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US09692741B1	Remote signing wrapped applications A method for signing a wrapped computer application is described. In some embodiments, methods may include receiving a wrapped computer application via a first secure communication connection from a first remote server, authenticating the first secure communication connection, modifying the wrapped computer application based at least in part on the authenticating, and transmitting the wrapped computer application via a second secure communication connection to a second remote server based at least in part on the modifying.
US09692732B2	Network connection automation A computing resource service provider receives a request from a customer to establish a physical connection between a provider network device and a customer network device in a colocation center. Once the connection has been established, the customer may transmit cryptographic authentication information, through the physical connection, to the provider network device. The provider network device transmits this information to an authentication service operated by the computing resource service provider to verify the authenticity of the information. If the information is authentic, the authentication service may re-configure the provider network device to allow the customer to access one or more services provided by the computing resource service provider. The authentication service may transmit cryptographic authentication information to the customer to verify the identity of the computing resource service provider.
US09692724B2	Network connection status detection system and method thereof A network connection status detection system and method thereof. The system comprises a network address translation (NAT) router, a server end and at least one network electronic device. The NAT router is a bridge for communicating an intranet with an extranet. The server end is disposed at the extranet and connected to the NAT router through a network. The network electronic device is disposed at the intranet and connected to the NAT router. When a channel is established between the network electronic device and the NAT router by executing a connection configuration so that the network electronic device connects to the server end, the network electronic device sends a connection detection signal to the server end. If the server end receives the connection detection signal and returns a confirmation signal, an indicator of the network electronic device will remind a user in a predetermined way.
US09692723B2	Network management of devices residing behind a network device Network device management may be provided. By utilizing a network ID tag (i.e., a switch identifier) corresponding to a network switch, a network management platform on a server may access network devices that exist behind the network switch. The network switch may comprise a network address translation (NAT) device. The network devices may comprise an industrial network comprising groups of machines that exist as islands behind their own respective network switches where each group of machines may utilize the same internet protocol (IP) addresses as other group of machines in the industrial network.
US09692710B2	Media stream management In a method and system for managing at least one media stream from a media source to a media destination, where the media stream passes through at least one network, providing a media manager for managing the media stream and the at least one network for performing at least one of the management functions bandwidth management, media hairpin detection, media path control, equal access or preventing media backhauling. In the media manager at least one of the media stream information types media routing, receive transport address, routed receive transport address, source network, destination network, media stream identifier, or bandwidth of the media stream is stored for a time period during which the media stream exists in the at least one network. The media manager uses at least one of the stored information types for performing at least one of the management functions.
US09692709B2	Playout buffering of encapsulated media A system is provided that performs playout buffering functionality for encapsulated media. The system receives, by a tunneling client, packets including media data from a tunneling server via a tunnel. The system further selects an inner socket from a plurality of inner sockets. The system further buffers the packets in a playout buffer that corresponds to the selected inner socket. The system further transfers the packets from the playout buffer to a receiving queue that corresponds to the selected inner socket when a number of the packets exceeds a playout buffer threshold. The system further releases the packets from the receiving queue to a client application.
US09692706B2	Virtual enhanced transmission selection (VETS) for lossless ethernet In one embodiment, a system includes a hardware processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being adapted to receive a traffic flow having a plurality of packets, classify the traffic flow into a traffic class based on a characteristic of the traffic flow, the traffic class being selected from a plurality of traffic classes, store an identifier of the selected traffic class to one or more of the packets, and transmit the traffic flow according to its destination based on a priority of its selected traffic class. In more embodiments, additional systems, methods, and computer program products for prioritizing traffic flow handling are described.
US09692697B2	Control channel establishing method, forwarding point, and controller A control channel establishing method, a forwarding point, and controller. The method includes sending, by a first Forwarding Point (FP), topology information of the first FP to a second FP by using a Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), receiving, by the first FP, first routing information that is sent by the controller and is used by the first FP to reach the controller, where the first routing information is generated by the controller according to the topology information of the first FP, and establishing, by the first FP, a second control channel with the controller according to the first routing information.
US09692689B2	Reporting static flows to a switch controller in a software-defined network (SDN) In one embodiment, a system includes a switch that has a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to create a message indicating addition, modification, or deletion of a static flow in a software defined network (SDN), wherein the static flow includes the switch and at least one other device in the SDN, and send the message to a SDN controller in a SDN-formatted structure. In another embodiment, a method includes creating a message, using a switch, indicating addition, modification, or deletion of a static flow in a SDN, wherein the static flow includes the switch and at least one other device in the SDN, and sending the message to a SDN controller in a SDN-formatted structure. Other systems and methods for reporting static flows to a SDN controller in a SDN are described according to more embodiments.
US09692688B2	Delay specific routings for programmable logic devices Various techniques are provided to efficiently implement user designs in programmable logic devices (PLDs). In one example, a computer-implemented method includes determining delay windows for connections in a routing of a design for a PLD, identifying invalid connections in the routing based, at least in part, on the determined delay windows, and routing the invalid connections using a dual wave maze routing process to provide a delay-specific routing for the design. The delay-specific routing may be used to generate configuration data to configure physical components of the PLD, and the configuration data may be used to program the PLD to conform to the timing constraints of the design and/or PLD.
US09692684B2	Forwarding table precedence in SDN Exemplary methods for maintaining a shared forwarding table in a forwarding plane include a first network device operating in a forwarding plane receiving information associated with a first forwarding table from a second network device operating in a control plane, the information including a plurality of entries and precedence information, the precedence information indicating a priority of the plurality of entries of the first forwarding table. The methods further include for each entry of the first forwarding table, determining whether the entry should be inserted in the shared forwarding table based on the precedence information of the first forwarding table and precedence information contained in the shared forwarding table, wherein the precedence information contained in the shared forwarding table indicates a priority of each corresponding entry stored in the shared forwarding table.
US09692680B2	Centralized, scalable, resource monitoring system A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to provide host-independent resource monitoring for distributed networks. The method includes determining, from a set of jobs, one or more jobs to execute that monitor the status of resources within a distributed network. The method determines one or more environments in which to run the one or more jobs, and instantiates the one or more jobs with one or more environment variables for the determined one or more environments such that the one or more jobs are configured for operation in the determined one or more environments. The method accordingly displays, using a graphical user interface, a job environment matrix including a list of the set of jobs in conjunction with a running status of each of the jobs in each of one or more environments. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US09692678B2	Method and system for delegating administrative control across domains In one embodiment, a method for delegating partial administrative controls across one or more administrative domains is provided. An upstream network device may advertise capabilities for controlling certain administrative functions to a downstream network device. The downstream network device may choose to act on one or more capabilities, allowing for partial administrative control across the administrative domain.
US09692676B2	Scalable off-load of applications from switch to server Systems include a network element with a plurality of server blades, including a control server and one or more application servers. The control server communicates with each application server to acquire state information about each application server. A switch is in communication with each server blade. The switch is configured to communicate with the control server in order to obtain therefrom the state information acquired by the control server about each application server.
US09692670B2	Protection switching Aspects of the disclosure provide a network switch having a plurality of physical ports, a detector and a packet processing pipeline. Each of plurality of physical ports is associated with one or more network paths in a transport network to transmit/receive traffic of the network paths. The detector is configured to detect loss of continuity (LOC) on the network paths. The packet processing pipeline is configured to identify first two or more logical interfaces mapped to a first network path, determine second two or more logical interfaces mapped to a second network path that is an alternate network path for the first network path, and use the second two or more logical interfaces in forwarding decisions in response to a detection of LOC on the first network path, such that traffic to the first network path is sent to a physical port associated with the second network path.
US09692664B1	Method, topology and point of presence equipment for serving a plurality of users via a multiplex module A number of users interface with a network via a multiplex module, on a communication path established between the multiplex module and a point of presence. Some users may be served by one or more first channels of the communication path while one or more remaining users may be served by one or more additional channels of the communication path. Users having a basic service level agreement may be served by the first channels while users having an extended service level agreement may be served by the one or more additional channels. Allocation of users to distinct channel types based on their service level agreements may apply at a primary point of presence or may apply at a redundant point of presence.
US09692660B2	Election and use of configuration manager In an approach for election of a manger for a network, a processor detects that a first set of management tasks is not running. A processor identifies at least a first node in a network and information about the first node. A processor determines that the first node is capable of performing the first set of management tasks based on the information about the first node. A processor elects the first node as a manager in the network to perform the first set of management tasks.
US09692658B2	Wireless network monitoring device, method and device in wireless communication system There is provided a wireless network monitoring device, method and device in a wireless communication system, the wireless network monitoring device including: a network distribution space information acquiring unit configured to acquire network distribution space information of a three dimensional distribution space of a network to be monitored; a network status information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of network nodes in the three dimensional distribution space and performance information of the network nodes, thereby obtaining network status information about the three dimensional distribution space; and a display unit configured to display the network distribution space information and the network status information which are superimposed. According to embodiments of the disclosure, it enables a user to obtain better network service experience.
US09692654B2	Systems and methods for correlating derived metrics for system activity A system can correlate derived metrics for system activity to determine problems and recommend solutions. Using a hierarchy of derived metrics from a set of raw metrics, a system can identify a problem, correlate related metrics and determine a recommended solution. For example, raw metrics can be collected about computing resources. Analyzers can process the raw metrics and outputs from other analyzers to gather metrics that include metrics derived from other metrics. When a problem symptom is discovered, derived metrics (and other metrics) can be correlated with the symptom to help identify the problem. Using the correlated metrics, a system can recommend a solution to an identified problem.
US09692653B1	Automatic generation of validators to validate deployment code used for configuring servers A validation system is configured to automatically generate validators for one or more target systems. The validation system includes: a memory storing a computer process, a network interface configured to interface with the one or more target systems over a computer network, and a processor executing the computer process. The computer process is configured to parse the deployment code to identify components in deployment code, generate validator code for each identified component, and use the network interface to transmit the validator codes to the one or more target systems.
US09692652B2	Framework for reliably communicating port information in a system of devices A framework for reliably communicating port information in a system of devices is provided. In one embodiment, each device in the system of devices can create a first record that includes port information pertaining to a plurality of ports of the device, where the plurality of ports are usable for communicatively coupling the device to other devices in the system of devices. The device can further receive, from the other devices in the system of devices, one or more second records including port information pertaining to the ports of the other devices, and can store the first record and the one or more second records in a data store maintained locally on the device. The device can then forward copies of the first record and the one or more second records out of each of the plurality of ports, thereby causing the copies of the first record and the one or more second records to be communicated to the other devices in the system of devices.
US09692647B2	Apparatus and method for registering and de-registering optical network unit (ONU) by using plurality of sub-channels in optical communications network A method of registering or de-registering, by an optical line terminal (OLT), one or more optical network units (ONUs) in an optical communications network. The method may include: setting one or more sub-channels for registration or de-registration among two or more sub-channels, and a size of a contention window in the one or more sub-channels; transmitting, to one or more ONUs, a registration information message including information of the one or more set sub-channels and the size of the contention window; receiving, through one of the set sub-channels, a registration or de-registration request message from the one or more ONUs, which receive the registration information message; and registering and de-registering the one or more ONUs.
US09692645B2	Distributed control protocol for high availability in multi-node storage cluster A distributed control protocol dynamically establishes high availability (HA) partner relationships for nodes in a cluster. A HA partner relationship may be established by copying (mirroring) information maintained in a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) of a node over a HA interconnect to the NVRAM of a partner node in the cluster. The distributed control protocol leverages a Cluster Liveliness and Availability Manager (CLAM) utility of a storage operating system executing on the nodes to rebalance NVRAM mirroring and alter HA partner relationships of the nodes in the cluster. The CLAM utility is configured to maintain various cluster related issues, such as CLAM quorum events, addition or subtraction of a node in the cluster and other changes in configuration of the cluster. Notably, the CLAM utility is an event based manager that implements the control protocol to keep the nodes informed of any cluster changes through event generation and propagation.
US09692633B2	Role-based resource navigation The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for providing role-based resource navigation. An example method includes identifying a particular navigation intent from a user associated with a particular user role, the navigation intent representing an action associated with the particular business object; determining a particular target mapping associated with the particular navigation intent based at least in part on the particular user role, the target mapping associated with an application to be executed in response to identification of the associated navigation intent; and executing the application associated with the particular target mapping in response to determining the particular target mapping.
US09692632B2	Migration to managed clouds A foreign instance is transferred from a customer environment to a target infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment as an image. The foreign instance is adjusted to standards of the infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment to obtain an adjusted instance. The adjusted instance is registered into a management system of the infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment.
US09692631B2	Load sensitive data session scheduling mechanisms of wireless/wireline access networks A method and apparatus to link user requirements of data sessions to the network conditions provides an application making an advance request corresponding to a data session, which a communication device may immediately acknowledge but will attend to the request at its convenience. The data session setup is based on the actual network conditions which are either sensed by the device or provided by an agent in the network. The method may be overlaid on top of existing wireless handsets using existing technologies. Hence, all the flexibility and configurability associated with data sessions offered by the existing solutions may remain intact with added features for the customer and the operator. In various exemplary embodiments, the method may use a network load measurement capability in the device and/or a network agent.
US09692619B2	Non-underdetermined estimation for compressed sensing Nonzero elements of a signal vector, which may be a sparse signal vector, may be determined based on an observation vector representing a set of underdetermined observations using a compressed sensing optimization and a non-underdetermined estimation method such as iterative linear minimum mean-square error (“LMMSE”) estimation. Compressed sensing optimization may be used to obtain a subset of potentially nonzero elements of the signal vector, and LMMSE estimation may then be used to find the nonzero elements among the potentially nonzero elements. The identification of nonzero elements may then be used to recover the signal vector from the observation vector. This technique is useful for recovering compressed data such as a sparse frequency space representation of audio or video data from a measurement. The technique is also useful for identifying at a base station a relatively small number active devices in an overloaded communication network.
US09692613B2	Data transmitting and receiving method, data transmitting and receiving system, master device, and slave device In a data transmitting and receiving method of a demand assignment type, a master device schedules an occupancy band of a fixed size for requesting a band to the master device by slave devices, with respect to a specific number of slave devices for each cycle, and the slave device waits for assignment of the occupancy band of the fixed size based on the schedule and performs message transmission of requesting a band for data transmission to the master device, thereby suppressing an influence of pressure on the data transmission band and preventing line utilization efficiency from decreasing while avoiding signal collision on a Random Channel.
US09692612B2	Distributed CCAP cable modem termination system Distributed CMTS device for a HFC CATV network serving multiple neighborhoods by multiple individual cables, in which at least some and often all of the QAM modulators that provide data for the individual cables are remote QAM modulators ideally located at the fiber nodes. A CCAP set of IP/on-demand data is transmitted to the nodes using an optical fiber, often using digital protocols such as Ethernet protocols. Optionally a basic set of legacy CATV QAM data, transmitted using RF waveforms transposed to optical frequencies, may also be transmitted to the nodes using either the same or different optical fiber. The nodes extract the data specific to each neighborhood, and inject this data into unused cable QAM channels along with any optional legacy CATV QAM waveforms as desired, thus achieving improved data transmission rates through finer granularity. A computerized “virtual shelf” control system for this system is also disclosed.
US09692608B2	Communication management apparatus, program, communication management method, and communication management system A communication management apparatus for performing access control over a plurality of terminal devices is provided. The communication management apparatus includes a registration unit that accepts registration of a group of terminal devices to be granted permission of access among the plurality of terminal devices; and an access control unit that performs access control, if authentication information is set in association with the group in group information having information about the group, to permit access from one terminal device of the group of the terminal devices that supplies an input that matches the authentication information.
US09692606B2	Management of a policy controlled group There are provided measures for handling policy controlled groups. Exemplarily, such measures comprise receiving, in a first rules function, a notification informing that a user equipment is to be included in a policy controlled group, checking whether the policy controlled group is controlled by the first rules function, and, in case the policy controlled group is not controlled by the first rules function, causing a transfer of the policy control session for the user equipment to a second rules function controlling the policy controlled group.
US09692600B2	Device and method for re-signing application package, and terminal device for running application package A device for re-signing an application package is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to receive an application package comprising a signature key, and a control unit configured to re-sign the application package with a conversion key corresponding to the signature key.
US09692597B2	Apparatus and method for content handling An apparatus for content handling is provided. The apparatus comprises a content server arranged to provide a content analysis environment to a client terminal, and to provide content to the client terminal for analysis within the content analysis environment once the content analysis environment has been established at the client terminal, wherein the client terminal is arranged: to download the content from the content server into the content analysis environment; to encrypt the downloaded content and store the encrypted content therein in a persistent form; to decrypt the encrypted content into working memory therein for analysis within content analysis environment; to encrypt analyzed content and store the encrypted analyzed content therein in a persistent form; and to decrypt the encrypted analyzed content and to upload this decrypted content to the content server.
US09692596B2	Bluesalt security Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, system, and computer program product for bluesalt security. A computer receives a confidential data configuration wherein specific sensor are assigned to specific confidential information. The assigned sensors are measured for values as a system administrator enters a password corresponding to the confidential information. The measured values are converted into a salt and concatenated with the password to generate a primary key. The primary key is used to encrypt the confidential information, then the primary key is encrypted using a secondary key comprised of a second password with a second set of sensor information as the salt. The encrypted key is saved securely while the secondary key is destroyed. In order to decrypt the confidential information, a user must replicate the password and sensor values to generate the primary or secondary key.
US09692584B2	Methods of radio communications using different subframe configurations and related radio and/or network nodes A method may be provided in a radio node capable of operating in a Radio Access Network according to at least first and second UpLink/DownLink subframe configurations that are different. The first UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration and the second UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration may be used for operation in a first cell and a second cell respectively, and/or the first UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration and the second UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration may be used in the first cell or the second cell at non-overlapping times. A configuration message may be received at the radio node relating to the first UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration and/or the second UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration. An operation may be performed at the radio node on signals transmitted to and/or received from the first cell and/or the second cell based on the configuration message relating to the first UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration and/or the second UpLink/DownLink subframe configuration.
US09692582B2	Systems and methods for signaling reference configurations A user equipment (UE) for receiving time-division duplexing (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configurations is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE receives a primary TDD UL/DL configuration for a serving cell and reconfiguration information. The UE determines a downlink (DL)-reference TDD UL/DL configuration based on the primary TDD UL/DL configuration and the reconfiguration information. The UE determines an uplink (UL)-reference TDD UL/DL configuration based on the primary TDD UL/DL configuration and the reconfiguration information. The UE performs Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) operations based on the DL-reference TDD UL/DL configuration. The UE performs Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) operations based on the UL-reference TDD UL/DL configuration.
US09692572B2	Terminal, base station, communications system, and communication method for allocating hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledge resource using control channel A terminal that communicates with a base station monitors a physical downlink control channel allocated in a physical downlink control channel region and an enhanced physical downlink control channel allocated in a physical downlink shared channel region different from the physical downlink control channel region. If the enhanced physical downlink control channel is detected, the terminal reports response information via a physical uplink control channel resource corresponding to the resource in which the enhanced physical downlink control channel was detected.
US09692569B2	Method and apparatus for control channel resource allocations in constrained and unconstrained subframes in a wireless communication network Among other advantageous aspects, the teachings herein provide network-side and device-side apparatuses and methods that preserve normal Resource Element (RE) aggregation levels for the transmission of Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channels (EPDCCHs) in “constrained” subframes, where “constrained” refers to any subframe having fewer REs available for EPDCCH usage within a base set of PRB pairs than are available in a “non-constrained” or “normal” subframe. Non-limiting examples of “constrained” subframes include special subframes in Time Division Duplex, TDD, operation, which comprise a downlink portion that is abbreviated to accommodate an included uplink portion, along with a guard portion between them. Multimedia Broadcast Single Frequency Network, MBSFN, subframes represent another example of a constrained subframe, where only the first two OFDM symbols within the subframe are available for EPDCCH transmissions.
US09692568B2	Device, method, mobile station, and digital storage medium A device, a method, a mobile station and a non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium are provided. The device comprises a quadrant classification unit to classify a plurality of symbols in an input shared channel signal into a plurality of quadrants in a complex plane, an energy determination unit to determine a real part energy and an imaginary part energy for the plurality of symbols in each of the plurality of quadrants respectively, an energy summing unit to determine a real part energy sum EI and an imaginary part energy sum EQ by summing the real part energy and the imaginary part energy for the plurality of quadrants respectively, and an estimation unit to estimate a SubChannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) of the input shared channel signal the real part energy sum EI and the imaginary part energy sum EQ.
US09692566B2	Inter-cell interference mitigation The present application discloses a method for mitigating inter-cell interference (ICI) by scheduling user equipments. The method comprises estimating inter-cell interference tolerance of each of at least one neighboring cell during uplink transmission of the user equipment; and coordinating uplink scheduling of the user equipment in accordance with the inter-cell interference tolerance. The present application also discloses a base station, a radio network controller and relevant signaling for mitigating inter-cell interference (ICI) by scheduling user equipments.
US09692559B1	Systems and methods for a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) data transmission scheme using a space time block code (STBC) Systems and methods described herein provide a system for transmitting data on an MIMO channel using a STBC. The system comprises a wireless transmitter. The wireless transmitter obtains plurality of data symbols to transmit, and performs data padding for the plurality of data symbols based on a non-STBC manner. The wireless transmitter further calculates a number of bits per data symbol after the data padding and pre-codes a data symbol from the plurality of data symbols based on available channel information when the number of data symbols is an odd number. The wireless transmitter generates an STBC based on the pre-coded data symbols, and transmits the generated STBC to the MIMO channel.
US09692558B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data, a bit interleaver to interleave the encoded service data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the bit interleaved service data, wherein the at least one signal frame includes a plurality of OFDM symbols, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09692557B2	Apparatus and methods for administering treatment within a bodily duct of a patient Apparatus and methods for administering treatment within a bodily duct of a patient. According to one implementation a treatment catheter having an expandable structure disposed at an end thereof is provided that includes an elongate hollow shaft having a one or more first through holes and one or more second through holes spaced axial apart, the one or more first through holes residing beneath the expandable structure. A sleeve positioned along an outer surface of the hollow shaft is moveable between first and second axial positions to respectively permit or inhibit the flow of a treatment agent through the one or more second through holes into the bodily duct. An elongate wire having a seal unit is positioned within an inner lumen of the hollow shaft. The seal unit is moveable between first and second axial positions to respectively permit or inhibit the flow of an inflation medium between a cavity of the expandable structure and the inner lumen of the hollow shaft through the one or more first through holes.
US09692545B2	Optical reception apparatus and monitor signal generating method An optical reception apparatus (1) of the present invention includes: a local oscillator (11) outputting local oscillation light (22); an optical mixer (12) receiving a multiplexed optical signal (21) and the local oscillation light, and selectively outputting an optical signal (23) corresponding to the wavelength of the local oscillation light from the multiplexed optical signal; a photoelectric converter (13) converting the optical signal (23) output from the optical mixer into an electric signal (24); a variable gain amplifier (15) amplifying the electric signal (24) to generate an output signal (25) whose output amplitude is amplified to a certain level; a gain control signal generating circuit (16) generating a gain control signal (26) for controlling the gain of the variable gain amplifier (15); and a monitor signal generating unit (17) generating a monitor signal (27) corresponding to the power of the optical signal (23) using the gain control signal (26).
US09692544B2	Method and apparatus for a reconfigurable optical add/drop module with loop-back functions A method and apparatus for approaches for troubleshooting optical networks, particularly ROADM-based networks is described. The method includes designating a first port, of an optical communication node of a transport network, as an ingress for a loop-back optical signal to troubleshoot the transport network, designating a second port, of the optical communication node, as an egress for the loop-back optical signal, and establishing a loop-back connection between the first port and the second port to transport the loop-back optical signal.
US09692535B2	Methods and apparatus for automatic TV on/off detection Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic TV ON/OFF detection. An example method includes detecting a power state of an information presentation device. The method includes comparing, using a processor, a measurement indicative of an amount of power drawn by the information presentation device to a first threshold. The method also includes comparing the measurement to a second threshold. The method also includes storing an indication that the information presentation device is in an indeterminate state if the measurement is greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold.
US09692534B2	Cellular communication system, communication units, and method for broadcast and unicast communication A method and apparatus supporting broadcast and unicast transmissions in a wireless communication system including plural communication cells. A first method includes: supporting one broadcast transmission in one sub-frame of a physical resource; the one broadcast transmission includes broadcast data using a first cell identifier and supporting transmission of unicast control information using a second cell identifier in the one sub-frame of the physical resource, the first and second cell identifiers being different. A second method includes: supporting one time discontinuous broadcast transmission in one sub-frame of a radio frame of a physical resource; and supporting transmission of unicast control information in plural time-continuous sub-frames of the radio frame of the physical resource; the one sub-frame used for the one time discontinuous broadcast transmission including a first duration less than a second duration used in the plural sub-frames of the radio frame for transmitting unicast control information.
US09692531B2	Method and system of measuring communication quality Methods and systems of measuring communication quality are provided, by which measurement schedules of communication quality can be managed and controlled easily. A plural measurement-time slot is set with respect to a communication line used for communication quality measurements between a plural communication terminal apparatus via a mobile communication network, wherein each measurement-time slot has a time corresponding to one measurement of communication quality and the plural measurement-time slot is continuously arranged at a predetermined period, and a plural measurement schedule for measuring communication quality in each of communications with the plural communication terminal apparatus to the plural measurement-time slot. Information of the measurement schedule for each of the plural communication terminal apparatus is delivered to each communication terminal apparatus, and a communication for the communication quality measurement with the communication terminal apparatus corresponding to the measurement schedule via the communication line is performed when the time of measurement schedule comes.
US09692524B2	Ultrasonic transducer device, probe, electronic instrument, and ultrasonic diagnostic device An ultrasonic transducer device includes a first substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, a second substrate and a wiring member. The first substrate defines a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings in a plan view. The second substrate includes a first wiring part, and coupled to the first substrate. The wiring member includes a second wiring part electrically connecting the ultrasonic transducer elements to the first wiring part.
US09692520B2	Optical signal-processing apparatus, receiving apparatus, and optical network system An optical modulator combines and inputs a signal light propagating through the optical network and a control light having information concerning the optical network to a nonlinear optical medium. The optical modulator modulates the signal light according to changes in intensity of the control light, in the nonlinear optical medium.
US09692497B2	Tethered airborne device A communication system is provided. The system comprises a ground station, one or more airborne measurement devices, and an airborne device tethered to the ground station using one or more wires. The airborne device is operable to communicate with the one or more airborne measurement devices.
US09692486B2	System for wireless power transmission and reception A wireless power transmitter and receiver, and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, a wireless power receiver may include: a receiving unit configured to receive wireless power from a source resonator; a detecting unit configured to detect a current value, a voltage value, or both of the wireless power; a controller configured to determine whether the detected current value, the detected voltage value, or both have a peak value, in a relation to a load which the wireless power is to be transmitted to; and a communication unit configured to transmit a result of the determination to the source resonator.
US09692464B1	Signal transmitter capable of reducing noise A signal transmitter includes a modulation circuit, a signal separation circuit, and a signal combining circuit. The modulation circuit modulates a first signal to a modulated signal. The signal separation circuit separates the modulated signal into N separated signals. The N separated signals have different phases. The signal combining circuit combines the N separated signals to eliminate at least one order of harmonic signals of the N separated signals so as to generate an output signal.
US09692457B2	Removing error patterns in binary data A method and a device for removing pathologic error patterns in binary data are proposed. The method comprises the operations of identifying a pathologic error pattern in the binary data, and inverting all bits of the identified pathologic error pattern.
US09692455B2	Multi channel memory with flexible code-length ECC Apparatuses and methods for error correction and detection of data from memory on a plurality of channels are described. An example apparatus includes: a first memory cell array including first input/output nodes; a second memory cell array including second input/output nodes and third input/output nodes; a first error correcting code (ECC) control circuit including fourth input/output nodes and fifth input/output nodes; and a second ECC control circuit including sixth input/output nodes coupled respectively to the third input/output nodes of the second memory cell array. The fourth input/output nodes of the first ECC control circuit are coupled respectively to the first input/output nodes of the first memory cell array. The fifth input/output nodes of the first ECC are coupled respectively to the second input/output nodes of the second memory cell array.
US09692451B2	Non-binary low density parity check (NB-LDPC) codes for communication systems A communication device (alternatively, device) includes a processor configured to support communications with other communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processor, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The device receives a non-binary low density parity check (NB-LDPC) coded signal. The device then decodes the NB-LDPC coded signal using a NB-LDPC matrix to generate estimates of information bits encoded therein. The NB-LDPC matrix is characterized by a base proto-matrix having elements that represent sub-matrices, and the elements are selected from a finite Galois field that includes symbols. In another example, the device encodes other information bits using a generator matrix to generate another NB-LDPC coded signal and then transmits this other NB-LDPC coded signal.
US09692450B2	Systems and methods for early exit of layered LDPC decoder The present invention provides systems and methods to detect when hard decisions change for bit nodes of one or more layers of a layered LDPC decoder and to update accumulated partial syndrome calculations for those layers. As hard decisions of bit nodes are generated, they are compared with their previous values. If the hard decisions change, partial syndrome calculations are accumulated and updated for the layers having non-zero elements in one or more columns of the parity check matrix corresponding to the bit nodes of the changed hard decisions. If the hard decisions for the bit nodes are unchanged, the partial syndrome calculations for the corresponding layers are not updated. Changes to hard decisions of codewords are tracked and partial syndromes are flipped for the layers of the columns of the parity check matrix corresponding to the bit nodes of the changed hard decisions.
US09692441B2	AD converter and AD conversion method A successive approximation ADC capable of reducing deterioration in AD conversion accuracy due to noise is provided. An AD converter according to an embodiment includes: a DA converter that generates a comparison voltage based on a sampling value obtained by sampling an analog signal, and a successive approximation control signal; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage used for the successive approximation process; a comparator that compares the comparison voltage with the reference voltage and outputs a successive approximation result; a successive approximation processing unit that generates the successive approximation control signal based on the successive approximation result; and a storage unit that stores an expected value of the AD conversion process. The reference voltage generation circuit generates the reference voltage based on the expected value stored in the storage unit.
US09692440B1	Circuit for generating a reference current proportional to square of clock frequency An analog-to-digital conversion system, in some embodiments, comprises: a plurality of integrators coupled to each other, each of said integrators requiring a reference current; and a reference current generation circuit that generates said reference current for the plurality of integrators, the reference current is proportional to the square of the frequency of a clock signal of the reference current generation circuit.
US09692438B2	Signal processing, amplification module, an analog to digital converter module The present invention provides a signal-processing circuit including an amplification module and an analog-to-digital conversion module, wherein the amplification module includes a first input terminal for receiving an input signal, a second input terminal for receiving a reference signal, and an output terminal coupled to the analog-to-digital conversion module. Furthermore, the input signal and the reference signal are amplified by the amplification module individually, and an amplified signal is output to the analog-to-digital conversion module through the output terminal, and then the amplified signal undergoes analog-to-digital conversion by the analog-to-digital conversion module. The first amplification coefficient of which the input signal is amplified by the amplification module and the second amplification coefficient of which the reference signal is amplified by the amplification module are opposite in sign. The voltage range of the amplified signal is substantially equal to the scale of the analog-to-digital conversion module.
US09692432B2	Gas cell, quantum interference device, atomic oscillator, electronic device, and moving object A gas cell includes an internal space in which metal atoms and a buffer gas are sealed. The buffer gas includes a gas mixture including nitrogen gas and argon gas. The mole fraction of the argon gas in the gas mixture is equal to or greater than 15% and equal to or less than 40%.
US09692431B2	Wide range frequency synthesizer with quadrature generation and spur cancellation A frequency synthesizer generates a wide range of frequencies from a single oscillator while achieving good noise performance. A cascaded phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a first PLL circuit with an LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a second PLL circuit with a ring VCO. A feedforward path from the first PLL circuit to the second PLL circuit provides means and signal path for cancellation of phase noise, thereby reducing or eliminating spur and quantization effects. The frequency synthesizer can directly generate in-phase and quadrature phase output signals. A split-tuned ring-based VCO is controlled via a phase error detection loop to reduce or eliminate phase error between the quadrature signals.
US09692420B2	Programmable circuit components with recursive architecture A circuit component that is adjustable at run time and a method of designing the circuit are disclosed. The component contains a hierarchy of recursive levels in which a bottom level is a compound element made from two connected simple elements, and each higher level contains two compound elements connected in the same fashion. The described circuit allows for a large number of available values of the component value to be arranged in a logarithmic fashion rather than a linear one as in the prior art, thus generally reducing errors between any desired value for the component and the available values. In addition, such compound elements reduce the power dissipated by the analog element and the susceptibility to noise as compared to prior art adjustable components without adversely affecting the overall gain of the circuit.
