and an approximated position, where the anvil assembly is in close cooperative alignment with the cartridge assembly for clamping tissue disposed therebetween. A lockout sleeve is slidably supported on the cartridge assembly and translatable relative to the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly between a first position and a second position. The lockout sleeve is configured to engage the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly when the lockout sleeve is in the second position to inhibit translation of the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly from the spaced position to the approximated position.
US09681866B2	Suture locking device and methods A suture locking device includes a carrier member, a locking assembly, a suture path, and an actuator assembly. The locking assembly includes a first locking member having an outer surface portion, and a second locking member having an inner surface portion. The suture path is receptive of a suture and defined at least partially through the first locking member, between the outer and inner surface portions, and at least partially through the carrier member. The actuator assembly is operable to move the first and second locking members together to lock the suture relative to the lock assembly.
US09681864B1	Method and apparatus for transapical procedures on a mitral valve Apparatus and methods for performing a non-invasive procedure to repair a cardiac valve are described herein. In some embodiments, apparatus and methods are described herein for repairing a mitral valve using an edge-to-edge repair to secure the mitral valve leaflets. Implant securing devices are also described that can be used during a procedure to repair a mitral valve. In some embodiments, an implant securing device includes an outer member and an inner member movably disposed within the outer member. The inner member can be used to hold or secure a suture extending from an implant deployed on an atrial side of a leaflet of a mitral valve, and the outer member can be used to push or move a half hitch knot toward a ventricular side of the leaflet, which can be used to secure the implant in the desired position.
US09681859B2	Magnetic navigation system with soft magnetic core electromagnets for operation in the non-linear regime A magnetic manipulation and navigation system for moving a magnetic element through a body comprising at least six electromagnets with soft-magnetic cores arranged in a predetermined position to the body. One or more of the electromagnets operate in the non-linear regime of the magnetization curve of the cores. At least one magnetic field sensor is at one or more predetermined positions outside of the operating region. In the linear region, no feedback is required to set the magnetic field strength. In the non-linear region, feedback from the magnetic field sensors is used for closed-loop control. The system has an open loop mode operation in the linear regime for fast control signals, for stabilization during displacement of the magnetic element, and a closed-loop operation in the non-linear regime for higher field strengths, to apply forces and moments on the magnetic element while it is in contact with a surface.
US09681857B2	Endoscopic instruments and methods of manufacture Embodiments of the invention include a medical device with one or more of a variety of features. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to endoscopic devices that include one or more features that improve the use of the device. Examples of such features include chamfered edges and corners on, for example, the end effectors, a surface with a controlled finish also on, for example, the end effectors, a jaw with teeth and/or a tang having various configurations, a handle having soft-grip features, and/or an elongate member with varied rigidity. Other examples of such features include a folded portion on, for example, the end effectors and/or a snap-fit clevis assembly.
US09681854B2	Ultrasound signal processing device, ultrasound signal processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium Preceding decoders each convolve a corresponding one of a plurality of transducer elements constituting a transducer element array of an ultrasound probe with an impulse response waveform, while varying a filter coefficient corresponding to time side lobes for each transmission event. A succeeding decoder stores, in a memory, a reception beam signal that is output from a reception beam former. When a new reception beam signal is output, the succeeding decoder performs delay-and-sum on the new reception beam signal and the reception beam signal, which has been output immediately before the new reception beam signal and is stored in the memory.
US09681843B2	Nerve cuff stimulation electrode, control device for a vagus nerve stimulation system, and vagus nerve stimulation system A nerve cuff stimulation electrode for cervical VNS is provided and configured to be arranged so as to at least partially surround or enclose one of the vagus nerves. The cuff stimulation electrode has at least two contacts configured to deliver electric stimulation pulses to a vagus nerve. The cuff stimulation electrode further has or may be attached or connected to a tilt sensor, a kinematic sensor, and/or a pulsation sensor configured to generate a signal representative of arterial and venous pressures. The implantable tilt sensor is configured to output a posture signal indicating a patient's posture, thus allowing discrimination between supine and semi-recumbent or erect postures.
US09681840B2	Wearable mobile device and method of measuring biological signal with the same A wearable mobile device and a method of detecting a biosignal with a wearable mobile device are provided. A method of detecting a biosignal with a wearable mobile device involves determining whether a wearable mobile device is closely attached to a user; and providing a biosignal-based service in response to the wearable mobile device being determined to be closely attached to the user.
US09681838B2	Monitoring a condition of a subject Apparatus for monitoring a subject is described. A sensor monitors the subject during a sleeping session of the subject, and generates a sensor signal in response thereto. A control unit analyzes the sensor signal. In response to analyzing the sensor signal, the control unit performs an action selected from the group consisting of: identifying that the subject is currently undergoing an apnea episode, and predicting that the subject is going to undergo an apnea episode. In response thereto, the control unit changes a position of at least a portion of a body of the subject by activating a device. Other applications are also described.
US09681835B2	Detection of vestibular disorders based on vestibular noise A method for predicting whether a patient is afflicted by a vestibular disorder includes assaying vestibular noise; identifying a characteristic of the vestibular noise; and at least in part on the basis of the characteristic of the vestibular noise, providing information for predicting that a patient has a vestibular disorder.
US09681834B2	Finger guide for testing blood glucose and associated methods A finger guide for testing blood glucose and associated methods are disclosed. More particularly, a blood glucose testing system is provided that includes a finger guide that is wearable by the subject of the blood glucose test and a glucose meter that is retrofitted with a glucose meter coupler. A method of operating the blood glucose testing system includes the steps of guiding a lancing device to a spot on the subject's finger for producing a blood droplet and guiding a test strip in the glucose meter to the same spot on the subject's finger for testing the blood sample.
US09681830B2	Device and method for detecting a vital parameter A device for detecting a vital parameter is described, comprising: an optoelectronic sensor arrangement for detecting the vital parameter by means of light remission at a finger, wherein the optoelectronic sensor arrangement has a first light source for generating light in a visible wavelength range, a second light source for generating light in a non-visible wavelength range and a light-sensitive element; and a controller which is implemented to switch on the second light source in temporal intervals, execute an evaluation of the light received from the light-sensitive element in the invisible wavelength range of the second light source with respect to whether a finger is applied to the optoelectronic sensor arrangement and to switch on the first light source as soon as the evaluation indicates that a finger is applied to the optoelectronic sensor arrangement.
US09681829B2	Eye-mountable devices and structures for eye-mountable devices An eye-mountable device includes a transparent polymer and a structure embedded in the transparent polymer. The transparent polymer defines a posterior side and an anterior side of the eye-mountable device, and the transparent polymer has a concave surface and a convex surface. The structure includes a substrate, an antenna comprising a conductive loop, and a sensor that is configured to detect an analyte. The substrate includes a loop portion and a tab portion, where the loop portion has an outer circumference defined by an outer diameter and an inner circumference defined by an inner diameter, and where the tab portion extends from the inner circumference of the loop portion towards a center of the loop portion. The conductive loop is disposed on the loop portion of the substrate between the inner circumference and outer circumference, and the sensor is disposed on the tab portion of the substrate.
US09681825B2	Wireless electrode arrangement and method for patient monitoring via electrocardiography A system including a plurality of wireless sensors for monitoring one or more parameters of a subject is provided. The wireless sensors can be attachable to or implantable in the subject and form a network. The sensors can include a sensing component configured to detect a signal corresponding to at least one condition of the subject. The sensors further can include a communication component configured to wirelessly transmit the detected signal to at least another of the plurality of wireless sensors, and wirelessly receive a signal transmitted from at least one of the remaining sensors in the network.
US09681822B2	MRI device with a plurality of individually controllable entry ports and inserts therefor An animal handling system for use in an MRD device, including: a first elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and a first geometry, and a second first elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and a second geometry. The first geometry comprises a first cross-sectional area which is larger than a second cross-sectional area of the second geometry. The first elongated enclosure is inserted into a first input port of the MRD device and the second elongated enclosure is inserted in a second input port of the MRD device diametrically opposite to second input port, such that on insertion of the first elongated enclosure into the first input port and insertion of the second elongated enclosure into the second input, the second elongated enclosure slides into the first elongated enclosure through the open distal end of the first elongated enclosure.
US09681818B2	Detection and display of irregular periodic waveforms A method for display, consisting of acquiring an electrical signal from a heart of a subject over multiple heart cycles. The electrical signal is partitioned into a succession of synchronized segments having respective start times at a selected annotation point in the heart cycles. The method includes overlaying respective graphical representations of the synchronized segments in the succession on a display screen, such that each segment is first presented on the display screen with an initial display intensity at a respective display time corresponding to a respective start time of the segment. The method further includes gradually decreasing a display intensity of each segment overlaid on the display screen as a decaying function of a time elapsed since the respective display time.
US09681795B2	Endoscope holding apparatus An endoscope holding apparatus includes: a base section; a support column; a first link and a second link that rotate around a first linking portion; a third link that rotates around a second linking portion; a fourth link capable of holding an endoscope; a fifth link including a first counter weight; a second counterweight linked to the second linking portion; a sixth link including one arm linked to the fifth link; and a seventh link including a first end configured to rotate around a fifth linking portion and a second end configured to rotate around a sixth linking portion, wherein the first, fifth, sixth, and third linking portions form a parallelogram.
US09681792B2	Height adjuster mechanism for a dishwasher dish rack A dish rack is supported for both selective movement into and out of a washing chamber of a dishwasher tub and vertically relative to the tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually grasping and shifting at least one frontal cross bar extending along a front wall of the dish rack to cause pivoting of first and second lever members extending along sides of the dish rack. The side lever members cooperate with latching mechanisms to lift and retain the dish rack in a select raised position.
US09681789B2	Floor mop with scrubber The present invention relates to a floor mop with a handle and mop head having a base, handle connector, and scrubbing mechanism. The base may include a platen and cleaning pad and is connected to the mop handle through the handle connector. The base may also include an opening for holding the handle connector and scrubbing mechanism. The handle connector houses the components of the scrubbing mechanism, including a scrubbing pad, axle, slide and spring. The scrubbing pad is located on the lower surface of the handle connector. The axle is connected to the base of the mop head and to the slide so that when sufficient downward force is applied to compress the spring, the scrubbing pad moves downward relative to the lower surface of the handle connector so that the scrubbing pad engages the cleaning surface.
US09681785B2	Nozzle for a vacuum cleaner The present invention relates to a nozzle (1) for a vacuum cleaner. The nozzle (1) has a base (3) having an edge (4, 5) and a suction aperture (11) in the base (3). At least one flexible flap (24, 26) protrudes from the base (3) between the edge (4, 5) and the suction aperture (11). The flexible flap (24, 26) has first and second sections (32, 33) separable by an opening (35). The first and second sections (32, 33) are urged towards each other when the nozzle (1) is moved in a first direction in which the edge (4, 5) is a leading edge to close the opening (35) or tend the opening (35) towards closure, and the first and second sections (32, 33) are biased away from each other when the nozzle (1) is moved in a second direction in which the edge (4, 5) is a trailing edge to open the opening (35) or to further open the opening. The present invention also relates to a vacuum cleaner comprising a nozzle (1) for a vacuum cleaner.
US09681778B2	Food processing tool A tool intended as an attachment or accessory for a food processor and configured to automate the delicate operation of folding ingredients together without expelling air is described. The tool includes first and second curved blades which depend from a casing part that is rotated within a processing bowl by means of a geared arrangement that picks up rotary drive from a drive shaft coupled to a driven outlet on the base of the food processor. The blades are disposed at different distances from the axis about which the casing rotates, so that the outer blade passes closer to the wall of the bowl than does the inner blade.
US09681772B2	Full automatic turkish coffee cooking and serving method and machine The present invention relates to a Turkish coffee cooking and serving machine having a cooking compartment whose inner volume is heated by a heater and wherein coffee mixture including Turkish coffee, water and optionally sugar is cooked; and when the cooking process is completed, providing transfer of the cooked coffee mixture in the cooking compartment through a discharge spout to a beverage receptacle for serving the cooked coffee to people.
US09681767B1	Compression stocking donning aid Embodiments of the Compression Stocking Donning Aid are comprised of a handle assembly, a bracket assembly, and a sock applicator assembly. The handle assembly is comprised of two, mirror image handles that are covered by handle grips. The handles are essentially linear elongated cylinders that allow the user of the Aid to grasp the Aid and apply the necessary leverage to open the compression stocking for application. The sock applicator assembly is comprised of two sock applicators. The bracket assembly is comprised of a back plate, a front plate, a ratcheting plate, a ratcheting dog, a pivot fastener, a ratcheting dog fastener, and padding. The ratcheting plate forms ratcheting teeth that engage with the ratcheting dog while the handles are moved inward.
US09681764B1	Foldable chair blanket A blanket comprises a seat portion, a back portion, and an extended leg portion attached to the seat portion. The leg portion may be foldable and adjustable so that it can be used to cover the legs or other parts of the body, as desired.
US09681762B2	Decorative frame A decorative frame comprises a lining plate (1), wherein a layer of tensioned elastic film (2) is covered at one side of the lining plate (1); the edge of the elastic film (2) is fixed at the edge of the lining plate (1) by virtue of clipping strips (3); an interlayer is formed between the lining plate (1) and the elastic film (2); an inserting opening (4) is left at the edge of the lining plate (1) and the elastic film (2); the lining plate (1) or/and the elastic film (2) is/are transparent; paintings and photos can be inserted into or taken out of the interlayer by uncovering the elastic film (2), thereby facilitating the operation; the paintings, the photos and the like in the interlayer can be saw through the lining plate (1) or/and the elastic film (2); a support component (6) is assembled on the clipping strips (3); and the angle adjustment of the decorative frame is realized by adjusting the position of the landing leg (62) of the support component (6), thereby overcoming the technical problems of inconvenient replacement of the paintings and the photos and unfavorable transport in the existing decorative frame.
US09681754B2	Collapsible rolling stool The present invention is a collapsible stool with a plurality of legs that can be stored either freestanding or hung, and that has a single handle that is used to carry, initiate expansion or collapse of, or used to guide the stool when sitting. Further, the stool has a novel mechanism that allows a smooth transition from collapse to expansion and expansion to collapse using a single handle. This same mechanism allows the stool to stand upright in a stable position in both the expanded and collapsed configurations.
US09681752B1	System for disabling further movement of furniture upon detecting imminent contact between the furniture and an object A system for minimizing damage to an object located rearward of a chair from rearward movement of a backrest portion of the chair by a powered movement apparatus, and the backrest portion may be movable rearwardly from a substantially upright position to a reclined position. The system may comprise an apparatus positionable on the backrest portion of the chair and configured to be triggered when the apparatus contacts an object positioned rearward of the backrest portion. The apparatus may be configured to be interfaced with the movement apparatus of the chair to interrupt rearward movement of the backrest portion when the apparatus is triggered.
US09681740B2	Oral care implement Disclosed is an oral care implement comprising: a body having a head portion having a front side and a rear side, at least one cleaning element disposed at the front side of the head portion of the body, and a rim extending from the rear side of the head portion of the body, wherein the rim includes one or more weakened portions and extends along a perimeter region of the head portion of the body; and resilient material disposed at the rear side of the head portion of the body, wherein the rim is disposed around at least a portion of the resilient material.
US09681732B2	Bottle cap with cosmetic kit A cap for a reusable bottle and a compound-containing container is provided. The container is a separate, replaceable structure with a base (well/bowl) section containing the compound and a hinged or otherwise removable cap. The container is secured in a cavity in the top of the cap using appropriate detents that flex based upon the materials inherent resilient (e.g. a polymer material) to selectively engage with and disengage from the cap cavity. The cap can include a (unitary or integral) hook or ring that extends from the edges of the cap and can provide a stop that the lid of the secured container hinges against when placed in an open position. The hinge includes a detent adjacent to its front edge (opposite the side containing the hinge. This detent retains the lid in a closed position, but can be overcome by pressure applied by the user to open the lid.
US09681730B2	Flexible tube with applicator cap A container (1) has an applicator cap (2) for a cosmetic product and a flexible tube (3) having a skirt (31) and a tube head (32) having a shoulder part (321) and a neck (322) with an opening (3221), The tube head (32) is connected to the skirt (31) by the shoulder part (321). The flexible tube (3) acting as a reservoir to contain some cosmetic product. The applicator cap (2has a base (21) and an applicator, the base (21) being designed to fix onto the tube head (32) and plug the opening (3221) and the applicator being fixed to the base (21) so as to be housed inside the flexible tube (3) when the base (21) is fixed to the tube head (32) and plugs the opening (3221). The skirt (2) is made of a multilayered plastics material (4) comprising at least one barrier layer (41).
US09681724B2	Method for the gentle heat-assisted shaping of keratin fibers A compound of formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group with 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and n and m independently represent integers from 1 to 10, is suitable for restructuring keratin-containing fibers that were exposed to heat of a temperature of 80° C. to 350° C.
US09681723B2	Portable hair styling device with USB connection to power source A portable curling iron used to style hair enables a user to style hair without the need to plug in the curling iron to a conventional electrical outlet. The present invention provides sufficient heat the curling iron in order to adequately style hair. The power for portable use of a device of the present invention has a power supply means that provides enough power to adequately heat the curling iron for effective hair styling from a power source such as found in a motor vehicle. Connection to the power source can be via a USB connection.
US09681721B2	Card wallet Disclosed is a card wallet for use with cards such as identification cards, credit cards, RFID cards. The card wallet comprises a base and lower and upper arms extending from the base. The lower arm and upper arms each comprise a channel portion and a protrusion disposed at an outer end portion. The base and channel portions of the lower and upper arms form a retention area. The protrusions moveable between a non-biased position where the retention area is closed and a biased position where the retention area is open. In operation, the protrusions of the lower and upper arms are moved to the biased position upon insertion of the cards at the protrusions allowing complete insertion of the cards and then return of the protrusions of the lower and upper arms to the non-biased position where the cards are retained within the retention area.
US09681720B2	Single-piece cuffed jewelry sleeve and display board set: display-travel-storage all-in-one protective set This invention is a Revolutionary protective Cuffed Jewelry Sleeve and Jewelry Display Board set for storing and protecting each individual pieces of jewelry stored within group storage of multiple items. Revolutionizing existing group storage solutions and adaptable to new and creative storage containers and hanging mechanism with effective protection and permanent organization of multiple pieces of jewelry stored together including eliminating damaging tangling, bunching and/or folding from use of under-sized jewelry boxes and drop-in bags and pouches commonly used for single-piece jewelry storage. Each individual piece of jewelry is secured in place to a Display Board with its style and length displayed and inserted inside its protective and securely cuff-capped Jewelry sleeve with a visible identification cuff displaying the jewelry identification and/or photo image for selection without visibility while simultaneously protecting and storing each individual stored-ready for display and packed-ready for travel.
US09681715B2	Slender and comfortable wallet for enhanced folding money and credit/identification card carrying A wallet for retaining a plurality of rectangularly configured credit, business and identification cards along with currency bills includes a case and a fabric partition dividing the wallet and cards into upper and lower sections with the cards being inserted within the sections with their larger sides parallel to the top and bottom edges of the case and perpendicular to its side edges, and with the case adapted for insertion via either section, top or bottom edge first, downwardly into a back pocket of a wearer's trousers, a purse or pocketbook without folding over.
US09681714B1	Automatic direction-correcting apparatus for a cane A cane includes a tube and a direction-correcting apparatus including a sleeve, a gasket, a pad unit and a connector unit. The sleeve receives the tube and includes an annular shoulder on an internal face. The gasket is inserted in the sleeve. The pad unit includes a dome in contact with the gasket, an aperture in the dome, and a flat face around the aperture. The connector unit includes a threaded bolt, a nut engaged with the threaded bolt and connected to the tube, and a spring compressed between the nut and the annular shoulder. The threaded bolt includes a head at an end of the shank. The shank is inserted in the sleeve via the aperture of the pad unit. The head includes a flat upper face for contact with the flat face of the dome when the head is inserted in the dome.
US09681713B2	Foldable chair and cane, with a locking structure A foldable chair includes a main stick, a fold unit and a retention unit. The fold unit includes a middle slider member movable along the main stick between lower and upper positions, and a foldable support leg connected to the middle slider members. The retention unit is configured to prevent fold operation of the support leg when the middle slider member is at the lower position, and to permit the fold operation of the support leg when the middle slider member is at the upper position.
US09681707B2	Method for securing studded shoes by using the effect of inertia A method for securing studded shoes by using the effect of inertia, wherein a studded shoe, comprising a structure of stud and receptacle combination, the stud including a ground-engaging part. The stud and the receptacle are adapted to be secured together by a threaded connection comprising a bolt (6, 8) on one of the components of the stud and a threaded socket (5, 7) on the receptacle, both adapted such that said bolt (6, 8) can be driven into said threaded socket (5, 7). A securing means of the components serves to become inter-engaged at least when the bolt (6, 8) is fully driven into the threaded socket (5, 7) to resist unscrewing of the components. The securing means comprises at least one locking accessory that fastens in the counterclockwise direction, in an arrangement such that the direction of torque formed by the direction of the inertia in wearer's shoe sole and the center of the threaded connection, and the relative number and/or position of the threads of the threaded connection determine the position and locking direction of the stud relative to the receptacle.
US09681703B2	Footwear with flexible auxetic sole structure An article of footwear may include a sole structure comprising an outer member and a plurality of ground engaging members, including a first ground engaging member. The ground engaging members extend substantially downward from the outer surface of a sole structure. Ground engaging members, or cleats, may be auxetic structures that can increase their dimensions in a direction that is orthogonal to the direction of applied force or tension. The ground engaging members may comprise a series of faces joined along hinge portions that allow ground engaging members to flatten and expand significantly. The first ground engaging member may have a substantially three-pointed star-shaped pyramidal structure. The outer member may have a more elastic material than the material comprising the faces of ground engaging member. The outer member may have an inner surface with apertures that correspond with the ground engaging members of the outer surface.
US09681698B2	Mounting assembly for a face shield A face shield, such as a visor, mounts to a protective helmet using a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly has a base, a spacer assembly, and a pair of posts. The base is disposed on the interior of the helmet. The posts are connected to the base and extend outwardly through holes that are formed in the side of the helmet. The spacer assembly slides over the posts when the posts are inserted through the corresponding holes in the helmet, and frictionally engages the outer surfaces of the first and second posts such that the helmet is disposed between the base and the spacer assembly. The posts threadingly receive corresponding fasteners that attach the face shield to the helmet.
US09681695B2	Helmet with chin cup A protective helmet including a chin cup with a body and two opposed connecting arms, each connecting arm being connected to the helmet body through a connection allowing relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body. A fastening system is selectively movable between a first position where the fastening system restrains the relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body and a second position where the fastening system frees the relative movement between the connecting arm and the helmet body along the connection. A method of adjusting a position of a chin cup in a protective helmet is also disclosed.
US09681677B2	Storage device using potential generator A space potential generator includes a transformer formed by magnetically connecting a primary coil and a secondary coil, a feedback control circuit feeding back one terminal of the secondary coil to one terminal of the primary coil to adjust voltage of the secondary coil, an output control portion provided on the other terminal of the secondary coil to impart low frequency vibration to an output of the secondary coil, a static electricity discharger formed of conductive material and provided on the other terminal of the secondary coil via the output control portion, the space potential generator does not have a grounding electrode, a weak current flowing through the secondary coil is 0.002 to 0.2 A, the static electricity discharger is covered with an insulating member to discharge predetermined static electricity to surrounding space, and electric field of target voltage is formed in the surrounding space by the discharged static electricity.
US09681674B2	Method and device for welding casings The invention relates to a device (1) for producing a case having a large length for food, in particular for sausages, from a plurality of individual case sections made of casings that contain collagens, such as natural casings or collagen-containing artificial casings, comprising a mandrel (2) and at least two sleeve sections (3), wherein the sleeve sections (3), in order to create an overlapping area (4), are pushed over the mandrel (2) and arranged such as to overlap each other, a heating element (5) for temporarily exchanging heat between the heating element (5) and the overlapping area (4), such that the case sections are at least partially welded to each other in the overlapping area (4), a deformable extension body (6), wherein the deformable extension body annularly surrounds the mandrel (2) and is arranged inside the case sections (3), wherein the deformable extension body (6) is made of an elastically deformable material, and a mold (7) that encloses the mandrel (2) in some sections.
US09681672B2	Taste-enhancing agent, baking doughs, breadmaking and cereal products compromising same, and use thereof as an NaCl substitute Dry flavor enhancing agent for a cereal product and particularly for baked bakery products including yeast extract and acid fermented flour, dry enhancing agent for cereal products and particularly for baked bakery products including this dry flavor enhancing agent and their use in the preparation of cereal products and particularly doughs and baked products.
US09681664B2	Macrocyclic picolinamides as fungicides The disclosure relates to macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula (I) and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
US09681649B2	Fishing reel A fishing reel is provided, which includes: a frame having a through hole and a mounting part; a spool rotatably disposed inside of the frame with a fishing line wound thereon; a main shaft inserted into the spool; a brake unit mounted on the spool to put the brake thereon; and a cover unit disposed on the brake unit. The brake unit includes: a retainer having a fixing groove and a plurality of first guide grooves; a brake shoe housing fixed to the retainer and has a plurality of slots, a plurality of second guide grooves, and a plurality of mounting grooves; brake shoes mounted in the plurality of slots so as to be inserted into the slots or withdrawn therefrom; and pivot members mounted in the mounting grooves to press the brake shoes.
US09681647B2	Mammal with an orthotopic tumor capable of metastasis, a method of making and a method of using Provided are compositions and methods that involve cancer cells which are modified so that they can form orthotopic tumors in a non-human mammal, and wherein metastasis of the tumor can be controlled. The cancer cells, which may be human cancer cells, are modified so that expression of a human chemokine receptor can be modulated. Modulating expression of the human chemokine receptor allows selective initiation of metastasis. Kits which contain the modified cancer cells are provided. A method for identifying agents which can inhibit metastasis using non-human mammals having orthotopic tumors formed using the modified cancer cells is also included.
US09681632B2	Lactuca sativa cultivar river road According to the invention, there is provided a novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated River Road. ‘River Road’ is described as a vigorous romaine cultivar recommended for the main lettuce growing regions of California and Arizona. It has light heavy head weight, with long wide leaves. This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar River Road, to the plants of lettuce cultivar River Road, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar River Road, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar River Road with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
US09681631B1	Inbred corn line WUC55 An inbred corn line, designated WUC55, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line WUC55, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line WUC55 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line WUC55 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line WUC55, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line WUC55 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US09681627B1	Soybean variety 30G13J3 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 30G13J3, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123696. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 30G13J3 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US09681617B2	Tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI-XF-PIAS, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09681613B2	Water-level indicator and wide-mouth re-fill apparatus for sub-irrigated, containerized plants that attaches to a plant's growpot A water-level indicator and re-fill apparatus for the sub-irrigation of potted plants. The indicator uses a float and shaft placed inside an outer tube attached to a potted plant as a way to visually indicate to the user when the reservoir of the sub-irrigation system is running low. While attached to the plant, the user may conveniently re-fill the apparatus after being notified of the water level without disassembling the apparatus or removing it from a decorative planter.
US09681605B2	Harvester feed rate control A harvester having a harvesting structure, an accumulator, and a module builder having a throat. A plurality of meter rollers are positioned to receive crop and transfer crop at a feed rate in cooperation with a beater roller. A feeder belt receives crop from the meter rollers and the beater roller and transfers the crop to the throat. A feed rate control system comprises at least one crop mass flow feedback device providing a crop mass flow feedback signal indicative of crop mass flow. A controller is provided that is in communication with the at least one crop mass flow feedback device and configured to operate in a first mode by lowering the feed rate when the crop mass flow feedback signal indicates a threshold has been reached and by raising the feed rate when the crop mass flow feedback signal indicates the threshold has not been reached.
US09681599B2	Paddle closing wheel A pair of paddle closing wheels are adapted to be coupled to a frame structure that is coupled to a planter unit pulled by a motive power source. The paddle closing wheels are rotatably attached to the frame structure and are adapted to engage the soil. Fingers extend from the paddle closing wheel in a radial direction and include paddles that are coupled to the fingers. Once the seed is deposited in the soil the paddle closing wheels move the soil to cover up the seeds.
US09686895B2	Chip attach frame A chip attach frame is used to align pins of an integrated circuit chip with pads on a chip carrier. A frame block has a socket defining two alignment edges that form a reference corner. The chip is lowered into the socket, and the chip carrier is inclined while it supports the frame block and chip until the chip moves under force of gravity to the reference corner. Once located at the reference corner, the chip position is carefully adjusted by moving the frame block in the x- and y-directions until the pins are aligned with the pads. The frame block is spring biased against movement in the x- and y-directions, and the position of the frame block is adjusted using thumbscrews. A plunger mechanism can be used to secure the integrated circuit chip in forcible engagement with the chip carrier once the pins are aligned with the pads.
US09686892B2	Multi-period master-slave nested ring array electromagnetic shielding optical window having concentric rings Optical windows based on a multi-period master-slave nested ring array of concentric rings are suited for electromagnetic shielding. A metal grid of the ring array has basic rings, concentric sub-ring pairs, secondary sub-rings, filling rings, concentric modulation ring pairs, and modulation sub-rings. Basic rings and concentric modulation ring pairs form a two-dimensional orthogonal array. External rings of concentric modulation ring pairs are externally tangentially connected to basic rings. Concentric sub-ring pairs and filling rings are arranged within basic rings, secondary sub-rings are arranged within concentric sub-ring pairs, and modulation sub-rings are arranged within concentric modulation ring pairs. Where rings are tangentially connected, wires overlap or metal ensures reliable electrical connections between connected rings, thus all rings are conductive. The metal grid structure significantly reduces non-uniformity of grid high-order diffracted light intensity distribution, causing stray light distribution caused by diffraction to be more uniform and imaging to be less affected.
US09686889B2	Field-replaceable bank of immersion-cooled electronic components A cooled electronic system and cooling method are provided, wherein a field-replaceable bank of electronic components is cooled by an apparatus which includes an enclosure at least partially surrounding and forming a compartment about the electronic components, a fluid disposed within the compartment, and a heat sink associated with the enclosure. The field-replaceable bank extends, in part, through the enclosure to facilitate operative docking of the electronic components into one or more respective receiving sockets of the electronic system. The electronic components of the field-replaceable bank are, at least partially, immersed within the fluid to facilitate immersion-cooling of the components, and the heat sink facilitates rejection of heat from the fluid disposed within the compartment. In one embodiment, multiple thermal conductors project from an inner surface of the enclosure into the compartment to facilitate transfer of heat from the fluid to the heat sink.
US09686886B2	Cooling mechanism of storage control apparatus A cooling mechanism includes a plurality of first circuit boards arranged in parallel with each other, one or more first fans for generating a cooling wind in a first flow path formed along the plurality of first circuit boards, and a connection board arranged orthogonally to the first flow path and at a position different from a position of the first flow path, and coupling the plurality of first circuit boards.
US09686880B1	Thermostat housing with pc board locating apertures A thermostat that is configured to couple to a wall mountable connector includes a plurality of pins that extend out the back of the thermostat and that are intended to mate with corresponding pin terminals of the wall mountable connector and provide electrical connections between the thermostat and the wall mountable connector. In some cases, the plurality of pins of the thermostat are secured to a printed circuit board within the thermostat housing. A plurality of apertures formed in the back of the thermostat housing may be configured to accommodate the plurality of pins and to help align the printed circuit board with the thermostat housing. This may be particularly beneficial when assembling the printed circuit board with the thermostat housing.
US09686873B2	Housing for a portable electronic device A housing for a portable electronic device including a first transparent curved portion configured to curve from a front face of the housing to a first side face of the housing; a second transparent curved portion configured to curve from the front face of the housing to a second side face of the housing; a third transparent curved portion configured to curve from a rear face of the housing to the first side face of the housing; and a fourth transparent curved portion configured to curve from the rear face of the housing to the second side face of the housing.
US09686871B2	Soldering device, soldering method, and substrate and electronic component produced by the soldering device or the soldering method A soldering device comprising: a first treatment part that sets a component having an electrode; a second treatment part separated by an opening-closing unit, the second treatment part sending the component on to a third treatment part; the third treatment part separated by an opening-closing unit, the third treatment part causing the component to contact an organic fatty-acid-containing solution and move horizontally; a fourth treatment part having a unit for moving the component to a space portion and causing molten solder to adhere to the electrode; and a unit for removing excess molten solder; a fifth treatment part for horizontally moving the component moved downward by the fourth treatment part; a sixth treatment part separated by an opening-closing unit, the sixth treatment part sending the component on to a seventh treatment part; and the seventh treatment part separated by an opening-closing unit, the seventh treatment part taking out the component.
