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US09781687B2	Controlling radio transmission power in a multi-radio wireless communication device A method for controlling transmission power in accordance with a total transmission power limit in a multi-radio wireless communication device including a master radio and a slave radio is provided. The method can include the wireless communication device determining, at the master radio, a transmission power of the master radio. The method can further include the wireless communication device providing information indicative of the transmission power of the master radio from the master radio to the slave radio. The method can additionally include determining, at the slave radio, an allowable transmission power for the slave radio. A sum of the allowable transmission power and the transmission power of the master radio may not exceed the total transmission power limit.
US09781684B2	Method and network entity for reducing inter-network interference Wireless networks share UE location information in order to identify possible inter-network aggressors. If a first network determines, based on the location data it receives from a second network, that one of the first network's UEs may cause excessive interference to one or more of the second network's UEs, the first network grants A-MPR to its UE (e.g., by signaling the UE). The first network's UE can then lower its transmit power in order avoid interfering with the second network's UE.
US09781678B2	Mobile terminal device, control method, and computer product A mobile terminal device, when detecting that a display state of a screen transitions from non-display to display, starts a scanning operation of searching for an access point. If an access point of the same access point identification information is found successively a given number of times N, the mobile terminal device suspends the scanning operation of searching for an access point. If movement of the mobile terminal device is detected subsequent to suspending the scanning operation of searching for the access point, the mobile terminal device resumes the scanning operation for the access point.
US09781677B2	Saving power on handsets by filtering received status updates In one embodiment, a method for saving power on a mobile device includes receiving an indication of termination of a power-save mode of the mobile device, and requesting presence information for a plurality of peers of a user from a server or a P2P communication network in response to the received indication.
US09781675B2	Detecting narrow band signals in wide-band interference Systems and methods are disclosed that may detect a likely presence of a narrow band signal in the presence of wide-band interference without powering up a wireless receiver. A wireless device may receive a wireless signal, measure a first energy level in a first frequency band associated with an expected frequency band of the narrow band wireless signal, measure a second energy level in a second frequency band that is offset from and non-overlapping with the first frequency band, and determine whether a difference between the first energy level and the second energy level exceeds a threshold. A wireless receiver of the wireless device may be powered up based at least in part on the difference between the first energy level and the second energy level exceeding the threshold.
US09781669B2	Statistics-assisted sCell selection Systems and methods for Secondary Cell (sCell) selection for wireless devices operating according to a carrier aggregation scheme in a cellular communications network are disclosed. More specifically, in some embodiments, a statistics-assisted sCell selection process is utilized for sCell selection. This statistics-assisted sCell selection process improves the efficiency of sCell selection, particularly where there are multiple candidate sCells on multiple carrier frequencies.
US09781655B2	Method and system for efficient management of a communication system A method that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying, by a network device comprising a processor, a bearer path through a communication network for carrying internet protocol packets associated with a calling session between a first mobile device and a second mobile device and activating, by the network device, a bridging bearer path at a nearest network element to generate a direct tunnel for carrying the internet protocol packets associated with the calling session and to modify the bearer path to a shortest bearer path, where the nearest network element comprises a network element that is communicatively coupled to both the first mobile device and the second mobile device and that is closest to the first mobile device and the second mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09781654B2	Method and apparatus for supporting communication via a relay node A method and apparatus for supporting communication buffer status reports (BSRs) are disclosed. A wireless device may transmit data to at least one group of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The wireless device may produce a BSR, which may include an indication associated with a group of WTRUs and an indication of an amount of data that the wireless device has buffered to transmit to the group of WTRUs. The wireless device may transmit the BSR to an eNodeB (eNB). The BSR may include a plurality of indications associated with a respective plurality of groups of WTRUs and respective indications of amounts of data that the wireless device has buffered to transmit each of the plurality of groups. The indication of the amount of data that the wireless device has buffered to transmit to the group of WTRUs may identify a total across all logical channels of the group of WTRUs.
US09781649B2	MBMS support in heterogeneous network and in-venue A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication enable user equipment operating in a current cell that provides a multimedia broadcast/multicast service to distinguish between neighboring cells that have different operational characteristics. The presence of a neighboring cell is identified while the user equipment is operating in a first cell and it is determined whether the neighboring cell provides services different from the services provided in the current cell, based on information maintained by the user equipment. The user equipment may move to the neighboring cell to obtain better or different service.
US09781648B2	User terminal for network selection in a communication system A user terminal includes a controller configured to perform a network selection operation for selecting an access network in which the user terminal exchanges traffic from among a cellular RAN (Radio Access Network) and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). The controller performs processes of: receiving wireless LAN identifiers for using the network selection operation, the wireless LAN identifiers broadcasted from a cellular base station, and receiving offload related information for prompting the user terminal to steer the traffic to the wireless LAN, the offload related information broadcasted from the cellular base station.
US09781643B2	Methods for improved inter-radio access technology measurements A method at a mobile device for increasing measurement gaps to facilitate inter-radio access technology measurements is provided. The method at the mobile device: receiving inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurement configuration information from the network; when the device is actively connected, determining whether a triggering criterion is met, based on the received information; and if the triggering criterion is met, increasing the time available for measurements.
US09781640B2	Method to optimize PCI confusion detection and resolution In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform operations of receiving, by an access node, from a user equipment a physical cell identity of a neighbor cell in a communication network; determining information including at least one of an angle of arrival and UE Rx-Tx time difference with respect to the user equipment of the communication network; and storing the determined information in a neighbor relation table to use in network operations.
US09781637B2	Link failure recovery method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a link failure recovery method and apparatus. The method includes: first receiving, by a primary base station, failure report information sent by a user equipment, acquiring, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a data radio bearer (DRB) that needs to be reconfigured, and reconfiguring a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured; and then sending, by the primary base station, a first reconfiguration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment reconfigures a failed DRB according to the first reconfiguration message. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications systems.
US09781622B2	Decision making based on remote observation of node capabilities A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for making network optimization decisions based on observed network node performance information. Network nodes may continuously report performance measurement information to network servers. Observers may request registration with the servers and access to the mode measurement information. The observer may specify a measurement threshold that, when met, causes the server to report node measurement data to the observer. The node measurement data enables the observer to make network optimization and control decisions. An optimal radio frequency might be selected; a node might switch between different gateways or cause a handoff from one gateway to another for efficient traffic routing. A user could observe measurement data for friends and receive notice when friends are in close proximity or engaged in like activity such that a social contextual community might be formed.
US09781611B2	Boosted, dedicated reference signal A device includes a receiver, a determiner, and a demodulator. The receiver is configured to receive from a base station a reference signal having a power level such that a sum of the power level and a processing gain of a channel estimator of the device corresponds to a predetermined demodulation penalty for the device. The determiner is configured to determine the power level. The demodulator is configured to demodulate a data signal received from the base station based on the power level and a channel estimate generated based on the reference signal.
US09781605B2	Cell activation method and apparatus A cell activation method and apparatus. After multiple cells to be activated are determined, the multiple cells are activated in sequence according to a priority sequence of the multiple cells, so that in a case in which base station resources are insufficient, an important cell ranking higher in the priority sequence is preferentially activated to preferentially occupy the base station resource and provide a service to the outside, and further, stability of a wireless communications system is improved.
US09781595B2	Wireless communication device A wireless communication device includes a user interface device, a subscriber identity module card slot, a memory, and a processor. The subscriber identity module card slot is configured to receive a subscriber identity module card that includes subscriber identity module card information. The processor is configured to, in response to detection of a subscriber identity module card within the subscriber identify module card slot, present, via the user interface device, an option to store a copy of the subscriber identity module card information to the memory.
