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US09721905B2	Semiconductor package and mobile device using the same According to an embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip mounted on an interposer board, a encapsulant sealing the semiconductor chip, and a conductive shielding layer covering the encapsulant and at least part of a side surface of the interposer board. The interposer board has plural vias through an insulating substrate. A part of the plural vias has a cutting plane exposing to the side surface of the interposer board and cut in a thickness direction of the interposer board. The cutting plane of the via is electrically connected to the conductive shielding layer.
US09721896B2	Interconnection structure, fabricating method thereof, and semiconductor device using the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a contact region, a silicide present on the contact region, a dielectric layer present on the semiconductor substrate, the dielectric layer comprising an opening to expose a portion of the contact region, a conductor present in the opening, a barrier layer present between the conductor and the dielectric layer, and a metal layer present between the barrier layer and the dielectric layer, wherein a Si concentration of the silicide is varied along a height of the silicide.
US09721893B2	Self-forming barrier for subtractive copper A method of forming electrically conductive structures that includes forming a copper containing layer including a barrier forming element, and applying a first anneal to the copper containing layer. The first anneal increases grain size of the copper in the copper containing layer. The copper containing layer is etched to provide a plurality of copper containing lines. A dielectric fill is deposited in the space between adjacent copper containing lines. A second anneal is applied to the plurality of copper containing lines. During the second anneal the barrier forming element diffuse to an interface between sidewalls of the copper containing lines and the dielectric fill to form a barrier layer along the sidewalls of the copper containing lines.
US09721890B2	System-on-chip, electronic apparatus including the same, and method of designing the same A system-on-chip includes a substrate, a plurality of unit cells on the substrate, a first power mesh, and a second power mesh. The first power mesh includes a power rail that is connected to power terminals of the plurality of unit cells and is provided in a first metallization layer. The first power mesh also includes a power strap in a second metallization layer. The second power mesh is provided in a third metallization layer and a fourth metallization layer.
US09721882B2	Land side and die side cavities to reduce package z-height A package structure including a capacitor mounted within a cavity in the package substrate is disclosed. The package structure may additionally include a die mounted to a die side surface of the package substrate, and the opposing land side surface of the package substrate may be mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB). The capacitor may be mounted within a cavity formed in the die side surface of the package substrate or the land side surface of the package substrate. Mounting a capacitor within a cavity may reduce the form factor of the package. The die may be mounted within a cavity formed in the die side surface of the package substrate. Solder balls connecting the package to the PCB may be mounted within one or more cavities formed in one or both of the package substrate and the PCB.
US09721877B1	Method of mounting passive electronic component on lead frame A packaged electronic device has first and second lead frame leads and a passive electronic component mounted, across a gap between the leads, on the top sides of the leads, using an adhesive. Facing lateral sides of the leads each include a recess that receives the adhesive. The recess promotes adhesion between the electronic component and the corresponding lead while limiting spread of the adhesive on the bottom side of the electronic component. The adhesive in the recesses promotes adhesion of the component to the leads by inhibiting cracking, and enhances inspection capability at the device backside.
US09721876B2	Semiconductor device and method of making the same A semiconductor device includes a first electronic component mounted to an upper face of a plated interconnect layer, a second electronic component mounted to a lower face of the plated interconnect layer, a first resin part covering the first electronic component on an upper side of the plated interconnect layer, and a second resin part covering the second electronic component on a lower side of the plated interconnect layer, wherein the first and second electronic components at least partially face each other across the plated interconnect layer, wherein the plated interconnect layer includes a sloping portion disposed on a sloping boundary between the first and second resin parts, and wherein an end part of the sloping portion is bent to have a face thereof exposed from the second resin part, and a lower surface of the second resin part is flush with the face of the end part.
US09721866B2	Semiconductor device having multiple bonded heat sinks A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, the method including: mounting a first element on a wiring substrate, placing a first heat sink on the first element with a metal material interposed between the first heat sink and the first element, attaching the first heat sink to the first element via the metal material by heating and melting the metal material, and mounting a second element on the wiring substrate after the steps of attaching the first heat sink to the first element.
US09721863B2	Printed circuit board including a leadframe with inserted packaged semiconductor chips An electronic module includes a circuit board, having a carrier layer, the carrier layer having a plurality of recess areas in a main surface thereof, and a plurality of electronic sub-modules, each one of the sub-modules being disposed in one of the recess areas and each one of the sub-modules having a carrier, a semiconductor chip disposed on the carrier, and an encapsulation material disposed on the carrier and on the semiconductor chip.
US09721861B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a ceramic circuit substrate on which the semiconductor element is mounted. The ceramic circuit substrate includes a ceramic substrate having one surface and the other surface facing each other, a metal circuit board joined to the one surface of the ceramic substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and a metal heat-dissipation plate joined to the other surface of the ceramic substrate. The metal circuit board is greater in thickness than the metal heat-dissipation plate. A surface of the metal heat-dissipation plate on a side opposite to the ceramic substrate is larger in area than a surface of the metal circuit board on a side opposite to the ceramic substrate. Thereby, a semiconductor device capable of suppressing warpage of the ceramic substrate can be achieved.
US09721857B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof When VC inspection for a TEG is performed, it is easily detected whether any failure of a contact plug occurs or not by increasing an emission intensity of a contact plug, so that reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. An element structure of an SRAM is formed on an SOI substrate in a chip region. Also, in a TEG region, an element structure of an SRAM in which a contact plug is connected to a semiconductor substrate is formed on the semiconductor substrate exposed from an SOI layer and a BOX film as a TEG used for the VC inspection.
US09721845B1	Vertical field effect transistors with bottom contact metal directly beneath fins Various embodiments disclose a method for fabricating one or more vertical fin field-effect-transistors. In one embodiment, a structure is formed. The structure comprises a substrate, a source/drain layer, and a plurality of fins formed on the first source/drain layer. The source/drain layer comprises a first semiconductor layer, a sacrificial layer, and a second semiconductor layer. A bottom spacer layer is formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer and the plurality of fins. A gate structure is then formed. A dielectric layer is deposited in contact with at least the gate structure, the bottom spacer layer, and the second semiconductor layer. At least a portion of the dielectric layer and a portion of the second semiconductor are removed. This removal forms a trench exposing a portion of the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is then removed forming a cavity. A contact material is deposited within the trench and the cavity.
US09721829B2	FinFETs with different fin height and EPI height setting An integrated circuit structure includes a first semiconductor strip, first isolation regions on opposite sides of the first semiconductor strip, and a first epitaxy strip overlapping the first semiconductor strip. A top portion of the first epitaxy strip is over a first top surface of the first isolation regions. The structure further includes a second semiconductor strip, wherein the first and the second semiconductor strips are formed of the same semiconductor material. Second isolation regions are on opposite sides of the second semiconductor strip. A second epitaxy strip overlaps the second semiconductor strip. A top portion of the second epitaxy strip is over a second top surface of the second isolation regions. The first epitaxy strip and the second epitaxy strip are formed of different semiconductor materials. A bottom surface of the first epitaxy strip is lower than a bottom surface of the second epitaxy strip.
US09721827B2	Semiconductor arrangement with stress control and method of making One or more semiconductor arrangements are provided. The semiconductor arrangements include a buried layer over a well, a dielectric layer over the buried layer, a first gate stack over the dielectric layer and a S/D region disposed proximate the first gate stack. The S/D region has a first tip proximity region that extends under the first gate stack. One or more methods of forming a semiconductor arrangement are also provided. The methods include forming a S/D recess in at least one of a dielectric layer, a buried layer or a well, wherein the S/D recess is proximate a first gate stack and has a first recess tip proximity region that extends under the first gate stack as a function of the buried layer, and forming a S/D region in the S/D recess such that the S/D region has a first tip proximity region that extends under the first gate stack.
US09721821B2	Electrostatic chuck with photo-patternable soft protrusion contact surface In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a soft protrusion structure for an electrostatic chuck, which offers a non-abrasive contact surface for wafers, workpieces or other substrates, while also having improved manufacturability and compatibility with grounded surface platen designs. The soft protrusion structure comprises a photo-patternable polymer.
US09721801B2	Apparatus and a method for treating a substrate A substrate treating method may include jetting a fluid containing an abrasive onto a substrate, and polishing the substrate using the jetted fluid.
US09721800B2	Apparatus for wetting pretreatment for enhanced damascene metal filling Disclosed are pre-wetting apparatus designs and methods. These apparatus designs and methods are used to pre-wet a wafer prior to plating a metal on the surface of the wafer. Disclosed compositions of the pre-wetting fluid prevent corrosion of a seed layer on the wafer and also improve the filling rates of features on the wafer.
US09721799B2	Semiconductor package with reduced via hole width and reduced pad patch and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor package and method of making the same. The semiconductor package includes an encapsulation layer, a dielectric layer, a component, and a first patterned conductive layer. The encapsulation layer has a first surface. The component is within the encapsulation layer and has a front surface and a plurality of pads on the front surface. The dielectric layer is on the first surface of the encapsulation layer, and defines a plurality of via holes; wherein the plurality of pads of the component are against the dielectric layer; and wherein the dielectric layer has a second surface opposite the first surface of the encapsulation layer. Each of plurality of via holes extends from the second surface of the dielectric layer to a respective one of the plurality of the pads. The first patterned conductive layer is within the dielectric layer and surrounds the via holes.
US09721782B2	Method and apparatus for shaping a gas profile near bevel edge A method for etching a bevel edge of a substrate in a processing chamber is provided. The method includes flowing an inert gas into a center region of the processing chamber defined above a center region of the substrate and flowing a mixture of an inert gas and a processing gas over an edge region of the substrate. The method further includes striking a plasma in the edge region, wherein the flow of the inert gas and the flow of the mixture maintain a mass fraction of the processing gas substantially constant. A processing chamber configured to clean a bevel edge of a substrate is also provided.
US09721779B2	Orthogonal acceleration coaxial cylinder time of flight mass analyser A Time of Flight mass analyzer is disclosed comprising an annular ion guide having a longitudinal axis and comprising a first annular ion guide section and a second annular ion guide section. Ions are introduced into the first annular ion guide section so that the ions form substantially stable circular orbits within the first annular ion guide section about the longitudinal axis. The ions are then orthogonally accelerated ions from the first annular ion guide section into the second annular ion guide section. An ion detector is disposed within the annular ion guide and has an ion detecting surface arranged in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US09721764B2	Method of producing plasma by multiple-phase alternating or pulsed electrical current A method of producing a plasma is provided. The method includes providing at least three hollow cathodes, including a first hollow cathode, a second hollow cathode, and a third hollow cathode. Each hollow cathode has a plasma exit region. The method further includes providing a source of power capable of producing multiple output waves, including a first output wave, a second output wave, and a third output wave. The first output wave and the second output wave are out of phase, the second output wave and the third output wave are out of phase, and the first output wave and the third output wave are out of phase. Each hollow cathode is electrically connected to the source of power such that the first hollow cathode is electrically connected to the first output wave, the second hollow cathode is electrically connected to the second output wave, and the third hollow cathode is electrically connected to the third output wave. Electrical current flows between the at least three hollow cathodes that are out of electrical phase. A plasma is generated between the hollow cathodes.
US09721761B2	Open plasma lamp for forming a light-sustained plasma An open plasma lamp includes a cavity section. A gas input and gas output of the cavity section are arranged to flow gas through the cavity section. The plasma lamp also includes a gas supply assembly fluidically coupled to the gas input of the cavity section and configured to supply gas to an internal volume of the cavity section. The plasma lamp also includes a nozzle assembly fluidically coupled to the gas output of the cavity section. The nozzle assembly and cavity section are arranged such that a volume of the gas receives pumping illumination from a pump source, where a sustained plasma emits broadband radiation. The nozzle assembly is configured to establish a convective gas flow from within the cavity section to a region external to the cavity section such that a portion of the sustained plasma is removed from the cavity section by the gas flow.
US09721760B2	Electron beam plasma source with reduced metal contamination In a plasma reactor for processing a workpiece, an electron beam is employed as the plasma source, and sputtered metal atoms are removed from the electron beam to reduce contamination.
US09721758B2	Unified RF power delivery single input, multiple output control for continuous and pulse mode operation A radio frequency (RF) control system including a RF generator having a power amplifier that outputs a RF signal and a controller. A matching network receives the RF signal and generates a plurality of RF output signals. The matching network includes a ratio tuning element to vary a ratio of power between the plurality of RF output signals. The first controller communicates a ratio control signal to the matching network, and the matching network controls the ratio tuning element in accordance with the ratio control signal. The RF controls system operates in a continuous and pulse mode of operation. The controller can also control the rise or fall of a pulse edge or a level or duration of incremental changes in the pulse edge.
US09721751B2	Electron microscopy specimen and method of fabrication A method for preparing plan-view transmission electron microscopy specimens is disclosed. The method employs isotropic vapor-phase etching in conjunction with one or more integrated etch-stop layers that give rise to a support membrane having a well-controlled, substantially uniform thickness. In some embodiments, the support membrane comprises an etch-stop layer that is formed using a high-precision formation process, such as atomic-layer deposition, oxidation, and the like. As a result, formation of the support membrane does not require additional processes, such as mechanical polishing or ion milling, to achieve its desired thickness. The method enables reduced specimen-preparation time, as well as simultaneous preparation of multiple specimens having large, uniformly thick areas for imaging.
US09721750B2	Controlling contamination particle trajectory from a beam-line electrostatic element Provided herein are approaches for controlling particle trajectory from a beam-line electrostatic element. In an exemplary approach, a beam-line electrostatic element is disposed along a beam-line of an electrostatic filter (EF), and a voltage is supplied to the beam-line electrostatic element to generate an electrostatic field surrounding the beam-line electrostatic element, agitating a layer of contamination particles formed on the beam-line electrostatic element. A trajectory of a set of particles from the layer of contamination particles is then modified to direct the set of particles to a desired location within the EF. In one approach, the trajectory is controlled by providing an additional electrode adjacent the beam-line electrostatic element, and supplying a voltage to the additional electrode to control a local electrostatic field in proximity to the beam-line electrostatic element. In another approach, the trajectory is influenced by one or more geometric features of the beam-line electrostatic element.
US09721743B2	Fuse component and electric motor incorporating the same A fuse component (36) configured to provide overcurrent protection for an electric motor (20) comprises a spiral (41) of a plurality of coaxial wire loops (44) and an outer insulating sleeve (39) surrounding at least a portion of the spiral (41). The overcurrent threshold of the fuse component (36) may be adjusted by changing the number of loops in the spiral (41) or the cross-section area of the wire in the spiral (41). The fuse component (41) may also function as an inductor (35) and/or connected to a speed adjustable resistor.
US09721741B2	Electromagnetic contactor An electromagnetic contactor capable of coupling either one of an alternating current (AC) electromagnet or a direct current (DC) electromagnet with an identical contact support is provided. The electromagnetic contactor includes an electromagnet including either one of the AC electromagnet (12AC) including a movable core or the DC electromagnet (12DC) including an armature, and a contact support (36) configured to hold plural movable contacts in alignment to be coupled with and driven by the electromagnet. The contact support includes a coupling portion (40) including a movable core contact portion (41), coupling spring edge accommodation portions (46), and armature contact portions (51) arranged on opposite sides with respect to the movable core contact portion of the coupling spring edge accommodation portion. The AC electromagnet (12AC) includes an AC electromagnet coupling spring (56) and the DC electromagnet (12DC) includes a DC electromagnet coupling spring (161).
US09721738B2	Hand-actuated transmitter unit In order to improve a hand-actuated transmitter unit for vehicles, in particular for handlebar-controlled vehicles, comprising a housing, an actuating lever which is movable relative to the housing and is coupled to a transmission element such that an actuation of the actuating lever is transmitted by means of the transmission element to a slave unit, such that further functions of a vehicle can be controlled, it is proposed that a detector unit which detects with at least one detector a transition of the actuating lever from a non-actuated state to an actuated state and vice versa is associated with the transmitter unit.
US09721737B2	Switch device Provided is a switch device including rotor members mounted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of a lever main body, knob members mounted so as to be integrally rotatable with the rotor members, the knob members including cam surfaces that face the cam surfaces of the rotor members with a gap therebetween, a movable contact member being movable in the longitudinal axis direction by a rotational operation of the rotor members and the knob members about the longitudinal axis, and a flexible substrate linearly disposed in the longitudinal axis direction in at least a movable range of the movable contact member, the flexible substrate including a contact portion, a contact terminal of the movable contact member being brought into contact with and separated from the contact portion in association with the movement in the longitudinal axis direction of the movable contact member.
US09721731B2	Systems and methods to connect sintered aluminum electrodes of an energy storage device This document provides an apparatus including a sintered electrode, a second electrode and a separator material arranged in a capacitive stack. A conductive interconnect couples the sintered electrode and the second electrode. Embodiments include a clip interconnect. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a comb-shaped connector. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a wire snaked between adjacent sintered substrates.
US09721728B2	Biaxially oriented polypropylene film for capacitor, metallized film, and film capacitor A biaxially orientated polypropylene film for capacitor includes protrusions on both surfaces. The biaxially orientated polypropylene film has a thickness (t1) of 1 to 3 μm, has a ten point average roughness (SRz) of 50 nm or more and less than 500 nm on both surfaces, and meets equations (1) and (2) where one surface and the other surface are referred to as a surface A and a surface B, respectively: 150≦Pa≦400 (1) 50≦Pb≦150 (2) wherein Pa denotes number of protrusions per 0.1 mm2 on the surface A and Pb denotes number of protrusions per 0.1 mm2 on the surface B.
US09721727B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor has a laminate including dielectric layers laminated alternately with internal electrode layers of different polarities, wherein the dielectric layer contains ceramic grains having Ba, Ti, and X (wherein X represents at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ta, Nb, and W) and a variation in the concentration distribution of X above in the ceramic grain is within ±5%. The multilayer ceramic capacitor can offer excellent service life characteristics even when the thickness of the dielectric layer is 0.8 μm or less, as well as excellent bias characteristics.
US09721718B2	Transformers and methods for fabricating transformers A transformer includes multiple differential ports and first and second transformer windings. The first transformer winding includes a first transformer half-winding coupled to a first differential port of the differential ports. The first transformer winding also includes a second transformer half-winding coupled to a second differential port of the differential ports. An amplifier system that has a transformer is also provided. The amplifier system includes a first and a second stage amplifier. The first stage amplifier includes a first and a second amplifier. The second stage amplifier includes a third and a fourth amplifier. The transformer is coupled between the first stage amplifier and the second stage amplifier, where the transformer has a primary loop and a secondary loop. The primary loop of the transformer may be configured to receive differential signals of the first amplifier. A method for fabricating a transformer is also provided.
US09721716B1	Magnetic component having a core structure with curved openings A magnetic component includes a first core half having a core body with first and second core legs protruding from the core body and a middle core leg protruding from the core body between the first and second core legs. A first U-shaped channel is defined between the first core leg and the middle core leg, and a second U-shaped channel is defined between the second core leg and the middle core leg. A first rounded outer core surface is disposed on the core body oriented substantially parallel to the first U-shaped channel, and a second rounded outer core surface is disposed on the core body oriented substantially parallel to the second U-shaped channel. In some embodiments, a second core half having a similar shape is positioned oppositely adjacent the first core, and a bobbin structure is positioned on the middle core legs such that the first and second U-shaped channels form transverse clearance openings in the magnetic component. Air can be passed transversely through the first and second U-shaped channels to extract heat from the magnetic component.
US09721704B2	Wire cover A wire cover (10) is mounted on a rear surface of a housing (30) such that a bundle of wires (31) pulled out from a rear surface of the housing (30) is guided in a predetermined direction. The wire cover (10) includes a binding member (40) with a band (41) to be wound around the wires (31) and a lock (42) for locking the band (41) at a predetermined position. The bundle of the wires (31) is fixed by the binding member (40). The band (41) extends from a first outer surface (46) of the lock (42) and is inserted into the interior of the lock (42) from a second outer surface (47) of the lock (42) to be locked. First positioning portions (24) contacts the first surface (46) of the lock (42) and a second positioning portion (25) contacts the second surface (47) of the lock (42).
US09721694B2	Fine silver particle powder, method for manufacturing the same, silver paste using the powder and method of use of the paste A method suitable for mass production of nanoparticles with a uniform particle diameter is provided. It is an object to provide a powder of the nanoparticle obtained by this method, a dispersion containing the nanoparticles, and a paste containing the nanoparticles. There is provided a method for manufacturing silver particles including the step of reducing silver in a silver solution containing a protective agent composed of an organic material and a copper component in an amount of 1 to 1,000 ppm relative to the amount of silver to obtain particles having an average particle diameter (DTEM) of 5 to 100 nm as measured using a transmission electron microscope.
US09721693B2	Collimator for x-ray, gamma, or particle radiation A collimator for x-ray, gamma, or particle radiation has a plurality of collimator elements made of a tungsten-containing material to reduce scattered radiation. At least one collimator element consists of a tungsten alloy having a tungsten content of 72 to 98 wt.-%, which contains 1 to 14 wt.-% of at least one metal of the group Mo, Ta, Nb and 1 to 14 wt.-% of at least one metal of the group Fe, Ni, Co, Cu. The collimator also has very homogeneous absorption behavior at very thin wall thicknesses of the collimator elements.
US09721688B2	Lift-based up-ender and methods using same to manipulate a shipping container containing unirradiated nuclear fuel A shipping container containing an unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly is lifted off the ground by operating a crane to raise a lifting tool comprising a winch. The lifting tool is connected with the shipping container by a rigging line connecting with the shipping container at a lifting point located on the shipping container between the top and bottom of the shipping container, and by winch cabling connecting with the shipping container at the top of the shipping container. The shipping container is reoriented by operating the winch to adjust the length of the winch cabling so as to rotate the shipping container about the lifting point. Shortening the winch cabling rotates the shipping container about the lifting point from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation, while lengthening the winch cabling rotates the shipping container about the lifting point from the vertical orientation to the horizontal orientation.
US09721687B2	Method of storing a chimney assembly of a reactor pressure vessel during a nuclear reactor outage A method of storing a chimney assembly of a reactor pressure vessel during a nuclear reactor outage includes detaching a chimney barrel with upper chimney partitions therein from a top guide assembly of the reactor pressure vessel. A height of the upper chimney partitions is less than a height of the chimney barrel so as to leave a plenum region in a top section of the chimney barrel. The top guide assembly includes lower chimney partitions therein. The lower chimney partitions are removed from the top guide assembly and inserted into the plenum region of the chimney barrel so as to be on the upper chimney partitions. As a result, the chimney assembly can be stored in a relatively compact form during a reactor outage. The chimney assembly includes a combination of at least the chimney barrel, the upper chimney partitions, and the lower chimney partitions.
US09721676B2	Deposition of a protective coating including metal-containing and chromium-containing layers on zirconium alloy for nuclear power applications The invention relates to compositions and methods for coating a zirconium alloy cladding of a fuel element for a nuclear water reactor. The coating includes a first tier or layer and a second tier or layer. The first layer includes an elemental metal and the second layer is an oxidation-resistant layer that includes elemental chromium. The first layer serves as an intermediate layer between the zirconium alloy substrate and the second layer. This intermediate layer can be effective to improve adhesion of the second layer to the zirconium alloy substrate. The multilayer coating forms a protective layer which provides improved capability for the zirconium alloy cladding to withstand normal and accident conditions to which it is exposed in the nuclear reactor.
US09721674B2	GOA unit and method for driving the same, GOA circuit and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a GOA unit and a method for driving the same, a GOA circuit and a display device. The embodiments of the preset disclosure relate in particular to the field of display manufacture. The GOA unit specifically comprises: a first node control module and a second node control module, wherein the first node control module is connected to a first control node, an input signal terminal, a first clock signal terminal, and an output signal terminal, wherein the second node control module is connected to a reset signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a third clock signal terminal, a first level terminal, the output terminal, and the first control node. The embodiment of the present disclosure may simplify the structure of a GOA circuit and be used for display manufacture.
US09721664B2	Memory devices and methods of operating the memory devices by programming normal cells after programming a first dummy cell A method of operating a memory device including a first memory block having a plurality cell strings is provided. Each of the plurality of cell strings includes a string selection transistor connected in series to a first dummy cell, a plurality of normal cells, a second dummy cell and a ground selection transistor. The method includes programming the first dummy cell, and programming the normal cells in at least one of the cell strings after the programming the first dummy cell. The normal cells are selected based on a first program command inputted to the memory device. The programming the first dummy cell is performed at least twice before the normal cells are programmed. A number of times of programming the first dummy cell is different according to a level of a voltage applied to the first dummy cell and a level of a voltage applied to the normal cells.
US09721663B1	Word line decoder circuitry under a three-dimensional memory array The total chip area for a three-dimensional memory device can be reduced employing a design layout in which the word line decoder circuitry is formed underneath an array of memory stack structures. The interconnection between the word lines and the word line decoder circuitry can be provided by forming discrete word line contact via structures. The discrete word line contact via structures can be formed by employing multiple sets of etch masks with overlapping opening areas and employed to etch a different number of pairs of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, thereby obviating the need to form staircase regions having stepped surfaces. Sets of at least one conductive interconnection structure can be employed to provide vertical electrical connection to the word line decoder circuitry. Bit line drivers can also be formed underneath the array of memory stack structures to provide greater areal efficiency.
US09721655B2	Memory cell having dielectric memory element Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a memory cell with a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric located between the first and second electrodes. The dielectric may be configured to allow the memory cell to form a conductive path in the dielectric from a portion of a material of the first electrode to represent a first value of information stored in the memory cell. The dielectric may also be configured to allow the memory cell to break the conductive path to represent a second value of information stored in the memory cell.
US09721652B2	State dependent sensing for wordline interference correction A variable compensation pass bias based on a state being sensed in non-volatile memory based is provided. Shifts in the apparent charge stored by a memory cell can occur because of coupling based on charge stored by adjacent cells. To account for the shift, compensations can be applied to an adjacent word line when reading based on the different possible conditions of an adjacent cell. The effects of coupling may be more pronounced for memory cells in lower states corresponding to lower threshold voltages. A compensation pass bias can be reduced as the state being sensed at a selected word line increases to account for the different effects. A compensation pass bias for an adjacent word line may be reduced with the application of larger read reference voltages to a selected word line. Other variations to a compensation pass bias are provided.
US09721651B2	Write driver and level shifter having shared transistors A circuit includes: a first data line; a second data line; a write driver including first and second transistors; a first switch connected in series with the first transistor to form a first series-connected pair; a second switch in series with the second transistor to form a second series-connected pair; and a level shifter which includes the first and second transistors. The first series-connected pair is coupled between a first voltage node and the first data line. The second series-connected pair is coupled between the first voltage node and the second data line. Gate terminals of the first and second transistors are correspondingly cross-coupled with the second and first data lines.
US09721647B2	Semiconductor device An assist driver is coupled to an end of a word line to which a word line driver is not coupled, and couples the other end of the word line to a first power source, in accordance with a voltage of the other end of the word line.
US09721644B2	Semiconductor memory device for improving signal integrity issue in center pad type of stacked chip structure A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory die having a first termination resistor for an on-die termination and a second memory die having a second termination resistor for an on-die termination and formed on the first memory die. Each of the first and second memory dies has a center pad type and operates based on a multi-rank structure. When the first memory die is accessed, the second termination resistor is connected to the second memory die, and when the second memory die is accessed, the first termination resistor is connected to the first memory die.
US09721639B1	Memory cell imprint avoidance Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A cell may be written with a value that is intended to convey a different logic state than may typically be associated with the value. For example, a cell that has stored a charge associated with one logic state for a time period may be re-written to store a different charge, and the re-written cell may still be read to have the originally stored logic state. An indicator may be stored in a latch to indicate whether the logic state currently stored by the cell is the intended logic state of the cell. A cell may, for example, be re-written with an opposite value periodically, based on the occurrence of an event, or based on a determination that the cell has stored one value (or charge) for a certain time period.
US09721624B2	Memory with multiple write ports A memory 2 includes a regular array of storage elements 4. A regular array of write multiplexers 8 is provided outside of the regular array of storage elements 4. The storage element pitch is matched to the write multiplexer pitch. The write multiplexers 10 support a plurality of write ports. When forming a memory design 2, a given instance of an array of write multiplexers 8 may be selected in dependence upon the desired number of write ports to support and this combined with a common form of storage element array 4.
US09721614B2	Display device and control method thereof Disclosed is a control method of a display device including displaying a playback screen of video images, the playback screen of the video images showing one video image and a progress bar to visualize the progression of the video images, acquiring time information regarding respective bookmark images associated with the video images, the bookmark images respectively including the time information in the sequence of the video images and/or frame information regarding one video image corresponding to the time information, and displaying the bookmark images close to the progress bar at positions corresponding to the time information regarding the respective bookmark images. When a difference between first time information regarding a first bookmark image and second time information regarding a second bookmark image is a time threshold or less, the first and second bookmark images among the bookmark images are displayed as overlapping each other.
US09721610B2	Method of managing, writing, and reading file on tape Managing a file on a tape. In response to a request to write a first file to a tape, whether a second file including data identical to the first file already exists on the tape is detected. If the second file exists, a first index of the second file is updated. After completing the write of the first file, metadata, including data starting position and size of the first file, is added to the first index. In response to a request to read the first or second files, the metadata of the first and second indexes are read. Based on the metadata, which of the first or second files can be accessed faster from a current head position is determined. The first file or the second file that can be accessed faster is then read from the tape.
US09721609B2	Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, and control method for the image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit that includes an image sensor that has an effective pixel region and a reference pixel region which outputs a reference signal for correcting an output signal of the effective pixel region. In a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, a reduction unit reduces a data amount of reference pixel region data that corresponds to the reference pixel region in an image data obtained by the image capturing unit. A recording unit records the image data after the processing performed by the reduction unit.
US09721603B2	Head-medium contact detection using an oscillating electromagnetic force An apparatus comprises circuitry configured to apply an AC signal having a frequency to one of a slider of a recording head and a magnetic recording medium. The applied AC signal causes an oscillation in an electrostatic force and clearance between the slider and the medium at the frequency of the AC signal. A thermal sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal at the AC signal frequency in response to sensing changes in temperature resulting from the oscillating clearance. A detector is coupled to the circuitry and the thermal sensor. The detector is configured to detect one or both of head-medium spacing changes and head-medium contact using a phase of a first harmonic or an amplitude of a second harmonic of the thermal sensor signal.
US09721598B2	Terminal pad of a flexure for a head suspension having a padding plating and method of forming the terminal pad A terminal pad of a flexure for a head suspension connected to a functional part through a bonding material includes a terminal body, a base plating formed on a surface of the terminal body and having an uniform thickness, a padding plating made of a same material as the base plating and integrated with the base plating so that the padding plating swells with respect to the base plating, and a surface plating formed on a surface of the padding plating.
US09721594B2	Method of manufacturing spin torque oscillator According to one embodiment, there is provided a spin torque oscillator including an oscillation layer formed of a magnetic material, a spin injection layer formed of a magnetic material and configured to inject a spin into the oscillation layer, and a current confinement layer including an insulating portion formed of an oxide or a nitride and a conductive portion formed of a nonmagnetic metal and penetrating the insulating portion in a direction of stacking. The conductive portion of the current confinement layer is positioned near a central portion of a plane of a device region including the oscillation layer and the spin injection layer.
US09721583B2	Integrated sensor-array processor An integrated sensor-array processor and method includes sensor array time-domain input ports to receive sensor signals from time-domain sensors. A sensor transform engine (STE) creates sensor transform data from the sensor signals and applies sensor calibration adjustments. Transducer time-domain input ports receive time-domain transducer signals, and a transducer output transform engine (TTE) generates transducer output transform data from the transducer signals. A spatial filter engine (SFE) applies suppression coefficients to the sensor transform data, to suppress target signals received from noise locations and/or amplification locations. A blocking filter engine (BFE) applies subtraction coefficients to the sensor transform data, to subtract the target signals from the sensor transform data. A noise reduction filter engine (NRE) subtracts noise signals from the BFE output. An inverse transform engine (ITE) generates time-domain data from the NRE output.
US09721574B2	Concealing a lost audio frame by adjusting spectrum magnitude of a substitute audio frame based on a transient condition of a previously reconstructed audio signal In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for a decoder of concealing a lost audio frame comprises detecting in a property of the previously received and reconstructed audio signal, or in a statistical property of observed frame losses, a condition for which the substitution of a lost frame provides relatively reduced quality. In case such a condition is detected, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a phase or a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.
US09721572B2	Device control method and electric device A method for controlling an operation of a target device using a plurality of input devices is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving from one of the plurality of the input devices a first operation instruction issued to the target device, with a first data format; recognizing the first operation instruction and the first data format; determining that the one of the plurality of the input devices is a first input device corresponding to the first data format; and providing to a user of the target device a recommendation for a second input device, a type of the second input device being different from a type of the first input device, when it is determined that a type of the first operation instruction is identical to a type of a second operation instruction received from the second input device earlier than the reception of the first operation instruction.
US09721568B1	Signal processing based on audio context Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for determining audio context between an audio source and an audio sink and selecting signal profiles based at least in part on that audio context. The signal profiles may include noise cancellation which is configured to facilitate operation within the audio context. Audio context may include user-to-user and user-to-device communications.
US09721567B2	Multi-level voice menu Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described herein related to a user interface (UI) that can be implemented on a head-mountable device (HMD). The UI can include a voice-navigable UI. The voice-navigable UI can include a voice navigable menu that includes one or more menu items. The voice-navigable UI can also present a first visible menu that includes at least a portion of the voice navigable menu. In response to a first utterance comprising one of the one or more menu items, the voice-navigable UI can modify the first visible menu to display one or more commands associated with the first menu item. In response to a second utterance comprising a first command, the voice-navigable UI can invoke the first command. In some embodiments, the voice-navigable UI can display a second visible menu, where the first command can be displayed above other menu items in the second visible menu.
