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US09749067B2	Systems and methods for satellite noise and interference calibration using terminal measurements Systems and methods are provided for satellite noise and interference calibration using satellite terminal measurements. In one implementation, a method includes partitioning a satellite network into a first partition including a plurality of terminals and a plurality of inroute frequency channels (IFCs); instructing the plurality of terminals of the partition to measure the SINR of the plurality of IFCs; processing the plurality of SINR measurements to compute normalized IFC measurements for each of the plurality of terminals; processing the normalized IFC measurements for each terminal to compute final calibrated IFC SINR offsets for each IFC of the partition; and normalizing the final calibrated IFC SINR offsets with respect to a lowest SINR offset IFC. The normalized final calibration offsets may be made available to each of the satellite terminals. During subsequent operation, the satellite terminals may consider the amount of interference present in an IFC before switching to the channel.
US09749064B2	Automated radio frequency testing management system The disclosed embodiments include an automated RF testing management system that is configured to control a plurality of RF testing units, each having multiple test ports for performing RF testing of various electronic devices. Advantages of the disclosed embodiments include cost savings, increase productivity, and ease of configuration and maintenance.
US09749053B2	Node device, repeater and methods for use therewith Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a node device includes an interface configured to receive first signals. A plurality of coupling devices are configured to launch the first signals on a transmission medium as a plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves at corresponding plurality of non-optical carrier frequencies, wherein the plurality of first guided electromagnetic waves are bound to a physical structure of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09749052B2	Broadband optical network apparatus and method Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced optical networking service and performance which are particularly advantageous in terms of low cost and use of existing infrastructure, access control techniques, and components. In the exemplary embodiment, current widespread deployment and associated low cost of Ethernet-based systems are leveraged through use of an Ethernet CSMA/CD MAC in the optical domain on a passive optical network (PON) system. Additionally, local networking services are optionally provided to the network units on the PON since each local receiver can receive signals from all other users. An improved symmetric coupler arrangement provides the foregoing functionality at low cost. The improved system architecture also allows for fiber failure protection which is readily implemented at low cost and with minimal modification.
US09749050B2	CPRI framelets A system for providing a reduced common public radio interface (CPRI) framelet link includes one or more cellular towers, each cellular tower including one or more cellular antennas and coupled to a first short CPRI fiber link. An access subsystem is coupled to a baseband pool. The access subsystem is coupled to the first short CPRI fiber link via a first framelet block, and the first framelet block facilitates interfacing the first short CPRI fiber link to the access subsystem.
US09749049B2	DOCSIS protocol-based access method, apparatus, and system Various embodiments of the present invention disclose a DOCSIS protocol-based access method, apparatus, and system. A first PON physical layer module is disposed inside or outside a CMTS device; the CMTS device receives DOCSIS protocol-based data, converts the DOCSIS protocol-based data into PON physical layer format-based data by using the first PON physical layer module, and sends the PON physical layer format-based data to a CMC through an optical distribution network; and the CMC receives the PON physical layer format-based data, converts the PON physical layer format-based data into DOCSIS physical layer format-based data, and sends the converted data to a terminal device. The solution provided by various embodiments of the present invention is applicable to a DOCSIS system.
US09749044B1	Luminescent detector for free-space optical communication In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a wavelength-shifting element configured to receive an input-light signal. The wavelength-shifting element includes a wavelength-shifting material configured to absorb at least a portion of the received input-light signal and produce an emitted-light signal from the absorbed portion of the received input-light signal. The apparatus also includes an optical-concentrating element configured to receive at least a portion of the emitted-light signal and concentrate the received portion of the emitted-light signal onto a photodetector. The apparatus further includes the photodetector configured to receive the concentrated portion of the emitted-light signal and produce an electrical current corresponding to the concentrated portion of the emitted-light signal.
US09749043B2	Method for referencing an optical power loss measurement system, and associated computer readable memory and OPLM system The computer readable memory has recorded thereon instruction code for execution by a computing device for use with an optical power loss measurement (OPLM) system. The instruction code generally comprises: code for displaying a first set of instructions including measuring a first power value of test light outputted from a first reference optical waveguide; code for displaying a second set of instructions including measuring a second power value of test light outputted from a reference waveguide link including the first reference optical waveguide connected in series to a second reference optical waveguide; code for displaying a third set of instructions including measuring a reference power value of the OPLM system resulting from the propagation of light from via the reference waveguide link; and code for determining a corrected reference power value based on the reference power value and on the first and second power values.
US09749042B2	Channel validation in optical networks using multi-channel impairment evaluation In an optical communication network that includes a plurality of interconnected network nodes, a method includes storing in each network node, and for each communication channel that traverses the node, one or more impairment margins of respective impairments that affect the communication channel. A potential communication channel that traverses a subset of the nodes in the network is identified. A quality of the potential communication channel is evaluated by processing the impairment margins stored in the nodes in the subset.
US09749040B2	Fiber optic telecommunications card with energy level monitoring A transceiver card for a telecommunications box for transmitting data over a first optical fiber and receiving data over a second optical fiber. The card has transmitter for transmitting data over the first optical fiber, the transmitter having a laser and a modulator, a fiber output optically connected to the laser for connecting the first optical fiber to the card, a fiber input for connecting the second optical fiber to the card, a receiver optically connected to the fiber input for receiving data from the second optical fiber, and an OTDR optically connected between the transmitter and the fiber output or between the receiver and the fiber input. An energy level detector is also provided between the receiver and the fiber input.
US09749033B2	Smart ground-terminal antenna for geostationary satellites in slightly inclined orbits A receive only smart antenna with a command pointing option for communicating with geostationary satellites that autonomously detects the directions from which desired signal are received, and steer the multiple beams accordingly. An array feed is used to illuminate a parabolic reflector. Each feed element of the receive only smart antenna is associated with a unique beam pointing direction. As a receiver is switched to different feed elements, the far-field beam is scanned, making it possible to track a geostationary satellite in a slightly inclined orbit. This eliminates the need for mechanical tracking and maintains high antenna gain in the direction of the geostationary satellite. The receive only smart antenna also features capabilities to form multiple simultaneous beams supporting operations of multiple geo-satellites in closely spaced slightly inclined orbits. The designs can support orthogonal beams for enhanced bandwidth capacity via multiple beams with excellent spatial isolation.
US09749030B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving feedback information in a mobile communication system A method and user equipment for transmitting channel state information (CSI) are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of CSI configurations, each CSI configuration including channel measurement information, interference measurement information, an index for the each CSI configuration, and information for a period and an offset; and reporting a CSI for a CSI configuration among the plurality of CSI configurations based on a CSI report type and an index for the CSI configuration, in case of collision between CSI reports for the plurality of CSI configurations.
US09749016B2	Communications device for intelligently routing information among multiple user interfaces A near field communications (NFC) device is disclosed that intelligently routes NFC data from a NFC device between multiple user interfaces based upon a power level of its internal batteries. The communications device utilizes a communications device user interface to send and/or receive the NFC data from the NFC device when its internal batteries are sufficient to operate the communications device user interface. The communications device begins to route some of this NFC data from being sent and/or received by the communications device user interface to a NFC user interface as its internal batteries deplete. Eventually, all of the NFC data will be sent to and/or received by the NFC user interface as the internal batteries of the communications device become so depleted that they are unable to reliably operate the communications device user interface.
US09749013B2	Method and apparatus for reducing attenuation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a device coupled to a transmission medium that obstructs a propagation of guided electromagnetic waves propagating on an outer surface of the transmission medium when the device is subjected to a liquid, and applying a material to a portion of the device to mitigate the obstruction. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09749008B2	Low power mode for vectored data transmission Vectored communication devices and methods are provided for communication via a plurality of communication connections. Communication on at least some of the communication connections is switchable between a low power mode and a regular mode.
US09749007B1	Cognitive blind source separator Described is a cognitive blind source separator (CBSS). The CBSS includes a delay embedding module that receives a mixture signal (the mixture signal being a time-series of data points from one or more mixtures of source signals) and time-lags the signal to generate a delay embedded mixture signal. The delay embedded mixture signal is then linearly mapped into a reservoir to create a high-dimensional state-space representation of the mixture signal. The state-space representations are then linearly mapped to one or more output nodes in an output layer to generate pre-filtered signals. The pre-filtered signals are passed through a bank of adaptable finite impulse response (FIR) filters to generate separate source signals that collectively formed the mixture signal.
US09748997B2	Electronic device and method for making same An electronic device includes a housing and a base plate. The housing includes a frame. The frame includes a first end portion having a first inner surface and a second end portion connected to the first end portion to form the closed frame. The second end portion has a second inner surface. The base plate is fixedly connected to the frame. One of the first inner surface and the base plate includes a first protrusion, and the other of the first protrusion and the base plate defines a first latching slot; the first protrusion receives in the first latching slot. One of the second inner surface and the base plate includes a second protrusion, and the other of the second inner surface and the base plate defines a second latching slot, the second protrusion receives in the second latching slot.
US09748996B2	Protective cover for electronic device A protective cover for an electronic device includes a bottom plate, an integral side wall extending from the edges of the bottom plate. The bottom plate and the integral side wall cooperate to define a concave portion for receiving an electronic device. At least one connecting structure is arranged across the bottom plate and the integral side wall. Each connecting structure divides the protective cover into a first cover and a second cover. One of the first cover or the second cover is able to rotate relative to the other cover via the connecting portion, forming an angle between the first cover and the second cover, whereby the protective cover forms a standing base to support the electronic device at an angle.
US09748994B2	Communication module A second-signal first transmission line operates as an open stub in a state in which a second antenna terminal is open. Therefore, a first signal is attenuated that is transmitted from a branch point between a second-signal first transmission line and a second-signal second transmission line to a second communication unit through a second common transmission line. In a case in which a two-antenna communication module performs communication of the first signal and communication of a second signal at the same time by connecting a shared antenna to a first antenna terminal.
US09748989B1	Rain fade mitigation in a satellite communications system A beam plan that defines beams generated by a satellite that satisfy a set of communication service requirements is obtained. Fade condition information that indicates an amount of fade at particular geographic areas for one or more of the beams is obtained. A modification to the beam plan that mitigates the amount of fade at the particular geographic areas for the one or more of the beams is determined. The beam plan is modified based on the determined modification.
US09748988B2	Interference wave signal removing device, GNSS reception apparatus, mobile terminal, interference wave signal removing program and interference wave removing method An interference wave signal frequency is highly accurate and the interference wave signal is surely removed. A controller of an interference wave signal remover detects the interference wave signal based on a frequency scanning result by an entire-range frequency scanner, and sets a notch filter to attenuate the interference wave signal frequency. A local scan frequency band BWfL of a local frequency scanner is set by having the interference wave signal frequency as its central frequency, and local scan frequencies BINL are set so that frequency bands overlap with each other between adjacent frequency BINA. The local frequency scanner frequency-scans input signals to the notch filter. The controller calculates a frequency error δf of the interference wave signal frequency from the local frequency scanner, corrects the interference wave signal frequency which is from the entire-range frequency scanner by the frequency error δf, and updates the setting of the notch filter.
US09748984B2	Mixing stage, modulator circuit and a current control circuit A mixing stage includes a first modulation stage that receives an input signal from a first common node of the mixing stage, a first local oscillator input that receives a local oscillator signal, and a first modulation signal output adapted to provide a first modulated signal. A second modulation stage of the mixing stage includes a second input that receives a phase inverted representation of the input signal from a second common node of the mixing stage, a second local oscillator input that receives the local oscillator signal, and a second modulation signal output adapted to provide a second modulated signal. A current generation circuit provides a supply current to the first common node and to the second common node. A current control circuit is adapted to superimpose an offset current to the current of at least one node of the first common node and the second common node.
US09748976B2	Fault tolerant syndrome extraction and decoding in Bacon-Shor quantum error correction Systems and methods are provided for quantum error correction. A quantum system includes an array of qubits configured to store an item of quantum information. The array of qubits includes a plurality of data qubits and a plurality of measurement qubits configured to extract a syndrome representing agreement among the plurality of data qubits. The quantum system further includes an integrated circuit comprising validation logic configured to determine if the syndrome is valid, decoding logic configured to determine evaluate the syndrome to determine location of errors within the plurality of data qubits, and an error register configured to store locations of the determined errors.
US09748967B1	Periodic signal averaging with a time interleaving analog to digital converter A method and apparatus for processing a periodic analog signal using a composite ADC including a time interleaved set of sub-ADCs, to produce a replica signal representative of the analog signal, wherein the replica signal is characterized by suppression of additive noise on the periodic analog signal, and correction of sub-ADC-caused distortions. Streams of samples from the respective sub-ADCs are accumulated separately for respective positions in signal periods of the periodic analog signal to provide sub-replicas. Fourier transforms of the replicas are determined for the different sub-ADCs, and those Fourier transforms are averaged to obtain a mean Fourier transform. Frequency responses of the sub-ADCs are corrected by dividing the mean Fourier transform by the respective sub-ADC frequency responses. An averaged replica of the signal period is obtained by determining an inverse Fourier transform of the corrected mean Fourier transform.
US09748963B2	Reducing distortion in an analog-to-digital converter In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) unit to receive a first portion of a differential analog signal and convert the first portion of the differential analog signal into a first digital value; a second VCO ADC unit to receive a second portion of the differential analog signal and convert the second portion of the differential analog signal into a second digital value; a combiner to form a combined digital signal from the first and second digital values; a decimation circuit to receive the combined digital signal and filter the combined digital signal into a filtered combined digital signal; and a cancellation circuit to receive the filtered combined digital signal and generate a distortion cancelled digital signal, based at least in part on a coefficient value.
US09748962B2	Systems and methods for oscillators using quadratic temperature compensation A voltage controlled oscillator arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement includes a voltage controlled oscillator and a quadratic extension component. The voltage controlled oscillator has a tuning port. The tuning port is configured to select an operating frequency according to an applied voltage. The quadratic extension component is configured to generate a quadratic tuning voltage that as the applied voltage to the tuning port. The quadratic tuning voltage is generated according to a linear temperature compensation signal.
US09748959B2	Circuits, apparatuses, and methods for frequency division Circuits, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for frequency division. In one such example circuit, a frequency divider is configured to alternate between providing a common frequency clock signal as an output clock signal through a first circuit responsive to a reference clock signal and providing a reduced frequency clock signal as the output clock signal through a second circuit responsive to the reference clock signal. The first and second circuits share a shared circuit through which the output clock signal is provided. An enable circuit is configured to cause the frequency divider to alternate between providing the common frequency clock signal as the output clock signal through the first circuit and the reduced frequency clock signal as the output clock signal through the second circuit.
US09748947B1	IGBT gate drive circuit and method There are provided methods and systems for operating insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). For example, there is provided a method that can include detecting a desaturation condition in an IGBT and initiating a turn off procedure when desaturation is detected. The turn off procedure can include holding a gate of the IGBT at at least one voltage level intermediate between a positive rail voltage and a negative rail voltage of an operational range of the IGBT.
US09748944B2	Transistor device, related method, and related electronic device A transistor device may include an n-type transistor. The transistor device may further include a first bias voltage unit, which is electrically connected to the n-type transistor and configured to apply a first positive bias voltage to a drain terminal of the n-type transistor when the n-type transistor is in an off state. The transistor device may further include a second bias voltage unit electrically, which is connected to the n-type transistor and configured to apply a second positive bias voltage to a source terminal of the n-type transistor when the n-type transistor is in the off state.
US09748937B1	Superconducting digital phase rotator An important component in digital circuits is a phase rotator, which permits precise time-shifting (or equivalently, phase rotation) of a clock signal within a clock period. A digital phase rotator can access multiple discrete values of phase under digital control. Such a device can have application in digital clock synchronization circuits, and can also be used for a digital phase modulator that encodes a digital signal. A digital phase rotator has been implemented in superconducting integrated circuit technology, using rapid single-flux-quantum logic (RSFQ). This circuit can exhibit positive or negative phase shifts of a multi-phase clock. Arbitrary precision can be obtained by cascading a plurality of phase rotator stages. Such a circuit forms a phase-modulator that is the core of a direct digital synthesizer that can operate at multi-gigahertz radio frequencies.
US09748934B1	Systems and methods for reducing power supply noise or jitter Systems and methods for reducing jitter due to power supply noise in an integrated circuit by drawing additional current. The additional current causes the total current to generally have a frequency higher than a resonant frequency of the integrated circuit and/or a power distribution network of the integrated circuit. A power distribution network may supply power to components of an integrated circuit, and data driver circuitry may draw first current to drive a serial data signal generated from a parallel data signal. Compensation circuitry may receive the parallel data signal and draw second current at times when the compensation circuitry determines data driver circuitry is not drawing the first current based on the parallel data signal, thereby causing a net of the first and second current to be higher than a resonant frequency range of the integrated circuit device and/or a component of the integrated circuit device.
US09748933B2	Multi-step slew rate control circuits An example circuit includes: a slew rate driver configured to provide an output voltage; a first voltage provider configured to provide a first input voltage to the slew rate driver in response to the output voltage being within a first range; and a second voltage provider configured to provide a second input voltage to the slew rate driver in response to the output voltage being within a second range. The slew rate driver is further configured to change the output voltage based at least in part on the first input voltage or the second input voltage.
US09748931B2	Controlled large signal capacitor and inductor An electrical resonance network comprising a first capacitor and a first inductor whose resonance frequency can be tuned by means of a second capacitor and/or a second inductor. The resulting effective capacitor- or inductor value of a network period is controlled by a variable coupling respectively decoupling interval by means of at least one coupling switch. The coupling respectively decoupling interval is synchronized by a sign change of a current and/or voltage in the network.
US09748926B2	Antenna LNA filter for GNSS device Low-noise amplifier (LNA) filters and processes for filtering global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals are disclosed. The LNA filters can be used to down-convert a received GNSS signal to a lower frequency, filter the GNSS signal at the lower frequency, and up-convert the GNSS signal to the original frequency of the GNSS signal. The down-converted frequency can be selected based on a temperature of the GNSS signal to compensate for shifts in the frequency response of the filter due to temperature changes.
US09748924B2	Elastic wave element with interdigital transducer electrode An elastic wave device includes an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode in contact with a piezoelectric substrate having a bus bar electrode region including one of a first bus bar electrode and a second bus bar electrode of the IDT electrode, an alternately disposed region where first electrode fingers are alternately disposed with second electrode fingers of the IDT electrode, and an intermediate region including one of the first electrode fingers and the second electrode fingers. A dielectric film is formed in at least part of the intermediate region and in contact with an upper surface of the IDT electrode. The dielectric film includes a medium in which an acoustic velocity of a transverse wave propagating in the dielectric film is lower than an acoustic velocity of a main elastic wave of the alternately disposed region. The dielectric film is not formed in the alternately disposed region.
US09748917B2	Antenna device A stray capacitance is generated between an antenna element and a ground electrode. A capacitance detection circuit detects the stray capacitance. An antenna matching circuit, is provided along a wireless communication signal path, which is a transmission path between the antenna element and a feeder circuit. A feedback control circuit transmits a control signal to the variable matching circuit on the basis of a detection result of the capacitance detection circuit in accordance with the stray capacitance. The capacitance detection circuit includes a constant current source and a timing circuit to measure the time taken to charge the antenna from the constant current source and for the voltage to reach a predetermined voltage.
US09748913B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving voice signal through headset An apparatus and method are disclosed, which separates ambient noise from a voice signal in a Bluetooth headset with dual microphones, switches the connection path between the dual microphones and automatically controls output audio gain, based on the ambient noise. The method for outputting the voice signal includes receiving/comparing the first and second input signals from the first and second microphones, extracting the voice signal of substantially identical intensity from the first and second input signals, and transmitting the voice signal from the portable terminal communicating with the Bluetooth headset.
US09748903B2	Power amplifiers with signal conditioning A device includes an amplifier having a first path and a second path and a first variable attenuator connected to the first path. The device includes a controller coupled to the first variable attenuator. The controller is configured to determine a magnitude of an input signal to the amplifier. When the magnitude of the input signal is below a threshold, the controller is configured to set an attenuation of the first variable attenuator to a first attenuation value. When the magnitude of the input signal is above the threshold, the controller is configured to set the attenuation of the first variable attenuator to a second attenuation value. The second attenuation value is less than the first attenuation value.
US09748902B2	Phase correction in a Doherty power amplifier In various embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a carrier amplifier connected to a first output of a power divider, and a first output matching network connected to the carrier amplifier and an output combining node. The first output matching network exhibits a phase delay during operation of the carrier amplifier. The semiconductor package includes a phase advance network connected to the first output matching network. The phase advance network is configured to offset at least a portion of the phase delay of the first output matching network. The semiconductor package includes a peaking amplifier connected to a second output of the power divider and the output combining node, and a second output matching network connected to the peaking amplifier.
US09748893B2	Photovoltaic array mounting system A system for mounting a photovoltaic array onto short sections of mounting rails such that a section of mounting rail is only installed fewer than all the photovoltaic modules in the array. A single section of mounting rail may support one, two or three photovoltaic modules depending on it's length and position respect to the edge of each module frame.
US09748885B2	Regenerative energy system for ground transportation vehicles Present example embodiments relate generally to a ground transportation system for interacting with one or more vehicles, the vehicle comprising at least one magnetic element fixedly attached to the vehicle, each magnetic element operable to generate a magnetic field having a first magnitude and a first direction, the system comprising a magnetic coil assembly fixedly positioned near an area traversable by the vehicle and comprising a core and a magnetic wire coil wrapped around the core, the magnetic coil assembly operable to generate a magnetic field having a second magnitude and a second direction; and an energy storage unit operable to release energy to and store energy from the magnetic coil assembly.
US09748881B2	Voltage regulator, operation method thereof, voltage regulating system, and mobile vehicle A voltage regulator, an operation method thereof, and a voltage regulating system, and a mobile vehicle are provided. The voltage regulator coupled to an alternator and a battery includes a voltage detection unit which is coupled to the alternator and a startup assisting unit. The voltage detection unit operatively generates an enable signal responsive to an output voltage of the alternator. The startup assisting unit is coupled to the alternator, the battery, and the voltage detection unit. The startup assisting unit operatively generates a first exciting current to excite a rotor coil according to the enable signal. When the voltage detection unit detects that the output voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage threshold, the voltage detection unit outputs the enable signal causing the startup assisting unit to generate the first exciting current to the rotor coil, thereby facilitating the alternator to establish voltage under low rotational speed.
US09748868B2	Triboelectric composite for mechanical energy harvesting and sensing Composite material comprising a matrix of elastic and electrically insulating material, and a filler of electrically conducting material embedded within the matrix. The filler forms a conductive path defining an active electrode adapted to be associated with a reference electrode for forming an electrical signal output. A deformable gap is formed between an outer surface of the conductive path and an inner surface of the matrix, in such a way that the application of a mechanical load to the composite material causes the surface of the conductive path and the surface of the matrix to be brought closer together, and the removal of the mechanical load causes the surface of the conductive path and the surface of the matrix to be moved away from one another as a result of the elastic force of the material of the matrix.
US09748867B2	Control system for linear switched capacitive devices A switched capacitive device includes a stationary portion including first circuit boards. The device also includes a translatable portion including second circuit boards proximate to, and interdigitated with, the first circuit boards. The second circuit boards are translatable with respect to the first circuit boards. The first circuit boards induce substantially linear motion of the second circuit boards through the use of an electric field induced by the first circuit boards. The device further includes a control system including switching devices and a controller coupled to the switching devices. The switching devices are coupled to at least a portion of at least one first circuit board. The switching device is configured to intermittently energize and de-energize the first circuit board for predetermined periods of time. The controller alternatingly opens and closes the switching devices through transmitted gating commands as a function of a determined load on the switched capacitive device.
US09748866B2	Power conversion apparatus and control method for power conversion apparatus when an instantaneous voltage drop has occurred in a power system A power conversion apparatus includes a DC/DC converter which transforms DC power input from a dispersion type power source into DC power, a capacitor which holds the DC power supplied from the DC/DC converter, an inverter which converts the DC power held by the capacitor to AC power and outputs the AC power to a power system, and a controller which controls, when the power system recovers from an instantaneous voltage drop, the inverter to lower an AC current output from the inverter to be smaller than a value before occurrence of the instantaneous voltage drop by an amount increasing with an increase in the amount of voltage drop during the instantaneous voltage drop and to raise the AC current from the inverter after the lowering.
US09748853B1	Semi-dual-active-bridge converter system and methods thereof One example embodiment is a method executed by a microcontroller with a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) circuit to control a semi-dual-active-bridge (SDAB) converter that includes a first side bridge circuit, a second side bridge circuit and a transformer. The microcontroller determines a current operation mode and a target operation mode of the SDAB converter. The microcontroller determines an optimal ratio and calculates changes of each gating signal that are applied to the first side bridge circuit and the second side bridge circuit respectively.
US09748850B2	Switching power-supply with switching frequency correction A switching power-supply device applies a DC voltage to a primary winding of a transformer and performs a switching operation of a switching element connected to a primary winding to generate and output an output voltage to a load. The switching power-supply device includes: an error amplifier, which compares the output voltage with a reference voltage and sends an error voltage as a feedback signal to a primary side; a frequency generation circuit, which generates a switching frequency according to the feedback signal; an off timing determination circuit, which determines a timing at which the switching element is turned off, by comparing a signal depending on the feedback signal with a current flowing through the switching element; and a frequency correction circuit, which corrects the switching frequency generated by the frequency generation circuit, according to an on-duty of the switching element.
US09748840B2	Controller for a power converter and method of operating the same A controller for use with a power converter including a switch configured to conduct to provide a regulated output characteristic at an output of the power converter, and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the controller includes a linear control circuit, coupled to the output, configured to provide a first control signal for the switch as a function of the output characteristic. The controller also includes a nonlinear control circuit, coupled to the output, configured to provide a second control signal for the switch as a function of the output characteristic. The controller is configured to select one of the first and second control signals for the switch in response to a change in an operating condition of the power converter.
US09748838B2	Method of operating a controller for a power converter, and a corresponding controller A method of operating a controller for a power converter having a plurality of switches couplable to respective electrical devices is disclosed, in which the controller includes a switch activating unit, a frequency varying unit, a comparator and a selector. The method comprises comparing respective electrical parameters of the electrical devices with respective reference electrical parameters by the comparator to obtain associated results; and based on the results, selecting by the selector either no switches or at least one switch to be activated to enable at least two electrical devices to be electrically connected. The activation is performed on receipt of a signal pulse, and if no switches are selected, the signal pulse is skipped by the switch activating unit to reduce power consumption of the controller, and based on the results, a frequency of the signal pulse is varied by the frequency varying unit to further reduce power consumption of the controller. A controller is also disclosed.
US09748833B2	Power conversion apparatus and method for starting up the same A power conversion apparatus includes a transformer; a primary side full bridge circuit provided on a primary side of the transformer; a first port connected to the primary side full bridge circuit; a second port connected to a center tap of the primary side of the transformer; a secondary side full bridge circuit provided on a secondary side of the transformer; a third port connected to the secondary side full bridge circuit; and a control unit configured to cause an upper arm of the secondary side full bridge circuit to operate in an active region in a case where a capacitor connected to the third port is charged with a transmitted power transmitted to the secondary side full bridge circuit via the transformer from the primary side full bridge circuit when power of the second port is stepped up and the stepped up power is output to the first port.
US09748830B1	Control circuits using different master-slave current sharing modes A control circuit is provided for controlling two power converters in a master-slave current sharing relationship. The control circuit is adapted to detect a presence of a dynamic load condition, control the two power converters in a default master-slave current sharing mode based on a current sharing correction function, and in response to detecting the presence of the dynamic load condition, disable the current sharing correction function so that the two power converters are controlled in a modified master-slave current sharing mode to substantially prevent oscillation between output currents of the two power converters. The control circuit may be one or more components of the power supply including the two power converters. Other example power supplies, control circuits and control methods are also disclosed.
US09748829B2	Power module A power module including: a power conversion unit including N switching-element pairs; and a control circuit. The control circuit receives N command signals, which correspond respectively to the N switching-element pairs, and a shared enable signal. The control circuit is configured to, when the enable signal is negated, execute all-off control of turning off all of the switching elements constituting the power conversion unit, and when the enable signal is asserted, execute normal control, dead-time addition control, and dead-time compensation control for each of the switching-element pairs per period of a corresponding command signal.
US09748828B2	Overmolded flux ring An overmolded steel flux ring member for an eddy-current fan drive assembly. The flux ring member includes a base member having a hub member, an annular outer ring member, and a plurality of connecting arm members. An overmolding material, such as aluminum, is overmolded on the annular outer ring member preferably in separate sections. Ventilation openings in said base member allow air to flow past a magnet ring for cooling.
US09748822B2	Cooling for electrical machines A core for an electrical machine includes a core body, a winding, and a heat sink. The core body defines circumferentially offset winding slots. The winding is seated within the winding slots and has an endturn proximate the end of the core body. The heat sink is embedded in the winding endturn.
US09748820B2	Superconducting generators and motors and methods for employing same A superconducting electrical generator or motor having a plurality of cryostats is described. The cryostats contain coolant and a first cryostat encloses at least one of a plurality of superconducting coils. A first coil is in superconducting electrical communication with a second coil contained in a second cryostat through a superconducting conduction cooling cable enclosing a conductor. The first cryostat and the second cryostat may be in fluid communication through at least one cryogen channel within the at least one superconducting conduction cooling cable. In other embodiments, none of the plurality of cryostats may be in fluid communication and the cable may be cooled by conduction along the conductor from the first or second cryostat, or from both. The conductor may have different segments at temperatures equal to or above the temperature of the coolant and the superconducting conduction cooling cables may be connected through quick connect fittings.
US09748819B2	Motor with oil flowing spaces A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a housing, and a driving shaft. The rotor includes a rotor body and two rotor covers fixed with two ends of the rotor body respectively. The stator sleeves on the rotor body. The housing sleeves on the stator. The housing includes a base body, a first cover, and a second cover. The base body sleeves on the stator. The first cover and the second cover assembling with opposite ends of the base body correspondingly. The first cover defines an oil inlet hole and an oil outlet hole. A driving shaft passes through and non-rotatably connected to the rotor body and the two rotor covers. Two recesses are separately formed in an inner surface of the base body and two gaps formed between the base body and the stator thereof corresponding to the oil inlet hole and the oil outlet hole.
US09748815B2	Rotary compressor with the balance weight formed with a recess for receiving the head of a rivet A rotary compressor includes a casing, an electric motor, a compression mechanism and a balance weight mechanism. The electric motor includes a stator fixed to the casing, and a rotor. The compression mechanism is connected to the electric motor via a drive shaft. The balance weight mechanism is configured to cause centrifugal force to act on the drive shaft. The rotor includes a rotor core including a plurality of stacked electromagnetic steel sheets, and a rivet configured to clamp the rotor core at axial ends of the rotor core. The balance weight mechanism includes an insertion portion into which drive shaft is press fit, and a flat portion forming a flat surface at an axial end of the drive shaft. The balance weight mechanism is disposed at an axial end portion of the rotor to cover a head of the rivet.
US09748809B2	Stator winding heat sink configuration In one possible implementation, a motor is provided including a rotor and a stator. Front cooling fins are thermally coupled to a front of the stator, and rear cooling fins are thermally coupled to a rear portion of the stator. The winding is between the front and rear cooling fins.
US09748782B1	Power adapter charging modification based on a feedback loop A power brick includes a power module configured to convert AC to DC, an interface coupled to a computing device and configured to communicate with the computing device, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a modified power setting and at least one modified error threshold value via the interface, control a modification of a power setting associated with the power module, and control a modification of a protection value of the power brick based on the at least one modified error threshold value.
US09748774B2	System and method for bidirectional wireless power transfer The present invention relates to a wireless power supply system including a remote device capable of both transmitting and receiving power wirelessly. The remote device includes a self-driven synchronous rectifier. The wireless power supply system may also include a wireless power supply configured to enter an OFF state in which no power, or substantially no power, is drawn, and to wake from the OFF state in response to receiving power from a remote device.
US09748769B2	Serially connected micro-inverter system having concertina output voltage control The present invention is directed towards a serially connected micro-inverter (SCMI) system comprising a plurality of power sources for producing DC power, a plurality of micro-inverters, where each micro-inverter is coupled to at least one power source of the plurality of power sources, for converting the DC power into AC power, an AC bus for coupling the plurality of micro-inverters in series to form a string and for coupling the AC power an AC line; and a controller, coupled to the string, for measuring an output signal of one or more strings of series coupled micro-inverters, comparing the measured output signal to a desired signal for the string; and adjusting a phase angle of an output from each micro-inverter in the one or more strings until a difference between the measured output signal and the desired signal is less than a predetermined threshold value.