US09781587B2	Base station, user terminal, and processor A base station, which accommodates a user terminal that transmits a discovery-use signal used for discovering a communication partner terminal in D2D communication that is direct device-to-device radio communication in a mobile communication system that supports the D2D communication, comprises a control unit that controls transmission of power control information for designating transmission power of the discovery-use signal to the user terminal.
US09781583B2	Device and service discovery method, and device middleware A device and service discovery method and a piece of device middleware are provided. The method includes that a user terminal device broadcasts its own device information and service capability information, and searches for information about a surrounding service network, information about a device not joining the service network and service capability information about the device; if it is discovered that a service network, which has a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish a service, exists in the surrounding area, the user terminal device is configured to join the service network, and interact with a central node of the service network to accomplish the service; and if the service network is not discovered, the user terminal device selects a central node from devices which do not join a service network and have a service capability needed by the user terminal device to accomplish the service, is configured to generate a service network according to the selected central node, and interact with the selected central node to accomplish the service. A ubiquitous service can be provided through discovery, acquisition and networking of surrounding available service resources.
US09781582B2	Method, device, and system for transmitting short data during a call hang time hold off period Short data is transmitted during a call hang time hold off period in a wireless communication system. During an active call on a voice channel, a radio controller detects deactivation of a push-to-talk (PTT) input at a transmitting mobile station (MS) via an uplink channel portion of the voice channel and identifies a particular MS in the wireless communication system in need to transmit short data. Responsively, the radio controller causes a call hang time hold off request to be transmitted via a downlink channel portion of the voice channel to all MSs in the active call instructing the mobile stations to delay call hang time during a call hang time hold off period. The radio controller then causes a short data transmission request to be sent to the particular MS instructing the particular MS to transmit inbound short data during the call hang time hold off period.
US09781579B2	Method and device for realizing terminal WIFI talkback Disclosed are a method and device for realizing WIFI talkback of a terminal, related to the field of mobile communications technologies, wherein the method includes the following steps: a calling terminal initiating a request for obtaining a dynamic IP address via a WIFI wireless local area network (LAN); after receiving the request, a called terminal judging whether the calling terminal has successfully obtained the dynamic IP address; if the called terminal determines that the calling terminal has successfully obtained the dynamic IP address, it determining whether the calling terminal has enabled a talkback function; if the called terminal determines that the calling terminal has initiated the talkback function, the called terminal sending a message to the calling terminal for indicating that the called terminal is online, thereby enabling the calling terminal and the called terminal to perform the WIFI talkback.
US09781571B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for registration of and anonymous communications related to tagged objects Systems and methods of registration of an anonymous tag having an owner with a location service include authenticating a tag sensor associated with the owner of the tag with the location service. The tag is placed within a defined transmission distance of the tag from the tag sensor associated with the owner. The tag is activated while it is within the defined distance from the tag sensor to initiate transmission of the self identification. The transmitted self identification is received at the tag sensor to detect the tag. It is determined that the detected tag is not yet registered with the location service and an identification of the tag and the owner is transmitted to the location service from the tag sensor to register the tag as belonging to the owner at the location service to limit registration of the tag at the location service.
US09781569B2	Systems and methods for resolving positional ambiguities using access point information A positioning method includes acquiring global positioning system (GPS) position data associated with a mobile platform from a plurality of GPS satellites observable by the mobile platform. A set of wireless range measurements associated with the mobile platform and a plurality of wireless access points in communication with the mobile platform are acquired. The method further includes receiving, from a server communicatively coupled to the mobile platform over a network, wireless position data associated with the plurality of wireless access points. A corrected position of the mobile platform is determined based on the wireless position data, the wireless range measurements, and the GPS position data.
US09781562B1	Venue experience management Systems and methods are disclosed for venue experience management. In one implementation, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a first device are received at a communication interface of a location determination device, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a second device are received at the communication interface of the location determination device, a processing device of the location determination device processes the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device, and one or more actions are initiated based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.
US09781556B2	Network-assisted to direct device discovery switch Embodiments for providing network-assisted to direct device discovery switch are generally described herein. In some embodiments, location information is received at an evolved packet core (EPC) from at least a first and a second user equipment (UE). A network-assisted device-to-device (D2D) request is received from the first UE for establishing a D2D wireless connection with the second UE. Proximity of the first UE and the second UE are monitored. Before detecting the second UE being in proximity to the first UE, direct discovery is determined to be more resource efficient than continuing to provide network-assisted D2D discovery. An indication is provided to the first UE and the second UE to perform direct discovery based on information provided in the indication.
US09781553B2	Location based services in a distributed communication system, and related components and methods Distributed communication systems provide location information to mobile terminals that may not be able to receive otherwise global positioning system (GPS) information from GPS satellites. Providing location information to clients inside a building or other location may make location based services, such as emergency (E911) services, possible based on the location information. The distributed communications system may be provided location information about its components through a number of techniques. Once the distributed communications system has the location information, such location information may be passed to clients.
US09781552B2	Electricity storage device, method of controlling electricity storage device, charging device, method of controlling charging device, and wireless connection setting system An electricity storage device includes a storage battery charged by a charging device, a first connector that detachably connects the electricity storage device with the charging device, a first communicator that performs wireless communication with an information terminal, a second communicator that performs wired communication with the charging device when the electricity storage device is attached to the charging device via the first connector, and a controller that causes, when the first communicator receives, from the information terminal, a wireless setting value for the charging device to establish wireless connection to a specific access point, the second communicator to transmit the wireless setting value to the charging device.
US09781551B2	Wireless communications adapter for a network device Described herein is an adapter that can facilitate communications between a bi-polar serial communications port of a network device and a mobile device that communicates wirelessly. The adapter can include circuitry configured to communicate and receive wireless signals to and from the mobile device over air at least at 1 Mbit/s. Such circuitry can also be configured to consume at most 0.5 W and convert a wireless signal into a unipolar signal, and vice versa. The adapter can also include an energy storage component configured to store energy from a bi-polar serial signal received from the port. The adapter can also include circuitry, configured to receive the stored electrical energy and convert a unipolar signal to a bi-polar serial signal compatible with the port using the received energy. The adapter can also include circuitry configured to convert a bipolar signal to a unipolar signal.
US09781549B2	Tuning a NFC antenna of a device A NFC object reader's NFC antenna system configured to dynamically change an element of the NFC antenna system to maintain the NFC antenna system's antenna default resonant frequency. The NFC antenna system can be configured to include a tuning subsystem, integrated with sensors to trigger tuning of NFC antenna system's antenna.
US09781546B2	Server information handling system wireless management and topology A datacenter server information handling system topology is determined from Bluetooth Low Energy beacon signals communicated with a mobile information handling system that provides multiple ranges temporally related as the mobile information handling system moves through the datacenter. Server information handling system positions are determined and mapped relative to each other and also relative to position information detected in the datacenter, such as with a camera or accelerometer disposed in the mobile information handling system.
US09781542B2	Techniques for predictive power management of a mobile device Techniques for managing discussion sharing on a mobile platform, comprising a power application. The power application may include, among other components, a power monitoring component to monitor at least one component and/or at least one application of a mobile device to determine device profile information, and a power management component to provide the determined device profile information of a mobile device to a server device and receive predicted information representative of forecasted power utilization of the mobile device and/or context sensitive recommendation information representative of one or more context sensitive recommendations for the mobile device.
US09781526B2	Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device which can enhance and/or optimize received audio signals for vibrational conduction to the user. Received audio signals may be processed to cancel acoustic echo such that undesired sounds received by one or more intra-buccal and/or extra-buccal microphones are eliminated or mitigated. Additionally, a multiband actuation system may be used where two or more transducers each deliver sounds within certain frequencies. Also, the assembly may also utilize the sensation of directionality via the conducted vibrations to emulate directional perception of audio signals received by the user. Another feature may include the ability to vibrationally conduct ancillary audio signals to the user along with primary audio signals.