US09686865B2	Networking packages based on interposers A package structure includes a networking unit including a plurality of switches/routers and a plurality of network interface units coupled to the plurality of switches/routers, and an interposer including a plurality of metal connections. The interposer is substantially free from functional elements built therein. A functional element is outside of, and bonded onto, the interposer, wherein the functional element is electrically coupled to the networking unit through the plurality of metal connections.
US09686863B2	Stack structure of high frequency printed circuit board A stack structure of a high frequency printed circuit, mainly includes a transmission conductor pin group in a form of single row, where each signal pair and each transmission pair of the transmission conductor pin group respectively have a through hole portion thereon, and the inner layer of the circuit board has a trace portion in electric connection with the through hole portion, allowing each four terminals to be formed into one group. Utilizing the clever arrangement of the through hole portions and trace portions separates each terminal properly, thereby increasing the property of transmitted signals, and, at the same time, reducing noise interferences such as EMI and RFI.
US09686860B2	Printed circuit board and method of fabricating the same A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit pattern on the insulating layer, and a surface treatment layer on the circuit pattern. The surface treatment layer includes a bottom surface having a width wider than a width of a top surface of the circuit pattern.
US09686859B2	Patterned conductive substrate and method for manufacturing same The present invention provides a transparent conductive substrate comprising: a transparent substrate, and a conductive pattern provided on the transparent substrate, wherein the conductive pattern comprises line breakage portions performing electric breakage, and a pattern of a broken line formed when the line breakage portions are connected comprises an irregular pattern shape. The present invention can minimize a moiré phenomenon and a diffraction phenomenon by external light by performing line breakage of a regular or irregular conductive pattern by using the irregular pattern.
US09686858B2	Composite module A composite module includes outer ground electrodes on one main surface of a wiring substrate, a wiring electrode inside the wiring substrate, and a first ground electrode between the wiring electrode and the outer ground electrode. A cutout is provided in the first ground electrode at least at a portion of a region overlapping with the wiring electrode and the outer ground electrode when viewed from above, and the wiring electrode overlaps with at least one of the first ground electrode and the outer ground electrode when viewed from above to reduce stray capacitance produced on the wiring electrode and to adjust impedance of the wiring electrode while preventing signals leaked from the exterior from interfering with the wiring electrode.
US09686854B2	Electronic device In an electronic device, a heat generating element is connected directly to an electrically-conductive joining material that is the start point of the heat dissipation path on the one surface of the substrate, and the other surface of the substrate is provided by an other surface side insulating layer. An electrically-conductive other surface side electrode connected to an external heat dissipation member is disposed on the surface of the other surface side insulating layer right under the heat generating element. On the other surface side of the substrate, an other surface side inner layer wire that is the end point of the heat dissipation path extends to the other surface side insulating layer and is insulated electrically from the other surface side electrode through the other surface side insulating layer.
US09686853B2	Thermal interface solution with reduced adhesion force A method comprises applying an adhesive to a first substrate and a second substrate to secure the first substrate to the second substrate. The adhesive extends in a plane on one side of an interposer that also extends in the plane, and is contiguous with the adhesive. The interposer comprises openings to enable flow of adhesive through the openings to form adhesive bond areas on one of the substrates where the areas substantially conform to the openings and lie adjacent to adhesive free areas. The adhesive substantially covers the other of the substrates so that the bond areas produce regions of reduced adhesive strength to the one substrate compared to the bond strength of the adhesive to the other substrate. Adjusting opening sizes adjusts area bond strengths. One substrate may comprise a VTM, the other a heat spreader, and the adhesive, a TIM. An article of manufacture comprises the substrate-adhesive-interposer-adhesive-substrate layers.
US09686852B2	Multi-dimensional integrated circuit structures and methods of forming the same An embodiment is method comprising attaching a first die and a second die to a first surface of a first interposer using respective ones of first conductive connectors coupled to respective first surfaces of the first die and the second die; attaching a third die and a fourth die to a second surface of the first interposer using respective ones of second conductive connectors, the second surface of the first interposer being opposite the first surface of the interposer; and attaching the first die and the second die to a substrate using respective ones of third conductive connectors coupled to respective second surfaces of the first die and the second die.
US09686850B2	Transferred-arc plasma torch A transferred-arc plasma torch comprising a sheath cooled using a cooling fluid and an electrode inserted in said sheath. The electrode is made of a consumable material and the torch comprises means to supply the electrode with this material so as to offset its erosion.
US09686839B1	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a structured light generation unit and a controlling unit. The structured light generation unit includes plural light sources and an optical element group. After plural light beams from the plural light sources pass through the optical element group, a first structured light pattern corresponding to a first light source is projected on a first position of the projection surface and a second structured light pattern corresponding to a second light source is projected on a second position of the projection surface. The first position and the second position are different. The controlling unit controls the first light source and the second light source to emit the light beams according to a time sequence. Consequently, the first structured light pattern and the second structured light pattern are projected on the projection surface according to the time sequence.
US09686832B2	Handheld device for merging groups of lighting fixtures A handheld device for merging groups of lighting fixtures is disclosed. The handheld device includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of lighting fixtures and control circuitry. In one embodiment, the control circuitry is configured to effect selection of a first lighting fixture or a first switch module that is grouped with a first group of lighting fixtures via the communication interface; identify the first group of lighting fixtures; effect selection of a device-to-be-added that is not initially associated with the first group of lighting fixtures via the communication interface; determine a new group by adding the device-to-be-added to the first group of lighting fixtures; create group assignment information for the new group; and send the group assignment information to each of the first group of lighting fixtures and the device-to-be-added of the new group via the communication interface.
US09686822B2	Glass-melting electrode with cooling device and cooling device for a glass-melting electrode A glass-melting electrode has a cooling device. The glass-melting electrode has an electrode body with a blind hole, and the cooling device has a cooling tube which can be inserted into the blind hole in order to feed coolant into the blind hole. The cooling device has a flow distributor with at least three outlet openings. The flow distributor is arranged at an end of the cooling tube which has been inserted into the blind hole, such that coolant flows through the flow distributor into the blind hole.
US09686820B2	Transferring data between mobile devices having heterogeneous wireless communication interfaces Methods, systems and computer program products for transferring data between mobile devices having heterogeneous wireless communication interfaces includes identifying one or more intermediate mobile devices from social network databases upon detecting an initiation of data transfer from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, wherein the first and second mobile devices have heterogeneous wireless communication interfaces, and wherein the intermediate mobile devices have wireless communication interface compatibility to form an ad hoc wireless network with the first and second mobile devices for transferring data from the first to the second mobile device; implementing the ad hoc wireless network based on availability of the intermediate mobile devices; and transferring the data from the first to the second mobile device through the ad hoc wireless network, wherein said transferring includes hopping the data through each of the intermediate mobile devices from the first to the second mobile device.
US09686812B2	System and method for wireless device pairing Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method for wirelessly identifying and validating an electronic device in order to initiate a communication process with another device or a service. In an embodiment, the system includes a portable biometric monitoring device that is identified by a client device or a server for the purpose of initiating a pairing process. In an embodiment, pairing implies pairing the portable device to an online user account with minimal user interaction. After pairing, the portable device and appropriate client devices and servers communicate with little or no user interaction, for example to upload sensor data collected by the portable device.
US09686808B2	Centrally managed WI-FI Described herein are techniques for providing centrally managed Wi-Fi using internet protocol (IP) connections between a central Wi-Fi access gateway and one or more radio nodes. The Wi-Fi access gateway establishes an IP connection with a radio node across a wide area network, wherein the radio node is configured to wirelessly connect to one or more Wi-Fi devices located near the radio node. The Wi-Fi access gateway receives Layer 2 data traffic over the IP connection, wherein the Layer 2 data traffic is associated with a Wi-Fi device from the one or more Wi-Fi devices connected to the radio node. The Wi-Fi access gateway controls one or more Wi-Fi services for the Wi-Fi device based on the Layer 2 data traffic so that the Wi-Fi access gateway can provide centrally managed Wi-Fi for the Wi-Fi device.
US09686800B2	Methods and apparatus for reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reporting Channel Quality Indicator (CQI). In certain aspects, a User Equipment (UE) may schedule switch from at least a first set of zero or more antennas used by the UE, to at least one second set of zero or more antennas, wherein the first and second sets differ by at least one antenna. The UE may determine a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) to be reported from the UE for use at a base station in a subsequent CQI subframe set, based at least on the scheduled switch. The UE may thereafter transmit the CQI to the base station.
US09686796B2	Communication control apparatus, communication control method, and communication system There is provided a communication control apparatus including a parameter acquisition unit that acquires parameters to calculate coverage of secondary systems from a secondary usage node operating the secondary systems on a frequency channel allocated to a primary system, a calculation unit that calculates the coverage of the secondary systems using the parameters acquired by the parameter acquisition unit, and an interference control unit that notifies a detection node that detects neighboring secondary systems of the secondary systems, of coverage information representing the coverage of the secondary systems calculated by the calculation unit.
US09686795B1	Method and system for determining when to scan for neighbor sectors having a different frequency assignment A wireless network includes first-configuration sectors with a first frequency assignment and second-configuration sectors with a second frequency assignment. When served by a first-configuration sector that borders a second-configuration sector, the mobile station receives (i) a neighbor list that identifies neighbor sectors of the primary sector, including the second-configuration sector, (ii) a primary-sector reference distance between a transmitter for the primary sector and a reference point in the primary sector, and (iii) a neighbor-sector reference distance between a transmitter for the second-configuration sector and the reference point. Based on the reference distances, the mobile station calculates a border distance between the primary sector's transmitter and a border between the sectors. The mobile station compares its distance from the primary sector's transmitter to the primary-sector reference distance and/or border distance. Based on the comparison, the mobile station selects a scanning algorithm that determines when to scan for the second-configuration sector.
US09686777B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) by user equipment in a wireless communication. The user equipment performs channel coding on information bits of the UCI to generate encoding information bits; performs modulation on the thus generated encoding information bits to generate complex modulation symbols; spreads the complex modulation symbols block-wise to a plurality of single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols based on an orthogonal sequence; and transmits the spread complex modulation symbols to a base station.
US09686776B2	Method and device for processing information Disclosed are a method and an device for processing information. In the method, a UE receives a higher-layer signaling from a base station, wherein the higher-layer signaling carries uplink channel resources configured by the base station for the UE, and the uplink channel resources are used for simultaneously transmitting periodic channel state information P-CSI of a plurality of serving cells corresponding to the UE, or are used for simultaneously transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgments HARQ-ACKs of the plurality of serving cells corresponding to the UE and the P-CSI of the plurality of serving cells; and the UE simultaneously transmits the P-CSI of the plurality of serving cells on the uplink channel resources according to the higher-layer signaling in a preset uplink sub-frame, or simultaneously transmits the HARQ-ACKs of the plurality of serving cells and the P-CSI of the plurality of serving cells.
US09686774B2	Communication system, method, and apparatus A core network includes a plurality of nodes that serve as nodes managing mobility of a terminal and that are different with regards to service functions that nodes provide to the terminal. Based on subscriber information and terminal information, a node to be connected to the terminal is selected on the core network side, depending on a service characteristic utilized by the terminal or on a type of the terminal and the terminal is connected to the selected node.
US09686773B2	Cross-carrier scheduling To effectively and efficiently provide control information, a broadcast pointer channel (BPCH) may be used to identify the type and perhaps relative location of control information that is being provided in a given frame structure, such as a sub-frame, frame, or superframe. A sub-frame (or like framing entity, such a frame or superframe) may have a BPCH and a corresponding system control information segment in which control information may reside. The system control information segment may have any number of control information blocks, wherein each control information block that is present may correspond to a particular type of control information. The BPCH is used to identify the type of control information that is present in a corresponding system control information segment, and if needed or desired, the relative locations of the various control information.
US09686770B2	Methods to support MBMS service continuity and counting and localized MBMS service Network-assisted solutions are provided to maintain MBMS service continuity, to provide efficient localized MBMS service, and to achieve intelligent MBMS service management. In a first embodiment, a source eNB acquires MBMS information of neighbor cells and acquires MBMS reception/interest status information of a UE. Based on the acquired information, the source eNB makes handover decision for the UE to handover to a selected target cell and maintain MBMS service continuity. In a second embodiment, location information of a localized MBMS service is provided to a UE. Based on the location information, the UE is able to receive the localized MBMS service with minimum power consumption. In a third embodiment, an MBMS counting procedure is provided for an eNB to count the number of UEs that are receiving or are interested in MBMS service(s). Based on the counting result, the MBMS service(s) can be enabled or disabled accordingly.
US09686764B2	Positioning method, device and system in multi-carrier system Disclosed are a positioning method, device and system in a multi-carrier system, relating to communications technology. When positioning in a multi-carrier system, the embodiments of the present invention respectively perform positioning measurements under a plurality of carriers and position user equipment according to the measurement results of the respectively performed positioning measurements under the plurality of carriers. Since the number of parameters for reference is increased when positioning, the positioning precision is improved.
US09686762B2	Method and system for multiplexing low frequency clocks to reduce interface count Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for multiplexing the low frequency signals from at least one clock transmitter to at least one clock receiver to reduce interface count. The low frequency signals are multiplexed in a CLKMUX logic using selection signals. The selection signals are generated using system frame and system clocks. The multiplexed clock is received by the CLKDEMUX logic through an interface. The interface can be backplane connectors, PCB traces and cables. The CLKDEMUX logic de-multiplexes the received clock and transmits to the SELECT LOGIC for selecting at least one low frequency clock. The SELECT LOGIC selects at least one low frequency clock based on the signals from a processor. The jitter attenuator filters jitter in the low frequency clock and the CLOCK SINK distributes system clocks to rest of system elements.
US09686758B2	Calculating power headroom based on pathloss and subframe sets A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus, according to one embodiment of the present invention, receives information indicating a subframe in a first subframe set and a subframe in a second subframe set, using higher-layer signaling, computes a power headroom using a first set of parameters and an estimated value of a downlink pathloss that is calculated in the terminal apparatus, if a certain subframe belongs to the first subframe set, to compute the power headroom for the certain subframe, and computes the power headroom using a second set of parameters and the estimated value of the downlink pathloss, if the certain subframe belongs to the second subframe set, in which a first parameter by which the estimated value of the downlink pathloss is multiplied is included in the first set of parameters, and a second parameter by which the estimated value of the downlink pathloss is multiplied is included in the second set of parameters.
US09686757B1	Peak to average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in a wireless network A wireless device generates a High Efficiency (HE) Physical layer Protocol Data Units (PPDU) including a non-High Throughput Signal (L-SIG) field and transmits the HE PPDU. Transmitting the HE PDDU includes transmitting a set of extra tones with the L-SIG field. The set of extra tones include a sequence of values, and first, second, third, and fourth values of the sequence of values respectively correspond to BPSK constellation values of −1, −1, −1, and +1. The set of extra tones may include −28th, −27th, 27th, and 28th subcarriers, relative to a center (zero) subcarrier, of a 20 MHz bandwidth of the HE PPDU, and may be used to transmit the first, second, third, and fourth values of the sequence of values, respectively. Another wireless device may receive the HE PPDU, and may use the set of extra tones to estimate a channel.
US09686754B2	Wireless communication apparatus for in-vehicle transmission power control An onboard wireless communication apparatus 10 includes an in-vehicle informing processor that transmits information that enables a wireless set 20 to recognize that it is located inside a vehicle 100 to the wireless set 20 which is about to carry out wireless communication with a first wireless communication apparatus 11a serving as a communication partner, and which controls, when the wireless set 20 recognizes that it is located inside the vehicle 100, its transmit power in a manner preventing an excessive receiving power level of a second communication apparatus 11b that is carrying out, besides the first wireless communication apparatus 11a, wireless communication inside the vehicle 100 by a wireless communication technique using the same frequency band as the first wireless communication apparatus 11a.
US09686753B2	Base station, terminal, and power control methods thereof Disclosed are a base station, a terminal and power control methods thereof, and the power control method for a base station, when the base station transmits information to a user terminal, includes: a first transmission power at which the data information is transmitted to the user terminal is acquired; a first strength of data interference on a terminal attributed to a neighboring base station is determined based on the first transmission power; it is determined whether a difference value between the first strength of the data interference and an interference threshold is larger than 0 to acquire a determination result; and if the determination result is larger than 0, the first transmission power is lowered to a second transmission power so that when the data information is transmitted at the second transmission power, a second strength of the data interference on the terminal attributed to the neighboring base station does not exceed the interference threshold, thereby solving the technical problem in the prior art that there is too excessive interference on other terminals when a base station transmits data signals.
US09686752B2	Method for configured maximum output power reporting and user equipment A base station configured for carrier aggregation, includes: a receiver; and processing circuitry coupled to the receiver and configured to: allocate to a user equipment uplink resources for at least one activated serving cell configured with an uplink carrier, the uplink resources for new transmission and the allocated uplink resources may accommodate a power headroom report, and obtain, responsive to the allocated uplink resources, a configured maximum output power for an activated serving cell configured with an uplink carrier, where the activated serving cell has non-adaptive retransmission of uplink data, or the activated serving cell where the base station schedules channel state information but no allocated uplink grant for transmitting data of an uplink shared channel.
US09686749B2	Portable terminal and display control method A mobile phone 10 comprises a display 14 provided with an LED (46) that functions as a backlight, a display driver (42), etc. The display driver has a CABC (Content Adaptive Brightness Control) function to adjust illuminance of the backlight, an image quality of an image to be displayed, etc. based on the image that is displayed on the display 14. If a residual battery quantity of a secondary battery (58) becomes equal to or less that a first threshold value, for example, the CABC function is rendered in an enabled state. Furthermore, if the residual battery quantity becomes equal to or less that a second threshold value, an image parameter such as brightness, contrast, a gamma value, chroma saturation, etc. is changed such that the image that is output to the display driver becomes darker.
US09686735B2	Set of optimizations applicable to a wireless networks operating in TV white space bands A server acts as a proxy mechanism for node registration with a database. The node initially registers to participate in a wireless mesh network by transmitting a registration request to the server. The server forwards the request to the database, which validates the request. The server records that the registration request was, in fact, validated by the database. The node is then permitted to participate in the network. If the node becomes decoupled from the network, the node may then transmit a re-registration request to the server. Since the server recorded that the previous registration was validated, the server may then simply validate the re-registration request, without interacting with the database.
US09686730B2	Data forwarding method, device, and communications system Embodiments of the present invention provide a data forwarding method, device, and communications system, which relate to the field of communications and can achieve accuracy and continuity of data transmission during carrier aggregation for cells between base stations. The method includes: sending, by a primary base station, a first message to a secondary base station, where the first message is used to instruct the secondary base station to perform handover, and the first message includes an identifier of a target base station; confirming, by the primary base station, that the secondary base station forwards data to the target base station; and sending, by the primary base station, a second message to a user equipment, where the second message is used to instruct the user equipment to acquire the data from the target base station. The embodiments of the present invention are used for data forwarding.
US09686728B2	User terminal and processor for transmitting UE EUTRA capability information A mobile communication system is a mobile communication system that supports D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication, and includes a user terminal configured to establish a radio connection with a base station, where the user terminal transmits terminal measurement information indicating information obtained by measurement of the user terminal, to the base station, and a network including the base station instructs the user terminal to start the D2D communication, when it is determined on the basis of the terminal measurement information that interference to the base station does not exceed a permissive amount when the user terminal performs the D2D communication.
US09686726B2	Method and device for making decision about interoperation with wireless local area network in cell handover of terminal A method and device for making a decision about interoperation with a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) during cell handover of a terminal are provided. The method includes that: if User Equipment (UE) determines that a condition of offloading to the WLAN is met according to a WLAN interoperation decision criterion configured by a network side, then offloading to the WLAN is delayed or cancelled; and if a reporting condition of a measurement report about offloading to the WLAN is met, then reporting of the measurement report about offloading to the WLAN is delayed or cancelled.
US09686724B2	Network storage method, switch device, and controller A network storage method, a switch device, and a controller are provided. The method is applicable to a controller based on OpenFlow protocol. The method includes: determining, by the controller, that a first switching equipment is to cache data requested by a first data packet; and notifying, by the controller, the first switching equipment to cache the data requested by the first data packet, and notifying the first switching equipment to establish a first flow table entry according to issued match information corresponding to the first data packet and issued action instruction information corresponding to the first data packet, wherein the action instruction information corresponding to the first data packet is adapted to instruct the first switching equipment to forward the data cached in the first switching equipment and requested by the first data packet.
US09686718B2	Wireless access point load balancing Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.
US09686716B2	Introducing simple RLC functionality to Node B Techniques for processing downlink data transmitted in a mobile communication system between a control node of a radio access network and a mobile terminal are disclosed. A method of processing downlink data transmitted in the mobile communication system between the control node and the mobile terminal includes determining, in a radio access node of the radio access network, at least one Radio Link Control (RLC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from a plurality of RLC PDUs transmitted by the control node. The determined at least one RLC PDU contains a payload. The method further includes creating, in the radio access node, at least one replacement RLC PDU to be further used instead of the determined at least one RLC PDU. The at least one replacement RLC PDU contains a payload which size is smaller than the size of the payload of the determined at least one RLC PDU.
US09686711B2	Method and apparatus for activating and deactivating serving cell According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a master base station selects a target serving cell in which a state is changed, among the serving cells of at least one slave base station set in the terminal, generates a MAC control element which instructs a state change of the target serving cell, and then directly transmits the MAC control element to the terminal in the case of an uplink asynchronous state between the target slave base station managing the target serving cell and the terminal.
US09686702B2	Channel emulation for testing network resources A device receives fading channel conditions to utilize for simulating behavior of multiple mobile devices in a mobile network, and at least one of the fading channel conditions for at least one of the multiple mobile devices is different than at least another one of the fading channel conditions for at least another one of the multiple mobile devices. The device generates channel realizations based on the fading channel conditions, and the channel realizations include time-discrete and frequency-discrete random channel coefficients. The device generates a test channel based on the generated channel realizations, and provides the test channel to a receiver device of the mobile network. The test channel causes the receiver device to perform functions associated with processing an actual channel.
US09686701B2	Method and apparatus for target cell throughput prediction prior to handover of a user equipment In one example embodiment, a user equipment is currently being served over a first component carrier. The user equipment includes a processor configured to predict a quality of a pilot signal associated with a second component carrier, the second component carrier being a potential component carrier for a handover of the user equipment, and predict a data throughput based on the predicted quality of the pilot signal, the predicted data throughput being indicative of data throughput experienced by the user equipment after the handover of the user equipment to the second component carrier.
US09686698B2	Signal amplifiers that switch to an attenuated or alternate communications path in response to a power interruption RF signal amplifiers are provided that include an RF input port, a switching device having an input that is coupled to the RF input port, a first output and a second output, a first diplexer having an input that is coupled to both the first output of the switching device and the second output of the switching device, and a first RF output port that is coupled to an output of the first diplexer. These amplifiers further include an attenuator that is coupled between the second output of the switching device and the input of the first diplexer.
US09686695B2	Methods and apparatus for beam search and tracking in mm-wave access systems A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for operating a user equipment (UE) are provided. The apparatus determines a first coarse set of beamforming paths between the UE and a first millimeter wave base station (mmW-BS), receives on a first set of narrow beamforming paths close to a first beamforming path within the first coarse set of beamforming paths, requests the first mmW-BS to transmit on a second set of narrow beamforming paths close to a second beamforming path within the first coarse set of beamforming paths when a signal quality of the first beamforming path and the first set of narrow beamforming paths are less than a first threshold, and communicates through one of the second beamforming path or a path within the second set of narrow beamforming paths.
US09686680B2	Method and apparatus for security communication of carrier aggregation between base stations This invention discloses a method for security communication of carrier aggregation between base stations, which method comprises receiving, by a user equipment, a first message to add a cell controlled by a secondary base station as a service cell sent by a primary base station; and creating, by the user equipment, a security key for communication with cells controlled by the secondary base station according to security context of the primary base station and the first message. This invention further discloses the corresponding user equipment and base stations. Implementation of the method and apparatus according to the present invention makes it possible to effectively protect security of data transmission of the air interface and to avoid attacks on air interface security.
US09686678B2	Method and apparatus for negotiating security during handover between different radio access technologies Solution for security negotiation during handover of a user equipment (UE) between different radio access technologies is provided. In the solution, the UE receives non-access stratum (NAS) security information and access stratum (AS) security information which are selected by the target system and then performs security negotiation with the target system according to the received NAS security information and AS security information. As such, the UE may obtain the key parameter information of the NAS and AS selected by a long term evolution (LTE) system and perform security negotiation with the LTE system when the UE hands over from a different system, such as a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN), to the LTE system.
US09686668B2	Method and apparatus for intra-network roaming for IP telephony network A method of operating an internet-based telephony system comprises (1) determining that a telephony device associated with a customer of the internet-based telephony system has access to service of the internet-based telephony system; (2) sending a first location update signal to a public land mobile network associated with the customer; (3) receiving an indication that the public land mobile network associated with the customer no longer considers the internet-based telephony system as being the network visited by the telephony device associated with the customer; (4) determining the telephony device associated with the customer and the internet-based telephony system are in data communication, and (5) sending a second location update signal to the public land mobile network associated with the customer to register again the internet-based telephony system as the network visited by the telephony device associated with the customer.
US09686663B2	Systems and methods for acquiring and providing information associated with a crisis Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a geographical area associated with a crisis. A first user within the geographical area can be identified based on locational data associated with the first user. Information about a safety status of the first user can be actively requested or acquired from the first user. The safety status of the first user can be broadcasted, communicated, or provided to at least a second user associated with the first user.
US09686661B2	System and method of creating and providing SMS HTTP tagging A system and method for sending text messages and, more particularly, a system and method for forcing SMS capable devices to communicate via SMS using, for example, SS7 protocol. A method includes providing a tag forcing a return text message to be sent via SS7 protocol. In use, the system and method is configured to force the use of SMS messages via the SS7 protocol. The system and method can be implemented over any network, for example, and any existing mobile device and related infrastructure can be modified to take advantage of the benefits and functionality of the system and method of the invention.
US09686659B2	User terminal, method of transmitting message, and program for user terminal The user terminal capable of transmitting a phone call and a message between terminals transmits a phone call to a phone number of an other party to connect to the phone number of the other party; detects no connection to a terminal of the other party by the transmitted phone call; disconnects a line before the user terminal is connected with a voice mail system for the other party 200 if detecting no connection to a terminal of the other party; receives an input of a voice message from a caller; converts the received input of a voice message into a text message; extracts a message address of the other party corresponding to the phone number of the other party; and transmits the converted text message to the extracted message address.
US09686657B1	Methods and systems for simultaneous talking in a talkgroup using a dynamic channel chain A mobile radio has selectable transmit and receive channels, and is in a talkgroup that has a primary channel and multiple auxiliary channels. The mobile radio receives a broadcast-start command, and responsively selects its transmit channel to be the primary channel (if available) or an inactive auxiliary channel (if the primary channel is not available). The mobile radio receives user media via its user interface, and transmits that received user media on its selected transmit channel. The mobile radio scans for an auxiliary channel transitioning from inactive to active. Responsive to detecting such a transition, the mobile radio selects that auxiliary channel as its receive channel. The mobile radio mixes inbound media received on its selected receive channel with user media received via its user interface, and transmits the mixed media on its selected transmit channel.
US09686656B2	Method and apparatus for controlling group affiliation for a user with multiple mobile devices A communication system is provided for controlling group affiliation in a wireless communication system, wherein a group management server determines, or modifies, a set of one or more group affiliation parameters and group de-affiliation parameters associated with a mobile device based on capabilities of another mobile device and/or a set of one or more group affiliation parameters and group de-affiliation parameters associated with the another mobile device. The mobile devices may be mobile devices of a same user or may be mobile devices of different users. In other embodiments of the present invention, in response to receiving a request to initiate a group call involving a group that includes multiple mobile devices of a same user, the group management server may select only one of the multiple mobile devices to participate in the group call and arrange for only the selected mobile device to participate in the group call.
US09686654B2	Method and apparatus for providing broadcast or multicast service to obstructed user equipment Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for providing multicast/broadcast information to obstructed user equipment. Some embodiments of the apparatus include a gateway configured for communicative coupling to an antenna. The gateway is configurable to establish a first broadcast/multicast session for receiving at least one broadcast or multicast service associated with user equipment and establish a second session for providing information received in the first broadcast/multicast session to the user equipment. Some embodiments include user equipment are configurable to provide a request to receive a broadcast service or a multicast service from a gateway that receives the broadcast or multicast service(s) via a first broadcast/multicast session. Some embodiments of the user equipment are also configurable to establish a second session with the gateway for receiving the broadcast or multicast service(s).
US09686647B2	Mobile WiFi network A method, computer-readable medium, and system are provided for managing a dynamic wireless network. An aspect of this invention is to identify the occurrence of an overlap of coverage areas provided by separate wireless access points, at least one of which is mobile.
US09686644B1	Geospatial-based detection of mobile computing device movement Methods, systems and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for detecting movement of a mobile computing device based upon geospatial data about a property location of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device generates a baseline geospatial profile including baseline altitude data, baseline pressure data, and a predetermined pressure range. The mobile computing device enters a first operational mode permitting a user to establish a user session on the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device obtains altitude data from a first sensor and pressure data from a second sensor, and generates a geospatial signature based upon the altitude data and the pressure data. The mobile computing device compares the geospatial signature and the baseline geospatial profile, and enters a second operational mode if a difference between one or more corresponding values of the baseline geospatial profile and the geospatial signature exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09686641B2	Notification method, notification system and terminal for scenery are abased on ad hoc network Disclosed is a notification method for a scenery area based on an Ad Hoc network, including the following steps that: a guide information sending terminal is arranged at each scenery spot in the scenery area; the guide information sending terminal sends guide information periodically; a tourist terminal inside a radio transceiving range of the guide information sending terminal, after receiving the guide information, generates forwarded information and broadcasts it, and then sends reply information to the guide information sending terminal; a tourist terminal outside the radio transceiving range of the guide information sending terminal, after receiving the forwarded information, generates its own forwarded information and forwards it, and further judges whether itself is at the scenery spot where the guide information sending terminal is located according to the forwarded information, and if so, it sends reply information to the guide information sending terminal; and the guide information sending terminal determines the number of tourists at the scenery spot where it is located according to the received reply information. The disclosure further discloses a corresponding system and a corresponding terminal, so that a tourist can know the number of tourists at each scenery spot.
US09686635B2	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.
US09686630B2	System and method for control and management of resources for consumers of information A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.
US09686626B2	Audio system and method An audio system comprises at least one processor configured to receive multi-channel audio data and comprising a plurality of output channels. Control instructions are established based on preset positions of a plurality of speakers connectable to the output channels and further based on virtual positions of the channels of the multi-channel audio data. The channels of the multi-channel audio data are routed to the output channels based on the control instructions.
US09686623B2	Middle ear implant A hearing actuator (10) for implantation in the middle ear of a user. The actuator comprises transducer means (for example a piezoelectric device) (12) for converting electrical input signals into mechanical vibrations, and attachment means (16) for attaching one end of the transducer means to a first part of the middle ear. The actuator also comprises contacting means (14) which extends from an opposite end of the transducer means such that a longitudinal axis of the contacting means is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the transducer means. The contacting means is for contacting a second part of the middle ear (to which it may be attached), so as to transmit the mechanical vibrations of the transducer means thereto.
US09686614B2	Electro-acoustic device An electro-acoustic device is provided, including a frame; a magnetic circuit received in the frame and including a lower plate fixed on a bottom of the frame and a magnet attached on the lower plate; a vibration system received in the frame and including a vibrating diaphragm attached to a top of the frame; a cavity formed cooperatively by the lower plate, the frame and the vibrating diaphragm; a leak hole provided between the frame and the lower plate for communicating with outside of the electro-acoustic device; and a damper attached to the lower plate and located inside of the electro-acoustic device for covering the leak hole internally.
US09686609B1	Low power synchronous data interface A low power, digital audio interface includes support for variable length coding depending on content of the audio data sent from the interface. A particularized coding system is implemented that uses techniques of silence detection, dynamic scaling, and periodic encoding to reduce sent data to a minimum. Other techniques include variable packet scaling based on an audio sample rate. Differential signaling techniques are also used. The digital audio interface may be used in a headphone interface to drive digital headphones. A detector in the interface may detect whether digital or analog headphones are coupled to a headphone jack and drive the headphone jack accordingly.