US09721559B2	Data augmentation method based on stochastic feature mapping for automatic speech recognition A method of augmenting training data includes converting a feature sequence of a source speaker determined from a plurality of utterances within a transcript to a feature sequence of a target speaker under the same transcript, training a speaker-dependent acoustic model for the target speaker for corresponding speaker-specific acoustic characteristics, estimating a mapping function between the feature sequence of the source speaker and the speaker-dependent acoustic model of the target speaker, and mapping each utterance from each speaker in a training set using the mapping function to multiple selected target speakers in the training set.
US09721552B2	Floor effect unit A floor effect unit for actuating a musical effect device is provided. The floor effect unit includes a base plate having at least one electrode configured to collect electric charges; a conductive plate having at least one pressable portion configured to collect electric charges having a polarity opposite to the polarity of charges collected on the electrode, pressable portion being configured such that pressing thereon reduces the distance between the at least one pressable portion and the at least one electrode changing thereby the capacitance therebetween; and a spacer disposed between the base plate and the conductive plate and being configured to provide dielectric gap therebetween, a printed circuit board coupled to the at least one electrode and the conductive plate and being configured to generate an output signal for operating the musical effect device in response to a change in the capacitance.
US09721551B2	Machines, systems, processes for automated music composition and generation employing linguistic and/or graphical icon based musical experience descriptions Automated music composition and generation machine, systems and methods, and architectures that allow anyone, without possessing any knowledge of music theory or practice, or expertise in music or other creative endeavors, to instantly create unique and professional-quality music, synchronized to any kind of media content, including, but not limited to, video, photography, slideshows, and any pre-existing audio format, as well as any object, entity, and/or event, wherein the system user only requires knowledge of ones own emotions and/or artistic concepts which are to be expressed in a piece of music that will ultimately composed by the automated composition and generation system of the present invention.
US09721550B2	Ergonomic support and control pad for a stringed musical instrument An instrument support adapted for placement between a musical instrument and a musician's body includes a flexible pad joined to a flexible flap. The instrument support has a roughly textured side for resting against a musician's clothing without slipping and a smoothly textured side for contacting the instrument. A transverse ridge extending from an approximately flat upper surface of the pad establishes an accurately repeatable position reference for playing the instrument and prevents the instrument from slipping from the pad. The smoothly textured top of the pad establishes close contact with a smooth surface on the instrument and may establish stiction or suction between the pad and the instrument. An end of the flap may optionally be tucked around a belt worn by a musician to hold the pad in a preferred position against the musician's chosen leg. Some embodiments include a belt clip attached the flap.
US09721542B2	Guitar conversion system and method A guitar conversion system for the assembly of a guitar in an easy quick manner, from conventional guitar designs to hybrid guitars. The guitar conversion system includes at least one main body portion and at least one side body portion. Preferably a pair of side body portions is provided. The main body portion includes a headstock, machine heads (or pegheads, or tuners), a neck, and pickups in communication with electronic controls located on the side body portion. The main body portion includes left and right edge walls having attachment means for releasably attaching at least one other main body portion or at least one side body portion to the main body. The side body portion includes at least one electrical control integrated therein for electronic communication with the main body portion. The side body portion comprising a top side wall and at least one side attachment portion that is adapted to mate with the attachment means of the main body portion. The guitar conversion system provides the ability to interchange the body portion and/or each of the side body portions to change any resultant guitar thereof ranging from conventional constructs to hybrid constructs.
US09721536B2	Display apparatus with touch detection function and electronic apparatus A display apparatus with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a display area including a plurality of pixels; a touch detection electrode including a plurality of small electrode portions; a plurality of wiring portions electrically coupling the small electrode portions to a terminal portion formed; and a plurality of drive electrodes forming capacitance between the drive electrodes and the touch detection electrode. The small electrode portions each include one conductive thin wire in which one first thin wire segment and one second thin wire segment are coupled in a first direction, the first thin wire segment makes a first angle with respect to the first direction, the second thin wire segment makes a second angle with respect to the first direction, and the wiring portions each include the one first thin wire segment and the one second thin wire segment that are coupled in the first direction.
US09721530B2	Method of displaying an image, display apparatus performing the same, method of calculating a correction value applied to the same and method of correcting grayscale data A method of displaying an image on a display panel which comprises a plurality of pixels arranged as a matrix type includes measuring a tristimulus value of X, Y and Z values of a displayed image to generate a target curve, generating a corrected grayscale data of a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel using X, Y and Z values of the target curve and converting the corrected grayscale data to a data voltage to provide a data line of the display panel with the data voltage.
US09721521B2	Gating control module transistor circuit for a gate driving method to switch between interlaced and progressive driving of the gate lines The present disclosure discloses a gate driving method, a driving apparatus of a display panel and a display apparatus. The driving apparatus may be in two driving modes, i.e., a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, due to a reduced number of gate lines to be driven when various frames of images are displayed, the power consumption can be reduced. In addition, due to the effect of persistence of vision of human eyes, better quality of display images can be ensured while reducing power consumption. In the second mode, as respective lines of gate lines are driven progressively when various frames of images are displayed, the display panel is enabled to have better quality of display images. By switching the driving apparatus between the first mode and second mode, a number of gate lines to be driven can be reduced so as to reduce power consumption.
US09721512B2	AMOLED displays with multiple readout circuits The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage.
US09721499B2	Organic light emitting diode display including driving voltage line An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel disposed in a matrix and first to third driving voltage lines configured to transmit a driving voltage to the first to third pixel, respectively. A width of one driving voltage line among the first to third driving voltage lines is different from the width of the other driving voltage lines.
US09721489B2	Providing augmented reality based on third party information A profile set by a particular user from a social network application may be used to determine a view provided by the mobile electronic device to a user of the mobile electronic device. The particular user in a captured video of the current view is detected and augmented in real time to mimic a virtual character in an augmented video.
US09721487B1	Vehicle emergency distress indicator A distress indicia marker is provided for signaling a vehicle emergency situation. The marker includes an indicia flag, at least one vertical post element, and a securing device. The vertical post element provided to support the indicia flag at an upper end, and a number of vertical post may be interconnected. Each post element is formed as a linearly elongated member in which a receiving coupling is formed at an upper end and an attachment nipple is formed at the lower end. The securing device accepts an attachment nipple of a vertical post element.
US09721476B2	System and method for dynamic cognitive training A method of visual cognitive training is performed at a device with a display. The method includes sequentially displaying a plurality of visual stimuli in a first region of a subject's field of view. While sequentially displaying the plurality of visual stimuli, the device moves the first region periodically along a predefined path within the subject's field of view. The device prompts the subject to respond to a task associated with the sequential display of the plurality of visual stimuli. The device receives a response to the task associated with the sequential display of the plurality of visual stimuli and records information corresponding to the subject's response to the task associated with the sequential display of the plurality of visual stimuli.
US09721472B2	Formulating lane level routing plans The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for formulating lane level routing plans. In general, aspects of the invention are used in motorized vehicles to guide a driver to a terminal vehicle configuration according to a lane level routing plan that balances travel time with routing plan robustness. A lane level routing plan can be based on terminal guidance conditions (e.g., exiting a highway in the correct off ramp lane), statistical patterns of lanes themselves, current vehicle state, and state of the local environment near the vehicle. Lane level routing plans can be communicated to the driver with audio, visual, and/or haptic cues. Lane level routing plans can be revised online and in (essentially) real-time in response to changing conditions in the local environment (e.g., a trailing vehicle in a neighboring lane has decided to increase speed).
US09721469B2	Filtering infrastructure description messages A method for filtering infrastructure description messages packed in data packages, the messages being transmitted in a vehicular ad hoc network, along with positional information messages for the localization of individual participating nodes, in order to describe the status of the vehicular ad hoc network and/or a street on which the participating nodes are located. The method includes the following steps: receiving one of the infrastructure description messages at a participating node; evaluating the received infrastructure description message as to whether a response is required; and filtering the evaluated infrastructure description message based on a predetermined criterion for whether a response is required.
US09721466B2	Method of pairing a remote control Systems and methods are described for automatically pairing a remote control device with a target device (e.g., electronically controllable device). In one embodiment, IR communication data and auto-pairing discovery requests are transmitted from the remote control device to the target device. The target device may be configured to accept auto-pairing discovery requests during a predetermined pairing time window. The target device may be further configured to confirm whether received IR communication data and auto-pairing discovery requests were transmitted from the same remote control device. In other embodiments, the remote control device may be configured to receive data from the target device indicating one or more parameters for automatically initiating a pairing and validation process. The remote control device may be further configured to initiate a blackout period upon attempting a predetermined number of unsuccessful discovery operations with a target.
US09721465B2	Information-providing system, portable terminal device, server, and program Provided is an information-providing system whereby a variety of information can be provided using a sound to a portable terminal device used by a user. The information-providing system includes a sound output device outputting, as a sound wave, identifying information modulated into a sound signal, an identifying-information resolution server, connected to an information-communication network, for identifying, based on the identifying information, address information for accessing a content server connected to an information-communication network; and a portable terminal device including a sound receiving section for receiving the sound wave outputted by the sound-emitting device, a demodulating section for demodulating the identifying information from the received sound wave, a resolution section for sending the demodulated identifying information to the identifying-information resolution server and acquiring the address information, and an accessing section for accessing the content server using the acquired address information.
US09721461B2	Method, apparatus and system for affirming alarm identity of video monitoring system Disclosed are a method, an apparatus and a system for affirming alarm identity of a video monitoring system. The method comprises: detecting an alarm of front-end, and notifying a mobile phone signal detecting unit to collect mobile phone signal in correspondence with a monitoring area according to the detecting operation; analyzing the mobile phone signal, and sending an alarm affirming message to an analyzed mobile phone number; and selecting whether to cancel the alarm of front-end according to an acquired alarm affirming feedback message. The method for affirming alarm identity of the video monitoring system provided by the present invention can be actualized conveniently in the video monitoring system, and the reliability is high, wherein the referred correlative preset condition can be set flexibly, and the alarm accuracy of the video monitoring system is improved.
US09721458B2	Distributed sensor network Distributed sensing is provided. A first node of a plurality of nodes receives a fire status message from a second node of the plurality of nodes. The fire status message indicates a determination by the second node that an environmental condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. Each node of the plurality of nodes is a computing device. The first node estimates an arrival time of a fire based, at least in part, on the fire status message and a geographic location of the second node. The arrival time is a time until the fire arrives at a predetermined geographic location.
US09721456B2	Personal hazard detection system with redundant position registration and communication A system for monitoring the safety of personnel on a work site, by providing workers on the site with portable battery powered safety monitors equipped with alarms, sensors to detect hazardous conditions, at least two forms of geo-location and two forms of voice and data telecommunication and two CPU's sharing the computation load, each CPU equipped to monitor and reset the other in case of failure to function, with each monitor capable of serving as a node in a mesh network and relaying information concerning alarms detected including location thereof to other monitors on the mesh network.
US09721452B2	Hand-wash management and compliance system A method and apparatus for managing hand-washing compliance can include: sensing a user's hand-wash motions; estimating hand-wash scrubs per minute based on the user's hand-wash motions; counting a total hand-wash scrubs based on the user's hand-wash motions; estimating hand-wash vigor based on the user's hand-wash motions; calculating a hand-wash score based on the hand-wash vigor; displaying the hand-wash vigor, the total hand-wash scrubs, and the hand-wash scrubs per minute on a display; and displaying a timer that counts down based on the hand-wash vigor.
US09721450B2	Wearable repetitive behavior awareness device and method The present invention relates generally to an awareness enhancement apparatus and method for undesirable repeated behaviors, including but not limited to obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and most relevant to trichotillomania (hair pulling), onychophagia (nail biting), dermatillomania (skin picking) and thumb sucking, among others. More particularly, the invention relates to a sensing and feedback device and associated methods of use which indicates a behavior based on the user's physical gestures and positioning of the hands, these gestures and positions being related to these undesirable behaviors typical of such disorders and alerting the user so that he or she can reduce the behavior.
US09721449B2	Vehicle keyfob locator system A vehicle keyfob locator system includes a keyfob locator control panel, a display, a plurality of keyfob locator antennas and a controller. The keyfob locator control panel and the display are located within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The plurality of keyfob locator antennas are installed at predetermined positions of a vehicle body structure of the vehicle. The controller is operably connected to the keyfob locator control panel and each of the keyfob locator antennas. The controller is configured to operate the keyfob locator antennas and determine a location of a keyfob within the vehicle body structure in response to activation of the keyfob locator control panel and further configured to display an approximate location of the keyfob on the display in response to determining the location of the keyfob within the vehicle body structure.
US09721438B2	Gaming system with dynamically defined win lines and a method of use A gaming system includes a display, a memory, and a processor. The display includes a display area having display positions. The memory stores symbols and normal win line definitions for use in a base game, and stores win line elements for use in a feature game. The processor is coupled to the memory and is configured to (a) randomly select a set of symbols for display at the display positions, (b) award a base game payout when the set of symbols satisfies at least one normal win line definition, (c) randomly select a set of win line elements for display at the display positions, (d) define a special win line including contiguous win line elements of the set of win line elements, and (e) award a feature game payout when the set of symbols satisfies the special win line.
US09721425B2	Logistics methods for processing lottery and contest tickets with generic hardware A lottery data transfer method for processing lottery ticket data piggybacks on a merchant's existing debit or credit card interchange system. A BIN is assigned to lottery tickets that is unique in the merchant's credit or debit card interchange, the BIN associated with a lottery data blob also provided on the lottery ticket. The lottery BIN and data blob are into the merchant's existing credit or debit card activation barcode protocol to initiate transfer of the lottery data to a central lottery site via the interchange. At a processor within the interchange, the unique lottery BIN is flagged to initiate special routing to and further processing of the lottery data blob at the lottery central site, wherein the lottery data blob is processed outside of the interchange's debit or credit card data transfer and processing procedures.
US09721423B2	Event-based gaming operation for gaming device Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices and gaming systems that are configured to implement event-based gaming operations. Here, a gaming device includes a game event list that has game outcomes associated with each entry in the game event list. The game event list is generated before game play on the gaming device by selecting general game outcome types or specific game outcomes for each of the entries in the game event list. During game play, a game counter is incremented to a next entry in the game event list and an associated game outcome is displayed on the gaming device during the gaming event.
US09721412B2	Door lock and arrangement for transferring power and information to door lock Lock arrangement including a counterpart of the lock and a lock with a lock case. The lock case, which can be installed in a door, includes a locking latch and a latch mechanism, which includes an electrical device for opening and/or closing the locking latch. The counterpart of the lock can be installed in the frame of the door. A device for wirelessly sending electrical power to the lock case and/or into connection with the lock case is arranged in the counterpart of the lock; a mechanism is arranged in connection with the lock case for wirelessly receiving electrical power from the device for sending electrical power that is arranged in connection with the counterpart of the lock. Electrical power is arranged to be transmitted from the device for sending electrical power to the mechanism for receiving electrical power, when the lock case and the counterpart of the lock are at a certain distance from each other. The mechanism for receiving and device for sending electrical power are also arranged to transfer encrypted information relating to the operation of the lock.
US09721405B1	Secure ID badge system A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for displaying and erasing an ID badge image on an ID badge. An entry terminal device of a target area receives from an ID badge a transmission of an ID number and confirms the ID numbers. In response to determining that the ID number is confirmed, the entry terminal device obtains an ID badge image for the ID number. The entry terminal device transmits the ID badge image to the ID badge, wherein the ID badge image is displayed on the ID badge when the ID badge is carried into the target area. An exit terminal device of the target area transmits an instruction of erasing a display of the ID badge image on the ID badge, wherein the ID badge image is erased from the ID badge when the ID badge is carried out of the target area.
US09721400B1	Detecting motor vehicle damage A method and system for detecting motor vehicle damage is described which includes a sensor to detect damage to a motor vehicle component from a plurality of motor vehicle components. A network interface is provided to transmit an indication of the detected damage, the indication including an identifier associated with the damaged motor vehicle component. Also provided is a data store to store the indication of the detected damage.
US09721398B2	Mobile telemetry system An automotive vehicle may include a processor configured to buffer records of vehicle information created at a scheduled acquisition rate, and to buffer event files of vehicle information created upon the occurrence of predetermined triggering events. The processor may be further configured to cause the buffered records to be wirelessly transmitted on a last-in first-out basis if a signal strength in a vicinity of the vehicle is greater than a first predetermined threshold, and to cause the buffered files to be wirelessly transmitted if the signal strength is greater than a second predetermined threshold.
US09721392B2	Server, client terminal, system, and program for presenting landscapes There is provided a server including a reception unit configured to receive, from a client terminal, position information indicating a position of the client terminal, and direction information indicating a direction in which the client terminal is directed, and a search unit configured to search for image data provided with position information indicating an opposite position across a target object present in the direction indicated by the direction information with respect to the position of the client terminal based on the position information.
US09721391B2	Positioning of projected augmented reality content A method of displaying augmented reality content on a physical surface is disclosed. A surface complexity measure is determined for the physical surface from a captured image of the physical surface. A content complexity measure is determined for the augmented reality content to be applied to the physical surface. The content complexity measure represents an amount of fine detail in the augmented reality content. The method determines if the amount of fine detail in the augmented reality content is to be modified, based on a function of the surface complexity measure and said content complexity measure. A display attribute of the augmented reality content is adjusted to modify the fine detail in the augmented reality content. The modified augmented reality content is displayed on the physical surface.
US09721373B2	Generating instructions for nonverbal movements of a virtual character Programs for creating a set of behaviors for lip sync movements and nonverbal communication may include analyzing a character's speaking behavior through the use of acoustic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and rhetorical analyses of the utterance. For example, a non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to: receive a text specifying words to be spoken by a virtual character; extract metaphoric elements, discourse elements, or both from the text; generate one or more mental state indicators based on the metaphoric elements, the discourse elements, or both; map each of the one or more mental state indicators to a behavior that the virtual character should display with nonverbal movements that convey the mental state indicators; and generate a set of instructions for the nonverbal movements based on the behaviors.
US09721369B2	Systems and methods for utilizing multiple map portions from multiple map data sources Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire a request for a map of a particular region. A first set of one or more map portions for representing a first portion of the particular region can be identified based on the particular region. The first set can be associated with a first map data source. A second set of one or more map portions for representing a second portion of the particular region can be identified based on the particular region. The second set can be associated with a second map data source. The map of the particular region can be generated based on a combination of the first set and the second set.
US09721353B2	Optical positional information detection apparatus and object association method An optical positional information detection apparatus for detecting a position indicated by a pointer on a display surface. The optical positional information detection apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image of one or more pointers situated within a predetermined distance from the display surface; an image obtaining unit that obtains a first image captured by the imaging unit and a second image captured by the imaging unit; a movement distance calculation unit that uses a first feature amount based on the first image in which first pointers are captured and a second feature amount based on the second image in which second pointers are captured so that the movement distance calculation unit calculates a movement distance from the first pointers to the second pointers; and an association unit that associates the second pointers with the first pointers based on a limitation on the movement distance.
US09721352B1	Method and apparatus for computer vision analysis of cannon-launched artillery video Systems and methods are provided to quantify the pitching and yawing motion of a projectile during ballistic flight using two camera/tracker video systems. Image processing tools are used to segment the shape of the projectile in each frame of a launch video, which allows the location and observed pitch angle to be calculated with sub-pixel accuracy. Subsequent automated analysis uses the history of the projectile location and the pitching behavior to calculate estimates for the epicyclic motion, as well as other ballistic parameters such as aeroballistic coefficients. Using two cameras located at different orthographic views of the line-of-fire (LOF) allows the pitching and yawing motion history of the projectile to be calculated in three dimensions (3D). In addition, input of the camera locations, cannon trunnion location, and the cannon pointing direction allows for automatic correction for camera misalignment.
US09721338B2	Method and apparatus for segmentation and registration of longitudinal images The described invention provides systems and methods for detecting and segmenting a lesion from longitudinal, time series, or multi-parametric imaging by utilizing spectral embedding-based active contour (SEAC). In addition, the described invention further provides systems and methods for registering time series data by utilizing reduced-dimension eigenvectors derived from spectral embedding (SE) of feature scenes (SERg).
US09721337B2	Detecting defects on a wafer using defect-specific information Methods and systems for detecting defects on a wafer using defect-specific information are provided. One method includes acquiring information for a target on a wafer. The target includes a pattern of interest formed on the wafer and a known DOI occurring proximate to or in the pattern of interest. The information includes an image of the target on the wafer. The method also includes searching for target candidates on the wafer or another wafer. The target candidates include the pattern of interest. The target and target candidate locations are provided to defect detection. In addition, the method includes detecting the known DOI in the target candidates by identifying potential DOI locations in images of the target candidates and applying one or more detection parameters to images of the potential DOI locations.
US09721328B2	Method to enhance contrast with reduced visual artifacts A method to enhance the contrast of a set of pixels each pixels being characterized by a set of color attributes comprising the steps of: determining a first property of the set of pixels; determining a second property of the set of pixels; determining, for each pixel of the set of pixels, a first property of said pixel; and modifying the color attributes of each pixel of the set of pixels as a function of the first and second property of the set of pixels and the first property of said pixel.
US09721327B2	Method for automatically adjusting a picture according to contents of the picture at terminal equipment A method for automatically adjusting a picture right according to contents of the picture at terminal equipment is provided, including the following steps: analyzing the picture, extracting information from the picture; calculating information to obtain weight, respectively calculating the sum of information weight in each of four directions; comparing sums of information weight of the four directions to obtain the direction with the maximum weight; and adjusting the picture in the direction with the maximum weight. The method judges the direction in which the picture should be adjusted according to contents of the picture itself, avoiding manual adjustment to the picture.
US09721319B2	Tap and wireless payment methods and devices Example embodiments include methods and apparatus for exchanging, using a contactless interface included in a portable device, transaction information associated with an electronic merchant device when the portable device is brought into close proximity to a contactless interface associated with the electronic merchant device, with the information identifying the electronic merchant device and identifying a handover wireless network connected to the electronic merchant device and with information including security credentials required to form a secure connection, establishing a persistent, secure wireless connection with the electronic merchant device, using a wireless network interface in the portable device and the transaction information, over the handover wireless network and exchanging transaction messages between the portable device and the electronic merchant device over the persistent, secure wireless connection during a shopping interval.
US09721311B2	Web based data management Approaches are provided for assessing and displaying data. An approach includes determining one or more aggregate measures of data quality for data. The approach further includes assessing an overall data quality for the data based on the determined one or more aggregate measures of data quality. The approach further includes displaying the data, the determined one or more aggregate measures of data quality, and the assessed overall data quality.
US09721308B2	Evaluating the influence of offline assets using social networking resources Techniques are disclosed for using social networking resources to evaluate the influence of offline marketing assets. In certain embodiments data posted to a social network is analyzed to identify references to a particular marketer and/or a particular brand. Where such reference is identified, geographic location data associated with the posted data is stored in a database. As this location data is aggregated over a period of time, it can be cross-referenced with location data corresponding to offline marketing assets that belong to the particular marketer and/or that are otherwise associated with the particular brand. Offline marketing assets that geographically correspond to a cluster of social networking activity can be understood as wielding influence within social networks and being capable of generating valuable word-of-mouth.
US09721304B1	Vehicle damage assessment using 3D scanning Automated claims adjustment is engineered to receive submission of two-dimensional data or three-dimensional data from a structured-light scan and other pieces of information directly via a mobile device. Upon receiving sufficient information to open a claim, automated claims adjustment and settlement processes are executed aiding and guiding a claimant. This reduces the time involved by the claimant in waiting for a claims adjuster to manually review a specific case file.
US09721301B2	Vehicle repair cost estimate acquisition system and method A computer-based method for obtaining repair estimates for a vehicle, and a related network server, are provided. The method comprises receiving a vehicle identification number (VIN) over a network from a customer computer, retrieving vehicle information, associated with the VIN, from a database, sending the vehicle information and a graphical representation of the vehicle, including a plurality of selectable vehicle damage locations, over the network to the customer computer, receiving a selection of at least one vehicle damage location over the network from the customer computer, receiving at least one image of the vehicle over the network from the customer computer, storing the vehicle information, the selected damage location and the vehicle image as a repair job in a non-volatile memory or the database, and sending a notification, indicating that the new repair job is available for review, over the network to at least one repair provider computer.
US09721297B2	Systems and methods for providing a trading interface with advanced features Systems and methods for a trading interface with advanced features are provided. Using these systems and methods, a user may create orders, manipulate orders, cancel orders, configure alternative keyboard settings, and/or obtain additional information on transactions. When a user clicks on a bid and/or offer, a dialog box may pop-up, thereby providing the user with multiple options. To enable customization of the keyboard settings to a user's preference, a keyboard settings feature is provided. Users may also be provided with additional information relating to the user's wish to transact.
US09721287B2	Method and system for interacting with a user in an experimental environment A method and system for provides a user with an ability to capture a sample of an experiential environment and deliver that sample to an interactive service to trigger one or more predetermined events. In exemplary embodiments of the invention such triggered events include the delivery of information and services to the user, the execution of tasks and instructions by the service on the user's behalf, communication events; surveillance events and other control-oriented events that are responsive to the user's wishes. In other exemplary embodiments of the invention, the triggered events include transaction-oriented events, entertainment events, and events associated with enhancements to human ability or function.
US09721286B2	System and method for tracking purchases A novel method for obtaining transaction information includes receiving a first transaction record including data indicative of one or more products purchased by a first purchaser from a first merchant, storing the data included in the first record, receiving a second transaction record including electronic data indicative of one or more products purchased by the purchaser from a second merchant, storing the data included in the second record, and providing the first purchaser access to the first transaction record and the said second transaction record. The method is performed on a handheld device which is carried by the first purchaser. A point-of-sale system is also disclosed and includes: a processing, a product interface operative to receive product data, memory operative to store a first transaction record, and a transaction record interface operative to output electronic data indicative of the first transaction record.
US09721272B2	Determining advertisement channel mixture ratios Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for determining a mixture ratio for allocating portions of an advertising budget among different advertising channels (e.g., print, online, radio, television) to optimize a performance measure, such as cost-per-action. A mixture space is used to define the available advertising channels and any constraints placed on those channels, such as no more than fifty percent of the advertising budget being allocated to a particular channel, and test mixture ratios are selected according to an optimality criterion. The selected test mixture ratios are used during a testing period on live traffic. The performance measures from the test mixture ratios are used to select a preferred mixture ratio from the mixture space.
US09721267B2	Coupon effectiveness indices Profiles characterizing each of a plurality of consumers are received. Thereafter, each profile is associated with one of a plurality of customer segments (e.g., matched pairs, etc.). Thereafter, a coupon effectiveness index is determined for each of the plurality of consumers for an offering based on the associated customer segment. The coupon effectiveness indices model characterizes causal effects estimates determined using historical data of purchases of individuals having varying coupon treatments for the offering. Subsequently, provision of at least a portion of the determined coupon effectiveness indices is initiated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09721260B2	Method and apparatus for marking manufactured items A method and apparatus includes providing a cryptographic key, in an inactive state, to a point in a supply chain for manufactured items, providing the cryptographic key, in an active state, and an activation code for activating the cryptographic key, to a verification center, and providing the activation code to the point in the supply chain in response to the point in the supply chain transmitting information relating to the received cryptographic key. The method includes generating, at the point in the supply chain, an identification (ID) code for each manufactured item, derived from the cryptographic key in the active state and a dynamic key generated for each batch of manufactured items. Including providing the dynamic key for each batch of manufactured items to the verification center, marking each manufactured item with the ID code, and counting the actual or correct number of ID codes marked on the manufactured items.
US09721258B2	Validation of cryogenically treated articles Embodiments validate cryogenic processing of metal-matrix validation articles according to destructive and/or non-destructive testing of witness articles. For example, validation can certify that the validation article has undergone a particular cryogenic treatment protocol, resulting in validated and/or certified enhancements in wear characteristics, resistance to corrosion, increases in electrochemical bonding of surface treatments, increases in theoretical useable lifespan, etc. According to some embodiments, processing results are validated by generating witness results from destructive and/or non-destructive testing of the witness articles subsequent to deep-cryogenic treatment. The processing (e.g., including witness results and/or analysis thereof) may then be entered into a computer-controlled, parametric analysis system that generates absolute and comparative validation and/or certification of the validation articles.
US09721244B2	Authentication system A two way authentication method, including receiving by an authentication server first encrypted data from a merchant computing device, receiving by the authentication server second encrypted data from a customer computing device, determining by the authentication server if the first encrypted data matches the second encrypted data, if the first encrypted data matches the second encrypted data, authenticating the customer computing device, if the first encrypted data does not matches the second encrypted data, not authenticating the customer computing device.
US09721239B1	Content access management in a social network using permission-value avatars A system and method for managing content between a plurality of user devices an online communication environment through the use of a permission-value avatar comprising, at least, a unit database. A social network provides the plurality of users a communication environment to connect with other user devices. Content access and engagement permissions between unconnected user devices are released upon a transfer of units associated to a permission-value avatar consisting of a thematic representation, mutual content-access permissions, and a unit amount. Through the content access management system and permission-value avatar method, user incentives are aligned through the reward of content-access permissions in exchange for social network activity and unit exchange.
US09721237B2	Animated two-dimensional barcode checks Systems and methods are disclosed to provide an animated 2D barcode check that is used to securely and efficiently transmit financial information between mobile devices. The financial information includes a check written by a payer and transmitted to a merchant. The check includes account information of the payer and of the merchant with a payment service provider, a payment amount, and a cryptographic signature that has been certified by the payment service provider. The payer's mobile device encodes the check into a sequence of 2D barcodes and displays the sequence of 2D barcodes in a loop that is scanned by a camera on the merchant's mobile device. The merchant uses the cryptographic signature to verify the validity of the signature on the check without having Internet connectivity to the payment service provider. The merchant may later present the check to the payment service provider to receive payment.
US09721230B2	Developer mode for workflow systems steering patch deployment In a first method, a developer mode is determined when a workflow template patch is received, and execution of new workflow instances is either blocked or permitted, or continued execution of workflow instances is forbidden. In a second method, parallelization of workflow execution is provided in an in-memory database management system. In a third method, after received user privilege information, database records associated with a workflow are determined and stored for use at workflow instance runtime. In a fourth method, artifacts used by a workflow are identified using a workflow template. When a command to execute a workflow instance is received, information is stored for generating instances of artifacts for use during execution of the workflow instance. In a fifth method, for a workflow template to be inactivated, the associated workflow template is suspended after currently executing workflow instances have completed and job executors have acknowledged a suspending state.
US09721220B2	Environmental performance estimation A method of assessing environmental performance includes: receiving, by a processing device, input data related to aspects of an energy industry operation; estimating a first environmental impact of the operation based on the input data; selecting an alternative implementation of the operation; estimating a second environmental impact of the alternative implementation; comparing the first environmental impact and the second environmental impact; and generating an output based on the comparison, the output indicating a change in environmental impact associated with replacing the operation with the alternative implementation.
US09721219B2	High-load business process scalability The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing high-load business process scalability in cloud-based infrastructures. One process includes operations for receiving a message at a first computer node executing a first business process instance. A second business process instance associated with the message is identified. The message is sent to a messaging queue for retrieval by the second business process instance if the second business process instance is not located at the first computer node.
US09721216B2	Solution that automatically recommends design assets when making architectural design decisions for information services The present invention discloses a system that provides automated guidance for making architectural decisions when designing information services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Such a system can include a requirements manager, a reusable asset repository, and an asset advisory tool. The requirements manager can be configured to capture non-functional requirements for information services. The reusable asset repository can be configured to store design assets. The design assets can be stored according to a unique data model that associates each design asset with a non-functional requirement. The asset advisory tool can be configured to determine a list of recommended design assets for a user-selected non-functional requirement and document the architectural decision made from the list of recommended design assets.
US09721213B2	Information matching apparatus, method of matching information, and computer readable storage medium having stored information matching program The information matching apparatus includes: a training data setting unit that sets supervised data in a machine learning device of supervised learning that learns judgment criteria used for a judgment of identicalness, similarity, and relevance between a plurality of records by matching the records configured by sets of values corresponding to items; a check point setting unit that sets a check point configured by one set of two records used for evaluating the set supervised data; and a learning result evaluation unit, for the set check point, acquires a change between a judgment result using judgment criteria derived as a result of learning based on set first supervised data and a judgment result using judgment criteria derived as a result of learning based on set second supervised data set and evaluates the supervised data based on the acquired change.
US09721201B1	Cards and devices with embedded holograms A card, such as a payment card, or other device may include an electronics package. The electronics package may include electronic components mounted on a flexible, printed circuit board. The electronics package may be laminated (e.g., via a hot, cold, or molding lamination process) between layers of transparent polymer. A hologram may be fixed to one side of the electronics package such that the hologram may be viewed from the exterior of the laminated card having transparent polymer layers. As such, the hologram may not be removed without breaching the integrity of a transparent polymer layer.
US09721192B2	Complementary item recommendations using image feature data An apparatus and method to facilitate finding complementary recommendations are disclosed herein. One or more fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are determined based on data obtained from one or more sources. One or more template images and rule triggers corresponding to the fashion trend or pleasing color combination rules are generated, each of the rule triggers associated with at least one of the template images. A processor compares a first image attribute of a particular one of the template images to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images corresponding to the plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items complementary to the query image. The particular one of the template images is selected based on the rule trigger corresponding to the particular one of the template images being applicable for a query image.
US09721187B2	System, method, and computer program product for a stereoscopic image lasso A system, method, and computer program product for providing a lasso selection tool for a stereoscopic image is disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining a lasso region of a stereoscopic image pair based on a path defined by a user using a lasso selection tool. An object in a first image of the stereoscopic image pair is identified, where the object is at least partially included within the lasso region and the object is identified in a second image of the stereoscopic image pair.
US09721183B2	Intelligent determination of aesthetic preferences based on user history and properties Techniques for selecting a digital image are disclosed. The techniques may include receiving a first set of digital images, analyzing the first set of digital images to extract first image features from each of the first set of digital images, accessing a user profile, comparing the extracted first image features to a preset list of image features, ranking each digital image of the first set, selecting each digital image having a ranking that exceeds a threshold, assigning a category to each selected digital image based on a comparison of each selected digital image to a category database of digital image categories, displaying each selected digital image with the assigned category, receiving an input from the user in response to the displaying, updating the user profile and the category database based on the input, and selecting at least one subsequent digital image based on the updated user profile and category database.