US09692415B2	Semiconductor device having low power consumption A semiconductor device includes a first power supply node and a second power supply node having a voltage value higher than the first power supply node. A first switch interrupts a power supplied from the first power supply node to a first circuit node. A second switch interrupts a power supplied from the second power supply node to a second circuit node. A driver drives the second switch by a third switch being driven. The third switch is connected between the second power supply node and the first circuit node. A controller outputs a control signal to drive the first and third switches.
US09692413B2	Configurable exclusive-OR / exclusive-NOR gate using magneto-electric tunnel junctions A configurable ME MTJ XOR/XNOR gate includes an insulator separating a top and bottom FM layer, a top ME layer with a first boundary magnetism at an interface of the top ME layer and the top FM layer, a bottom ME layer with a second boundary magnetism at an interface of the bottom ME layer and the bottom FM layer, and a top electrode coupled to the top ME layer and a bottom electrode coupled to the bottom ME layer. A voltage between the top electrode and FM layer is a first input, a voltage between the bottom electrode and FM layer is a second input, and a resistance between the top and bottom FM layer is indicative of the XOR or the XNOR of the inputs. The configurable ME MTJ XOR/XNOR gate has reduced energy consumption, smaller area, faster switching times, is non-volatile, and is configurable.
US09692410B2	Semiconductor switch In an embodiment, semiconductor switch includes first switches switching conduction between input-output nodes and a common node. One of the first switches includes a plurality of first transistors connected in series between an input and output node and the common node. Each of the plurality of first transistors includes first gate electrodes, a second gate electrode, a first and second region in a semiconductor layer having a same conduction type. The first gate electrodes extend in parallel in a first direction. The second gate electrode extending in a direction crossing the first direction and is connected to one end of the first gate electrodes. The second region in the semiconductor layer is disposed on a side of the second gate electrode opposite to the first gate electrodes.
US09692409B2	Simplified gate driver for power transistors A pulse-transformer-based isolated gate driver circuit uses a small count of high-temperature-qualified components to drive a power semiconductor switch with asymmetrical voltage biases. A differential driver generates a pulse signal from a pulse-width-modulated signal, which is passed to a charge and lock circuit through a transformer. The charge and lock circuit includes an activation path and a deactivation path, which are selectively open to current flow based on positive or negative voltage pulses in the pulse signal, to selectively turn the main semiconductor switch on or off. The charge and lock circuit can lock voltage across the main semiconductor switch to keep the main semiconductor switch in an “on” or and “off” state.
US09692406B2	Power device drive circuit A power device drive circuit reduces the short-circuit resistance of a power device that switches an input voltage. The power device drive circuit includes an output amplifier that applies a control voltage to a control terminal of the power device so as to be turned on and off, and an internal power supply circuit that generates a drive voltage of the output amplifier in accordance with a change in the input voltage, thereby causing the control voltage to change. In particular, the internal power supply circuit reduces the drive voltage of the output amplifier when the input voltage rises, thereby reducing the short-circuit current of the power device.
US09692403B2	Digital clock-duty-cycle correction A clock generator includes a duty cycle correction circuit. The duty cycle correction circuit includes a duty cycle detector. The duty cycle detector, includes a first programmable delay element and a controller. The first programmable delay element is configured to delay a clock signal. The controller is configured to vary an amount of delay applied to the clock signal by the first programmable delay element, and to apply a delayed version of the clock signal, provided by the first programmable delay element, to locate an edge of a different version of the clock signal and measure time during which the different version of the clock is high. The controller is also configured to generate a digital value that indicates an amount of adjustment to apply to a duty cycle of the clock signal based on measured time during which the different version of the clock is high.
US09692400B2	Pulse width widener and a memory system including the same A pulse width widener includes a delay circuit, a processing circuit, and a latch circuit. The delay circuit generates a first signal by delaying an input signal including a first pulse by a delay time. The processing circuit generates a second signal, and the second signal includes information of a second pulse that is temporally extended from the first pulse when a width of the first pulse is smaller than the delay time, based on the first and second signals. The latch circuit stores the second signal and outputs the second pulse as an output signal.
US09692396B2	Ring oscillator architecture with controlled sensitivity to supply voltage A method and apparatus for controlling a supply sensitivity of a ring oscillator stage are provided. The apparatus is configured to generate, via a voltage biasing module, a first bias signal for a PMOS biasing module based on a supply voltage and a second bias signal for a NMOS biasing module based on the supply voltage, bias, via the PMOS biasing module, triode PMOS degeneration of the inverting module based on the first bias signal, bias, via the NMOS biasing module, triode NMOS degeneration of the inverting module based on the second bias signal, receive an input via an inverting module, and output, via the inverting module, an inverted version of the received input based on the biased triode NMOS degeneration and the biased triode PMOS degeneration.
US09692395B2	Frequency divider, clock generating apparatus, and method capable of calibrating frequency drift of oscillator A clock generating apparatus includes an oscillator and a frequency synthesizer. The oscillator is utilized for generating a reference clock signal. The frequency synthesizer is coupled to the oscillator and utilized for synthesizing a target clock signal in accordance with the reference clock signal and a frequency division factor that has been adjusted or compensated, and outputting the target clock signal as an output of the clock generating apparatus.
US09692394B1	Programmable low power high-speed current steering logic (LPHCSL) driver and method of use An integrated circuit comprising, a voltage regulator circuit and a programmable low power high-speed current steering logic (LPHCSL) driver circuit coupled to a common supply voltage. The voltage regulator circuit includes a native source follower transistor having a negative threshold voltage to provide more headroom for the voltage regulator to operate. The LPHCSL driver circuit includes a plurality of selectable output driver legs and a plurality of programmable resistors. The ability to use a common supply voltage and the ability to select multiple output impedance drivers reduces the die area without increasing the complexity of the integrated circuit.
US09692391B2	Adjustable compensation ratio feedback system Apparatus for implementing Adjustable Compensation Ratio (ACR) active shielding or control of physical fields (magnetic, electric, electromagnetic, acoustic, etc.), comprising the addition of a secondary internal feedback loop within a conventional primary closed feedback loop topology. Compensation-ratio transfer function order and coefficients adjustment permits accommodating frequency-dependent and frequency-independent effects within a Protected Volume when a system field sensor or sensor array is not at the exact location where external field interference must be optimally canceled. A Laplace polynomial term precisely sets this parameter in a supplementary feedback link by modeling the frequency-dependent characteristic of an Interacting Medium without deleterious effect on other desirable primary closed-loop characteristics. The inventive ACR can be used in advanced active cancellation for magnetic shielding purposes.
US09692388B2	High frequency module comprising a band-pass LC filter and a piezoelectric resonator Provided is a high frequency module capable of reducing size and cost. A high frequency module includes an LC filter having an inductor formed through a thin film process and a capacitor also formed through a thin film process, and a piezoelectric resonator that is connected in series to the LC filter and serves as a trap filter having a resonant frequency at the outside of a passing band of the LC filter.
US09692382B2	Smart automatic audio recording leveler The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for adjusting audio properties after recording an audio. An exemplary method includes recording audio using an audio capturing system, wherein the recorded audio is associated with an audio level; determining one or more audio signal properties associated with the recorded audio; comparing the audio level with a first predetermined threshold level; and in response to determining the audio level is greater than a first predetermined threshold level, adjusting the recorded audio based at least partially on modifying the one or more determined audio signal properties, wherein the adjusting step is performed a finite time interval following the recording step.
US09692375B2	Boosting amplifier gain without clipping signal envelope Disclosed is a circuit having a differential stage comprising a pair or transistors. The transistors are biased by respective bias transistors. Each bias transistor has a respective feedback network configured to reduce transconductance of the bias transistor, to increase a gain of the differential stage.
US09692373B2	Inverse class F amplifiers with intrinsic capacitance compensation The embodiments described herein provide inverse class F (class F−1) amplifiers. In general, the inverse class F amplifiers are implemented with a transistor, an output inductance and a transmission line configured to approximate inverse class F voltage and current output waveforms by compensating the effects of the transistor's intrinsic output capacitance for some even harmonic signals while providing a low impedance for some odd harmonic signals. Specifically, the transistor is configured with the output inductance and transmission line to form a parallel LC circuit that resonates at the second harmonic frequency. The parallel LC circuit effectively creates high impedance for the second harmonic signals, thus blocking the capacitive reactance path to ground for those harmonic signals that the intrinsic output capacitance would otherwise provide. This facilitates the operation of the amplifier as an effective, high efficiency, inverse class F amplifier.
US09692370B2	Biasing circuitry A biasing circuitry is disclosed. The biasing circuitry includes a biasing module, electrically connected to a power amplifier; and a control series, having an end electrically connected to a positive voltage, and another end electrically connected to the biasing module. The control series includes a switch unit, controlled by a control voltage to be on or off; and a voltage-drop unit, connected to the switch unit in series. The voltage-drop unit is configured to adjust a bias point of the power amplifier.
US09692366B2	Envelope tracking path delay fine tuning and calibration A power amplifier of an envelope tracking system is configured to generate an output power with a variable supply voltage that is generated in an envelope tracking path. A signal generation/processing path receives an input signal and processes the input signal to the power amplifier in a main signal processing path. A delay component is configured to generate a delay to the envelope tracking path with respect to the signal generation path. A feedback path is configured to generate a feedback signal from the output of the power amplifier and adjust the delay component or the delay of the delay component during an active transmission or an active transmission mode.
US09692365B2	Electronic preamplifier system A graphene microphone preamplifier is a minimalist design working in class A with large quiescent current in a push-pull configuration, with automatic balancing of voltage imbalance.
US09692357B2	Power amplifier modules with bifet and harmonic termination and related systems, devices, and methods One aspect of this disclosure is a power amplifier module that includes a power amplifier die including a power amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal, the power amplifier including a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) and a p-type field effect transistor (PFET), the PFET including a semiconductor segment that includes substantially the same material as a layer of a collector of the HBT, the semiconductor segment corresponding to a channel of the PFET; a load line electrically connected to an output of the power amplifier and configured to provide impedance matching at a fundamental frequency of the RF signal; and a harmonic termination circuit electrically connected to the output of the power amplifier and configured to terminate at a phase corresponding to a harmonic frequency of the RF signal. Other embodiments of the module are provided along with related methods and components thereof.
US09692349B2	Method, apparatus and system for controlling vehicle motor based on motor stall detection A method, an apparatus and a system for controlling a motor based on motor stall detection are provided. The method includes driving the motor based on an external control signal and receiving information regarding an output voltage of the motor at a predetermined motor detection cycle from a sensor that corresponds to the motor. A bottom value is set by comparing a level of the received output voltage of the motor with a preset limit value and the limit value is changed to the set bottom value when the level of the received output voltage of the motor exceeds the limit value a predetermined number of times corresponding to a predetermined threshold value. Therefore, the present invention has an advantage of adaptively operating a motor based on characteristic change of the motor due to operation durability and external environment change.
US09692346B2	Control apparatus for electric power inverter An inverter control apparatus performs PWM control of a 3-phase inverter connected to a rotary machine, by operating switching devices corresponding to respective phases. In each of successive processing periods, the PWM control is applied such as to satisfy first and second conditions. The first condition is that the state of switching devices corresponding to a highest-voltage phase of the inverter during the processing period is held fixed throughout the processing period. The second condition is that switching devices corresponding to a lowest-voltage phase of the inverter undergoes a greater number of switching operations during the processing period than switching devices corresponding to an intermediate-voltage phase of the inverter. The frequency of harmonic components in AC currents flowing in the rotary machine can thereby be raised above the audible range, to suppress audible mechanical noise, without significantly increasing the amount of switching losses.
US09692334B2	Phase management and power saving mode in an image forming apparatus A phase management apparatus includes a control section configured to output a first signal for rotating a motor, and output the first signal at a first frequency higher than the frequency which is necessary for rotating the motor when the apparatus resumes from a power-saving mode; a drive circuit configured to store the information relating to the rotation phase of the motor, output a pulse signal to the motor according to the first signal output from the control section, receive the first signal output at the first frequency, and update the information according to the first signal; and a power control section configured to carry out a control of supplying power to the control section but not to the drive circuit in the power-saving mode and supplying power to both the control section and the drive circuit when the apparatus resumes from the power-saving mode.
US09692330B2	Motor driving device The present invention provides a motor driving device without an additional signal line for identifying whether a motor rotates stably. The motor driving device (21) includes a control circuit (100) for receiving an acceleration signal (SU) and a deceleration signal (SD), and generating a driver control signal (S10); a driving circuit (200) for generating a motor driving signal (S3) according to the driver control signal (S10); and a phase-locked identifying circuit (500) for monitoring an input mode of the acceleration signal (SU) and the deceleration signal (SD), and identifying whether the motor rotation speed is stable at the desired target rotation speed.
US09692318B2	Synchronous rectifier, use of such a synchronous rectifier in a switching power supply, as well as a switching power supply A synchronous rectifier, which rectifies an alternating voltage signal as an input signal and/or forwards a dc voltage signal as an input signal for use as an output signal. Included is a rectifying unit composed of at least one controllable switch element; a smoothing unit, which is connected to the rectifying unit and smooths the signal rectified or forwarded by the rectifying unit, in order to provide a smoothed signal for use as output signal; a control logic, which controls the rectifying unit based on the input signal and the output signal coming from the smoothing unit.
US09692316B1	Bleeder method using switch node coupling capacitor for TRIAC dimming of solid state lighting Power converters having bleeder circuits are disclosed. For example, in an embodiment, a power converter can include a controllable TRIAC in series with a rectifier that together produces a controllable rectified voltage at a first node, a first inductor having a first end and a second end, the first inductor being electrically connected to the first node at the first end, and electrically connected to a first power lead of a transistor and an anode of a diode at the second end, a load capacitor having a first end and a second end, the load capacitor being electrically coupled to the first node at the first end of the load capacitor, and electrically coupled to a cathode of the diode at the second end the load capacitor, control circuitry to control switching of the transistor, and a bleeder circuit coupled to the second end of the inductor, the bleeder circuit including a resistor in series with a coupling capacitor.
US09692311B2	High-voltage direct current converter including a 12-pulse diode recitifier connected in series with a voltage-source converter The present invention relates to a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter comprising: a 12-pulse diode rectifier having two three-phase bridge diode rectifiers connected in series to rectify, to 12 pulses, alternating current (AC) power inputted from a point of connection on the sea; and a voltage-source converter connected in series to a lower end of the 12-pulse diode rectifier, wherein the voltage-source converter controls a voltage of the AC power inputted from the point of connection on the sea and a DC link voltage of the voltage-source converter.
US09692304B1	Integrated power stage device with offset monitor current for sensing a switch node output current An integrated power stage device includes a switch node that is coupled to an output inductor. The integrated power stage device generates a monitor current that is a scaled version of the current through the output inductor. The integrated power stage device outputs a single-ended offset monitor current that is equal to the monitor current plus a DC offset current. A PWM controller senses the current through the output inductor by receiving a monitor voltage that is developed from the offset monitor current. The PWM controller generates a PWM signal in accordance with the sensed output inductor current to control a switching operation of a power switch of the integrated power stage device.
US09692300B2	Supply regulation circuit with energy efficient digital control A regulated voltage system with digital control to maintain a regulated voltage supply and protection against overcurrents is disclosed. A regulated supply voltage circuit including a voltage output and a charging capacitor is coupled to a direct current power source. The regulated supply voltage output supplies power to an electrical load. A shunt transistor is coupled between the direct current power source and the regulated supply voltage circuit and ground. A shunt control circuit operates the shunt transistor between an open and closed state. The shunt control circuit includes a cross-coupled bias circuit coupled to a controller. The controller operates the shunt transistor according to a state machine having a first state to close the shunt transistor when the regulated supply voltage exceeds a maximum hysteresis voltage and a second state to open the shunt transistor when the regulated supply voltage is less than a minimum hysteresis voltage.
US09692293B2	Power conversion circuit having fault protection and voltage balance functions A circuit includes a switching module, a control module, and a driving module. The driving module is electrically coupled between the control module and the switching module for generating a driving signal. The driving module includes a normal driving unit and a fault protection unit. The normal driving unit is for turning on and off the switching module according to a first command signal from the control module. The fault protection unit is for lowering the driving signal from a driving value to a protection value according to a second command signal from the control module during a fault protection period after the control module receives a fault signal.
US09692285B2	Electrodynamic actuator An electrodynamic actuator (10), has a flat coil (24) formed by tracks (22, 23) on a face of a circuit board (16) and a permanent magnet (14) the magnetic field of which passes through turns of the flat coil (24).
US09692284B2	Electric motor with plural stator components An electric motor apparatus comprises a rotor and a stator formed of at least two stator components, each of the at least two stator components having a substantially hollow cylindrical form. The rotor is mounted within the at least two stator components on a rotational mounting such that the rotor can rotate about a longitudinal central axis with respect to the stator. Each of the at least two stator components has at least two protrusions arranged at different circumferential points on an inner surface of the at least two stator components. Each protrusion has a winding mounted thereon. Control circuitry generates control signals to control power supplied to the windings on each stator component such that power can be controlled to each stator component independently. The stator components are mounted adjacent to each other along the longitudinal central axis and rotationally offset with respect to each other such that the two protrusions on one of the stator components are offset with respect to the protrusions on an adjacently mounted stator component, such that a portion of each winding that extends beyond a longitudinal end of the protrusions on one of the stator components fits within a gap between windings mounted on the adjacently mounted stator component.
US09692282B2	Method of fabricating electrical machine A method for fabricating a rotor for an electric motor is provided. The method includes the steps of fabricating a first set of rotor parts for use in a motor having a first frame size and fabricating a second set of rotor parts for use in a motor having a second frame size. The second frame size is substantially different from the first frame size. The method further includes the steps of fabricating a third set of rotor parts for use in the motor having the first frame size and for use in the motor having the second frame size, ascertaining the desired motor frame size, and selecting one of the first set of rotor parts and the second set of rotor parts in accordance with desired motor frame size. The method also includes the steps of selecting the third set of rotor parts and assembling a rotor with one of the first set of rotor parts and the second set of rotor parts and with the third set of rotor parts, such that a rotor for use with the desired motor frame size is substantially provided.
US09692275B2	Alternative energy generator Approaches presented herein enable an alternative energy generator to generate electricity and scaled voltage by placing stationary rare earth magnets on a rotating plate in such a manner that an electric current is produced when the magnets on the plate are moved and the magnet flux lines cut across a stationary metal coil. More specifically, one or more stationary metal coils are positioned near a rotating plate on which a set of magnets are places, the metal coils oriented to be crossed by magnetic flux lines of the magnets. Alternatively, a set of magnets or metal coils are place on a rotating plate with one or more stationary magnets oriented near to yield crossed magnetic flux lines. The rotating plate may be driven by a motor, a hand crank, or any human motion with a set of gears to facilitate rotational torque.
US09692270B2	Motor including brackets and fixing members A motor includes a shaft, an annular rotor magnet, an armature arranged to cover the rotor magnet, an upper bracket fixed to an axial upper portion of the armature, and a lower bracket fixed to an axial lower portion of the armature. The armature includes an annular core-back, a plurality of magnetic pole teeth protruding radially inward from the core-back, an insulator arranged to cover the magnetic pole teeth, and a coil wound around the magnetic pole teeth through the insulator. The insulator includes an annular core-back insulating portion arranged radially outward of the coil and extended axially upward. The upper bracket is fixed by a plurality of fixing members positioned radially inward of an outer circumferential surface of the core-back.
US09692269B2	Winding configuration of doubly salient permanent magnet electric machine The present invention relates to a doubly salient permanent magnet electric machine that has a winding structure in which series-connected windings are included in the phase windings of a mover, and that has a stator implemented as an iron core having a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of stator salient poles neighboring the permanent magnets, thus reducing the number of permanent magnets by half. An electric machine is configured such that a mover moves while facing a stator and includes an N (a number of power phases) multiple number of teeth and phase windings wound around the teeth, and one or more pairs of phase windings of the mover mutually having a phase difference of 180° are connected in series, and the stator includes permanent magnets in depressions between individual stator salient poles of an iron core in which the stator salient poles are formed.
US09692268B2	Conductive wire unit and generator with closed magnetic path A stator for a generator, comprises a coil support frame and a conductive wire unit arranged on the coil support frame, wherein the conductive wire unit comprises one basic conductive wire unit or a plurality of stacked basic conductive wire units, the basic conductive wire unit comprises a conductive wire layer and a magnetic-conducting sheet conformably stacked on and insulated from the conductive wire layer. A generator with closed-magnetic-path comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator comprises the above conductive wire unit having a magnetic-conducting base plate, wherein the stator further comprises a magnetic yoke, the rotor comprises a transmission shaft, the conductive wire unit is fixedly connected in the magnetic yoke, at least a magnetic-conducting plate is coaxially connected on the transmission shaft, a magnet is connected on the magnetic-conducting plate, of which a magnetic pole is arranged towards the conductive wire unit.
US09692267B2	Double stator switched reluctance rotating machine A double stator switched reluctance rotating machine includes an annular rotor, an outer stator that is disposed outside the rotor, and an inner stator that is disposed inside the rotor; and employs a structure in which the rotor is provided with a bolt fastening hole passing through the rotor in an axial direction and the bolt fastening hole is provided at a position depending on magnetic characteristics of the outer and inner stators.
US09692258B2	Method and system for multi-IED event classification in an electrical grid A method of classifying an event in an electrical grid. The method utilizes event related data provided by intelligent electronic devices and provides the operator with a single conclusion classifying the event, thereby helping the operator to determine the mitigation actions. The method includes receiving individual event related data from each intelligent electronic device, and determining whether the event is a fault or a non-fault based on probabilistic methods applied to the event related data. A corresponding system is also presented herein.
US09692240B2	Battery sleep mode management method and system A method for managing a battery module includes receiving data relating to one or more operational parameters of the battery module. The method also includes determining whether a first operational parameter of the one or more operational parameters violates a first threshold. Additionally, the method includes transitioning the battery module from an operational mode to a sleep mode in response to a determination that the first operational parameter violates the first threshold.
US09692237B2	Electronic medium with IC and system of the same An electronic medium with an integrated circuit includes a power feeding terminal pair including a first power feeding terminal and a second power feeding terminal, an integrated circuit including at least one first rectifying circuit, and a second rectifying circuit that is separate from the integrated circuit, wherein the first rectifying circuit and the second rectifying circuit are connected in series between the first power feeding terminal and the second power feeding terminal.
US09692234B2	Systems and methods for distributing power using photovoltaic resources and a shifting battery system The present invention is an apparatus and method for delivering energy using a renewable resource. The method includes providing a photovoltaic energy source and applying energy storage to the photovoltaic energy source via a battery storage unit. The energy output from the photovoltaic energy source and the battery system is controlled using a battery control system. The battery control system predicts peak load, develops a schedule that includes when to begin discharging power and when to stop discharging power, shifts power to the battery storage unit when excess power is available, and prioritizes the functionality of the battery storage unit and the photovoltaic energy source.
US09692233B2	Method for controlling an energy storage system A method for controlling an energy storage system. The same battery system shall support multiple services at the same time. During a planning phase, the multiple services to be provided are determined, based on the market situation and the capabilities of the energy storage system, and prioritized according to predefined criteria. During an operation phase, the power and energy status of the energy storage system is periodically monitored, and compared against the power and energy demands of the multiple services, in order to determine whether at each time instance, the multiple services can indeed be supported at the same time. In case power and/or energy limits are exceeded by the multiple services, at least one service is interrupted to allow the operation of the energy storage system to be within power/energy limits again. The interrupted service(s) is resumed when the power/energy limits are met.
US09692221B2	Junction box and contactor device An electrical junction box includes a casing, a first installation space, a second installation space, and a connection part arranged in the casing the connection part includes a main body, a first connection end, and a second connection end. The main body is used for connecting to a cable; the first connection end, connected to the main body, is located in the first installation space, and is used for connecting to a contactor; and the second connection end, arranged on the first connection end, is located in the second installation space, and may be used for connecting to a resistance wire. The resistance wire may be connected to the second connection end without passing over the junction box, which is not only advantageous for fastening and installing the junction box, but also facilitates the connection and installation of the cable.
US09692217B2	Tube and conductor set A tube and conductor set includes a polymeric tube having a radially outward facing surface and a conductor having a polymeric sheath in which the polymeric sheath has a radially outward facing surface. The radially outward facing surface of the polymeric tube is bonded to the radially outward facing surface of the polymeric sheath of the conductor over an axial length, except for one or more unbonded intermediate axial gaps. These one or more unbonded intermediate axial gaps provide a starting point for the separation of one of the ends of the polymeric tube from one of the ends the conductor. It is contemplated that more than one tube and/or conductor can be bonded and that each line of bonding could have such unbonded intermediate axial gaps to facilitate ease of separation.
US09692214B2	Dispenser for cable support and method A dispenser is disclosed for carrying and dispensing a cable support of the type having a pair of hook structures disposed on opposite sides of a central shaft. The dispenser comprises a plurality of rails extending in parallel, spaced-apart relationship to one another and joined to one another at respective proximal ends thereof. Each rail has a cantilevered distal end slidably receivable within one of the hook structures of the cable support. Each rail further has a cantilevered distal end to allow the cable support to be slidably removed from the rail along the distal end.
US09692211B2	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser array A VCSEL array includes a base substrate, VCSEL element columns arranged in a row direction (y direction) on a front-surface side of the base substrate and parallel wiring lines that connect the VCSEL element columns in parallel with each other. Each of the VCSEL element columns includes a plurality of VCSEL elements arranged in a column direction (x direction) and a plurality of series wiring lines. The plurality of series wiring lines serially connect every two VCSEL elements that are adjacent to each other in the column direction among the plurality of VCSEL elements in such an orientation that the forward directions of the two VCSEL elements match. Insulating grooves are formed on the base substrate. The insulating grooves electrically insulate the VCSEL element columns from each other. The insulating grooves electrically insulate the VCSEL elements from each other.
US09692208B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a ridge on a semiconductor layer stacked on a substrate by removing a part of the semiconductor layer; forming an electrode on the ridge so as to have a flat portion having a flat surface substantially parallel to the upper surface of the ridge and sloped portions on both sides of the flat portion with each of the sloped portions having a sloped surface that is sloped with respect to the upper surface of the ridge; forming a protective film disposed on each side of the ridge to cover a region from the side surface of the ridge to the sloped surface of the sloped portion of the electrode; and forming a pad electrode at least on an upper surface of the electrode and the protective film.
US09692207B2	Tunable laser with integrated wavelength reference In the prior art, tunable lasers utilizing silicon-based tunable ring filters and III-V semiconductor-based gain regions required the heterogeneous integration of independently formed silicon and III-V semiconductor based optical elements, resulting in large optical devices requiring a complex manufacturing process (e.g., airtight packaging to couple the devices formed on different substrates, precise alignment for the elements, etc.). Embodiments of the invention eliminate the need for bulk optical elements and hermetic packaging, via the use of hybridized III-V/silicon gain regions and silicon optical components, such as silicon wavelength filters and silicon wavelength references, thereby reducing the size and manufacturing complexity of tunable lasing devices. For example, embodiments of the invention may utilize hybridized III-V/silicon gain regions with ring filters on silicon form a tunable laser with efficient gain from the III-V region, while providing wide tunability, efficient tunability, and narrow linewidth due to the nature of the silicon rings.
US09692204B2	Semiconductor laser element and method of making semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser element includes an inclined substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on one surface of the substrate, a first electrode (n-type electrode) formed on an opposite surface of the substrate, a second electrode (p-type electrode) formed on the semiconductor layer, and a current constriction part formed in the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a multi-layer structure including at least an active layer. The current constriction part causes a current to concentrate and flow to a particular area of the active layer. The first electrode or the second electrode is joined to a sub-mount. In one embodiment, the location of the current constriction part in a chip width direction is between the center of one of the first and second electrodes, which is joined to the sub-mount, and the center of the other electrode, which is not joined to the sub-mount, when viewed in the chip width direction.
US09692191B2	Contact element with resiliently mounting contact points A contact element having an outer conductor and an inner conductor, which is arranged within the outer conductor, wherein the outer conductor has, in one of its longitudinally axial end faces, at least one contact point for a contact with a contact point on a component part with which contact is to be made. In this case, the contact point is mounted in a spring-like manner.
US09692183B2	Receptacle connector with ground bus A receptacle connector includes a housing having a slot configured to receive a mating connector therein. Signal contacts are held by the housing. The signal contacts include signal mating segments and signal mounting segments. The signal mating segments include signal mating interfaces that are exposed within the slot for engagement with the mating connector. Ground contacts are held by the housing. The ground contacts include ground mating segments and ground mounting segments. The ground mating segments include ground mating interfaces that are exposed within the slot for engagement with the mating connector. A ground bus electrically commons the ground contacts with each other. The ground contacts and the ground bus are integrally fabricated as a single, unitary, continuous structure.
US09692179B2	Plug connector assembly A connector assembly includes a first plug connector housing in which a first plug contact is arranged, a second plug connector housing, and a seal. The second connector housing includes a protective enclosure, a contact carrier insert in which a second plug contact is fixedly arranged, and a lever. The protective enclosure and the contact carrier insert are movable relative to one another. While the contact carrier insert is connected to the first connector housing with the first and second plug contacts being joined together the protective enclosure moves relative to the contact carrier insert in a direction toward the first connector housing during an actuation of the force-amplifying means to compress the seal between the protective enclosure, the contact carrier insert, and the first connector housing.
US09692178B2	Apparatus for retaining a plug in a receptacle The present disclosure is an apparatus for retaining a plug within a receptacle. The apparatus for retaining a plug within a receptacle may include a receptacle body and a retention device. The retention device may include a face portion and at least one prong, each prong of the at least one prong including a barb. The retention device is configured to retain a plug inserted within the receptacle body by contact with a shroud of the plug from the barb of each prong of the at least one prong of the retention device.
US09692163B1	Crush rib housing for postive lock receptacle A receptacle connector that includes a positive lock receptacle, wherein the positive lock receptacle includes a wire receiving portion; and a housing insertion portion, wherein the housing insertion portion further includes a first electrical contact roll and a second electrical contact roll; and a housing adapted to receive the positive lock receptacle, wherein the housing includes: an insulating housing body; and a first crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body and a second crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body, wherein the first and second crush ribs engage and secure the first and second electrical contact rolls respectively upon insertion of the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle into the housing.
US09692160B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a frame delimiting an elongated open cavity, and having two parallel long sides provided with contact areas capable of cooperating with contact areas of a complementary electrical connector. Each long side is formed of a multilayer printed circuit board.
US09692158B1	Connector assembly for attaching cables to a planar electrical device A connector assembly for connecting cables to a planar electrical device that has a compression mount connector. In one embodiment, the connector reciprocates within a shroud and is spring-biased outwardly. A pair of latches are pivotally mounted to the shroud. In a second embodiment, the connector has compliant contacts and the latches are pivotally mounted to the connector. In a third embodiment, the latches are spring-mounted to the connector. Each latch has an arm that extends beyond the connector face. A hook at the end of the arm curves through an angle of greater than 90°. The hook face is offset from the edge of the planar electrical device and aligned with the connector face. When the connector assembly is connected to the planar electrical device, the connector spring bias pulls the hook faces against the planar electrical device to securely pull the connector face to the planar electrical device.
US09692140B2	Antenna apparatus capable of reducing decreases in gain and bandwidth An antenna apparatus is provided with an antenna and a ground conductor plate. The antenna is provided with: a dielectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a feed element having a strip shape and formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the feed element having a first end connected to a feeding point, and an opened second end; and a parasitic element having a strip shape and formed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate, the parasitic element having a first end connected to the ground conductor plate, and an opened second end. The feed element and the parasitic element are arranged to oppose each other, at at least a portion including the second end of the feed element and the second end of the parasitic element.
US09692134B2	Broadband dual polarization omni-directional antenna with dual conductive antenna bodies and associated methods An antenna includes first and second conductive antenna bodies. The first conductive antenna body has first and second opposing ends with an enlarged width medial portion therebetween, a first slot extending from at least adjacent the first end to at least adjacent the second end, and first antenna feed points adjacent the first slot for a first polarization. The second conductive antenna body has first and second opposing ends with an enlarged width medial portion therebetween, a second slot extending from at least adjacent the first end to at least adjacent the second end, and second antenna feed points adjacent the second slot for the first polarization. The first end of the second conductive antenna body is adjacent the second end of the first conductive antenna body. Third antenna feed points are between the first and second conductive antenna bodies for a second polarization.