US09686603B2	Freely adjustable ergonomic bone conduction earphone rack A freely adjustable ergonomic bone conduction earphone rack and bone conduction earphone using the same are disclosed. The rack includes a head-mounted unit, ear-hung units and mounting units, where the ear-hung unit is respectively configured on the two ends of the head-mounted unit, and the mounting unit is coupled to the ear-hung unit; the mounting unit has a connection section in connection with the ear-hung unit and mounting section for the mounting of a bone conduction vibrator, where at least the connection section is a soft plastic body, and the mounting unit is configured to be adjustable freely multi-directional relatively to the ear-hung unit with the deformation of the connection section.
US09686598B2	Power over ethernet electrical to optical interface converter A portable, self-powered, interface converter for converting between Ethernet over twisted pair cables and Ethernet over optical fiber is described. In one implementation, the device may include a first interface to a power-over-Ethernet connection and a second interface to provide a connection to receive fiber optic cabling. A power-over-Ethernet (PoE) circuit may derive power from the PoE connection and output a corresponding power signal. A transcoder may perform physical layer conversion between Ethernet communications over twisted pair cabling connected to the first interface and Ethernet communications over the fiber optic cabling. The transcoder may be powered by the power signal output by the PoE circuit.
US09686593B2	Decoding of closed captions at a media server Systems and methods of processing closed captions are disclosed. For example, a media server may receive a first video stream and first closed caption data associated with the first video stream. The media server may interpret at least one command included in the first closed caption data to generate interpreted closed caption data. The media server may transmit, to a destination device, a second video stream including second closed caption data that is generated based on the interpreted closed caption data.
US09686591B2	Television viewer interface system A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.
US09686580B2	Security device for pay-tv receiver decoder The aim of the present invention is to ensure that a security module SC or CAM is used with an authorized receiver device. A security device for Pay-TV receiver decoder, in charge of processing the security messages and to extract the keys or rights from the security messages, this security device comprising a memory to store at least one reference identifier of the receiver/decoder, characterized in that, it further comprises a wireless reader to read a wireless tag containing a receiver/decoder identifier with which it is connected, and means to compare this identifier with the reference identifier, said security device modifying the processing of the security messages in function of the comparison result.
US09686569B2	Method, system for calibrating interactive time in a live program and a computer-readable storage device The disclosure is related to a method for calibrating an interactive time in a live program, and a system thereof. In the method, a user device is used to receive a live content embedded with a mark from a live program system. A signal processing scheme is performed to identify the mark so as to obtain a marking time. Then an interactive content is received from an interactive serving system. An initiating time of interactive activity is obtained. A time difference between the marking time and the initiating time is counted. The time difference is referred to for calibrating the time of issuing an interactive message when responding to the interactive activity. The responding time, at the system side, is restored to an actual time. Therefore, the method effectively excludes the time error for responding to the interactive activity in the live program due to transmission delay.
US09686562B2	Method and device for encoding/decoding image by inter prediction using random block A video encoding apparatus, includes: a block partitioning unit to determine a partition form, among candidate partition forms, for partitioning a current block into one or more partition blocks; a prediction unit to generate one or more predicted blocks respectively corresponding to the one or more partition blocks by using a scale factor which indicates a ratio of pixel sampling; a subtractor to generate a residual block of the current block by subtracting the predicted blocks from one or more partition blocks corresponding thereto; a transformer to generate at least one transform block by transforming the residual block; a quantizer to generate at least one quantized transform block by quantizing the at least one transform block; and an encoder to encode, into the bitstream, information on the scale factor, information on the determined partition form and the at least one quantized transform block.
US09686549B2	Method and apparatus for generating a reference frame and method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image using the same An apparatus for generating a reference frame is disclosed including: an interpolation unit for interpolating a reference frame per fractional pixel; a virtual encoder for determining a block mode of a current frame and a motion vector according to the block mode by using an interpolated reference frame; an offset calculator for calculating an offset for each pixel of the interpolated reference frame by using the block mode and the motion vector; and an offset adder for generating an offset interpolated reference frame by adding the offset for each pixel to each pixel of the interpolated reference frame. By adding the offset calculated according to the block mode to the reference frame for the inter prediction and making the reference frame to be used for the motion estimation and compensation similar to the current frame to be encoded, motion prediction is accurate and compression efficiency is improved.
US09686524B1	Systems and methods for playing a video clip of an encoded video file Systems and processes are disclosed for providing a video output of a subset of an encoded video file. In one example, a process includes accessing an encoded video file that includes an initial frame and scanning the encoded video file for a start frame of a video clip. This process can also include decoding the video clip of the encoded video file to generate decoded video data corresponding to the video clip and populating memory with the decoded video data. Further, the process can include setting a playout pointer that indicates a location in the memory populated with the decoded video data and corresponding to the start frame of the video clip. In addition, the process can include causing a video player to read, beginning at the playout pointer, from the decoded video data in the memory so as to output, via an output port of the video playout card, a video stream of the video clip.
US09686519B2	Apparatus for projecting a picture element An apparatus for projecting a picture element based on at least a first and a second sample comprises a mirror configured to pivot about two axes, at least a first and a second light generation unit, and a processor being configured to output the first sample received at a first point in time at a second point in time to the first light generation unit and the second sample received at a first point in time at a third point in time to the second light generation unit. At least one of the second and third points in time is determined such that the distance between the actual first and second positions is reduced.
US09686516B2	Method and device for improving configuration of communication devices in a video projection system comprising multiple wireless video projectors The present invention relates to improving configuration of wireless communication paths between devices in a video projection system comprising multiple wireless video projectors. When an initial radio communication setup is required between a managing node, e.g. a node comprising a master projector, and a node comprising a slave projector, for example following the powering up of the video projection system, the slave node receives setup information by radio communication means according to a sweeping sequence and transmits information by projecting sub-images. Sub-images advantageously comprise information relative to settings of the master node allowing reception in the corresponding slave node of a radio signal transmitted by the master node.
US09686512B2	Multi-user interactive virtual environment including broadcast content and enhanced social layer content A system and method for providing interactive graphical and multi-media connectivity between a plurality of users, especially in the context of shared content. In aspects, the users are placed into common virtual rooms or virtual interactive environments to permit sharing of content and chat between the individuals in a same virtual interactive environment. Participating users can thereby exchange social layer content as an enhanced content layer beyond a common broadcast content they are experiencing together. Other features and associated functions are also described.
US09686504B2	Remote resource access interface apparatus A remote resource access interface apparatus is provided. A key input unit has keys for generating input key values. A communication unit transmits a connection establishment request message including screen resolution information to, and receives a connection establishment response message including supportable key information from, a portable device. The communication unit transmits input key information to and receives video information from the portable device after establishing the connection. A pixel information processing unit converts the video information to pixel signals for a video output unit to display as a visual image. A key advisor unit extracts supportable key information from the response message and outputs the supportable key information to the video output unit. The video information is video data adjusted in resolution based on the screen resolution information, and the input key value is mapped to one of key values indicated by the key information of the portable device.
US09686503B2	Camera system, video processing apparatus, and camera apparatus Disclosed herein is a camera system including, a camera apparatus having, an image sensor, a correction section, a first transmission processing section, and a synchronization processing section, and a video processing apparatus having a second transmission processing section and a conversion section, wherein the video processing apparatus outputs the video data obtained by the conversion by the conversion section.
US09686502B2	Audio routing for audio-video recording Systems and methods for routing audio for audio-video recordings allow a user to record desired audio with captured video at the time the video is being captured. Audio from one or more sources may be routed to the video capture application and recorded with the video. In one or more examples, audio may be routed from another application, e.g., an audio playback application, running on the same device as the video capture application. In another example, audio may be received from a remote device through a wireless connection. Multiple streams of audio content may be mixed together prior to storing with video. The audio, upon reception, may then be routed to the video capture application for recordation. An audio progression bar may also be provided to indicate duration and elapsed time information associated with the audio being recorded.
US09686497B1	Video annotation and dynamic video call display for multi-camera devices Systems and methods for the management of video calls are provided. A computing device dynamically determines which video stream, of multiple available video streams, is to be presented full-screen or otherwise most prominently during a video call when a user switches between cameras. The available video streams can include a video stream from a user-facing camera of the device, a video stream from a rear-facing camera of the device, or a video stream from another device. Video of the video call can also be annotated to identify individual items shown in the video, characteristics of the items, and the like. The annotations can be used to generate a summary report of the items in the video.
US09686496B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods for notification of remote control device modes Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed for the current mode of one or more remote control devices to be displayed or played as an audio message either continuously or at various opportune times on other devices such as a presentation device (e.g., a television set). In this way, a user is able to quickly see the current mode of their remote control while watching programming on the display to determine if the remote control mode needs to be changed to control a particular device on the premises. Remote control command mode information may be communicated from the remote control in a separate remote control message or within remote control commands generated by the remote control.
US09686475B2	Integrated light sensor for dynamic exposure adjustment The amount of resources needed to provide automatic exposure control (AEC) for a camera of a computing device, as well as the amount of latency required to determine an appropriate exposure setting for current conditions, can be improved utilizing an ambient light sensor (ALS) that is integrated with a camera module corresponding to the camera. The ALS can capture data regarding the amount of ambient light around the device, and a microprocessor or other component of the camera module can analyze the data using an AEC algorithm or other such process to determine one or more initial exposure settings for the camera. This process can be completed without sending image data to a host processor or other such component. Providing relatively accurate initial exposure settings can, in at least many situations, enable the AEC algorithm to more quickly converge to proper settings than is possible using conventional approaches.
US09686463B2	Systems and methods for continuous auto focus (CAF) Systems and methods for continuous automatic focus are disclosed. In some aspects, an object to focus on is selected from a field of view of a camera. At least one region of the field of view that includes the object is monitored for change. Regions of the field of view that do not include the object may not be monitored, thus improving efficiency and speed. If a change in the image content of the monitored region(s) occurs, the method may trigger a focus event. If the object moves to different region(s) of the field of view, the method detects the movement and adjusts the regions of the image being monitored to maintain focus on the object. In some aspects, the size of the object is also monitored. If the size of the object changes, a focus event may be triggered, depending on whether the amount of change exceeds predetermined parameters.
US09686462B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus There is provided a solid-state imaging device including two or more photoelectric conversion layers that have photoelectric conversion portions divided on a pixel-by-pixel basis and are laminated. Light, which is incident into a single pixel of a first photoelectric conversion layer close to an optical lens, is received by the photoelectric conversion portions of a plurality of pixels of a second photoelectric conversion layer far from the optical lens.
US09686457B2	High efficiency image sensor pixels with deep trench isolation structures and embedded reflectors An image sensor with an array of pixels is provided. To minimize optical and electrical and crosstalk, the array of pixels may include deep trench isolation structures interposed between adjacent pairs of photodiodes. In order to maximize quantum efficiency, the array of pixels may include a reflective stack formed under the photodiodes and the deep trench isolation structures. The deep trench isolation structures may be formed from doped glass, doped polysilicon, or metal having a doped oxide liner. The reflective stack may include multiple layers of materials having different indices of refraction. The reflective stack may include oxide, nitride, and semiconductor layers. The deep trench isolation structures may extend from the top of the photodiodes down to the reflective stack. The deep trench isolation structures may have a 50 to 1 aspect ratio.
US09686454B2	Personal authentication device and method of manufacturing such a device The invention relates to an authentication device (1), characterized in that it comprises a support (10) provided with a surface (12), said surface comprising a plurality of peaks (14) and valleys (15) forming a pattern (13) capable of being acquired by a digital fingerprint sensor.The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a device.
US09686452B2	Surveillance camera with integral large-domain sensor A surveillance camera arrangement includes a first camera that performs panning movements about a pan axis, and that performs tilting movements within a plane of tilting motion. The plane of tilting motion is offset from, and substantially parallel to, the pan axis. A second camera is substantially aligned with the pan axis. The second camera has a wider field of view than the first camera.
US09686434B2	Scanner demonstrator, method of scanner demonstration, and computer program product Provided are a scanner demonstrator, a method of scanner demonstration, and a computer program product that can easily perform a demonstration having high reproducibility and presence even without a scanner device. The scanner demonstrator outputs image data read by a scanner device in an environment not connected to the scanner device, based on device status information of the scanner device at image reading.
US09686422B2	Image scanner having a reader and image forming apparatus incorporating same An image scanner includes a stationary original plate on which a stationary original is placed and a moving original plate, over which a moving original is conveyed, aligned with the stationary original plate in a sub-scanning direction and tilted relative to the stationary original plate by a given angle. A reader is movable in the sub-scanning direction between a stationary original reading span disposed opposite the stationary original via the stationary original plate to read an image on the stationary original and a moving original reading position disposed opposite the moving original via the moving original plate to read an image on the moving original. The reader pressingly contacts the stationary original plate and the moving original plate as the reader moves in the sub-scanning direction.
US09686420B2	Device, computer-readable medium, and method for retaining services using advanced data collection capabilities A method for presenting services to a subscriber comprises obtaining, via a first server, subscriber usage data associated with a portable device service from a plurality of databases, and sending the subscriber usage data to a second server. The method further includes processing, via the second server, the subscriber usage data using a predetermined algorithm, determining an actionable category of data based on the processed subscriber usage data, generating content corresponding to a first message based on the actionable category of data, and sending via the third server, the first message to a portable device, wherein the first message request a subscriber input.
US09686419B2	Interactive application resource usage information An environment is described in which a processing system provides application-level usage information to users. In one scenario, for example, the processing system may provide personal usage information to a user who is operating a user device. The personal usage information itemizes the amount of data (and/or other resources) that has been consumed by each application run by the user device. In another scenario, the processing system may provide expected usage information associated with at least one candidate application provided by a marketplace system. The expected usage information describes an expected consumption of data (and/or other resources) by the candidate application upon running the candidate application by the user device. The processing system can tailor the expected usage information that it sends to a particular user based on user profile data. The user profile data describes a manner in which users operate applications.
US09686409B1	Applying user preferences, behavioral patterns and/or environmental factors to an automated customer support application A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
US09686407B2	Customer service controller Information about a request from a caller is provided in a customer service call center. In one embodiment, a customer service processor selects an agent based on the type of request and routes the call to the agent. The types of requests including one or more of cancelling all orders by a firm, canceling all orders by a trader, cancelling specific orders by a trader for more than one product, cancelling orders by more than one trader for a specific product, cancelling individual orders, changing the quantity of an individual order, and changing the quantity of a set of orders for a trader or a firm. Statistics may be collected regarding the call and stored for later use in a database.
US09686403B2	Communicating availability of a mobile device Embodiments described herein provide approaches for communicating availability of a mobile device. Specifically, at least one approach includes: determining a current status of a mobile device operated by a receiving user, the current status including an operating state and an operating time zone; and providing the current status of the mobile device to a sender via the sender's mobile device by performing either of the following: annotating a contact list with visual data indicating the operating state and the operating time zone of the mobile device, and generating a graphic indicating the operating state and the operating time zone of the mobile device when the sender initiates communication with the mobile device. Based on the current status, a warning can be communicated to the sender indicating that is inadvisable to continue with the communication, as the receiving user is unlikely to be available and/or willing to respond.
US09686397B1	Acoustic-based communication between devices A modulation method referred to as Time Shift Keying (TSK) is used to transmit messages between two devices in a highly energy efficient manner. A message represented by an inaudible audio signal is modulated on a transmitting device. The audio signal is comprised of an array of non-zero amplitude delimiter signals with time periods of zero-amplitude transmission between delimiters. The time duration of the zero-amplitude transmission periods is mapped to a symbol, multiple symbols are then assembled into a message. On the transmitting device, the audio signal is broken into pieces or sequences of bits which are mapped to symbols. On the receiving device, the time durations of zero-amplitude transmission are translated to the symbols which are assembled to the message. The delimiter signals have gradually increasing and decreasing amplitudes and have a length such that make them detectable by the receiving device.
US09686394B2	Portable terminal device A mobile device that makes it possible to prevent a person other than a user from being aware of information relating to a predetermined communication while also enabling the user to immediately be aware of the information relating to the predetermined communication. The mobile device includes a status determining section (41) for determining, in a case where a communication is received, whether or not the mobile device is being left unattended; and an output control section (42) for outputting predetermined received communication information in a case where the mobile device is not being left unattended, the output control section (42) skipping output of the predetermined received communication information in a case where the mobile device is being left unattended.
US09686392B2	Telephone system for impaired individuals An expandable or all-in-one telephone system is designed for seniors suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia as well as other cognitively challenged individuals. The features and settings are managed by their caregivers through a web browser or a smartphone application. This phone system provides caregivers with peace of mind and care-receivers with an easy-to-use safe system customized to fit their individual abilities and adaptable as their needs change. Accordingly, the system may help seniors retain dignity and independence, while reducing daily stress points for caregivers.
US09686391B1	Collapsible shoulder rest for portable electronic device A collapsible shoulder rest for a personal electronic device is incorporated into a protective case. The shoulder rest is secured within the back of the case and fan folds out away from the back. The shoulder rest is perpendicular to the width of the case.
US09686388B2	Projector The present disclosure describes a projector which has: an image projection portion; an image provision portion that provides a projection image to the image projection portion; a deviation movement detection portion that detects a deviation movement of the image projection portion; and an image process portion that based on detection by the deviation movement detection portion, shifts the image provided by the image provision portion in a direction where the deviation movement is corrected. According to this, even if an image projection function does not include a deviation correction function, it is possible to perform the deviation correction by means of the image process.
US09686384B2	Electronic device with rotating input unit and method for operating the same According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device includes a first body having a first display on a first surface of the first body and a second body having a second display on a first surface of the second body and an input unit on a second surface of the second body. The first body and the second body are rotatably coupled with each other.
US09686382B2	Double decoder system for decoding overlapping aircraft surveillance signals In one example of this disclosure, two decoders perform a method for detecting and decoding overlapping radio surveillance signals. The first decoder detects a first automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) preamble from a signal stream received via a front-end unit. The first decoder decodes the first ADS-B signal associated with the first ADS-B preamble. The second decoder detects a subsequent ADS-B preamble from the signal stream while the first decoder is decoding the first ADS-B signal. The second decoder decodes the subsequent ADS-B signal associated with the subsequent ADS-B preamble.
US09686378B2	Content management and transformation system for digital content A transformation engine that enables content and information to be transformed from one format, a source format, to a format that is compatible with the requesting device, a destination format. Advantageously, various device types can access and share content via a network without concern as to the original format of the content. When a client device provides a request for content, the transformation engine identifies delivery characteristics of the client device, and identifies a source for the requested content. The transformation engine then transforms the source formatted content into a format identified through a best fit analysis of the delivery characteristics of the device.
US09686357B1	Mapping content delivery Aspects of the present disclosure relate to mapping content delivery. A client device provides, to a map management server, a request for a map of a geographic region. The client device receives, from the map management server, an identification of tiles for the map. The client device provides, to a first tile server, a request for the tiles for the map. In response to receiving the tiles from the first tile server: the client device displays the map of the geographic region based on the tiles.
US09686356B2	Zero-knowledge environment based social networking engine Methods, systems, and apparatus are described providing social networking engines. Specifically, the present specification relates to a method for implementing software containers implementing social network engines that may be configured to act in a zero-knowledge environment. In such implementations, all information pertaining to the social network engine associated with a user that is stored in the container is solely that of a user unless explicitly shared by the user. In some implementations, the containers may be configured to participate in a publish-and-subscribe network in order to share information. In addition, the containers may be provisioned with controls so that global operators may comply with local privacy rules.
US09686353B2	Method and node for locating objects in a peer-to-peer network This invention includes a method and a node (302) for locating objects in a structured overlay peer-to-peer network (500). Known distributed hash table DHT algorithms are not well suited for wild card searches. This problem has been solved by the current invention by using a node (302) configured with a finger table (310) and a stochastic selector (503) adapted to perform a stochastic search algorithm. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the stochastic search algorithm uses weighted probability values that are assigned to each established connection (312, 313, 314) between the node (302) and other nodes (303, 304, 305) in the overlay peer-to-peer network (500).
US09686348B2	Inter-entity connection maps The technology disclosed relates to identifying connection maps between entities (persons and organizations) and generating so-called connection stories between them based on the connection maps. The connection stories are graphic and visual representations of the connection paths that present to entities topological and chronological aspects of their relationships with other entities.
US09686345B2	Device management method and apparatus A device management method and apparatus are described. The method includes the following steps: a terminal detects an access of a device (S102); and the terminal generates a WEB User Interface (WEB UI) corresponding to the device according to a configuration file corresponding to the device (S104). According to the disclosure, the problem of incompatibility of the WEB UI of the terminal with multiple devices is solved, and the WEB UI of the terminal can be adapted to the multiple devices.
US09686333B2	Internet content delivery system which provides synchronized content An Internet content delivery system provides information to a number of different users. The system attempts to provide the same information to many different users while also providing the illusion to each of the users that they were receiving the content individually. The system attempts to minimize individualized bandwidth allocation by sending the same information to multiple different users while taking into account individualization requests of the multiple different users. An Internet or a playlist creator is also defined which allows a number of different items to be presented at different times depending on the playlist setting of the playlist.
US09686330B2	Topic-based messaging using consumer address and pool In a multicast publisher-subscriber environment, a plurality of receiver machines are managed by a configurator machine. A consumer address of a receiver machine is received from a configurator machine. The consumer address is generated by the configurator machine based on registration data transmitted by the receiver machine. A communication is generated based on the consumer address, the communication indicating an availability of the receiver machine to receive messages that correspond to a topic. The communication is transmitted via a network, and in response to the communication, at least one message is received.
US09686325B2	Client terminal's tethering function is selectively turn on or off based on network connection An information processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a processor; a network interface that establishes a connection to a network and a connection to a client terminal; and a storage unit, wherein the processor is capable of executing a tethering function to control communication between the network and the client terminal through the network interface, the storage unit stores network information of the network, to which the information processing apparatus connects, and ON/OFF information of the tethering function in association with the network information, and the processor sets the tethering function based on the ON/OFF information of the tethering function when the network interface connects to the network.
US09686316B2	Layer-2 security for industrial automation by snooping discovery and configuration messages In one embodiment, a switch in a computer network listens to a device naming exchange on trusted interfaces to learn device names of devices reachable on interfaces of the switch. The switch then listens to the device naming exchange to learn a corresponding interface of the switch on which each particular (named) device is reachable, and associates each learned device name to the learned corresponding interface for that particular device. The switch then allows identity responses from only learned device names on their corresponding interface. In another embodiment, the switch also listens to an IP address assigning exchange on the trusted interfaces to learn IP addresses assigned to each particular device, and associates each learned IP address with a corresponding learned device name and its corresponding interface. The switch then allows address resolution responses from only learned IP addresses from their corresponding learned device names on their corresponding interface.
US09686315B2	Systems and methods for matching and scoring sameness Systems and methods for matching and scoring sameness. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising acts of: identifying an anchor value X from the first digital interaction; identifying a first plurality of past digital interactions from which the anchor value X was previously observed, wherein each past digital interaction of the first plurality of past digital interactions has associated therewith a respective sameness score; select a second plurality of past digital interactions from the first plurality of past digital interactions based at least in part on the respective sameness scores; generating a profile for the anchor value X based on the second plurality of past digital interactions; and determining a biometric score for the first digital interaction.
US09686311B2	Interdicting undesired service Interdicting an undesired service is disclosed. For example, a malware service is interdicted. The undesired service is identified. A vulnerability of the undesired service is identified from among a hierarchy of vulnerabilities. The undesired service is interdicted according to the vulnerability. For example, a corresponding action of a vulnerability to interdict the undesired service is performed in the order of the hierarchy until the undesired service is interdicted.
US09686299B2	Threat assessment level determination and remediation for a cloud-based multi-layer security architecture A device may obtain information regarding a security situation of a set of computing resources associated with a cloud-based platform. The information may be related to an ongoing security threat or a potential security threat. The information may be obtained utilizing one or more internet security resources. The device may determine a threat assessment level, of a set of threat assessment levels, for the security situation based on the information regarding the security situation. The information regarding the security situation may satisfy a set of threshold criteria for the threat assessment level. The device may perform one or more response actions associated with the threat assessment level based on the security situation. The one or more response actions may include providing an alert notification regarding the security situation that identifies the threat assessment level.
US09686297B2	Malicious message detection and processing Malicious message detection and processing systems and methods are provided herein. According to various embodiments, a method includes detecting, via an intermediary node, a link included in a message, the link being associated with an unknown resource, hashing a unique identifier for a recipient of the message, coupling the hashed identifier with the link, creating an updated link and updated message, and forwarding the updated message to the recipient.
US09686289B2	Access enforcement at a wireless access point A first set of access rules is received from an access configuration service. The first set of access rules specifies addresses of devices authorized for a first user. A second set of access rules is received from the access configuration service. The second set of the access rules specifies addresses of devices authorized for a second user. At a wireless access point, a network packet associated with the first user is received. The first set of access rules is applied to filter the network packet.
US09686282B2	Automatic configuration of household playback devices An example implementation involves a first playback device receiving, from a remote server over a wide area network, a configuration table corresponding to a secure network comprising the first playback device. The first playback device determines that the configuration table comprises an entry corresponding to a second playback device that is not part of the secure network. The first playback device listens, over an unsecure local area network, for transmissions from playback devices, and, while listening, receives a first message from the second playback device, the first message indicating that the second playback device is available to join the secure network. In response to receiving the first message, the first playback device transmits, to the second playback device over the unsecure local area network, a second message comprising configuration information for the second playback device to join the secure network.
US09686276B2	Cookieless management translation and resolving of multiple device identities for multiple networks The determination of a unique user is discussed in response to receiving a dataset comprising multiple user identifiers (IDs). In some cases the user IDs may be of a different type. User IDs may be compared directly to determine whether they correspond to a unique user. Network transactions and attributes associated with those network transactions may be compared to determine a probability of whether two user IDs correspond to a unique user. Network transactions and attributes associated with those network transactions may also be compared to determine that two user IDs do not correspond to a unique user.
US09686266B2	Utilizing X.509 authentication for single sign-on between disparate servers An authentication scheme may be utilized for a single sign-on operation between servers. One or more servers (e.g., a SHAREPOINT server) receives a data request directed to a disparate server (e.g., an SAP server). A root certificate (e.g., an X.509 root certificate) is loaded for accessing the disparate server. A user certificate is dynamically generated for identifying a logged-in user. The user certificate is signed with the root certificate and sent to the disparate server for binding with the data request. The data request is sent to the disparate server for authentication using the user certificate. The disparate server accesses a mapping table to map a subject name in the user certificate. When an entry for the logged-in user is found in the mapping table, data operations are enabled between the servers. An open web protocol response containing the requested data is then received from the disparate server.
US09686265B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate single sign-on services Methods, articles of manufacture and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate single sign-on services. An example method includes monitoring web session activity for an indication of entry of first credentials, identifying an SSO framework associated with the device in response to detecting a context event indicative of web session termination, querying the SSO framework for second credentials associated with the web session, and configuring SSO services on the device when the second credentials are absent from the SSO framework.
US09686259B2	System and method for efficient replication of and access to application specific environments and data A peer-to-peer system and method for efficient replication of and access to application specific environments and their data that includes automatically accessing application specific metadata to determine the location of application specific data and then replicating or providing access to the application metadata and data to a set of peers. A system and method for efficient replication of and access to application specific environments and data that includes automatically accessing a source application's metadata to determine the location of the source application's data and then automatically transferring and transforming the application metadata and data to a target application's metadata and data.
US09686255B2	Systems and methods for an extensible authentication framework The present disclosure describes systems and methods of an authentication framework to implement varying authentication schemes in a configurable and extendable manner. This authentication framework provides a level of abstraction in which requirements for credential gathering and authentication workflow are independent from the agents or authentication implementation that does the credential gathering and authentication workflow. A higher level of abstraction and a more comprehensive authentication framework allows handling the associated authentication transactions of complex authentication schemes without requiring any specific understanding of their internals. For example, the requirements to gather certain credentials for a particular authentication scheme may be configured and maintained separately from the client-side authentication agent that gathers the credentials. The flexible, configurable and extendable authentication framework supports a wide variety of authentication scheme and supports third party, proprietary and customized authentication schemes.
US09686250B2	Systems and methods for decryption as a service via a hardware security module Systems and methods for decryption of payloads are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, systems and methods herein are configured for decrypting thousands of transactions per second. Further, in particular embodiments, the systems and methods herein are scalable, such that many thousands of transactions can be processed per second upon replicating particular architectural components.
US09686248B2	Secure shared key sharing systems and methods Systems and methods used to securely communicate a shared key to devices. One embodiment describes a method to securely communicate a shared key to a first device and a second device that includes receiving, using the first device, a shared key and unique identifier pairing associated with the first device from a key generator; receiving, using a trusted third party, the shared key and unique identifier pairing from the key generator; generating, using the first device, a signature using the unique identifier and the shared key; transmitting, using the first device, the signature and the unique identifier to the trusted third party; verifying, using the trusted third party, the unique identifier based on the signature; determining, using the trusted third party, the shared key when the unique identifier is verified; and transmitting, using the trusted third party, the shared key to the second device to enable the first device and the second device to communicate securely by encoding and decoding communicated data using the shared key.
US09686244B2	Rule-based validity of cryptographic key material In representative embodiments, a rule-based certificate cryptographic key material comprising containing a rule set defining validity conditions is associated with cryptographic key material assigned to an entity for use in authenticated communications. The validity of the cryptographic material changes state based on whether the entity is compliant or non-compliant with the rule set. This is accomplished in a representative embodiment by suspending the validity of the cryptographic key material when the entity is non-compliant with the rules and reinstating the validity of the cryptographic key material when the entity becomes compliant. A rules compliance service determines the validity of the cryptographic material in part using updates sent by the entity. Entities can delegate the update to a delegate device. Encryption can be used to preserve privacy.
US09686235B2	Mobile banking system with cryptographic expansion device A mobile banking system that uses a cryptographic expansion device attached to a communication component of a mobile device and a secure gateway device to enable end-to-end secure communications between the mobile device and a payment processing network is disclosed. The cryptographic expansion device enables the mobile device to perform cryptographic operations on communications sent to and from the mobile device. The secure gateway device prevents unauthorized accesses to the payment processing network.
US09686232B2	Network address translating router for mobile networking A Network Address Translating (“NAT”) Router, particularly designed for mobile use, and for managing one or more local area networks, having private internet protocol (“IP”) address ranges, along with multiple “upstream” networks, and for efficiently routing communications traffic to and from the upstream networks, is disclosed. The inventive router allocates multiple network connections of varying quality, to automatically optimize the effective connection speed in a mobile client network with optional personal “hotspot” sub-networks. The inventive NAT router is also capable of managing IP address allocation on local networks to substantially avoid conflicts with other networks encountered in normal use.
US09686231B2	Method for acquiring information and network equipment The application provides a method for providing an internet protocol (IP) address to a terminal device by a network node. The network node receives, from the terminal device, a request for acquiring an IP address in a packet data network (PDN) connection. The request includes a requested IP address version. The network node allocates an IP address for the terminal device in response to the request, and sends the address allocated by the network node and a PDN address capability to the terminal device. The PDN address capability is determined by the network node according to the request, and the PDN address capability indicates that only an assigned version of the allocated IP address is allowed by the network node in the PDN connection.
US09686228B2	Integrated just-in-time synchronization The invention is directed to just-in-time (JIT) retrieval of directory information to reduce network traffic and load on directory servers and/or data sources by requesting only the information that is currently needed from the directory server. In the invention, a request handler operating with the directory server provides this capability. Specifically, the request handler and directory server are configured to receive a request for directory information from a client and to determine a location corresponding to a set of current attribute values for responding to the request. The request handler retrieves the set of current attribute values from at least one of the following: the directory server and an external source. A set of current attributes is returned to the client from the directory server. The request handler propagates information in a JIT manner so that only the information that will be currently used by the client is propagated across the network.
US09686225B2	Method and system for configuring message tracking in telecom service The disclosure discloses a method for configuring message tracking in a telecom service, comprising: a service module initiates a registration message to a tracking server, and synchronizes a tracking condition with the tracking server; a monitoring client initiates a registration message to the tracking server, and receives the tracking condition synchronously sent by the tracking server; and the monitoring client performs a configuration on the tracking condition, and sends a synchronization message of configuration information to the corresponding service module through the tracking server to complete the message tracking configuration. The disclosure further discloses a system for configuring message tracking in a telecom service. The method and system construct a general platform for the message tracking, which can integrate the message tracking of various different services. A new service module or a new monitoring client could be added more flexibly.