US09748768B2	Pre-charging and voltage supply system for a DC-AC inverter A pre-charging and voltage supply system for a DC-AC inverter is provided. The system includes a first battery having a first anode and a first cathode, and a second battery having a second anode and a second cathode. The first cathode is electrically isolated from the second cathode. The system includes a contactor coupled in series between the first anode and an electrical node. The system includes a microprocessor that generates a first control signal to induce a DC-DC voltage converter to increase a voltage level applied to the DC-AC inverter. The microprocessor generates a second control signal to induce the contactor transition to a closed position such that a first voltage level is applied to the DC-AC inverter, if the voltage level between the electrical node and the first cathode is greater than a threshold voltage level.
US09748767B2	System and method for hybrid energy conversion A system and method for conditioning DC power received from hybrid DC power sources is disclosed. A power conversion circuit is coupled to a respective DC power source to selectively condition the output power generated thereby to a DC bus voltage. The power conversion circuit includes a switch arrangement and capacitors arranged to provide a charge balancing in the power conversion circuit. A controller in operable communication with the switch arrangement receives inputs on a DC bus voltage and at least one parameter related to operation of the DC power source, and determines an adjustable voltage to be output from the conversion circuit to the DC bus based on the received inputs. The controller then selectively controls operation of the switch arrangement in order to generate the determined adjustable voltage.
US09748758B2	Device comprising a space charge trapping layer The present invention relates to a device comprising at least one electrical cable (10a, 10b, and 10c) for transporting DC current, said electrical cable comprising an elongate electrical conductor (11a, 11b, and 11c) surrounded by at least one first semiconducting layer (12c), an electrically insulating layer (13a, 13b and 13c) surrounding the first semiconducting layer and a second semiconducting layer (14a, 14b and 14c) surrounding the electrically insulating layer, characterized in that the electrical cable (10a, 10b, and 10c) furthermore comprises a space charge trapping layer (15a, 15b, and 15c) obtained on the basis of a polymeric composition comprising at least one organic polymer and at least one linear filler, the space charge trapping layer (15a, 15b, and 15c) replacing at least in part the second semiconducting layer (14a, 14b, and 14c) of the electrical cable, so that the space charge trapping layer is in physical contact with the electrically insulating layer (13a, 13b, and 13c) of the electrical cable.
US09748751B1	Electrical box assembly for angled recessed mounting of high and low voltage components An electrical device mounting assembly adapted for mounting of power and low voltage components in a shallow wall cavity to supply a television or similar electronic device. The mounting assembly recesses all high and low voltage components behind the wall surface to render them unobtrusive and out of the way. The mounting assembly includes a mounting frame with a peripheral flange, sidewalls, and a rear wall. A corner of the mounting frame is adapted to mount a duplex receptacle at an oblique angle with respect to the sidewalls. The mounting frame includes cable tie-offs for routing cables and at least one low voltage mount for the mounting of low voltage components. The mounting assembly enables consolidation of all power and signal hookups for TV or home entertainment systems in a single assembly that is recessed within the wall and allows flush wall mounting of a flat panel TV.
US09748734B1	Apparatus and method for driving laser diode arrays with high-power pulsed currents using low-side linear drive with laser diode array protection and power efficiency monitoring and adjustment A multi-stage laser drive circuit includes a variable common potential source, a PA light-emitting array between a storage capacitor and a current node, first and second low-side linear current sinks in electrical communication with the current node, and a second master oscillator (MO) light-emitting array in electrical communication between the current node and the first low side linear current sink. A trickle current circuit drives a low-value trickle current through the arrays, and a sense circuit senses the trickle current. Also, the headroom voltage across a pass element in the first low-side linear constant current sink is monitored and adjusted for maximum efficiency.
US09748711B2	HF coaxial cable with angular plug connection, and a method for producing same The invention is characterized in that a HF coaxial cable is designed as a conventional corrugated sheath cable comprising a cable outer conductor, in the form of a metal corrugated tube, having a line impedance Zk and a minimum bending radius rk,min specified by the manufacturer as a characteristic feature of the coaxial cable; in corrugated sheath cable, directly or indirectly following the straight plug connector, is bent to have a bending radius rα, where 0.2 rk,min≦rα≦0.9 rk,min, which alters the line impedance Zk by a maximum of 1 ohm. The bend with the bending radius rα is produced by cold forming corrugated sheath cable with the introduction of bending forces and tensile forces directed along said corrugated sheath cable.
US09748709B2	Grommet-mount electrical power unit assembly An electrical receptacle assembly is mountable at an opening in a work surface to provide convenient access to electrical power and/or data. The assembly includes a main housing and a housing shell. The main housing defines an interior cavity for receiving a lower portion of an electrical or data outlet, and has an outlet opening in which a face of the electrical or data outlet is supported. The housing shell is coupled to the main housing and surrounds at least a portion of the interior cavity. Respective outer surfaces of the main housing and the housing shell cooperate to form an outer surface of the two-piece housing that is insertable into the opening in the work surface. A fastener, which may be an internally threaded collar, engages the two-piece housing, which may be externally threaded, and also engages the work surface, to secure the assembly to the work surface.
US09748708B2	Poke-in electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing having contact channels with electrical contacts received therein each having a poke-in spring beam configured to engage an electrical wire when poked-in to the housing. The electrical contact is movable between a resting position when no wire is present in the wire channel and a clearance position where the electrical contact allows the electrical wire to be removed from the wire channel. Pivot levers are held by the housing and are coupled to corresponding electrical contacts with a pivot end pivotably coupled to the housing and a push button end having a push button pressed to move the corresponding electrical contact to the clearance position. When the electrical wire is loaded into the wire channel, the electrical contact is positioned in a pinching position in which the spring beam pinches against the electrical wire in physical contact with the electrical wire.
US09748707B2	Signal transmission cable A signal transmission cable has a cable including a dielectric layer and a metallic layer. The signal transmission cable further includes a connector having a chip with a terminal. The connector includes a substrate having an organic layer, and a portion of the organic layer extends from the substrate so as to form the dielectric layer of the cable. The metallic layer is located on the dielectric layer and is directly connected to the terminal.
US09748699B1	Screw boss assemblies and methods Systems and methods for providing screw bosses on a substrate. The substrate can be dimpled. The dimples can then be threaded to accept screw bosses. The dimples can be threaded using a threading die or can have threads cut by self-tapping screw bosses. An adhesive can be applied to the substrate, the bottom of the screw boss, or both. The screw bosses can include standoffs to determine the distance between the bottom of the screw boss and the substrate. The screw bosses can be threaded onto the dimples and can provide threads for attaching items to the substrate. A filler material can be applied to the reverse side of the substrate to fill-in the dimples and present a smooth surface. A decorative or protective layer can be applied over the filler material.
US09748697B2	Pluggable connector and interconnection system configured for resonance control Pluggable connector includes a plug housing configured to couple to a communication cable. The plug housing has a plug cavity. The pluggable connector also includes a module board that is disposed within the plug cavity and configured to be communicatively coupled to the communication cable. The module board has a mating edge configured to interface with a mating connector. The module board includes a plurality of signal pathways and a plurality of ground pathways in which the signal pathways are interleaved between corresponding ground pathways. The signal and ground pathways include respective contact pads that are disposed proximate to the mating edge for engaging corresponding contacts of the mating connector. Each of the ground pathways has separate first and second trace segments and a damping component that electrically joins the first and second trace segments.
US09748696B2	Active cable An active cable that is capable of reducing crosstalk is provided. A ground pattern is formed so as to sandwich one or both of a part of a transmission side transmission channel located at a side closer to the other side than a compensation circuit and a part of a reception side transmission channel located at a side closer to the other side than the compensation circuit.
US09748690B2	Connector A connector is provided with a connector housing including an elastic engagement arm as a part to be engaged with a mate connector serving as a mate to which the connector is fitted and a terminal accommodation chamber which accommodates therein a terminal of an electric wire having a terminal, and a rear holder including a holder side engagement part engaged with a housing side engagement part provided in the connector housing so as to be connected to the connector housing at a position of a rear end side in a fitting direction to the mate connector.
US09748688B2	Plug-and-socket connector having a movable closure element A plug-and-socket connector with an electrically conductive female contact for receiving a contact pin and for establishing an electrically conductive connection to the contact pin is described. According to implementations here, the female contact is accessible by an opening in the plug-and-socket connector. Further, a closure element for closing the opening is movably supported inside the female contact.
US09748687B2	Shielding connector A connector has a front shell and a back shell. The front shell is provided with a first contact portion and a fixed portion. The first contact portion surrounds a periphery of the fixed portion in a plane orthogonal to a predetermined direction. The back shell is provided with an opening portion and a second contact portion. The second contact portion surrounds a periphery of the opening portion in a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The second contact portion is in contact with the first contact portion in the predetermined direction so that the fixed portion is visible within the opening portion in the predetermined direction and that the back shell is positioned with respect to the front shell. The fixed portion and the second contact portion are fixable to each other using a conductive fixing agent through the opening portion.
US09748683B2	Electroconductive material superior in resistance to fretting corrosion for connection component An electroconductive material includes a Cu or Cu alloy base member, a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer, and a Sn coating layer. The Cu—Sn alloy coating layer has a Cu content of 20 to 70 atomic %, and an average thickness of 0.2 to 3.0 μm. The Sn coating layer has an average thickness of 0.2 to 5.0 μm. A surface of the electroconductive material has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of at least 0.15 μm in at least one direction along the surface and 3.0 μm or less in all directions along the surface. The Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is partially exposed at the surface of the electroconductive material. An area ratio of the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer exposed at the surface of the electroconductive material is 3 to 75%. An average crystal grain size on a surface of the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is less than 2 μm.
US09748679B2	Socket, connector comprising such socket, and header used in such connector A socket-side terminal includes: a root section that is fixed to a conductive wiring pattern on the main surface of a circuit wiring substrate by using solder; a rising section rising up from the root section and spaced apart from the main surface; an inverted U-shaped section one end of which is continuous with the top end of the rising section; a falling section that extends from the other end of the inverted U-shaped section towards the main surface; an inclined section that, as the inclined section extends from the bottom end of the falling section towards the main surface, is inclined with respect to the main surface to be spaced apart from the rising section; and an opposing section that is continuous with the bottom end of the inclined section, is positioned so as to be opposing the falling section, and is in contact with a header-side terminal.
US09748678B2	Connectivity in an assembly A circuit assembly includes one or more electrical conductors. Each of the electrical conductors has a first axial end and a second axial end; the first axial end is disposed opposite the second axial end. The assembly further comprises a non-electrically conductive retainer component operable to: i) retain the electrical conductor and ii) contact a lateral side and/or tip of the electrical conductor onto a conductive pad of a circuit board. The retainer component exerts an appropriate force with respect to the one or more electrical conductors such that, a respective lateral side and/or tip of each of the electrical conductors contact a corresponding electrically conductive pad on the circuit board.
US09748674B2	Connection terminal for connecting cable A connection terminal for releaseably connecting a cable is disclosed having a terminal body, a contact arm, a cable fastening member, and a cable releasing member. The terminal body has a mating end and an opposite terminating end. The contact arm extends continuously from the mating end of the terminal body. The cable fastening member is positioned on the terminating end of the terminal body. The cable releasing member is positioned on the cable fastening member.
US09748672B2	Insulated jumper of the screw type in particular for terminal blocks of switchboards An electrical connection jumper is of the screw type for terminal blocks of switchboards. The jumper includes conducting body including at least two sub-bodies, each with a shape substantially in the form of an overturned “U”, insulating body including at least two sub-bodies with a substantially parallelepiped shape made of suitable insulating material, connected together longitudinally by a vertical membrane with a reduced thickness in the transverse direction. Insulating body has a plane for coupling with the conducting body. The coupling plane includes, between each sub-body and adjacent sub-body, a pair of arched lugs arranged opposite each other in the transverse direction and extending in the longitudinal direction so that the respective vertical arms are respectively connected to each one of the adjacent sub-bodies. Each arched lug has a tooth extending in the transverse direction towards the inside of the insulating body in empty space between the two sub-bodies.
US09748666B2	Broadband omnidirectional antenna The invention relates to an improved antenna which is distinguished by, among other things, the following features: the antenna has a monopole radiator (11), which is vertically polarized; the antenna has at least two horizontally polarized radiators, which lie offset from each other in a circumferential direction about a central axis (Z); the antenna has a reflector (1), in front of which the at least two horizontally polarized radiators and the monopole radiator (11) are arranged at a distance (A); the at least two horizontally polarized radiators each comprise a Vivaldi antenna (5); the Vivaldi antennas (5) have a central and/or feeding surface (123), which forms a feeding plane (123′), in which an electrically conductive layer (27, 127) having slot lines (29′) that widen in a radiation direction is formed or provided, —the feeding plane (123′) is arranged at a distance (A) from the reflector (1); and the electrically conductive layer (27, 127) is led out of the feeding plane (123′), wherein at least one arcuate and/or bent extension (27a, 127a) is formed.
US09748662B2	Antenna and wireless communication device A small antenna operating at a plurality of frequency bands includes a first conductor plane in which a first split ring resonator and a second split ring resonator that have different resonant frequencies are formed and a feed line including a first branch line, a second branch line and a branch portion. Each of the split ring resonators includes a conductor region along an opening edge of an opening formed in the first conductor plane and a split portion cutting through a portion of the conductor region. One end of the first branch line is connected to the first split ring resonator and the other end extends to the branch portion across the conductor region; one end of the second branch line is connected to the second split ring resonator and the other end extends to the branch portion across the conductor region.
US09748659B2	High gain antenna structure An antenna structure includes a dipole antenna element, a meandering connection line, and a cascade radiation element. The dipole antenna element includes a feeding radiation element and a grounding radiation element. The feeding radiation element has at least one open slot. The cascade radiation element is coupled through the meandering connection line to the feeding radiation element.
US09748658B2	Wideband antenna First and second hot elements are formed on the front surface of a long and thin substrate. First and second earth elements are formed on the rear surface of the substrate. First and second parasitic elements are disposed adjacent to the hot elements and the earth elements, thereby forming a first-stage element. A second-stage element has a corresponding structure. A first branch line and a second branch line are formed on the front surface. The hot elements of the first-stage and second-stage elements are fed from a feeding point through the first and second branch lines. An earth line is formed on the rear surface. The earth elements of the first-stage and second-stage elements are fed from the feeding point through the earth line. The hot element and the earth element form a dipole antenna. The parasitic element is disposed adjacent to the dipole antenna to broaden a frequency band.
US09748656B2	Broadband patch antenna and associated methods The patch antenna includes an electrically conductive patch carried by a dielectric substrate and having a planar shape and a feed point defined therein. A feed conductor is coupled to the feed point of the electrically conductive patch, and a plurality of electrically conductive wings extend upwardly from a periphery of the electrically conductive patch. A method aspect may include adjusting at least one property (e.g. frequency) of the antenna by angling at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive wings outwardly from the electrically conductive patch.
US09748655B2	Polarization antenna Provided is a polarization antenna. The polarization antenna includes a dielectric substrate; a radiating element formed on the dielectric substrate to be symmetric in up and down and left and right directions; and a balanced feed element including multiple pairs of feed ports which are formed on the dielectric substrate and have a symmetrical structure, applying balanced signals having different phases from each other to the paired feed ports.
US09748654B2	Antenna systems with proximity coupled annular rectangular patches Exemplary embodiments are provided of antennas and antenna systems including the same. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a radiating patch element having an annular rectangular shape. An antenna ground plane is spaced apart from the radiating patch element. A feeding element electrically coupled to the radiating patch element via proximity coupling. The antenna also includes at least two shorting elements electrically coupling the radiating patch element to the antenna ground plane. In other exemplary embodiments, the antenna systems include at least one active GPS antenna, at least one passive antenna, and an isolator.
US09748653B1	Multilayer chip antenna Differing from conventionally-used miniature cubic antenna being provided with a signal transceiving conductor on the outer surface thereof, the present invention provides a multilayer chip antenna formed by sequentially stacking a first coupling substrate, a signal transceiving metal layer, and a second coupling substrate. Particularly, the first coupling substrate and the second coupling substrate are disposed with a first metal layer and a second metal layer, respectively. Therefore, when the signal transceiving metal layer transmits or receives a wireless signal, not only a first coupling capacitor is induced between the signal transceiving metal layer and the first metal layer, but also a second coupling capacitor is simultaneously induced between the signal transceiving metal layer and the third metal layer; meanwhile, the first and second coupling capacitors are helpful to enhance the impedance bandwidth as the multilayer chip antenna transmits and/or receives a high-frequency wireless signal.
US09748650B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using same An antenna structure includes a feed unit, a grounding unit, a first radiating unit, a second radiating unit, third radiating unit, fourth radiating unit, and a fifth radiating unit. The grounding unit is spaced apart from the feed unit. The first radiating unit is electrically connected to the feed unit. The second radiating unit is electrically connected to the grounding unit. The third radiating unit is electrically connected to the first radiating unit, the second radiating unit, and the fourth radiating unit. The fifth radiating unit is electrically connected to the feed unit and couples with the fourth radiating unit.
US09748649B2	Antenna module and electronic apparatus including the same An antenna module and an electronic apparatus include: an antenna element, and a clip which includes an antenna pattern, is formed of a metallic material, and electrically connects the antenna element to a circuit board to process an antenna signal through the antenna pattern.
US09748648B2	Distributed feeding device for antenna beamforming A distributed feeding device for antenna beamforming comprises a first distributed feeding circuit comprising P inputs and N outputs, for producing a signal on each of its outputs with a phase shift which is substantially constant between two adjacent outputs, at least one frequency multiplexer connected to at least one input of the said first circuit, a number N of frequency demultiplexers each connected, by their input, to an output of the first circuit and a second distributed feeding means comprising a plurality of inputs, each connected to an output of one of the frequency demultiplexers, and a plurality of outputs, the second distributed feeding means comprising at least one second distributed feeding circuit comprising Q inputs and M outputs, for producing a signal on each output with a phase shift which is substantially constant between two adjacent outputs, the integers P, N, Q and M being equal or distinct.
US09748643B2	Identification or messaging systems and related methods An identification or messaging system is provided that has embodiments including a embodiment with a structure with different faces and a base with reflective or resonance panels which are positioned at different receiving angles to detect direct signals and amplify them including in a sequence to be detected by an active emitter that emits electromagnetic radiation that is reflected and steered or resonated off or with the panels. An emitter can be an aerial platform with the emitter and a library of reflected or resonated signals that are associated with a particular sequence of panels on the structure which are associated with a particular entity identification or message. Thermal patterned and/or magnetic patterned panels (e.g., for backplane beamforming) and return signal steering can also be provided. Embodiments with secondary signaling systems can also be provided. A variety of various embodiments and methods are also provided.
US09748642B2	Low-profile loop antenna A low-profile loop antenna includes a driven element disposed very close, in some cases within about 0.005 wavelengths (λ) or closer, to a ground plane, while maintaining sizable gain and usable feed point impedance. Width of the driven element varies along its circumference, such that two diametrically opposed portions of the driven element are wider, and therefore have lower impedance, than other diametrically opposed portions of the driven element. The antenna may be configured to achieve a desired feed point impedance. The antenna may be tuned over a wide bandwidth. Metallic objects placed near the center of the antenna loop do not significantly degrade performance of the antenna. A parasitic element may be added to create a circularly-polarized antenna, without significantly increasing the antenna's profile.
US09748640B2	Helix-loaded meandered loxodromic spiral antenna An antenna element having a metal pattern with a three-dimensional profile. The metal pattern is at least one helix-loaded helix-loaded meandered loxodromic spiral. The profile is generally that of a domed top adjoined to a rotationally symmetric body such as a conical section. Typically, the metal antenna pattern is fabricated upon or otherwise supported by a dielectric medium.
US09748636B2	Antenna device and electronic apparatus Provided is an antenna device that achieves good communication characteristics when incorporated into an electronic apparatus. The antenna device incorporated into an electronic apparatus and configured to communicate with an external device via an electromagnetic field signal comprises: a metal plate serving as a first electric conductor, being provided inside a casing of the electronic apparatus and facing the external device; an antenna substrate provided inside the casing of the electronic apparatus, and having an antenna coil inductively coupled to the external device and wound around thereon; and metal foil serving as a second electric conductor in sheet form, being provided inside the casing of the electronic apparatus, overlapping or being in contact with the metal plate serving as the first electric conductor, and at least partially overlapping a surface of the antenna substrate, the surface being opposite to a surface facing the external device.
US09748632B2	Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag(s) and sensor(s) A wireless sensor includes an antenna, a sensing element, a tuning circuit, a processing module, a reference circuit block, and a transmitter. The tuning circuit adjusts the RF front-end to compensation for a change in a characteristic of the RF front end caused by the sensing element. The reference circuit block generates a signal based on a low voltage low frequency input that corresponds to a second environmental condition. The processing module generates a first digital value based on the adjustment to the RF front-end, where the first digital value is a representation of the first environmental condition, and generate a second digital value based on the signal, where the second digital value is a representation of the second environmental condition. The transmitter generates the outbound RF signal that includes at least one of the first and second digital values.
US09748626B2	Plurality of cables having different cross-sectional shapes which are bundled together to form a transmission medium Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a plurality of cores for selectively guiding an electromagnetic wave of a plurality of electromagnetic waves longitudinally along each core, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of each core for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic wave of each core. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09748619B2	Onboard battery for vehicle An onboard battery for a vehicle includes battery modules including battery cells disposed in a predetermined state, and a cell cover in which the battery cells are disposed. A part of an internal space of the cell cover is formed as chambers into which cooling air is sent. The onboard battery also includes a housing case that houses the battery modules, an intake duct that sends the cooling air into the battery modules, and an exhaust duct that discharges the cooling air sent into the battery modules. A heater that heats the battery cells is disposed in one of the chambers. A heat sink located opposite to the battery cells and attached to the heater is disposed in the one of the chambers.
US09748618B2	Battery assembly having a heat-dissipating and heat-emitting functions According to one embodiment of the present invention, a battery assembly comprises: a battery module comprising a plurality of unit batteries; an exterior case for housing the battery module in an internal space; and a heat-dissipating film which is inserted between the plurality of unit batteries and fitted tightly against each of the plurality of unit batteries, and is attached to the inside surface of the exterior case; and the heat-dissipating film comprises: first and second heat-dissipating layers which are formed of a thermally conductive material and discharge the heat of the unit batteries; and an adhesive layer which is formed between the first and second heat-dissipating layers and adheres the first and second heat-dissipating layers.
US09748611B2	Apparatus for determining a state of a rechargeable battery or of a battery, a rechargeable battery or a battery, and a method for determining a state of a rechargeable battery or of a battery An apparatus for determining a state of a rechargeable battery or of a battery has a sensor device and an evaluation device. The sensor device brings about an interaction between an optical signal and a part of the rechargeable battery or of the battery, which part indicates optically acquirable information about a state of the rechargeable battery or of the battery, and detects an optical signal caused by the interaction. The sensor device furthermore provides a detection signal having information about the detected optical signal. The evaluation device determines information about a state of the rechargeable battery or of the battery on the basis of the information of the detection signal. Furthermore, the evaluation device provides a state signal having the information about the determined state.
US09748607B2	Electrolyte for lithium battery and lithium battery including the electrolyte Provided are an electrolyte for a lithium battery and a lithium battery including the electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes a disultone-based compound represented by Formula 1; an oxalate-based compound; and an organic solvent: wherein, in Formula 1, A1, A2, A3, and A4 are each independently a substituent-substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkylene group; a carbonyl group; or a sulfinyl group.
US09748603B2	Sulfide solid electrolyte material, battery, and producing method for sulfide solid electrolyte material A sulfide solid electrolyte material includes Li, K, Si, P and S elements; a peak at 2θ=29.58°±0.50° and not having a peak at a position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, or when a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and a diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB having a peak at the position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50°, a value of IB/IA is less than 1; a P element molar fraction (P/(Si+P)) to a Si element total and the P element satisfies 0.5≦P/(Si+P)≦0.7, and a K element molar fraction (K/(Li+K)) to a Li element total and the K element satisfies 0
US09748602B2	Sulfide solid electrolyte material, battery, and producing method for sulfide solid electrolyte material A sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity and high reduction resistance. The object is attained by providing sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising: Li element; Ge element; P element; and S element, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte material peaks at a position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray, the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not peak at a position of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα ray or when diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and diffraction intensity at the peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 1.0, and part of the P element in a crystal phase peaking at the position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is substituted with a B element.
US09748600B2	Phosphate based composite anode material, preparation method and use thereof The present invention relates to a novel phosphate based composite anode material, preparation method and uses thereof. Specifically disclosed is a phosphate based composite cell anode material, the material having monoclinic and orthorhombic crystal lattice structures with the chemical formula of A3−xV2−yMY(PO4)3, wherein A is Li+, Na+ or the mixture thereof, M is Mg, Al, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn or Nb, 0≦x≦3.0, 0≦y≦2.0, and C is the carbon layer. Also disclosed are a preparation method and uses of the composite material. Unlike simple physical mixing, the composite material of the present invention has the advantages of an adjustable electric potential plateau, high reversible capacity, good cycle stability, power consumption early warning and the like.
US09748599B2	Phased introduction of lithium into the pre-lithiated anode of a lithium ion electrochemical cell The present invention relates to a method for combining anode pre-lithiation, limited-voltage formation cycles, and accelerating aging via heated storage to maximize specific capacity, volumetric capacity density and capacity retention of a lithium-ion electrochemical cell.
US09748596B2	Single layer secondary battery having a folded structure Provided is a secondary battery adopting an all-solid-state secondary cell structure with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and which is superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to at least one of volume, manufacturing, and positioning. The present invention provides a secondary battery including a single-layer secondary cell having a folded structure that a sheet-shaped single-layer secondary cell with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer is folded in two or four. Here, it is preferable that a plurality of the single-layer secondary cells each having the folded structure are arranged in parallel and adjacent single-layer secondary cells each having the folded structure are electrically connected directly or via a positive electrode terminal member or a negative electrode terminal member, so that at least one of current capacity increasing and terminal voltage heightening is achieved.
US09748595B2	High-energy-density, aqueous, metal-polyiodide redox flow batteries Improved metal-based redox flow batteries (RFBs) can utilize a metal and a divalent cation of the metal (M2+) as an active redox couple for a first electrode and electrolyte, respectively, in a first half-cell. For example, the metal can be Zn. The RFBs can also utilize a second electrolyte having I−, anions of Ix (for x≧3), or both in an aqueous solution, wherein the I− and the anions of Ix (for x≧3) compose an active redox couple in a second half-cell.
US09748594B2	Polymer of fluorine-containing sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s and method of manufacturing the same A polymer of fluorine-containing sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The polymer is formed by processing a nucleophilic polycondensation between a fluorine-containing monomer having an electron-withdrawing group and a multi-phenyl monomer. A main structure of the polymer of fluorine-containing sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s has a first portion with fluoro or trifluoromethyl substituted phenyl groups, and a second portion with sulfonated phenyl groups.
US09748592B2	Electrolyte generation within a fuel cell An exemplary method of providing an electrolyte for a fuel cell comprises including a electrolyte precursor within a fuel cell. An electrolyte is generated within the fuel cell from the precursor. An exemplary fuel cell system includes a cell stack assembly. A manifold is associated with the cell stack assembly. An electrolyte precursor is within at least one of the cell stack assembly or manifold for generating an electrolyte within a fuel cell.
US09748590B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system according to the present invention comprises a control apparatus which performs performance restoration processing for a catalyst layer by decreasing the output voltage of a fuel cell to a predetermined voltage. When an oxide film formed on the catalyst layer during power generation of the fuel cell contains, in addition to a first oxide film that can be removed by decreasing the output voltage of the fuel cell to a first oxide film removal voltage, a second oxide film that can be removed by decreasing the output voltage of the fuel cell to a second oxide film removal voltage which is lower than the first oxide film removal voltage, the control apparatus estimates the amount of the second oxide film and performs performance restoration processing with a set voltage being equal to or lower than the second oxide film removal voltage only when it determines that the estimated amount exceeds a predetermined amount A.
US09748574B2	Anode and secondary battery A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode has an anode active material layer containing a carbon material and a lithium-containing compound (Li3-aMaN) as an anode active material, where M is one or more transition metal elements. a is a numerical value satisfying 0
US09748563B2	Electrode material, electrode plate, lithium ion battery, manufacturing method for electrode material, and manufacturing method for electrode plate An electrode material of the present invention includes surface-coated LixAyDzPO4 particles obtained by coating surfaces of LixAyDzPO4 (in which, A represents one or more selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu and Cr, D represents one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, Y and rare earth elements, 0
US09748559B2	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery and method of manufacturing thereof A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery includes core particles containing a lithium transition metal composite oxide, and a covering layer covering, that covers a surface of the core particle. The covering layer contains niobium and carbonate ions, and the carbonate ions are present at a concentration of from 0.2 weight % to 0.4 weight %. The positive electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery exhibits infrared absorption peaks at a wavenumber range of from 1320 cm−1 to 1370 cm−1, and at a wavenumber range of from 1640 cm−1 to 1710 cm−1.
US09748554B2	Electric storage device and method for manufacturing electric storage device An electric storage device includes a container which houses an electric generating element, and a sealing plug which seals a liquid injecting hole into which an electrolyte is injected. The liquid injecting hole is provided in a bottom surface of a recessed portion provided to be recessed on one side surface of the container. The sealing plug includes an inserting portion to be inserted into the liquid injecting hole and a fitting portion to be fitted into the recessed portion. At least either a rim portion of the fitting portion or an opening rim portion of the recessed portion is provided with a plurality of plastic deformation portions. In each of n regions (n is an integer of at least 3) into which an outer circumference of the fitting portion or an inner circumference of the recessed portion is equally divided, one or more of the plastic deformation portion(s) is/are arranged, and, in each of regions into which the outer circumference of the fitting portion or the inner circumference of the recessed portion is halved with an arbitrary plastic deformation portion out of the plastic deformation portions set as a starting point, one or more of the plastic deformation portion(s) is/are arranged. An outer circumferential side surface of the fitting portion and an inner circumferential side surface of the recessed portion are welded over an entire circumference.
US09748552B2	Battery having protection components A battery includes a shell, a core received in the shell and having first and second electrode tabs, and first and second protection components. Each of the first and second protection components includes two insulating layers and a conducting layer disposed between two insulating layers. The conducting layer of the first protection component defines a first end electrically connected to the first electrode tab and a second end configured as a free end. The conducting layer of the second protection component defines a first end electrically connected to the second electrode tab and a second end configured as a free end.
US09748551B2	Battery parts having retaining and sealing features and associated methods of manufacture and use Battery parts, such as battery terminals, and associated systems and methods for making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a battery part has a base portion that includes one or more undercut sealing portions, each having a root and a lip. The lip can flare outwardly from the root to define an undercut between the root and the lip of the sealing portion. In some embodiments, the battery terminal can include adjacent sealing portions having opposing undercuts defined by overlapping lips of the adjacent sealing portions. Another embodiment includes a forming assembly for use with, for example, a battery part having a bifurcated acid ring with spaced apart lips. The forming assembly can include movable forming members that can be driven together to peen, crimp, flare or otherwise form the lips on the bifurcated acid ring.
US09748544B2	Separator for alkali metal ion battery A separator for an alkali metal ion rechargeable battery includes a porous ceramic alkali ion conductive membrane which is inert to liquid alkali ion solution as well as anode and cathode materials. The porous ceramic separator is structurally self-supporting and maintains its structural integrity at high temperature. The ceramic separator may have a thickness of at least 200 μm and a porosity in the range from 20% to 70%. The separator may be in the form of a clad composite separator structure in which one or more layers of porous and inert ceramic or polymer membrane materials are clad to the alkali ion conductive membrane. The porous and inert alkali ion conductive ceramic membrane may comprise a NaSICON-type, LiSICON-type, or beta alumina material.
US09748541B2	Advanced lithium polymer system (ALPS) An Advanced Lithium Power System (10) that employs lithium polymer pouch cells and operates in all environments from atmospheric pressures, upward and through to the harsh and demanding realm of a space vacuum, including any aerospace related environments of launch, flight or operation for satellites, missiles, rockets and aircraft, being comprised of any number of stacked flat lithium polymer battery cells physically arranged and integrated within a constraining packaging enclosure that maximizes safety and power density while mitigating the debilitating effects of shock, vibration, thermal cycle, vacuum, radiation and electromagnetic interference, and simultaneously communicates electronically with a battery management system, providing instant autonomous cell protection, balancing and electronically isolated real-time monitoring of all individual cell parameters of voltage, current, temperature, state of charge and internal resistance, down to the individual cell level.