US09692130B2	Near-field communication antenna, antenna module and wireless communications apparatus A near-field communication antenna comprising at least one annular coil, a planar, non-magnetic resin member holding the annular coil, a planar, soft-magnetic member overlapping the non-magnetic resin member via the annular coil, and terminals to which the conductor wire leads of the annular coil are connected, the annular coil being received in a circumferential recess along the periphery of the non-magnetic resin member lest that it projects from the periphery of the magnetic member, and the conductor wire leads of the annular coil being connected to the terminals through notches provided in the peripheral edge of the soft-magnetic member.
US09692121B2	Directional-antenna-placement visual aid and method A directional-antenna-placement visual aid and method of placing directional antenna, especially useful for minimization of overlapping cellular-telephone signals in large venues, providing a projected-light representation of the coverage of an antenna during the mounting or adjustment of the antenna.
US09692120B2	Devices and methods related to electrostatic discharge-protected CMOS switches Disclosed are devices and methods related to a CMOS switch for radio-frequency (RF) applications. In some embodiments, the switch can be configured to include a resistive body-floating circuit to provide improved power handling capability. The switch can further include an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit disposed relative to the switch to provide ESD protection for the switch. Such a switch can be implemented for different switching applications in wireless devices such as cell phones, including band-selection switching and transmit/receive switching.
US09692119B2	Radio-frequency device and wireless communication device for enhancing antenna isolation A radio-frequency device for a wireless communication device includes an antenna disposition area, a grounding unit, a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna includes a feed-in plate; a first radiating element, coupled to the feed-in plate and electrically connected to the grounding unit; and a metal branch, electrically connected to the grounding unit; wherein the grounding unit is shared by the first antenna and the second antenna, the feed-in plate is disposed in-between the metal branch and the first radiating element, and the metal branch is used for guiding a reflected signal generated from the second antenna to the metal branch so as to enhance isolations of the first antenna and the second antenna.
US09692117B2	Antenna An antenna includes an antenna layer, a coupling layer, and a feeder circuit layer. The antenna layer includes antennas elements. First and second antenna elements are arranged in such a manner that the centers thereof are aligned in a first direction. A third antenna element is arranged in such a manner that the third antenna element is separated from the first antenna element in a second direction and centers of the antenna elements are not aligned in the second direction. A waveguide is formed in the coupling layer.
US09692109B1	Mount for co-locating an access point and an antenna A mount for an antenna for an access point includes a base for attachment to a mounting structure; a tray operably attached to the base. The tray is pivotable about an axis of rotation. The tray is for attaching thereto an antenna. The tray is angularly positionable about the axis for positioning the antenna at a desired direction. The base is U-shaped including a base portion and first and second portions extending from the base portion. The tray is U-shaped including a base wall and first and second portions extending from the base wall. The first and second portions of the base are operably attached to said first and second portions of the tray.
US09692105B2	Information processing apparatus There is provided an information processing apparatus in which an antenna operating in two or more communication bands is disposed in a space conserving manner. An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure has: a network interface for processing signals used for communications in a plurality of frequency bands; a display panel having a main surface for displaying an image, a rear surface opposite to the main surface, and a side surface defining a thickness between the main surface and the rear surface; an antenna connected to the network interface and having a conductive antenna element; and a conductive rib conducted to the antenna element, and holding the antenna with a predetermined gap between the antenna and the side surface of the display panel. The network interface processes the signals by resonance of a part of the antenna element and a part of the rib.
US09692102B2	Dielectric waveguide socket for connecting a dielectric waveguide stub to a dielectric waveguide A dielectric waveguide socket is provided with a dielectric waveguide (DWG) stub having a dielectric core member surrounded by dielectric cladding, the DWG stub having an interface end and an opposite mating end. A socket body is coupled to the DWG stub, such that a mounting surface of the socket body is configured to mount the socket body on a substrate such that the core member of DWG stub forms an angle of inclination with the substrate. The socket body is configured to couple with the end of a DWG cable, such that the end of the DWG cable is held in alignment with the mating end of the DWG stub.
US09692099B2	Antenna-matching device, antenna device and mobile communication terminal An antenna-matching device includes a first antenna terminal that is connected to a first radiating element, a second antenna terminal that is connected to a second radiating element, power feeding terminals and that are connected to a power-feeding unit C, an antenna coupling circuit (coupling inductance element L) that is connected in series between the antenna terminals, and a matching unit B that is connected between the antenna terminals and the power feeding terminals. The coupling inductance element L and the matching unit are integrally provided in a substrate. The matching circuit B is connected in series with the signal lines and includes a first resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit that have different resonant frequencies from each other and are coupled with each other. The matching unit B is connected to a power-feeding circuit that includes an RF circuit.
US09692089B2	Single wire battery pack temperature and identification method Disclosed are techniques for identifying battery pack types and by inference battery chemistries by measuring a transient response of the battery pack to signal applied to the battery pack.
US09692081B2	Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for battery According to one embodiment, a manufacturing device for a battery, includes, an electrolyte supply unit which introduces an electrolyte into a cell, a chamber which accommodates the battery cell, a first pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure in the battery cell lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit, and a second pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure outside the battery cell in the chamber lower than the pressure in the battery cell, thereby increasing the capacity of the battery cell.
US09692073B2	Electrolyte material, liquid composition and membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cell To provide a membrane/electrode assembly excellent in the power generation characteristics even under low or no humidity conditions or under high humidity conditions, and an electrolyte material suitable for a catalyst layer of the 5 membrane/electrode assembly, an electrolyte material is used which comprises a polymer (H) having a unit (A) which has an ion exchange group and in which all hydrogen atoms (excluding H+ of the ion exchange group) bonded to carbon atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, a unit (B) which has a 5-membered ring and in which all hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon 10 atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, and a unit (C) which has neither an ion exchange group nor a ring structure, has an ether bond, and has an ether equivalent of at most 350 as established by the following formula (I) and in which all hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms: Ether equivalent=the molecular weight of the monomer forming the unit (C)/the 15 number of ether bonds in the monomer forming the unit (C) (I).
US09692070B2	Carbon substrate for gas diffusion layer, gas diffusion layer using the same, and electrode for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell comprising the gas diffusion layer A carbon substrate for a gas diffusion layer that has a porosity gradient in a thickness direction thereof, a gas diffusion using the carbon substrate, an electrode and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell that include the gas diffusion layer, and a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly having the gas diffusion layer are provided. The gas diffusion layer has improved water discharge ability and improved bending strength both in the machine direction and cross-machine direction.
US09692064B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system according to the present invention comprises a fuel gas supply system that supplies a fuel gas from a fuel supply source to a fuel cell that includes a stack including a plurality of cells, and a fuel off-gas circulation system that resupplies fuel off-gas to the stack. The fuel off-gas circulation system includes: a mixed fuel gas flow path formed such that a mixed fuel gas containing the fuel off-gas and the fuel gas flows in a direction along an inner surface of a manifold installed in the stack; and a point of merger where the fuel off-gas and the fuel gas merge with each other to produce the mixed fuel gas, the point of merger being arranged on one surface side of the manifold. With such configuration, the heat exchange efficiency of the fuel off-gas and the fuel gas can be increased, and ice resulting from water in the fuel off-gas can be prevented from flowing into the fuel cell stack.
US09692058B2	Electrode for fuel cell and production method of electrode for fuel cell, membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell This electrode for fuel cell comprises: carbon nanotubes; a catalyst for fuel cell supported on the carbon nanotubes; and an ionomer provided to coat the carbon nanotubes and the catalyst for fuel cell, wherein when a length of the carbon nanotubes is represented by La [μm] and an inter-core pitch of the carbon nanotubes is represented by Pa [nm], the length La and the inter-core pitch Pa satisfy two expressions given below: 30≦La≦240; and 0.351×La+75≦Pa≦250.
US09692056B1	Dual current collectors for battery electrodes Batteries having improved current collection are provided. In some implementations, an electrode structure of a battery may include an active material and two or more current collectors in electrical communication with the active material. In some implementations, an electrode structure of a battery may include two or more current collector layers. According to various implementations, the electrode structure may or may not include a current collector substrate. In some implementations, a battery anode includes a current collector substrate in electronic contact with nanostructured active material. In order to ensure that electronic communication between the active material and the current collector substrate is maintained throughout the life of the battery, a second electronically conductive path is provided in the form of a current collector layer over the nanostructured active material. The additional layer is thin and electronically conductive, and does not interfere adversely with battery operation.
US09692048B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery A positive electrode collector includes a main body layer and a surface layer. The surface layer is provided at least at a portion of a surface of the main body layer where the positive electrode mixture layer is provided, and is made of a carbon material. A first positive electrode active material is made of first lithium complex oxide having a layered crystal structure. A second positive electrode active material includes a particle made of second lithium complex oxide having an olivine crystal structure, a carbon film provided at least at a part of a surface of the particle, and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon film. A conducting agent in the positive electrode mixture layer includes a carbon particle and alginic acid salt provided at least at a part of a surface of the carbon particle.
US09692047B2	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lithium composite oxide as a main component. The ratio of a number of moles of Ni in the lithium composite oxide to a total number of moles of metal elements in the lithium composite oxide other than Li is larger than 30 mol %. The lithium composite oxide includes particles each including aggregated primary particles having a volumetric average particle size of 0.5 μm or more and at least one element selected from W, Mo, Nb, and Ta is dissolved in the lithium composite oxide.
US09692035B2	Battery system and motor vehicle A battery system comprises a battery which includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series and two battery poles. The battery system further comprises at least one protection device, which is connected to the battery cells in series in such a manner that after the at least one protection device is tripped, a sum of voltages of the battery cells still connected in series does not exceed a limit voltage. The battery system also comprises a switching device which electrically connects the two battery poles, the switching device being configured to short-circuit the battery when a fault signal is detected, thus tripping the at least one protection device.
US09692030B2	Battery module and method for the production thereof A method for producing a battery module having a plurality of individual electrochemical cells, includes the following steps: —arranging cell cans; —embedding the cell cans in a metal foam; and —inserting cell coils into the cell cans. The metal foam is used hereby as common negative pole or positive pole of the single cells.
US09692028B2	Separator for nonaqueous electrolyte battery, and nonaqueous electrolyte battery Provided is a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a composite membrane. The composite membrane includes a porous substrate that contains a thermoplastic resin and an adhesive porous layer that is provided on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains an adhesive resin. The difference between the Gurley number of the porous substrate and the Gurley number of the composite membrane is 75 sec/100 cc or less. The difference between the tortuosity of the porous substrate and the tortuosity of the composite membrane is 0.30 or less.
US09692025B2	Battery cap assembly with high efficiency vent A battery cell design is disclosed that provides a predictable pathway through a portion of the cell (e.g., the cell cap assembly) for the efficient release of the thermal energy that occurs during thermal runaway, thereby reducing the chances of a rupture in an undesirable location. Furthermore the disclosed design maintains the functionality of the cell cap as the positive terminal of the cell, thereby having minimal impact on the manufacturability of the cell as well as its use in a variety of applications.
US09692013B2	Organic light emitting device Disclosed is an organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device includes a first emission unit configured to include a common blue emission material layer which is included in common in a plurality of pixels emitting lights having different wavelength ranges, a second emission unit configured to include a red emission material layer, a green emission material layer, and a blue emission material layer which respectively emit lights having different wavelength ranges, a charge generation layer disposed between the first emission unit and the second emission unit, a first electrode formed as a reflective electrode, and configured to supply an electric charge having a first polarity to the first emission unit and the second emission unit, and a second electrode formed as a semi-transmissive electrode, and configured to supply an electric charge having a second polarity to the first emission unit and the second emission unit.
US09692007B2	Stacked organic light-emitting diode having a triple charge generation layer A stacked organic light-emitting diode, a display device and a manufacturing method of a stacked organic light-emitting diode are disclosed. A stacked organic light-emitting diode includes at least two light-emitting units in a stacked arrangement and a charge generation layer disposed between the adjacent light-emitting units, wherein the charge generation layer includes a first material layer, an electron injection layer disposed on the first material layer and a second material layer disposed on the electron injection layer. By means of said stacked organic light-emitting diode and manufacturing method thereof, it can achieve excellent electron injection effect, even in the case of manufacturing an inverted-type stacked organic light-emitting diode (the lower electrode is a cathode).
US09692006B2	Transparent OLED device and display device employing same The present invention discloses a transparent OLED device, which comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising an organic functional layer, a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode being disposed on both sides of the organic functional layer, a reflective electrode being disposed on one side of the organic functional layer, the area of the reflective electrode being less than that of the organic functional layer. With regard to the transparent OLED device, by providing a reflective electrode, a combination of a light-emitting device over a microdomain is combined with a transparent light-emitting device, such that the luminance on both sides of a transparent OLED device can be respectively adjusted to be the same or different as required. The present invention can be applied to the field of transparent illumination or display.
US09692004B2	Optoelectronic element The invention relates to an optoelectronic component with a first substrate, a second substrate, a functional layer stack, a lateral first recess and a first contact surface, the layer stack being arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. Said layer stack comprises an organically active area for producing electromagnetic radiation, and the component has a first lateral surface. The first recess extends in the lateral direction to the first lateral surface and in the vertical direction through the second substrate.
US09692002B2	Organic light emitting display device Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device that comprises a first light emitting unit between a first electrode and a second electrode, the first light emitting unit including a first hole transporting layer and a first light emitting layer; and a second light emitting unit between the first light emitting unit and the second electrode, the second light emitting unit including a second hole transporting layer and a second light emitting layer that emits a light of the same color as a light emitted by the first light emitting layer. An increase in driving voltage caused by a shift of an emission zone in the first light emitting layer or the second light emitting layer by prolonged driving is minimized which solves a problem of increased power consumption and improves the lifetime of the organic light emitting display device.
US09691999B2	Photoelectric conversion device vapor deposition material, photoelectric conversion device, sensor, and imaging device In the photoelectric conversion device having a pair of electrodes and a light receiving layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and including at least a photoelectric conversion layer, at least a part of the light receiving layer includes a fullerene or a fullerene derivative deposited using a vapor deposition material of a plurality of particles or a compact formed of the particles consisting primarily of the fullerene or fullerene derivative with an average particle size expressed as D50% of 50 to 300 μm.
US09691990B2	Compound, organic electronic element using same, and electronic device using the latter The present invention relates to a compound, which is represented by one chemical formula among the chemical formulas (1) to (3), an organic electronic element comprising the compound, and an electronic device comprising the organic electronic element. The compound is characterized by comprising at least one phenyl group having at least one substitution with deuterium or tritium.
US09691988B2	Organic electroluminescent element, light-emitting material for organic electroluminescent element, and light-emitting device, display device, and illumination device using said element An organic electroluminescent element using a compound represented by the following general formula emits dark blue light and has a small change in the chromaticity during luminance modulation: wherein each of R1 to R8 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; A1 to A4 represent CR31 or N; L and X each independently represent any one of CR32R33, NR34, O, S, and SiR35R36; and each of R31 to R36 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
US09691987B1	Self-assembly of nanostructures Structures and methods that include selective electrostatic placement based on a dipole-to-dipole interaction of electron-rich carbon nanotubes onto an electron-deficient pre-patterned surface. The structure includes a substrate with a first surface having a first isoelectric point and at least one additional surface having a second isoelectric point. A self-assembled monolayer is selectively formed on the first surface and includes an electron deficient compound including a deprotonated pendant hydroxamic acid or a pendant phosphonic acid group or a pendant catechol group bound to the first surface. An organic solvent can be used to deposit the electron rich carbon nanotubes on the self-assembled monolayer.
US09691986B2	Furan and selenophene derivatized benzo [1,2-b:4,5-b′] dithiophene-thienothiophene based conjugated polymers for high-efficiency organic solar cells Compositions, synthesis and applications for furan, thiophene and selenophene derivatized benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene(BDT)-thienothiophene (BDT-TT) based polymers, namely, poly[(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethyhexyl)selenophen-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene)-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexanoyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene)-2-6-diyl (CS-15), poly[(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethyhexyl)selenophen-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene)-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene)-2-carboxylate-2-6-diyl (CS-16), poly[(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethyhexyl)furan-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene)-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene)-2-carboxylate-2-6-diyl (CS-18) and poly[(4,8-bis(5-hexylfuran-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene)-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-ethylhexanoyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene)-2-6-diyl (CS-24) are disclosed. Further, an organic solar cell constructed of a derivatized benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene(BDT)-thienothiophene (BDT-TT) based polymer is discussed.
US09691985B2	Passivation layers for organic electronic devices including polycycloolefinic polymers allowing for a flexible material design The invention generally relates to passivation layers for use in organic electronic devices, and more specifically in organic field effect transistors, to processes for preparing such passivation layers, and to organic electronic devices and organic field effect transistors encompassing such passivation layers.
US09691979B2	Resistive random access memory and method of fabricating the same A resistive random access memory includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a stacked structure disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The stacked structure includes a conductive layer and a resistance variable layer. The material of the conductive layer includes HfOx, the material of the resistance variable layer includes HfOy, and x
US09691978B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of controlling the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first wirings, a plurality of second wirings, a variable resistance layer, a first barrier insulating layer, and a second barrier insulating layer. The first wirings are disposed at predetermined pitches in a first direction intersecting with a substrate. The second wirings are disposed at predetermined pitches in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The second wirings are formed to extend in the first direction. The variable resistance layer is disposed between the first wiring and the second wiring. The variable resistance layer is disposed at a position where the first wiring intersects with the second wiring. The first barrier insulating layer is disposed between the first wiring and the variable resistance layer. The second barrier insulating layer is disposed between the second wiring and the variable resistance layer.
US09691975B2	Conductive bridging memory device A Conductive Bridge Random Access Memory (CBRAM) device comprising an insulating electrolyte element sandwiched between a cation supply electrode and a bottom electrode, whereby the conductivity σ of the cation provided by the cation supply electrode in the electrolyte element increases towards the bottom electrode.
US09691970B2	Magnetoresistive devices and methods for manufacturing magnetoresistive devices A magnetoresistive device includes a substrate and an electrically insulating layer arranged over the substrate. The magnetoresistive device further includes a first free layer embedded in the electrically insulating layer and a second free layer embedded in the electrically insulating layer. The first free layer and the second free layer are separated by a portion of the electrically insulating layer.
US09691968B2	Magnetic memory and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory is disclosed. The magnetic memory includes a substrate, an electrode provided on the substrate, a first insulating film surrounding a side surface of the electrode. The first insulating film contains oxygen. The magnetic memory further includes a second insulating film provided between the electrode and the first insulating film, and surrounding the side surface of the electrode. The second insulating film contains nitrogen. A magnetoresistance effect element is provided on the electrode.
US09691966B2	Surface-mounted collision sensor, and method for collision detection An apparatus assembly of a medical apparatus is equipped for collision detection by attaching a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) cover assembly to at least one rigid surface of the apparatus assembly, with a resilient material between the PVDF cover assembly and the rigid surface. The PVDF assembly is composed of a PVDF foil with electrically conductive layers on opposite sides thereof. A protective layer covers the PVDF cover assembly. Electrical leads are connected to the conductive layers, and the piezoelectric property of the PVDF foil produces a voltage across the leads when a force associated with a collision acts on the PVDF foil. A detection circuit detects this voltage and initiates an appropriate response to the collision.
US09691962B2	High fidelity and high efficiency qubit readout scheme A technique relates to a qubit readout system. A cavity-qubit system has a qubit and a readout resonator and outputs a readout signal. A lossless superconducting circulator is configured to receive the microwave readout signal from the cavity-qubit system and transmit the microwave readout signal according to a rotation. A quantum limited directional amplifier amplifies the readout signal. A directional coupler is connected to and biases the amplifier to set a working point. A microwave bandpass filter transmits in a microwave frequency band by passing the readout signal while blocking electromagnetic radiation outside of the microwave frequency band. A low-loss infrared filter has a distributed Bragg reflector integrated into a transmission line. The low-loss filter is configured to block infrared electromagnetic radiation while passing the microwave readout signal. The low-loss infrared filter is connected to the microwave bandpass filter to receive input of the microwave readout signal.
US09691944B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor light-emitting device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of semiconductor layers; a first inclined face having a first slope inside the plurality of semiconductor layers, which connects an etched-exposed surface of the first semiconductor layer with the surface of the second semiconductor layer and reflects the light from the active layer towards the first semiconductor layer; a second inclined face having a second slope greater than the first slope, which is provided around the plurality of semiconductor layers and reflects the light from the active layer towards the first semiconductor layer; a non-conductive reflective film formed on the second semiconductor layer, for reflecting the light from the active layer towards the first semiconductor layer.
US09691943B2	Light-emitting element having a reflective structure with high efficiency A light-emitting device comprises a reflective layer; a first transparent layer on the reflective layer; a light-emitting stack comprising an active layer on the first transparent layer; and a cavity in the first transparent layer.
US09691941B2	Barriers, injectors, tunnel-junctions, and cascaded LED junctions Optoelectric devices that comprise a semiconductor superlattice heterostructure. One or more individual layers within the semiconductor superlattice heterostructure can further comprise layers of differing thicknesses. In at least one embodiment, an optoelectric device with specially engineered layers can generate an output wavelength of between 3 μm to 15 μm at output power levels of 0.01 mW to 100 mW.
US09691939B2	Patterned layer design for group III nitride layer growth A method of fabricating a device using a layer with a patterned surface for improving the growth of semiconductor layers, such as group III nitride-based semiconductor layers with a high concentration of aluminum, is provided. The patterned surface can include a substantially flat top surface and a plurality of stress reducing regions, such as openings. The substantially flat top surface can have a root mean square roughness less than approximately 0.5 nanometers, and the stress reducing regions can have a characteristic size between approximately 0.1 microns and approximately five microns and a depth of at least 0.2 microns. A layer of group-III nitride material can be grown on the first layer and have a thickness at least twice the characteristic size of the stress reducing regions. A device including one or more of these features also is provided.
US09691937B2	Light-emitting device manufacturing method Provided is a method that can manufacture a light-emitting device in which quantum dot is used and which has a high luminous efficiency. A light-emitting device (1) is manufactured that includes: a cell (10) including first and second glass plates (11, 12) facing and spaced apart from each other; and quantum dot (17) encapsulated in the cell (10). Prior to the encapsulation of the quantum dot (17), a reduction step of reducing moisture adsorbed on the inside walls of the cell (10) is performed.
US09691934B2	Shallow junction photodiode for detecting short wavelength light The present invention is a photodiode or photodiode array having improved ruggedness for a shallow junction photodiode which is typically used in the detection of short wavelengths of light. In one embodiment, the photodiode has a relatively deep, lightly-doped P zone underneath a P+ layer. By moving the shallow junction to a deeper junction in a range of 2-5 μm below the photodiode surface, the improved device has improved ruggedness, is less prone to degradation, and has an improved linear current.
US09691933B2	Radiation and temperature hard multi-pixel avalanche photodiodes The structure and method of fabricating a radiation and temperature hard avalanche photodiode with integrated radiation and temperature hard readout circuit, comprising a substrate, an avalanche region, an absorption region, and a plurality of Ohmic contacts are presented. The present disclosure provides for tuning of spectral sensitivity and high device efficiency, resulting in photon counting capability with decreased crosstalk and reduced dark current.
US09691929B2	Four junction inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cell with two metamorphic layers A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap; a second solar subcell adjacent to the first solar subcell and having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; a first graded interlayer adjacent to the second solar subcell; the first graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and a third solar subcell adjacent to the first graded interlayer, the third subcell having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell. A second graded interlayer is provided adjacent to the third solar subcell; the second graded interlayer having a fifth band gap greater than the fourth band gap; and a lower fourth solar subcell is provided adjacent to the second graded interlayer, the lower fourth subcell having a sixth band gap smaller than the fourth band gap such that the fourth subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the third subcell.
US09691923B2	Apparatus for and method of forming plural groups of laser beams using two rotating diffractive optical elements An apparatus for and a method of forming a plurality of groups of laser beams (2, 2′, 2″) are defined. Each group (2, 2′, 2″) may comprise two or more laser beams. The apparatus comprises a first diffractive optical element (3, referred as DOE) and a second diffractive optical element (8), the first DOE (3) being arranged to receive a first laser beam (1) and to divide this into a plurality of second laser sub-beams and the second DOE (8) being arranged to receive said plurality of second laser sub-beams and to divide each of these into two or more groups of third laser sub-beams (2, 2′, 2″), the separation of the groups in a direction perpendicular to a first axis being adjustable by rotation of the first DOE (3) about its optical axis and the separation of the third laser sub-beams (2, 2′, 2″) within each group in a direction perpendicular to the first axis being adjustable by rotation of the second DOE (8) about its optical axis.
US09691909B2	Current aperture diode and method of fabricating the same A diode and a method of making same has a cathode an anode and one or more semiconductor layers disposed between the cathode and the anode. A dielectric layer is disposed between at least one of the one or more semiconductor layers and at least one of the cathode or anode, the dielectric layer having one or more openings or trenches formed therein through which the at least one of said cathode or anode projects into the at least one of the one or more semiconductor layers, wherein a ratio of a total surface area of the one or more openings or trenches formed in the dielectric layer at the at least one of the one or more semiconductor layers to a total surface area of the dielectric layer at the at least one of the one or more semiconductor layers is no greater than 0.25.
US09691907B1	Non-volatile memory device and manufacturing method thereof A non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a vertical channel, a control gate, a floating gate, and an erase gate disposed on a substrate. The vertical channel extends upwards in a vertical direction. The control gate, the floating gate, and the erase gate surround the vertical channel respectively, and a part of the floating gate is surrounded by the control gate. The erase gate is disposed between the substrate and the floating gate in the vertical direction, and the floating gate include a tip extending toward the erase gate. The vertical channel and electrodes surrounding the vertical channel, such as the control gate, the floating gate, and the erase gate, are used to reduce the area of the memory cell on the substrate of the non-volatile memory device in the present invention. The density of the memory cells may be enhanced accordingly.
US09691904B2	Semiconductor device To give favorable electrical characteristics to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer over the insulating layer, a pair of electrodes over the semiconductor layer and each electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode over the semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The insulating layer includes an island-shaped projecting portion. A top surface of the projecting portion of the insulating layer is in contact with a bottom surface of the semiconductor layer, and is positioned on an inner side of the semiconductor layer when seen from above. The pair of electrodes covers part of a top surface and part of side surfaces of the semiconductor layer. Furthermore, the gate electrode and the gate insulating layer cover side surfaces of the projecting portion of the insulating layer.
US09691887B2	Semiconductor device with variable resistive element A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body including a drift zone that forms a pn junction with an emitter region. A first load electrode is at a front side of the semiconductor body. A second load electrode is at a rear side of the semiconductor body opposite to the front side. One or more variable resistive elements are electrically connected in a controlled path between the drift zone and one of the first and second load electrodes. The variable resistive elements activate and deactivate electronic elements of the semiconductor device in response to a change of the operational state of the semiconductor device.
US09691886B2	Semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor having an epitaxially grown base A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing an emitter and a collector on a surface of an insulator layer. The emitter and the collector are spaced apart and have a doping of a first conductivity type. An intrinsic base is formed between the emitter and the collector and on the insulator layer by epitaxially growing the intrinsic base from at least a vertical surface of the emitter and a vertical surface of the collector. The intrinsic base has a doping of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, and a first heterojunction exists between the emitter and the intrinsic base and a second heterojunction exists between the collector and the intrinsic base.
US09691884B2	Monolithic three dimensional NAND strings and methods of fabrication thereof Methods of making a monolithic three dimensional NAND string that include forming a stack of alternating first material layers and second material layers over a substrate, where each of the second material layers includes a layer of a first silicon oxide material between two layers of a second silicon oxide material different from the first silicon oxide material, etching the stack to form a front side opening in the stack, forming a memory film over a sidewall of the front side opening, and forming a semiconductor channel in the front side opening such that at least a portion of the memory film is located between the semiconductor channel and the sidewall of the front side opening, where at least one of an air gap or a material which has a dielectric constant below 3.9 is formed between the respective two layers of second silicon oxide material.
US09691878B2	Method of manufacturing MOSFET Provided is a method for manufacturing a MOSFET, including: forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region for the MOSFET; performing etching with the STI as a mask, to expose a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and to protrude a portion of the STI with respect to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, resulting in a protruding portion; forming a first spacer on sidewalls of the protruding portion; forming a gate stack on the semiconductor substrate; forming a second spacer surrounding the gate stack; forming openings in the semiconductor substrate with the STI, the gate stack, the first spacer and the second spacer as a mask; epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer with a bottom surface and sidewalls of each of the openings as a growth seed layer; and performing ion implantation into the semiconductor layer to form source and drain regions.
US09691871B1	Process for forming a layer of equiaxed titanium nitride and a MOSFET device having a metal gate electrode including a layer of equiaxed titanium nitride Local variability of the grain size of work function metal, as well as its crystal orientation, induces a variable work function and local variability of transistor threshold voltage. If the metal nitride for the work function metal of the transistor gate is deposited using a radio frequency physical vapor deposition, equiaxed grains are produced. The substantially equiaxed structure for the metal nitride work function metal layer (such as with TiN) reduces local variability in threshold voltage.
US09691864B1	Semiconductor device having a cavity and method for manufacturing thereof A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming at least one recess in the semiconductor substrate; the recess having a bottom and a sidewall; forming an auxiliary structure on the sidewall and the bottom of the recess and forming a hollow space within the recess; filling the hollow space of the recess with a filling material for forming a filling structure in the recess; removing portions of the auxiliary structure from the sidewall of the recess so as to form at least one cavity between the filling structure and the sidewall of the recess; and sealing the cavity at the first side of the semiconductor substrate.
US09691862B2	Semiconductor device having field plate structures and gate electrode structures between the field plate structures A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor in a semiconductor substrate having a first surface. The field effect transistor includes a first field plate structure and a second field plate structure, each extending in a first direction parallel to the first surface, and gate electrode structures disposed over the first surface and extending in a second direction parallel to the first surface, the gate electrode structures being disposed between the first and the second field plate structures.
US09691855B2	Method of growing a high quality III-V compound layer on a silicon substrate The present disclosure involves a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. A surface of a silicon wafer is cleaned. A first buffer layer is then epitaxially grown on the silicon wafer. The first buffer layer contains an aluminum nitride (AlN) material. A second buffer layer is then epitaxially grown on the first buffer layer. The second buffer layer includes a plurality of aluminum gallium nitride (AlxGa1-xN) sub-layers. Each of the sub-layers has a respective value for x that is between 0 and 1. A value of x for each sub-layer is a function of its position within the second buffer layer. A first gallium nitride (GaN) layer is epitaxially grown over the second buffer layer. A third buffer layer is then epitaxially grown over the first GaN layer. A second GaN layer is then epitaxially grown over the third buffer layer.
US09691850B2	Vertical transistor with air-gap spacer A vertical transistor has a first air-gap spacer between a gate and a bottom source/drain region, and a second air-gap spacer between the gate and the contact to the bottom source/drain region. A dielectric layer disposed between the gate and the contact to the top source/drain decreases parasitic capacitance and inhibits electrical shorting.
US09691848B2	Semiconductor devices with germanium-rich active layers and doped transition layers Semiconductor device stacks and devices made there from having Ge-rich device layers. A Ge-rich device layer is disposed above a substrate, with a p-type doped Ge etch suppression layer (e.g., p-type SiGe) disposed there between to suppress etch of the Ge-rich device layer during removal of a sacrificial semiconductor layer richer in Si than the device layer. Rates of dissolution of Ge in wet etchants, such as aqueous hydroxide chemistries, may be dramatically decreased with the introduction of a buried p-type doped semiconductor layer into a semiconductor film stack, improving selectivity of etchant to the Ge-rich device layers.
US09691839B2	Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor with insulator stack having a plurality of metal oxide layers Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors with insulator stacks having a plurality of metal oxide layers are described. For example, a MIM capacitor for a semiconductor device includes a trench disposed in a dielectric layer disposed above a substrate. A first metal plate is disposed along the bottom and sidewalls of the trench. An insulator stack is disposed above and conformal with the first metal plate. The insulator stack includes a first metal oxide layer having a first dielectric constant and a second metal oxide layer having a second dielectric constant. The first dielectric constant is higher than the second dielectric constant. The MIM capacitor also includes a second metal plate disposed above and conformal with the insulator stack.