US09686219B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for facilitating determination of a message recipient Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating determination of a message recipient. A method may include determining a message to be sent in one of multiple active messaging conversations. The method may further include determining a conversation to which the message is relevant from among the active messaging conversations based at least in part on data from historical conversations. The method may additionally include designating the message to be sent to at least one recipient. The at least one recipient may be a party participating in the determined conversation. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
US09686218B2	Net-based email filtering A local gateway device receives email across the internet from a sender of the email and forwards it across the internet to an email filtering system. The email filtering system analyzes the email to determine whether it is spam, phishing or contains a virus and sends it back to the local gateway device along with the filtered determination. The local gateway device forwards the received email and the filtered determination to a local junk store which handles the email appropriately. For example, if the email has been determined to be spam, phishing or containing a virus, the junk store can quarantine the email and if the email has been determined to be non-spun and/or not phishing and/or not containing a virus, the junk store can forward the email to a local mail server for delivery.
US09686209B1	Method and apparatus for storing packets in a network device In a network device, a plurality of first counters for measuring respective fill levels of respective queues are maintained, the queues using respective dedicated areas of a memory and a shared area of a memory. A single second counter for measuring a fill level of a shared area is maintained. When a packet is enqueued, the respective first counter corresponding to the queue is updated, and if any part of the packet is stored in the shared area, the single second counter is updated. When the packet is dequeued, the respective first counter is updated, and if any part of the packet was stored in the shared area, the single second counter is updated.
US09686208B2	Stateless services in content management clients Techniques to provide stateless services in a content management client are disclosed. A session manager is instantiated to service a request to access a content item. The session manager is used to obtain from a global session pool that is not specific to the session manager a session to service the request. The session is used to service the request. Once the request has been completed the session manager may be terminated, but the global session pool and associated object cache remain.
US09686205B2	Method for providing a connection of a client to an unmanaged service in a client-server remote access system Systems and methods for providing a connection of a client to an unmanaged service in a client-server remote access system. An unmanaged service may register at a remote access server and open a communication connection there between remote access server may be configured for providing remote access to the unmanaged service by a client. The remote access server receives keep-alive messages from the unmanaged service over the communication connection, which may serve to indicate that the unmanaged service is operational. The remote access server may a request for a client connection to the unmanaged service, after which, a terminate keep-alive message is communicated to the unmanaged service to terminate the sending of keep-alive messages from the unmanaged service in response to the request for the client connection to the unmanaged service.
US09686202B2	Network-specific data downloading to a mobile device A method, system, and/or computer program product downloads a blob of data onto a mobile device. A blob of data that is to be downloaded from a server to a mobile device via a particular network is identified. A first maximum chunk size for the first network for the particular network is identified, as is a timeout value for the mobile device when downloading a chunk of data. An optimal chunk size for chunking the blob of data is determined based on the timeout value of the mobile device and the maximum chunk size for the first network. The blob of data is partitioned into chunks of data based on the first optimal chunk size, and the chunks of data are transmitted from the server to the mobile device.
US09686199B2	Method and system for implementing ethernet OAM in a software-defined networking (SDN) system A method for implementing Ethernet operation, administration, and management (OAM) function in a network element coupled to a software-defined networking (SDN) system is disclosed. The method comprises adding a flow table entry for an OAM traffic flow to a flow table of the network element. The method continues with adding a group table entry for the OAM traffic flow to a group table of the network element, where the group table entry includes an instruction to send the packet to a set of ports, including a loopback port. The method continues with receiving the packet directing to the group table entry from the SDN controller, and sending the packet to the set of ports of the network element according to the group table entry, where the packet is to be looped back through the loopback port to the flow table periodically at a predetermined interval.
US09686198B1	Enhancing DOCSIS services through network functions virtualization This disclosure describes techniques for provisioning a CMTS to re-direct customer traffic into virtualized network functions (NFVs) service chains. This disclosure describes, in one example, techniques for providing linkage between DOCSIS service flows and NFV service chains in the DOCSIS provisioning system by embedding information within cable modem boot files used to configured cable modems within the broadband system. In one example, the techniques facilitate the definition of an NFV service-chain in the DOCSIS cable modem boot file provisioning system. A supported CMTS, CCAP or Edge Router intercepts and interprets the configuration to install packet classifiers that steer specific subscriber flows, as detailed in the DOCSIS cable modem boot file, through the service-chain.
US09686192B2	Network service slotting Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems of packet processing utilize an ordered sequence of packet processing services to process a packet having a destination. The packet is a native, non-proprietary network packet that uses a standard network protocol and standard packet format. The packet processing services include a plurality of physical and/or virtual services. The ordered sequence is determined by applying one or more policy rules. A virtual service insertion platform manages routing of the packet to each service in the ordered sequence of services until all services have processed the packet, then the packet is forwarded to the packet destination.
US09686189B2	Routing data in a bi-directional communication session over an overlay network using relay nodes Routing data in a bi-directional communication session over an overlay network is described. One-way performance measurements are determined for routing data in the communication session in a first direction from a first node to a second node via a respective plurality of relay nodes of the overlay network. Based on the performance measurements, relay node(s) are selected for use in routing data in the first direction from first node to second node. Data is routed in the communication session from the first node to the second node over the overlay network via the selected relay node(s). The selection of the relay node(s) for use in routing data in the first direction is performed separately to selection of one or more relay node for use in routing data in a second direction from the second node to the first node in the communication session.
US09686184B2	Gateway device for machine-to-machine communication with dual cellular interfaces Gateway devices can use dual cellular interfaces to provide reliable communications for client machines. A gateway device can use one of the dual cellular interfaces as a primary interface and the other as a hot backup interface. The backup interface remains connected to a cellular network while communications are routed on the primary interface. Accordingly, the gateway device can rapidly switch communications between from the primary interface to the backup interface. Applications, for example, for ATM payment processing, vending machine telemetry, point of sale payment processing, kiosk internet connectivity, remote monitoring and control, mobile or electronic health, and remote information displays, may run on the gateway devices, on servers, on user devices, or a combination of these devices.
US09686183B2	Digital object routing based on a service request A digital object may be routed via a network. Routing of a digital object may be based in part on a requested service, and/or on an ability of an intermediate node to provide the requested service, and/or on a willingness of the intermediate node to provide the requested service.
US09686179B2	Network relay system and switching device Each of the n port switches set LAG to m links which respectively connect the port switch and m fabric switches. For example, the port switch performs a hashing operation for a frame received at a predetermined port and containing a layer 4 port number of an OSI reference model by using the port number, determines one link based on a result of the hashing operation from among the m links to which the LAG is set, and relays the frame to the one link.
US09686178B2	Configuring link aggregation groups to perform load balancing in a virtual environment Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems configure a first set of ports of a host device to be included within a link aggregation group (LAG) with a switch coupled to the first set of one or more ports. A second set of one or more ports of a second host device is also included within the LAG. The configuration of the LAG includes the switch performing load balancing between ports within the LAG. The first host device receives, via the LAG, a packet to be processed by a service implemented by each of one or more virtual machines running on the first host device. The first host device receives the packet as a result of the switch selecting a port within the first and second sets of ports based upon the load balancing between uplinks to the ports within the LAG.
US09686168B1	Managing component capacity Disclosed herein are systems and methods for managing data transmission capacity between endpoints in a computing environment. The systems and methods are operable to receive, store and track information regarding data transmission components installed in the environment, and operable to receive, store and track information regarding how much of the total data transmission capacity between a given pair of endpoints in the system is being used, is reserved for future use, or is available for use. This information can be compared to predetermined threshold values to determine whether additional data transmission hardware should be added to the environment to increase the data transmission capacity.
US09686165B2	Systems and methods for indicating link quality A method for indicating communication link quality by an electronic device is described. The method includes tracking local link quality information corresponding to a local receive link between the electronic device and a neighboring device. The method also includes receiving a request to indicate a link quality. The method further includes indicating the link quality.
US09686163B2	Determining events by analyzing stored electronic communications Among other things, an aspect includes a data storage system associated with a provider entity and storing data on behalf of a client entity, the data being accessible from the data storage system by the client entity, a data interface enabling access by the provider entity to the data of the data storage system, and an analysis engine maintained by the provider entity to, at times determined by the analysis engine, access the data using the data interface, analyze the data, and generate results of the analysis for use by the client entity.
US09686162B2	Identifying configuration inconsistency in edge-based software defined networks (SDN) Identifying state inconsistency in edge-based software defined networks is disclosed. A verification server may receive controller network configuration data from a controller of an edge-based software defined network (SDN) and end-host network configuration data from at least one end-host of the SDN. The verification server may parse the controller network configuration data into a network state representation and the end-host network configuration data into the network state representation. The network state representation of the controller network configuration data and the end-host network configuration data may be compared to identify state inconsistency in the SDN. Responsive to identifying the state inconsistency, an alert and/or a report may be generated and transmitted to an administrator user interface.
US09686161B2	Consensus loss in distributed control systems A device may correspond to a physical access controller in a distributed physical access control system. A method, performed by the device in a distributed system, may include detecting that another device in the distributed system has become unavailable; determining that a loss of consensus has occurred in the distributed system based on detecting that the other device has become unavailable; generating a list of available devices in the distributed system; and sending an alarm message to an administrative device, wherein the alarm message indicates the loss of consensus and wherein the alarm message includes the list of available devices.
US09686142B2	Node-pair process scope definition and scope selection computation A connected directed graphical representation of a process model that includes a plurality of process nodes and interconnections between the process nodes of the process model is displayed. A user selection of a subset of the process nodes of the displayed connected directed graphical representation of the process model is received. A process scope definition represented as at least one begin-end node pair is computed. The at least one begin-end node pair is usable to identify all selected nodes and interconnection path links that are reachable in a traversal from a begin node to an end node of each of the at least one begin-end node pair of the received user selection of the subset of the process nodes. The computed process scope definition is stored.
US09686137B2	Method and system for identifying an outgoing interface using openflow protocol A method for using OpenFlow protocol to configure an OpenFlow-enabled switch is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves decoding an OpenFlow flow entry from a flow mod message, the flow entry including two or more actions, searching a Service Access Point (SAP) match table for an outgoing interface having attributes that match the two or more actions, and updating a flow table on the OpenFlow-enabled switch to include the decoded flow entry when an outgoing interface having attributes that match the two or more actions is found.
US09686133B2	Establishment of connection channels between complementary agents Embodiments relate to dynamically establishing and reconfiguring connection channels. More specifically, performance metrics for each agent may be quantitatively assessed, complementary agents may be identified based on the performance metrics, and connection channels may be established between the complementary agents. Performance metrics may continue to be monitored, and connection channels may be reconfigured so as to improve individual agents' metrics or a cluster of agents' metrics.
US09686131B2	System, gateway, and method for automatic setting configuration by learning commands A system, a gateway, and a method for automatic setting configuration by learning commands are provided. The invention collects communication commands sent in a first network, stores target data accessed by a first device in the first network according to the communication command to an address, and maps the address to an I/O module used to access the target data by a second device. The system and the method can set the configuration of a gateway automatically, and achieve the effect of enhancing the efficiency of gateway configuration setting.
US09686119B2	System, method and computer program product for scanning portions of data A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
US09686117B2	Chimney onload implementation of network protocol stack A software networking arrangement for operation in a data processing system comprising an OS being operable in: a first mode in which it performs protocol processing of a flow of traffic data and then passes the protocol processed data to a NIC for transmission; and a second mode in which it does not perform protocol processing, the OS being arranged to, on entering the second mode, transmit a message to the NIC indicating that the NIC is to perform protocol processing of the flow of traffic data; the software networking arrangement comprising: a protocol processing entity; and a driver for a NIC configured to receive said message from the OS and in response thereto, configure the protocol processing entity to perform transport-level protocol processing of the flow of traffic data received from an application within the context of that application and then pass the protocol processed data to the NIC.
US09686111B2	Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals Disclosed herein is a broadcast signal transmitter. A broadcast signal transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input formatting module configured to perform baseband formatting and to output the data of at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP), a BICM module configured to perform error-correction processing on the PLP data, a framing and interleaving module configured to interleave the PLP data and to generate a signal frame, and a waveform generation module configured to insert a preamble into the signal frame and to generate a broadcast signal by performing OFDM modulation.
US09686107B2	Methods and systems for chip-to-chip communication with reduced simultaneous switching noise Systems and methods are described for transmitting data over physical channels to provide a high speed, low latency interface such as between a memory controller and memory devices with significantly reduced or eliminated Simultaneous Switching Output noise. Controller-side and memory-side embodiments of such channel interfaces are disclosed which do not require additional pin count or data transfer cycles, have low power utilization, and introduce minimal additional latency. In some embodiments of the invention, three or more voltage levels are used for signaling.
US09686104B2	Reception of inter-symbol-correlated signals using symbol-by-symbol soft-output demodulator A receiver comprises a sequence estimation circuit and a soft-input-soft-output (SISO) decoder. The sequence estimation circuit comprises circuitry operable to generate first soft bit decisions for symbols of a received inter-symbol-correlated signal. The SISO decoder comprises circuitry operable to decode the first soft bit decisions to generate corrected soft bit decisions. The circuitry of the sequence estimation circuit is operable to generate, based on the corrected soft bit decisions, second soft bit decisions for the symbols of the received inter-symbol-correlated signal, which are improved/refined relative to the first soft bit decisions.
US09686100B2	Packet encapsulation with redirected DMA for software defined networks A method, system, and computer program product for encapsulating a packet within a virtualized network. The method includes writing one or more first translation control entries (TCEs) from a TCE table of a client system to a TCE table of a host system, and writing one or more second TCEs to the TCE table of the host system. The first TCEs indicate a location within the client system of payload data for the packet, and the second TCEs indicate a location within the host system of at least one of header and footer information to be included with the payload data.
US09686095B2	Network analysis device, management system, network analysis method and program An electronic message information collector collects packets transferred on a building management system network and analysis results as first electronic message information. A storage stores the first electronic message information collected by the electronic message information collector. An electronic message information collector collects packets transferred on an equipment network and analysis results as second electronic message information. A storage stores the second electronic message information collected by the electronic message information collector. An electronic message associator associates the first electronic message information stored in the storage and the second electronic message information stored in the storage. A display displays the analysis results of the association by the electronic message associator.
US09686093B2	Method for determining an optimal schedule of an appliance A method of defining a message to be sent to at least one appliance regarding a schedule for performing a cycle of operation includes a step of acquiring pricing data from a source of information about a resource consumed by the appliance. A projected rate for the use of the resource by the appliance for a future series of time periods is calculated based upon a user preference. A projected schedule for performing the cycle of operation for a future series of time periods is created and then incorporated into the message that is transmitted to the appliance.
US09686087B2	Synchronization of questions and answers in a collaborative messaging environment Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to question and answer management in a collaborative environment, and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for synchronizing questions and answers in an instant messaging session. In one embodiment of the invention, a method of synchronizing questions and answers in an instant messaging session can be provided. The method can include maintaining an instant messaging session between first and second participants, identifying questions and answers in the instant messaging text, matching each of the answers to a corresponding one of the questions, and displaying the matched questions and answers supplementally to the displaying of the chat transcript, ensuring that a participant does not overlook a question where response on their part is required.
US09686081B2	Detecting compromised certificate authority A computer-implemented method is provided to detect a compromised Certificate Authority (CA). Over time reports are received containing data describing certificate authority certificates captured from messages exchanged between clients and servers. These reports may be received by a central computing entity. Metadata and statistics for certificates contained in the reports are stored. It is determined whether a certificate authority has been compromised based on the metadata and statistics.
US09686065B2	Communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, measurement method, and integrated circuit A base station apparatus configures, for each of configurations for channel state information reference signals included in a measurement configuration, a measurement offset to offset a result of measurement using the channel state information reference signal, based on the purpose of measurement. A mobile station apparatus adds the corresponding measurement offset included in the measurement configuration to a result of measuring each of the channel state information reference signals and judges whether a condition of a report configuration is satisfied.
US09686043B2	Transmission and reception methods and associated communication devices for use in OFDM-based communication network The present disclosure provides a terminal device and a method performed in the terminal device for communicating with a radio base station (RBS) or a Device-to-Device (D2D) terminal device. The method comprises forming a radio subframe by including coded bits in the radio subframe. The coded bits contain a sequence of systematic bits and a sequence of redundancy bits, and only redundancy bits are included in a head and a tail of the first and/or the last Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the radio subframe. The method further comprises transmitting the radio subframe to the radio base station RBS or the Device-to-Device (D2D) terminal device. The present disclosure also provides a communication device communicating with the proposed terminal device and a method performed in the communication device.
US09686039B2	Link adaptation feedback method and transmitting device Embodiments of the present invention provide a link adaptation feedback method and a transmitting device. The method includes: receiving, by a transmitting device, a link adaptation feedback frame sent by a receiving device, where the link adaptation feedback frame carries space-time block coding type indication information; and determining, by the transmitting device according to the space-time block coding type indication information, information about use of space-time block coding by a data frame related to the link adaptation feedback frame. Through the embodiments of the present invention, and according to the use information, the transmitting device may select the space-time stream, and the MCS used when the transmitting device sends a data frame, thereby improving link performance.
US09686030B2	Method and apparatus for configuration and control of mixer for audio system using wireless docking system Efficiency for mixing audio signals from one or more portable user devices in an audio system employing a number of docking station is achieved by a docking station that includes a controller for detecting the presence of an activated mixer associated with another docking station in the system. The controller activates its associated mixer when no activated mixer associated with another docking host in the system is detected. When its associated mixer is activated, the controller in the one docking station causes its associated mixer to be connected both to the audio sound system for supplying an input signal thereto and indirectly to the output(s) of the one or more portable devices. Transfer of mixing from one docking station to another in the same system upon the occurrence of a particularly defined event is also described.
US09686013B2	Communication system for a nonlinear fiber channel A system for communication over a fiber link is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter to transmit an information signal that comprises an information spectrum, and to transmit two spectrally inverted copies of the information spectrum over the predefined length of the fiber link, the two spectrally inverted copies corresponding to a first spectrum with a first center wavelength and to a second spectrum with a second center wavelength, the second spectrum being inverted relative to the first spectrum and the second center wavelength being different from the first center wavelength, and a receiver to receive the first spectrum and the second spectrum, and to estimate a phase rotation of the second spectrum relative to the first spectrum by comparing a first phase measured from the first spectrum with a second phase measured from the second spectrum.
US09686000B2	System and method for two-way relaying with beamforming A system and method for two-way relaying with beamforming are provided. A method for relay operations includes estimating communications channels between a relay and communications devices coupled to the relay, storing data contained in the transmissions, storing data contained in the transmissions, precoding a transmission including a subset of the stored data with a precoding matrix, and transmitting the precoded transmission. The estimating is based on transmissions made by the communications devices in the subset of communications devices, and the precoding matrix is based on estimates of the communications channels.
US09685995B2	Thin chassis near field communication (NFC) antenna integration Described herein are techniques related one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for integrating a near field communications (NFC) coil antenna in a portable device. For example, the NFC antenna is integrated under a metal chassis of the portable device. The metal chassis and a conductive coating—that is integrated underneath the full metal chassis—are designed to include one or more slots to provide high impedance to Eddy current induced in the conductive coating.
US09685992B2	Circuit panel network and methods thereof To provide network connectivity in a building using existing electrical wiring and circuitry, a circuit panel network system is provided to interface between a network connection and the electrical circuit. Traditional breakers on the electrical panel that provide overload circuit-protection devices can be replaced with circuit breaker devices that have transceivers and power line communication chipsets in addition to overload circuit-protection devices. A network interface unit that receives broadband network connectivity from a network demarcation point inside or outside the building can wirelessly transfer data to and from the circuit breaker devices, which then distribute the data over the electrical circuits via the power line communication chipsets on the circuit breaker devices.
US09685988B2	Enhancement device for a wireless antenna An enhancement device for a wireless antenna. The wireless antenna serves for transmitting and receiving wireless signals for wireless data transmission. The wireless signals comprise a first transmission protocol and a first transmission frequency. A connecting element is provided, which connects the enhancement device to the wireless antenna. A first transmitting-/receiving unit is provided, which serves to receive transmission wireless signals from the wireless antenna. A converter is provided which is embodied to convert the transmission wireless signals from the wireless antenna into a second transmission protocol and/or into a second transmission frequency. A second transmitting-/receiving unit is provided, which serves to transmit the converted transmission wireless signals, wherein a circuit is provided, which is embodied to harvest energy from the received transmission wireless signals.
US09685981B2	Radio frequency system hybrid power amplifier systems and methods Systems and method for improving operation of a radio frequency system are provided. One embodiment provides a radio frequency system that includes a first amplifier unit with a first logic gate, which receives an input analog electrical signal and a first bit of an amplifier control signal that enables or disables the first amplifier unit, and a first switching power amplifier that generates a first output analog electrical signal when enabled. The radio frequency system further includes a second amplifier unit with a second logic gate, which receives the input analog electrical signal and a second bit of the amplifier control signal that enables or disables the second amplifier unit, and a second switching power amplifier that generates a second output analog electrical signal when enabled. The first amplifier unit and the second amplifier unit are electrically coupled to enable the first output analog electrical signal and the second output analog electrical signal to be combined.
US09685979B2	Circuitry and method for generating cyclic redundancy check signatures Parallel CRC signature circuitry provides a plurality of modules in which a byte of parallel input data is receivable by each module. Each module includes a parallel data input for receiving a byte of parallel input data. Three levels of multiplexors are coupled to the parallel data input. A decoder decodes a polynomial to selection data. The selection data selects the inputs passed by the three levels of multiplexors, and each of the modules generates one byte of the parallel CRC signature free of a clock signal.
US09685972B1	Asynchronous successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter circuit and method for configuring the same The present disclosure provides an asynchronous successive approximation register analog-to-digital conversion (ASAR ADC) circuit, including: a comparator circuit, an XOR gate circuit, an ASAR logic circuit, a metastable state detection (MD) circuit, a capacitor, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit. The comparator circuit has a first input terminal connected to an analog signal, a first output terminal of the comparator circuit respectively connected to a first input terminal of the ASAR circuit and a first input terminal of the XOR gate circuit, a second output terminal of the comparator circuit respectively connected to a second input terminal of the ASAR gate circuit and a second input terminal of the XOR gate circuit, and an enable signal input terminal connected to a control signal output terminal of the ASAR logic circuit. The XOR gate circuit has an output terminal connected to a third input terminal of the ASAR logic circuit.
US09685960B2	Method and apparatus for generating a bit stream signal having a reduced output swing An automotive radar apparatus includes a bit stream modulation circuit configured to generate a bit stream signal at an output thereof and a driver circuit having an input coupled to the output of said bit stream modulation circuit and configured to generate a corresponding driver bit stream signal having a reduced output swing at the driver circuit output. Also included is a filter circuit having an input coupled to the output of said driver circuit and configured to generate a filtered bit stream signal at the filter circuit output. Additionally included is a VCO having an input coupled to the output of said filter circuit and configured to generate an RF output signal at the VCO output. A corresponding method is also provided.
US09685951B2	Integrated circuit with configurable on-die termination Described are integrated-circuit die with differential receivers, the inputs of which are coupled to external signal pads. Termination legs coupled to the signal pads support multiple termination topologies. These termination legs can support adjustable impedances, capacitances, or both, which may be controlled using an integrated memory.
US09685950B2	Energy-saving electronic touch switch The present invention discloses an energy-saving electronic touch switch, comprising a touch sensing module, a power supply module and a switch driving module, wherein the touch sensing module is used for receiving a touch sensing signal inputted by a capacitive touch switch, and controlling the action of the switch driving module according to the touch sensing signal, so as to switch on a power supply circuit for the load; and the power supply module feeds power to the touch sensing module. The touch switch can drive various loads and has a wider range of possible loads including inductive, capacitive or purely resistive loads and high-frequency switch power supply loads, such as energy-saving lights, AC (Alternating Current) motors, LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) new light sources, common fluorescent lamps, and the like. The energy-saving electronic touch switch overcomes the disadvantages of small load range and weak load capacity of conventional switches. The energy-saving electronic touch switch employs chips with low power consumption such as LDO (Low Dropout Regulator) voltage regulator chips, touch chips, and the like, which can reduce the overall power consumption, wherein the overall power consumption is less than 2.2 mW and the single static overall power consumption is less than 10 mW (measured under an indicator lamp). The energy-saving electronic touch switch simplifies circuits and improves the power supply utilization rate.
US09685942B2	Circuit arrangement for the protection of at least one component of a two wire electrical current loop A circuit arrangement for the protection of at least one component of a two wire electrical current loop, which is connected in series with a burden to an AC/DC electrical current source. The two wire electrical current loop has a rectifier a clock signal producer and a switch. The rectifier forms a DC circuit, wherein the component is connected in the DC circuit and wherein the clock signal producer outputs a clock signal to the switch for clocking the DC circuit. The circuit arrangement has a diode, wherein the conduction direction of the diode points from the anode of the diode to the cathode of the diode. The cathode of the diode is connected to the DC circuit, and the anode of the diode is supplied with a periodic or constant voltage from a first voltage source, and the voltage is at least periodically greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US09685937B2	CMOS pulse shrinking, stretching or shrink-and-stretch mixing method and device thereof A CMOS pulse shrinking or stretching device includes a basic element sequence, including odd combination positions and even combination positions, and homogeneous logic elements connected to form the basic element sequence. The device further includes an inhomogeneous logic element serially connected between two of the basic elements at the odd or even combination position for shrinking or stretching a pulse signal. A CMOS pulse shrink-and-stretch mixing device further includes an inhomogeneous logic element set, including an odd-positioned inhomogeneous logic element and an even-positioned inhomogeneous logic element to combine stretching and shrinking functions of the pulse signal by adding a stretched pulse and a shrunk pulse signal together.
US09685935B2	Tunable transmon circuit assembly Systems and methods are provided for a tunable transmon qubit. The qubit includes a first Josephson junction on a first path between a transmission line and a circuit ground and second and third Josephson junctions arranged in parallel with one another on a second path between the transmission line and the circuit ground to form a direct current superconducting quantum interference device (DC SQUID). The DC SQUID is in parallel with the first Josephson junction. A capacitor is arranged in parallel with the first Josephson junction and the DC SQUID on a third path between the transmission line and the circuit ground as to form, in combination with the first path, an outer loop of the tunable transmon qubit. A bias circuit is configured to provide a constant bias flux to one of the DC SQUID and the outer loop of the tunable transmon qubit.
US09685930B2	Broad-band filter in branching technology A reactance filter can be use branching technology. A series circuit contains a first filter element, a second filter element and a third filter element. Each filter element includes a first impedance element that is connected in series with an impedance element of an adjacent element. Each filter element also includes a second element connected to the first impedance element of that filter. The first and/or second impedance element of each filter element comprises a includes a resonator. Each impedance element has a bandwidth that is expressed by its pole zero distance and each filter element comprises a means for setting the bandwidths of the impedance elements.
US09685922B2	Automatic volume control for combined game and chat audio A system comprising audio processing circuitry is provided. The audio processing circuitry is operable to receive combined-game-and-chat audio signals generated from a mixing together of a chat audio signal and game audio signals. The audio processing circuitry is operable to process the combined-game-and-chat audio signals to detect strength of a chat component of the combined-game-and-chat audio signals and strength of a game component of the combined-game-and-chat audio signals. The audio processing circuitry is operable to automatically control a volume setting based on one or both of: the detected strength of the chat component, and the detected strength of the game component. The combined-game-and-chat audio signals may comprise a left channel signal and a right channel signal. The processing of the combined-game-and-chat audio signals may comprise measuring strength of a vocal-band signal component that is common to the left channel signal and the right channel signal.
US09685920B2	Reconfigurable operational amplifier A reconfigurable operational amplifier includes: a first signal input terminal; a second signal input terminal; an output terminal; an operational amplifier having a non-inverting input, an inverting input, and an output; a negative feedback circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; a first input circuit path from the first signal input terminal to the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier; a second input circuit path from the second signal input terminal to the inverting input of the operational amplifier; an output circuit path from the output of the operational amplifier to the output terminal; and logic units, wherein one or more of the logic units are provided in at least one of the negative feedback circuit path, the first input circuit path, the second input circuit path, and the output circuit path.
US09685918B2	Voltage mode power combiner for radio frequency linear power amplifier A radio frequency (RF) power combining amplifier circuit has a circuit input and a circuit output. A first amplifier is connected to the circuit input and to a first bias input. A first output matching network is connected to an output of the first amplifier and to the circuit output. A second amplifier is connected to the circuit input and to a second bias input. A second output matching network is connected to an output of the second amplifier, and to the circuit output. A voltage level of an input signal applied to the circuit input, together with the respective first bias input and the second bias input, selectively activates the first amplifier and the second amplifier.
US09685917B1	Vacuum tube high fidelity headphone A hi-fi headphone device with two speakers, an integrated pentode vacuum tube, and a battery. The battery is electrically connected to direct and bias circuits, to provide proper voltage to the vacuum tube amplifiers, wherein input signal is amplified and output to buffer circuits and impedance is matched between the tube and output speaker terminals.
US09685916B2	Audio interface circuits and methods In one embodiment, an electronic device includes an audio connector port comprising a ground terminal and one or more audio output terminals, a first audio amplifier coupled to one of the audio output terminals, and a multiplexer having an output terminal coupled to the input terminal of the first audio amplifier. Sense circuits inside the electronic device may be alternately coupled through the multiplexer and first audio amplifier so that, in a first mode of operation, the multiplexer couples the audio signal to the first audio output terminal, and in a second mode of operation, the multiplexer couples an analog voltage corresponding to an internally sensed value to the first audio output terminal. Use of the audio connector and audio circuitry to access internal electrical parameters may facilitate testing and analysis of internal systems.
US09685906B2	Photoluminescence mapping of passivation defects for silicon photovoltaics Methods for fast and accurate mapping of passivation defects in a silicon wafer involve capturing of photoluminescence (PL) images while the wafer is moving, for instance, when the wafer is transported on a belt in a fabrication line. The methods can be applied to in-line diagnostics of silicon wafers in solar cell fabrication. Example embodiments include a procedure for obtaining the whole wafer images of passivation defects from a single image (map) of photoluminescence intensity, and can provide rapid feedback for process control.
US09685897B2	Electrical gear and method for operating a subsea machinery rotating at high speed An electrical gear configured to supply electrical drive power to a machinery to be rotated at high speed, such as a subsea motor/pump or a subsea motor/compressor assembly, the electrical gear including a high input voltage AC-motor having a low pole number, the AC-motor drivingly connected to a medium output voltage AC-generator having inverted design, wherein in the AC-generator the field windings are supported on a rotor which is journalled for rotation inside an outer stator carrying a high number of magnet poles, the AC-motor is configured to run on high voltage alternating current at a first frequency, and the AC-generator is configured to deliver medium voltage alternating current at a second frequency, higher than said first frequency, to an AC-motor to be energized having a low pole number.
US09685895B2	Motor current controller and method for controlling motor current A motor current controller operates to: set a reference current value and a decay mode switching time for each PWM cycle based on a positional relationship between a rotor and a stator; switch an H-bridge circuit to the charge mode at the time of start of each PWM cycle; switch the H-bridge circuit to the fast decay mode and store a charge mode time when determined that the motor current is greater than the reference current value; switch the H-bridge circuit to the slow decay mode when the decay mode switching time elapses; compare the charge mode time of the corresponding PWM cycle in a present falling side with the charge mode time of the PWM cycle in a previous falling side; update the decay mode switching time of the PWM cycle previous to the corresponding PWM cycle in a subsequent falling side.
US09685886B2	Photovoltaic DC/AC inverter with cascaded H-bridge converters The present invention relates to a DC-AC inverter comprising a plurality of H-bridge converters, each being arranged to be integrated with a respective photovoltaic element and to be supplied with a DC voltage from the photovoltaic element, the H-bridge converters further being cascaded to produce a multilevel voltage output (Vout). The DC-AC inverter further comprises switch control circuitry connected to each one of the plurality of H-bridge converters to control switching thereof for producing the multilevel voltage output, and a central adaptation unit connected to the cascaded H-bridge converter for adapting the multilevel voltage output such that an AC grid voltage is output from the DC-AC inverter.