US09721174B2	User identification method and electronic device A user identification method and a user identification electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining user state information of a user; determining available user identification modes based on the user state information; determining user identification accuracy information corresponding to each of the available user identification modes; determining a selected user identification mode, based on a service requiring user identification and the user identification accuracy information; and performing user identification in the selected user identification mode. With the method or the electronic device, the user can be identified based on various types of information, thus an application range of the user identification method is expanded, and robustness of the user identification method is improved.
US09721170B2	Self-location calculating device and self-location calculating method A self-location calculating device projects a patterned light onto a road surface around a vehicle, captures and obtains an image of the road surface around the vehicle. When determining that a condition of the road surface around the vehicle changes as much as or more than a threshold value, the self-location calculating device calculates a current position and a current attitude angle of the vehicle in present by adding an amount of change in the attitude to a current position and a current attitude angle of the vehicle which are calculated in a previous information process cycle.
US09721167B2	Biometric notification system The present invention provides a biometric notification system for selectively sending messages to interested recipients. In various embodiments, message trigger criteria, interested recipients, and message content may vary depending upon, among other things, the service being provided.
US09721163B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium In an image processing apparatus, a degree-of-relevance calculation unit calculates a degree of relevance between each of a plurality of images on the basis of a person's face, determination results of scenes and objects, GPS information, and a degree of similarity. An important image extraction unit extracts images captured over a certain period of time including a reference date for determining a degree of importance of the image, and images captured over a certain period of time including a relevant date relevant to the reference date, as important image, from the plurality of images. A relevant image extraction unit extracts a certain number of images as relevant images from important images in which the degree of relevance for a selected image selected from the plurality of images by an instruction which is input through an instruction input unit is equal to or greater than a threshold.
US09721157B2	Systems and methods for obtaining and using information from map images Under one aspect, an interface program stored on a computer-readable medium causes a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: displaying an image of a region of a metric vector space; obtaining a set of pixel extents in the image that contain apparent textual annotations; for each pixel extent of the set, obtaining a confidence score that the pixel extent actually contains a textual annotation; and displaying the set of pixel extents in a ranked list based on the corresponding confidence scores. In some embodiments, the program further causes the computer system to perform the functions of, for at least one pixel extent of the set, at least one of automatically generating a text string based on the apparent textual annotation, and accepting user input entering a text string based on the apparent textual annotation.
US09721149B2	Ensuring a desired distribution of images in a multimedia document utilizing facial signatures A method, system and computer program product for ensuring a desired distribution of images in a multimedia document (e.g., yearbook, slideshow). A desired distribution of facial signatures in a multimedia document to be created by the user is received. Upon receiving an image to be added to the multimedia document by the user, a facial signature for a face detected in the image is generated. The current number of instances of the facial signature in the multimedia document is then determined. A determination is then made as to whether the current number of instances of the facial signature meets the desired distribution. An indication is then provided to the user as to whether the current number of instances of the facial signature meets or does not meet the desired distribution. In this manner, the user can ensure a desired distribution of images in the multimedia document.
US09721148B2	Face detection and recognition The present invention provides, in at least one aspect, methods and systems that detect at least one face in at least one digital image, determine and store area co-ordinates of a location of the at least one detected face in the at least one digital image, apply at least one transformation to the at least one detected face to create at least one portrait of the at least one detected face, rotate the at least one portrait at least until the at least one portrait is shown in a vertical orientation and a pair of eyes of the at least one face shown in the at least one portrait are positioned on a horizontal plane; and store the rotated at least one portrait.
US09721140B2	Sensing method of fingerprint sensor and related sensing circuit A sensing method of a fingerprint sensor includes the following steps: (a) applying a first voltage, a second voltage and a third voltage to a first node connected to an electrode plate to be measured, a second node disconnected from the first node, and a conductor adjacent to the electrode plate to be measured, respectively; (b) providing a first finger drive voltage for a finger; (c) stopping applying the first, second and third voltages to the first node, the second node and the conductor, respectively; (d) after step (c), applying a fourth voltage to the conductor, and connecting the first node to the second node; (e) after steps (b) and (c), providing a second finger drive voltage for the finger; and (f) after steps (d) and (e), obtaining a measurement result of the electrode plate to be measured according to a signal on the second node.
US09721138B2	System and method for fingerprint validation The invention provides a system and method for rapid validation of identity from tissue using registered two dimensional and optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan images. The preferred embodiment provides, for a human fingerprint, validation that the surface fingerprint matches the primary fingerprint. An alternate embodiment provides validation of “aliveness” by ascertaining blood flow. Various embodiments are taught.
US09721135B2	Depth sensor based auto-focus system for an indicia scanner An indicia reading terminal has a three-dimensional depth sensor, a two dimensional image sensor, an autofocus lens assembly, and a processor. The three dimensional depth sensor captures a depth image of a field of view and create a depth map from the depth image, the depth map having one or more surface distances. The two dimensional image sensor receives incident light and capture an image therefrom. The autofocusing lens assembly is positioned proximate to the two dimensional image sensor such that the incident light passes through the autofocusing lens before reaching the two dimensional image sensor. The processor is communicatively coupled to the two dimensional image sensor, the three dimensional depth sensor, and the autofocusing lens assembly.
US09721132B2	Reconfigurable sled for a mobile device A reconfigurable sled for a mobile device with camera is provided. The reconfigurable sled may be moved into different configurations in order to facilitate either normal or specialized use. For example, in a first configuration, the mobile device's camera is unobstructed and imaging may proceed normally. In a second configuration, on the other hand, the camera's imaging direction may be repositioned by a reflective element in the camera's optical path. The reflective element provides feedback to the mobile device via visible markings that may be imaged by the camera and detected by the mobile device. If the mobile device determines that the mirror is in the optical path, then the mobile device may respond to accommodate the mirror and enable a function, like reading an indicium.
US09721114B2	Automatic resource ownership assignment system and method A method for automatic folder ownership assignment, including ascertaining which first folders, among a first multiplicity of folders, have at least one of modify and write permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the first folders to a list of candidates for ownership assignment, defining a second multiplicity of folders which is a subset of the first multiplicity of folders and not including the first folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which second folders among the second multiplicity of folders, have permissions to non-IT administration entities, adding the second folders to the candidates, defining a third multiplicity of folders, which is a subset of the second multiplicity of folders and not including the second folders and descendents and ancestors thereof, ascertaining which third folders among the third multiplicity of folders are topmost folders, adding the third folders to the candidates, and recommending possible assignment of ownership of the candidates.
US09721113B2	Host controller and system-on-chip A host controller that controls a storage device includes an encryption unit that is selectively configured in response to file encryption information and disk encryption information to encrypt data. The encryption unit encrypts the data using a file encryption operation based on the file encryption information and/or a disk encryption operation based on the disk encryption information.
US09721092B2	Monitoring an application in a process virtual machine An application that runs in a process virtual machine is monitored by injecting listening code into a target class of the application. The listening code collects and forwards data to a monitoring agent. The target class is configured for monitoring according to alternative embodiments. In response to the process virtual machine providing notification of an event, such a loading the target class, the listening code may be injected into the target class. In another embodiment, the process virtual machine is configured to load a first mirror class containing a mirror entry point to the application. A mirror target class is loaded in response to a request to load the target class. The mirror target class contains a mirror entry point to the target class and the listening code. In another embodiment, listening code may be added to the target class before running the application.
US09721089B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for efficient computer forensic analysis and data access control According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for efficient computer forensic analysis and data access control. The method includes steps occurring from within a virtualization layer separate from a guest operating system. The steps include monitoring disk accesses by the guest operating system to a region of interest on a disk from which data is copied into memory. The steps also include tracking subsequent accesses to the memory resident data where the memory resident data is copied from its initial location to other memory locations or over a network. The steps further include linking operations made by the guest operating system associated with the disk accesses with operations made by the guest operating system associated with the memory accessed.
US09721083B2	Information processing apparatus and information management method An information processing apparatus for managing information stored in a storage location includes an authentication management unit that manages first authentication information and second authentication information in association with each other, a storage location monitor unit, and an information management unit. The first authentication information is used to authenticate a user operating an operation terminal, and the second authentication information is used to prompt the storage location to authenticate the user. The storage location monitor unit monitors the information stored in the storage location using the second authentication information, and updates index information of the information stored in the storage location. The information management unit determines the storage location that can be used by the user based on the second authentication information associated with the first authentication information, creates a list of information that can be used by the user, and provides the list to the operation terminal.
US09721078B2	System and method for user enrollment in a secure biometric verification system A computer-implemented method and system for verifying the identity of a user in an identity authentication and biometric verification system which includes collecting information from the user regarding the user's identity, which is then electronically authenticated. Upon authentication, personal information regarding the verified identity of the user is retrieved from a source database which is used to verify the identity of the user, via user interaction. Upon successful verification and authentication, biometric data regarding the user is electronically collected.
US09721075B2	Method for processing data Method for processing data, in which a Petri net is encoded, written into a memory and read and executed by at least one instance, wherein transitions of the Petri net read from at least one tape and/or write on at least one tape symbols or symbol strings, with the aid of at least one head. [Fig 1]. In an alternative, data-processing, co-operating nets are composed, the composition result is encoded, written into a memory and read and executed from the memory by at least one instance. In doing this, components can have cryptological functions. The data-processing nets can receive and process second data from a cryptological function which is executed in a protected manner. The invention enables processing of data which prevents semantic analysis of laid-open, possibly few processing steps and which can produce a linkage of the processing steps with a hardware which is difficult to isolate.
US09721061B2	De novo design of allosteric proteins Methods and compositions for making and isolating allosteric DNA binding proteins that bind to one or more allosteric effectors to induce a conformation change in the proteins are provided.
US09721055B2	Measurement model optimization based on parameter variations across a wafer An optimized measurement model is determined based a model of parameter variations across a semiconductor wafer. A global, cross-wafer model characterizes a structural parameter as a function of location on the wafer. A measurement model is optimized by constraining the measurement model with the cross-wafer model of process variations. In some examples, the cross-wafer model is itself a parameterized model. However, the cross-wafer model characterizes the values of a structural parameter at any location on the wafer with far fewer parameters than a measurement model that treats the structural parameter as unknown at every location. In some examples, the cross-wafer model gives rise to constraints among unknown structural parameter values based on location on the wafer. In one example, the cross-wafer model relates the values of structural parameters associated with groups of measurement sites based on their location on the wafer.
US09721044B2	Systems and methods for non-destructive evaluation of molds and crucibles used in investment casting Systems for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of molds and crucibles used in investment casting processes include a support, a 3D scanning device, and a computer component. Methods for non-destructive evaluation include providing a system for non-destructive evaluation of a mold or crucible; securing a mold or crucible to the support of the system; and operating the 3D scanning device of the system in conjunction with the computer component in order to create a 3D structure difference map that indicates whether the mold or crucible falls within or outside a desired structural integrity parameter range.
US09721036B2	Cooperative web browsing using multiple devices A proxy-based thin-client web browsing framework enables cooperative web browsing of multiple devices. The multiple devices may include devices that are not intended for web browsing and have limited or no web browsers and/or user input capabilities. The proxy-based thin client web browsing framework employs a virtual browser at a proxy server to perform all browser-engine logics, and retrieve, render and encode web pages on behalf of the multiple devices. The multiple devices therefore only need to have limited decoding and display capabilities to perform web browsing. The proxy-based thin client web browsing framework further includes a touch controller as a remote controller for a device that has no or limited user texting or manipulating capabilities.
US09721030B2	Codeless sharing of spreadsheet objects A user interface that when selected triggers the automatic sharing of a spreadsheet object in a spreadsheet with a chosen network service (e.g. social network, blog, or some other network location). For example, cells, tables, charts and other objects of the spreadsheet may be selected to be shared using the user interface. When a spreadsheet object is selected and indicated to be shared using the user interface, the spreadsheet is automatically saved to a network share, permissions are set for the spreadsheet to share the spreadsheet object, and the spreadsheet object is shared with the network service. Changes made to the spreadsheet after the spreadsheet object is shared are reflected in the spreadsheet object on the network service.
US09721027B2	Collection, monitoring, analyzing and reporting decay rate of traffic speed data via vehicle sensor devices placed at multiple remote locations Apparatus and methods provide the effectiveness decay rate of actual police enforcement by allowing the user to chart the speeds in a particular location and overlay times when an officer was present and providing on-site enforcement. The system can monitor the speed in the location and when the speeds creep back up to a set speed or multiple of the speed after the enforcement period, the officer can be notified to provide enforcement again and reduce the speeds. For example, once the police car goes away, some locations may take longer for the average speed to creep back up to normal and others may have the average speed increase more quickly. A visual display of the situation provides a systematic method for determining enforcement locations and timing in place of conventional “seat-of-the-pants” enforcement planning.
US09721021B2	Personalized search results The disclosure relates to personalizing search results based on the device features of a user device. An example method for personalizing search results includes receiving an encoded device profile indicating the device features of the device. The device features indicate one or more native applications installed on the device. The device features may further indicate native applications recently executed by the device, native applications that have been deleted from the user device, and/or web applications recently accessed by the user device. The method further includes identifying the device features of the device based on the encoded device profile, receiving a search query from the device, and performing an application search based on the search query to identify a consideration set of records. The method further includes adjusting the consideration set based on the device features and generating search results based on the adjusted consideration set.
US09721018B2	System and method for displaying of most relevant vertical search results There is provided a method and a system for conducting a search and presenting results. The method can be executed at a server. The method comprises receiving a search query from an electronic device associated with a user; responsive to the search query, generating a search query result set, the search query result set including a vertical search result; determining a confidence level that the vertical search result is the most relevant to the search query; responsive to the confidence level being above a pre-determined threshold, causing the electronic device to display exclusively the vertical search result.
US09721015B2	Providing a query results page Providing a query results page is disclosed, including by: receiving a current query; determining a correction factor corresponding to the current query; determining a corrected query results request quantity based at least in part on the correction factor; performing an initial search for a plurality of query results responsive to the current query, wherein a quantity of query results included in the plurality of query results corresponds to the corrected query results request quantity; determining a quantity of compliant query results of the plurality of query results by comparing at least some of the plurality of query results to one or more display conditions and identifying compliant query results that meet the one or more display conditions; and causing a page of query results to be presented based at least in part on the quantity of compliant query results.
US09721014B2	System and method of processing database queries A method includes determining, via a database interface system, a first number of database queries received from a query source during a time period. The method includes preventing, via the database interface system, access to requested information by the query source when the first number does not satisfy a first threshold. The method also includes preventing, via the database interface system, access to the requested information by the query source when no click-through commands associated with a second number of consecutive prior search results were received during the time period.
US09721006B2	Systems and methods for enabling searches of a document corpus and generation of search queries Systems and methods for searching a document corpus and generating search queries are disclosed. A method includes providing for display a graphical user interface having two or more sections, and providing for generation of an initial search query based on locations of query terms entered into the graphical user interface. Sections of the graphical user interface indicate a query status. A revised search query based on a location of the query terms within the graphical user interface is generated following the manipulation of one or more of the query terms. Movement of a selected query term from a first section to a second section of the graphical user interface changes the query status of the selected query term from a first query status to a second query status. A search of the database is performed using the revised search query to return an updated set of electronic documents for display.
US09721004B2	Answering questions via a persona-based natural language processing (NLP) system A mechanism is provided, in a question answering (QA) system, for performing persona-based question answering is provided. An identification of a requested persona is received from a user along with a natural language question input specifying an input question to be answered by the QA system. Responsive to receiving the requested persona, components of the QA system are customized to answer questions from a viewpoint of the requested persona. An answer to the input question is generated from the viewpoint of the requested persona based on the customization of the components of the QA system. The answer to the input question is output in a form representative of the requested persona.
US09721003B2	Method and apparatus for providing contextual based searches An approach is presented for providing contextual based searches. A contextual query platform processes at least one query to parse one or more terms associated with at least one contextual parameter. The platform further determines one or more values and/or one or more probabilities associated with the one or more values for the at least one contextual parameter based on one or more probabilistic models associated with the at least one contextual parameter. The platform further compares the one or more values and/or the one or more probabilities against at least one threshold criteria. The platform further determines whether to process the at least one query using the one or more values, to generate a recommendation for using the one or more values, to determine one or more alternate values, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the comparison.
US09720998B2	Massive clustering of discrete distributions The trend of analyzing big data in artificial intelligence requires more scalable machine learning algorithms, among which clustering is a fundamental and arguably the most widely applied method. To extend the applications of regular vector-based clustering algorithms, the Discrete Distribution (D2) clustering algorithm has been developed for clustering bags of weighted vectors which are well adopted in many emerging machine learning applications. The high computational complexity of D2-clustering limits its impact in solving massive learning problems. Here we present a parallel D2-clustering algorithm with substantially improved scalability. We develop a hierarchical structure for parallel computing in order to achieve a balance between the individual-node computation and the integration process of the algorithm. The parallel algorithm achieves significant speed-up with minor accuracy loss.
US09720989B2	Dynamic partitioning techniques for data streams A partitioning policy, comprising an indication of an initial mapping of data records of a stream to a plurality of partitions, is selected to distribute data records of a data stream among a plurality of nodes of a stream management service. Data ingestion nodes and storage nodes are configured according to the initial mapping. In response to a determination that a triggering criterion for dynamically repartitioning the data stream has been met, a modified mapping is generated, and a different set of ingestion and storage nodes are configured. For at least some time during which arriving data records are stored in accordance with the modified mapping, data records stored at the first set of storage nodes in accordance with the initial mapping are retained.
US09720988B2	Content transfer The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database.
US09720986B2	Method and system for integrating data into a database A method for integrating data into a database comprises storing data comprising a plurality of records which each comprise a plurality of attributes; analyzing a sample of records from the plurality of records by: identifying duplicate pairs of records in the sample records; analyzing each attribute of each record of the duplicate pairs of records to identify a respective attribute condition which is indicative that the pairs of records are duplicates; wherein the method further comprises: comparing each attribute of a record with the respective attribute condition and, if the attribute satisfies the attribute condition, allocating the record to a disjoint group which comprises records with an attribute that satisfies the same respective attribute condition; identifying duplicate pairs of records in the records in each disjoint group; identifying duplicate pairs of records in records that are not allocated to a disjoint group; and consolidating each duplicate pair of records into one consolidated record and storing the consolidated record in an integrated database.
US09720985B2	Visually indicating a calendar event among different time zones A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed.
US09720980B2	Evaluating typeability of domain names Methods and systems are disclosed for assessing an identifier. The method comprises receiving a string of characters making up the identifier and determining a keyboard type for a keyboard. The method further comprises calculating, by a calculator module, a typeability score for the identifier based on the string of characters and the keyboard type, wherein the typeability score signifies a difficulty of typing the identifier on the keyboard type. In certain embodiments, the method further comprises determining a finger positioning corresponding to a position of a typer's fingers on the keyboard, and the typeability score is further based on the finger positioning. In some embodiments, the finger positioning is based on the typer's typing habits.
US09720974B1	Modifying user experience using query fingerprints A method and system for analyzing user behavior as users search for items within an electronic marketplace is provided. A query is submitted by a user of the electronic marketplace, the query is processed to identify a series of actions or behaviors performed by the user in relation to the query and fingerprint information for the query is determined based at least in part on analyzing the actions. A classification for a query is determined based on the fingerprint information. In one embodiment, an electronic marketplace receives a query from a user, accesses a query classification database having fingerprint information, determines a fingerprint for the query based on the fingerprint information and dynamically modifies a user experience for the user based at least in part on the fingerprint information.
US09720971B2	Discovering transformations applied to a source table to generate a target table Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for discovering transformations applied to a source table to generate a target table. Selection is made of a source table comprising a plurality of rows and a target table resulting from a transformation applied to the rows of the source table. A first pre-processing method is applied with respect to columns in the source and target tables to produce first category pre-processing output. The first category pre-processing output is used to determine first category transformation rules with respect to at least one source table column and at least one target table column. For each unpredicted target column in the target table not predicted by the determined first category transformation rules, a second pre-processing method is applied to columns in the source table and unpredicted target columns to produce second category pre-processing output. The second category pre-processing output is used to determine second category transformation rules with respect to at least one source table column and at least one target table column.
US09720965B1	Bookmark aggregating, organizing and retrieving systems A system to assist users to bookmark online content by storing a collection of bookmarks among all the users, classifying the bookmarks by tags submitted by the users, searching the bookmarks by user specified tags returning only the bookmarks actually collected by the user, and allowing narrowing of the search by specifying additional tags. Further embodiments include limiting searching by the classification done only by the user, aggregating bookmarks across user devices and online user publications.
US09720961B1	Algebraic data types for database query languages Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing algebraic data types in database query languages. One of the methods includes receiving an expression in a database query language, the expression having a programming language construct representing an algebraic data type, wherein the expression specifies two or more alternative subtypes. Respective domain relations are generated using definitions of each of the alternative subtypes within the expression. Unique domain identifiers are assigned among domain tuples belonging to each alternative subtype. A union relation is generated for the algebraic data type. Unique union identifiers are assigned for union tuples belonging to the union relation. Respective injector relations are generated for each of the alternative subtypes.
US09720956B2	Client-side search templates for online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an unstructured text query from a first user of an online social network; and accessing, from a data store of the mobile client system, a set of nodes of a social graph of the online social network. The social graph includes a number of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include a first node corresponding to the first user and a number of second nodes that each correspond to a concept or a second user associated with the online social network. The method also includes accessing, from the data store of the mobile client system, a set of grammar templates. Each grammar template includes one or more non-terminal tokens and one or more query tokens. The query tokens include references to zero or more second nodes and one or more edges and each grammar template is based on a natural-language string.
US09720954B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for fixing logical or physical corruption in databases using LSM trees In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for fixing logical or physical corruption in databases using LSM trees including, for example, means for storing records in a LSM database at the host organization; processing transactions to the LSM database by writing the transactions into immutable extents for subsequent merge into the LSM database; recording a history of the transactions in a log; identifying corruption in at least one of the records of the LSM database represented within the immutable extents prior to use of the immutable extents in the LSM database; and correcting the identified corruption to the at least one of the records of the LSM database based at least in part on the recorded history of the transactions in the log during live operation of the LSM database. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US09720951B2	Reducing database downtime Embodiments enable reduction of database downtime in a live production environment of an on-demand database service during repair and/or maintenance tasks. A source database and a target database are provided. Data is copied from the source database to the target database to create a mirrored set of data. Access is limited to one or more designated tables in the target database. General traffic is redirected from the source database to the target database, wherein the redirection occurs for a duration of a maintenance period. Data modifications that occur in the target database during the maintenance period are captured and then replicated into the source database. Finally, general traffic is redirected from the target database to the source database.
US09720946B2	Efficient storage of related sparse data in a search index Sparse data may be stored in a search index such that one or more data points related to a number of entities may be queriable. Upon detection of a data point related to an entity, an integer array may be created for the data point to store within a single column of the search index, the integer array including an identifier of the entity and a value associated with the data point. In response to receiving a request from a user to perform a query on the search index that includes the data point, the query may be transformed to a corresponding range based on the identifier of the entity. Upon execution of the query, the identifier may be removed and query results may be provided to the user as another array with a user-compatible identifier for the entity such that the results may be understood by the user.
US09720941B2	Fully automated SQL tuning Techniques are provided for a fully-automated process for tuning database query language statements that selects database query language statements for tuning, tunes the database query language statements and generates tuning recommendations, tests the tuning recommendations, and determines whether to implement the tuning recommendations based on the test results. The fully-automated tuning process may also automatically implement certain tuning recommendations and monitor the performance of the database query language statements for which tuning recommendations have been implemented.
US09720940B2	Data analysis computer system and method for parallelized and modularized analysis of big data The focus of the present invention is the modular analysis of Big Data encompassing parallelization, chunking, and distributed analysis applications. Typical application scenarios include: (i) data may not reside in one database but alternatively exist in more non-identical databases, and analysis has to take place in situ rather than combining all databases in one big database; (ii) data exceeding the working memory of the largest available computer and has to be broken into smaller pieces that need be analyzed separately and the results combined; (c) data encompassing several distinct data types that have to be analyzed separately by methods specific to each data type, and the results combined; (iv) data encompassing several distinct data types that have to be analyzed separately by analyst with knowledge/skills specific to each data type, and the results combined; and (v) data analysis that has to take place over time as new data is coming in and results are incrementally improved until analysis objectives are met, or no more data is available. The present Big Data Parallelization/Modularization data analysis system and method—“BDP/M”)) is implemented in general purpose digital computers and is capable of dealing with the above scenarios of Big Data analysis as well as any scenario where parallel, distributed, federated, chunked and serialized Big Data analysis is desired without compromising efficiency and correctness.
US09720939B1	Method and system for implementing categorically organized relationship effects According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for developing variables for model generation comprises: initiating, via an input to a computer, creation of a new variable for a dataset for model generation; extracting, by the computer, data relevant to the variable from one or more data sources; processing, by the computer, the extracted data to automatically generate an input variable; displaying, via a user interactive interface, the processed data relative to a target variable; modifying, via the user interactive interface, one or more parameters that define the input variable; executing, by the computer, the input variable by extracting code that captures the processing step to generate the input variable; and storing, in a database, the extracted code for the input variable.
US09720925B1	Software similarity searching Similarity analysis of software is disclosed. An input file is received. Pairs of files that consist of the input file and files included in a corpus are categorized into one of a possible match and a mismatch. Those pairs classified as possible matches are analyzed using a pairwise component analysis.
US09720923B2	System for providing user privilege information associated with secured data In one embodiment, a system receives a request for user privilege information associated with an object of a first database. The system determines a class of a second database that corresponds to the object and accesses user privilege records that the second database associates with the class. The system determines a subset of the user privilege records that correspond to a selected user. Each of the subset of user privilege records comprise a privilege and a user privilege value indicating whether the selected user is authorized for that privilege. The subset of user privilege records are consolidated into a privilege matrix comprising a first axis listing the selected user, a second axis listing the privileges, and for each intersection of selected user and privilege, a corresponding user privilege value determined from the subset of user privilege records. The system communicates the privilege matrix in response to the request.
US09720919B1	System and method of assessing the state of a database product for installation consistency A computer-implemented system and method performs an iterative process to assess the installation of an upgrade version of a database product for consistency with a baseline version of the database product. To assess the installation, the baseline version and the upgrade version are reconciled by modifying one or both of the baseline and upgrade versions. The modified baseline and upgrade versions are then analyzed to determine whether any remaining inconsistencies exist. Any remaining inconsistencies are then identified and classified, and reconciled. Thereafter, the process is repeated iteratively until the upgrade version is reconciled with the baseline version.
US09720918B2	Session-based processing method and system A log file processing system sorts records from large log files and groups them by session without making a complete copy of the log files by capturing a subset of the log files in a sliding memory window and identifying all records in the window that form a complete user session. Records belonging to a complete session are output for analyzing, and the remaining records are output as raw log data for additional processing. Using a ring buffer to implement the sliding memory window, data structures are used to group records by session, to identify completed sessions, and to index into the ring buffer to retrieve records for completed sessions that are to be directly analyzed. Any records remaining in the ring buffer at the end of slide window processing may be output as raw log file data and are processed as incomplete or malformed session records. An embodiment of the log file processing system provides a significant improvement on the speed of data extraction from log files into analyzable session data.
US09720916B2	Two-directional biometric matching A mechanism is provided for two-directional biometric matching. The mechanism receives a first biometric record and a second biometric record for matching. The mechanism performs a first matching process using a matching algorithm of the first record to the second record to obtain a first matching outcome. The mechanism performs a second matching process using the same matching algorithm of the first matching process, wherein the second record is matched to the first record to obtain a second matching outcome. The mechanism compares the first and second matching outcomes to determine if there is a difference in outcome.
US09720900B2	Automated validation of the appearance of graphical user interfaces According to embodiments of the present invention, a first metadata defining how a user interface associated with an application under test should appear is generated using one or more computer processors. An image of the user interface associated with the application under test that is invoked during a test run is captured using one or more one or more computer processors. The captured image is converted, using one or more computer processors, into one or more of a second metadata and text. The first metadata is compared, using one or more computer processors, to the second metadata and the text. In response to the comparison resulting in a difference between the first metadata and the second metadata, the image is stored, using one or more computer processors, and an assessment request is generated using one or more computer processors.
US09720896B1	Synthesizing union tables from the web Systems and techniques are provided for generating a union table with from stitchable tables. Tables may be extracted from web pages to obtain extracted tables. Stitchable tables may be determined from the extracted tables. Hidden attributes for the stitchable tables may be extracted from the web pages from which the stitchable tables were extracted using segmentation of text for contextual data from the web pages into segment sequences, and alignment of the segment sequences. Iterative pairwise alignment may be used to align the segment sequences and obtain aligned segments. The stitchable tables may be joined into a union table. Hidden attributes from the aligned segments may be added to the union table. Headers for the hidden attributes in the union table may be labeled using a database of entities and class labels.
US09720895B1	Device for construction of computable linked semantic annotations A system that improves the current state of the art with a device for users to annotate information system resources with semantically rich data and that same data is then immediately transformed into structured machine-readable content that is portable and re-usable through linked data methods. The techniques used in the invention can be used over many combinations of information systems and resources, including the internet, in a stand-alone configuration, or in an intranet or enterprise system; for resources including images, documents, music files, videos, or any other resources that exist in a digital domain.
US09720894B1	Methods and systems for annotating an image and publishing the annotated image A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for rendering an annotatable image within an image viewer. An indication of an intent to annotate the annotatable image is received from a user. A meme generation interface is rendered with respect to the annotatable image. Meme annotation criteria is received from the user via the meme generation interface. The meme annotation criteria includes one or more of: a meme message, a meme position indicator, and a font type identifier. The annotatable image is modified based, at least in part, upon the meme annotation criteria, thus generating an annotated image. The annotated image is published to a meme publication website.
US09720891B2	Managing file changes made during a review process A method for managing file changes is provided. A file editor is able to view if the file he is submitting for review, is already under review with any reviewer. A reviewer would be informed that another editor has edited the same file and has submitted his changes for review. Editors would be informed of all reviewer comments if there are multiple reviewers on one file.
US09720887B2	Mobile-to-TV deeplinking System and methods for performing a particular action on a second device directed from a first device. In some implementations, the methods include receiving, from a first device, a hyperlink corresponding to associated content, and a user input on the first device enabling the hyperlink; in response to receiving the user input on the first device enabling the hyperlink, parsing the received hyperlink to extract information embedded in the text of the hyperlink; determining, based at least on the extracted information embedded in the text of the hyperlink, and the associated content corresponding to the hyperlink, a particular action to be performed on a second device, wherein the particular action is configured to be viewable to a user providing the user input on the first device; and providing, to the second device, an instruction to perform the particular action on the second device.
US09720885B2	Detection of UTF-16 encoding in streaming XML data without a byte-order mark and related printers, systems, methods, and computer program products Provided are printers and other electronic devices, systems, methods, and computer program products that automatically detect and determine UTF-16 encoding schemes and endiannesss thereof in an incoming XML data steam for XML declarations without a UTF-16 byte-order mark (BOM) or encoding declaration. This allows for the automatic and unambiguous accurate detection of UTF-16 encoded XML data within a mixed encoding environment, such as from multiple sources using more than one encoding scheme, even when XML data does not start with a BOM or encoding declaration.
US09720883B2	Multi-level architecture for image display A system and method for providing the dynamic display of content and related advertisements are provided. The advertisements are displayed based on predetermined customer types. A network resource, such as Web page, can include a plurality of dynamic content modules. Depending on the available display area and additional display criteria, each dynamic content module displays a subset content and related advertisements. Each dynamic content module corresponds to an integration of multiple layers of content, such as text, graphics, and image rendering information.
US09720880B2	System and method for an asynchronous processor with assisted token Embodiments are provided for an asynchronous processor using master and assisted tokens. In an embodiment, an apparatus for an asynchronous processor comprises a memory to cache a plurality of instructions, a feedback engine to decode the instructions from the memory, and a plurality of XUs coupled to the feedback engine and arranged in a token ring architecture. Each one of the XUs is configured to receive an instruction of the instructions form the feedback engine, and receive a master token associated with a resource and further receive an assisted token for the master token. Upon determining that the assisted token and the master token are received in an abnormal order, the XU is configured to detect an operation status for the instruction in association with the assisted token, and upon determining a needed action in accordance with the operation status and the assisted token, perform the needed action.
US09720879B2	Reconfigurable circuit having rows of a matrix of registers connected to corresponding ports and a semiconductor integrated circuit A reconfigurable circuit includes a plurality of processing elements and an input/output data interface unit, and the reconfigurable circuit is configured to control connections of the plurality of processing elements for each context. The input/output data interface unit is configured to hold operation input data which is input to the plurality of processing elements and operation output data which is output from the plurality of processing elements. The input/output data interface unit includes a plurality of ports, and a plurality of registers. The registers are configured to be connected to the plurality of ports, and to include m (m being an integer of 2 or more) number of banks in a depth direction.
US09720876B2	Serial communication circuit, integrated circuit device, physical quantity measuring device, electronic apparatus, moving object, and serial communication method A serial communication circuit includes a receiving unit configured to serially receive input data including a command and a synchronization identification code that is different from the command and a determining unit configured to receive the synchronization identification code from the receiving unit and when the synchronization identification code coincides with a slave selection value, to instruct a start of response processing based on the command.
US09720872B2	Auto-configuration of devices based upon configuration of serial input pins and supply A device includes a memory, at least two input/output (IO) pins, and slave identifier (ID) selection circuitry. The memory stores a slave ID, which identifies the device to other devices in a serial communication process. The slave ID selection circuitry changes the stored slave ID based on which one of the IO pins is coupled to a supply voltage. By changing the slave ID of the device based on which one of the IO pins is coupled to a supply voltage, a number of devices with otherwise identical slave IDs may change their slave IDs in order to participate in a serial communication process on the same bus. Further, the slave ID of the device may be changed without using an additional IO pin on the device.