US09748531B2	Cap assembly for battery A cap assembly for a battery includes a roll combination member, a terminal combination member, an electrode terminal, a strength reinforcing block, a cap, and a pad assembly. The roll combination member includes at least one opening, so that terminal disposed portions of 2k rolls are capable of passing through the opening and k is an integer greater than 1, wherein one terminal disposed portion is formed by bending portions of central members of two adjacent rolls. The terminal combination member, the electrode terminal, the strength reinforcing block, the cap, and the pad assembly are sequentially combined on the roll combination member, wherein the electrode terminal includes an electrically conductive portion and a thermally conductive portion which surrounds the electrically conductive portion. The cap assembly is electrically connected to the bending portions at the same side of the 2k rolls.
US09748525B2	Light-emitting device having reduced in-plane variation A first electrode having light transmissivity is formed on a first surface of a first light transmissive substrate and. An organic functional layer includes a light-emitting layer and is located on an opposite side to the first light transmissive substrate with the first electrode interposed therebetween. A second electrode is located on an opposite side to the first electrode with the organic functional layer interposed therebetween. A second surface which is a surface of the first light transmissive substrate on an opposite side to the above-mentioned first surface is fixed to the second light transmissive substrate, which has a bending rigidity higher than that of the first light transmissive substrate. First irregularities are formed in the second surface of the first light transmissive substrate, and second irregularities are formed in a surface of the second light transmissive substrate which faces the first light transmissive substrate.
US09748521B2	Method of manufacturing flexible display A flexible display and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming a metal peroxide layer over a supporting substrate, forming a metal layer over the metal peroxide layer and forming a flexible substrate over the metal layer. The method also includes forming a display layer over the flexible substrate, irradiating the supporting substrate with laser light in a direction from the supporting substrate to the flexible substrate so as to form a metal oxide layer and separating the supporting substrate from the flexible substrate with the metal oxide layer as a boundary between the supporting substrate and the flexible substrate.
US09748520B2	Organic light emitting diodes displays including flexible substrate and manufacturing method thereof A cracks propagation preventing, polarization film attaches to outer edges of a lower inorganic layer of an organic light emitting diodes display where the display is formed on a flexible substrate having the lower inorganic layer blanket formed thereon. The organic light emitting diodes display further includes a display unit positioned on the inorganic layer and including a plurality of organic light emitting diodes configured to display an image, and a thin film encapsulating layer covering the display unit and joining with edges of the inorganic layer extending beyond the display unit.
US09748514B2	Method for producing an optical module The invention relates to a method for producing an optical module, comprising the following steps: a) providing a chip having an optical element integrated in the chip, wherein the optical element bas a first electrode and a second electrode, and wherein the chip has a first connection contact for the first electrode and a second connection contact for the second electrode, such that an operating voltage for the optical element can be applied between the first connection contact and the second connection contact, and wherein the chip has an optically active side, which is designed to emit and/or to receive radiation; b) connecting the chip to a film, such that the film completely covers the optically active side of the chip, wherein the film is a film made from acrylate, polyarylate, or polyurethane, wherein the film, at least in the region located above the optically active side, is transparent to radiation which. when operating voltage is applied, can be emitted or received by the optical element; c) contacting the first connection contact of the chip by means of a conducting track arranged on the film and contacting the second connection contact by means of an additional conducting track.
US09748510B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; an electron transport region disposed between the second electrode and the emission layer; a mixed layer disposed between the emission layer and the electron transport region and including a first material and a second material; wherein the first material and the second material are pyrrolidine-based compounds; and triplet energy EgT1 of at least one selected from the first material and the second material is 2.2 eV or greater.
US09748509B2	Organic EL element and organic EL display panel An organic electroluminescence (EL) element that has an anode; a cathode; an organic light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode that emits light according to recombination of holes injected from the anode and electrons injected from the cathode; and an electron transport layer between the cathode and the organic light-emitting layer that transports electrons from the cathode to the organic light-emitting layer. The electron transport layer includes an n-type dopant that includes an electron-donating substance, the electron transport layer being doped with the n-type dopant at a doping concentration that is higher than a doping concentration at which light emittance efficiency of the organic light-emitting layer is greatest.
US09748507B2	Single electron transistor having nanoparticles of uniform pattern arrangement A transistor and a fabrication method thereof. A transistor includes a channel region including linkers, formed on a substrate, and metallic nanoparticles grown from metal ions bonded to the linkers, a source region disposed at one end of the channel region, a drain region disposed at the other end of the channel region opposite of the source region, and a gate coupled to the channel region and serving to control migration of charges in the channel region. The metallic nanoparticles have a substantially uniform pattern arrangement in the channel region.
US09748506B1	Self-assembled monolayer overlying a carbon nanotube substrate One example includes a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device include a carbon nanotube substrate, a self-assembled monolayer, and a gate oxide. The self-assembled monolayer overlies the carbon nanotube substrate and is comprised of molecules each including a tail group, a carbon backbone, and a head group. The gate oxide overlies the self-assembled monolayer, wherein the self-assembled monolayer forms an interface between the carbon nanotube substrate and the gate oxide.
US09748502B2	Organic metal complexes The present invention relates inter alia to novel organic metal complexes comprising, e.g., platinum and specific side groups, their preparation and their use in electronic devices.
US09748495B2	Carbazole derivative, light-emitting element material, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device A carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring; α and β independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which form a ring; R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring; and R11 to R17 and R21 to R28 independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which form a ring.
US09748488B2	Organic electronic material, ink composition, and organic electronic element Provided is an organic electronic material which is excellent in storage stability in the case as an ink composition, and able to prepare, at a high yield, an organic electronic element capable of reducing the driving voltage and of being driven stably for a long period of time, and an ink composition including the organic electronic material. The organic electronic material is characterized in that it contains at least an ionic compound represented by the following general formula (1), and a compound including a charge transporting unit, and the ink composition including the material.[In the general formula (1), Ra to Rc each independently represent a hydrogen atom (H), an alkyl group, or a benzyl group, and N is not bonded to an aryl group. A represents an anion.]
US09748487B2	Polymers based on naphthodiones The present invention relates to polymers comprising one or more (repeating) unit(s) of the formula (I), and compounds of formula (III), wherein Y, Y15, Y16 and Y17 are independently of each other a group of formula and their use as IR absorber, organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially in organic photovoltaics and photodiodes, or in a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor. The polymers and compounds according to the invention can have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers and compounds according to the invention are used in organic field effect transistors, organic photovoltaics and photodiodes.
US09748482B2	Semiconductor sensing device comprising conductive nanowires and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor sensing device that includes a nanowire conductive layer, a semiconductor sensing layer, and a conductive layer is provided. The nanowire conductive layer includes a plurality of connected conductive nanowires, and gaps are formed between the conductive nanowires. The semiconductor sensing layer is electrically connected to the nanowire conductive layer. The conductive layer is electrically connected to the semiconductor sensing layer. The semiconductor sensing layer is located between the nanowire conductive layer and the conductive layer. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor sensing device is also provided.
US09748463B2	Athletic activity monitoring device with energy capture Aspects relate to an energy harvesting device adapted for use by an athlete while exercising. The device may utilize a mass of phase-change material to store heat energy, the stored heat energy subsequently converted into electrical energy by one or more thermoelectric generator modules. The energy harvesting device may be integrated into an item of clothing, and such that the mass of phase change material may store heat energy as the item of clothing is laundered.
US09748456B2	Light emitting structure and a manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting structure comprises a semiconductor light-emitting element which includes a first connection point and a second connection point. The light-emitting structure further includes a first electrode electrically connected to the first connection point, and a second electrode electrically connected the second connection point. The first electrode and the second electrode can form a concave on which the semiconductor light-emitting element is located.
US09748450B2	Method of producing an optoelectronic component A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip having a mask layer arranged on an upper side of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip; providing a carrier having walls arranged on a surface of the carrier, the walls laterally limiting a receiving region; arranging an optoelectronic semiconductor chip in the receiving region, wherein a bottom side of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip faces the surface of the carrier; filling a region of the receiving region surrounding the optoelectronic semiconductor chip with an optically reflective material up to a height that lies between the upper side of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip and an upper side of the mask layer; removing the mask layer to create a free space in the optically reflective material; and introducing a wavelength-converting material into the free space.
US09748443B2	Light emitting device The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device, comprising: a light-emitting stack comprising an active layer, wherein the active layer is configured to emit light; a first semiconductor layer on the light-emitting stack; a first electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer and comprising an inner segment, an outer segment, and a plurality of extending segments electrically connecting the inner segment with the outer segment; and a light-absorbing layer having a first portion surrounding the first semiconductor layer in a top view.
US09748440B2	Semiconductor layer including compositional inhomogeneities A device comprising a semiconductor layer including a plurality of compositional inhomogeneous regions is provided. The difference between an average band gap for the plurality of compositional inhomogeneous regions and an average band gap for a remaining portion of the semiconductor layer can be at least thermal energy. Additionally, a characteristic size of the plurality of compositional inhomogeneous regions can be smaller than an inverse of a dislocation density for the semiconductor layer.
US09748424B2	Solar cell and preparing method of the same A solar cell according to the embodiment includes a back electrode layer on a support substrate; a first through hole dividing the back electrode layer into a plurality of back electrodes; a first contact pattern in the back electrode layer; a light absorbing layer formed on the back electrode layer and including a second contact pattern on the first contact pattern; and a front electrode layer on the light absorbing layer.
US09748419B2	Back contact design for solar cell, and method of fabricating same A method includes depositing spacers at a plurality of locations directly on a back contact layer over a solar cell substrate. An absorber layer is formed over the back contact layer and the spacers. The absorber layer is partially in contact with the spacers and partially in direct contact with the back contact layer. The solar cell substrate is heated to form voids between the absorber layer and the back contact layer at the locations of the spacers.
US09748418B2	Solar cell and method for producing same A rear contact heterojunction solar cell and a fabricating method. The solar cell comprises a silicon substrate having a passivating layer and an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer. At a back side of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, an emitter layer and a base layer are provided. Interposed between these emitter and base layers is a separation layer comprising an electrically insulating material. This separation layer as well as the base layer and emitter layer may be generated by vapor deposition. Due to such processing, adjacent regions of the emitter layer and the separating layer and adjacent regions of the base layer and the separating layer partially laterally overlap in overlapping areas in such a way that at least a part of the separating layer is located closer to the substrate than an overlapping portion of the respective one of the emitter layer and the base layer.
US09748401B2	Transistor and semiconductor device Manufactured is a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer overlapping with part of the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode layer, and the drain electrode layer, and a gate electrode overlapping with part of the oxide semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer provided therebetween, wherein, after the oxide semiconductor layer which is to be a channel formation region is irradiated with light and the light irradiation is stopped, a relaxation time of carriers in photoresponse characteristics of the oxide semiconductor layer has at least two kinds of modes: τ1 and τ2, τ1<τ2 is satisfied, and τ2 is 300 seconds or less. In addition, a semiconductor device including the transistor is manufactured.
US09748398B2	Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, display device A thin film transistor, its manufacturing method, and a display device are provided. The method comprises: forming a gate metal layer (35), forming a step-like gate structure (352) by one patterning process; performing a first ion implantation procedure to forming a first heavily doped area (39a) and a second heavily doped area (39b), the first heavily doped area (39a) being separated apart from the second heavily doped area (39b) by a first length; forming a gate electrode (353) from the step-like gate structure (352); performing a second ion implantation procedure to form a first lightly doped area (38a) and a second lightly doped area (38b), the first lightly doped area (38a) being separated apart from the second lightly doped area (38b) by a second length less than the first length. By the above method, the process for manufacturing the LTPS TFT having the lightly doped source/drain structure can be simplified.
US09748378B2	Semiconductor device, integrated circuit and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a transistor in a semiconductor substrate having a first main surface. The transistor includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a drift zone, and a gate electrode adjacent to at least two sides of the channel region. The gate electrode is disposed in trenches extending in a first direction parallel to the first main surface. The gate electrode is electrically coupled to a gate terminal. The channel region and the drift zone are disposed along the first direction between the source region and the drain region. The semiconductor device further includes a conductive layer beneath the gate electrode and insulated from the gate electrode. The conductive layer is electrically connected to the gate terminal.
US09748373B2	MISFET device Embodiments of the present disclosure include a MISFET device. An embodiment includes a source/drain over a substrate, a first etch stop layer on the source/drain, and a gate dielectric layer on the first etch stop layer and along the substrate. The embodiment also includes a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer, and a second etch stop layer on the gate electrode.
US09748364B2	Method for fabricating three dimensional device A method for forming a three dimensional device. The method may include directing ions to an end surface of an extension region of a fin structure, the fin structure extending perpendicularly from a substrate plane and having a fin axis parallel to the substrate plane, wherein the ions have trajectories extending in a plane perpendicular to the substrate plane and parallel to the fin axis, wherein a portion of the fin structure is covered by a gate structure defining a channel region, and wherein the end surface is not covered by the gate structure.
US09748353B2	Method of making a gallium nitride device A method of making a GaN device includes: forming a GaN substrate; forming a plurality of spaced-apart first metal contacts directly on the GaN substrate; forming a layer of insulating GaN on the exposed portions of the upper surface; forming a stressor layer on the contacts and the layer of insulating GaN; forming a handle substrate on the first surface of the stressor layer; spalling the GaN substrate that is located beneath the stressor layer to separate a layer of GaN and removing the handle substrate; bonding the stressor layer to a thermally conductive substrate; forming a plurality of vertical channels through the GaN to define a plurality of device structures; removing the exposed portions of the layer of insulating GaN to electrically isolate the device structures; forming an ohmic contact layer on the second surface; and forming second metal contacts on the ohmic contact layer.
US09748352B2	Multi-channel gate-all-around FET A high performance GAA FET is described in which vertically stacked silicon nanowires carry substantially the same drive current as the fin in a conventional FinFET transistor, but at a lower operating voltage, and with greater reliability. One problem that occurs in existing nanowire GAA FETs is that, when a metal is used to form the wraparound gate, a short circuit can develop between the source and drain regions and the metal gate portion that underlies the channel. The vertically stacked nanowire device described herein, however, avoids such short circuits by forming insulating barriers in contact with the source and drain regions, prior to forming the gate. Through the use of sacrificial films, the fabrication process is almost fully self-aligned, such that only one lithography mask layer is needed, which significantly reduces manufacturing costs.
US09748334B1	Fabrication of nanomaterial T-gate transistors with charge transfer doping layer A field effect transistor including a dielectric layer on a substrate, a nano-structure material (NSM) layer on the dielectric layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the NSM layer, a gate dielectric formed on at least a portion of the NSM layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a T-shaped gate electrode formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, where the NSM layer forms a channel of the FET, and a doping layer on the NSM layer extending at least from the sidewall of the source electrode to a first sidewall of the gate dielectric, and from a sidewall of the drain electrode to a second sidewall of the gate dielectric.
US09748332B1	Non-volatile semiconductor memory A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, multiple memory cells on the semiconductor substrate arranged along a first dimension and along a second dimension that is orthogonal to the first dimension, in which each memory cell of the multiple memory cells includes a channel region in the semiconductor substrate, a tunnel dielectric layer on the channel region, and a first electrode layer on the tunnel dielectric layer. Along the first dimension, the channel region of each memory cell of the multiple memory cells is separated from the channel region of an adjacent memory cell of the multiple memory cells by a corresponding first air gap, each first air gap extending from below an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate up to an inter-electrode dielectric layer.
US09748321B2	Organic light-emitting diode display An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate that includes a first sub-pixel region and a second sub-pixel region adjacent to the first sub-pixel region, and a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit respectively disposed in the first sub-pixel region and the second sub-pixel region. The first and second driving circuits include a first thin film transistor (TFT) and a second TFT. The display further includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, respectively, and a common electrode facing the first and second pixel electrodes. A first organic emission layer is interposed between the first pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a second organic emission layer interposed between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a light-shielding member is configured to shield incident light.
US09748316B2	Organic electroluminescent panel The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent panel capable of increasing the luminous efficacy and decreasing the driving voltage of a top emission (TE) organic EL element. The organic electroluminescent panel of the present invention includes: a substrate; and an organic electroluminescent element provided on the substrate. The organic electroluminescent element is a top emission element that includes, in the order from the substrate side: an anode; a light-emitting layer; an electron transport layer; a first metal layer; a p-type oxide layer; and a transparent cathode. The top emission element is configured to emit light from the transparent cathode side. The light-emitting layer and the electron transport layer are each formed from an organic material. At least one of a mixture layer of a p-type oxide and a hole transport material and a second metal layer is provided between the electron transport layer and the transparent cathode.
US09748301B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductive substrate includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, a radiation sensing device disposed in the semiconductive substrate, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) disposed over the first side of the semiconductive substrate, and a conductive pad passing through the ILD, disposed in the semiconductive substrate and configured to couple with an interconnect structure disposed over the ILD, wherein a portion of the conductive pad is surrounded by the semiconductive substrate, and a step height is configured by a surface of the portion of the conductive pad and the second side of the semiconductive substrate.
US09748298B2	Image sensors with backside trench structures A backside illumination image sensor with an array of image sensor pixels is provided. Each pixel may include a photodiode, a storage diode, and associated circuitry formed in a front side of a semiconductor substrate. In accordance with an embodiment, a trench isolation structure may be formed directly over the storage diode but not over the photodiode from a back side of the substrate. The backside trench isolation structure may be filled with absorptive material and can optionally be biased to a ground or negative voltage level. A light shielding layer may also be formed over the backside trench isolation structure on the back side of the substrate. The light shielding layer may be formed from absorptive material or reflective material, and may also be biased to a ground or negative voltage level.
US09748290B2	Mechanisms for forming image sensor with lateral doping gradient Embodiments of mechanisms for forming an image sensor device structure are provided. The image sensor device structure includes a substrate and a transfer transistor formed on the substrate. The image sensor device structure also includes a floating node formed in the substrate and a photosensitive element formed in the substrate. The transfer transistor is formed between the floating node and the photosensitive element, and the photosensitive element includes a first doping region with a lateral doping gradient.
US09748289B2	Semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and electronic apparatus thereof The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
US09748279B2	Display device To provide a display device with excellent display quality, in a display device including a signal line, a scan line, a transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode in a pixel, the common electrode is included in which an extending direction of a region overlapping with the signal line differs from an extending direction of a region overlapping with the pixel electrode in a planar shape and the extending directions intersect with each other between the signal line and the pixel electrode. Thus, a change in transmittance of the pixel can be suppressed; accordingly, flickers can be reduced.
US09748277B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device The present invention provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device, relates to the field of display technology. The array substrate comprises: a substrate; a gate metal layer comprising gate lines; a source and drain metal layer comprising data lines, the gate lines and the data lines intersecting with each other to define a plurality of sub-pixel areas; a pixel electrode layer provided on the substrate, which comprises a plurality of pixel electrodes which are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sub-pixel areas; a common electrode layer provided on the substrate, which is provided with a plurality of cutting hole at positions corresponding to spaces between the pixel electrodes; a first insulating layer provided between the pixel electrode layer and the common electrode layer; and a second insulating layer provided between the gate metal layer and the source and drain metal layer.
US09748274B2	Memory device comprising stacked memory cells and electronic device including the same A memory device in which the number of films is reduced. The memory device includes a circuit and a wiring. The circuit includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell. The first memory cell includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a first capacitor. The second memory cell includes a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a second capacitor. The second memory cell is stacked over the first memory cell. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor and the first capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the fourth transistor and the second capacitor. A gate of the first transistor and a gate of the third transistor are electrically connected to the wiring.
US09748273B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is described, which includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. The second transistor and the capacitor are provided over the first transistor so as to overlap with a gate of the first transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a dielectric layer of the capacitor are directly connected to the gate of the first transistor. The second transistor is a vertical transistor, where its channel direction is perpendicular to an upper surface of a semiconductor layer of the first transistor.
US09748272B2	Semiconductor-on-insulator with back side strain inducing material Embodiments of the present invention provide for the application of strain inducing layers to enhance the mobility of transistors formed on semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structures. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. In a first step, active circuitry is formed in an active layer of a SOI wafer. In a second step, substrate material is removed from a substrate layer disposed on a back side of the SOI wafer. In a third step, insulator material is removed from the back side of the SOI wafer to form an excavated insulator region. In a fourth step, a strain inducing material is deposited on the excavated insulator region. The strain inducing material interacts with the pattern of excavated insulator such that a single layer provides both tensile and compressive stress to p-channel and n-channel transistors, respectively. In alternative embodiments, the entire substrate is removed before forming the strain inducing material.
US09748263B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes string select lines extending in a first direction, vertical pillars connected to the string select lines, sub-interconnections on the string select lines, bitlines connected to the vertical pillars through the sub-interconnections, and upper contact plugs connecting the sub-interconnections to the bitlines. The string select lines include odd and even string select lines alternately arranged in a second direction. The sub-interconnections each connect a pair of vertical pillars respectively connected to one of the odd string select lines and one of the even string select lines that are adjacent to each other. Each of the upper contact plugs is between one of the sub-interconnections and one of the bitlines. Each of the upper contact plugs is arranged more adjacent to one string select line of the adjacent string select lines to which the pair of vertical pillars connected by the sub-interconnections are connected.
US09748262B1	Memory structure and manufacturing method of the same A memory structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The memory structure includes a bottom oxide layer, a first conductive layer on the bottom oxide layer, a first insulation recess, a plurality of insulating layers on the first conductive layer, a plurality of second conductive layers, a second insulation recess, a channel layer on a sidewall of the second insulation recess, and a memory layer located between the channel layer and the second conductive layers. The first insulation recess has a first width and penetrates through the first conductive layer. The second conductive layers and the insulating layers are interlacedly stacked, and the second conductive layers are electrically isolated from the first conductive layer. The second insulation recess located on the first insulation recess has a second width larger than the first width and penetrates through the insulating layers and the second conductive layers.
US09748251B1	Methods of forming semiconductor devices using semi-bidirectional patterning Devices and methods of fabricating integrated circuit devices using semi-bidirectional patterning are provided. One method includes, for instance: obtaining an intermediate semiconductor device having a dielectric layer, a first hardmask layer, a second hardmask layer, a third hardmask layer, and a lithography stack; patterning a first set of lines; patterning a second set of lines between the first set of lines; etching to define a combination of the first and second set of lines; depositing a second lithography stack; patterning a third set of lines in a direction perpendicular to the first and second set of lines; etching to define the third set of lines, leaving an OPL; depositing a spacer over the OPL; etching the spacer, leaving a vertical set of spacers; and etching the second hardmask layer using the third hardmask layer and the set of vertical spacers as masks.
US09748242B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided that includes a composite semiconductor body including a high voltage depletion-mode transistor and a low voltage enhancement-mode transistor. The high voltage depletion-mode transistor is stacked on the low voltage enhancement-mode transistor so that an interface is formed between the high voltage depletion-mode transistor and the low voltage enhancement-mode transistor. The low voltage enhancement-mode transistor includes a current path coupled in series with a current path of the high voltage depletion-mode transistor, and a control electrode is arranged at the interface.
US09748228B2	Structure and method for cooling three-dimensional integrated circuits A structure and method for cooling a three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) are provided. A cooling element is configured for thermal connection to the 3DIC. The cooling element includes a plurality of individually controllable cooling modules disposed at a first plurality of locations relative to the 3DIC. Each of the cooling modules includes a cold pole and a heat sink. The cold pole is configured to absorb heat from the 3DIC. The heat sink is configured to dissipate the heat absorbed by the cold pole and is coupled to the cold pole via an N-type semiconductor element and via a P-type semiconductor element. A temperature sensing element includes a plurality of thermal monitoring elements disposed at a second plurality of locations relative to the 3DIC for measuring temperatures at the second plurality of locations. The measured temperatures control the plurality of cooling modules.
US09748226B1	Decoupling capacitor A device is disclosed that includes active areas, gates, and conductors. The active areas are disposed apart from each other. The gates are crossing over the active areas. The conductors are disposed over the active areas and disposed between the active areas. Each one of the conductors disposed between the active areas is arranged between adjacent two of the gates, and has an overlap with at least one corresponding gate of the gates to form at least one capacitor.
US09748224B2	Heterojunction semiconductor device having integrated clamping device In one embodiment, a group III-V transistor structure includes a heterostructure disposed on a semiconductor substrate. A first current carrying electrode and a second current carrying electrode are disposed adjacent a major surface of the heterostructure and a control electrode is disposed between the first and second current carrying electrode. A clamping device is integrated with the group III-V transistor structure and is electrically connected to the first current carrying electrode a third electrode to provide a secondary current path during, for example, an electrical stress event.
US09748219B1	Self-balanced silicon-controlled rectification device A self-balanced silicon-controlled rectification device includes a substrate, an N-type doped well, a P-type doped well, at least one heavily doped clamping fin, at least one first P-type heavily doped fin, and at least one first N-type heavily doped fin. The N-type doped well and the P-type doped well are arranged in the substrate. The heavily doped clamping fin is arranged in the N-type doped well and the P-type well and protruded up from a surface of the substrate. The first P-type heavily doped fin and the first N-type heavily doped fin are respectively arranged in the N-type doped well and the P-type doped well, and protruded up from the surface of the substrate. The abovementioned elements forms silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs) are forward biased to generate uniform electrostatic discharge (ESD) currents through the SCRs.
US09748218B1	Method and apparatus to facilitate direct surface cooling of a chip within a 3D stack of chips using optical interconnect In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system of stacked and connected layers of circuits that includes at least one pair of adjacent layers having very few physical (electrical) connections. The system includes multiple logical connections. The logical interconnections may be made with light transmission. A majority of physical connections may provide power. The physical interconnections may be sparse, periodic and regular. The exemplary system may include physical space (or gap) between the a pair of adjacent layers having few physical connections. The space may be generally set by the sizes of the connections. A constant flow of coolant (gaseous or liquid) may be maintained between the adjacent pair of layers in the space.
US09748215B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes: at least one first light emitting element configured to emit ultraviolet light; at least one second light emitting element configured to emit light with a wavelength longer than that of the ultraviolet light emitted from the at least one first light emitting element; an electronic component including a resin portion on a surface thereof; and a substrate on which the at least one first light emitting element, the at least one second light emitting element, and the electronic component are mounted and disposed in that order along a first direction of the substrate.
US09748214B2	Techniques for tiling arrays of pixel elements and fabricating hybridized tiles A first substrate having an array of emitters or detectors may be joined by bump bonding with a second substrate having read-in (RIIC) or read-out (ROIC) circuitry. After the two substrates are joined, the resulting assembly may be singulated to form sub-arrays such as tiles sub-arrays having pixel elements which may be arranged on a routing layer or carrier to form a larger array. Edge features of the tiles may provide for physical alignment, mechanical attachment and chip-to-chip communication. The pixel elements may be thermal emitter elements for IR image projectors, thermal detector elements for microbolometers, LED-based emitters, or quantum photon detectors such as those found in visible, infrared and ultraviolet FPAs (focal plane arrays), and the like.
US09748210B2	Method for transfer of semiconductor devices A method of transferring semiconductor devices to a product substrate includes positioning a surface of the product substrate to face a first surface of a semiconductor wafer having the semiconductor devices thereon, and actuating a transfer mechanism to cause the transfer mechanism to engage a second surface of the semiconductor wafer. The second surface of the semiconductor wafer is opposite the first surface of the semiconductor wafer. Actuating the transfer mechanism includes causing a pin to thrust against a position on the second surface of the semiconductor wafer corresponding to a position of a particular semiconductor device located on the first surface of the semiconductor wafer, and retracting the pin to a rest position. The method further includes detaching the particular semiconductor device from the second surface of the semiconductor wafer, and attaching a particular semiconductor device to the product substrate.
US09748209B2	Light source device having multiple LED chips of different thickness A light source device including a substrate, a plurality of first light emitting diode (LED) chips, and at least one second LED chip is provided. The substrate has an upper surface. The plurality of first LED chips are disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate. Each of the first LED chips includes a first chip substrate, a first semiconductor layer, and a plurality of first electrodes, and the first electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. The second LED chip is disposed on the upper surface and electrically connected to the substrate. The second LED chip includes a second chip substrate, a second semiconductor layer, and a plurality of second electrodes. A thickness of the second chip substrate is different from than a thickness of the first chip substrate, and the second electrodes are disposed on the upper surface of the substrate.
US09748208B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting arrays or light-emitting groups arranged on the substrate. The light-emitting arrays or light-emitting groups include a plurality of LED elements connected in parallel with a pair of adjacent electrodes. The number of the LED elements constituting each of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups differs in each of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups. Of the plurality of light-emitting arrays arranged in parallel with each other or the light-emitting groups arranged in a line, the number of the LED elements of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups positioned inside the substrate is more than the number of the LED elements of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups positioned outside the substrate.
US09748203B2	Integrated circuit packaging system with conductive pillars and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system including: providing a package carrier; mounting an integrated circuit to the package carrier; mounting a circuit interposer above the integrated circuit; mounting a mounting integrated circuit above the circuit interposer; forming a conductive pillar to the circuit interposer adjacent to the mounting integrated circuit; connecting the circuit interposer to the package carrier; and forming an encapsulation on the package carrier.
US09748202B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first circuit board having a first chip and a second chip mounted on a first base, the second chip having a greater height from the first base than that of the first chip; and a second circuit board having a third chip and a fourth chip mounted on a second base, the fourth chip having a greater height from the second base than that of the third chip, the second circuit board being disposed overlapping with the first base such that the second base faces the first chip, and the second base not contacting the second chip.
US09748199B2	Thermal compression bonding process cooling manifold Embodiments of a thermal compression bonding (TCB) process cooling manifold, a TCB process system, and a method for TCB using the cooling manifold are disclosed. In some embodiments, the cooling manifold comprises a pre-mixing chamber that is separated from a mixing chamber by a baffle. The baffle may comprise at least one concentric pattern formed through the baffle such that the primary cooling fluid in the pre-mixing chamber is substantially evenly distributed to the mixing chamber. The pre-mixing chamber may be coupled to a source of primary cooling fluid. The mixing chamber may have an input configured to accept the primary cooling fluid and an output to output the primary cooling fluid.
US09748193B2	Printed circuit board and semiconductor package using the same A printed circuit board (PCB) includes: a base substrate including a top surface including an electronic device mounting region; chip connection pads that are provided on the electronic device mounting region; a conductive pattern group that is provided on the top surface of the base substrate and includes an extended conductive pattern extending between two adjacent chip connection pads from among the chip connection pads, the extended conductive pattern being spaced apart from each of the two adjacent chip connection pads; and a solder resist layer that covers a part of the extended conductive pattern and is spaced apart from the chip connection pads.
US09748191B2	Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same A technique which improves the reliability in coupling between a bump electrode of a semiconductor chip and wiring of a mounting substrate, more particularly a technique which guarantees the flatness of a bump electrode even when wiring lies in a top wiring layer under the bump electrode, thereby improving the reliability in coupling between the bump electrode and the wiring formed on a glass substrate. Wiring, comprised of a power line or signal line, and a dummy pattern are formed in a top wiring layer beneath a non-overlap region of a bump electrode. The dummy pattern is located to fill the space between wirings to reduce irregularities caused by the wirings and space in the top wiring layer. A surface protection film formed to cover the top wiring layer is flattened by CMP.
US09748185B2	Semiconductor devices with impedance matching-circuits Embodiments of semiconductor devices (e.g., RF devices) include a substrate, an isolation structure, an active device, a lead, and a circuit. The isolation structure is coupled to the substrate, and includes an opening. An active device area is defined by a portion of the substrate surface that is exposed through the opening. The active device is coupled to the substrate surface within the active device area. The circuit is electrically coupled between the active device and the lead. The circuit includes one or more elements positioned outside the active device area (e.g., physically coupled to the isolation structure and/or under the lead). The elements positioned outside the active device area may include elements of an envelope termination circuit and/or an impedance matching circuit. Embodiments also include method of manufacturing such semiconductor devices.
US09748179B2	Package and method of manufacturing the same The package includes: a substrate having at least one circuit layer; at least one electronic component mounted on at least one surface of the substrate; a molded part formed on the surface of the substrate to enclose the electronic component; at least one via formed in the molded part to be electrically connected to the circuit layer of the substrate; and a pattern connected to one end of a plated tail connected to the circuit layer connected to the via and exposed to the exterior of the substrate.
US09748176B2	Pattern placement error compensation layer in via opening A method includes forming a first conductive feature positioned in a first dielectric layer. A conductive polymer layer is formed above the first dielectric layer and the first conductive feature. The conductive polymer layer has a conductive path length. A second dielectric layer is formed above the first dielectric layer. A first via opening is formed in the second dielectric layer and the conductive polymer layer to expose the first conductive feature. A conductive via is formed in the first via opening. The conductive via contacts the first conductive feature and the conductive polymer layer.