US09685885B2	Power conversion apparatus with an inverted-voltage generation circuit A power conversion apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a high-voltage side input terminal TIH and a low-voltage side input terminal TIL, first and second output terminals TO1 and TO2, a power conversion circuit 10 that converts direct-current power input between the high-voltage side input terminal TIH and the low-voltage side input terminal TIL to generate alternating-current power between the first and second output terminals TO1 and TO2, and an inverted-voltage generation circuit 30 that generates an inverted voltage of a common mode voltage generated between the first and second output terminals TO1 and TO2 and inputs the inverted voltage to the low-voltage side input terminal TIL.
US09685881B2	AC-DC rectifier system According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method for operating an AC-DC rectifier, the method comprising receiving, with a converter, input AC power having an input AC voltage waveform, controlling, during a positive half line cycle of the input AC voltage waveform, the converter to couple a second DC bus to ground, controlling, during the positive half line cycle of the input AC voltage waveform, the converter to maintain a positive DC link voltage on a first DC bus, controlling, during the positive half line cycle of the input AC voltage waveform, output circuitry to charge a first output capacitor and provide a positive output voltage to a positive output, and discharging, during the positive half line cycle of the input AC voltage waveform, a second output capacitor to provide a negative output voltage to a negative output.
US09685880B2	Power converters A power conversion device includes a winding portion and a core portion. The winding portion can be embedded within a plurality of layers of a system printed circuit board. The core portion can be located within one or more elements of the power conversion device that are separate from the system printed circuit board.
US09685874B2	Circuit and method for evaluation overload condition in flyback converter A circuit and a method for evaluating a load condition in a flyback converter are disclosed. A first current source is used for providing a preset current ISUM equal to a sum of the off current value IOFF and the blanking current value ILEB to charge a first capacitor, and a second current source is used for providing a reference current IREF to charge a second capacitor. A comparator receives a voltage applied on the first capacitor at its positive input end and a voltage applied on the second capacitor at its negative input end. The output current transmitted to the load by the flyback converter is varied to the change of the preset current ISUM, as such the load condition is detected by the comparison result generated by the comparator.
US09685860B2	Buck-boost converter and method for regulation A buck-boost converter includes a buck-boost voltage converter circuit, an error controller and a buck-boost mode controller. The buck-boost voltage converter includes switches. The error controller is configured to provide a control signal based on a difference between an output voltage of the buck-boost voltage converter circuit and a reference voltage. The buck-boost mode controller determines switching duty cycles based on the control signal having at least three conditions: when DC is beyond a threshold value, apply one of buck regulation control and boost regulation control, where DC is a value of the control signal; when DC is not beyond and not substantially equal to the threshold value, apply the other of the buck regulation control and the boost regulation control; and when DC is substantially equal to the threshold value, apply buck-boost regulation control. The output voltage is regulated by the switching duty cycles.
US09685857B2	Control device to control a DC/DC converter in a switched electrical power supply system while limiting a capacitance thereof The invention relates to a control device (1) employed in a switched electrical power supply system to control a DC/DC converter of said switched electrical power supply system, said control device comprising a first input terminal (A) and a second input terminal (B), a first transistor (T1) connected via its source to the second input terminal (B) and a second transistor (T2) furnished with a gate (G) and connected via its drain (D) to the first input terminal (A), and via its source (S) to the first transistor (T1), the control device comprising a control assembly connected to the gate (G) of the second transistor (T2) and to the second input terminal (B) and comprising a capacitor (Ca) and a first Zener diode (Dz1) connected in series to said capacitor (Ca) and a second Zener diode (Dz2) connected between the gate (G) and the source (S) of the second transistor (T2).
US09685853B2	Absorption circuit for absorbing a power ripple and associated method The present invention concerns an absorption circuit (9) for absorbing a power ripple intended to be connected in parallel to a piece of electrical equipment powered by a power factor correction circuit (1), said absorption circuit (9) being a step down voltage circuit comprising: —a capacitor (19) mounted in series with an inductor (17) and at least one switch (15, 23), —a control module (25), —means (27) for measuring a first current (I3) intended to power said electrical equipment, the switch (15, 23) being controlled by the control module (25) to vary the charging of the capacitor on the basis of the ripple of the first current (I3) in order to attenuate the power ripple, and said circuit further comprising means (28) for measuring the voltage (Vc) at the terminals of the capacitor (19), and the control module (25) being configured to control a second current (Ic) flowing through the capacitor (19) in such a way that the voltage (Vc) at the terminals of the capacitor (19) remains within a predefined interval.
US09685847B2	Linear motor with electromagnetically actuated spring mover Reluctance-based resonant linear motors and methods of operation are provided. An example linear motor includes a spring having a plurality of coils. The linear motor includes a stator coaxially surrounding at least a portion of the spring. The stator includes a plurality of teeth. The linear motor includes a plurality of windings respectively positioned within a plurality of winding cavities respectively formed by the plurality of teeth. The application of electrical energy to the plurality of windings generates a magnetic field that flows through one or more of the coils of the spring. The flow of the magnetic field through the one or more coils of the spring causes the spring to actuate towards a compressed position. An example method includes periodically applying electrical energy to the plurality of windings such that the spring oscillates at a resonance frequency associated with the linear motor.
US09685846B2	Stator or rotor of an electrical machine having basic and special bar conductors with multiple pitches The present technology contemplates a stator or rotor of an electric machine comprising a main cylindrical body with a circular array of slots; at least one bar winding comprising a first and second plurality of basic conductors and a second plurality of special conductors. The first and second circular array comprise a first and second arc of legs of the first and second set of said conductors which are inserted as well as legs of the conductors. The present technology also contemplates electric machines and electric or hybrid drive vehicles comprising such stators of rotors.
US09685845B2	Method of making a squirrel cage rotor having reduced radius to accommodate permanent magnets A rotor (11) with a squirrel cage and permanent magnets (19) mounted on and distributed around the circumference of the rotor, including a core stack extending over the entire rotor region with longitudinally continuous rotor slots extending over the length of the core stack. The squirrel cage is constructed with cage bars disposed, and preferably cast, in the rotor slots; short circuit rings connect the cage bars at both end faces of the core; and the radius of the rotor region is reduced by at least the radial thickness of the magnets. The radius of rotor (11) is reduced over the entire length between short circuit rings (17) such that the radial height of cage bars (15, 29) or cage webs (27) connected thereto is reduced. Also an electric motor or a radial pump having such a rotor, and methods of producing or operating such devices.
US09685840B2	Motor A BLDC motor for driving a cross flow fan in an air-conditioning application has an external rotor and an internal stator. The stator is a salient pole stator with insulated pole teeth and conductor coils. The inner diameter of the stator supports a single bearing. An electronic PCBA for control of the BLDC motor is optionally attached to the stator, all of which is encapsulated in a thermoset resin. The rotor comprises permanent magnet component(s) and a rotor frame. The rotor frame includes a stub axle that engages with the bearing element and features to provide torsional or rotational compliance between the rotor magnets and the fan. A level of compliance is provided between the bearing element and the stator to allow for angular misalignment between the rotational axis of the fan and the stator.
US09685835B2	Motor housing having conical shaped ends with various dimensional ratios and slopes for a stator in an avionics cabin air compressor A motor housing for a cabin air compressor includes a central body portion having a center wall thickness and an internal cavity that is configured to receive an electric motor, a first end portion having a second internal cavity that is configured to receive a first end winding of the stator, and a second end portion having a third internal cavity configured to receive a second end winding of the stator. A ratio of a wall thickness of either of the first or the second end portions to the motor wall thickness is at least greater than 1.68 to 1.
US09685826B1	Wireless power system with position detection A wireless power transfer system with integrated positioning system. The wireless power transfer system includes a power receiver and a power transmitter comprising a magnetron, a dielectric material associated with the magnetron, in an amount positioned such that an output frequency of the magnetron is less than a threshold value, and a directive element configured to focus the radiation into an electron beam. The positioning system includes a locator receiver coupled to the radiating power transmitter and a locator transmitter coupled to the power receiver, wherein the locator receiver is configured to wirelessly determine a location of the locator transmitter relative to a location of the locator receiver without using triangulation, in at least two orientations of the locator receiver relative to the locator transmitter in which the locator transmitter has moved relative to the locator receiver in three axes.
US09685821B2	Uninterruptable DC power supply providing seamless DC power to load Provided is an uninterruptible direct current (DC) power supply system, which includes a first connection unit electrically connected to a DC power conversion system which converts prevailing AC power into the DC power, a second connection unit which is electrically connected to the load and supplies the DC power to the load, an auxiliary power supply charged by the DC power, and an uninterruptible control unit which supplies the DC power supplied from the DC power conversion system normally connected to the first connection unit to the load through the second connection unit, charges the auxiliary power supply, and controls power to be continuously supplied to the load while perfectly cutting off electrical connection between the DC power conversion system and the auxiliary power supply when the DC power conversion system is disconnected from the first connection unit, is damaged, or short-circuits.
US09685817B2	Wireless power charging system A wireless power charging system has a wireless power transmission apparatus formed to charge a plurality of wireless power receiving apparatuses located in a short distance therefrom, wherein the total charging time for the wireless power receiving apparatuses is saved. The wireless power transmission apparatus has a main control unit and a resonant converter unit, which transmit the electric signal to the wireless power receiving apparatus via the resonance signal generated from a primary charge core in order to charge the wireless power receiving apparatuses. The wireless power transmission apparatus also includes an output signal conversion module for transmitting a converted electric signal to the resonant converter unit and a received signal process module for processing a signal transmitted from the wireless power receiving apparatus.
US09685810B1	Fast charging of batteries Disclosed are methods for intelligently charging a battery faster. In some embodiments, the method includes determining, by a computing device, a target state of charge (SOC) from a set of predefined SOCs, where at least one of the predefined SOCs is less than a 100% SOC. Further, the method includes determining, by the computing device, a state of a battery, where the state of the battery is indicative of one or more characteristics of the battery. Further, the method includes, based at least on the state of the battery, the computing device determining a pulse time and a rest time of a current for charging the battery to the target SOC. Yet further, the method may include the computing device charging the battery to the target SOC with the pulse time and the rest time of the current.
US09685808B2	USB energy harvesting In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method, which may include determining, by controller circuitry, whether an energy source provides at least a threshold current; connecting, when the energy source provides at least the threshold current, the energy source to interface circuitry to enable a normal mode of operation at the user equipment; and connecting, when the energy source does not provide at least the threshold current, the energy source to the battery. Related system, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US09685803B2	Adaptable consumer electronic device cradle A consumer electronic device cradle for holding and providing power to any number of consumer electronic devices has a cavity that is large enough to contain a largest anticipated consumer electronic device. The cavity has there within one or more steps and each step defines a sub cavity within the cavity. Each sub cavity within the cavity supports another smaller sized consumer electronic device. A trough is cut or formed in a side surface of the cavity for routing a cable to the consumer electronic device resting in the cavity. In some embodiments, a support wall extends from a surface of the cradle for supporting the consumer electronic device and the trough is also cut or formed through the support wall.
US09685797B2	Systems and methods for balancing multi-cell batteries with a transformer and a rectifier circuit Systems and methods for balancing multi-cell batteries are provided. In one embodiment, the battery balancing circuit includes a battery including a plurality of cells coupled in series, a first terminal and a second terminal, a transformer including a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, where each secondary winding is coupled to one of the plurality of cells via a secondary switch and a rectifier circuit, where the primary winding is coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal of the battery, a primary switch in series with the primary winding of the transformer, and a control circuitry coupled to the primary switch, the plurality of secondary switches, and each of the plurality of cells.
US09685791B2	Apparatus and method for controlling wireless power transfer to mobile devices A system for controlling wireless power transfer to mobile devices is disclosed. The system includes a power transmitter configured to transmit power via a wireless coupling to the mobile devices. Each of the mobile devices includes a power receiver configured to receive the power from the power transmitter via the wireless coupling with the power transmitter. Each power receiver is configured to transmit control data modulated with a spreading code via the wireless coupling to the power transmitter.
US09685789B2	Current diversion for power-providing systems Various example embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for diverting current from a Photovoltaic (PV) module. In particular embodiments, the PV module can be part of a series connection (or string) of PV modules. The series connection provides a primary current path through which generated current flows. Current diversion circuit(s) can be used in connection with one or more PV modules. The current diversion circuit detects when the current through the primary current path is less than the desired current level for a corresponding PV module (e.g., the maximum power point). In response to this detection, the current diversion circuit can provide an alternate pathway for current from the corresponding PV module. This results in an overall increase in the current from the PV module and a corresponding increase in efficiency.
US09685788B2	Electric power control method and electric power control device An electric power control method for an electric power load and an electric power storage device including assigning one of a peak shaving control or other services to at least one of time slots that are divided by a specific time unit, obtaining a consumption power of the electric power load of each of the time slots, determining power-purchase electric power according to the consumption power of each of the time slots, restricting a consumption power of the electric power load at one or more peak slots where the consumption power of the electric power load is more than or equal to a target power-purchase electric power upper limit, restricting the restricted consumption power of the electric power load and discharging the electric power storage device at one or more peak slots if the restricted consumption power of the electric power load is more than or equal to a target power-purchase electric power upper limit and the peak shaving is assigned.
US09685779B2	Magnetothermal current limiting device A current limiting device including a transformer including an element made from a magnetothermal material, a primary conductor, and a secondary winding. Heat is generated by the current flowing through the primary conductor and when the current exceeds a certain threshold it modifies the coupling coefficient of the transformer, which makes it possible to limit the current in the primary conductor.
US09685775B2	Variable electric field balancing device Variable electric field balancing device formed by a hollow assembly that, with geometric shapes that can be different on the outside, includes an upper passive capture element (2), as a capture electrode, a lower passive capture element (3), as a reception electrode, and an insulator element (4) that keeps them separated from each other at a distance (d) dependent on the conductivity coefficient of the materials, and that, also, externally covers the lower element (3) like a skirt to the lower base of the same, preventing the impact of a lightning bolt on the lower element (3) from being able to induce the generation of an upward leader, and there is also an expansion and compression valve (5) that connects the outside to the inside of the hollow assembly and which expands in phases of passage of current and/or absorption of external induced surges, and compressed at the end of the compensation of the field.
US09685769B2	Wire splicing device, wire splicing method, and method for manufacturing splice structure A wire connection device includes: a holding base which is provided with a wire accommodation groove having a width, the wire accommodation groove being configured to accommodate a plurality of wires; a pressing plate which is positioned above the holding base; a heating body which is positioned above the pressing plate and includes a heating member; a first driver which drives the holding base and the pressing plate away from or toward one another; and a second driver which drives the holding base and the heating body toward or away from one another, in which the pressing plate which is driven toward the holding base by the first driver presses together the plurality of wires accommodated in the wire accommodation groove with solder interposed therebetween.
US09685759B2	Semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser device includes a base, a semiconductor laser element, a lid, a support member, a wavelength converting member, a holding member, and a buffer material. The lid has a recess formed in an upper portion of the lid, and a through-hole formed in the bottom of the recess. The support member is disposed in the recess and has a through-hole. A diameter of the through-hole of the support member is smaller than that of the through-hole of the lid. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the support member is different from that of the lid. The wavelength converting member is supported in the through-hole of the support member. The holding member is fixed to the lid and holds the support member. The buffer material is disposed in at least a part of a space between the lateral surfaces of the recess and the support member.
US09685751B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises a first terminal module, a second module and a shell. The first terminal module has a first insulator and a plurality of first terminals embedded in the first insulator. The first insulator has a first vertical portion, a first horizontal portion and a first tongue plate. The second terminal module has a second insulator and a plurality of second terminals embedded in the second insulator. The second insulator has a second vertical portion, a second horizontal portion and a second tongue plate. The second vertical portion and the second horizontal portion are separated from each other, and the second terminal connects the second vertical portion with the second horizontal portion.
US09685747B2	Electrical connector and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an electrical connector and an electrical connector manufactured by the same. The method includes: separately stamping a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal has a first welding portion, and the second terminal has a second welding portion; insert-molding the first terminal in a first body and a second body, and insert-molding the second terminal in a third body and a fourth body; assembling and locating the first body and the third body, and assembling and locating the second body and the fourth body; and synchronously bending the first terminal and the second terminal. Relative locations of the first welding portion and the second welding portion are unchanged, which ensures that the first welding portion and the second welding portion are located at predetermined locations, ensures good welding of the electrical connector, and ensures a reliable electrical connection.
US09685746B2	Plug connector, socket connector, and connector assembly with the plug connector and socket connector A plug connector includes a case and a securing portion located in the case. The case is configured to receive a coupling end of a socket connector and includes two opposite sidewalls. The securing portion has a plurality of resilient pins configured to electronically couple to the socket connector. An inner surface of each sidewall is configured to abut against a side surface of the coupling end. Each sidewall defines a positioning slot extending outwardly from the inner surface of the sidewall. The positioning slot is configured to engage a positioning block extending from the coupling end. A socket connector matched to the plug connector and a connector assembly including the plug connector and the socket connector are further provided.
US09685744B2	Machine case with improved electrical connector An electrical connector for use within a machine case includes an insulator and a plurality of contacts. The insulator defines opposite top and bottom surfaces thereon in a vertical direction. The contacts are retained to the insulator via an insert molding process. Each of said contacts is stamped and bent from sheet metal and unitarily formed with an upper contacting section exposed upon the top surface, and a lower contacting sections exposed upon the bottom surface. Each of said upper contacting section and said lower contacting section extends along a longitudinal direction perpendicular to both said vertical direction and said transverse direction. Each of the upper contacting section and the lower contacting section is planar and stationary. One of said upper contacting section and said lower contacting section has an outer end exposed to an exterior for originally linking to a contact carrier.
US09685730B2	Floor power distribution system A connection arrangement for a floor power distribution system is provided herein. The connection arrangement comprises a hub arrangement including a hub housing and an electrical connector, the hub housing configured to abut a floor. An adapter is configured to engage the hub housing of the hub arrangement and a seal member is positioned between a downwardly facing surface of the adapter and an upwardly facing surface of the hub housing, wherein a vertical downward force exerted on the adapter compresses the seal member to form a substantially watertight seal between the adapter and the hub housing.
US09685715B2	Terminal table and terminal table unit Provided are a terminal table and a terminal table unit allowing a plurality of busbars to be connected certainly and easily with reactor busbars of reactor securing members that are connected with reactors included in reactor units having an error. A sensor terminal table 30 includes a plurality of sensor busbars 40 and a sensor-attached holding body holding the plurality of sensor busbars 40. The sensor busbars 40 each include a reactor-side connection portion 40a on the bottom side in a height direction H and a top connection portion 40b on the top side in the height direction H. The reactor-side connection portion 40a is connectable with a reactor re, and the top connection portion 40b is connectable with an IPM or a fuel cell FC. At least one of the plurality of sensor busbars 40 is a movable busbar 41 or 43 attached to the sensor-attached holding body 31 so as to be movable in the height direction H with respect to the sensor-attached holding body 31. The movable busbar 41 or 43 has the reactor-side connection portion 40a connectable with the reactor re.
US09685712B2	Multi-band satellite antenna assembly with dual feeds in a coaxial relationship and associated methods An antenna assembly includes a main reflector, and a subreflector spaced from the main reflector. The subreflector includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) material that is transmissive for a first frequency band and reflective for both a second frequency band and a third frequency band. A first antenna feed is adjacent the subreflector and is directed toward the main reflector. The first antenna feed is for the first frequency band. Second and third antenna feeds are arranged in a coaxial relationship adjacent the main reflector and are directed toward the subreflector. The second and third antenna feeds are for the second and third frequency bands, respectively.
US09685711B2	High dielectric antenna array A system and method for wirelessly transmitting signals via antenna phased array. In order to decrease the distance between individual antennae in the array, the antennae are submersed in a high dielectric material in addition to being arranged at right angles to one another, both features precluding one or more antennae from coupling. Furthermore, wires are covered in high dielectric material in order to refract RF signals around them, allowing antennae towards the center of the array to successfully transmit signals past other layers.
US09685705B2	Wide band antenna A wide band antenna for interfacing an electronic device with a plurality of radio access technologies is provided. The antenna includes a first resonator and a second resonator. Both the first resonator and the second resonator are attached to an antenna feed structure. The length of the first resonator provides one mode of operation of the antenna, and the length of the second resonator provides a second mode of operation of the antenna. And a third mode of operation of the antenna is provided by mutual coupling and current flow between both the first resonator and the second resonator.
US09685702B2	Beamforming method, apparatus for polarized antenna array and radio communication device and system thereof The invention discloses a beamforming method for polarized antenna array consisting of a plurality of antenna elements, applied to single layer beamforming or dual layer beamforming, which includes the steps: determining (201) first beamforming weights for phase compensation among the antenna elements within each polarization direction; determining (202) second beamforming weights for phase compensation between equivalent channels of two polarization directions; and calculating (203) hybrid beamforming weights as product of the first beamforming weights and the second beamforming weights. A beamforming apparatus for polarized antenna array is also provided in the invention as well as a radio communication device and a system thereof. With the invention, the single-layer and dual-layer beamforming weights are determined for the cross-polarized antenna array without requiring full channel knowledge or the aid of PMI. Computation complexity is lowered and full power amplifier utilization can be achieved.
US09685700B2	Waveguide structure Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for implementing an orientation-agnostic mm-wave antenna(s) that includes an integrated second mechanism on a waveguide structure of the mm-wave antenna. The second mechanism, for example, operates on a second signal and is co-running with an operation of the waveguide structure. The second mechanism may include an audio sub-system such as an audio speaker and/or an audio microphone, or other mechanisms such as a sound or a signal detector, signal transmitter/receiver, or the like.
US09685697B2	Tunable antenna structure and wireless communication device employing same A tunable antenna structure includes an antenna, a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit. The antenna structure includes a feeding point configured to feed current signal and a grounding point configured to be grounded. The first switch circuit includes a first plurality of loads and a first switch electronically coupled to the feeding point and the first plurality of loads. The first switch is configured to selectively couple one of the first plurality of loads to the feeding point. The second switch circuit includes a second plurality of loads and a second switch electronically coupled to the grounding point and the second plurality of loads. The second switch is configured to selectively couple one of the second plurality of loads to the grounding point.
US09685696B2	Antenna and electronic device A split section (6a) has an auxiliary conductor pattern (11a) formed on one end of a substantially C-shaped section of a first split-ring section, and a split (12a) formed between the auxiliary conductor pattern (11a) and the other end of the substantially C-shaped section. A split section (6b) has an auxiliary conductor pattern (11b) formed on one end of a substantially C-shaped section of a second split-ring section, and a split (12b) formed between the auxiliary conductor pattern (11b) and the other end of the substantially C-shaped section. The auxiliary conductor pattern (11b) is formed so as to face the auxiliary conductor pattern (11a). The split (12b) is formed so as to be opposite from the position facing the split (12a) and consequently sandwich the auxiliary conductor pattern (11b) therebetween. A split (14) is formed between the auxiliary conductor pattern (11a) and the auxiliary conductor pattern (11b), stores electrical charges having different polarity, and functions as a large-capacity capacitor. As a result, it is possible to inexpensively produce a compact antenna and electric device.
US09685694B2	Antenna module and mobile terminal using the same The present disclosure relates to an antenna module and a mobile terminal having the same, and the antenna module may include a first conductive member connected to a feeding portion and a grounding portion, a second conductive member disposed to be separated from the first conductive member, a first connecting member configured to connect the first conductive member to the second conductive member at a position adjacent to the feeding portion, and a second connecting member configured to connect the first conductive member to the second conductive member at a position adjacent to the grounding portion, wherein a slit is formed on the first conductive member, and the slit is formed between the feeding portion and the grounding portion.
US09685677B2	Bipolar battery assembly The invention relates to an article comprising: a) one or more stacks of battery plates comprising one or more bipolar plates; b) located between each plate is a separator and a liquid electrolyte; further comprising one of more of the features: 1) c) the one or more stacks of battery plates having a plurality of channels passing transversely though the portion of the plates having the cathode and/or the anode deposited thereon; and d) i) one or more seals about the periphery of the channels which prevent the leakage of the liquid elelctrolyte into the channels, and/or posts located in one or more of the channels having on each end an overlapping portion that covers the channel and sealing surface on the outside of the monopolar plates adjacent to the holes for the transverse channels and applies pressure on the sealing surface of the monopolar plates wherein the pressure is sufficient to withstand pressures created during assembly and operation of electrochemical cells created by the stacks of battery plates; 2) c) a membrane comprising a thermoplastic polymer is disposed about the entire periphery of the edges of the stack of plates; 3 wherein the separator is in the form of a sheet having adhered to its periphery a frame; and m4) c) an integrated valve and integrated channel communicating with the valve.
US09685675B2	Sulfur management and utilization in molten metal anode solid oxide fuel cells Embodiments of a molten metal anode solid oxide fuel cell (MMA-SOFC) system comprise a first MMA-SOFC and a second MMA-SOFC, a fuel contactor integral with the first MMA-SOFC or in fluid communication with the first MMA-SOFC, a molten metal conduit configured to deliver molten metal from a first molten metal anode to a second molten metal anode, and one or more external electric circuits, wherein a first molten metal anode is configured to oxidize molten metal to produce metal oxides and electrons, the fuel contactor is configured to reduce the metal oxides and produce metals and metal sulfides in the molten metal upon reaction with sulfur-containing fuel. The second molten metal anode is configured to oxidize the metal sulfides in the metal sulfides-containing molten metal to produce metals and electrons, and the external electric circuits are configured to generate power from the electrons produced in the first and second MMA-SOFCs.
US09685674B2	Polymer electrolyte composition, and polymer electrolyte membrane, membrane electrode assembly and solid polymer fuel cell each using same Provided are: a practically excellent polymer electrolyte composition having excellent chemical stability of being resistant to strong oxidizing atmosphere during operation of fuel cell, and achieving excellent proton conductivity under low-humidification conditions, excellent mechanical strength and physical durability; a polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane electrode assembly, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell each using the same. The polymer electrolyte composition of the present invention comprises at least an ionic group-containing polymer (A) and a phosphorus-containing additive (B), the phosphorus-containing additive (B) being at least one of a phosphine compound and a phosphinite compound. The polymer electrolyte membrane, the membrane electrode assembly, and the polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention are structured by the polymer electrolyte composition.
US09685673B2	Fuel cell system with quick connect components Embodiments relate to a fuel cell system. In an embodiment, the fuel cell system includes advanced leak test capabilities. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system includes a system to bypass one or more separation units while permitting the fuel cell system to continue to produce electricity. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system includes an alignment system that permits ease of alignment when a fuel cell module is installed proximate a fuel processing module. In another embodiment, the fuel cell system includes a system of supplying auxiliary fuel from a mobile auxiliary fuel supply. In an embodiment, one or more or all of these embodiments may be practiced together in combination.
US09685671B2	Arrangement and method for supplying energy to buildings The present application relates to an arrangement for supplying energy to isolated buildings. The arrangement comprises at least one energy generating installation for providing an electrical current, at least one electrolyzer for producing hydrogen from water using the electrical current from the energy generating installation, at least one first chemical reactor for at least partially hydrogenating at least one substrate with an extended π-conjugated system using the hydrogen formed in the electrolyzer, at least one storage tank for storing the substrate hydrogenated at least partially in the first chemical reactor, at least one second chemical reactor for at least partially dehydrogenating the at least partially hydrogenated substrate which was produced in the first chemical reactor and stored in the storage tank with the release of hydrogen, and at least one fuel cell for the oxidation of the hydrogen release in the second chemical reactor with the release of energy.
US09685667B2	Methods for testing anode integrity during fuel cell vehicle operation A system and methods are provided for testing anode integrity during vehicle operation. In one particular example, the system and methods allow for anode leak tests during vehicle operation by temporarily reducing fuel cell power while supplementing the fuel cell power reduction with battery power to meet operating demands. In this way, an anode leak test can be performed even during highway driving when operating demands may be particularly high.
US09685652B2	Aqueous processing of composite lithium ion electrode material A method of making a battery electrode includes the steps of dispersing an active electrode material and a conductive additive in water with at least one dispersant to create a mixed dispersion; treating a surface of a current collector to raise the surface energy of the surface to at least the surface tension of the mixed dispersion; depositing the dispersed active electrode material and conductive additive on a current collector; and heating the coated surface to remove water from the coating.
US09685648B2	Bus bar attachment device and bus bar attachment method A bus bar attachment device includes a bus bar placing part for placing a bus bar onto a pallet, and a pressing part for causing first and second adjacent surfaces in the bus bar placed by the bus bar supply part to press against first and second adjacent wall surfaces in a bus bar positioning part of the pallet. The bus bar is placed by the bus bar supply part in a position where the first and second surfaces face the first and second wall surfaces in the bus bar positioning part, and the first and second surfaces are pressed the pressing part against the first and second wall surfaces in the bus bar positioning part to set the position of the bus bar relative to a battery.
US09685646B2	Pasting paper made of glass fiber nonwoven comprising carbon graphite Embodiments of the invention provide a lead-acid battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator positioned between the electrodes to electrically insulate the electrodes. Battery includes a nonwoven fiber mat positioned adjacent an electrode. Mat includes a mixture of first glass fibers having diameters between 8 μm to 13 μm and second glass fibers having diameters of at least 6 μm and a silane sizing. An acid resistant binder bonds the glass fibers to form mat. A wetting component is applied to increase the wettability such that mat exhibits an average water wick height of at least 1.0 cm after exposure to water for 10 minutes. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of mat such that when mat is adjacent an electrode, the conductive material contacts the electrode. An electrical resistance of less than 100,000 ohms per square enables electron flow about mat.
US09685645B2	Battery pack venting system for electrified vehicle A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure that establishes a vent chamber and tubing in fluid communication with the vent chamber. A check valve is mounted outside of the enclosure and is connected to the tubing. The check valve permits flow of battery vent byproducts in a first direction but blocks the flow of atmospheric air in a second, opposite direction.
US09685644B2	Lithium ion battery A multi-core lithium ion battery includes a sealed enclosure and a support member disposed within the sealed enclosure. The support member includes a plurality of cavities and a plurality of lithium ion core members which are disposed the plurality of cavities. The battery further includes a plurality of cavity liners, each of which is positioned between a corresponding one of the lithium ion core members and a surface of a corresponding one of the cavities.
US09685643B2	Electric storage device An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a plastic member arranged at an outer surface of the case and including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, an external terminal supported by the plastic member and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a sealing member arranged at the outer surface of the case, the sealing member including a joining surface facing the outer surface of the case, and an auxiliary terminal supported by the sealing member, the auxiliary terminal extending from inside to outside the case, being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and being electrically connected to the external terminal. The plastic member includes a material having a hardness greater than a hardness of the sealing member.
US09685632B2	Encapsulating structure, the electronical package device and display apparatus that incorporates it This present disclosure provides an encapsulating layer, an electronic package device and a display apparatus, relates to the field of electronics technology, and may decrease the thickness of the encapsulating layer, thereby achieving lightening and thinning of the electronic package device. The encapsulating layer comprises an encapsulating barrier layer and an organic coating layer directly formed on the encapsulating barrier layer; wherein the organic coating layer is a polymerizable organic coating layer; and the polymerizable organic coating layer comprises an unsaturated acrylate organic coating layer. The encapsulating layer is used for encapsulating an electronic device.
US09685629B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes two or more spacers on a substrate, the two or more spacers being arranged at least at either one of a center point of a virtual quadrangle or a vicinity of the center point of the virtual quadrangle, an electrode portion at each apex of the virtual quadrangle, the electrode portion surrounding the two or more spacers, and a pixel definition layer on the electrode portion, the pixel definition layer including exposing the electrode portion.
US09685624B2	Optoelectronic component with organic and inorganic charge generating layers and method for producing an optoelectronic component Various embodiments may relate to an optoelectronic component, including a first organic functional layer structure, a second organic functional layer structure and a charge generating layer structure between the first organic functional layer structure and the second organic functional layer structure. The charge generating layer structure includes a hole-conducting charge generating layer and a first electron-conducting charge generating layer. The hole-conducting charge generating layer includes or is formed from an inorganic substance or an inorganic substance mixture. The first electron-conducting charge generating layer includes or is formed from an organic substance or an organic substance mixture. The first electron-conducting charge generating layer includes or is formed from an organic, intrinsically electron-conducting substance.
US09685621B2	Thin film transistor, its manufacturing method, array substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor (TFT), its manufacturing method, an array substrate and a display device. The method for manufacturing the TFT includes steps of forming patterns of a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode on a base substrate; and forming a pattern of an active layer and a pattern of a passivation layer covering the active layer by a single patterning process. The passivation layer is made of a negative or positive photoresist, and the active layer is insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US09685617B2	Organic electronuminescent materials and devices Novel iridium complexes containing phenylpyridine and pyridyl aza-benzo fused ligands are described. These complexes are useful as light emitters when incorporated into OLEDs.