US09720866B2	Interface circuit executing protocol control in compliance with first and second interface standards According to one embodiment, a first module is responsible for protocol control in compliance with a first interface standard. A second module is provided separately from the first module and is responsible for protocol control in compliance with a second interface standard. A third module is responsible for a physical layer shared between the first interface standard and the second interface standard.
US09720865B1	Bus sharing scheme A programmable device, having an analog component coupled with an analog bus and a digital component coupled with a digital bus together with a set of 10 pads, each of which capable of being coupled to a bus line of one segment of the analog bus as well as to at least one digital bus line, and where the analog bus is capable of being used to connect a pair of the pads to each other.
US09720863B1	Migrating MMIO from a source I/O adapter of a source computing system to a destination I/O adapter of a destination computing system Migrating memory MMIO from a source I/O adapter of a source computing system to a destination I/O adapter of a destination computing system, includes: collecting, by a source hypervisor of the source computing system, MMIO mapping information, where the source hypervisor supports a logical partition on the source computing system and the logical partition is configured for MMIO operations with the source I/O adapter through an MMU; placing, by a destination hypervisor of the destination computing system, the destination I/O adapter in an error state; migrating the logical partition from the source computing system to the destination computing system; configuring, by the destination hypervisor of the destination computing system, the destination computing system for MMIO with the LPAR utilizing the MMIO mapping information collected by the source hypervisor; and restarting the logical partition on the destination computing system, including recovering, by the logical partition, from the error state.
US09720860B2	System and method for efficient processing of queued read commands in a memory system A solid state drive (SSD) storage system includes a memory controller, host interface, memory channels and solid state memories as storage elements. The completion status of sub-commands of individual read commands is monitored and used to determine an optimal selection for returning data for individual read commands. The completion of a read command may be dependent on the completion of multiple individual memory accesses at various times. The queueing of multiple read commands which may proceed in parallel or out of order causes interleaving of multiple memory accesses from different commands to individual memories. A system and method is disclosed which enables the selection, firstly of completed read commands, independent of the order they were queued and, secondly, of partially completed read commands which are most likely to complete with the least interruption or delay, for data transfer, which in turn improves the efficiency of the data transfer interface.
US09720857B2	Distributed I/O control system, distributed I/O control method, and master station and slave station for distributed I/O control system In a distributed I/O control system updating data through a network between a shared memory of a slave station performing input/output of data with plural input or output devices and a shared memory of the master station corresponding to the slave station's shared memory, the master station sets group information with respect to the input or output devices, and outputs, according to a cycle table, an input request frame specifying the shared memory in the slave station and the group information, and the slave station performs input/output of data with plural input or output devices, and determines whether an input request content specified by an input request frame from the master station is all information in the shared memory in the slave station, or information corresponding to the group information, to thereby transmit output data according to the input request content.
US09720852B2	Universal serial bus (USB) key functioning as multiple USB keys so as to efficiently configure different types of hardware A method, data storage device and computer program product for efficiently configuring different types of hardware components. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) key is preloaded with multiple profiles, where each profile contains a configuration file(s) associated with a particular type of hardware component. Upon plugging the USB key into a hardware component, the USB key recognizes the type of hardware component based on the properties of the hardware component available on the USB interface. The USB key identifies a profile containing the configuration file(s) associated with the recognized type of hardware component. The USB key then presents the configuration file(s) contained in the identified profile to the connected hardware component. Such a process may be repeated for configuring another type of hardware component. In this manner, the user is able to efficiently configure different types of hardware by having the USB key function as multiple USB keys.
US09720850B2	Speculative querying the main memory of a multiprocessor system A method of accessing data in a multiprocessor system, wherein the system includes a plurality of processors, with each processor being associated with a respective cache memory, a cache memory management module, a main memory and a main memory management module, the method including: receiving by the cache memory management module an initial request for access to data by a processor; first transmitting by the cache memory management module a first request with respect to the data to at least one cache memory; second transmitting in parallel to the first transmitting by the cache memory management module, a second request with respect to the data to the main memory management module; checking by the main memory management module, whether to initiate querying of the main memory or not, and querying or not by the main memory management module, of the main memory in accordance with the said checking.
US09720849B2	Token-based encryption rule generation process Data storage systems are disclosed for automatically generating encryption rules based on a set of training files that are known to include sensitive information. The system may use a number of heuristic algorithms to generate one or more encryption rules for determining whether a file includes sensitive information. Further, the system may apply the heuristic algorithms to the content of the files, as determined by using natural language processing algorithms, to generate the encryption rules. Moreover, systems are disclosed that are capable of automatically determining whether to encrypt a file based on the generated encryption rules. The content of the file may be determined using natural language processing algorithms and then the encryption rules may be applied to the content of the file to determine whether to encrypt the file.
US09720842B2	Adaptive multilevel binning to improve hierarchical caching A device driver calculates a tile size for a plurality of cache memories in a cache hierarchy. The device driver calculates a storage capacity of a first cache memory. The device driver calculates a first tile size based on the storage capacity of the first cache memory and one or more additional characteristics. The device driver calculates a storage capacity of a second cache memory. The device driver calculates a second tile size based on the storage capacity of the second cache memory and one or more additional characteristics, where the second tile size is different than the first tile size. The device driver transmits the second tile size to a second coalescing binning unit. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that data locality and cache memory hit rates are improved where tile size is optimized for each cache level in the cache hierarchy.
US09720838B2	Shared buffered memory routing A shared memory controller receives a flit from another first shared memory controller over a shared memory link, where the flit includes a node identifier (ID) field and an address of a particular line of the shared memory. The node ID field identifies that the first shared memory controller corresponds to a source of the flit. Further, a second shared memory controller is determined from at least the address field of the flit, where the second shared memory controller is connected to a memory element corresponding to the particular line. The flit is forwarded to the second shared memory controller using a shared memory link according to a routing path.
US09720834B2	Power saving for reverse directory Embodiments include systems and methods for improving power consumption characteristics of reverse directories in microprocessors. Some embodiments operate in context of multiprocessor semiconductors having cache hierarchies in which multiple higher-level caches share lower-level caches. Lower-level cache is coupled with reverse directories associated with respective ones of the higher-level caches. Each reverse directory can be segregated into two reverse sub-directories, one reverse sub-directory for relatively high-frequency accesses (e.g., updating “valid” and/or “private” information), and the other reverse sub-directories for relatively low-frequency accesses updating “index” and “way” information). During a write mode operation, when the reverse directories are updated, the write operation is performed only on the sub-directories having the entries invoked by the update, such that write operations can frequently consume only a fraction (e.g., halt) of the power of a conventional reverse directory write operation.
US09720830B2	Systems and methods facilitating reduced latency via stashing in system on chips Systems and methods that facilitate reduced latency via stashing in multi-level cache memory architectures of systems on chips (SoCs) are provided. One method involves stashing, by a device includes a plurality of multi-processor central processing unit cores, first data into a first cache memory of a plurality of cache memories, the plurality of cache memories being associated with a multi-level cache memory architecture. The method also includes generating control information including: a first instruction to cause monitoring contents of a second cache memory of the plurality of cache memories to determine whether a defined condition is satisfied for the second cache memory; and a second instruction to cause prefetching the first data into the second cache memory of the plurality of cache memories based on a determination that the defined condition is satisfied.
US09720828B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a first magnetic layer pinned in its magnetization direction, a third magnetic layer pinned in its magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer interposed between the first magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer, and changeable in its magnetization direction, a barrier layer interposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, and a dielectric layer interposed between the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer has a width 1.5 to 5 times wider than a width of the second magnetic layer.
US09720821B2	Adaptive compression data storing method for non-volatile memories and system using the same An adaptive compression data storing method for non-volatile memories and a system using the method are disclosed. The system includes a host interface unit, a data compressor, a padding unit, a buffer, a combining unit, and a mapping table unit. By combining some compressed data in one page, the present invention can settle the problem that space for storing a compressed data that can not be utilized. Further, lifetime of non-volatile memories can be extended.
US09720819B2	Concurrent, moving, garbage collector Electronic garbage collection moves objects within memory to consolidate the objects thereby reducing access time and improving memory performance. Transactions occurring in an atomic transactional memory appear to occur instantaneously—such that the transaction completes in its entirety or is aborted. A garbage collection circuit attempts to move a memory object from a first memory location to a second memory location using a transactional fast-path move operation. If the transactional fast-path move operation is unsuccessful after a number of attempts, the garbage collection circuit attempts to move the object using a non-transactional slow-path move.
US09720812B2	Risk-based test coverage and prioritization A processor receives a rule containing a first set of code statements. The processor compares the first set of code statements of the rule to a second set of code statements of a plurality of code statements of source code. The processor responds to a match of the first set of code statements of the rule and the second set of code statements of the plurality of code statements of the source code, by applying a weight modifier to the rule, which adds a weighted value to the rule, and the processor, in response to a second matching of the first set of code statements of the rule to the second set of code statements of the plurality of code statements of the source code, applies the weight modifier to the rule, which includes a weighted value, and the weight modifier adjusts the weighted value of the rule.
US09720809B2	Dynamically enabling debugging over the internet Debugging capabilities for software running in a cloud-computing environment are disclosed. Embodiments enable developers to debug any process running on a virtual machine hosted in a remote data center, virtual network, or cloud services environment over the Internet through a secured connection without manually installing and configuring a remote debugging monitor. A debugger module is dynamically installed and configured on a remote machine over the Internet through an extension model. In another embodiment, a debugger module is dynamically installed and configured on a remote machine over the Internet through a remote scripting approach. A secure connection is automatically established between debugger application components and debugging components on the remote machine.
US09720807B2	Using core files to develop diagnostic programs A list of classes found in a core dump file is determined. One or more classes requested by a classloader is also determined. A set of one or more classes requested by the classloader that are found in the core dump file is then determined.
US09720805B1	System and method for controlling a target device Target device monitoring systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, a host emulation target device control method includes receiving high level express interface direction to change a design element value. The design element values are associated with an operating target device. Design element values corresponding to the direction are created. The design element values are also forwarded to the operating target device in real time.
US09720798B2	Simulating black box test results using information from white box testing Systems, methods are program products for simulating black box test results using information obtained from white box testing, including analyzing computer software (e.g., an application) to identify a potential vulnerability within the computer software application and a plurality of milestones associated with the potential vulnerability, where each of the milestones indicates a location within the computer software application, tracing a path from a first one of the milestones to an entry point into the computer software application, identifying an input to the entry point that would result in a control flow from the entry point and through each of the milestones, describing the potential vulnerability in a description indicating the entry point and the input, and presenting the description via a computer-controlled output medium.
US09720797B2	Flash memory controller, data processing system with flash memory controller and method of operating a flash memory controller The present application relates to a flash memory controller and a method of operating thereof. A system bus interface is provided to interface with a system bus and a debug bus interface is provided to interface with a debug bus. A flash access control block is provided to perform storage I/O operations on a flash memory array. A debug control block is provided to monitor debug related information. The flash memory controller is configured to selectively operate in one or storage operating mode or debug operating mode. In the debug operating mode: the storage control block is configured to serve only read data access requests; and the debug control block is configured to store trace messages in an allocated part of the storage resources of the flash memory controller in response to trace events. The trace messages are generated on the basis of the monitored debug related information.
US09720790B2	Devices and methodologies for implementing redundant backups in NVRAM reliant environments Technology described herein includes an arrangement whereby a hardware-based solution is implemented to enable mirroring of NVRAM data in a master server directly to NVRAM in a sleeper server. Both the master server and sleeper server implement a like motherboard unit, which is configured to implement the mirroring technology. That is, the roles of master and sleeper may be reversed. The master server includes a hardware module that monitors (but does not affect) NVRAM operations at the master server, and replicates those operations via a high speed communications link, such as a fiber optic link, to the sleeper server. The term “high speed communications link” refers to a link with at least 2.5 gigabit speed, and preferably at least 5 gigabit speed. The sleeper server is configured to, when in sleeper mode, suspend control of its own NVRAM module. Instead, the NVRAM module is controlled by a module that is configured to receive NVRAM operations via the fiber optic link, and apply those operations. In this manner, there is a direct mirroring of all master NVRAM content affected in the master's NVRAM to the sleeper's NVRAM. Using technology described herein, this is affected at an “atomic” (e.g. NVRAM bus cycle) level.
US09720789B2	Multicast transport configuration One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for multicast transport configuration, for multicast transport, and/or for fault policy implementation. In an example, a multicast component may receive a data copy request from an application to copy data to multiple destinations. A scheduler component may create a transport schedule specifying an order with which to facilitate data copy operations across transports, such as heterogeneous transports, to the destinations. A dispatcher component may apply application specified transport modifiers to the data copy operations (e.g., a modification to a quality of service for a transport). The dispatcher component may facilitate the data copy operations and provide operation result information to a policy agent. The policy agent may provide notifications of data copy operation statuses from the operation result information and/or may implement a fault policy (e.g., a retry on a different transport) for a data copy operation that experienced a fault.
US09720788B2	Recording device and control method of a recording device A recording device 11 has a control unit 20 that executes multiple restore processes. The control unit restores a backbone system based on a restore file stored in a USB memory UM if the recording device 11 is started with the USB memory UM already connected. The control unit initializes the backbone system based on an initialization file in the USB memory UM when the USB memory UM is newly connected while the recording device 11 is already running. The control unit creates a restore file to restore the backbone system, and saves the created restore file to the USB memory UM if an initialization file is not already stored in the USB memory UM.
US09720780B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus protects data stored in a storage device by saving setting data stored on a first storage device to a second storage device when the first storage device fails, or when an encryption function is enabled or disabled. The process of protecting the date includes, after a reservation for saving setting data is made, saving the setting data, cancelling the reservation, and making a reservation for restoring the setting data. If the setting data is to be restored, it is determined whether the reservation for restoring the setting data has been made, and if the reservation has been made, the setting data is restored to the first storage device.
US09720776B2	Server system, method for controlling the same, and program for executing parallel distributed processing If the number of task attempts has not exceeded the maximum number of attempts, a server system transmits a regular job to cause tasks to execute a particular process, and if the number of task attempts has exceeded the maximum number of attempts, the server system transmits a failed job to cause the tasks to execute post-processing corresponding to the particular process.
US09720773B2	Managing reuse information in caches Address translation and caching is managed using a processor that includes at least one CPU configured to run a hypervisor and at least one guest operating system. The managing includes: translating from virtual addresses to intermediate physical addresses; translating from the intermediate physical addresses to physical addresses; determining reuse information for memory pages based on estimated reuse of cache lines of data stored within the memory pages; storing the determined reuse information independently from: (1) any bits used to indicate virtual addresses, (2) any bits used to indicate intermediate physical addresses, and (3) any bits used to indicate physical addresses; and using the stored reuse information to store cache lines in a selected group of multiple groups of cache lines of a first cache.
US09720772B2	Memory system, method for controlling magnetic memory, and device for controlling magnetic memory A memory system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of magnetic nanowires, a read unit that reads data from the magnetic nanowires, a shift control unit that shifts domain walls in the magnetic nanowires, and a read control unit. The read control unit is configured to control the read unit to read the data from the magnetic nanowires in parallel, store two or more of the data read in parallel, and when the data corresponding to a first magnetic nanowire of the magnetic nanowires are delayed or advanced as compared to the data corresponding to a second magnetic nanowire of the magnetic nanowires, determines a misalignment in the data and correct the data based on the misalignment.
US09720769B2	Storage parameters for a data storage device A method of operating a data storage device having a memory includes reading error location data associated with a first region of the memory. The memory includes the first region and a second region. The method also includes generating one or more parameters based on the error location data. The method includes receiving data to be written to the memory and encoding the data to produce a codeword. The method also includes partitioning the codeword based on the one or more parameters to generate a first portion and a second portion. The method further includes performing a write operation to store the first portion at the first region and to store the second portion at the second region.
US09720765B2	Systems and methods for application crash management Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine an application feature causing an application to crash. A set of users is ranked based on application data. The application data comprises crash cause data indicative of the number of times the application feature caused the application to crash for a user. A high crash user group is determined based on the ranking the set of users. The application feature is disabled for the high crash user group. A subset of the high crash user group is periodically replaced with a set of new users not currently in the high crash user group.
US09720753B2	CloudSeer: using logs to detect errors in the cloud infrastructure Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting error in a cloud infrastructure by running a plurality of training tasks on the cloud infrastructure and generating training execution logs; generating a model miner with the training execution logs to represent one or more correct task executions in the cloud infrastructure; after training, running a plurality of tasks on the cloud infrastructure and capturing live execution logs; and from the live execution logs, if a current task deviates from the correct task execution, indicating an execution error for correction in real-time.
US09720746B2	Analytics for application programming interfaces API analytics systems and methods are provided. Frequently occurring API usage patterns may be determined from API call data collected from across an API ecosystem. Alternatively or in addition, a classification structure, such as a decision tree, may be generated from the API usage patterns. A type of activity that resulted in a set of API calls being invoked may be determined from the classification structure. A similarity or difference between the set of API calls and the frequently occurring API usage patterns may also be determined and/or identified.
US09720743B2	General purpose distributed data parallel computing using a high level language General-purpose distributed data-parallel computing using a high-level language is disclosed. Data parallel portions of a sequential program that is written by a developer in a high-level language are automatically translated into a distributed execution plan. The distributed execution plan is then executed on large compute clusters. Thus, the developer is allowed to write the program using familiar programming constructs in the high level language. Moreover, developers without experience with distributed compute systems are able to take advantage of such systems.
US09720741B2	Maintaining two-site configuration for workload availability between sites at unlimited distances for products and services A system for maintaining a two-site configuration for continuous availability over long distances may include a first computing site configured to execute a first instance associated with a priority workload, the first instance being designated as an active instance; a second computing site configured to execute a second instance of the priority workload, the second instance being designated as a standby instance; a software replication module configured to replicate a unit of work data associated with the priority workload from a first data object associated with the active instance to a second data object associated with the standby instance, and a hardware replication module configured to replicate an image from a first storage volume to a copy on a second storage volume, wherein the first storage volume is associated with the first computing site, and the second storage volume is associated with a third computing site.
US09720740B2	Resource management in MapReduce architecture and architectural system Resource management in MapReduce architecture and architectural system. The present invention provides an apparatus for resource management in the MapReduce architecture including a memory, a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and a module for resource management in the MapReduce architecture configured to carry out the steps of a method. The method includes the steps of: determining a ratio r of an input data amount of a Map task, an output data amount of the Map task, and an average size R of a record in Map output results; determining a memory size Memory_size that can be allocated to the Map task corresponding to a Map slot; determining an input split size appropriate for the Map task according to the determined r, R and Memory_size; and allocating an input split with the input split size in a MapReduce job to be processed to the Map task occupying the Map slot.
US09720737B2	Controlling resource allocation with automated consumption against a work breakdown structure A computer system displays a user interface display with a user input mechanism that can be actuated in order to identify a set of resources, and corresponding capacities. A team configuration is stored in memory and reflects the configuration of the resources and corresponding capacities that were identified. A task dependency structure is obtained, and is indicative of an underlying project. Resources from the stored team configuration, and corresponding capacities, are assigned to the tasks in the task dependency structure and the team configuration is updated, in memory, to reflect the assignments. A display is generated that shows the state of the underlying memory, and that is indicative of a remaining capacity and a consumed capacity.
US09720736B2	Job management and resource allocation in a data protection system A system according to certain aspects improves the process of managing jobs and allocating resources to those jobs. The system can include a job manager that processes and generates resource allocation requests for a plurality of jobs and a resource allocator that allocates computing resources for the plurality of jobs based on the resource allocation requests. The process of allocating resources may involve locking one or more resource objects before allocating the computing resources for the plurality of jobs and unlocking the locked resource objects after the computing resources have been allocated for the plurality of jobs.
US09720731B2	Methods and apparatus for coordinating and selecting protocols for resources acquisition from multiple resource managers Techniques are disclosed for allocation of resources under the control of resource managers and the choice and coordination of resource acquisition protocols to communicate with these resource managers. The resource managers may be distributed and heterogeneous. For example, a technique for use by a service provider for allocating one or more resources from multiple resources associated with multiple resource managers based on at least one service agreement offer from a service client comprises the following steps/operations. At least one service agreement offer is obtained. A resource allocation is automatically determined based on the obtained service agreement offer. The automated step/operation of determining the resource allocation comprises: (i) coordinating selection of a resource acquisition protocol from among multiple resource acquisition protocols for use in communicating with the multiple resource managers to acquire one or more resources associated therewith; and (ii) evaluating a performance associated with one or more of the multiple resource acquisition protocols.
US09720722B2	Hypervisor driven gradual balloon inflation A hypervisor determines a target CPU usage of a virtual machine in responding to a request to allocate guest memory. Then the hypervisor receives a first balloon request for a first quantity of guest memory to be ballooned. The hypervisor transmits a second balloon request for guest memory to be allocated to a balloon of the virtual machine, where the second quantity of guest memory is a first fraction of the first quantity of guest memory. The hypervisor then determines a first quantity of time that the virtual machine took to execute the second balloon request and waits a second quantity of time. The hypervisor then transmits a third balloon request for a third quantity of guest memory to be allocated to the balloon of the virtual machine, where the third quantity of guest memory is a second fraction of the first quantity of guest memory.
US09720720B2	Dynamic management of assignment and number of virtual functions on SR-IOV capable hypervisors A virtualization manager receives a request to change a current number of virtual functions associated with at least one physical interface that provides virtual function capability to a new number of virtual functions. Responsive to determining that that new number of virtual functions is not greater than a maximum number of virtual functions for the at least one physical interface, configuring, by the virtualization manager, the at least one physical interface with the new number.
US09720718B2	Method and apparatus for the remote management of virtual network appliances An approach for remotely managing virtual network appliances (VNAs) includes establishing a management virtual circuit (VC) to a hypervisor running on a server at a customer premise, remotely deploying one or more VNAs to the hypervisor, and remotely managing the hypervisor and the one or more VNAs via the management VC.
US09720710B2	Dynamically provisioning, managing, and executing tasks Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computer-implemented methods for provisioning, managing, and executing tasks. An agent program can be configured to receive task data, determine a task definition corresponding to the task data, retrieve the task definition, and execute the task definition using the task data. The agent program can additionally be configured to set a time-to-live for the task definition and locally delete the task definition when the time-to-live elapses.
US09720703B2	Data driven hardware chips initialization via hardware procedure framework A system and computer program product provide processor initialization in different platform environments via a single code set. The system includes: in response to detecting a power-on operation of the processor, a microcontroller retrieving hardware procedures (HWP) framework code from a storage and triggering execution of the HWP framework code on the processor. The execution of the HWP framework code generates a HWP framework that comprises a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) which govern how all communication processes involving hardware procedures can be accomplished. The system further includes the microcontroller performing one or more initialization procedures by communicating one or more attribute data via the HWP framework to configure the processor for operation within a specific platform environment in which the processor is to be operated. The HWP framework includes standard interfaces and enables direct updates to hardware procedures without requiring a new flash code or a firmware patch.
US09720700B1	Secure storage devices, with physical input device, for secure configuration in a configuration-ready mode A secure storage device includes a physical key input device, a secure memory and a controller. The controller arbitrates access by a host to securely configure the device based on the device's mode of operation. The controller determines whether the device is in a configuration-ready mode based on information within the device. Only when the device is in the configuration-ready mode, the device may be configured by the host. When a device is in a non-configuration-ready mode, the device is prevented from being configured by the host, but the device can be set to the configuration-ready mode, for example, by nullifying configuration data (e.g., PINs), by creating new encryption key(s), and by setting the mode to the configuration-ready mode. A null PIN is unusable to unlock the device after being locked. A new encryption key is unusable to decrypt data previously stored in the device, making such data unrecoverable.
US09720698B2	Method and device for increased boot sequence speed using a cache in non-volatile memory An OS bootloader or other code or data requested by firmware during a boot sequence is cached inside ROM or another non-volatile memory location. Firmware uses this cached version, instead of retrieving the OS bootloader or other code from a peripheral location to speed up the boot sequence. Embodiments also create additional room in the cache based on pre-determined rules if the cache doesn't already include the requested data and doesn't have enough room to store the requested data at the time of the firmware's read request.
US09720696B2	Independent mapping of threads Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for mapping the architected state of one or more threads to a set of distributed physical register files to enable independent execution of one or more threads in a multiple slice processor. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed including a plurality of dispatch queues which receive instructions from one or more threads and an even number of parallel execution slices, each parallel execution slice containing a register file. A routing network directs an output from the dispatch queues to the parallel execution slices and the parallel execution slices independently execute the one or more threads.
US09720694B2	Silent mode and resource reassignment in branch prediction logic for branch instructions within a millicode routine A method, system, and computer program product of utilizing branch prediction logic in a system that processes instructions that include a branch are described. The method includes identifying the branch as conventionally predictable or not conventionally predictable, and based on the branch being identified as not conventionally predictable according to the identifying, either foregoing branch prediction and reallocating, using a processor, the branch prediction logic to another thread of the instructions or performing, using the processor, the branch prediction and speculative execution of one or more of the instructions following the branch to obtain prediction information. Based on the performing the branch prediction and the speculative execution, the method also includes verifying a match between a branch end according to the instructions and a branch end according to the branch prediction prior to providing the prediction information to a second processor processing the instructions.
US09720692B2	Instruction and logic for processing text strings Method, apparatus, and program for performing a comparison operation. An apparatus includes execution resources to execute a first instruction. In response to the first instruction, the execution resources store a result of a comparison between valid data elements of a first and second operand.
US09720686B2	Melding of mediation flow service component architecture (SCA) components Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for melding mediation and adaptation modules of a service component architecture (SCA) system. A method for melding mediation and adaptation modules of an SCA system can include selecting each of a mediation module and an adaptation module in an integrated development tool executing in memory by a processor of a computer and loading respectively different descriptor files for each of the mediation module and the adaptation module. The method further can include combining descriptors from the different descriptor files into a single descriptor file for a melded module. Finally, the method can include modifying names and wiring descriptors in the single descriptor file for the melded module to account for a combination of the mediation component and the adaptation component in the melded component.
US09720684B2	Merit based inclusion of changes in a build of a software system Software configuration management for a software system under development includes receiving a change to the software system under development from a first user, determining a merit score for the first user, wherein the merit score is calculated according to success of prior changes received from the first user, and comparing, using a processor, the merit score for the first user with a merit threshold for the software system under development. The change is accepted for inclusion in a build of the software system under development responsive to determining that the merit score for the first user complies with the merit threshold.
US09720681B2	Device programming system with data broadcast and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a device programming system includes: providing a target programmer, having a programming bus; coupling an electronic device, having a non-volatile memory, to the target programmer by the programming bus; and programming a data image into the non-volatile memory by the target programmer includes: subscribing to a broadcast message, receiving a logical block, of the data image, by the broadcast message for programming the non-volatile memory, and sending an unsubscribe message after receiving the logical blocks of the data image from the broadcast message.
US09720678B2	Network switching method, version upgrade method, and terminal device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a network switching method, a version upgrade method, and a terminal device, which relate to the field of communications technologies. A terminal receives a user instruction that instructs the terminal to access a network of a target operator. If an operator of a network currently accessed by the terminal is different from the target operator, a preset file is read to obtain image information corresponding to the target operator. A target image file corresponding to the target operator is obtained according to the image information and version switching is performed according to the target image file. The preset file includes image information that corresponds to all image files of operators stored in the terminal in one-to-one correspondence.
US09720677B2	Implementing updates to source code executing on a plurality of compute nodes Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for implementing updates to source code executing on a plurality of compute nodes are provided. Embodiments include receiving, by a compute node, a broadcast update-notification message indicating there is an update to the source code executing on the plurality of compute nodes; in response to receiving the update-notification message, implementing a distributed barrier; based on the distributed barrier, halting execution of the source code at a particular location within the source code; based on the distributed barrier, updating in-place the source code including retaining workpiece data in memory of the compute node, the workpiece data corresponding to the execution of the source code; and based on completion of the updating of the source code, resuming with the retained workpiece data execution of the source code at the particular location within the source code where execution was halted.
US09720675B2	Version mismatch delay and update for a distributed system Illustrated is a system and method to receive an instruction to access a set of identified data structures, where each identified data structure is associated with a version data structure that includes annotations of particular dependencies amongst at least two members of the set of identical data structures. The system and method further comprising determining, based upon the dependencies, that a version mismatch exists between the at least two members of the set of identified data structures, the dependencies used to identify a most recent version and a locally cached version of the at least two members. The system and method further comprising delaying execution of the instruction until the version mismatch between the at least two members of the set of identified data structures is resolved through an upgrade of a version of one of the at least two members of the set of identified data structures.
US09720660B2	Binary interface instrumentation A system and methods for generating metadata based on source code are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a computer system receives a command to compile source code, and in response to the command, generates an executable and a metadata file based on the source code, where the metadata file comprises information pertaining to at least one of a scalar type of the source code, a variable of the source code, or a function of the source code.
US09720655B1	User interface event orchestration Methods, systems and computer program products for user interface event orchestration are provided. A computer-implemented method may include defining a business domain object, associating the business domain object with a user interface component type, defining a rule for an event of the user interface component type, generating an event handling routine providing the defined rule in a programming language, and associating the generated event handling routine with a user interface component of an application interface.
US09720653B2	System and method of providing in-app service In order for an in-app service providing system comprised of an in-app service server and a content server to provide a customized service to a user, when the in-app service server receives user information from a user terminal of the user, it checks whether or not the received user information has been previously stored. When the user information has been stored, user log information corresponding to the user information is received from the content server, and the in-app service server selects content to be provided to the user based on the user information and the user log information. When the content server generates a template including content, the in-app service server provides the template to the user terminal, thus providing a user-customized service.
US09720652B2	Generating a software complex using superordinate design input Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating software complexes. In one aspect, a method includes defining a software complex that is to include a group of software members that share information inherent to the software complex and act on that information. The defining includes receiving selections of design aspects as superordinate design inputs for the software complex and storing the superordinate design inputs in a source data store. The superordinate design inputs are compiled in the source data store using a software complex architectural language compiler. An in-memory model of the software complex is generated as an output of the compilation. Software member emitters are selected. For each selected software member emitter, a software member of the defined type of the selected software member emitter is generated.
US09720643B2	Audio management method and apparatus An audio management method and apparatus, which relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: when it is detected that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played, determining whether there is an audio being played and whether a priority of the first web page audio is lower than a priority of the audio being played; when yes, intercepting automatic play of the first web page audio; otherwise, playing the first web page audio. A priority of a first web page audio to be automatically played and a priority of a web page audio being played are compared to decide whether to play the first web page audio, so that the problem of a conflict between web page audios is solved, and a user is not required to perform operations one by one.
US09720633B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming system, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium An image forming apparatus according to the present invention performs image processing on image data in units of pages stored in a page memory on the basis of parameter setting, transferring the image data to a buffer at a first speed, transmitting the image data, which is read out from the buffer at a second speed, to an image forming unit, and executing parameter setting for image processing performed when image data for a subsequent page is transferred after the image data for a single page has been transferred but before image data for the subsequent page is started to be transferred, wherein the first speed is faster than a second speed.
US09720630B2	Recording device, control method of a recording device, and recording system A recording device 12 has a recording unit 31 that records on roll paper; a connection unit 40 that connects to a barcode reader BR; and a control unit 30 that records information identifying a configuration parameter with the recording unit 31, and when a reading result is input from the barcode reader BR after the configuration parameter information is recorded, sets the value of the configuration parameter based on the input reading result.
US09720623B2	Management of data in multi-storage systems that can include non-volatile and volatile storages Techniques for management of data in multi-storage systems allow managing storage of data in one of the multiple storages (e.g., a HDD) based on the information associated with the storage and/or access of data (e.g., logical hits of data in a cache memory) in another one of the storages (e.g., a cache memory) of the multi-storage system. In one aspect, information associated with storage and/or access of data in a volatile (or non-persistent) storage environment is provided for managing the storage of data in a non-volatile (or persistent) storage environment. By way of example, data access information associated with a volatile storage environment (e.g., logical hits of data in a cache) can be effectively communicated to a non-volatile storage environment, for example, as information that can be indicative of data temperatures. Moreover, the information obtained from a non-volatile storage environment can be persistently stored for and/or in the non-volatile environment (e.g., stored as persistent data temperatures), thereby preserving and allowing the information to be used to more effectively manage the storage of the data in the non-volatile storage itself and/or the multi-storage system including the (volatile storage) as a whole.
US09720616B2	Data-retention controller/driver for stand-alone or hosted card reader, solid-state-drive (SSD), or super-enhanced-endurance SSD (SEED) A Green NAND SSD Driver (GNSD) driver executes on a host to increase data-retention of flash memory attached to a Super Enhanced Endurance Device (SEED) or Solid-State Drive (SSD). Host accesses to flash are intercepted by the GNSD driver using upper and lower-level filter drivers. A retention-check timer causes a retention routine to be periodically executed. The routine sends high-level commands to the SEED that causes the SEED to refresh either all data or just data blocks with older write dates. Data is refreshed by moving to a new physical block. The retention routine can track write dates of logical blocks and command a SSD to move logical blocks with older write dates. A retention card has a controller that performs the retention routine when not connected to a host, while a SEED power card allows the SEED to refresh data when no host is attached to the SEED.
US09720615B2	Writing data to sequential storage medium A computer-implemented method for writing data to a sequential storage medium, includes: writing plural data blocks sequentially to the sequential storage medium; and writing a data pattern to an area on the sequential storage medium, the area being an area to which none of the plural data blocks is written, the data pattern including plural bit patterns appearing in none of the plural data blocks, and thus representing that none of the plural data blocks is written to the area and representing specific information regarding the sequential storage medium.