US09781509B2	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method A signal processing apparatus acquires an audio signal of channels using a sound acquisition unit, at least a part of which is within a housing of the apparatus, and obtains an audio signal of channels from a microphone provided outside the housing. The apparatus processes an audio signal in accordance with a first propagation characteristic indicating propagation of sound associated with a direction of a sound source, in a case of processing an audio signal acquired by the sound acquisition unit and processes an audio signal in accordance with a second propagation characteristic different from the first propagation characteristic, in a case of processing an audio signal obtained by the microphone. The signal processing apparatus estimates a sound source direction using an audio signal processed by the first processing unit or an audio signal processed by the second processing unit.
US09781500B2	Earphone device An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing.
US09781499B2	Electronic device with wind resistant audio Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that includes a plurality of audio acquisition areas. Each of the plurality of audio acquisition areas can include a microphone element to detect audio data, an audio opening that allows the audio data to travel to the microphone element, and a windscreen that covers at least the audio opening. An audio module can be configured to receive the audio data from each of the plurality of audio acquisition areas and enhance the audio data.
US09781498B2	Microphone stand and microphone stand set [Problem] To provide, at a lower cost, a microphone stand the height of which can be adjusted by an easy operation.[Solution] A support strut (5) of an acoustic characteristic measurement microphone comprises two rectangular-tube-shaped attachment parts (1, 2) that are attached to each other in the axis direction by inserting one of the attachment parts into the other such that the one can slide within the other in the axis direction. A plurality of height adjustment slits (19) that are aligned in the height direction of the microphone stand are formed in a corner portion of the one attachment part (1). In the other attachment part (2), an attachment slit (22) is formed at a position where the plurality of height adjustment slits (19) pass due to the sliding of the two attachment parts (1, 2) in the height direction of the microphone stand. A cord (71) of the acoustic characteristic measurement microphone (7) placed on the top of the microphone stand is pushed into and fixed to the interior of two slits (19, 22) that have been positioned by the sliding of the two attachment parts.
US09781496B2	Worksite audio device with wireless interface Systems and methods including a wireless device in communication with, controlling, and providing streaming media to a worksite audio device. The worksite audio device, such as a radio, includes a rugged structure enabling its use on construction sites. The worksite audio device is powerable via a power tool battery pack or AC source, and includes a charger circuit to charge an inserted power tool battery using power from the AC source. The worksite audio device is in communication with an external wireless device, such as a smart phone. The worksite audio device outputs to the smart phone battery status information, such as temperature and state of charge, as well as other information about the audio device. The smart phone displays the status information received from the audio device. Additionally, a user may control the audio device via a graphical user interface of the smart phone.
US09781492B2	Systems and methods for making video discoverable Systems and methods for discovering and interacting with video on a frame level are disclosed. A person viewing a video can capture a frame from a video using a mobile device. The captured frame and information about items within the frame are displayed on the user's mobile device. The user can learn about the items or interact with the displayed items such as purchasing the items using the mobile device.
US09781488B2	Controlled adaptive rate switching system and method for media streaming over IP networks A system for adaptively streaming video content over an IP network and an encoding device, the system comprising devices and non-transitory computer-readable storage media having executable computer modules, comprising: a sender device interacting with the network, the device configured to send a video stream to the network and to receive a recovery packet stream from the network; a receiving device configured to receive the video stream and to transmit a recovery packet stream back to the sender through the network; and a bandwidth probe configured to be periodically sent with the video stream to the receiving device to determine an instantaneous network bandwidth; wherein the sender device is configured to command the encoding device to adapt the video stream, based upon the instantaneous network bandwidth and the recovery packet stream.
US09781487B2	Streaming multicast content to a television via a mobile device A device may receive information that identifies available content associated with multicast streams available for transmission via a network. The device may determine content selected from the available content. The selected content may be associated with a multicast stream available for transmission via the network. The device may receive the multicast stream associated with the selected content via an air interface. The device may process the multicast stream into a format compatible with a connection interface. The device may output the processed multicast stream to a display device, that is different from the device, via the connection interface.
US09781485B2	Distributed playback architecture Master element for a distributed playback architecture for a media data, having: a payload data source for providing payload data packets; a beacon packet creator for creating beacon packets useable for synchronizing a playback process of the payload data packets at, at least one, slave element in the distributed playback architecture; and a network interface for transmitting an interleaved packet stream to the at least one slave element, the interleaved packet stream having the payload data packets provided by the payload data source and the beacon packets created by the beacon packet creator. A corresponding slave element, the distributed playback architecture, a method, and a computer program product are also disclosed.
US09781481B2	Apparatus and method for generating/recovering motion information based on predictive motion vector index encoding, and apparatus and method for image encoding/decoding using same A video encoding method for encoding a current motion vector of a current block, includes: deriving a plurality of candidate predictive motion vectors by using motion vectors of adjacent blocks of the current block; selecting a predictive motion vector of the current block from among the candidate predictive motion vectors; generating a differential motion vector by subtracting the predictive motion vector from the current motion vector; and encoding, into a bitstream, the differential motion vector and a predictive motion vector index for indicating which candidate predictive motion vector is selected as the predictive motion vector among the candidate predictive motion vectors, where the deriving of the candidate predictive motion vectors includes: deriving a first candidate predictive motion vector based on adjacent blocks located at left side of the current block; and deriving a second candidate predictive motion vector based on adjacent blocks located at upper side of the current block.
US09781479B2	Methods and systems of recommending media assets to users based on content of other media assets Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that provides recommendations to a user viewing a media asset. For example, the media guidance application may provide a recommendation of a media asset based on a user's profile and may modify the user's profile based on the user's actions and keywords in the content of the media asset. For example, the media guidance application may determine whether the media asset is of interest to a user and in response may update the user's profile based on keywords in the media asset. If the media guidance application determines that the media asset is of interest to the user, it may add keywords in the content of the media asset to the user's profile and increase their corresponding weights. Otherwise, the media guidance application may decrease the weights in the user's profile corresponding to keywords in the media asset.
US09781477B2	System and method for low-latency multimedia streaming Systems and methods for transmitting a multimedia stream over a communication link on a network are disclosed. The systems and methods adaptively adjust encoding parameters based on monitoring changing conditions of the network. A transmitter includes an adaptive-rate encoder that adaptively adjusts a video encoding bit rate in response to changing conditions of the communication link. The encoder maintains tight rate control by utilizing slice processing and sub-frame rate adaptation, as well as maintaining a headroom between the channel bit rate and the video encoding bit rate. The adaptive-rate encoder also embeds intra-frame constraints in predictive frames traffic in order to reduce latency.
US09781459B2	Nonlinear manifold clustering to determine a recommendation of multimedia content A method and an apparatus can include a system processor control and a system controller. The system controller can retrieve data from at least one database, the data including information associated with at least one of subscribers, multimedia content, and customer premises equipment. The system processor can formulate an input dataset from the retrieved data, perform nonlinear manifold clustering on the input dataset to formulate clusters, and determine a recommendation of multimedia content, the recommendation of multimedia content being based on a metric distance between a subscriber and a multimedia content. The system controller can transmit, to a customer premises equipment of the subscriber, the recommendation of multimedia content.
