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US09724044B2	Device to be implanted in a human or animal body for material or signal delivery or acquisition within the body, and method of implanting the device For fixedly implanting a device for material or signal delivery or acquisition or a part of such a device in a human or animal body, an opening is provided in hard tissue of the body, the opening reaching through a hard tissue layer, e.g. through a cortical bone layer into cancellous bone underneath. The device includes a plug portion and/or a cover portion which includes a ring of a material having thermoplastic properties extending around the plug portion or on a tissue facing surface of the cover portion. The opening provided in the hard tissue has a cross section at least in the area of its mouth that is adapted to the plug or cover portion such that the plug portion can be introduced through the mouth of the opening or the cover portion can be positioned over the mouth of the opening such that the ring extends around the opening, along its wall and/or on the hard tissue surface around its mouth.
US09724039B2	Apparatus, system, and method recording anatomic orientation and position Disclosed are systems, apparatuses and methods for recording images of one or more selected anatomical features, and to facilitate re-orientation and/or re-positioning of such images to one or more desired positions.
US09724035B2	In vivo visualization of lymphatic tissue Aspects of the invention include methods for visualizing lymphatic tissue in an ocular region, e.g., the cornea, of a living subject, such as a mouse or human. In certain embodiments, the methods include contacting the region with a fluorescently-labeled lymphatic tissue-specific dye, e.g., FITC or rhodamine labeled dextran, and detecting the labeled dye to visualize lymphatic tissue in the region, where the visualization may vary, from an image obtained at a single time to a video over a period of time. The invention finds use in a variety of different applications, including research and therapeutic applications.
US09724029B2	Analyte monitoring device and methods Method and system for determining real time analyte concentration including an analyte sensor having a portion in fluid contact with an interstitial fluid under a skin layer, an on-body electronics including a housing coupled to the analyte sensor and configured for positioning on the skin layer, the on-body electronics housing including a plurality of electrical contacts, on the housing; and a data analysis unit having a data analysis unit housing and a plurality of probes, on the housing. Each of the probes configured to electrically couple to a respective electrical contact when the data analysis unit is positioned in physical contact with the on-body electronics. The one or more signals on the probes correspond to one or more of a substantially real time monitored analyte concentration level (MACL), MACL over a predetermined time period, or a rate of change of the MACL, or combinations thereof, are provided.
US09724024B2	Adaptive alarm system An adaptive alarm system is responsive to a physiological parameter so as to generate an alarm threshold that adapts to baseline drift in the parameter and reduce false alarms without a corresponding increase in missed true alarms. The adaptive alarm system has a parameter derived from a physiological measurement system using a sensor in communication with a living being. A baseline processor calculates a parameter baseline from a parameter trend. Parameter limits specify an allowable range of the parameter. An adaptive threshold processor calculates an adaptive threshold from the parameter baseline and the parameter limits. An alarm generator is responsive to the parameter and the adaptive threshold so as to trigger an alarm indicative of the parameter crossing the adaptive threshold. The adaptive threshold is responsive to the parameter baseline so as to increase in value as the parameter baseline drifts to a higher parameter value and to decrease in value as the parameter baseline drifts to a lower parameter value.
US09724021B2	Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site includes a single drive force generator. A plurality of penetrating members are operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves each of the members along a path out of a housing with a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. A flexible support member couples the penetrating members to define a linear array. The support member is movable and configured to move each of the penetrating members to a launch position associated with the force generator.
US09724020B2	Apparatus and method for adapting a piezoelectric respiratory sensing belt to a respiratory inductance plethysmography polysomnograph Circuits for rendering piezo-based respiratory belts compatible with polysomnograph (PSG) machines designed for use with respiratory induction belts (RIPs) comprise an instrumentation amplifier adapted to be connected to a piezoelectric transducer and providing an AC output signal to a low-pass filter. In a first embodiment, the low-pass filter output is applied to an input of a microcontroller's A to D converter and the resulting digitized samples are used to vary the resistance of a digital potentiometer whose wiper terminal is coupled in series with an inductor so as to emulate the presence of a RIP belt to the PSG machine. In a second embodiment, the low-pass filter output is used to drive the primary of a transformer so as to vary the permeability of the transformer's ferrite core in a way that emulates the performance of a RIP belt to the PSG.
US09724019B2	Method, apparatus, computer program and system for measuring oscillatory motion A method, apparatus, computer program, system and device for measuring oscillatory motion comprising: receiving a plurality of signals related to a plurality of measurements of a direction of a vector parameter (at-1, at); determining a predominant measured direction of the vector parameter (āt) based on the plurality of measurements of the direction of the vector parameter; determining an angle of rotation (φt) between: a measured direction of the vector parameter (at) of one of the plurality of measurements of the direction of the vector parameter, and the predominant measured direction of the vector parameter (āt).
US09724007B2	System and method for detecting a characteristic in an ECG waveform An apparatus and method is provided that identifies the presence or absence of a P-wave within a set of ECG data. A computation processor identifies the R-wave and then analyses a section of the waveform within a predetermined time window preceding the detected R-wave peak. The waveform within the window is analysed to identify a candidate P-wave, and in response to identifying the candidate P-wave a first and second feature associated therewith is measured. A composite feature value is calculated from the first and second measures, and compared to a classification threshold value. In an exemplary embodiment, the first feature represents a height between a highest peak of the candidate P-wave and a trough of the Q-wave, and the second feature represents a time between the peak of the candidate P-wave and a peak of the R-wave.
US09724005B2	Real-time multi-channel EEG signal processor based on on-line recursive independent component analysis A real-time multi-channel EEG signal processor based on an on-line recursive independent component analysis is provided. A whitening unit generates covariance matrix by computing covariance according to a received sampling signal. A covariance matrix generates a whitening matrix by a computation of an inverse square root matrix calculation unit. An ORICA calculation unit computes the sampling signal and the whitening matrix to obtain a post-whitening sampling signal. The post-whitening sampling signal and an unmixing matrix implement an independent component analysis computation to obtain an independent component data. An ORICA training unit implements training of the unmixing matrix according to the independent component data to generate a new unmixing matrix. The ORICA calculation unit may use the new unmixing matrix to implement an independent component analysis computation. Hardware complexity and power consumption can be reduced by sharing registers and arithmetic calculation units.
US09724002B2	Methods, devices and systems for photoplethysmography at the nasal columella Provided according to embodiments of the invention are photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors, systems and methods of using the same. In some embodiments of the invention, methods of obtaining a photoplethysmography (PPG) signals include securing a PPG sensor onto a nasal columella of an individual; and obtaining a PPG signal from the PPG sensor.
US09723996B2	Method and apparatus for characterization of clot formation Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing changes in at least one physical property of soft tissue. A series of acoustic pulses is generated and directed into the soft tissue such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the tissue. Waves reflected off the tissue, or a flexible member that moves with the tissue, are received and measured to estimate at least one characteristic of the physical displacement induced thereby. Repetition of the generating, receiving and estimating steps provides characterization of the at least one physical property over time. Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing at least one physical property of blood, by generating a series of acoustic pulses and directing the series of pulses into the blood such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the blood. Acoustic pulses and/or optical waves reflected from the blood, or a flexible member in contact with the blood that moves with the blood, are received and measured to estimate at least one characteristic of the physical displacement induced thereby.
US09723989B2	Ex vivo motility contrast imaging In a method for ex vivo evaluation of tissue response, a target biological sample is placed in a chamber of a sample holder. Biodynamic imaging (BDI) is performed on the sample to extract BDI data of the entire sample, optical coherence imaging (OCI) data is generated from the BDI data; and then motility contrast imaging (MCI) data is generated from the OCI data. The MCI data is used to select an area of the ex vivo sample having the highest normalized standard deviation (NSD) value, indicative of a region of desirable responsiveness to a stimuli. The sample is subjected to a perturbation or external condition and an MCI analysis is performed on the selected area to determine the tissue response to the perturbation or external condition. In one aspect, the selected area or region of interest is obtained using a gradient descent method.
US09723980B2	System and method for tracking motion Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position information may include a location of the eyeball, translational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., displacement, velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc.), rotational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., rotational displacement, rotational velocity, rotational acceleration, etc.) as the eyeball rotates within its socket.
US09723965B2	Cartridge for a water-conducting domestic appliance comprising a detergent dosing system A cartridge for a water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, which has a detergent dosing system having at least one detergent dispenser for receiving at least one cartridge, wherein the cartridge has separate chambers for storing at least two detergents, the cartridge including a cartridge housing having at least two chambers formed therein, wherein each chamber has a storage capacity for storing detergent which is greater than the quantities required for one washing cycle.
US09723957B2	Scrubbing device for attachment to a bar of soap A kit for a scrubbing device having interchangeable scrubbing mechanisms for attachment to a bar of soap includes a base element configured to removably couple to and retain the bar of soap, and a plurality of scrubbing elements each including a different scrubbing mechanism. The base element is configured to be removably and interchangeably coupled to each of the plurality of scrubbing elements.
US09723956B2	Device, arrangement and method for texturizing and aerating drinks An arrangement for shaking drinks includes a shaking container and a device placed in a drink in the container. The device texturizes and aerates the drink when the container is shaken. The device has a three-dimensional body constituted of a food-grade, thermally insulating, elastomeric material and is re-usable. The body has a density of about 916 grams per liter, and is dimensioned to almost fully occlude the interior of the container.
US09723952B2	Roller conveyor oven for heating while rotating and conveying a multiplicity of cylindrical food items thereon A forced hot air roller conveyor drying assembly is provided. It consists primarily of two parts; a roller conveyor for rolling cylindrical elongated food members while transporting them horizontally from one end of the conveyor to the other, and a hot air drying assembly for blowing hot air around the product as it is being rolled. The combined rolling of the product and the drying of the product helps ensure that the physical roundness of the food product remains nice and uniform while it is being uniformly dried. The forced hot air assembly may include a fan and heating elements, the fan directing warm air to the product rolling horizontally through the assembly and the roller conveyor may be comprised of a multiplicity of paired roller members driven by chain links, which chains are in turn driven by an axle engaging a drive sprocket.
US09723950B2	Vertical food cabinet A food cabinet is provided that includes an enclosure with an access door, shelves carried by and vertically arranged within the enclosure, and a heat transfer arrangement. The heat transfer arrangement includes a pump, fluid conduits coupled with the pump and associated with the shelves of the enclosure, a primary tank, and an auxiliary tank. The primary tank is fluidly connected to the pump and contains a heat transfer medium. The auxiliary tank is coupled with the primary tank and provides make-up heat transfer medium to the primary tank. Also provided is a method of warming food using such a food cabinet that includes the steps of placing a food item on one of the shelves, heating the heat transfer medium to a temperature between 200° F. and 250° F., and pumping the heat transfer medium through the shelf.
US09723948B2	Wok lid control apparatus applicable in fully automated cooking machine A wok lid control apparatus (3) comprises a machine frame (100), a base (11), a drive mechanism (12) and a follow-up mechanism (13). The drive mechanism (12) comprises a linear motor (21), a connecting rod (22) and a wok lid holder (23). The follow-up mechanism (13) comprises a wok lid shaft (31), a bearing (32), and an elastic component (33). The wok lid holder (23) is provided with a through hole (231) for the wok lid shaft (31) to run through. A lower end of the wok lid shaft (31) is fixedly connected to a wok lid (20), while an upper end of the wok lid shaft protrudes through the through hole (231). An upper end of the elastic component (33) is connected to the bearing (32), and a lower end of the elastic component (33) is connected to the wok lid (20).
US09723946B2	Beverage temperature optimizer machine A beverage machine that heats up water in the upper water chamber(s) is provided. The water has direct contact with an electric heating system and the heated water flows by gravity and being distributed by a pour over system into an underlying filter basket. The hot water chamber has a sensor for water temperature. Once the water reaches an optimal temperature, a motor and gear system would drive a valve open and allow the heated water to flow into the underlying filter basket. A specific amount of water can be heated up in individual batch, thereby making it easy to manage water temperature in every batch.
US09723944B2	Machine for the preparation of beverages A beverage preparation machine for dispensing beverages comprising: a housing; a first reservoir station; a first reservoir for containing an aqueous medium, the first reservoir being connectable to said first reservoir station; an auxiliary module station for receiving an auxiliary module.
US09723941B2	Stand for elongated objects A stand for Christmas trees and other elongated objects includes spring biased, movable arm assemblies, with each arm assembly including a base arm and a gripping arm pivotally secured to the base arm. The gripping arm includes upper and lower elongated object engaging surfaces. When a Christmas tree or other elongated objects is pressed to downward between the arm assemblies, the elongated object contacts the lower object engaging surfaces, bringing the upper object engaging surfaces into contact with the elongated object. Spring pressure supplied by springs within the arm assemblies retains the elongated object within the stand.
US09723918B2	Universally mounted work surface height adjustor with suction cups An apparatus for adjusting the height of a work surface comprising a height-adjusting mechanism and a universal mount that ensures compatibility with a wide variety of desks and other work surfaces. The apparatus may include one or more suction cups for securing the work surface to the height adjustment mechanism. The apparatus may also include a bent universal adapter bracket.
US09723917B2	Table device and conveyance device A table device including: a first base including a first reference surface; a second base including a second reference surface, and movable on the first reference surface in a direction parallel to a first axis; a first bearing member provided to the second base, and forming a gas bearing between the first bearing member and the first reference surface; a second bearing member provided to the second base, apart from the first bearing member relative to a direction parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and forming a gas bearing between the second bearing member and the first reference surface; and a table movable on the second reference surface. A distance between the first bearing member and the second bearing member is longer than a dimension of a moving range of the table relative to the direction parallel to the second axis.
US09723915B2	Brush cleaning method A method for cleaning a brush includes inducing a static charge on a surface of a first plate, wherein the first plate comprises at least one of silicon nitride (SixNy) or silicon oxide (SiaOb), wherein a, b, x and y are integers. The method further includes rotating the brush in contact with the surface of the first plate.
US09723905B2	Digital device emitting a scent with an image and method for controlling the same A digital device including a scent emitting unit and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The digital device includes a display unit for displaying a first image including a first object having a first scent property and a second object having a second scent property, a sensor unit for sensing a distance from a specific body part of a user, a scent emitting unit, and a processor. The processor controls the scent emitting unit to emit any one of a first scent, a second scent or a mixture of the first scent and the second scent according to the distance from the specific body part of the user, and a mixture ratio of the first scent to the second scent in the mixture is changed according to a predetermined condition.
US09723897B2	Sharps protector A sharps protector is formed of a hard, pierce-resistant shell filled with a receptor material. One or two ends of the shell provide entry, and a center or end wall is a pierce-resistant barrier limiting pin push-through. The receptor material is set back at each entry end, thereby establishing a pre-entry pocket that prealigns the pin for accurate entry. Exterior surfaces of the protector are coded to indicate entry positions and barrier positions, using visual or tactile coding. Glow-in-the-dark or reflective material on the surface of the shell aids recovery of dropped protectors.
US09723892B2	Foot alignment tool A foot alignment tool is configured for aligning a foot bearing a load. The tool extends between a handle at one end and a support lever at an opposing end and is characterized in that the support lever is configured to be received under or substantially under the medial longitudinal arch or the cuboid of the foot and configured to be rotated so as translate and/or rotate the foot from the inside of the foot to the outside of the foot or from the outside of the foot to the inside of the foot by a predetermined amount about a foot heel-toe axis wherein the support lever is configured to apply a predetermined torque.
US09723889B2	Biomechanics aware headgear Protective gear includes an outer shell layer connected to a middle shell layer through an outer energy and impact transformer layer. The middle shell layer is connected to an inner shell layer through an inner energy and impact transformer layer. The outer and inner energy and impact transformer layers flexibly connect the shell layers to absorb impact forces, rotational forces, shear forces, etc., and allow the various shell layers to move and slide relative to the other shell layers. The outer and inner energy and impact transformer layers may be constructed using gels, fluids, electro-rheological elements, magneto-rheological elements, etc. The protective gear may be formed as helmets or body protection for various activities and protect users from not only impact and penetrative forces, but rotational and shear forces as well.
US09723887B2	Helmet and a method for dealing with an accident using the helmet The present invention relates to a helmet and a method for dealing with an accident using the helmet, which the helmet includes: a helmet body part made of a resin having a semi-spherical space for receiving the head of a wearer; a light part arranged in the front of the helmet body part having LEDs mounted on a substrate to provide the wearer with lighting; a metallic heat radiator extending from the front of the helmet body part to the back thereof along the upper central line of the helmet body part and partially contacting the back of the substrate to discharge heat; a communication device part received in the helmet body part for dealing with communication and emergency circumstances; and a battery received in the helmet body part for supplying power to the communication part and light part. According to the present invention, the metallic heat radiator is integrated with the resinous helmet body part by injection molding of different materials, so that the heat generated from the LEDs of the light part is discharged upwards from the top of the helmet, thus preventing the wearer from being subjected to the discomfort caused by the heat generated from the LEDs.
US09723886B2	Helmet mirror The present invention is an improved rear view mirror that removably attaches to a protective helmet. The helmet mirror, in its preferred embodiment, includes a bracket, an elongated adjustable arm, an adjustment nut, and a mirror, wherein the bracket and the adjustable arm are rubber-coated. The adjustable arm includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the bracket and the second end is attached to the mirror by means of the adjustment nut. The positioning of the mirror may be adjusted by bending the adjustable arm and/or pivoting the mirror about the adjustment nut. The bracket is bent to form a general J-shape when viewed from the side. The bracket is adapted to be wedged under the rim portion of a protective helmet to removably secure the device to the same.
US09723876B2	Electronic smoking article An electronic smoking article includes a first section containing a liquid supply reservoir including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, and a wick in communication with the liquid material and operable to deliver the liquid material to the heater, and a second section containing a power supply. The first section is connected to the second section at a breakaway connection. The breakaway connection includes a weakened region.
US09723875B2	Electronic cigarette and assembly method thereof The present application relates to an electronic cigarette and an assembly method for the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette comprises a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly, the battery assembly includes a battery holder and a battery which is removably contained in the battery holder; the battery includes a first electrode and a second electrode, the battery holder is inserted into the atomizer assembly, and the battery assembly is removably connected to the atomizer assembly; one end of the battery holder is provided with an electrical connector, the electrical connector is respectively electrically connected to the second electrode and the atomizer assembly, and the first electrode is abutted against the atomizer assembly and is electrically connected to the atomizer assembly.
US09723867B2	Method for imparting an organoleptic quality to a tobacco industry product An method for imparting an organoleptic quality to a tobacco industry product using a sensate substance obtained from a donor product, the method comprising repeatedly circulating a fluid in a closed loop through a donor product storage chamber containing a donor product and a recipient product storage chamber containing a batch of tobacco industry product so that at least one sensate substance obtained from the donor product is conveyed from the donor product storage chamber into the recipient product storage chamber and into contact with the tobacco industry product to impart an organoleptic quality thereto.
US09723863B2	Batch carbonator and method of forming a carbonated beverage A batch carbonation apparatus includes a housing defining a vessel cavity. The housing includes an agitation mechanism. The pressure vessel includes a cap that has a CO2 inlet and a CO2 outlet is provided. The pressure vessel also includes a seal. The pressure vessel is moveable into an out of the vessel cavity. A locking mechanism is provided and is attached to the agitation mechanism to removably lock the cap and seal relative to the pressure vessel. A CO2 source is connected to a plurality of valves where each valve has a differing pressure. A selection toggle is attached to the housing. A control mechanism is coupled to the plurality of valves. A user selects a desired carbonation level using the selection toggle and CO2 is introduced to the pressure vessel at a specified pressure wherein the agitation mechanism agitates liquid within the pressure vessel forming a carbonated beverage having a selected carbonation level. Also disclosed is a process of forming a carbonated beverage in a batch.
US09723854B2	Heat-stable asparaginase for reducing acrylamide in food stuffs or stimulants The invention relates to the use of an amidohydrolase for preparing foodstuffs or stimulants.
US09723853B2	High-protein food product and process for making A dairy-based yogurt product having a protein level above 15%, sometimes more than 25%, with a smooth and rich texture and no grittiness. The yogurt product includes a particular selection of dairy proteins and other ingredients to raise the gelation temperature of the dairy proteins and avoid causing gelation or precipitation during pasteurization. Additionally, pasteurization temperatures, times and methods are selected to avoid gelation. Starting dairy proteins generally have relatively higher pH levels and low total acidity (TA) levels to help reduce gelation during pasteurization. Ingredients such as buffering agents and sequestering agents may be utilized to help raise the gelation temperature, as well as higher sugar levels which can control hydration of the proteins.
US09723841B2	Herbicidal formulations comprising glyphosate and alkoxylated glycerides The present invention generally relates to herbicidal compositions, and more particularly, herbicidal compositions containing glyphosate or a salt thereof and a surfactant comprising at least one mono and/or diglyceride alkoxylate.
US09723835B2	Pest control composition and method for controlling pest A composition for controlling pests includes a compound represented by the formula (1) or N-oxide thereof: and 4-oxo-4-[(2-phenylethyl)amino]-butyric acid. A method for controlling pests has a step of applying to plants, plant seeds, bulbs, or soil where plants grow an effective amount of the composition for controlling pests. The composition for controlling pests and the method for controlling pests exhibit excellent controlling efficacy on pest.
US09723832B2	Modular sample store A modular sample store including a storage area; a service area; a transfer area; a motorized robot with a lifting device and at least one platform; and a controller. The sample store service area includes one integrally formed cubic vat module and the sample store storage area includes at least one integrally formed cubic vat module. Each one of the aforementioned vat modules includes an essentially horizontal vat floor and four joining vat walls that are connected to the vat floor and that are leaving an open vat space. The modular sample store also includes upper side walls and a cover plate to close the sample store. Each vat floor and vat wall includes an outside liner and an inside liner, which outside and inside liners in each case are separated by a clearance. This clearance is essentially filled with a polymer foam material that provides fixation of the outside and inside liners to each other as well as thermal insulation of and reinforcement to the thus integrally formed cubic vat module sandwich construction.
US09723831B2	System and methods for automated vitrification of biological materials The present invention relaters to a system and methods for automated vitrification of mammalian oocytes or embryos. The system and methods enable automated processing of oocytes or embryos in vitrification solutions; robotically moving vitrification devices that carry processed cells for freezing in liquid nitrogen; automated sealing of the frozen devices; and transferring the sealed devices to an automated storage system for long-term cryopreservation.
US09723821B2	Fishing lure, hook appurtenance for fishing lure, and method of casting A fishing lure and method of casting are disclosed. In one aspect, a lure assembly includes a fishing hook having an eyelet and a bend separated by a shank, the bend terminating at a point separated from the shank by a gape. The lure assembly further includes a hook appurtenance attached to the fishing hook and positioned past the bend generally aligned with the shank of the fishing hook. The hook appurtenance includes an ergonomic mass forming a resilient structure for gripping by a person, the ergonomic mass having a size smaller than a gape of the hook to avoid interfering with operation of the fishing hook.
US09723819B2	Bird feeder with electric conductive surfaces for repelling squirrels A bird feeder includes an electric circuitry for delivering a mild shock to squirrels attempting to eat seeds on a seed tray. A seed storage tube dispenses seeds on the surrounding seed tray, which is surrounded by walls forming a shell with windows providing access to the seeds. Window frames form electrodes having a first polarity and both a roof and porches beneath the windows form electrodes of a second polarity. Squirrels will complete the circuit between electrodes, while birds will be unaffected. A solar cell on the roof recharges a battery.
US09723810B2	Apparatus for mixing and cutting animal feed and method of operating such an apparatus An apparatus for mixing and cutting animal feed including a container with a sidewall, a rotary mixing and cutting device positioned inside the container and arranged to be driven by a driving unit. At least one counter element is provided at the sidewall. The apparatus includes a positioning device for moving the counter element between a retracted position and an inserted position, and a control unit to control the positioning device of the counter element and arranged to determine an indication of the amount of instantaneous power consumed by the driving units for driving the rotary mixing and cutting device and to control positioning device based on the determined indication of the amount of instantaneous power.
US09723809B2	Vehicle for displacing feed An autonomous and self-propelled vehicle for laterally displacing feed, having a frame and a housing, the housing including a rotatable feed-displacement device, at least a bottom section of the feed-displacement device being rotationally symmetrical about a cylinder axis, the cylinder axis being at an angle to the vertical direction in such a manner that a part of the feed-displacement device which, viewed in the direction of travel, is situated at the front is arranged closer to the ground than a part of the feed-displacement device which, viewed in the direction of travel, is situated at the rear.
US09723804B2	Lettuce variety 81-64 RZ The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 81-64 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1 to Bl:28, Bl:30-Bl:32 and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) and resistance to corky root (Sphingomonas suberifaciens) race CA1, as well as having non-flabellate leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 81-64 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 81-64 RZ.
US09723799B2	Soybean cultivar AR1210886 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety AR1210886 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety AR1210886 and its progeny, and methods of making AR1210886.
US09723797B2	Selection of mature fruit color in pepper plants The invention provides methods and compositions for breeding pepper (Capsicum sp. such as Capsicum annuum) lines, including isogenic and nearly isogenic lines, displaying one or more mature fruit color(s) of interest. Predictive genetic markers and associated sequences and primers, associated with phenotypic diversity at the Ccs locus encoding Capsanthin-Capsorubin Synthase, and the Ze locus encoding Zeaxanthin Epoxidase are also provided, as well as methods for breeding pepper lines. Further provided are pepper plants, and plant parts including seeds, seed mixtures, fruit, and packaged fruit, which display mature fruit color(s) of interest.
US09723794B2	Power tool having an interchangeable blade assembly and method for interchanging the blade assembly A power tool includes a housing, a blade assembly, a drive assembly within the housing for driving the blade assembly, and a cover that is coupled to the power tool and is movable between at least two positions. The blade assembly is fixedly retained by the power tool when the cover is in a first position and is detachable from the power tool when the cover is in a second position. The cover has tool-less means for coupling the blade assembly to the cover when the cover is in a second position.
US09723793B2	Cutting device for agricultural harvesting machines with preselecting device for preselecting groups of cutting knives A cutting device for agricultural harvesters has a conveying channel and pivotably supported cutting knives arranged in a row on a frame. The cutting knives project in the cutting position into the conveying channel. A conveying member with conveying tines, rotatingly driven about a horizontal axis, interacts with the cutting knives for comminuting crop. Individual adjusting devices, each associated with one cutting knife, yieldingly support the cutting knives in the cutting position. A knife switching device is provided to move the cutting knives from the inoperative position into the cutting position. With a preselecting device a desired group of cutting knives can be selected that is pivoted into the cutting position upon activation of the knife switching device. The preselecting device is activatable with reduced force expenditure by eliminating resistances, caused by adjusting and connecting devices of the knife switching device, when preselecting the desired group of cutting knives.
US09723789B2	Cart with folding auger having adjustable elevation A cart having an adjustable elevation auger. A junction box may located within the opening of a sump of a bin of a cart. The junction box may have an open top, closed bottom and sides, and back wall. The back wall of the junction box may be secured to a bin wall by a hinge such that the junction box may pivot about a pivot axis. An auger housing may be connected to and extend from the junction box. An auger may extend through the auger housing and have an intake end disposed within the junction box. The auger housing and auger may pivot with the junction box about a pivot axis between a lowered position and an elevated position. The auger may be a corner auger and may be a folding auger.
US09723779B2	Multiple seed-type seed meter A seed meter is provided for planting multiple types of seed and rapidly switching between the types being planted in a single planting pass of a planting session of row-crop planting. The seed meter has a segmented seed meter reservoir with multiple seed meter chambers arranged between two pairs of seed disks that may be better parallel to each other or angled with respect to each other to define an X-shaped arrangement of the seed disks in the seed meter. Activation and deactivation of the seed disks within the seed meter are synchronized to selectively deliver a single one of the multiple types of seed from the respective seed meter chamber for delivery out of a single seed tube of the seed meter, which may provide absolute and instantaneous on-the-go seed switching within a single row from each seed meter.
US09730364B2	Reversible contra-rotating fan system A contra-rotating fan system includes a fan chassis. A first fan in the fan chassis includes blades that provide airflow in a first direction when the first fan rotates in a second direction, and provide airflow in a third direction opposite the first direction when the first fan rotates in a fourth direction opposite the second direction. A second fan adjacent the first fan in the fan chassis includes the same number of blades as the first fan. The first fan and the second fan rotate at the same time in opposite directions. The blades on the second fan provide airflow in the first direction when the first fan rotates in the second direction and the second fan rotates in the fourth direction, and provides airflow in the third direction when the first fan rotates in the fourth direction and the second fan rotates in the second direction.
US09730354B2	Systems and methods for coupling a circuit board to an information handling system chassis In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a chassis and a circuit board. The chassis may have one or more structural posts. The circuit board may mechanically couple to the chassis, and the circuit board may comprise a substrate having formed therein one or more through-holes and one or more hooks each configured to mechanically couple the circuit board to the chassis via a corresponding structural post of the one or more structural posts, each of the one or more hooks comprising one or more mounting features, wherein each of the one or more mounting features is sized and shaped to engage with a corresponding one of the one or more through-holes in order to mechanically couple such hook to the substrate.
US09730351B2	Electrical connector assembly with holding member An electrical connector assembly, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package or module to a printed circuit board, includes a metallic bracket surrounding a stationary electrical connector which is mounted upon the printed circuit board. A module equipped with another electrical connector is positioned upon and removably assembled to the stationary electrical connector. A locking/ejecting member is pivotally mounted upon the bracket to releasably lock the module in position. A retention lever is pivotally mounted upon the bracket to prevent the locking/ejecting member from inadvertently or mistakenly unlatching the locking member from the module.
US09730350B2	Electrical equipment, integrated circuit's loop thereof and circuit connecting method The invention discloses electrical equipment, an integrated circuit's loop thereof and a circuit connecting method. The integrated circuit's loop includes: a passive component part, including a power device and/or an execution device; and one or more electrical components, each of the electrical components including a body and multiple pins, wherein at least one pin extends to an electrical connecting end of the passive component part, and is electrically connected with the electrical connecting end. In the integrated circuit's loop of the invention, the pins of the electrical components extend to electrical connecting ends of the passive component part, and are electrically connected with the electrical connecting ends, so that the electrical components are not required to be arranged on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a physical structure of the circuit configuration is simplified, a size of the circuit is reduced, and the technician is not required to design the PCB.
US09730348B2	Flip cover structure for chassis A flip cover structure for a chassis which includes a casing, a cover covered onto the casing, a stopping member installed to the casing and at a pivoting position of the cover, a fixing component disposed on the cover and corresponsive to the stopping member, a control member movably installed to the fixing component, an acting member integrally formed with the control member and situated in a stressed state. When the cover is pivoted upward, the fixing component will be flipped together with the cover, and the acting member changes its stressed state to a released state, such that the control member is displaced by the resilience of the acting member to a position opposite to the stopping member to stop the cover at the stopping member and erect the cover at a specific angle on the casing. Therefore, maintenance persons no longer need to find extra space for accommodating the cover.
US09730347B2	Scented universal serial bus drives and methods to make the same A method of manufacturing a scented USB drive includes providing a fragrance; providing a molding composition; mixing the fragrance with the molding composition, the mixing forming a molding compound; injecting the molding compound into a mold and around a recess configured to receive a circuit board; and cooling the molding compound until the solid USB drive is formed, the solid scented USB drive emitting a selective scent.
US09730346B2	Clamshell structure for electronic device A clamshell structure for an electronic device includes a window-type frame, a cover plate and a pivot. The window-type frame has an opening, and includes a first pivoting portion and a first fixing member. The first pivoting portion is near the opening. The first fixing member is disposed on a cover fixing area of the window-type frame. The cover plate includes a clamshell body, a second pivoting portion and a second fixing member. The clamshell body is used to cover the opening. The second pivoting portion is disposed on the opening. The second fixing member is disposed on an open side of the clamshell body. The pivot is pivoted through the first pivoting portion and the second pivoting portion. When the clamshell is opened, an electronic component is mounted into or dismounted from the opening for assembling or disassembling.
US09730339B2	Common bus structure for avionics and satellites (CBSAS) A Common Bus Structure for Avionics and Satellites (CBSAS) (10) as shown in FIG. 1 is comprised of a module lid (14), module floor (38), module stack base (16), module compression bolts (22) and stackable modules (12). Stackable modules (12) are sub-dividable to create module scaled chamber volumes (45) individually as required, while stackable modules (12) simultaneously create at least one collectively continuous raceway sealed chamber volume (44) perpendicular to individual stackable modules (12) in the vertical direction where no module floor (38) is present, in order to internally electrically interconnect the contents of any stackable module (12) with the contents of any other stackable module (12) via internal connector raceway system (24). Raceway sealed chamber volume (44) therefore collectively and continuously traverses all present stackable modules (12) positioned between module lid (14) and module stack base (16). Modules are interchangeable and inter-connectable in any order, and contain all required electronic or mechanical components required for CBSAS (10) to function as a single box consolidated avionics system that is equally functional in the atmosphere or the vacuum of space, while also being fully functional as a single complete stand-alone satellite system. CBSAS (10) enables a paradigm shift in the aerospace industry whereby all legacy and current multiple black-box systems on aerospace platforms such as missiles, rockets, satellites and aircraft are extremely inefficient when compared to the size, weight and power attributes of CBSAS (10). The ability for CBSAS (10) to be instantly employable as either a single box consolidated avionics system for use within the atmosphere or in space while also being fully functional as a stand-alone satellite enables a hardware, firmware and software capability never before manifested in the aerospace industry.