US09691838B1	Chip resistor A chip resistor includes a substrate having first and second electrodes disposed on one surface thereof to be separated from each other. A first resistor electrically connects the first electrode to the second electrode, and a second resistor electrically connects the first electrode to the second electrode. When temperatures of the first electrode and the second electrode are different from each other, thermo electromotive force generated from the first resistor is less than thermo electromotive force generated from the second resistor, and a temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) of the second resistor is lower than the TCR of the first resistor.
US09691835B2	Double-face display panel The double-face display panel comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array mode, and the pixel unit comprises an anode, a cathode, an organic material functional layer arranged between the anode and the cathode and at least one thin film transistor, wherein the anode comprises a transmission anode and a reflection anode, the cathode comprises a transmission cathode and a reflection cathode, the transmission anode at least corresponds to the reflection cathode, the transmission cathode at least corresponds to the reflection anode, and the reflection anode and the reflection cathode are arranged in a staggered mode; the transmission anode is electrically connected with a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and the reflection anode is electrically connected with the drain electrode of the thin film transistor.
US09691833B2	Thin film transistor substrate and display using the same The present invention relates to a thin film transistor substrate having two different types of semiconductor materials on the same substrate, and a display using the same. A disclosed display may include a substrate, a first thin film transistor having a polycrystalline semiconductor material on the substrate and a second thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor material on the substrate.
US09691827B2	Display device According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix along two directions intersecting with each other. Each of the pixels includes three sub-pixels corresponding to three of four colors including a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color. An area of one sub-pixel among the three sub-pixels is larger than the area of each of the other two sub-pixels. A sub-pixel of the fourth color is one of the other two sub-pixels. Pixels each including the sub-pixel of the fourth color are not adjacent to each other in at least one of the two directions in the display unit.
US09691825B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device including semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrodes Provided is a light-emitting device which can emit monochromatic lights with high color purity due to a microcavity effect and which can provide a white light with a broad spectrum when the monochromatic lights are combined. The light-emitting device has a red-, green-, blue-, and yellow-emissive light-emitting elements each of which has a reflective electrode and a semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode. The red-, green-, blue-, and yellow-emissive light-emitting elements have the same structure other than the reflective electrode and a layer in contact with the reflective electrode to selectively emit red, green, blue, and yellow lights, respectively. Red, green, and blue color filters are also provided over the red-, green-, blue-, light-emitting elements, respectively. An EL layer is commonly shared by the red-, green-, blue-, and yellow-emissive light-emitting elements, and the semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode covers an edge portion of the EL layer.
US09691808B2	Radiation detector with diffusion stop layer A radiation detector may include: a common electrode; a thin film transistor (TFT) array; a photoconductor material layer disposed between the common electrode and the TFT array; and a diffusion stop layer, disposed between the common electrode and the TFT array, on a location corresponding to a connecting portion where the common electrode is connected to a bias voltage supply source, wherein the diffusion stop layer prevents a metal included in the connecting portion from diffusing to the photoconductor material layer.
US09691806B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, electronic device, solid-state imaging apparatus, and imaging apparatus A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first semiconductor substrate in which a part of an analog circuit is formed between the analog circuit and a digital circuit which subjects an analog output signal output from the analog circuit to digital conversion; a second semiconductor substrate in which the remaining part of the analog circuit and the digital circuit are formed; and a substrate connection portion which connects the first and second semiconductor substrates to each other. The substrate connection portion transmits an analog signal which is generated by a part of the analog circuit of the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate.
US09691775B1	Combined SADP fins for semiconductor devices and methods of making the same A semiconductor cell includes a substrate and an array of at least five substantially parallel fins having substantially equal fin widths disposed on the substrate. The array includes a predetermined minimum spacing distance between at least one pair of adjacent fins within the array. The array has a first n-type fin for an n-type semiconductor device, and a first p-type fin for a p-type semiconductor device. The first p-type fin is disposed adjacent the first n-type fin and spaced a predetermined first n-to-p distance apart from the first n-type fin. The first n-to-p distance is greater than the minimum spacing distance and less than the sum of the fin width plus twice the minimum spacing distance.
US09691768B2	Nanowire or 2D material strips interconnects in an integrated circuit cell An integrated circuit design tool includes a cell library. The cell library includes entries for a plurality of cells, entries in the cell library including specifications of particular cells in a computer executable language. At least one entry in the cell library can comprise a specification of physical structures and timing parameters of a circuit including a first transistor, a second transistor, and an interconnect connecting a terminal of the first transistor to a terminal of the second transistor, the interconnect comprising one or more nanowires or 2D material strips arranged in parallel. An integrated circuit including the circuit is described.
US09691767B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to a disclosed embodiment includes: implanting a first impurity into a first region of a semiconductor substrate, forming a semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a trench in the semiconductor layer and the semiconductor substrate, forming an isolation insulating film in the trench, implanting a second impurity into a second region of the semiconductor layer, forming a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode in the first region, forming a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode in the second region, forming a first source region and a first drain region at both sides of the first gate electrode, and forming a second source region and a second drain region at both sides of the second gate electrode.
US09691764B2	FinFET cell architecture with power traces A finFET block architecture suitable for use of a standard cell library, is based on an arrangement including a first set of semiconductor fins in a first region of the substrate having a first conductivity type, and a second set of semiconductor fins in a second region of the substrate, the second region having a second conductivity type. A patterned gate conductor layer including gate traces in the first and second regions, arranged over channel regions of the first and second sets of semiconductor fins is used for transistor gates. Patterned conductor layers over the gate conductor layer are arranged in orthogonal layout patterns, and can include a plurality of floating power buses over the fins in the first and second regions.
US09691763B2	Multi-gate FinFET semiconductor device with flexible design width A semiconductor device includes a substrate extending in a first direction to define a substrate length and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to define a substrate width. A first semiconductor fin is formed on an upper surface of the substrate. The first semiconductor fin extends along the second direction at a first distance to define a first fin width. A second semiconductor fin is formed on the upper surface of the substrate. The second semiconductor fin extends along the second direction at a second distance to define a second fin width. The second distance may be different with respect to the first distance such that the first and second fin widths are different with respect to one another.
US09691754B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure comprises a well, a first lightly doped region, a second lightly doped region, a first heavily doped region, a second heavily doped region and a gate. The first lightly doped region is disposed in the well. The second lightly doped region is disposed in the well and separated from the first lightly doped region. The first heavily doped region is disposed in the first lightly doped region. The second heavily doped region is partially disposed in the second lightly doped region. The second heavily doped region has a surface contacting the well. The gate is disposed on the well between the first heavily doped region and the second heavily doped region. The well has a first doping type. The first lightly doped region, the second lightly doped region, the first heavily doped region and the second heavily doped region have a second doping type.
US09691747B1	Manufacture of wafer—panel die package assembly technology Disclosed is a process, structure, equipment and apparatus directed to a low cost, high volume approach for the assembly of ultra small die to three-dimensional (3D) or 2.5D semiconductor packages.
US09691743B2	Localized redistribution layer structure for embedded component package and method An embedded component package includes an embedded component substrate. The embedded component substrate includes an electronic component having an active surface including bond pads and a package body encapsulating the electronic component. The package body includes a principle surface coplanar with the active surface. A localized redistribution layer (RDL) dielectric layer is on the active surface. A localized RDL conductive layer is on the localized RDL dielectric layer and is coupled to the bond pads through openings in localized RDL dielectric layer. A primary RDL dielectric layer encloses the entire embedded component substrate and directly contacts the localized RDL dielectric layer, the localized RDL conductive layer, and the principal surface of the package body. The localized RDL conductive layer provides additional space for routing of additional interconnects while the localized RDL dielectric layer acts as a stress buffer.
US09691727B2	Pad-less interconnect for electrical coreless substrate A microelectronic device includes a laminated mounting substrate including a die side and a land side with a surface finish layer disposed in a recess on the mounting substrate die side. An electrically conductive first plug is in contact with the surface finish layer and an electrically conductive subsequent plug is disposed on the mounting substrate land side and it is electrically coupled to the electrically conductive first plug and disposed directly below the electrically conductive first plug.
US09691724B2	Multi-chip package and manufacturing method Manufacturing method and a multi-chip package, which comprises a conductor pattern and insulation, and, inside the insulation, a first component, the contact terminals of which face towards the conductor pattern and are conductively connected to the conductor pattern. The multi-chip package also comprises inside the insulation a second semiconductor chip, the contact terminals of which face towards the same conductor pattern and are conductively connected through contact elements to this conductor pattern. The semiconductor chips are located in such a way that the first semiconductor chip is located between the second semiconductor chip and the conductor pattern.
US09691721B2	Jog design in integrated circuits A device includes an active region in a semiconductor substrate, a gate strip over and crossing the active region, and a jog over the active region and connected to the gate strip to form a continuous region. The jog is on a side of the gate strip. A first contact plug is at a same level as the gate strip, wherein the first contact plug is on the side of the gate strip. A second contact plug is over the jog and the first contact plug. The second contact plug electrically interconnects the first contact plug and the jog.
US09691717B2	Fabricating process for package substrate A core substrate is prepared first, a bottom redistribution layer RDL1 is formed. Any warpage of the RDL1 is suppressed by the core substrate. In a later process, warpage is further suppressed by a molding compound encapsulating the core substrate. A plurality of metal pillars are formed passing through the core substrate longitudinally; a top redistribution layer RDL2 is then formed on a top surface of the metal pillars.
US09691716B2	Techniques for enhancing fracture resistance of interconnects Techniques and structure are disclosed for enhancing fracture resistance of back-end interconnects and other such interconnect structures by increasing via density. Increased via density can be provided, for example, within the filler/dummified portion(s) of adjacent circuit layers within a die. In some cases, an electrically isolated (floating) filler line of an upper circuit layer may include a via which lands on a floating filler line of a lower circuit layer in a region corresponding to where the filler lines cross/intersect. In some such cases, the floating filler line of the upper circuit layer may be formed as a dual-damascene structure including such a via. In some embodiments, a via similarly may be provided between a floating filler line of the upper circuit layer and a sufficiently electrically isolated interconnect line of the lower circuit layer. The techniques/structure can be used to provide mechanical integrity for the die.
US09691715B2	Support for long channel length nanowire transistors A nanowire device includes a first component formed on a substrate and a second component disposed apart from the first component on the substrate. A nanowire is configured to connect the first component to the second component. An anchor pad is formed along a span of the nanowire and configured to support the nanowire along the span to prevent sagging.
US09691704B1	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor structure comprises a first wire level, a second wire level and a via level. The first wire level comprises a first conductive feature. The second wire level is disposed on the first wire level. The second wire level comprises a second conductive feature and a third conductive feature. The via level is disposed between the first wire level and the second wire level. The via level comprises a via connecting the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. There is a first air gap between the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. There is a second air gap between the second conductive feature and the third conductive feature. The first air gap and the second air gap are linked.
US09691701B2	SOC with integrated voltage regulator using preformed MIM capacitor wafer In some embodiments, a method and/or a system may include an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include a semiconductor die. The integrated circuit may include a plurality of wiring layers. At least one metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor may be formed within the plurality of wiring layers. The integrated circuit may include a circuit. The circuit may include at least an inductor and a voltage regulator which, with the MIM capacitor, forms a voltage regulator for the semiconductor die. The circuit may be coupled substantially below at least a portion of the MIM capacitor in the plurality of layers. The circuit may be electrically coupled to the capacitor through the plurality of wiring layers. The integrated circuit may include a plurality of electrical connectors, the plurality of electrical connectors coupled to the second surface at points separate from an area of the second surface that is occupied by the circuit.
US09691699B2	Circuit structure and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a circuit structure is described as follows. Two patterned circuit layers are formed on a core layer. The patterned circuit layers are located on two opposite surfaces of the core layer. A patterned insulating layer is respectively formed on each of the patterned circuit layers. The patterned insulating layers respectively expose a portion of the patterned circuit layers. The core layer is removed so as to expose an upper surface of each of the patterned circuit layers and a top surface of each of the patterned insulating layers. The upper surface of each of the patterned circuit layers is aligned with the top surface of each of the patterned insulating layers.
US09691686B2	Contact pad for semiconductor device A device and method of manufacture is provided that utilize a dummy pad feature adjacent contact pads. The contact pads may be contact pads in an integrated fan-out package in which a molding compound is placed along sidewalls of a die and the contact pads extend over the die and the molding compound. The contact pads are electrically coupled to the die using one or more redistribution layers. The dummy pad features are electrically isolated from the contact pads. In some embodiments, the dummy pad features partially encircle the contact pads and are located in a corner region of the molding compound, a corner region of the die, and/or an interface region between an edge of the die and the molding compound.
US09691680B2	Structured substrate A structured substrate configured for epitaxial growth of a semiconductor layer thereon is provided. Structures can be formed on a side of the structured substrate opposite that of the growth surface for the semiconductor layer. The structures can include cavities and/or pillars, which can be patterned, randomly distributed, and/or the like. The structures can be configured to modify one or more properties of the substrate material such that growth of a higher quality semiconductor layer can be obtained.
US09691673B2	Power module semiconductor device There is provided a power module semiconductor device allowing reduction in size and weight of a thin type SiC power module. The power module semiconductor device includes: a ceramic substrate; a first pattern of a first copper plate layer disposed on a surface of the ceramic substrate; a first semiconductor chip disposed on the first pattern; a first pillar connection electrode disposed on the first pattern; and an output terminal connected to the first pillar connection electrode.
US09691669B1	Test structures and methods for measuring silicon thickness in fully depleted silicon-on-insulator technologies Described are test structures and methods for measuring silicon thickness in fully depleted silicon-on-insulator technologies.
US09691667B2	Integrated circuit and manufacturing method thereof An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, and at least two transistors connected in series on the semiconductor substrate, wherein each transistor shares a source electrode or a drain electrode with an adjacent transistor. The integrated circuit also includes a hermetic cavity disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode, between gate electrodes of adjacent transistors. The source electrode disposed at a first end portion of the series of transistors is in direct contact with a source interconnect, and the drain electrode disposed at a second end portion of the series of transistors is in direct contact with a drain interconnect.
US09691649B2	Linear vacuum robot with z motion and articulated arm There is described apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates including wafers as to efficiently produce at reasonable costs improved throughput as compared to systems in use today. A linear transport chamber includes linear tracks and robot arms riding on the linear tracks to linearly transfer substrates along the sides of processing chambers for feeding substrates into a controlled atmosphere through a load lock and then along a transport chamber as a way of reaching processing chambers. A four-axis robot arm is disclosed, capable of linear translation, rotation and articulation, and z-motion.
US09691647B2	Holding apparatus for holding substrates The present disclosure relates to a holding apparatus for holding substrates, comprising: a case, and a first support rod and a second support rod, the first support rod is provided with first support sub-rods, and the second support rod is provided with second support sub-rods, the holding apparatus further comprising: a first adjusting mechanism configured to control the first support sub-rods at a first position to move in a direction perpendicular to the first support rod, so as to adjust gaps between the first support sub-rods and the second support sub-rods at a second position corresponding to the first position, and/or a second adjusting mechanism configured to control the second support sub-rods at the second position to move in a direction perpendicular to the second support rod, so as to adjust gaps between the second support sub-rods and the first support sub-rods at the first position.
US09691639B2	Process container In order to provide a process container for carrying out a cleaning process, a drying process, a deburring process, a coating process and/or a coating removal process on a workpiece in the interior of the process container, comprising a wall delimiting the interior of the process container, which is usable in a maintenance-friendly and flexible manner, it is proposed that the process container comprises at least one medium passage, by means of which a medium is guidable through the wall of the process container, at least two different process elements of different types being adaptable to at least one of the medium passages.
US09691637B2	Method for packaging an integrated circuit device with stress buffer A method of fabricating a plurality of semiconductor devices includes attaching a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) die to a substrate including forming electric connections between contacts on the IC die and contacts on the substrate. After the IC die is attached to the substrate, a first encapsulating material is placed over stress-sensitive areas of the IC die. The first encapsulating material includes thirty percent or less of filler particles greater than a specified size. A second encapsulating material is placed over the first encapsulating material. The second encapsulating material includes sixty percent or more of filler particles.
US09691634B2	Method for creating through-connected vias and conductors on a substrate A method for creating electrically or thermally conductive vias in both vertical and horizontal orientations in a dielectric material has the steps of: (a) depositing a powder comprising metallic particles on a planar surface of a dielectric material having through or blind vias; (b) drying the deposited powder of metallic particles; (c) polishing the powder of metallic powders into the through or blind vias; (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) on a reverse side of the dielectric material; and (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until no unfilled vias are detected.
US09691624B2	Method for manufacturing fin structure Provided is a method for manufacturing a fin structure. The method may include forming an initial fin on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate to cover the initial fin, planarizing the dielectric layer by sputtering, and further etching the dielectric layer back to expose a portion of the initial fin, wherein the exposed portion serves as a fin.
US09691622B2	Pre-fill wafer cleaning formulation A pre-fill solution for application onto a substrate surface prior to a fill operation is provided, the fill operation defined by application of an electroless deposition solution onto the substrate surface to deposit a metallic material in an etched feature, the substrate surface having metallic contaminants generated from an etch operation that generated the etched feature in the substrate surface, the pre-fill solution effective for preventing the electroless deposition solution from depositing on the metallic contaminants, the pre-fill solution comprising: a surfactant, the surfactant configured to enhance wetting of the substrate surface, the concentration of the surfactant in the solution being approximately in the range of 10 ppm to 2000 ppm, wherein the surfactant is an amphoteric surfactant; oxalic acid dihydrate; and hypophosphorous acid as a pH adjusting agent configured to reduce the pH of the solution to approximately less than 2 during the application onto the substrate surface.
US09691621B2	Silicide region of gate-all-around transistor The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and methods of forming same. A representative structure for a semiconductor device comprises a substrate; a nanowire structure protruding from the substrate having a channel region disposed between a source region and a drain region; a pair of silicide regions extending into opposite sides of the source region, wherein each of the pair of silicide regions comprise a vertical portion adjacent to the source region and a horizontal portion adjacent to the substrate; and a metal gate surrounding a portion the channel region.
US09691618B2	Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices including performing an atomic layer etching process Provided are a semiconductor device fabricating apparatus configured to perform an atomic layer etching process and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device including performing the atomic layer etching process. The method includes loading a wafer onto an electrostatic chuck in a chamber, performing a first periodical process in which a first gas is supplied to an inside of the chamber and the first gas is adsorbed onto the wafer, performing a second periodical process in which a second gas is supplied to the inside of the chamber and the first gas remaining in the chamber is exhausted to an outside of the chamber, performing a third periodical process in which a third gas is supplied to the inside of the chamber, plasma including the third gas is generated, the plasma collides with the wafer, and the first gas adsorbed onto the wafer is removed, and unloading the wafer to the outside of the chamber.
US09691616B2	Method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device by using protective films to activate dopants in the silicon carbide semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a step of preparing a silicon carbide substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface, a step of forming a doped region in the silicon carbide substrate by doping the first main surface with an impurity, a step of forming a first protecting film on the first main surface, and a step of forming a second protecting film on the second main surface, the step of forming a first protecting film being performed after the step of forming a doped region, the method further including a step of activating the impurity included in the doped region by annealing with at least a portion of the first main surface covered with the first protecting film and at least a portion of the second main surface covered with the second protecting film.
US09691611B2	Method of fabricating two-dimensional layered chalcogenide film A method and apparatus for fabricating two-dimensional layered chalcogenide film are provided. A catalyst gas, a metal-based precursor gas and a chalcogen-based precursor gas are ionized with external stimuli to generate energetic particles which facilitate a chalcogen-substitution reaction of a metal-based precursor gas in a reaction chamber to form uniform two-dimensional layered chalcogenide film of at least a single crystalline layer via chemical vapor deposition.
US09691608B2	Silicon carbide substrate, silicon carbide semiconductor device, and methods for manufacturing silicon carbide substrate and silicon carbide semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide substrate includes the following steps. There is prepared a silicon carbide single crystal substrate having a first main surface, a second main surface, and a first side end portion, the second main surface being opposite to the first main surface, the first side end portion connecting the first main surface and the second main surface to each other, the first main surface having a width with a maximum value of more than 100 mm. A silicon carbide epitaxial layer is formed in contact with the first side end portion, the first main surface, and a boundary between the first main surface and the first side end portion. The silicon carbide epitaxial layer formed in contact with the first side end portion and the boundary is removed.
US09691599B2	Ultraviolet light emitting device that can suppress time-dependent decrease in emission intensity during continuous operation An ultraviolet light emitting device comprises: a first substrate having a main surface; a second substrate facing the main surface of the first substrate; a gas in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate; electrodes directly or indirectly on the main surface of the first substrate; a dielectric layer that is located directly or indirectly on the main surface of the first substrate and covers the electrodes; and a first light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer is located directly or indirectly on the dielectric layer and emits ultraviolet light in the gas due to electrical discharge between the electrodes. The first light-emitting layer is thicker in first regions on the dielectric layer than in second regions. The second regions include at least part of regions directly above the electrodes.
US09691598B2	Ionizer and mass spectrometer including first section for ionizing sample under atmospheric pressure while vaporizing or desorbing the sample component and second section for generating corona discharge In the ionizer of the present invention, a stream of gas spouted from a nozzle (18) of a DART ionization unit (10) vaporizes and ionizes the components in a sample (25). Gaseous sample-component molecules which have not been ionized by that process are subsequently ionized by a reaction with a reactant ion produced by a corona discharge generated from a needle electrode (20). Such a two-stage ionization of the sample-component molecules improves the ionization efficiency. A needle-electrode support mechanism (21) adjusts the position and/or angle of the needle electrode (20) and thereby controls a potential gradient. Therefore, a specific sample-derived ion species can be efficiently introduced into an ion introduction tube (31) and be detected with a high level of sensitivity.
US09691589B2	Dual pass scanning A method for exposing a wafer using a plurality of charged particle beamlets. The method comprises identifying non-functional beamlets among the beamlets, allocating a first subset of the beamlets for exposing a first portion of the wafer, the first subset excluding the identified non-functional beamlets, performing a first scan for exposing the first portion of the wafer using the first subset of the beamlets, allocating a second subset of the beamlets for exposing a second portion of the wafer, the second subset also excluding the identified non-functional beamlets, and performing a second scan for exposing the second portion of the wafer using the second subset of the beamlets, wherein the first and second portions of the wafer do not overlap and together comprise the complete area of the wafer to be exposed.
US09691582B2	Photo-control receptacle The invention relates to a photo-control receptacle, which comprises a base, having a power jack formed on one side and a pin holding groove formed on the other side thereof and communicated with the power jack; a mounting base, connected with the base through a connecting structure, having a plurality of pin mounting grooves arranged on one end and cable grooves arranged on the other end thereof and communicated with the pin mounting grooves; wherein, each of the pin mounting grooves has a metal pin arranged therein, which is further arranged to extend into the pin holding groove, the cable groove has a cable arranged therein and connected with the metal pin. The photo-control receptacle of the utility model achieves the tool-free installation, the assembly process is simple and saves time and labor. In addition, according to the actual situation, the orientation of the photo-control device can be adjusted by changing the relative position of the base and the mounting base.
US09691576B2	Temperature-dependent switch A temperature-dependent switch has a temperature-dependent switching mechanism, a housing accommodating the switching mechanism, two first connections between which first connections the switching mechanism makes or interrupts an electrically conductive connection depending on the temperature of said switching mechanism, and a heating resistor that is arranged on an outside of the housing and is connected electrically in series with the two connections. The heating resistor is a sheet-like metal part that is welded to the housing and carries a further connection.
US09691566B2	State and operation indicator for a switch A state and operation indicator for a snap switch is provided. Presently, instrumentation is often needed in order to determine if a snap switch is malfunctioning. Information may be provided on a control panel inconveniently positioned remotely as compared with the location of the snap switch itself. This disclosure provides for an indicator of the state and operation of a snap switch, which does not require the use of instrumentation, and which is proximate the snap switch. This indicator can be used in both alternating and direct current circuits. When the common terminal of the switch is energized an associated light can provide a cue that the power is on. The state and operation indicator can also have either a light associated with the normally open terminal, a light associated with the normally closed terminal, or both. These lights can respond to indicate the state and operation of the switch.
US09691560B2	Single- or multi-pole switching device, in particular for DC applications The invention relates to a single- or multi-pole switching device, in particular for DC applications, having at least one rotating switching element (2) which is connected to a drive, and also comprising switching contacts (4, 5), connection pieces (7) and connection poles or connection terminals (8) and a housing arrangement which accommodates the abovementioned parts. According to the invention, a movably guided rotary cylinder (2) is formed in the housing arrangement, said rotary cylinder being located in a body which is designed as a rotary cylinder holder (1). The rotary cylinder (2) has at least one contact pin (3) which passes radially or tangentially or eccentrically through the rotary cylinder and has, at its end, a contact piece (4) in each case. Mating contact pieces (5) are arranged in the rotary cylinder holder (1), said mating contact pieces being electrically connected to the connection pieces (7) or connection poles or connection terminals (8). A narrow, arc-influencing gap is present between the rotary cylinder (2) and the rotary cylinder holder (1), wherein, as a result of the movement of the rotary cylinder (2), the electrical connection between the contact pieces (4) and the mating contact pieces (5) can be broken by way of the contact pin (3) and the resulting disconnection arcs (11) enter the air gap subject to an extension and are rapidly extinguished there.
US09691558B2	Electric current switching apparatus An exemplary electric switch mounting arrangement includes a housing and a stationary contact to be mounted to an aperture in a wall of the housing. The arrangement having a compensation component within the interior area of the aperture for allowing stationary contacts of two different sizes to be mounted to the aperture, which compensation component includes one or more projections formed on the housing or the stationary contact and/or one or more recesses formed on the housing or stationary contact for receiving the one or more projections.
US09691557B2	Free-standing hybrid nanomembrane as energy storage electrode and the fabrication method thereof Disclosed is a free-standing hybrid nanomembrane capable of energy storage. The free-standing hybrid nanomembrane includes carbon nanotube sheets and a conducting polymer coated on the carbon nanotube sheets. The carbon nanotube sheets are densified sheets formed by evaporating an alcohol from carbon nanotube aerogel sheets. The conducting polymer is coated on the carbon nanotube sheets by vapor phase polymerization. Further disclosed is a method for fabricating the free-standing hybrid nanomembrane.
US09691553B2	Production method for tungsten anode body A method for producing an anode body in a capacitor, which includes making a molded body by molding a tungsten powder and making an anode body by sintering the molded body, which includes a step of bringing the tungsten powder or the molded body thereof into contact with a solution of a silicon compound before sintering the molded body so as to adjust the silicon content in the anode body to 0.05 to 7 mass %.
US09691544B2	Electrostatically tunable magnetoelectric inductors with large inductance tunability An electrostatically tunable magnetoelectric inductor including: a substrate; a piezoelectric layer; and a magnetoelectric structure comprising a first electrically conductive layer, a magnetic film layer, a second electrically conductive layer, and recesses formed so as to create at least one electrically conductive coil around the magnetic film layer; with a portion of the substrate removed so as to enhance deformation of the piezoelectric layer. Also disclosed is a method of making the same. This inductor displays a tunable inductance range of >5:1 while consuming less than 0.5 mJ of power in the process of tuning, does not require continual current to maintain tuning, and does not require complex mechanical components such as actuators or switches.
US09691540B2	Hybrid passive device and hybrid manufacturing method A hybrid passive device for synergizing at least one passive component which resides in at least one technology is provided. The hybrid passive device includes a first passive component and a second passive component. The first passive component resides in a first technology of the at least one technology and/or a second technology of the at least one technology, the second technology is different from the first technology, and a technology boundary is arranged between the second technology and the first technology. The second passive component of the at least one passive component is different from the first passive component. The second passive component resides in the first technology and/or the second technology, and the first passive component and the second passive component are electromagnetically coupled to each other through the technology boundary.
US09691532B2	Connection structure of high-temperature superconducting wire piece, high-temperature superconducting wire using connection structure, and high-temperature superconducting coil using connection structure A connection structure of a multi-layer wire includes at least a substrate, a high-temperature superconducting layer, a tape-type laminated body, a conductor layer, and a passage forming body. The high-temperature superconducting layer is formed on one surface of the substrate. The tape-type laminated body including at least the substrate and the high-temperature superconducting layer. The conductor layer covering an outer periphery of the tape-type laminated body. The passage forming body serving as a flowing path of a superconducting current generated in the high-temperature superconducting wire piece. The passage forming body is bonded by a bonding material is arranged on a side surface of the conductor layer, the side surface being located on an opposite side to the high-temperature superconducting layer with respect to the substrate.
US09691524B2	Systems and methods for applying metallic laminates to cables A laminated cable includes a metal laminate surrounding a cable core having first and second ends. Solder is applied adjacent the ends of the laminate, and is heated and subsequently cooled to form a metal seal. The solder can be melted in a plastic jacketing extruder as the extruder applies a plastic jacket over the metal laminate.
US09691517B2	Hydroxy compound, ion conducting agent, and electroconductive resin composition Provided are a hydroxy compound and an ion conducting agent each having excellent electroconductivity. Also provided is an electroconductive resin composition suppressed in bleeding and excellent in electroconductivity through the use of the hydroxy compound. Specifically, provided are a hydroxy compound represented by the following general formula (1), and an ion conducting agent including the hydroxy compound.
US09691516B2	Personal electromagnetic hygiene sleep system A personal electromagnetic hygiene sleep system for calibrating a human to a baseline bio-electric homeostasis with the human and the environment via stimulus-responsive and performance textiles. These textiles possessing tested and theoretical benefits to the human organism such as: Harnessing the Earth's electrically negative potential via the Earth's mobile and free electrons to be an agent that assist in canceling, reducing, or pushing away electric fields from the body as well as serving to help attenuate oxidative stress and damage to the body from positively charged Reactive Oxygen Species (Free Radicals). Conference of these benefits are effected via a person being in direct or field contact with certain stimulus-responsive performance textiles and a plurality of adjacent conductive fibers for the transport of free electrons to the body from a greater electrically negative potential, an electrical ground, via the ground potential in a standard wall outlet. All superimposed upon a mattress.
US09691515B2	Bus bar assembly comprising a memory metal composition A power distribution system element formed via an additive manufacturing technique, such as applying a conductive material to a memory metal substrate, are discussed herein. In operation (e.g. in response to delivering current through the distribution system), the memory metal contracts while the conductive material expands. The result is distribution system element having reduced thermal expansion, which can be net zero coefficient of thermal expansion.
US09691511B1	Target-fueled nuclear reactor for medical isotope production A small, low-enriched, passively safe, low-power nuclear reactor comprises a core of target and fuel pins that can be processed to produce the medical isotope 99Mo and other fission product isotopes. The fuel for the reactor and the targets for the 99Mo production are the same. The fuel can be low enriched uranium oxide, enriched to less than 20% 235U. The reactor power level can be 1 to 2 MW. The reactor is passively safe and maintains negative reactivity coefficients. The total radionuclide inventory in the reactor core is minimized since the fuel/target pins are removed and processed after 7 to 21 days.
US09691510B2	Equipment protecting enclosures Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which the equipment is protected from radiation and hazardous gases by equipment enclosures. The equipment enclosures may be purged with gas.
US09691493B1	Device for generating a voltage reference comprising a non-volatile memory cell A device for generating a reference voltage includes a first non-volatile memory cell provided with a control-gate transistor and a reading transistor. The control-gate transistor includes a gate terminal, a body, a first conduction terminal and a second conduction terminal. The first conduction terminal and the second conduction terminal are connected together to form a control-gate terminal. The reading transistor includes a gate terminal that is connected to the gate terminal of the control-gate transistor to form a floating-gate terminal, a body, a third conduction terminal and a fourth conduction terminal. The device also includes a second, equivalent, memory cell. The source terminal of the first non-volatile memory cell and the source terminal of the second equivalent memory cell are connected together.
US09691491B2	Methods and apparatus to track bit cell current using temperature and voltage dependent reference currents An example method to track bit cell current in a memory architecture. An example method disclosed herein includes generating a first reference current dependent on bit cell temperature. The example method includes generating a second reference current dependent on bit cell voltage and supplying a third reference current of constant magnitude. In examples disclosed herein, the example method involves summing the first reference current, the second reference current, and the third reference current. The example method includes determining, with a sense amplifier, a bit cell logic state based on the first reference current, the second reference current, and the third reference current.
US09691489B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with first and second read operations with different read voltages A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a memory cell array and a control circuit. The control circuit executes a first reading operation and a second reading operation. The first reading operation is an operation of reading a threshold voltage set in the selected memory cell by setting a voltage between a control gate electrode and source of the selected memory cell to a first value. The second reading operation is an operation of reading a threshold voltage set in the selected memory cell by setting a voltage between the control gate electrode and source of the selected memory cell to a second value lower than the first value. When executing the second reading operation, the control circuit keeps a voltage of the control gate electrode of the selected memory cell to 0 or a positive value.