US09781456B2	Logging individuals for TV measurement compliance A TV audience survey system for determining the TV viewing activities of a plurality of individuals in a household includes a master device and multiple tags, each tag assigned to an individual. After an individual logs into the system and starts watching the TV, the master device communicates with the corresponding tag repeatedly to accumulate data representing the individual's TV viewing activities. Such data can be used to determine when the individual stops watching the TV for an extended period of time without logging out of the system and when the household member remains watching the TV after logging or being logged out of the system. The master device then reports the accumulated data to a remote server, which uses the data to determine whether the individual complies with the logging protocol defined by the TV audience survey system and update the TV viewership data associated with this household.
US09781455B2	Methods and apparatus for metering media feeds in a market Methods and apparatus for metering media feeds in a market are disclosed. An example method includes extracting a primary code from metering data received from a media presentation location. Extracting a breakout code, different than the primary code, from the metering data. Identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, first media associated with the primary code. Identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, a first regional network associated with the breakout code. Storing, by executing an instruction with the processor, information indicating that the first media was presented on the first regional network.
US09781452B2	Systems and methods for evaluating online videos Systems and methods for evaluating online videos. One method includes receiving a URL; determining a URL type; detecting whether the URL includes one or more videos; determining at least one of a size of the video, a position of the video on a web page of the web page URL, whether the video is set to autoplay, and whether the video is set to mute; computing a score based on one or more of the size of the video, the position of the video on the web page of the web page URL, whether the video is set to autoplay, and whether the video is set to mute; obtaining at least two frames of at least part of the video, wherein each frame is obtained at one or more predetermined intervals during playback of the video; and classifying each detected video based on the at least two frames.
US09781447B1	Correlation based inter-plane prediction encoding and decoding A system, apparatus, and method for encoding and decoding a video stream having a plurality of frames are disclosed. Disclosed implementations encode frames having a plurality of planes that include representations of color video data, for example YUV, relying on correlation between planes to form prediction blocks to predict blocks of another plane. Disclosed implementations use lookup tables formed from pixels peripheral to the blocks to transform blocks into prediction blocks. For example, blocks from the Y plane can be used to predict blocks from the U or V planes, or blocks from U or V planes can be used to predict blocks from the Y plane.
US09781439B2	Combined parallel and pipelined video encoder A method of encoding video data including a sequence of digital image frames, in a pipelined processing system is provided. The method includes dividing each frame in the sequence into a plurality of sections, each section including a horizontal band across a frame. The method further includes subdividing each section into a plurality of macroblocks, and encoding a representation of each macroblock in each section to form an output stream. The sections of each frame are processed during adjacent steps in a pipeline of the pipelined processing system.
US09781437B2	Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus An image coding method in which a chroma component and a luma component of an input image including one or more transform blocks are transformed to code the input image. The luma component has the same size as the current transform block. The chroma component is smaller than the current transform block. In the method, when the current transform block has a first minimum size, the chroma component is transformed on a basis of a block resulting from binding a plurality of the chroma blocks to has the same size as the luma block, and when the current transform block has a size other than the first minimum size, a CBF flag indicating whether or not coefficients of the chroma component include a non-zero coefficient is not coded.
US09781435B2	System and method for selecting a video encoding format based on feedback data Methods and systems for processing instructions by an online video game hosting system are provided. One example method includes receiving a control signal for a video game. The control signal is received by a server of the online video game hosting system, and the control signal is transmitted from a client device to the server over a network. Then, executing the online video game by the server while receiving the control signal. The executing causes generation of a sequence of video frames and encoding the sequence of video frames to generate a first compressed sequence of video frames and generate a second compressed sequence of video frames. Transmitting the first compressed sequence of video frames to the client device over the network for decoding by the client device to produce a first decoded sequence of video frames for displaying on a display of the client device. Receiving feedback information from the client device, the feedback information used to determine whether one or more of the first compressed sequence of video frames has been successfully decoded at the client device and modifying the encoding of the sequence of video frames in response to the feedback information. The second compressed sequence of video frames are directed to a storage associated with the server and wherein the quality of the second compressed sequence of video frames is higher than a quality of the first compressed sequence of video frames.
US09781429B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09781428B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09781417B2	High dynamic range, backwards-compatible, digital cinema HDR images are coded and distributed. An initial HDR image is received. Processing the received HDR image creates a JPEG-2000 DCI-compliant coded baseline image and an HDR-enhancement image. The coded baseline image has one or more color components, each of which provide enhancement information that allows reconstruction of an instance of the initial HDR image using the baseline image and the HDR-enhancement images. A data packet is computed, which has a first and a second data set. The first data set relates to the baseline image color components, each of which has an application marker that relates to the HDR-enhancement images. The second data set relates to the HDR-enhancement image. The data packets are sent in a DCI-compliant bit stream.
US09781414B2	Method and apparatus for derivation of spatial motion vector candidate and motion vector prediction candidate An apparatus and method of deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) for a current MV of a current block in Inter, Merge or Skip mode are disclosed based on motion vector (MV) attribute search. The system determines first MV attribute search comprising whether a given MV pointing to the target reference picture in the given reference list, or whether the given MV pointing to the target reference picture in other reference list, and determines second MV attribute search comprising whether the given MV pointing to other reference pictures in the given reference list, or whether the given MV pointing to the other reference pictures in the other reference list. The MVP for the current block is then determined from the neighboring blocks according to a search order.
US09781411B2	Laser-etched 3D volumetric display A three-dimensional volumetric display includes a light source that generates a two-dimensional image output and a transparent scattering volume, coupled to the light source on a first face of the scattering volume, that scatters the image output of the light source in a direction perpendicular to the light axis of the output of the light source; where the scattering volume comprises a three-dimensional array of scattering elements arranged in a plurality of scattering planes tilted relative to the first face of the scattering volume.
US09781410B2	Image processing apparatus and method using tracking of gaze of user An apparatus and method for outputting view images by tracking a gaze of a user are provided. The image processing apparatus estimates movement of a gaze of a user using a camera, and determines an output order of view images according to the gaze movement.
US09781407B2	Image display device and image display method An image display device includes: an image display unit (100) that displays a plurality of parallax images corresponding to the number of view points for stereoscopic viewing on a screen of a display panel (100a); a parallax barrier (101) that is arranged facing the screen, and performs optical separation of the displayed parallax images; and an adaptive pitch adjustment unit (103) that adjusts, for each of regions of the display panel (100a), perform adjustment on a pitch of the parallax barrier (101) corresponding to the region in accordance with an amount of distortion of the display panel (100a) in the region.
US09781405B2	Three dimensional imaging with a single camera Systems and methods provide accurate pixel depth information to be applied to a single image taken by a single camera in generating a three-dimensional (3D) image. In particular, two or more images can be captured during, e.g., lateral movement of a camera to ascertain depth in a scene on a pixel level. Use of an optical image stabilization (OIS) system that can provide at least three axes of stabilization eliminates the variability associated with conventional systems that create problems with image registration. Further still, and because actual pixel depth information is being calculated rather than merely generating stereoscopic images to trick the eyes into perceiving depth, the pixel depth information that is calculated can be leveraged in other ways, such as for providing automated measurements merely by taking a picture of an object or scene.
US09781403B2	Method and apparatus for generating stereoscopic file A method and an apparatus are provided for generating a stereoscopic file. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store a stereoscopic file, the stereoscopic file including an svmi box for stereoscopic video media information, the svmi box including a first value indicating a stereoscopic composition type, and an scdi box for stereoscopic camera and display information, the svmi box including a second value associated with two cameras of a stereoscopic camera; a reproduction device configured to parse the svmi box and the scdi box to reproduce the stereoscopic file; and a display device configured to display the reproduced stereoscopic file.