US09730336B2	System for manufacturing a swallowable sensor device Methods and systems for manufacturing a swallowable sensor device are disclosed. Such a method includes mechanically coupling a plurality of internal components, wherein the plurality of internal components includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of projections extending radially outward. A cavity is filled with a potting material, and the mechanically coupled components are inserted into the cavity. The cavity may be pre-filled with the potting material, or may be filled after the mechanically coupled components have been inserted therein. A distal end of each projection abuts against a wall of the cavity thereby preventing the potting material from covering each distal end. The cavity is sealed with a cap causing the potting material to harden within the sealed cavity to form a housing of the swallowable sensor device, wherein the distal end of each projection is exposed to an external environment of the swallowable sensor device.
US09730335B2	Heat-bonding apparatus and method of manufacturing heat-bonded products A heat-bonding apparatus and method of manufacturing a heat-bonded product without overheating during cooling thereof after the completion of the heat-bonding, where the object can be cooled in a shorter time than the conventional when the heat-bonding is performed in a vacuum. A heat-bonding apparatus having a vacuum chamber for housing an object to be heat-bonded and a buffer part, a heater for applying heat to the buffer part placed into contact with the object, an object temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the object heated through the buffer part, a buffer temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the buffer part, a vacuum breaker for breaking the vacuum, and a controller for operating the vacuum breaker to break the vacuum when a temperature difference between a temperature detected by the object temperature sensor and a temperature detected by the buffer temperature sensor falls within a range of specified temperature difference.
US09730329B2	Active chip package substrate and method for preparing the same An active chip package substrate and a method for preparing the same. The active chip package substrate includes: a core board; at least one upper active chip, embedded in the core board and having an active surface facing toward a lower surface of the core board, the upper active chip being an active bare chip; and at least one lower active chip, embedded in the core board and having an active surface facing toward an upper surface of the core board, the lower active chip being an active bare chip.
US09730317B2	Circuit board and display device having the same A display device includes a display panel including a curved surface bent along a first direction, a circuit board coupled to the display panel, the circuit board being bent along the first direction in correspondence to the curved surface of the display panel, and an integrated circuit (IC) chip on the circuit board, a short side of the IC chip extending along the first direction.
US09730314B2	Stackable security wraps The present invention provides a security assembly for protecting a device includes first and second security wraps fitted to the device. The first security wrap covers a first area of the device. The second security wrap partially overlaps the first security wrap and covers a second area of the device. Each of the first and second security wraps has a security screen having first and second screen terminals and a conductive track extending between the first and second screen terminals. A conductive structure is disposed in an overlapping area between the first and second security wraps and coupled to the second screen terminal of the first security screen and to the first screen terminal of the second security screen.
US09730310B2	Metal-ceramic substrate A metal-ceramic substrate having at least one ceramic layer (2), which is provided on a first surface side (2a) with at least one first metallization (3) and on a second surface side (2b), opposite from the first surface side (2a), with a second metallization (4), wherein the first metallization (3) is formed by a film or layer of copper or a copper alloy and is connected to the first surface side (2a) of the ceramic layer (2) with the aid of a “direct copper bonding” process. The second metallization (4) is formed by a layer of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.
US09730309B2	Ceramic printed circuit board comprising an al cooling body The invention relates to a ceramic printed circuit board comprising an upper side and a lower side, sintered metallization regions being arranged on the upper side, and the lower side being embodied as a cooling body. In order to improve the heat dissipation of components on the upper side of the printed circuit board, the lower side is also provided with sintered metallization regions to which a metal cooling body is soldered.
US09730307B2	Multi-component electrode for a plasma cutting torch and torch including the same Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a plasma arc cutting torch and an electrode assembly used in the torch. The electrode assembly includes a high thermionic emissive insert and a high thermally conductive and high work function shell into which the insert is inserted. The shell aids in cooling the insert during operation and also has a design which ensures that the shell remains in a proper position during manufacture of the electrode assembly.
US09730301B2	Wireless lighting control module associated with a relay for controlling lighting power output A wireless lighting control module for LED lighting includes a Zigbee wireless receiver receiving an input wireless control signal, an analog control output which conforms to the 0-10V format, and a microcontroller which is connected to the wireless receiver and receives the input wireless control signal from the wireless receiver. The microcontroller regulates the analog control output. The analog control output has a predetermined cutoff level. A lighting power output is controlled by the microcontroller and cut off by opening a relay when the analog control output is below the predetermined cutoff level. The predetermined cutoff level of the analog control output is 0.5V.
US09730300B2	Wireless lighting control system and its application thereof The present invention generally relates to a wireless lighting control system and its application thereof, particularly for commercial application. Said wireless lighting control system mainly involves a novel communication protocol developed for functioning of the said lighting control system, which allows users to remotely control on/off, configure different layouts and settings, and time schedule the operation of different types of lighting fixtures including LEDs.
US09730288B2	Dimmable analog AC circuit An analog AC circuit for light emitting diode (LED) groups that provides continuously emitted light through a dimming process from 100% relative light output to 5% of relative light output. The analog AC circuit utilizes ancillary circuitry that bypasses a first series interconnection of a first LED group and presents a capacitor electrically connected to an ancillary transistor to provide constant current at above a current threshold to cause the first LED group to continuously emit light even through a dimming process.
US09730286B2	Control circuit and method for generating voltage for light emitting diode lighting device Disclosed are a control circuit and a voltage generation method of an LED lighting apparatus which provides lighting using a rectified voltage. Light emission of the LED lighting apparatus can be implemented through current regulation, a rectified voltage used for light emission can be used to provide a constant voltage required for a peripheral circuit, and a current flowing through a current path formed by the current regulation can be controlled to perform dimming.
US09730285B2	Electronic circuit for driving LED strings including a plurality of regulation modules which function in sequence An electronic circuit drives a plurality of LED strings connected in series. The electronic circuit includes a regulation module corresponding to each LED string, with the regulation module connected to the cathode terminal of the corresponding LED string. Each regulation module is further coupled to receive a reference voltage in phase with a rectified a.c. voltage. The regulation modules execute in turn and in sequence a current-regulation phase as a function of a trend of the reference voltage. Each regulation module, when executing the current-regulation phase, functions to regulate the current that flows in the corresponding LED string and in any previous LED strings in the series connection so that the regulated current is proportional to the reference voltage.
US09730283B2	Drivers and driving methods for a LED string, capable of providing LED short protection or avoiding LED flickering The disclosure regards to drivers and driving methods for a LED string consisting of LEDs. The LED string and a current switch are coupled in series between a power line and a ground line. The power line is powered to regulate a signal representing a current passing through the LED string. An enable signal capable of switching the current switch is provided. Whether a predetermined event occurs is detected. When the predetermined event occurs, the enable signal is clamped to have a predetermined logic value, the current switch thereby being kept either open or short.
US09730277B2	Pressurizer heater for the primary cooling system of a pressurized-water nuclear reactor The invention relates to a heating rod for a pressurizer of a primary cooling system of a pressurized-water nuclear reactor, the rod comprising a metal outer shell (36) of longitudinally elongate shape having an external surface (62), and a heating element (40) mounted inside the shell (36). It comprises an anti-corrosion coating (60) covering at least part of the external surface (62) of the shell (36).
US09730275B2	Gas turbine engine systems A gas turbine engine 10 comprises at least one rigid raft assembly that has a fluid passageway 210 at least partially embedded therein. The fluid passageway 210 is at least a part of a fluid system. In addition to the fluid passageway 210, the rigid raft assembly 200 also has at least a part of another system. For example, the rigid raft assembly may also include electrical conductors 252, which are part of an electrical system. The rigid raft assembly 200 may be lighter, easier to assemble, more robust and more compact than conventional solutions for providing systems to gas turbine engines.
US09730273B2	Heater module for heater of fluid infusion apparatus and manufacturing method thereof The present invention includes: a laminated structure of an insulation substrate; a resistance pattern laminated on one side of the insulation substrate with a pure metal or an alloy which is a mixture of two or more metals at a predetermined ratio and having a resistance value which is set by a pattern having a length and a cross-sectional area; a first insulator layer coated on an upper surface of the resistance pattern by a predetermined method to protect and insulate the resistance pattern; a conductor layer in which a metal material is deposited on the upper surface of the first insulator layer by a predetermined method; and a thin film protective layer deposited on the upper surface of the conductor layer to provide insulation from the conductor layer, waterproofing, corrosion resistance, and chemical resistance.
US09730272B2	Portable computing device for wireless communications and method of operation In one embodiment of the present invention, a portable computing device for wireless communications comprises a first network interface for communicating with a public wireless wide area network (WWAN), a second network interface for communicating with a private wireless local area network (WLAN), and a processor executing under control of software instructions, the software instructions defining a gateway protocol, the gateway protocol establishing the portable computing device as an access point within the private WLAN after the wireless presence on the public WWAN is established.
US09730270B2	Telecommunication system for automatically locating by network connection and selectively delivering calls to mobile client devices A communication system for an organization having multiple sites uses a dual-mode device capable of both cell phone communication and telephone communication on a local area network (LAN). IP LANS are established at organization sites such that a temporary IP address is assigned to a dual-mode device that logs onto an organization LAN, and the IP address is associated at a PSTN-connected server on the LAN with the cell phone number of the communication device. The IP server notifies a PSTN-connected routing server when a device logs on to a LAN, and also provides a destination number for the IP server. Cell calls directed to the device are then redirected to the IP server and directed to the device connected to the LAN.
US09730250B2	Method and user equipment for transmitting uplink signal The present invention provides a method and user equipment for transmitting an uplink signal capable of enhancing coverage while conserving energy by separating a cell for receiving a downlink from a cell for transmitting an uplink.
US09730244B2	Method and apparatus for handling random access channel responses A method and apparatus for supporting a random access using a random access channel (RACH) are disclosed. The WTRU detects a format of control information in at least one control channel element (CCE) of a common area in a control portion of a downlink transmission. The control information indicates a resource allocation in a data portion of the downlink transmission. The WTRU recovers a random access response assigned to the WTRU from the indicated resource allocation of the data portion on a condition that the at least one CCE has a random access radio network terminal identifier (RA-RNTI) assigned to the WTRU.
US09730235B2	Adaptive channel bandwidth switching method and system An embodiment of the present invention provides an adaptive channel bandwidth switching method, including: buffering service data to be sent; sending a first microwave frame to a receiving end device; performing a receiving configuration after processing the first microwave frame; continuously sending second microwave frames to the receiving end device; switching a configuration related to the symbol rate after receiving the second microwave frames; performing symbol synchronization; performing frame synchronization; performing equalizer convergence; sending a third microwave frame to the receiving end device after the receiving end device performs the equalizer convergence; performing a receiving configuration after processing the third microwave frame; stopping buffering the service data to be sent; and sending a fourth microwave frame to the receiving end device, so as to switch the channel bandwidth. The embodiment of the present invention provides an effective method for improving link availability.
US09730233B2	Channel allocation method based on shapley value in wireless networks A channel allocation method based on Shapley value in wireless networks is provided. The method comprises: disclosing by a PU (primary user) some idle channels denoted by serial numbers, a utilization rate threshold, a lowest selling price, and an increment between two bidding prices; SUs (secondary users) reporting the corresponding numbers of required channels to the PU; calculating a plurality of legal teams satisfying the utilization rate threshold; classifying the plurality of SUs; calculating the Shapley value of each SU in each legal team; calculating an estimated price of each multi-user in each legal team; determining the retained legal teams; performing an ascending auction process by the retained legal teams; and allocating the channels to the SUs in the winning team.
US09730230B2	System and method for performing resource allocation A method is provided in one example and includes determining at least one subscriber session policy, determining at least one current subscriber session analytic data, the current subscriber session analytic data comprising subscriber session analytic data that is indicative of at least one current subscriber session condition, and performing resource allocation based, at least in part, on the subscriber session policy and the current subscriber session analytic data.
US09730228B2	Individualized gain control of remote uplink band paths in a remote unit in a distributed antenna system (DAS), based on combined uplink power level in the remote unit Individualized gain control of remote uplink band paths in a remote unit in a distributed antenna system (DAS) based on combined uplink power level in the remote unit. The combined uplink power of a combined uplink communications signal in a remote unit is measured. If the combined uplink power level exceeds a defined uplink threshold power level for the remote unit, the gain is reduced for individual uplink band paths that provide a higher power contribution to the combined uplink power of combined uplink communications signal in the remote unit. This allows the initial uplink gain of the uplink band paths in a remote unit to be set higher to increase sensitivity, because the gain of the uplink band paths providing higher power contributions to the combined uplink power in the remote unit can be reduced, without reducing gain in other uplink band paths of the remote unit.
US09730213B2	Communication system A communication system includes a movable terminal device and a plurality of communication devices configured to perform radio communication with the terminal device. The communication devices include a large-scale communication device having a first range in which communication with said terminal device is possible and a small-scale communication device having a second range in which said communication is possible. The first range is larger than the second range. A handover of the terminal device from the large-scale communication device to the small-scale communication device is prohibited whenever (a) the small-scale communication device is connected with the large-scale communication device by a dedicated line, (b) said small-scale communication device operates by using functionality of the large-scale communication device, or (c) the small-scale communication device is located within the first range of the large-scale communication device.
US09730209B2	Communication terminal device, base station device, and communication system A communication terminal device includes a determining unit that determines a region size of a control channel in accordance with a PHICH duration value transmitted from a base station device, and an acquiring unit that acquires, on the basis of the region size, data to be sent to the communication terminal device. A base station device includes a first control unit that updates a CFI value at a first interval, a second control unit that updates a PHICH duration value at a second interval, the second interval being greater than the first interval, and a scheduling unit that performs scheduling of, only in a subframe in which the PHICH duration value matches the CFI value, data to be sent to a communication terminal device that is outside an arrival coverage of a signal including the CFI value.
US09730204B2	Method and apparatus for supporting transmission efficiency in a wireless communication system A method for and apparatus for supporting transmission efficiency in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device determines a message type based on information, the message type indicating a plurality of transmission types; and performs adaptive measurement, data process, and power control according to the message type. Herein the information indicates one of the plurality of candidate message types that are predefined or are defined by a RRC message.
US09730201B2	System, method and base station for allocating resources in a plurality of subframes A method operating a telecommunications system including a base station and plural terminal devices arranged to communicate over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices and a downlink control channel conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices. The control-plane data can convey information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for respective of the terminal devices. The radio interface uses a radio frame structure including plural subframes. Each subframe includes a control region supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region supporting the downlink shared channel. The method uses the control region of a first radio subframe to convey an indication of a physical resource allocation for a first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe subsequent to the first radio subframe.
US09730197B2	Communication system A communication system is provided in which a communication node can allocate resources, for another communication node, within a number of consecutive subframes using a single control message. The other communication node receives codewords transmitted over using the allocated resources, aggregates ACK/NACK feedback for the received codewords and transmits the aggregated ACK/NACK feedback to the communication node for use in controlling subsequent transmission of new codewords or retransmission of previous codewords.
US09730193B2	Demodulation reference signals for retransmission in wireless communication Provided is a method for wireless communication which includes transmitting codewords according to an initial transmission rank, receiving downlink transmissions indicating at least one of the codewords to be retransmitted, constructing a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) to be sent with the at least one codeword to be retransmitted, and retransmitting the at least one codeword with the DM-RS according to a retransmission rank. The downlink transmissions may include one or more physical hybrid automatic retransmission request indicator channels and the DM-RS may be constructed based at least in part on information in the downlink transmissions.
US09730190B2	Terminal apparatus, communication system, and communication method A terminal apparatus includes a downlink transceiver that receives downlink data via a base station governing a first cell and exchanges with the base station governing the first cell, control information that is for receiving the downlink data; and an uplink transceiver that transmits uplink data via a base station governing a second cell that is different from the first cell and exchanges with the base station governing the second cell, control information that is for transmitting the uplink data.
US09730188B2	Terminal device, base station device, retransmission method, and resource allocation method The present invention provides a terminal device that allows constraints on user allocation to be prevented and spread codes to be allocated in a scheduler when non-adaptive HARQ is employed using a PHICH. A codeword generator (103) generates code words (CW) by encoding data, a layer mapping unit (108) places each CW in one or a plurality of layers, a DMRS generator (110) generates a reference signal for each layer in which a CW is placed by using any resource among a plurality of resources defined by a mutually orthogonal plurality of OCCs, and an ACK/NACK demodulator (102) receives a response signal indicating a retransmission request. When a response signal requesting retransmission of only a CW placed in a plurality of layers is received, the DMRS generator (110) uses each resource having the same OCC among the plurality of resources for the reference signals generated in the corresponding layers.
US09730185B2	Method by which terminals in wireless communication systems receive downlink control channels and apparatus for same The present invention relates to a method by which terminals in a wireless communication system receive control channels. More particularly, the method includes the steps of: receiving control information that includes the transmission mode for the control channel and information about the number of antenna ports through a broadcast channel from a base station; and receiving the control channel on the basis of the control information.
US09730181B1	Mobile terminal with call function or texting function, or a function as a game terminal, game program and game method executed by mobile terminal The present invention provides a mobile terminal with a call function or a texting function. The present invention controls the use of a mobile terminal by a manual operation because of an incoming call during movement. Location information indicating movement of a mobile terminal with a call or a message data exchange function is received by a GPS receiver, the distance and the movement speed are determined by using the measurement information of the two locations at every predetermined time, and whether or not the mobile terminal is moving in accordance with the movement speed is determined by a movement determination unit. When it is determined by the movement determination unit that the mobile terminal is moving, the display of incoming call information indicating an incoming call is set to non-displayed on the display unit, and at the same time, a notification sound from a speaker, etc. is invalid.
US09730179B2	Passive locationing over multiple channels Apparatuses and methods for performing multi-channel passive ranging operations are disclosed. In one example, a passive listening device may receive, on a first wireless channel, a first exchange of signals between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, and then receive on a second wireless channel, a second exchange of signals between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, the first wireless channel different than the second wireless channel. The passive listening device may determine a differential distance between the passive listening device and the first and second wireless devices based, at least in part, on the first and second exchanges of signals on the first and second wireless channels, respectively.
US09730177B2	Dedicated gateway for mobile broadband devices A quite simple and effective way for simplifying the mobile system for the mobile broadband customers, thereby lowering the equipment costs and in the end allowing for more competitive flat rate fees, is to direct the traffic from mobile broadband devices (110) to dedicated gateways (120). The mobile broadband device (110) is comprised in a user equipment (105) in a wireless communication network (100). The wireless communication network (100) comprises a network node (115) is arranged to be connected to the mobile broadband device (110). First, the mobile broadband device (110) sends (200, 300) an attach request message to the network node (115). The attach request comprises an information element indicating that the device (110) is a broadband device. Then, the device (110) receives (301) an attach accept message from the network node (115) comprising address information of the dedicated gateway (120). After the device (110) has received the attach accept message it sends (302, 205) traffic to the dedicated gateway (120).
US09730176B2	Identifiers and triggers for capillary devices Methods and apparatuses for capillary network device registration implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. Registration or bootstrap messages may be received by a capillary network device where the WTRU acts as a gateway for communication between the capillary device and a network such as a 3GPP network. A capillary network device identifier (CNDID) is sent to the capillary device. A packet data protocol (PDP) context or PDN connection may be established with the network and the CNDID may be sent to a machine type communications (MTC) server. The WTRU may create the registration message, establish a connection with the network, and forward the registration message to the MTC server. Methods and apparatuses implemented in a network are also disclosed for identifying, addressing, and triggering the capillary devices from the MTC server. The trigger message may include fields for group communication, reducing signaling, and enabling charging.
US09730172B2	Base station device and method of updating counter of base station device There is provided a base station device capable of achieving synchronization in a wired manner between base station devices in IP-DECT. Thus, according to the base station device, in slave base station devices, synchronization control unit hardware that is connected to Ethernet (registered trademark), and outputs timestamp information and synchronization pulses which includes interval pulses and wide pulses, synchronization control unit software that generates frame numbers based on the timestamp information, and a wireless timing control unit that receives the synchronization pulses generated in the synchronization control unit hardware and the frame numbers generated in the synchronization control unit software, and performs timing control for performing wireless communication with IP-DECT client terminals are provided. The wireless timing control unit includes a frame counter, and the frame counter is updated using the frame numbers with the wide pulses as triggers.
US09730163B2	Apparatus and method for conservation of battery power of mobile devices within a location-based group A method of conserving battery power of mobile devices within a location-based group starts with server receiving location data and proximity information from each of the mobile devices. Location data received from first mobile device includes the first mobile device's location. Proximity information received from first mobile device includes an identification of mobile devices within a predetermined radius of first mobile device's location. Server identifies based on location data and proximity information a specific location and forms a subgroup of mobile devices that are within a predetermined radius of the specific location. Server queries and receives a level of power associated with each mobile devices in the subgroup and transmits control signals to each mobile devices in the subgroup to shut down radio functions based on the level of power. Other embodiments are also described.
US09730156B1	System and method for providing power saving mode enhancements in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining that a periodic timer for a user equipment (UE) is about to expire; communicating to an application service, prior to expiration of the periodic timer for the UE, an indication associated with an availability of the UE to receive data from the application service; and communicating the data from the application service to the UE upon receiving the indication. In some cases, the method can include registering, by the application service, to receive the indication from a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) support node (SGSN), wherein the registering is performed via a service capability exposure function (SCEF) in communication with the MME or the SGSN and the application service.
US09730154B2	Method for managing an access point of a communication network according to the traffic The invention relates to a method for managing an access point of a communication network, said access point being suitable for supplying data packets to at least one communication terminal connected to said access point, said method comprising the following steps when the access point is inactive or on standby:a plurality of data packets are placed in a queue, a data packet having a waiting time d at the expiration of which the packet is considered lost;for each waiting time value d, the transmission time of the data packets having a waiting time d is determined; and if, for a waiting time d, a corresponding transmission time Td is higher than said corresponding waiting time d, the duration d−Td thus being negative, the method comprises a step of activating said access point in order to transmit packets from the queue, the transmitted packets preferably being those having a low waiting time.
US09730152B2	UE enhancement in FDD-TDD joint operation networks To support the new characteristics where FDD carriers and TDD carriers provide different services with different QoS or with different coverage or with different mobility robustness, UE enhancements of FDD-TDD network are proposed. In one embodiment, a dual mode UE in idle mode camps on a source cell and determines a target cell based on the cn domain and/or additional paging information contained in an enhanced paging message. In another embodiment, a dual mode UE may establish an RRC connection with a source cell with TDD carrier, and later is handover or redirected to a target cell supporting voice over IMS. The handover or redirection is based on the cn domain and/or the additional paging information contained in the enhanced paging message.
US09730147B2	Higher priority network scanning A user equipment (UE) determines whether the UE is camped on a highest priority network. The UE being configured to scan for a higher priority network even though the UE is already camped on the highest priority network as specified in a network selector data structure that identifies networks and that indicates respective priorities of the identified networks. In response to determining that the UE is camped on the highest priority network, the UE stops scanning for a higher priority network.
US09730141B2	System and method for distributed and integrated mobility support for mobile networks and mobile hosts A method for updating location information includes detecting a change in mobility of a second device, and determining whether an update condition has been met. When the update condition has been met, the method also includes updating a first location management function in accordance with location information of the second device, and forwarding the location information of the second device to a second location management function.
US09730134B2	Method and apparatus for handover of device-to-device communications Methods and apparatuses for handover of device-to-device (D2D) communications have been disclosed. A method may comprise: receiving, from a first device of a D2D cluster, a first measurement report which indicates a handover of the first device is needed; and determining, according to a D2D handover condition, whether to initiate or postpone the handover based on the first measurement report. In some embodiments, the first measurement report is sent by the first device in response to meeting the D2D handover condition.
US09730127B2	Handover method and apparatus of electronic device in wireless communication system Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing a handover of an electronic device and reselection of a base station (cell) in a wireless communication system, considering load of the base station. A method for performing handovers in an electronic device of a wireless communication system includes: when a handover is required, measuring power of signals received from a serving base station and nearby base stations, and obtaining load information of the serving base station and the nearby base stations; selecting the first candidate base stations capable of performing a handover, using the measured power of the received signals; selecting the second candidate base stations capable of performing a handover, based on the load information of the first candidate base stations; and transmitting information on the power of signals received from the selected second candidate base stations and a request message for a handover to the serving base station.
US09730124B2	Method for acquiring UE capability, terminal, and base station Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for acquiring a UE capability, a terminal, and a base station. A method for acquiring a UE capability includes: receiving, by a target base station, a handover request sent by a core network device or a source base station, where the handover request carries first UE capability information; and if the first UE capability information indicates an incomplete capability of a UE, after the UE is handed over to the target base station, the target base station determines, according to the first UE capability information, whether to acquire a complete capability of the UE.
US09730119B2	Synchronization method, communication handover method, radio network and node A synchronization method, a communication handover method, a radio network, and a RAN node are disclosed. The interface information synchronization method includes determining whether a condition for initiating interface information update is fulfilled. Information about the S1 interface between the RAN node and the core network node, is sent. In addition, or alternatively, information about the X2 interface between the RAN node and the neighboring RAN node is sent to the neighboring RAN node if the condition for initiating interface information update fulfilled.
US09730118B2	Communication system A communication system is described in which mobile telephones are able to roam between neighboring home node base stations and in which the home base stations or the home base station gateway devices are arranged to aggregate “Unsuccessfully Transmitted DL Data Volume” determined by previous home base stations served by the gateway device. In this way, when a call is transferred away from the gateway device or is released, a total aggregated value of “Unsuccessfully Transmitted DL Data Volume” can be provided to the core network for billing purposes.
US09730117B2	Distributed seamless roaming in wireless networks One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for configuring an access point in a wireless network. During operation, the access point discovers one or more existing access points associated with the wireless network. The access point then obtains a set of configuration information from one existing access point, and synchronizes a local timestamp counter to a selected existing access point, thereby allowing the access point to be configured without using a centralized management station.
US09730115B2	Method for supporting indication of a failure event to a source access system A method for supporting indication of a failure event to a source access system is provided. The method includes notifying, by the source access system, information of a source cell to a target access system, routing, by the target access system, a message to the base station or the base station controller of the source access through a core network by use of the information of the source cell received from the source access system when the target access system needs to transmit a message to the source access system. By use of the method provided by the present disclosure, a problem of mobility robustness optimization (MRO) among different radio access technology (RAT) may be notified to the source access system, so as to avoid impact for a terminal, reduce operator configuration.
US09730111B2	Methods and systems for maximizing throughput for rate-adaptive wireless communication Throughput for rate-adaptive wireless communication is maximized by accounting for the rate loss associated with selecting a transmission rate as a function of the actual rate supported by the channel. An optimal rate is selected by minimizing a set of average cost functions; each of the average cost functions is based on the delayed LQMs and rate-loss cost functions associated with selecting a candidate transmission rate as a function of a maximum rate supported by the channel.
US09730099B2	Method, device, and system for measuring channel state information The present invention discloses a method, a device, and a system for measuring channel state information, which relate to the communications field. The method includes: transmitting, by a base station BS, multiple sets of channel state indication reference signal CSI-RS resources; and notifying a user equipment UE of an aggregation mode of the CSI-RS resources, so that after the UE aggregates the multiple sets of CSI-RS resources according to the aggregation mode of the CSI-RS resources to form a measurement source, the UE performs CSI measurement according to a channel corresponding to CSI-RS ports on the measurement source.
US09730093B2	User equipment, base station, communication control method, and radio communication system An information processing apparatus for communicating with another information processing apparatus using a plurality of component carriers, including a receiver configured to receive allocation information that specifies how data to be transmitted is to be allocated among component carriers; and a processing unit configured to execute a process in order to conduct a handover procedure according to the allocation information.
US09730092B2	Method for D2D operation performed by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using the method A method for device-to-device (D2D) operation performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method are provided. The method comprises: receiving information related to a D2D resource pool; and performing D2D operation with another terminal from a D2D resource indicated by the information related to the D2D resource pool, wherein the terminal establishes a gap which does not receive a downlink signal transmitted from a serving cell, based on the D2D resource.
US09730087B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing interference in time-space dimensions Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for analyzing interference in the time-space dimensions. The apparatus includes an evaluation area partition unit configured to partition an evaluation area into lattices in order for a receiver to determine whether a permitted interference level at which interference needs to be accepted is satisfied or not and an interference analysis unit configured to spatially evaluate the amount of interference in each of the lattices based on a result of temporal evaluation of the amount of interference in each of the lattices.
US09730082B2	Methods and arrangements to relay packets via Wi-Fi direct Logic may enable client devices or access points to relay medium access control (MAC) frames through a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Direct network such as a network of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) connections to extend the wireless range of the devices or access points beyond the transmission range of the individual devices or access points. Logic may extend the range of IEEE 802.11 devices, such as IEEE 802.11ah devices, by allowing a station in the middle of two stations to serve as a relay station using the Wi-Fi Direct technology. Logic may enable relaying to avoid a full mesh technology such as is defined in IEEE 802.11s, since the full mesh technology may contain too many features that are not required for a simple or a static network configuration of such embodiments.
US09730077B2	Architecture for simultaneous spectrum usage by air-to-ground and terrestrial networks A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells may include an in-flight aircraft including an antenna assembly, a plurality of ATG base stations, a plurality of terrestrial base stations. Each of the ATG base stations defines a corresponding radiation pattern, and the ATG base stations are spaced apart from each other to define at least partially overlapping coverage areas to communicate with the antenna assembly in an ATG communication layer defined between a first altitude and a second altitude. The terrestrial base stations are configured to communicate primarily in a ground communication layer below the first altitude. The terrestrial base stations and the ATG base stations are each configured to communicate using the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum in the ground communication layer and ATG communication layer, respectively.
US09730066B2	Mobile application identification and control through WiFi access points A network access point secures a WiFi network, and acts as a picocell, by identifying applications running on computer-based devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and the like, that seek to access the Internet (or another network) via the access point and applying network access policies to data communications by those applications according to application, location, context, device and/or user characteristics.
US09730061B2	Network authentication Disclosed is a method for determining identification information on a user of a user terminal including a subscription of a second network, wherein the user terminal is requesting access to a first network. In the method an access request message is received from an entity controlling at least pertly the access to the first network and an identification request message is delivered to the user terminal. The user terminal is configured to return an indication of identification and if the indication is positive, pre-agreed piece of information is retrieved from a location accessible to the server. The pre-agreed piece of information is delivered to the entity controlling the access to the first network in order to provide an access to the first network. Also disclosed is a server, a user terminal and a computer program product.
US09730057B2	Apparatus for managing members of at least one group of decoders having access to broadcast data A technique to manage members of a group of decoders having access to broadcast data, each group member sharing a common broadcast encryption scheme (BES) comprising the steps of, in a stage for a decoder to become a group member, receiving keys pertaining to the position in the group according to the BES, receiving a current group access data comprising a current group access key, and in a stage of accessing broadcast data, using the current group access data to access the broadcast data, and in a stage of renewing the current group access key, sending a first group message comprising at lease a next group access key encrypted so that only non-revoked decoders can access it, said group message being further encrypted by the current group access key, updating the current group access key with the next group access key.
US09730052B2	Managing a client application session based on a status of a local wireless connection between primary and secondary communication terminals In an embodiment, a secondary communication terminal (CT) executes a client application to engage in a client application session (CAS), the secondary CT configured to connect to a primary CT over a local wireless connection (LWC), the primary CT having a higher-quality user interface environment as compared to the secondary CT. The secondary CT establishes the LWC with the primary CT during the CAS and, responsive to the establishment, negotiates with the primary CT to selectively transition the CAS to the primary CT. Alternatively, the primary CT executes the client application before the establishment and negotiates with the secondary CT to selectively transition the CAS to the secondary CT. In another embodiment, the primary CT hosts the CAS while the LWC is established with the secondary CT. Then, upon disconnection of the LWC, the secondary AT selectively transitions the CAS to the secondary CT.
US09730051B2	Residential gateway having wireless and wireline interfaces A hybrid residential gateway may provide network access using either a wireless access interface or a wired access interface. Network access over either interface may be authenticated using a single SIM card within the residential gateway.
US09730049B1	Proximity detection method A proximity detection method implemented by a detecting device includes: (a) receiving detection signals from multiple signal providing devices that include a target device and at least one reference device; (b) for each of the detection signals, collecting signal strength values of the detection signal at a variety of time points; (c) filtering out a portion of the signal strength values based on a predetermined criterion; (d) for each of the detection signals, calculating a signal level according to a sum of the signal strength values; and (e) calculating proximity of the target device in relation to the at least one reference device according to the signal level.
US09730046B2	Automatically inferring user signature through contextual learning Techniques are disclosed enabling a wireless device to associate other wireless devices within a communication range of the wireless device as belonging to a specific individuals or groups recognized by the wireless device. In one embodiment, a first set of data including an identifier broadcast from the other wireless device in proximity to the wireless device is received by the wireless device. The wireless device identifies a user in a set of event data available on the wireless device. The wireless device evaluates the set of event data and the identifier to correlate the identifier of the other wireless device with the user. Upon determining that the identifier from the other wireless device has an association with the user identified in the set of event data, the wireless device assigns a display label to represent the other wireless device on the wireless device.