US09691487B2	Storage device and table management method thereof According to example embodiments, a table management method includes determining whether a table associated with a page in at least one nonvolatile memory device needs to be recovered, performing a block scan operation on a block in the at least one nonvolatile memory device if the table needs to be recovered, recovering the table using a time difference read from each of a plurality of pages in the block during the block scan operation, and updating the recovered table to the at least one nonvolatile memory device. The table is associated with a page among the plurality of pages in the block. The time difference is time elapsed until a current page is programmed from program time of a previous page among the plurality of pages.
US09691485B1	Storage system and method for marginal write-abort detection using a memory parameter change A storage system and method for marginal write-abort detection using a memory parameter change is provided. In one embodiment, a method for detecting a write abort is provided that is performed in a storage system having a memory. The method comprises reading a lower page in memory; determining if any data is written in the lower page; and in response to determining that no data is written in the lower page: increasing source voltage for memory cells in the lower page; re-reading the lower page; determining if a read failure exists in the re-read lower page; and in response to determining that a read failure exists in the re-read lower page, detecting a write abort. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
US09691475B2	Constructions comprising stacked memory arrays Some embodiments include a construction having a first memory array deck and a second memory array deck over the first memory array deck. The second memory array deck differs from the first memory array deck in one or more operating characteristics, in pitch, and/or in one or more structural parameters; with the structural parameters including different materials and/or different thicknesses of materials. Some embodiments include a construction having a first series and a third series of access/sense lines extending along a first direction, and a second series of access/sense lines between the first and third series and extending along a second direction which crosses the first direction. First memory cells are between the first and second series of access/sense lines and arranged in a first memory array deck. Second memory cells are between the second and third series of access/sense lines and arranged in a second memory array deck.
US09691474B2	Memory system A memory system according to the embodiment comprises a cell array of plural cells having three or more settable physical quantity levels and operative to store a code composed of symbols expressed by elements in a finite field Zp (p is a prime), wherein a set of two cells is defined as a pair cell and a combination of physical quantity levels of the two cells contained in the pair cell is defined as a pair cell level, wherein the pair cell uses a pair cell level of plural pair cell levels, which maximizes or minimizes a physical quantity level of one cell contained in the pair cell, to assign elements in the Zp to the pair cell levels, thereby storing symbols of the code.
US09691466B1	Memory device including refresh controller A memory device may include: a target address generator suitable for storing one or more addresses for each time a refresh command is skipped, and for generating one or more target addresses for each of the stored addresses during a burst refresh operation; and a refresh controller suitable for refreshing a word line selected among a plurality of word lines of a memory bank based on the generated one or more target addresses during a target refresh operation.
US09691458B2	Circuits and devices based on spin hall effect to apply a spin transfer torque with a component perpendicular to the plane of magnetic layers A device based on a spin Hall effect and spin-transfer torque (STT) effect is provided to include a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element including a free magnetic layer structured to have a magnetization direction that can be changed by spin-transfer torque; an electrically conducting magnetic layer structure exhibiting a spin Hall effect (SHE) and, in response to an applied in-plane charge current, generating a spin-polarized current of a magnetic moment oriented in a predetermined direction having both an in-plane magnetic moment component parallel to a surface of the electrically conducting magnetic layer structure and a perpendicular magnetic moment component perpendicular to the surface of the electrically conducting magnetic layer structure. The magnetization direction of the free magnetic layer is capable of being switched by the spin-polarized current via a spin-transfer torque (STT) effect. This device can be configured in a 3-terminal configuration.
US09691446B2	Memory device A memory device according to one embodiment includes a memory cell which transitions to a first state or a second state by a first current through the memory cell; and a first circuit configured to stop supplying the first current when a first number of cycles of a clock signal lapses from reception of write data.
US09691444B2	Buffer die in stacks of memory dies and methods Memory devices and methods of making and operating them are shown. Memory devices shown include stacked memory dies with one or more buffer dies included. In one such memory device, a command die communicates with one or more downstream memory dies through the one or more buffer dies. The one or more buffer dies function to repeat signals, and can potentially improve performance for higher numbers of memory dies in the stack.
US09691441B2	Memory programming methods and memory systems Memory programming methods and memory systems are described. One example memory programming method includes programming a plurality of main cells of a main memory and erasing a plurality of second main cells of the main memory. The memory programming method further includes first re-writing one-time programmed data within a plurality of first one-time programmed cells of a one-time programmed memory during the programming and second re-writing one-time programmed data within a plurality of second one-time programmed cells of a one-time programmed memory during the erasing. Additional method and apparatus are described.
US09691437B2	Compact microelectronic assembly having reduced spacing between controller and memory packages A microelectronic package has terminals at a surface of a substrate having first and second half areas, each half area extending from a diagonal that bisects the first surface and a respective opposite corner of the first surface. Terminals for carrying data and address information in the first half area provide first memory channel access to a first memory storage array, and terminals for carrying data and address information in the second half area provide second memory channel access to a second memory storage array. The package may include first and second microelectronic elements overlying a same surface of the substrate which may be stacked in transverse orientations.
US09691436B2	Top cover and disk drive apparatus A case of a disk drive apparatus includes a housing in which a disk is accommodated, and a top cover arranged to close an opening of the housing. The top cover includes a top cover body and a flow control member. The top cover body is a plate-shaped member arranged to extend perpendicularly to a central axis. The flow control member is fixed to a lower surface of the top cover body. The flow control member includes a lower surface arranged axially opposite to at least a portion of an upper surface of the disk.
US09691432B2	Method for generating post-produced video from an original video A method for generating a post-produced video from an original video includes the following. For an (i)th one of a plurality of original video segments, a number (M+1) of video data sets respectively from (k×j)th ones of original video frames of the original video segment is generated. A plurality of post-produced video segments are generated, each of which includes the video data sets for a respective one of the original video segments. A user input selects any one of the post-produced video segments. A post-produced video is generated according to the selection indicative of the user input.
US09691418B1	Adaptive write fault thresholds Systems and methods for determining a relationship between write fault threshold and temperature are described. The systems and methods include measuring an operating temperature of the storage device, determining a current operating temperature of the storage device, determining whether the current operating temperature of the storage device satisfies a temperature threshold, and upon determining the current operating temperature of the storage device satisfies the temperature threshold, modifying a write fault threshold associated with a data track of the storage device.
US09691417B1	Magnetoresistive sensor having a synthetic antiferromagnetic bottom shield A reader includes a bearing surface, a sensor stack and a bottom shield below the sensor stack. The bottom shield has a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure that includes a first magnetic layer that has a first width at the bearing surface and a second magnetic layer that has a second width at the bearing surface. The second width is less than the first width. The second magnetic layer has a magnetic orientation with at least a component that is substantially orthogonal to the bearing surface.
US09691392B1	System and method for improved audio consistency A voice biometrics system adapted to authenticate a user based on speech diagnostics is provided. The system includes a pre-processing module to receive and pre-process an input voice sample. The pre-processing module includes a clipping module to clip the input voice sample based on a clipping threshold and a voice activity detection module to apply a detection model on the input voice sample to determine an audible region and a non-audible region in the input voice sample. The pre-processing module includes a noise reduction module to apply a noise reduction model to remove noise components from the input voice sample. The voice biometrics system includes a feature extraction module to extract features from the pre-processed input voice sample. The voice biometrics system also includes an authentication module to authenticate the user by comparing a plurality of features extracted from the pre-processed input voice sample to a plurality of enrollment features.
US09691386B2	Automated voice-to-reporting/management system and method for voice call-ins of events/crimes A system for institutions (particularly public safety) to accept spoken information such that users can report incident details as required to convey an official incident (e.g., crime) report and to aid in the investigation of the incident. Similarly, users can employ a combination of voice or text input, media submission, [GUI menu screens] and information download to aid in the immediate analysis of incident information to facilitate a rapid response for the incident. This method of interaction with institutions enables reporting parties to more quickly and efficiently convey incident information when direct interaction by an official is not possible or is subject to delay. This helps institutions, for example, police to provide better services while using less staff and resources.
US09691381B2	Voice command recognition method and related electronic device and computer-readable medium An electronic device for browsing a document is disclosed. The document being browsed includes a plurality of command-associated text strings. First, a text string selector of the electronic device selects a plurality of candidate text strings from the command-associated text strings. Afterward, an acoustic string provider of the electronic device prepares a candidate acoustic string for each of the candidate text strings. Thereafter, a microphone of the electronic device receives a voice command. Next, a speech recognizer of the electronic device searches the candidate acoustic strings for a target acoustic string that matches the voice command, wherein the target acoustic string corresponds to a target text string of the candidate text strings. Finally, a document browser of the electronic device executes a command associated with the target text string.
US09691377B2	Method and device for voice recognition training A method on a mobile device for voice recognition training is described. A voice training mode is entered. A voice training sample for a user of the mobile device is recorded. The voice training mode is interrupted to enter a noise indicator mode based on a sample background noise level for the voice training sample and a sample background noise type for the voice training sample. The voice training mode is returned to from the noise indicator mode when the user provides a continuation input that indicates a current background noise level meets an indicator threshold value.
US09691374B2	Processing a stream of ordered input data A data processing system is provided for performing processing operations upon an ordered stream of input data values to form an ordered stream of output data values. A select circuit (18) includes select interval generation circuitry (34) which determines a number (interval number) of input data values between each data value to be selected for output from among the ordered stream of input data values. This interval number varies with position within the ordered stream of input data values. The select circuit (18) can thus perform selection of input data values in accordance with an interval number which may be varied, for example, in accordance with a linear piecewise approximation of an desired curve or, in other embodiments, in a piecewise quadratic variation approximating a desired curve. The processing techniques may be used, for example, in beam forming application, such as 3D beam forming of ultrasonic images.
US09691365B2	Guitar pick Guitar pick uniquely designed for “variability and versatility” strumming. The apparatus shape is ergonomic and designed to optimize human factors i.e. musical transfer of energy from pick to strings in an ideal manner. The apparatus picking surface and corresponding tip(s) can take advantage of an array of material(s) while utilizing a rubber-like grip. Furthermore, the invention contains three equally spaced lobes with at least one lobe being defined with a continuous rounded edge-surface. Collectively, the guitar pick has three different lobe tips located along various radial(s) positioned at 360-135-225 degrees (reference to a 360 degree circle) with a predetermined distance from center point to individual lobe tip. Moreover, each planar lobe runs along the picks longitudinal as well as lateral axis and can utilize different material gauges. Rotation of the guitar pick i.e. moving from lobe to lobe . . . is achieved utilizing grooves that are geometrically relational to the union between each plane.
US09691362B2	Display control apparatus, display control method, and recording medium displaying frames indicating portions of an image A display control apparatus configured to perform display control in a manner that a first frame indicating a region to be digitally zoomed in an input image and a second frame indicating a region to be enlarged in the input image are superimposed on the input image. A display control method including performing display control in a manner that a first frame indicating a region to be digitally zoomed in an input image and a second frame indicating a region to be enlarged in the input image are superimposed on the input image. A computer-readable recording medium having an image processing program recorded therein, the image processing program causing a computer to perform the display control method.
US09691360B2	Alpha channel power savings in graphics unit A graphics processing circuit and method for power savings in the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphics processing circuit includes a number of channels. The number of channels includes a number of color component channels that are each configured to process color components of pixel values of an incoming frame of graphics information. The number of channels also includes an alpha scaling channel configured to process alpha values (indicative of a level of transparency) for the incoming and/or outgoing frames. The graphics processing circuit also includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to place the alpha scaling channel into a low-power state responsive to determining that at least one of the incoming or outgoing frames does not include alpha values.
US09691357B2	Information processing method and electronic device thereof, image calibration method and apparatus, and electronic device thereof An information processing method applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device can make first multimedia data displayed synchronously on a first display unit and a second display unit. The method includes: acquiring a first parameter of the first display unit and a second parameter of the second display unit; acquiring a first operation on the first multimedia data for the second display unit; analyzing the first operation to obtain first coordinates of the first operation; transforming, based on the first parameter and the second parameter, the first coordinates of the first operation into second coordinates of the first operation on the first multimedia data for the first display unit; and performing the first operation based on the second coordinates of the first operation.
US09691356B2	Displaying portions of a video image at a display matrix Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for providing a video clone to a display matrix. Providing a video clone to a display matrix can include utilizing a computing device to transfer video images via Ethernet to a network interface controller (NIC) device 602. Providing a video clone to a display matrix also can include utilizing the NIC device to transfer the video images to a plurality of displays 604. Providing a video clone to a display matrix also can include determining a plurality of portions of the video images that correspond to the plurality of displays utilizing a display scalar 606. Furthermore, providing a video clone to a display matrix can include associating the display scalar with each of the plurality of displays of the display matrix to display the video clone of each of the portions of video images 608.
US09691338B2	Liquid crystal display device According to an aspect, the liquid crystal display device includes: an expansion coefficient determining unit that determines an expansion coefficient of each of partial areas based on a signal level of the first, the second, and the third colors; a luminance level determining unit that determines a luminance level of each partial area based on the signal level; a signal processing unit that uses the expansion coefficient to expand the signal level; and a light source control unit that controls brightness of a light source based on the expansion coefficient and the luminance level. The light source can change the brightness of the partial areas individually. The light source control unit controls the light source such that the brightness of the light source in a partial area having a luminance level equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold is higher than the brightness based on the expansion coefficient.
US09691337B2	Digital gamma correction part, display apparatus having the same and method of driving display panel using the same A digital gamma correction part includes a memory and a selector. The memory is configured to store a basic gamma reference data, a first compensated gamma reference data and a second compensated gamma reference data, where respective data of the first compensated gamma reference data are greater than respective data of the basic gamma reference data, and respective data of the second compensated gamma reference data are less than respective data of the basic gamma reference data. The selector is configured to receive a luminance data determined based on a luminance of a display panel, and to output a gamma reference data by selecting one from the basic gamma reference data, the first compensated gamma reference data and the second compensated gamma reference data based on the luminance data and a gamma converted reference range.
US09691330B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method driving the same Provided is an OLED display device including a plurality of pixel each of which includes a light emitting element and a cell driver configured to drive the light emitting element. The cell driver includes: a driving switch element serially connected with the light emitting element between a high voltage supply line and a low voltage supply line; a first switch element configured to, in response to a second scan signal, connect a data line with a first node to which a gate electrode of the driving switch element is connected; a second switch element configured to, in response to a first scan signal, apply a third scan signal to a second node to which a source electrode of the driving switch element is connected; and a third switch element configured to, in response to an emission signal, connect the high voltage supply line with a drain electrode of the driving switch element.
US09691322B2	OLED display device compensating image decay An OLED display device includes a display screen, a sensor, and a timing controller. The timing controller includes a detection unit, a test image generation unit, a data compensation unit, and image control unit. The detection unit provides a command for generating a test image. The test image generation unit generates a test image according to the command. The data compensation unit receives a decayed signal that corresponds to the test image and is detected by the sensor in order to generate a compensation signal according to the decayed signal. In response to the compensation signal, the image control unit compensates an external image to achieve normal displaying of the external image on the display screen.
US09691321B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method of driving the same An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device using split window technology and a method of controlling the OLED display device. The OLED display device includes a system configured to split a display panel into a plurality of regions and operate in separate modes including a split window mode for transmitting split image data corresponding to respective regions to display different images on the respective regions and a normal mode for transmitting normal image data to display one image on the entire display panel, and a panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel according to the split image data or the normal image data provided from the system.
US09691316B2	Display device capable of clock synchronization recovery Provided is a display device including a timing controller configured to output a clock synchronizing signal for a clock data recovery operation, and a plurality of source driving chips configured to perform the clock data recovery operation in response to the clock synchronizing signal, wherein each of the source driving chips includes a filter unit configured to determine whether the first and second detection signals are activated or deactivated in response to a voltage level of the clock synchronizing signal and to output an operation signal according to a comparative result of the first and second detection signals, and an internal clock generator configured to perform the clock data recovery operation in response to the activation state of the operation signal.
US09691291B2	System and method for providing group learning via computerized student group assignments conducted based on student attributes and student-variable-related criteria In certain implementations, group learning may be provided via computerized student group assignments. In an implementation, student information about students registered to take a course may be obtained. The student information may comprise attributes of the students that correspond to student variables. Group criteria information associated with the course may be obtained. The group criteria information may comprise first criteria indicating that a student group is to be diverse with respect to a first variable, and second criteria indicating that a student group is to be similar with respect to a second variable. The students may be assigned to student groups associated with the course based on the attributes, the first criteria, and the second criteria such that a student group associated with the course comprises a set of students that, as a whole, is diverse with respect to the first variable and similar with respect to the second variable.
US09691288B2	System and method for sending in-flight weather alerts A system and method for sending weather alerts to an aircraft during flight are disclosed. In one embodiment, in-flight weather information is obtained from one or more aircrafts at regular intervals. Further, weather conditions along a predicted flight trajectory of the aircraft are determined using the obtained in-flight weather information. The aircraft is preceding the one or more aircrafts. Furthermore, the weather alerts associated with the weather conditions are sent to a display in the aircraft during flight.
US09691281B2	Navigation system with image assisted navigation mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving an entry for a destination, a sub-destination, or a combination thereof with the sub-destination located within the destination; receiving a road obstacle image while traveling along a route to reach the destination; generating an operation direction based on the road obstacle image; and generating a destination image representing the destination for displaying on a device.
US09691279B2	Drive assist apparatus Provided is a drive assist apparatus: based on signal indication information on a traffic signal installed at at least one intersection located ahead of a self-vehicle in a travelling direction of the self-vehicle, distance information from the self-vehicle to the at least one intersection, and a running speed of the self-vehicle, a recommended speed at which the self-vehicle can pass through the at least one intersection during a period in which the traffic signal installed at the at least one intersection is green is calculated and is notified to the driver. In addition, when a difference obtained by subtracting an actual running distance from a predicted running distance in a case where the self-vehicle runs at the recommended speed exceeds a first threshold value, it is determined that the road has a traffic jam and the notification of the recommended speed is terminated.
US09691264B2	Security system health monitoring An apparatus and method for determining at least one operational condition of a premises based system including at least one premises device. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform a diagno stic procedure. The diagnostic procedure includes determining operational data of the premises based system, the operational data indicating at least one of a premises device and the apparatus is operating outside a failure range and performing predictive analysis based at least in part on the received operational data. The predictive analysis indicates whether the at least one of premises device and apparatus is likely to operate within the failure range within a predefined period of time. The diagnostic procedure includes causing a notification alert to be transmitted to at least one of a user interface device and remote monitoring center based on the predictive analysis.
US09691263B2	Systems and methods for monitoring conditions Systems and methods for monitoring conditions are provided. A system can comprise a plurality of wireless transmitters and a plurality of repeaters. At least one wireless transmitter can be integrated into an alarm. The repeaters can be dispersed throughout a region at defined locations. The system can also include a computer to receive information communicated from the repeaters and the transmitters. The computer can include software for evaluating received information, identifying an alarm condition and an originating location of the alarm condition, and for reporting the alarm condition to a remote location. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.
US09691256B2	Method and device for presenting prompt information that recommends removing contents from garbage container Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for presenting prompt information that recommends removing contents from a garbage container. The method includes acquiring garbage information and garbage decaying benchmark information of the contents in the garbage container; determining whether the contents in the garbage container have mold or odor based on the garbage information and the garbage decaying benchmark information; and presenting the prompt information that recommends removing the contents from the garbage container when it is determined that the contents in the garbage container have mold or odor.
US09691253B2	Preventing falls using posture and movement detection Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for associating remote physiological monitoring with an at-risk falling condition of a patient. The methods may include receiving movement data of a patient from one or more sensors. The methods may also include determining a patient posture and a patient activity level based, at least in part, on the received movement data, and determining that an at-risk condition is satisfied by the patient posture or the patient activity level. Once it is determined that the at-risk condition is satisfied, the methods may also include issuing an alert based, at least in part, on the determination that the at-risk condition is satisfied.
US09691251B2	Lost child search system, recording medium, and lost child search method In a lost child search system including a parent terminal and a child terminal, the child terminal is provided with: a gyro sensor that measures the angular velocity for identifying the posture of that child terminal; an acceleration sensor that measures the acceleration of that child terminal; a positioning control unit that performs relative positioning of that child terminal based on the identified posture and the measured acceleration; a communication unit that performs data communication via near-field wireless communication using radio waves; an intensity detection unit that detects the radio wave intensity in the near-field wireless communication with the parent terminal; and an intensity decision unit that decides whether or not search for the child terminal is necessary in accordance with the detected intensity information. The acceleration sensor is made to start measuring the acceleration in accordance with the decision result (decision information) by the intensity decision unit.
US09691241B1	Orientation of video based on the orientation of a display Methods and systems involving the orienting of video data based on the orientation of a display are described herein. An example system may be configured to (1) receive first video data, the first video data corresponding to a first orientation of the image-capture device; (2) send the first video data to a second computing device; (3) receive, from the second computing device, first orientation data indicating a requested orientation of the image-capture device; (4) cause a visual depiction of the requested orientation to be displayed on a graphical display; (5) receive second video data, the second video data corresponding to a second orientation of the image-capture device, where the second orientation is closer to the requested orientation than is the first orientation; and (6) send the second video data to the second computing device.
US09691238B2	Crowd-based haptics A system produces haptic effects. The system receives input data associated with an event, identifies an element of the event in the input data, generates the haptic effects based on the element of the event, and produces the haptic effects via a haptic output device. In one embodiment, the haptic effects are generated by haptifying the element of the event. In one embodiment, the haptic effects are designed haptic effects and are adjusted based on the element of the event. In one embodiment, the input data is associated with a crowd that attends the event, and the element of the event is caused by the crowd. In one embodiment, the input data includes haptic data collected by one or more personal devices associated with the crowd. In one embodiment, the input data is indicative of a location of the one or more personal devices associated with the crowd.
US09691237B2	Non-visual navigation feedback system and method A system for generating a non-visual notification of a machine condition includes a machine condition sensor configured to sense a machine condition. A notification generation controller is in communication with the machine condition sensor. The notification generation controller generates a notification according to the sensed machine condition. In a feedback configuration the notification generation controller compares an integral of a rate of change of the sensed machine condition with a threshold to trigger the generation of a notification. In a guidance configuration the notification generation controller uses the deviation of the machine condition from a guidance direction determined with a steering algorithm to control the generation of a notification. A non-visual notification generator is in communication with the notification generation controller and generates a non-visual notification based on the notification.
US09691227B2	System and method for simulating the outcome of an electronic bingo game as a keno game A game system and method plays an electronic game and simulates the outcome as a keno game. The game system allows a player to place a wager, plays the electronic game, and establishes an outcome of the electronic game. The outcome of the electronic game includes a payout according to a first pay table if a set of predetermined conditions has been achieved. The outcome of the game is simulated as a keno game. The outcome of the keno game is equivalent to the outcome of the electronic game.
US09691224B2	Functional transformation interleaved wagering system A functional transformation interleaved wagering system is disclosed, which includes an interactive controller configured to: provide a first interactive application; communicate, to an application controller, a wager request; receive a wager outcome; receive an indication to provide a second interactive application; provide the second interactive application; and communicate, to the application controller, application telemetry; a wager controller constructed to: receive the wager request; communicate the wager outcome; receive an indication; and adjust the credit meter; and the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller and constructed to: receive the wager request; communicate, to the wager controller, the wager request; receive the wager outcome; communicate, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome; communicate the indication to provide the second interactive application when it is determined to provide the second interactive application; receive the application telemetry; and communicate the indication to adjust the credit meter.
US09691221B2	Gaming social communication Disclosed herein are one or more examples of generating a communication directed to a contact of a wagering game player account. In some embodiments, a gaming system can perform operations to determine an identity of an individual located within a given physical location and present, on a display device, a virtual identifier associated with the contact. The individual is indicated as a contact in a wagering game player account. The display device is associated with the wagering game player account. The gaming system can further perform an operation to detect a user input related to the virtual identifier presented on the display device. Further, the gaming system can perform an operation to send a communication to a device associated with the contact in response to detecting the user input.
US09691217B2	Method of playing a sporting event interactive board game A method of playing a sporting event interactive board game is provided. A sporting event is displayed on at least one of a television, a computer monitor or other electronic device. The present invention includes a game board. The game board includes a playing surface having a plurality of betting spaces forming a path. Each player may purchase at least one of the betting spaces to play the game. The present invention further includes a chip. A position of the chip is determined randomly and placed on one of the betting spaces. The chip is then moved along the path of the betting spaces based on certain plays performed during the sporting event. When a score or an end of a period occurs during the sporting event, the player who purchased the betting space in which the chip is currently resting is paid.
US09691214B2	Environmentally adaptive olfactory generation Embodiments include environmentally adaptive olfactory generation systems and methods and computer program products for operating the same. Aspects include receiving a desired concentration of an olfactory stimulant, receiving a detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant from an olfactory stimulant sensor, and receiving one or more environmental factors from an environmental sensor. Aspects also include comparing the detected concentration of the olfactory stimulant with the desired concentration of the olfactory stimulant and adjusting a dispensing characteristic of an olfactory stimulant emitter based on the comparison and the one or more environmental factors.
US09691184B2	Methods and systems for generating and joining shared experience According to an example, a computer may receive characteristics information of an object in a video stream captured by a first computing device, generate a signature based on the characteristics information, identify an augmented reality information associated with the signature, transmit the augmented reality information to the first computing device, receive, from a second computing device, a set of characteristics information of the object in an image captured by the second computing device, determine that the set of characteristics information from the second computing device has a second signature that matches the signature generated based on the characteristics information received form the first computing device, and transmit the identified augmented reality information to the second computing device.
US09691181B2	Methods and systems for social sharing head mounted display (HMD) content with a second screen Systems and method for processing video frames generated for display on a head mounted display (HMD) to a second screen are provided. One example method includes receiving the video frames formatted for display on the HMD, and while passing the video frames to the HMD, selecting a portion of content from the video frames and processing the portion of the content for output to a second screen. The video frames viewed in the HMD are a result of interactive play executed for viewing on the HMD. The second screen configured to render an undistorted view of the interactive play on the HMD. In one example, the method and system enable additional content to be rendered on the second screen (e.g., second screen content, such as social interactive play with others, other non-game content, player-player communication, etc.).
US09691179B2	Computer-readable medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method In an example system, a computer is caused to function as: a feature detection unit which detects a feature arranged in a real space; an image generation unit which generates an image of a virtual space including a virtual object arranged based on the feature; a display control unit which causes a display apparatus to display an image in such a manner that a user perceives the image of the virtual space superimposed on the real space; a processing specification unit which specifies processing that can be executed in relation to the virtual space, based on the feature; and a menu output unit which outputs a menu for a user to instruct the processing specified by the processing specification unit, in such a manner that the menu can be operated by the user.
US09691178B2	Scanning and processing objects into three-dimensional mesh models The claimed subject matter includes techniques for scanning and processing three-dimensional (3D) objects. An example method includes scanning the 3D object to produce depth data. The method also includes generating, via a processor, a 3D progressive mesh from the depth data. The method further includes displaying the generation of the 3D progressive mesh in real-time.
US09691175B2	3-D models as a navigable container for 2-D raster images In one embodiment, a 3-D model is employed as a navigable container for 2-D raster images, allowing 2-D raster images to be maintained and displayed within the context of the 3-D model. An image cloud level is provided for the 3-D model. Icons are provided within the image cloud level. Each icon corresponds to a respective 2-D raster image and is located at a position within the 3-D space of the 3-D model that corresponds to a position in the physical space of the physical world where the 2-D raster image was originally captured Upon selection of a particular icon, a combined view is shown, depicting the corresponding 2-D raster image combined with a corresponding portion of the 3-D model.
US09691169B2	Compact font hinting A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data representing a glyph in a font to present the glyph on a display. In response to operations being executed to present the glyph on the display, operations include identifying one or more values shared by glyphs of the font for adjusting the appearance of the glyph, from a data table stored with the glyph in the font. Operations also include adjusting a representation of the glyph using the identified one or more shared values for presentation on the display.
US09691159B2	Local contraction measurements A system (10) for quantification of uncertainty of contours includes a display (48) which displays a portion of a 4D image of at least a left ventricle over a plurality of cardiac phases. A measurement device (16) includes at least one processor (42) programmed to receive the 4D image (18) from an imaging device (12), receive a selected location on the myocardial wall of the left ventricle, cast a ray perpendicular to at least one of the myocardial wall or center of the left ventricle through the selected location, calculate a thickness the myocardial wall along the cast ray, evaluate myocardial wall motion over the range of the cardiac phases, calculate a quantification of the myocardial contractile function, and display the calculate a quantification of the myocardial contractile function on the display device (48).
US09691154B2	Digital optical instrument having a folding bridge The invention relates to a digital optical instrument including two eyepieces and a folding bridge for adapting the eyepiece distance to the interpupillary distance of the user. In an image recorded by an image sensor, a first bounding frame which is tilted about a first tilt angle relative to the image sensor, is defined and bounds a first portion of the recorded image, wherein the first tilt angle is defined depending on the folding angle. The first portion which is bounded by the tilted first bounding frame is transmitted to the first or second display and displayed by the first or the second mechanically tilted display while maintaining the orientation of the recorded image relative to the observed scene or relative to the horizontal, that is, without rotating the recorded image or the image portion relative to the observed scene or relative to the horizontal.
US09691145B2	Methods and systems for automated selection of regions of an image for secondary finishing and generation of mask image of same Automated systems, methods and tools that automatically extract and select portions of an image to automatically generate a premium finish mask specific to the image which require little or no human intervention are presented. Graphical user interface tools allowing a user to provide an image and to indicate regions of the image for application of premium finish are also presented.
US09691133B1	Noise reduction with multi-frame super resolution A method of generating super resolution image data includes receiving original image data of a low resolution at an image processing device, performing motion compensation on the original image data using a current frame of image data and at least one previous frame of image data and at least one future frame of image data as reference frames, generating motion vectors, applying noise reduction to the current frame of image data and the reference frames to produce noise reduced, current frame image data, and generating a current frame of super resolution image data using the noise reduced, current frame image data.
US09691132B2	Method and apparatus for inferring facial composite Provided is a method and apparatus for inferring a facial composite, whereby user's designation regarding at least one point of a facial image is received, facial feature information are extracted based on the received user's designation, a facial type that coincides with the extracted facial feature information is searched from a facial composite database to generate a face shape model based on the searched facial type and an initial facial composite model having a facial type similar to a face of the facial image from a low-resolution facial image through which face recognition or identification cannot be accurately performed is provided, so that the face shape model contributes to criminal arrest and a low-resolution facial image captured by a surveillance camera can be more efficiently used.
US09691126B2	Systems and methods for recipient-side image processing Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to create, process, and/or modify images are provided. Recipient image data associated with an original image captured by a second computing system can be received by a first computing system. A first intermediate image may be generated based on the recipient image data. A first viewable image for display on the first computing system may be generated based on the first intermediate image.
US09691120B2	Interface circuit and display device The interface circuit is provided with: a differential output circuit in which the output of a potential level of a differential signal stabilizes after a prescribed period from a start signal; and a counter circuit that performs control in such a manner that a data processing operation of a data processing unit is not performed on a signal based on the differential signal during the prescribed period. Thus, a liquid crystal display device that is capable of preventing a distorted video from being displayed in an initial drive period can be achieved.
US09691112B2	Grid-friendly data center Methods and arrangements for calculating a power budget. Data are received, the data including data relating to a current state of an electrical grid at a power-drawing location which draws at least one variable electrical load, the at least one variable electrical load being subject to variable pricing. At least one prediction is determined, the at least one prediction pertaining to a future state of the electrical grid and a future electrical load to be drawn at the power-drawing location. A power budget is thereupon calculated, with respect to the power-drawing location, based on the data and the at least one prediction. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09691109B2	Mechanism for reputation feedback based on real time interaction A method for confirming that a user interacted with a resource provider before allowing the user to submit feedback associated with the resource provider is disclosed. A social network provider can query entities that are aware of the user's interaction history before activating a feedback function. Also, non-sensitive information can be used to identify the user.
US09691098B2	Method and system for managing and displaying product images with cloud computing A method and system displaying and managing images of consumer products with cloud computing. A layout for plural selected consumer products is selected. An N-layer digital image of a shelf layout on which consumer products are displayed is created and stored in one or more cloud storage objects. The created N-layer digital image includes an M-layer hierarchy of vector images and/or visual overlays stored in one or more cloud storage objects in progressive resolution format and allows progressive resolution display without loss of image quality on the selected plural consumer products that appear in the N-layer digital image. The created N-layer digital image is displayed via a cloud communications network. The created image provides a virtual shopping experience that emulates a shopping experience in an actual retail store.