US09720614B2	Allocating storage for cloned data A method and associated systems for efficient management of cloned data. One or more processors create a “child” clone of a “parent” software image. The child and parent contain identical information organized into identical sets of file blocks. To conserve storage, each child block initially points to a physical storage location already in use by a corresponding parent block, rather than requiring additional storage of its own. The first time a child block is updated, however, it will require additional physical storage. At the time of the child's creation, the processors reserve a number of physical blocks sufficient to store the contents of all child file blocks likely to be updated. A child file block is identified as likely to be updated by analyzing past volatility of a corresponding file block of the parent or of corresponding file blocks of other children of the same parent.
US09720613B2	Method and system for preventing reuse of cylinder ID indexes in a computer system with missing storage drives A system and method for allocating storage devices within a multi-node data storage system. The system maintains a data structure including a generation number indicating an incarnation of the data structure, a highest cylinder ID index value observed to be in use within the data storage system, and a safe index value indicating a lowest cylinder ID index value for use when allocating a new cylinder index. Following receipt of an allocation request, the system assigns a cylinder ID index to the allocation request, the cylinder ID index being greater than the safe index value. The assigned cylinder ID index is compared to the highest cylinder ID index value observed to be in use within said data storage system, and when the cylinder ID index is greater than the highest cylinder ID index value, increments the generation number and highest cylinder ID index value maintained within the data structure.
US09720610B2	Low power consumption memory device A memory device includes a plurality of memory modules and a plurality of control lines. Each memory module includes a plurality of memory units. Each memory unit includes: a plurality of memory cell groups, each of which includes at least one memory cell; a plurality of first bit lines, each of which is coupled to the at least one memory cell of a respective memory cell group; a second bit line; and a plurality of controllable circuits, each of which has an input terminal coupled to a respective first bit line, an output terminal coupled to the second bit line, and a control terminal. Each control line is coupled to the control terminal of a corresponding controllable circuit of each of at least one memory unit of each memory module. The memory device consumes relatively small power.
US09720604B2	Block storage protocol to RAM bypass Methods and systems are provided where a memory controller for non-volatile memory transfers data to and from random access memory over a second double data rate bus, and a host system access the random access memory over a first double data rate bus. The memory controller may transfer the data in response to a command received by the memory controller from a host system via a block storage protocol bus. Alternatively or in addition, the memory controller may transfer the data as part of caching data internal to the non-volatile memory.
US09720600B2	Apparatus and method for transferring data between storages having different access speeds An apparatus is connected to a first storage and a second storage which is accessed at an access speed lower than an access speed of the first storage. The apparatus accesses each of blocks stored in the second storage, and counts, for each of the blocks, the number of accesses made for the each block. The apparatus determines, based on the number of accesses that has been counted for each of the blocks, a transfer target block that is a target which is to be transferred from the second storage to the first storage, and determines a transfer time at which transfer of the transfer target block is to be performed. The apparatus transfers the determined transfer target block to the first storage at the determined transfer time.
US09720599B2	Magnetic coprocessor and method of use A magnetic system for solving a quadratic optimization problem by associating each of a plurality of variables of a quadratic optimization problem with a nanomagnet of a nanomagnet array, driving the nanomagnets of the nanomagnet array to an excited state, allowing the nanomagnets of the nanomagnet array to enter a relaxed state after being driven to an excited state, wherein the nanomagnets magnetically couple with one another in the relaxed state to minimize the total magnetic coupling energy of the nanomagnet array, and sensing a magnetic coupling of the nanomagnets of the nanomagnet array to solve the quadratic optimization problem.
US09720587B2	User interface device enabling input motions by finger touch in different modes, and method and program for recognizing input motion A process is disclosed of operating a user interface device configured to display an image on a display screen and enable user input by a user's finger touch on a touch screen in association with the displayed image, the process including: after the user starts a finger touch on the touch screen, if the user holds the finger at a substantially same location for a duration equal to or longer than a predetermined duration, initiating stationary displaying to display the image stationarily on the display screen, despite any later finger-slide motions on screen; and, after the stationary displaying starts, if a match is made between the finger's contact point on the touch screen and a location of a desirable graphical object included in the image displayed on the display screen, determining that the user has provisionally selected the object.
US09720586B2	Apparatus and method for providing for interaction with content within a digital bezel An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for an active digital bezel area on a display of a device. Touch input may be received in a bezel area provided on the display, where user interaction with content presented within the bezel area at a location corresponding to the location of the touch input is initially disabled. A force component of the touch input may be detected and compared to a predetermined force threshold. In cases in which the force component of the touch input exceeds the predetermined force threshold, user interaction with the content at that location may be enabled. In this way, the force exerted by the user in applying a touch input in the bezel area may be considered an indication of the user's intent to interact with corresponding content within the bezel, and such interactions may be provided for accordingly.
US09720578B1	System and method for facilitating user interaction with a virtual space through a graphical chat interface A system and method for facilitating user interactions with a virtual space through a graphical chat interface is disclosed. One or more potential inputs to the virtual space and/or virtual space status information may be determined dynamically for a user participating in a chat session through a graphical chat interface. An activity notification may be generated for the user based one the determined potential inputs and/or the virtual space status information. The generated activity notification may comprise graphical representation for the notification and as well as representation information for one or more controls facilitating the user to provide inputs requested by the activity notification through the graphical chat interface. User acceptance to the activity notification via the graphical chat interface may be received. One or more activity commands may be generated based on the received user acceptance and executed in the virtual space.
US09720574B2	Personal notes on a calendar item Embodiments provide functionality to provide electronic calendar features and functionalities including personal note-taking features on calendar items, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method can be configured to provide a personal note-taking space that enables users to take personal notes on appointment or meeting items with or without sharing the personal notes. Other embodiments are included.
US09720568B2	Methods and systems for displaying format properties of crop areas A method for cropping portions of a document comprises displaying an interactive document workspace with a cropping tool on a sub-area thereof, and rendering one or more formatting indicators spatially associated with the sub-area, the indicators indicating formatting properties of the sub-area.
US09720551B2	Touch window A touch window includes a substrate, and an electrode on the substrate. The electrode includes a first mesh line, a second mesh line crossing the first mesh line and a reinforcement part adjacent to the first or second mesh line.
US09720546B2	Calibration of a force sensitive device A force sensitive surface measures force or pressure applied to the surface. The surface may also detect the touch position. The force sensing surface is calibrated with a stylus having a force measuring element. The stylus measures the force information from force applied on the surface and sends the information to the device with the force sensing surface. The device detects the same force and calibrates the force sensing element according to the information received from the stylus. The device may also detect the position of the touch. As the force information obtained from different portions of the surface may be different, the calibration may be repeated for multiple positions on the force and touch sensitive surface. The calibration may also be used to calibrate a position sensing feature on a force sensing surface having multiple force sensors.
US09720545B2	Display panel with a touch function, manufacture thereof and composite electrode The disclosure is related to a display panel having a touch function and manufacture thereof, and the composite electrode thereof. The display panel comprises a composite electrode. The composite electrode comprises a metal electrode and a metal oxide layer formed on the surface of the metal electrode. Through the above configuration, the dense and insulated metal oxide layer is formed on the surface of the metal electrode of the composite electrode to prevent the composite electrode from forming a short-circuit with the peripheral circuits. Thus the yield for the display panel with a touch function is increased and the cost is reduced.
US09720542B2	Active stylus differential synchronization A touch-sensing system is disclosed. The system includes a display device having a touch sensor with a matrix of row electrodes and column electrodes. Drive logic drives the row electrodes in a plurality of stylus sync sub-frames. In each, some row electrodes, referred to for that stylus sync sub-frame as sync-driven row electrodes, are driven by the drive logic with synchronization waveforms to synchronize the display device with an active stylus. For each stylus sync sub-frame, the sync-driven row electrodes are differentially driven by the drive logic, in the sense that a synchronization waveform used to drive one of the sync-driven row electrodes is different than a synchronization waveform used to drive another of the sync-driven row electrodes.
US09720538B2	System and method for measuring individual force in multi-object sensing An input device is provided that facilitates improved user interface functionality by determining force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region. The input device includes a processing system, a sensor configured to sense objects in a sensing region proximate a surface, and a plurality of force sensors. The plurality of force sensors are coupled to the surface to provide a plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. The processing system is configured to determine positional information for each the multiple objects sensed by the sensor in the sensing region. Furthermore, the processing system is configured to determine force information for each of the multiple objects from the positional information and the plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. Thus, device and method provides the ability to determine both positional information and force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region.
US09720531B2	Electronic device An electronic device capable of applying an appropriate driving signal to a piezoelectric element is provided. The electronic device 1 includes a piezoelectric element 31 and a control unit 40 configured to apply a driving signal to the piezoelectric element 31, and the control unit 40 applies a driving signal so that a voltage of a positive electrode of the piezoelectric element 31 is equal to or greater than a voltage of a negative electrode thereof.
US09720528B2	Display apparatus, control method thereof, input apparatus, and display system A display apparatus including: a display unit; an image processor which processes an image signal to display an image on the display unit; a communication unit which communicates with an input apparatus including a button and a touch pad; and a controller which controls the image processor to display a first item corresponding to a current setting state of the display apparatus in response to a first input from the input apparatus through manipulation of the button and to display at least one second item to be selected to change the current setting state on the display unit in response to a second input from the input apparatus through the touch pad, subsequent to the first input.
US09720520B2	Imaging input/output with shared spatial modulator An image input/output apparatus and method includes a light source in optical communication with a spatial radiation modulator for projecting an output image and an image sensor for capturing an input image along a shared input/output path. In a described embodiment, the display of an output image and the capture of an input image is effected using a common spatial radiation modulator (SRM) in the form of a deformable mirror device (DMD).
US09720517B2	Character input apparatus Included is an instruction unit configured to instruct input of a character as a part of a character string; and a control unit configured to, under a restriction that any of a specific character group is allowed to be input in neither of a plurality of predetermined positions of the character string, upon any of the specific character group being instructed by the instruction unit to be input in at least one specific position of the plurality of predetermined positions, prohibit input by the instruction and, upon any of the specific character group being instructed by the instruction unit to be input in a position different from the specific position, enable input by the instruction.
US09720512B2	Device and method for the gesture-controlled setting of setting variables on an X-ray source A device for the gesture-controlled setting of at least one setting variable on an X-ray source includes at least one recognition unit for anatomically recognizing a body part suitable for gesture control, at least one gesture detection unit for detecting at least one gesture of a body part recognized by the recognition unit, and at least one light source for displaying the at least one setting variable as feedback for a person making the gesture. The at least one setting variable was preset and/or set by using the at least one detected gesture. A method for the gesture-controlled setting of at least one setting variable on an X-ray source is also provided.
US09720509B2	Gesture detection system, gesture detection apparatus, and mobile communication terminal A gesture detection system having a gesture detection apparatus to detect a gesture of a user, and a mobile communication terminal that can communicate with the gesture detection apparatus, includes a storage unit to store first gesture data defining the gesture of the user, and audio or visual data associated with the first gesture data; an obtainment unit to obtain second gesture data representing the gesture of the user; a transmission unit to transmit the second gesture data to the mobile communication terminal; a determination unit to determine whether the gesture defined by the first gesture data is the same as the gesture represented by the second gesture data; a selection unit to select the audio or visual data associated with the first gesture data depending on the determination result; and an output unit to output the audio or visual data.
US09720489B2	System comprising a main electrical unit and a peripheral electrical unit The invention relates to a system comprising a main electrical unit (2) and a peripheral electrical unit (3, 4,5), wherein the main electrical unit and the peripheral electrical unit are switchable between a low-power mode and a high-power mode. The main electrical unit is adapted to hand over a control of the system to the peripheral electrical unit, if the peripheral electrical unit is in the high-power mode, and to switch from the high-power mode to the low-power mode, after the control has been handed over. The peripheral electrical unit is adapted to receive the control from the main electrical unit and to control the system, if the peripheral electrical unit is in the high-power mode. This allows the system to be still in operation mode, although the main electrical unit has been switched to the low-power mode, thereby reducing the power consumption of the system.
US09720485B2	System and method for dynamically adjusting host low power clock frequency without depending on peripheral low power clock frequency This disclosure relates generally to a host-peripheral interface, and more particularly to system and method for dynamically adjusting a low power clock frequency of a host device upon detecting coupling of a peripheral device to the host device. In one embodiment, a method is provided for dynamically adjusting a low power clock frequency of a host device. The method comprises dynamically determining an initial frequency of a low power clock of the host device at which a low power link between the host device and a peripheral device is operational, computing a low power clock frequency range of the host device based on the initial frequency of the low power clock, assessing the low power link in the low power clock frequency range, and adjusting the low power clock frequency to a typical frequency of the low power clock frequency range based on the assessment.
US09720480B2	Portable computing device and method for asset management in a logistics system Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for tracking one or more items. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a device for tracking one or more items. The device may include a plurality of sensors for detecting light, temperature, humidity, pressure, and acceleration. The device may also include a memory for storing information received from the plurality of sensors.
US09720479B2	Server information handling system indicator light management Server information handling system LED indication lights and other illumination devices are selectively illuminated based upon override configuration settings pushed down from a data center administrative tool. A chassis management controller that manages a blade or rack with plural server information handling systems overrides indication light illumination at blade or rack components, such as power supply and I/O modules. Power saved by reducing indication light illumination is allocated to support operation of one or more server information handling systems.
US09720473B2	Methods and systems for supplying and receiving power over ethernet Methods and systems for supplying more power than a power limit to a powered device (PD) if the PD is capable of receiving power more than the power limit, and receiving power more than the power limit from a power sourcing equipment (PSE) if the PSE is capable of supplying power more than the power limit. The PD and the PSE operates in a power over Ethernet (PoE) environment. The system comprises a power receiving section and a power supply section. The power receiving section comprises a first power-receiving circuit and a second power-receiving circuit, where the first power-receiving circuit is used when receiving power up to the power limit, and the second power-receiving circuit is used when receiving power more than the power limit. The power-supply section comprises a first power-supply circuit and a second power-supply circuit, where the first power-supply circuit is used when supplying power up to the power limit, and the second power-supply circuit is used when supplying power more than the power limit.
US09720466B2	Heat dissipation component Heat dissipation component includes a fan unit, a first housing, and an airflow-guiding plate. The fan unit includes a fan blade portion, and a fan housing including a first air-guided cap and a second air-guided cap. The second air-guided cap, having a fan inlet, is disposed on the first air-guided cap. The fan blade portion is disposed between the first air-guided cap and the second air-guided cap, and pivotally-connected to the fan housing at the second air-guided cap. The first housing is disposed on a side of the second air-guided cap away from the first air-guided cap. An inlet airway is formed between the first housing and the fan unit. The airflow-guiding plate is disposed between the first housing and the second air-guided cap, and extended from outline of the main fan inlet toward outline of the inlet airway and away from the main fan inlet.
US09720463B2	Scalable panel cooling system Method and system are provided for controlling a scalable panel cooling system having multiple cooling panels for cooling heat-generating components housed in a support structure. The method includes: dividing the support structure into areas, each area of the support structure capable of housing a heat-generating component; for each area of the support structure: providing a cooling panel adjacent the area of the support structure; determining whether the area of the support structure is housing an operational heat-generating component; in the case that the area of the support structure is housing an operational heat-generating component, activating the cooling panel adjacent the area of the support structure housing the operational heat-generating component; and in the case that the area of the support structure is not housing a operational heat-generating component, deactivating the cooling panel adjacent the area of the support structure.
US09720462B2	Heat dissipation in computing device A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a shock mount assembly that is configured to provide impact absorption to sensitive components such as a display and an optical disk drive. The computing device also includes an enclosureless optical disk drive that is housed by an enclosure and other structures of the computing device. The computing device further includes a heat transfer system that removes heat from a heat producing element of the computing device. The heat transfer system is configured to thermally couple the heat producing element to a structural member of the computing device so as to sink heat through the structural member, which generally has a large surface area for dissipating the heat.
US09720460B2	Power supply chassis including a release lever Example implementations relate to power supply chassis. For example, an apparatus may include a power supply chassis. The power supply chassis may include a handle and a sidewall defining a latching slot. The handle may include an inner slot. The apparatus may also include a release lever to slidably connect to the handle via the inner slot. The release lever may include an engagement tab. The apparatus may further include a latching member in physical contact with the engagement tab. The latching member may include a latching fang. The release lever may control a position of the latching fang relative to the latching slot via a rotation of the latching member.
US09720455B2	Display device A display device including: a first body member; a second body member; a hinge coupling the first body member and the second body member; a flexible display panel that is foldable, that is fixed to the first body member and to the second body member, and that is configured to display an image; and a controller configured to: measure a temperature of the flexible display panel; and control the hinge, when the measured temperature is lower than a reference temperature, to: maintain a state in which the first body member and the second body member are folded; or maintain a state in which the first body member and the second body member are unfolded.
US09720451B2	Information handling system port seal An information handling system opening, such as at a cable port, selectively closes and opens through inflation and deflation of a seal, such as an expanding balloon structure interfaced with a microfluidic reservoir. The seal fills the opening to block contaminants from entering the information handling system and deflates to provide room for cables to pass when desired. Automated sealing of a port is provided in response to detection of contaminants, such as liquids or dust.
US09720435B2	Reference current source Systems, methods, and apparatus for generating a reference current. A reference current source can include a current generator circuit; a first resistance circuit that has a positive temperature dependence; and a second resistance circuit that has a negative temperature dependence. The first resistance circuit and the second resistance circuit can be connected in parallel to the current generator circuit.
US09720434B2	Power gating in an electronic device An electronic device 2 has circuitry 4 which operates in a first voltage domain 6 supplied with a first voltage level VDD1 and a reference voltage level. A voltage regulator 14 generates the first voltage level VDD1 from a second voltage level VDD2 higher than the first voltage level VDD1. At least one power gate 20, 30 is provided for selectively coupling the circuitry 4 to one of the first voltage level VDD1 or the reference level. The control signal 22 for the power gate 20, 30 is generated in a second voltage domain supplied with a higher voltage level VDD2 or VDD3 derived from the second voltage level VDD2 supplied to the voltage regulator 14. Hence, an existing high voltage source within the device 2 can be reused for applying a boosted voltage to power gates to improve efficiency of power gating.
US09720418B2	Autonomous vehicle monitoring and control An autonomous vehicle may be partially controlled or monitored by a remote endpoint assigned to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle sends one or more assisted driving messages directly to the autonomous vehicle or through a server. The server may identify multiple potential remote driving endpoints and assign one or more of the potential remote driving endpoints to the autonomous vehicle. The one or more potential remote driving endpoints return a command to the autonomous vehicle directly or through the server.
US09720416B1	Vehicle security system A determination is made that a vehicle is unoccupied. Detecting of at least one of an unexpected object in the vehicle and an intrusion into a vehicle compartment is performed. A route to a location is selected according to detected object and/or intrusion. The vehicle is navigated to the location.
US09720409B2	Surveying system A surveying system having a total station integrated into an unmanned ground vehicle communicates with a plurality of mobile communication stations that are located on known site coordinates. By locating the mobile communication stations on known coordinates, the location of the ground vehicle is precisely triangulated and controlled. Construction drawings are loaded into the system, thereby allowing the vehicle to locate itself at specific points designated in the drawings for the marking of on-site construction grid lines.
US09720408B2	Methods and apparatus to detect root causes of alarm patterns in process control systems Methods and apparatus to detect root causes of alarm patterns in process control systems are disclosed. An example method includes retrieving process control data generated in a process control system during a historical period of time. The process control data includes alarm data associated with alarms activated during the historical period of time. The example method also includes generating an alarm activation timeline for the historical period of time. The alarm activation timeline includes icons representative of the alarms to visually represent a temporal relationship of activation of the alarms, where one of the icons is representative of an alarm that is no longer active. The example method further includes storing the alarm activation timeline in a database.
US09720406B2	Measuring system A measuring system including: at least one sensor module having a measuring transducer and an electronics module. The electronics module has a data memory, and a superordinated control unit, connected to the at least one sensor module via an interface module. The interface module has a signal processing, and communication, electronics, which converts received signals from a control unit into signals processable by the sensor module and outputs these signals to the sensor module. The control unit is embodied to execute an operating program; the operating program is embodied to read out sensor specific data and, based on the data read out, to provide to a user a guiding through a sequence of steps for performing at least one calibration procedure associated with the sensor module and to operate the sensor module for performing the calibration procedure.
US09720405B2	Antenna inspection system, antenna inspection apparatus and antenna inspection method A POL-axis driving unit, an EL-axis driving unit, a Cross-EL-axis driving unit and an AZ-axis driving unit of an antenna apparatus drive respective axis drive motors controlled by a control unit of a control apparatus, such that the antenna performs an origin detection operation for each axis. The camera control unit controls a camera so as to capture an image of the antenna at each timing before and after the origin detection for each axis. An image acquisition unit of an antenna inspection acquires image data that indicates the image of the antenna captured by the camera and makes storage unit store the image data. A comparing diagnosis unit compares image data before the origin detection for each axis with image data after the origin detection, and diagnoses whether the antenna is in a normal state.
US09720402B2	Method and device for monitoring and controlling an industrial process The present disclosure relates to a method for facilitating monitoring and control of an industrial process by means of a portable device comprising a projector arranged to project process graphics associated with process components of the industrial process. The method comprises a) obtaining, by means of the portable device, process component identification data of a process component; b) obtaining distance data for determining a distance between the portable device and the process component; and c) obtaining a process graphics image based on the process component identification data and the distance data for projection by the portable device, wherein the process graphics image is associated with a portion of the industrial process comprising the process component, and wherein information contained in the process graphics image is based on the distance between the portable device and the process component. The present disclosure further relates to a computer program and to a portable device.
US09720394B2	Method for operating an automation system, computer program for implementing the method and computer system having the computer program A method for operating an automation system having automation units, a computer program for implementing the method and a computer system having such a computer program, wherein technology-oriented plant description data is stored in the automation system, the plant description data is organized in an object tree with nodes and edges, and wherein the plant description data comprises references to program data in individual automation programs and nodes of the object tree (36) containing references to program data are stored in or at least also in that automation unit which provides the respective program data.
US09720390B2	Reducing corrective actions in security-constrained optimal power flow via sparsity regularization A method for determining a generation schedule with contingency constraints for controlling power output levels for a plurality of generators in an electric power system including determining a measure of a sparse, corrective model (C), security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF), which reduces a number of post-contingency rescheduling operations for each of a plurality of contingencies, and adjusting a power output level of at least one of the plurality of generators according to the measure of the sparse C-SCOPF upon detecting a contingency in the electric power system.
US09720385B2	Timepiece with internal antenna A timepiece includes a case that is made of a conductive material, a bezel that is made of a nonconductive material, a patch antenna that is disposed inside the case and at the back side of the dial, and a bezel that is made of a ceramic.
US09720382B2	Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece has an outside perimeter part disposed around a dial, hands, and a control unit. Further, 40 to 60 time zone indicators including time difference information representing the time difference between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the standard time used in each time zone are on the outside perimeter part. The control unit indicates a specific time zone indicator with a hand.
US09720364B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer having an image bearing face to bear an image thereon; a transferer disposed opposing the image bearer, to transfer the image from the image bearing face onto a recording medium at a transfer section between the transferer and the image bearer; a first guide disposed upstream from the transfer section in a direction of delivery of the recording medium, to guide the recording medium to the transfer section; and a second guide upstream from the first guide and spaced away from the first guide, to guide the recording medium to the transfer section. Each of the first guide and the second guide extends in a lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of delivery. A leading end of the second guide in the direction of delivery is inclined from one end to the other end of the second guide in the lateral direction.
US09720356B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit that stores a developer containing a toner and develops an electrostatic charge image on a image holding member by the developer to form a toner image, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image on the image holding member onto a recording medium, and a fixing unit that performs an operation of heating and pressing twice or more to the toner image on the recording medium by at least one heating and pressing member which contacts with the toner image, wherein the toner has a sea and island structure of a sea portion containing a binder resin and an island portion containing a release agent, a maximum frequent value and a skewness in distribution of eccentricity B of the island portion is 0.75 to 0.95 and −1.10 to −0.50, respectively, and eccentricity B is defined in the specification.
US09720355B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a transfer member, and a power source. The image bearer includes a plurality of layers. The transfer member forms a transfer nip between the image bearer and the transfer member. The power source outputs a transfer bias to transfer a toner image from the image bearer onto a recording sheet in the transfer nip. The transfer bias alternates between a transfer-side bias that causes the toner image to move from the image bearer to the recording sheet, and an opposite-side bias different from the transfer-side bias. A duty ratio of a time period, during which the opposite-side bias is output, relative to one cycle of a waveform, is greater than 50%.
US09720351B2	Image forming apparatus with belt trajectory changing member and image forming method According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt, multiple first type photoconductive drums, multiple first type transfer rollers, a second type photoconductive drum, a second type transfer roller, a roller, and a roller moving unit. The multiple first type transfer rollers are arranged at positions that face the multiple first type photoconductive drums. The second type photoconductive drum is arranged at a position where the drum surface of the second type photoconductive drum is not tangent to a common tangent plane. The roller is arranged on the inner peripheral side of the intermediate transfer belt and is arranged between the second type transfer roller and one first type transfer roller. The roller moving unit moves the roller by pressing the roller. The roller moving unit changes the state of abutting of the multiple first type photoconductive drums and the second type photoconductive drum.
US09720349B2	Developer supply kit, developer supplying device and image forming apparatus A developer supply kit detachably mountable to a developer supplying apparatus comprising a developer supply container and a developer accommodated therein, wherein the developer supply container includes, a developer accommodating portion accommodating the developer, a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, a drive receiving portion to which a driving force is inputted from the developer supplying apparatus, and a pump portion operable so that an internal pressure of the developer accommodating portion alternately and repetitively changes between a pressure lower than a ambient pressure and a pressure higher than the ambient pressure, by the driving force received by the drive receiving portion, wherein the developer accommodated in the developer supply container includes toner containing binder resin material and a coloring material, the developer satisfies, 10≦E (mJ)≦80, 0.4≦Ea (mJ)≦2.0, where E is total energy when it is not aerated, and Ea is total energy when it is aerated.
US09720346B2	Image forming apparatus capable of correcting relative position between laser beams An image forming apparatus capable of correcting relative position in exposure position between laser beams that scan a photosensitive drum in a scanning direction of the laser beams. A semiconductor laser includes first and second light emitting elements for emitting first and second laser beams. These elements are arranged such that the laser beams expose positions on the photosensitive drum different in the sub scanning direction. A polygon mirror deflects the laser beams to scan the photosensitive drum. Relative position in the scanning direction between images to be formed on the photosensitive drum by exposure by the first and second laser beams is corrected based on correction data. An image data generation section generates drive signals associated with the respective light emitting elements. A semiconductor laser drive circuit causes the semiconductor laser to emit the first and second laser beams, based on the drive signals.
US09720321B2	Lactone photoacid generators and resins and photoresists comprising same New lactone-containing photoacid generator compounds (“PAGs”) and photoresist compositions that comprise each PAG compounds are provided. These photoresist compositions are useful in the manufacture of electronic device.
US09720319B2	Colored composition, cured film, color filter, method for manufacturing color filter, solid-state imaging element, image display device, and compound Provided are a colored composition having excellent heat resistance, excellent solvent resistance, and an excellent voltage holding ratio; a cured film; a color filter; a method for manufacturing a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; an image display device; and a compound. The colored composition includes a colorant comprising a repeating unit having a triarylmethane structure containing a cation, and a counter anion, and a polymerizable compound.
US09720315B2	Reflective mask blank, method of manufacturing reflective mask blank, reflective mask and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Provided is a reflective mask blank capable of facilitating the discovery of contaminants, scratches and other critical defects by inhibiting the detection of pseudo defects attributable to surface roughness of a substrate or film in a defect inspection using a highly sensitive defect inspection apparatus. The reflective mask blank has a mask blank multilayer film comprising a multilayer reflective film, obtained by alternately laminating a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, and an absorber film on a main surface of a mask blank substrate, wherein the root mean square roughness (Rms), obtained by measuring a 3 μm×3 μm region on the surface of the reflective mask blank on which the mask blank multilayer film is formed with an atomic force microscope, is not more than 0.5 nm and the power spectrum density at a spatial frequency of 1 μm−1 to 10 μm−1 is not more than 50 nm4.
US09720311B2	Strain relieved mounting method and apparatus for screen material A method of mounting screen material may include a screen mounted to a frame at multiple mounting points. One embodiment may include mounting patches attached along the perimeter of the screen. These mounting patches may be strain relieved in order to enable rolling the screen without sacrificing the in-plane rigidity of the patches when the screen is mounted to a frame. Stated differently, the strain relieved patches may reduce the strain on the screen in the circumstance the screen is rolled onto a core. The mounting patches may be strain relieved by locating notches or slits in the mounting patch.
US09720309B2	Optical projection apparatus and illumination apparatus using same An optical projection apparatus includes a light specification setting unit for setting a specification of a light, a shape setting unit for setting a shape made by the light, a position setting unit for setting a position of the shape, a size setting unit for setting a size of the shape, an optical data generation unit for generating optical data based on the specification, the shape, the position, and the size. The optical projection apparatus further includes a light drawing unit for generating light drawing data by performing a drawing process with the optical data, an optical projection unit for projecting the shape at the position with the light drawing data, and a manipulation unit for allowing a user to set one or more parameters indicating the specification, the shape, the position, and the size.
US09720305B2	Imaging aid, imaging device, and imaging method The present invention is an imaging aid aiding imaging of a predetermined region of a surface of an object having minute concave and convex portions and being subject to intense specular reflection, including: a light source unit that irradiates light; and a cover lid to cover a predetermined region of a surface of the object, where a part of a surface of the cover lid corresponding to a predetermined angular range from a normal line direction directly opposing the predetermined region is a black surface, and another surface of the cover lid corresponding to another angular range is made of a light-source surface diffusing and emitting light irradiated from the light source unit.
US09720304B2	Method and device for controlling a flash light A method, a device, and a terminal are provided for controlling a flash light. In the method, the device obtains position data of an object to be photographed. The device determines a parameter of the flash light with respect to the object to be photographed based on the position data. Depending on different positions of the object to be photographed, different parameters of flash light are provided to the flash light to obtain a clear image.
US09720302B2	Continuous autofocus mechanisms for image capturing devices At least certain embodiments described herein provide a continuous autofocus mechanism for an image capturing device. The continuous autofocus mechanism can perform an autofocus scan for a lens of the image capturing device and obtain focus scores associated with the autofocus scan. The continuous autofocus mechanism can determine an acceptable band of focus scores based on the obtained focus scores. Next, the continuous autofocus mechanism can determine whether a current focus score is within the acceptable band of focus scores. A refocus scan may be performed if the current focus score is outside of the acceptable band of focus scores.
US09720300B2	Dual-tap electro-optic modulator auto-bias control A method and apparatus for controlling operation of an electro-optic modulator is disclosed. A first intensity of light is obtained at an input to the electro-optic modulator. A second intensity of light is obtained at an output of the electro-optic modulator. A difference between the obtained first intensity and the obtained second intensity is used to control a biasing of a modulator transfer function of the electro-optic modulator to control the electro-optic modulator.
US09720294B2	Liquid crystal panel with short response time comprising a liquid crystal having falling and rising states and display device The present disclosure discloses liquid crystal panel with short response time and display device. The first pixel electrode and the first common electrode of the liquid crystal panel are respectively provided on the two disparate substrates and corresponding to each other. The second pixel electrode and the second common electrode provided on the first substrate and/or the second substrate with an interval, which are projected between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the second pixel electrode and the second common electrode are insulated from the first pixel electrode and the first common electrode. When the liquid crystal is in the rising state, it only applies voltage to the first pixel electrode and the first common electrode. When the liquid crystal is in the falling state, it only applies voltage to the second pixel electrode and the second common electrode.
US09720287B2	Liquid crystal display device The present invention aims to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of suppressing display defects in the image display portion, improving the display quality in the image display portion and the transmissive portion, improving the visibility in the transmissive portion, and improving the long-term reliability. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel including: a transmissive portion (6B) that allows a region behind the liquid crystal display panel to be visible; an image display portion (6A) that includes pixels and is configured to display images; a first liquid crystal layer (5A) provided correspondingly to the image display portion (6A); a second liquid crystal layer (5B) provided correspondingly to the transmissive portion (6B); and a seal (52) surrounding the second liquid crystal layer (5B), the first liquid crystal layer (5A) and the second liquid crystal layer (5B) being separated by the seal (52).
US09720278B2	Low cost optical film stack A rearview assembly for a vehicle includes a housing for attachment to the vehicle, a glass element disposed in the housing and a display disposed behind the mirror element in the housing. The display contains a light source for emitting light, a first brightness enhancement film having a first plurality of prismatic elements extending in a first direction and positioned to receive light emitted from the light source, a diffuser configured to transmit about 97% of light from the first brightness enhancing film, a second brightness enhancement film having a plurality of prismatic elements extending in a second direction and positioned to receive light exiting the diffuser, and a display element disposed to receive light from the second brightness enhancement film with the display element having a second plurality of prismatic elements extending in a second direction. The first direction is substantially vertical and the second direction is substantially horizontal.
US09720276B2	Liquid crystal display panel and display apparatus using the same The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a display apparatus using the same. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a half wave (λ/2) retarder film, The liquid crystal layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate comprises a second electrode, wherein the second electrode comprises a trunk portion and plurality of branch portions, and there is a predetermined angle between the trunk portion and the branch portions, and the predetermined angle is less than or greater than 45 degrees. The λ/2 retarder film is bonded to an outer surface of the first substrate or the second substrate. The present invention can improve the color shift problem and the transmittance of the LCD panel.
US09720275B2	Display device, color filter and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a color filter is provided. The method includes: forming at least black matrix electrodes, first electrodes, second electrodes and third electrodes insulated from each other on a base substrate; and depositing at least a black matrix layer, a first color filter pattern, a second color filter pattern and a third color filter patter on the base substrate using an electrophoretic deposition process respectively by means of the black matrix electrodes, the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the third electrodes. A color filter and a display device are also provided. The described solution provides a process which is simple, convenient to operate, ease of control, and allows fast film formation.