US09730040B2	Communication apparatus, system and method A communication apparatus includes a computer. The apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals in communication with the computer. The apparatus includes a memory in communication with the computer. The apparatus includes a display in communication with the computer. The apparatus includes a first operational screen that appears on the display after the apparatus is turned on or woken up. The first operational screen is a first screen through which the computer can be activated and performed by the computer. The first operational screen having an emergency icon which when selected causes the computer to send with the transmitter a text stored in the memory to at least one remote contact stored in the memory along with location information from a GPS or tracking location system where the apparatus is currently located. A method for communicating.
US09730024B2	Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device.
US09730019B2	Assigning location information to wireless local area network access points An apparatus receives a message including results of measurements on signals of a WLAN access point. The apparatus determines as a first condition whether the message comprises no indication of a position obtained in a non-cell based positioning and/or no information enabling a non-cell based positioning. The apparatus determines as a second condition whether the message comprises in addition results of measurements on signals of at least one cell of a cellular communications network. If the conditions are met, the apparatus determines a position based on the results of measurements on signals of the at least one cell of a cellular communications network and causes storage of location information that is based on the determined position in a memory for the WLAN access point, in case no location information has previously been stored in the memory for the WLAN access point.
US09730009B1	Sparse Wi-Fi access point database for mobile devices An electronic device has a processor, a Wi-Fi radio, a first database and a second database. The first database includes geolocation and identity information of a sparse subset of a global catalog of Wi-Fi access points. The second database includes locally stored location-based content. The processor: (i) controls the Wi-Fi radio so as to detect one or more Wi-Fi access points proximate to the electronic device, (ii) makes an identification of the one or more detected Wi-Fi access points, (iii) makes a coarse determination of a location of the electronic device by comparing the identification of the one or more detected Wi-Fi access points with the geolocation identity information in the first database, (iv) selects location based content corresponding to the coarse determination from the second database or from a server, and (v) outputs the selected location-based content to a user of the electronic device.
US09730005B2	Container-located information transfer module Techniques are described herein that transfer information using a container-located module. The module is coupled to sensor(s) that are configured to detect characteristic(s) pertaining to a medical substance that is included in a medical container. The module wirelessly transfers information that is based on the characteristic(s) to a requesting device in response to a request from the requesting device.
US09730004B2	System, network and method for securing contactless communications A system for securing contactless communications with an external device is provided. The system has an operating device for performing at least one of production and testing operations. A controlling device is coupled operationally to the operating device; a receiving device configured to receive first data from the external device. A unidirectional network is configured to allow communication of the first data from the receiving device to the controlling device. The controlling device is configured to control the at least one of production and testing operations performed by the operating device on the basis of the first data.
US09729998B2	Method and apparatus for application optimization and collaboration of wearable devices A method and apparatus associated with one or more wearable devices for a user includes utilizing the one or more wearable devices, for a set of functionality, in a first configuration by the user, wherein the user is in a specific role; communicating data, in a Personal Area Network (PAN), between the one or more wearable devices and between a mobile device associated with the user; and providing information to a recommendation engine, wherein the information is related to the specific role, the set of functionality, and the first configuration.
US09729996B2	Mobile terminal, and method and device for updating setup information thereof The invention relates to the technical field of mobile terminals and discloses a mobile terminal and a method and device for updating the setup information thereof. The method comprises: obtaining a National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) position message through the Global Positioning System (GPS); interpreting the NMEA message to obtain the current time and the current position information of the mobile terminal; obtaining a nation to which the current position belongs according to the position information, recognizing the language of the nation; and updating the setup information of the mobile terminal according to the recognized language and the current time. Through the invention, the setup information of the mobile terminal can be updated according to the location of the mobile terminal.
US09729990B2	Manufacturing method of a condenser microphone A condenser microphone comprises a substrate, a vibratile diaphragm and a back plate. The substrate has an opening. The diaphragm is disposed corresponding to the substrate and covers the opening, and has a plurality of protrusions. The back plate is coupled to the diaphragm and has a plurality of through holes, at least some of which are corresponding to the protrusions respectively. An interval is formed between the diaphragm and the back plate, and when the diaphragm vibrates, the protrusions move into or further near the through holes.
US09729985B2	Reproducing audio signals with a haptic apparatus on acoustic headphones and their calibration and measurement Method and devices for testing a headphone with increased sensation are provided. The headphone can filter and amplify low frequency audio signals, which are then sent to a haptic device in the headphone. The haptic device can cause bass sensations at the top of the skull and at both ear cups. The testing system can evaluate the haptic and acoustic sensations produced by the headphone to evaluate if they have been properly assembled and calibrate the headphones if necessary.
US09729979B2	Antenna system for a hearing aid A hearing aid includes a hearing aid assembly having an antenna for emission of an electromagnetic field, a transceiver for wireless data communication, the transceiver interconnected with the antenna, and a housing for accommodation of the antenna, wherein the antenna comprises a first section having a length between at least one sixteenth wavelength and a full wavelength of the electromagnetic field, the antenna being positioned so that current flows in the first section in a direction that corresponds with an ear-to-ear axis of a user when the housing is worn in its operational position by the user, whereby the electromagnetic field emitted by the antenna propagates along a surface of a head of the user with its electrical field substantially orthogonal to the surface of the head of the user.
US09729974B2	Hybrid receiver module The present invention relates to a compact and robust hybrid receiver comprising a moving coil type receiver and one or more moving armature type receivers, wherein the moving coil type receiver and the moving armature type receiver, at least partly, share a common magnetic circuit.
US09729969B2	System and method for bass enhancement A system and method for enhancing the real and/or perceived bass band of an audio signal is disclosed. A computationally simple yet effective bass band enhancement system for use in consumer electronics applications is disclosed. An audio processing system including bass enhancement functionality for use in a mobile audio system is disclosed.
US09729967B2	Feedback canceling system and method Reducing feedback in an input signal that contains a signal component based on an output signal from a proximate output. The input signal is separated into a plurality of frequency bands by band pass filters. The power of signal in each band is determined, and the band signal with the greatest power is selected. That band's signal is sampled at a sampling rate, and at regular intervals one of the samples is selected. Blind signal separation is used to estimate signal sources from the selected samples. The estimated signals are compared to the output signal, and the estimated signal most similar to the output signal is subtracted from the input signal.
US09729961B2	Actively suspended seat with bass loudspeakers A system for a seat in a motor vehicle that has a cabin audio system and a bass loudspeaker that is able to generate sound in the cabin. The system includes a seat active suspension system with a vibration sensor coupled to the seat, and a controller that is responsive to the vibration sensor and that outputs control signals that are provided to an electromagnetic actuator that reduces seat vibrations. The active suspension system is arranged such that it can cause a change in the audio system.
US09729958B2	Headset system with user-configurable function button A headset providing audio input and output for a mobile device includes a microphone and speaker. An RF transceiver performs wireless communication with the mobile device. One or more buttons are configured for push operations to control operation of the headset, the mobile device, or both. A processor is configured to process a signal input from the microphone and output the processed signal to the RF transceiver, process a signal received from the RF transceiver and output the processed signal to the speaker, and process a signal input according to the push operations of the one or more buttons. At least one of the buttons is configurable to actuate a selected function. A memory associated with the processor stores program instructions for executing a plurality of functions, wherein the selected plurality of function is selected in response to user input via a user interface on the mobile device.
US09729957B1	Dynamic frequency-dependent sidetone generation The overall performance and power utilization of an audio device may be improved with an adaptive sidetone generation system that generates sidetones optimized for different application-specific problems. In particular, systems that include sidetone generation capabilities may be developed to include numerous microphones from which information may be received and processed to generate optimized sidetones. For example, the information from the microphones may be used to receive and/or determine the audio device's operating mode. The information from the microphones and the received and/or determined mode may then be used to generate a sidetone that is optimized for the particular mode and particular conditions in which the audio device is operating. Through the generation of optimized sidetones, the audio signal quality may be improved, thus reducing the amount of subsequent audio processing required, and resulting in improved performance and power utilization.
US09729954B2	Audio headset having internal cord management features and related technology A headset in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a headpiece, an earpiece, an arm extending therebetween, and a cord extending through the arm. The arm includes elongate first and second segments through which the arm is operably connected to the earpiece and the headpiece, respectively. The first and second segments have a telescoping arrangement such that the arm is movable between a lengthened state and a shortened state. The arm further includes a hinge operable to rotate the arm about an axis and thereby move the arm relative to the headpiece between a folded state and an unfolded state. Increased slack in the cord preferentially gathers within an interior region of the second segment when the arm moves from the lengthened state toward the shortened state and when the arm moves from the folded state toward the unfolded state.
US09729950B2	Upgrading PON systems using a multi-cycle field AWG The communication system has first and second optical systems and an optical feed fiber in communication with the first optical system and arranged to convey a feeder optical signal to the second optical system. The first optical system includes a multiplexer configured to multiplex/demultiplex between a first optical line terminal signal, a second optical line terminal signal, and the feeder optical signal. The feeder optical signal includes the first optical line terminal signal and the second optical line terminal signal. The first optical line terminal signal includes a first upstream free spectral range and a first downstream free spectral range. The second optical line terminal signal includes a second upstream free spectral range and a second downstream free spectral range. The second optical system is in communication with the optical feed fiber and is configured to multiplex and demultiplex between the feeder optical signal and optical network unit signals.
US09729946B2	High-capacity switch Consistent with the present disclosure, an optical switch is provided that switches multiple wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical signals. Each of the WDM signals includes optical signals having the same wavelengths. The WDM signals are supplied to optical splitters, which supply power split portions of the WDM signals to corresponding optical gates. Groups of the optical gates are associated with a corresponding switching block, which may include a cyclical arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), and the optical gates within each group are controlled so that one gate passes a received WDM signal portion while the remaining optical gates in the group are in a blocking configuration. As a result, the WDM portion received by the non-blocking gate is demultiplexed in the switching block and each of the wavelength components that constitute the selected WDM portion are supplied to corresponding outputs within the switching block. In a later time interval, a different optical gate may be rendered non-blocking so that a different WDM signal portion, supplied from a different optical splitter and carrying different information over the same wavelengths, may be input to the switching block. Thus, by controlling the optical gates, different WDM signal portions may be switched to, and thus demultiplexed by, a particular switching block. In addition, portions of the same WDM signal may be selectively supplied to different AWGs by appropriately control of the optical gates.
US09729945B2	Environmental monitor device with database An environmental monitor device with a database comprises a data bus, a multitude of sensors, at least one processing unit, input/output device(s); communications interface(s), and memory. Communications interface(s) communicate with at least one environmental sensor device comprising with a multitude of sensors. The multitude of sensors may include particle counter(s), pressure sensor(s) and/or the like. The memory is configured to hold data and machine executable instructions. The machine executable instructions are configured to cause at least one processing unit to: collect sensor data from at least one environmental sensor device; store at least some of the sensor data in at least one database; and generate a report of sensor data that exceeds at least one threshold.
US09729927B2	Systems and methods for generating shadows for a media guidance application based on content Systems and methods for generating shadows for a media guidance application are provided. A display of a media asset is generated that includes a media object with a shadow at an object shadow position. Object shadow information is stored corresponding to the shadow of the object and the object shadow position. In response to receiving a user request to access a media guidance application, a media guidance application display corresponding to the user request is selected. A guide shadow is generated based on the stored object shadow information and the media guidance application display. The guide shadow is combined with the media guidance application display for display to the user.
US09729922B2	Automatic self-help video playback for set-top box troubleshooting A set-top box (STB) determines an occurrence of a first STB error during operation of the STB, and identifies a first error code that corresponds to the first STB error. The STB maps the first error code to a first self-help video of multiple self-help videos stored at the STB, and plays back the first self-video via a display device coupled to the STB.
US09729903B2	Data transmitting device and method A device for transmitting a packet includes a first processor configured to generate a first packet based on a first content; a second processor configured to generate a second packet independently from the first processor based on a second content; a signaling processor configured to generate a signaling packet based on the first content and the second content; and a communication interface configured to transmit the first packet, the second packet, and the signaling packet, wherein the first processor, the second processor, and the signaling processor respectively generate the first packet, the second packet, and the signaling packet in parallel.
US09729893B2	Method and apparatus for encoding image, and method and apparatus for decoding image The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding video. A video decoding method comprises reconstructing a residual value by entropy-decoding received bitstream and dequantizing and inverse-transforming residual value information, generating a final prediction unit by performing inter prediction on a prediction unit which is partitioned from a coding unit into at least two prediction units by asymmetric motion partitioning (AMP), the two partitioned prediction units comprising a first partitioned prediction unit and a second partitioned prediction unit, and reconstructing a picture by adding the final prediction unit to the residual values.
US09729887B2	Multi-layer video coding A device for encoding video data includes a memory configured to store at least a portion of a multi-layer bitstream of video data and one or more processors configured to determine that a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message applies to more than one layer of the multi-layer video data; determine that the SEI message references a syntax element that has multiple instances associated with the more than one layer of the multi-layer video data; and set all of the multiple instances to a same value.
US09729882B1	Variable-sized super block based direct prediction mode Coding a video stream having a plurality of frames is disclosed. A frame of a video stream is processed to determine if direct motion prediction can be applied to the macroblocks of the frame. Macroblocks to which direct motion can be applied are grouped into superblocks. The distribution of superblock size and configuration is analyzed to determine variable-length codes that can vary for each frame or segment encoded using direct prediction superblocks, thereby reducing the number of bits used to indicate superblock encoding in the encoded video stream.
US09729880B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a quantization unit that further quantizes a quantized first code, and hence generates a second code; an inverse quantization unit that inversely quantizes the second code quantized by the quantization unit, and hence generates a third code; a calculating unit that calculates a difference between the first code and the second code; a first encoding unit that encodes the second code; and a second encoding unit that encodes the difference calculated by the calculating unit.
US09729874B2	Filtering method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus A filtering method according to the present invention is for filtering a plurality of blocks included in an image, and comprises: determining whether each of the blocks is an IPCM block or not; filtering a non-IPCM block that is not an IPCM block among the blocks to generate filtered data; outputting the filtered data as pixel values of the non-IPCM block, and outputting pixel values of the unfiltered IPCM block as pixel values of the IPCM block.
US09729868B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for testing a video system Testing a video transmission system includes generating an optical signal and varying the colour by sweeping through a colour range. A first optical sensor captures the optical signal at intervals to generate frames. Transmitted frames are received by a second communication device. Received frames are provided to a display of the second communication device to reconstruct the frames. Colour information of frames displayed is obtained by a second optical sensor. Colour information of successive reconstructed frames is compared to determine deviation in capture rate of two successive frames of the first optical sensor, delay between capturing a frame by the first optical sensor and displaying the frame by the display, deviation in display rate of two successive frames displayed by the display and/or a loss of a frame. Audio information may be utilized in video and, conversational latency, synchronization between video and audio, and audio synchronization measurements.
US09729857B2	High resolution depth map computation using multiresolution camera clusters for 3D image generation Techniques for generating 3D images using multi-resolution camera clusters are described. In one example embodiment, the method includes, disposing a multi-resolution camera set including a central camera, having a first resolution, and multiple camera clusters, having one or more resolutions that are different from the first resolution, that are positioned substantially surrounding the central camera. Images are then captured using the camera set. A high resolution depth map is then computed using a hierarchical approach on the captured images. The 3D image of the captured image is then generated using the computed high resolution depth map.
US09729856B2	Method and system for reliable 3D shape extraction of metal surface The present invention relates to a method and system for reliable 3D shape extraction of a metal surface. In this method, images are acquired at the same time by simultaneously irradiating interference-free polarized lights to a metal object. A photometric stereo method is then applied based on the images except for images which make the extraction of a 3D shape of the metal object inaccurate.
US09729839B2	Discharge lamp drive device, projector, and discharge lamp drive method A discharge lamp drive device includes a resonant circuit section connected to a discharge lamp, a power conversion section configured to convert direct-current power into alternating-current power, and supply the discharge lamp with the alternating-current power via the resonant circuit section, and a control section configured to supply the discharge lamp with the alternating-current power having a first frequency and a second frequency higher than the first frequency in a lighting start period until the discharge lamp reaches a steady lighting state, the first frequency is a frequency for causing a resonance of the resonant circuit section, and the second frequency is a quasi-resonant frequency.
US09729834B2	Identifying spatial locations of events within video image data An invention for identifying a spatial location of an event within video image data is provided. Disclosed are embodiments for detecting an object and obtaining trajectory data of a trajectory of the object within the video image data from a sensor device; converting the trajectory data into a contour-coded compressed image; generating, based on the trajectory data, a searchable code that contains a set of locations traversed by the trajectory of the object within the video image; associating the searchable code with the contour-coded compressed image in a database; and returning, in response to a query having a selected location that corresponds a location of the set of locations in the searchable code, an image of the trajectory data corresponding to the object based on the contour-coded compressed image in the database.
US09729833B1	Method and system for determining whether an individual takes appropriate measures to prevent the spread of healthcare-associated infections along with centralized monitoring A system and method that caregivers, central monitoring companies and other persons to monitor whether individuals entering patients' rooms take appropriate steps to mitigate the spread of healthcare associated infections to the patients receiving healthcare services. In one non-limiting the system and method determine whether an individual who has entered the room of a patient has wash his or her hands prior to approaching the patient. A live video feed from the monitored rooms can be displayed on a centralized monitoring primary display which can be located remote to the monitored rooms. When it is determined that an individual in a specific room from the monitored rooms is approaching a patient and has not washed his or her hands an alert, notification and/or a live video feed for the specific room can be displayed on a centralized monitoring alert display which can also be preferably located remote to the monitored rooms.
US09729830B2	Real-time or near real-time streaming A near real time content streaming system can use a playlist file, in one embodiment, that includes an indicator of the type of content represented by the playlist file. The type can be indicated by a parameter, such as Video on Demand (VOD) or live, or event, that specifies the type of playlist file, and a client device can process the playlist file based upon the type of playlist file indicated by the parameter. For example, the client device, after determining the type of playlist from a playlist file can make efficiency optimizations when processing the playlist file. For example, the client, knowing the playlist file is a VOD playlist, can save the previously used variant playlist when switching to a new variant playlist rather than discarding the previously used variant playlist.
US09729827B2	System and method for dynamically selecting networked cameras in a video conference Systems and methods are provided for dynamically selecting one or more networked cameras for providing real-time camera feeds to a video conference. The systems and methods may include identifying one or more networked cameras associated with an area of a conference participant. A server may analyze real-time camera feeds from the identified cameras, and select a video feed having a view of the participant. The server may provide the selected feed to the video conference via a conference bridge, and continue monitoring camera feeds of cameras associated with the participant's area for another camera feed having a better view of the participant. Networked cameras may include fixed and mobile cameras owned and operated by individuals that are not associated with the participant, but who have registered their cameras with the server for use in video conferences.
US09729823B2	Public collaboration system A meeting management system for managing the conduct of a meeting online provides the functionality to arrange order of the presenters during a meeting (208), to show the participants in the meeting (206-213) and the content presented by them (216), the 5 relative order of the participants as regards the meeting progress, the timeline of the meeting, and to legally record the total proceedings of the meeting. The participants appear as a rotatable “carousel” of icons.
US09729822B2	Method and system for sharing content in videoconferencing Content presented in association with a transmitting endpoint is obtained by the transmitting endpoint and transmitted to a receiving endpoint of a videoconference, along with associated information regarding interaction of a presenter with the content at the transmitting side. The receiving endpoint presents the presented content obtained from the transmitting endpoint similar to the presentation format at the transmitting side. Where the original presentation format is not suitable for transmission, a video image of the content in the original presentation format may be transmitted. An intermediate control unit, such as a multipoint control unit, may relay content and associated information between transmitting and receiving endpoints.
US09729820B1	Systems and methods for providing real-time composite video from multiple source devices Systems and methods for superimposing the human elements of video generated by computing devices, wherein a first user device and second user device capture and transmit video to a central server which analyzes the video to identify human elements, superimposes these human elements upon one another, and transmits the newly created superimposed video back to at least one of the user devices.
US09729819B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal including a camera; a display; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a first signal requesting a video call to provide a virtual reality (VR) image to an external device, the VR image having an angle of view equal to or greater than a preset degree, generate the VR image based on a plurality of images obtained using the camera, control the wireless communication unit to receive a preset second signal from the external device, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third signal including the generated VR image to the external device in response to the second signal.
US09729816B1	Devices, methods and computer program products for playback of digital media objects using a single control input A component for controlling playback of digital media objects using a single control input receives, from a server, a plurality of feature vectors, each feature vector representing one of a plurality of media objects, and receives one or more skip requests from the single control input. In response to a first skip request, the component selects a feature vector from among the plurality of feature vectors and instructs a media object playback device to playback a media object represented by the selected feature vector. In response to a second or successive skip request, the component selects another feature vector from among the plurality of feature vectors that is a distance away from the previously selected feature vector and instructs the media object playback device to playback another media object represented by the selected other feature vector.
US09729812B2	Display device Included are: a front side unit including a display and a bezel, the display being configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen, and the bezel supporting the display from a peripheral side and including an attached protrusion; and a rear side unit including a back chassis and an attachment frame, the back chassis being disposed on an opposite surface side to the display screen of the display, and the attachment frame being attached to a surface on a display side of the back chassis and including an attaching protrusion. The front side unit is configured to be butted against the rear side unit and slid with respect to the rear side unit in a surface direction of the display screen, allowing the attached protrusion to be engaged with the attaching protrusion to allow the front side unit to be connected to the rear side unit.
US09729809B2	Semiconductor device and driving method of semiconductor device or electronic device A driving method of a semiconductor device that takes three-dimensional images with short duration is provided. In a first step, a light source starts to emit light, and first potential corresponding to the total amount of light received by a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element is written to a first charge accumulation region. In a second step, the light source stops emitting light and second potential corresponding to the total amount of light received by the first photoelectric conversion element and the second photoelectric conversion element is written to a second charge accumulation region. In a third step, first data corresponding to the potential written to the first charge accumulation region is read. In a fourth step, second data corresponding to the potential written to the second charge accumulation region is read.
US09729803B2	Apparatus and method for multispectral imaging with parallax correction An apparatus and a method for multispectral imaging that may, comprising a cyclopean camera arrangement comprising at least two spaced apart imaging sensors operating at a first waveband, an image combiner arranged to combine images from the at least two spaced apart imaging sensors to provide a first cyclopean image of a scene from a first virtual position, a further imaging sensor operating at a second waveband different from the first and arranged to provide a second image of the scene from a second position, and a second image combiner arranged to combine the first and second images of the scene to provide a multispectral image, wherein the first virtual position of the cyclopean camera arrangement and the second position of the further sensor are arranged to be substantially the same.
US09729800B2	Image generation system An image generation system includes a light detector configured to detect light from a sample; a super-resolution image component transmitter including an objective, configured to transmit the light from the sample including a super-resolution image component that exceeds a cut-off frequency of the objective to the light detector; and an image processor configured to enhance the super-resolution image component of an image of the sample in accordance with an output signal from the light detector. The super-resolution image component transmitter includes a light polarization converter that is placed in an optical path of illumination light for illuminating the sample and that is configured to convert a polarization state of the illumination light to make a polarization direction distribution in the light flux of the illumination light symmetric with respect to an optical axis of the illumination light.
US09729797B2	Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same A shutter lag from when a shutter button is fully pressed to when an exposure is actually performed may be reduced by performing a precedence operation for a state transition of a shutter when the shutter button is half pressed.
US09729795B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same A mobile terminal including a camera; a display capable of display an image captured by the camera in real-time; and a controller capable of display a plurality of frames generated using images captured continuously since a start of the image capturing, and execute a function on the mobile terminal associated with one or more of the generated frames while the camera captures the image.
US09729785B2	Profiles identifying camera capabilities that are usable concurrently A computing device includes one or more camera systems, each camera system including software and/or hardware to provide various different camera-related capabilities. The camera system maintains one or more profiles, each profile identifying different capabilities of the camera system that the computing device is configured to use concurrently. The one or more profiles are provided to a program on the computing device, allowing the program to know which capabilities the computing device is configured to use concurrently. If a profile provided by the camera system indicates that the computing device is configured to use certain capabilities concurrently (e.g., capturing images and recording video at certain resolutions), then the program allows a user to select options for using those capabilities concurrently. However, if no such profile exists, the program does not allow a user to select options for using those capabilities concurrently.
US09729777B2	Photographing apparatus and control method for photographing apparatus A photographing apparatus of the present invention, having a lens section including a photographing optical system for guiding photographing light flux and a body section capable of being attached to and detached from the lens section, comprises an image sensor having imaging pixels and pairs of focus detection pixels, a first memory for storing information relating to incident angle range of imaging light flux, a second memory, arranged in the body section, for storing information on light receiving sensitivity characteristic of the focus detection pixels, and a control amount calculate section for calculating information for focus adjustment control based on information that has been read out from the first memory and the second memory, wherein the information relating to incident angle range includes information relating to shape of a plurality of arcs based on openings of a plurality of lens groups contained in the photographing optical system.
US09729774B2	Imaging device, autofocus method and program of the same An imaging device includes a first imaging optical system; a first imaging unit that converts an optical image of a subject formed via the first imaging optical system into an electrical signal and produces an image signal of a first imaged image; a second imaging optical system; a second imaging unit that converts an optical image of the subject formed via a second imaging optical system into an electrical signal and produces an image signal of a second imaged image; and a control unit that independently control the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system and performs individually a focus adjustment of the first imaged image and the second imaged image.
US09729765B2	Mobile virtual cinematography system A virtual cinematography system (SmartVCS) is disclosed, including a mobile tablet device, wherein the mobile tablet device includes a touch-sensor screen, a first hand control, a second hand control, and a motion sensor. The SmartVCS including a motion tracking camera configured to track the movements of the motion sensor and generate motion tracking information and a computer operatively coupled to the motion tracking camera configured to receive the motion tracking information and to transmit the motion tracking information to the first mobile tablet device, wherein the first mobile device is configured to overlay the motion tracking information onto a virtual landscape.
US09729760B2	Image forming apparatus generating conversion condition of measurement unit The image forming apparatus including: a controller controlling the image forming unit to form a test image, controlling the measurement unit to measure the test image on the image bearing member, and controlling the transfer unit to transfer the test image to the sheet; a reception unit receiving a user instruction; a second generation unit generating the conversion condition based on the user instruction and the measurement result of the test image, wherein the sample image includes a first sample image, a second sample image, and a third sample image, a color difference between the first and second sample images is smaller than a threshold value, a color difference between the second and third sample images is larger than the threshold value, density of the first sample image is higher than density of the second sample image and density of the third sample image.
US09729759B1	Optimal color rendition using spot colors during printing A print job is analyzed to determine what page locations can use optional colors and different image quality increase values of different optional colors at the page locations are calculated. Only one of the optional colors is selected, based on which optional color produces the highest print job image quality increase for all of the page locations of the print job. Each individual page of the print job is evaluated to determine if use of the selected optional color increases image quality of the individual page to identify page exceptions. Instructions to mount a selected replaceable printing module corresponding to the selected optional color are displayed, and the print job is printed using the selected replaceable printing module.
US09729756B2	Image forming system that restrains increase of print data amount, image forming apparatus, and recording medium An image forming system prints an image including a plurality of objects. At least a part of the objects overlap with one another. The image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances a resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at an upper side in the image object. When the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of the part corresponding to the object in the image object, the rendering circuit decides a color of the boundary based on the color information.
US09729755B2	Intelligent image correction with preview As set forth herein, methods and systems for automated image defect detection. An input image is subjected to skew detection and contaminant detection. Upon detection of skew of and/or contaminants in the image data, correction data, including indicia of the contaminants/skew, correction angles and directions are calculated and displayed on an electronic representation of the document. Automatic correction may then be performed to correct the detected defects, allow the defects to remain, or re-scan the original document to generate new image data without the detected defects.
US09729745B2	Mechanism for fixing transmission cables and apparatus for reading images provided with the mechanism A mechanism for fixing a transmission cable enables a wiring shape of a flat cable to be held relatively reliably when the cable is acted upon by torsion force, tensile force and the like from the outside without the cable skin sustaining damage. A foldable insulation sheet is joined in folding surfaces, and a position of the flat cable is regulated by at least the fold portion thereof and joint portion. The mechanism is includes a flat cable, a foldable insulation sheet, and joint portions for joining folding surfaces of the insulation sheet. At least one of the fold portion of the insulation sheet and the joint portions is disposed in a position for regulating the flat cable. Thus, the flat cable is nipped by the folding surfaces of the insulation sheet, and its wiring shape is held by the fold portion or the joint portion.
US09729736B2	Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and information processing system An information processing apparatus connectable to one or more devices via a network. The apparatus includes a measuring unit measuring an inclination of the apparatus; a determining unit determining whether the inclination of the apparatus relative to a given surface of one of the one or more devices is within a predetermined inclination range; a receiving unit that receives radio waves; an obtaining unit obtaining identification information from the radio waves; a radio wave strength measuring unit measuring strength of the radio waves; a selection unit determining whether to select a given one of the one or more devices based on the strength of the radio waves; and a connection unit connecting the information processing apparatus to one of the one or more devices selected by the selection unit and for which the inclination of the apparatus is within the predetermined inclination range.
US09729734B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes an accepting unit, a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a storing unit. The accepting unit accepts a transmission destination of input information for inputting setting information about a setting for the information processing apparatus. The transmitting unit transmits the input information to the transmission destination accepted by the accepting unit. The receiving unit receives the setting information transmitted from an external apparatus. The storing unit stores the setting information in a storage medium as a setting for the information processing apparatus. The setting information is received by the receiving unit.
US09729729B2	In-store reading system A system and method for providing digital data content to a wireless device. Although a fee is typically charged for access to the digital data content, e.g., electronic books, the system and the method provides controlled access to this content for free while the wireless device is accessing the content in a specified location, e.g., a retail location. A content control server receives a request from the wireless device requesting access to the digital data content. The request is received over a secure connection, preferably a virtual private network (VPN). The content control server monitors how much of the digital data content has been provided to the wireless device, and/or an amount of time the wireless device has been accessing the digital data content. This content control server uses this monitored data to control, throttle, the provision of the digital data content to the wireless device.
US09729728B2	Machine-learned policies for PCRF A network device receives business logic for Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) policies and automatically generates a policy list based on the business logic. The network device receives signaling messages for user equipment and determines, based on the policy list, policy decisions that are responsive to each of the signaling messages. The network device further logs a decision flow associated with each of the signaling messages and corresponding policy decisions; determines, based on the logging, if the policy list can be structured more efficiently; and automatically updates the policy list when the policy list can be structured more efficiently.
US09729727B1	Fraud detection on a communication network A method and corresponding apparatus for automatically detecting and preventing fraudulent calls on a communication network. At least one example embodiment may include collecting CDRs on the communication network for a given time period, aggregating the plurality of call features for each of the collected call detail records by destination number, and utilizing machine learning to generate a decision model for determining if a destination number and/or a call to that destination number may be fraudulent. According to another aspect of the example embodiment, the decision model may be implemented on the communication network to detect and prevent fraudulent calls.
US09729726B2	Seamless codec switching In various embodiments, a corpus of codecs may be correlated with different, partially overlapping ranges of transmission characteristics. As channel conditions degrade or improve, the system may select a new codec with which to continue the connection based upon the corresponding overlapping range. Codecs may not be switched immediately when the transmission characteristics enter overlapping ranges, to avoid degrading the user's experience. If the characteristics remain in the overlap, or manifest a likely progression toward another region, then the transition may be effected.
US09729725B2	Method and system for establishing telecommunications links The invention relates to a method for establishing a telecommunications link (C1, C2, C3), controlled by a control program (28), with a second communications terminal (D1), according to which a CTI service is made available to the first communications terminal (36) by a CTI server (20) in a CTI domain allocated to said CTI server (20), and the second communications terminal (D1) is located outside the CTI domain and by way of a proxy (Trk2) situated within the CTI domain is linked to the CTI server (20). The control program (28) is linked to the CTI server (20) by way of an intermediate functional unit (30, 32). The intermediate functional unit (30, 32) signals to the control program (28) that the second communications terminal (D1) instead of the proxy (Trk2) is linked into the established telecommunications link (C1, C2, C3) as the telecommunications terminal. The intermediate functional unit (30, 32) instructs the CTI server (20) to carry out the CTI service on the proxy (Trk2) in accordance with the control program (28). Furthermore, an intermediate functional unit (extra domain device, CSP) can be implemented as additional server or middleware. The invention further provides a corresponding system.
US09729723B1	Performing automated event services to registered end users A method and apparatus are disclosed of transmitting live event notification information to a user device. One example method may include retrieving event user preference information from an event user database based on prestored user preferences. The method may also include transmitting an initial event notification message to an end user communication device based on the event user preference information to notify the end user of an upcoming event and receiving a response message from the end user communication device indicating a current availability of the end user. The user device may receive notification information via more than one communication channel and respond in a number of different ways.
US09729714B1	Internet protocol based 911 system The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. The IP enabled device is monitored for one or more emergency criteria. If the emergency criteria are satisfied, global positioning data is obtained using the GPS capability and the emergency IP request is sent to an address server. The address server receives the emergency IP request, obtains local emergency services data based on the global positioning data, dials a call center station based on the local emergency services data and passes an emergency call from the IP enabled device to the call center station. This invention can be implemented as a computer program embedded in a computer readable medium wherein the steps are performed by one or more code segments.