US09691097B2	System and method of providing recommendations A method of providing recommendations is disclosed and includes receiving a selection of an offering via an online site. The method also includes outputting a detail page related to the offering via the online site. The detail page includes a first selectable indicator corresponding to a social network of a visitor and a second selectable indicator corresponding to unfiltered content. The method also includes outputting at least one recommendation via the detail page. Each recommendation is associated with a member of the social network when input received via the online site indicates a selection of the first selectable indicator.
US09691094B2	Retail system and computer-implemented method for designing a customization of a product A customer at a customer computer system transmits a page request to a retailer computer system. The retailer computer system transmits a product page and a script to the customer computer system. The script is executable by the customer computer system to transmit a customization request from the customer computer system to a customization computer system. The customization computer system inserts controls and a save selector onto the customer computer system. Use of the controls at the customer computer system allows for customization of an image of the product viewed on a display of the customer computer system to render a compound image. Selection of the save selector at the customer computer system causes transmission of a transmission packet from the customization computer system to the retailer computer system. The retailer computer system stores the compound image in a shopping cart associated with the customer computer system.
US09691091B2	Transportation service matching with location tracking and arrival estimation Matches for transportation services with transportation service providers (TSPs) and providing tracking are combined with an option for location tracking of the load or transportation service. Bids are accepted for transportation services and, on acceptance, a request is made for the TSP or driver “opt-in” to location tracking through a mobile device. The system automatically communicates with the driver to confirm acceptance of mobile telephone tracking (opt-in) and location tracking is initiated. The location is reported according to a threshold, along with updated estimates of pick-up and of completion of delivery. The tracking provides substantially a “24/7” access to the location and updated estimated completion of delivery. Upon completion of delivery, the tracking is terminated (automatic opt-out).
US09691087B2	Method and system for use of game for charity donations A method and system for use of a game with charity donations. In one example, a donation agent interacting with a merchant website can offer an online user an option to allocate at least a portion of a payment for or price of a purchase, associated with a transaction made by the user via the merchant website, to be donated by a merchant (corresponding to the merchant website), on behalf of the user, to a charity of the user's choosing. The donation agent can disburse the calculated donation amount to the charity selected by the customer. The points earned can be combined with a college scholarship award mechanism. The game encourages people to participate in the charity in a fun way, e.g., as a hobby every day, with a large user base.
US09691080B1	First party cookie attribution A third party company (also referred to as an ad server) provides an advertiser with computer code to place on the advertiser's web pages. The web page's code is configured to provide the ad server read and write access to an advertiser's first party cookie on a user's web browser. A user interacts with an ad on a mobile application or third party web page. Based on the user's interaction with the ad a URL containing a web address and ad instance information are sent to the user's web browser. The user's landing page associated with the URL contains code for retrieving the ad instance information and storing it in a first party cookie. When the user navigates to a purchasing page and purchases a product, the code contained in the purchasing page retrieves the ad instance information from the first party cookie and sends it to the ad server.
US09691074B2	Performance evaluation of an information resource in a computer network environment Systems and methods of evaluating performance of an information resource in a computer networked environment are provided. A data processing system can obtain a request for a performance metric of an information resource. A number of visits to the information resource by an audience segment, and an aggregate number of visits to the information resource can be determined and used to identify a first metric. A global audience segment number and a global aggregate audience number can also be determined and used to identify a second metric. A performance metric associated with the information resource can get determined based on the first metric and the second metric.
US09691073B2	Displaying social opportunities by location on a map A social networking system provides relevant content objects at the request of social networking system users. Relevance scores are determined for content objects by matching user location, user interests, and other social information to the content, location, and timing associated with content objects. A ranked list of content objects can be provided to the user, where the content objects are relevant to them based on their interests, location, and other social information. The system provides a user interface that displays a map containing pins, where each pin represents a content object in actionable proximity to a user. The content objects selected to be presented as pins to the user are those content objects with sufficiently high relevance scores. Multiple pins for a nearby area can be clustered. The user can switch between zoom levels for the map, thereby showing pins at varying distances from the user's current location.
US09691063B2	Stored-value card management method and system A computerized system for activating, issuing and otherwise managing transactions and activities pertaining to stored-value cards over a communications network. A central information database is provided for storing stored-value cardholder and card purchaser information received directly from respective stored-value cardholders and card purchasers PCs through a universal central processor via respective communication gateways. The central processor is coupled for communication realtime to multiple unaffiliated stored-value card processing networks normally operated by respective hosts. Each network includes a stored-value card processor coupled to a stored-value card database and multiple respective merchant communication devices. The central processor is programmed for managing the activation and issuance of transactions and activities for the stored-value card through the respective unaffiliated networks. The universal central processor is programmed to issue the stored-value cards directly to the cardholder or card purchaser by download over respective communication gateways. The universal central processor is further programmed for reporting the card activations, issuances, transactions and activities to the cardholders and the merchants thereby providing a universal management system.
US09691061B2	Method and system for electronic toll payment A system and method for making electronic payments for tolls, parking and related transactions. A customer downloads an application onto their personal electronic device and registers the customer's vehicle and financial account information with a provider. The application detects upcoming toll facilities and notifies the customer. The customer can accept the payment of the toll through the application whereupon the provider makes a payment from the customer's designated account to the toll facility.
US09691044B2	Application shell login role based access control Embodiments for providing roles based system access to a user include systems for identifying an application login event and a role associated with the login event. Further the embodiments include selecting code associated with the identified role, inserting, by a processor, the code into an application shell; and providing, by a processor, the content of the shell to an application associated with a computing device of the user in response to the login event, the content of the shell comprising only role specific data. In specific embodiments, data unrelated to the identified role is not provided to the application or stored in the computing device.
US09691037B2	Methods and systems for processing schedule data Methods and systems comprising receiving travel request data; retrieving schedule data associated with the travel request data, the schedule data being further associated with a scheduled travel time; retrieving availability data associated with the travel request data, the availability data being further associated with an available travel time; generating representation data representing the schedule data and the availability data, the representation data representing the schedule data and/or the availability data differently based on a whether an itinerary complies with an organization's travel policies; and sending the representation data.
US09691033B2	Quantum computing with acceptor-based qubits A quantum computer comprises of at least one qubit formed from holes created with acceptor atoms (10) in crystalline silicon (12) and a pair of gates (14, 16) located above the acceptor atoms (10) to apply direct electric field and alternating electric field for switching, manipulating the qubit such that quantum information resulting from being manipulated is stored from decoherence.
US09691028B2	Collaborative platform for data dynamics interpretation Disclosed is a data processing apparatus which is connectable to a network. The data processing apparatus includes: a rule editor which edits, based on input editing information, a search rule for setting a search condition for searching for data generated according to time; a data searcher which searches for the data in accordance with the edited search rule; a visualizer which visualizes the search result; and an analysis sharing part which transmits additional analysis on an analysis of the search result to terminals of a first user and a second user through the network.
US09691025B2	Machine operation classifier A process for developing machine classification systems includes using human experts to associate expected operations with various machine states including drawbar pull, tool position, tool commands, gear, and ground speed, among others, to create a classification system that can be used in a particular machine. The classification system operates in real time to infer operations such as dig, dump, travel, and push from machine state inputs and logs the operations for use in operational analysis and maintenance of the machine.
US09691021B2	Adaptive cataclysms in genetic algorithms It is determined that a population of candidate solutions for an optimization problem has prematurely converged during a metaheuristic optimization run. A cause for premature convergence of the population is determined based, at least in part, on an analysis of the metaheuristic optimization run. A first cataclysm strategy of a plurality of cataclysm strategies is selected based, at least in part, on one of the cause of the premature convergence and a history of the metaheuristic optimization run. A cataclysm is simulated based, at least in part, on the first cataclysm strategy.
US09691009B2	Portable optical reader, optical reading method using the portable optical reader, and computer program The present invention provides a portable optical reader, an optical reading method using the portable optical reader and a computer program capable of detecting a high possibility of a reading error and notifying a user of a possibility of a reading error. A character string as a reading target is imaged and a character string is recognized based on the captured image. A plurality of reading formats defining an attribute of the character string is stored, and a first reading format matched with the recognized character string among a plurality of stored reading format is searched. Among the plurality of stored reading formats, a second reading format in which a character string matched with the first reading format as a partial character string is searched. Based on the search result, a possibility of a reading error regarding the recognized character string is notified.
US09691004B2	Device and method for service provision according to prepared reference images to detect target object A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes: imaging a given object from plural different angles, and extracting from the plural obtained captured images, one or plural captured images having a feature amount that differs from a feature amount in another captured image by more than a specific reference amount; and providing the one or the plural extracted captured images as determination-use images employable in determination as to whether or not the given object is included in a captured image.
US09691000B1	Orientation-assisted object recognition A user attempting to obtain information about an object can capture image information including a view of that object, and the image information can be used with a matching or identification process to provide information about that type of object to the user. Information about the orientation of the camera and/or device used to capture the image can be provided in order to limit an initial search space for the matching or identification process. In some embodiments, images can be selected for matching based at least in part upon having a view matching the orientation of the camera or device. In other embodiments, images of objects corresponding to the orientation can be selected. Such a process can increase the average speed and efficiency in locating matching images. If a match cannot be found in the initial space, images of other views and categories can be analyzed as well.
US09690999B2	Remote recognition processing system and method A computerized method for intelligently distributing computer processing of mail piece scan images across a plurality of mail piece scan image processors. The method can include receiving a mail piece scan image from a mail piece scan image job requestor and selecting one of a plurality of scan mail piece scan image processors to process said mail piece scan image. The mail piece scan image can be transmitted to said one of a plurality of plurality of mail piece scan image processors and a mail piece scan image processing result can be received from said one of a plurality of plurality of mail piece scan image processors. Post-processing operations can be performed based on said mail piece scan image processing result. The mail piece scan image processing result can be transmitted to said mail piece scan image processing requestor.
US09690984B2	Two-dimensional infrared depth sensing A signal encoding an infrared (IR) image including a plurality of IR pixels is received from an IR camera. Each IR pixel specifies one or more IR parameters of that IR pixel. IR-skin pixels that image a human hand are identified in the IR image. For each IR-skin pixel, a depth of a human hand portion imaged by that IR-skin pixel is estimated based on the IR parameters of that IR-skin pixel. A skeletal hand model including a plurality of hand joints is derived. Each hand joint is defined with three independent position coordinates inferred from the estimated depths of each human hand portion.
US09690974B2	Optical platelet counter method Platelets or blood cells are detected in a fluid sample by adjusting a focal depth of a microscope through a range of values, the microscope having a mounted sample and an objective lens adapted with one or both of (a) a spherical aberration correction unmatched to a utilized cover plate for the sample, or (2) a numerical aperture unmatched to a utilized illumination source for the sample. Images are recorded at different specific focal depths and in multiple z planes of a fluid bearing the platelets, where the position of platelets may overlap on different of the multiple z planes that are recorded, the images recorded through the cover plate, thus causing the generation of a specific light-dark pattern indicative of platelets at particular positions and at multiple depths in the fluid media. The images are analyzed for the specific light-dark pattern.
US09690972B1	Method and apparatus for fingerprint encoding, identification and authentication Computer-readable media tangibly embodying computer-readable instructions stored in a memory and executable by a processor of a computer, wherein execution of the computer-readable instructions cause the computer processor to implement a method of encoding a fingerprint. The method comprises acquiring an image of a finger of a user; identifying a set of minutia points in the image; generating a code by a transformation of the minutia points, the transformation including: (i) creating a matrix from features of the minutia points; (ii) obtaining characteristic invariants of the matrix; and (iii) the code being formed based on the characteristic invariants of the matrix; and outputting the code in association with the user or the finger. The characteristic invariants may be the eigenvalues of the matrix.
US09690967B1	Detecting conflicts between multiple different encoded signals within imagery This disclosure relates to advanced signal processing technology including steganographic embedding and digital watermarking. One combination disclosed in the description is an image processing apparatus including: electronic memory for storing an image, in which the image comprises at least a 1D or 2D barcode represented therein and a first encoded signal encoded therein, the 1D or 2D barcode comprising a first plural-bit code and the first encoded signal comprising a second plural-bit code; means for decoding the 1D or 2D barcode from the image to obtain the first plural-bit code; means for analyzing data representing the image to obtain the second plural-bit code from the first encoded signal; means for determining whether the second plural-bit code conflicts with the first plural-bit code; and means for generating a conflict map, the conflict map comprising an identification of a code conflict, and a spatial location of the code conflict relative to the image. Of course, other features and combinations are described as well.
US09690965B2	Scanner with replaceable bezel and desiccant cartridge Disclosed herein are embodiments of a scanner with a replaceable bezel and desiccant cartridge. One embodiment takes the form of a scanner that includes a device housing. The scanner also includes a data-acquisition module within the device housing. The scanner also includes a detachable rear bezel affixed to the device housing. The scanner also includes a desiccant cartridge removably attached to the interior wall of the detachable rear bezel.
US09690956B2	Ultrasonic identification of replaceable component for host system A system, method and device are provided for detecting the presence of, and/or obtain information about, a replaceable component for a host system. A host system has an ultrasonic transducer or transducer pair that detects the presence of, and/or obtains information about, a replaceable component for a host system through receipt or non-receipt of an ultrasonic signal. The replaceable component includes a key or other feature that either allows the transmission or reflection of a transmitted ultrasonic signal, or which does not allow the reception or reflection of the transmitted ultrasonic signal, depending on the host configuration.
US09690950B2	Method for exporting data of a Javacard application stored in a UICC to a host The invention proposes a method for exporting data of a Javacard application stored in a UICC to a host, the method consisting in: transmitting a transfer order to the application through a Javacard API; formatting the data in a pack, wherein the formatting is realized by the application; exporting the pack to the host.
US09690947B2	Processing a guest event in a hypervisor-controlled system Method of processing a guest event in a hypervisor-controlled system, which includes: triggering a first firmware service specific for the guest event; the firmware processing information associated with the guest event, and presenting only a subset of the information of a guest state and memory in decrypted form to a hypervisor, where the subset of the information is selected to allow the hypervisor to process the guest event; the firmware retaining a part of the information of the guest state and memory not sent to the hypervisor; the hypervisor processing the guest event based on the received subset of the information, and sending a process result to the firmware, triggering a second firmware service; the firmware processing the received process result together with the part of the information of the guest state and memory not sent to the hypervisor, and generates and performs a state and/or memory modification.
US09690944B2	System and method updating disk encryption software and performing pre-boot compatibility verification Disclosed are systems and method or updating full disk encryption (FDE) software on a computer. An example method comprises: obtaining an updated version of the FDE software; blocking operations of the FDE software on a boot drive of the computer; updating one or more components of the FDE software based on the updated version of the FDE software; modifying a booting process of an operating system of the computer to allow execution of a new version of a pre-boot compatibility verification component before the booting process; executing the new version of the pre-boot compatibility verification component, without decrypting and encrypting data on the boot drive, to determine if the boot drive is compatible with the updated FDE software; and if the boot drive is determined to be compatible with the updated FDE software, performing the booting process of the operating system of the computer.
US09690939B2	Safe file transmission and reputation lookup A method of safe file transmission and reputation lookup is provided. As a part of the safe file transmission and reputation lookup methodology, a data file that is to be made available to a data file receiver is accessed and it is determined whether the data file needs to be provided a protective file. The data file is wrapped in a protective file to create a non-executing package file. Access is provided to the non-executing package file where the associated data file is prevented from being executed until data file reputation information is received.
US09690937B1	Recommending a set of malicious activity detection rules in an automated, data-driven manner A computer-implemented technique provides rules for use in a malicious activity detection system. The technique involves performing evaluation operations on a plurality of malicious activity detection rules. The technique further involves ranking the plurality of malicious activity detection rules in an order based on results of the evaluation operations (e.g., sorting the rules systematically in an order based on measures such as precision, recall, correlation to other rules already in use, etc.). The technique further involves, based on the order of the plurality of malicious activity detection rules, providing a malicious activity detection rule report which recommends a set of malicious activity detection rules of the plurality of malicious activity detection rules for use in the malicious activity detection system.
US09690926B2	User authentication based on established network activity A device may determine that a user device should be authenticated; and determine a confidence measurement based on an established activity pattern of the user device. The confidence measurement may relate to a likelihood that an authorized user of the user device is in possession of the user device. The device may authenticate the user device based on the confidence measurement.
US09690922B2	System, apparatus, and method for anti-replay protection of data stored in a non-volatile memory device Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a system, apparatus, and method for providing anti-replay protection of data stored in a non-volatile memory device. Some embodiments describe an anti-replay protection (ARP) device that may protect an external non-volatile memory device from replay attacks.
US09690921B2	Processing apparatus and storage medium A processing apparatus includes a process performing unit, an operation unit, a processor and memory. The processing apparatus receives first identification information from a communication device, acquires second identification information input by the operation unit, determines whether registration of the first and second identification information is permitted, registers registration information in which the first and second identification information are associated, when the first identification information is received after registering the registration information, performs authentication based on the first identification information, and, when the second identification information is acquired after registering the registration information, performs authentication based on the second identification information. In both cases where the authentication has been performed based on the first and second identification information, the process performing unit performs the specific process by using information managed in association with the registration information.
US09690915B2	Device, method, and system of detecting remote access users and differentiating among users Devices, systems, and methods of detecting user identity, differentiating between users of a computerized service, detecting a possible cyber-attacker, detecting a remote access user, and detecting an automated script or malware. The methods include monitoring of user-side input-unit interactions, in general and in response to an interference introduced to user-interface elements. The monitored interactions are used for detecting an attacker that utilizes a remote access channel; for detecting a malicious automatic script, as well as malicious code injection; to identify a particular hardware assembly; to perform user segmentation or user characterization; to enable a visual login process with implicit two-factor authentication; to enable stochastic cryptography; and to detect that multiple users are utilizing the same subscription account.
US09690908B2	Method for managing medicine taking by a user terminal in a system comprising the user terminal, a server, and a medicine container, and the user terminal performing the method A method of managing a taking medicine, user terminal for the same and system therefor are disclosed. The present invention includes detecting an identification information of a medicine using a user terminal, transmitting a taking medicine information of the medicine from a sever to the user terminal using the detected identification information, setting a user's taking medicine schedule in the user terminal in accordance with the taking medicine information. Accordingly, a user is guided in taking a medicine. And, it is able to check whether a medicine has been taken.
US09690905B2	Dialysis treatment prescription system and method A dialysis system includes: a home dialysis machine located at a patient's home; a clinician computer associated with a dialysis center, the dialysis center located remotely from the home dialysis machine; a server in data communication with the home dialysis machine and the clinician computer; and wherein the system is configured and arranged for (i) treatment data to be sent by the home dialysis machine to the clinician computer via the server, and (ii) the treatment data to be analyzed to form a treatment prescription that is delivered to and used by the home dialysis machine to perform a subsequent treatment.
US09690894B1	Safety features for high level design This disclosure relates generally to electronic design automation using high level synthesis techniques to generate circuit designs that include safety features. The algorithmic description representation can be specified in a first language and include at least one programming language construct associated with a first safety data type. Compiling the algorithmic description may involve identifying the at least one construct, accessing a first safety data type definition associated with the first safety data type, and generating a second representation of the circuit design based on the algorithmic description representation and the first safety data type definition. The second representation can be provided in a second language and include at least one safety feature for a portion of the circuit design associated with the at least one construct.
US09690888B2	Method and apparatus for system design verification An apparatus for system design verification has a test case module for compiling a test case in a scripting language (such as TCL) and a testbench including the design under test and operating with a Hardware Descriptor Language (such as SystemVerilog). A stimulus generated by the test case module is applied to the testbench through an interface gasket based on ‘C’.
US09690877B1	Systems and methods for electronic communications Embodiments of the invention provide a system for enhancing user interaction with the Internet of Things. The system includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes a database having one or more options corresponding to each of the Internet of Things. The memory further includes instructions executable by the processor to share at least one of the one or more options with one or more users of the things. Further, the instructions receive information corresponding to selection of the at least one option by the one or more users. Additionally, the instructions update the database based on the selection of the at least one option by the one or more users. Further, a device for enhancing interaction with the things is also disclosed.
US09690876B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing superviews of geospatial arrangements A method is provided for providing superviews of geospatial arrangements. Users may configure a superview by providing a unit(s) and filtering criteria. Subunits belonging to the unit(s) and satisfying the filtering criteria may be displayed in a graphical superview, including additional pertinent information relative to the subunits. The graphical superview may be updated automatically to reflect the most up to date information. A server may be preconfigured to receive a superview configuration and automatically cause the corresponding graphical superview to be displayed on a client device.
US09690867B2	Page route sorting using DSP techniques A server device may store information identifying multiple routes. Each of the multiple routes may identify a sequence in which pages were individually selected. The server device may determine respective time-domain functions for each of the multiple routes. Each of the time-domain functions may represent a series of data points corresponding to the sequence in which the web pages were selected. The server device may determine respective frequency-domain functions based on the respective time-domain functions; determine route metrics for each of the multiple routes based on the respective frequency-domain functions; sort the multiple routes based on the route metrics; and store or output information regarding the sorted multiple routes.
US09690851B2	Automatic generation of contextual search string synonyms Searches for content may be improved with unique reserved phrases. Reserved phrases may direct queries to specific preselected section of content. Synonyms may be generated and associated with a reserved phrase such that even when queries do not include reserved phrases, the synonyms may be used to map queries to the reserved phrases and the associated content. Synonyms may be generated and filtered such that a synonym is only associated with one reserved phrase thereby reducing search ambiguity.
US09690831B2	Computer-implemented system and method for visual search construction, document triage, and coverage tracking A computer-implemented system and method for visual search construction, document triage, and coverage tracking is provided. One or more search topics are received from a user. The search topics are positioned along a graph to generate a query. A search for resulting topics that are related to one or more of the search topics is conducted using the query. The topic results are displayed in the graph in relation to the placed search topics of the query.
US09690828B1	Collaborative search of databases A search query is received from a search engine of multiple search engines. One or more search results from each search engine of the multiple search engines in response to the search query are received. Each search result of the one or more search results includes a first search score. A factor is determined for each search result of the one or more search results. A second search score is determined for each search result of the one or more search results based on the first search score and the factor. The one or more search results are displayed to a user of the search engine in an order. The order is based on the second search score.
US09690825B2	Relationship serialization and reconstruction for entities Systems and methods that enable relationship information to be carried along with the entity when serializing/deserializing entities among application tiers. A tracking component tracks information on relationships associated with an entity, and further enables users to perform subsequent change processing on the entity's relationship information. Accordingly, relationship information can be carried along with the entity such that database operation can be performed without requirement of additional information from the database (e.g., foreign key information that is part of associated graphs).
US09690823B2	Synchronizing copies of an extent in an append-only storage system A append-only data storage system that stores sets of data blocks in extents that are located in storage devices. When an extent becomes full, the system changes the extent from an open state, wherein data can be appended to the extent, to a closed state, wherein data cannot be appended to the extent. This change involves performing a synchronization operation by: obtaining a list of data blocks in the extent from each storage device that has a copy of the extent; forming a union of the lists; looking up data blocks from the union in a database that maps data blocks to storage devices and extents to determine which data blocks belong in the extent; and if a copy of the extent is missing data blocks that belong in the extent, performing a remedial action before changing the extent from the open state to the closed state.
US09690821B2	Computer data system position-index mapping Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for position-index mapping in a computer data system.
US09690818B2	On demand locking of retained resources in a distributed shared disk cluster environment Systems, methods, computer program product embodiments are provided for locking retained resources of database information in a distributed shared disk cluster environment. An embodiment includes providing a request on demand for physical access to a page by a task of a node among a cluster of nodes, managing selective bypassing of waiting access requests to the page at intranode and internode levels in response to the request on demand, and handling requests for page ownership to prioritize a request on demand. Further included are determining whether another node holds a lock on the page and identifying an access type for the waiting access requests in order to coordinate transfer of the lock to the node.
US09690817B2	Song selection using a heart rate change and a facial expression monitored with a camera A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for selecting songs using a heart rate change, a blood pressure change, and a facial expression of a listener. A computer receives a song from a music source selected by a listener and determines whether the song is appropriate. The computer starts to play the song, in response to determining that the song is appropriate. A camera connected to the computer detects a facial expression of the listener. The computer determines whether the facial expression is positive. In response to determining that the facial expression is positive, the computer the song in full. The camera connected to the computer detects a heart rate change and a blood pressure change of the listener. The computer tags the song with updated information.
US09690811B1	Single repository manifestation of a multi-repository system Techniques are provided for manifesting a multiple repository system as a single repository to an application that is designed to use a single repository. According to one aspect, a particular container, which is used by the application to store data, is identified. One or more additional containers are created in one or more different repositories. Each of the additional containers is formatted to store the data that the application stores in the particular container. A construct is created. The construct is associated with the particular container's identifier. The construct causes information from the particular container and each of the additional containers to be combined to answer database commands that reference the particular container's identifier. As a result, data stored in a single repository can be distributed among multiple repositories, and the unmodified application can continue to access that data as though the data was stored in the single repository.
US09690810B2	Systems and methods for managing databases Systems and methods for managing databases are disclosed. One disclosed system includes a processor-addressable physical memory and a processor in communication with said processor-addressable physical memory and configured to execute an environment and to allocate an environment memory to said environment. In such a system, said environment is configured to maintain a database of objects in a database memory within said environment memory. An application executes in an application memory within said environment memory, and upon instantiation of a database object, the application environment allocates memory in said database for said database object, the database providing master storage for said database object. Upon an instruction to obtain said database object from said application, the environment provides to said application a reference to said database object; and upon an access operation on said database object by said application, provides to said application direct access to data of said database object.
US09690805B1	Ranking of geographic information Providing information includes identifying documents that are responsive to a query, some of the documents each being associated with a geographic feature, and providing a list of the documents in a sequence that is determined based on rank scores derived from one or more properties of the geographic features associated with the documents.
US09690799B2	Unified architecture for hybrid database storage using fragments Data records of a data set can be stored in multiple main part fragments retained in on-disk storage. Each fragment can include a number of data records that is equal to or less than a defined maximum fragment size. Using a compression that is optimized for each fragment, each fragment can be compressed. After reading at least one of the fragments into main system memory from the on-disk storage, an operation can be performed on the fragment or fragments while the in the main system memory.
US09690798B2	System and method for organizing files based on a unique identification code A system for determining a time that a file was created and associating an ID with the file based on the file creation time is disclosed. The system adjusts the creation time by a time zone offset. In the case of image files, the file creation time may be based on information associated with the image: (1) by the camera that took the picture (exchangeable image file data); (2) when the photo was last modified in memory (file modification time data); (3) based on the raw date and time the photo file was created (file date-time data); and (4) when the photo was imported onto a client device. The system may rename the file with this adjusted creation time to create a standardized name. As a result, the standardized name provides a filename nomenclature that is based on the actual or estimated time of when the file was created.
US09690788B2	File type recognition analysis method and system A method and system for file type identifying and analyzing, are high in processing efficiency and accuracy, simple in parameter configuring and speedy in analyzing. The method for file type identifying and analyzing is a method for identifying file type read from a database and making an analysis, including the following steps: a loading step for loading file type and file format parameters into a memory; a file reading step for reading files from the memory; a file type identifying step for determining whether the read files are of the file type that can be identified by the memory; a file analyzing step for analyzing files and generating an analysis report in the event that the file type can be identified. The time required for file analysis can be effectively shortened and the accuracy of file identifying and analyzing can be ensured.
US09690785B1	Change notification routing based on original authorship of modified region A collaborative document editing system receives an input to a document from a first user. The collaborative document editing system identifies a portion of the document associated with the input and a set of users associated with the identified portion of the document. The collaborative document editing system applies the input to the document and transmits a notification regarding the input to members of the identified set of users other than the first user.
US09690777B1	Translating website listings and propagating the translated listings to listing websites in other regions A method and system for translating and propagating listings amongst listing websites is provided. In an embodiment, a request is received to propagate listings from a first listing website. Application server interface instructions are executed to make calls to APIs of a first listing website server for one or more listings. One or more listings in a first language are received from the first listing website and translated into one or more second languages. The translations are then used to generate one or more second listings for one or more second listing websites.
US09690763B1	Display of webpage elements on a connected computer A first computer may download one or more webpage files containing code that specifies webpage elements for display on a first computer and second computer (or the second computer only). The first computer may send an indication of the webpage elements to the second computer for the second computer to display, or the first computer may send an indication of certain webpage files to the second computer for the second computer to download and process for display. Also, some webpage files may contain webpage elements for the first computer to display. In some cases, the first and second computer may both display elements of a webpage.
US09690753B1	Caching of a site model in a hierarchical modeling system for network sites Disclosed are various embodiments for caching of a hierarchical model of a network site. Upon receiving a request to resolve a network site, a hierarchical site model associated with a network site is retrieved. A directory model associated with the network site is also retrieved. A caching process is initiated that retrieves at least a subset of page models and loads them into a cache. The caching process is executed in parallel with the processing of the hierarchical site model.
US09690750B2	Arithmetic device, arithmetic method, and wireless communication device An arithmetic device including: a plurality of parallel processors, and a processor configured to control the plurality of parallel processors so as to calculate an approximate solution of an equation by using a first algorithm and a second algorithm switchably, each of the first algorithm and the second algorithm being algorithms providing an iterative method, the second algorithm causing a divergence more likely than the first algorithm, the second algorithm being performed more efficiently by the plurality of parallel processors than the first algorithm, the first algorithm and the second algorithm being switched each other between at least one pair of iterative steps of the iterative method.
US09690748B1	Delivering notifications to background applications Described herein are systems and methods providing notifications to an application in a background state on a device such as a user device. The device may be resource constrained such as having limited memory, processor, power, or other resources for execution of applications. While in a background state, notifications from other applications may be sent to the application in the background state. To other applications, the application in the background state may appear to be operating in the foreground.
US09690747B2	Configurable logic integrated circuit having a multidimensional structure of configurable elements An array processor composed of processor cells that are programmed by a controlling unit, and that are reprogrammed when a cell has finished a current data processing operation, even while other cell continue to process data with their current programming.
US09690734B2	Quasi-optimized interconnection network for, and method of, interconnecting nodes in large-scale, parallel systems A plurality of data links interconnects a number (N) of nodes of a large-scale, parallel system with minimum data transfer latency. A maximum number (K) of the data links connect each node to the other nodes. The number (N) of the nodes is related to the maximum number (K) of the data links by the expression: N=2K. An average distance (A) of the shortest distances between all pairs of the nodes, and a diameter (D), which is a largest of the shortest distances, are minimized.
US09690730B2	Register slicing circuit and system on chip including the same A register slicing circuit includes first and second register circuits, a forward channel and a backward channel. The first and second register circuits sequentially store requests received from a plurality of master devices to output the stored requests toward a slave device. The forward channel is used for sending a first request from the first register circuit to the second register circuit, and the backward channel is used for sending back a second request from the second register circuit to the first register circuit.
US09690724B2	Dual-driver interface A network interface device capable of communication with a data processing system supporting an operating system and at least one application, the network interface device supporting communication with the operating system by means of: two or more data channels, each data channel being individually addressable by the network interface device and being capable of carrying application-level data between the network interface device and the data processing device; and a control channel individually addressable by the network interface device and capable of carrying control data between the network interface device, the control data defining commands and the network interface being responsive to at least one command sent over the control channel to establish at least one additional data channel.
US09690716B2	High performance persistent memory for region-centric consistent and atomic updates A processor includes a processing core to execute an application comprising instructions encoding a transaction with a persistent memory via a non-persistent cache, wherein the transaction is to create a mapping from a virtual address space to a memory region identified by a memory region identifier (MRID) in the persistent memory, and tag a cache line of the non-persistent cache with the MRID, in which the cache line is associated with a cache line status, and a cache controller, in response to detecting a failure event, to selectively evict contents of the cache line to the memory region identified by the MRID based on the cache line status.
US09690713B1	Systems and methods for effectively interacting with a flash memory Various systems and methods to use a plurality of linked lists for keeping track of changes to be made in data sets currently in a flash memory. To enhance efficiency of the system, the changes to be made in any particular data set are aggregated in a random access memory (“RAM”) until a sufficient volume of changes have been aggregated to justify a rewrite of the flash memory block in which the particular data set is stored. Since a flash memory may have millions of memory blocks and data sets, there are potentially tremendous demands on the memory resources of the RAM to keep track of all the changes, but the problem presented by these potential demands is avoided through the use of linked lists, in which each list links all of the changes that have been aggregated in RAM and that apply to one specific data set.