US09748173B1	Hybrid interconnects and method of forming the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in at least one dielectric layer; and forming an interconnect structure in the trench, wherein forming the interconnect structure includes forming a first conductive layer on a bottom surface of the trench, and partially filling the trench, and forming a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, and filling a remaining portion of the trench, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a different material from the first conductive layer, and wherein an amount of the first conductive layer in the trench is controlled so that an aspect ratio of the second conductive layer has a value that is determined to result in columnar grain boundaries in the second conductive layer.
US09748169B1	Treating copper interconnects Techniques relate to treating metallic interconnects of semiconductors. A metallic interconnect is formed in a layer. A metallic cap is disposed on top of the metallic interconnect. Any metallic residue, formed during the disposing of the metallic cap, is converted into insulating material.
US09748167B1	Silicon interposer, semiconductor package using the same, and fabrication method thereof A silicon interposer includes a substrate having a frontside surface and a backside surface, a first redistribution layer (RDL) structure disposed on the frontside surface, a plurality of first connecting elements disposed on the first RDL structure, a second RDL structure disposed on the backside surface, a plurality of second connecting elements disposed on the second RDL structure, and a plurality of through silicon vias in the substrate to electrically connect the first RDL structure to the second RDL structure. The first connecting elements have a first pitch. The second connecting elements have a second pitch. The second pitch is greater than the first pitch.
US09748166B2	Semiconductor devices including control and load leads of opposite directions A device includes a carrier and a semiconductor chip arranged over a surface of the carrier. The semiconductor chip includes a control electrode and a load electrode. A first lead is electrically coupled to the control electrode and extends away from the control electrode in a first direction. A second lead is electrically coupled to the load electrode and extends away from the load electrode in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US09748158B2	Liquid sealing material and electronic component using same A liquid sealing material which has excellent PCT (pressure cooker test) resistance, and an electronic component which is obtained by sealing a part to be sealed with use of the liquid sealing material. A liquid sealing material contains (A) a liquid epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, (C) a silica filler and (D) a coupling agent, and the boron content in the silica filler (C) has an average of 1-50 ppm.
US09748153B1	Process for making and using a semiconductor wafer containing first and second does of standard cell compatible, NCEM-enabled fill cells, with the first DOE including side-to-side short configured fill cells, and the second DOE including tip-to-side short configure A process for making and using a semiconductor wafer includes instantiating first and second designs of experiments (DOEs), each comprised of at least two fill cells. The fill cells contain structures configured to obtain in-line data via non-contact electrical measurements (“NCEM”). The first DOE contains fill cells configured to enable non-contact (NC) detection of side-to-side shorts, and the second DOE contains fill cells configured to enable NC detection of tip-to-side shorts. The process may further include obtaining NC measurements from the first and/or second DOE(s) and using such measurements, at least in part, to selectively perform additional processing, metrology or inspection steps on the wafer, and/or on other wafer(s) currently being manufactured.
US09748149B2	Method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device including forming a protective film with a 2-layer structure comprised of silicon and carbon A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes ion implanting an impurity into a surface of a semiconductor substrate comprised of silicon carbide, forming a protective film in the surface implanted with the impurity, and heat treating the semiconductor substrate covered by the protective film to activate the impurity. During formation of the protective film, the protective film has a 2-layer structure including a first protective film in the surface of the semiconductor substrate that supplies atoms that become insufficient in the semiconductor substrate as a result of the heat treating, and a second protective film in a surface of the first protective film that suppresses vaporization of silicon atoms from the first protective film. The first protective film may be a silicon film and the second protective film may be a carbon film or a carbon nitride film.
US09748143B2	FinFETs with strained well regions A device includes a substrate and insulation regions over a portion of the substrate. A first semiconductor region is between the insulation regions and having a first conduction band. A second semiconductor region is over and adjoining the first semiconductor region, wherein the second semiconductor region includes an upper portion higher than top surfaces of the insulation regions to form a semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin has a tensile strain and has a second conduction band lower than the first conduction band. A third semiconductor region is over and adjoining a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, wherein the third semiconductor region has a third conduction band higher than the second conduction band.
US09748136B2	Method for forming an electrically conductive via in a substrate A method for forming an electrically conductive via in a substrate that includes the steps of: forming a through hole in a first substrate; bringing a first surface of a second substrate into contact with the first surface of the first substrate, such that the through hole in the first substrate is covered by the first surface of the second substrate; filling the through hole in the first substrate with an electrically conductive material by electroplating to form the electrically conductive via, and removing the second substrate, wherein the first surface of the first and the second substrate each have a surface roughness Ra of less than 2 nm, preferably less than 1 nm, more preferably less than 0.5 nm, and the first surface of the first and the second substrate are brought in direct contact with each other, such that a direct bond is formed there between.
US09748135B2	Substrate including selectively formed barrier layer A method of selectively locating a barrier layer on a substrate includes forming a barrier layer on a surface of the substrate. The barrier layer comprises of a metal element and a non-metal element. The barrier layer may also be formed from a metal element and non-metal element. The method further includes forming an electrically conductive film layer on the barrier layer, and forming a metallic portion in the electrically conductive film layer. The method further includes selectively ablating portions of the barrier layer from the dielectric layer to selectively locate place the barrier layer on the substrate.
US09748127B2	Structure for fastening together resin members in substrate storing container The upper wall is provided with a recess indented from the outside toward the inside of the container main body, and a protrusion projecting outward on the inside of the recess. The top flange is provided with an insertion part which can be inserted into the recess from the outside of the upper wall. The insertion part is provided with a through-hole capable of penetrating from the side further from the upper wall to the side nearer the upper wall. With the recess in the upper wall opening upward and the insertion part of the top flange inserted into the recess, a molten resin poured into the through-hole of the insertion part from above fills the recess from the bottom surface thereof up to the outer peripheral surface of the protrusion and the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole.
US09748125B2	Continuous substrate processing system A processing chamber having a plurality of movable substrate carriers stacked therein for continuously processing a plurality of substrates is provided. The movable substrate carrier is capable of being transported from outside of the processing chamber, e.g., being transferred from a load luck chamber, into the processing chamber and out of the processing chamber, e.g., being transferred into another load luck chamber. Process gases delivered into the processing chamber are spatially separated into a plurality of processing slots, and/or temporally controlled. The processing chamber can be part of a multi-chamber substrate processing system.
US09748122B2	Thermal processing apparatus and method of controlling the same A control unit can select a large-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is large, and a small-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is small. When a temperature is increased or decreased, the control unit can select the small-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals from temperature sensors of the respective control zones C1 . . . C5 whose number is small, heaters located on the respective control zones C1 . . . C5. When a temperature is stabilized, the control unit can select the large-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals signals from the temperature sensors of the respective control zones C1 . . . C10 whose number is large, the heaters located on the respective control zones C1 . . . C10.
US09748117B2	Substrate treating apparatus and substrate treating method Provided is a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber, a support member disposed within the chamber to support a substrate, and an exhaust member for exhausting a gas within an inner space of the chamber to the outside of the chamber. A trap space for collecting fumes contained in the gas is defined in the exhaust member.
US09748113B2	Method and apparatus for controlled dopant incorporation and activation in a chemical vapor deposition system Embodiments include systems and methods for producing semiconductor wafers having reduced quantities of point defects. These systems and methods include a tunable ultraviolet (UV) light source, which is controlled to produce a raster of a UV light beam across a surface of a semiconductor wafer during epitaxial growth to dissociate point defects in the semiconductor wafer. In various embodiments, the tunable UV light source is configured external to a Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) chamber and controlled such that the UV light beam is directed though a window defined in a wall of the MOCVD chamber.
US09748112B2	Quality evaluation method for silicon wafer, and silicon wafer and method of producing silicon wafer using the method After determining the size of oxygen precipitates and the residual oxygen concentration in a silicon wafer after heat treatment performed in a device fabrication process; the critical shear stress τcri at which slip dislocations are formed in the silicon wafer in the device fabrication process is determined based on the obtained size of the oxygen precipitates and residual oxygen concentration; and the obtained critical shear stress τcri and the thermal stress τ applied to the silicon wafer in the heat treatment of the device fabrication process are compared, thereby determining that slip dislocations are formed in the silicon wafer in the device fabrication process when the thermal stress τ is equal to or more than the critical shear stress τcri, or determining that slip dislocations are not formed in the silicon wafer in the device fabrication process when the thermal stress τ is less than the critical shear stress τcri.
US09748105B2	Tungsten deposition with tungsten hexafluoride (WF6) etchback Implementations described herein generally relate to methods for forming tungsten materials on substrates using vapor deposition processes. The method comprises positioning a substrate having a feature formed therein in a substrate processing chamber, depositing a first film of a bulk tungsten layer by introducing a continuous flow of a hydrogen containing gas and a tungsten halide compound to the processing chamber to deposit the first tungsten film over the feature, etching the first film of the bulk tungsten layer using a plasma treatment to remove a portion of the first film by exposing the first film to a continuous flow of the tungsten halide compound and an activated treatment gas and depositing a second film of the bulk tungsten layer by introducing a continuous flow of the hydrogen containing gas and the tungsten halide compound to the processing chamber to deposit the second tungsten film over the first tungsten film.
US09748101B2	Substrate treatment method, computer storage medium, and substrate treatment system The present invention is configured to: form, on a substrate, a neutral layer having an intermediate affinity to a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer; form a resist pattern by performing exposure processing on a resist film formed on the neutral layer and then developing the resist film after the exposure processing; perform a surface treatment on the resist pattern by supplying an organic solvent having a polarity to the resist pattern; apply the block copolymer onto the neutral layer; and phase-separate the block copolymer on the neutral layer into the hydrophilic polymer and the hydrophobic polymer.
US09748098B2	Controlled confined lateral III-V epitaxy After forming a seed layer over a first end of a sacrificial semiconductor layer composed of silicon germanium, a remaining portion of the sacrificial semiconductor layer is removed to provide a trench. Next, a semiconductor barrier layer is formed on a sidewall of the seed layer that is exposed by the trench. A III-V compound semiconductor layer is formed within the trench by a lateral epitaxial semiconductor regrowth process.
US09748084B2	Direct sample analysis device adapters and methods of using them Certain embodiments described herein are directed to adapters for use in coupling a direct sample analysis device to an analytical instrument such as, for example, a mass spectrometer. In some examples, the adapter can include an internal coupler separated from an external coupler through an insulator.
US09748080B2	Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target and method for producing same According to the present invention, a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target which is a sintered body has a composition with 29.5 atom % to 43.0 atom % of Ga and a balance of Cu and inevitable impurities. A Cu—Ga alloy crystal particle in the sintered body has a structure in which γ phase particles are dispersed in a γ1-phase crystal particle. A method for producing the sputtering target includes a step of performing normal pressure sintering by heating a molded body formed of a powder mixture of a pure Cu powder and a Cu—Ga alloy powder in a reducing atmosphere, and a step of cooling the obtained sintered body at a cooling rate of 0.1° C./min to 1.0° C./min, at a temperature having a range of 450° C. to 650° C.
US09748079B2	Cylindrical sputtering target material Provided is a cylindrical sputtering target material formed of copper or a copper alloy, in which an average value of the special grain boundary length ratios LσN/LN which are measured with respect to the outer peripheral surfaces of both end portions and the outer peripheral surface of the center portion in an axis O direction is set to be equal to or greater than 0.5, and each measured value is in a range of ±20% with respect to the average value of the special grain boundary length ratios LσN/LN, and the total amount of Si and C which are impurity elements is equal to or smaller than 10 mass ppm and the amount of O is equal to or smaller than 50 mass ppm.
US09748078B2	Dual phase cleaning chambers and assemblies comprising the same In one embodiment, a dual phase cleaning chamber may include a turbulent mixing chamber, a fluid diffuser, an isostatic pressure chamber and a rupture mitigating nozzle. The turbulent mixing chamber may be in fluid communication with a first fluid inlet and a second fluid inlet. The fluid diffuser may be in fluid communication with the turbulent mixing chamber. The rupture mitigating nozzle may include a first fluid collecting offset, a second fluid collecting offset, and a displacement damping projection. The displacement damping projection may be disposed between the first and second fluid collecting offset and may be offset away from each of the first fluid collecting offset and the second fluid collecting offset, and towards the fluid diffuser. A pressurized cleaning fluid introduced from the first fluid inlet, the second fluid inlet, or both flows through the outlet passage of the first and second fluid collecting offset.
US09748077B2	Substrate processing device and substrate processing method Disclosed is an apparatus and method of processing substrate, wherein the apparatus comprises a process chamber; a substrate supporter for supporting at least one of substrates, wherein the substrate supporter is provided in the process chamber, and is rotated at a predetermined direction; a chamber lid confronting with the substrate supporter, the chamber lid for covering the process chamber; and a gas distributor having a plurality of gas distribution modules for distributing gas to the substrate, wherein the plurality of gas distribution modules are connected to the chamber lid, wherein each of the gas distribution modules includes a power source electrode and a ground electrode confronting each other, a plasma discharge space is formed between the power source electrode and the ground electrode, and the plasma discharge space is not overlapped with a thin film formation region of the substrate supported by the substrate supporter.
US09748073B2	Analysis method using electron microscope, and electron microscope An analysis method using an electron microscope, detects by a first electronography detector an electron beam transmitted through or scattered by a sample to detect an ADF image of the sample, detects by a second electronography detector the electron beam passing through the first electronography detector to detect an MABF image, adjusts a focal point of the electron beam to be located on the film of the sample to obtain first and second electronographies by the second and first electronography detectors, respectively, adjusts the focal point of the electron beam to be located on the substrate of the sample to obtain third and fourth electronographies by the second and first electronography detectors, respectively, aligns positions of the second and fourth electronographies based on the first and third electronographies, and after the aligning, subtracts the fourth electronography from the second electronography to obtain an image of the film.
US09748070B1	X-ray tube anode An X-ray tube includes a cathode and an anode. The cathode is configured to generate an electron beam. The anode has at least one hole that faces the electron beam, the hole having sidewalls and a floor. The electron beam impinges on one or more of the sidewalls of the at least one hole so as to emit a first X-ray beam at angles that are not orthogonal to a surface of the anode. The electron beam also impinges on the floor of the at least one hole so as to emit a second X-ray beam, at least some of which is emitted at an angle that is orthogonal to the surface of the anode.
US09748068B2	Transmission X-ray generator An x-ray transmission device includes two surfaces in frictional contact within a low fluid pressure environment provided by a housing substantially opaque to x-rays. Materials of the two surfaces are selected such that the frictional contact generates relative charging between the surfaces. The housing includes a window substantially transparent to x-rays, and an electron target, for example a metal, is on an interior surface of the window. The electron target faces the surface that is relatively negatively charged, such that electrons accelerated from that surface, or accelerated due to the negative charge of that surface strike the electron target to generate x-rays, which may be transmitted through the window.
US09748062B2	Surface temperature-responsive switch using smart material actuators Malfunction or failure of mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical equipment, for example, equipment used in manufacturing operations, is often preceded by an increase in the operating temperature of at least some portion of the equipment. A temperature-sensitive, active material-containing actuator is pre-selected to operate at a pre-determined temperature indicative of impending equipment failure and placed in thermal contact with the equipment. If the equipment achieves the pre-selected temperature the actuator signals this by closing an externally-powered circuit to enable or provide a suitable alarm signal. Additionally, the actuator may close a second circuit connected to a machine controller to alert the machine controller to take some pre-programmed action. Selected actuators are based on shape memory alloys (SMA) adapted to operate over a temperature range sufficient to encompass the expected range of pre-determined temperatures.
US09748050B2	Keyswitch module and keyboard A keyswitch module includes a bottom plate, a movable plate, a keycap, and a connecting assembly. The moving plate is stacked with the bottom plate and capable of moving between a first position and a second position relative to the bottom plate. The movable plate moves a horizontal stroke from the first position to the second position. The connecting assembly is operatively connected to the bottom plate and connected to the keycap. A forced portion of the connecting assembly is configured to be moved by a forcing structure of the movable plate to make the keycap move between an opening position and a closing position relative to the bottom plate. When the movable plate is located at the first position, the forcing structure and the forced portion are separated by a distance, and the keycap is located at the opening position.
US09748048B2	MEMS switch Several features are disclosed that improve the operating performance of MEMS switches such that they exhibit improved in-service life and better control over switching on and off.
US09748042B2	Multilayer feedthrough capacitor An element body includes principal surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, first side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and second side surfaces opposing each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. A length in the first direction of the element body is smaller than a length in the second direction of the element body and a length in the third direction of the element body. Each of the first and second terminal signal electrodes and the terminal ground electrode includes an electrode portion disposed on the principal surface. A thickness of the electrode portion of the terminal ground electrode is smaller than a thickness of the electrode portion of the first terminal signal electrode and smaller than a thickness of the electrode portion of the second terminal signal electrode.
US09748039B2	Wireless energy transfer resonator thermal management A resonator structure for wireless power transfer includes a first piece and a second piece of magnetic material disposed adjacent to one another, a spacer disposed between the first and second pieces of magnetic material forming a gap of 1 mm or less between the first and second pieces of magnetic material, and an electrical conductor wound to form a plurality of loops. The electrical conductor is disposed on the first and second pieces of magnetic material. The resonator structure includes a thermal conductor positioned in contact with the electrical conductor and at least one of the first and second pieces of magnetic material.
US09748038B2	Contactless power supply mechanism and secondary coil for contactless power supply mechanism In a contactless power supply mechanism, a power receiving unit for supplying power to an electric device includes a secondary coil and a power supplying unit for supplying power to the power receiving unit includes a primary coil. The primary coil includes a primary core formed of magnetic material and a length of winding wire wounded around the primary core. The secondary coil includes a bar-shaped secondary core formed of magnetic material, a length of winding wire wounded around the secondary core and a magnetic sheet attached to at least one of end faces of the secondary core. The magnetic sheet includes a close-contact portion placed in close-contact with the end face of the secondary core and a curved portion which extends outwards from the close-contact portion beyond an outer edge of the end face and whose normal line has a portion un-parallel with an axial direction of the secondary core.
US09748037B2	Power supply system and wireless power supply method The power supply system includes: movable power-receiving units, each power-receiving unit including at least one power-receiving device used to receive electric power from outside of the power-receiving unit and at least one power-supplying device used to supply, to the outside of the power-receiving unit, at least part of electric power received by the power-receiving device; and a power-supplying unit used to supply electric power to the power-receiving device of one power-receiving unit of the power-receiving units.
US09748035B2	Methods for forming chip-scale electrical components A method of forming a planar, low loss electrical component such as an inductor or transmission line is provided. A channel can be formed on a top surface of a substrate. A threading plate can be positioned on an upper surface of the channel. A wire or fiber can be introduced through the substrate, the channel, and the threading plate. The wire or fiber can then be guided into the channel using the threading plate. The substrate and the threading plate can then be removed.
US09748022B2	Semi-solid balanced audio cable Audio cables including a conductor spirally wrapped in a non-conductive thread to centrally position the conductor within a channel comprising mostly air include a first conductor having a first diameter, and a non-conductive thread spirally wrapped around the center conductor, the non-conductive thread having a second diameter. A first jacket surrounds the center conductor and thread, having an inner diameter approximately equal to the first diameter plus twice the second diameter. A second conductor surrounds the first jacket and/or the center conductor and thread. In many implementations, the first diameter is less than the second diameter. A radially symmetric filler comprising a plurality of arms may form a corresponding plurality of channels.
US09748019B2	Single phase lead-free cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate-based dielectric materials and processes for manufacture Both single phase lead-free cubic pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate (BZN)-based dielectric materials with a chemical composition of Bi1.5Zn(0.5+y)Nb(1.5−x)Ta(x)O(6.5+y), with 0≦x<0.23 and 0≦y<0.9 and films with these average compositions with Bi2O3 particles in an amorphous matrix and a process of manufacture thereof. The crystalline BZNT-based dielectric material has a relative permittivity of at least 120, a maximum applied electric field of at least 4.0 MV/cm at 10 kHz, a maximum energy storage at 25° C. and 10 kHz of at least 50 J/cm3 and a maximum energy storage at 200° C. and 10 kHz of at least 22 J/cm3. The process is a wet chemical process that produces thin films of Bi1.5Zn(0.5+y)Nb(1.5−x)Ta(x)O(6.5+y) without the use of 2-methoxyethanol and pyridine.
US09748012B2	Method for manufacturing metal grating structure, metal grating structure manufactured by the method, and X-ray imaging device using the metal grating structure According to a method for manufacturing a metal grating structure of the present invention, in filling a concave portion formed in a silicon substrate (30), for instance, a slit groove (SD) with metal by an electroforming method, an insulating layer (34) is formed in advance on an inner surface of the slit groove (SD) as an example of the concave portion by a thermal oxidation method. Accordingly, the metal grating structure manufacturing method is advantageous in finely forming metal parts of the grating structure. A metal grating structure of the present invention is manufactured by the above manufacturing method, and an X-ray imaging device of the present invention is incorporated with the metal grating structure.
US09748005B2	Apparatus and method to inspect nuclear reactor components in the core annulus, core spray and feedwater sparger regions in a nuclear reactor This invention generally concerns robotic systems and is specifically concerned with an improved apparatus and method for inspecting nuclear reactor components in limited access areas, such as, the core annulus, core spray and feedwater sparger regions of a nuclear reactor. This invention includes an apparatus for remotely operating and positioning at least one inspection device for inspecting at least one component in an annulus region of a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear power plant. The apparatus includes a track, a braking system and a frame assembly which has a frame movably connected to the track, at least one mast assembly and at least one mast positioning assembly. The at least one inspection device is attached to the at least one mast assembly. In certain embodiments, the at least one mast assembly includes a mast that is capable of becoming rigidly stable in both an extended tube form and a retracted rolled form.
US09748003B2	Efficient coding for memory redundancy A system may be provided that provides redundancy for a plurality of embedded memories such as SRAMs. The system may include one or more decoders, each capable of decoding a selection address to identify a defective one of the embedded memories.
US09747999B2	Compact eFuse array with different MOS sizes according to physical location in a word line A array of electrically programmable fuse (eFuse) units includes at least one connecting switch connecting two adjacent eFuse units. Each eFuse unit includes an eFuse, a write switch for passing through a first portion of a write current, a read/write switch for passing through a second portion of the write current or a read current, and a common node. The eFuse, the write switch, the read/write switch, and the at least one connecting switch are connected to each other at the common node. By turning on and off the at least one connecting switch, the current is split among the eFuse units, so that the size of the write switch can be reduced, thus reducing the total area of the array.
US09747983B2	Semiconductor device having electrically floating body transistor, semiconductor device having both volatile and non-volatile functionality and method of operating A semiconductor memory cell includes a floating body region configured to be charged to a level indicative of a state of the memory cell; a first region in electrical contact with said floating body region; a second region in electrical contact with said floating body region and spaced apart from said first region; and a gate positioned between said first and second regions. The cell may be a multi-level cell. Arrays of memory cells are disclosed for making a memory device. Methods of operating memory cells are also provided.
US09747981B2	Apparatuses, devices and methods for sensing a snapback event in a circuit Example subject matter disclosed herein relates to apparatuses and/or devices, and/or various methods for use therein, in which an application of an electric potential to a circuit may be initiated and subsequently changed in response to a determination that a snapback event has occurred in a circuit. For example, a circuit may comprise a memory cell that may experience a snapback event as a result of an applied electric potential. In certain example implementations, a sense circuit may be provided which is responsive to a snapback event occurring in a memory cell to generate a feed back signal to initiate a change in an electric potential applied to the memory cell.
US09747980B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for temperature compensation using temperature-resistance-voltage functions A semiconductor device includes: a physical parameter sensing circuit configured to sense a variation of a physical parameter; an applying parameter generating circuit coupled to the physical parameter sensing circuit, configured to adjust an applying parameter from the variation of the physical parameter based on a transfer function which defines relationship between the physical parameter and the applying parameter; and a main circuit, coupled to the physical parameter sensing circuit and the applying parameter generating circuit, wherein the applying parameter generated by the applying parameter generating circuit is used to compensate effect on operations of the main circuit caused by the variation of the physical parameter.
US09747973B2	Solid state storage device and data writing method to prevent data loss during program cycle A data writing method for a solid state storage device includes following steps. A step (a) is performed to judge whether a shutdown command is issued from a host. In a step (b), if the solid state storage device confirms that the shutdown command is not issued from the host, plural program procedures are performed. Consequently, plural write data in a buffer are stored to a triple-level cell flash memory according to a program order. In a step (c), if the solid state storage device confirms that the shutdown command is issued from the host, plural redundant data are added to the plural write data, the write data are stored into the buffer, and the plural program procedures are performed. Consequently, the plural write data in the buffer are stored to the triple-level cell flash memory according to the program order.
US09747967B2	Magnetic field-assisted memory operation In one embodiment, a magnetoresistance random access memory (MRAM) such as a spin transfer torque (STT) random access memory (RAM), for example, has a subarray of bitcells and an electro-magnet positioned adjacent the subarray. A magnetic field is directed through a ferromagnetic device of bitcells of the first subarray to assist in the changing of states of bitcells of the subarray from a first state to a second state in which the ferromagnetic device of the bitcell is changed from one of parallel and anti-parallel polarization to the other of parallel and anti-parallel polarization. Accordingly, the content of the subarray may be readily preset or erased to one of the parallel or anti-parallel state with assistance from an electro-magnet. During a normal write operation, the bits to the other state are written. Other aspects are described herein.
US09747962B2	Semiconductor device, electronic component, and electronic device A semiconductor device which can write and read multilevel data is provided. A node connecting a source or a drain of an OS transistor and a gate of an OS transistor can hold the distribution of a plurality of potentials. A circuit configuration is employed in which the potential of the node is changed by capacitive coupling to control a conduction state of the OS transistor whose gate is connected thereto so that the potential of a gate of a Si transistor is changed. The potential of the gate of the Si transistor is changed positively in accordance with the potential change by capacitive coupling and is changed negatively in accordance with another transistor. In accordance with a change in value of current flowing through the Si transistor is detected, written data is read.
US09747959B2	Stacked memory devices, and memory packages and memory systems having the same A stacked memory device includes a master semiconductor die and a plurality of slave semiconductor dies stacked on the master semiconductor die. The master semiconductor die includes a first power line coupled to a first power supply voltage, a second power line coupled to a second power supply voltage, a memory device coupled to the first power line, and a data input/output buffer coupled to the second power line. Each of the plurality of slave semiconductor dies includes third and fourth power lines and a memory device coupled to the third power line. The third power line is electrically connected to the first and fourth power lines, and the fourth power line is electrically disconnected from the second power line. The data input/output buffer buffers data communicated between an external device and the memory devices included in the master semiconductor die and the plurality of slave semiconductor dies.
US09747956B1	Base for protecting external welds of hermetically sealed electronic devices Described herein is a hard disk drive that includes a base and a cover. The base includes a closed end, sidewalls, an open end, and one or more corner portions. The sidewalls extend from the closed end, and the open end is defined by the sidewalls. The closed end, sidewalls, and open end define an interior cavity of the hard disk drive. Each corner portion is proximate a respective intersection of the sidewalls and positioned exteriorly of the interior cavity. The cover is welded to the sidewalls over the open end by a weld bead such that the weld bead is positioned between the interior cavity and the corner portions. The weld bead hermetically seals the cover to the base. Furthermore, at least one of the corner portions is at least substantially flush with the cover.
US09747948B2	Method of automatically modifying the probability of random selection of a presentation based on how long the user delays before skipping (time-based skip weighting) A method of adjusting the probability of a presentation being randomly selected during random play based on user feedback where the length of delay prior to the user pressing the skip button causes a modification in the probability of that presentation being displayed again.
US09747947B2	User device with access behavior tracking and favorite passage identifying functionality A user device presents passages of an electronic publication. The user device tracks a user's access behavior for the passages of the electronic publication. The user device identifies the user's favorite passages of the electronic publication based on the user's access behavior and stores an identification of the user's favorite passages.
US09747926B2	Hotword recognition Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving audio data corresponding to an utterance, determining that the audio data corresponds to a hotword, generating a hotword audio fingerprint of the audio data that is determined to correspond to the hotword, comparing the hotword audio fingerprint to one or more stored audio fingerprints of audio data that was previously determined to correspond to the hotword, detecting whether the hotword audio fingerprint matches a stored audio fingerprint of audio data that was previously determined to correspond to the hotword based on whether the comparison indicates a similarity between the hotword audio fingerprint and one of the one or more stored audio fingerprints that satisfies a predetermined threshold, and in response to detecting that the hotword audio fingerprint matches a stored audio fingerprint, disabling access to a computing device into which the utterance was spoken.
US09747918B2	Dynamically adapted pitch correction based on audio input Systems and methods for adjusting pitch of an audio signal include detecting input notes in the audio signal, mapping the input notes to corresponding output notes, each output note having an associated upper note boundary and lower note boundary, and modifying at least one of the upper note boundary and the lower note boundary of at least one output note in response to previously received input notes. Pitch of the input notes may be shifted to match an associated pitch of corresponding output notes. Delay of the pitch shifting process may be dynamically adjusted based on detected stability of the input notes.
US09747906B2	Determining media device activation based on frequency response analysis Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to determine media device activation based on frequency response analysis are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include determining a reference frequency response based on first frequency values of an audio signal used to perform watermark detection for a first time interval during which a media device has been determined to be active. Such example methods also include determining a second frequency response based on second frequency values of the audio signal used to perform watermark detection for a second time interval different from the first time interval. Such example methods further include comparing the second frequency response with the reference frequency response to determine whether the media device was active during the second time interval.
US09747905B2	Method and apparatus for decoding an audio signal An apparatus for decoding an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving the audio signal and spatial information, identifying a type of modified spatial information, generating the modified spatial information using the spatial information, and decoding the audio signal using the modified spatial information, wherein the type of the modified spatial information includes at least one of partial spatial information, combined spatial information and expanded spatial information. Accordingly, an audio signal can be decoded into a configuration different from a configuration decided by an encoding apparatus. Even if the number of speakers is smaller or greater than that of multi-channels before execution of downmixing, it is able to generate output channels having the number equal to that of the speakers from a downmix audio signal.
US09747903B2	Device control method, device management system, and voice input apparatus A method is provided that includes receiving, from a voice input apparatus associated with a first target device among a plurality of target devices, instruction information that includes first voice information indicating an operation instruction for any target device, and recognizing the operation instruction from the first voice information included in the received instruction information. The method also includes specifying the first target device by referencing a first database, and determining whether second voice information indicating an operation object for the operation instruction is included in the instruction information. The method further includes transmitting, (i) when the second voice information is not included in the instruction information, a first control command for executing the recognized operation instruction to the first target device, and (ii) when the second voice information is included in the instruction information, the first control command to a second target device associated with the operation object.
US09747897B2	Identifying substitute pronunciations Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, including selecting terms; obtaining an expected phonetic transcription of an idealized native speaker of a natural language speaking the terms; receiving audio data corresponding to a particular user speaking the terms in the natural language; obtaining, based on the audio data, an actual phonetic transcription of the particular user speaking the terms in the natural language; aligning the expected phonetic transcription of the idealized native speaker of the natural language with the actual phonetic transcription of the particular user; identifying, based on the aligning, a portion of the expected phonetic transcription that is different than a corresponding portion of the actual phonetic transcription; and based on identifying the portion of the expected phonetic transcription, designating the expected phonetic transcription as a substitute pronunciation for the corresponding portion of the actual phonetic transcription.
US09747896B2	System and method for providing follow-up responses to prior natural language inputs of a user In certain implementations, follow-up responses may be provided for prior natural language inputs of a user. As an example, a natural language input associated with a user may be received at a computer system. A determination of whether information sufficient for providing an adequate response to the natural language input is currently accessible to the computer system may be effectuated. A first response to the natural language input (that indicates that a follow-up response will be provided) may be provided based on a determination that information sufficient for providing an adequate response to the natural language input is not currently accessible. Information sufficient for providing an adequate response to the natural language input may be received. A second response to the natural language input may then be provided based on the received sufficient information.
US09747889B2	Reverberant sound adding apparatus, reverberant sound adding method, and reverberant sound adding program A reverberant sound adding apparatus includes a noise generator configured to generate a noise, an impulse noise generator configured to generate an impulse noise comprising an impulse sequence with random time intervals, an addition noise generator configured to generate an addition noise by adding the noise to the impulse noise, an impulse response generator configured to generate a modified impulse response by multiplying the addition noise by an amplitude characteristic of an impulse response that indicates acoustic characteristics of a space, and an impulse response convolver configured to convolve an input audio signal with the modified impulse response.