US09729712B2	Electronic device and method for filtering notification information According to one embodiment, an electronic device, which can be fitted on a body of a user, estimates action of the user by using one or more sensors. The electronic device receives first notification information detected by an external device, and filtering information indicative of an action type for which notification of the first notification information should be permitted or prohibited. The electronic device executes, when the estimated action is of the action type for which notification of the first notification information is permitted, processing for notifying the user of the first notification information.
US09729703B2	Mobile terminal, non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and notification control method A mobile terminal, a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and a notification method are disclosed. A proximity sensor detects the proximity of an object. An illumination sensor detects an illumination. A processor provides a specific notification upon detection of a touch operation when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than a predetermined value.
US09729702B2	Client application enabling multiple line call termination and origination In some implementations, a computing device may determine a location of the computing device. The computing device may have an associated first phone number. The computing device may determine that the location of the computing device is outside a geographic area in which a carrier associated with the first phone number provides service. The computing device may send a registration request to a local network indicating that the computing device is operating in an over the top mode. The computing device may originate an outgoing call from the computing device. The outgoing call appears to a called party to originate from a second phone number that is different from the first phone number.
US09729699B2	Apparatus and method for automatically detecting presence of external device in mobile terminal An apparatus to control an external device includes a connector to electrically connect with the external device, a connection detector to determine whether the external device is electrically connected to the connector, and a controller to obtain level information corresponding to the external device from the connector, to determine a type of the external device based on the level information, and to control execution of a function of the apparatus based on the determined type, wherein the level information is different according to the type of the external device.
US09729697B2	Electronic device and method of controlling the same An electronic device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The electronic device includes a wearable band. The electronic device is controlled to operate in a different mode depending on the way the user is wearing the band, and a user interface for each operation mode is provided. Accordingly, the electronic device with the wearable band can be easily used in various ways.
US09729693B1	Determining measurement confidence for data collected from sensors of a wearable device Systems and methods determining measurement confidence for data collected from sensors of a wearable device are herein disclosed. In an implementation, a confidence measurement that a wearable device is worn by a user can be determined by determining that the wearable device is not in motion, comparing sample voltages collected using a light emitter to thresholds indicative of a surface on which the light is being reflected, calculating a signal quality metric using data collected using a pulse oximeter, and comparing the signal quality metric to thresholds indicative of typical biometric data measurements. Other implementations for confidence measurement can include frequency transforming signal data stored in a buffer, performing probabilistic modelling on the frequency transformed data, and determining a confidence measurement using a signal quality estimation based on the modelled data.
US09729692B2	Cable with memory A cable for providing electric power from a power source to a mobile device, the cable having a first connector at a first end of the cable for connecting the cable to a mobile device and with a second connector at a second end for connecting the cable to the power source, wherein the cable comprises a memory module for backup and bidirectional transfer of data to and from the mobile device.
US09729688B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes: a body in which an electronic component is installed; and a movement unit fastened to the body in at least a portion thereof, configured to output information processed in the mobile terminal, and the movement unit being flexible on the body as curvature of the body is varied, wherein the body includes a varied portion whose curvature is varied and fixed portions formed on both ends of the varied portion and having curvature which is not changed, wherein the varied portion includes a plurality of micro blocks formed in a movement direction and configured to form a predetermined curvature and an elastic member formed in the micro blocks and enabling the micro blocks to form a predetermined curvature when external force is applied or when external force is removed.
US09729685B2	Cover for a tablet device Accurate and reliable techniques for determining information of an accessory device in relation to an electronic device are described.
US09729665B2	Content transmission method, content transmission device, and recording medium A content transmission method including: searching, when a first information processing device receives a transmission request for a first content from a second information processing device, for a third information processing device within information processing devices, at least one of the information processing devices having a connection with the second information processing device and currently transmitting a second content to the second information processing device; and transmitting to the third information processing device, by the first information processing device, the first content and an instruction to transmit the transmitted first content from the third information processing device to the second information processing device in accordance with the transmission request.
US09729659B2	Caching content addressable data chunks for storage virtualization The subject disclosure is directed towards using primary data deduplication concepts for more efficient access of data via content addressable caches. Chunks of data, such as deduplicated data chunks, are maintained in a fast access client-side cache, such as containing chunks based upon access patterns. The chunked content is content addressable via a hash or other unique identifier of that content in the system. When a chunk is needed, the client-side cache (or caches) is checked for the chunk before going to a file server for the chunk. The file server may likewise maintain content addressable (chunk) caches. Also described are cache maintenance, management and organization, including pre-populating caches with chunks, as well as using RAM and/or solid-state storage device caches.
US09729645B2	Method and apparatus for obtaining an image associated with a location of a mobile terminal A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to obtain an image from a remote computer with the image being associated with the current location of a mobile terminal via which a user provides input soliciting the image. In the context of a method, the user input representative of a request to obtain an image from a remote computer may be received. The method may then determine a current context including a location of a mobile terminal and may cause the current context to be transmitted to the remote computer. The method may also receive an image from the remote computer based upon the current context of the mobile terminal. In this regard, the image is associated with the location of the mobile terminal upon receiving the user input. The method may also cause the image received from the remote computer to be stored.
US09729644B1	Event and fantasy league data transmission to eventgoer devices An event venue with a performance area (e.g., a stage, a sport field) and an eventgoer area (e.g., a stadium seating section) may include beacons and cameras throughout the performance area. The beacons and cameras may each record event occurrence data (e.g., audiovisual data) of particular occurrences (e.g., sport goals, songs played) during an event (e.g., sports game, concert) at the event venue. Other data, such as sports injury data and sports player replacement data, may also be gathered before or during the event. The beacons and cameras may send the event occurrence data and the other data to a transmission system. The transmission system may convert the event occurrence data to a transmittable format and may then output it through one or more local wireless transmitters. Eventgoers mobile devices in the transmission zones of these transmitters may then receive the data.
US09729635B2	Transferring information among devices using sensors Data provided on a first computing device is represented by a graphical object displayed on a screen. A user can initiate an “attach event” with a gesture to enable the graphical object to be associated and/or virtually attached to the user and/or a user's hand/fingers. An image capture component can view/track user movements. Based on the viewed/tracked movements, the graphical object representing the data on the first computing device can be moved on a screen of the first computing device to correspond to the movement of the user's hand/finger. The graphical object also can be moved to a position on a screen of a second computing device when the user moves a hand/fingers to an area corresponding to the position. A user may initiate a “release event” with a gesture and can end the association and enable the data to be sent to the second computing device.
US09729634B2	Isolating clients of distributed storage systems A distributed storage system that includes memory hosts. Each memory host includes non-transitory memory and a network interface controller in communication with the memory and servicing remote direct memory access requests from clients. The memory receives a data transfer rate from each client in communication with the memory host through remote direct memory access. Each memory host also includes a data processor in communication with the memory and the network interface controller. The data processor executes a host process that reads each received client data transfer rate, determines a throttle data transfer rate for each client, and writes each throttle data transfer rate to non-transitory memory accessible by the clients through remote direct memory access.
US09729630B2	System and method for synchronizing media presentation at multiple recipients A network media delivery system includes client devices and a host device. Each client device has a network interface, an engine for processing media data, and a media interface. The host device, which can be a computer, establishes network communication links with the client devices, which can be networked media stations, and sends media data to the client devices. The media data can be sent wirelessly as packets of media data transmitted at intervals to each client device. In one embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at each of the client devices. In another embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at the host device and at least one client device.
US09729629B2	Optimizing data transfer across multiple asynchronous data replication sessions using shared bandwidth A computer implemented method includes the steps of establishing a plurality of storage control sessions, wherein each storage control session associates at least one primary storage controller and at least one secondary storage controller with a predetermined path through a data transport network that interconnects the primary and secondary storage controllers; identifying storage control sessions that have data available to be transferred from primary storage controllers to secondary storage controllers; accumulating available data for each session and determining transfer time through the network for each data element to estimate prospective bandwidth utilization; and determining, for a predetermined time interval, whether transferring the available data would fully occupy available bandwidth of the data transport network for the predetermined time interval. When available bandwidth would be fully occupied, the available data accumulated during predetermined time intervals prior to the predetermined time interval in which fully occupied bandwidth was detected is transferred.
US09729627B2	Method and apparatus for use in P2P streaming system over mobile network The present disclosure relates to a method for use in a Peer to Peer (P2P) streaming system over a mobile network, the method comprising: receiving from a P2P tracker of said at least one P2P tracker a notification message indicating a first mobile peer to be served by the first P2P proxy and request information of the first mobile peer indicating a first media content requested by the first mobile peer and peers where the first media content is available, the peers being not served by the first P2P proxy; checking whether the first media content is buffered in the first P2P proxy; initiating a P2P session with at least one or more peers among the peers to fetch the first media content, when the first media content is not buffered in the first P2P proxy; and sending the fetched first media content to the first mobile peer.
US09729623B2	Specification-guided migration A conformance checker is received on a system that contains hostable content, and is executed. One or more results provided by the conformance checker are evaluated; and the hostable content is migrated to a destination host in accordance with the evaluating step.
US09729616B2	Reputation-based strategy for forwarding and responding to interests over a content centric network A CCN network node use reputation values for one or more interfaces to determine how to forward an Interest. During operation, the network node can receive an Interest or Content Object via a network interface, determines one or more candidate outbound faces for forwarding the Interest by performing a longest-prefix-matching lookup in a forwarding information base (FIB) using the Interest's name or name prefix as input. A respective FIB entry maps a name prefix to a forwarding rule that includes a corresponding outbound face for the name prefix. The node can determine a reputation value for each of the candidate outbound faces based on reputation information stored in association with the Interest's name or name prefix, and selects a candidate outbound face with a reputation value exceeding a first predetermined threshold. The node can then forward the received Interest via the selected outbound face.
US09729614B2	Resilient data node for improving distributed data management and bandwidth utilization The present document is directed to data backup and data archiving and data synching and data sharing over disparate networks for the purpose of allowing private and commercial computing device users to back up, archive, synchronize and share data, including data files, on remote data-storage facilities via a network-based application. In particular, the teachings of the present document facilitate the end to end process through the utilization of a resilient data node without compromising the system itself, or the data stored therein security or privacy.
US09729613B2	Method, apparatus and system for use in a web service A method and apparatus for realizing a web service. The apparatus having binary web service interface to communicate with nodes operationally connected to the apparatus using a binary web service, the nodes having one or more resources, the binary web service interface receives from a node a registration message including information on the address of the node, a flag indicating that at least part of the resources of the node are defined in a template, and a node type identification; a second interface for retrieving template information on the basis of the node type identification and a resource component for storing information on nodes, node addresses, node resources and template information.
US09729604B2	Tag authentication and location verification service Verifying a location of a tag is provided. A request for content associated with the tag is received from a client device that scanned the tag. It is determined whether location data was received from the client device. In response to determining that the location data was received from the client device, it is determined whether a current location of the tag is a predefined location for the tag based on the location data received from the client device. In responsive to determining that the current location of the tag is the predefined location for the tag based on the location data received from the client device, the content associated with the tag is sent to the client device.
US09729598B2	Method and a device for signalling transmission time and/or a system clock A method for signaling a time and/or clock through a header station generating a transport datastream from video and/or audio data to at least one receiver of the transport datastream calculates the time information (PCRN+1; RTPN+1; TN+1) integrated in a transport data packet of the transport datastream iteratively from the time information (PCRN; RTPN; T1) of the transport data packet last transmitted in the transport datastream with integrated time information, from a transmission time of data bits transmitted since the last transmitted transport data packet with integrated time information in the transport datastream and from a clock (fPCR; fSys). The time information (PCRN+1, PCRN; RTPN+1, RTPN; TN+1, T1) serves in each case for the signaling of times or a clock, and, in each case, contains a pulse number counted up to the transmission time of the respective transport data packet of the clock (fPCR; fSys).
US09729596B2	Content pods for streaming media services Methods and arrangements are provided for the generation and assembly of content pods for playback within an online streaming media service. A content pod is assembled to contain personal content that is relevant to an end user. In some embodiments, personal content can consist of traffic updates, voicemail messages, text messages, social media updates, and personal status updates. A content delivery system determines what personal content is available on the user device through connecting to available information sources. The delivery system then assembles the content pod from these elements in addition to invitational content from content providers. In some embodiments, a bumper message is included in the content pod to provide a context for the elements that are being assembled in combination with each other. Once the content pod is generated, it is sent to the user device to be played during content breaks within the online streaming playback.
US09729588B2	SPI handling between UE and P-CSCF in an IMS network Managing Security Parameter Information (SPIs) to prevent race condition failures begins where a system negotiates SPIs along with associated expiration times, and re-negotiates new SPIs as necessary. The system prevents race conditions that would otherwise occur when both an old SPI and a new SPI are active at the same time. The system accomplishes this by managing the storage and deletion of old SPIs such that only active SPIs are stored on the system for use by a User Equipment (UE) or Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF).
US09729572B1	Remote remediation of malicious files A device may determine that a file of a client device is a malicious file. The device may obtain remote access to the client device using a connection tool. The connection tool may provide access and control of the client device. The remote access may include access to a file location of the malicious file. The device may determine file information associated with the malicious file using the remote access to the client device. The device may select one or more remediation actions based on the file information. The device may cause the one or more remediation actions to be executed using the remote access to the client device.
US09729571B1	System, method, and computer program for detecting and measuring changes in network behavior of communication networks utilizing real-time clustering algorithms A system, method, and computer program product are provided for detecting and measuring changes in network behavior of communication networks utilizing real-time clustering algorithms. In use, network traffic associated with at least one communication network is received. Additionally, the network traffic is characterized and classified based on similarities in the network traffic utilizing one or more real-time clustering algorithms. Further, changes in network behavior of the at least one communication network are detected and measured utilizing information associated with the classified network traffic.
US09729567B2	Network infrastructure obfuscation A shadow network, which can be a virtual reproduction of a real, physical, base computer network, is described. Shadow networks duplicate the topology, services, host, and network traffic of the base network using shadow hosts, which are low interaction, minimal-resource-using host emulators. The shadow networks are connected to the base network through virtual switches, etc. in order to form a large obfuscated network. When a hacker probes into a host emulator, a more resource-intensive virtual machine can be swapped in to take its place. When a connection is attempted from a host emulator to a physical computer, the a host emulator can step in to take the place of the physical computer, and software defined networking (SDN) can prevent collisions between the duplicated IP addresses. Replicating the shadow networks within the network introduces problems for hackers and allows a system administrator easier ways to identify intrusions.
US09729566B2	System and method for detecting and evicting malicious vehicles in a vehicle communications network In a vehicle communication network, some vehicles may be used by attackers to send false information to other vehicles which may jeopardize the safety of other vehicles. Vehicles should be able to detect malicious communications activities and to mitigate the impact of malicious vehicles by evicting (eliminating) suspected malicious vehicles from the system. Evicting a vehicle is to ignore the messages sent from the vehicle for a specified time period. Voting and sacrifice principles are combined using a mathematical model based on the “Mafia Game”. The Mafia Game model focuses on the relative size of the group of attackers within a neighborhood necessary to dominate the entire network in the neighborhood (i.e., to eventually evict all the innocent vehicles).
US09729563B2	Data transfer for network interaction fraudulence detection Transferring metadata is disclosed. Information about a network interaction is processed to generate metadata describing the network interaction. Based on the metadata it is determined whether the metadata is to be transferred to an aggregator. In the event that the metadata is to be transferred, one or more aggregators are determined to which the metadata is to be transferred. The metadata is transferred to the one or more aggregators.
US09729555B2	Techniques for managing groups on a mobile platform Techniques for managing groups on a mobile platform, comprising a mobile groups application. The mobile groups application including a groups management component to manage at least one group for a corresponding social networking application of a social networking system; and a groups rendering component to render a groups user interface (UI) view comprising at least one selectable group user interface element representative of the at least one group, the at least one selectable group UI element comprising a first selectable group UI element, wherein the first selectable group UI element is representative of a first group of the at least one group and the first group comprises at least one group member.
US09729554B2	Secure data transmission A system may include a first network in which user device(s) and a HIP server are communicably coupled. The first network may include a secure data administrator, such as a medical data system, that stores secure data. In some implementations, at least one of the user devices may include a web module and communicate with a web server through a second network. At least one of the user device may be restricted from communicating with the secure data administrator, so the user device may request data stored in the secure data administrator through the HIP server. The user device may base the requests for the data on information received from the web server.
US09729550B2	Device and method for detecting bypass access and account theft Disclosed is technology relating to a device and method for detecting bypass access and account theft. In the method for detecting bypass access from a client to a server according to the present invention: a server receives access data comprising data about hops on the route from the client to the server by using a route tracing agent; region data is extracted from the IP address(es) of the hop(s) comprised in the received access data; a judgment is made as to whether the extracted region data belongs to a pre-set access-permitted region; and the server detects whether the access from the client is bypass access, in accordance with the judgment results.
US09729548B2	Biometric identification using filters and by secure multipart calculation The invention is about an identification process of an individual or object, in a system comprising a control server and a management server of a database comprising N indexed data of N stored individuals,in which, to identify the individual or object, its datum is compared to each of the N data of the base. The process comprises steps during which: the control server acquires the datum of the individual or object to be identified, the reference data of the base and the datum of the individual or object to be identified are converted into simplified data of lesser size, a set of p index of simplified data of the base, p being less than N, having the most similarities to the simplified datum of the individual or object to be identified, securely between each of the N simplified data of the database and the simplified datum of the individual or object to be identified, the management server scrambles the N reference data of the database, and transfers to the control server p scrambled data corresponding to the simplified data identified previously, from the p scrambled data the control server determines, by secure multi-party computation between each of the p scrambled data and the datum of the individual or object, the index or the indices of one or more scrambled data whereof the corresponding reference data have a rate of similarity to the datum of the individual or object, which exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09729542B2	Compartmentalizing application distribution for disparate electronic devices Techniques are provided for generating a logical application by grouping multiple physical distributions of an application for programming a plurality of electronic devices. A logical application can run separate commands through a single interface, lessening the number of connections needed between different user's electronic devices (e.g., smart phones, tablets, workstations, wearable computers) and a company's various servers. In certain embodiments, different physical distributions of the application may correspond to different operating systems versions of the application. Compiled code for each of these operating systems and device types is controlled and assigned to select users' devices from vastly different distribution architectures. In certain embodiments, a particular version (i.e., physical distribution) of the logical application to be installed to the device is determined based on the operating system of the device and the appropriate version of the logical application is installed on the device.
US09729534B2	In situ device authentication and diagnostic repair in a host environment Apparatus and method for in situ authentication and diagnostic repair of a data storage device in a multi-device user environment. In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes detecting an error condition associated with a selected data storage device in the multi-device user environment. A first level of user authentication is established by providing a challenge value generated by the selected data storage device to a remote device over a network associated with the selected data storage device. A first diagnostic tool stored on the selected data storage device is executed responsive to receipt of the first level of user authentication. A second level of user authentication is established by providing a second challenge value generated by the selected data storage device to the remote device. An output from the first diagnostic tool is used to execute a second diagnostic tool stored on the selected data storage device.
US09729533B2	Human verification by contextually iconic visual public turing test There is provided a system and method for human verification by a contextually iconic visual public Turing test. There is provided a method comprising receiving a request to verify whether a client is human controlled, selecting, by contextual criteria, a plurality of images each having one or more associated tags from a database, generating a challenge question and a corresponding answer set based on associated tags of a subset of the plurality of images, presenting the plurality of images and the challenge question to the client, receiving a submission to the challenge question from the client, and responding to the request by verifying whether the submission is contained in the answer set to determine whether the client is human controlled. The contextual criteria may comprise subject matter, branding, or intended audience of a content provider sending the request, thereby facilitating human responses while deterring automated systems.
US09729532B2	User identity authenticating method and device for preventing malicious harassment A user identity authenticating method and device for preventing malicious harassment are described. The method includes: after a user logs in an internet website, unique first authentication code information is generated and stored; the first authentication code information and a Short Message (SMS) Uplink (UL) service number used for identifying the internet website uniquely are displayed on a website page; after the user sends an SMS including second authentication code information input by the user to the corresponding SMS UL service number, an acquired second authentication code is matched with a stored first authentication code, if the matching succeeds, then the authentication succeeds. The embodiments in the disclosure can avoid possible malicious harassment effectively, thus avoiding legal risks which a website service provider may confront to some extent, and improving the satisfaction of its service. In addition, the increase of processing load and performance influence of the website service provider's server, which are caused by triggering the sending of a large number of authentication codes maliciously, can be avoided in the disclosure.
US09729526B2	Apparatus and method for secure delivery of data from a communication device A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, providing an upload request to a mobile communication device to cause a secure device processor of the mobile communication device to perform a modification of data according to a data protection key to generate modified data and to perform an encryption of the modified data according to an upload transport key to generate encrypted modified data where the secure device processor is separate from and in communication with a secure element of the mobile communication device, and where the secure element receives master keys from a remote management server and stores the master keys to enable the upload transport key and the data protection key to be generated by the secure element without providing the master keys to the secure device processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09729525B1	Secure data analytics Techniques of performing queries involve adapting a query to whether query data is encrypted. Along these lines, a data sensitivity policy defines which types of data is encrypted prior to storage in a data analytics database and which other types of data remain unencrypted. When a client formulates a query, the client encrypts a query input and then conceals the encrypted query input and query function to form concealed query logic. When the concealed query logic is received by a data analytics server, the data analytics server determines whether the query data to be input into the concealed query logic is encrypted or unencrypted. If the query data is unencrypted, then the concealed query logic is unconcealed and the query input unencrypted so that the data analytics server may evaluate the query function without concealment to produce a query result.
US09729523B2	Method, network element, and mobile station for negotiating encryption algorithms A method, network element, and mobile station (MS) are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining information that a plug-in card of the MS does not support a first encryption algorithm; deleting the first encryption algorithm from an encryption algorithm list permitted by a core network element according to the information that the plug-in card of the MS does not support the first encryption algorithm; sending the encryption algorithm list excluding the first encryption algorithm to an access network element, so that the access network element selects an encryption algorithm according to the encryption algorithm list excluding the first encryption algorithm and the MS capability information sent from the MS and sends the selected encryption algorithm to the MS. By using the method, network element, and MS, errors due to the fact that the plug-in card of the MS does not support an encryption algorithm may be avoided during the encryption process.
US09729522B2	System and method for device authentication Various aspects of a system and a method for device authentication are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more processors in a first communication device. The one or more processors are operable to detect a second communication device within a communication range of the first communication device. The first communication device is in an unlocked state and the second communication device is in a locked state. The first communication device communicates authentication data to unlock the detected second communication device.
US09729510B2	Network consolidation by means of virtualization An apparatus, comprising an enhanced function block and a stateless function block; main routing means for routing, based on a header of a data packet and an incoming port, the data packet to one of the enhanced function block and the stateless function block; wherein the enhanced function blocks comprises providing means for providing an information comprised in the data packet to a control device; an enhanced function means for executing an enhanced function on the data packet to obtain a first processed data packet addressed to a destination address, wherein the enhanced function is based on an instruction for the data packet received in response to the provided information; and a first routing means for routing the first processed data packet to the destination address; and the stateless function blocks comprises a stateless function means for executing a stateless function on the data packet, wherein the stateless function is not based on an instruction for the data packet received in response to providing information comprised in the data packet to a control device, in order to, thus, obtain a second processed data packet; and returning means for returning the second processed data packet to the main routing means.
US09729508B2	Policy-based content filtering Methods and systems for processing application-level content of network service protocols are described. According to one embodiment, a firewall maintains multiple configuration schemes, each defining a set of administrator-configurable content filtering process settings. The firewall also maintains a security policy database including multiple firewall security policies. At least one of the firewall security policies includes an associated configuration scheme and an action to take with respect to a particular network session based on a set of source Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, a set of destination IP addresses and/or a network service protocol. Policy-based content filtering of network sessions is performed by: (i) identifying a firewall security policy matching traffic associated with the network session; (ii) identifying content filtering processes to be performed on the traffic based on the configuration scheme associated with the matching firewall security policy; and (iii) applying the identified content filtering processes to the traffic.
US09729504B2	Method of near real-time automated global geographical IP address discovery and lookup by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium A method of near real-time global geographical IP address automated lookup utilizes an automated system continually performing a plurality of IP address location discovery techniques including traceroute automation, global server triangulation other geo IP discovery techniques and rolling cross checks across the system to build and maintain a global geo IP database with known geo locations of IP addresses. The geo IP database may be utilized to request the geo location of a specific IP address, and if the geo location of the specific IP address is unknown the system attempts to acquire the geo location of the specific IP address using the IP address location discovery techniques.
US09729502B2	System and method for geographic SIP scaling A system and method for scaling a session initiation protocol communication system that allows components of the system to be distributed and/or scaled across multiple and different hardware, networks, systems, and locations.
US09729499B2	Browser and method for domain name resolution by the same Disclosed are a browser and a method for domain name resolution by the same. The method comprises: starting the browser and calling DNS acceleration data information, wherein the DNS acceleration data information comprises several domain names obtained in advance and IP address information corresponding to each domain name; receiving an access request for a certain URL initiated by a user, parsing the access request and extracting the domain name corresponding to the URL; and detecting whether the domain name corresponding to the URL is contained in the DNS acceleration data information, and if yes, obtaining the IP address information corresponding to the domain name, and utilizing the IP address information for access processing. By conducting statistics on some primary domain names in advance to form DNS acceleration data information, the disclosure may implement webpage browsing acceleration when the DNS acceleration data information is called by a user-side browser. Such a procedure of acceleration processing consumes a short time, and improves the efficiency of DNS acceleration.
US09729498B2	Distributed address resolution protocol forwarding A network device within a data communication network includes a plurality of network interfaces, each programmed with a respective set of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) routing entries for correlating network addresses with physical addresses. Each network interface is further programmed with an additional respective set of Longest Prefix Match (LPM) routing entries for correlating other network addresses with designated network interfaces to enable traffic matching one of the LPM routing entries to be forwarded to the appropriate designated network interface within the network device.
US09729493B1	Communicating messages over a social network to members of a virtualization infrastructure In a computer-implemented method for communicating messages over a social network to members of a virtualization infrastructure, a message comprising a command is received at a first member of a virtualization infrastructure. The message is communicated over a social network from a second member of said virtualization infrastructure, wherein a plurality of members of the virtualization infrastructure are mapped to the social network, such that at least some of the members of the virtualization infrastructure are also members of the social network. The command is executed by the first member of the virtualization infrastructure.
US09729489B2	Systems and methods for notification management and delivery An electronic message may be reconfigured to effect an enhanced notification using an input interface to receive at least one electronic message created by or on behalf of a message source for delivery to an intended recipient. A matching engine determines whether the electronic message corresponds to a predetermined definition of an enhanced notification. An enhancement engine reconfigures the electronic message to the enhanced notification if stored information related to the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is subscribed to receive the enhanced notification. Reconfiguring the electronic message may include reconfiguring the message to provide special handling, routing or presentation.
US09729484B2	Method of processing connection data of platform of an internet site The present invention relates to a method of processing data regarding connection to a platform (2) of an internet site by a server (1) comprising at least one data processing unit and data storage means, the method being characterized in that it comprises steps of: (a) identification of a situation of a user connected to said platform (2) via an item of equipment (3) from among a list of reference situations, each reference situation being associated with at least one strategy, each strategy comprising one or more situational engines chosen from among a library of situational engines, each situational engine being able to implement a given processing on a situation of a user so as to obtain a message having a hoped-for effect on the situation; (b) for at least one of the strategies associated with said identified situation, implementation by the data processing means of the server (1) of the situational engines of said strategy on said situation so as to obtain at least one stack of messages; (c) dispatching to the item of equipment (3) of said user and/or of the platform (2) of a subset of messages of said at least one stack of messages.
US09729483B2	Anonymous calling and/or texting via content provider web sites and applications A device provides for display, to a first user device, information associated with a potential contact, and an option to communicate with the potential contact. The device receives a selection of the option from the first user device, and obtains, based on the selection, an identifier for a second user device associated with the potential contact. The device provides a communication request and the identifier to a message server to cause the message server to selectively cause a communication session to be established between the first user device and the second user device. An indication that the communication session is denied may be provided to the first user device when the second user device does not accept the communication request. The communication session may be established, without revealing the identifier to the first user device, when the second user device accepts the communication request.
US09729481B1	Dynamic formatting of messages for multiple endpoints In one general aspect, a tangible computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive an indicator that at least a portion of a source message has been produced using a source module, and instructions to send to the source module, in response to the indicator, an extraction module configured to assign an attribute value to content of the source message. The attribute value can represent a contextual function of the content within the source message. The instructions can include instructions to receive a content package including the content and the attribute value assigned to the content, and produce a plurality of endpoint-specific messages associated with a plurality of endpoints based on a plurality of message templates and the attribute value assigned to the content within the content package.
US09729478B2	Network server and computer system for providing user status data An example network server computer includes communication circuitry configured for internet communication with electronic devices; memory configured to store friend lists for respective users and user data comprising status data for respective users; and a processor configured to control the network server computer to perform operations including: receiving, via the communication circuitry, status data including activity information indicative of current activities of users of two or more electronic devices; updating the user data based on the received status data; and providing, to a user, status data indicative of respective current activities of one or more friends on the friend list of the user even if the current activities of the user and the one or more friends are different.
US09729462B2	Transmission apparatus and transmission method There is provided a transmission apparatus including: a buffer provided with a queue for each of user flows, the buffer configured to store data in the queue for the user flow to which the data belongs; a storage unit configured to store a link list indicating an output order of the user flows; an issuing unit configured to issue a predetermined output permissible amount to the queue for the user flow by referring to the link list; and an output control unit configured to output data from the queue to which the output permissible amount is issued.
US09729460B2	Method and system for managing port bandwidth in network devices A method for managing port bandwidth in network devices. The method includes determining a first and a second ingress bandwidth of a first and a second network chip, respectively, determining an egress bandwidth of an egress port of a third network chip, determining a first and a second weight for the first and the second network chip, respectively, where the first and the second weight are determined based on a bandwidth including the first and second ingress bandwidth, processing a first data packet, received by a first ingress port administrated by the first network chip, based on the first weight and the egress bandwidth, and processing a second data packet, received by a second ingress port administrated by the second network chip, based on the second weight, and the egress bandwidth, where the destination of the first and the second data packet is the egress port.
US09729457B2	Dynamic adjustment of quality of service parameters A computer-implemented method for dynamic adjustment of quality of service parameters is described. In one embodiment, one or more quality of service (QoS) parameters of a client of a mesh network is set based on an expected bandwidth for the mesh network. An actual bandwidth for the mesh network is measured. One or more QoS parameters of the client is automatically changed in response to the actual bandwidth differing from the expected bandwidth. The change in the QoS parameters may be configured to compensate for the difference between the actual bandwidth and the expected bandwidth.
US09729455B2	Multi-protocol label switching rings Techniques are described for specifying and constructing multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) rings. Routers may signal membership within MPLS rings and automatically establish ring-based label switch paths (LSPs) as components of the MPLS rings for packet transport within ring networks. In one example, a router includes a processor configured to establish an MPLS ring having a plurality of ring LSPs. Each of the ring LSPs is configured to transport MPLS packets around the ring network to a different one of the routers operating as an egress router for the respective ring LSP. Moreover, each of the ring LSPs comprises a bidirectional, multipoint-to-point (MP2P) LSP for which any of the routers can operate as an ingress to source packet traffic into the ring LSP for transport to the respective egress router for the ring LSP. Separate protection paths, bypass LSPs, detours or loop-free alternatives need not be signaled.
US09729450B2	Method of data delivery across a network The present invention relates to a method of managing congestion in a multi-path network, the network having a plurality of network elements arranged in a plurality of switch stages and a plurality of network links interconnecting the network elements, the method comprising the steps of detecting congestion on a network link, the congested network link interconnecting the output port of a first network element with a first input port of a second network element in a subsequent switch stage; identifying an uncongested network link connected to a second input port of said second network element; and directing future data packets on a route across the multi-path network which includes the identified uncongested network link. Also provided is a multi-path network and an Ethernet bridge or router incorporating such a multi-path network.
US09729442B1	Method of detecting large flows within a switch fabric of an SDN switch A method of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) switching. A packet of a flow is received onto a SDN switch via a NFX circuit. The NFX circuit determines that the packet matches a flow entry stored in any flow table in the NFX circuit, counts the number of packets of the flow received, and determines that the number of packets of the flow received is above a threshold value. The NFX circuit then forwards the packet to a NFP circuit in the SDN switch. The NFP circuit determines that the packet matches a flow entry stored in the flow table in the NFX and generates a new flow entry that applies to a relatively narrow subflow of packets that is forwarded to and stored the flow table in the NFX circuit. A subsequent packet of the flow is switched by the SDN switch without forwarding the packet to the NFP.
US09729441B2	Service function bundling for service function chains A packet forwarding method that includes receiving a packet from a traffic classifier at a host that comprises a virtual machine (VM), and a first hypervisor for the host that provides a first set of routing instructions that provides routing instruction to forward the packet to a port of the VM, and wherein the VM comprises a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs), and a second hypervisor for the VM that provides a second set of routing instructions that provides routing instructions to forward the packet to the plurality of VNFs based on an input, processing, by the host, the packet using the plurality of VNFs in accordance with the first set of routing instructions and the second set of routing instructions, and forwarding, by the host, the processed packet to a network device.