US09690712B2	Method and system for cache management Machine logic (for example, software) for cache management. comprising cache management method includes the following operations: determining, in response to a cache entry is created, a category for the cache entry; and determining a predicted time point of an invalidation event associated with the category, wherein occurrence of the invalidation event will cause invalidation of catching entries of the category; setting a valid period of the cache entry based on the predicted time point.
US09690707B2	Correlation-based instruction prefetching The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates prefetching an instruction cache line in a processor. During execution of the processor, the system performs a current instruction cache access which is directed to a current cache line. If the current instruction cache access causes a cache miss or is a first demand fetch for a previously prefetched cache line, the system determines whether the current instruction cache access is discontinuous with a preceding instruction cache access. If so, the system completes the current instruction cache access by performing a cache access to service the cache miss or the first demand fetch, and also prefetching a predicted cache line associated with a discontinuous instruction cache access which is predicted to follow the current instruction cache access.
US09690703B1	Systems and methods providing storage system write elasticity buffers Systems and methods which implement a buffer for storing data to be written to a storage device when a data write operation of the storage device is determined to be outside of an acceptable parameter are disclosed. An elasticity buffer of embodiments may provide buffering on an as needed basis with respect to storage device cache flushing operations to thereby persistently store dirty write data from a storage device cache when a storage device data write is experiencing aberrant operation, such as when the data write is taking too long. The resources of the storage device cache may thus be cleaned and made available for subsequent data caching. The data may subsequently be written from the elasticity buffer to the storage device, such as after recovery action is taken with respect to the storage device, when the storage device starts completing data write operations in a timely fashion, etc.
US09690699B1	Methods and apparatus for information storage and retrieval using a caching technique with external-chain hashing and dynamic resource-dependent data shedding A method and apparatus for performing storage and retrieval in an information storage system cache is disclosed that uses the hashing technique with the external chaining method for collision resolution. In order to prevent performance deterioration due to an unrestrained growth in the length of chains, an on-the-fly record removal technique is combined with background chain-pruning processes that continually trim long chains to keep chain lengths at an acceptable equilibrium without triggering abrupt, disruptive action at the time the system senses that it is stressed. More specifically, each insertion, retrieval, or deletion of a record is an occasion to rid an entire linked list of its records that have aged out. Additionally, concurrent background processes continually navigate the hash table, trimming those chains that are deemed excessively long. The aggressiveness of chain-pruning varies dynamically as the local and global state of the system fluctuates, pruning more when chains are long and the system is heavily loaded, and pruning less when chains are short and the system load is light.
US09690696B1	Lifetime extension of memory for data storage system Memory lifetime extension for a data storage system having a first memory and a second memory includes determining a plurality of age-adjusted access values for a data block stored in the first memory based on access of the data block and at least one aging weight, determining an overall access value for the data block based on the plurality of age-adjusted access values, and determining if at least a portion of the data block should be stored in a cache memory of the second memory based on the overall access value. The at least one aging weight can be dynamically adjusted based on an expected remaining practical usable life of the second memory.
US09690693B2	Storage system, storage apparatus, and computer product A storage system includes a storage apparatus having a first storage unit having first storage and a first storage control unit controlling access to the first storage, and a first control unit controlling storage units including the first storage unit; a second storage unit having second storage and a second storage control unit controlling access to the second storage; and a second control unit controlling storage units including the second storage unit. The second storage unit and second control unit are added to the storage apparatus. the first control unit includes a memory unit storing allocation information including an allocation state of storage areas of the first and second storage, and a processor configured to execute rearrangement control of an allocated storage area based on the allocation information corresponding to unevenness between a storage capacity of an allocated storage area in the first storage and that in the second storage.
US09690691B2	Controller, data storage device, and program product According to one embodiment, a write instructing unit instructs a data access unit to write, in a storage area of a data storage unit indicated by a first physical address, write object data, instructs a management information access unit to update address conversion information, and instructs a first access unit to update the first physical address. A compaction unit extracts a physical address of compaction object data, instructs the data access unit to read the compaction object data stored in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by the physical address, instructs the data access unit to write the compaction object data in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by a second physical address, instructs the management information access unit to update the address conversion information, and instructs a second access unit to update the second physical address.
US09690690B1	Scalable transitive violation matching Methods for reducing storage and performing static analysis on violations across code base revisions are disclosed. An example method begins with receiving a child snapshot representing a code base at a specific revision. A parent snapshot is identified. Then, canonical representations for violations representing coding defects in the parent and child snapshots are computed. An example method determines matching violations between the snapshots, unmatched parent violations, and unmatched child violations. For matching violations that have different canonical representations, a mapping between the parent snapshot violation and the child snapshot violation is stored using their respective canonical representations. For unmatched parent violations, each violation's canonical representation is stored with an indication that the violation has been eliminated from the child snapshot. For unmatched child violations, each violation's canonical representation is stored with an indication that the violation has been introduced in the child snapshot.
US09690687B2	Dynamic allocation of trace array timestamp data A processor determines a timestamp for a signal based on a number of consecutive cycles that the signal is present on a trace bus. The processor writes a first part of the timestamp to a memory that is allocated for a timestamp of a trace entry. The processor overwrites one or more identified free bits with a second part of the timestamp of the trace entry.
US09690686B1	Method for setting breakpoints in automatically loaded software Aspects of the present invention provide a system and method for a user of an event-driven simulator to specify breakpoint conditions in kernel modules, startup processes, shared libraries, and other automatically loaded software elements before the target environment is initialized. The virtual platform detects specified breakpoints when a file is loaded onto a virtual platform debugger during startup of the environment or initialization of the relevant processes. The virtual platform debugger may scan for specified breakpoints in all loaded source code files, in only those source code files that are automatically loaded, or in only those source code files specified by the designer as modified.
US09690685B2	Performance management based on resource consumption A method and apparatus of a device for performance management by terminating application programs that consume an excessive amount of system resources is described. The device receives a resource consumption threshold and a detection period. The device further monitors a resource usage of an application program. The device determines whether the resource usage of the application program exceeds the resource consumption threshold for the detection period. The device further terminates the application program when the resource usage exceeds the resource consumption threshold for the detection period.
US09690681B1	Method and system for automatically generating executable system-level tests A method for automatically generating executable system-level tests may include receiving scenario information for testing a device under test (DUT). The method may also include analyzing the scenario information to determine whether there is a legal order in which some or all actions included in the test are to be executed by a plurality of processors of the DUT requiring that one or a plurality of the actions be performed before one or a plurality of other actions may be performed; and identify necessary communications between the processors relating to synchronization points between them. The method may further include automatically generating a test that includes a plurality of actions performed by some or all of the processors in compliance with the legal order.
US09690679B2	Transaction commitment and replication in a storage system An embodiment provides a system and method for transaction commitment and replication. The method includes receiving a minitransaction from a client node at one or more memory nodes, wherein each memory node includes a number of replicas. The minitransaction is a type of transaction which atomically executes any combination of reading, comparing, and writing to any of a number of memory locations. The method also includes determining, for a leader of the replicas within a memory node, whether the leader is able to commit the minitransaction and stabilizing state changes of the minitransaction within a transaction log using a consensus procedure to update the replicas. The method further includes committing the minitransaction if, at each memory node, a quorum of the replicas is able to stabilize the minitransaction, or aborting the minitransaction otherwise.
US09690678B2	Fault tolerant systems and method of using the same Systems and methods for resolving fault detection in a control system is provided. The system includes an I/O module operably connected to a first, second, and third microcontroller for transmitting data. The first microcontroller is in an active state, i.e., in control, while the remaining controllers are in an idle state. The system further includes an event generator for generating an event indicative of a fault occurrence, and a means for detecting a fault event. The system also includes a means for reassigning a controller, wherein upon detection of a fault event in both the first and second controllers, the means for reassigning a controller changes the state of the third controller to active, leaving the remaining controllers idle or in a shutdown state, thereby effectively assigning control from the first controller to the third controller.
US09690668B2	Data boundary identification A system and method obtain a set of data and identify successive subsets of data within the set of data. A boundary identifying hash is calculated on a subset of data and compared with a boundary indicating value. If the calculated boundary identifying hash matches the boundary indicating value, a natural boundary is identified in the set of data.
US09690664B2	Storage system and method for controlling the same The present invention provides a storage system capable of preventing data loss when power failure or other failures occur to an external power supply, by determining whether the capacity corresponding to the write data can be saved from a volatile memory to a nonvolatile memory based on a charged capacity of a battery used as an internal power supply and a non-backed-up (not yet backed-up) data capacity from the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory, when storing data from a host computer or a system drive to the volatile memory of the storage system. If it is determined that saving of data is possible, an area corresponding to the write data capacity is allocated in the volatile memory and data is written to the allocated area, but if it is determined that saving of data is not possible, the writing of data is suppressed.
US09690657B2	Writing data across storage devices in an erasure-coded system A computing device writes data across storage devices in an erasure-coded system. The computing device computes data blocks and parity blocks from data and computes a portion of the data to be stored in the system. The computing is performed by one or more controllers included in a redundant array of an independent disks controller. The computing device provides the locations of the data blocks and the parity blocks in storage devices of an erasure-coded system. The location is determined using one or more placement nodes. The placement nodes are configured for managing placement schemes of data blocks and parity blocks on the storage devices.
US09690652B2	Search device and search method searching data based on key According to one embodiment, a search device includes a first comparison module, a determination module, a correction module, a second comparison module, and a search module. The first comparison module compares a received first key with a second key read from a nonvolatile memory. The determination module determines whether error correction is possible based on a first comparison result obtained by the first comparison module. The correction module generates a third key by applying an error correction process to the second key if the determination module determines that error correction is possible. The second comparison module compares the first key with the third key. The search module reads data associated with the second key in the nonvolatile memory if a second comparison result obtained by the second comparison module shows a match.
US09690643B2	Engine-control computer and method for detecting failures of such a computer An engine-control computer including switches wherein switch voltage type outputs are configured to control some actuators and a device for detecting internal or external failures with respect to the computer including: a circuit for acquisition of current flowing in such a switch; a circuit for acquisition of an input voltage of the switch; a circuit for acquisition of an output voltage of the switch; an electrical monitoring circuit wherein the three inputs are connected respectively to outputs of each of the three circuits, which tests current and voltage level, delivers an invalid status if the current is less than a defined limit current and if the voltage is less than a defined threshold voltage and configured to detect an external failure with respect to the computer. A method detects failures of such a computer.
US09690632B2	Method and system for modeling and analyzing computing resource requirements of software applications in a shared and distributed computing environment An application manager receives or defines a service specification for a first application that defines a set of required computing resources that are necessary to run each application component of the first application. A resource supply manager in communication with the application manager manages a plurality of computing resources in a shared computing environment. The application manager is operable to request the set of required computing resources from the computing resource supply manager, and wherein the resource supply manager determines the availability of the required computing resources within the shared computing environment according to resource allocation policies and allocates computing resources to the application manager, and wherein the application manager is operable manage allocation of the computing resources to the first application, the application manager operable to create and manage deployment of instances of each application component of the first application on the allocated computing resources.
US09690624B1	Triggered queue transformation Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to evaluating resource loads to determine when to transform queues and to specific techniques for transforming at least part of queues so as to correspond to alternative resources.
US09690621B2	Multitasking method and electronic device therefor A multitasking method of changing a state of an application changed to a background program of a lower priority to a freeze state which is a sleep mode or execute the application continuously in an unfreeze state which is an operation mode according to identification information, an activation state, etc. of the corresponding application to perform a multitasking operation and an electronic device therefor are provided. The method includes changing a first application program to a background program of a lower priority and executing a second application program as a foreground program of a higher priority and determining whether to change a state of the first application program changed to the background program to a freeze state which is a sleep mode or execute the first application program continuously in an unfreeze state which is an operation mode according to identification information of the first application program.
US09690620B2	Polymorphic heterogeneous multi-core architecture Methods and architecture for dynamic polymorphic heterogeneous multi-core processor operation are provided. The method for dynamic heterogeneous polymorphic processing includes the steps of receiving a processing task comprising a plurality of serial threads. The method is performed in a processor including a plurality of processing cores, each of the plurality of processing cores being assigned to one of a plurality of core clusters and each of the plurality of core clusters capable of dynamically forming a coalition comprising two or more of its processing cores. The method further includes determining whether each of the plurality of serial threads requires more than one processing core, and sending a go-into-coalition-mode-now instruction to ones of the plurality of core clusters for handling ones of the plurality of serial threads that require more than one processing core.
US09690605B2	Configuration of an edge switch downlink port with a network policy of a published network configuration service type Examples disclosed herein relate to associating an identifier for a virtual machine with a published network configuration service type. Examples include configuring an edge switch with a network policy in response to receiving the identifier from the edge switch.
US09690603B2	Central processing unit, information processing apparatus, and intra-virtual-core register value acquisition method To provide a new operation verification method for an information processing flow, a central processing unit capable of building a plurality of virtual cores on a physical core includes: an element or part for executing, on an own virtual core, or causing another virtual core on the same physical core to execute, a reference instruction of directly referring to a current register value used by an arbitrary virtual core from the another virtual core without influence on an execution context of the arbitrary virtual core; and an element or part for switching a permission or authorization for executing the reference instruction of referring to the register value among the plurality of virtual cores.
US09690599B2	Method and apparatus for determining an active input area Various methods for determining an active input area are provided. One example method includes acquiring frame buffer data defining an image area that has been refreshed and detecting a cursor within the frame buffer data. Detecting the cursor may include determining that dimensions of the image area match dimensions of a previously acquired image area associated with a successful cursor detection, and the example method may further include directing transmission of coordinates and dimensions of the image area to a remote environment. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided.
US09690598B2	Remotely establishing device platform integrity This invention includes apparatus, systems, and methods for repairing a corrupted device still in the field by sending the corrupted device a known-good configuration derived from the majority group of devices in the field. First, an initial inventory and content scan of the device's hardware and software stack is taken. The attestation server uses the collection of results to determine a statistically known-good configuration for each type of device. The attestation server groups the known good devices by devices and ideally all of the devices of the same type are configured mostly the same. The attestation server sends an alert to the device that the device is configured differently than the plurality of existing devices. Finally, the attestation server will request a known-good configuration from one of the devices in the plurality of existing devices to repair the corrupted device in the field.
US09690596B1	Firmware based runtime operating system switch Approaches for firmware-based runtime operating system switch. UEFI firmware receives a request to switch an active operating system on a device from a first operating system to a second operating system. The UEFI firmware changes the operational state of the first operating state to an ACPI S3 state. The UEFI firmware performs a set of ACPI S3 resume boot path operations on the second operating system to cause the second operating system to become the active operating system. The set of ACPI S3 resume boot path operations may be performed while the second operating system is loaded into a memory area inaccessible to the first operating system and the first operating system remains in the ACPI S3 state.
US09690589B2	Computer instructions for activating and deactivating operands An instruction set architecture (ISA) includes instructions for selectively indicating last-use architected operands having values that will not be accessed again, wherein architected operands are made active or inactive after an instruction specified last-use by an instruction, wherein the architected operands are made active by performing a write operation to an inactive operand, wherein the activation/deactivation may be performed by the instruction having the last-use of the operand or another (prefix) instruction.
US09690584B2	Systems and methods for register allocation System and methods are provided for register allocation. An original code block and a target code block associated with a branch of an execution loop are determined. An original allocation of a plurality of physical registers to one or more original variables associated with the original code block is detected. A target allocation of the plurality of physical registers to one or more target variables associated with the target code block is determined. One or more temporary registers are selected from the plurality of physical registers based at least in part on the original allocation and the target allocation. The original allocation is changed to the target allocation using the selected temporary registers. Specifically, one or more instructions are generated to change the original allocation to the target allocation using the selected temporary registers. The instructions are executed using one or more processors.
US09690579B2	Merged floating point operation using a modebit A first floating-point operation unit receives first and second variables and performs a first operation generating a first output. A first rounding unit receives and rounds the first output to generate a second output if a control bit is in a first state. A second floating-point operation unit receives a third variable and either the first output or the second output and performs a second operation on the third variable and either the first output or the second output, to generate a third output. The second floating-point operation unit receives and operates on the first output if the control bit is in the first state, or the second output if the control bit is in the second state. A second rounding unit receives and rounds the third output.
US09690575B2	Cloud-based decision management platform A cloud-based decision management platform along with corresponding method, system, and a computer program product are disclosed. At least one component of at least one computing system is selected from a plurality of components of the computing system. The selected component is configured for execution during a runtime of the computing system. The configured component is executed during runtime. The components of the computing system are stored in a catalog module based on at least one characteristic that includes at least one of the following: analytics, decisioning, identity and access management, and optimization.
US09690572B2	System and method for updating firmware in real-time A system controlled by firmware includes a memory and a processor. The memory includes a first memory block for storing non-programmable code used for performing key functions, and second and third memory blocks for storing programmable code used for performing normal functions. During operation, one of the second and third memory blocks in which the programmable code is being executed is an active memory block. After receiving new programmable code, the processor identifies the inactive memory block, stores the new programmable code therein, and switches to execute the new programmable code while continuing to perform the key functions using the non-programmable code.
US09690571B2	System and method for low cost patching of high voltage operation memory space A low semiconductor area impact mechanism for patching operations stored in a boot memory area is provided, thereby providing flexibility to such code. In this manner, current flash memory manager SCRAM, which is used for memory operations when the flash memory is unavailable can be replaced with a significantly smaller register area (e.g., a flip flop array) that provides a small patch space, variable storage, and stack. Embodiments provide such space saving without modification to the CPU core, but instead focus on the external flash memory manager. Patch code can be copied into a designated register space. Since such code used during flash memory inaccessibility is typically small, patching is provided for just a small area of the possible flash memory map, and program flow is controlled by presenting the CPU core's own address to redirect the program counter to the patch area.
US09690568B2	Client-side script bundle management system A method of operation of a bundle management system includes: generating a resource bundle with client-based script code based on a client device condition of a potential client device; generating a condition map correlating the client device condition to the resource bundle; generating a bundle set including the resource bundle based on a developer version of the client-based script code; uploading the condition map to a web service system; and configuring the web service system to operate a web service corresponding to the developer version of the bundle set.
US09690567B2	Runtime detection of software configurations and upgrades The present disclosure relates generally to the field of software configuration management, and more particularly to validating, detecting, and dynamically handling software configurations and updates. A computing device detects a configuration event in a first computer program. The computing device includes a plurality of executing computer programs, wherein the plurality of executing computer programs includes the first computer program and a second computer program, and wherein the first computer program has a configurational relationship to the second computer program. The computing program determines whether the configuration event affects the second computer program. The computing device generates an action in response to the determination.
US09690565B2	Application assisted software update for connected devices without a display An exemplary system and method avoids unannounced software updates for a connected device by acquiring installation consent from the user for each software update to the connected device. Consent is acquired by leveraging an extended interface application described below, to facilitate notifications from the connected device to the user and receive user inputs indicating consent in response to the notifications.
US09690561B2	Preinstalled application management method for mobile terminal and mobile terminal An embodiment of the present invention discloses a preinstalled application management method for a mobile terminal, where storage space of the mobile terminal includes at least one directory, and an installation package of at least one preinstalled application is stored in the at least one directory. The method includes: starting the mobile terminal; scanning the at least one directory; and installing the installation package of the at least one preinstalled application in the at least one directory to generate a preinstalled application having user-level permission. Besides, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal. By using the method and the mobile terminal, the preinstalled application can be uninstalled.
US09690558B2	Orchestrating the lifecycle of multiple-target applications The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for deploying a multiple target application (MTA). One example method includes identifying a MTA for deployment. The MTA includes one or more software modules and is associated with a deployment descriptor that identifies at least one dependency associated with the one or more software modules. One or more target platforms are identified for deployment of the MTA. The one or more software modules are deployed on the one or more target platforms. Deploying the one or more software modules includes implementing the at least one dependency identified in the deployment descriptor.
US09690549B2	Editing software products using text mapping files A GUI screen may include text fields, and a first resource file includes text strings for the text fields. A text mapping file may be generated to include a module for each text string, with each module including a text string from the resource file and a text string identification. A first screenshot of the GUI screen may include an original first text string from s first module and an original second text string from a second module. Responsive to receiving user input of a new first text string, the first module may be updated with the new first text string, and a second screenshot of the GUI screen may be provided including the new first text string from first module and the original second text string from the second module. A second resource file may then be provided including the new first text string.
US09690547B1	Dynamic setup of development environments A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a user at a local machine to access a project. One or more programming languages used in the project are identified. Resource availability at the local machine is analyzed. An integrated development environment (IDE) is selected for the project, based at least in part on the one or more programming languages and the resource availability of the local machine. The IDE is provisioned automatically, by a computer processor, for the user in response to the request to access the project.
US09690545B2	Floating-point calculation apparatus, program, and calculation apparatus A floating-point calculation apparatus comprising: a selection part; an addition and subtraction calculation part; an output determination part; and a buffer management part configured to add, when it is determined that a buffer used to store an input value is not prepared, a buffer that corresponds to the input value, wherein when a number of significant digits of the result of performing an addition and subtraction calculation exceeds a number of significant digits of the buffer selected by the selection part, the addition and subtraction calculation part shifts right or shifts left part of the result of performing the addition and subtraction calculation and divides the result of performing the addition and subtraction calculation into values each being storable in one of a plurality of buffers.
US09690538B1	Customizable real-time electronic whiteboard system Described herein is a system in which multiple display devices may be located remotely throughout a facility. The system receives location information for a number of users within the facility. The system is able to identify a set of users collocated with a particular display device and generate a set of configuration settings specific to that set of users. Information provided by the system, either in response to an information request or automatically, may be formatted and/or filtered according to the generated set of configuration settings. In some embodiments, the set of configuration settings may be compiled from each of the users in the set of users based on priority.
US09690537B2	Information processing apparatus capable of quickly updating a display in accordance with an operation for changing a display appearance and control method thereof An information processing apparatus that transmits image data to be displayed in a display unit to a display control apparatus and comprises a capture unit configured to capture the image data to be displayed, a transmission control unit configured to perform control such that the captured image data is transmitted to the display control apparatus, and a detection unit configured to detect an operation performed on the information processing apparatus. In a case where the detection unit detects a predetermined operation for changing a display appearance of the image data to be displayed, the transmission control unit performs control such that information of an amount of change resulting from the predetermined operation is transmitted to the display control apparatus.
US09690535B2	Optical configurations in a tileable display apparatus A display apparatus including a screen layer for displaying a unified image to a viewer and an illumination layer having an array of light sources. Each light source emits a light beam. An array of optical elements, each coupled to a corresponding light source in the array of light sources, is disposed between the screen layer and the illumination layer. The display layer includes a matrix of pixlets and a spacing region disposed between the pixlets in the matrix, wherein the array of light sources emit their light beams through the array of optical elements, wherein each optical element is configured to shape the received light beam into a divergent projection beam having a limited angular spread to project sub-images displayed by the pixlets as magnified sub-images on the backside of the screen layer, the magnified sub-images to combine to form the unified image that is substantially seamless.
US09690521B2	Print control device and recording medium A print control device includes an application identification executor that identifies an application, a special print function detector that detects a special print function of the application, a view generator that generates a special function settings view showing the special print function of the application, a display controller that displays a print settings screen on a display device upon instructions for printing from the application, the print settings screen enclosing the special function settings view, and a transmitter that transmits print data to a printing apparatus, the print data being in a predetermined form, the print data including print settings configured by a user via the print settings screen.
US09690519B2	Solid state drive card and an electronic system including the same Provided are a solid state drive (SSD) card and an electronic system including the same. The electronic system includes a main board to which an input device and an output device are connected. A central processing unit (CPU) and a platform hub (PH) are provided on the main board. The PH is electrically connected to a hybrid interface socket. The hybrid interface socket includes a secure digital (SD) card interface and a non-SD card interface. When the SSD card and the electronic system including the same are used, a storage capacity may be conveniently upgraded to a higher capacity. Also, since the hybrid interface socket is provided in place of a conventional SD card socket, additional space is not required and thus space may be efficiently used.
US09690510B2	Two-stage read/write 3D architecture for memory devices Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory device wherein a single memory cell array is partitioned between two or more tiers which are vertically integrated on a single substrate. The memory device also includes support circuitry including a control circuit configured to read and write data to the memory cells on each tier, and a shared input/output (I/O) architecture which is connected the memory cells within each tier and configured to receive input data word prior to a write operation, and further configured to provide output data word after a read operation. Other devices and methods are also disclosed.
US09690506B2	Virtual tape library In some examples, a local, non-tape based storage is to emulate tape storage elements at a first virtual tape library. A data structure associates first emulated tape storage elements of an emulated tape library with the storage elements in the first virtual tape library and associates second emulated tape storage elements of the emulated tape library with storage elements emulated by a remote storage in a second virtual tape library that is separate from the first virtual tape library, where the first virtual tape library is to present the emulated tape library that includes the storage elements of the first and second virtual tape libraries to a requesting entity that is separate from the first and second virtual tape libraries.
US09690504B1	Cloud agnostic replication A computer implemented method, computer program product, and system comprising setting a configuration of a virtual machine to boot into a replication virtual machine or a production virtual machine, booting the virtual machine to the set configuration, and upon a failover, rebooting the virtual machine into the other configuration.
US09690496B2	Using external memory devices to improve system performance The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device or onto a network in which the computing device is connected, the system recognizes the EMD and populates the EMD with disk sectors. The system routes I/O read requests directed to the disk sector to the EMD cache instead of the actual disk sector. The use of EMDs increases performance and productivity on the computing device systems for a fraction of the cost of adding memory to the computing device.
US09690494B2	Managing concurrent access to multiple storage bank domains by multiple interfaces System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate access to a memory device. A memory space within the memory device is divided into a plurality of storage bank domains. Thereafter, application interface circuits configured to access the memory space are classified into a plurality of interface groups based on one or more application usage requirements. Each interface group of the plurality of interface groups is assigned to a corresponding storage bank domain from the plurality of storage bank domains. Access between each interface group and the corresponding storage bank domain is then provided, wherein a first application interface circuit of a first interface group accesses a first corresponding storage bank domain while a second application interface circuit of a second interface group accesses a second corresponding storage bank domain.
US09690486B2	Reduction in time required to write file to tape Reducing time required to write a file to tape is provided. Synchronous processing is performed in a file system implementing a Linear Tape File System (LTFS) file format, wherein the synchronous processing includes writing, to a tape medium of a tape cartridge, index information and one or more files. A type of the synchronous processing is determined, wherein the type is either an index-MAM sync type or an index-only sync type. Updated information is stored to a media auxiliary memory of the tape cartridge in response to determining that the synchronous processing is of the index-MAM sync type.
US09690484B2	Minimizing delay periods when accessing mirrored disks Various embodiments of the present invention that include arranging a first storage device and second storage device to store data in a mirrored configuration. Upon receiving a message indicating that the first storage device is in an error recovery mode, the host processor can convey a second request to read the data from the second storage device. The storage device is selected from a list comprising a hard disk drive and a solid state disk drive, and the hard disk drive comprises a disk head having a magnetoresistive (MR) element configured to read and write data to and from the storage media, and coupled to an analog/digital (A/D) converter, and wherein the error recovery operation is selected from a list comprising changing an automatic gain control of the A/D converter, positioning the disk head off-track in order to read the data, and adjusting a bias value of the MR element.
US09690480B2	Controlled access to functionality of a wireless device Various embodiments of the invention may be used to verify that a person being authorized by biometric techniques to use a device is a living person and not some form of recording intended to spoof the system. Some embodiments may try to cause a change in a measured biometric feature, and compare images taken before and after the change to verify the change occurred. In some embodiments, multiple stages of verification may be used, either to increase the difficulty of spoofing the security system, or to provide different levels of security for different levels of access to the device's functionality.
US09690476B2	Electronic device and method of displaying information in response to a gesture A method includes displaying information on a display of an electronic device and detecting a gesture requesting display of information associated with an application. In response to detecting the gesture and while the gesture continues, displaying the requested information and, when a touch location of the gesture is associated with the first selection option, performing a function associated with the first selection option.
US09690472B2	Display method and electronic device The invention provides a display method for sharing information among various users. The method includes: detecting a first operation, where the first operation is associated with an object needed to be displayed; in response to the first operation, determining a first identifier from invoked usage information; displaying an interface needed to be displayed corresponding to the object needed to be displayed in a first display area corresponding to the first identifier. The invention further provides an electronic device to implement the method.
US09690471B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a user interface facilitating a setting of an additional function on an icon can be provided. One embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit, a user input unit configured to receive an input of a command from a user, and a controller generating a first attribute-giving icon corresponding to a first attribute on the display unit in accordance with a first input via the user input unit, the controller, if a distance between the first attribute-giving icon and a second icon displayed on the display unit is changed into a prescribed range in accordance with a second input via the user input unit, controlling the first attribute to be given to the second icon.
US09690460B2	Method and apparatus for identifying user-selectable elements having a commonality thereof Operations for identifying user-selectable elements are detailed in the present application, the operations comprising providing a first group of user-selectable elements having a first attribute in common, displaying the first group of user-selectable elements in a first array thereof, providing a second group of user-selectable elements having a second attribute in common, displaying the second group of user-selectable elements in a second array thereof, and displaying a visual distinctive feature in connection with a set of user-selectable elements having a third attribute in common, the set of user-selectable elements comprising at least one user-selectable element from the first group of user-selectable elements and at least one user-selectable elements from the second group of user-selectable elements, wherein the third attribute is associated with each user-selectable elements in the set of user-selectable elements irrespective of the position of each user-selectable element in relation to one another in the first array and the second array, the visual distinctive feature identifying the user-selectable elements associated with the third attribute from the user-selectable elements not associated with the third attribute. Variations thereof, non-transitory instructions and, inter alia, a graphical user interface thereof are also contemplated therein.
US09690454B2	Methods and systems for remotely viewing and auditing cell sites comprising a digital data structure comprising a substantially 360 degree digital representation of the site Digital data structures of cell sites that can be reviewed, interrogated and manipulated so that users can investigate the cell site remotely. The digital data structures contain data for the elevated antenna holding structure and for each desired cell site component, such as the cellular antennas, microwave dishes. The digital data structures contain high resolution optical information about the cell site so that desired elements can be distinguished and read; relative spatial relationship data so that the relative spatial relationships between the different components can be determined to and automatically generated angular adjustment data to reduce perspective distortions of the cell site components.
US09690444B1	Custom help systems by runtime modification of generic help files A method delivers a help process customized for a particular operating environment using a help system that initially has more generic content. The method includes obtaining system-specific information about a target system. A wrapper is instantiated by invoking it with the system-specific information as invocation parameters, the wrapper providing wrapper methods for modifying help content files of the help system that initially store the more generic content. The wrapper then (1) instantiates the help system, and (2) uses the wrapper methods to modify the help content files based on the invocation parameters to include the system-specific information instead of or in addition to the more generic content. The help system subsequently uses the help content files as modified in subsequent operation. In operation, the help system reflects the system-specific information, providing desirable customized functionality while leveraging automated design tools used to generate the more generic help system content.
US09690442B2	Generating customized effects for image presentation A method to receive an image to be displayed within an animation sequence. The method also including calculating position data identifying a position of the image within a display area, the position data calculated using a physics property attributed to the image. Further, the method including the transmission of the position data for use in generating the animation sequence. Additionally, a method is provided that includes making a request for an animation sequence that includes an image and position data for the image, the position data identifying a plurality of positions relative to a display area and calculated though applying a physics property to the image. This method further includes receiving the animation sequence for display in a display area. The method additionally includes displaying the image in the display area based upon the position data.
US09690433B2	Touch substrate and touch screen The present invention provides a touch substrate and a touch screen. The touch substrate comprises first electrodes and electrodes which intersect with each other, each first electrode includes a plurality of first metal meshes, adjacent first metal meshes are connected through a connection portion, each second electrode includes a plurality of second metal meshes, adjacent second metal meshes are connected through a connection bridge, the first metal meshes, the second metal meshes and the connection portion are in the same layer, and an insulation layer is provided between the layer in which the connection portion is located and the layer in which the connection bridge is located, at least a part of edges of the first metal mesh is provided with a first side strip thereat, the first side strip is adjacent to a corresponding second metal mesh and is connected to the first metal mesh.