US09747886B2	Method for cancelling noise of audio signal and electronic device thereof An apparatus and method for cancelling a noise of an audio signal in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to provide a voice call service with a counterpart electronic device, a memory configured to store one or more noise cancellation variables, and a processor configured to, when a call with the counterpart electronic device is configured through the communication module, select a noise cancellation variable corresponding to a reception signal strength from the memory and cancel an audio signal noise based on a noise cancellation variable corresponding to the reception signal.
US09747881B2	Beat detection and enhancement A system encourages experimentation with audio frequency and speaker technologies while causing an inanimate figure to appear to dance. The system applies a bandpass filter to an incoming audio stream (e.g., in a low frequency bass band). The system monitors the magnitude of the audio content in a frequency band of interest. When an amplitude peak or other threshold magnitude is detected, a controller injects a short pulse (e.g., 3 cycles) of a sub-audible low frequency sine wave to a platform. Preferably, the sub-audible low frequency sine wave is at a resonance frequency of the platform to maximize its movement. The figure is positioned on the platform and appears to dance to the beat of the music.
US09747880B2	Method and system for timed event evaluation A timing unit and method useable with a computer and user input includes a circuit and a timer. The timer establishes a reference signal having periodic occurrence and receives a trigger signal from the user input. The circuit generates information that represents the periodic occurrences of the reference signal and response timing data representing a relationship between the trigger signal and one of the occurrences. A communication channel is provided between the circuit and the computer.
US09747876B1	Adaptive layout of sheet music in coordination with detected audio A device is configured to display electronic sheet music. The device may display electronic sheet music that can be magnified and displayed in sequence by reflowing electronic musical symbols between pages. In addition, the device may adaptively determine a layout based on user preferences, such as a desired magnification, an orientation of a device or the like, and may display a current location in the electronic sheet music based on user input, a remote trigger, a desired playback speed or by monitoring an audio input from a microphone and determining a current location in the electronic sheet music. For example, the device may detect a series of pitches and display the electronic sheet music based on a most recent pitch in the series of pitches.
US09747870B2	Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for superimposing a graphic on a first image generated from cut-out of a second image Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for generating a graphic and superimposing the generated graphic on a second image generated from a cut-out of a first image of a scene, the cut-out representing the field of view of a virtual camera, the device comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive the second image and a set of cut-out corner coordinates; homography determining circuitry configured to determine, a homography between coordinates of the first 2D coordinate system defined within the cut-out and coordinates of a second 2D coordinate system defined for the second image; feature determining circuitry configured to determine a feature of the virtual 3D map of the scene within the field of view of the virtual camera; graphic generator circuitry configured to generate the graphic from the determined feature of the virtual 3D map; and graphic superimposing circuitry configured to superimpose the generated graphic on the second image.
US09747864B2	List searching method and portable device using the same A method and a portable device controls output of a display unit to display information accurately and clearly regardless of a background image. Disclosed is an arrangement for calculating a difference between an arbitrary expression value of an arbitrary screen configuration element to be displayed on a given area of the background image and an actual expression value of the given area of the background image. Each expression value includes at least one of a color and lightness. The arrangement automatically selects the expression value of the screen configuration element based on the calculation result. The screen configuration element is displayed at the given area of the background image based on the selected arbitrary expression value.
US09747854B2	Shift register, gate driving circuit, method for driving display panel and display device A shift register, a gate driving circuit, a display panel, a method for driving the display panel and a display device relate to a field of display technology. By aid of adding an output control unit, a second pull-up unit, a second pull-down unit and a selection control signal terminal on the basis of the shift register in the prior art, it can be controlled whether a scan signal should be outputted at a selection driving output terminal. In the gate driving circuit, through controlling the selection control signals applied on the selection control signal terminals, the scan signals can be outputted to a part of gate lines selectively. In the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, besides the gate driving circuit, switch devices each of which is connected between third nodes of two shift registers, switch devices each of which is connected between fourth nodes of two shift registers and a mode switching circuit connected to the driving control circuit are incorporated. As such, the mode switching circuit can make the display panel display in different resolutions according to different mode control signals, such that the power consumption of the display panel can be reduced selectively to prolong standby time.
US09747853B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate where a pixel electrode is formed; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a driving device connected with the first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a pixel area where pixels emit light, and a load storage area provided between the pixel area and the driving device and constantly maintaining a load applied to the pixels in the pixel area.
US09747852B2	Method for driving liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a terminal portion, a switching transistor, a driver circuit portion, and a pixel circuit portion including a pixel transistor and a plurality of pixels, a second substrate provided with a common electrode electrically connected to the terminal portion through the switching transistor, and liquid crystal between a pixel electrode and the common electrode. In a period during which a still image is switched to a moving image, the following steps are sequentially performed: a first step of supplying the common potential to the common electrode; a second step of supplying a power supply voltage to the driver circuit portion; a third step of supplying a clock signal to the driver circuit portion; and a fourth step of supplying a start pulse signal to the driver circuit portion.
US09747846B2	Display device In order to achieve a display device that can display a plurality of images and also prevents a lowering of resolution of the images displayed by emitting light in a plurality of different direction from one pixel, a display device, which is a display device that can display at least two images by emitting light in at least two directions from each of a plurality of pixels, includes: a backlight unit, a backlight side substrate, a display side substrate, a MEMS shutter, and a display control unit. The display device can display an image for a first viewpoint and an image for a second viewpoint by the display control unit controlling the MEMS shutter for each of the pixels.
US09747845B2	Backlight control circuit, electronic device and display panel driving method A display panel driving method for driving a LED module of an electronic device to emit light, the method includes steps: controlling to scan a left-eye image and a right-eye image when the electronic device works at a 3D mode (S401); controlling the LED module to turn off and does not emits light during a predetermined period less than a scanning time of the left-eye image or the right-eye image, after switching to scan the left-eye image and the right-eye image (S402); and controlling the LED module to turn on and emit light after the predetermined period has passed (S403). The present invention also provides a backlight control circuit and an electronic device, the present invention capable of controlling the backlight module to emit light via the same signal and do not cause the interference between different signals.
US09747835B2	Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and OLED display having the same An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display panel includes a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The panel further includes a plurality of OLEDs formed in the display region, a plurality of pixel circuits formed in the display region, and a pixel repair circuit formed in the peripheral region. When one of the pixel circuits is a dead pixel circuit, the dead pixel circuit is disconnected from a corresponding dead pixel OLED and the dead pixel OLED is connected to the pixel repair circuit via a corresponding repair line. The pixel repair circuit is configured to provide the dead pixel OLED with a grayscale repair current for representing a grayscale of the image and a compensation repair current for compensating a line load of the repair line.
US09747831B2	Flat panel display device, method of aging the same, and method of testing lighting of the same A flat panel display device formed in a pentile structure is provided, which includes a pixel portion and a lighting tester. The pixel portion includes a first pixel column, a second pixel column and a third pixel column. In the first pixel column, first pixels for displaying a first color and second pixels for displaying a second color are alternately arranged in a direction the data lines. In the second pixel column, first and second pixels arranged in reverse order of the first pixel column in a direction parallel to the data lines. In the third pixel column, third pixels for displaying a third color are arranged in a direction parallel to the data lines. The lighting tester applies a first voltage to the first pixel column and applies a second voltage to the second pixel column during a first time period. The lighting tester applies the second voltage to the first pixel column and applies the first voltage to the second pixel column during a second time period.
US09747813B2	Braille mirroring Techniques for performing Braille mirroring are disclosed. In one aspect, content is converted into Braille content, and then formatted for each of a plurality of Braille displays. The formatted content is then sent to each of the Braille displays. In another aspect, data identifying a primary Braille display in a plurality of Braille displays is stored. Input requesting that a data processing apparatus perform an action is received from one of the Braille displays, and it is determined whether to perform the action, based in part on whether the requesting Braille display is the primary Braille display.
US09747800B2	Vehicle recognition notification apparatus and vehicle recognition notification system A vehicle recognition notification apparatus mounted on a subject vehicle includes: a recognition information reception processing section; an another-driver recognition state determination section; an informing control section; a subject-driver recognition state determination section; a recognition information transmission processing section; a subject-vehicle position acquisition section; a vehicle information reception processing section; an another-vehicle position acquisition section; and a visual line detection section. The subject-driver recognition state determination section determines whether the driver of the subject vehicle recognizes the other vehicle. The another-driver recognition state determination section determines whether the subject vehicle is present in a predetermined viewable range of the other vehicle.
US09747798B2	Method for locating parking spaces A computer-implemented method for locating open parking spaces. The method includes the steps of receiving, at a server database, location information from a user via a wireless transmission over a network, transmitting parking rules for an area within a particular radius of the location from the server to the user, transmitting the location of open parking spaces for an area within a particular radius of the location, and displaying a map showing the location of the open parking space. Once parked, the user may upload to the database the changed condition of the occupied parking space. The server also communicates to the user a notification when the parking time limit of the occupied space is a particular amount of time from being reached so that a user knows to vacate the space.
US09747796B1	Oncoming vehicle alarm technology Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method by a device for detecting an approaching vehicle. The method includes recording a sound waveform, and determining whether the recorded sound waveform is associated with a vehicle. A further determination is made whether the vehicle is approaching the device, which recorded the sound waveform, based on determining that the recorded sound waveform is indeed associated with a vehicle. An alert is generated which indicates that the vehicle is approaching the device, based on the determination that the vehicle is approaching.
US09747794B1	Method and apparatus for implementing a vehicle inspection waiver program Position data received wirelessly from a vehicle enrolled in an inspection waiver program are employed to determine when the enrolled vehicle is approaching an inspection station. After determining that the enrolled vehicle is approaching an inspection station, and if the enrolled vehicle has a valid inspection waiver, a bypass confirmation can selectively be provided to the vehicle operator, authorizing the operator to bypass the inspection station. The task of determining when an enrolled vehicle is approaching the location of an inspection station can be performed using a processor disposed in the vehicle, or at a remote location separate from both the vehicle and the inspection station, or at the inspection station. The inspection stations can be mobile so that their locations are varied to prevent operators from intentionally avoiding an inspection, as may occur with fixed inspection stations.
US09747784B2	Emergency system and method A system and a method for receiving local emergency information on a mobile device in a system having a telecommunication network and at least one local communication network having one or more wireless access points. The mobile device receives a general emergency signal over a broadcast channel of the telecommunication network. In response to the general emergency signal, the mobile device connects to one of the wireless access points and transmits a request for transmitting the local emergency information to the mobile device. The mobile device then receives the local emergency information from one of the wireless access points.
US09747783B2	Methods and apparatus for providing notifications in a media system A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert message to identify the household designated to receive the alert message. The alert service sends a notification to a home media system within the household designated to receive the alert message.
US09747782B2	Wired data communications network A wired data communications network for use in a building for the detection of fire or intrusion, the network including a control unit connected by cable to a series of uniquely addressable transducers for the transmission and reception of data in a polling signal. Each transducer has a memory for control data and for its own unique address and responds to a predetermined start voltage pulse in the polling signal to clear its memory and then responds to control data and address data in the polling signal to store the control data when the address matches its own address and transmit data to the control unit representative of its own status. At least one of the transducers determines whether the control data is extended data and, if so, stores the extended control data and the further control data, and performs the said transmission of data to the control unit and any other process dictated by the extended control data.
US09747771B1	Tracking and safety smart watch The tracking and safety smart watch is a signaling device that is worn in the manner of an accessory. The tracking and safety smart watch communicates through messages with an appropriate authority such that security information regarding an individual wearing the tracking and safety smart watch can be monitored. The tracking and safety smart watch allows an appropriate authority can determine the location of the tracking and safety smart watch and to monitor the exterior surroundings of the tracking and safety smart watch. The tracking and safety smart watch provides for the transmission of an emergency message from the individual to the appropriate authority. Safeguards are incorporated into the tracking and safety smart watch to prevent removal of the tracking and safety smart watch from the individual without the approval or the appropriate authority. The tracking and safety smart watch comprises a timepiece, a control system, and a housing.
US09747764B2	Guidance system To provide a guidance system that can quickly guide a person along a guidance route without anxiety.Provided are: a plurality of unit control apparatuses; and a plurality of unit light emitting apparatuses controlled by the unit control apparatuses, wherein at normal times, light emitting elements of a plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit light emitting apparatuses are continuously lit at an illuminance of 100%, and at guidance, the illuminance of the light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit display apparatuses is attenuated to 30%, and then the illuminance of the light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting apparatuses of the plurality of unit display apparatuses is sequentially controlled to 100% based on count values stored in an emergency exit number count value storage unit to generate an optical flow toward a guidance direction.
US09747763B1	Networked audible and visual alarm apparatus and method of synchronized alerting A networked visual and audible alarm apparatus and method of synchronized alerting provides audible and visual alerts upon detection of events, such as smoke, carbon monoxide and gas. The apparatus adapts to a light bulb socket to provide normal lighting when no event is detected. The apparatuses are systematically disposed through different sections of a structure. Each apparatus independently emits an audible signal, dependent on the type of event detected in the respective section for the apparatus. Further, each alarm apparatus provides a colored high strobe light that illuminates at a color and intensity that varies, dependent on the type of event detected in the section of the alarm apparatus. A microphone enables the alarm apparatus to initiate the audible signal and the high strobe light upon detecting an audible signal from an adjacent alarm apparatus. Also, voice commands can be used to power off the alarming apparatus.
US09747757B2	Gaming device having conditional reel functionality Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for providing conditional reel functionality in gaming devices. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to increase the variety of outcomes and sense of anticipation in a video slot game, by varying the composition of symbols on one or more reels based on outcomes of previously determined reels. In some embodiments this varying of composition occurs while the reels are still spinning. The varying of composition may be accomplished by modifying, substituting, generating, or otherwise altering symbols or the order of symbols in the one or more reels.
US09747753B2	Team gaming system and method therefor A system and method for allowing multiple players to place independent wagers on a single game is disclosed. The game may be a skill-based game played on a skill-based slot machine type of gaming machine. The outcome of the game is based only upon the skill of the main player that is playing the skill-based game. Each wager is placed on at least one in-game event that may be achieved by the main player while playing the skill-based game. A main player is physically located at a system operator, such as a casino. Additional players may join the main player and place wagers on the skill-based games that the main player is playing. The wagers that the additional players place are treated and paid out independently from the wagers placed by the main player. Furthermore, the players and the main player may communicate with each other throughout the betting process. The gaming machine may have an input module, an output module, a communication module, and a processor that all allow multiple players to place independent wagers on a single skill-based game.
US09747751B2	Method and system for gaming A gaming machine comprises a display and a game control to control images of symbols to be displayed on the display. Symbols are stored for positioning in an array. The symbols are divided into game-specific standard symbols and bonus symbols and are organized to define a bonusing scheme for filling fixed positions of the array. The game control randomly selects portions of the array for displaying images of the symbols in a matrix format on the display during a play of the game, and associates symbols within paylines of the matrix to provide play outcomes in accordance with the bonusing scheme and a paytable prescribed for the particular game. Different play options have a prescribed set of symbols associated with them. Each set is designed with a predetermined bonusing scheme, where the bonusing schemes are different between at least some of the play options and their associated set of symbols.
US09747739B2	Wireless locking device An electronic locking device can be configured to become active from a low power state, receive physical input to unlock, and provide access to a replaceable power supply. An electronic locking device can use a combination of physical input and discovery of an authorized mobile device to enable transition from a locked state to an unlocked state. Authorization can be internally stored or externally obtained through a service. An electronic locking device can match a series of physical interactions to a series of stored interactions to enable transition from a locked state to an unlocked state, when an authorized device is unavailable. An electronic locking device can provide access to a replaceable power supply when a latch is released.
US09747738B1	Electronic access control device Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved access control unit with an asymmetric transmission pattern. A shielded backplate reduces the interior transmission pattern. The secure side transmission pattern is much smaller than the unsecure side transmission pattern, such that a credential located within the secure side area of a building is not likely to trigger the access control unit, thus reducing the risk of an unauthorized access.
US09747736B2	Multiple-band identification and ranging A long-range power-efficient multiple-band identification system and method includes, for example, a base-station control module and paired electronic key fob. The base-station control module and paired electronic key fob is arranged to provide a UHF (ultra-high frequency) wake transmitter for transmitting a wakeup signal in a UHF frequency range to the paired electronic key. When in range, the electronic key is awakened by the wakeup signal and in response transmits an acknowledgment reply to the base-station control module. After receiving the acknowledgment, the base-station control module transmits a relatively high power localization signal for determining an electronic key location.
US09747729B2	Methods, systems, and apparatuses for consumer telematics Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for aftermarket telematics. In one aspect, provided is an apparatus comprising a telematics control unit configured for consumer installation, consumer use, and the like. The apparatus can be installed in a vehicle. In another aspect, provided are systems and methods for operation of the apparatus.
US09747723B2	Augmented reality for video system In one embodiment, a method includes: displaying an event on a first display device associated with a client device, the event comprising at least one video scene; enabling an electronic device to communicate with the client device; receiving a user input requesting augmented reality content associated with the at least one video scene; identifying a relevant portion of the augmented reality content to render on a second display associated with the electronic device, wherein the relevant portion comprises video frames corresponding to the at least one video scene and additional content surrounding the video frames; and rendering the relevant portion on the second display device.
US09747719B2	Method for producing photorealistic 3D models of glasses lens A method of generating a digital model of a lens of a pair of glasses from images of the pair of glasses with an uniform background. The images being taken with a camera of an acquisition device. A silhouette of the lens is generated by clipping the lens in the taken images. A processor is configured to project the silhouette on a 3D surface of the digital model, adjust a surface of degree 2 to the projected silhouette, cut the adjusted surface according to the projected silhouette, extrude the adjusted surface from the 3D surface to obtain the desired thickness of the lens, and apply a realistic texture on the digital model of the lens. The texture depends of the angle of view of the lens.
US09747713B2	Performing editing actions on recent drawing marks This document describes techniques for performing editing actions on recent drawing marks using a recent mark tool. The recent mark tool is configured to separately access recent drawing marks drawn on a drawing interface, and to perform an editing action (e.g., erase or move) on the recent drawing marks without affecting previous drawing marks drawn on the drawing interface. In one or more implementations the recent mark tool is implemented as a recent mark eraser that is configured to erase a recent drawing mark made to the drawing interface without erasing previous drawing marks made to the drawing interface.
US09747712B2	Data point on a display Examples disclosed herein relate, among other things, to a method. The method may include obtaining a data point associated with a first value and a second value, wherein the first value may represent a time associated with the data point. The method may also include determining a location based on the first and second values, and indicating or representing the data point on a display at the determined location.
US09747700B2	Medical image processing method The present disclosure provides methods for colorizing and/or standardizing a medical image, comprising, for example, the steps of (i) receiving, in an image processing unit, digital image data obtained by an image capture device, wherein the digital image data includes a medical image; (ii) analyzing the data with the image processing unit to identify a region of interest; (iii) segmenting said region of interest; (iv) obtaining a measure of the pixel intensities in the segmented region of interest; (v) selecting an optimized color spectrum from a plurality of color spectra using the result of the measure of the pixel intensities in the segmented region of interest; (vi) colorizing the digital image data by mapping the selected color spectrum to the region of interest; and (vii) displaying the colorized medical image.
US09747699B2	Plane detection and tracking for structure from motion Plane detection and tracking algorithms are described that may take point trajectories as input and provide as output a set of inter-image homographies. The inter-image homographies may, for example, be used to generate estimates for 3D camera motion, camera intrinsic parameters, and plane normals using a plane-based self-calibration algorithm. A plane detection and tracking algorithm may obtain a set of point trajectories for a set of images (e.g., a video sequence, or a set of still photographs). A 2D plane may be detected from the trajectories, and trajectories that follow the 2D plane through the images may be identified. The identified trajectories may be used to compute a set of inter-image homographies for the images as output.
US09747696B2	Systems and methods for providing normalized parameters of motions of objects in three-dimensional space Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting user gestures using detection zones to save computational time and cost and/or to provide normalized position-based parameters, such as position coordinates or movement vectors. The detection zones may be established explicitly by a user or a computer application, or may instead be determined from the user's pattern of gestural activity. The detection zones may have three-dimensional (3D) boundaries or may be two-dimensional (2D) frames. The size and location of the detection zone may be adjusted based on the distance and direction between the user and the motion-capture system.
US09747691B2	Retraction based three-dimensional tracking of object movements The technology disclosed relates to tracking movement of a real world object in three-dimensional (3D) space. In particular, it relates to mapping, to image planes of a camera, projections of observation points on a curved volumetric model of the real world object. The projections are used to calculate a retraction of the observation points at different times during which the real world object has moved. The retraction is then used to determine translational and rotational movement of the real world object between the different times.
US09747686B2	Method and apparatus for changing at least one of direction and position of plane selection line based on pattern Disclosed is a method of changing at least one of a direction and position of a plane selection line for acquiring an image of a plane of interest of an object. The method includes acquiring a medical image of an object, displaying a first plane image acquired along a first plane selection line of the medical image, setting a pattern which is used to change at least one of the direction and position of the plane selection line, changing at least one of the direction and position of the plane selection line, based on the set pattern, and displaying a second plane image acquired along the changed plane selection line.
US09747680B2	Inspection apparatus, method, and computer program product for machine vision inspection A method for vision machine inspection comprises providing depth information of a target acquired by an image capturing system, determining real-time three-dimensional information of a target object in a predetermined inspecting area based on depth information of at least one real-time image of the target. The method further comprises projecting color pixel information of a real-time color image of the target object to a three-dimensional virtual model based on the real-time three-dimensional information. The real-time color image may be acquired by a color camera system. The method further comprises generating a color three-dimensional virtual model. The color three-dimensional virtual model may comprise the color pixel information.
US09747676B2	Adaptive noise filter A method for applying a filter to data to improve data quality and/or reduce file size. In one example, a region of interest of an image is identified. A histogram is generated of pixel intensity values in the region of interest. The histogram is iteratively updated to focus (zoom) in on the highest peak in the histogram. A Gaussian curve is fitted to the updated histogram. A bilateral filter is applied to the images, where parameters of the bilateral filter are based on the parameters of the Gaussian curve.
US09747675B2	Image processing system Provided is an information processing system configured to: receive a plurality of images; select a standard image; search, in extracting partial images for complementing a too bright region/too dark region in the standard image from a reference images, using correction images obtained by subjecting each of the images to multivalued processing for each division of luminance components, for regions having matching shapes of respective regions included in the correction image of the standard image and the correction images of the other images; and complement image portions corresponding to the too bright region and/or too dark region in the correction image of the standard image using image portions, which are matching regions and correspond to appropriately bright regions, to thereby generate a synthetic image. Each image is dividable into at least three values: a too bright region, an appropriately bright region, and a too dark region, and has a relationship in which a boundary luminance between the too bright region and the appropriately bright region aligns with a boundary luminance between the appropriately bright region and the too dark region in a darker image having an adjacency relationship therewith.
US09747666B2	Apparatus and method of reproducing multi image Disclosed are a multi image reproducing apparatus and a multi image reproducing method. The multi image reproducing apparatus includes an image processor to process image data corresponding to a plurality of image contents and to output the image data by or in correspondence to the image contents, an image composition and output part or outputer to compose image frames of the image data input from the image processor and to output a composed mosaic split image frame, and a controller to receive operation information on the image composition and output part from the image composition and output part, to calculate optimal input time information of the image frames input from the image processor to the image composition and output part based on the received operation information, and to provide the calculated optimal input time information to the image processor.
US09747664B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes: an image processor which: receives a captured-image from an image acquisition part acquiring the captured-image from a camera that captures an image of a vicinity of a vehicle; project data of the captured-image onto a virtual projection plane provided in the vicinity of the vehicle; and correct deformation of the captured-image caused by projection of the captured-image onto the virtual projection plane. In a case of presence of a command indicative of enlarging a portion of the captured-image, the image processor corrects the deformation of the captured-image by using a greater correction amount than that used in a case of absence of the input of the command indicative of enlarging the portion of the captured-image. Accordingly, in a case where a portion of an image of a vicinity of a vehicle is enlarged, deterioration of image quality can be suppressed as much as possible.
US09747655B2	Emergency service provision with destination-specific information An emergency service provision platform may be provided. The platform may be integrated into existing transportation service provision platforms. The platform may be configured to receive pick-up and destination location and track a passenger's route from the pick-up location to the destination. The platform may provide the passenger with an emergency notification button. Upon selection of the emergency notification button, the platform may communicate and alert comprising passenger and driver information to emergency contacts, infrastructure, and personnel. In some embodiments, the alert may be issued upon a detection of deviation from a route between the pick-up location and the destination. The emergency contacts, infrastructure, and personnel that receive the alert may be pre-set or determined dynamically based on the passenger's location at the time of the alert issuance. Furthermore, while the passenger is en route to the destination, the platform may provide the passenger with destination specific information.
US09747654B2	Virtual home safety assessment framework Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating virtual safety assessment. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives image data of an environment to be assessed for safety from an agent support system. The framework sends such image data to an expert support system and receives safety assessment information from the expert support system determined based on the image data. The framework then provides a report based at least in part on such safety assessment information.
US09747649B2	Identifying groups for a social networking system user based on interactions by the user with various groups A social networking system selects a set of groups for presentation to a user of the social networking system. To select groups, the social networking system determines scores for various groups representing a likelihood of the user interacting with the groups. The social networking system may identify a set of groups based on interactions between the user and various groups occurring during a specific time interval and determine scores for groups in the set. When determining a score for a group, the social networking system accounts for times associated with interactions between the user and various groups. Based on the scores, one or more groups are selected and presented to the user. Additionally, the social networking system may identify a time to present the selected one or more groups to the user based on prior user interactions with various groups.
US09747647B2	Missed feed unit for content feeds A social networking system provides a content feed to a client device associated with the user of a social networking system, the content feed including a plurality of content items. The social networking system identifies one or more missed content items, of the plurality of content items, that were part of the content feed and were not displayed by the client device. The social networking system generates a subsequent content feed that includes one or more content items that have not been previously provided to the client device and a missed feed unit that is associated with the one or more missed content items. In one embodiment, the missed feed unit, when selected, redirects the user to a new page that presents a different content feed including the identified missed content items. The social networking system provides the subsequent content feed to the client device for presentation to the user.
US09747646B2	Social data inputs In particular embodiments, a method comprising accessing, at a client device, an object model representation of a structured document displayed in a browser client of a user to identify one or more elements of the structured document, and modifying, at the client device, the object model representation of the structured document to add one or more first controls proximal to respective ones of the one or more identified elements, wherein the one or more added first controls are operative, when executed, to transmit a message including an identifier of the respective element and an identifier associated with the user to a social networking system.
US09747645B2	System and method for capturing sales tax deduction information from monetary card transactions Systems and methods are provided for managing sales tax information. The information may be generated, for example, in connection with transactions involving financial accounts, such as a credit card account. The sales tax information may be received electronically from, for example, a merchant or a point of sale device. A determination may be made whether there is any missing sales tax information. If there is missing information a request may be generated and sent to a source having the information. The source may receive the request, retrieve the desired information, and transmit it to the requesting entity. The sales tax information may be stored and later retrieved for presentation to a user, such as the account holder. The account holder may use the information in completing a tax return.
US09747640B1	Crowdsourcing of trustworthiness indicators Systems and methods are described herein for calculating trust score based on crowdsourced information. The trust score may reflect the trustworthiness, reputation, membership, status, and/or influence of an entity in a particular community or in relation to another entity. The trust score may be calculated based on data received from a variety of public and private data sources, including “crowdsourced” information. For example, users may provide and/or comment on attributes, characteristics, features, or any other information about another user. These inputs may serve to both validate the available data as well as provide additional information about the user that may not be otherwise available. The participation of the “crowd” may form a type of validation in itself and give comfort to second-order users, who know that the crowd can spectate and make contributions to the attributes, characteristics, features, and other information.
US09747638B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for electronic report tracking Exemplary embodiments are disclosed herein for processing one or more sheets of sheet material in a deposit include various systems and processes. The systems and processes include receiving a sheet in a sheet-accepting device. Further, the systems and processes include detecting, by a sensor, characteristic information about the sheet. The characteristic information indicates whether the sheet is anomalous. The systems and processes also include encoding, by an encoding device, the sheet based on the characteristic information detected by the sensor. The encoding includes encoding the sheet with anomaly information when the characteristic information indicates that the sheet is anomalous. The anomaly information identifies a reason for indicating that the sheet is anomalous. Moreover, the systems and processes include disposing the encoded sheet in a container for further processing when the characteristic information indicates that the sheet is anomalous.
US09747637B1	Multi-sensory based notifications for financial planning Generating a sensory notification for a user of an electronic computing device includes receiving an indication at the electronic computing device that a trigger for an alert has occurred. The trigger is related to an occurrence of a trigger condition. The sensory notification associated with the trigger condition is identified. A determination is made as to whether the user is near the electronic computing device. When the indication is received that the trigger for the alert has occurred and when a determination is made that the user is near the electronic computing device, a scent corresponding to the sensory notification is caused to emanate from the electronic computing device.
US09747630B2	System and method for enabling online ordering using unique identifiers A system and method for automatically submitting an online order from a customer to a restaurant. Input data and customer data is used by an order engine to select a deployment platform, such as social media networks, search engines, mobile applications, and related websites, for a user interface. The order engine provides a unique identifier for each restaurant. The unique identifier can be used by third parties, such as online content providers, to return the menu for the restaurant included in the third party content. The user interface automatically populates the restaurant's menu options and business data, allowing the customer to build an order. The order engine submits the order to the restaurant via a non-verbal communication platform.
US09747620B2	Systems and methods for determining the time to buy or sell a vehicle Systems and methods for assisting a vehicle owner in making decisions regarding when to replace a vehicle by determining a vehicle owner's satisfaction with the vehicle relative to the cost of owning the vehicle. In one embodiment, a system is configured to provide a model for owner satisfaction which is based on historical vehicle replacement information, but is tailored to a particular owner according to user input. An owner satisfaction curve is produced from this model and is compared to a cost-of-ownership curve that is tailored to the vehicle and possibly also the user. The owner satisfaction curve is compared to the cost-of-ownership curve to enable the user to determine where the cost of ownership exceeds the owner's satisfaction, and the vehicle should be replaced.
US09747607B2	Method and apparatus for providing mobile advertising service in mobile advertising system A method and apparatus is provided for providing a mobile advertising service in a mobile advertising system, and for sharing a preference to deliver a personalized advertisement requested by a particular group member to other users. In a method for providing a mobile advertising service by a server of a mobile advertising system, a group creation request message including a user list and a group user preference is received from an advertising engine, a group is created according to the user list and the group user preference in the group creation request message, a response message to the group creation request message is sent to the advertising engine, an advertisement request message is received from one of advertising engines included in the user list, an advertisement appropriate for the group user preference is selected, and the selected advertisement is delivered to at least one advertising engine included in the user list. The at least one advertising engine is included in the same group.
US09747600B2	Item status tracking A method and system for tracking the status of a label. The system can include a memory with a database. The database can include an indicator of the label status. The system can additionally include a processor that operates in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The processor can receive a request to generate a label, update the first database with an identifier that indicates the existence of the label, receive a signal indicating that a service requested by the label has been provided, and update the identifier in the first database to indicate that the requested service has been provided.
US09747599B2	Method and system for identifying and processing currency conversion in a financial transaction A method and a system for processing cross-border transactions in a multiple party payment card processing network is disclosed. A party evaluates an inbound transaction message received from a downstream party to determine if the corresponding payment transaction is a cross-border transaction and if it requires currency conversion processing. Based on the evaluations, a cross-border and currency conversion status indicator that is attached to outbound transaction messages sent to upstream entities in the payment network. Currency conversion service fees and/or rebates may be assessed to other entities in the payment card network according to the results of the evaluations.
US09747592B2	End-to-end content delivery network incorporating independently operated transparent caches and proxy caches Some embodiments provide an end-to-end federated CDN solution that assimilates a transparent caching server that is operated by a transparent caching server operator into a CDN that independently operates CDN caching servers. Specifically, the logs from the transparent caching server are assimilated into the CDN by aggregating the logs from the transparent caching server and processing the transparent caching server logs to identify network usage for content of a CDN content provider customer that is delivered by the transparent caching server. The network usage is then combined with the network usage that tracked by the CDN caching servers in order to provide comprehensive report metrics for the content provider customer and to bill the content provider customer for all network usage related to delivering the content provider customer's content irrespective of whether the content was delivered by a transparent caching server or a CDN caching server.