US09720272B2	Method for producing a display unit, and display unit A method for producing a display unit includes: inserting a covering glass into a first holder of a positioning device until the covering glass lies on a first contact surface parallel to the covering glass; thereafter inserting a bonding frame into a second holder of the positioning device until the bonding frame lies on a second contact surface parallel to the first contact surface. The bonding frame has a leg parallel to the covering glass, the peripheral edge of which leg directed toward the covering glass surrounds the peripheral edge of the covering glass at a distance forming a groove. Thereafter the groove between the covering glass and the leg of the bonding frame is filled with a first adhesive that connects these two parts to each other, and thereafter the surface of the covering glass facing away from an observer is covered with the layer of transparent bonding mass.
US09720270B2	Display apparatus The display apparatus includes a display panel having a display surface on one surface thereof, a back surface member disposed on the other surface side of the display panel, a light source disposed between the display panel and the back surface member, an outer frame body which covers a peripheral edge part of the display panel and surrounds the back surface member, and an inner frame body which holds the display panel and is provided in the outer frame body, wherein the inner frame body is made of a white color system synthetic resin containing light shielding characteristics. For example, the inner frame body contains a small amount of carbon black in a white color system polycarbonate resin.
US09720253B2	Method and apparatus for limiting growth of eye length Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to therapeutic intervention in patients with eye-length-related disorders to prevent, ameliorate, or reverse the effects of the eye-length-related disorders. Embodiments of the present invention include methods for early recognition of patients with eye-length-related disorders, therapeutic methods for inhibiting further degradation of vision in patients with eye-length-eye-length-related disorders, reversing, when possible, eye-length-related disorders, and preventing eye-length-related disorders. Additional embodiments of the present invention are directed to particular devices used in therapeutic intervention in patients with eye-length-related disorders.
US09720242B2	Laser system with partial reflector A laser system comprising a laser configured to emit a laser beam wherein the laser beam is linearly polarized in a polarization plane and an optical assembly comprising a partial reflector having a refractive index and comprising a partially reflective surface. The partially reflective surface is arranged to receive the laser beam at an angle of incidence which lies in a plane of incidence and reflect a portion of the laser beam such that the reflected portion is output from the optical assembly. The partially reflective surface is arranged such that the plane of incidence forms a polarization angle with the polarization plane of the laser beam and the laser beam includes a p-polarized component and an s-polarized component. The angle of incidence and the polarization angle are arranged such that a fraction of the laser beam which is output from the optical assembly, following reflection from the partially reflective surface, is substantially invariant with changes in at least one of the temperature of the partial reflector and a thickness of a contamination layer disposed on the partially reflective surface. The partially reflective surface is arranged to reflect a fraction of the laser beam which is greater than or equal to approximately 0.5% of the laser beam which is incident on the partially reflective surface.
US09720238B2	Method and apparatus for a dynamic “region of interest” in a display system A method and apparatus of displaying a magnified image comprising obtaining an image of a scene using a camera with greater resolution than the display, and capturing the image in the native resolution of the display by either grouping pixels together, or by capturing a smaller region of interest whose pixel resolution matches that of the display. The invention also relates to a method whereby the location of the captured region of interest may be determined by external inputs such as the location of a person's gaze in the displayed unmagnified image, or coordinates from a computer mouse. The invention further relates to a method whereby a modified image can be superimposed on an unmodified image, in order to maintain the peripheral information or context from which the modified region of interest has been captured.
US09720229B2	Head-mounted display A head-mounted display includes a first display portion, a second display portion, and a support portion. The first display portion is capable of presenting an image to an eye of a user. The second display portion is capable of presenting an image to the other eye of the user. The support portion has a band member and a first communication member. The band member connects the first display portion and the second display portion with each other and is curved to be disposed around a head portion of the user. The first communication member is disposed in the band member and electrically connects the first display portion and the second display portion.
US09720228B2	Collimating display with pixel lenses A display assembly (515) includes: (a) an image display system (10) which includes an array of pixels (120) and (b) an array of pixel lenses (115). The array of pixel lenses has each lens positioned to collimate or substantially collimate light from a corresponding single pixel of the array of pixels. The display assembly (515) is used in a head-mounted display apparatus (500) which includes a frame (510) to support the display assembly (515) a desired distance from a user's eyes. The head-mounted display apparatus may also include a beam splitter (520) to reflect images from the display assembly (515) to the user's eyes. The head-mounted display apparatus may provide a wide field of view to the user and may be of the augmented-reality or immersive type.
US09720220B2	Tomography accessory device for microscopes A tomography accessory device for supporting a sample relative to the imaging assembly of a microscope has an electric positioning motor supported on the existing sample supporting stage of the microscope. An output shaft of the positioning motor is supported for rotation about an output axis parallel to a plane of the stage and a controller acts to control the motor so as to rotate the output shaft between a plurality of different angular positions about the output axis. An adjustable assembly supports a sample holder relative to the outer shaft such that i) the sample holder is translatable relative to the output shaft along at least one translation axis oriented generally perpendicularly to the output axis, and ii) the sample holder is pivotable relative to the output shaft about at least two pivot axes which are transverse to one another and which are generally perpendicular to the output axis.
US09720215B2	Zoom lens A zoom lens including first to seventh lens units arranged in this order from an object side to an image side is provided. The first to seventh lens units respectively have refractive powers of negative, positive, negative, positive, positive, negative. The first to seventh lens units are disposed along an optical axis of the zoom lens, and a distance between the seventh lens and the image side is fixed, and the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, the fourth lens unit, the fifth lens unit and the sixth lens unit are adapted to move along the optical axis between the object side and the image side.
US09720213B2	Infrared lens unit, image capture module, and image capture device An infrared lens unit includes, in order from the object side, an aperture, a lens group, and a band-pass filter which passes a light beam of a prescribed wavelength band of the infrared region. The lens group further includes, in order from the object side, a first meniscus lens which has a positive power and is convex on the object side, a second meniscus lens which has a positive power and is convex on the image side, and a convex lens which has a positive power and is convex on the object side. The lens group further includes a near-telecentric state on the image side, wherein the angle of entry of the light beam into the band-pass filter is either 0° or close to 0°. Thus, it is possible to accurately pass a light beam of a prescribed wavelength band of the infrared region by the lens unit.
US09720212B2	Variable focal length lens system and image pickup unit A variable focal length lens system includes: first to fourth lens groups alternately having negative and positive refractive power; and an aperture stop; the first to fourth lens group being arranged to allow a space between the first and second lens groups to be decreased and spaces between the second and third lens groups and between the third and fourth lens groups to be varied, the third lens group travelling to allow image-plane position variation caused by subject position variation to be compensated and satisfying a following conditional expression, 0.05
US09720201B2	Fiber optic cables with extruded access features and methods of making fiber optic cables Cables are constructed with embedded discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of polymer material coextruded in the cable jacket.
US09720198B2	Strain relief for armored cable A strain relief device for armored fiber optic cable is described. The strain relief device can made up of a boot collet and a collet nut. The boot collet can have a collet, flexible boot, boot collet threads, and a camming surface. The collet nut can have collet nut threads and a collet nut slope. The strain relief device operates by having the camming surface engage the collet nut slope, causing the collet to compress onto the armor sheath when the boot collet threads engage the collet nut threads as the collet nut is tightened onto the boot collet.
US09720195B2	Apparatuses and related components and methods for attachment and release of fiber optic housings to and from an equipment rack Apparatuses, related components, and methods for the quick and easy attachment and release of fiber optic housings to and from equipment racks are disclosed. A fiber optic apparatus comprises a fiber optic housing having a top, a bottom, a right side, and a left side defining at least one interior chamber configured to support fiber optic equipment, and at least one mounting bracket. The at least one mounting bracket is configured to removably attach tool-lessly, and by other than external fastening means, to at least one of the right side or the left side of the fiber optic housing and is also configured to attach the fiber optic housing to an equipment rack. The mounting bracket may be attached to the fiber optic housing by using a snap attachment integral to at least one of the right side or the left side.
US09720191B2	Optical transceiver module and optical cable module An optical transceiver module and an optical cable module are disclosed. The optical cable module comprises an optical cable and the optical transceiver module connected to the optical cable. The optical transceiver module comprises a substrate, at least one optical receiving device and a plurality of hermetic transmitting devices. The plurality of hermetic transmitting devices are disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the hermetic transmitting devices includes an optical transmitter, and the optical transmitters of the hermetic transmitting devices are completely sealed in one or more than one hermetic housing.
US09720188B2	Connecting mid-board optical modules A clip connects two ferrules together, without a housing, to form a fiber optic connection. The clip has proximal and distal ends which define, and the clip has arms extending along the longitudinal axis to hold a cable-side ferrule in connection with fixed ferrule connected to a photonic module or die. The arms form an opening through which the cable-side ferrule is passed for connecting to the fixed ferrule. The arms have resilient bends forming a spring that can be resiliently extended along the longitudinal axis. The arms have a contact area at their ends which grasp the end of the cable-sided ferrule. The arms resiliently retract to compress the cable-sided ferrule towards the fixed ferrule with a predetermined force. The clip is positioned with respect to the circuit board using a pick and place system. The clip is not taller than either ferrule portion, enabling a limited vertical clearance.
US09720176B2	Low-loss high-repetition-rate pulsed laser modulator The present invention provides a low-loss high-repetition-rate pulsed laser modulator comprising: a 22, 1:1 coupler; a light delay module; a 12, 1:1 coupler. The present invention can modulate a low-repetition-rate pulsed laser to be a high-repetition-rate pulsed laser. The basic principle is: one beam of low-repetition-rate pulsed laser can be divided into two beams with the same light intensity by a 12, 1:1 coupler; control the two beams of light to have an optical path difference so that when they are coupled into a 22, 1:1 coupler, a double pulse repetition rate can be obtained; In the same way, when the two beams of light from former 22, 1:1 coupler, with another different optical path difference are coupled into the next 22, 1:1 coupler, a double pulse repetition rate can be obtained again; when we obtain the repetition rate we need, a 1*2, 1:1 coupler instead is connected to couple the two beams of light into one beam with a double repetition rate.
US09720175B2	Fusion splicing apparatus and fusion splicing method A fusion splicing apparatus fusion-splices end faces 1a and 3a of a pair of optical fibers 1 and 3 to each other. The apparatus includes a mirror shaft 21 provided with a mirror 23 that is arranged between the end faces 1a and 3a of the pair of optical fibers 1 and 3 that are faced toward and spaced away from each other and is movable between a first position to reflect an image of the end face 1a and a second position to reflect an image of the end face 3a, a first camera 25 that takes the image of the end face 1a reflected in the first position, and a second camera 27 that takes the image of the end face 3a reflected in the second position.
US09720173B2	Printing of liquid crystal droplet laser resonators on a wet polymer solution and product made therewith A method of manufacturing a security feature for identifying objects or documents of value. The method may include the steps of encoding information in a pattern; and ink jet printing a chiral nematic liquid crystal material from a reservoir using a print head on to a substrate in the pattern. Thus, the method forms a patterned array of chiral nematic liquid crystal material deposits. The print head, or the reservoir, or both, may be heated to a temperature above the clearing point of the chiral nematic liquid crystal material. The chiral axes of the chiral nematic liquid crystal material deposits may be aligned substantially perpendicular to the substrate such that a predetermined portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is selectively reflected over other regions of the electromagnetic spectrum by the chiral nematic liquid crystal material deposits.
US09720168B2	Wavelength selective optical switch having specified characteristics of WDM signal light beam A wavelength selective optical switch includes a light input/output unit having a plurality of input/output ports, a polarization plane-independent wavelength dispersion element that splits incident light input from the optical input/output unit into spatially different angles for each wavelength, and synthesizes emergent light from different directions and outputs the light to the optical input/output unit, a condenser element that condenses the light split by the wavelength splitting element, a polarization splitter that splits incident light incident via the condenser element according to a polarization component to result in first and second light beams, aligns a polarization direction by rotating a polarization direction of one of the beams, and synthesizes the incident light by rotating one polarization direction of the emergent light of the same wavelength among the first and second reflected light beams, and a space phase modulation element.
US09720154B2	Patterned phase difference film and method for manufacturing same A pattern phase difference film is manufactured by a process including a laminate body formation step of applying a pattern alignment layer composition on a substrate to form a laminate body, a heat-drying layer formation step of heat-drying the composition to form a heat-dried layer, a pattern alignment layer formation step of irradiating a polarization pattern onto the heat-dried layer to form a pattern alignment layer, and a phase difference layer formation step of forming a phase difference layer including a rod-shaped compound on the pattern alignment layer. During the steps between the heat-drying layer formation step and the phase difference layer formation step, the heat-dried layer and the pattern alignment layer are exposed to the air for four hours or less.
US09720150B2	Color-film substrates and liquid crystal devices A color-film substrate and a liquid crystal device are disclosed. The color-film includes a substrate body and a color filter layer on the substrate body. The color filter layer includes duplicated color filter elements arranged in a sequence, and the color filter layer includes a first display area and a second display area arranged in a rim of the first display area. A thickness of the color filter elements of the second display area is larger than a thickness of the photo-resistor of the first display area such that a transmission rate of the display panel corresponding to the second display area is smaller than the transmission rate of the display panel corresponding to the first display area. In this way, the transmission rate of edges of the display panel is reduced and the light leakage problem can be overcome such that the uniformity of the brightness is enhanced.
US09720148B2	Camera system, in particular for a vehicle, and method for ascertaining pieces of image information of a detection area A vehicle camera system includes a camera that includes an image sensor, a filter mask, and a control and evaluation device, to which the image sensor outputs an image signal with frames that correspond to different exposure times. The image sensor includes an arrangement of sensor pixels outputting pixel signals, and the filter mask includes an arrangement of filter pixels situated in front of respective ones of the sensor pixels, where different filter pixels have different transmission behavior. The control and evaluation device compares to each other pixel signals (a) contained in the frames of different exposure times, and (b) output by sensor pixels which record light filtered differently by the filter pixels.
US09720134B2	Optical laminate comprising hard coat layer comprised of cured product of composition comprising (meth)acrylic prepolymer having hydroxyl group There is provided an optical laminate excellent in adhesiveness between a (meth)acrylic resin film (base material film) having low moisture permeability and a UV absorbing ability and a hard coat layer, and has suppressed interference unevenness. An optical laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material layer formed of a (meth)acrylic resin film; a hard coat layer formed by applying a composition for forming a hard coat layer to the (meth)acrylic resin film; and a penetration layer formed through penetration of the composition for forming a hard coat layer into the (meth)acrylic resin film, the penetration layer being placed between the base material layer and the hard coat layer, wherein the penetration layer has a thickness of 1.2 μm or more.
US09720128B2	Rotating frame pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy An NMR method and apparatus for analyzing a sample of interest applies a static magnetic field together with RF pulses of oscillating magnetic field across a sample volume that encompasses the sample of interest. The RF pulses are defined by a pulse sequence that includes a plurality of measurement segments configured to characterize a plurality of relaxation parameters related to relaxation of nuclear magnetization of the sample of interest. Signals induced by the RF pulses are detected in order to derive the relaxation parameters. The measurement segments of the pulse sequence include at least one first-type measurement segment configured to characterize relaxation of spin-lattice interaction between nuclei of the sample of interest in a rotating frame (T1ρ) at a predefined frequency. The T1ρ parameter can be measured in conjunction with the measurement of other relaxation and/or diffusion parameters as part of multidimensional NMR experiments.
US09720125B2	Subterranean formation oil mobility quicklook A downhole tool is conveyed within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, and then utilized to obtain measurements at multiple different depths of investigation within the subterranean formation relative to the wellbore. The obtained measurements are then compared to assess mobility of oil within the subterranean formation.
US09720123B2	Electrode assembly for marine electromagnetic geophysical survey sources Disclosed are methods and systems that include a multiple-tube electrode assembly. An embodiment discloses an electrode assembly, comprising: a carrier body comprising an elongated support; and electrically conducting surfaces longitudinally spaced along the carrier body, wherein the electrically conducting surfaces are electrically coupled in parallel.
US09720119B2	Seismic image filtering machine to generate a filtered seismic image, program products, and related methods Seismic image filtering machines, systems, program products, and computer implemented methods are provided to generate a filtered seismic image responsive to filtered seismic image data generated by attenuating coherent seismic noise from surface waves of an unfiltered wavefield constructed from unfiltered seismic image data through a single downward extrapolation of the unfiltered wavefield using a plurality of nonstationary convolution operators to perform localized filtering at each of a plurality of spatial locations of the unfiltered wavefield. Various embodiments, for example, can beneficially handle strong lateral velocity variations thus making various embodiments effective tools to remove complicated coherent seismic noise which is typically in the form of exponentially decaying evanescent waves. Embodiments of the present invention, for example, can use, as a part of the filtering mechanism, specially designed nonstationary convolution operators that are implemented in the space-frequency domain as nonstationary filters.
US09720117B1	Imaging subsurface properties using a parallel processing database system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing database system processes seismic wave data using database queries. The seismic wave data is obtained from sensors of a reflection seismology survey. The seismic wave data is distributed among nodes of the parallel processing database system. Computations of processing the seismic wave data are performed using relational database queries that execute on the nodes in parallel. These computations performed by the queries include generating a starting Earth model of an area surveyed, and performing iterations of solving a forward problem of generating seismic wave patterns from the starting Earth model, performing local optimization that modifies the starting Earth model, and providing the modified Earth model as input to the forward problem in a next iteration.
US09720116B2	Land based unit for seismic data acquisition In one aspect, a seismic data acquisition unit is disclosed including a closed housing containing: a seismic sensor; a processor operatively coupled to the seismic sensor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor to record seismic data from the sensor; and a power source configured to power the sensor, processor and memory. The sensor, processor, memory and power source are configured to be assemble as an operable unit in the absence of the closed housing.
US09720108B2	Noise suppression in the correction of artifacts in CT images A method is described for correcting a captured macropixel signal of an X-ray detector including a plurality of pixels, combined to form at least one macropixel, to capture discrete signals. A weighted macropixel signal exhibiting improved signal stability but reduced dose efficiency is determined. A variable specifying the relative signal drift of the unweighted macropixel signal compared to the weighted macropixel signal is determined on the basis of the captured macropixel signal and the weighted macropixel signal. In addition, a relative signal drift filtered with respect to time is determined on the basis of the relative signal drift. Finally, a macropixel signal corrected by the time-filtered relative signal drift is determined. A signal capture device is disclosed. Furthermore, an X-ray detector is described which includes the signal capture device according to an embodiment of the invention. A computed tomography system is also described which includes the X-ray detector.
US09720092B2	Enhanced conversion between geohash codes and corresponding longitude/latitude coordinates An apparatus for converting between a geohash code and latitude/longitude coordinates includes a conversion module operative in one of at least first and second modes. In the first mode, the conversion module receives a geohash code, a number of geohash code bits remaining to be processed and an initial input interval, and generates first and second output intervals that are updated after each geohash code bit processed. The latitude and longitude coordinates are generated based on the first and second output intervals, respectively. In the second mode, the conversion module receives a latitude or longitude value, the number of geohash code bits remaining to be processed and the initial input interval, and generates a given one of the first and second output intervals. The conversion module is configured to process data at a rate of one geohash code bit per hardware cycle.
US09720088B2	Measurement device, system and method A measurement device (120) includes a light director and a spatial light modulator (130). The light director is disposed to direct light to the spatial light modulator (130) and the spatial light modulator (130) is disposed to receive light from the light director and to modulate it to form an intensity pattern. An optical element is disposed to receive light which formed the intensity pattern and is arranged to magnify the intensity pattern into a measurement space. A detector (142) is disposed to detect light reflected from the measurement space.
US09720080B1	Combined radar and telemetry system A combined radar and telemetry system is described. The combined radar and telemetry system includes a processing unit that executes instructions, where the instructions define a radar waveform and a telemetry waveform. The processor outputs a digital baseband signal based upon the instructions, where the digital baseband signal is based upon the radar waveform and the telemetry waveform. A radar and telemetry circuit transmits, simultaneously, a radar signal and telemetry signal based upon the digital baseband signal.
US09720079B2	System and method of monitoring transponder transmissions Transponder transmissions may be monitored through a direct, shielded connection of an RF coupler to a transponder antenna cable. The RF coupler may be added on an antenna cable of an older-style transponder to pick up altitude and reply codes, decode the information and transmit it digitally for use by a separate external monitor. As such, the pilot may be afforded the ability to monitor the older-style transponder's altitude and reply code transmissions to air traffic control so as to determine if a failure of the transponder has occurred. By having the direct connection between RF coupler and the transponder antenna cable, no transmissions of other transponders would be received.
US09720076B2	Calibration circuitry and method for a time of flight imaging system A time of flight imaging system includes a light source coupled to emit light pulses to an object in response a light source modulation signal generated in response to a reference modulation signal. Each pixel cell of a time of flight pixel cell array is coupled to sense light pulses reflected from the object in response a pixel modulation signal. A programmable pixel delay line circuit is coupled to generate the pixel modulation signal with a variable pixel delay programmed in response to a pixel programming signal. A control circuit is coupled to receive pixel information from the time of flight pixel array representative of the sensed reflected light pulses. The control circuit is coupled to vary the pixel programming signal during a calibration mode to synchronize the light pulses emitted from the light source with the pulses of the pixel modulation signal.
US09720075B2	System and method for remote object sensing A system and method for remote object sensing which features a spatially polarization-inhomogeneous light beam that is directed on the remote object. A polarimetry receiver receives the light beam after it contacts the remote object. The changes in the spatially polarization-inhomogeneous light beam from contacting the remote object are a result of spatial features of the remote object. The polarimetry receiver is configured to measure the spatially inhomogeneous electric field of the light beam after it contacts the remote object and compute the changes in the spatially polarization-inhomogeneous light beam in order to detect spatial features of the remote object. The system obtains high-resolution, real-time information concerning important spatial features of the remote object.
US09720072B2	Methods and systems for vehicle radar coordination and interference reduction A method is provided that includes a vehicle receiving data from an external computing device indicative of at least one other vehicle in an environment of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a sensor configured to detect the environment of the vehicle. The at least one other vehicle may include at least one sensor. The method also includes determining a likelihood of interference between the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle the sensor of the vehicle. The method also includes initiating an adjustment of the sensor to reduce the likelihood of interference between the sensor of the vehicle and the at least one sensor of the at least one other vehicle responsive to the determination.
US09720069B2	Apparatus and method for measuring location of user equipment located indoors in wireless network A method of measuring a location of a user equipment (UE) located indoors in a wireless network includes receiving signals from a plurality of access points (APs), performing training for machine learning using the received signals or information acquired from the received signals, setting a weight vector to be applied to a relevance vector machine (RVM) method using data subjected to the training for machine learning, and applying RVM regression to the set weight vector and measured strengths of the received signals and determining whether the signals received from the plurality of APs are line of sight (LOS) signals or non line of sight (NLOS) signals.
US09720063B2	Diffusion spectrum imaging systems and methods Systems and methods for generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image of a tissue are provided. A method includes acquiring MR raw data. The MR raw data corresponds to MR signals obtained at undersampled q-space locations for a plurality of q-space locations that is less than an entirety of the q-space locations and the MR signals at the q-space locations represent the three dimensional displacement distribution of the spins in the imaging voxel. The method also includes performing a joint image reconstruction technique on the MR raw data to exploit structural correlations in the MR signals to obtain a series of accelerated MR images and performing, for each image pixel in each accelerated MR image of the series of accelerated MR images, a compressed sensing reconstruction technique to exploit q-space signal sparsity to identify a plurality of diffusion maps.
US09720053B2	Magnetic sensor annealing using a rocking field Implementations described and claimed herein provide a system comprising an external magnetic field generator, wherein the external field magnetic field generator is configured to rock an effective annealing magnetic field between a first positive angle and a second negative angle compared to a desired pinning field orientation in an AFM/PL structure.
US09720052B2	Magnetic sensor drive circuit, magnetic sensor, current sensor, and method for driving magnetic sensor A magnetic sensor drive circuit that measures a magnetic field by passing a feedback current, which cancels changes in magnetic flux density using measured magnetic field, through a prescribed coil. The drive circuit includes: a first circuit block which controls the feedback current by using an external power source as a power source; a second circuit block which has an output adjustment circuit adjusting a signal according to the strength of the feedback current to be a signal proportional to the voltage of the power source; a first power source line which supplies the external power source to the first circuit block; a second power source line which supplies the external power source to the second circuit block in parallel to the first power source line; a first low pass filter; and a second low pass filter.
US09720043B2	Testing a fuse A method of testing a fuse in apparatus for monitoring electrical insulation surrounding first and second electrical conductors in a cable, the fuse being connected to the conductors, comprises: applying an electrical signal, with respect to a reference, to the fuse from a source; obtaining a value for the resistance of the insulation with respect to the reference; determining if the resistance value is greater than a fuse test resistance threshold and, if it is, causing the application of the signal to cease; and monitoring the decay of the signal to determine if the time for it to decay below a set value exceeds a set time limit, indicative of the fuse being satisfactory, or is less than the limit indicative of the fuse being blown.
US09720039B2	Interleaver ic with up control and capture, shift, update circuitry This disclosure describes die test architectures that can be implemented in a first, middle and last die of a die stack. The die test architectures are mainly the same, but for the exceptions mentioned in this disclosure.
US09720029B2	Semiconductor device including a sense element and a main element, and current detector circuit using the semiconductor device False detection relating to overcurrent is prevented, and it is determined with no dead time whether or not the current of a main element is an overcurrent. By a gate signal indicating conductivity being applied to the gate of a sense element earlier than to a main element when the main element is caused to be conductive, and overshoot caused by a differential circuit of the sense element gate input portion being caused before current flows into the main element, it is possible to prevent false detection relating to overcurrent, and determine with no dead time whether or not the current of the main element is an overcurrent.
US09720027B2	Fault point locating method of hybrid lines based on analysis of comprehensive characteristics of single-end electric quantity and transient travelling waves The invention discloses a fault point locating method of hybrid lines based on analysis of comprehensive characteristics of single-end electric quantity and transient travelling waves, which mainly includes steps: phase-model transformation; looking up initial time of failure; extracting timing window data after the initial time; searching a reflected wave from the fault point and a reflected wave from a demarcation point in the timing window; and judging properties of the reflected waves. After failure of a hybrid line with cable and overhead line, by identifying and comparing comprehensive characteristics of the reflected wave from the fault point, primary and secondary reflected waves from the demarcation point in the single-end transient voltage and current travelling waves, it is rapidly judged whether the fault point is located in the overhead line segment or the cable segment, which is used to assist in switching decision for line reclosing.
US09720025B2	Isolation monitoring using a test signal of variable frequency In monitoring an isolation of an ungrounded power grid an AC voltage source is connected to the power grid via at least one test resistor. A test signal with a periodic continuous voltage course with regard to ground and with a frequency is applied to the power grid by means of the AC voltage source. A leakage current flowing due to the test signal is measured; and an ohmic isolation resistance is determined from the leakage current. The frequency of the test signal is varied such that an active current part of the leakage current keeps a predetermined recommended value at varying leakage capacitances of the power grid. This provides for a desired level of accuracy at maximum speed of isolation or ground fault detection.
US09720015B2	Intelligent visualization in the monitoring of process and/or system variables The disclosure relates to a method and system for intelligent visualization in the monitoring of process and/or system data used in technical processes and in the operation of technical systems. The behavior of signals in the past is analyzed and used for a future optimized visualization. Continuously running online algorithms support the system operator by detecting and correspondingly highlighting deviations from the historically observed signal patterns.
US09720011B2	Monitoring device and method for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft A monitoring device for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft, having at least one movement sensor which is configured to detect a first monitoring space of the monitoring device and at the same time a second monitoring space of the monitoring device which differs from the first monitoring space. Also a method for monitoring a movement profile of a user in the region of an actuating element of an aircraft or spacecraft, with: detection of a first monitoring space of the monitoring device by at least one movement sensor; and simultaneous detection of a second monitoring space, which is different from the first monitoring space, by the at least one movement sensor.
US09720010B2	Apparatuses, systems and methods for determining effective wind speed Systems and methods for determining an effective wind speed are disclosed. A system includes a first detector, a second detector and a processing unit. The first detector includes a heated temperature-sensing element having a heater and a first temperature sensor, and a first housing at least partially housing the heated temperature-sensing element. The second detector includes a non-heated temperature-sensing element having a second temperature sensor, a second housing at least partially housing the non-heated temperature-sensing element. The processing unit can be adapted to determine the effective wind speed according to a temperature at the heated temperature-sensing element, a temperature at the non-heated temperature-sensing element, and/or a difference between these temperatures and in accordance with an algorithm or table of values. The heated and non-heated temperature-sensing elements and their respective first housing and second housing are collinear, proximal and parallel to the conductor, and protected from precipitation by a shield.
US09720002B2	Molecular flux rates through critical pathways measured by stable isotope labeling in vivo, as biomarkers of drug action and disease activity The methods described herein enable the evaluation of compounds on subjects to assess their therapeutic efficacy or toxic effects. The target of analysis is the underlying biochemical process or processes (i.e., metabolic process) thought to be involved in disease pathogenesis. Molecular flux rates within the one or more biochemical processes serve as biomarkers and are quantitated and compared with the molecular flux rates (i.e., biomarker) from control subjects (i.e., subjects not exposed to the compounds). Any change in the biomarker in the subject relative to the biomarker in the control subject provides the necessary information to evaluate therapeutic efficacy of an administered drug or a toxic effect and to develop the compound further if desired.
US09719998B2	Ultraviolet absorbing polymeric dyes and methods for using the same Water soluble light harvesting multichromophores that have an ultraviolet absorption maximum are provided. In some embodiments, the multichromophores include a conjugated segment including a fused 6-5-6 tricyclic co-monomer and a UV absorbance-modifying co-monomer. The multichromophores may include an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. In some embodiments, a specific binding member is covalently linked to the multichromophore. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the light harvesting multichromophores. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US09719989B2	Method for detecting food poisoning bacteria using magnetic nanoparticles and solution having high viscosity The present invention relates to a method for detecting food poisoning bacteria, and more particularly, to a method for rapidly and quantitatively isolating food poisoning bacteria contents which contaminate food and the like. The method according to the present invention is characterized by including the steps of: introducing magnetic nanoparticles which can bind to bacteria into a sample for measuring the bacteria so as to bind the magnetic nanoparticles to the bacteria; isolating the magnetic nanoparticles; passing the nanoparticles which are isolated by using magnetism through a solution having high viscosity so as to separate the magnetic nanoparticles to which bacteria are bound from magnetic nanoparticles to which no bacteria are bound; and quantifying the magnetic nanoparticles to which bacteria are bound.
US09719988B2	Methods for detection of biological substances Methods and compositions are provided for detection of biological substances in nasal specimen.
US09719985B2	Method of detection and related detection device A method uses an Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) surfactant based bio film that reacts with a material in a known manner, and a device that utilizes such a biofilm, to detect material of interest is provided. The principles of the present invention are particularly useful in detecting/measuring a material.
US09719976B2	Method for detecting phase change temperatures of molten metal A detection device for molten metal is provided. The detection device includes a sample cup having a cavity configured to receive a sample of molten metal and a blob arranged in the cavity. The blob includes a carbide stabilizing element and a hydrogen releasing material including a hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal. The blob is provided for use in detecting phase change temperatures during solidification of a sample of molten cast iron. The blob is also resistant to moisture gain and moisture loss during transport and storage. A method of detecting phase change temperatures of the molten iron or molten cast iron sample using the blob and a method of manufacturing the blob are also provided.
US09719971B2	Microfluidic flame ionization detector The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic flame ionization detector for use in small scale separations, such as, for example, microfluidic gas chromatography and microfluidic carbon dioxide based fluid chromatography. In some arrangements, the microfluidic counter-current flame ionization detector employs a non-parallel arrangement for the introduction of combustion gases into the combustion chamber. In other arrangements, the detector housing is configured to incorporate at least one of the detector electrodes within the housing using electrically isolating fittings.
US09719969B2	Analysis of molecular contamination in vacuum environments A pre-concentration device is provided for a gas analysis system (10) for collecting molecular contamination in a vacuum environment (11). The pre-concentration device (13) comprises a hollow element (15) having an entrance opening (20) for receiving molecules from the vacuum environment (11) in a collection phase, a gas outlet for transferring collected molecules to a vacuum compatible detector or second preconcentration device in a transfer phase. The device has an inner wall for adsorbing molecules in the collection phase and desorbing molecules in the transfer phase. The device has a filler element (14) that is movable from a first position outside the hollow element in the collection phase to a second position inside the hollow element in the transfer phase which second position leaves open a transfer channel to the gas outlet along the inner wall. Advantageously, the device enables transferring of the organic or inorganic contaminants collected in the device under vacuum conditions, and requires a minimal amount of ultra pure gas for the transport of the contaminants to a detector or further a concentration device, which lowers the lower limit of detection.
US09719968B2	Ultrasound probe An ultrasound probe which is connected to an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an acoustic element for converting an electric signal and an ultrasound to each other, an electric signal processing circuit electrically connected to the acoustic element, a case for storing the acoustic element and the electric signal processing circuit, an acoustic element board for electrically connecting the acoustic element to the electric signal processing circuit, and a partition part which is arranged to contact with the case and separates the acoustic element and the electric signal processing circuit. A space on the side of the acoustic element in the case separated by the partition part is filled with a first material having lower thermal conductivity than that of a material for forming an inner wall surface of the case. Accordingly, the heat generated by a circuit unit such as the electric signal processing circuit can be more efficiently dissipated.
US09719967B2	Structural health monitoring system The present invention relates to a structural health monitoring system, for example a system used in the non-destructive evaluation of an aircraft structure. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for evaluating one or more anomalies within a structure using a structural health monitoring system that includes at least three transducers arranged in operative contact with the structure such that no two transducers are aligned to be parallel. A transducer excites an elastic wave that propagates through the structure, and reflections from any anomalies within the structure are collected by the three transducers. These collected signals are analyzed to identify an anomaly within the structure. Time of flight techniques are used to determine the location of the anomaly.