US09729439B2	Network packet flow controller An intermediate node obtains a lead packet of a plurality of packets in a session having a unique session identifier, modifies the lead packet to identify at least the intermediate node, and then forwards the lead packet toward the destination node though an intermediate node electronic output interface to the IP network. The intermediate node also receives, through an intermediate node electronic input interface in communication with the IP network, a backward message from a next node having a next node identifier. The backward message includes the next node identifier and the session identifier. The intermediate node forms an association between the next node identifier and the session identifier, stores the association in memory to maintain state information for the session, and obtains (e.g., receives) additional packets of the session. Substantially all of the additional packets in the session are forwarded toward the next node using the stored association.
US09729437B2	Transferring data between a first network node and a second network node by measuring a capability of different communication paths Apparatus comprises: first and second transmitter interfaces, each configured to transmit data over a respective communications path including one or more logical connections; first and second transmit buffers forming part of the first and second transmitter interfaces respectively, the first and second transmit buffers being configured to store packets of data for transmission over their respective communication path; one or more path capability determining modules configured to determine a measure of capability of each of the communications paths to transmit data; an input data buffer configured to store data for provision to the first and second transmit buffers for subsequent transmission; and a data handling module configured to respond to determining the presence of data in the input buffer for transmission by: using the measured capabilities of the communication paths and measures of the quantity of data stored in the transmit buffers to select one of the first and second transmitter interfaces for transmitting data; and providing at least one packet of data to the transmit buffer of the selected one of the first and second transmitter interfaces.
US09729430B2	System, device, and method of dense-mode multicast tunneling using interlayer group membership control A system, device, and method are provided to control dense-mode multicast traffic across a multilayer system containing an upper network and a tunnel across a lower network. An upstream multicast tunneling edge device (MTED) may indicate to downstream MTEDs, via control messages, the presence of a multicast source, group (SG) pair. The MTEDs may serve as routers or as intelligent bridges in the upper network. Each downstream MTED may create a forwarding state for the SG pair, determine tunnels for which the downstream MTED is to serve as an exit device and configure the tunnels to deliver the traffic. Lower network MTEDs of a tunnel may determine whether to transport multicast data for each SG pair such that multicast traffic routed by a corresponding MTED is carried. An MTED may be able to receive, through the tunnel, multicast traffic for one SG pair even after pruning itself for another SG pair.
US09729427B2	Method and system for route hardware programming in network devices A method for programming route hardware in network devices. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, route updates, selecting from the route updates, a set of selected routes to be used for routing, assigning multiple timestamps to the set of selected routes, programming the set of selected routes into a software-implemented forwarding information base (FIB), segmenting the set of selected routes in the software-implemented FIB into at least a first batch of routes and a second batch of routes, programming the first batch of routes into a hardware-implemented FIB, after the programming, determining a last timestamp, where the last time stamp is the oldest timestamp of the timestamps where all routes associated with the last timestamp have been successfully programmed into the hardware-implemented FIB, and advertising all routes of the first batch that are associated with a timestamp that is no older than the last timestamp.
US09729425B2	Transformation and unified control of hybrid networks composed of OpenFlow switches and other programmable switches An OpenFlow (OF) adaptor comprising at least one OF port configured to communicate with an OF Controller, at least one Non-OF (NOF) port configured to communicate with a NOF switch, and at least one processor coupled to the OF port and the NOF port and configured to receive a first OF message comprising network data from the OF controller via the OF port, translate the first OF message into a first NOF message, wherein the first NOF message comprises network data analogous to the first OF message network data encoded in a format supported by the NOF switch, and transmit the first NOF message toward the NOF switch via the NOF port.
US09729423B1	Multi sector antenna and mesh network system A multi-sector antenna system is disclosed that includes two or more flat panel antennas facing different directions and configured to communicate with two separate sites using millimeter wave RF signals. A processing module is communicatively coupled to each of the flat panel antennas. In some embodiments, the processing module may be configured to receive incoming RF signals from a first site via a first flat panel antenna, convert the incoming RF signals to outgoing RF signals, and transmit the outgoing RF signals to a second site via the second flat panel antenna. The flat panel antennas may be configured to transmit and receive RF signals at frequencies in the range of about 57 GHz to 86 GHz. The multi-sector antenna system may be utilized in a mesh network system.
US09729420B2	Decreasing USB interference to adjacent wireless device Decreasing interference of a first device operating according to high speed serial bus standard on a second device operating according to another different communication standard is provided. The method can include obtaining a first signal strength received by the second device before connection of the first device. The method can include obtaining a second signal strength received by the second device after connection of the first device and comparing the first signal strength and the second signal strength. If decrease of the second signal strength in comparison with the first signal strength exceeds a predetermined threshold, a command can be sent to the first device to enable the first device to operate at a lower bandwidth than the high speed serial bus standard.
US09729419B2	Smart migration of overperforming operators of a streaming application to virtual machines in a cloud A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application on a physical machine, and determines operators that are underperforming and operators that are overperforming. When the performance needs to be improved, the streams manager automatically modifies the flow graph to deploy one or more operators of the streaming application that are overperforming to a virtual machine in a cloud. Moving the overperforming operators off of the physical machine to a VM leaves additional resources for the underperforming operators that are left on the physical machine to improve performance of the streaming application.
US09729418B2	Method for heterogeneous network policy based management Communication networks in general may benefit from appropriate policy based management. More particularly, heterogeneous networks or HetNets may benefit from methods for policy based management. A method according to certain embodiments includes detecting a reportable event. The method also includes determining whether or how to report the event based on a probability criterion. The method further includes taking an action with respect to reporting the event based on whether the probability criterion is met.
US09729416B1	Anomaly detection using device relationship graphs Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic in a network. A device relation model that may be comprised of two or more nodes and one or more edges stored in memory of the network computer may be provided to a network monitoring computer (NMC), such that each node represents an agent and each edge represents a relationship between two agents. If error signals are detected by the NMC, the NMC perform further actions to process the error signals. The device relation model may be traversed to identify agents associated with the error signals. The network traffic associated with the error signals and the agents may be analyzed by the NMC. If the error signals are associated with anomalies in the network traffic, users may be notified. The device relation model may be updated upon discovery of new computing devices, new applications, or new associations between agents.
US09729413B2	Apparatus and method for identifying domain name system tunneling, exfiltration and infiltration A machine includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to preserve a second level domain, track requests for subdomains of the second level domain, determine the size of encoded subdomain data and determine the size of response data for subdomain requests. When the ratio of the number of unique subdomains versus the number of subdomain requests is over a first threshold a first satisfied condition is established. It is determined, in response to the first satisfied condition, when the size of the subdomain data exceeds a second threshold and the size of response data exceeds a third threshold to establish a second satisfied condition corresponding to deemed domain name system tunnel activity. It is determined, in response to the first satisfied condition, when the size of the subdomain data exceeds the second threshold to establish a third satisfied condition corresponding to deemed domain name system data exfiltration activity.
US09729412B2	Periodicity detection method, periodicity detection device, and periodicity detection program An index calculation unit calculates a periodicity determination index for determining the presence of periodicity on the basis of the differential between each segment of the frequency distribution of input numerical data and a frequency distribution in accordance with a baseline distribution provided ahead of time. A determination unit uses the periodicity determination index calculated by the index calculation unit to determine the presence of periodicity including one or more periodic components present in the numerical data.
US09729410B2	Method and system for capturing web content from a web server A method and system for capturing web content from a web server includes a capturing server establishing an active link between a client device and the capturing server that allows the client device to remotely control an active web browsing session, between the capturing server and the web server, to select web content. The method also includes establishing the active web browsing session between the capturing server and the web server. The capturing server further receives the web content from the web server, without the web content being routed through the client device, and captures the web content.
US09729408B2	Encapsulating data packets A network captured traffic distribution device may receive captured data packets including original destination information. The captured data packets may then be encapsulated with, for example, new address information so that they may be transmitted toward a destination intended by the network capture traffic distribution device and not the original destination. Captured data packets may also be reformatted by the network capture traffic distribution device in order to, for example, be compatible with one or more devices communicatively coupled to the network capture traffic distribution device. Optionally, the encapsulated and/or reformatted captured data packets may further be encrypted prior to transmission toward their intended destination.
US09729404B2	Quality of service monitoring device and method of monitoring quality of service The invention provides a quality of service monitoring device (12) for use with a user equipment comprising a base platform (14); and an external communication module (24) adapted to receive from an external source one or more listener modules and/or detector modules for incorporation into the base platform (14). The base platform (14) is coupled to the external communication module (24) to receive one or more listener modules (20) and detector modules (22) and is adapted to install received modules to extend the functionality of the base platform (14) so as to perform the functionality of the installed modules. A corresponding method is provided. There is also provided a quality of service monitoring apparatus, for use on the network side, as well as a corresponding method.
US09729393B2	Device and a method at the device for configuring a wireless interface The present invention concerns a device comprising a first network interface, a wireless network interface and a network configuration module adapted to configure the wireless network interface, so that, when the wireless network interface is disabled, if the device is connected to a second device through the first network interface, the second device comprising a wireless access point interface compatible with the wireless network interface, configuring the wireless network interface into a wireless access point mode of operation, and if the device is not connected to the second device through the first network interface, configuring the wireless network interface into a wireless client mode of operation and connecting the wireless network interface to the wireless access point interface.
US09729384B2	Method and system for transferring information between network management entities of a wireless communication system A method and wireless communication system may be used for transferring management information. An access point (AP) may transmit a management information base (MIB) information request including a category field and an action details field to a wireless transmit/receive (WTRU). In response to receiving the information request, the WTRU may determine whether or not to provide management information to the AP. When the WTRU provides management information to the AP, the WTRU may compile management information stored in a MIB located in the WTRU and transmit a MIB information report to the AP. The MIB may list a plurality of tables containing information associated with radio resource management (RRM) and at least one table containing physical layer measurements. The AP may include a MIB for storing MIB information of the WTRU. The AP may transmit the stored MIB information of the WTRU in response to a request.
US09729380B1	Displaying content items based on device status Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting content items. In one aspect, a method includes identifying an opportunity to present a content item at a device and in a manner that precludes a user from accessing content of one or more applications executing on the device. Data relating to a status of each of the one or more applications are identified. A level of urgency for a user to access content of the one or more applications is determined based on the data. A response to the opportunity to present a content item is selected based on the level of urgency for the user to access content of the one or more applications. The response is selected from a first response that causes presentation of the content item and a second response that precludes presentation of the content item.
US09729379B2	Method and network equipment for maintaining a media stream through another network equipment while suspending an associated media stream connection in a communication network A method for maintaining a media stream through a first network equipment while suspending the associated media stream connection in a communication network, comprising receiving within a second network equipment a trigger for suspending a media stream, sending a signalling command for maintaining the media stream and blocking the maintained media stream is provided.
US09729374B2	Co-channel spatial separation using matched doppler filtering Systems (100) and methods for co-channel separation of communication signals. The methods involve: simultaneously receiving a plurality of communication signals transmitted at disparate relative Doppler frequencies from different locations within a multi-access system; performing matched filtering operations to pre-process each of the plurality of communication signals so as to generate pre-processed digitized samples using a priori information contained in pre-ambles (302, 304) of messages present within the plurality of communication signals; using estimated signal parameters to detect the plurality of communication signals from the pre-processed digitized samples; and demodulating the plurality of communication signals without using a Viterbi decoder.
US09729371B2	Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol formats for a wireless local area network (WLAN) In a method of generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a plurality of information bits is encoded to generate a plurality of coded bits. The plurality of information bits corresponds to a first bandwidth, while the OFDM symbol includes a number of data tones corresponding to a second bandwidth. The coded bits are mapped to a plurality constellation symbols. The constellation symbols are mapped to a first plurality of data subcarriers corresponding to a first portion of the OFDM symbol and to a second plurality of data subcarriers corresponding to a second portion of the OFDM symbol. A subset of data subcarriers in the first plurality of data subcarriers and in the second plurality of data subcarriers are set to one or more predetermined values. The OFDM symbol is then generated to include at least the first plurality of data subcarriers and the second plurality of data subcarriers.
US09729368B2	System and method for high efficiency wireless local area network communications System and method embodiments are provided for high efficiency wireless communications. In an embodiment, a method in a network component for transmitting a frame of two different fast Fourier transform (FFT) sizes includes generating a frame, wherein the frame comprises orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in two different FFT sizes, wherein the frame comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a first FFT size and the second portion comprises a second FFT size; and transmitting the frame during a single transmission opportunity.
US09729351B2	Identifying a domain for delivery of message service information An indication is used to control how message service information is routed over different domains. For example, an access terminal may be configured with an indication that indicates that a message service is preferred to be invoked over an IP domain or that the message service is not be invoked over the IP domain. The access terminal then delivers message service information based on the value of the indication. In some cases, a network entity generates the indication and sends the indication to the access terminal. In some cases, a domain for delivery of message service information is selected based on a domain that was selected for particular type of traffic.
US09729350B1	Maintaining packet order in network flows over an autonomous network Technologies are described herein for maintaining packet order in network flows over an autonomous network. A sequence number is generated for each data packet in the network flow. The data packets are transmitted from a source endpoint to a destination endpoint accompanied by the sequence number. When a data packet is received at the destination endpoint, the sequence number is utilized to determine whether the packet has arrived out-of-order. If the received data packet is out-of-order, the packet is buffered for a specific period of time, or until the next sequential packet in the network flow is received. If the next sequential packet is received within the time period, the received packet and any buffered packets are delivered in sequence number order to a program executing on the destination endpoint. If the time period expires before receiving the next sequential data packet, the buffered packet(s) are delivered to the program.
US09729346B2	Method for layer 2 forwarding in a multi-node switch cluster Each switch in a switch cluster is implemented as two logical switches—a logical UNI switch and a logical NNI switch implementing a Backbone Edge Bridge (BEB). The logical UNI switch handles forwarding to UNI receivers. The logical NNI switches are treated as independent switches by the SPB control plane and handle forwarding to NNI receivers. The two logical switches exchange packets through UNI/NNI and NNI/UNI translations (Mac-in-MAC encapsulation/decapsulation). The Inter-Switch Trunk is viewed as two logical channels—a UNI logical channel and an NNI logical channel. The logical UNI switch will forward packets having NNI receivers to the logical NNI switch. The logical NNI switch will forward packets having UNI receivers to the logical UNI switch only if the packet has a B-VID matching a B-VID assigned to the node of the switch cluster.
US09729345B2	Noise suppression circuit for a switchable transistor A noise suppression circuit comprises a switchable transistor and an amplifier having a first amplifier input terminal electrically coupled to an output terminal of the switchable transistor for sensing a voltage thereat, and an amplifier output terminal electrically coupled to a control terminal of the switchable transistor for outputting a control voltage thereto. The amplifier is configured, based on the sensed voltage and a transition mode threshold voltage of the switchable transistor which defines a boundary between operation modes of the switchable transistor, to set the voltage at the transistor output terminal to at least the transition mode threshold voltage such that for noise frequencies below or corresponding to the switching frequency of the switchable transistor a resistive path is provided between the transistor output terminal and the transistor reference terminal and for noise frequencies above the switching frequency of the switchable transistor the resistive path is substantially interrupted.
US09729343B2	Upstream device overvoltage detection with deactivation of downstream device power For one disclosed embodiment, a controller comprises communication circuitry to communicate over one or more data lines with a downstream device external to an upstream device having the controller and detection circuitry to detect on at least one of the one or more data lines a voltage having a value in excess of a reference value. The detection circuitry is to deactivate a supply of power over one or more power lines to the downstream device in response to detection on at least one of the one or more data lines of a voltage having a value in excess of the reference value. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09729334B2	Apparatus and method for generating digital value Provided is an apparatus for generating a digital value that may generate a random digital value, and guarantee time invariance of the generated digital value. The apparatus may include a digital value generator to generate a random digital value using semiconductor process variation, and a digital value freezing unit that may be connected to the digital value generator and fixed to one of a first state and a second state based on the generated digital value, to freeze the digital value.
US09729333B2	Revocation of a root certificate stored in a device The invention relates to a device for validating data using a root certificate, wherein a plurality of root certificates is stored in the device, each root certificate having a rank. The device is configured to receive revocation information indicating at least one revoked root certificate, to validate the revocation information using one of the root certificates stored in the device and to block the use of the revoked root certificate if the revocation information is successfully validated using a root certificate having a higher rank than the revoked root certificate. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for revoking a root certificate stored in a device.
US09729331B2	Corrupting a hash value corresponding to a key based on a revocation of the key A request associated with a revocation of a key may be received. A hash value corresponding to the key that is stored in a memory may be identified. Furthermore, the hash value that is stored in the memory may be corrupted in response to the request associated with the revocation of the key.
US09729318B2	Using everyday objects as cryptographic keys This disclosure involves the notion of using physical objects to generate public key-based authenticators and, in particular, to use “everyday” physical objects to create a generator seed for a key generator that will use that seed to generate a key pair comprising a public key, and its associated private key. In a preferred approach, the physical object is used to create a digital representation (of the physical object) that, together with some uniqueness associated to the user, gives rise to a key generator seed value. Without knowledge of (a) the physical object itself, (b) how the physical object characteristic is converted (to a digital representation), and (c) the uniqueness value, an attacker cannot reproduce the key generator seed (or the key(s) generated from that seed).
US09729301B2	Method and apparatus for mitigating signal interference in a feedback system A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that includes adjusting a filter in electrical communication between an input terminal and a demodulator. The filter is applied to an information bearing signal, e.g., to mitigate interference, received at the input terminal, resulting in a filtered signal. An error signal is received, indicative of errors detected within information obtained by demodulation of a modulated carrier of the filtered signal. A modified filter state is determined in response to the error signal and the filter is adjusted according to the modified filter state, e.g., to improve mitigation of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09729297B2	Method and apparatus for performing HARQ in carrier aggregation system Provided are an apparatus and a method for executing an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a carrier aggregation system. The method transmits data to a base station from an uplink subframe of a second cell, and receives, from the base station, an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) or scheduling information for the data from a downlink subframe of a first cell, wherein if the timing relationship between the uplink subframe of the second cell and the downlink subframe of the first cell does not match the timing relationship for when the first cell is being used exclusively, then the scheduling information is received from the downlink subframe of the first cell.
US09729285B2	Flexible OFDMA packet structure for wireless communications A communication device includes a processor configured to generate OFDMA packets using various OFDMA packet structures and to transmit such OFDMA packets, via a communication interface, to at least one other communication device. The processor is also configured to receive, interpret, and process such OFDMA packets. One example of an OFDMA packet includes common SIG for two or more other wireless communication devices modulated across all sub-carriers of the OFDMA packet. The common SIG is followed by first SIG and first data for a first other wireless communication device modulated across first subset of the sub-carriers of the OFDMA packet and is also followed by second SIG and second data for a second other wireless communication device modulated across second subset of the sub-carriers of the OFDMA packet. Another example of an OFDMA packet includes the common SIG followed directly by first data and second data modulated as described above.
US09729284B2	High-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station and access point (AP) and method for resource allocation signaling Embodiments of a high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station, access point (AP), and method for communication in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the HEW AP may transmit a resource allocation message to indicate an allocation of sub-channels to one or more HEW stations for uplink data transmissions. Information included in the resource allocation message may include various indicators related to full or partial allocation of the sub-channels and whether equal allocations are made for each of the HEW stations. A sub-channel mapping block may also be included to indicate how the sub-channels are assigned to the HEW stations. In some cases, the length of the sub-channel mapping block may vary based at least partly on the indicators included in the message.
US09729281B2	Modulation and equalization in an orthonormal time-frequency shifting communications system A method for modulating data for transmission within a communication system. The method includes establishing a time-frequency shifting matrix of dimension N×N, wherein N is greater than one. The method further includes combining the time-frequency shifting matrix with a data frame to provide an intermediate data frame. A transformed data matrix is provided by permuting elements of the intermediate data frame. A modulated signal is generated in accordance with elements of the transformed data matrix.
US09729280B2	ARQ with adaptive modulation for communication systems A method and apparatus for improving performance in communication systems is provided. In order to maintain the real time constraints of the communication systems, time intervals and indication signals are used in various implementations to indicate and/or force subsequent transmissions of encoded data. An indication signal can include, for example, modulation modification information for subsequent transmissions. In various other implementations, a quality metric is computed for the communication channel and is used to provide modified modulation scheme information to be subsequently used on the communication channel.
US09729279B2	Packet transmission and reception system, apparatus, and method Provided are a packet transmission and reception system, apparatus, and method. The packet transmission and reception system for distributing and transmitting data through a plurality of multi-lanes includes a first transmission and reception apparatus configured to include a plurality of first physical lanes and a plurality of first logical lanes connected to the plurality of first physical lanes, and a second transmission and reception apparatus configured to include a plurality of second physical lanes and a plurality of second logical lanes connected to the plurality of second physical lanes.
US09729274B2	Rateless encoding in communication systems A method and apparatus for improving performance in communication systems is provided. In one implementation received encoded data is decoded using an inner rateless decoder to produce a series of decoded rateless outputs. The series of decoded rateless outputs is combined to produce a block, and the block is decoded using an outer block decoder. In another implementation, encoded data for a data block encoded with a rateless code is received. It is determined that an initial amount of mutual information for the data block has been received, the initial amount being an amount expected to allow decoding of the received encoded data. Additional encoded data for the data block is received. It is determined that an extra amount of mutual information for the data block has been received beyond said initial amount of mutual information.
US09729272B2	Feedback with unequal error protection Methods and devices provide a feedback message having unequal error protection. The feedback message may include channel quality indicators. The channel quality indicators may have different levels of error protection based on a transmission property.
US09729269B2	Wireless communication system including communication apparatus and data communication method thereof A data transmission method is provided, including adjusting a data transmission speed when a number of retransmission of a data transmission unit reaches a predetermined number, wherein the retransmission is performed when a transmission failure occurs, transferring the data transmission unit at the adjusted data transmission speed, and readjusting the adjusted data transmission speed to a basic data transmission speed when data transmission is successful, and reducing the basic data transmission speed when at least one of a retransmission rate and a number of the transmission failure satisfies a predetermined threshold condition.
US09729268B2	Wireless communication device and method for multi-MCS OFDM transmissions at different transmission power levels Embodiments of a wireless communication device and method for multi-MCS OFDM transmissions at different transmission power levels are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the wireless communication device may have a multi-MCS OFDM transmitter that is configured to encode data for transmission over two or more RF channels with a single encoding scheme to generate an encoded data stream. The transmitter may segment bits of the encoded data stream into a bit stream for each of the RF channels based on a selected modulation level for each of the two or more RF channels. A separate time-domain multicarrier waveform may be concurrently transmitted on each of the two or more RF channels at a power level that is selected not to exceed a maximum allowable transmit power level for that RF channel. The modulation level for each RF channel may be selected based at least in part on the maximum allowable transmit power level for that RF channel.
US09729252B2	Method and system for direct communication Information is communicated to an individual by directing an acoustic signal transcranially to a target region in the brain. The target region is stimulated to produce a cognitive effect, and the cognitive effect is modulated or encoded to carry the desired information.
US09729250B2	Methods and apparatus for coherent duobinary shaped PM-QPSK signal processing Systems, devices and techniques for receiving a signal comprising a quadrature duobinary modulated signal include performing channel equalization of the received signal using a constant multi-modulus to obtain a set of channel estimation coefficients and a stream of symbols, partitioning, based on modulus, the stream of symbols into three partitions, estimating carrier frequency based on the partitioned stream of symbols, recovering a phase of the signal using a maximum likelihood algorithm, and decoding the partitioned stream of symbols to recover data.
US09729248B2	Demodulation method, information process apparatus, and reception station A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded for a causing a processor to execute a demodulation process. The demodulation process includes detecting a preamble of a wireless signal transmitted from a first transmission station by way of a short wavelength carrier wave, extracting a first signal superimposed on the short wavelength carrier wave, the first signal being extracted from a wireless signal that is identified in accordance with the detection of the preamble, extracting a second signal superimposed on a carrier wave transmitted from a second transmission station, and performing demodulation on a target demodulation signal obtained by superimposing the first signal on the second signal.
US09729242B2	Optical module for reducing crosstalk The present invention provides an optical module capable of achieving downsizing and high densification, and reducing crosstalk as compared to a conventional optical module. An optical module includes: an optical device including multiple light receiving elements; a control device which transmits and receives signals to and from the optical device; and a substrate including multiple lines which allow passage of the signals. Anode terminals of the multiple light receiving elements are connected to different lines by first wires, respectively. Cathode terminals of the multiple light receiving elements are connected to different lines by second wires, respectively. Each first wire and the corresponding second wire cross each other and are disposed out of contact with each other. The wires connecting each light receiving element and the control device, namely, the wires of each channel cross each other.
US09729241B2	Telecommunication systems and methods using dynamic shaping for allocating network bandwidth A telecommunication system employs dynamic shaping across a plurality of access modules of an access node using a dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithm that is based on current load conditions for each of the access modules in order to achieve a fair allocation of network bandwidth at the access node. In one exemplary embodiment, access modules at an access node communicate via a control channel with shaper control logic that receives load information from each of the access modules. Using such load information, the shaper control logic dynamically controls the shaper rates for the access modules so that a fair allocation of network bandwidth is achieved across all of the access modules. Specifically, the shaper rates are controlled such that packet flows for services of the same class achieve the same or similar performance (e.g., average data rate) regardless of which access module is communicating each respective packet flow.
US09729240B2	Optical communication interface utilizing N-dimensional double square quadrature amplitude modulation The present invention is directed to data communication system and methods. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide a communication interface that is configured to transfer data at high bandwidth using nDSQ format(s) over optical communication networks. In certain embodiments, the communication interface is used by various devices, such as spine switches and leaf switches, within a spine-leaf network architecture, which allows large amount of data to be shared among servers.
US09729235B2	Multi-link mobile communications Systems and methods presented herein provide for improved access to data. In one embodiment, a communication system includes an RF communication link that is operable to receive first communications from a mobile device (e.g., a cell phone, tablet computer, laptop computer, or other “user equipment”). The communication system also includes a processor operable to determine a location of the mobile device based on the first communications and a plurality of directional communication links. Each directional communication link is operable to transfer data to the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device as determined by the processor. The processor is also operable to coordinate the transfer of data from each of the directional communication links to the mobile device.
US09729230B2	Centralized automatic bias control system and method for multiple optical modulators A system for centralized automatic bias control for a plurality of modulators, including a coupler for coupling output of each of the plurality of modulators to generate a combined modulator output. A pilot insertion device inserts a pilot tone into each of the plurality of modulators such that a different pilot tone frequency is inserted for each of the plurality of modulators. A monitoring device iteratively monitoring power (Pt) of each inserted pilot tone over time to determine whether a current modulator bias is optimal for each of the plurality of modulators, and an adjuster device iteratively adjusts the modulator bias for each of the plurality of modulators for which the current modulator bias is determined to be sub-optimal until a threshold condition has been met.
US09729227B2	Coordinating devices to estimate distance, relative position, and device attitude The present invention contemplates a variety of improved techniques including methods and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices, and more specifically, a method and apparatus for coordinating a plurality of devices to estimate or calculate various distances, relative positions, device attitudes, and other absolute and/or relative kinematic data.
US09729217B2	Pre-coding method and transmitter Disclosed is a transmission scheme for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal over the same frequency at the same time. According to the transmission scheme, a precoding weight multiplying unit multiplies a baseband signal after a first mapping and a baseband signal after a second mapping by a precoding weight and outputs the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal. In the precoding weight multiplying unit, precoding weights are regularly hopped.
US09729211B2	Proximity based wireless audio connection A base device for a portable source device includes an output device and a proximity sensor configured (i) to receive a proximity signal associated with the portable source device when the portable source device is disposed in proximity thereto and (ii) to generate a proximity event notification in response to receiving the proximity signal. The base device includes a controller disposed in electrical communication with the proximity sensor and configured to, in response to receiving the proximity event notification from the proximity sensor, transmit a command signal to the portable source device. The command signal is operable to configure the portable source device to automatically send content to the output device via a wireless communication link.
US09729208B2	Protective case for portable electronic device Removable cases for portable electronic devices incorporating memory tags (e.g., NFC memory tags) capable of being read by an electronic reading device are disclosed. The memory tags may be pre-programmed or programmable to contain one or more readable items of identification data associated with the custodian of the device or protective case. The memory tags may also or alternatively include code or executable commands that effectuate certain functionality (e.g., go into silent or airplane mode, call home or a particular person, turn off, check email, set alarm, play music or video, etc.) in another of the user's device. The protective case may protect, shield, and or conceal the tag visually in part or in whole while allowing the tag to be read and the tags position visually identified. Systems and methods to recover lost or misplaced electronic devices using information contained in the memory tag of the protective enclosure are also disclosed.
US09729207B2	Heat dissipation member and portable terminal having same Provided are a heat radiation member and a mobile terminal having the same, in which the heat radiation member includes: a heat radiation sheet configured to disperse and radiate transferred heat and block and insulate transferred heat; and a passage formed in the heat radiation sheet and configured to pass a communication radio signal, wherein the passage comprises at least one punching area penetrating the heat radiation sheet.
US09729205B2	Battery management scheme for NFC There is described a method for establishing an NFC connection between a subscriber identity module (SIM) and an NFC device (RDR). The subscriber identity module (SIM) is connected to a telecommunications system (CELL_P) through contacts (VCC, RST, CLK, D+, GND, SWP, IO, D−) of the telecommunications system (CELL_P). The telecommunications system (CELL_P) comprises a chipset (CHP) and an NFC circuit (NFCC). The method comprises measuring the level of charge of a battery (BATT) powering the telecommunications system (CELL_P) with a battery gauge. Based on the measurement, the method selects the source for supplying power to the subscriber identity module (SIM) and configures the wiring of the subscriber identity module (SIM). The disclosure also relates, in particular, to a telecommunications system, to a computer program, and to a storage medium.
US09729202B2	Method of connecting one or more contactless components to a single antenna, and corresponding system A first component (CMP1) is connected to the antenna (ANT) and to an impedance matching circuit (CAI) configurable on command and connected to the antenna, and in the absence of another component (CMP2) connected to the antenna, the impedance matching circuit is placed in a first configuration in which it forms with the first component and the antenna a resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency compatible with a carrier frequency. In the presence of a second component (CMP2) connected to the antenna, the impedance matching circuit is placed in a second configuration in which it forms with the first component, the second component and the antenna a resonant circuit having a second resonant frequency compatible with the carrier frequency.
US09729199B2	Method for processing an analog signal coming from a transmission channel, in particular a signal carried by power line communications A method is for processing an analog signal coming from a transmission channel. The analog signal may include a useful signal modulated on a sub-set of carriers. The method may include analog-to-digital converting of the analog signal into a digital signal, and synchronization processing the digital signal. The synchronizing may include determining, in a time domain, a limited number of coefficients of a predictive filter from an autoregressive model of the digital signal, and filtering the digital signal in the time domain by a digital finite impulse response filter with coefficients based upon the limited number of coefficients to provide a filtered digital signal. The method may include detecting of an indication allowing a location in the frame structure to be identified, using the filtered digital signal and a reference signal.
US09729198B2	Conditioning device and method for conditioning a data channel of a cell of an electrical energy store A conditioning device for conditioning a data channel of a cell of a multicell electric energy store is designed to condition a signal frequency, suitable for transmitting data via the data channel, and/or an alternating current resistance of the data channel.
US09729192B2	Transceiver front end with low loss T/R switch A transceiver or RF front end employing a transformer with a low loss transmit/receive (T/R) switch circuit in the ground path. In various embodiments, differential outputs of a power amplifier are coupled to the first winding of the transformer, while the input of a low noise amplifier is coupled to the second side of the transformer via a matching inductor. The T/R switch circuit, which may be a thin oxide CMOS transistor, is coupled between the second side of the transformer and ground. In operation, the T/R switch circuit may be enabled during transmit mode operations of the power amplifier, such that a low impedance path to ground is provided at the input of the low noise amplifier, thereby protecting it from high voltage swings generated by the power amplifier.
US09729180B2	System and method for providing service license aggregation across multiple device SIM cards A system, a computer program product and a method associate service licenses with a wireless device. A device identifier (device ID) which identifies the wireless device and a Subscriber Identity Module identifier (SIM ID) identifying a SIM card currently inserted in the wireless device are received. If the SIM ID is not currently associated with the device ID, a listing of service licenses associated with the SIM ID is aggregated with a listing of service licenses associated with the device ID. The wireless device is authorized to use service licenses listed in the aggregate listing of service licenses. If the SIM ID was currently associated with a second device ID, the service licenses associated with the SIM ID are removed from a listing of service licenses associated with the second device ID and the second wireless device is deauthorized from using these service licenses.
US09729174B2	Transmitting apparatus and interleaving method thereof A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US09729162B1	Flexible signal chain processing circuits and method In one form, a signal chain circuit includes a signal chain processing circuit between an input for receiving a differential input signal having a first common-mode voltage, and an output for providing a differential output signal having a second, different common-mode voltage. It includes an amplifier with a differential output stage coupled to a differential input stage and having positive and negative output terminals forming its output, and positive and negative feedback terminals. The differential output stage provides a first voltage drop between the positive output terminal and the positive feedback terminal, and a second voltage drop between the negative output terminal and the negative feedback terminal. The common-mode feedback circuit regulates a common-mode voltage between the positive and negative feedback terminals to the second common-mode voltage. In another form, an analog-to-digital converter includes a range extending logic circuit to extend the range of a ring oscillator based analog-to-digital converter.