US09781402B2	Information processing device, information processing method, playing device, playing method, and program The present invention relating to an information processing device, information processing method, playing device, playing method, and program that enables playing of stereo image (3D image) contents appropriately.In the case that 3D playing using Base view video and D1 view video is instructed, “10000.ilvt (ref_to_D1-B_interleaved_file_name) described in interleaved_file_info ( ) of the PlayList file is specified, and Base view video chunks and D1 view video chunks are read out from an optical disc through a UDF file system. The Base view video chunks and D1 view video chunks that are read out are supplied to a decoder unit and played. The present invention is applicable to a playing device compatible with the BD-ROM standard.
US09781394B2	Lighting device having phosphor wheel and excitation radiation source Various embodiments may relate to a lighting device, including an excitation radiation source and a two-sided luminescent-material wheel. At least one luminescent material is provided on each of the two sides of the two-sided luminescent-material wheel, thus both on the front side and on the opposite back side. The luminescent materials on both sides are excited sequentially in time. For this purpose, at least one transmissive region is provided in the rotating luminescent-material wheel, through which transmissive region the excitation radiation can radiate, which excitation radiation can be deflected onto the luminescent material on the back side by means of an optical unit.
US09781392B2	Facilitating personal assistance for curation of multimedia and generation of stories at computing devices A mechanism is described for facilitating personal assistance for curation of multimedia and generation of stories at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving, by one or more capturing/sensing components at a computing device, one or more media items relating to an event, and capturing a theme from the one or more media items, where the theme is captured based on at least one of activities, textual content, and scenes associated with the event. The method may further include forming a plurality of story elements to generate a story relating to the event, where the plurality of story elements are formed based on at least one of one or more characters, the theme associated with the event, and one or more emotions associated with the one or more characters, wherein the story is presented, via one or more display devices, to one or more users having access to the one or more display devices.
US09781390B2	System and method for independent media auditing and media serving for marketing campaigns presented via media devices in public places An independent auditing and ad service system that may be utilized with a system for presenting marketing campaigns to audiences via a network of players in public locations. Independent agents in the players monitor media content that is presented to audiences during marketing campaigns and generate independent agent playlogs that are provided to a content registry service which compares the independent agent playlogs with playlogs that are provided by a network operator to validate the network-operator-generated playlogs. The independent agent playlogs may also be provided to an analytics service where they are used to analyze the performance of marketing campaigns. From the analyzed performance, the service may determine that the media content presented to audiences via the media players should be changed. The independent agents may be instructed to implement recommended changes by modifying the media content being presented on the players.
US09781381B2	Super-resolution of dynamic scenes using sampling rate diversity Super-resolution of dynamic scenes using sampling rate diversity, processes and systems thereof are provided. The method implementing the processes includes: in a first stage, super-resolving secondary low-resolution (LR) images using a set of primary LR images to create LR dictionaries to represent polyphase components (PPCs) of high resolution (HR) patches of images; and, in a second stage, reverting to a single frame super-resolution (SR) applied to each frame which comprises an entire image, using the HR dictionaries extracted from the super-resolved sequence obtain in the first stage.
US09781377B2	Recording and playback system based on multimedia content fingerprints A method for recording media content based on media content fingerprints is described. A media device records content received in a content stream from a scheduled start time of a media content to a scheduled end time of the media content to create a content recording. The media device derives one or more fingerprints from the content recording. A fingerprint database is queried with the one or more fingerprints to determine that a first portion of the content recording comprises an advertisement and a second portion of the content recording comprises the media content. In response to a request to play the content recording, starting playback of the content recording at the beginning of the second portion of the content recording.
US09781376B2	Television receiver and video display device According to one embodiment, television receiver includes display and housing. The display includes screen, first and second ends, and first corner. First end extends along first direction. Second end extends along second direction. The housing includes first and second members, and opening. The first member includes first and second walls. First wall covers the first end from front of the screen. Second wall extends from circumference of the first wall towards back of the screen and covers the first end. The second member includes third and fourth walls. Third wall covers the second end from the front. Fourth wall extends from circumference of the third wall towards the back and covers the second end. Part at which the first and the second members are abutted is configured straight and intersects the first and second directions between second corner and position away from third corner in direction along first/second direction.
US09781372B2	Driver and image sensing device including the same A driver includes a first level shifting unit generating a second signal swinging in a second threshold range in response to a first signal swinging in a first threshold range, a second level shifting unit generating a third signal swinging in a third threshold range in response to the second signal, a first pull-up driving unit driving an output terminal with a first high-voltage in response to the second signal, a first pull-down driving unit driving the output terminal with a first low voltage in response to the third signal, a second pull-down driving unit driving the output terminal with a second low voltage higher than the first low voltage in response to the fourth signal, and a first path coupling unit coupling the second pull-down driving unit with the output terminal in response to the second signal.
US09781371B2	Solid state image sensor, method for driving a solid state image sensor, imaging apparatus, and electronic device A solid state image sensor includes a pixel array, as well as charge-to-voltage converters, reset gates, and amplifiers each shared by a plurality of pixels in the array. The voltage level of the reset gate power supply is set higher than the voltage level of the amplifier power supply. Additionally, charge overflowing from photodetectors in the pixels may be discarded into the charge-to-voltage converters. The image sensor may also include a row scanner configured such that, while scanning a row in the pixel array to read out signals therefrom, the row scanner resets the charge in the photodetectors of the pixels sharing a charge-to-voltage converter with pixels on the readout row. The charge reset is conducted simultaneously with or prior to reading out the signals from the pixels on the readout row.
US09781370B2	Pixel of a CMOS imager of an optical detector The invention relates to a pixel of a CMOS imager, the pixel comprising: an infrared photodiode suitable for generating an electric current when it is exposed to an optical radiation having a wavelength greater than 950 nanometers, a conversion circuit able to receive electrons and deliver a voltage with a value varying as a function of the number of received electrons, a first switch connected between the infrared photodiode and the conversion circuit.
US09781358B2	12G-SDI switcher with integrated processing of quad-link 3G-SDI In the broadcast video environment, it may sometimes be necessary to switch between 12G-SDI, which is a 12 Gbps interface on a single link, and quad-link 3G-SDI, which uses four 3 Gbps physical links. A routing switcher is disclosed herein that routes 12G-SDI signals between input ports and output ports. However, the apparatus also has the capability to receive quad-link 3G-SDI signals at its input ports and internally convert from quad-link 3G-SDI to 12G-SDI. The apparatus also has the capability to internally convert a 12G-SDI signal into a quad-link 3G-SDI signal for output on its output ports. Additional processing, such as link healing and/or deskewing of incoming quad-link 3G-SDI signals may be performed.
US09781356B1	Panoramic video viewer Various examples are directed to displaying a panoramic video at an interface comprising a focus region and a thumbnail region. The focus region may display an active field-of-view of the panoramic video, where the active field-of-view is a portion selected from the full field-of-view of the panoramic video. The thumbnail region may display a thumbnail version of the panoramic video comprising a thumbnail field-of-view that is equivalent to the full field-of-view. A distribution of color saturation levels of the thumbnail version may indicates a distribution of fields-of-view selectable from the full field-of-view.
US09781353B2	Image processing apparatus, electronic apparatus, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a transformation circuit that performs a predetermined transformation process based on a reference area referred from an input image stored in a first memory corresponding to each divided area that divides an output image to be generated into multiple areas and a second memory that stores a transmission area including a logical OR area of the multiple reference areas. The transformation circuit transfers the transmission area from the first memory to the second memory and performs the predetermined transformation process based on the reference area included in the transmission area transferred to the second memory.
US09781349B2	Dynamic field of view adjustment for panoramic video content The invention relates to capturing, processing, and displaying panoramic content such as video content and image data with a panoramic camera system. In one embodiment, a method for processing panoramic video content may include capturing video content in a data storage medium of a panoramic camera; dividing the captured video content into multiple analysis portions; detecting sound associated with at least one of the analysis portions; identifying content of interest from which at least one sound has been detected; and, automatically panning a field of view for the captured video content in response to the identified content of interest.