US09747591B2	Online stock payment system In general, this disclosure describes an electronic payment processing system that facilitates payment for goods or services using securities, such as stock. In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor configured to receive data indicating an electronic payment request for a transaction associated with a provider of goods or services; process the payment request with a payment processing system to access a data store of a data storage device to identify one or more accounts associated with a recipient of the goods or services and to determine whether the identified accounts have sufficient amount of securities to satisfy an amount specified by the electronic payment request; and when the identified account has a sufficient amount of securities to satisfy the amount specified by the payment request, automatically generating an electronic response message from the payment processing system indicating pending payment for the transaction.
US09747577B1	Automatic guarantee delivery tracking and reporting for United States Postal Service postage refunds for paid computer-based postage Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will provide methods and systems for automatic tracking and reporting of refunds for parcels for which the United States Postage Service (the “USPS”) fails to provide delivery to the designated delivery address by a guaranteed delivery date. Various embodiments of the present invention will automatically detect a parcel for which a delivery date has been guaranteed, but for which the USPS failed to make delivery by the guaranteed delivery date. For such guaranteed delivery failures, various embodiments of the present invention will display an online report to the user, or will send an electronic report of the failure, such as by electronic mail (“email”), to the user that printed the corresponding USPS Express Mail postage, or will otherwise notify the user of, or make available to the user information regarding, such failures. Various embodiments of the present invention will automatically and periodically analyze electronic and/or digital scanning events provided by the USPS regarding postage printed by users that used the subject Internet postage provider to print Express Mail Postage with a corresponding USPS Express Mail Label Number. Various embodiments of the present invention will automatically and periodically analyze such electronic and/or digital scanning events in order to determine whether a scanned tracking event indicates a delivery corresponding to postage printed by a user using the subject Internet postage provider and in order, then, to determine whether the actual delivery date and/or time, if delivered, exceeds the guaranteed delivery and/or time.
US09747576B2	Postage-free mail delivery using a mobile device Machines, systems and methods for delivering mail items are provided. The method comprises scanning route information, for delivery of a mail item, using a mobile communication device; generating a first unique identifier from data comprising the route information, wherein the first unique identifier identifies the mail item; recognizing a second unique identifier associated with the mobile communication device used for scanning the route information, wherein the second unique identifier identifies a user account to which delivery charges associated with delivering the mail item are applied; associating the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier so that having access to the first unique identifier as stored in a database provides access to the second unique identifier; and mailing the mail item without prepaid postage affixed to the mail item.
US09747564B1	Aircraft maintenance and inspection with data analytics enhancement A system and method for analyzing aircraft operation and maintenance history in light of maintenance reports, aircraft type system failure history, health management reports, and aircraft exterior structural conditions to produce a real time recommendation regarding aircraft maintenance and dispatch. A visual inspection report is generated by capturing a real time image of an exterior of the aircraft, inverting the real time image, superimposing the real time image on a previous image of the aircraft exterior, and detecting any variation on the combination of superimposed inverted image on the previous image of the aircraft exterior. Aircraft type historical systems failure reports are analyzed to identify any predictive latent system failure of the aircraft based on the aircraft type historical systems failure report and aircraft operation history and maintenance history.
US09747545B2	Self-timed, event-driven neurosynaptic core controller Embodiments of the invention relate to a system for controlling program execution. The system comprises an event-based core controller including a set of state-preserving elements. The core controller starts and stops the program execution based on one or more control signals. For each instruction of the program, the core controller triggers a target component to execute the instruction by generating and sending an instruction and/or a trigger pulse to the target component.
US09747541B2	Reflow soldering-compatible integrated RFID barcode label A surface mount technology (SMT)-compatible barcode-printable radio frequency identification (RFID) label that can be attached to a printed circuit board (PCB) work piece for tracking the work piece through an assembly line that includes at least one reflow solder process. The label is constructed from materials and components that function consistently and accurately after being exposed to the high temperature of the reflow solder process, and may further include shielding material to mitigate radio frequency interference. Preferably, the label is configured to be programmed and printed on using an RFID printer.
US09747540B2	Magnet mounting pad with RFID tag An RFID tag reading system affixed to a machine bearing housing is provided. The reading system includes a mobile data collector having an RFID reader for reading a unique identity of the RFID tag, an magnet electro-mechanically connected to the mobile data collector and a magnet mounting pad fixed to the machine housing. The magnet mounting pad having a ferromagnetic contact body for housing the magnet mounting pad and an RFID antenna disposed within the RFID tag for transmitting a unique identity of the RFID tag. The RFID tag is disposed within the ferromagnetic contact body. The magnet is magnetically connected to the magnet mounting pad. The mobile data collector automatically reads the unique RFID tag identity transmitted from the antenna of the RFID tag when the combination mobile data collector and magnet are placed onto the RFID mounting pad.
US09747537B2	Power controlling device, image processing apparatus, computer readable medium, and power controlling method A power controlling device includes a detecting unit that detects a person in a detection area, a first imaging unit that takes an image of the person in a detecting range in an operating state, a second imaging unit that takes an image of a face of the person for use in user authentication in an operating state, and a power controller that supplies power to and brings the first imaging unit into the operating state if the person is detected, supplies power to and brings a processing unit that performs a process into an operating state if the approach of the person is determined on the basis of the taken image of the person, and supplies power to an brings the second imaging unit into the operating state during a period from the detection of the person to the shift of the processing unit to the operating state.
US09747530B2	Payment card receiver with selectably blockable slot A payment card receiver including at least one element defining a payment card receiving slot, a shutter, pivotably mounted with respect to the payment card receiving slot for selectably blocking the payment card receiving slot and a card-operated shutter movement restricting switch operative to retain the shutter in a shutter movement restricting operative orientation, in which the shutter blocks the payment card receiving slot, in the absence of at least partial insertion of a payment card in the payment card receiving slot.
US09747527B2	Performing object detection operations via random forest classifier In one embodiment of the present invention, a graphics processing unit (GPU) is configured to detect an object in an image using a random forest classifier that includes multiple, identically structured decision trees. Notably, the application of each of the decision trees is independent of the application of the other decision trees. In operation, the GPU partitions the image into subsets of pixels, and associates an execution thread with each of the pixels in the subset of pixels. The GPU then causes each of the execution threads to apply the random forest classifier to the associated pixel, thereby determining a likelihood that the pixel corresponds to the object. Advantageously, such a distributed approach to object detection more fully leverages the parallel architecture of the PPU than conventional approaches. In particular, the PPU performs object detection more efficiently using the random forest classifier than using a cascaded classifier.
US09747526B2	Using machine learning to define user controls for photo adjustments In various example embodiments, a system and method for using machine learning to define user controls for image adjustment is provided. In example embodiments, a new image to be adjusted is received. A weight is applied to reference images of a reference dataset based on a comparison of content of the new image to the reference image of the reference dataset. A plurality of basis styles is generated by applying weighted averages of adjustment parameters corresponding to the weighted reference images to the new image. Each of the plurality of basis styles comprises a version of the new image with an adjustment of at least one image control based on the weighted averages of the adjustment parameters of the reference dataset. The plurality of basis styles is provided to a user interface of a display device.
US09747507B2	Ground plane detection A ground plane detection system including an imaging device operable to generate at least two images of a scene and an image processing assembly operable to receive the at least two images of the scene and to generate a model of each image and to perform homography computations through use of corresponding features in the models of each image.
US09747499B2	Systems and methods for detection and high-quality capture of documents on a cluttered tabletop with an automatically controlled camera Described are systems and methods for recognizing paper documents on a tabletop using an overhead camera mounted on pan-tilt servos. The described automated system first finds paper documents on a cluttered desk based on a text probability map, constructed using multiple images acquired at fixed grid positions, and then captures a sequence of high-resolution overlapping frames of the located document(s), which are then fused together and perspective-rectified, using computed homography, to reconstruct a high quality and fronto-parallel document image that is of sufficient quality required for optical character recognition. The extracted textual information may be used, for example, for indexing and search, document repository and/or language translation applications.
US09747498B2	Biometric recognition A fused image of the person's hand is accessed, the fused image having been generated using a segmented graylevel image and a segmented color image. The hand in the fused image is identified. One or more finger tips and one or more finger valleys in the fused image are identified. One or more fingers of the hand are segmented, based on the identified finger tips and finger valleys. The one or more fingers of the hand are labeled. One or more features for each finger of the hand are determined.
US09747488B2	Active sensing element for acoustic imaging systems An acoustic fingerprint imaging system having a plurality of acoustic elements, each acoustic element including a transducer, and independent drive and sense circuitry is disclosed. Drive circuitry may require higher voltage than low voltage sense circuitry. Many embodiments described herein include a ground shifting controller to apply a voltage bias to the low voltage sense circuitry during a drive operation, in order to prevent electrical damage to the sense circuitry.
US09747483B2	Methods for securing invisible 2D barcodes and printed images A secure document includes a fluorescent barcode and a fluorescent filler printed onto a substrate. The fluorescent barcode is printed using a first fluorescent ink of a first color and the fluorescent filler is printed using a second fluorescent ink of a second color that is different than the first color. In order to read the fluorescent barcode, the secure document must be illuminated with ultraviolet and/or infrared light. Then, a color filter must be used to filter the fluorescent filler out, leaving the fluorescent barcode visible.
US09747480B2	RFID and robots for multichannel shopping The present invention relates to systems, methods, and devices for consumers using RFID-tagged items for multichannel shopping using smartphones, tablets, and indoor navigation, preservation of consumer's privacy related to RFID-tagged items that they leave a retail store with, and automatically reading and locating retail inventory without directly using store labor. Robots and aerial mobile automated RFID reading devices are disclosed.
US09747479B2	Smart passive RFID reader with adaptive beamforming capability A smart passive RFID reader includes an RFID reader, a microcontroller providing a means for increasing the probability of detecting correct passive RFID tags and decreasing the probability of detecting incorrect passive RFID tags, and antennas connected to the RFID reader, wherein adjacent antennas have orthogonal polarization and the antennas each have a pivoting axis, whereby rotating the antennas about their pivoting axes causes a change in the overlap of the antenna beam radiation patterns and thereby provides a means for adaptive beamforming in order to improve tag reading.
US09747476B2	Information processing apparatus, power source control method of information processing apparatus and program Provided is an information processing apparatus including an IC module that performs communication with an external apparatus, a detection unit that detects an electric wave, a timer that measures a time course after being started, a power supply unit that supplies a power source to the IC module, and a control unit that controls a supply amount of the power source based on a detection result of the electric wave and a determination result of a value of the timer. The control unit starts the timer after terminating communication with the external apparatus, restarts the timer every time a transmission start of an electric wave is detected, in response to detection of an electric wave received from an outside at a predetermined interval in the detection unit.
US09747471B2	Secure switch between modes A state sensitive device is described, the device including a state register which stores a record of the effective-state of the device, a mask field having a value which varies according to a value of the state register, and a processor which changes the value of the mask field to a new value of the mask field when there is a change in the value of the state register, wherein, the processor performs a state dependent calculation requiring the value of the mask field as an operand in the state dependent calculation which will yield an incorrect result if the value of the mask field does not properly correspond to the value of the state register. Related methods, systems and apparatus are also described.
US09747463B2	Securing access to business information To provide a secure access to business information, restriction rules are generated and associated with metadata of the business information. The restriction rules are propagated to a device application functioning on a device. The device application monitors a geo-fencing location of the device based upon the received restriction rules. Based upon a request to access the business information triggered at the device, the restriction rules associated with a current geo-fencing location of the device and the restriction rules associated with the requested business information is determined. Based upon the restriction rules associated with the requested business information and network connectivity, the requested business information is downloaded to the device. Based upon the restriction rules associated with the current geo-fencing location of the device, an access to the downloaded business information is rendered.
US09747457B2	Efficient storage of encrypted data in a dispersed storage network A method for storing a data object includes identifying data segments of the data object. The method continues with generating key indexes for the data segments. For a data segment, the method continues with accessing data segment key information based on a corresponding key index of the plurality of key indexes to determine whether an encryption key has been generated for a similar data segment. When the encryption key has been generated for the similar data segment, the method continues with using the encryption key to encrypt the data segment to produce an encrypted data segment. The method continues with compressing the encrypted data segment to produce a compressed and encrypted data segment. The method continues with storing the compressed and encrypted data segment in a storage unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN).
US09747452B2	Method of generating in-kernel hook point candidates to detect rootkits and the system thereof A method for determining whether a to-be-tested program contains malicious behavior is disclosed. The method includes steps of providing an emulator having a kernel and a plurality of installed hook points, wherein the kernel has a plurality of in-kernel functions; executing the to-be-tested program in the emulator dynamically to invoke the plurality of installed hook points to obtain a specific in-kernel function set from the plurality of in-kernel functions; and determining whether the to-be-tested program contains instructions for malicious behavior based on an invocation sequence of the specific in-kernel function set.
US09747450B2	Attestation using a combined measurement and its constituent measurements An attestation system for asserting and verifying assertions of a known-good state of a computer system is provided. The attestation system allows a challenger and a prover to conduct an attestation so that the challenger can verify an assertion of the prover. To conduct the attestation, the prover sends, as an assertion of its state, a combined measurement of resources along with a constituent measurement of each resource to the challenger. The challenger verifies the assertion by verifying that the asserted constituent measurements represent known-good measurements and verifying that the asserted combined measurement can be generated from the asserted constituent measurements. To verify the asserted constituent measurements, the challenger determines whether each asserted constituent measurement for a resource is a known-good measurement for that resource. To verify the asserted combined measurement, the challenger generates a combined measurement from the asserted constituent measurements received from the prover.
US09747447B2	Suspicious program detection A processing device (10) includes a processor (12), an interface (14) and a memory (100). The memory (100) is formed from system Random Access Memory (RAM) and one or more other storage devices. The memory (100) can be considered as comprising working memory (110) and persistent storage (120). The working memory includes the system RAM but may also use memory from one or more other storage devices and when certain suspicious program detection modules are operating also stores a comparison table (112) discussed below. Contained within the persistent storage are several executable program files as follows: an Absolute Memory Address Calculator executable program (121) which is responsible for causing the system (10) to inspect a copy of a persistently stored (and compiled) executable program (e.g. an executable program (125, 126, 127, . . . as stored in the persistent storage 120) and to calculate expected absolute memory locations for the various functions or helper programs that it makes calls to and to store these in a table (112) that it creates in the working memory (110) for this purpose; a Loaded Program Accessor executable program (122) which is responsible for causing the system (10) to inspect a copy of an executable program as loaded in the working memory (110) of the system after loading and linking of the program have been completed, to determine the actual memory locations stored in the Import Address Table (IAT) of the loaded program, and to store these actual memory locations in the comparison table (112); a Memory Location Comparator executable program (123) which is responsible for causing the system (10) during execution of this program to compare the calculated expected absolute memory locations with their respective actual accessed memory locations as stored in the comparison table of memory locations (112); and a Corroborator executable program (124) which is responsible for causing the system (10) during execution of this program to perform a corroboration of any mismatches of memory locations detected in the memory location pairs stored in the table (112) of memory locations, by, in the present embodiment, inspecting the contents of any executable instructions contained at the actually accessed memory location to look for the presence of an instruction causing a new thread of execution to be instantiated.
US09747444B1	System and method for providing network security to mobile devices A small piece of hardware connects to a mobile device and filters out attacks and malicious code. Using the piece of hardware, a mobile device can be protected by greater security and possibly by the same level of security offered by its associated corporation/enterprise. In one embodiment, a mobile security system includes a connection mechanism for connecting to a data port of a mobile device and for communicating with the mobile device; a network connection module for acting as a gateway to a network; a security policy for determining whether to forward content intended for the mobile device to the mobile device; and a security engine for executing the security policy.
US09747438B2	Enabling resource access for secure application containers Embodiments of the disclosure enable resource access for secure application containers. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises identifying a tracing wrapper for an application to be executed by a process. The tracing wrapper to track an event associated with an interaction of the application with one or more system resources. An instance of the application is executed by the process using an application account having access to the system resources. A first system resource of the system resources is determined to be used by the application in view of the tracing wrapper. The application is then copied to a secure container to be executed by the process using a container account of the secure container. The secure container is isolated from access to the one or more system resources. Thereupon, the container account is provided access to the first system resource.
US09747437B2	Output control apparatus, computer-readable medium for storing program for output control apparatus, output control method, and output control system Provided is an output section that outputs data to outside; a condition storage section that stores an abnormal condition showing at least one of a characteristic of data to be outputted from the output section by means of malicious software and a characteristic of an operational pattern of the output section that results when the malicious software outputs data; and an output control section that prohibits output of data when at least one of a characteristic of data to be outputted from the output section and a characteristic of an operational pattern of the output section satisfies the abnormal condition.
US09747433B2	Wearable electronic device and method for securing same The disclosure is directed to a wearable device that is configured to secure itself based on signals received from a pulse sensor. According to one implementation, the pulse sensor includes a light source (e.g., a light-emitting diode) and a photo sensor. The light source, under the control of a processor, shines light having a particular wavelength (e.g., green or infrared). The photo sensor generates signals based on light that it senses. For example, when the light from the light source reflects off a person's skin, then the photo sensor will generate signals based on the reflected light that the photo sensor detects. In this manner, the wearable device can accurately determine whether it is being worn by a user (e.g., by taking a photoplethysmogram) and, when necessary, secure the wearable electronic device.
US09747428B2	Dynamic keyboard and touchscreen biometrics Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward providing ongoing authentication using biometric data. Fingerprints and/or other biometric data can be captured during the normal use of an electronic device, such as typing on a keyboard, and compared with associated reference biometrics to provide ongoing authentication to an application while the electronic device is being used. Comparison results may further be combined with additional physiological or behavioral biometrics to determine a level of authentication encompassing multiple biometric inputs and/or types.
US09747414B2	Methods for accurate sequence data and modified base position determination Disclosed herein are methods of determining the sequence and/or positions of modified bases in a nucleic acid sample present in a circular molecule with a nucleic acid insert of known sequence comprising obtaining sequence data of at least two insert-sample units. In some embodiments, the methods comprise obtaining sequence data using circular pair-locked molecules. In some embodiments, the methods comprise calculating scores of sequences of the nucleic acid inserts by comparing the sequences to the known sequence of the nucleic acid insert, and accepting or rejecting repeats of the sequence of the nucleic acid sample according to the scores of one or both of the sequences of the inserts immediately upstream or downstream of the repeats of the sequence of the nucleic acid sample.
US09747411B2	Energy expenditure Aspects relate to calculating energy expenditure values from an apparatus configured to be worn on an appendage of a user. Steps counts may be quantified, such as by detecting arm swings peaks and bounce peaks in motion data. A search range of acceleration frequencies related to an expected activity may be established. Frequencies of acceleration data within a search range may be analyzed to identify one or more peaks, such as a bounce peak and an arm swing peak. Novel systems and methods may determine whether to utilize the arm swing data, bounce data, and/or other data or portions of data to quantify steps. The number of peaks (and types of peaks) may be used to choose a step frequency and step magnitude. At least a portion of the motion data may be classified into an activity category based upon the quantification of steps.
US09747410B2	Development tool A neutral file generally includes information related to a object of development. The neutral file may be based on a reusable module. The neutral file may pass information between reusable modules. A computer may conduct an analysis using the reusable module and information in the neutral file. The computer may display the result of the analysis on an external device.
US09747398B2	Managing and controlling the use of hardware resources on integrated circuits Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods and apparatus for managing and allocating hardware resources during RTL synthesis. For example, in one exemplary method disclosed herein, an RTL description of a circuit to be implemented in a target architecture is received. The target architecture of this embodiment comprises a fixed number of hardware resources in a class of hardware resources. One or more operator instances are determined from the RTL description received, where at least some of the operator instances are implementable by the hardware resources in the class of hardware resources. In this embodiment, and prior to initially synthesizing the RTL description into a gate-level netlist, assignment information indicative of how the operator instances are to be implemented using the hardware resources in the class of hardware resources is automatically determined. A graphical user interface is also provided that allows a user to view and modify the assignment information.
US09747393B2	Methods and systems for upscaling mechanical properties of geomaterials There is provided a method for modelling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a reservoir model that has a plurality of sub regions. A solution surrogate is obtained for a sub region by searching a database of existing solution surrogates to obtain an approximate solution surrogate based on a comparison of physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters of the sub region with physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters associated with the existing surrogate solutions in the database. If an approximate solution surrogate does not exist in the database, the sub region is simulated using a training simulation to obtain a set of training parameters comprising state variables and boundary conditions of the sub region. A machine learning algorithm is used to obtain a new solution surrogate based on the set of training parameters. The hydrocarbon reservoir can be simulated using the solution surrogate obtained for the at least one sub region.
US09747377B2	Semantic zoom for related content Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.
US09747372B2	Systems and methods for discovering social accounts Methods and systems allow organizations to discover accounts, subscriptions, properties, sites and other online portals within each distinct social network platform and across disparate social network platforms, publishing platforms and networks that represent, claim to represent or are relevant to their organization and/or brands based on search terms and facilitate the statistical reporting and analysis of activities on the discovered properties.
US09747370B2	Systems, methods and computer program products for searching within movies (SWiM) Systems, methods and computer-readable media process a series of media files into a searchable format. The method includes generating a media database by processing each of a plurality of programs. The steps of the method include extracting a subtitle track from each of the programs, retrieving at least one frame associated with the subtitle track, adding metadata to the extracted subtitle track and at least one frame, processing the subtitle track, program statistics and at least one frame in a media database. Another aspect includes receiving a user query associated with dialog in a program, searching the media database and presenting a listing of results, receiving a user selection or program from their listing and transmitting at least one frame, a portion of associated subtitle track and prompts for ordering the program.
US09747363B1	Efficient storage and retrieval of sparse arrays of identifier-value pairs Some computer applications, such as database applications, generate sparse arrays that map identifiers to field values. To reduce memory usage, only those blocks of the array with non-empty entries are stored, and only the entries between and including the first non-empty entry and the last non-empty entry are stored. The offset and length of this range of non-empty entries is stored. To retrieve a value for an entry of the array, it is determined whether the entry is in an empty block or a non-empty block. If the entry is in an empty block, a null value is returned for the entry. If the entry is not in the stored range of entries for a non-empty block, a null value is returned for the entry. Otherwise, the value stored in the block for that entry is returned.
US09747361B2	System and method for grouping an unbounded dataset into groups that can be subsequently binned A computer system to group a data set is provided, in which the computer system includes a memory configured to store instructions and a processor disposed in communication with the memory. The processor upon execution of the instructions is configured to access a data set including a plurality of data elements and associate the plurality of data elements with a plurality of data groups. The data set is assignable to a plurality of bins that are grouped differently than the plurality of data groups, wherein assignment of the data set to the plurality of bins is performed by accessing the plurality of data groups without accessing the data set or the plurality of data elements.
US09747352B2	Method and system for interactive geometric representations, configuration and control of data In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining a data set from a data source. The data set is prepared for an analysis operation according to a problem type. A result is generated from an interactive geometric node based a geometric property of the data set. A specified condition is determined with the result from the interactive geometric node based on a query to the interactive geometric node. A system's geometric configuration is determined. A geometric control criterion is determined.
US09747351B2	Creating an entity definition from a search result set A processing device performs a search query to produce a search result set having entries having data items. Each data item has an ordinal position. A table, having rows and columns, is displayed in a graphical user interface. Each data item of a particular entry appears in a respective column of the same row of the table. Each column corresponds to the ordinal position of its respective data item. User input is received designating, for each respective column, a field name and an entity definition component type to which the respective column pertains, and stores for each data item of the particular entry an element value of an entity definition. The element has the element name designated for the respective column in which the data item appeared, and is associated with an entity definition component having the type designated for the respective column in which the data item appeared.
US09747350B2	Method, system, and apparatus for enterprise wide storage and retrieval of large amounts of data A scalable network of mobile data storage containers that are connected in peer-to-peer networks to archive large data storage capacities. The various embodiments provide a method of extracting a large amount of data from a variety of sources and storing the extracted data in mobile, storage units. The various embodiments provide storage units housed in mobile containers that can store multiple days/weeks of sensor data in the order of petabytes (1024 terabytes). The various embodiments, integrate high performance computing devices into the mobile storage containers that are able to perform critical extraction, pattern, and index processing on the sensor data. The various embodiments, provide a method for the efficient physical transport of the mobile storage containers from current locations to a center analysis location for re-connecting in another peer-to-peer network for integration into a central enterprise data warehouses.
US09747348B2	Personality-relevant search services For a search query submitted by a user, a result set including a plurality of pages is obtained. A first and a second personality score of a first and a second page, respectively, is determined using a value of a personality trait of the user and a weight associated with the value, and at least one of (i) a personality score of a site from which a first page is obtained based on a personality analysis of another content on the site, and (ii) a personality score of an author of the first page based on a personality analysis of another content published by the author. The first page is ordered ahead of the second page when the first personality score exceeding the second personality score, even when the first page and the second page are equally relevant to the search query.
US09747346B1	Attention spots in a map interface Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing content items based on a location of a user's attention in a map interface. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data specifying one or more map attention spots in a viewport of a map interface presented at a user device. Each map attention spot is a location on a map of the map interface corresponding to a specified amount of user activity. Content items are identified for presentation with the map. For each content item and map attention spot, a distance between a presentation location for the content item on the map and a location of the identified map attention spot on the map is determined. A rank score for the content item based at least on a respective content item score for the content item and each determined distance for the content item.
US09747344B2	Algorithmic changing in a streaming environment A stream computing application may permit one job to connect to a data stream of a different job. As more jobs dynamically connect to the data stream, the connections may have a negative impact on the performance of the stream computing application. A variety of performance indicators (e.g., CPU utilization or tuple rate) may be monitored to determine if the dynamic connections are harming performance. If they are, the stream algorithm may be modified to mitigate the effects of the dynamic connections.
US09747343B2	Algorithmic changing in a streaming environment A stream computing application may permit one job to connect to a data stream of a different job. As more jobs dynamically connect to the data stream, the connections may have a negative impact on the performance of the stream computing application. A variety of performance indicators (e.g., CPU utilization or tuple rate) may be monitored to determine if the dynamic connections are harming performance. If they are, the stream algorithm may be modified to mitigate the effects of the dynamic connections.
US09747342B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium A category highly relevant to a keyword combination including a plurality of keywords is extracted. An information processing apparatus extracts a category where the number of times when the category is specified as a search condition along with a first keyword is greater than or equal to a first threshold value from among a plurality of categories that are hierarchized in a tree structure. Subsequently, from among categories corresponding to descendants of the extracted category, the information processing apparatus extracts a category where the number of times when the category is specified as a search condition along with a second keyword is greater than or equal to a second threshold value as a category relevant to a combination of the first keyword and the second keyword.
US09747340B2	Method and system of using a local hosted cache and cryptographic hash functions to reduce network traffic The described method and system enables a client at a branch office to retrieve data from a local hosted cache instead of an application server over a WAN to improve latency and reduce overall WAN traffic. A server at the data center may be adapted to provide either a list of hashes or the requested data based on whether a hosted cache system is enabled. A hosted cache at the client side may provide the data to the client based on the hashes. The hashes may be generated to provide a fingerprint of the data which may be used to index the data in an efficient manner.
US09747336B1	Method and system for creating hyperlinks that cycle multiple search term relevant web sources and self-resolve to a single resource by measuring audience interaction A user submits a search query. The query submission results in a result set, including a number of listings, and a unique hyperlink associated in a database with the search query, the result set, and the listings. The user distributes the unique 5 hyperlink to new members who select the unique hyperlink. Each new member who selects the unique hyperlink is presented with a listing from the result set. The time they spend viewing the listing is recorded. An algorithm based on the recorded viewing time ultimately filters the listings to a single best-fit listing for the original query and permanently associated it with the unique hyperlink.
US09747319B2	Read-modify-write processing of chunks at the storage server level in a distributed object storage system The present disclosure provides systems and methods for sharding objects stored in a distributed storage system. Such sharding may be advantageously utilized for an object that stores a collection of key-value records and for otherwise encoded objects. The object sharding techniques disclosed herein advantageously enable a read-modify-write process at the storage server level. One embodiment disclosed herein provides a method of creating a new chunk by modifying a payload of an existing chunk at the storage server level in a distributed object storage system. The method includes validating the new chunk at the gateway server. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09747313B2	Timeline index for managing temporal data Embodiments described herein generally relate to creating a timeline index for executing queries on temporal data. A computer-implemented method is described. The method includes creating a first list of tuples that are invalidated in a temporal table and sorting the first list of the invalidated tuples. The method can further include creating a second list of tuples that are activated in the temporal table and combining the first list and the second list into a third list that includes the activated tuples and the invalidated tuples, wherein the third list contains ROW_IDs of both the activated tuples and the invalidated tuples.
US09747309B1	Auto-determining backup level A system for auto-determining a backup level comprises an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive backup information. The processor is configured to determine whether a backup criterion is satisfied, based at least in part on the backup information, and in the event the backup criterion is satisfied, change the backup level.
US09747305B2	Image search device, image search method, program, and computer-readable storage medium An image search device is configured to: obtain a plurality of query feature amounts each indicating a local feature of an image serving as a query; select image feature amounts respectively corresponding to the respective query feature amounts so that one image feature amount is selected relative to one of the plurality of query feature amounts for each of a plurality of images to be searched from image feature amounts respectively indicating local features of each of the images to be searched; generate a score indicating a degree of similarity between each of the plurality of images to be searched and the image serving as the query based on the image feature amounts selected relative to the plurality of query feature amounts; and select at least one image from the plurality of images to be searched based on the score generated for the image.
US09747302B2	Method and apparatus for associating information The present invention belongs to the information processing field and discloses a method and apparatus for associating information. The method for associating information comprises: obtaining identification information of a first content; associating the identification information of the first content with a second content, wherein the second content is created for the first content; obtaining identification information of a third content, wherein the third content is an updated version of the first content, the third content containing revision made according to the second content; and associating the identification information of the third content with the second content. With the method and system for associating information as provided by the present invention, contents of a plurality of versions can be managed and traced efficiently without a need to modify the existing code review flow.
US09747288B1	Scalable transaction-based data repository service A reliable and scalable data repository service can be supporting cooperative transactions. In an example, multiple data producers may use the data repository service to upload data in one or more transactions. Data contained in one transaction may be treated as an atomic unit. In an embodiment, the data repository service manages multiple candidate transactions associated with an election transaction such that at most one candidate transaction may begin and/or commit a given time. During a commit of a candidate transaction, the data uploaded during the candidate transaction may become associated with the election transaction. The data repository service may maintain metadata associated with each of the candidate transactions. In response to a request for data associated with the election transaction, the metadata may be used, in conjunction with a user-specified isolation level, to locate the data uploaded some of the candidate transactions for the election transaction.
US09747287B1	Method and system for managing metadata for a virtualization environment Disclosed is an improved approach for managing updates to metadata for a virtualization environment. According to some embodiments, a compare and swap approach is taken to manage updates and to handle possible inconsistencies.
US09747275B1	Notification of potentially problematic textual messages A processor may determine, using natural language processing, a writing style of content of a composed message written by a composer. The processor may analyze, using natural language processing, a set of previous message written by the composer. The processor may identify, based on the analyzing, writing habits of the composer. The processor may also identify a difference between the writing style of the content and the writing habits of the composer. The processor may display a notification of the difference to the user.
US09747271B2	Techniques for generating outgoing messages based on language, internationalization, and localization preferences of the recipient According to various embodiments of the disclosure techniques for generating outgoing messages are disclosed. The technique includes receiving a request to generate an outgoing message for a recipient and retrieving one or more recipient preferences of the recipient from a recipient preferences database. The one or more recipient preferences relate to customization of messages that are to be delivered to the recipient. The technique further includes retrieving a message template from a plurality of message templates stored in a message template database based on the request and the one or more recipient preferences. The technique also includes generating the outgoing message based on the retrieved message template and the one or more recipient preferences, and providing the outgoing message to the recipient.
US09747265B2	Dynamically generating a plurality of interfaces using structured control files A system and method allowing customization of a user-interface into a data repository are disclosed. Customization options are provided via a hierarchy and/or compartmentalization of structured control files such as Extensible Markup Language (XML) files. The control files may be defined in a hierarchical fashion allowing a particular end-user or group of end-users to customize their interface without impacting other users of the same data and user-interface system. Compartmentalization of functions to specific files may also aid in ease of maintenance of customizations. Customization may include an ability to customize what data is shown on a screen and which capabilities are available on each screen for data interaction pertaining to a particular job responsibility. Capabilities to provide these and other customization options to an end-user are disclosed using an example of an import export trade transaction storage and retrieval system.
US09747263B1	Dynamic page classifier for ranking content A system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to identify a page on a website, retrieve a stream of posts related to the page, determine whether the page is dynamic, in response to the page being determined to be dynamic, modify the stream of posts related to the page biased toward including more recent posts, generate a user interface element for display of the stream of related content; and provide the user interface element for presentation to the user. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products.