US09729155B2	Field programmable gate array utilizing two-terminal non-volatile memory A method for an FPGA includes coupling a first electrode of a first resistive element to a first input voltage, coupling a second electrode of a second resistive element to a second input voltage, applying a first programming voltage to a shared node of a second electrode of the first resistive element, a first electrode of the second resistive element, and to a gate of a transistor element, and changing a resistance state of the first resistive element to a low resistance state while maintaining a resistance state of the second resistive element, when a voltage difference between the first programming voltage at the second terminal and the first input voltage at the first terminal exceeds a programming voltage associated with the first resistive element.
US09729152B2	Reducing spontaneous emission in circuit quantum electrodynamics by a combined readout and filter technique A mechanism relates a superconductor circuit. A Δ circuit includes a first node connecting a Purcell capacitor to a qubit coupling capacitor, a second node connecting the Purcell capacitor to a readout coupling capacitor, and a third node connecting the qubit coupling capacitor to the readout coupling capacitor. A qubit is connected to the first node and has a qubit frequency. A readout resonator connects to the third node combining with the Purcell capacitor to form a filter. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor is determined as a factor of the qubit frequency of the qubit and blocks emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor causes destructive interference, between a first path containing Purcell capacitor and a second path containing both the qubit coupling capacitor and readout coupling capacitor, in order to block emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency to the external environment.
US09729131B2	System and method for duty cycle correction Apparatuses and methods for correcting a duty cycle of a clock signal are described. An example apparatus includes: a duty cycle corrector (DCC) that receives an input clock signal and a control signal and produces an output clock signal responsive, at least in part, to the input clock signal and the control signal; a circuit that divides a frequency of the input clock signal by a positive even integer and generates an intermediate clock signal; and a phase detector that generates the control signal responsive, at least in part, to a difference in phase between the output clock signal and the intermediate clock signal.
US09729128B2	Area-delay-power efficient multibit flip-flop A multi-bit flip-flop (MBFF) includes a plurality of 1-bit flip-flops, each having an input data selection circuit that receives a data signal and a scan data signal. The MBFF also includes a local signal generation circuit that receives a global clock signal and a global scan enable signal, and in response, provides local control signals, wherein each of the local control signals is generated in response to both the global clock signal and the global scan enable signal. The local control signals are provided to the input data selection circuits, and exclusively control the input data selection circuits to route either the input data signal or the scan input data signal as a master data bit, reducing transistor requirements. Local clock signals may be generated by the local signal generation circuit in response to the global clock signal, and may exclusively control data transfer within the flip-flops, improving setup time.
US09729121B2	LC tank capable of reducing electromagnetic radiation by itself and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses an LC tank capable of reducing electromagnetic radiation by itself and the manufacturing method of the same. An embodiment of said LC tank comprises: a first tank area whose boundary is defined by a first part of an inductance; a second tank area whose boundary is defined by a second part of the inductance in which the second part includes a gap; a cross-interconnection structure operable to electrically connect the first and second parts of the inductance and distinguish the first tank area from the second tank area; and at least one capacitance formed inside at least one of the first and second tank areas, wherein the area ratio of the first tank area to the second tank area is between 20% and 80%.
US09729117B2	System and method for leakage current control for programmable gain amplifiers A system that utilizes an amplified signal is disclosed that includes a plurality of first switches coupled to a plurality of first impedances. A plurality of second switches coupled to a plurality of second impedances. An amplifier having a first input coupled to the plurality of first switches and a second input coupled to the plurality of second switches. A leakage current offset source coupled to the first input of the amplifier, wherein the leakage current offset source cancels a leakage current component of a first current provided from the plurality of first switches to the first input.
US09729093B2	Observer based sensorless control for U-shape single phase synchronous permanent magnet motors A method for controlling a U-shape single phase synchronous permanent magnetic motor having a rotor and a stator and coupled to a single phase alternating current (AC) power source through a switch includes estimating back-electromotive force and the position of the rotor based on a voltage feedback signal, a current feedback signal, and a phase feedback signal indicative of a zero-crossing of the single phase AC power source. Once the speed and position of the rotor are determined, a controller can trigger a switch to supply power to the motor.
US09729090B2	Brushless direct current motor and cleaner using the same A cleaner includes a BLDC motor and a power unit. The BLDC motor includes a rotor and a stator provided with a DC coil and an AC coil in a separate manner. The power unit is configured to supply DC power and AC power to the DC coil and the AC coil, respectively.
US09729089B2	Position corrected pulse width modulation for brushless direct current motors A method of operating a brushless direct current motor is provided that generates a rotor position dependent pulse width modulation waveform. The waveform can improve motor efficiency and reduce torque variation.
US09729088B2	Method, computer program product and controller for starting-up a switched reluctance motor, and electrical apparatus implementing same A method of starting-up a switched reluctance, SR, motor is provided. The method comprises simultaneously energizing a plurality of phases at a first time point with respective phase voltages that are substantially the same, until the motor rotor is stabilized in alignment with either one of the plurality of phases; simultaneously de-energizing the plurality of phases at a second time point that follows the first time point; monitoring a decrease of respective phase currents in the plurality of phases from a third time point that follows the second time point by a first predetermined time interval; determining a phase of alignment of the rotor using evaluation of the decrease of the phase currents following simultaneous de-energizing of the plurality of phases; and, initiating rotation of the rotor from the determined phase of alignment of the rotor.
US09729085B2	Observer-based control system for grid-connected DC/AC converters with LCL-filter Systems related to controlling a DC/AC converter. A control system uses a nonlinear adaptive observer to estimate the state variables inverter current and converter voltage using a sensed grid current and a bus voltage as inputs. For non-observable points (such as when the duty cycle=0.5), the required information can be found from the DC bus voltage.
US09729083B2	Power supply system and power source apparatus A power supply system that comprises an electrical storage device; a power conversion circuit configured to convert a power from the electrical storage device into converted DC power; and a power control unit configured to receive the converted DC power and output AC power. The converted DC power is controlled such that the output AC power is a predetermined AC power.
US09729079B1	Method and apparatus for controlling TRIAC dimmable device Aspects of the disclosure provide a method that including receiving a sensed signal corresponding to a current flowing through an energy transfer module in response to an on/off state of a forward-type triode for alternating current (TRIAC), determining the TRIAC on/off state based on the sensed signal, and controlling the energy transfer module based on the determined TRIAC on/off state.
US09729077B2	Front end protection power controller A power controller monitors and controls supply of AC power to a load. A power supply derives DC power supply voltages from the input AC power. The power supply includes power dissipation circuit that dissipates excess power as a function of one of the supply voltages. A voltage sensing circuit provides a voltage sense signal that is a function of the voltage of the input AC power. A digital processor controls a switch that connects a load to the AC power based upon the voltage sensed signal.
US09729074B2	Multifunctional signal isolation converter A multifunctional signal isolation converter (10) is arranged in a safe area (20), and is applied to an electronic apparatus (40) arranged in a dangerous area (30). The multifunctional signal isolation converter (10) includes a microprocessor (108) and a power supply unit (116). The microprocessor (108) determines whether internal functions of the multifunctional signal isolation converter (10) are normal or not to obtain a first judgment value. The electronic apparatus (40) sends an input signal (42) to the microprocessor (108). The microprocessor (108) determines whether functions of the electronic apparatus (40) are normal or not to obtain a second judgment value according to the input signal (42). The microprocessor (108) controls whether the power supply unit (116) supplies a driving power (122) to the electronic apparatus (40) or not according to the first judgment value and the second judgment value.
US09729073B1	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion circuit, a synchronous rectification transistor, a synchronous rectification control circuit, a feedback circuit, and a cable loss compensation circuit. The power conversion circuit converts an input voltage into an output voltage and provides it to a load. The synchronous rectification transistor is coupled in series to a current path on a secondary side of the power conversion circuit and switched according to a synchronous rectification control signal. The synchronous rectification control circuit generates the synchronous rectification control signal for controlling the switching of the synchronous rectification transistor. The feedback circuit generates an output indication current associated with the output voltage. The cable loss compensation circuit draws a compensation current from the feedback circuit according to the synchronous rectification control signal, so as to compensate for the output voltage based on a sum of the compensation current and the output indication current.
US09729070B2	Interleaved resonant converter Provided are methods and circuits for a resonant converter comprising at least one switch-controlled capacitor, wherein the at least one switch-controlled capacitor controls a resonant frequency of the resonant tank circuit. Provided are constant and variable switching frequency embodiments, and full-wave and half-wave switch-controlled capacitor embodiments. Also provided are interleaved resonant converters based on constant and variable switching frequency, and full-wave and half-wave switch-controlled capacitor resonant converter embodiments. Interleaved embodiments overcome load sharing problems associated with prior interleaved resonant converters and enable phase shedding to improve light load efficiency.
US09729057B1	Fast transient response for switching regulators The present disclosure describes apparatuses and techniques of fast transient response for switching power regulators. In some aspects, a capacitor is disconnected from an output of a feedback amplifier of a switching power regulator that is operating in a discontinuous mode. This can be effective to prevent a voltage of the capacitor from discharging while the switching power regulator operates in the discontinuous mode. Responsive to the switching power regulator transitioning from the discontinuous mode to a continuous mode to provide an increased amount of current, the capacitor is connected to the output of the feedback amplifier. Connecting the non-discharged capacitor can be effective to enable the switching power regulator to provide the increased amount of current to the load more quickly.
US09729053B2	Light-load control device, light-load control method, and voltage converter Light-load control devices and methods implemented in applications such as voltage converters. In some embodiments, a control system for a voltage converter can be configured to determine whether the voltage converter is in a first load state such as a light-load state. The control system can be further configured to generate a first driving signal when the voltage converter is in the light-load state. The control system can be further configured to route the first driving signal to a control element of the voltage converter when the voltage converter is in the light-load state, and to route a second driving signal to the control element when the voltage converter is in a second load state such as a heavier-load state. Such a control system can yield reduced power consumption of the control element when the voltage converter is in the light-load state.
US09729051B2	Power control circuit, environmental power generation device, and control method of environmental power generation device A power control circuit includes: a differential voltage monitor configured to monitor a differential voltage between a first voltage and a second voltage, and control a switching element to be turned on and off, wherein the differential voltage monitor controls the switching element in such a manner that in a case where the differential voltage is increased, when the differential voltage is lower than a first reference voltage, the switching element is turned off, and when the differential voltage is equal to or higher than the first reference voltage, the switching element is turned on, and in a case where the differential voltage is decreased, when the differential voltage is higher than a second reference voltage, the switching element is turned on, and when the differential voltage is equal to or lower than the second reference voltage, the switching element is turned off.
US09729047B2	Printable pulsed voltage multiplier with adjustable pulse width and amplitude A voltage multiplier includes a supply voltage, at least two multiplier stages electrically connected together, each stage having a trigger voltage terminal, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a capacitor, and each stage connected to the supply voltage, an input stage electrically connected to a first of the at least two multiplier stages, and an output stage electrically connected to a final of the at least two multiplier stages.
US09729030B2	Method for manufacturing stator for rotary electric machine A method for manufacturing a stator for a rotary electric machine, capable of reducing a space on an end surface of a stator core on an inner diameter side to reduce a size in an axial direction to realize a compact size by maintaining an insulating distance corresponding to a potential difference. In the stator for the rotary electric machine a coil portion includes a coil main-body portion (21) and a second connecting wire (23). The second connecting wire (23) includes a first bent portion (24) and a second connecting-wire end portion (23A). The second connecting wire (23) is configured so that a differential value of a length z in the axial direction of the stator to a length r in the radial direction of the stator is Δz/Δr>0.
US09729017B2	Dynamoelectric machine support system having bolted springbar A support system for a dynamoelectric machine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the support system includes: a mounting pad having a first face and a second face, the second face including a pair of slots; a pair of spring bars bolted to the mounting pad at the pair of slots; a collar welded or brazed to the first face of the mounting pad; and a key bar between and affixed to the pair of spring bars.
US09729015B2	Method and apparatus for a body-worn electronic device to dynamically select a power source in a wireless system Body-worn wireless electronic devices may be powered by one or more wireless power sources. These wireless power sources may comprise body-worn wireless power sources and non body-worn wireless power sources. The sources are detected by the electronic device and are either prioritized based on being body-worn or non body-worn. The selection of sources for powering the electronic device(s) may alternatively be made based on predetermined parameters associated with the power sources. Optimal power transfer is thus obtained for the electronic devices while being worn.
US09729013B2	Wireless power transmission system, and method for controlling wireless power transmission and wireless power reception A wireless power transmission system, and a method for controlling wireless power transmission and wireless power reception are provided. According to an aspect, a method for controlling a wireless power transmission may include: detecting a plurality of target devices used to wirelessly receive power; selecting a source resonating unit from among a plurality of source resonating units, based on the amount of power to be transmitted to one or more of the plurality of target devices, a coupling factor associated with one or more of the plurality of target devices, or both; and wirelessly transmitting power to a target device using the selected source resonating unit.
US09729008B2	Life degradation mitigation for transient response energy storage A variable speed genset system is provided that may include a primary power source, an electric machine, an energy storage device, a boost converter, and a controller. The electric machine may be coupled to the primary power source and electrically coupled to a load through a common bus. The boost converter may be in electrical communication with the common bus and the energy storage device. The controller may determine a State of Health (SOH) for the energy storage device, selectively engage the energy storage device to provide a first power amount to the common bus, and selectively change the operating speed of the primary power source to provide a second power amount to the common bus, the speed based on the SOH, a temperature of the energy storage device, and the load demand. The combination of the first and second power amounts substantially meet a load power demand.
US09729003B1	Wireless charging device and method thereof Disclosed is a wireless charging device and a method facilitating wireless charging of one or more portable electronic devices. The wireless charging device may include a battery assembly comprising a receiving unit electrically coupled with the transmitting unit. A first set of charging coils within the receiving unit may wirelessly receive, via an electromagnetic induction, electrical energy from a second set of charging coils within an external power source. A third set of charging coils within the transmitting unit may wirelessly transmit, via an electromagnetic induction, the electrical energy received by the receiving unit to one or more portable electronic devices positioned within a predetermined transmission distance from the transmitting unit. A fourth set of charging coils within the one or more portable electronic devices may receive the electrical energy from the transmitting unit thereby facilitating charging of one or more batteries of the one or more portable electronic devices.
US09728996B2	High efficiency charging apparatus using switching arrangement and charging/discharging A high efficiency charging apparatus, includes a power supply which is a source for supplying electricity for charging; a speed setting unit setting an oscillating frequency and outputting an electrical self-oscillating signal having a frequency corresponding to the oscillating frequency; a switching unit having a plurality of switches which are driven by the electrical self-oscillating signal supplied from the speed setting unit; and a power transmitting unit supplying a current from the power supply to a capacitor multiple times according to a drive state of the plurality of switches of the switching unit and discharging the current charged in the capacitor at one time to supply the discharged current to the battery. The charging apparatus improves charging efficiency and reduces a charging time of a lead or nickel battery used in a vehicle or the like.
US09728995B2	Systems, methods and devices for adaptable battery charging Because a rechargeable battery has an increased number of uses (e.g., cycles), the battery's internal impedance can increase and the efficiency of the battery can become degraded. This internal resistance can cause cutoff voltage thresholds and cutoff current thresholds to prematurely stop a phase of battery charging, as these cutoff values can be based on low-cycle count batteries. New cutoff values can, instead, be based on battery impedance. Use of an adjusted cutoff current threshold during a constant voltage cycle can increase the capacity of high-cycle count batteries. Use of an adjusted cutoff voltage threshold in step charging can increase the charging speed of high-cycle count batteries. These increases in efficiency by using adjusted cutoff values can increase as the battery is further high-cycle count, in comparison with low-cycle count cutoff values used with high-cycle count batteries.
US09728993B2	Battery management system and battery system A rechargeable battery includes a plurality of interconnected battery cells which are connected to at least one pole connection of the battery by at least one circuit element such that the plurality of interconnected battery cells can be electrically decoupled from the at least one pole connection. A control circuit for monitoring and controlling the battery comprises at least one first cell monitoring device and at least one second cell monitoring device which are configured to detect operational parameters of at least one battery cell of the plurality of interconnected battery cells and to guide the operational parameters to a control device. The at least one first cell monitoring device is connected to a first control device by a first interface, and the at least one second cell monitoring device is connected to a second control device by a second interface.
US09728989B2	Method for charging battery inside electronic device with a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of charging modules with USB OTG functionality Methods and apparatus for charging a battery in an electronic device In one exemplary method for charging the battery in the electronic device includes detecting a charging input from a plurality of external devices, and when detecting the charging input, charging the battery with power supplied from the external devices using a plurality of charging modules.
US09728985B2	Charging device and charging method for charging a plurality of secondary battery-equipped devices A charging device of an aspect of the present disclosure includes couplers and control circuitry that controls a charging operation. If the number of one or more secondary battery-equipped devices to be charged is smaller than a set number, the control circuitry charges each of the one or more secondary battery-equipped devices to be charged with a continuous current. If the number is greater than or equal to the set number, the control circuitry intermittently repeats charging of each of the one or more secondary battery-equipped devices to be charged with a stopping interval placed between charging operations while selectively and sequentially switching the one or more secondary battery-equipped devices to which a charging current is supplied at the same time, and the control circuitry increases the charging current and shortens an application duration of the charging current per charging with an increase in the number of secondary battery-equipped devices to be charged.
US09728984B2	Using ribs in charger to dissipate heat generated by charging circuit An insulation rib is provided above a charging circuit and a plurality of heat radiation ribs are provided on the left side of the charging circuit. A space part is formed by the insulation rib. Little of the heat generated by the charging circuit is transferred to an upper sidewall portion of a case main body portion due to a heat insulation effect of the space part. Further, heat generated by the charging circuit is likely to be transferred to a left sidewall portion of the case main body portion due to a high heat dissipation effect of the heat radiation ribs. In this way, the generation of locally heated areas in the case main body portion can be reduced through balancing of the flow of heat generated by the charging circuit.
US09728981B2	Feedback controlled coil driver for inductive power transfer A fully integrated feedback controlled coil driver is disclosed for inductive power transfer to electronic devices. For efficient power transfer, a voltage across a switch that switchably couples the coil between a DC input power source and ground is sampled and compared with a preselected reference voltage to generate an error voltage. The error voltage is integrated over time and compared to a voltage ramp. The value of the integrated error voltage relative to the voltage ramp is used to obtain an optimal on time for the switch such that coil current is maximized for a given DC input power. The coil driver can also provide ASK modulation on the coil current by changing the size of the switch according to input data.
US09728976B2	Method and system for allocating energy A method for allocating energy to a plurality of devices, wherein each device is configured to consume, store and/or supply energy, the method includes the steps of: assigning each device to a group of devices; assigning an aggregation node device to each group of devices; for a selection of devices transmitting local power cost functions of the devices and/or power usage profiles of the devices with respect to a predetermined time slot to the assigned aggregation node device; at the aggregation node device, generating aggregated data as a function of the received local power cost functions and/or power usage profiles; transmitting the aggregated data to a central processing device; at the central processing device, optimizing a global cost function for allocating power to the devices as a function of the aggregated data.
US09728969B2	Systems and methods for generating an inertial response to a change in the voltage of an electricial grid Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing an inertial response by a wind power system to power fluctuations in an electrical grid. The system includes a synthetic inertial response generator configured to generate a power offset in response to fluctuations in grid voltage. The power offset signal is generated by determining a quadrature component the grid voltage using an internal reference voltage having an angular frequency and phase angle that is synchronized to the electrical grid by a control loop. The quadrature component is used to determine a synchronous power level. A control loop error signal is produced by the difference between the synchronous power level and the wind turbine system power output. Changes in the grid frequency produce an error signal that is added to the power set point of wind turbine system output controllers to provide a power system inertial power output response.
US09728968B2	Device for stable subsea electric power transmission to run subsea high speed motors or other subsea loads The invention provides a device for operative connection between a subsea step out cable far end and subsea loads such as pumps, compressors and control systems, distinctive in that the device is a rotating frequency stepper device, more specifically a rotating step up or step down device, and it comprises: a motor and a generator operatively connected so that the motor drives the generator, at least one gas and/or liquid filled vessel into which at least one of the motor and generator are arranged, and the step out length is long, which means long enough to cause problems due to the Ferranti effect at frequency and power levels feasible for subsea pump and compressor motors, and where the device via the step out cable receives input electrical power at a low enough frequency to have stable transmission and the device, operatively connected to the subsea motor, delivers an output electrical frequency, amperage and voltage feasible for operation of the connected motors. System for pressure boosting of hydrocarbon fluid or other fluid subsea, comprising the device.
US09728950B2	Cryogenic cable termination connector A cryogenic cable termination connector having a small heat inflow from the outside and stable electrical insulation properties. The cryogenic cable termination connector includes a lead-out conductor led out from a site at a very low temperature to a site at room temperature via a liquid refrigerant layer, a refrigerant gas layer, and an oil layer. The lead-out conductor includes a capacitor-cone insulator in which plural metal foils for dividing an electric field from a high voltage level down to the ground voltage level are stacked through an insulator. Among electric field tilting portions in which voltage changes gradually from the high voltage level to the ground voltage level, an electric field tilting portion positioned at a lower part is located in the liquid refrigerant layer and an electric field tilting portion positioned at an upper part is located in the oil layer.
US09728945B2	Patch panel assembly A cable guide for guidance of at least one cable through a patch panel system, including a housing having front, back, left, and right sides, and at least one patch panel device including a tray and one or more adapters, the cable guide comprising an advancing member having a first end for coupling to the back side of the housing, a second end for coupling to the tray of the patch panel device, and a guide member disposed between the first and second ends, wherein the advancing member is transitionable between a first and second state, wherein, when the first and second ends are coupled respectively to the back side and the tray, in the first state, the guide member is positioned at least partially external to the housing at one of the left or right sides; and in the second state, the guide member is positioned within the housing.
US09728944B2	Pull string advancing tool Disclosed is a system comprising an apparatus and method to aid electricians or other workers desiring to pass a wire, cord, or other such material through an inaccessible area inside a wall, above a ceiling, or below a floor of a residential home or commercial building. The apparatus consists of two elastic poles with the first pole containing a magnet at its distal end and the second pole containing a void space along its longitudinal axis wherein a string of a length substantially longer than the length of the second pole is passed through the string having a magnet at one end so when fully passed through the magnet is at the distal end of the second pole. The method comprises the steps of passing the first pole through a first opening cut into the wall, ceiling, or floor; passing the second pole through a second opening cut into the wall, ceiling, or floor; manipulating first and second poles such that the magnets on their distal ends magnetically bond with each other; withdrawing first pole from first opening so that the string defines a path between the openings where a wire may be drawn through.
US09728943B2	Cable slider with symmetric pieces A device which can slide up and down on a chain or cable, can be loosened to attach to the chain or cable, but does not have any parts that come free when the part is loosened. The device includes first and second pieces, each made of structural material, the first and second pieces fitting together at concave and convex surfaces, to form an interlock forms inner surfaces with a through hole of a first shape that can slide along either a cable or a chain.
US09728941B2	Igniter assembly including arcing reduction features A corona igniter (20) includes a metal shell (32) with a corona reducing lip (38) spaced from an insulator (26) and being free of sharp edges (40) to prevent arcing (42) in a rollover region and concentrate the electrical field at an electrode firing end (48). The corona reducing lip (38) includes lip outer surfaces (88) being round, convex, concave, or curving continuously with smooth transitions (90) therebetween. The corona reducing lip (38) includes lip outer surfaces (88) presenting spherical lip radii (r1) being at least 0.004 inches. The corona igniter (20) also includes shell inner surfaces (104) and insulator outer surfaces (75) facing one another being free of sharp edges (40).
US09728931B2	Electron injector and free electron laser An injector arrangement for providing an electron beam. The injector arrangement comprises a first injector for providing electron bunches, and a second injector for providing electrons bunches. The injector arrangement is operable in a first mode in which the electron beam comprises electron bunches provided by the first injector only and a second mode in which the electron beam comprises electron bunches provided by the second injector only.
US09728920B2	Connectors for smart windows This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity. Pre-wired spacers improve fabrication efficiency and seal integrity of insulated glass units. Electrical connection systems include those embedded in the secondary seal of the insulated glass unit.
US09728918B2	Distribution strip The invention relates to a distribution strip for distributing electrical energy for equipment, device and/or server cabinets. The distribution strip has an inner chamber which is defined by an upper, lower, two lateral side faces and two end faces. A feed cable is provided on one of the end faces. An end face forms, with a side face, an inner angle of greater than 105°.
US09728905B2	Male connector and female connector A male connector includes a male body and a male conductor. The male body includes an outer face including a first curved surface and a housing space on an inner side of the first curved surface of the male body. The male conductor is provided inside the housing space and includes a functional part. The functional part is a male communication antenna, a male power-transmission antenna, or a male power-reception antenna. A female connector includes a female body and a female conductor. The female body includes a connection hole, an inner wall surface of the connection hole, the inner wall surface including a first curved surface, a housing space on an outer side of the first curved surface of the connection hole of the female body. The female conductor is provided inside the housing space and includes a functional part. The functional part is a female communication antenna, a female power-reception antenna, or a female power-transmission antenna.
US09728899B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a middle shielding sheet disposed in the insulating body, at least one row of terminals disposed in the insulating body and located on one side of the middle shielding sheet, an inner metal shell arranged on the insulating body, and an outer metal shell, enclosing the insulating body and the inner metal shell to form a mating cavity. The row of terminals includes at least one ground terminal. The ground terminal is projected laterally to form an urging portion. The inner metal shell at least partially encloses the terminals and the middle shielding sheet, and is in contact with the plate edge of the urging portion.
US09728894B2	Device connector A device connector (1) is provided in a device unit that has plural devices arranged in parallel and is to be connected to a wire-side connector (30). The device connector (1) has terminal accommodating portions (12) provided respectively for the devices and arranged in parallel along a direction (A) in which the devices are arranged. A holding portion (22) collectively holds the terminal accommodating portions (12). Positioning plates (18) are provided individually on the terminal accommodating portions (12), and positioning recesses (25) are at positions of the holding portion (22) corresponding respectively to the positioning plates (18) with the terminal accommodating portions (12) collectively held and configured to position the terminal accommodating portions (12) and the holding portion (22) by engaging the positioning plates (18).
US09728890B2	Electric wire holder having a hole with an internal diameter smaller than an external diameter of an accommodated electric wire The connector is provided with a connector housing (3) having a holder accommodating chamber (31c), and a rear holder (32A), with an electric wire (21) inserted into an electric wire insertion hole (39) thereof, accommodated within the holder accommodating chamber (31c). The external diameter dimension (D1) of the electric wire (21) is larger than the internal diameter dimension (D2) of the electric wire insertion hole (39) of the rear holder (32A), and the internal diameter dimension (D4) of the holder accommodating chamber (31c) of the connector housing (3) is smaller than the external diameter dimension (D3) of the rear holder (32A) with the electric wire (21) accommodated within the electric wire insertion hole (39).
US09728883B1	Electrical connector reducing insertion loss while ensuring terminal fixing height An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a first insulator and a second insulator, and multiple terminals disposed on the insulating body. A gap space is formed between the first and second insulators. The gap space is filled with air. Each terminal has a mating segment located above the first insulator, a first fixing segment extending downward from the mating segment and insert-molded into the first insulator, a connecting segment extending downward from the first fixing segment and exposed to the gap space, a second fixing segment extending downward from the connecting segment and insert-molded into the second insulator, and a positioning segment extending downward from the second fixing segment and located below the second insulator. The width of the first and second fixing segment is less than the width of at least one of the mating segment, the connecting segment and the positioning segment.
US09728875B2	Multiple connector A multiple connector, in particular, for connecting to a printed circuit board. The multiple connector includes a base plate with essentially surrounding walls that project from the base plate and form a connector skirt. Electrical connecting tabs project through the base plate and pass through the base plate in the interior of a connector skirt, wherein Between at least two adjacent connector skirts, the base plate is interrupted by a contour projecting out from the plane of the base plate.
US09728866B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises a plurality of terminal blocks arranged along a transverse direction. The terminal block includes a vertical insulative plate, a pair of first terminals, and a pair of second terminals. The first terminal includes a first deflectable contacting arm and a first connecting foot. The second terminal includes a second deflectable contacting arm and a second connecting foot. The first deflectable contacting arm and the second deflectable contacting arm are arranged one by one along the transverse direction. The first deflectable contacting arms of the pair of first terminals bend in a face to face style to form an inserting space in the vertical direction. The second deflectable contacting arms of the pair of second terminals bend in a face to face style to form the inserting space in the vertical direction.
US09728864B2	Electrical connector contact terminal An electrical contact terminal includes a base portion for positioning and retaining the electrical contact terminal within a connector housing, an insulation displacement connecting portion extending upwardly from the base portion and comprising a pair of spaced apart arms defining an opening therebetween for receiving and making electrical contact with an electrical conductor, and a contact portion extending downwardly from the base portion and configured to float when the electrical contact terminal is retained and positioned within a connector housing. The contact portion includes a first arm, a second arm, and an arcuate base portion. The first arm extends downwardly and includes a first end attached to the base portion and an opposite second end. The second arm extends downwardly and includes a free first end closer to the base portion and an opposite second end farther from the base portion. The second arm is configured to deflect when making electrical contact with a mating contact pin. The arcuate base portion connects the second ends of the first and second arms.
US09728857B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using the same An antenna structure includes a feed end plate, a ground end plate, a first radiator, a second radiator, and a metallic plate. The first radiator is coupled to the feed end plate. The second radiator is coupled to the ground end plate. The metallic plate is spaced from the first radiator and is couple the second radiator. The metallic plate includes a main sheet and at least one side sheet connected to the main sheet, a gap is defined between the main sheet and the first radiator, and the second radiator is coupled to the at least one side sheet.
US09728847B2	On-chip helix antenna An antenna includes a plurality of upper electrodes in a first metal layer, a plurality of lower electrodes in a second metal layer, a plurality of side electrodes connecting the upper electrodes with the lower electrodes, and a ground structure. The upper electrodes, the lower electrodes and the side electrodes form one continuous electrode. The continuous electrode extends in a first direction away from a reference plane over a substrate. The upper electrodes extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The upper electrodes, the lower electrodes, and the side electrodes are embedded within a waveguide structure that includes a dielectric material. The substrate has a length extending in the first direction greater than a length the continuous electrode extends in the first direction. The waveguide structure includes a portion of the substrate in a region beyond the length of the continuous electrode in the first direction.
US09728844B2	High-gain digitally tuned antenna system with modified swept-back fractal (MSBF) blade A high-gain digitally tuned antenna system comprises a modified swept-back fractal (MSBF) radiator element, with the fractal preferably being a Sierpinski carpet fractal based on a parallelogram. A digital tuning circuit coupled to the radiator comprises an array of inductors which can be selectively connected to form a network which tunes the antenna system to a selected tuning frequency. The system is preferably arranged to selectively connect the inductors in series such that the combined inductances substantially cancel the capacitance of the radiator at a selected tuning frequency. The antenna system is preferably arranged to operate over the 30-88 MHz, 108-174 MHz, and 225-600 MHz bands, with a radiator height of 15″ or less.
US09728838B2	On chip antenna with opening Approaches for an on-chip antenna are provided. A method includes forming an antenna in an insulator layer at a front side of a substrate. The method also includes forming a trench in the substrate underneath the antenna. The method further includes forming a fill material in the trench. The substrate is composed of a material having a first dielectric constant. The fill material has a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant.
US09728831B2	Non-reciprocal circuit element Favorable isolation characteristics are obtained over a wide band in a non-reciprocal circuit element. A non-reciprocal circuit element includes: a magnetic material 10 to which a DC magnetic field is applied by a permanent magnet; and a plurality of center electrodes disposed on the magnetic material 10 so as to intersect each other in an insulated state. Of the plurality of center electrodes, a first center electrode 21 is connected at one end thereof to a first input/output port P1, and a second center electrode 22 is connected at one end thereof to a second input/output port P2. A resistance element R is connected in series between the ports P1 and P2, and a phase-shift circuit (a parallel resonant circuit composed of an inductance element L5 and a capacitance element C5) is connected in series with the resistance element R.
US09728821B2	Power storage apparatus and electric vehicle A power storage apparatus, electric device, electric vehicle, and power system are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a power storage apparatus includes a battery block comprising a plurality of battery cells and an isolating unit that enables wireless information transfer regarding battery information of the battery block.
US09728819B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery system A non-aqueous electrolyte battery system includes a battery voltage output section for outputting a voltage of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a freezing determination section for performing freezing determination to a non-aqueous electrolyte. In the freezing determination, the freezing determination section executes freezing determination current control for supplying a current at a freezing determination current value at a freezing determination time in a direction to charge the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. When a voltage value output from the battery voltage output section exhibits a transition that rises once to a peak value during execution of the freezing determination current control, and then decreases with time, it is determined that the non-aqueous electrolyte is in a frozen state.