US09690428B2	Optical touch screen apparatuses and methods of driving the optical touch screen apparatuses An optical touch screen apparatus in which an oxide semiconductor transistor is used as a light sensing device, and a method of driving the optical touch screen apparatus. The optical touch screen apparatus includes an array including a plurality of light sensing pixels for sensing incident light, a gate driver for providing each of the light sensing pixels with a gate voltage and a reset signal and a signal output unit for receiving a light sensing signal from each of the plurality of light sensing pixels to output a data signal. The gate driver includes a plurality of gate lines that provide a gate voltage to each of the light sensing pixels and at least one reset line that provides a reset signal to each of the light sensing pixels and is electrically connected to the plurality of light sensing pixels.
US09690427B2	User interface device, and projector device A user interface device for detecting an operation, by a finger of a user, on an operation member presented on a projection surface includes a distance detector for detecting a distance to the projection surface, and a distance to the finger, and a controller for detecting the operation based on the distances detected by the distance detector. When presence of the finger between the projection surface and the distance detector is determined, the controller calculates a normal vector of the projection surface based on distances from the distance detector to positions of at least three points on a surface of the projection surface and a distance from the distance detector to the finger, and detects, based on the normal vector, presence or absence of an operation on the operation member.
US09690422B2	Touch panel apparatus and touch panel control method Provided is a touch panel apparatus capable of easily setting a touch sense produced by oscillatory waves of plural piezoelectric elements according to a user's taste. To this end, a touch sense pattern table (51) stores a plurality of touch sense pattern values made up of plural parameter values of a voltage table (52), plural parameter values of a frequency table (53), and plural parameter values of a phase difference table (54). A vibration diving control part (18) applies a driving signal to the piezoelectric elements of first to third groups to vibrate the touch panel (12) based on the parameter values acquired from the voltage table (52), the parameter values acquired from the frequency table (53), and the parameter values acquired from the phase difference table (54), correspondingly to the plurality of the touch sense patterns stored in the touch sense pattern table 51.
US09690417B2	Glove touch detection The dynamic adjusting of the conditions for identifying inputs as touching a touch-sensitive device is discloses. In some examples, in addition to using a signal density make threshold to identify an input patch as touching the surface, a signal density stability threshold can be used to identify the input patch as touching the surface. In some examples, a weighted average of peak signal density contributions from recent identified touches can be computed to dynamically adjust the make threshold for new input patches. In other examples, a new input patch identified as associated with the same path as an earlier touch can have its “make” threshold dynamically adjusted based on the earlier touch without computing a weighted average.
US09690415B2	Touch screen display device Rather than crowding all functionalities into a single monolithically integrated circuit and thus causing concentration of power dissipation, there is provided a touch screen display device in which a multifunctional smart IC is separated from a simplified display driver circuit. The smart IC includes a logic unit for driving a touch screen panel and a logic unit for driving a display panel. The touch screen display device includes not only the touch screen panel, the display panel, the simplified display driver circuit and the smart IC but may further optionally include a controllable power supply that is controlled by the smart IC. The smart IC includes a first logic unit for driving the touch screen panel and a second logic unit for driving the display panel. The display driver circuit is coupled to receive pre-processed display data and a driving synchronization signal from the second logic unit of the smart IC.
US09690414B2	Touch sensor having a pressure detecting sensor with an electrode non-forming section A touch sensor that includes a pressure detection sensor and a position detection sensor. The pressure detection sensor includes a piezoelectric film, a first piezoelectricity detecting electrode adjacent a first principal surface of the piezoelectric film, and a second piezoelectricity detecting electrode adjacent a second principal surface of the piezoelectric film. The position detection sensor includes a dielectric substrate, a plurality of first position detecting electrodes adjacent a first principal surface of the dielectric substrate, and a plurality of second position detecting electrodes adjacent a second principal surface of the dielectric substrate. In the pressure detection sensor, the second piezoelectricity detecting electrode includes an electrode non-forming section in a region where the first position detecting electrode and the second position detecting electrode overlap each other.
US09690407B2	Electronic device cover plate for draining electrostatic charges using conductive layer connection to ground and electronic device having the same A cover plate used for an electronic device is provided. The cover plate includes a plate and a conductive layer. The plate has two surfaces opposite to each other and a lateral surface connected between the two surfaces. The lateral surface of the plate is framed by the conductive layer which is electrically connected to a ground end of the electronic device. The disclosure further provides an electronic device including the cover plate and a main body. The main body is disposed within the electronic device and electrically connected to the conductive layer.
US09690401B2	Method and system for maintaining aspect ratio on pointing devices A first computing device is provided for optimizing motion of a pointer associated with a pointing device. The first computing device can include one or more processors configured to provide a first virtual machine. The first virtual machine can be configured to obtain at least one of a first attribute and a second attribute, relating to a display area, and determine, based on at least one of the first attribute and the second attribute, at least one of a first scaling factor and a second scaling factor. The first virtual machine can be further configured to optimize a motion of the pointer based on at least one of the first scaling factor and the second scaling factor, and provide information corresponding to the optimized motion of the pointer to the second virtual machine.
US09690399B2	Signal decoding and modulation processing system for capacitive stylus A signal decoding and modulation processing system for capacitive stylus is disclosed. The system includes a micro controller unit (MCU) and a digital processing unit. The digital processing unit is electrically connected to the MCU. The digital processing unit includes a decoding module and a modulating module. The decoding module is configured to decode an input signal from a touch panel, so as to generate a decoded input content. Then, the MCU generates a feedback data according to the decoded input content. The modulating module receives the feedback data from the MCU and performs a modulation process accordingly for generating a differential binary phase shift keying (DBPSK) output signal, which is sent back to the touch panel.
US09690397B2	System and method for detecting an active pen with a matrix sensor A processing system, input device, and method are disclosed to detect an active input device. The method includes operating a first portion of a plurality of sensor electrodes to receive an active input signal from an active input device, and operating a second portion of the plurality of sensor electrodes to receive capacitive sensing data corresponding to a passive input device. The first and second portions include at least one sensor electrode in common. The method also includes driving a plurality of display electrodes to update a display image, wherein the plurality of sensor electrodes includes at least one of the plurality of display electrodes.
US09690396B1	Paperless blueprint drafting table system A paperless blueprint drafting table system for full-scale viewing, editing, and annotating of paperless blueprints features a base having a pivoting table top located thereon. The table top features a planar table top surface. A table top aperture is centrally located in the table top. The table top is located at an adjustable angle with respect to the base. The system features a transparent window located in the table top aperture having a planar window top surface. The window top surface is located flush with the table top surface on a window ledge. The window is rigid, scratch resistant, and break resistant. The system features a display screen located in the base close to the window bottom surface. The display screen displays blueprints through the window for viewing, editing, and annotating via a stylus device.
US09690379B2	Tactile feedback interface device A system includes a host computer configured to generate a graphical interface that includes a graphical object, obtain at least one spoken utterance, control an interaction of the graphical object within the graphical interface based on the spoken utterance, and generate an activating signal based on the spoken utterance. An interface device is configured to receive the spoken utterance, provide the spoken utterance to the host computer, and control the graphical object within the graphical interface based on the provided spoken utterance. The graphical object includes a graphical representation within the graphical interface. An actuator is disposed within a housing of the interface device, thereby protecting the actuator from contact by the user, and is configured to receive the activating signal from the host computer. The activating signal causes the actuator to impart a force via the housing.
US09690371B2	Head mounted display apparatus When a hand of the user is recognized in an image pickup region of a camera, a head mounted display monitors behavior of the hand in the image pickup region. When the hand of the user in the image pickup region reaches an outer peripheral region forming an outer periphery of the image pickup region, a notification is give to the user.
US09690363B2	Method and system for optimizing a core voltage level and enhancing frequency performance of individual subcomponents for reducing power consumption within a PCD A method and system for optimizing a core voltage level of a portable computing device (“PCD”) and enhancing frequency performance of individual subcomponents are disclosed. A plurality of voltage values for a plurality of subsystems is determined. At least one subsystem is a multiplexed subsystem. Next, a reduced set of voltage values is calculated based on the plurality of voltage values and an optimized voltage level is determined for a shared power domain. The shared power domain is subsequently set to the optimized voltage level. If the optimized voltage level is determined to exceed a required voltage level for the at least one multiplexed subsystem when it is running the plurality of processing engines, a subset of the plurality of processing engines may be identified to process a workload of the multiplexed system at a more efficient level of power consumption than the full plurality of processing engines.
US09690362B2	Surgical instrument control circuit having a safety processor The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument control circuit. The control circuit includes a primary processor, a safety processor in signal communication with the primary processor, the safety processor, and a segmented circuit. The segmented circuit includes a plurality of circuit segments in signal communication with the primary processor. The plurality of circuit segments is configured to control one or more operations of the surgical instrument. The safety processor is configured to monitor one or more parameters of the plurality of circuit segments.
US09690360B2	Technologies for discontinuous execution by energy harvesting devices Technologies for discontinuous execution include a compiler computing device and one or more target computing devices. The compiler computing device converts a computer program into a sequence of atomic transactions and coalesces the transactions to generate additional sequences of transactions. The compiler computing device generates an executable program including two or more sequences of transactions having different granularity. A target computing device selects an active sequence of transactions from the executable program based on the granularity of the sequence and a confidence level. The confidence level is indicative of available energy produced by an energy harvesting unit of the target computing device. The target computing device increases the confidence level in response to successfully committing transactions from the active sequence of transactions into non-volatile memory. In response to a power failure, the target computing device resets the confidence level and resumes executing the transactions. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09690355B2	Semiconductor device, power control method, and storage medium According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device can be in an operating state and a standby state with a choice of a plurality of standby state levels and has a CPU, an interrupt control circuit, and a hardware control circuit. The CPU makes a comparison of a first return time period corresponding to a first standby state level that is a shallowest one selected from among allowable standby state levels set for one or more tasks executed immediately before transition to the standby state with a second return time period selected from among allowable return time periods set for the one or more tasks executed, changes a standby state level of the standby state if the first return time period is judged to be longer than the second return time period as a result of the comparison, and controls the hardware control circuit.
US09690335B2	Storage device storage tray Technology is provided for a storage device storage tray for use with one or more storage devices. The storage device storage tray includes a chassis having at least one storage region and a storage frame positioned in the storage region that is pivotably coupled to the chassis. The storage frame is pivotable between a storage position and an access position whereby a plurality of drive bays can be accessed. The storage frame includes first and second substantially parallel panels and a backplane extending between the first and second substantially parallel panels. A plurality of dividers are positioned between the first and second substantially parallel panels to define a plurality of stack regions, wherein each divider includes a ledge member dividing each stack region into a pair of the drive bays configured to receive a storage device.
US09690328B2	Internal display module support An electronic device includes an external display layer, a shell disposed opposite the external display layer, a display module component enclosed by the external display layer and the shell, and an internal support that structurally supports the display module component and the external display layer. The internal support includes a plate disposed between the external display layer and the shell.
US09690325B2	Electronic device and information processing apparatus A device includes: a main unit; a bottom placed on a surface so as to be in contact with the surface when the device is mounted on the surface, the bottom extending from one end coupled to the main unit to another end positioned at a second side of the main unit, the second side being opposite to a first side of the main unit, a display being disposed on the first side; and a support having an opening, the support has one end of the support coupled to the main unit and another end of the support coupled to the another end of the bottom, wherein the main unit has, in a surface on the second side of the main unit, an outlet being formed on a same side as the support, and an inlet being formed on a same side as the bottom.
US09690316B2	Integrated circuit and method for driving the same An integrated circuit includes: a source current generation block suitable for generating a source current; a first mirroring block suitable for generating first and second mirroring currents corresponding to the source current; a second mirroring block suitable for generating a third mirroring current and a reference current corresponding to the first mirroring current; a first correction block suitable for correcting a current mismatch between the source current, the first mirroring current and the second mirroring current based on the third mirroring current; and a second correction block suitable for correcting a current mismatch between the first mirroring current, the third mirroring current and the reference current based on the second mirroring current.
US09690315B2	Constant input current filter for power supplies and related system and method A system includes a capacitor and a current source configured to draw a constant input current from a power source and to generate an output current. The current source includes an n-type field effect transistor that is biased to operate as a constant current source. The current source is configured to provide the output current to the capacitor and charge the capacitor during a first time period associated with operation of a load. The current source is also configured to provide the output current to the load and the capacitor is configured to provide an additional current to the load during a second time period associated with operation of the load. The load could represent an electronic device having a time-varying output power characteristic, such as a wireless radio.
US09690300B2	Gas flow regulating device A gas flow regulating device including a housing assembly, an inlet tube assembly, and a biasing device. The housing assembly has a main housing, a valve seat body, and a distal plate forming an outlet orifice. The inlet tube assembly includes a proximal inlet end, a tube forming a lumen, and a flange, and is slidably disposed within the main housing, biased to an open state by the biasing device. The flange separates middle and constant pressure chambers within the housing assembly. The inlet tube assembly is transitionable to a closed state in response to pressure in the constant pressure chamber to generate a relatively constant flow rate of air exiting the device via the outlet orifice.
US09690299B2	Method and system for controlling a flying wing The invention relates to a method for control of a flying wing. The flying wing is arranged to be controlled to move along a predetermined trajectory by means of a fluid stream passing a wing of the flying wing. The flying wing comprises at least one control surface for controlling the movement of the flying wing along the predetermined trajectory. The flying wing is positioned in a reference frame where the x-axis is directed horizontally along a level L above which the flying wing moves, the y-axis is perpendicular to the x-axis in a vertical direction and the z-axis is perpendicular to the x-axis along the level L in a direction along the principal direction of the fluid stream. The invention further relates to a system comprising a flying wing and a computer-readable medium for use with a flying wing.
US09690298B2	Border-signal generating and wire winding device for border recognition of self-propelled mower A border-signal generating and wire winding device for border recognition of a self-propelled mower includes a seat; a reel rotatably installed on the seat; a lever provided at one end of the reel for a user to operate and rotate the reel; two power sockets provided on the seat or on the reel; an electric wire removably wound around the reel and having two plugs at two ends thereof for being detachably plugged into the two power sockets; and a signal-generating module provided on the seat or on the reel and electrically connected to the two power sockets. When the electric wire is connected to the two power sockets through the two plugs, the signal-generating module continuously generates a border signal that is continuously transmitted to the electric wire through the two power sockets.
US09690293B2	Autonomous vehicle tail alignment navigation A system for navigating an autonomous vehicle along a road segment is disclosed. The system may have at least one processor. The processor may be programmed to receive from an image capture device, images representative of an environment of the autonomous vehicle. The processor may also be programmed to determine a travelled trajectory along the road segment based on analysis of the images. Further, the processor may be programmed to determine a current location of the autonomous vehicle along a predetermined road model trajectory based on analysis of one or more of the plurality of images. The processor may also be programmed to determine a heading direction based on the determined traveled trajectory. In addition, the processor may be programmed to determine a steering direction, relative to the heading direction, by comparing the traveled trajectory to the predetermined road model trajectory at the current location of the autonomous vehicle.
US09690292B1	Apparatuses, systems and methods for transitioning between autonomous and manual modes of vehicle operations Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle driver is ready for an associated vehicle to be transferred from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle driver is ready for an associated vehicle to be transferred from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode based on vehicle interior image data.
US09690291B2	Aircraft sidestick priority and dual input control logic The present invention relates to a fly-by-wire type of aircraft flight control system having a pair of sidesticks for pilot and co-pilot input, respectively, and having logic that controls the priority of input as between the two sidesticks in certain aircraft flight situations. It allows either the pilot or co-pilot to ensure that his/her sidestick is the only one issuing flight control commands at any one moment in time by first pressing a simple latch button located, for example, on the glareshield in the cockpit and then maneuvering the sidestick in the desired manner to effectuate flight control, e.g., pitch and/or roll, of the aircraft.
US09690288B2	Electronic apparatus including a motor driving device The present invention provides a motor driving device for easily and accurately detecting an abnormal status of a motor. The motor driving device (21) includes a control circuit (100) for generating a driver control signal (S10); a driving circuit (200) for generating a motor driving signal (S3) according to the driver control signal (S10); an initial position detecting circuit (300) for detecting an initial position of a motor (22); and a rotation detecting circuit (400) for detecting a rotation status of the motor (22). Before the motor (22) starts to rotate normally, the control circuit (100) repeatedly performs a serial activation processing including detecting an initial position; applying an initial torque and detecting a motor rotation, and when the repetition number reaches a threshold value “m” (for example, m=5), the motor (22) is forced stop.
US09690282B2	Computerized tool path generation An automated computer-implemented method for generating commands for controlling a computer numerically controlled milling machine to fabricate a machined object from a workpiece, the machined object being configured to facilitate subsequent finishing into a finished object, the method including defining a surface of the finished object, defining an offset surface defining an inner limiting surface of the machined object, defining a scallop surface defining an outer limiting surface of the machined object and calculating a tool path for the milling machine which produces multiple step-up cuts in the workpiece resulting in the machined object, wherein surfaces of the machined object all lie between the inner limiting surface and the outer limiting surface and the number of step-up cuts in the workpiece and the areas cut in each of the step-up cuts are selected to generally minimize the amount of workpiece material that is removed from the workpiece.
US09690271B2	Speaker calibration An example implementation may involve a control device displaying (i) a prompt to prepare a playback device for calibration within a given environment, (ii) a prompt to prepare the given environment for calibration of the playback device, and (iii) a prompt to prepare the control device for calibration of the playback device. The example implementation may also involve a control device displaying a selectable control, that, when selected, initiates calibration of the playback device. The example implementation may further involve a control device initiating calibration of the playback device.
US09690270B2	Method and apparatus for cooling a device based on productivity of the device A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for cooling a device are disclosed. For example, the method sets at least one accumulator increment rate, an accumulator decrement rate, at least one threshold value, and an accumulator value maximum based on empirical data associated with the device, tracks an accumulator value up to the accumulator value maximum based upon productivity of the device, wherein the accumulator value is adjusted based on an integral of the at least one accumulator increment rate and the accumulator decrement rate and operates a fan of the device based upon the accumulator value rising above the threshold value or falling below the threshold value.
US09690269B2	Controller and process monitoring method including monitoring of process execution sequence A controller and processing method includes executing, using an execution unit, a plurality of processes for controlling an operation of a device, monitoring an execution sequence of the processes executed by the execution unit, storing execution sequence information regarding multiple series based on identification information assigned to the processes, outputting the identification information assigned to the processes to be executed by the execution unit, specifying, for each series, the identification information of the processes to be executed by the execution unit, based on the execution sequence information regarding the multiple series stored, determining whether or not the identification information output in the output step matches the identification information specified for each series in the specifying step, and giving notification to an error handling unit if it is determined in the determination step that there is no match.
US09690268B2	Tool and method for dynamic configuration and implementation of device firmware utilizing defined components A tool, method and device for configuring a device such as a building automation device for use in a automation system is disclosed. The method includes defining a configuration file related to the functionality of the device, such that the configuration file identifies one or more standardized components stored in communication with the device, transferring the configuration file to a dynamic configurator tool operable within the device, initializing the device according to the dynamic configurator tool and the configuration file, such that the dynamic configurator tool retrieves the one or more standardized components identified by the configuration file, generating an executable file for the device based on the one or more standardized components identified by the configuration file, and operating the device utilizing the generated executable file.
US09690260B2	Method for adjusting the oscillation frequency of a sprung balance assembly A method adjusting oscillation frequency of a sprung balance assembly formed at random from balance springs and balance wheels. A production mechanism is set to limit a sample standard deviation of a single batch of balance springs to a predetermined maximum value, and to limit a sample standard deviation of a single batch of balance wheels to a predetermined maximum value within a given unbalance tolerance. The mean of the balance population is classified according to the mean of the balance springs, to obtain a difference corresponding to a maximum inertia decrease value of the balances, between extreme gaussian distribution values of balances and of balance springs. A random balance spring sample is taken from the single batch of balance springs and a random balance from among the single batch of balances. The inertia of the balance is adjusted according to a torque value of the balance spring sample.
US09690259B2	Electronic timepiece Provided is an electronic timepiece, including: a step motor; a motor driver; a normal drive pulse generation circuit configured to output a normal drive pulse at a designated drive rank; a rotation detection pulse generation circuit configured to output a detection pulse; a rotation detection circuit which comprises at least a first detection mode determination circuit configured to conduct determination in a first detection mode and which is configured to detect rotation or non-rotation of a rotor; a rotation determination counter circuit configured to count a number of times that the rotation has been successively detected by the rotation detection circuit; a first detection mode determination counter circuit configured to count a number of times that a detection signal generated by the detection pulse becomes a predetermined detection pattern in the first detection mode; and a drive rank selection circuit configured to designate a drive rank of the normal drive pulse based on results of the counting conducted by the rotation determination counter circuit and the first detection mode determination counter circuit.
US09690257B2	Annual or perpetual calendar mechanism and timepiece comprising the same In an annual or perpetual calendar mechanism, a lever bears a maneuvering device of a day-of-the-month wheel. A month wheel defines course beginning stops, each associated with a month and operational for controlling a course beginning position of the lever when the month wheel is in the angular position associated with this month. These course beginning stops are bottoms of slots alternating with the teeth of the month wheel. The month wheel has a peripheral edge which forms the profile of its teeth as well as the course beginning stops.
US09690256B2	Magnetic device for pivoting an arbor in a timepiece movement The device for pivoting an arbor about a determined axis includes at least one magnetic bearing including a magnet which exerts a force of attraction on a pivot, made of magnetic material, of the arbor. Further, the bearing includes a magnetic flux centring structure arranged between the magnet and the pivot, and a support for the centring structure. This centring structure includes a peripheral portion and a central portion resiliently connected to the peripheral portion by at least one connecting element, the central portion being formed of a highly magnetically permeable material and having smaller dimensions than those of the magnet. The peripheral portion is rigidly force fitted to the support so that the central portion is centred on the pivot axis.
US09690255B2	Apparatus and method for recording Fresnel holograms An apparatus for producing a hologram of an object includes a light source that emits an incoherent electromagnetic wave toward the object, and a masking device configured to display a mask, receive the incoherent electromagnetic wave emitted toward the object, mask the received incoherent electromagnetic wave according to the displayed mask, and produce a masked electromagnetic wave. The apparatus also includes an image recording device configured to capture an image of the masked electromagnetic wave, and a processing device configured to convert the image of the masked electromagnetic wave into the hologram of the object. A method for producing a hologram of an object is also described.
US09690251B2	Image forming apparatus having waste toner container commonly used for photosensitive drums and transfer belt An image forming apparatus includes a main frame, a plurality of process cartridges, a cartridge-supporting body, a belt, a belt cleaning unit, a waste toner cartridge, and a collective conveying unit. Each drum-cleaning unit collects waste toner on a corresponding photosensitive drum. The cartridge-supporting body supports the process cartridges and is movable between an internal position inside the main frame and an external position outside of the main frame. The belt cleaning unit collects waste toner on the belt. The waste toner cartridge accommodates both waste toner collected from the photosensitive drums by the drum-cleaning units and waste toner collected from the belt by the belt cleaning unit. The collective conveying unit aggregates both waste toner collected from the photosensitive drums by the drum-cleaning units and waste toner collected from the belt by the belt cleaning unit and conveys the aggregated waste toner to the waste toner cartridge.
US09690248B2	Bearing member, end member, photoreceptor-drum unit, and process cartridge There is provided a bearing member which is disposed at an end section of a photoreceptor drum for attaching a shaft member that transmits a rotating force to the bearing member, the bearing member including a tubular body, and a holding section which is disposed inside the tubular body attachably and detachably, and holds a rotating force transmission pin provided in the shaft member, wherein the holding section includes at least two swing grooves provided extending along an axial direction of the tubular body, and opposing each other, and introduction grooves, each having one end communicating with the swing groove and the other end communicating with an outside of the swing groove, and the introduction grooves in a posture in which the shaft member transmits the rotating force are disposed entirely at a position to be lower than an entirety or a part of the rotating force transmission pin.
US09690243B2	Image forming apparatus including a fixing device that includes a radiant heat heating source and a fixing member that rotates before an abnormality solved An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device. The fixing device includes a rotatable endless fixing member, a nip forming member arranged inside the fixing member, a pressing member in contact with the nip forming member via the fixing member, and a heating source configured to heat the fixing member. When an abnormality occurs in at least one of the fixing device and other devices included in the image forming apparatus, a rotation of the fixing member is stopped prior to stopping a rotation driving of a discharging unit and, after stopping, the fixing member is controlled to rotate.
US09690240B1	Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium A fixing device includes a fixing member, a first roller, a second roller, a detector, and an adjustment unit. The fixing member fixes, on a recording medium, a toner image formed on the recording medium. The first roller performs cleaning of toner sticking to a surface of the fixing member. The second roller collects the toner sticking to a surface of the first roller. The detector detects a temperature of the second roller. The adjustment unit adjusts the temperature of the second roller on a basis of a result of detection performed by the detector.
US09690238B2	Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus having a controller for executing a rubbing process An image heating apparatus includes first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip for heating a toner image on a sheet; a rotatable rubbing member configured to rub an outer surface of the first rotatable member; and a contact-and-separation mechanism configured to move the rotatable rubbing member toward and away from the first rotatable member. When the contact-and-separation mechanism executes a rubbing process, the contact-and-separation mechanism repeatedly executes alternately a first process for contacting the rotatable rubbing member with the first rotatable member and a second process for spacing the rotatable rubbing member from the first rotatable member.
US09690236B1	Transfer device and image forming apparatus A transfer device includes a transfer unit including an image carrier that carries a toner image to be transferred to a transfer surface of a recording medium, a transfer member disposed on a non-transfer-surface side of the recording medium, and an opposing member disposed opposite the transfer member with the image carrier therebetween; a cleaning unit that cleans a surface of the transfer member; a first application unit that applies a voltage, for transferring the toner image, to the opposing member; and a second application unit that applies an alternating voltage to the transfer member.
US09690235B2	Intermediate transfer member and image recording method The invention provides an intermediate transfer member for use in an image recording method including the steps of applying a reaction liquid to the intermediate transfer member, applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member so as to overlap with at least a part of a region to which the reaction liquid has been applied, thereby forming an intermediate image, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium, wherein an average of a surface area per unit area of a surface of the intermediate transfer member is 1.2 or more and 10.0 or less.
US09690231B2	Toner container, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus that include an operating member to move a shutter for a toner outlet via a linking member A toner container includes a container body that is used to house a toner and that is detachably attachable to a mounting portion in a developing device; and an operating member that is used to open and close a shutter. The shutter as well as the operating member includes an engaging portion that can engage with a linking member which is disposed in the mounting portion and which can perform a reciprocating linear movement. In the state in which the container body is not mounted in the mounting portion, the shutter and the operating member are in a non-linked state with each other. In contrast, in the state in which the container body is mounted in the mounting portion, the shutter and the operating member become able to be linked to each other via the linking member.
US09690230B2	Toner cartridge with memory for image forming apparatus A toner cartridge for use with an image forming apparatus includes a memory storing identification data of the toner cartridge and parameter information including image formation process parameters dependent on toner characteristic or ambient conditions. A transceiver unit communicates with the image forming apparatus to send the process parameter information stored in the memory to the image forming apparatus when the identification data is authentic.
US09690228B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for maintaining linearity between an exposure intensity and density of an output image An image processing apparatus that generates a halftone image to be used in a case where an image is formed on a printing medium by exposing a photoreceptor by intensity modulation of a light beam, having a multivalued dither processing unit configured to generate N-nary (N≧3) image from an input image by a dither method, a determination unit configured to determine whether a difference in pixel value between pixels adjacent to each other in an exposure scanning direction exceeds a predetermined limit value for each pixel of the N-nary image generated by the multivalued dither processing unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the pixel values of the adjacent pixels whose difference in pixel value has been determined to exceed the predetermined limit value so that the difference does not exceed the limit value.
US09690227B2	Vertical arrangement of components in an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a casing, a photosensitive body, a toner accommodation component, a developing roller and an exposure unit configured to emit a laser beam toward the photosensitive body along an irradiating path. The image forming apparatus further includes a sheet feed roller configured to feed a sheet toward the photosensitive body. In some arrangements, the sheet feed roller is disposed at a position closer to the exposure unit than to the photosensitive body, and the developing device is disposed at a first height range relative to the bottom of the casing, the first height range being lower than the irradiation path. Moreover, the toner accommodation component is disposed at a second height range relative to the bottom of the casing, the second height range being higher than the irradiation path.
US09690219B2	Magnetic toner A magnetic toner includes toner particles. The toner particles contain a binder resin and a magnetic powder. The binder resin includes a crystalline polyester resin. The magnetic powder has a coating of a melamine resin. Preferably, the crystalline polyester resin has a solubility parameter (SPC) of no less than 9.5, and the solubility parameter (SPC) of the crystalline polyester resin and a solubility parameter (SPM) of the melamine resin satisfy formula (1) shown below. SPC−SPM>1.0 (1)
US09690210B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus is provided and configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate. The apparatus has a measurement system to provide measurement data related to a thickness of a resist layer on the substrate, and a controller to control the operation of the lithographic apparatus such that a radiation intensity level in the patterned beam to be projected onto the substrate is controlled based on the measurement data.
US09690206B2	Substrate holding apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate to light passing through liquid, and includes a stage that holds the substrate. The stage includes a substrate holder including a support member that supports a rear surface of the substrate and a first circumferential wall surrounding the support member. A second circumferential wall surrounds the substrate holder and forms a first groove between the second circumferential wall and the substrate holder, and a second groove on an outer side thereof. A plate member surrounds the substrate on the support member, and a recovery passage recovers liquid flowing from a liquid supply system to a gap between the plate member and the substrate. The second circumferential wall is under the gap so that part of an upper surface of the second circumferential wall faces the substrate rear surface and another part of the upper surface faces a rear surface of the plate member.
US09690199B2	Coating compositions for photolithography In a first aspect, methods are provided that comprise: (a) applying a curable composition on a substrate; (b) applying a hardmask composition above the curable composition; (c) applying a photoresist composition layer above the hard mask composition, wherein one or more of the compositions are removed in an ash-free process. In a second aspect, methods are provided that comprise (a) applying an organic composition on a substrate; (b) applying a photoresist composition layer above the organic composition, wherein the organic composition comprises a material that produce an alkaline-soluble group upon thermal and/or radiation treatment. Related compositions also are provided.
US09690194B2	Method of forming resist pattern A method of forming a resist pattern using a resist composition containing a base component (A) which exhibits reduced solubility in an organic solvent under action of an acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates an acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a resin component (A1) having a structural unit (a0) derived from a compound represented by general formula (a0-1) shown below and a structural unit (a2) containing a lactone-containing cyclic group or the like (in formula (a0-1), Ra1 represents a monovalent substituent having a polymerizable group, La1 represents O, S or a methylene group, R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, or a cyclic hydrocarbon group which may have a hetero atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 5).
US09690191B2	Surface defect repair by irradiation A method for repairing a defect on a substrate surface includes placing on the defect a nanoparticle that includes a conductive material. A region of the substrate surface in which the nanoparticle is placed is irradiated, the region being larger than the nanoparticle. An energy density of the irradiation is below a modification threshold for the substrate surface.
US09690183B2	Display apparatus including image projecting unit and screen unit A display apparatus including: an image projecting unit for emitting projection light of an image; and a screen unit including: a Fresnel lens disposed correspondingly to the projection light; and a transmitting diffuser which includes a first display section disposed on a light-emitting side corresponding to a first area of the Fresnel lens and a second display section disposed on a light-emitting side corresponding to a second area different from the first area of the Fresnel lens, a part of the second display section being separated from the Fresnel lens for a predetermined distance.
US09690174B2	Switchable projection window A window apparatus comprises a first layer including a liquid crystal microdroplet (LCMD) display switchable between transparent and opaque states in response to a change in an applied electrical voltage and a second layer coupled to the first layer. The second layer is changeable between a light transmitting configuration and a light blocking configuration.
US09690173B1	Rotating mount A rotating mount includes an imaging device, a stand cover connected to the imaging device, a mounting plate configured to fix a position of the imaging device and having an insertion hole formed in one area thereof, and a pivot joint connected to the stand cover and having a protrusion inserted into the insertion hole.
US09690167B2	Image shake correcting device and control method therefor, lens barrel, optical apparatus, and image pickup apparatus An angular velocity sensor detects a shake of an image pickup apparatus and a signal divide unit divides a shake detection signal to output it to each of a first drive amount calculating unit and a second drive amount calculating unit. A first drive amount and a second drive amount are calculated based on the divided shake detection signal to drive each of a first correction lens and a second correction lens. An aberration determination unit changes a limiter used in a drive amount limiting unit based on the first drive amount and the second drive amount so as not to increase the eccentric aberration of an imaging optical system generated by the movement of the two correction lenses. The drive amount limiting unit limits the drive amount based on the limiter set according to the result of the determination for the aberration to correct the image shake while suppressing the eccentric aberration.

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