US09747262B1	Methods, systems, and computer program products for retrieving information from a webpage and organizing the information in a table A method includes extracting text elements from a webpage, storing the text elements in a data structure, and comparing the text elements in the data structure with a Document Object Model (DOM) structure of the webpage. The extracted text elements may then be processed and exported to a display format. Information from a webpage can, therefore, be extracted for processing using other applications regardless of how the elements were coded to form the webpage.
US09747260B2	Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing device includes a detail level estimation unit that estimates a detail level of each of at least two documents, the detail level indicating degree to which a content of the document is detailed, a similarity degree estimation unit that estimates a similarity degree between two of the at least two documents, and a document relationship output unit that outputs a document relationship for the two of the at least two documents the similarity degree of which satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein in the document relationship, one of the two of the at least two documents is determined as a summarized document that shows a summary of other document of the two of the at least two documents, and the detail level of the one of the two of the at least two documents is lower than the detail level of the other of the two.
US09747253B2	System and method for simultaneous article retrieval and transaction validation A system and method for dispensing an article from an article dispensing machine by reducing the amount of time for completing a transaction involving the article is provided. A request related to a selected article and payment information for a balance related to the selected article may be received at the article dispensing machine through a user interface. The payment information may be validated, and simultaneously and in parallel, the selected article may be retrieved from a storage unit in the article dispensing machine. The selected article may be dispensed from the article dispensing machine if the payment information is valid. If the payment information is not valid, the selected article may be returned to the storage unit. Quicker dispensing of articles during consumer transactions with the article dispensing machine may result. The articles may include media articles, such as DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, and video game discs.
US09747252B2	Systematic method of coding wave-pipelined circuits in HDL The present invention classifies all critical paths into two basic types: a series critical path and a feedback critical path, and divides each of wave-pipelined circuits into two components: a static logic part, called critical path component (CPC), and a dynamic logic part, formalized into four wave-pipelining components (WPC) shared by all wave-pipelined circuits. Each wave-pipelining ready code in HDL comprises two components: a WPC instantiation and a CPC instantiation wire-connected and linked by a new link statement. Each WPC has new wave constants which play the same role as generic constants do, but whose initial values are determined and assigned by a synthesizer after code analysis, so designers can use after-synthesization information in their code before synthesization for wave-pipelining technology. The responsibility of analyzing and manipulating wave-pipelining ready code, generating and implementing wave-pipelined circuits on a design-wide or chip-wide scale in HDL is shifted from designers to synthesizers.
US09747243B2	Electronic equipment for the replication of ports and the routing of digital signals The present disclosure relates to a piece of electronic equipment for the replication of ports and the routing of digital signals, intended for secure environments for concentrating signals coming from a plurality of pieces of measuring equipment, as well as communication with a piece of supervising equipment. The equipment includes: —N ports whereof M ports are electrically insulated by optoelectronic coupler, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1, and M being an integer between N−1 and N, —a radiofrequency interface with a matched piece of supervising equipment, —a processor performing a protocol conversion between the radiofrequency protocol and the protocol of the ports.
US09747241B2	Address caching in switches Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing an address in a memory of a switch. One of the systems includes a switch that receives packets from and delivers packets to devices connected to a bus without any components on the bus between the switch and each of the devices, a memory integrated into the switch to store a mapping of virtual addresses to physical addresses, and a storage medium integrated into the switch storing instructions executable by the switch to cause the switch to perform operations including receiving a response to an address translation request for a device connected to the switch by the bus, the response including a mapping of a virtual address to a physical address, and storing, in the memory, the mapping of the virtual address to the physical address in response to receiving the response.
US09747231B2	Bus access arbiter and method of bus arbitration A bus access arbiter includes an access mode judgment unit and a round robin arbitration unit. The access mode judgment unit judges, when bus access is generated from a plurality of masters M0 and M1, whether an access mode of each of the masters that are connected is a sequential access mode or a single access mode. The round robin arbitration unit dynamically switches an access arbitration method for arbitrating the bus access according to the access mode. The access mode judgment unit includes an access interval count unit, a sequential access number count unit, and an access mode state register that stores a state of the judged access mode for each of the masters, and updates the state of the access mode based on an access interval and the number of sequential access.
US09747221B2	Dynamic pinning of virtual pages shared between different type processors of a heterogeneous computing platform A computer system may support one or more techniques to allow dynamic pinning of the memory pages accessed by a non-CPU device, such as a graphics processing unit (GPU). The non-CPU may support virtual to physical address mapping and may thus be aware of the memory pages, which may not be pinned but may be accessed by the non-CPU. The non-CPU may notify or send such information to a run-time component such as a device driver associated with the CPU. The device driver may, dynamically, perform pinning of such memory pages, which may be accessed by the non-CPU. The device driver may even unpin the memory pages, which may be no longer accessed by the non-CPU. Such an approach may allow the memory pages, which may be no longer accessed by the non-CPU to be available for allocation to the other CPUs and/or non-CPUs.
US09747217B2	Distributed history buffer flush and restore handling in a parallel slice design An approach is provided in which a computing system captures content included in a history buffer entry that corresponds to a flush ITAG. The computing system, in turn, uses an execution unit to transmit the content over a results bus to multiple registers and restore at least one of the registers accordingly.
US09747187B2	Simulating black box test results using information from white box testing Systems, methods are program products for simulating black box test results using information obtained from white box testing, including analyzing computer software (e.g., an application) to identify a potential vulnerability within the computer software application and a plurality of milestones associated with the potential vulnerability, where each of the milestones indicates a location within the computer software application, tracing a path from a first one of the milestones to an entry point into the computer software application, identifying an input to the entry point that would result in a control flow from the entry point and through each of the milestones, describing the potential vulnerability in a description indicating the entry point and the input, and presenting the description via a computer-controlled output medium.
US09747176B2	Data storage with virtual appliances A data storage system has at least two universal nodes each having CPU resources, memory resources, network interface resources, and a storage virtualizer. A system controller communicates with all of the nodes. Each storage virtualizer in each universal node is allocated by the system controller a number of storage provider resources that it manages. The system controller maintains a map for dependency of virtual appliances to storage providers, and the storage virtualizer provides storage to its dependent virtual appliances either locally or through a network protocol (N_IOC, S_IOC) to another universal node. The storage virtualizer manages storage providers and is tolerant to fault conditions. The storage virtualizer can migrate from any one universal node to any other universal node.
US09747175B2	System for aggregation and transformation of real-time data Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for aggregation and transformation of real-time data. The system is configured for retrieving data associated with the first user interaction in real-time via an established communication link with one or more interaction channels accessible to the first user; processing the data to identify a pattern associated with the first user interaction; identifying an error associated with at least a portion of the data; determining a time stamp and an interaction channel associated with the portion of data identified to be in error; replaying the data associated with the first user interaction; process the portion of data identified to be in error to rectify the error; and storing the transformed portion of data in the database.
US09747172B2	Selective access to executable memory In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises: in a computer executing a supervisor program, the supervisor program establishing different memory access permissions comprising any combination of read, write, and execute permissions for one or more different regions of memory of a first domain, receiving a request from a process to execute a particular memory page of the regions of memory, the particular memory page comprising a memory access permission set to read-writeable or read-only, throwing an execute fault for the particular memory page, performing one or more responsive actions to restore execution access or content of the particular memory page, and after performing the one or more responsive actions, setting the memory access permission to execute only.
US09747163B2	Pre-population of data for replication of data backups A system and a method are disclosed for pre-seeding data to backup servers and determining servers for additional backups. Backup data is received from a client device through a first backup request and sent to a primary server for storage. Additional backup data from a second backup request is received. After the initial backup data is stored on the primary server and pre-seeded by the primary server on a secondary server, a status of backup servers associated with the client device is received. The backup servers include the primary server and can include the secondary server. Responsive to the status indicating availability of a server in the backup servers, a recipient server is identified from the backup servers and the additional backup data is sent to the identified recipient server.
US09747162B2	Distributed erasure coded virtual file system A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices comprises one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. Each one of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces is organized into a plurality of stripes. Each one or more stripes of the plurality of stripes is part of a respective one of a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) protection domains. Each of the plurality of stripes may comprise a plurality of storage blocks. Each block of a particular one of the plurality of stripes may reside on a different one of the plurality of storage devices.
US09747157B2	Method and system for improving error correction in data storage A method of operation of a data storage system includes: monitoring a data interface bus, the monitoring by a non-volatile memory controller; activating a zero bit counter for detecting a ratio of 1's to 0's on the data interface bus; and adjusting a threshold voltage (Vth), based on the ratio of the 1's to the 0's from the zero bit counter, by the non-volatile memory controller.
US09747156B2	Management system, plan generation method, plan generation program A management system that generates a plan which is a countermeasure against an event occurring in a computer system includes: a plan generating unit configured to generate a plan according to the event; and an indicator generating unit configured to generate, as a performance change evaluation indicator of the plan, information on a change in performance of a resource of the computer system, which can occur due to other subject's process executed by the other subject different from a subject of the plan when the plan generated by the plan generating unit is executed.
US09747143B1	Multi platform based event processing A method for executing an event processing application in a multi-platform environment which includes a first computing platform and a second computing platform. The event processing application comprises a network of a plurality of processing rules, each of which, when executed by a computing platform, is configured to process incoming events and output outgoing events. The method comprises automatically identifying one or more processing rules comprised by the event processing application that are restricted to be executed in the first computing platform. The automatic identification comprises analyzing each rule in the plurality of processing rules to determine whether the rule is configured to perform a restricted activity. The method further comprises executing the plurality of processing rules in the multi-platform environment, some of which are executed in the first computing platform and some are executed in the second computing platform.
US09747124B2	Distributed virtual machine image management for cloud computing Embodiments of the present invention and provide a method for distributed virtual machine (VM) image management in a cloud computing management includes receiving in a hypervisor executing in memory of a host computer, a request for VM image data from a VM and determining whether or not the requested VM image data is present in a local cache of either the hypervisor of the host computer or in a cache of a hypervisor of a peer host. The method additionally includes retrieving the requested VM image data from a seed image in a remote data store in the cloud computing environment only when it is determined that the VM image data neither is present in the local cache of the hypervisor of the host computer nor is present in the cache of the hypervisor of the peer host.
US09747119B2	Methods and apparatus to monitor virtual computing environments Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor virtual computing environments are described. An example method includes determining a computing resource status of a computing host that is operating a container engine, comparing the computing resource status to a threshold, and in response to determining that computing resource status does not exceed the threshold, executing a monitoring operation in a container hosted by the container engine.
US09747117B2	System and methods for loading an application and its modules in a client device A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of dynamically load one or more modules into an application, the method comprising receiving from a configuration file a list of one or more available modules; retrieving for each available module, a mapping of a URL pattern to a callback function associated with each of the available modules; and adding the mapping of the URL pattern to a collection of URL patterns associated with the application.
US09747113B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor system including the same A semiconductor device includes a boot-up signal generator suitable for generating a boot-up signal based on an external reset signal and a specific mode signal; and an internal circuit suitable for performing a boot-up operation based on the boot-up signal.
US09747111B2	Task execution on a managed node based on compliance with execution policy Systems and methods for executing tasks on a managed node remotely coupled to a management node are provided. A management controller of the management node may be configured to determine at least one execution policy for a task, schedule the task for execution, receive system information data from the managed node, based at least on the received system information, determine if the received system information complies with the at least one execution policy, and if the received information complies with the at least one execution policy, forward the task from the management controller to the managed node for execution.
US09747106B1	Allocating multiple operand data areas of a computer instruction within a program buffer The disclosure herein provides systems, methods, and computer program products for managing a plurality of operands in a computer instruction. To manage the plurality of operands, a data buffer manager executed by a processor receives information from a caller. The information relates to the plurality of operands. The data buffer manager, also, compares a free data area size to a requested minimum data area of an operand size identified by the information; selects an address when the requested minimum data area is less than or equal to the free data area size; and inserts the operand at the address.
US09747105B2	Method and apparatus for performing a shift and exclusive or operation in a single instruction Method and apparatus for performing a shift and XOR operation. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes execution resources to execute a first instruction. In response to the first instruction, said execution resources perform a shift and XOR on at least one value.
US09747102B2	Memory management in secure enclaves Embodiments of an invention for memory management in secure enclaves are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction unit and an execution unit. The instruction unit is to receive a first instruction and a second instruction. The execution unit is to execute the first instruction, wherein execution of the first instruction includes allocating a page in an enclave page cache to a secure enclave. The execution unit is also to execute the second instruction, wherein execution of the second instruction includes confirming the allocation of the page.
US09747092B2	Substrate processing system and method of installing PLC software A substrate processing system includes a main controller, a module controller connected to the main controller, the module controller controlling a device on the basis of a command from the main controller, and a programmable logic controller connected to the module controller, wherein the module controller automatically downloads, from the main controller, module controller software to be used for control of the module controller, PLC software to be used for control of the programmable logic controller, and an automatic transfer software for automatically transferring the PLC software to the programmable logic controller.
US09747084B2	Offline shader compilation Systems and techniques are provided that allow for installation of an application on a mobile device using a shader executable suitable for execution by the mobile device. When a request to install an application is received by an application distribution platform, a shader configured for the device is generated by the platform and provided with the application package for installation on the device. Thus, launch-time compilation and just-in-time re-compilation may be avoided.
US09747081B2	Undo/redo in JavaScript object notation The method includes modifying a Javascript object notation structure to include a tag on at least one object and a tag on at least one array containing a first version of the Javascript object notation structure. The method includes in response to identifying a changed second version of the Javascript object notation structure, adjusting the tag on the at least one object and the tag on the at least one array to include the second version of the Javascript object notation structure. The method includes adjusting the displayed first version of the Javascript object notation structure with the second version of the Javascript object notation structure. The method includes in response to receiving data indicating an undo/redo action, adjusting the displayed second version of the Javascript object notation structure to the first version of the Javascript object notation structure.
US09747075B2	Random number generator The random number generator comprises a linear feedback shift register (10), which comprises a series of storage elements (14(1), 14(2), . . . , 14(n)), a first input (11) to receive a clock signal from a clock oscillator (28), a feedback line (20) connecting the output of a last storage element (14(n)) with an input of at least a first storage element (14(1)), a second input (22) coupled with the feedback line (20) via at least one cell (15) and wherein the output of the cell (15) is coupled to an input of at least one of the storage elements (14(1), 14(2), . . . , 14(n)).
US09747074B2	Division circuit and microprocessor In an embodiment, a division circuit has an overflow determination circuit configured to determine whether or not a division result overflows by comparing absolute values of a dividend and a divisor, a replacement circuit configured to replace the dividend with a first value and replace the divisor with a second value when the overflow determination circuit determines that the division result overflows, and a stepwise division circuit configured to perform stepwise division on the dividend and the divisor or the first value and the second value.
US09747070B1	Configurable state machine actions In a system in which an in-home audio device is supported by a network-based support service, certain aspects of the behavior of the audio device may be implemented as a state machine. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided by the support service to allow editing of a model representing the state machine of the device. Through the GUI, a user or developer can associate functions with states or state transitions of the state machine. In addition, the user or developer can associate custom code with individual states or state transitions of the state machine.
US09747067B2	Electronic device and operating method thereof A method for controlling an electronic device electronically and functionally connectable to a cover is provided. The method includes detecting a position of the cover according to one of opening and closing of the cover and controlling one of a first display of the electronic device and a second display of the cover according to the detected position of the cover.
US09747064B2	Method and system for determining the tray with the best paper registration for a print job A method for controlling at least one printer engine is disclosed, the at least one printer engine having plural trays, and wherein each of the plural trays is aligned independently for imaging on a sheet of print medium. The method includes obtaining information according to first conditions in which each of the plural trays has been aligned; obtaining information according to a second condition in which the at least one printer engine executes a print job; judging differences between each of the first conditions and the second condition; selecting a tray for the print job based on the judged differences; and instructing the print engine to execute the print job using the selected tray.
US09747047B2	Performing a remote point-in-time copy to a source and target storages in further mirror copy relationships Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing a remote point-in-time copy to a source and target storages in further mirror copy relationships. Each of a plurality of source copy relationships is from the source storage to one corresponding source copy storage. Each of a plurality of target copy relationships is from the target storage to one corresponding target copy storage, where in each relationship an indicator indicates whether to use a remote first type copy operation. The first type copy operation is used to copy data from the source storage to the target storage and copy data from the source copy storage to the target copy storage for the determined source and target copy relationships having the indicator set. A second type of copy operations is used for source and target relationships not having the indicator set.
US09747045B2	Sub-sector wear leveling in memories Methods of wear leveling in a memory, and memories configured to perform such methods, are useful in extending cycling endurance in memories. Such methods include transferring data from a first block of the memory to a second block of the memory, erasing the first block, transferring data from a third block of the memory to the first block, erasing the third block, transferring data from the second block to the third block, swapping logical addresses for the first block and the third block with each other, and erasing the second block. Transferring data from the third block to the first block excludes a sub-sector of the third block that is to be erased.
US09747044B2	Interleaving read and write requests to reduce latency and maximize throughput in a flash storage device In an all-flash storage array, write requests can take about 9 to 10 times longer than a read request of the same size. There could be several problems when reading or writing from all-flash storage, such as a large write request slowing down small read requests, or other write requests. Also, a large read request may slow down smaller read requests by filling the incoming requests queue. In one implementation, a determination is made on what is the maximum size of a request to flash storage that improves the throughput of a flash chip (e.g., write requests beyond a certain size do not improve throughput). A chunklet is defined as a block of data having the calculated maximum size. As write requests come in, the write requests are broken into chunklets, and then the chunklets are queued for processing by the flash chip. One chunklet is processed at a time per write request. This way, one write request does not monopolize the use of the flash chip for a period of time, allowing other requests to be queued while the chunklet is being processed by the all-flash storage.
US09747042B2	Statistic-based isolation of lethargic drives A method is provided for identifying a lethargic drive. The method includes executing a command directed to at least two drives in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) configuration. Each of the drives of the at least two drives is associated with a plurality of timing buckets. The method also includes determining a completion time of the command, and, for each of the at least two drives that the command was directed to, counting the completion time of the command in one of the timing buckets associated with the drive.
US09747030B2	Managing media content storage for user devices A user device (e.g., a smart phone) may dynamically manage photographs, videos, and other types of media content. The user device may receive media content by taking photographs, recording videos, and/or recording audio inputs. The user device may also receive media content in email messages, text message, download, etc. The user device may determine the value of the media content based on factors, such as the quality of the media content, the time and location associated with the media content, the actual content (e.g., people, landscapes, etc.) of the media content, etc. The user device may also determine a storage strategy based on the value of the media content and proceed to execute the storage strategy. For instance, the user device may store the media content locally, upload the media content to a cloud storage system, or delete the media content from a local storage of the user device.
US09747028B1	Artificial memory pressure for low memory machine Techniques for addressing performance degradation when a computer system is in a memory constrained state while running one or more applications are described herein. While executing, a computer system may monitor system memory and record one or more tracked sample types and may use the collection of tracked sample types to aggregate memory size equivalents to the tracked sample types and calculate a simulated memory pressure. The simulated memory pressure may be applied to the system by allocating memory from a memory manager, thereby reducing memory pressure.
US09747024B2	User interface An apparatus including: a display configured to display a user movable item; a controller configured to logically divide the display into one or more areas of stability and one or more areas of instability, and configured to control movement of the item in the display in response to user input when the item is located within an area of stability and configured to automatically control movement of the item in the display towards an area of stability without user input when the item is located within an area of instability.
US09747019B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of a touch input. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a page of an electronic note and display a thumbnail image corresponding to another page along with the page; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input on the display unit; and a controller configured to display a page corresponding to the thumbnail image or execute an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image based on a kind of touch input on the thumbnail image.
US09747018B2	Apparatus and method for controlling object An apparatus and method for controlling an object are provided. Motions of fingers present in a 3-dimensional (3D) sensing area are detected, and a pointer or an object being displayed is controlled corresponding to the detected motions. Therefore, input of a control signal may be achieved without a direct touch on a display device such as a terminal, thereby preventing leaving marks on a screen of the display. In addition, since the motions of fingers are detected within the 3D sensing area, not on a 2-dimensional (2D) plane, more types of input motions may be used.
US09747012B1	Obtaining an image for a place of interest A system and method is disclosed for requesting and obtaining an updated digital image for a place of interest. A system may be configured to provide, for display to a first user, a representation of a place of interest and a user interface for requesting an updated image of the place of interest. The first user may use the user interface to request a recent image of the place of interest. On receiving the request, a determination may be made whether a second user is in an area related to the place of interest. On determining a second user is in the area, the second user is informed of the request. The second user may then respond by capturing a new image for the place of interest and providing the new image to the system. On receiving the new image from the second user, the representation may be updated with the new image and made available for display to the first user.
US09747004B2	Web content navigation using tab switching A Web application maintains a record of Web content that has been displayed by the Web application. The user can navigate to different previously displayed Web content by providing various user inputs, such as a swipe across a touchscreen. The Web application detects when a user input has a threshold likelihood of being a navigation input, such as when the user swipes at least a threshold amount across a touchscreen. When a user input has a threshold likelihood of being a navigation input, the Web application begins rendering in an empty tab the Web content that would be navigated to if the user input were a navigation input, the empty tab becoming a prerender tab. If the user continues and the user input results in a navigation input navigating to the Web content rendered in the prerender tab, then the Web application switches to displaying the prerender tab.
US09746990B2	Selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device Technologies for selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device include a communication device configured to acquire new user environment information relating to the environment of the user if such new user environment information becomes available. The communication device is further configured to create one or more user environment indicators based on the new user environment information, to display the one or more created user environment indicators via a display of the communication device and include the created user environment indicator in a communication to be transmitted by the communication device if the created user environment indicator is selected for inclusion in the communication.
US09746989B2	Three-dimensional image processing apparatus According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes at least a storage, an inputting unit, an image generating unit and a pointer controlling unit. The storage stores volume data of a target. The inputting unit receives an input operation for moving a pointer. The image generating unit generates a superimposed image in which a rendering image generated by performing a rendering process on the volume data and a pointer image are superimposed in consideration of information of depth. The pointer controlling unit obtains information of a three-dimensional position of the pointer. When the pointer is on the rendering image, the pointer controlling unit moves the pointer along a three-dimensional surface of a target contained in the volume data.
US09746988B2	Multi-sensor surveillance system with a common operating picture A method and apparatus for processing video data streams for an area. Objects are identified in the area from images in the video data streams. The video data streams are generated by cameras. First locations are identified for the objects using the images. The first locations are defined using a coordinate system for the images. Graphical representations are formed for the objects using the images. The graphical representations are displayed for the objects in second locations in a model of the area on a display system with respect to features in the area that are represented in the model. The second locations are defined using a geographic coordinate system for the model. A first location in the first locations for an object in the objects corresponds to a second location in the second locations for a corresponding graphical representation in the graphical representations.
US09746979B2	Pixel circuit, driving method thereof and display device The present invention provides a pixel circuit comprising a plurality of pixel structures, each pixel structure comprising a drive unit, a compensation unit and a light-emitting unit, wherein in the adjacent first pixel structure and second pixel structure, the first pixel structure further comprises a capacitive touch unit, and the second pixel structure further comprises a photosensitive touch unit; the compensation unit in the first pixel structure, the compensation unit in the second pixel structure, the capacitive touch unit and the photosensitive touch unit share a data line, and the capacitive touch unit and the photosensitive touch unit share a read line.
US09746978B2	Capacitive touch panel having single-layer touch sensor A capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The capacitive touch panel includes a laminated structure. The laminated structure includes a liquid crystal displaying module, a single-layer touch sensor, and a polarizing module. The single-layer touch sensor is disposed on the liquid crystal displaying module. The polarizing module is disposed on the single-layer touch sensor. The single-layer touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are configured in an asymmetric electrode arranging way, so that one of the first electrodes will be arranged corresponding to at least two of the second electrodes.
US09746973B2	Method for driving in-cell touch panel, drive device and display device A method for driving an in-cell touch panel, a drive device and a display device are disclosed. The driving method includes: in a touch period, applying touch detection signals to self-capacitance electrodes, receiving feedback touch sensing signals, and determine a possible touch area provided with at least one self-capacitance electrode according to the variation of the touch sensing signals compared with the touch detection signals; subsequently, taking at least a portion of self-capacitance electrodes in the touch area as a first touch electrode, taking a self-capacitance electrode adjacent to the first touch electrode as a second touch electrode, and determining an accurate touch position according to the principle of the different amount of projection fields between the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes. The driving method can improve the touch detection accuracy.
US09746961B2	Background signal processing system and background signal processing method A background signal processing method and a background signal processing system are provided. The background signal processing method includes measuring a first conductive wire group, comparing a first background signal measurement value with a predetermined background signal threshold value to determine their difference, and executing the following steps according to the amount of the difference: (1) performing no updating; updating the background signal according to the first background signal measurement value; and further measuring a second conductive wire group and calculating a background signal speculating value of a third conductive wire group, other than the first and second conductive wire groups, based on the second background signal measurement value and the first background signal measurement value, to provide the complete background signals and ensure the quality of the captured signals.
US09746959B2	Array substrate, color filter substrate, touch control display device and method for driving the same The disclosure provides an array substrate and a color filter substrate of a capacitive touch control screen, a touch control display device and a method for driving the touch control display device, so as to achieve the self-capacitive multi-point touch. The array substrate of the capacitive touch control screen includes: a peripheral area and a display area; a plurality of pixel units with pixel electrodes arranged in the display area; a plurality of touch control electrodes; and touch control electrode lead wires connected with a module configured to detect a touch control signal, wherein each of the touch control electrodes is connected respectively with one of the touch control electrode lead wires.
US09746957B2	Managing sensory information of a user device External mobile device sensors may be provided that are configured to manage sensory information associated with motion of objects external to the mobile device. In some examples, the object motion may be detected independent of contact with the device. In some examples, a device may include a screen with a first sensor (e.g., a touch sensor). The device may also include at least a second sensor external to the screen. Instructions may be executed by a processor of the device to at least determine when an object is hovering over a first graphical user interface (GUI) element of the screen. Additionally, in some cases, a second GUI element may be provided on the screen such that the second GUI element is rendered on the screen adjacent to a location under the hovering object.
US09746951B2	Touch-sensitive vehicle display device A touch-sensitive vehicle display device is disclosed. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device comprises a body having a display including a touch panel on a surface thereof, whereby a screen operation is performed on the surface of the display by a touch-screen operation; an operation plate provided along the surface of the display; and a controller controlling information to be indicated on the display. The operation plate includes an opening section to indicate a switch provided to face the touch panel, and a plurality of touch-sensitive switch-confirmation portions provided on an end portion of the opening section for switch indication, and the controller controls a switch-indication portion to be inside the opening section to indicate switching in the display, and controls a plurality of selection-switches to be in the switch-indication portion to correspond to the plurality of switch-confirmation portions.
US09746947B2	Touch panel and display device including the same A touch panel and display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch panel includes an insulation substrate having a length and a width and a first sensing electrode pattern formed over the insulation substrate and including a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of first connection portions connecting the first sensing electrodes to each other in a first direction. A second sensing electrode pattern is formed over the insulation substrate and includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes, wherein the first and second sensing electrodes are alternately arranged. The touch panel also includes a plurality of second connection portions substantially overlapping the first connection portions and connecting the second sensing electrodes to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first and second directions are inclined with respect to the length and width of the insulation substrate.
US09746944B2	Universal stylus communication with a digitizer A method includes generating a first signal type and a second signal type in a handheld device and transmitting both the first signal type and the second signal type in a transmission cycle of the handheld device. The first signal type and the second signal type are different in at least one of frequency or modulation and are defined to include a same information related to the handheld device.
US09746942B2	Optical touch pen An optical touch pen includes a pen case, an operation module, and a power module. The operation module is disposed within an upper cover of the pen case, and includes a pen tip, a supporting part, a circuit board and a multi-directional auxiliary element. The multi-directional auxiliary element is arranged between an inner wall of the upper cover and the engaging structure of the supporting part. The power module is disposed within a lower cover of the pen case. When an external force is applied to the pen tip, the pen tip and the supporting part are shifted in response to the external force, the engaging structure of the supporting part is shifted relative to the multi-directional auxiliary element, and the external force is transmitted downwardly to the circuit board. Consequently, a current switch on the circuit board is triggered and the power module is electrically conducted.
US09746935B2	Methods for controlling objects using a motion based control apparatus An electrical switch apparatus including a movement sensitive form is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a motion sensor and a processing unit, where motion on, near or about the motion sensor is translated into output commands adapted for list scrolling, where the list can be arranged in a hierarchy such as menus or for changing a value of an attribute of a electrical device under the control of the switch.
US09746932B2	Gesture inferred vocabulary bindings The subject disclosure relates to annotating data based on gestures. Gestures include user interaction with a client device or client software. Gestures are tracked and associated with data. In an aspect, client context associated with a gesture is also tracked. The gestures are then employed to determine a global term to associate with the data. In an aspect, a look-up table comprising a pre-defined relationship between gestures and a global term can be employed. In another aspect, an inference component employ context information in conjunction with the tracked gestures to determine a global term to assign to data. After a global term is determined for data based on a gesture, an annotation file for the data can be created associating the data with the global term.
US09746929B2	Gesture recognition using gesture elements Aspects of the present disclosure provide a gesture recognition method and an apparatus for capturing gesture. The apparatus categorizes the raw data of a gesture into gesture elements, and utilizes the contextual dependency between the gesture elements to perform gesture recognition with a high degree of accuracy and small data size. A gesture may be formed by a sequence of one or more gesture elements.
US09746928B2	Display device and control method thereof Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. The display device includes a display, a camera capturing a gesture in a three dimensional space; and a controller selectively displaying a virtual keyboard corresponding to a hand gesture for character input on the display when the captured gesture includes the hand gesture for the character input. Accordingly, the virtual keyboard corresponding to the hand gesture for the character input is displayed, so that the user may not perform an additional operation to display the virtual keyboard.
US09746927B2	User interface system and method of operation thereof A method to provide a user interface, the method may be controlled by one or more controllers and may include one or more acts of obtaining image information from a sequence of images of a user; analyzing the image information to recognize the user; recognizing first and second reference objects at least one of which corresponding with respective body parts of the user from the image information; determining whether a first reference object has been placed over or is within a threshold scaled distance of a second reference object; calculating an interaction time between the first reference object and the second reference object when it is determined that the first reference object has been placed over or is within the threshold scaled distance of the second reference object; comparing the interaction time with a threshold reference time; and performing an action in accordance with results of the comparison.
US09746914B2	Head mounted display, display system, control method of head mounted display, and computer program A transmission-type head mounted display includes a detection unit that detects a first target from outside scenery, an image display unit which is capable of transmitting the outside scenery and is capable of displaying an image, and a display image setting unit that causes the image display unit to display a first moving image which is a moving image associated with the detected first target.
US09746906B2	Data interface power consumption control Apparatus and techniques relating to data interface power consumption control are disclosed. Components of a data transfer module may be selectively moved between their normal operating states and reduced power states at times when the data transfer module is not to be used for transferring data. Decisions as to particular components that are to be moved to their reduced power states may be based on respective timing characteristics of the components and/or respective power consumption characteristics of the components, for example. In some embodiments, an action may be performed to reduce a powering up time of the data transfer module when normal operation of the data transfer module is to resume. In the case of a multiple-connection interface having respective data transfer modules for each connection, the interface may be partially shut down by moving a subset of the data transfer modules into reduced power states.
US09746889B2	Package-on-package (PoP) device comprising bi-directional thermal electric cooler A package-on-package (PoP) device includes a first package, a second package, and a bi-directional thermal electric cooler (TEC). The first package includes a first substrate and a first die coupled to the first substrate. The second package is coupled to the first package. The second package includes a second substrate and a second die coupled to the second substrate. The TEC is located between the first die and the second substrate. The TEC is adapted to dynamically dissipate heat back and forth between the first package and the second package. The TEC is adapted to dissipate heat from the first die to the second die in a first time period. The TEC is further adapted to dissipate heat from the second die to the first die in a second time period. The TEC is adapted to dissipate heat from the first die to the second die through the second substrate.
US09746886B2	Solid state storage system The invention provides a storage system comprising a solid state storage carrier sized to correspond to a defined storage form factor and to include a support printed circuit board (PCB) having arranged thereon a plurality of solid state storage devices. The storage system can include a storage enclosure including a midplane and at least one slot on an end of the storage enclosure, sized to receive a solid state storage carrier for connection with the midplane in the storage enclosure. The storage system can also include at least one midplane connector located on the midplane, wherein the at least one midplane connector is configured to mate with at least one form factor connector on an end of the solid state storage carrier.