US09685612B2	Compound having substituted triphenylene ring structure, and organic electroluminescent device An organic compound having an excellent electron injection and transport performance is provided as a material for a low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device. A low-power-consumption organic electroluminescent device is also provided by using the compound. The compound is a compound of general formula (1) or (2) having a substituted bipyridyl and triphenylene ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and uses the compound as constituent material of at least one of the organic layers.
US09685611B2	Multi-faced component-based electromechanical device An electromechanical device comprises a substrate structure, a set of electrodes, one or more anchor trenches, and one or more multi-faced components. For example, each of the one or more multi-faced components comprises an isolation region formed on a first portion of the surface of the component, a high resistance region formed on a second portion of the surface of the component, and a low resistance region formed on a third portion of the surface of the component. For example, the synapse device is configured to provide an analog resistive output, ranging between the high resistance region and the low resistance region, from at least one of the set of electrodes in response to a pulsed voltage input to at least another one of the set of electrodes.
US09685607B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device A non-volatile semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of first wiring lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second wiring lines that extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction to cross the first wiring lines, and memory cells, each of which is provided at a portion where the first wiring line crosses the second wiring line. The memory cell includes a variable resistance layer in the space between the wiring lines where the first wiring line crosses the second wiring line, a seam in the variable resistance layer extending in a direction between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, and a metal supply layer that comes in contact with the variable resistance layer and the seam.
US09685606B2	Patterning methods, methods of fabricating semiconductor devices using the same, and semiconductor devices fabricated thereby A patterning method includes forming an etch-target layer on a substrate, forming mask patterns on the etch-target layer, and etching the etch-target layer using the mask patterns as an etch mask to form patterns spaced apart from each other. The etching process of the etch-target layer includes irradiating the etch-target layer with an ion beam, whose incident energy ranges from 600 eV to 10 keV. A recess region is formed in the etch-target layer between the mask patterns, and the ion beam is incident onto a bottom surface of the recess region at a first angle with respect to a top surface of the substrate and is incident onto an inner side surface of the recess region at a second angle with respect to the inner side surface of the recess region. The first angle ranges from 50° to 90° and the second angle ranges from 0° to 40°.
US09685603B2	Method for manufacturing niobate-system ferroelectric thin film device There is provided a method for manufacturing a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film device, including: a lower electrode film formation step of forming a lower electrode film on a substrate; a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film formation step of forming a niobate-system ferroelectric thin film on the lower electrode film; an etch mask formation step of forming a desired etch mask pattern on the niobate-system ferroelectric thin film; and a ferroelectric thin film etching step of forming a desired fine pattern of the niobate-system ferroelectric thin film by wet etching using an etchant including an aqueous alkaline solution of a chelating agent.
US09685596B2	Package method and package A package method includes steps of providing a light emitting module, a mold and a molding compound, wherein the light emitting module includes a substrate and at least one light emitting unit disposed on the substrate, the mold has at least one recess, and a side wall of the recess is parallel to a side surface of the light emitting unit; filling the recess with the molding compound; placing the substrate on the mold reversely, so that the light emitting unit is immersed into the recess and the molding compound directly encapsulates the light emitting unit; and heating and pressing the substrate and the mold, so as to solidify the molding compound.
US09685593B2	Housing for a semiconductor chip, housing composite, semiconductor component and method of producing a semiconductor component A housing for a semiconductor chip has a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, wherein the front side has a fastening area for the semiconductor chip; the rear side has a mounting area to mount the housing, wherein the mounting area runs obliquely to the fastening area; and the rear side has a resting area running parallel to the fastening area.
US09685588B2	Light-emitting element having a reflective structure with high efficiency An optoelectronic element comprises a semiconductor stack comprising an active layer, wherein the semiconductor stack has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first transparent layer on the second surface; a plurality of cavities in the first transparent layer; and a layer on the first transparent layer, wherein the first transparent layer comprises oxide or diamond-like carbon.
US09685583B2	Highly luminescent nanostructures and methods of producing same Highly luminescent nanostructures, particularly highly luminescent quantum dots, are provided. The nanostructures have high photoluminescence quantum yields and in certain embodiments emit light at particular wavelengths and have a narrow size distribution. The nanostructures can comprise ligands, including C5-C8 carboxylic acid ligands employed during shell formation and/or dicarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid ligands provided after synthesis. Processes for producing such highly luminescent nanostructures are also provided, including methods for enriching nanostructure cores with indium and techniques for shell synthesis.
US09685580B2	Method of making photovoltaic cell A photovoltaic solar cell comprises a nano-patterned substrate layer. A plurality of nano-windows are etched into an intermediate substrate layer to form the nano-patterned substrate layer. The nano-patterned substrate layer is positioned between an n-type semiconductor layer composed of an n-type semiconductor material and a p-type semiconductor layer composed of a p-type semiconductor material. Semiconductor material accumulates in the plurality of nano-windows, causing a plurality of heterojunctions to form between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer.
US09685574B2	Solar cell module Disclosed is a solar cell module. The solar cell module includes a solar cell panel including a plurality of solar cells; a protective substrate on the solar cell panel; and a ventilation unit for ventilating the solar cell panel.
US09685573B2	Diode and heat spreader for solar module Arrangements of diodes and heat spreaders for solar modules are described. For example, a solar module may include a backsheet with a low profile, surface-mount diode disposed above the backsheet. A pair of ribbon interconnects is coupled to the low profile, surface-mount diode and may penetrate the backsheet.
US09685566B2	Method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device A target made of a metal material is sputtered to form a metal film on a silicon carbide wafer. At this time, the metal film is formed under a condition that an incident energy of incidence, on the silicon carbide wafer, of the metal material sputtered from the target and a sputtering gas flowed in through a gas inlet port is lower than a binding energy of silicon carbide, and more specifically lower than 4.8 eV. For example, the metal film is formed while a high-frequency voltage applied between a cathode and an anode is set to be equal to or higher than 20V and equal to or lower than 300V.
US09685563B2	Semiconductor device and electronic device including the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode in contact with the second oxide semiconductor film, a drain electrode in contact with the second oxide semiconductor film, a metal oxide film over the second oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, a gate insulating film over the metal oxide film, and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. The metal oxide film contains M (M represents Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, or Hf) and Zn. The metal oxide film includes a portion where x/(x+y) is greater than 0.67 and less than or equal to 0.99 when a target has an atomic ratio of M:Zn=x:y.
US09685556B2	Thin film transistor and preparation method therefor, array substrate, and display apparatus A thin film transistor and a preparation method therefor, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The thin film transistor comprises an active layer (4), an etched barrier layer (5) disposed on the active layer (4), and a source and drain (6) disposed on the etched barrier layer (5). The source and drain (6) are disposed on a same layer in a spaced manner. First via holes (7) are formed in the etched barrier layer (5), second via holes (8) are formed in positions in the active layer (4) corresponding to the first via holes (7). The source and drain (6) are connected to the active layer (4) through the first via holes (7) formed in the etched barrier layer (5) and the second via holes (8) formed in the active layer (4). Because two second via holes are formed in the active layer, a design value L1 of the channel region length of the active layer is shortened and a metal oxide semiconductor array substrate with a narrow channel is formed and the charge rate is high, which helps to improve the display effect.
US09685545B2	Isolated III-N semiconductor devices A semiconductor device with a substrate, a low defect layer formed in a fixed position relative to the substrate, and a barrier layer comprising III-N semiconductor material formed on the low-defect layer and forming an electron gas in the low-defect layer. The device also has a source contact, a drain contact, and a gate contact for receiving a potential, the potential for adjusting a conductive path in the electron gas and between the source contact and the drain contact. Lastly, the device has a one-sided PN junction between the barrier layer and the substrate.
US09685542B2	Atomic layer deposition of P-type oxide semiconductor thin films Provided herein are methods of depositing p-type metal oxide thin films by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Also provided are p-type metal oxide thin films and TFTs including p-type metal oxide channels. In some implementations, the p-type metal oxide thin films have a metal and oxygen vacancy defect density of less than 1019/cm3. The p-type metal oxide thin films may be electrically active throughout the entire thicknesses of the thin films.
US09685539B1	Nanowire isolation scheme to reduce parasitic capacitance A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a doped silicon layer on a bulk substrate, forming an undoped silicon cap layer on the doped silicon layer, forming a stacked configuration of silicon germanium (SiGe) and silicon layers on the undoped silicon cap layer, wherein the stacked configuration comprises a repeating arrangement of a silicon layer stacked on an SiGe layer, forming a plurality of dummy gates spaced apart from each other on the stacked configuration, the doped silicon layer and the undoped silicon cap layer, forming a spacer layer on each of the plurality of dummy gates, and on the doped silicon layer and the undoped silicon cap layer, selectively etching the doped silicon layer with respect to the undoped silicon layer, and filling the area from where the doped s silicon layer was selectively removed with a dielectric layer.
US09685538B2	Low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and method for fabricating same The present invention provides a low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and a fabricating method thereof. According to the method, a laser annealing process is performed to a remained portion of a a-Si layer on a substrate to form a first lightly doped drain (LDD) terminal, a second LDD terminal, a first phosphor material structure and a second phosphor material structure. A gate metal layer is then formed on the remained portion of the a-Si layer. A source metal layer and a drain metal layer are formed on the first doped layer and the second doped layer located at opposite sides of the gate metal layer, respectively. The present invention use the high temperature of the laser annealing process to perform a heat diffusion of phosphor material to form the LDD terminal and the phosphor material structure, the times of photomasks are used is reduced, and the process is simplified.
US09685530B2	Replacement metal gate dielectric cap A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor includes chelating a molecular mask to a replacement metal gate in a field effect transistor. The method may further include forming a patterned dielectric layer on a bulk dielectric material and a gate dielectric barrier in one or more deposition steps. The method may include removing the molecular mask and exposing part of the gate dielectric barrier before depositing a dielectric cap that touches the gate dielectric barrier and the replacement metal gate.
US09685526B2	Side gate assist in metal gate first process A method of making a semiconductor device in a gate first process with side gate assists. A first gate may be formed within a gate region. The first gate may include a first gate conductor separated from a semiconductor substrate by a first insulator disposed between the first gate conductor and the semiconductor substrate. A second gate may be formed within the gate region. The second gate may include a second gate conductor separated from a vertical surface of the first gate conductor and the semiconductor substrate by a second insulator. A first electrical contact and a second electrical contact may be formed. The first and second electrical contacts may be disposed on opposite ends of the gate region for respectively connecting the first gate conductor and the second gate conductor to a respective voltage.
US09685522B1	Forming uniform WF metal layers in gate areas of nano-sheet structures Methods for forming uniform WF metal layers in gate areas of NS structures in a NS FET and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include providing NS structures, parallel to and spaced from each other, in a substrate; conformally forming gate dielectric and metal layers, respectively, on all surfaces in a gate area of each NS structure; forming a barrier layer on surfaces in the gate area of each NS structure except on surfaces in between the NS structures by PVD or PECVD; annealing the NS structures including the gate dielectric and metal layers; removing the barrier and metal layers from all surfaces; and forming a WF metal layer on all surfaces in the gate area of each NS structure.
US09685516B2	Electronic device having graphene-semiconductor multi-junction and method of manufacturing the electronic device Example embodiments relate to an electronic device having a graphene-semiconductor multi-junction and a method of manufacturing the electronic device. The electronic device includes a graphene layer having at least one graphene protrusion and a semiconductor layer that covers the graphene layer. A side surface of each of the at least one graphene protrusion may be uneven, may have a multi-edge, and may be a stepped side surface. The graphene layer includes a plurality of nanocrystal graphenes. The graphene layer includes a lower graphene layer having a plurality of nanocrystal graphenes and the at least one graphene protrusion that is formed on the lower graphene layer. The semiconductor layer may include a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) layer. Each of the at least one graphene protrusion may include a plurality of nanocrystal graphenes.
US09685514B2	III-V compound semiconductor device having dopant layer and method of making the same A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate; a channel layer of at least one III-V semiconductor compound above the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode above a first portion of the channel layer; a source region and a drain region above a second portion of the channel layer; and a dopant layer comprising at least one dopant contacting the second portion of the channel layer.
US09685508B2	High voltage field effect transistors Transistors suitable for high voltage and high frequency operation are disclosed. A nanowire is disposed vertically or horizontally on a substrate. A longitudinal length of the nanowire is defined into a channel region of a first semiconductor material, a source region electrically coupled with a first end of the channel region, a drain region electrically coupled with a second end of the channel region, and an extrinsic drain region disposed between the channel region and drain region. The extrinsic drain region has a wider bandgap than that of the first semiconductor. A gate stack including a gate conductor and a gate insulator coaxially wraps completely around the channel region, drain and source contacts similarly coaxially wrap completely around the drain and source regions.
US09685494B2	Organic EL display device A terminal is formed on a substrate. An anisotropic conductive film is disposed on the terminal. A flexible printed board is connected to the terminal via the anisotropic conductive film. At least one opening is formed in the terminal. An adhesion reinforcing portion as a projection is formed inside the opening. The adhesion reinforcing portion is formed of a material having higher adhesion to the anisotropic conductive film than a material constituting the surface of the terminal, and is adhered to the anisotropic conductive film.
US09685493B2	Top emission device and organic light-emitting diode display device An organic light-emitting diode display device includes a first substrate that includes a display region with a plurality of pixels and a non-display region in a periphery of the display region, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and at least one light sensing member disposed on a rear surface of the first substrate that overlaps the display region.
US09685491B2	Display device with transistor sampling for improved performance A display device including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels including a sampling transistor configured to sample a data potential from a video signal line which is insulated from and intersects a control line in response to the change in potential of the control line, and a light-emitting element configured to emit light at the brightness commensurate with the magnitude of the post-sampling data potential.
US09685488B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display (OLED) device that includes a first substrate and a second substrate. An organic light emitting element and a sealing member are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A touch panel, a block pattern, and a protective layer are formed on the second substrate. The block pattern is arranged above the sealing member to prevent a center of the sealing member from being excessively illuminated by a laser beam during a curing process.
US09685486B2	Organic light-emitting diode display with color filter layer A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes of different colors. Each organic light-emitting diode may have an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer between the anode and cathode. To prevent undesired color shifts with off-axis viewing angles, evaporated color filters may be formed on the cathode in alignment with the light-emitting diodes. The color filters may include red color filters that overlap the red diodes but not the green and blue diodes, may include red, blue, and green filters that overlap respective red, green, and blue diodes, or may include an orange filter that overlaps red and green diodes and a blue filter that overlaps blue diodes. The color filters may serve as a capping layer for the diodes or a capping layer that is separate from the color filters can be incorporated into the display.
US09685485B2	Organic electroluminescent device and manufacturing method therefor An organic EL device includes a substrate and a plurality of organic EL elements disposed on the substrate. Each of the plurality of organic EL elements includes a light-emitting layer containing a light-emitting material. One of the plurality of organic EL elements includes a first film containing the same light-emitting material as the light-emitting layer of another one of the plurality of organic EL elements, the first film being in contact with an upper surface of the light-emitting layer of the one of the plurality of organic EL elements. The one of the plurality of organic EL elements does not include a second film containing the same light-emitting material as the light-emitting layer of another one of the plurality of organic EL elements, the second film being in contact with a lower surface of the light-emitting layer of the one of the plurality of organic EL elements.
US09685484B1	Reversible resistivity memory with crystalline silicon bit line Technology is described for reversible resistivity memory having a crystalline silicon bit line. In one aspect, a memory structure comprises a hollow pillar of crystalline silicon inside of reversible resistivity material. The crystalline silicon may serve as a bit line. The memory structure may further comprise conductive material that forms word lines coupled to the outer surface of the reversible resistivity material. A memory cell comprises a portion of the reversible resistivity material between the crystalline silicon and one of the word lines. In one aspect, the hollow pillar of crystalline silicon surrounds a gate oxide, which surrounds a conductive transistor gate. Thus, the hollow pillar of crystalline silicon may function as a channel of a transistor. In one aspect, the crystalline silicon has predominantly a (100) orientation with respect to an inner surface of the reversible resistivity material. In one aspect, the crystalline silicon is a single crystal.
US09685482B2	Image sensor with buried-channel drain (BCD) transistors A charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor is provided. The CCD image sensor may include an array of photosensors that transfer charge to multiple vertical CCD shift registers, which then in turn transfer the charge to a horizontal CCD shift register. The horizontal CCD shift register then feeds an output buffer circuit. The output buffer circuit can include a load transistor implemented using a buried-channel drain (BCD) structure. The load transistor may include a gate conductor, a source diffusion region, a drain diffusion region, and a buried-channel drain region that at least partially extends under the gate conductor. The BCD region may be formed before or after the formation of the gate conductor. If desired, the BCD region can also be formed at the source edge. An image sensor configured in this way can exhibit higher source-drain breakdown voltages, enhanced amplifier gain, and reduced amplifier glow.
US09685481B2	Monolithic visible-infrared focal plane array on silicon A structure includes a silicon substrate; silicon readout circuitry disposed on a first portion of a top surface of the substrate and a radiation detecting pixel disposed on a second portion of the top surface of the substrate. The pixel has a plurality of radiation detectors connected with the readout circuitry. The plurality of radiation detectors are composed of at least one visible wavelength radiation detector containing germanium and at least one infrared wavelength radiation detector containing a Group III-V semiconductor material. A method includes providing a silicon substrate; forming silicon readout circuitry on a first portion of a top surface of the substrate and forming a radiation detecting pixel, on a second portion of the top surface of the substrate, that has a plurality of radiation detectors formed to contain a visible wavelength detector composed of germanium and an infrared wavelength detector composed of a Group III-V semiconductor material.
US09685479B2	Method of forming a shallow pinned photodiode An image sensor with a pinned photodiode includes a photodiode formed in a substrate by implanting dopants of a first type through one or more dielectric layers formed over the substrate. A pinning layer for the photodiode may be formed by implanting dopants of a second type through the same one or more dielectric layers. The pinning layer may be formed over a photodiode region of the substrate. The concentration of dopants of the second type may have a maximum value in dielectric layers over the photodiode that exceeds the concentration of dopants of the second type in the substrate below. The photodiode and pinning layer may both be formed by implanting ions of the first and second type respectively through a dielectric layer formed after etching away a portion of another dielectric layer, having a different thickness, and having different optical transmission properties than the another dielectric layer.
US09685474B2	Semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device has a chip region including a back-side illumination type photoelectric conversion element, a mark-like appearance part, a pad electrode, and a coupling part. The mark-like appearance part includes an insulation film covering the entire side surface of a trench part formed in a semiconductor substrate. The pad electrode is arranged at a position overlapping the mark-like appearance part. The coupling part couples the pad electrode and mark-like appearance part. At least a part of the pad electrode on the other main surface side of the substrate is exposed through an opening reaching the pad electrode from the other main surface side of the substrate. The mark-like appearance part and coupling part are arranged to at least partially surround the outer circumference of the opening in plan view.
US09685470B2	Manufacturing method of a pixel structure The present invention provides a pixel structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The pixel structure includes: a transparent substrate (60), a gate line formed on the transparent substrate (60), a thin-film transistor formed on the transparent substrate (60), a data line (68) formed on the transparent substrate (60), a pixel electrode (62) formed on the transparent substrate (60) and the thin-film transistor, a passivation layer (64) formed on the pixel electrode (62), the transparent substrate (60), and the data line (68), and a common electrode (66) formed on the passivation layer (64). The passivation layer (64) includes: a first portion (72) located on the data line (68), a second portion (74) located on the pixel electrode (62), and a third portion (76) located on the transparent substrate (60) and arranged on two opposite sides of the data line (68). The first portion (72) of the passivation layer (64) has a thickness greater than a thickness of the second portion (74).
US09685463B2	Array substrate, its manufacturing method, display panel and display device The present disclosure provides an array substrate, its manufacturing method, a display panel and a display device. A conductive metal pattern of the array substrate is covered with an oxygen barrier film.
US09685459B2	Flexible substrate, flexible display panel and flexible display device The present invention provides a flexible substrate, a flexible display panel and a flexible display device. The flexible substrate includes an on-off element and an insulating layer, wherein a part of the insulating layer serves as a part of the on-off element, and the part of the insulating layer serving as a part of the on-off element is separated from rest part of the insulating layer. In the flexible substrate, the part of the insulating layer serving as a part of the on-off element is separated from the rest part of the insulating layer, such that cracks generated in the reset part of the insulating layer are unlikely to extend to the region where the on-off element is located, thus the poor contact or abnormal on-off phenomenon of the on-off element can be avoided.
US09685458B2	Display device A display device includes a display region comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises a light emitting element which includes a pixel electrode, a conductive layer below the pixel electrode and configured to receive a specified electric voltage, and a thin film transistor below the pixel electrode and the conductive layer, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a semiconductor layer which includes a channel region, a gate electrode which is overlapping the channel region, a first electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer and the pixel electrode, and a second electrode electrically connectable to a power supply line, wherein the conductive layer includes an overlapped region which overlaps with the channel region, and the first electrode extends so as to cover the gate electrode at the overlapped region.
US09685457B2	Method including a formation of a transistor and semiconductor structure including a first transistor and a second transistor A method includes providing a semiconductor-on-insulator structure including a semiconductor substrate, a layer of electrically insulating material over the semiconductor substrate and a layer of semiconductor material over the layer of electrically insulating material. A first transistor is formed. The formation of the first transistor includes forming a dummy gate structure over the layer of semiconductor material, forming a source region of the first transistor and a drain region of the first transistor in portions of the semiconductor substrate adjacent the dummy gate structure, forming an electrically insulating structure annularly enclosing the dummy gate structure and performing a replacement gate process. The replacement gate process includes removing the dummy gate structure and a portion of the layer of semiconductor material below the dummy gate structure, wherein a recess is formed in the electrically insulating structure. The recess is filled with an electrically conductive material.
US09685453B2	Method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory cell and a field effect transistor To provide a semiconductor device having mix-loaded therein a nonvolatile memory cell and a field effect transistor at a reduced cost. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes pattering a conductor film by using an additional mask that covers a gate electrode formation region of a memory formation region and exposes a main circuit formation region (field effect transistor formation region) and thereby forming a gate electrode of a nonvolatile memory cell in the memory formation region and then forming an n− type semiconductor region of the nonvolatile memory cell in a semiconductor substrate by ion implantation using the above-mentioned additional mask without changing it to another one.
US09685452B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor device with vertical and horizontal channels in stack structure having electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device includes a stack structure including electrodes vertically stacked on a substrate, a channel structure coupled to the electrodes to constitute a plurality of memory cells three-dimensionally arranged on the substrate, the channel structure including first vertical channels and second vertical channels penetrating the stack structure and a first horizontal channel disposed under the stack structure to laterally connect the first vertical channels and the second vertical channels to each other, a second horizontal channel having a first conductivity type and connected to a sidewall of the first horizontal channel of the channel structure, and conductive plugs having a second conductivity type and disposed on top ends of the second vertical channels.
US09685451B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same A nonvolatile memory device includes cell strings, each including a plurality of memory cells over a substrate, extending in a direction, channel layers, connected with one sides and the other sides of the cell strings, extending in another direction perpendicular to the substrate, select gate electrodes, located over the cell strings, surrounding side surfaces of the channel layers with a gate dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and conductive lines connected with upper ends of the channel layers.
US09685447B2	Semiconductor device comprising transistor including oxide semiconductor An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
US09685437B2	High-voltage transistor device and production method The high-voltage transistor device has a p-type semiconductor substrate that is furnished with a p-type epitaxial layer. A well and a body region are located in the epitaxial layer. A source region is arranged in the body region, and a drain region is arranged in the well. A channel region is located in the body region between the well and the source region. A gate electrode is arranged above the channel region. In the part of the semiconductor substrate and the epitaxial layer underneath the source region and the channel region, a deep body region is present, which has a higher dopant concentration in comparison to the remainder of the semiconductor substrate.
US09685429B2	Stacked package-on-package memory devices 3D Stacked memory devices with copper pillars electrically connecting the package units are disclosed. A stacked package-on-package memory device includes a base chip package unit having a logic processing chip disposed on a base substrate; and a memory chip stack overlying the base chip unit. The memory chip stack includes a stack of packaged memory units. Each packaged memory unit including a memory chip on an IC substrate. Copper pillars are disposed on the back side of the IC substrate and electrically connected to the base substrate.
US09685427B1	Package including a plurality of stacked semiconductor devices including a capacitance enhanced through via and method of manufacture A package can include a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device stacked in a first direction. The first semiconductor device can include a first through via providing a first electrical connection in the first direction between a first side and a second side opposite the first side of the first semiconductor device, and a first circuit that provides a first potential greater than a ground potential at a first circuit output. The first circuit output can be directly connected with wiring layers to the first via at the first side. The second semiconductor device can be electrically connected to the first through via at the second side of the first semiconductor device to receive the first potential.
US09685424B2	Memory device, laminated semiconductor substrate and method of manufacturing the same A memory device has a laminated chip package and a controller chip. In the laminated chip package, a plurality of memory chips are laminated. An interposed chip is laminated between the laminated chip package and the controller chip. The memory chips have a plurality of first wiring electrodes. The interposed chip has a plurality of second wiring electrodes. The second wiring electrodes are formed with a common arrangement pattern common with an arrangement pattern of a plurality of wiring electrodes for controller which are formed in the controller chip. The controller chip is laid on the interposed chip.
US09685415B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming micro-vias partially through insulating material around bump interconnect A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die and first insulating layer formed over the semiconductor die. A plurality of first micro-vias can be formed in the first insulating layer. A conductive layer is formed in the first micro-openings and over the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer and conductive layer. A portion of the second insulating layer is removed to expose the conductive layer and form a plurality of second micro-openings in the second insulating layer over the conductive layer. The second micro-openings can be micro-vias, micro-via ring, or micro-via slots. Removing the portion of the second insulating layer leaves an island of the second insulating layer over the conductive layer. A bump is formed over the conductive layer. A third insulating layer is formed in the second micro-openings over the bump. The second micro-openings provide stress relief.
US09685411B2	Integrated circuit dies having alignment marks and methods of forming same Dies having alignment marks and methods of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a device on a substrate. A plurality of contact pads is formed over the substrate and the device. Simultaneously with forming the plurality of contact pads, one or more alignment marks are formed over the substrate and the device.
US09685403B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming shielding layer over semiconductor die mounted to TSV interposer A semiconductor device has a plurality of conductive vias formed partially through a substrate. A conductive layer is formed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive vias. A semiconductor die is mounted over the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and substrate. A trench is formed through the encapsulant around the semiconductor die. A shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant. The trench is formed partially through the substrate and the shielding layer is formed in the trench partially through the substrate. An insulating layer can be formed in the trench prior to forming the shielding layer. A portion of the substrate is removed to expose the conductive vias. An interconnect structure is formed over the substrate opposite the semiconductor die. The interconnect structure is electrically connected to the conductive vias. The shielding layer is electrically connected to the interconnect structure.
US09685402B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming recesses in conductive layer to detect continuity for interconnect between semiconductor die and substrate A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with composite bump structures over a surface of the semiconductor die. A conductive layer is formed over the substrate. The conductive layer has a channel in an interconnect site of the conductive layer. The channel extends beyond a footprint of the composite bump structures. The semiconductor die is disposed over the substrate. The bump material of the composite bump structures is melted. The composite bump structures are pressed over the interconnect site of the conductive layer so that the melted bump material flows into the channel. Electrical continuity between the composite bump structures and conductive layer is detected by a presence of the bump material in the channel. No electrical continuity between the composite bump structures and conductive layer is detected by an absence of the bump material in the channel. The electrical continuity can be detected by visual inspection or X-ray.
US09685396B2	Semiconductor die arrangement A semiconductor die arrangement comprising a first die including at least one semiconductor device; a second die including at least one semiconductor device; a lead frame associated with the first die and comprising one or more lead fingers, wherein the second die is mounted on one of the lead fingers and electrically connected to a further element by a bond wire.
US09685369B2	Contact etch stop layers of a field effect transistor A representative method for fabricating a field effect transistor comprises forming a source region and a drain region disposed in a substrate; forming a gate structure over the substrate, the gate structure comprising sidewalls and a top surface, the gate structure interposing the source region and the drain region; forming a contact etch stop layer (CESL) over at least a portion of the top surface of the gate structure; forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the CESL; forming a gate contact extending through the interlayer dielectric layer; and forming a source contact and a drain contact extending through the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein a first distance between an edge of the source contact and a first corresponding edge of the CESL is about 1 nm to about 10 nm.
US09685365B2	Method of forming a wire bond having a free end A method of forming a wire bond having a free end includes joining an end of a metal wire to a conductive element at a surface of a first component, the end of the metal wire being proximate a surface of a bonding tool adjacent an aperture through which the metal wire extends. A predetermined length of the metal wire is drawn out from the aperture. The surface of the bonding tool is used to plastically deform a region of the metal wire between the surface of the bonding tool and a metal element at the surface of the first component. The bonding tool then applies tension to the metal wire to cause a first portion of the metal wire having the end joined to the conductive element to detach from a remaining portion of the metal wire at the plastically deformed region.
US09685363B2	Alignment device and substrate processing apparatus An aligner includes a plurality of substrate rotators and a shaft member. Each substrate rotator includes a holder, a notch detector, an electromagnetic clutch and a driving belt. Each holder sucks the back surface of the substrate under vacuum and horizontally holds the substrate. Each notch detector detects a notch formed at the substrate, and supplies a detection result to the corresponding electromagnetic clutch as a detection signal. One end of the shaft member is connected to a motor. The shaft member is continuously rotated by the motor. Each electromagnetic clutch switches to a connection state in which rotational force of an inner periphery is transmitted to an outer periphery and a disconnection state in which rotational force of the inner periphery is transmitted to the outer periphery according to a detection signal supplied from the notch detector.
US09685362B2	Apparatus and method for centering substrates on a chuck An apparatus and method for centering substrates determining on a chuck. The apparatus includes a chuck in a process chamber, the chuck configured to removeably hold a substrate for processing; an array of two or more ultrasonic sensors arranged in the process chamber, each ultrasonic sensor arranged relative to the chuck so as to send a respective ultrasonic sound wave to a respective preselected region of the substrate and receive a respective return ultrasonic sound wave from the preselected region of the substrate; and a controller connected to each ultrasonic sensor and configured to compare a measured position of the substrate on the chuck to a specified placement of the substrate on the chuck based on a measured elapsed time between sending the ultrasonic sound wave and receiving the return ultrasonic sound wave from each ultrasonic sensor.
US09685361B2	Container transport facility A support body includes a protrusion that protrudes in the horizontal direction from a base and passes through a notch in the vertical direction when a container is transferred, and the lateral width of the protrusion is formed to be narrower than the lateral width of the container. A small container and a large container configured to be wider than the small container in the lateral width direction exist as the container. The support body includes, as support body-side supporting parts, three support body-side small container supporting parts that support three small container supported parts located on the bottom surface of the small container, and a support body-side edge supporting part that supports an edge of the outer periphery of the bottom surface of the large container near the base.
US09685346B2	Method of generating plasma in remote plasma source and method of fabricating semiconductor device using the same method Provided are a method of generating plasma and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device including the method, which may improve selectivity in an etching process and minimize damage to layers. The method of generating plasma includes generating first plasma by supplying at least one first process gas into a first remote plasma source (RPS) and applying first energy having a first power at a first duty ratio, and generating second plasma by supplying at least one second process gas into a second RPS and applying second energy having a second power at a second duty ratio.
US09685342B2	Wafer processing apparatuses and methods of operating the same Wafer processing apparatuses and methods of operating the same are provided herein. In an embodiment, a wafer processing apparatus includes a rotatable platen that has the capacity to support a polishing pad on a pad mounting surface of the rotatable platen. A drive assembly is coupled to the rotatable platen and has the capacity to rotate the rotatable platen. A polishing head is coupled to a head actuator. The polishing head is disposed adjacent to and over a first portion of the pad mounting surface and the polishing head is movable relative to the pad mounting surface by the head actuator. An optical sensor has a vision field including a second portion of the pad mounting surface. The first portion and the second portion of the pad mounting surface are at least partially offset. A control unit is operatively connected to the drive assembly and the head actuator.