US09719965B2	Mud settlement detection technique by non-destructive ultrasonic measurements Systems and methods of determining settlement characteristics of a drilling mud are disclosed. Conditions under which heavier elements of the drilling mud settle under the influence of gravity can be determined. Samples of drilling mud can be placed in testing cells, and ultrasonic test pulses can be transmitted through the samples. Responses to the test pulses can be detected and compared to other responses detected at different vertical positions within the testing cell. Settlement can be detected when the responses from different vertical positions are generally dissimilar. An environmental temperature of the testing cell can be changed over a testing time interval, and a settlement temperature can be determined by detecting a divergence in the responses from different vertical positions.
US09719957B2	Gas sensor element and gas sensor A first electrode (133) has an exposure portion (133b) exposed to a second measuring chamber (160), and a connection portion (133d) which is disposed at a position not exposed to the second measuring chamber (160) and is connected to the first lead (137) and which is a portion of the first electrode (133) located most distant from the second measuring chamber (160). The entire connection portion (133d) is located in a region A1 which extends from the second measuring chamber (160) over a distance of 1.0 mm or less.
US09719955B2	Hematocrit measurement system and measurement method using the same A hematocrit (HCT) measurement system and measurement method using the same are disclosed. The hematocrit (HCT) measurement system comprises a test strip and a measurement apparatus comprising: a connector transmitting an initial signal generated from a blood sample to the measurement apparatus, a capacitive reactance adjustor disposed between the test strip and the measurement apparatus, a calculation unit for calculating concentration and HCT value of the blood sample, an A/D convertor transforming the corresponding initial signal to a digital signal, and a signal processor processing the digital reacted signal and showing measured results on a display, wherein the HCT value is calculated by voltage partition to prevent the signal waveform voltage being saturated or cutoff, thereby resulting in measured signal distortion.
US09719952B1	Method for measuring the amount of extracellular fluid surrounding a surface disposed within a plant and the ionic population and identity of the dominant ion in that fluid This method determines the amount of extracellular fluid surrounding a surface disposed inside a plant, the ion population in that fluid and the identity of the dominant ion in that fluid. The method has four parts: 1) Providing an electrochemical circuit between the surface and external electronics 2) Executing two electrochemical procedures which result in a sequence of measured charge transfer values, 3) Processing the measured charge transfer values into a value proportional to the of extracellular fluid surrounding the surface, a value proportional to the total ion population in the fluid and a value that identifies the dominant ion in the fluid, 4) Generating a set of time/quiescent potential pairs of values which are used to identify the dominant ion type in the extracellular fluid during different time ranges.
US09719946B2	Ellipsometer and method of inspecting pattern asymmetry using the same An ellipsometer includes a stage, a light source, a polarizer, a detector, and a processor. The stage is configured to support a substrate including a pattern. The light source is configured to emit illumination toward the substrate. The polarizer is configured to polarize the illumination. The detector is configured to generate, in association with a plurality of azimuthal angles, data corresponding to polarized illumination reflected from the substrate. The processor is configured to: control rotation of the stage in association with sequential inspection of the pattern at the plurality of azimuthal angles, and determine asymmetry of the pattern based on the data. Each azimuthal angle of the plurality of azimuthal angles corresponds to a different rotational state of the stage.
US09719939B2	Apparatus and method for inspecting printed images An apparatus can be used for inspecting printed images for a printing or finishing machine with continuously moved printed products. An illumination unit with a light source illuminates a recording region and an image capture apparatus with at least one camera, for example a line scanning camera, is set up to capture an image inside the recording region, which extends over the width of the printed product, wherein the image capture apparatus is set up to generate a multi-line partial image.
US09719934B2	Reading of assays Disclosed is an assay result reading apparatus for use with an assay in which a detectable substance tends to accumulate within a detection zone of the assay, the reading apparatus comprising: a housing or baffle, having a window therein; a light source which emits light through the window so as to illuminate the detection zone of the assay; and a light detector to detect the amount of light reflected and/or transmitted by the detection zone, which amount is at least partly dependent on the amount of detectable substance accumulated in the detection zone; wherein the shape of the window is adapted to render the reading apparatus less sensitive, preferably insensitive, to minor mis-positioning of the detection zone relative to one or more of the window, the light source and the light detector.
US09719931B2	Surface enhanced raman spectroscopy resonator structures and methods of making same A nanoplasmonic resonator (NPR) includes a substrate, a first metallic member disposed on the substrate, a second metallic member spaced apart from the first metallic member, and a first insulation layer at least partially disposed between the first and second metallic members. The first insulation layer includes at least one of a notch formed laterally therein such that there is an open gap separating outer edge portions of the first and second metallic members, at least a portion thereof having a toroid shape, and a length extending between the first and second metallic members which are laterally adjacent to each other.
US09719929B2	Microarray analysis method and microarray reading device A microarray analysis method, in which a microarray obtained by arranging probes on a substrate surface having an irregular shape is irradiated with excitation light and fluorescence amounts of the probes excited by the excitation light are obtained as numerical data, includes a step (a) of measuring the fluorescence amounts of the probes to acquire fluorescence image data, a step (b) of receiving reflected light and/or scattered light from the substrate surface to acquire the irregular shape of the substrate surface of the microarray as alignment image data based on the light receiving intensities of the light, and a step (c) of determining positions of the probes on the fluorescence image data based on the alignment image data.
US09719920B2	Scatterometry system and method for generating non-overlapping and non-truncated diffraction images Scatterometry measurement systems, illumination configurations and respective methods are provided, which comprise illumination beams that have vertical projections on a target plane comprising both a parallel component and a perpendicular component, with respect to a target measurement direction. The illumination beams propagate at an angle to the plane defined by the measurement direction and a normal to the targets surface and generate diffraction images which are off-center at the imaging pupil plane. The eccentric diffraction images are spatially arranged to avoid overlaps and to correspond to measurement requirements such as spot sizes, number of required diffraction orders and so forth. The illumination beams may be implemented using illumination pupil masks, which provide a simple way to increase scatterometry measurements throughput.
US09719902B2	Systems and methods for helmet liner evaluation A helmet testing apparatus including a movable member, a sensor coupled to the movable member and configured to acquire compliance data regarding a liner disposed within a shell of a helmet through engagement of the sensor with the liner, and a processing circuit configured to determine a rating for the helmet based on the compliance data and predetermined compliance parameters for the helmet.
US09719899B2	Test method for agricultural baler A system and method for verifying the operational condition of a rectangular baler having a baling chamber equipped with a reciprocating plunger, the plunger moving between a fully retracted position and extended position, the baler further equipped with a load sensor suitable for determining the reaction force on the plunger as said plunger is compressing crops. Verifying the operational condition includes measuring the reaction force on the plunger or a parameter related to said reaction force, when the plunger is in a position in which it is not exerting a compressive force on the crop material in the baling chamber, comparing the measured reaction force or the parameter to a predefined reference value, and deriving from that comparison an assessment of the baler's condition
US09719892B1	Processing device for processing a highly viscous sample A sample processing device includes a receiving chamber having a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet. The processing device also includes a metering portion having a metering reservoir fluidly coupled to the chamber outlet, and at least one vessel fluidly coupled to the metering reservoir by a syphon. The syphon is operable to actuate upon a preselected volume of liquid being received at the metering reservoir. The syphon includes a syphon inlet and a syphon outlet, with the syphon outlet being fluidly coupled to the vessel. The preselected volume of liquid corresponds to a volume of liquid necessary to deliver a metered volume of fluid to the vessel.
US09719890B2	Micro-sampling for aquatic chemical analysis The current invention describes in vivo and vitro (cultured) sampling technologies that allow direct temporal and spatial sampling from living ecosystems such as those associated with marine ecology. The optional use of parallel sampling methods, observatory design, provides for the ability to measure the response of individual organisms to a variety of both biotic and abiotic stresses. Sampling in small volumes and close proximity to living organisms has allowed direct measurement of various invertebrate and other aquatic species in marine ecosystems. These sampling techniques are intended to apply to any liquid based ecosystem in an attempt to minimize sampling as a dependent variable in measuring the chemical and biological behavior of the ecosystem. If is intended that this sampling technology be used to directly measure the chemical behavior of a wide variety of organisms; including, plants, animals, and micro-organisms (e.g. algae, plankton). These probes facilitate the direct measurement of metabolism, decomposition, pollution, and stress or stimuli from the local environment. A variety of sampling tips and probes have been developed for discrete and continuous sampling. A variety of sampling probe geometries, sizes, and sampling capabilities are disclosed that enable both contact and non-contact sampling of the chemical environment. The liquid sampling has been optimized for chemical analysis with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Fatty acid and lipid profiling have been demonstrated on a number of species from a cultured aquatic using these techniques.
US09719885B2	Test arrangement for the crash simulation of motor vehicles The present invention relates to a test arrangement for the crash simulation of motor vehicles, said test arrangement having a first carriage, which is movable substantially horizontally along a longitudinal axis, and a second carriage, which is movable along the longitudinal axis together with the first carriage, wherein the second carriage is attached to the first carriage in such an articulated manner that the second carriage is movable with respect to the first carriage. In order to be able to simulate actual accident conditions better, in the test arrangement according to the invention, in addition to at least one first actuating element and at least one second actuating element, there is also provided at least one third actuating element, which is configured to accelerate the second carriage in a horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US09719882B2	Optical device, optical test bench and optical test method This optical system includes: a device (106) for generating a plane light wave, called a collimated light wave (OLcol); and a device (114) for deviating the collimated light wave so as to provide a light wave, called a test light wave (OLtest), the deviating device (114) having an adjustable focal length.
US09719880B2	Method for leak testing a housing A method for testing the tightness of a housing involves providing a pressure sensor in a housing, sealing the housing, and detecting a pressure level in the housing.
US09719875B2	Low profile pressure sensor A pressure sensor may comprise a nylon socket, an upper PCB, a lower PCB, and a hex housing. The nylon socket may include a plurality of co-molded electrical pin conductors extending axially from electrical connectors defined within a top end of the nylon socket for receiving an external electrical cable to a bottom end of the nylon socket. A top side of the upper PCB may have electrical contacts configured to contact the electrical pin conductors. The lower PCB may be connected to the upper PCB by at least one structural member, and electrically coupled to the upper PCB and to strain gauges coupled to a diaphragm. The hex housing may have an interior axial port extending from a bottom of said hex housing to a counterbore for holding the diaphragm, thereby exposing a first side of said diaphragm to the fluid within the axial port.
US09719870B2	Read circuit for POSFET type tactile sensor devices A read circuit of an electrical signal produced by a POSFET device comprising a transconductance amplifier connected at an inverting input thereof to the output of the POSFET device; and at least one neuron connected at the output to the transconductance amplifier. The transconductance amplifier is adapted to: receive a signal coming from the POSFET device representative of a force or pressure exerted on the POSFET device, and produce at the output at least one current signal representative of the force or the pressure. The at least one neuron is adapted to receive said at least one current signal and to produce at least one output signal, said at least one output signal being a pulse train having a frequency proportional to said at least one current signal produced by the transconductance amplifier.
US09719868B2	Electronic measurement unit for a polymorphous device for force measurement and polymorphous device including the same An electronic measurement unit for a polymorphous device, comprising a number of lateral structures, each lateral structure including: a support structure; at least one sensor constrained to the support structure and generating an electrical signal indicative of a deformation of the support structure; and a coupling structure that constrains a corresponding external covering element to the support structure in a releasable manner, so that when the external covering element is constrained to the support structure and an external force acts on the external covering element, the electrical signal is indicative of the external force.
US09719866B2	Sensor failure detection device, and method A sensor failure detection device includes a storage, a predictor, a calculator and a detector. The storage stores temperature information of individual sensors. The temperature information includes measured values of temperatures. The measured values of temperatures are measured by a plurality of sensors. The predictor predicts a temperature distribution by performing a thermal fluid simulation, on the basis of the temperature information received from a remaining sensor. The remaining sensor is a sensor of the plurality of sensors other than the test target sensor. The calculator calculates a difference value between a temperature at a position of the test target sensor in the temperature distribution and a temperature measured by the test target sensor. The detector detects that the difference value is higher than a predetermined value.
US09719864B2	Method and system for determining ambient temperature of an electronic device A method for determining the ambient temperature of an electronic device, the device comprising heat-generating components (102) and a temperature sensor (105) positioned within a common casing (101), the method comprising the steps of: in an environment with a controlled ambient temperature: determining (307) a device-specific coefficient of power dissipation change (a) between a first (Emin) and second (Emax) power modes, wherein in the second power mode (Emax) the device dissipates more power than in the first power mode (Emin); and in an environment for which the ambient temperature is to be determined: measuring (203-205) temperatures (Tmin, Tmax) by the temperature sensor (105) for the first power mode (Emin) and the second power mode (Emax), calculating (206) ambient temperature (Tamb) as a function of the measured temperatures (Tmin, Tmax) and the device-specific coefficient of power dissipation change (a).
US09719863B1	Thermomagnetic temperature sensing A thermomagnetic sensor, measurement system and a method of measuring temperature employ a thermomagnetic probe to measure temperature of a device using a thermomagnetic effect. The thermomagnetic sensor includes a plurality of coils configured to provide a mutual inductance measurement between a selected pair of coils of the plurality and the thermomagnetic probe between the selected pair. The thermomagnetic probe includes a ferromagnetic material having a temperature-dependent magnetic permeability determined from the mutual inductance measurement. A predetermined relationship between the temperature-dependent magnetic permeability and temperature in a range between a maximum magnetic permeability value and a Curie temperature provides a measurement of a temperature local to the thermomagnetic probe.
US09719861B2	Temperature sensor circuit A temperature sensor circuit implemented in electronic circuitry that senses the temperature at a site, digitizes the sensed temperature, and then outputs a signal representing such a sensed temperature. The temperature sensor circuit converts a voltage signal that is proportional to the temperature to a first digital value. The temperature sensor circuit converts a voltage signal that is inversely proportional to the temperature to a second digital value. The sensed temperature is determined as a function of a difference between the first and second digital values.
US09719848B2	Optical module, method for manufacturing optical module, and optical transceiver An optical module comprising: an optical waveguide transports light, the optical waveguide including a first mirror which reflects first light; an adhesive sheet formed over the optical waveguide, the adhesive sheet including a first gap above the first mirror; a first light-transmissive layer formed in the first gap; a lens sheet arranged over the adhesive sheet, the lens sheet including a first lens which is formed above the first light-transmissive layer; and a light-emitting device formed above the lens sheet, the light-emitting device including a light-emitting portion which emits the first light to the first lens.
US09719847B2	Detection circuit, driving method, probe, and subject information acquiring apparatus A detection circuit detects a signal output from an element that receives an acoustic wave. The detection circuit is configured so as not to conduct a detection operation during a period in which the element does not receive the acoustic wave.
US09719845B2	Load cell overload protection by a relieving mechanism for fluid dispensing systems A method for locking out load cells includes dispensing a fluid into a collapsible bag that is supported within a support housing, the support housing resting on a plurality of load cells that sense the weight of the fluid; manipulating a plurality of lockouts located adjacent to corresponding load cells from a first position to a second position so that the lockouts remove at least a portion of the weight of the fluid from the plurality of load cells; moving the support housing containing the collapsible bag with the fluid therein to a new location; and further manipulating the plurality of lockouts from the second position back to the first position so that the plurality of load cells again sense the full weight of the fluid within the collapsible bag.
US09719843B2	Optimized household scale with removable storage container A household scale including a housing intended to be placed horizontally during use, the housing including a support, at least one weight measuring system, connected to a display unit for the result of the measurement, the scale being designed to hold on the support, during use, and a container for holding an item or ingredient. The housing includes a connection to the support enabling the support to hold the container in the following two positions. A stowage position in which the container is attached to the support regardless of the position of the scale in space, and a position of use in which the container is set down on the support not attached to it.
US09719842B2	Method for the discovery, validation and clinical application of multiplex biomarker algorithms based on optical, physical and/or electromagnetic patterns A method for diagnosing or predicting the risk of shock, the method incorporating an algorithmic combination of optical, electromagnetic, and other sensors, along with their anatomic and temporal patterns. A method for developing the algorithms through iterative optimization using machine learning.
US09719837B2	Method and apparatus for a bidirectional meter proving system During a water draw test, horizontal type bidirectional sphere provers with a straight calibrated section of pipe between the detector switches sometimes suffer from sphere launch failure which typically results in a failed water draw test. These types of provers, especially in larger pipe diameters will benefit from an elongate concentric fabricated reducer attached to the outlet of each launch tube. These elongate concentric fabricated reducers result in a successful sphere launch on the first attempt. Assuming all the other components of the prover are properly designed and assembled, a successful sphere launch will result in a successful water draw test on the first attempt saving time, money and reputation.
US09719833B2	Referential ultrasonic transceiver for acoustic measurement of a fluid level A filling level transmitter for measuring a filing level of a liquid includes: a filling level sensor having: an ultrasonic transceiver configured to emit ultrasound, and sensor electronics; a sound-conducting tube having two reflectors spaced apart from one another, the first reflector being configured to deflect ultrasound emitted by the transceiver in the direction of the second reflector, and the second reflector being configured to deflect the emitted ultrasound in the direction of the surface of the liquid. A third reflector is arranged in the second reflector such that emitted ultrasound impacting the third reflector is reflected in the direction of the first reflector.
US09719831B2	Error compensation by measurement of the STC filter function Level measuring device which can compensate the distortions, caused by an STC filter, of the received signal, by measuring a reference signal which passes through the receiving branch and also through the STC filter, during the ongoing operation of the level measuring device or during manufacture. For example, after passing through the receiving branch, this reference signal can be fed to a microprocessor which can calculate the correction values of the IF signal therefrom. A switch can be provided which can switch over between the reference signal and the IF signal.
US09719827B2	System for calculating and displaying remaining runtime for a portable generator A system is provided for calculating and displaying an estimated remaining runtime for a portable generator. The system may include fuel sender with capacitive sensors communicating with a control system to display the fuel level and/or remaining runtime that can be recalculated when step changes in system performance are detected.
US09719819B2	Vortex flow sensor for a vortex flow transducer having a flange shaped support device for supporting a membrane in a housing A vortex flow transducer for measuring the flow velocity of a fluid flowing in a measuring tube as well as to a vortex flow sensor for the vortex flow transducer. In such case, the vortex flow sensor includes a housing having a central axis and a connecting section, on which a shoulder is embodied, which has a bearing area. In a plane of the shoulder a membrane is arranged, whose edge is positioned over the bearing area and is axially spaced therefrom. The vortex flow sensor includes, furthermore, a flange shaped support system having a radial edge section and a cylindrical axial section, wherein the radial edge section lies with its surface against the shoulder of the platform and the cylindrical axial section extends parallel to the central axis, so that the membrane is supported against the support system upon application of a predetermined pressure on the membrane.
US09719813B2	Connector mechanism for safely and quickly attaching and detaching a sensor A connector mechanism for safely and quickly attaching or detaching a sensor. The connector mechanism includes a sensor head assembly comprising a detector body with an internal channel, an open distal end, and a sensor head attachment connector (HAC) located within the channel. The HAC includes a first electrical connection having at least a first contact member and a first key component located in a fixed location relative to the first contact member. The connector mechanism includes a sensor cartridge comprising a cartridge housing with a probe component, a second electrical connection having at least a second contact member configured to mate with the first contact member, and a second key component that is located in a fixed location relative to the second contact member. The first and second key components engage one another before the first and second contact members engage one another.
US09719809B2	Optical unit and displacement measuring device An optical unit includes: a first diffraction grating where light from a light source enters; a second diffraction grating that generates interference light as a result of diffracted light rays emitted from the first diffraction grating entering the second diffraction grating; and an optical member including a pair of reflective surfaces that are parallel and opposite to each other, the optical member being configured such that the pair of reflective surfaces respectively reflect ±mth-order diffracted light rays that are diffracted light rays of a specific order among a plurality of orders of the diffracted light rays emitted from the first diffraction grating so as to guide the ±mth-order diffracted light rays to the second diffraction grating, where m is a natural number.
US09719802B2	Transmitter and monitoring system using the same The present disclosure discloses a transmitter and a monitoring system using this transmitter, the transmitter includes: a multi-to-one multiplexing switch configured to receive a plurality of sensor signals of a plurality of channels through a plurality of input terminals, select one sensor signal from the plurality of sensor signals, and output the selected sensor signal through a output terminal; a first variable gain amplifier configured to receive the selected sensor signal, amplify the selected sensor signal with a gain within a first gain range, and output the amplified sensor signal; a control parameter input terminal configured to receive an input control parameter from outside of the transmitter; and an operating and switching selector configured to perform operations according to the input control parameter, so as to control the multi-to-one multiplexing switch to select the one sensor signal and control the gain of the first variable gain amplifier.
US09719790B2	Mapping uncertain geometries to graticules A geohash based cover for a geometry whose uncertainty is described as a circle with center point and a radius is disclosed. In one example, a geohash cover is computed that does not require any expensive geodesic calculations, providing roughly an order of magnitude improvement in speed up of cover calculation. In another example, distance computations are exact compared to a conventional process. In another example, the geohashes returned by the technique can vary between 4 to 9—with a median 6 (a certain conventional process would always return 9 hashes (all the 8 neighbors and the self geohash)). In another example, results are accurate, while still avoiding expensive geodesic computations.
US09719789B2	Method and apparatus for providing integration of access management with navigation systems An approach is provided for acquiring access rights for one or more restricted access areas. The approach involves determining that at least one potential route for at least one user includes at least one location with one or more access restrictions. The approach also involves initiating at least one query to determine whether the at least one user has at least one access right to the at least one location. The approach further involves generating at least one request to acquire the at least one access right for the at least one user based, at least in part, on one or more results of the at least one query prior to travel in the at least one location, a commencement of the at least one potential route, or a combination thereof.
US09719788B2	Determining spatial orientation information of a body from multiple electromagnetic signals A method for determining a spatial orientation of a body, including receiving, by receiving equipment located with the body, at least three electromagnetic signal sets, each of the received signal sets having been transmitted by a different one of at least three separate transmitters at different locations, detecting, for each one of the received signal sets, information that partially defines a direction from the body to the transmitter from which the signal set was received, the detected information including one of two angles that fully define an arrival direction from which the body received the signal set in relation to a body frame, the detected information not including a second of the two angles, and determining the spatial orientation of the body, including yaw, pitch, and roll angles relative to a navigation frame, using the detected information for each one of the received signal sets.
US09719787B2	Method and system for multiple pass smoothing The navigation solution of a device may be enhanced by perforating multiple pass smoothing. Forward and backward processing of the input data may be performed to derive interim navigation solutions. One or more quantities of the interim navigation solutions may be combined to smooth the quantities. At least one additional pass of forward and backward processing may then be performed using quantities of the navigation solution that were combined to enhance the interim navigation solutions. Next, at least one uncombined quantity of the navigation solution from the enhanced interim navigation solution is combined to provide an enhanced smoothed navigation solution. Additional passes may be performed to combine other quantities of the navigation solution as desired.
US09719783B2	Level sensor A level sensor (20) for a motor vehicle that comprises a housing (1), a rotor (2) that is rotatably mounted on the housing (1), a circuit board (3) that is enclosed by the housing (1) and contains at least a single stator as well as a connector (4). The level sensor (20) should be improved in such a way that the rotor (2) is easy to mount on the housing (1) and that there is practically no play so that a relative position of the stator as compared to a rotor structure (9) is largely maintained. Overall, the sensor should also be inexpensive to manufacture. This is achieved by the circumstance that the housing (1) exhibits a cylinder (6) with a circular cross-section that is mounted on the outside, that the rotor (2) is made of plastic with the exception of the rotor structure (9) and that the rotor (2) is guided within the cylinder (6) and interlocks with the latter.
US09719780B2	Observation device with a range finder The invention describes an observation device, having two tubular observation parts, wherein the longitudinal axes of the observation parts in the region of the ocular sides are spaced apart by a distance of at least 54 mm. At least one observation part has a flared portion on an external side, wherein the flared portion is located inside a subsection of between 20% and 80% of an overall length of the observation part. The flared portion lies in an annulus section having a normal distance to the optical axis of the objective of between 130% and 250% of the radius the objective lens.
US09719776B2	Feature and depth measurement using multiple beam sources and interferometry Systems and techniques for processing materials using wavelength beam combining for high-power operation in concert with interferometry to detect the depth or height of features as they are created.
US09719773B2	Measuring method and measuring apparatus The present invention provides a method of measuring a shape of a surface of an object, the method including obtaining shape data for each of a plurality of regions on the surface by a surface measurement for each of the plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions having a region overlapping another of the plurality of regions, obtaining an error of the surface measurements so as to minimize a difference in shape with respect to the overlapping regions based on the obtained shape data, and obtaining the shape of the surface based on the obtained shape data and the obtained error, wherein the shape data is obtained so as not to include a component having a spatial frequency higher than a threshold determined based on a required precision.
US09719772B2	Fiber optic system for sensing the position of a hydraulic accumulator piston A fiber optic sensing system for determining the position of an object requires a light source, an optical fiber, a fiber optic splitter, a fiber tip lens, an optical detector and signal processing circuitry. Light emitted by the light source is conveyed via optical fiber and the splitter to the lens and onto an object, such that at least a portion of the light is reflected by the object and conveyed via fiber and the splitter to the detector. Signal processing circuitry coupled to the detector determines the position of the object with respect to the lens based on a characteristic of the reflected light. The system is suitably employed with a hydraulic accumulator having a piston, the position of which varies with the volume of fluid in the accumulator, with the system arranged to determine the position of the piston, from which the volume can be calculated.
US09719771B2	Rotation angle sensor for absolute rotation angle determination even upon multiple revolutions A rotation angle sensor for detecting an absolute rotation angle upon single or multiple revolutions includes a magnetic field sensor and an encoder arrangement. The magnetic field sensor detects at least two orthogonal magnetic field variables. The encoder arrangement is rotatable depending on the absolute rotation angle relative to the magnetic field sensor, such that the magnetic field detected by the magnetic field sensor is dependent on a relative angular position of the encoder arrangement with respect to the magnetic field sensor. The encoder arrangement is furthermore displaceable relative to the magnetic field sensor. The relative angular position and the relative translational position of the encoder arrangement with respect to the magnetic field sensor is determined from the at least two orthogonal magnetic field variables. The absolute rotation angle is determined by means of the relative angular position and the relative translational position.
US09719769B2	Bidirectional displacement detector A bidirectional displacement detector according to the present invention includes: a displacement detector which includes a first detection element and a second detection element; a base at which the first detection element is provided; an arm which is coupled to the base so as to be rotatable around an arm rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction, and at which the second detection element is provided; and a probe which is coupled to the base so as to be rotatable around a probe rotation axis perpendicular to the arm rotation axis. The probe has a contact part provided at a position away from the probe rotation axis, and a pair of abutment parts which is disposed along a direction of the arm rotation axis and on both sides with the probe rotation axis interposed therebetween and comes into contact with the arm so as to be able to be separated from the arm. Each of the pair of abutment parts is in contact with the arm from the lower side thereof and is biased upward.
US09719767B2	Device for inspecting a profiled workpiece A device for inspecting a profiled work pieces has a toothing, the profile metrologically detectable by the probe element of a profile probe. The profile and the profile probe are moved relative to one another and at right angles or tangentially to the measuring plane of the profile probe. The device measures work pieces having different numbers of teeth, modules and widths, directly after processing, on site and quickly, for accuracy and deviations, without special profiles for the toothing. The probe element of the profile probe can be applied to the profile of the work piece, can be applied to the profile edge of the work piece that is moving away from the probe element by the probe radius of the probe element, and subsequently, by the lateral surface of the probe element facing the profile edge opposite thereof, is configured so the probe element can be displaced from the profile gap.
US09719766B2	Method and system for measurement using a telescopic gauge A measurement system for determining dimensions of a measurement zone of a physical asset is presented. The system includes a telescoping gauge configured to determine one or more analog measurements corresponding to the measurement zone of the physical asset, where the telescoping gauge includes a sliding arm and a vertical arm. Furthermore, the system includes a data digitizer operatively coupled to the telescoping gauge and configured to convert the one or more analog measurements to corresponding one or more digital measurements. In addition, the system includes a wireless unit operatively coupled to the telescoping gauge and configured to wirelessly transmit the one or more digital measurements.
US09719760B2	Fin deployment mechanism and projectile with such a mechanism The invention relates to a fin deployment mechanism (1) comprising a base unit (3), deployable fins (8) movably arranged on the base unit (3) and, in the retracted position, bearing against the base unit (3), as well as a gas-generating device, in which the fins in the retracted position are fixed to the base unit, and in which at least one gas duct (6, 7) is arranged in the base unit (3) so as to conduct pressurized gas generated by the gas-generating device to the bottom side of the fins (8), which in the retracted position bear against the base unit (3), in order to create a force which acts on the fins (8) for deployment of the same (8′). The invention further relates to an artillery projectile comprising a fin deployment mechanism.
US09719755B2	Adapter piece and handheld firearm comprising such an adapter piece An adapter piece for mounting weapon accessory parts on a handheld firearm having a main body which includes mounting elements for detachably attaching the weapon accessory parts. To ensure flexible and accurate mounting of the weapon accessory parts, a fastening element for detachably attaching the main body to a front stock of the handheld firearm is disposed on the main body.
US09719754B2	Folding stock adaptor for military-style assault rifles and a method for its use The present folding stock adapter can be used with many types of military-type assault rifles that typically comprise a receiver extension, buffer and action spring. The present folding stock adapter can be used to add a folding capability to a standard stock allowing it to fold against a rifle's receiver when the weapon is not in use, thus reducing the overall length of the weapon. This reduction in length can facilitate its maneuverability, storage and transport in cramped quarters. The present device can also allow for the quick unfolding of the stock in order to allow the weapon to function and be fire normally.
US09719741B1	Magazine loading device A magazine loading device comprises an ammunition delivery interface, a shuttle or escapement, an orientation gate, a staging gate, a plunger, and a magazine receiver. The ammunition may be supplied to the ammunition delivery interface in a number of ways, including utilization of a hopper. The ammunition may be guided into an opening in the shuttle or escapement, which may then transfer the ammunition to an orientation gate. The geometry of the orientation gate is such that the ammunition will always drop through the orientation gate with the projectile down, which in this case is the desired orientation for loading into the magazine. A plunger may then push the ammunition into the magazine.
US09719735B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, having a tube/fin bundle with tubes, through which a coolant can flow, and having at least one manifold into which the coolant, coming out of the tubes, can flow, whereby the at least one manifold has a manifold top part and a manifold bottom part, whereby outwardly extending protrusions, which form a passage geometry for receiving the tubes of the tube/fin bundle, are formed on the manifold top part and the manifold bottom part.
US09719730B1	Engine conversion system An energy conversion system which utilizes magneto-hydrodynamics for energy based on the Stirling cycle without any moving parts. The energy conversion system generally includes a containment chamber which includes no moving parts. A compressible gas traverses through four distinct sections of the containment chamber to allow for energy conversion based on the Stirling cycle. The first section performs constant volume heating of the medium, the second section performs isothermal expansion of the medium, the third section performs constant volume cooling of the medium, and the fourth section performs isothermal compression of the medium. Electrical conductors installed within the containment chamber and magnetic field placed adjacent to the electric conductors within the containment chamber will extract electrical energy from the moving compressed ionized gas (CIG) using the principle of magneto-hydrodynamics.
US09719728B2	Turbulated immersion heat-exchange apparatus A submersible heat-exchanging apparatus for installation into storage tanks used for containing industrial oils. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical heat-exchange component with one end sealingly engaging a terminal plug and the other end sealingly engaging and communicating with a coupling manifold having opposed inflow and outflow ports. A flow-directing elongate insert is provided with one end configured to engage the coupling manifold interposed the inflow and outflow ports, and the other end provided with an aperture and configured for abutting the terminal plug. The flow-directing elongate insert slidingly contacts and cooperates with the inner walls of the heat-conductive conduit thereby partitioning the heat-conductive conduit into two opposed fluid transmission channels wherein one channel communicates with the inlet port and the other channel communicates with the outlet port. The coupling manifold sealingly engages an aperture provided in the storage tank whereby the heat-exchange component extends into the tank.
US09719726B2	Bi-directional fill for use in cooling towers Cooling towers and cooling tower fill configured for the cooling of process water with air by indirect heat exchange, in which the fill is configured with a first set of channels and a second set of channels, said first and second set of channels interleaved with one-another so that heat exchange occurs across material separating said channels from one-another.
US09719720B2	Refrigerator and control method for the same A refrigerator includes a main body, a door configured to open or close a storage compartment, and a beverage receiving chamber that defines a space for reception of a beverage container. The refrigerator includes a light emitting device and a camera arranged with the beverage receiving chamber in its field of view and configured to capture an image of an interior of the beverage receiving chamber. The refrigerator includes a beverage residual quantity sensing device located in the beverage receiving chamber and configured to measure a weight of a beverage. The refrigerator includes a display configured to display a kind and residual quantity of the beverage, and a controller configured to control operation of the camera, receive a weight sensing signal from the sensing device, determine the residual quantity of the beverage based on the weight sensing signal, and provide a user with information on the kind and residual quantity.
US09719718B2	Casing for a device that can be used in domestic, catering, or retail sectors A casing for a device that can be used in the domestic, catering, or retail sectors, in one embodiment a refrigerating device, that has two lateral walls, a top wall, and a rear wall. The casing comprises two lateral casing elements for covering the lateral walls of the device, a top casing element for covering the top wall of the device, and a rear casing element for covering the rear wall of the device. The lateral casing elements and the top casing element each have an angled front edge section for engaging around a front edge of the lateral walls and a front edge of the top wall, respectively. Each lateral casing element includes a retaining profile on a face opposite the angled front edge section, the rear casing element being held in said retaining profiles.