US09728816B2	Lithium-rich electrode sheet of lithium-ion battery and preparation method thereof The invention relates to a lithium-rich electrode plate of a lithium-ion battery and a preparation method thereof. The electrode plate includes a collector; a film containing an active material and forming on the collector, and forming an elementary electrode plate together with the collector; and a porous lithium sheet covering on the film, so that a resulting capacity of the porous lithium sheet matches a planned lithium-supplemental capacity to an anode of a lithium-ion battery. The electrode plate can accurately control lithium supplemental quantity to the anode, improve lithium-supplemental uniformity, improve the first coulombic efficiency, energy density, and electrochemical performance of the battery, and decrease deformation of the cell. Furthermore, the method can be performed simply and the cost thereof is low.
US09728808B2	All solid state battery The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery in which compatibility between battery performance and safety is intended. The present invention attains the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer containing a cathode active material, an anode layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, containing a first sulfide solid electrolyte material, characterized in that a ratio of ion resistance of the whole all solid state battery to ion resistance of the solid electrolyte layer is 3.8 or less, and the ion resistance of the solid electrolyte layer is 7.6 Ω·cm2 or more and 16 Ω·cm2 or less.
US09728774B2	Storage structure of an electrical energy storage cell A storage structure of an electrical metal-air energy storage cell is provided including an active storage material and an inert material, wherein particles of the inert material have an aspect ratio of less than 0.7, and wherein subregions of the inert particles are incorporated in a grain volume of grains of the active storage material.
US09728773B2	Electrode material comprising graphene-composite materials in a graphite network A durable electrode material suitable for use in Li ion batteries is provided. The material is comprised of a continuous network of graphite regions integrated with, and in good electrical contact with a composite comprising graphene sheets and an electrically active material, such as silicon, wherein the electrically active material is dispersed between, and supported by, the graphene sheets.
US09728772B2	Flooded lead-acid battery and method of making the same Positive active material pastes for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries, methods of making the same and lead-acid batteries including the same are provided. The positive active material paste includes lead oxide, a sulfate additive, and an aqueous acid. The positive active material paste contains from about 0.1 to about 1.0 wt % of the sulfate additive. Batteries using such positive active material pastes exhibit greatly improved performance over batteries with conventional positive active material pastes.
US09728771B2	Proton-battery based on graphene derivatives An apparatus comprises an anode formed of graphene oxide from an acidic pH; a cathode from a pH greater than the acidic pH of the anode; and charge collectors deposited on the anode and the cathode. The anode comprises graphene oxide, the graphene oxide comprising an ink and having a pH of about 1 to about 4.
US09728770B2	Storage battery electrode, manufacturing method thereof, storage battery, and electronic device In manufacture of a storage battery electrode containing graphene as a conductive additive, the efficiency of reduction of graphene oxide is reduced with high efficiency under mild conditions, and cycle characteristics and rate characteristics of a storage battery are improved. Provided is a manufacturing method of a storage battery electrode. In the manufacturing method, a paste containing an active material, a binder, graphene oxide, and a solvent is formed; the paste is applied to a current collector and the solvent contained in the paste is evaporated to form an active material layer; the active material layer is immersed in a liquid containing alcohol; and the active material layer is taken out from the liquid and heated so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
US09728764B2	Alkaline storage battery The present invention provides a heat suppressing alkaline storage battery including a positive electrode lead having a downsized portion that incorporates a PTC thermistor. A battery includes a positive electrode lead having a first lead half body, a second lead half body, and a PTC thermistor, the first and second lead half bodies overlap end portions formed in a portion where the first and second lead half bodies overlap with each other, the overlap end portions being larger than the PTC thermistor as viewed from a plane and being in contact with the PTC thermistor, the PTC thermistor is fitted in a fitting recessed portion formed in the overlap end portion of the first lead half body, and an exposed portion of the PTC thermistor is covered with a protective material.
US09728751B2	Organic light emitting diode, method for manufacturing same, image display device, and illuminating device An organic light emitting diode and a method for manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting diode includes an anodic conductive layer, an organic EL layer, and a cathodic conductive layer formed from Ag or an alloy of Ag, or the like, sequentially laminated on a substrate, such that a two-dimensional lattice structure is provided on a surface of the cathodic conductive layer on an organic EL layer side, an extraction wavelength and a distance between centers of concave portions or convex portions in the two-dimensional lattice structure are within a region surrounded by specific coordinates in a graph illustrating a relationship between the light extraction wavelength and the distance, and the depth of the concave portions or a height of the convex portions is 12 nm to 180 nm.
US09728750B2	Radiation-emitting device A radiation-emitting device includes a substrate, at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate and adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation, including at least one first electrode surface, at least one second electrode surface, and at least one functional layer between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface, wherein the functional layer is adapted to generate electromagnetic radiation in a switched-on operating state, at least one transparency region transparent to at least one partial spectrum of electromagnetic radiation at least in a switched-off operating state, and at least one non-transparency region non-transparent to the partial spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the transparency region and the non-transparency region are arranged such that electromagnetic radiation from the partial spectrum can pass through the radiation-emitting device through the transparency region.
US09728749B2	OLED array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device The present invention provides an OLED array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, an OLED display panel and an OLED display device. The OLED array substrate comprises a substrate and a plurality of pixel units provided thereon, each pixel unit comprising a TFT, and a first electrode, an organic light-emitting layer, a second electrode and an optical coupling layer sequentially arranged on the TFT, wherein the optical coupling layer comprises a bottom contacting with the second electrode and an arched top protruding towards a light-exiting direction. By forming the optical coupling layer of each pixel unit on the OLED array substrate to be the arched top optical coupling layer, the OLED array substrate, the manufacturing method thereof, the OLED display panel and the OLED display device of the present invention attenuates total reflection of light inside the optical coupling layer, thereby improving light extraction efficiency.
US09728748B2	OLED with a flattening layer between two barrier layers According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material.
US09728747B2	OLED with a flattening layer between two barrier layers According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material.
US09728744B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode display is provided that may include a first substrate, a plurality of electrodes on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, a pixel defining layer on the plurality of electrodes, spacers on the pixel defining layer, and a second substrate on the spacers. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of openings spaced apart from each other and respectively open to the plurality of electrodes. The spacers on the pixel defining layer are at crossing points of a plurality of virtual lines, the spacers crossing spaces between adjacent openings of the plurality of openings.
US09728743B2	Organic light emitting diode display with reinforced sealing portion An organic light emitting diode display includes a display substrate including an organic light emitting element and a driving circuit part, an encapsulation substrate sealing the display substrate, and a sealing portion between the display substrate and the encapsulation substrate, the sealing portion including a plurality of sealing frame portions around the display substrate, and a first sealing frame portion of the plurality of sealing frame portions being adjacent to a pad portion, wherein at least one of a width of an edge of the sealing portion and a width of the first sealing frame portion is wider than a width of a sealing frame portion other than the first sealing frame portion.
US09728742B2	Display panel assembly and method of manufacturing a display panel therefrom A display panel assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an upper mother substrate; a lower mother substrate disposed opposing the upper mother substrate and including a plurality of thin film transistor (TFT) arrays; a sealing member formed between the upper mother substrate and the lower mother substrate and formed with a closed loop shape to surround the thin film transistor array; and a seal pattern formed on an edge region of the upper mother substrate and the lower mother substrate to bond the upper mother substrate and the lower mother substrate and in which an open region is formed to connect the inside and outside of the bonded upper mother substrate and lower mother substrate.
US09728740B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Provided are an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a first substrate; an organic light-emitting device provided on the first substrate and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second substrate covering the organic light-emitting device and disposed to face the first substrate; and a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least a portion of the sealant is a intermixing region which is formed as an inorganic material permeates an organic material.
US09728739B2	Organic light-emitting device and manufacturing method therefor The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the organic light emitting device according to the present invention includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting unit in which a first electrode, an organic material layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked on the substrate; and an encapsulating unit configured to seal an external side of the organic light emitting unit, in which a protecting unit is provided on at least a partial region of the substrate, on which the organic light emitting unit and the encapsulating unit are not provided, and at least a partial region in a lateral surface region of the substrate.
US09728736B2	Organic thin film photovoltaic device, fabrication method thereof, and electronic apparatus An organic thin film photovoltaic device (1) includes: a substrate (10); a first electrode layer (11) disposed on the substrate; a hole transport layer (12) disposed on the first electrode layer; a bulk heterojunction organic active layer (14) disposed on the hole transport layer; a second electrode layer (16) disposed on the bulk heterojunction organic active layer; a sealing glass (40) configured to be opposed to the substrate 10, and configured to seal a laminated structure composed of the first electrode layer, the hole transport layer, the bulk heterojunction organic active layer, and the second electrode layer; and a glass frit (36) disposed between the sealing glass and the substrate and configured to seal the laminated structure. There is provided: an inexpensive organic thin film photovoltaic device of which durability is improved, allowing further weight saving and thin-layering; and a fabrication method of such an organic thin film photovoltaic device.
US09728727B2	Organic electroluminescence device and organic light emitting medium An organic electroluminescence device having a layer of an organic light emitting medium which comprises (A) a specific arylamine compound and (B) at least one compound selected from specific anthracene derivatives, spirofluorene derivatives, compounds having condensed rings and metal complex compounds and is disposed between a pair of electrodes and an organic light emitting medium comprising the above components (A) and (B) are provided. The organic electroluminescence device exhibits a high purity of color, has excellent heat resistance and a long life and efficiently emits bluish to yellowish light. The organic light emitting medium can be advantageously used for the organic electroluminescence device.
US09728722B2	Socket structure for three-dimensional memory Socket structures that are configured to use area efficiently, and methods for providing socket regions that use area efficiently, are provided. The staircase type contact area or socket region includes dielectric layers between adjacent planar electrodes that partially cover a portion of a planar electrode that does directly underlie an adjacent planar electrode. The portion of a dielectric layer between adjacent planar electrodes can be sloped, such that it extends from an edge of an overlying planar electrode to a point between the edge of an underlying planar electrode and a point corresponding to an edge of the overlying planar electrode.
US09728720B2	Resistive random access memory device and method for fabricating the same A resistive random access memory device and a method for fabricating the same are presented. The resistive random access memory device includes a first electrode having a first dopant within. A second electrode is disposed on the first electrode. A resistive switching layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US09728717B2	Magnetic tunnel junction patterning using low atomic weight ion sputtering A method of magnetic tunnel junction patterning for magnetoresistive random access memory devices using low atomic weight ion sputtering. The method includes: providing a magnetoresistive random access memory device including a hard mask metal, a MTJ element, and a semiconductor substrate, wherein the hard mask metal is disposed on the MTJ element and, wherein the MTJ element is disposed on the semiconductor substrate; and etching back the MTJ element into a plurality of MTJ element pillars using a low atomic weight ion sputtering. A magnetoresistive random access memory device using low atomic weight ion sputtering. The device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of MTJ element pillars disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the plurality of MTJ element pillars is etched from a MTJ element using a low atomic weight ion sputtering; and a hard mask metal disposed on the MTJ element pillars.
US09728715B2	Storage element and memory A storage element includes a storage layer, a fixed magnetization layer, a spin barrier layer, and a spin absorption layer. The storage layer stores information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material. The fixed magnetization layer is provided for the storage layer through a tunnel insulating layer. The spin barrier layer suppresses diffusion of spin-polarized electrons and is provided on the side of the storage layer opposite the fixed magnetization layer. The spin absorption layer is formed of a nonmagnetic metal layer causing spin pumping and provided on the side of the spin barrier layer opposite the storage layer. A direction of magnetization in the storage layer is changed by passing current in a layering direction to inject spin-polarized electrons so that information is recorded in the storage layer and the spin barrier layer includes at least a material selected from oxides, nitrides, and fluorides.
US09728695B2	Mount substrate and LED module with the same A mount substrate includes: an insulation substrate containing resin and glass; connection conductors formed on a surface of the insulation substrate; a first white resist layer that covers the connection conductors; and a second white resist layer that covers the first white resist. Each of the connection conductors includes a copper foil and a plating layer partly formed on the copper foil. The plating layer is formed of metal having oxidation-resistant and corrosion-resistant characteristics higher than those of copper. The first white resist layer is formed with first openings that respectively expose the plating layers of the connection conductors. The second white resist layer covers a periphery of each plating layer of the connection conductors in planar view.
US09728686B2	Method of fabricating white LED devices A light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same is provided. The device includes an LED chip having a first main surface, a second main surface opposing the first main surface, and one or more side surfaces extending between the first and second main surfaces. A reflective side layer surrounds the one or more side surfaces of the LED chip. The reflective side layer has a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface extending in a first direction, and an opening extending between the first and second main surfaces in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The opening surrounds the chip. A phosphor film overlies the first main surface of the chip and the first main surface of the reflective side layer. At least one electrode is disposed on the second main surface of the chip.
US09728684B2	Light emitting apparatus with recessed reflective resin and protruding reflection frame Provided is a light emitting apparatus that causes no lateral light leakage, enables easy assembly, and allows free selection of the shape of a reflection frame. The light emitting apparatus includes an LED device which is flip-chip mounted on a substrate, a phosphor layer placed on a light emitting surface of the LED device, a reflective resin having a recessed portion formed on the upper surface thereof, the reflective resin covering the side surface of the LED device and the side surface of the phosphor layer, and a reflection frame having a protruded portion formed on the lower surface thereof, the reflection frame being fixed on or above the phosphor layer and the reflective resin by engaging the protruded portion with the recessed portion of the reflective resin.
US09728677B2	Deep ultraviolet LED and method for manufacturing the same A deep ultraviolet LED with a design wavelength of λ is provided that includes a reflecting electrode layer, a metal layer, a p-type GaN contact layer, and a p-type AlGaN layer that are sequentially stacked from a side opposite to a substrate, the p-type AlGaN layer being transparent to light with the wavelength of λ; and a photonic crystal periodic structure that penetrates at least the p-type GaN contact layer and the p-type AlGaN layer. The photonic crystal periodic structure has a photonic band gap.
US09728661B2	Optoelectronic device including ferroelectric material Example embodiments relate to optoelectronic devices. An optoelectronic device may include a photoactive layer between first and second electrodes, and a ferroelectric layer corresponding to at least one of the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes may include graphene. The photoactive layer may include a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor. The optoelectronic device may further include a third electrode, and in this case, the ferroelectric layer may be between the second electrode and the third electrode. The second electrode, the ferroelectric layer, and the third electrode may constitute a nanogenerator.
US09728650B1	Thin film transistor array panel and conducting structure A thin film transistor array panel includes a first conductive layer including a gate electrode; a channel layer disposed over the gate; and a second conductive layer disposed over the channel layer. The second conductive layer includes a multi-layered portion defining a source electrode and a drain electrode, which includes a first sub-layer, a second sub-layer, and a third sub-layer sequentially disposed one over another. Both the third and the first sub-layers include indium and zinc oxide materials. An indium to zinc content ratio in the first sub-layer is greater than that in the third sub-layer. The content ratio differentiation between the first and the third sub-layers affects a lateral etch profile associated with a gap generated in the second conductive layer between the source and the drain electrodes, where the associated gap width in the third sub-layer is wider than that that in the first sub-layer.
US09728646B2	Flat STI surface for gate oxide uniformity in Fin FET devices Operations in fabricating a Fin FET include providing a substrate having a fin structure, where an upper portion of the fin structure has a first fin surface profile. An isolation region is formed on the substrate and in contact with the fin structure. A portion of the isolation region is recessed by an etch process to form a recessed portion and to expose the upper portion of the fin structure, where the recessed portion has a first isolation surface profile. A thermal hydrogen treatment is applied to the fin structure and the recessed portion. A gate dielectric layer is formed with a substantially uniform thickness over the fin structure, where the recessed portion is adjusted from the first isolation surface profile to a second isolation surface profile and the fin structure is adjusted from the first fin surface profile to a second fin surface profile by the thermal hydrogen treatment.
US09728632B2	Deep silicon via as a drain sinker in integrated vertical DMOS transistor A vertical DMOS device implements one or more deep silicon via (DSV) plugs, thereby significantly reducing the layout area and on-resistance (RDSON) of the device. The DSV plugs extend through a semiconductor substrate to contact a conductively doped buried diffusion region, which forms the drain of the vertical DMOS device. Methods for fabricating the vertical DMOS device are compatible with conventional sub-micron VLSI processes, such that the vertical DMOS device can be readily fabricated on the same integrated circuit as CMOS devices and analog devices, such as lateral double-diffused MOS (LDMOS) devices.
US09728621B1	iFinFET A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit is provided. According to the method, a layered fin including a plurality of sacrificial layers and semiconductor layers wherein two adjacent semiconductor layers are separated by the sacrificial layer is provided on a semiconductor substrate. A gate over the layered fin and a spacer surrounding a sidewall of the gate are then formed. The sacrificial layers are subsequently removed to provide a structure in which two adjacent semiconductor layers are separated by a gap. The method further includes forming an insulator in the gap and forming source and drain regions located on the layered fin. The insulator includes a high-K dielectric material surrounded by a low-K dielectric material, both of which are in contact with the two adjacent semiconductor layers.
US09728618B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer formed of a nitride semiconductor on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed of a nitride semiconductor on the first semiconductor layer, a gate trench formed in the second semiconductor layer or in the second and first semiconductor layers, a gate electrode formed at the gate trench, and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer. The gate trench has terminal parts of a bottom of the gate trench formed shallower than a center part of the bottom. A part of a sidewall of the gate trench is formed of a surface including an a-plane. The center part of the bottom is a c-plane. The terminal parts of the bottom form a slope from the c-plane to the a-plane.
US09728616B2	High-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a high-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided and a dielectric layer and a conductive layer sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate. Then, the conductive layer is patterned to form a gate and a dummy gate disposed at a first side of the gate and followed by forming a first spacer between the gate and the dummy gate and a second spacer at a second side of the gate opposite to the first side, wherein the first spacer includes an indentation. Subsequently, the dummy gate is removed.
US09728611B2	GaN semiconductor device comprising carbon and iron A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first GaN layer on the substrate and containing carbon; a second GaN layer on the first GaN layer and containing transition metal and carbon; a third GaN layer on the second GaN layer and containing transition metal and carbon; and an electron supply layer on the third GaN layer and having a larger band gap than GaN. A transition metal concentration of the third GaN layer gradually decreases from that of the second GaN layer from the second GaN layer toward the electron supply layer and is higher than 1×1015 cm−3 at a position of 100 nm deep from a bottom end of the electron supply layer. A top end of the second GaN layer is deeper than 800 nm from the bottom end. A carbon concentration of the third GaN layer is lower than those of the first and second GaN layers.
US09728610B1	Semiconductor component with a multi-layered nucleation body There are disclosed herein various implementations of a semiconductor component with a multi-layered nucleation body and method for its fabrication. The semiconductor component includes a substrate, a nucleation body situated over the substrate, and a group III-V semiconductor device situated over the nucleation body. The nucleation body includes a bottom layer formed at a low growth temperature, and a top layer formed at a high growth temperature. The nucleation body also includes an intermediate layer that is formed substantially continuously using a varying intermediate growth temperature.
US09728608B2	Semiconductor device, inverter circuit, and vehicle A semiconductor device according to embodiments described herein includes a p-type SiC layer, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating layer between the SiC layer and the gate electrode. The gate insulating layer includes a first layer, a second layer, a first region, and a second region. The second layer is between the first layer and the gate electrode and has a higher oxygen density than the first layer. The first region is provided across the first layer and the second layer, includes a first element from F, D, and H, and has a first concentration peak of the first element. The second region is provided in the first layer, includes a second element from Ge, B, Al, Ga, In, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, and lanthanoid, and has a second concentration peak of the second element and a third concentration peak of C.
US09728601B2	Semiconductor devices including active fins and methods of manufacturing the same Semiconductor devices may include a plurality of active fins each extending in a first direction on a substrate, a gate structure extending on the active fins in a second direction, and a first source/drain layer on first active fins of the active fins adjacent the gate structure. At least one of two opposing sidewalls of a cross-section of the first source/drain layer taken along the second direction may include a curved portion having a slope with respect to an upper surface of the substrate. The slope may decrease from a bottom toward a top thereof.
US09728598B2	Semiconductor device having barrier layer to prevent impurity diffusion A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type region including a first conductivity type impurity. A first gate structure is on the semiconductor substrate overlying the first conductivity type region. A second conductivity type region including a second conductivity type impurity is formed in the semiconductor substrate. A barrier layer is located between the first conductivity type region and the second conductivity type region. The barrier layer prevents diffusion of the second conductivity type impurity from the second conductivity type region into the first conductivity type region.
US09728596B1	Semiconductor device and integrated inductor A semiconductor structure includes a first magnetic layer, an insulative oxide layer, an oxygen trapping layer and a cap layer. The insulative oxide layer is over the first magnetic layer. The oxygen trapping layer is over the insulative oxide layer. The oxygen concentration of the oxygen trapping layer is less than an oxygen concentration of the insulative oxide layer. The cap layer is over the oxygen trapping layer.
US09728587B2	Organic light emitting diode device with a color calibration layer An organic light emitting diode device is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode device includes a color calibration layer which is applied to the white sub-pixel. The color calibration layer selectively absorbs light in a given wavelength region thereby increasing luminance due to the white sub-pixel while simultaneously preventing the deformation of white color coordination. The contrast ratio may also be improved by reducing the reflection of external light, thereby minimizing the need for a polarizer, and the thickness of the device may thus be decreased and processing costs may be reduced.
US09728586B2	Organic photoelectronic device and image sensor An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode having a plurality of nanopatterns arranged at a regular interval, a second electrode facing the first electrode and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the active layer absorbing light in at least one wavelength of a visible ray region.
US09728578B2	Pixel circuit A pixel arrangement includes a photodiode, a reset transistor configured to be controlled by a reset signal and coupled to a reset input voltage, a transfer gate transistor configured to transfer charge from the photodiode to a node, wherein the transfer gate transistor is controlled by a transfer gate voltage, and a source follower transistor controlled by the voltage on the node and coupled to a source follower voltage. A capacitor is coupled between the node and an input voltage. During a read operation the input voltage is increased to boost the voltage at the node. The increased input voltage may, for example, be one the reset input voltage, said source follower voltage, said transfer gate voltage and a boosting voltage.
US09728576B2	Solid-state image pickup element and image pickup apparatus A solid-state image pickup element including: a photoelectric conversion region; a transistor; an isolation region of a first conductivity type configured to isolate the photoelectric conversion region and the transistor from each other; a well region of the first conductivity type having the photoelectric conversion region, the transistor, and the isolation region of the first conductivity type formed therein; a contact portion configured to supply an electric potential used to fix the well region to a given electric potential; and an impurity region of the first conductivity type formed so as to extend in a depth direction from a surface of the isolation region of the first conductivity type in the isolation region of the first conductivity type between the contact portion and the photoelectric conversion region, and having a sufficiently higher impurity concentration than that of the isolation region of the first conductivity type.
US09728573B2	Backside illuminated image sensor and method of manufacturing the same A back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor device, includes: a substrate including a front side and a back side opposite to the front side; a radiation-sensing region disposed in the substrate; and a deep trench isolation (DTI) grid disposed in the substrate and defining the radiation-sensing region. The DTI grid extends from the back side toward the front side, and includes a segmented strip in a top view from the back side.
US09728572B2	Via structures including etch-delay structures and semiconductor devices having via plugs A semiconductor device includes a lower device and an upper device disposed on the lower device. The lower device includes a lower substrate, a lower plug pad disposed on the lower substrate, and a lower interlayer dielectric layer on the lower plug pad. The upper device includes an upper substrate, an etch-delay structure in a lower portion of the upper substrate, an upper plug pad disposed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate, an upper interlayer dielectric layer on the upper plug pad, and a via plug configured to penetrate the upper substrate and contact the upper plug pad and the lower plug pad. The via plug includes a first portion in contact with the upper plug pad and the first etch-delay structure, and a second portion in contact with the lower plug pad.
US09728564B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion section which is disposed on a semiconductor substrate and which photoelectrically converts incident light into signal charges, a pixel transistor section which is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and which converts signal charges read out from the photoelectric conversion section into a voltage, and an element isolation region which is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and which isolates the photoelectric conversion section from an active region in which the pixel transistor section is disposed. The pixel transistor section includes a plurality of transistors. Among the plurality of transistors, in at least one transistor in which the gate width direction of its gate electrode is oriented toward the photoelectric conversion section, at least a photoelectric conversion section side portion of the gate electrode is disposed within and on the active region with a gate insulating film therebetween.
US09728554B2	Array substrate of display panel An array substrate of display panel comprises a substrate, a first and second transistors disposed on the substrate. The first and second transistors are electrically connected and share a semiconducting layer which comprises a first lateral portion, a turning portion and a bottom portion. The turning portion connects to the first lateral portion. The bottom portion connects to the turning portion. In one embodiment, a first outer edge extending line of the first lateral portion, a second outer edge extending line of the bottom portion and a third outer edge of the turning portion defines a first region. A first inner edge extending line of the first lateral portion, a second inner edge extending line of the bottom portion and a third inner edge of the turning portion defines a second region. The area of the first region is smaller than that of the second region.
US09728537B2	Dual fin integration for electron and hole mobility enhancement A technique for forming a semiconductor device is provided. Sacrificial mandrels are formed over a hardmask layer on a semiconductor layer. Spacers are formed on sidewalls of the sacrificial mandrels. The sacrificial mandrels are removed to leave the spacers. A masking process leaves exposed a first set of spacers with a second set protected. In response to the masking process, a first fin etch process forms a first set of fins in the semiconductor layer via first set of spacers. The first set of fins has a vertical sidewall profile. Another masking process leaves exposed the second set of spacers with the first set of spacers and the first set of fins protected. In response to the other masking process, a second fin etch process forms a second set of fins in semiconductor layer using the second set of spacers. The second set of fins has a trapezoidal sidewall profile.
US09728522B2	Integrated circuit packages and methods of forming same Packages and methods of manufacture thereof are described. A package may include a first package and a die structure disposed over the first package. The first package may include: a first encapsulant; a first via structure within the first encapsulant; a first die within the first encapsulant, at least a portion of the first encapsulant being interposed between a sidewall of the first die and a sidewall of the first via structure; a second die within the first encapsulant, an active side of the second die facing an active side of the first die; and a first via chip within the first encapsulant, the first via chip comprising one or more through vias, wherein the first via chip is disposed at the active side of the first die, and between the second die and the first via structure.
US09728520B2	Enhanced flash chip and method for packaging chip An enhanced Flash chip and a method for packaging chip are provided to solve the problems of high design complexity. The enhanced Flash chip comprises: a FLASH and a RPMC packaged integrally, wherein the same IO pins in the FLASH and in the RPMC are mutually connected and are connected to the same external sharing pin of the chip; an external instruction is transmitted to the FLASH and the RPMC through the external sharing pin of the chip, and the controller of the FLASH and the controller of the RPMC respectively judge whether to execute the external instruction; and the FLASH and the RPMC further comprise internal IO pins, respectively, the internal IO pins of the FLASH and the internal IO pins of the RPMC are mutually connected, and internal mutual communication between the FLASH and the RPMC is performed through the pair of mutually connected internal IO pins.
US09728505B2	Methods and structrues of novel contact feature A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a fin structure on a substrate; forming a dummy gate over the fin structure; forming spacers on sides of the dummy gate; forming a doped region within the fin structure; replacing the dummy gate with a metal gate; replacing an upper portion of the metal gate with a first dielectric layer; forming a conductive layer directly on the doped region; replacing an upper portion of the conductive layer with a second dielectric layer; removing the first dielectric layer thereby exposing a sidewall of the spacer; removing an upper portion of the spacer to thereby expose a sidewall of the second dielectric layer; removing at least a portion of the second dielectric layer to form a trench; and forming a conductive plug in the trench.
US09728502B2	Metal oxysilicate diffusion barriers for damascene metallization with low RC delays and methods for forming the same A method is disclosed to form a metal-oxysilicate diffusion barrier for a damascene metallization. A trench is formed in an Inter Layer Dielectric (ILD) material. An oxysilicate formation-enhancement layer comprising silicon, carbon, oxygen, a constituent component of the ILD, or a combination thereof, is formed in the trench. A barrier seed layer is formed on the oxysilicate formation-enhancement layer comprising an elemental metal selected from a first group of elemental metals in combination with an elemental metal selected from a second group of elemental metals. An elemental metal in the second group is immiscible in copper or an alloy thereof, has a diffusion constant greater than a self-diffusion of copper or an alloy thereof; does not reducing silicon-oxygen bonds during oxysilicate formation; and promotes adhesion of copper or an alloy of copper to the metal-oxysilicate barrier diffusion layer. The structure is then annealed to form a metal-oxysilicate diffusion barrier.
US09728498B2	Package structure Provided is a package structure including a die, an encapsulant, a through via, a first dielectric layer, a conductive line structure, an adhesion promotion layer, a second dielectric layer and a connector. The encapsulant is formed aside the die. The through via is formed aside the die and penetrates through the encapsulant. The first dielectric layer is formed overlying the die, the encapsulant and the through via. The conductive line structure includes a pad over the first dielectric layer. The adhesion promotion layer overlays a first portion of a top surface and a sidewall of the pad and overlying the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer overlays the adhesion promotion layer. The connector is in contact with a second portion of the top surface of the pad. The second portion of the top surface of the pad is exposed by the adhesion promotion layer.
US09728493B2	Mold PackageD semiconductor chip mounted on a leadframe and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package includes a leadframe and a semiconductor chip mounted to the leadframe. The semiconductor device package further includes a molded encapsulant configured to cast-in-place the leadframe. A surface area of the leadframe remains exposed by the encapsulant. An electrically insulating covering layer extends over a part of the surface area and is configured to divide the surface area in at least two zones.
US09728484B2	Power module package and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed relates to a power module package and a method for manufacturing the same. The power module package includes a lower substrate on which a pattern is formed, a power semiconductor element and a ribbon which are separated apart from each other at a predetermined distance to be mounted on an upper surface of the lower substrate, a first spacer attached to an upper portion of the power semiconductor element via a first adhesive layer, a second spacer attached to an upper portion of the ribbon via a second adhesive layer, and an upper substrate attached to an upper portion of each of the first and second spacers via a third adhesive layer.
US09728483B2	Method of forming an integrated circuit with heat-mitigating diamond-filled channels An integrated circuit and method of forming the integrated circuit, including the steps of forming channels partially into a thickness of a semiconductor layer or through the thickness of the semiconductor layer and partially through a thickness of a substrate layer on which the semiconductor layer was formed. The method may then include underfilling or overfilling the channels with diamond. If underfilled, a remainder of the channels may be filled in with nucleation buffer layers or additional semiconductor material. If overfilled, the diamond may be selectively polished down to form a planar surface with the semiconductor layer. Next, the method may include forming an active device layer over the semiconductor material and diamond. The method may also include thinning the substrate layer down to the diamond and then placing a heat sink in physical contact with the diamond in the channel.
US09728479B2	Multi-chip package structure, wafer level chip package structure and manufacturing process thereof A multi-chip package structure includes a first chip, a second chip, a circuit layer, a plurality of first conductive bumps, a plurality of second conductive bumps and an underfill. The first chip has a chip bonding region, a plurality of first inner pads and first outer pads. The circuit layer is disposed on the first chip and includes a plurality of insulating layers and at least one metal layer. The insulating layers have a groove disposed between the first inner pads and the first outer pads and surrounding the first inner pads. The first conductive bumps are disposed on the first outer pads. The second chip is flipped on the chip bonding region. Each first inner pad is electrically connected to a second pad of the second chip through the second conductive bump. The underfill is disposed between the first and second chips and covers the second conductive bumps.
US09728478B2	Resin-encapsulatd semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A first resin encapsulated body (25) and a second resin encapsulated body (26) are stacked to form a resin-encapsulated semiconductor device. The first resin encapsulated body (25) includes: a first semiconductor element (2); an external terminal (5); inner wiring (4); and a first resin (6) for covering those components, at least a rear surface of the external terminal (5), a rear surface of the semiconductor element (2), and a surface of the inner wiring (4) are exposed from the first resin (6). The second resin encapsulated body (26) includes: a second semiconductor element (7) having an electrode pad formed on a surface thereof; a second resin (8) for covering the second semiconductor element; and a metal body connected to the electrode pad, and is partly exposed from the second resin. The inner wiring and the metal body are electrically connected to each other.
US09728471B2	System for non radial temperature control for rotating substrates Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and method for reducing non uniformity during thermal processing. One embodiment provides an apparatus for processing a substrate comprising a chamber body defining a processing volume, a substrate support disposed in the processing volume, wherein the substrate support is configured to rotate the substrate, a sensor assembly configured to measure temperature of the substrate at a plurality of locations, and one or more pulse heating elements configured to provide pulsed energy towards the processing volume.
US09728470B1	Semiconductor structure and methods In an embodiment, a method for evaluating a surface of a semiconductor substrate includes directing an incident light beam having multiple wavelengths at a position of a layer having a surface profile configured to form an optical diffraction grating, the layer including a Group III nitride, detecting a reflected beam, reflected from the position, and obtaining a spectrum of reflected intensity as a function of wavelength, the spectrum being representative of the surface profile of the position of the layer from which the beam is reflected, comparing the spectrum obtained from the detected beam with one or more reference spectra stored in memory, and estimating at least one parameter of the surface profile.