US09746885B2	Computing system including a first and second housing and polar magnets A first housing with a polar magnet on a first side. The first housing can include an opening on the first side. A second housing can include a sliding latch. An opposite polar magnet attached to the sliding latch. The polar magnet attracts the opposite polar magnet on the sliding latch to move the sliding latch to a latched position.
US09746883B2	Portable device and method of controlling therefor The method of a portable device may includes the steps of setting a first mode based on a first folding angle between the first body and the second body and a second folding angle between the first body and the third body, displaying a first application in the first mode, detecting change of the first folding angle and change of the second folding angle in the first mode, detecting the changed first folding angle being equal to or greater than a first threshold angle and the changed second folding angle less than a second threshold angle and if it is detected that a rear side of the second body is in a state of being contacted with a different real object, switching the first mode to a second mode.
US09746878B2	Semiconductor device and method of testing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes chips, wherein a first chip: an internal circuit; first selectors to output signals from one of first outputs; second selectors to output signals from one of second outputs; first output buffer units to relay/interrupt signals output from one of the first outputs; second output buffer units to relay/interrupt signals output from one of the second outputs; first terminals to output a signal from the respective first output buffer units and belong to a first group in which the first terminals are placed at positions distant by first distances; and second terminals to output a signal from the respective second output buffer units and belong to a second group in which the second terminals are placed at positions distant by second distances and each of the second terminals is placed at a position distant from an adjacent first terminal of the first terminals by third distances.
US09746864B1	Fast transient low drop-out voltage regulator for a voltage-mode driver An example voltage regulator includes an output transistor that includes a source coupled to a first voltage supply node and a drain coupled to an output node. The voltage regulator further includes a first transistor that includes a source coupled to the output node, and a second transistor that includes a source coupled to a gate of the output transistor and a drain coupled to a second voltage supply node. The voltage regulator further includes a resistor coupled between the second voltage supply node and a first node that includes the drain of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor. The voltage regulator further includes an error amplifier that includes a first input coupled to a reference voltage node, a second input coupled to the output node, and an output coupled to a gate of the first transistor.
US09746863B2	Electronic device for heating an integrated structure, for example an MOS transistor An electronic device includes an integrated circuit with a MOS transistor and a heating circuit electrically coupled to at least two points of one of the source or drain semiconductive region of the transistor. A portion of the source or drain semiconductive region between the two points forms a resistive element. The heating circuit is configured to cause a current to circulate through the resistive element between the two points to heat an active region of the transistor.
US09746855B2	Information processing system, method, and program An apparatus is provided with a first sensor unit that obtains two-dimensional information or three-dimensional information about a target object with a first position and orientation, a second sensor unit that obtains the two-dimensional information about the target object, a three-dimensional position and orientation measurement unit that measures three-dimensional position and orientation of the target object based on the information obtained by the first sensor unit, a second sensor position and orientation determination unit that calculates second position and orientation based on a measurement result with the three-dimensional position and orientation measurement unit and model information about the target object, and a three-dimensional position and orientation measurement unit that measures the three-dimensional position and orientation of the target object based on the information obtained by the second sensor unit with the second position and orientation and the model information about the target object.
US09746854B2	System and method for controlling a vehicle Drivable path plan systems and methods for autonomous vehicles disclosed herein may receive original path plan data, including a first path element tangentially connected to a second path element at a transition connection point. A drivable path plan may be calculated for the autonomous vehicle between the first path element and the second path element using a clothoid spline. An initial connection point may be identified, as well as an initial heading and an initial curvature along the first path element, and a final connection point, a final heading, and a final curvature along the second path element. The clothoid spline may be inserted between the initial connection point along the first path element and the final connection point along the second path element.
US09746846B1	Automated loading bridge positioning using encoded decals A device may obtain, from one or more cameras, an image that depicts one or more encoded decals positioned on a body of a vehicle. The device may process the image and may identify, based on processing the image, one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals. The device may determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more encoded decals, positioning information to be used to position a loading bridge relative to the body of the vehicle. The device may determine one or more control signals based on the positioning information. The device may provide the one or more control signals to one or more actuators to automatically position the loading bridge relative to the body of the vehicle.
US09746837B2	Information control method and electronic device The invention discloses an information control method and an electronic device. The information control method is applied to a first electronic device, and the first electronic device is connected with a second electronic device. The method includes: detecting feature information of the first electronic device according to a connection relation between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and controlling the first electronic device according to the feature information.
US09746832B1	System and method for time-to-digital converter fine-conversion using analog-to-digital converter (ADC) An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a delay processor, a coarse converter and node selector connected to the delay processor and configured to select a first voltage V1 and a second voltage V2 of opposite polarities of adjacent stages of the delay processor, a fine converter connected to the coarse converter and node selector and configured to determine a zero-crossing time associated with the first voltage V1 and the second voltage V2; and an encoder connected to the coarse converter and the fine converter and configured to receive and encode the first voltage V1, the second voltage V2 and the zero-crossing time, wherein V1 is a first negative voltage before the zero-crossing time, and V2 is a first positive voltage after the zero-crossing time.
US09746814B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a belt, a plurality of image forming devices including a photosensitive member, a developing device, a transfer device and a blade, and a control device configured to form a pattern image on a first photosensitive member, when an image to be printed on a sheet is not formed, by applying a developing voltage to a first developing device, an absolute value thereof is greater than that when an image to be printed on a sheet is formed, transfer the pattern image onto the belt and apply a transfer voltage or transfer current having the same polarity as that applied to a second transfer device when an image to be printed on a sheet is formed to the second transfer device when the pattern image to be conveyed by the belt passes the second transfer device.
US09746809B2	Edge detection apparatus, image forming apparatus, and edge detecting method for dividing and sending out edge detection data An edge detection apparatus for detecting an edge of a recording medium to be conveyed includes a light source, a plurality of photoelectric conversion element pixels, and a detection unit. The light source irradiates the recording medium with light. The plurality of photoelectric conversion element pixels are placed in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the recording medium and convert light reflected by the recording medium into an electrical signal. The detection unit detects the edge of the recording medium on the basis of a plurality of electrical signals that constitute an n-th (n≧1) electrical signal group obtained by dividing the plurality of electrical signals corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of photoelectric conversion element pixels, and a specified number of the electrical signals counted from a top of the plurality of electrical signals that constitute an n+1st electrical signal group.
US09746802B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method for forming a transparent toner image and a color image An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first image forming unit that forms a transparent toner image and a second image forming unit that forms a color toner image. The transparent toner image and the color toner image are transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt. A secondary transfer unit transfers the toner images from the intermediate transfer belt to a recording medium. A control unit controls the first image forming unit and the second image forming unit so that the transparent toner image is formed before the color toner image is formed when the recording medium is a specialty paper having an adhesive.
US09746798B2	Developing device including casing having supply opening and discharge opening, and image forming apparatus provided with the same A developing device includes: a casing having a partitioning wall, a toner chamber, and a developing chamber positioned above the toner chamber; a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a supply roller; first and second conveying members. The developing roller, the supply roller, and the second conveying member are accommodated in the developing chamber. The first conveying member is accommodated in the toner chamber. The partitioning wall has a supply opening and a discharge opening for providing communication between the toner chamber and the developing chamber. The supply and discharge openings are positioned outward of the supply roller in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum. The first conveying member conveys the toner accommodated in the toner chamber into the developing chamber through the supply opening. The second conveying member conveys the toner supplied by the first conveying member from the supply opening to the discharge opening in the axial direction.
US09746790B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus, and chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal and method for producing the same An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer in this order. The photosensitive layer contains a chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal represented by formula (1) in which at least one organic compound selected from N,N-dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide is contained. The content of the organic compound contained in the chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal represented by the formula (1) is 0.10 mass % or more and 0.80 mass % or less based on a content of the chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal represented by the formula (1).
US09746789B2	Exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides an exposure apparatus which performs a scanning exposure of each of a plurality of shot regions on a substrate, comprising a measuring device including a first detector configured to perform detection with respect to a measurement point on the substrate and a second detector configured to perform detection with respect to the measurement point prior to detection by the first detector, and configured to measure a height of the substrate based on an output from the first detector and an output from the second detector, and a processor configured to determine, based on measurement obtained based on an output from the first detector along with a scanning exposure of a first shot region, a first measurement point where the measuring device performs measurement first based on an output from the second detector with respect to a second shot region.
US09746788B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic projection apparatus, including a liquid supply system configured to supply a liquid to a space between a projection system and a movable table; a member to at least partly confine liquid in the space, the member including a recovery opening facing toward the movable table, the recovery opening including a first porous structure configured to recover fluid; and a chamber configured to receive recovered fluid and to separate liquid from gas in the recovered fluid, the chamber including a second porous structure.
US09746776B2	Low surface energy photoresist composition and process A fluoropolymer-photoresist composition containing fluorinated polymer for containment of liquid inks in the printing of electronic devices. Methods of applying and treating the fluoropolymer-photoresist composition containing fluorinated polymer to provide low surface energy before and after processing and development of the photoresist.
US09746769B2	Resist composition The resist composition according to the present invention is a resist composition comprising a solid component comprising a resist base material, and a solvent. In the resist composition according to the present invention, the resist composition contains 1 to 80% by mass of the solid component and 20 to 99% by mass of the solvent, the resist base material comprises a compound (ctt form) represented by a predetermined formula (1) and a compound represented by a predetermined formula (3), the proportion of the compound (ctt form) represented by the predetermined formula (1) to the resist base material is from 65 to 99% by mass, and the mass ratio of the compound represented by the predetermined formula (3) to the compound (ctt form) represented by the predetermined formula (1) is from 0.01 to 0.53.
US09746763B2	Phase shift mask and method of fabricating the same Provided is a phase shift mask including a substrate, a phase shift layer, and a shielding layer. The phase shift layer is located on the substrate. A pattern of the phase shift layer includes a main pattern and sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs). The SRAFs are disposed around the main pattern. The phase shift layer has a transmission, and the transmission is larger than 6%. The shielding layer at least covers the SRAFs of the phase shift layer.
US09746753B2	Projector with embedded electric suspension arm A projector includes a main body, sub-body having an optical engine system, and a telescopic electric suspension arm, of which a first end is fixed in the main body, and a second end is connected to the sub-body. When the electric suspension arm retracts, the projector is in a closed position, where the sub-body and the electric suspension arm are both placed in the main body; and when the electric suspension arm extends, the projector is in an open position, and the sub-body moves out from the main body.
US09746752B1	Directional projection display In some examples, a projection display surface is configured to reflect a first image or image portion in a first direction and a second image or image portion in a second direction. In some cases, first light corresponding to the first image is projected onto a display surface that includes a first plurality of reflectors configured to reflect the first light in a first direction, but not reflect second light corresponding to the second image. The display surface may further include a second plurality of reflectors to reflect the second light in a second direction, but not reflect the first light. In some examples, the first light is within a first wavelength range and the second light is within a second, different wavelength range. In other examples, the first light has a first polarization and the second light has a second, different polarization.
US09746751B1	Camera mount system A camera mount system having two camera mounts connected to a main rail and moveable longitudinally with respect to each other, for differing lens lengths. One of the mounts includes two rollers to allow the camera to be rotated relative to the shooting plane. A rifle-like arrangement is used wherein a handle, with trigger connected to the camera with a cable, and stock/butt stock is provided. The stock and butt stock are vertically and laterally adjustable to accommodate right and left handed use as well as proper shoulder alignment.
US09746746B2	Fast optical switch and its applications in optical communication A fast optical switch can be fabricated/constructed, when vanadium dioxide (VO2) ultra thin-film or a cluster of vanadium dioxide particles (less than 0.5 microns in diameter) embedded in an ultra thin-film of a polymeric material or in a mesh of metal nanowires is activated by either an electrical pulse (a voltage pulse or a current pulse) or a light pulse just to induce rapid insulator-to-metal phase transition (IMT) in vanadium dioxide ultra thin-film or vanadium dioxide particles embedded in an ultra thin-film of a polymeric material or in a mesh of metal nanowires. The applications of such a fast optical switch for an on-Demand optical add-drop subsystem, integrating with or without a wavelength converter are also described.
US09746743B1	Electro-optic optical modulator devices and method of fabrication A novel electro-optic optical modulator device and a related method for creating the novel optical modulator device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the novel optical modulator comprises a high index contrast optical waveguide, a mesa region, electrical modulation electrodes, RF transmission lines, and interconnection layers. The high index contrast optical waveguide comprises an electro-optic slab core region and a high index ridge core region. A mesa section which includes the core regions can be formed, and electrical modulation electrodes are placed on etched sidewalls of the mesa section to achieve electro-optical index modulation of the electro-optic slab core region. The RF transmission lines include RF electrodes that connected to the electrical modulation electrodes. The interconnection layers connect the modulation electrodes with the RF electrodes by using etched vias. The novel optical modulator can also incorporate foldable modulation arms for poling in the electro-optic slab core region.
US09746742B2	Electro-optic modulator with distributed gain An electro-optic modulator includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer having a bias input, an optical input, and an optical output. A first arm comprises an optical waveguide. A second arm comprises an optical waveguide. A plurality of electrode segments is distributed along or proximate to a length of the optical waveguides of the first and second arms. A plurality of amplifiers, where at least one of the plurality of amplifiers has an RF input that receives an electrical modulation signal, and where each of the plurality of amplifiers are electrically connected to one of the plurality of electrode segments so as to provide distributed gain. A number of the plurality of amplifiers is chosen to achieve a desired combination of noise figure and spur-free dynamic range.
US09746736B2	Liquid crystal display Disclosed is a liquid crystal display, including: a first substrate, the first substrate including a voltage division reference voltage line and a pixel electrode, the pixel electrode including a first stem portion, a plurality of first fine branch portions obliquely extending from the first stem portion, a second stem portion, a plurality of second fine branch portions obliquely extending from the second stem portion, and a connection portion connecting the first fine branch portions and some of the second fine branch portions; in which the voltage division reference voltage line includes a bent portion bent at a portion overlapping the connection portion.
US09746727B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a driver chip. The first substrate includes a plurality of gate lines disposed in the display area and extended in a first direction, a plurality of data lines disposed on a gate insulating layer insulating the gate lines and extended in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a gate driving circuit section disposed in the first peripheral area adjacent to first ends of the gate lines. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. A liquid crystal is interposed between the first and second substrates. The driver chip is disposed in the second peripheral area adjacent to second ends of the gate lines opposite to the first ends so that the width of the upper and lower portions of the display area may be decreased.
US09746717B2	Curved liquid crystal display module and liquid crystal display device using the same The present invention provides a curved liquid crystal display module and a liquid crystal display device. The curved liquid crystal display module includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, and multiple isolation-cushion parts disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. Wherein, the multiple isolation-cushion parts are densely distributed near a center position of the color filter substrate and the array substrate, and the multiple isolation-cushion parts are gradually sparsely distributed toward two edges. Through disposing the isolation-cushion parts to be densely distributed and strip-shaped at the center position, and to be sparsely distributed and dotted toward two edges, the device of the present invention is well suitable for different sustained force at different assembly locations of curved screen such that the curved liquid crystal display module can have a better display effect and an uniform thickness.
US09746710B2	Quantum dot light source device, backlight module, and liquid crystal display device The disclosure provides a quantum dot light source device, a backlight module, and a liquid crystal display device, where the quantum dot light source device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a quantum dot material layer packaged between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and reflection points are arranged on the upper substrate so that the reflectivity of light rays by the reflection points at the center of the upper substrate is higher than the reflectivities of the light rays at the peripheral edges thereof.
US09746705B2	Liquid crystal display device Discussed is a liquid crystal display device which facilitates to repair a backlight unit and corresponding internal parts without separation of a cover glass and a liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit disposed at a lower side of the liquid crystal display panel, and a conductive tape electrically connected with the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit, wherein the conductive tape includes a first conductive adhesive member, a non-adhesive pad attached to one surface of the first conductive adhesive member, and a second conductive adhesive member attached to the other surface of the first conductive adhesive member, and wherein the first conductive adhesive member is attached to the liquid crystal display panel, and the second conductive adhesive member is attached to the backlight unit.
US09746703B2	Panel assembly A panel assembly includes a frame, a cell module, a retaining structure, and a flexible circuit board. The frame has a first surface and a second surface respectively located at opposite sides of the frame. The cell module and the retaining structure are respectively disposed on the first and second surfaces. The flexible circuit board is connected to the cell module and bended to extend over the second surface. The flexible circuit board has a through hole having a passing zone and an inwardly reduced zone communicated with each other. A part of the retaining structure extends from the second surface to a side of the flexible circuit board distal to the second surface via the inwardly reduced zone for preventing the flexible circuit board from moving away from the second surface. The passing zone is configured for the retaining structure to pass through.
US09746702B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a top chassis partially surrounding a top surface of the display panel and having first and second inserting holes, a bottom chassis configured to accommodate the display panel and having third and fourth inserting holes, and at least one fixing member extending through the third inserting hole, the first inserting hole, the second inserting hole and the fourth inserting hole to thereby couple the bottom chassis and the top chassis to each other.
US09746700B2	Silicon photonic hybrid polarization demultiplexer An optical demultiplexer that includes at least one a hybrid phase shifter configured to receive a light signal over a fiber element, the light signal including polarized optical signals. Each phase shifter includes a thermo-optic phase shifter configured to phase shift the light signal, an electro-optic phase shifter configured to phase shift the light signal, and a coupler configured to maintain polarization of the polarized signal components. The optical demultiplexer also includes control circuitry configured to regulate the thermo-optic and electro-optic phase shifters.
US09746698B2	Electrical crosstalk reduction in a high-order digital optical modulator A digital optical modulator including a waveguide comprising a plurality of light paths, and a plurality of phase shifter segments, each optically coupled to a light path from the plurality of light paths, configured to modulate light carried in the plurality of light paths to generate a modulated light in response to an electrical drive signal, at least two of the plurality of phase shifter segments having the same length. A digital optical modulator comprising a first waveguide arm comprising a first end and a second end, a first plurality of phase shifter segments with at least two of the first plurality of phase shifter segments that are the same length optically coupled to the waveguide arm, and a second waveguide arm optically coupled to the first waveguide arm at the first end and the second end.
US09746697B1	Eyeglass rear mirror system and method of use A rear-viewing mirror assembly for a pair of glasses having an arm, the mirror assembly includes a housing forming an inner area and configured to secure to the arm; a locking mechanism disposed within the inner area of the housing; an elongated rod extending partially outside the housing and engaged with the locking mechanism; and a mirror rigidly attached to the elongated rod.
US09746695B2	Methods and apparatus to form biocompatible energization primary elements for biomedical devices Methods and apparatus to form biocompatible energization elements are described. In some embodiments, the methods and apparatus to form the biocompatible energization elements involve forming cavities comprising active cathode chemistry. The active elements of the cathode and anode are sealed with a laminate stack of biocompatible material. In some embodiments, a field of use for the methods and apparatus may include any biocompatible device or product that requires energization elements.
US09746686B2	Content position calibration in head worn computing Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for calibrating the position of content in a see-through head-worn display.
US09746682B2	Spectral separation component without a visible ghost image A spectral splitting component is provided, having two faces, a planar front face comprising a dichroic treatment and a back face. It is intended to be placed downstream of a convergent objective. The back face is convex and forms a cylindrical surface defined by a generatrix of fixed direction moving perpendicularly along a circular arc comprising two ends, the plane passing through these two ends and parallel to the generatrix of the cylindrical surface forming a dihedral with the plane of the front face, the generatrix of the cylindrical surface being parallel to the edge of the dihedral.
US09746675B2	Alignment based view matrix tuning A head-mounted display device is disclosed, which includes an at least partially see-through display, a processor configured to detect a physical feature, generate an alignment hologram based on the physical feature, determine a view of the alignment hologram based on a default view matrix for a first eye of a user of the head-mounted display device, display the view of the alignment hologram to the first eye of the user on the at least partially see-through display, output an instruction to the user to enter an adjustment input to visually align the alignment hologram with the physical feature, determine a calibrated view matrix based on the default view matrix and the adjustment input, and adjust a view matrix setting of the head-mounted display device based on the calibrated view matrix.
US09746671B2	Head mounted display apparatus, information terminal, and methods and information storage devices for controlling head mounted display apparatus and information terminal A head mounted display (HMD) apparatus including a head posture information sensor for sensing a value of a head posture information and a display for displaying an image in a display area. An information terminal (IT) including an IT-side sensor for sensing a value of an IT-side information. In a first control mode the IT transmits a first control mode information to the HMD apparatus, wherein the first control mode information is determined based on a received first value of the head posture information and the value of the IT-side information, and the HMD apparatus sets the image to be displayed based on the first control mode information. In a second control mode, the HMD apparatus sets the image to be displayed based on a second value of the head posture information. Methods and information storage devices storing programs for controlling the HMD apparatus and IT are also provided.
US09746661B2	Protective device for a lens A protective device for a lens (2) having a protective hood (3) which protects a lens mount against ballistic effects, the protective hood (3) having a sight opening (4) for the lens (2), and a closing flap (5) for closing the sight opening (4), wherein the closing flap (5) can be rotated relative to the protective hood (3), wherein the rotary axis (D) of the closing flap (5) runs through the lens mount.
US09746659B2	Surgical microscope system A surgical microscope system includes a camera that is rotatable around a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, the rotation axes being orthogonal to each other, so that a photographing direction of the camera is changeable at a given position. The first rotation axis is inclined with respect to a vertical axis, and therefore, a lower end of a first member is able to be set at a height that does not interfere with the photographing direction when the camera is horizontally oriented.
US09746656B2	Measurement apparatus configured to control the on/off state of illumination source There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.
US09746648B1	Four-piece infrared single wavelength lens system A four-piece infrared single wavelength lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a refractive power, a stop, a second lens element with a positive refractive power, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens element with a positive refractive power. The focal length of the first lens element is f1, the focal length of the second lens element and the third lens element combined is f23, and they satisfy the relation: −210
US09746647B2	Camera module with a variable lens An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a PCB mounted with an image sensor, a base installed at an upper surface of the PCB to centrally form an optical path, a lens holder coupled to an upper surface of the base to form an optical path by being mounted with at least one or more sheets of lenses, a variable lens arranged on the optical path centrally formed at the base to control a refractive index of passing light, and an infrared cut-off coating layer provided on a surface of the variable lens to filter an infrared component from the optical path-passing light.
US09746640B2	Mobile device and optical imaging lens thereof Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises an aperture stop and five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US09746639B2	Mobile device and optical imaging lens thereof An optical imaging lens includes six lens elements disposed sequentially from an object side to an image side. The first lens element has a positive refracting power and the image-side surface of the second lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The third lens element has a positive refracting power and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The image-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, the image-side surface of the sixth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the optical imaging lens as a whole has only the six lens elements having refractive power.
US09746635B2	Lens module A lens module is disclosed. The lens module includes a lens barrel including a first barrel wall extended horizontally and a second barrel wall extended from the first barrel wall; a lens group including at least one lens, the lens includes a first slope; a stop on the first barrel wall and forming a light hole for the lens, and a pressing ring attached to the stop. The first barrel wall of the lens barrel includes a second slope abutting against the first slope for ensuring the concentricity.
US09746632B1	Light waveguide apparatus A light waveguide apparatus includes a light transmission body that is fittable under or around a structure such as a window or a door. The light waveguide apparatus includes two lenses, each mounted to a respective end of the light transmission body. The apparatus further includes a transmission medium optically coupling the lenses.
US09746631B1	Optical patch panel Optical patch panels are disclosed. In one example, a housing module may include at least one wall arranged to present connectors for mating with optical cables. A plurality of trunk connectors may be arranged in at least one wall of the housing module, each of the trunk connectors being connectable to an optical trunk line entering the housing module. A plurality of duplex fiber connectors may be arranged in at least one wall of the housing module, the duplex fiber connectors being operable to mate with downstream networking equipment, the duplex fiber connectors being arranged in clusters, each cluster presenting a group of four pairs of duplex fiber connectors. The duplex fiber connectors in a cluster may be optically coupled to one of the plurality of trunk lines via the plurality of trunk connectors.
US09746630B2	Hybrid optical fiber ribbon and power cable A hybrid cable includes a jacket defining a cavity therein, a central strength member, a ribbon unit having a plurality of optical fibers, and a conductor cable, wherein the conductor cable and the ribbon unit are stranded around the central strength member to extend through the cavity of the jacket. A method of manufacturing a hybrid optical and power cable includes stranding at least one ribbon unit and at least one conductive power cable around a strength member and extruding a jacket around the stranded at least one ribbon unit and at least one conductive power cable.
US09746615B2	Light-synthesizing laser device The light-synthesizing laser device includes a plurality of collimating lenses that are arranged in a one-to-one relationship with a plurality of laser light sources which exhibit anisotropy in a laser light emission angle, and that convert laser light beams emitted from the laser light sources into parallel light; a condensing lens that condenses the laser light that has been converted into parallel light by the plurality of collimating lenses; and an optical fiber (5) having a square waveguide core (SC) which has a square shape, the fiber receiving and synthesizing the laser light condensed by the condensing lens. A longitudinal axis of a condensed beam condensed by the condensing lens is aligned with a diagonal axis of the square waveguide core.
US09746613B2	Single mode polymer waveguide connector Waveguide connectors include a ferrule having first alignment features. A polymer waveguide has one or more a topclad portions, each with a waveguide core, second alignment features fastened to the first alignment features, and underclad portion that is thicker than the one or more topclad portions. The polymer waveguide has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the ferrule and is fastened to the ferrule under tension.
US09746611B2	Systems and methods for tiltable grating out-couplers A grating out-coupler assembly is provided. The grating out-coupler assembly includes a substrate, a tiltable surface suspended above the substrate, an actuator configured to selectively control a pitch of the tiltable surface, and a grating out-coupler supported by the tiltable surface.
US09746610B2	Optical fiber cutting device and optical fiber cutting method A cutting device for cutting an optical fiber running in a first direction includes a supporting piece having a free end and a fixed end and having resilience, a cutting blade supported by the supporting piece that comes into contact with the optical fiber to make a right angle with the optical fiber at a point of the contact, and a driving device. The driving device is configured to press the supporting piece in a second direction in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, with the second direction not intersecting with the first direction.
US09746608B1	Integrated optical assembly apparatus and integrated fabrication method for coupling optical energy A novel optical assembly apparatus for coupling optical energy and a related method for creating the novel optical assembly apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, the novel optical assembly apparatus includes a high-index contrast waveguide constructed on a semiconductor die or another base substrate with an aligned optical coupling section, a grating coupler etched onto a surface, a micro mirror with an acute angle relative to the surface, and a waveguide taper that narrows an optical beam width. A light ray entered into the optical coupling section is redirected by the micro mirror to form a perpendicular ray entry angle with the grating coupler. The grating coupler then efficiently couples the light ray with the waveguide taper, which in turn narrows the optical beam width. The light ray may originate from a semiconductor die or from an optical fiber, which is purposefully aligned with the high-index contrast waveguide.
US09746607B2	Optical coupling scheme The present invention provides a waveguide structure for optical coupling. The waveguide structure includes a first waveguide embedded in a cladding of lower refractive index than the first waveguide, and a second waveguide of higher refractive index than the cladding and distanced from the first waveguide. The waveguide structure further includes an intermediate waveguide, of which at least a part is arranged between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide each comprise a tapered end for coupling light into and/or out of the intermediate waveguide.
US09746606B2	Waveguide structure, waveguide coupling structure, and production method The present invention provides three waveguide structures, including a protruding-type waveguide structure, a buried-type waveguide structure, and a redeposited-type waveguide structure, the protruding-type waveguide structure includes two axisymmetrically disposed first ends, and the first end is sequentially divided into a first region, a second region, and a third region in a direction toward an axis of symmetry; and the waveguide structure includes a first silicon substrate layer, a second silicon substrate layer, a first silicon dioxide layer, a second silicon dioxide layer, and a first silicon waveguide layer. The waveguide structure and the waveguide coupling structure that are provided in the present invention have advantages of a small size, low polarization dependence, and low temperature sensitivity, and a crosstalk value is greater than 25 dB, which meets a requirement of a passive optical network system, and provides feasibility for commercialization of the arrayed waveguide grating.
US09746600B2	Illuminating glazing with incorporated deflector A lighting glazing includes a first sheet of glass of refractive index n1 with a first main face, a second main face and a rim; a transparent polymer film in adhesive contact with the second main face of the first sheet, the film having a refractive index n2
US09746598B2	Optical fiber light-guide device and backlight module An optical fiber light-guide device for a backlight module includes an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a core and a cladding layer surrounding the core. The optical fiber defines an inclined groove through an outer surface of the cladding layer, the inclined groove has at least one first end and a second end located along a length of the optical fiber, a depth of the groove gradually increases from each first end to the second end.
US09746597B2	Light pipe and housing assembly using the same A light pipe for transmitting lights includes a light incident wall, a light radiation wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the light incident wall opposite the light radiation wall, the first side wall opposite the second side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are connected between the light incident wall and the light radiation wall, respectively. the first side wall and the second side wall are parabolic and having focal points between the first side wall and the second side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are parabolic making the lights passing through the light radiation wall be uniformly distributed.
US09746594B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus including an image display panel that includes: a first color filter for passing light of a first primary and first auxiliary pixels for displaying the first primary; a second color filter for passing light of a second primary and second auxiliary pixels for displaying the second primary; a third color filter for passing light of a third primary and third auxiliary pixels for displaying the third primary; and fourth auxiliary pixels for displaying a fourth color; the first auxiliary pixels, the second auxiliary pixels, the third auxiliary pixels, and the fourth auxiliary pixels being arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and a light shielding region disposed at least partly around the peripheral edge of each of the fourth auxiliary pixels.
US09746591B2	Multi-layer microprismatic retroreflective sheeting and method of manufacturing the same A multi-layer microprismatic retroreflective film and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the film includes: (1) a prism layer including an acrylic polymeric material and containing microprisms, (2) a strengthening layer including a polymeric material different from the acrylic polymeric material and (3) a buffer section including acrylic polymeric material located between the microprisms of the prism layer and the strengthening layer.
US09746587B2	Shape-variable optical element Disclosed herein is a shape-variable optical element including: a shape-variable lens; a first electrode unit configured to be connected to the shape-variable lens; a second electrode unit configured to face the first electrode unit; and a deformation part configured to be disposed between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit.
US09746586B2	Method of manufacturing microlens array substrate, microlens array substrate, electro-optic device, and electronic A microlens array substrate includes a substrate. A plurality of first recesses are provided in a first area of a surface of the substrate. A plurality of second recesses are provided in a second area of the surface of the substrate. The second area is outside of the first area. A light transmission layer has a refractive index which is different from a refractive index of the substrate and is provided to cover the surface of the substrate and to bury the first recesses and the second recesses. Each of the first recesses has a first depth from a surface of the light transmission layer. Each of the second recesses has a second depth from the surface of the light transmission layer. The second depth is deeper than the first depth.
US09746579B2	CT systems and methods thereof A CT system and method thereof are disclosed. The system includes: a conveyor mechanism; a first scanning stage configured to scan the object and generate a first digital signal; a second scanning stage spaced from the first scanning stage at a preset distance in a direction of the object's movement; a processing device configured to reconstruct a CT image of the object at a first image quality based on the first digital signal, and analyze the CT image; and a control device configured to adjust a scanning parameter of the second scanning stage based on an analysis result of the processing device to cause the second scanning stage to output a second digital signal. The processing device reconstructs a CT image of the object at a second image quality higher than the first image quality at least based on the second digital signal. The system takes full advantage of the distributed ray sources which replace the normal slip ring technology.
US09746573B1	Portable buried utility locating systems with current signal data communication Systems for locating hidden utilities using a portable transmitter for generating and coupling current signals to the hidden utility and a portable locator including a display for providing a representation of a current signal ratio are disclosed.
US09746572B2	Electronic marker devices and systems Integrated buried utility locator systems, including a locator including a marker device excitation transmitter a buried utility locator along with one or more marker devices, are disclosed. In operation a marker device excitation signal is sent from the locator at least partially simultaneously to receiving and processing a buried utility signal.
US09746570B2	Virtual marine seismic spread acquisition Presented are methods and a system for efficiently acquiring seismic data based on a virtual seismic spread. A streamer vessel and a source vessel are used in combination and in a specific spatial arrangement collect seismic data. The source arrays can be fired simultaneously, creating blended seismic data that is separated with a deblending algorithm or sequentially to collect seismic data directly. The virtual seismic spread can be configured to reduce survey time or decrease capital costs and health safety and environment exposure based on the size of the streamer array towed by the streamer vessel.

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