US09719716B1	Anti-ice buildup system for roof vent pipes An anti-ice buildup system for roof vent pipes that is easy to install and that prevents ice buildup in roof vent pipes. The anti-ice buildup system for roof vent pipes generally includes a first segment and a second segment extending downwardly from the first segment. At least a portion of the first segment is adapted to remain outside of a vent pipe and at least a portion of the second segment is adapted to extend downwardly through an upper opening in the vent pipe. The second segment is constructed of a thermal conductive material to conduct heat from the vent air and sunlight.
US09719703B2	Vehicle air comfort system and method Vehicle air comfort systems and methods. The systems and methods may comprise: (1) a plurality of flow tunnels for passage of a heat-transfer fluid; (2) a thermoelectric cooler in thermal communication with the flow tunnels for thermally conditioning the heat-transfer fluid in the flow tunnels; (3) an air inlet for receiving unconditioned air; (4) a thermal exchange assembly for facilitating thermal exchange between the thermally conditioned heat-transfer fluid and the unconditioned air to result in conditioning of the air; and (5) an air outlet for outputting the conditioned air into the vehicle.
US09719699B2	Refrigeration device An air conditioner (1A) as a refrigeration apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit (2) including an evaporator (25), a first compressor (21), a vapor cooler (3), a second compressor (22), and a condenser (23) that are connected in this order; a heat release circuit (4) that allows a heat medium to circulate between the condenser (23) and a first heat exchanger (5) that releases heat to the atmosphere; and a heat absorption circuit (6) that allows a heat medium to circulate between the evaporator (25) and a second heat exchanger (7). The vapor cooler (3) is a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant vapor compressed by the first compressor (21) and the heat medium flowing in the heat release circuit (4) or the heat medium flowing in the heat absorption circuit (6).
US09719690B2	Zone based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) control using extensive temperature monitoring System and methods for controlling an air conditioning (AC) system includes defining one or more zones to achieve control actions based on local conditions to create a localized dynamic system for localized control, wherein zones are defined by considering hot and cool areas of the room or location of heat generating equipment, wherein the zone definition changes dynamically based on time of day or based on occupancy, or wherein zones are defined in a customizable manner based on sensitivity analysis considering energy savings and comfort tradeoff or considering equipment with predetermined temperature restrictions; monitoring through sensor placement at predetermined locations in the room based on importance of the equipment, heat generation zones and proximity to the AC; determining appropriate temperature setpoints based on existing operating conditions; and applying temperature information at the predetermined locations to generate rules for the actuation of AC systems.
US09719685B2	System and method for flame stabilization A system and method for flame stabilization is provided that forestalls incipient lean blow out by improving flame stabilization. A combustor profile is selected that maintains desired levels of power output while minimizing or eliminating overboard air bleed and minimizing emissions. The selected combustor profile maintains average shaft power in a range of from approximately 50% up to full power while eliminating overboard air bleed in maintaining such power settings. Embodiments allow for a combustor to operate with acceptable emissions at lower flame temperature. Because the combustor can operate at lower bulk flame temperatures during part power operation, the usage of inefficient overboard bleed can be reduced or even eliminated.
US09719675B2	Apparatus for generating steam The present application relates to apparatus for generating steam. It comprises a water inlet (19), a evaporation surface (24), and a heater (26) disposed adjacent to the evaporation surface (24) to heat the evaporation surface (24) to a predetermined temperature such that water fed onto the evaporation surface (24) via the water inlet (19) forms a film on the evaporation surface (24) and is evaporated. The apparatus is configured so that water is fed to one or more regions of the evaporation surface (24), and the temperature of the water fed onto the evaporation surface (24) is lower than the predetermined temperature, so that scale on the or each region of the evaporation surface (24) to which water is fed cools at a different rate at which water on a remainder of the evaporation surface (24) cools. This causes scale on the evaporation surface (24) to break apart and be dislodged from the evaporation surface (24).
US09719649B2	Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight Techniques for encoded data processing which allow for continuous data processing as encoded data changes. Data is decomposed into one or more blocks with each block containing at least one data record. At least one data record within a given block is encoded with a first encoding process selected from one or more encoding processes. The first encoding process is associated with the given data block. Techniques evaluate whether or not to implement an encoding change for a given block when updating a given data record in the given block. Responsive to the evaluation, the given block is re-encoded with a second encoding process. Responsive to the re-encoding, the association of the given block is updated. A map is formed to convert the given data record encoded with the first encoding process to the second encoding process so as to preserve comparative relationships of the given data record.
US09719646B2	Headlamp for vehicles A headlamp for vehicles having a projection module containing a first light source for generating a first light bundle, a reflector assigned to the first light source, a lens, and an edge disposed in a focal plane for generating a low beam light distribution. The headlamp also includes a second light source for generating a second light bundle and an optics unit disposed between the lens and the second light source for generating a supplementary light distribution, such that by superimposing the supplementary light distribution and the low beam light distribution, a high beam light distribution is formed. The optics unit is formed by a flat waveguide having a light entry surface for receiving the second light bundle emitted from the second light source. The second light source is disposed in the proximity of the light entry surface, having a light exit surface, and flat sides extending between the light entry surface and the light exit surface, on which entering light can be conducted through total reflection. A light/dark border of the low beam light distribution is formed by the edge of the flat waveguide formed as the front outer edge, which connects the light exit surface and an upper flat side of the waveguide. The upper flat side of the flat waveguide is provided with a light blocking coating, such that an entry of light beams from the first light bundle striking the upper flat side is prevented.
US09719645B2	Motor vehicle headlight having a complex headlight lens The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight having at least one first light source and a headlight lens which comprising, for example, a blank-molded integrally formed body which is made from a transparent material, and which comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part having at least one optically effective light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises, an optically effective, light entry surface and merges, while forming a kink, into the light-conducting part for imaging the kink as a light-dark boundary by means of light coupled in or radiated into the light entry surface from the first light source, wherein the light tunnel has a transition region in which the surface delimiting the light tunnel at the top rises in the direction of the light-conducting part.
US09719642B1	Tube light with improved LED array Apparatus and system for producing light using LED lighting with output within a predetermined desired color temperature range for commercial lighting uses. A preferred embodiment includes a first and second group of LEDs arranged in an alternating matrix configuration, each group of LEDs configured to produce light in a predetermined color temperature range. In a preferred embodiment, an LED light system includes a tubular LED lamp having substantially the same size and dimensions as a traditional fluorescent lamp tube and a control box for controlling power input and power gain to the first, second, or both groups of LEDs.
US09719640B2	Manhole lighting system A portable lighting system including a ring shaped body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outside wall and an inside wall, the ring shaped body defining a body perimeter, a rim secured to the body and extending away from the outside wall, a plurality of lights secured about the body perimeter, and a power source operatively connected to the plurality of lights. The power source may be a battery or other power source and can power the lights in addition to a controller, camera, transceiver, or sensor. One or more of the lights may be flexibly secured to the body and the body may be secured in place through a variety of ways. A safety ring and/or accessory bracket may be secured atop the portable lighting system.
US09719637B2	Tubular lighting device A tubular lighting device comprising an elongated heat sink (3), at least one light source (5) mounted on the elongated heat sink (3), and an elongated hollow tubular member (7) with a first and a second end arranged along the elongated heat sink (3). The tubular member (7) comprises a lens (15) and a light exit surface (9). The light exit surface is located in front of the lens (15) and the light exit surface (9) have at least one diffusing portion (11) with a transparent portion on each side of each diffusing portion. The at least one diffusing portion (11) covers an area on the light exit surface (9) corresponding to a light distribution of said lens (15) projected on the light exit surface (9), such that all light is directed by said lens (15) onto the at least one diffusing portion (11).
US09719623B2	Heat trace system including hybrid composite insulation A fluid pipeline has a first end and a second end. An elongated heat trace element comprised of first and second heat tubes is aligned and coupled to at least a portion of an outer surface of the fluid pipeline. The outer surface of fluid pipeline carries a first insulation material covering a first portion of the outer surface. The outer surface of the fluid pipeline further carries a second insulation material covering a second portion of the outer surface and wherein the second portion of the outer surface is different than the first portion of the outer surface. The first and second insulation materials are configured to cover the outer surface of the fluid pipeline. The fluid pipeline further comprises a third insulation material carried over a second outer surface defined by the cooperation of the first and second insulation materials.
US09719622B2	Electrofusion fittings and methods An electrofusion fiting (20) comprises a fitting body (24) and an electrofusion collar (26). The fitting body (24) has an exterior surface (30), an interior surface (32), and a terminal portion (44) extending to a rim (34). The collar (26) has: an inner wall (42) having a heating element (60); a segmented outer wall (40) spaced radially apart from the inner wall; and a linking portion (46) linking the outer wall and inner wall. The fitting body terminal portion is between the inner wall and the outer wall. The collar and fitting body have interfitting features (150, 152) axially retaining the collar against extraction from the fitting body while permitting relative rotation of the collar and the fitting body.
US09719618B2	Pipe joint An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.
US09719616B2	Line and delivery system having such a line The present general inventive concept, in some of its many example embodiments, relates to a line, in particular for the conduction of gaseous media under high pressure, preferably in the range of 150 bar to 400 bar, very preferably in the range of 200 bar to 350 bar, in particular 200 bar to 250 bar, having at least one high-pressure line and at least one gas recirculation line, characterized in that the gas recirculation line is arranged, preferably coaxially, inside the high-pressure line and the gas recirculation line comprises a stabilization device, in particular in spiral form, preferably a steel spiral, very preferably a normal steel spiral or a stainless steel spiral.
US09719607B2	Magnetic holding brake and actuator with a magnetic holding brake A magnetic holding brake (1) having at least one turning brake member (4) allocatable to a rotatable part (2) of an actuator (3) and a fixed brake member (6) allocatable to a torque-proof part (5) of the actuator (3). The turning brake member (4) and the fixed brake member (6) each at least have one permanent magnet (7, 8) of different polarity. The permanent magnets are lying opposite to each other in a pre-defined relative position of the turning brake member (4) and the fixed brake member (6) under exertion of a braking or holding torque. In this manner, the possibility exists that a holding in the so-called “fail as is”-mode is more easily and reliably and at the same time cost-efficiently achievable without wear or further energy demand.
US09719606B1	Vacuum breaker valve A vacuum breaker valve is provided, including: a barrel member, a biasing assembly, a water stop gasket and a plate. The biasing assembly is abutted within the barrel member. The water stop gasket is disposed in the barrel member and abuts against the biasing assembly. The water stop gasket has a water stop portion which is deformable to close at least one air passage of the barrel member. The plate is located between the inlet end and the water stop gasket, and its engaging flange structure is blockable, in a direction toward the inlet end, by a shoulder portion of the barrel member. The biasing assembly normally drives the water stop portion of the water stop gasket apart from the at least one air passage to keep the at least one air passage non-closed.
US09719593B2	Hydraulic transmission circuit A hydraulic transmission circuit is provided having at least two elementary hydraulic motors, each having a secondary enclosure and a main duct for fluid feed and a secondary enclosure and a main duct for fluid discharge. A fluid distributor distributes fluid from the main ducts to the elementary motors via the secondary enclosures. A control system controls the elementary motors. Valves connecting the fluid distributor to the secondary enclosures of the first motor put a secondary enclosure into communication with a main duct independent of an operating mode of any other elementary motor.
US09719591B2	Continuously variable transmission cooling fan A continuously variable transmission cooling fan includes a moveable sheave cover attached to a drive clutch assembly of a continuously variable transmission, with a plurality of fan blades molded into the moveable sheave cover and arranged around the perimeter of the moveable sheave cover. Each fan blade may have a different length, curvature and angle of position than the adjacent fan blades. The continuously variable transmission cooling fan also may include a plurality of openings in the moveable sheave cover located radially inwardly from the fan blades.
US09719589B2	Hydrokinetic torque converter without impeller and turbine thrust bearings, and method for making the same A hydrokinetic torque converter comprises an impeller rotatable about a rotational axis, a coaxial turbine, and a stator disposed between the impeller and the turbine. The stator includes an annular stator hub, an annular radially outer stator rim, a plurality of stator blades radially outwardly extending between the stator hub and the stator rim, and an annular outer stator flange extending radially outwardly from the stator rim thereof and disposed between an impeller core ring and a turbine core ring. The stator further includes a plurality of hydraulic pressure grooves provided on at least one of axially opposite impeller and turbine side surfaces of the stator flange. The hydraulic pressure grooves face at least one of the impeller and turbine core rings so as to create a hydrodynamic lift between the stator and at least one of the impeller and turbine core rings in the axial direction.
US09719578B2	Gear device A gear device is provided with a crankshaft including a shaft main body and an eccentric portion, a linking member including external teeth and configured to transmit the rotation of the input gear to the crankshaft, a carrier configured to rotatably support the crankshaft, an oscillation gear oscillating and rotating, and an outer cylinder including internal teeth engaged with the oscillation gear. The carrier and the outer cylinder are configured to concentrically relatively rotate according to the rocking rotation of the oscillation gear. The linking member is configured to selectively take a first position where the external teeth are engaged with a first input gear and a second position where the external teeth are engaged with a second input gear.
US09719575B2	Vibration-damping device A vibration-damping device (10) of the invention includes a tubular first attachment member (11) and a second attachment member (12); an elastic body (13); a partitioning member (17) that forms a main liquid chamber (14), a first auxiliary liquid chamber (15), and a second auxiliary liquid chamber (16); a first diaphragm (18) that constitutes a portion of the wall surface of the first auxiliary liquid chamber (15); and a second diaphragm (19) that constitutes a portion of the wall surface of the second auxiliary liquid chamber (16) and that has a smaller deformation resistance than the deformation resistance of the first diaphragm (18). The partitioning member (17) is provided with an idle orifice (31) that allows the main liquid chamber (14) and the first auxiliary liquid chamber (15) to communicate with each other and that produces resonance with respect to the input of an idle vibration, and a shake orifice (32) that allows the main liquid chamber (14) and the second auxiliary liquid chamber (16) to communicate with each other and that produces resonance with respect to the input of a shake vibration. An adjustment chamber (24) having an interior capable of being decompressed or compressed with respect to standard pressure or being open so as to be capable of being blocked with respect to the outside, is provided adjacent to the second auxiliary liquid chamber (16) with the second diaphragm (19) interposed therebetween. By including the configuration as described above, damping characteristics against vibrations are exhibited over a wide range of frequencies.
US09719574B2	Shock absorber and method for operating a shock absorber in particular for a bicycle Shock absorber and method for operating a shock absorber for a bicycle wherein a relative motion of a first and a second component interconnected via a damper device is dampened. The damper device includes a controllable damping valve with a field generating device with which a field-sensitive medium can be influenced for influencing a damping force of the damper device by applying a field intensity of the field generating device. A parameter for the current relative speeds of the first and second components is obtained in real time. For damping, a current field intensity to be set is derived in real time by way of the parameter from a characteristic damper curve and the field intensity to be currently set is generated by the field generating device in real time for setting in real time a damping force which results from the predetermined characteristic damper curve at the parameter obtained.
US09719571B2	Retractable latch bumper A bumper for a closure, such as a tailgate, acts between the tailgate and a frame to bias a striker in to engagement with a latch. The bumper is moved to a retracted position during closing to reduce the force needed to close the tailgate. After latching, the bumper is conditioned to an extended position to assert the bias between the tailgate and frame.
US09719563B2	Axle assembly having a tapered spline arrangement An axle assembly having a tapered spline arrangement. The axle assembly may include a first shaft that may have a first spline and a clutch collar that may have a clutch collar spline that may be disposed in a hole that may receive the first shaft. The first spline and the second spline may be tapered in opposite directions.
US09719556B2	Journal foil air bearing A journal foil air beating includes: a top foil located to face an outer circumferential surface of a rotating shaft and surround the rotating shaft; a bump foil being an elastically deformable member and located to surround the top foil; a base foil located to surround the bump foil, and a coupling unit configured to couple the first end portion of the top foil, the first end portion of the bump foil, the first end portion of the base foil, and the second end portion of the base foil, wherein the base foil, the bump foil, and the top foil are modularized into one piece by the coupling unit. According to the present invention, the journal foil air bearing may be easily assembled in advance and modularized into one piece, may be very conveniently mounted or disassembled on a bearing housing in a workplace.
US09719545B2	Screw A screw includes a shank and a thread extending spirally around an outer circumference of the shank. The thread includes a plurality of thread convolutions, and a plurality of ribs provided between two adjacent thread convolutions of the thread. A helical groove is formed in the outer circumference of the shank and extends continuously across at least partial of the plurality of thread convolutions of the thread. The helical groove intersects partial of the plurality of ribs, and the helical groove has a width which is 1.5-2.5 times a width of the rib. The helical groove is used to accommodate residues which are generated when the screw is driven in articles to be assembled for speedily driving the screw without degradation of the binding capacity between the screw and the articles.
US09719535B1	Varnish mitigation process A method of flushing a hydraulic system including a fluid circuit and an in-service fluid flowing therein includes fluidly coupling a kidney loop to the fluid circuit such that at least a portion of the in-service fluid may flow therethrough, the kidney loop including a depth media filter and a micro-glass filter arranged in a parallel flow pattern and introducing a solvent cleaner into the in-service fluid at a concentration level between approximately 2.5% and approximately 6%, the solvent cleaner including at least one hydrocarbon group V fluid. The method further includes maintaining a temperature of the in-service fluid between approximately 100 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 155 degrees Fahrenheit and controlling the flow of the in-service fluid at a flow rate between approximately 3 gallons per minute and approximately 6.8 gallons per minute.
US09719534B2	Pneumatic insect robots A modular pneumatic robotic actuator, including a first elongated hollow structure and a second elongated hollow structure connected to each other at a moveable joint; an inflatable bladder comprised of an elastomeric material disposed at the joint and immobilized between the first and second hollow structures, wherein the inflatable bladder inflates preferentially away from the joint; and a restraining membrane comprised of an elastomeric material disposed over the bladder and connecting the first and second hollow structures, wherein the restraining membrane is relaxed when the bladder is deflated.
US09719533B1	Vehicle hood lifter with detachable piston rod A gas-powered actuator is provided. The actuator includes a housing and a piston movably positioned within the housing. A cavity is formed in the piston. The housing includes an opening formed therein. The opening is structured to permit insertion of a piston rod into the opening, then into the piston cavity.
US09719530B2	Electrohydraulic control circuit An electrohydraulic control circuit for driving a hydraulically actuated actuating element (5, 6), by means of which a segment (5.3) of a manipulator, in particular of a large manipulator for truck-mounted concrete pumps, can be adjusted in terms of its orientation, wherein there are provided an electrically driven first valve (2.4), which is connected to hydraulic working lines of the actuating element (5.6) for the drive thereof, and leak-free check valves (2.5, 2.6) provided in the working lines of the actuating element (5.6), which valves are arranged on the actuating element (5.6) or on the segment (5.3) associated with this actuating element (5.6) and can be released for the normal operation of the actuating element (5.6), wherein the release of the check valves (2.5, 2.6) is driven by an electronic control unit (ECU) separate from the first valve (2.4) and the check valves (2.5, 2.6).
US09719525B2	Medallion fan This invention relates to a ceiling mounted air circulating apparatus comprising, in combination: a motor; an essentially centrally located radial or axial air impeller; air guiding means; optional airflow enhancement by means of air amplification means; optional centrally located wiring path from an electrical power source to a wiring enclosure suitable for hanging a lighting fixture or chandelier; and decorative embellishments, ail of which are arranged to blend with the architectural style of a space in a manner similar to a decorative ceiling medallion, the plariform of which, when viewed from below may be circular, rectangular, or polygonal. Optionally, the apparatus of the present invention may embody any of the following; heating, cooling, filtration means, positive ion generation means, and / or air sterilization means.
US09719518B2	Adjustable-trim centrifugal compressor with ported shroud, and turbocharger having same A ported-shroud centrifugal compressor for a turbocharger includes an inlet-adjustment mechanism in an air inlet for the compressor, operable to move between an open position and a closed position in the air inlet. The inlet-adjustment mechanism includes an axially elongated ring. In the open position, the radially outer surface of the ring is spaced from a tapering inner surface of the air inlet so that air can flow in an annular passage between the tapering surface and the ring, and the ring opens the ported shroud. In the closed position, the ring abuts the tapering surface to close off the annular passage and to close off the ported shroud. Movement of the inlet-adjustment mechanism from the open position to the closed position is effective to shift the compressor's surge line to lower flow rates.
US09719516B2	Pressure reducing rotor assembly for a pump A rotor assembly for a centrifugal pump includes a rotor and a rotor cover, defining a fluid chamber therebetween, and having openings or channels that are provided in either the rotor cover or the rotor, or both, to direct fluid from the fluid chamber into the rotor or rotor cover of the rotor assembly to provide reduction of increased pressure that is experienced within the fluid chamber, especially at or near the center of the fluid chamber.
US09719512B2	Hermetically sealed rotary compressor and refrigeration cycle device The height measured from the bottom surfaces of support legs is set to be 2.5 or more times as great as the outer diameter of the compressor body, the height of the center of gravity measured from the bottom surfaces of the support legs to the center of gravity is set to be ½ or less the overall height, and the support legs are provided in number of four, based on the fulfillment of Rc/cos θ
US09719511B2	Scroll compressor in which a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll are placed between a partition plate and a main bearing A scroll compressor of the present invention includes a partition plate, a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, a rotation-restraining member, a main bearing, a discharge space, a ring-shaped first seal member and a ring-shaped second seal member. A pressure in the medium pressure space is set lower than that in the discharge space and higher than that in the low pressure space. The first seal member and the second seal member are sandwiched by the partition plate by means of a closing member, the fixed scroll can move in an axial direction of the fixed scroll between the partition plate and the main bearing. If a high pressure is applied to the discharge space, the fixed scroll can be pressed against the orbiting scroll.
US09719508B2	Flexible impeller pump A flexible impeller pump includes improved flexible impeller geometry, an impeller shaft having protruding portions that produce a stronger and more durable connection between the impeller shaft and the flexible impeller, a smoother housing cam surface, and wear resistant surfaces that are disposed between end faces of the flexible impeller and adjacent housing end walls.
US09719505B2	Medication pump test device and method of use A medication pump test device and method of use including a test device for use with a medication pump and a depth indicator, the test device including: an external body portion defining a depth indicator recess operable to receive the fixed portion of the depth indicator; an internal body portion attached to the external body portion, the internal body portion defining a slide spindle passage operable to allow free axial movement of the slide spindle of the depth indicator. The test device maintains the fixed portion of the depth indicator at a fixed axial position along the central axis relative to the medication pump when the fixed portion of the depth indicator is seated in the depth indicator recess, the external contact portion contacts the medication pump, and the internal body portion is seated in the open end of the reservoir compartment.
US09719504B2	Pump having an automated gas removal and fluid recovery system and method A precision pump system having a motor driver for accurately and repeatedly delivering process fluid, (e.g., photo chemicals) using a pumping fluid with minimal process fluid loss to a fabrication process and whereby the motor driver can be easily and quickly replaced without interrupting the fluid flow path. This is accomplished with the use of a process fluid reservoir and a pumping fluid reservoir that are associated with the pump, either integrated with the pump or closely adjacent. In addition, this precision pump system can be remotely monitored, viewed and controlled over the Internet. In addition, trapped process fluid within a downstream filtering block can be recirculated to the process fluid reservoir when trapped gas in the filter is removed. Furthermore, a nitrogen gas source is connected to the process fluid reservoir via a valve in case a need to insert a gas is required.
US09719502B2	Diaphragm pumps A diaphragm pump comprising a housing for receiving and securely holding a motor, the housing comprising an elongate portion having a closed end and an open end, the elongate portion being adapted to securely receive and house a motor; and a collar portion being provided at the open end of the elongate portion; a cover for the housing, the cover being adapted to engage with the housing; a diaphragm plate extending across the open end of the housing between the collar portion of the housing and the cover and being secured therebetween when the cover is engaged with the collar portion of the housing. The diaphragm pump also includes a wobble plate positioned within the collar portion of the housing.
US09719498B2	System and method for recovering energy in a machine An energy recovery system for a first machine includes a cylinder member, and a piston slidably disposed in the cylinder member and operatively coupled to a frame of the first machine. The piston and the cylinder member together define a chamber configured to receive a hydraulic fluid. The energy recovery system includes an accumulator in fluid communication with the chamber and a first valve assembly for regulating a flow of the hydraulic fluid from the chamber to the accumulator. The energy recovery system includes a controller configured to receive a signal indicative of a parameter of a payload that is to be received from a second machine during a work cycle thereof. The controller is configured to control the first valve assembly, during the work cycle of the second machine, to at least partially open the fluid communication between the chamber and the accumulator based on the received signal.
US09719496B2	Solar receiver, method of cooling a solar receiver and a power generation system A solar receiver (100), for capturing solar radiation, comprising a radiation capturing element (3) and a channel (8) around that element, through which channel (8) a pressurized working fluid is passed to absorb thermal energy from the radiation capturing element.
US09719486B2	Seal device for hydraulic circuit In a seal device for a hydraulic circuit, in which an oil passage that supplies hydraulic oil to or discharges the hydraulic oil from a hydraulic actuator operated by hydraulic pressure is formed over at least two members that relatively move, and a seal member that seals a gap between the two members in a liquid-tight manner is disposed in an interior of a groove section that is formed in at least either one of the two members, a communication section that allows the groove section to communicate with any portion of the oil passage such that the hydraulic oil in the interior of the groove section moves along with supply of the hydraulic oil to or discharge of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator is formed.
US09719471B2	Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines The invention relates to a fuel injection valve, comprising a nozzle body (1) and a pressure chamber (3) formed therein, wherein the pressure chamber (3) can be filled with fuel under high pressure and wherein a piston-shaped nozzle needle (5) is arranged in the pressure chamber so as to be movable longitudinally, which nozzle needle interacts with a nozzle seat (7) formed in the nozzle body (1) by means of a sealing surface (6) formed at the end of the nozzle needle on the combustion chamber side and thereby controls the flow of fuel from the pressure chamber (3) to at least one injection opening (8). A sleeve (12) accommodates the end of the nozzle needle (5) facing away from the nozzle seat and bounds a control chamber (20). By means of the pressure of the control chamber, a hydraulic force is applied to the nozzle needle (5) in the direction of the nozzle seat (7). A closing spring (16) is arranged in the control chamber (20). The closing spring is arranged between the sleeve (12) and the nozzle needle (5) under compressive preload.
US09719464B2	Metal-elastomer seal with integrated dirt and media sealing A flat gasket has a functional layer with at least one media through-opening and at least one combustion chamber through-opening. A second layer, which is separate from the functional layer. The second layer has a media through-opening that corresponds to the media through-opening in the functional layer and a combustion chamber through-opening that corresponds to the combustion chamber through-opening in the functional layer. The functional layer has at least one combustion chamber sealing bead, which is preferably a full bead, for each combustion chamber through-opening. The second layer has an outer boundary sealing bead and an elastomer sealing profile for each media through-opening.
US09719460B2	Engine oil pan The present invention discloses an engine oil pan, which includes a cylinder block, wherein a plurality of arc-shaped grooves are disposed on the second end surface of the cylinder block along the axial direction of a crank shaft; the arc-shaped grooves form arc-shaped bulges in a sunk portion on the first end surface of the cylinder block; the arc-shaped bulges divide the sunk portion into first space and second space; a platform is disposed inside the sunk portion of the cylinder block; and the height of the platform is lower than the height of the arc-shaped bulges. The technical solution employed by the present invention enables lubricating oil in the engine oil pan to flow more effectively, and enables the lubricating oil in the oil pan to be utilized more effectively when the engine is used in any position.
US09719453B2	Electric actuation of a valve based on knowledge of the closing point and opening point of the valve A method for determining an effective injection time of a valve having a coil drive includes determining an opening time of the valve, determining a closing time of the valve, and determining the effective injection time of the electric actuation of the valve for an injection operation based on the defined opening time and the defined closing time.
US09719449B2	Diagnosis system of internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and being able to store oxygen in inflowing exhaust gas and an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst in a direction of exhaust flow and detecting an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing out from the exhaust purification catalyst and stops or decreases a feed of fuel to a combustion chamber as fuel cut control. The abnormality diagnosis system calculates a characteristic of change of an air-fuel ratio based on an output air-fuel ratio output from the air-fuel ratio sensor at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a part of an air-fuel ratio region of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or more after an end of the fuel cut control, and diagnoses abnormality of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on the characteristic of change of the air-fuel ratio. As a result, the diagnosis system can diagnose the abnormality of deterioration of response of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor when necessary without fail when performing fuel cut control.
US09719443B2	Vehicle control system and vehicle control method A vehicle control system includes an acceleration generating device (engine, T/M) that generates an acceleration applied to a vehicle, and a vehicle control device that controls the acceleration generating device, based on an accelerator pedal stroke representing an operation of an accelerator pedal by a driver, and a vehicle speed of the vehicle. In the vehicle control system or method, the vehicle control device controls the acceleration generating device, based on a required acceleration that is determined based on a relationship between the accelerator pedal stroke and the required acceleration, including, as a condition, an acceleration corresponding to a given accelerator pedal stroke, which is specified by a relationship between the vehicle speed and the acceleration when the accelerator pedal stroke is held at the given value.
US09719429B2	Driver-assisted fuel reduction strategy and associated apparatus, system, and method According to one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling fuel consumption in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle having a driver-actuated accelerator pedal includes an economy mode activation module and a standard fueling module. The economy mode activation module is configured to compare throttle input data with defined limits. The throttle input data is controllable by a driver of the vehicle via positioning of the accelerator pedal. The economy mode activation module is configured to control the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine via an economy fuel map if the throttle input data falls within the defined limits for a defined amount of time. The standard fueling mode activation module is configured to control the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine via a standard fuel map if the throttle input data does not fall within the defined limits for the defined amount of time.
US09719423B2	Inlet air chilling system with humidity control and energy recovery An inlet air chilling system for use with a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The inlet air chilling system may include an inlet air filter house, an air chilling/heating coil positioned within the inlet air filter house, and an energy recovery/heating coil positioned downstream of the air chilling/heating coil within the inlet air filter house and in communication with the air chilling/heating coil.
US09719419B2	Gas turbine combustor with top hat nozzle arrangements A gas turbine combustor includes: an external cylinder (31); an inner cylinder (32) provided inside the external cylinder (31) to form an air passage (30) between the external cylinder (31) and the inner cylinder (32); a pilot nozzle (35) provided in a center part of the inner cylinder (32) along a direction of a combustor axis (S); a plurality of main nozzles (36) provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder (32) along a circumferential direction thereof so as to surround the pilot nozzle (35), the plurality of main nozzles (36) premixing fuel with combustion air introduced to the air passage (30) and ejecting the fuel into the inner cylinder (32); and a top hat nozzle (41) provided inside the air passage (30) across a circumferential direction to mix fuel with the combustion air prior to reaching the plurality of main nozzles (36).
US09719417B2	Method and system for sequestering carbon dioxide and producing hydrogen gas A system and method for the simultaneous sequestration of CO2, production of hydrogen, and production of electricity at any iron and steel industries is described. In one illustrative example, the raw materials particularly used in a blast furnace can also be used for locking CO2 gas in the form of siderite. Siderite, thus formed, can be decomposed to generate pure CO2 gas. Eventually, the generated pure CO2 gas can be sequestered underground, sold or used for oil gas recovery or for other applications.
US09719410B2	Engine intake port structure One exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an engine intake port structure. According to the engine intake port structure of the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a chamfer is formed to be offset to either side from an end corner of an intake port. Accordingly, the inflow of a fuel gas is concentrated on a side in which an opening width of the chamfer is wide at the beginning of an opening stage when the intake port is opened/closed by a valve unit, and after the intake port is opened, the opening width is formed to be similar at four sides of the valve unit such that swirls formed in the fuel gas is weakened. That is, complete combustion of the fuel can be anticipated since the length of time during which the fuel gas remains in a combustion chamber is extended.
US09719404B2	Muffler and its corresponding manufacturing method A manufacturing method for a muffler includes: a trimming step, of cutting out a dogleg shaped muffler body member; a bending processing step of processing the muffler body member into a tube by advancing the muffler body member between an upper roller and a lower roller of a bending machine while adjusting an advancing direction with a guide and by changing a relative position of the upper roller and the lower roller; a first joining step of joining two ends of the tubularly-processed muffler body member in a long side direction; an insertion step of inserting an inner structural member into the inside of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; a second joining step of joining caps to opening portions of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; and a third joining step of joining an air intake joint and an exhaust pipe to the sealed muffler body member.
US09719393B2	Exhaust system for dual fuel engines An exhaust system for a dual-fuel engine includes an exhaust treatment component in an exhaust passageway. The exhaust treatment component is configured to treat exhaust from the combustion of a second fuel and not from combustion of a first fuel. A thermal enhancement device is in communication with the exhaust passageway and positioned upstream from the exhaust treatment component. A controller activates and deactivates the thermal enhancement device based on switching from the first fuel to the second fuel, wherein the first fuel has a higher sulfur content than the second fuel. The thermal enhancement device increases the temperature of an exhaust to combust a residual amount of the first fuel present in the exhaust passageway during the switch between the first fuel and the second fuel.
US09719391B2	Method and system for vacuum control Methods and systems are provided for controlling and coordinating control of a post-catalyst exhaust throttle and an EGR valve to expedite catalyst heating. By closing both valves during an engine cold start, an elevated exhaust backpressure and increased heat rejection at an EGR cooler can be synergistically used to warm each of an engine and an exhaust catalyst. The valves may also be controlled to vary an amount of exhaust flowing through an exhaust venturi so as to meet engine vacuum needs while providing a desired amount of engine EGR.
US09719386B2	Multi-lobed soot blower An exhaust after-treatment system including at least one exhaust treatment component (18); and a particulate matter dispersion device (40) located upstream of the exhaust treatment component (18). The particulate matter dispersion device (40) includes at least one nozzle line (61) having a plurality of nozzles (58) formed therein, and the particulate matter dispersion device (40) is operable to inject compressed gas towards the exhaust treatment component (18) to substantially minimize build-up of particulate matter at the exhaust treatment component (18).

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