US09685339B2	Scalable split gate memory cell array A split gate memory array includes a first row having memory cells; a second row having memory cells, wherein the second row is adjacent to the first row; and a plurality of segments. Each segment includes a first plurality of memory cells of the first row, a second plurality of memory cells of the second row, a first control gate portion which forms a control gate of each memory cell of the first plurality of memory cells, and a second control gate portion which forms a control gate of each memory cell of the second plurality of memory cells. The first control gate portion and the second control gate portion converge to a single control gate portion between neighboring segments of the plurality of segments.
US09685327B2	Electronic device using group III nitride semiconductor and its fabrication method and an epitaxial multi-layer wafer for making it The present invention discloses an electronic device using a group III nitride substrate fabricated via the ammonothermal method. By utilizing the high-electron concentration of ammonothermally grown substrates having the dislocation density less than 105 cm−2, combined with a high-purity active layer of Ga1-x-yAlxInyN (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1) grown by a vapor phase method, the device can attain high level of breakdown voltage as well as low on-resistance. To realize a good matching between the ammonothermally grown substrate and the high-purity active layer, a transition layer is optionally introduced. The active layer is thicker than a depletion region created by a device structure in the active layer.
US09685319B2	Method for filling gaps of semiconductor device and semiconductor device formed by the same A method for filling gaps of semiconductor device and a semiconductor device with insulation gaps formed by the same are provided. First, a silicon substrate with plural protruding portions is provided, and the protruding portions are spaced apart from each other by gaps with predetermined depths. A nitride-containing layer is formed above the silicon substrate for covering the protruding portions and surfaces of the gaps as a liner nitride. Then, an amorphous silicon layer is formed on the nitride-containing layer. An insulating layer is formed on the amorphous silicon layer, and the gaps are filled up with the insulating layer.
US09685306B2	Ventilation systems for use with a plasma treatment system A gas containment apparatus for use with an end effector including at least one plasma head includes at least one enclosing structure coupled to the end effector. The enclosing structure is configured to capture a gas produced by the at least one plasma head. The gas containment apparatus also includes a duct coupled to the at least one enclosing structure and configured to channel the gas from within the enclosing structure.
US09685298B1	Apparatus and method for contamination control in ion beam apparatus An apparatus may include an ion source generating an ion beam, the ion source coupled to a first voltage. The apparatus may further include a stopping element disposed between the ion source and a substrate position; a stopping voltage supply coupled to the stopping element; and a control component to direct the stopping voltage supply to apply a stopping voltage to the stopping element, the stopping voltage being equal to or more positive than the first voltage when the ion beam comprises positive ions, and being equal to or more negative than the first voltage when the ion beam comprises negative ions, wherein at least a portion of the ion beam is deflected backwardly from an initial trajectory as deflected ions when the stopping voltage is applied to the stopping element.
US09685292B2	Electrical switching apparatus and pole shaft catch assembly therefor A pole shaft catch assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts. The operating mechanism includes a pole shaft pivotably coupled to the housing and a yoke assembly coupled to the pole shaft. The pole shaft catch assembly includes a catch arm. The catch arm moves between an engaged position in which the catch arm engages the yoke assembly to restrict movement of the yoke assembly and the pole shaft, and a disengaged position in which the catch arm disengages the yoke assembly. A biasing element biases the catch arm toward the disengaged position. A trigger translates movement of the yoke assembly into movement of the catch arm.
US09685288B2	Connection piece for a switch pole of a switching apparatus A connection piece is disclosed for a switch pole of a switching apparatus which improves the properties of the switch pole as concerns centering and current-carrying capacity. According to an embodiment of the invention, a connection piece for a switch pole of a switching apparatus is provided for connecting in electrically conductive manner to a movement contact connection pin of a vacuum switching tube disposed in the switch pole. The connection piece includes a centering ring for centering the vacuum switching tube, the centering ring being formed from an electrically conductive material and being connected in electrically conductive manner via at least one connector to a connection region of the connection piece.
US09685284B1	Push-type switch with sound feedback A push-type switch with sound feedback, includes a casing having a plurality of positioning slots, a movable seat, a cap lid, a conducting unit, and an audio module. The movable seat includes a wall body, an interference element, and multiple engaging portions movably connected to the positioning slots. The conducting unit includes a conducting module which forms a conducting space and includes a base board, a connecting element, and at least an audio element built in with at least an audio message. When the cap lid is depressed to enable the movable seat to move, the interference element moves in conjunction with the movable seat into the conducting space, whereby allowing the conducting unit to generate and transmit an electrical signal to actuate an electronic product and the audio element concurrently playing the audio message so that users are able to recognize a controlling state of the switch.
US09685280B2	Switchgear operating mechanism An operating mechanism for a switchgear unit is disclosed. The operating unit includes an input drive shaft operable to rotate and counter-rotate. A trip linkage has a cam disk rotatably coupled to the input drive shaft and is coupled to a spring-drive mechanism for opening and closing the vacuum interrupter. An over-center linkage has a drive link rotatably coupled to the input drive shaft, and a follower link for opening and closing the isolating disconnect. Rotation of the input drive shaft through a first range drives the trip linkage for opening the vacuum interrupter and moves the drive link though an over-center position without opening the isolating disconnect. Rotation of the input drive shaft though a second range drives the over-center linkage for opening the isolating disconnect after the vacuum interrupter is opened.
US09685278B2	Energy storage devices having enhanced specific energy and associated methods Ultracapacitor electrodes having an enhanced electrolyte-accessible surface area are provided. Such electrodes can include a porous substrate having a solution side and a collector side, the collector side operable to couple to a current collector and the solution side positioned to interact with an electrolytic solution when in use. The electrode can also include a conductive coating formed on the solution side of the porous substrate. The coating can have a first side positioned to interact with an electrolytic solution when in use and a second side opposite the first side. The coating can have discontinuous regions that allow access of an electrolyte solution to the second side during use to enhance electrolyte-accessible surface area of the conductive coating.
US09685275B2	Power storage device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a method for manufacturing a power storage device in which a crystalline silicon layer including a whisker-like crystalline silicon region is formed as an active material layer over a current collector by a low-pressure CVD method in which heating is performed using a deposition gas containing silicon. The power storage device includes the current collector, a mixed layer formed over the current collector, and the crystalline silicon layer functioning as the active material layer formed over the mixed layer. The crystalline silicon layer includes a crystalline silicon region and a whisker-like crystalline silicon region including a plurality of protrusions which project over the crystalline silicon region. With the protrusions, the surface area of the crystalline silicon layer functioning as the active material layer can be increased.
US09685274B2	Electric capacitor for a coolant compressor The invention relates to an electric capacitor having at least one capacitor coil, a cylindrical housing that surrounds the capacitor coil, composed of metal, electric connectors, and connection lines that run in the housing interior and electrically connect the capacitor coil with the connectors, wherein at least one connection line has a planned breaking point, and wherein at least one circumferential depression is formed in the mantle of the housing, which depression divides the housing into a first segment and a second segment and can be unfolded by means of excess pressure in the housing interior, wherein the first segment surrounds the capacitor coil and the second segment carries the connectors.
US09685256B2	Wire harness In a splice connection member, a core wire holder is integrally formed on an interior of each of a plurality of depressions into which coated wires can be guided. A plurality of pressure blades are provided opposite each other on a wire introduction opening side of the depressions, the pair of pressure blades separated by a distance smaller than an inlet diameter of the wire introduction opening. Each of the pressure blades includes a plurality of blade tips separated by a distance in an axis direction of the coated wires smaller than a thickness of the coating, and the core wire holder includes a plurality of pressure portions. A communicating groove is formed in each of the depressions so as to be open on two ends, passing between the plurality of pairs of blade tips, the communicating groove extending in a circumference direction of each of the coated wires.
US09685249B2	Beta voltaic battery and method of preparing the same Provided is a beta voltaic battery including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a beta-ray generator which is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and includes a metal substrate having both sides coated with a radioisotope layer. The beta voltaic battery according to the present invention has no sealing layer, but may efficiently shield beta rays through a sandwich structure. Since the sealing layer is absent, the absorption of beta rays by the semiconductor may be improved, and excellent energy conversion efficiency may be obtained because output is improved due to the two semiconductor layers and the radioisotope ray source coated on the both sides.
US09685247B2	Radiation protection device A radiation protection device is disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention. The radiation protection device is used for a system which is configured to perform safety inspection of a cargo or a vehicle by a ray. The radiation protection device comprising: at least one container, and a radiation protection part disposed within the container. The radiation protection material may comprise at least one of concrete, sandstone, and water, or the radiation protection part may comprise a steel-lead protection wall or a concrete protection wall. With the radiation protection device according to the embodiment of the present invention, after the container is transported to the site, it can be directly put in place to be capable of shielding rays without needing operation or with only simple operation. The amount of on-site work, construction time, and construction cost are low.
US09685246B2	Control system for nuclear facility and control method for nuclear facility A control system allows controlling a nuclear facility in an evacuation area. The control system includes a control device in ordinary use disposed in a non-evacuation area, an emergency control device—for emergency in the evacuation area, a plant control facility connectable to the control device—and the emergency control device, a signal switching unit that switches from a normal coupling to an emergency coupling based on an emergency switch signal, a first selector switch in the non-evacuation area, a second selector switch-in the evacuation area, an AND circuit configured to output the emergency switch signal to the signal switching unit in the case where the emergency switch signal is input from the first selector switch and the emergency switch signal is input from the second selector switch.
US09685240B1	Memory device to alleviate the effects of row hammer condition and memory system including the same There may be provided a memory or memory system. A memory may include an active cell array comprising a plurality of unit cells coupled to a word line and configured to store an active count of the word line. The memory may include a read control circuit configured to read the active count of the word line from the active cell array. The memory may be configured to refresh an adjacent word line of the corresponding word line based on the active count of the word line.
US09685239B1	Field sub-bitline nor flash array A Field Sub-bitline NOR-type (FSNOR) flash array and its operating methods are disclosed. In contrast to the conventional NOR flash array, the FSNOR array is configured in column with multiple 90° rotated NOR pairs linked by field side sub-bitlines to achieve the minimum 4F2 cell size. The FSNOR flash array is divided into multiple sectors by selection transistors for connecting the even/odd sub-bitlines to the global main first metal bitlines. For each FSNOR sector, the two drain electrodes of column-adjacent NOR pairs form the even/odd sub-bitlines separated by trench field oxides respectively, and the common source electrodes of NOR pairs in a column form the common diffusion source lines tied with metal contacts connected to the first metal common source lines. The FSNOR flash array design has enhanced the electrical isolation of the selected NVM cell devices from the unselected NVM cell devices.
US09685227B2	Control of memory device reading based on cell resistance A method of reading a memory device that includes a memory cell that stores data of at least two bits includes determining whether a cell resistance level is no greater than a threshold resistance level. If the cell resistance level is smaller than or equal to the threshold resistance level, then the data is read based on a first factor that is inversely proportional to the cell resistance level. If the cell resistance level is greater than the threshold resistance level, then the data is read based on a second factor that is proportional to the cell resistance level.
US09685219B2	Semiconductor memory device for deconcentrating refresh commands and system including the same A memory device includes a buffer memory configured to receive commands from a memory controller via first to Nth channels, wherein N denotes an integer which is equal to or greater than ‘2’; and first to Nth core memories each connected to the buffer memory via one of the first to Nth channels. The buffer memory may deconcentrate refresh commands corresponding to the first to Nth core memories, based on a number of commands input during a specific time.
US09685198B1	Synchronizing recordings based on an encoded audio signal The method may include generating an encoded audio signal. The method may include receiving metadata from a user about an event. The method may also include generating a unique identifier (ID) that is associated with the metadata. The method may also include providing the metadata and the unique ID to a database. The method may also include encoding the unique ID in an audio signal using a robust signal modulation scheme. The method may also include playing, using a mobile device, the audio signal, where the audio signal is played within an audible detection range of recording devices configured to record the audio signal.
US09685189B1	Reduced reel motor disturbances in a tape drive system An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a motor having a rotor, a take up reel coupled to the rotor, and a damping layer positioned between the rotor and the take up reel. The damping layer is constructed of a visco-elastic material. An apparatus according to another embodiment includes a motor having a rotor, a clutch coupled to the rotor, and a damping layer positioned between the rotor and the clutch. The damping layer is constructed of a visco-elastic material.
US09685182B1	Non-contact laser-induced protrusion measurement apparatus and method A method and apparatus are directed to providing relative movement between a slider configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and a magnetic recording medium, and causing protrusion of a portion of an air bearing surface (ABS) of the slider in response to activating at least a laser source while maintaining spacing between the protrusion and the medium. A magnitude of at least a portion of the protrusion is measured while maintaining spacing between the protrusion and the medium.
US09685179B2	Tape device and controller thereof A tape device includes a tape drive, a storage unit, and a processor. The tape drive is configured to write plural data units in a magnetic tape formed with plural tracks. The storage unit is configured to store information indicating a reversal position set in a middle of the magnetic tape. The processor is configured to instruct the tape drive to start writing of a first data unit in the magnetic tape. The processor is configured to control the tape drive to continue the writing up to an end of the first data unit when a first write area crosses over the reversal position. The first data unit is written in the first write area. The processor is configured to control the tape drive to change a write destination from the first track to a second track after the first data unit is written and to reverse the write direction.
US09685166B2	Classification between time-domain coding and frequency domain coding A method for processing speech signals prior to encoding a digital signal comprising audio data includes selecting frequency domain coding or time domain coding based on a coding bit rate to be used for coding the digital signal and a short pitch lag detection of the digital signal.
US09685156B2	Low-power voice command detector A low-power voice command detection method uses an audio monitoring device to capture sound. The captured sound is analyzed in steps to determine if it fulfills a number of criteria regarding sound level, voice content and identifiable voice commands. For each step the processing is more complex and power demanding. A threshold between the first and subsequent steps is used to gate further processing. This threshold is dynamically adjusted, based on the outcome of the analysis, to avoid unnecessary processing and increase system performance.
US09685150B2	Noise removal system A system for noise removal is coupled to a signal unit that provides a digital signal. The noise removal system includes a transformation module to transform the digital signal into an f-digital signal, a threshold filter to generate a noiseless signal from the f-digital signal based on a threshold profile, and a signal synthesizer to provide a gain to the noiseless signal and to transform the noiseless signal into an output signal.
US09685148B2	Method and device for wireless power source for an instrument A musical instrument requiring power has a wireless resonate power receiver to receive electric energy from electromagnetic waves transmitted by a wireless resonate power transmitter when the wireless resonate power receiver is within an area covered by the wireless resonate power transmitter. The electric energy can be stored in a rechargeable power supply, such that the musical instrument can be charged wirelessly.
US09685147B2	Method and device for detecting a velocity of an actuation of a deflectable transmitter component or key of an electronic musical instrument The invention relates to a method for detecting actuation of a deflectable transmitter component, comprising the steps of: recording (20) a measured value (U) corresponding to a deflection of the deflectable transmitter component; comparing (30) the measured value (U) with a predefined threshold value (Us); if a result of the comparison (30) is that a predefined condition has been satisfied (34): storing the measured value (U) as a first measured value (U1); allowing (40) a predefined time difference (Δt) to elapse; recording (50) a second measured value (UM) corresponding to a deflection of the transmitter component; and calculating (60) a value representing the actuation.
US09685132B2	Gate driving circuit unit, array substrate, and display device A gate driving circuit unit, an array substrate, and a display device are disclosed, whereby the problem of high cost resulted from the large amount use of G-COF in the prior art can be solved. The driving circuit unit comprises a first selection unit and a second selection unit, wherein an input end of said first selection unit and an input end of said second selection unit are both connected with a same gate signal line of a G-COF, and an output end of said first selection unit and an output end of said second selection unit are connected with two gate lines respectively. During a first scanning cycle, the first selection unit outputs a high-level signal, and the second selection unit outputs a low-level signal; and during a second scanning cycle, the second selection unit outputs a high-level signal, and the first selection unit outputs a low-level signal.
US09685126B2	Device and method for tuning color temperature in digital display device The present invention relates to method and device for tuning a color temperature in a digital display device, in which variation of color temperatures and color feelings between gradients is reduced for improving a picture quality.
US09685120B2	Image formats and related methods and apparatuses Image data may be color graded, distributed and viewed on target displays. Mappings that preserve mid-range points and mid-range contrast may be applied to view the image data for color grading and to prepare the image data for display on a target display. The image data may be expanded to exploit the dynamic range of the target display without affecting mid-tone values.
US09685117B2	Display device, control device for driving the display device, and drive control method thereof A display device, a driving control device of the display device, and a driving control method are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device comprises a display unit consisting of a plurality of pixels including a light emitting element emitting light according to a driving current corresponding to a data signal; a scan driver transmitting a scan signal through a plurality of scan lines; a data driver transmitting a data signal through a plurality of data lines; a power supply unit supplying a driving voltage to drive a plurality of pixels through a power source wire; and a driving controller connected to the power source wire, obtaining an actual output voltage value of the driving voltage output from the power source voltage supply unit, and compensating a deviation of the driving voltage in a process step by using the actual output voltage value.
US09685115B2	Display module A display module including a substrate having a plurality of pixels, a data line that supplies a data signal to a pixel, a current supply line that supplies electric current to the pixel, a data driving circuit that supplies a data signal to the data line, and a gate driving circuit thereon. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a display area of the substrate, and each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting device, a first thin film transistor connected to the data line that supplies the data signal, a second thin film transistor connected to the current supply line, and a capacitor. The light emitting device includes a first electrode layer connected to the second thin film transistor, an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer.
US09685111B2	Display device, control device for driving the display device, and control method thereof Provided is a display device, including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels that emit light according to a plurality of data signals supplied through a plurality of data lines; a power voltage supplier configured to supply a power voltage to the plurality of pixels; a current detector configured to detect a total current flowing in the plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to receive image information of one frame unit and generate a reference voltage signal corresponding to the image information of one frame unit. The current detector compares the total current and the reference voltage signal and controls driving of the power voltage supplier according to the comparison.
US09685106B2	Method for compensating image distortion caused by the curvature of a display device Disclosed are a curved display device and a driving method therefor. The curved display device includes: a display panel including a curved portion and a flat portion; a luminance compensator configured to determine a first luminance compensating value for the flat portion and to determine a second luminance compensating value for one or more positions of the curved portion; and a signal controller for adjusting an input image signal corresponding to the first and second luminance compensating values set by the luminance compensator so as to compensate luminance of those portions of the input image signal corresponding to both the curved portion and the flat portion of the display panel, and for transmitting the compensated image signal to the display panel.
US09685105B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes: n primary scan lines extending in a first direction, where n denotes a positive integer; n secondary scan lines extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, the secondary scan lines respectively connected to one of the primary scan lines; pixels connected to the primary scan lines; and a gate driver configured to transmit scan signals to the primary scan lines via the secondary scan lines, wherein a first primary scan line having a first length is connected to a first secondary scan line having a second length, and a second primary scan line having a third length that is longer than the first length is connected to a second secondary scan line having a fourth length that is shorter than the second length.
US09685104B2	Display control apparatus and related method An independent display control apparatus communicates with a plurality of display devices. The display control apparatus includes a receiving module, a signal generating module, and a signal transmitting module. The receiving module receives the location information of a plurality of display devices and the signal generating module generates control signals based on the received locations, different locations can thus receive different control signals. Each of the control signals corresponds to a different segment of a predetermined media file transmitted to each display device and the group of display devices can thus be made to simulate the flight and bursting of a firework, or simulate the echoing of a single sound for example.
US09685097B2	Device and method for detecting eating activities Devices and methods for detecting an eating activity occurrence are provided. A device includes a sensor for monitoring movement of a portion of an arm of a subject, and a processor in communication with the sensor for collecting raw data associated with movement of the portion of the arm. The processor is configured to process the raw data and form processed data. The processed data includes a determination of whether an eating activity has occurred. A method includes sensing movement of a portion of an arm of a subject, and processing raw data associated with the movement of the portion of the arm of the subject to form processed data. The processed data includes a determination of whether an eating activity has occurred.
US09685094B2	Text to training aid conversion system and service A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving an image of printed material from a device associated with a user, receiving a request from the user to generate a training aid utilizing the printed material, generating the training aid utilizing the printed material; and providing access to the training aid to the user, wherein providing access includes one of transmitting the training aid to a device associated with the user or providing notification regarding access to the training aid to a device associated with the user.
US09685090B2	Navigational aids Systems, methods and computer-storage media are provided for use of navigational aids. Three-dimensional graphical representations of flight plans, flight paths, waypoints, etc., may be displayed to improve situational awareness. Additionally, dynamic monitoring of airports, waypoints, traffic, etc., may be performed so that real-time updates are available to users. The real-time updates will not only include updated location information and any relevant navigational markers (e.g., updated waypoints, new traffic, etc.) but will also include detailed information related to the navigational markers such as a distance from the marker, an airspeed of the marker (if applicable), and the like.
US09685072B2	Privacy level indicator A method includes responsive to receiving a command to view multimedia content, displaying the multimedia content. A selection of a privacy level for the multimedia content is received, the privacy level indicating whether information associated with a user's viewing of the multimedia content may be published. A visual indicator of the privacy level is displayed concurrently with displaying the multimedia content.
US09685070B2	Device, system and method for informing alarm An alarm informing device is provided. The alarm informing device receives detection information from one or more sensors and informs an alarm to a user when either one of failure in the one or more sensors and error in the reception of the information from the one or more sensors occurs. The alarm informing device includes a time synchronizing module configured to synchronize an internal clock of the alarm informing device with an internal clock of another alarm informing device, an alarm sound output timing control module configured to control a timing of outputting an alarm sound when the alarm is issued, based on the internal clock of the alarm informing device, and a sound outputter configured to output the alarm sound at the timing controlled by the alarm sound output timing control module.
US09685067B2	Machine-to-machine (M2M) emergency communications System, methods, and devices may provide alerts, such as emergency alerts, using machine-to-machine communications. A method may include receiving a state of a mammal associated with a device, receiving a state of an environment that is approximate to the location of the mammal associated with the device, determining a likelihood of a harmful activity based on the aforementioned states, and automatically sending alert message based on the determined likelihood of the harmful activity.
US09685060B2	Method of warning in hunting and road traffic and based on it apparatus for personal safety and protection The method of warning in the sport of shooting and hunting and road traffic, and based on it apparatus for personal safety and protection are provided. The method is based on analyzing the coordinates of the devices, which are exchanging this information by direct radio communication in real time using a suitable for the chosen application radio frequency. The apparatus is based on RF communication technology and, as an additional feature, digital photo and video technology, and the methods of this technology utilization for efficiency and convenience for users.
US09685058B2	Smoke detector chamber Various embodiments of a smoke chamber for a smoke detector are presented. Such a smoke chamber may include a housing, having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be through which an electromagnetic sensor and two or more electromagnetic emitters interact with an airspace within the housing. The second portion may have an airflow surface that at least partially defines a curved airflow path between the airspace within the housing and an external environment. The curved airflow path may curve radially outward.
US09685056B2	Robust change-detection system and method A system and method for detecting change in a video stream may include receiving, by a processor, a video image from a video stream and a reference image. The processor may divide the video image and the reference image into non-overlapping blocks, and each block in the video image may correspond to a block in the reference image. The processor may perform an orthogonal transformation on a corresponding pair of blocks in the video image and the reference image. DC (direct current, or, average value) components in the orthogonally transformed pair of blocks in the video image and the reference image may be zeroed. An infinity-norm difference between coefficient values of the corresponding pair of transformed and modified blocks in the video image and the reference image may be determined and compared to a threshold.
US09685051B2	Evacuation assistance apparatus An evacuation assistance apparatus for indicating a route within a building or other structure is disclosed. Multiple housings contain laser light line sources for producing a beam of laser light as a linear line. Adjusters are used to alter the laser light line so that the line starts substantially vertically below said housing. The adjusters also allow the line to be directed on to a portion of the wall to highlight an exit doorway. The apparatus is provided as a modular system including multiple sensors making it suitable for installation in many buildings and providing feedback information to prevent or determine the cause of a fire.
US09685048B2	Automatically generating an optimal marketing strategy for improving cross sales and upsales of items A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales. The process parses event data to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of a selected item by each customer in a plurality of customers and selection of at least one item in a set of items related to the selected item. The process identifies events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events. The process then generates a marketing strategy using the optimized events. The marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers.
US09685042B2	Gaming system and a method of managing bandwidth usage in a gaming system A plurality of games are implemented at a plurality of gaming machines. At least one server (30, 36, 38) serves game play and non-game play related data to at least one gaming machine (12, 12′), and a resource control unit (50, 202) obtains information indicative of bandwidth usage of a plurality of gaming machines (12, 12′), and controls the level of non-game play related data served to at least one gaming machine based on the information.
US09685036B2	Verifying a gaming device is in communications with a gaming server by passing an indicator between the gaming device and a verification device A system includes a verification server and a gaming server, which provides gaming activities and possibly other services to a player through a gaming device. The system further includes a verification device in communications with the verification server. The verification server passes an indicator between the verification device and gaming device via the gaming server and in this fashion, verification can be made that the gaming device is in communications with the gaming server.
US09685028B2	Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller A method of gaming comprising: conducting an initial play round comprising: selecting and displaying a first set of normal symbols at a plurality of display positions; displaying at least one special symbol at a display position; determining a game outcome based on each at least one special symbol and the first set of normal symbols, and conducting one or more further play rounds until an end condition is met, each further play round comprising: retaining the at least one special symbol from the previous play round; selecting a new display position at random for each retained special symbol; selecting and displaying a further set of normal symbols at a plurality of display positions; and determining a further game outcome based on the new display position of each special symbol and the further set of normal symbols.
US09685027B2	Parking meter A parking meter assembly (10) including a base (11) that is to be fixed to or embedded in a ground surface, typically adjacent the curb that which a car is to be parked. The assembly (10) also includes a parking meter (13) having a front face (17) that includes a coin slot (25) a card slot (20) and a control panel (21). The parking meter (13) further includes a rear face (27) having a window aperture (28) that provides for the transmission of light to a solar panel (29) behind the aperture (28).
US09685026B1	Smart bin lottery ticket dispenser with varying ticket size inserts A lottery ticket dispenser array includes a plurality of separate bins, with each bin defined by a housing having a defined first internal space for receipt of first stack of interconnected lottery tickets. A plurality of different sized bin inserts are also provided, with each bin insert insertable into the bin housings and defining a second internal space that is less than the first internal space of the housing for receipt of a second stack of lottery tickets having a lesser individual length than the first stack of lottery tickets. A controller within each bin housing recognizes placement and size of the bin insert within the housing. The controller is in communication with an electronic drive mechanism to modify operation thereof to accommodate the lesser individual length of the lottery tickets in the second stack of lottery tickets.
US09685018B2	Intelligent door lock system with wireless access control system A wireless access control system is provided to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling. A remote access device transmits a first signal and a second signal. The user remote access device is configured to be in communication with: an apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy, a bolt coupled to the first door with the bolt coupled to an input rod and an output rod, where in operation the bolt locks and unlocks the first door, an energy source coupled to the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy, a wireless communication device to communicate with the user remote access device, a drive shaft associated with the first door that assists in locking and unlocking the bolt in response to communication with the user's user remote access device and receiving the first signal. The user remote access device is configured to be in communication with a second lock at a vehicle of the user or at an office of the user. The user remote access device is configured to communicate with the second lock with the second signal to cause the second lock to lock or be unlocked. The remote access device has a controller for generating the first and second signals.
US09685015B2	Intelligent door lock system with wireless access control system A wireless access control system is provided to lock or unlock a first door at a dwelling. A remote access device accepts input based on haptic feedback or motion. The remote access device is configured to be in communication with: an apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy, a bolt coupled to the first door with the bolt coupled to an input rod and an output rod, in operation the bolt locks and unlocks the first door, an energy source coupled to the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy, a wireless communication device to communicate with the remote access device, a drive shaft associated with the first door that assists in locking and unlocking the bolt in response to the remote access device accepting input based on haptic feedback or motion. The remote access device is configured to be in communication with a second lock at a vehicle of the or at an office. In response to the remote access device accepting input based on haptic feedback or motion the second lock is locked or unlocked. The remote access device has a controller for using haptic motion to lock or unlock locks.
US09685013B2	System and method for authenticating components of a vehicle System and method for authenticating components of a vehicle are described. In an embodiment, a method for authenticating components of a vehicle involves transmitting an interrogation signal to tags attached to the components of the vehicle from an authentication base station in response to a trigger event, comparing an authentication code received from each of responding tags with an authentication code key at the authentication base station to authenticate the responding tags, and transmitting a disengage signal to an immobilizer installed in the vehicle from the authentication base station to enable the vehicle if all the tags have been authenticated. Other embodiments are also described.
US09685008B2	Method and system for securing a vehicle offered for rent, and vehicle rental facility implementing such a system or such a method The invention relates to a method (200) for securing a traveling electric vehicle offered for rent; said method including the following steps: measuring (206) at least one value of at least one parameter relating to said vehicle, comparing (208) the value of said parameter to at least one predetermined value, and reporting (220) an anomaly, on the basis of the result of the comparison step; wherein the reporting step is initiated by a so-called central site remote from the vehicle. Said invention likewise relates to a system implementing such a method and an automated vehicle rental facility implementing such a method or such a system.
US09685007B2	Managing a vehicle incident A system and computer implemented method for managing a vehicle incident is disclosed. The method may include monitoring, in response to a triggering event, a first vehicle having a first vehicle state including a set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include detecting, for the first vehicle, a vehicle incident including a change of one or more physical condition characteristics of the set of physical condition characteristics. The method may also include collecting, in response to detecting the vehicle incident for the first vehicle, incident circumstance information including a set of potential causes of the vehicle incident. In certain embodiments, the method may include providing incident data based on at least a portion of the incident circumstance information and at least a portion of the change of one or more physical condition characteristics.
US09684995B2	Setting a display list pointer for primitives in a tile-based graphics processing system A tiling unit assigning primitives to tiles in a graphics processing system which has a rendering space subdivided into a plurality of tiles. A primitive is assigned to a tile by including a primitive ID of the primitive in a display list for the tile. If a primitive, or a mesh of primitives entirely covers a tile such that all of the previous primitives in the tile are obscured (i.e. hidden) then a start pointer of the display list can be moved to thereby skip the obscured primitives. In this way, a hidden surface removal (HSR) module will not fetch the primitives which would ultimately be hidden by the primitive or the mesh which entirely covers the region. This method therefore reduces the number of primitives which are fetched by the HSR module.
US09684990B2	Method and terminal for displaying an animation A method for a terminal to display an animation, including: generating one or more supplementary image frames on a moving path between first and second adjacent original image frames of an animation; and displaying the animation with the generated one or more supplementary image frames at a predetermined frame rate.
US09684986B1	Constructing fonts from scanned images for rendering text Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for constructing fonts from scanned images. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a scanned image with a first glyph and a second glyph that correspond to a character in the image. The method may include generating an image representative of each of the first glyph and the second glyph, determining a default positioning of the first character, determining a positional reference line indicative of an alignment of certain characters, and a third positional reference line indicative of an alignment of different characters. The method may include determining an adjustment for the first glyph by determining a distance between the default positioning and the second positional reference line. The method may include assigning an identifier to the first glyph and generating a font file to be executed by a renderer for rendering the source text.
US09684983B2	Three dimensional visualization of big data A method for visualization of big data using three dimensional pie charts. The method includes receiving at least a first set of data, comprising information detailing one or more subsets of values, each value having an associated time element. The method includes determining a three dimensional pie chart based on the at least first set of data, which includes at least as first layer comprising a first set of wedges and a second layer comprising a second set of wedges. The method includes displaying the three dimensional pie chart comprising at least the first layer and the second layer.
US09684972B2	Imaging apparatus for imaging an object An imaging apparatus for imaging an object includes a geometric relation determination unit configured to determine a geometric relation between first and second images of the object. A marker determination unit configured to determine corresponding marker locations in the first and second images and marker appearances based on the geometric relation such that the marker appearances of a first marker to be located at a first location in the first image and of a second marker to be located at a second corresponding location in the second image are indicative of the geometric relation. The images with the markers at the respective corresponding locations are shown on a display unit. Since the marker appearances are indicative of the geometric relation between the images, a comparative reviewing of the images can be facilitated, in particular, if they correspond to different viewing geometries.
US09684971B2	Field goal indicator for video presentation A method is described for indicating an outcome of a sports action by determining a trajectory of a game-object. In football, the trajectory of the football determines the outcome of a field goal attempt. A television viewer has difficulty seeing if the ball passes between the uprights or not, especially if the ball is kicked higher than the uprights. By tracking the trajectory, virtual insertions such as extended goal posts, or goal posts colored to reflect the success or not of the attempt, can be inserted in a video feed. By tracking the flight of the ball from the time it is set in motion, the balls future trajectory is predicted after a short elapsed time, and the television audience is informed of the outcome before it has happened.