US09728469B2	Methods for forming a stress-relieved film stack by applying cutting patterns Disclosed herein is a method of forming a stress relieved film stack, the method comprising forming a film stack on a first side of a substrate, the film stack comprising a plurality of film layers and creating a plurality of film stack openings according to a cutting pattern and along at least a portion of a buffer region. The plurality of film stack openings extend from a top surface of the film stack to the substrate. A deflection of the substrate may be determined, and the cutting pattern selected prior to creating the film stack openings based on the deflection of the substrate. The substrate may have a deflection of less than about 2 μm after creating the plurality of film stack openings. And at least one of the plurality of film layers may comprise one of titanium nitride, silicon carbide and silicon dioxide.
US09728466B1	Vertical field effect transistors with metallic source/drain regions Semiconductor devices having vertical FET (field effect transistor) devices with metallic source/drain regions are provided, as well as methods for fabricating such vertical FET devices. For example, a semiconductor device includes a first source/drain region formed on a semiconductor substrate, a vertical semiconductor fin formed on the first source/drain region, a second source/drain region formed on an upper surface of the vertical semiconductor fin, a gate structure formed on a sidewall surface of the vertical semiconductor fin, and an insulating material that encapsulates the vertical semiconductor fin and the gate structure. The first source/drain region comprises a metallic layer and at least a first epitaxial semiconductor layer. For example, the metallic layer of the first source/drain region comprises a metal-semiconductor alloy such as silicide.
US09728464B2	Self-aligned 3-D epitaxial structures for MOS device fabrication Techniques are disclosed for customization of fin-based transistor devices to provide a diverse range of channel configurations and/or material systems within the same integrated circuit die. In accordance with one example embodiment, sacrificial fins are removed and replaced with custom semiconductor material of arbitrary composition and strain suitable for a given application. In one such case, each of a first set of the sacrificial fins is recessed or otherwise removed and replaced with a p-type material, and each of a second set of the sacrificial fins is recessed or otherwise removed and replaced with an n-type material. The p-type material can be completely independent of the process for the n-type material, and vice-versa. Numerous other circuit configurations and device variations are enabled using the techniques provided herein.
US09728462B2	Stable multiple threshold voltage devices on replacement metal gate CMOS devices A technique for a multiple voltage threshold transistor structure is provided. A narrow channel and long channel are formed on a fin. An epitaxial layer is formed on the fin, and an interlayer dielectric layer is formed on the epitaxial layer. Spacers on the fin define the narrow channel and the long channel. A high-k dielectric material is deposited in the narrow and long channels. A metal layer is deposited on the high-k dielectric material in the narrow and long channels. A height of the high-k dielectric material in the narrow channel is recessed. The metal layer is removed from the narrow and long channels. A work function metal is deposited in the narrow and long channels. A gate conduction metal is deposited to fill the narrow channel and long channel. A capping layer is deposited on the top surface of the structure.
US09728459B2	Method for singulating an assemblage into semiconductor chips, and semiconductor chip A method for singulating an assemblage (1) into a plurality of semiconductor chips (10) is specified, wherein an assemblage comprising a carrier (4), a semiconductor layer sequence (2) and a metallic layer (3) is provided. Separating trenches (45) are formed in the carrier. The assemblage is subjected to mechanical loading, with the result that the metallic layer breaks along the separating trenches and the assemblage is singulated into semiconductor chips, wherein the singulated semiconductor chips each have part of the semiconductor layer sequence, of the carrier and of the metallic layer. A semiconductor chip (10) is furthermore specified.
US09728458B2	Methods for fabrication of semiconductor structures using laser lift-off process, and related semiconductor structures Methods of fabricating a semiconductor structure include bonding a carrier wafer over a substrate, removing at least a portion of the substrate, transmitting laser radiation through the carrier wafer and weakening a bond between the substrate and the carrier wafer, and separating the carrier wafer from the substrate. Other methods include forming circuits over a substrate, forming trenches in the substrate to define unsingulated semiconductor dies, bonding a carrier substrate over the unsingulated semiconductor dies, transmitting laser radiation through the carrier substrate and weakening a bond between the unsingulated semiconductor dies and the carrier substrate, and separating the carrier substrate from the unsingulated semiconductor dies. Some methods include thinning at least a portion of the substrate, leaving the plurality of unsingulated semiconductor dies bonded to the carrier substrate.
US09728455B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a gate structure thereon and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer surrounding the gate structure; forming a sacrificial layer on the gate structure; forming a first contact plug in the sacrificial layer and the ILD layer; removing the sacrificial layer; and forming a first dielectric layer on the gate structure and the first contact plug.
US09728451B2	Through silicon vias for semiconductor devices and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor wafer, a semiconductor chip and a semiconductor package. The semiconductor wafer includes a first pad, a first inter-layer dielectric and a second pad. The first pad is disposed on a top surface of a semiconductor substrate and has a solid portion and a plurality of through holes. The first inter-layer dielectric covers the first pad. The second pad is disposed on the first inter-layer dielectric and has a solid portion and a plurality of through holes, wherein the through holes of the first pad correspond to the solid portion of the second pad.
US09728449B2	Semiconductor device structures with improved planarization uniformity, and related methods Semiconductor devices and structures, such as phase change memory devices, include peripheral conductive pads coupled to peripheral conductive contacts in a peripheral region. An array region may include memory cells coupled to conductive lines. Methods of forming such semiconductor devices and structures include removing memory cell material from a peripheral region and, thereafter, selectively removing portions of the memory cell material from the array region to define individual memory cells in the array region. Additional methods include planarizing the structure using peripheral conductive pads and/or spacer material over the peripheral conductive pads as a planarization stop material. Yet further methods include partially defining memory cells in the array region, thereafter forming peripheral conductive contacts, and thereafter fully defining the memory cells.
US09728443B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate heating unit arranged to heat the underside of a substrate while supporting the substrate thereon and an attitude changing unit arranged to cause the substrate heating unit to undergo an attitude change between a horizontal attitude and a tilted attitude. In an organic solvent removing step to be performed following a substrate heating step of heating the substrate, the substrate heating unit undergoes an attitude change to the tilted attitude so that the upper surface of the substrate becomes tilted with respect to the horizontal surface.
US09728442B2	Workpiece holding apparatus A workpiece holding apparatus, including: a rigid body having a vent; a suction pad adhered onto the lower end face of rigid body and having an opening communicating with vent, being configured to suck and hold a workpiece; an air controlling mechanism communicating with the vent, being configured to aspirate or discharge air through vent to aspirate or discharge air from opening; and a swelling portion being configured to be supplied with air by air controlling mechanism through the vent to swell out at least part of an area of suction pad to be in contact with the workpiece toward the workpiece in detaching workpiece from suction pad; wherein suction pad is configured to suck and hold workpiece by bringing the opening into contact with workpiece while aspirating air by air controlling mechanism through opening, and is configured to detach the workpiece from suction pad by discharging air from opening.
US09728440B2	Non-transparent microelectronic grade glass as a substrate, temporary carrier or wafer A method for processing a semiconductor wafer where an opaque layer is located on a surface of a handling wafer is used so the surface of the handling wafer may be detected through optical sensors. The opaque layer may be modified, or oriented, to allow light to pass through unobstructed.
US09728420B2	Organic film composition, process for forming organic film, patterning process, and compound An organic film composition including a compound represented by the following general formula (1), wherein n1 and n2 each independently represent 0 or 1; “W” represents a single bond or any of structures represented by the following formula (2); R1 represents any of structures represented by the following general formula (3); m1 and m2 each independently represent an integer of 0 to 7, with the proviso that m1+m2 is 1 to 14. There can be provided an organic film composition for forming an organic film having dry etching resistance as well as advanced filling/planarizing characteristics.
US09728415B2	Semiconductor device and method of wafer thinning involving edge trimming and CMP A semiconductor device has a substrate including a plurality of conductive vias formed vertically and partially through the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over a first surface of the substrate and around a peripheral region of the substrate. A portion of the encapsulant around the peripheral region is removed by a cutting or laser operation to form a notch extending laterally through the encapsulant to a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate. A first portion of the substrate outside the notch is removed by chemical mechanical polishing to expose the conductive vias. A second portion of the substrate is removed by backgrinding prior to or after forming the notch. The encapsulant is coplanar with the substrate after revealing the conductive vias. The absence of an encapsulant/base material interface and coplanarity of the molded substrate results in less over-etching or under-etching and fewer defects.
US09728405B2	Nanowire semiconductor device partially surrounded by a gate A semiconductor device is provided, including two semiconductor nanowires superimposed one on top of the other or arranged next to one another, spaced one from the other and forming channel regions of the semiconductor device, a dielectric structure entirely filling a space between the nanowires and which is in contact with the nanowires, a gate dielectric and a gate covering a first of the nanowires, sidewalls of the nanowires and sidewalls of the dielectric structure when the nanowires are superimposed one on top of the other, or covering a part of the upper faces of the nanowires and a part of an upper face of the dielectric structure when the nanowires are arranged next to one another, and wherein the dielectric structure comprises a portion of dielectric material with a relative permittivity greater than or equal to 20.
US09728399B1	Simultaneous formation of liner and metal conductor In one aspect of the invention, a method for fabricating an advanced metal conductor structure includes a conductive line pattern including a set of conductive line trenches in a dielectric layer. Each conductive line trench of the conductive line pattern has parallel vertical sidewalls and a horizontal bottom. A surface treatment of the dielectric layer is performed. The surface treatment produces an element enriched surface layer in which a concentration of a selected element in a surface portion of the parallel sidewalls and horizontal bottoms of the conductive line trenches is increased. A first metal layer is deposited on the element enriched surface layer. A first thermal anneal is performed which simultaneously reflows the first metal layer to fill a first portion of the conductive line trenches and causes a chemical change at interfaces of the first metal layer and the element enriched surface layer creating a liner which is an alloy of the first metal and selected element. A second metal layer is deposited. A second thermal anneal is performed which reflows the second metal layer to fill a remaining portion of the conductive line trenches. Another aspect of the invention is a device formed by the process.
US09728397B1	Semiconductor device having the insulating layers cover a bottom portion of the fin shaped structure A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes fin shaped structures and a recessed insulating layer. The fin shaped structures are disposed on a substrate. The recessed insulating layer covers a bottom portion of each of the fin shaped structures to expose a top portion of each of the fin shaped structures. The recessed insulating layer has a curve surface and a wicking structure is defined between a peak and a bottom of the curve surface. The wicking structure is disposed between the fin shaped structures and has a height being about 1/12 to 1/10 of a height of the top portion of the fin shaped structures.
US09728390B2	Mass analyzing electromagnet and ion beam irradiation apparatus A mass analyzing electromagnet is provided. The mass analyzing electromagnet includes an analysis tube having an internal zone formed as a passage for the ion beam; and a shield member mounted to an inner wall surface of the analyzing tube, a portion of the shield member intersecting with a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of an ion beam and a mass-based separation direction of the ion beam so as to block a portion of the ion beam.
US09728389B2	Concentric APCI surface ionization ion source, ion guide, and method of use A concentric APCI surface ionization probe, supersonic sampling tube, and method for use of the concentric APCI surface ionization probe and supersonic sampling tube are described. In an embodiment, the concentric APCI surface ionization probe includes an outer tube, an inner capillary, and a voltage source coupled to the outer tube and the inner capillary. The inner capillary is housed within and concentric with the outer tube such that ionized gas (e.g., air) travels out of the outer tube, reacts with a sample, and the resulting analyte ions are sucked into the inner capillary. A supersonic sampling tube can include a tube coupled to a mass spectrometer and/or concentric APCI surface ionization probe, where the tube includes at least one de Laval nozzle.
US09728387B2	Solid phase extraction with capillary electrophoresis Methods, systems and devices that provide fluid devices with at least one SPE bed adjacent (upstream of) a separation channel which may be in communication with an inlet of a Mass Spectrometer. The fluid device can be configured to operate using independently applied pressures to a BGE reservoir and a sample reservoir for pressure-driven injection that can inject a discrete sample plug into a separation channel that does not require voltage applied to the sample reservoir and can allow for in-channel focusing methods to be used. The methods, systems and devices are particularly suitable for use with a mass spectrometer but optical or other electronic detectors may also be used with the fluidic devices.
US09728384B2	Electrostatic trap mass spectrometer with improved ion injection A method of mass spectral analysis in an analytical electrostatic trap (14) is disclosed. The electrostatic trap (14) defines an electrostatic field volume and includes trap electrodes having static and non-ramped potentials. The method comprises injecting a continuous ion beam into the electrostatic field volume.
US09728381B2	Plasma processor and plasma processing method An etching chamber 1 incorporates a focus ring 9 so as to surround a semiconductor wafer W provided on a lower electrode 4. The plasma processor is provided with an electric potential control DC power supply 33 to control the electric potential of this focus ring 9, and so constituted that the lower electrode 4 is supplied with a DC voltage of e.g., −400 to −600 V to control the electric potential of the focus ring 9. This constitution prevents surface arcing from developing along the surface of a substrate to be processed.
US09728371B2	Ion beam scanner for an ion implanter A magnetic system for uniformly scanning an ion beam across a semiconductor wafer comprises a magnetic scanner having ac and dc coil windings each of which extend linearly along internal pole faces of a magnetic core. The ac and dc coil windings are mutually orthogonal; a time dependent magnetic component causes ion beam scanning while a substantially static (dc) field component allows the ion beam to be bent in an orthogonal plane. The current density in the ac and dc coil windings is uniformly dispersed along the pole faces leading to an improved beam spot uniformity at the wafer. The magnetic system also includes a collimator having first and second mutually opposed symmetrical dipoles defining an aperture between them. The poles of each dipole have a pole face varying monotonically and polynomially in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the collimator: an increasing pole gap is formed towards that central axis.
US09728363B2	Pre-fuse assembly with horizontal jump post A pre-fuse assembly designed to protect certain components within a vehicle electrical system against short circuits and to provide a user with easy access to a jump post for jump starting a dead battery. The pre-fuse assembly is a current-limiting electrical device that is mounted on top of the vehicle battery and includes fuses for limiting the current from the vehicle battery to a power distribution device and includes a horizontal jump post for providing easy access when jump starting a dead battery without increasing the overall height of the device. In one embodiment, the pre-fuse assembly includes a lower housing, an upper housing, a battery post connector, a master fuse, a fastener, a horizontal jump post and any number of other components.
US09728360B2	Power relay for a vehicle A power relay for a vehicle has a housing and two connecting bolts that are introduced into the housing so as to contact a load current circuit. The power relay further having a coil assembly that is arranged in the housing, the coil assembly contains a magnetic coil and a magnetic armature that is coupled by way of a force-transferring member to a contact bridge that can be moved in a reversible manner between a closed position and an opened position and can be displaced in the housing under the effect of a magnetic field that is generated by the magnetic coil. The contact bridge supports two contact elements that together with the mating contacts of the connecting pin form a first contact pair and a second contact pair. The contact pairs form a three point bearing arrangement in the closed position.
US09728358B2	Magnetic control devices for enclosures A control device for an enclosure is disclosed, where the control device includes a first portion positioned proximate to a back side of an enclosure surface of the enclosure, and a second portion positioned proximate to a front side of the enclosure surface. The first portion can include a plunger having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end is adjacent to the enclosure surface. The first portion can also include a first magnet having a first polarity and disposed at the proximal end of the plunger. The first portion can further include at least one contact in communication with the distal end of the plunger, where the at least one contact has a first state and a second state. The second portion can include a second magnet having a second polarity, where the second magnet has an engaged position and a disengaged position.
US09728353B2	Keyswitch using magnetic force A key for user input having superior tactile qualities. The key is suspended by a magnetic field force to improve the smoothness of motion. Two compact interleaved members link a keycap to a key base to provide highly precise parallel travel with reduced tilt and flexion, and improved durability.
US09728336B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor, multilayer ceramic capacitor series including the same, and multilayer ceramic capacitor mount body including the same A body of a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an inner layer portion and first and second outer layer portions sandwiching the inner layer portion therebetween. The inner layer portion includes an area extending from a conductive layer positioned closest to a first main surface to a conductive layer positioned closest to a second main surface in the stacking direction. The height of the body is smaller than the width of the body. The height of the inner layer portion is smaller than the width of the inner layer portion. The first outer layer portion includes a dielectric layer positioned closest to the first main surface. The second outer layer portion includes a dielectric layer positioned closest to the second main surface, and is thicker than the first outer layer portion. The total height of the first and second outer layer portions is smaller than the height of the inner layer portion.
US09728322B2	Ignition coil for internal combustion engine An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine is equipped with an assembly of a connector casing and a coil body. The coil body includes a primary winding wound around a primary spool. The connector casing has terminals each of which is equipped with a conductor fastener. The conductor fastener has a slit in which one of ends of the primary winding is fit to make an electric connection between the terminal and the primary winding. The primary spool has conductor guides and a backup support to establish alignment of each of the ends of the primary winding with one of the conductor fasteners and also to facilitate insertion of each of the ends of the primary winding into one of the conductor fasteners when the coil body is fitted into the connector casing, thereby ensuring the stability of electric connection between the primary winding and the terminal.
US09728311B2	Method for preparing neodymium-iron-boron (Nd—Fe—B)-based sintered magnet A method for preparing a Nd—Fe—B-based sintered magnet. The method includes: 1) providing a master alloy and an auxiliary alloy, the master alloy being a Nd—Fe—B alloy ingot or cast strip, the auxiliary alloy being a heavy rare earth alloy; 2) breaking up the master alloy using a hydrogen decrepitation process to yield a crude powder, conducting hydrogen absorption treatment on the auxiliary alloy and breaking up the hydrogenated auxiliary alloy to yield hydride particles; 3) uniformly mixing and stirring the crude powder of the master alloy and the hydride particles of the auxiliary alloy to yield a mixture; 4) milling the mixture obtained in step 3) to yield powders; 5) uniformly stirring the powders obtained in step 4) and conducting orientation forming treatment on the powders, to yield a raw body of a Nd—Fe—B based magnet; and 6) sintering the raw body of the Nd—Fe—B based magnet.
US09728309B2	Variable resistance and manufacturing method thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a variable resistance and a manufacturing method thereof, and the variable resistance is a variable resistance with continually adjustable resistance value. This variable resistance comprises: an elastic insulation envelope and conductive particles filled in the elastic insulation envelope. The manufacturing method of the variable resistance comprises: filling conductive particles into an elastic insulation envelope with an opening; and sealing the opening of the elastic insulation envelope.
US09728307B2	R-stack arrester An elbow arrester with a T-body is disclosed capable of coupling with an apparatus for protection from transient over voltage, and coupling with additional cable accessories, without having to loosen the initial connection with the coupled apparatus. The elbow body of the T-body arrester has a first portion, and a second portion protruding from an intermediate section of the first portion to define a T-body. A receiving feature is located within the first portion extending towards a first end, while a male feature is coupled to a second end of the first portion, opposite from the receiving feature. A coupling fastener is integrally molded into the first portion, providing for an apparatus coupled to the coupling fastener to be decoupled without loosening the connection of another apparatus connected to the T-Body elbow. Further, decoupling the other apparatus does not loosen the apparatus coupled to the coupling fastener.
US09728303B2	Shielded cable A shielded cable includes two signal wires, each of which having a signal conductor covered with an insulator, and a shield conductor having a metal clad resin tape spirally wrapped around the two signal wires in a lump. The insulator is configured so that a section thereof is to be deformable by an external force. A residual diameter ratio of the signal wire is 80% or greater and 95% or less when load of 1 kg is applied to the signal wire for 30 minutes.
US09728297B2	Mobile electronic device A mobile electronic device comprising at least one part made of a polymer composition [composition (C), herein after] comprising at least one part made of a polymer composition [composition (C), herein after] comprising from at least one polyaryletherketone polymer [(PAEK) polymer], and at least one nitride (NI) of an element having an electronegativity (∈) of from 1.3 to 2.5, as defined in <>, CRC Press, 64th edition, pages B-65 to B-158, based on the total weight of the composition (C).
US09728294B2	Resin composite material A resin composite material includes: fine graphite particles including plate-like graphite particles, an aromatic vinyl copolymer which is adsorbed on the plate-like graphite particles, and which contains a vinyl aromatic monomer unit represented by the following formula (1): —(CH2—CHX)— (1) (in the formula (1), X represents a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthracenyl group, or a pyrenyl group, provided that these groups may have each a substituent), and at least one hydrocarbon chain which is bonded to the aromatic vinyl copolymer, and which is selected from the group consisting of alkyl chains, oligoolefin chains, and polyolefin chains.
US09728291B2	Controlled orientation containers A packaging unit or a container for transport and/or storage of items that require orientation control, comprising an outer housing element and an inner retaining element, the retaining element being held within the housing element and capable of moving independently of the housing element about at least one axis the retaining element being adapted to retain the item and comprising a means for biasing the orientation of the inner retaining element with respect to a fixed external orientation.
US09728285B2	Water jet peening apparatus and water jet peening method Provided is a water jet peening apparatus and a water jet peening method including: a clamping cylinder (201) which is able to be disposed at the outer peripheral side of an instrumentation nozzle (83) with a predetermined gap therebetween; a clamping piece (210) which is able to fix the clamping cylinder (201) to the instrumentation nozzle (83); a nozzle guide (221) which has a cylindrical shape, is provided inside the clamping cylinder (201), and is positioned to a position adjacent to the upper end of the instrumentation nozzle (83); an inner surface WJP nozzle (105) which is movable upward and downward inside the nozzle guide (221); and a drainage hole (224) which radially penetrates the nozzle guide (221). Accordingly, it is possible to improve the safety of the operation by preventing a thimble tube from being popped out due to a water jet peening operation.
US09728282B2	Remotely operated manipulator Provided is a remotely operated manipulator which can be applied to a space which is wider on a back side than at an opening part, which has a simple structure, high stiffness, and high reliability. The remotely operated manipulator of the present invention includes: a circular base fixed to a wall surface; a beam which rotates on the circular base; a trolley which moves on the beam; and a mast which is raised and lowered with respect to the trolley and is mounted with a tool unit at a tip. Stiffness is improved by directly fixing the beam to the wall surface by a beam fixing device. Further, a work region is expanded by mounting a bending mast on the tip of the mast.
US09728281B2	Auxiliary condenser system for decay heat removal in a nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor includes an internal steam generator and a nuclear core disposed in a containment structure. A condenser is disposed outside the containment structure, and includes a condenser inlet line tapping off a steam line connected to the steam generator outside the containment structure, and a condensate injection line conveying condensate from the condenser to the integral steam generator. Isolation valves are located outside the containment structure on a feedwater line, the steam line, and the condensate injection line. The valves have an operating configuration in which the isolation valves on the feedwater and steam lines are open and the isolation valve on the condensate injection line is closed, and a heat removal configuration in which the isolation valves on the feedwater and steam lines are closed and the isolation valve on the condensate injection line is open.
US09728279B2	Memory system including a memory device, and methods of operating the memory system and the memory device A method is provided for operating a memory device. The method includes counting, from among memory cells, a number of first off-cells with respect to a first reading voltage and a number of second off-cells with respect to a second reading voltage, comparing the number of first off-cells and the number of second off-cells, and determining, based on a result of the comparing, whether a programming error exists in a storage region in which the memory cells are included.
US09728278B2	Threshold voltage margin analysis The present disclosure is related to a threshold voltage margin analysis. An example embodiment apparatus can include a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to determine a previous power loss of a memory to be an asynchronous power loss, and identify a portion of the memory last subject to programming operations during the determined asynchronous power loss. The controller is further configured to perform a threshold voltage (Vt) margin analysis on the portion of the memory responsive to the determined asynchronous power loss.
US09728276B2	Integrated circuits with built-in self test mechanism An embodiment of the invention provides an integrated circuit including a core circuit and a memory. The core circuit executes operations of the integrated circuit. The memory stores a subsystem and a repair system. When the repair system runs, the repair system detects whether there is a defect in the memory. When the repair system detects the defect, the repair system repairs the defect, and when the repair system does not detect the defect, a fake defect is injected in the memory to verify whether the repair system runs correctly.
US09728275B2	Memory system that handles access to bad blocks A memory system includes a plurality of pins for connection to the outside of the memory system, one of the pins being configured to receive a command signal, a memory cell array including a plurality of first memory blocks and a second memory block in which status data indicating which of the first memory blocks is defective, is stored, and a control circuit configured to determine whether or not a first memory block targeted by the command signal is indicated as being defective in the status data. The control circuit allows an operation to be performed on the targeted first memory block in accordance with the command signal when the targeted first memory block is not indicated as being defective, and blocks the operation to be performed on the targeted first memory block when the targeted first memory block is indicated as being defective.
US09728274B2	Error control using threshold based comparison of error signatures A technique is provided for system reliability. An input is received, and a computation operation on the input is repeated to generate multiple output values. The multiple output values are stored in a table along with a number of hits for each distinct output value in the multiple output values, and the number of hits indicates a number of times each distinct output value was generated by the repeating. A reliability circuit checks whether the number of hits for any one distinct output value meets a confidence threshold. Based on meeting the confidence threshold for the number of hits, the any one distinct output value is output. Based on the number of hits for the any one distinct output value not meeting the confidence threshold, the computation operation is continuously repeated on the input until the number of hits for the any one distinct output value meets the confidence threshold.
US09728265B2	Storage device and operating method thereof There are provided a storage device and an operating method thereof. A storage device includes a string including a plurality of memory cells, peripheral circuits for, in a read operation of a selected memory cell, applying a read voltage to a selected word line electrically coupled to the selected memory cell, and selectively applying a first pass voltage and a second pass voltage higher than the first pass voltage to unselected word lines electrically coupled to the other unselected memory cells according to a position of the selected word line, and a controller for controlling the peripheral circuits.
US09728252B2	Resistive memory device with temperature compensation, resistive memory system, and operating method thereof A method for operating a memory device includes sensing a change in temperature of the memory device, adjusting a level of a reference current for a read operation, and reading data from memory cells of the memory device based on the adjusted level of the reference current. The level of the reference current is adjusted from a reference value to a first value when the temperature of the memory device increases and is adjusted from the reference value to a second value when the temperature of the memory device decreases. A difference between the reference value and the first value is different from a difference the reference value and the second value.
US09728249B1	Wordline shape enhancer Various implementations described herein are directed to a circuit for memory applications. The circuit may include a data storage structure having column multiplexor transistors coupled to complementary bitlines. The circuit may include a wordline shape enhancer having a pair of passgate transistors coupled between the complementary bitlines and a capacitive load.
US09728246B2	Semiconductor device suppressing BTI deterioration Disclosed herein is a device includes a command generation circuit that activates first and second command signals, an internal circuit that includes a plurality of transistors that are brought into a first operation state when at least one of the first and second command signals is activated, and an output gate circuit that receives a first signal output from the internal circuit, the output gate circuit being configured to pass the first signal when the second command signal is deactivated and to block the first signal when the second command signal is activated.
US09728242B1	Memory device According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a spin transfer torque magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, a temperature detecting unit detecting an ambient temperature of the magnetoresistive element, and a write voltage generating unit generating a write voltage for the magnetoresistive element in accordance with the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit.
US09728234B1	Operating method of semiconductor memory device A method for operating a semiconductor memory device includes receiving input/output signals including a command, an address and data, through input/output lines; and receiving a first control signal and a second control signal, wherein, regardless of a state of the second control signal, when the first control signal which is enabled is received, the input/output signals received through the input/output lines are recognized as the command.
US09728233B2	Serial magnetic logic unit architecture An apparatus has magnetic logic units a logic circuit configured to receive a serial input bit stream at an input node. Individual bits of data from the serial input bit stream are serially written into individual magnetic logic units without buffering the serial input bit stream between the input node and the individual magnetic logic units. Individual bits of data from individual magnetic logic units are serially read to produce a serial output bit stream on an output node without buffering the serial output bit stream between the individual magnetic logic units and the output node.
US09728229B2	Searching video content to fit a script For video searching, a set of objects and a relationship between objects in the set of objects is determined in a portion of a script for creating a video. From a collection of video clips, a set of video clips is selected based on matching an object from the set of objects to an object specified in a metadata of a video clip that is selected in the set of video clips. A duration of the relationship in the portion is computed. video analysis is performed on the video clip to determine whether the video clip includes the relationship. When the video clip includes the relationship, a determination is made whether the relationship in the video clip is at least of the duration. When the relationship is at least of the duration, the video clip is selected as a fit for the portion of the script.
US09728220B2	Charge control agent for fluid dynamic bearing motor lubricant Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to magnetic recording systems having a spindle motor and, more particularly, to an optimized lubricant for bearings within the spindle motor. A lubricant used in a fluid dynamic bearing motor has an antioxidant additive and a charge control agent dissolved in a diester base oil. The charge control agent is chemically attached to the same diacid reactant used in the diester lubricant base oil, and is prepared through an esterification reaction. The charge control agent is then dissolved in the lubricant base oil. The charge control agent is soluble in the lubricant, and is resistant to free radical oxidation. The charge control agent effectively controls the charge of the lubricant by creating electron donor/acceptor sites in the lubricant, facilitating an independent electronic pathway through the lubricant.
US09728214B2	Disk drive and position correction method A disk drive according to an embodiment includes a disk, a first actuator having a first arm, a second actuator having a second arm, and a head. The head includes a write head and a read head. In addition, the disk drive includes a control unit calculating an amount of shift from an initial value of offset in a radial direction of the disk between the read head and the write head. The control unit controls the second actuator and corrects a position of the head to a position where the shift amount is reduced.
US09728212B1	Disk drive with multiple read-write heads The embodiments of the invention improve the traditional disk drives by eliminating the mechanical actuator assembly that moves the read-write head attached to the actuator assembly, and replacing it with multiple read-write heads mounted over one or more rotating platters. The number of the read-write heads is preferably sufficiently large so that the read-write heads cover all tracks on the one or more rotating platters. In one embodiment, a disk includes a rotatable platter, a central spindle to rotate the rotatable platter arounds an axis, an electric motor to drive the central spindle, and multiple read-write heads mounted over the rotatable platter. In one embodiment, the platter includes multiple tracks arranged in form of concentric circles, where each of the read-write heads performs read-write operations on one of the tracks, and each track is assigned at least one of the multiple read-write heads.
US09728206B2	Interlaced magnetic recording A storage device includes a transducer head including a first write element configured to write data at a first write width and a second write element configured to write data at a second write width less than the first write width. According to one implementation, the first write element writes data at a first linear density and to alternating data tracks and the second write element writes data at a second linear density and to data tracks interlaced with the alternating data tracks.
US09728204B2	Method and device for drawing a noise map The present invention is applicable to the technical field of noise maps and provides a method for drawing a noise map and device, the method for drawing a noise map comprises: obtaining an environmental noise uploaded by a terminal, the environmental noise includes a noise value, a time information, and a position information; when the terminal uploads a picture corresponding to the environmental noise, detecting whether the picture is a valid picture or not; when the picture is a valid picture and the position where the picture is taken lies indoor, identifying the environmental noise as an indoor environmental noise; when the picture doesn't exist, identifying the environmental noise as an outdoor environmental noise, or when the picture is invalid, identifying the environmental noise as an outer door environmental noise, or when the picture is a valid picture and the position where the picture is taken lies outdoor, identifying the environmental noise as the outdoor environmental noise; drawing a noise map according to the indoor environmental noise and the outdoor environmental noise. The present invention can not only improve drawing accuracy of the noise map, but also increase reliability of the noise map.
US09728199B2	Audio decoder for interleaving signals A method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream in an audio processing system is disclosed. The method includes extracting from the encoded audio bitstream a first waveform-coded signal including spectral coefficients corresponding to frequencies up to a first cross-over frequency and performing parametric decoding at a second cross-over frequency to generate a reconstructed signal. The second cross-over frequency is above the first cross-over frequency and the parametric decoding uses reconstruction parameters derived from the encoded audio bitstream to generate the reconstructed signal. The method further includes extracting from the encoded audio bitstream a second waveform-coded signal including spectral coefficients corresponding to a subset of frequencies above the first cross-over frequency and interleaving the second waveform-coded signal with the reconstructed signal to produce an interleaved signal. The interleaved signal is then combined with the first waveform-coded signal.
US09728196B2	Method and apparatus to encode and decode an audio/speech signal A method and apparatus to encode and decode an audio/speech signal is provided. An inputted audio signal or speech signal may be transformed into at least one of a high frequency resolution signal and a high temporal resolution signal. The signal may be encoded by determining an appropriate resolution, the encoded signal may be decoded, and thus the audio signal, the speech signal, and a mixed signal of the audio signal and the speech signal may be processed.
US09728182B2	Method and system for generating advanced feature discrimination vectors for use in speech recognition A method of renormalizing high-resolution oscillator peaks, extracted from windowed samples of an audio signal, is disclosed. Feature vectors are generated for which variations in both fundamental frequency and time duration of speech are substantially mitigated. The feature vectors may be aligned within a common coordinate space, free of those variations in frequency and time duration that occurs between speakers, and even over speech by a single speaker, to facilitate a simple and accurate determination of matches between those AFDVs generated from a sample of the audio signal and corpus AFDVs generated for known speech at the phoneme and sub-phoneme level. The renormalized feature vectors can be combined with traditional feature vectors such as MFCCs, or they can be used exclusively to identify voiced, semi-voiced and unvoiced sounds.

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