US09781338B2	Method and apparatus for counting and aggregating a pre-determined number of articles A method for counting and aggregating a pre-determined number of articles includes: driving, by a conveyor, an article stream to move to an end of the conveyor in a single layer state; conveying the article stream in a periodic motion; after the articles in the article stream leave the conveyor, accurately counting the number of the articles; and when a total number of articles in a combination of temporary storage bin is the same as a target number, transporting all articles in the combination of temporary storage bin to a storage device. Article batches are separately delivered to different temporary storage bins, and the total number of articles in temporary storage bins in different combinations is calculated, so as to obtain with a combination in which the number of articles is the same as the target number. The operation efficiency is improved and the manufacturing cost of device is reduced.
US09781335B1	Device and method for photo and video capture A single user input element in an image capture device is used for both photo and video capture. Based on a first user interface activity, a timing reference is engaged at a first reference time. In a first case, photo capture is performed. In the first case, a second reference time is based on a second user interface activity, and the timing reference indicates a passage of time between the two reference times is shorter than a particular time interval. In a second case, video capture is performed. In the second case, the timing reference indicates a passage of time since the first reference time is equal to or longer than the particular time interval. Video capture is stopped based on a subsequent user interface activity. The user interface activities may comprise detecting actions based on the same type of physical manipulation of the single user input.
US09781332B2	Image pickup apparatus for acquiring a refocus image, method of controlling image pickup apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system, an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels, a lens array configured such that rays from the same position on an object plane are incident on pixels of the image pickup element different from each other depending on a pupil region of the imaging optical system through which the ray passes, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for the input image acquired by the image pickup element to generate the output images, and a control unit configured to drive the imaging optical system to perform focus control, the image processing unit is configured to acquire information on a refocus control range, and the control unit is configured to perform the focus control based on the information on the refocus control range.
US09781323B1	Camera module and manufacturing method thereof A camera module includes a circuit board, an optical lens, an insulating member, a photosensitive sensor, and an integral encapsulating support structure. The insulating member is disposed on the periphery of a photosensitive area of the photosensitive sensor to prevent the photosensitive sensor from contacting to and being damaged by the formation mold during the forming process of the integral encapsulating support structure and to prevent the fluid material from flowing to the photosensitive area of the photosensitive sensor.
US09781307B2	Networked digital imaging customization A geographically remote computing device transmits an image to a central computing device. The geographically remote computing device also communicates specifications of a substrate or substrates to be imaged to the central computing device. The central computing device selects a geographically remote fulfillment printer. A local, but geographically diverse distribution system is available according to the invention. The central computing device chooses the geographically remote fulfillment printer as a function of factors such as the selected image and substrate, printer capabilities, and the consumer's location. Image quality and consistency is maintained by the central computer selecting an appropriate geographically remote computing device and providing printer the appropriate instructions, rather than the instructions for printing being determined locally at the printer.
US09781305B1	Replaceable item authentication A replaceable item for a host device, such as a print substance cartridge for a printing device, stores multiple identities. For each identity, the replaceable item stores multiple authentication values, or passwords. The replaceable item selects an identity, and in response to a request for an authentication value from the host device, sends the requested authentication value for the selected identity.
US09781304B2	Information processing apparatus for near field wireless communication selects process to execute based on screen ID of displayed screen, method for controlling the same, and storage medium There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information.
US09781301B2	Scan area indication An apparatus may include a transparent platen, a command interface, a scanner unit, a controller and an indicator. The command interface is to receive externally originating instructions including a selected scaling value, other than 100%, for a scanning operation of a document resting against the transparent platen, wherein contents of the document to be scanned are proportionally magnified or shrunk based on the selected scaling value The controller controls a scanner unit to capture a portion of the transparent platen, the portion having borders automatically determined and proportionally changed by the controller based upon the selected scaling value. The indicator provides a visible indication of the portion.
US09781297B2	System and method for document rendering A system and method for capturing and rendering of images includes a wearable or portable data device including a digital camera. A data storage includes data specifying a default image printer and default print settings for digital images. An image capture operation triggers a prompt for expedited image rendering in accordance with preset default settings. Input responsive to the prompt selects for immediate commencement of a print operation for a captured image in accordance with default settings. Image capture and communication can be accomplished with wearable digital eyewear working in concert with an associated, portable data device such as a smartphone. Captured images may be queued in a user device when a data path to the printer is unavailable.
US09781294B1	System and method for rendering micro gloss effect image patterns on a recording medium A system and method renders a micro gloss effect image on a recording medium using a color printer having multiple color marking materials by electronically creating an electronic image region having a first image region and a second image region; electronically painting the first image region of the electronic image region with single component black; electronically painting the second image region of the electronic image region with multiple component black, the multiple component black being a combination of all single color marking materials in the color printer; and rendering, using the color marking materials of the color printer, the electronic image region on the recording medium such that the second image region of the electronic image region is rendered with all single color marking materials in the color printer and the first image region of the electronic image region is rendered with only single component black marking material.
US09781290B2	Scanner platen A scanner is disclosed. The scanner has a platen with at least one edge of the platen uncovered.
US09781287B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and program An information processing apparatus capable of adding a function by an extension program includes a registration unit, a setting unit, an execution unit, and a determination unit. The registration unit registers information on the extension program having an interface defined for each type of function. The setting unit sets a use condition of the extension program. The execution unit executes a process sequence by combining a plurality of extension programs according to a definition file defining the process sequence including a plurality of steps. The determination unit dynamically determines, when the process sequence is executed by the execution unit, extension programs that execute the respective steps of the process sequence according to information on the extension programs registered in the registration unit and the use conditions of the extension program set in the setting unit.
US09781286B2	Communication system, communication method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus capable of preventing load on synchronization processing from increasing more than necessary. The information processing apparatus updates existing setting values based on a synchronization setting value group received from a server, including setting values to be synchronized. Whether or not all the existing setting values are setting values to be synchronized is determined, and if all of the existing setting values are setting values to be synchronized, setting values corresponding to the synchronization setting value group are collectively deleted from the existing setting values, and those included in the synchronization setting value group are set in place, whereas if any of the existing setting values is a setting value not required to be replaced, the existing setting values are updated, individually for each setting value included in the group without collectively deleting the setting values corresponding to the group from the existing setting values.
US09781285B2	Operation console, electronic device and image processing apparatus provided with the operation console, and method of displaying information on the operation console On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In the task trigger area, software buttons operated by the user for actually operating the image forming apparatus are displayed.
US09781270B2	System and method for case-based routing for a contact A system and method for case-based routing as opposed to atomic interaction routing. A processor opens a case in a customer database. The case is associated with a workflow that has steps anticipated to be executed for the case. The processor identifies first and second steps of the workflow, and further identifies an agent with skills for handling the first and second steps. The processor generates a task for handling at least the first step of the workflow, and transmits instructions to route the task to the identified agent.
US09781269B2	Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: ordering a contact; ordering a plurality of agents; applying, by at least one processor, a hybridization function to the ordering of the plurality of agents to bias a first strategy for pairing toward a second strategy for pairing; comparing, by the at least one processor and based on the hybridization function, a first difference in ordering between the contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between the contact and a second agent different from the first agent in a second pair; and selecting, by the at least one processor, the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing.
US09781268B2	System and method for contact center routing of a customer based on media capabilities A system for selecting an agent during initial routing based on all the media capabilities associated with a customer and their current device. The system includes a data mining module to mine one or more media capabilities on a device of a customer. The system further includes a customer profile module to build a customer profile based on the one or more mined media capabilities on the device. The system further includes a mapping module to map the customer profile with an agent profile. The system further includes a selection module to select an agent for the customer based on the mapping.