US09684970B2	Fast adaptive estimation of motion blur for coherent rendering Disclosed is a method and apparatus for adaptively executing one or more motion blur estimation methods to estimate a motion blur associated with an image target frame in an Augmented Reality environment produced by an Augmented Reality application. In one embodiment, the functions implemented include: applying a first motion blur estimation method to estimate the motion blur; determining whether computational resources are available for a second motion blur estimation method; and applying the second motion blur estimation method to estimate the motion blur in response to a determination that computational resources are available for the second motion blur estimation method.
US09684959B2	Methods and systems for automatic location of optic structures in an image of an eye, and for automatic retina cup-to-disc ratio computation A method is proposed for automatically locating the optic disc or the optic cup in an image of the rear of an eye. A portion of the image containing the optic disc or optic cup is divided into sub-regions using a clustering algorithm. Biologically inspired features, and optionally other features, are obtained for each of the sub-regions. An adaptive model uses the features to generate data indicative of whether each sub-region is within or outside the optic disc or optic cup. The result is then smoothed, to form an estimate of the position of the optic disc or optic cup.
US09684938B2	Methods for generating electronic appliance identifier and managing information by using electronic appliance identifier A method of generating an integrated identifier includes generating a product identifier of an electronic appliance from information indicating a product type of the electronic appliance, generating an individual identifier of the electronic appliance from information regarding an entity to which the electronic appliance belongs, and generating an integrated identifier of the electronic appliance by combining the product identifier and the individual identifier.
US09684932B2	Systems and methods for graphical representation of status of an insurance claim Systems and methods for an interactive graphical user interface for depicting the status of a claim are provided. The system includes a database for storing claim data and a server in communication with the database. The stored claim data includes a claim workflow associated the claim. The workflow defines the processing steps associated with processing the claim. The server receives a user request to check the status of the claim. The server determines status data of the claim based on stored claim data and outputs the status data to a graphical user interface for depicting a graphical representation of the status data. The graphical representation includes a timeline corresponding to the workflow of the claim and a progress bar indicative of the status of the claim.
US09684926B1	Processing purchase requests by third-party applications In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A server system receives a request for details regarding a product that a user of a remote computing device selected for purchase from a user interface provided by a third-party application program executable at the remote computing device. The received request specifies the product. The server system uses an indication of the product to identify details that are specific to the product. The server system sends, for receipt by the particular application program, the details. The server system receives, from the particular application program and after sending the details, confirmation to purchase the product, and, in response, sends a charge request to charge the user for the product to a transaction processing system.
US09684921B2	Apparatus and method interlocking plurality of servers and terminals in a synchronous closed circuit A method and apparatus for communicating information and e-shopping signals between servers within a closed circuit e-commerce, and between servers and shopping terminals via main router and interface of a building, propagating the information and e-shopping signals via at least one twisted pair including ASK and FSK modulated data and commands including high speed updating signals for updating the content and programs of said e-commerce stored in the shopping terminals. A delivery station for picking up and deliver the ordered merchandise located within the building or outside the building using delivery devices, and storage devices for verifying the pickup and deliver with no error.
US09684909B2	Systems and methods for providing location based coupon-less offers to registered card members The system provides location based coupon-less offers based upon a location of a card member (CM). A location of a CM may be determined based upon one or more of a travel itinerary, a GPS signal, a proximity of a mobile communication device to a cellular base station, and/or a zip code. An offer from a merchant registered to provide coupon-less offers may be transmitted to a mobile communication device based upon the location. An offer, once accepted by a CM, may be matched to a record of charge associated with a transaction account held by the CM. A credit may be applied to the CM's transaction account and a debit may be applied to a transaction account of the registered merchant. One or more offer categories and/or one or more offer category classes may be transmitted to the mobile communication device based upon the CM's location.
US09684906B2	Footage reporting Footage used in an aired show by a broadcaster, broadcasting network or similar entity can be more easily tracked and reported to rights holders. An electronic cutsheet can be created for a video package. The electronic cutsheet includes information identifying one or more footage items included in the video package and any rights holders associated with the footage item. Using the cutsheets, a number of playlists can be created or otherwise provided. Each playlist is associated with at least one video package. The playlist can then be associated with a show to indicate that the show has aired and thus that the playlist and its included packages have actually been used. A report can then be generated that indicates at least one rights holder and the number of instances in which a footage item associated with the indicated rights holder was included in an aired show.
US09684902B2	Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document A facility for initiating a purchase is described. The facility receives a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device. The facility identifies in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product. In response to identifying the reference, the facility presents to the user an opportunity to place an order for the established product. If the user accepts the presented opportunity to order the distinct product, the facility orders the distinct product on behalf of the user.
US09684900B2	Authentication on mobile device using two-dimensional code A two-dimensional code generated from encrypted original authentication data can be displayed on an authentication device. The code is read and decrypted by an authentication application on a mobile device. This can generate and display a new two-dimensional code. The new code can contain additional information, and the new two-dimensional code is read by the two-dimensional code reading unit of an authentication device. It is then authenticated.
US09684899B1	Secure authentication and payment system A transaction and payment and processing system securely conducts transactions over the public telephone network. The transactions may be between and among entities of any type such as individuals, merchants, utilities, banks, etc. Nothing more than access to a telephone is required after initial registration of a user.
US09684890B2	System and method for collecting and disbursing electronic gratuities The present invention relates to systems and methods for collecting and disbursing electronic gratuities. According to one embodiment, a device for submitting gratuities by credit card is provided at a place of business or other appropriate location. A method of using this device is disclosed, whereby consumers pay a predetermined or adjustable gratuity amount by inserting a credit card into the device. According to another embodiment, technological infrastructure is provided to transmit encrypted payment information such that the acquiring bank of the device provider obtains authorization for gratuity transactions conducted using the device. The acquiring bank is thus enabled to credit the device provider's merchant account or disbursal accounts with electronic gratuity payments less acquisition fees. According to another embodiment, a method of disbursing gratuity shares to employees of the business is provided, wherein processing fees are collected by the device provider.
US09684886B2	Cross-domain business mashup integration Techniques and configurations for establishing cross-domain communications between a business application, a third party website or service, and mashup components of a mashup user interface are generally described herein. In one example embodiment, a scripting library which establishes socket connections between domains and between components of a common mashup user interface is included or referenced in a mashup component and in a third party component that are displayed in the common browser-based mashup user interface. A scripting library executing in the browser may be used to establish and control the socket connections that communicate changes to the business application data, transmitted from the third party webpage to the mashup. The changes to the business application data, communicated and received in front-end objects, then may be processed or further communicated for persistence at the business application.
US09684883B2	Inventory management system with late transaction processing An inventory management system processes late transactions. The system takes snapshots of stock counts recorded in an accounting system and receives a transaction record after taking the snapshots. The system then determine whether there is an open stock count corresponding to the transaction record and whether the snapshots include a snapshot of the open stock count. When the open stock count and the snapshot exist, the system writes the transaction record to a staging table. Then, upon proceeding from a first phase to a second phase of a plurality of stock count phases, the system updates the snapshot based on the staging table. The stock count phases include a count phase, a recount phase, and an authorize phase.
US09684882B2	Permitted assignment user interface Systems, apparatuses, and methods for displaying a visual task board comprising a permitted assignment user interface are disclosed. Displaying a permitted assignment user interface may comprise generating a first card representing a first record, wherein the first record comprises an information element that has a first value of a visualization metric, generating an output for display, the output comprising a first lane representing the first value of the visualization metric and comprising the first card, and, in response to operator input indicating a primary context and on a condition that an association between the primary context and the first record is prohibited, updating the output by generating an updated first card representing the first record and indicating that the association between the first record and the primary context is prohibited, and generating an updated output for display omitting the first card and comprising the updated first card.
US09684878B2	Automatic graphical rendering of processes This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.
US09684875B1	Data mining technique with experience-layered gene pool Roughly described, a computer-implemented evolutionary data mining system includes a memory storing a candidate gene database in which each candidate individual has a respective fitness estimate; a gene pool processor which tests individuals from the candidate gene pool on training data and updates the fitness estimate associated with the individuals in dependence upon the tests; and a gene harvesting module providing for deployment selected ones of the individuals from the gene pool, wherein the gene pool processor includes a competition module which selects individuals for discarding from the gene pool in dependence upon both their updated fitness estimate and their testing experience level. Preferably the gene database has an elitist pool containing multiple experience layers, and the competition module causes individuals to compete only with other individuals in their same experience layer.
US09684873B2	Logic circuits with and-not gate for fast fuzzy decoders A logic decoder circuit capable of performing Boolean or fuzzy logic has one or more logic components configured to perform a logic function of an AND-NOT gate, each AND-NOT gate comprising a circuit that performs a conjunction of an excitatory input X and an inhibitory input Y to obtain an output X-AND-NOT-Y substantially linearly for given ranges for X and Y. Certain preferred designs are provided for an X-AND-NOT-Y logic gate and a family of fast fuzzy decoders composed of such gates.
US09684870B2	Methods and systems of using boosted decision stumps and joint feature selection and culling algorithms for the efficient classification of mobile device behaviors Methods and systems for classifying mobile device behavior include configuring a server use a large corpus of mobile device behaviors to generate a full classifier model that includes a finite state machine suitable for conversion into boosted decision stumps and/or which describes all or many of the features relevant to determining whether a mobile device behavior is benign or contributing to the mobile device's degradation over time. A mobile device may receive the full classifier model and use the model to generate a full set of boosted decision stumps from which a more focused or lean classifier model is generated by culling the full set to a subset suitable for efficiently determining whether mobile device behavior are benign. Boosted decision stumps may be culled by selecting all boosted decision stumps that depend upon a limited set of test conditions.
US09684861B2	Payment cards and devices with displays, chips, RFIDs, magnetic emulators, magnetic decoders, and other components A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other card or device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. User interfaces are provided in a number of different configurations in order to achieve a number of different functionalities.
US09684857B2	Long medium A plurality of marks (11) equidistantly provided on both side edge parts (1a) of a long medium (1), a plurality of first indicator holes (12) equidistantly given on at least one of the side edge parts (1a), and a plurality of second indicator holes (13) given on at least one of the side edge parts (1a) on a straight line different from a row of the first indicator holes (12) at spacings shorter than spacings of the first indicator holes (12) are provided, and the second indicator holes (13) are each provided to a side of a trailing-end mark (11b), and each gradually comes closer to a leading-end mark (11a) as the long medium (1) runs toward a trailing end.
US09684856B2	Method, control device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for estimating color verification result A control device estimates a color verification result by using the following method. The method includes obtaining a first set of color values by using measurements of a color chart printed by a printer without color management; calculating second and third sets of color values based on increased color gamut and reduced color gamut of the printer due to a conditional change of the printer; creating a first to third printer-profiles by using the first to third sets of color values; calculating theoretical reference values of target color values and first to third theoretical color values by using the first to third printer-profiles; calculating first to third color differences by using the theoretical reference values and the first to third theoretical color values; obtaining an estimated result of the color verification by comparing the first to third color differences with a preset standard value; and outputting the estimated result.
US09684855B2	Printer The disclosure discloses a printer including a first memory and a controller. The first memory is configured to store a plurality of types of partial print data for print formation of a plurality of types of partial pictorial symbols wherein some of the partial pictorial symbols are combined into at least one pictorial symbol. The controller is configured to execute a determining operation acceptance process, a print data generation process, and a coordination control process. In the determining operation acceptance process, a determining operation for determining the pictorial symbol is accepted. In the print data generation process, print data including the pictorial symbol determined by variably combining the plurality of types of the partial print data stored in the first memory is generated. In the coordination control process, the feeder and the printing head are coordinately controlled for forming a print corresponding to the print data on the print-receiving medium.
US09684851B2	Objectionable content detector A arbitrated image classifier can be trained to identify whether an image contains specified features, such as sexual, violent, or other potentially objectionable content. An arbitrated image classifier can include a configuration of classifiers and an arbitrator that determines a final image classification based on classification results from the classifiers. An arbitrated image classifier can be trained to identify image features by dividing images labeled as including or not including a specified feature into portions, which are provided to the classifiers of the arbitrated image classifier. The arbitrator of the arbitrated image classifier can determine a result for whether or not the image includes the specified feature. If the final result does not match the image label, parameter values for various of the classifiers or the arbitrator combining procedure can be adjusted. A trained arbitrated image classifier can then be used to determine whether new images include the particular feature.
US09684847B2	Spherical lighting device with backlighting coronal ring A method for capturing three-dimensional photographic lighting of a spherical lighting device is described. Calculation of boundaries of the spherical lighting device based on lighting properties of at least one light source in a set location of the spherical lighting device is performed. A mapping of multitude points of the spherical lighting device to three-dimensional vectors of at least one camera device using a logical grid is performed. A measurement of brightness of the logical grid of the spherical lighting device is performed. The method further comprises determining brightest grid point of the logical grid of the spherical lighting device, wherein the brightest grid point of the logical grid is measured within a region brightness of the spherical lighting device. The method further comprises calculating the region of brightness of the spherical lighting device based on the determined brightest grid point of the logical grid.
US09684839B2	Blank paper check with dual-sided variable printing An article for use as a negotiable instrument includes a substrate having a front side and reverse side; first machine-printed information on the substrate's front side including an account number associated with the negotiable instrument, and a unique identifier associated with the negotiable instrument, the first machine-printed information uniquely identifying the negotiable instrument; and second machine-printed information on the substrate's reverse side that corresponds to the first machine-printed information such that comparison of respective images of the substrate's front and reverse sides indicates that the images correspond to the same negotiable instrument.
US09684835B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and program An image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing errors related to association of a person appearing in a video are provided. An image processing system includes: an image acquiring unit which accepts input of videos captured by a plurality of video cameras; a next camera predicting unit which predicts a video camera on which an object detected in a video is to appear next; and a display control unit which announces a confusability of an object according to a similarity between the detected object and another object that is likely to appear in a video of the video camera predicted by the next camera predicting unit and which causes a display device to display a video from the video camera predicted by the next camera predicting unit.
US09684831B2	Adaptive edge-like feature selection during object detection A method of recognizing an object of interest in an image includes extracting a first set of features from within the image. Each extracted feature in the first set of features is then categorized as either blob-like or edge-like. A second set of features is then taken from the first set, where a number of the edge-like features to include in the second set of features is based on a relative number of edge-like features to blob-like features included in the first set of extracted features. An object of interest within the image is detected according to the second set of features.
US09684830B2	Automatic target selection for multi-target object tracking Techniques related to automatic target object selection from multiple tracked objects for imaging devices are discussed. Such techniques may include generating one or more object selection metrics such as accumulated distances from frame center, accumulated velocities, and trajectory comparisons of predicted to actual trajectories for tracked objects and selecting the target object based on the object selection metric or metrics.
US09684829B2	Method of capturing iris image, computer-readable recording medium storing the method, and iris image capturing apparatus Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image in a portable terminal. An image is received at the portable terminal. An eye region is detected in the image. An eye center of the eye region is determined. It is determined whether a reflection region is detected in the eye region. When the reflection region is detected, a shape of the reflection region is determined, and guide information for preventing the reflection region is output based on the shape of the reflection region.
US09684825B2	Digital image manipulation Techniques for assigning context to a digitally captured image, and for manipulating recognized data fields within such image. In an exemplary embodiment, a context of an image may be assigned based on, e.g., user input or pattern recognition. Based on the assigned context, recognized data fields within the image may be manipulated according to context-specific processing. In an aspect, processing specific to a sales receipt context may automatically manipulate certain data, e.g., calculate updated sales tax and subtotals based on user-designated fields, and display the automatically calculated data in an output receipt. Fields not designated by the user may be selectively concealed in the output receipt for privacy. Further aspects disclose processing techniques specific to other contexts such as restaurant menu, store shelf, and fillable form contexts.
US09684813B2	System and method of biometric enrollment and verification A system and method for biometric enrollment and verification compares a test biometric image (e.g., of a fingerprint) with each of a plurality of reference biometric images of one or more enrolled users. Verification of a user as an enrolled user is based on the cumulative amount of overlap between the test image and the reference images. The reference images are defined during an enrollment process by comparing a plurality of sample images, identifying overlapping data in each of the images, computing one or more quality measures, and storing at least a portion of the sample images. The enrollment process is deemed complete when each quality measures meets or exceeds an associated threshold.
US09684811B2	Suspended capacitive fingerprint sensor and method for manufacturing the same A suspended capacitive fingerprint sensor includes a substrate, capacitive sensing units disposed on the substrate and one or more insulation protection layer. Each of the capacitive sensing units includes a fixed electrode, a suspended electrode, and a chamber between the fixed electrode and the suspended electrode. The insulation protection layer covers the capacitive sensing units, so that the capacitive sensing units sense a fingerprint of a finger above the insulation protection layer. A method for manufacturing the suspended capacitive fingerprint sensor is also provided.
US09684803B2	Protecting content displayed on a mobile device A method of protecting content displayed on a mobile device screen is provided. The mobile device screen may receive both sensitive and non-sensitive content. An image of one or more authorized users viewing the mobile device screen is detected, whereby, based on the detected image of the one or more authorized users, the received content is generated on the mobile device screen using a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels have both first sub-pixel units that include a first viewing angle and second sub-pixel units that include a second viewing angle. The first sub-pixel units generate an image of the non-sensitive content on the mobile device screen at the first viewing angle and the second sub-pixel units generate an image of the sensitive content at the second viewing angle, such that, the second viewing angle is smaller relative to the first viewing angle for obscuring the sensitive content.
US09684802B2	Verification and access control for industry-specific solution package A solution package, that has configured computing system assets from a base computing system, is received and analyzed to verify that it meets a set of predetermined verification criteria. A request is received to view the solution package. A user interface component is controlled to restrict access to the solution found in the solution package.
US09684798B2	Audience-based sensitive information handling for shared collaborative documents A method for providing audience-based redaction of sensitive information in an electronic document may include receiving a request from a computing device to access an electronic document, retrieving the electronic document, identifying the user(s) associated with the computing device, determining an access level for each user associated with the computing device, determining the lowest access level for the user(s) associated with the computing device, generating a rendering of the electronic document for display on the computing device based on the lowest access level for the user(s) associated with the computing device, and providing the rendering of the electronic document to the computing device for display. When generating the rendering of the electronic document for display, sensitive information in the electronic document is typically redacted based on the lowest access level for the user(s) associated with the computing device.
US09684793B2	Entitlement security and control A system, apparatus, and method are provided for entitlement security and control. An example method includes granting an entitlement permission after an entitlement request for the computer user has been determined to satisfy one or more predetermined entitlement rules for one or more computer resources of a computing device. Also, an audit trail is generated, comprising information relating to the computer user receiving the entitlement permission. In addition, a change to one or more user characteristics of the computer user in one or more data sources is tracked. The audit trail is automatically updated to reflect the change to the one or more data sources. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09684790B2	Application processing apparatus and method for mobile terminal An apparatus and a method for processing an application in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes loading, by a bootloader upon system booting, a kernel, determining whether the kernel is modified, creating, when the kernel is modified, kernel verification information indicating a custom kernel, encrypting the kernel verification information, and sending the encrypted kernel verification information, activating, by a kernel handler, the kernel, and receiving the kernel verification information from the bootloader, and forwarding the kernel verification information, decrypting, by a rooting detector, the kernel verification information into kernel status information and delivering the kernel status information when a specified Application Programming Interface (API) is invoked, and invoking, by an application handler, the API when an application is executed and controlling an execution of the application when the kernel status information indicating the custom kernel is received.
US09684789B2	Arbitrary code execution and restricted protected storage access to trusted code A method comprises signing boot code with a public/private cryptographic key pair, and writing to storage the boot code, the public cryptographic key, and the signed boot code.
US09684776B2	Allowing access to applications based on user authentication Authenticating users comprises a computing device that receives a manual authentication input of a user and initiates a first user session between the user and the user computing device. The device communicates a request for a first user authorization data from an authentication technology associated with the one or more computing devices and receives the first user authentication data. The user or the device terminates the first user session and subsequently receives an input of the user to initiate a second user session. The device communicates a request for second user authentication data from the authentication technology and compares the first user authentication data and the second user authentication data. The device identifies a match of one or more features of the first user authentication data and one or more features of the second user authentication data and authorizes the user to conduct the second user session.
US09684768B2	System and method for determining an optimal type and position of an implant A computer-assisted orthopedic surgery system includes a device for generating a three dimensional geometrical surface model of a first bone and a database containing three 3 dimensional implant models of a plurality of available implants. The system includes a computer that is configured to permit a user to select from the database a first implant and display on a screen the three dimensional implant model of the first implant. The computer superimposes on the screen the implant model on top of the model of the first bone such that the two models are visually identifiable from one another.
US09684764B2	Data communication system, data analysis apparatus, data communication method, and program product In a plurality of data analysis apparatuses communicatively coupled to one another, a database is accessed at a given access level. Based on the data acquired from the database, an application program is executed to perform data analysis. Communication control is performed to allow transmission and reception of a data analysis result with respect to another data analysis apparatus at a different access level.
US09684760B2	Measure of analysis performed in property checking The amount of analysis performed in determining the validity of a property of a digital circuit is measured concurrent with performance of the analysis, and provided as an output when a true/false answer cannot be provided e.g. when stopped due to resource constraints. In some embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that a given property that is being checked will not be violated within a distance N from an initial state from which the analysis started. Therefore, in such embodiments, a measure of value N indicates that the analysis has implicitly or explicitly covered every possible excursion of length N from the initial state, and formally proved that no counter-example is possible within this length N.
US09684756B1	Assigning nets to wiring planes using zero wire load and signal propagation timing for chip design Nets are assigned to wiring planes for generating a chip design. A computer is caused to execute a zero wire load timing session for a placed but unbufferred chip design. All nets of the chip design are set to a single wide wiring track without wiring plane assignments. A delta time delay is added to each sink of each of the nets to represent an estimated time of flight (TOF) delay. The nets wiring plane or width type for a particular pin is upgraded to a type having improved TOF characteristics. Each of the nets are compared against new predetermined slack and distance targets and new assigned wiring plane or width type determined to consume additional wiring track resources, and based on results, the upgrade is repeated or a design for session timing state for the nets is output to represent the unbufferred chip design.
US09684752B2	Automating system on a chip customized design integration, specification, and verification through a single, integrated service A user specified high level design selects a plurality of IP cores for placement in a customized system on a chip. A single integrated service automatically performs each of a design integration phase, specification phase, and verification phase for the user specified high level design to generate an integration file specifying stitching between a plurality of pins of each of the plurality of IP cores, a specification file specifying one or more characteristics of the customized system on a chip based on the user specified high level design, and a verification testbench for verification of the user specified high level design.
US09684749B2	Pipeline depth exploration in a register transfer level design description of an electronic circuit A list of input registers and output registers for a circuit design are provided. The circuit design is modified by traversing output connections paths for each input register and replacing any register in the output connection paths with a wire unless the register is a listed output register. An initial total cycle time value for the modified circuit design is determined. A gate level description for the modified circuit design is obtained by a macro synthesis with the initial total cycle time value. The total cycle time value for the modified circuit design is then varied in order to determine the theoretical limit of the modified circuit design. This theoretical limit is realized when negative slacks are present in a macro synthesis of the modified circuit design for a given total cycle time value. Based on this theoretical limit, the minimum pipeline depth of the circuit design is determined.
US09684747B2	Parameter modeling for semiconductor arrangements One or more systems and techniques for modeling are provided. An original device model, such as a SPICE model, is used as a basis for fabricating a semiconductor arrangement, such as an integrated circuit arrangement, upon a semiconductor wafer. Fabrication process variations cause measured e-parameters and measured size e-parameters of the semiconductor arrangement to vary from original design parameters of the original device model. Accordingly, a partial set of e-parameters and a partial set of size e-parameters are measured from the semiconductor arrangement, and are expanded into a full set of e-parameters and a full set of size e-parameters using e-parameter derivation and size-centric derivation. The original device model is retargeted using the full set of e-parameters and the full set of size e-parameters to create a new device model that more accurately represents the real-world or fabricated semiconductor arrangement.
US09684739B1	View generator for managing data storage Views of files in an archival data storage system are generated by a backup view generator. A storage application generates and stores archival data in an archive system, the archival data corresponding to client data stored on a server or in memory associated with one or more client nodes. The storage application also generates backup files of the archival data which may be stored in a local memory. A set of metadata attributes are associated with each of the backup files. The backup views are generated by comparing metadata values in a view definition file to the sets of attributes associated with the backup files. Generated backup views can be exported for processing, including searching the backup views or displaying the backup views in a user interface.
US09684731B2	Systems and methods for progressively launching websites A method for progressively launching a website is disclosed. A production phase website may be launched or made available to a limited number of consumers. In addition, the performance of the production phase website may be evaluated based upon a comparison of the performance of the production phase website to a performance of the predecessor website. Further, the predecessor website may be replaced with the production phase website.
US09684730B1	Systems and methods for determining food miles Food miles for a product can be determined by comparing a present location for the product to an origin location. A traceability code associated with the product is linked to the origin location, while the present location can be determined in a variety of ways such as with the GPS capabilities of a mobile device. The food miles can be provided on an electronic signage in a retail store, or displayed on a mobile device.
US09684718B2	System for searching for a web document Provided is a system for searching for a web document. The system includes a receiver configured to receive a user's search request. A search engine is configured to search for a web document related to the search request based on a web document index, and to determine a move path for accessing the web document based on a move path index of the web document. A sender is configured to send the move path for accessing the web document to the user.
US09684699B2	System to convert semantic layer metadata to support database conversion In a system to convert semantic layer metadata to support a database conversion, semantic layer information is read from a semantic layer file defined for an input database. The read semantic layer information is converted to converted semantic layer information using a metadata integration bridge. The converted semantic layer information is loaded as a model. Prologue code is written to a replication code file based on the loaded model. Data source information is identified from the loaded model. Data source information code is written to the replication code file based on the identified data source information. Epilog code is written to the replication code file. Replication code stored in the replication code file is executed to create an information map. Data stored in the input database is accessed using the created information map.
US09684698B1	Methods and systems for social awareness The embodiments described herein relate to a method and system for social awareness which may be based on social networks for knowledge exchange. More specifically, the embodiments may refer to specific social networks with social elements in the user interface based on knowledge exchange, social theory of group memberships within an enterprise or organization context. In addition, the disclosed group memberships may be predicated upon many different types of relationships. Furthermore, the social network (through a program interface) may provide to users the required specific project resources (project team members), which may be need to develop a better project performance according to the experience and knowledge of the new members. The required project team members may match with the attributes and criteria established during the project planning.
US09684694B2	Identifying and scoring data values Text including at least a first term can be presented on a display. An enterprise glossary is queried to identify other terms that match the first term. Data assets to which each of the other terms are linked and which include data values for the other terms can be identified. A first score indicating a level of relevance of the respective data asset to an enterprise is assigned to each of the data assets. A frequency distribution of the data values in the data assets is determined. Based at least on the first scores indicating the level of relevance of the respective data assets to the enterprise and the frequency distribution of the data values in the data assets, second scores are assigned to each of the data values. A plurality the data values which are assigned highest of the second scores are presented on the display.
US09684689B2	Distributed parallel processing system having jobs processed by nodes based on authentication using unique identification of data The system and method of the present disclosure relates to data stored in a common database of a network for parallel processing by multiple processors or processing centers. As consumers and business continue to generate more and more data, the amount of data being stored across networks and computing environments increases. To monitor and process increasingly large amounts of data, the system and method of the present disclosure utilizes the atomicity of certain databases and storage devices to efficiently identify and mark data for processing by a designated processor or processing center, such that the designated processor or processing center is responsible for processing the identified and marked data. Consequently, the system ensures that no two processors or processing centers are processing the same data at the same time without the use of schedulers, queues or other conventional techniques.
US09684683B2	Semantic search tool for document tagging, indexing and search A semantic tagging engine automatically generates semantic tags for the given documents and enables semantic search, based on meanings of search terms and content tags. A Semantic Knowledge Management Tool (SKMT) forms a semantic search and knowledge management platform to search, analyze and manage enterprise content. SKMT scans different content sources and generates indexes of semantic keywords. Its interface allows users to manage various data sources, search, explore and visualize search results at semantic level. SKMT provides high precision of semantic search and semantic data visualization.
US09684673B2	Systems and methods for processing and distributing earth observation images Systems and methods are provided for processing observation data. Processes and capabilities include: obtaining images and metadata associated with the images; encoding the images and the metadata to generate encoded tiles; storing the encoded tiles in an encoded tiles database; receiving a request for a map tile; searching the encoded tiles database and obtaining the encoded tiles that are relevant to the request; merging data from the encoded tiles into the map tile; and outputting the map tile. The images and metadata may be obtained from Earth observation platforms, including satellites or aircraft. The map tiles may include spectral content, data source identification, acquisition date/time, sensor characteristics, sun angles, calibration parameters, a cloud mask, a snow mask, a land mask, a water mask, and a missing data mask.
US09684670B2	Moving shared files A client device accesses a shared data system and begins moving data from one location to another. The client device generates a tombstone object that indicates that includes metadata indicating that the data has been moved. When another client accesses the data at the old location, it encounters the tombstone and begins accessing the data at the new location. If the data has not already been completely moved to the new location, the second client to access the data assists in transferring the data to the new location.
US09684669B2	Single instantiation method using file clone and file storage system utilizing the same The file storage system includes a controller and a volume storing a plurality of files, the volume including a first directory storing a first file and a second file and a second directory storing a third file being created. The controller migrates actual data of the second file to the third file, sets up a management information of the second file so that the third file is referred to when the second file is read, and if the sizes of actual data of the first file and the actual data of the third file are identical and the binaries of the actual data of the first file and the actual data of the third file are identical, sets up a management information of the first file to refer to the third file when reading the first file.
US09684667B2	System and method of optimizing the user application experience A system and method of optimizing the performance of an information handling system is disclosed herein. One or more data samples are generated by identifying one or more files accessed during the user application experience while in a sampling interval. An identifier and access frequency for each of the identified files are stored in a data sample. One or more data samples are merged into a merged data sample. A compression ratio is calculated for each of the identified files. One or more of the files identified in the merged data sample are selected for uncompression. The files selected for uncompression are uncompressed.
US09684662B2	Systems, apparatuses and methods configured for document cabinet creation Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for managing documents, files, folders and cabinets. A user interface is provided for creating a new cabinet as well as allowing the user to customize a permission set for access to the new cabinet.
US09684652B2	Multicultural communication management Disclosed aspects include initiating an electronic communication configured to be transmitted to a first intended recipient. Based on a set of profile data, a first cultural indicator may be identified for the first intended recipient. Using a natural language processing technique, a cultural element of the electronic communication may be detected. Based on both the first cultural indicator and the cultural element, a first cultural-version of the cultural element may be determined for the first intended recipient. Using the first cultural-version, a cultural translation object may be established in the electronic communication. In response to establishing the cultural translation object in the electronic communication, the electronic communication may be transmitted to the first intended recipient.
US09684650B2	Language model with structured penalty A penalized loss is optimized using a corpus of language samples respective to a set of parameters of a language model. The penalized loss includes a function measuring predictive accuracy of the language model respective to the corpus of language samples and a penalty comprising a tree-structured norm. The trained language model with optimized values for the parameters generated by the optimizing is applied to predict a symbol following sequence of symbols of the language modeled by the language model. In some embodiments the penalty comprises a tree-structured lp-norm, such as a tree-structured l2-norm or a tree-structured l∞-norm. In some embodiments a tree-structured l∞-norm operates on a collapsed suffix trie in which any series of suffixes of increasing lengths which are always observed in the same context are collapsed into a single node. The optimizing may be performed using a proximal step algorithm.
US09684645B2	Summary views for ebooks An ebook is represented as a plurality of ebook pages associated with a plurality of segments. A summary view command is received, the summary view command requesting a particular type of summary view of a plurality of available summary views. One or more ebook pages are identified, for a summary view based in part on the requested type of summary view, and page thumbnails are generated for each of the identified one or more ebook pages. The generated page thumbnails are grouped by segment, using the plurality of segments. A summary view graphical user interface (GUI) is generated for the requested type of summary view using the grouped page thumbnails, the summary view GUI vertically listing one or more segments, of the plurality of segments, and horizontally listing page thumbnails associated with the one or more segments, and the summary view GUI is displayed.

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