US09781258B2	System and method for peer-to-peer media routing using a third party instant messaging system for signaling An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method enables an endpoint to engage in a call with another endpoint using a third party instant message system to carry instant messages containing signaling information and a route that is external to the third party instant message system for both signaling and media information.
US09781241B2	Cease and desist call flagging Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing cease and desist call flagging. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to provide a user interface for reporting cease and desist requests associated with a plurality of customers; receive, via user input into the user interface, a cease and desist request associated with a customer having at least one account maintained by an entity, wherein the cease and desist request specifies at least one rule to be implemented when contacting the customer; and automatically terminate contact to the customer on behalf of the entity based at least partially on the at least one rule specified in the cease and desist request.
US09781236B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus uses a smaller, thinner antenna module that does not have impairing communication characteristics and can also be mounted in a more narrow space. The electronic apparatus is provided with an antenna module including an antenna coil wound in a planar shape and a magnetic sheet overlapping at least a portion of the antenna coil. The antenna coil is bent, and from the bent portion, a plane that includes one side of the antenna coil on which current flows in one direction is disposed alongside a lateral face of an internal structure of a casing, and a plane that includes another side of the antenna coil on which current flows in the opposite direction than on the one side is disposed to overlap the magnetic sheet. The magnetic sheet is disposed at a position farther from a reader/writer than the other side of the antenna coil is.
US09781231B2	Application platform operable on network node A formula-driven programming-environment is described, which may be used to provide an environment for applications to operate within a network node or other computing device. In one example, statements of a program may be interpreted to thereby execute formula-style commands within an address space defined and constrained in a memory device by the integrated development environment. The commands may obtain data, assign values to variables and access data from other node(s) by the interpretation of statements in the program and communicating over a network. The communicating may include queuing a message for transmission by the formula-driven programming-environment. The commands may provide named access or relative access to data in response to the interpretation of statements in the program. The commands may communicate with at least one application located on a remote computing device in response to the interpretation of statements in the program.
US09781228B2	Computer-implemented system and method for providing contextual media tagging for selective media exposure A computer-implemented system and method for providing contextual media tagging for selective media exposure is provided. A media file is maintained in a database. Contextual information is generated for a user. The media file is associated with the user contextual information, and the media file is shared to individuals in a social network of the user based on the user contextual information.
US09781226B2	System and method for cache management A method, computer program product, and computing system for processing one or more data chunks on a host server. The one or more data chunks are destined for storage within a portion of a data array coupled to the host server. The one or more data chunks are stored within a host cache system included within the host server. Storage criteria concerning the portion of a data array is reviewed. The storage criteria includes an array bandwidth allotment that defines a maximum bandwidth between the host server and the portion of the data array. The one or more data chunks are written to the portion of the data array based, at least in part, upon the storage criteria.
US09781224B2	Content transmitting system, method for optimizing network traffic in the system, central control device and local caching device A content transmission system includes: a central control device to receive a content packet to be provided to a client device from a content server, store chunks divided from the received content packet together with corresponding chunk identifiers, check duplication of the divided chunks, and transmit the chunk identifier and flow information of a duplicate chunk to a local caching device instead of transmitting the content packet corresponding to the duplicate chunk; and the local caching device to: receive the chunk identifier and the flow information of the duplicate chunk from the central control device, and transmit the content packet corresponding to the received chunk identifier and previously stored to the client device.
US09781221B2	Method and apparatus for passively monitoring online video viewing and viewer behavior Various user behaviors are passively monitored and recorded when a user/viewer interacts with a network video player, e.g. a web video player, while watching an online video clip. For one embodiment, a data collection agent (DCA) is loaded to the player and/or to a web page that displays the video clip. The DCA passively collects detailed viewing and behavior information without requiring any specific input or actions on the part of the user. Indications of user preferences are inferred by user actions leading up to viewing the video, while viewing the video, and just after and still related to viewing the video. The DCA periodically sends this information to a central server where it is stored in a central database and where it is used to determine preference similarities among different users. Recorded user preference information may also be used to rate a video itself.
US09781209B2	Techniques for routing packets between virtual machines Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for improving the efficiency of exchanging packets between pairs of VMs within a communications server. An apparatus may include a processor component; a network interface to couple the processor component to a network; a virtual switch to analyze contents of at least one packet of a set of packets to be exchanged between endpoint devices through the network and the communications server, and to route the set of packets through one or more virtual servers of multiple virtual servers based on the contents; and a transfer component of a first virtual server of the multiple virtual servers to determine whether to route the set of packets to the virtual switch or to transfer the set of packets to a second virtual server of the multiple virtual servers in a manner that bypasses the virtual switch based on a routing rule.
US09781207B2	Dispersed storage based on estimated life and methods for use therewith A dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit receives a data access request. An estimated end of life is determined for a plurality of DST execution units. A subset of the plurality of DST execution units is selected, based on a threshold number associated with the data access request and further based on the estimated end of life for the subset of the plurality of DST execution units. The data access request is executed via the subset of the plurality of DST execution units.
US09781201B2	Multicast transport One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for multicast transport configuration, for multicast transport, and/or for fault policy implementation. In an example, a multicast component may receive a data copy request from an application to copy data to multiple destinations. A scheduler component may create a transport schedule specifying an order with which to facilitate data copy operations across transports, such as heterogeneous transports, to the destinations. A dispatcher component may apply application specified transport modifiers to the data copy operations (e.g., a modification to a quality of service for a transport). The dispatcher component may facilitate the data copy operations and provide operation result information to a policy agent. The policy agent may provide notifications of data copy operation statuses from the operation result information and/or may implement a fault policy (e.g., a retry on a different transport) for a data copy operation that experienced a fault.
US09781199B2	Managed peer-to-peer sharing in cellular networks A method, system and apparatus are provided for performing peer-to-peer (P2P) data sharing operations between user equipment (UE) devices in a wireless-enabled communications environment. A first client node comprises content data and operates in a server peer mode to provide content data. A second client node submits a request to a P2P application server (P2P AS) for the content data. In response, the P2P AS provides the address of the first client node to the second client node. The second client node then uses the provided address to submit a request to the first client node to provide the content data. The first client node accepts the request and then provides the content data to the second client node.
US09781195B2	Method and device for performing remote task using guest device A method whereby a host device accesses a remote server and performs a task is disclosed, the method including receiving a task command regarding the remote server; searching for a guest device capable of communicating with the host device and the remote server; determining a task performing pattern based on a found guest device and details of the task; and, according to the determined task performing pattern, performing the task via the host device and one or more devices selected from among found guest devices.
US09781193B2	Distribution control system, distribution system, distribution control method, and computer-readable storage medium A distribution control system includes a managing unit configured to manage sites where communication terminals are positioned; a generating unit configured to generate distribution data; a converting unit configured to convert the distribution data into transmission data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the distribution data to one or more communication terminals that are managed to be positioned at a same site by the managing unit.
US09781191B2	Processing of application peak load Methods may provide peak load processing on a computer system. A method may include receiving at a remote computer system a request from a local computer system, coupled to the remote computer system by a network, to replicate at the remote computer system a local instance of an application executing on the local computer system that is subject to user requests received at the local computer system. The method may further include replicating on the remote computer system a remote instance of the application and redirecting user requests from the local computer system to the remote computer system. The method may further include executing on the remote computer system the remote instance of the application, including processing with the remote instance of the application user requests redirected from the local computer system to the remote instance of the application.
US09781188B2	Method for transreceiving media content and device for transreceiving using same Provided are a method and device for transmitting/receiving media content via internet. The method includes: configuring the media content with a plurality of representations; dividing the configured representation into a plurality segments; aligning subsegments in the segment; and transmitting one of the representations, wherein the subsegments are aligned to allow the earliest presentation time of the kth subsegment in the first representation to be greater than the latest presentation time of the k−1th subsegment in the second representation among the representations.
US09781180B2	Redistributing broadcasted content A server device may receive content that was transmitted using a broadcast technique; track a quantity of user devices that have entered a particular area after the content has been received by the server device; determine, based on the tracking, that the quantity of user devices meets or exceeds a threshold quantity; and redistributing, by the server device and based on the determining, the content to one or more of the user devices that have entered the particular area after the content has been received by the server device.
US09781179B2	Method and apparatus for sharing presentation data and annotation A method and apparatus for sharing presentation data, interactions, and annotation information between devices. The method includes: converting the presentation data into at least one image; transmitting the at least one image to the second device; displaying an image from among the at least one image on a screen of the first device, and transmitting image identification information about the displayed image to the second device; adding annotation data to the displayed image, based on a user input; and transmitting annotation information about the annotation data to the second device. The second device displays an image corresponding to the image identification information on a screen of the second device based on the image identification information, and the second device displays the annotation information on the image displayed on the screen of the second device the annotation information.
US09781165B1	Methods for assuring security governance in managed computer systems An agile governance system provides recommendations for infrastructure change requests concerning a cloud-based computer environment in accordance with security policies regarding data to be used in connection with applications impacted by the requests. The nature and character of the data is determined using an interactive dialog with a requesting entity. Possible responses provided by the requesting entity are mapped to security policy requirements, which, in turn, are used to determine infrastructure stack requirements. Where pre-approved solutions that satisfy the security needs for the requested infrastructure change exist, they are recommended; otherwise, the requesting entity is presented with the recommendation for the requested infrastructure change along with a list of required approvals and approvers.
US09781164B2	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.
US09781160B1	Systems and methods for discovering suspect bot IP addresses and using validated bot IP address to ignore actions in a simulated phishing environment Methods, systems and apparatus are provided which allow a server of a security awareness system to associate IP addresses with events representing user interactions with simulated phishing campaigns. The server receives a plurality of events related to one or more simulated phishing campaigns for a plurality of accounts. The server determines if an IP address of the plurality of IP addresses is associated with one or more events for multiple accounts of the plurality of accounts. Based upon this determination, the server provides identification of the IP address as suspected as having the one or more events associated with it not originating from any user of the multiple accounts. The server receives an indication of whether the IP address is validated as having the one or more events originating from a bot instead of a user of one of the multiple accounts.
US09781157B1	Mitigating denial of service attacks Several methods are disclosed for detecting and mitigating Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks that are intended to exhaust network resources. The methods use DDoS mitigation devices to detect DDoS attacks using operationally based thresholds. The methods also keep track of ongoing attacks, have an understanding of “protected IP space,” and activate appropriate mitigation tactics based on the severity of the attack and the capabilities of the DDoS mitigation devices.
US09781149B1	Method and system for reducing reporting of non-malicious electronic messages in a cybersecurity system An electronic message analysis system of a cybersecurity network assesses whether a received message is a mock malicious message in response to, receiving a user activation action that indicates that the user has reported the received message as a potentially malicious message. The system does this by determining whether any header field of a header section of the message starts with a predetermined key. For any header field that starts with the predetermined key, the system determines whether a value that follows the predetermined key satisfies a trusted sender rule. If the value that follows the predetermined key satisfies the trusted sender rule, the system determines that the received message originated from a trusted sender. If the value that immediately follows the predetermined key does not satisfy the trusted sender rule, the system determines that the received message did not originate from a trusted sender.
US09781147B2	Systems and methods for managing data incidents Systems and methods for managing a data incident are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include providing an external entity interface that receives external entity information including a contract between a first party and at least one additional party, notification obligations that specify when the first party or the at least one additional party notifies entities that a data incident has occurred, and properties that trigger an assessment of the notification obligations. When an incident occurs, an assessment is completed and the results thereof are displayed on a risk assessment guidance interface.
US09781143B1	Systems and methods for detecting near field communication risks A computer-implemented method for detecting near field communication risks may include (1) identifying a mobile device capable of near field communication, (2) identifying an attempted near field communication involving the mobile device, (3) tracking at least one contextual behavior relating to the attempted near field communication; and (4) determining, based at least in part on the contextual behavior, that the attempted near field communication poses a risk to the mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09781142B2	Scanning files for inappropriate content during synchronization The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for scanning files for inappropriate content during file synchronization. Embodiments of the invention are mindful of the order of operations when scanning files for inappropriate content and in subsequent file processing. In some embodiments, during synchronization, an intermediary server scans a file for inappropriate content. The file is not permitted to be fully downloaded to a client device until the scan determines that the file does not contain inappropriate content. In other embodiments, during synchronization, a client device scans a newer version of a file for inappropriate content. An older version of the file is not deleted until the scan determines that the newer version of the file does not contain inappropriate content. In further embodiments, server side scanning and client side scanning are both used to enhance capabilities for detecting inappropriate content.
US09781141B2	Secured automated or semi-automated systems Secured automated or semi-automated systems are provided herein. In one embodiment, a sensor system includes a sensor, a legacy computing environment that is configured to communicate with the sensor and process sensor raw data output, and transmit the processed sensor output to a first network node over the network, and a trusted computing environment configured to receive raw sensor output directly from the sensor and transmit the raw sensor output to an additional network node or the first network node over the network.
US09781139B2	Identifying malware communications with DGA generated domains by discriminative learning Techniques are presented to identify malware communication with domain generation algorithm (DGA) generated domains. Sample domain names are obtained and labeled as DGA domains, non-DGA domains or suspicious domains. A classifier is trained in a first stage based on the sample domain names. Sample proxy logs including proxy logs of DGA domains and proxy logs of non-DGA domains are obtained to train the classifier in a second stage based on the plurality of sample domain names and the plurality of sample proxy logs. Live traffic proxy logs are obtained and the classifier is tested by classifying the live traffic proxy logs as DGA proxy logs, and the classifier is forwarded to a second computing device to identify network communication of a third computing device as malware network communication with DGA domains via a network interface unit of the third computing device based on the trained and tested classifier.
US09781132B2	Fraud prevention As provided herein, a user of a client device may navigate to a webpage using a browser. A browser window, populated with a verification image and/or details about the webpage, is generated and presented to the user. The verification image and/or details about the webpage differentiate a browser window generated by the browser, from the webpage, from a browser window generated by a malicious user. The browser window comprises a login box into which credentials for logging into the user account may be entered. Responsive to the user entering correct credentials into the login box and selecting a submit option based upon recognition of the verification image, the browser window may be submitted to a server and the user may be presented with a window comprising access to the user account.
US09781129B1	Authenticating an entity There is disclosed a method and system for use in authenticating an entity. An authentication request is received from the entity. An input signal is received from a communications device associated with the entity. The input signal comprises the current location of the communications device. The current location of the communications device is derived from the input signal. Based on the current location of the communications device, an event is detected at substantially the same location as the current location of the communications device. An analysis is performed between the current location of the communications device and the event. An authentication result is generated based on the analysis between the current location of the communications device and the event. The authentication result can be used for authenticating the entity.
US09781125B2	Enrollment in a device-to-device network An electronic device in a device-to-device network of a user of the electronic device communicates with a group of one or more other instances of the electronic via dynamic connections that are based on pre-established and maintained (i.e., long-lived) associations in the device-to-device network. Moreover, a given dynamic connection between the electronic device and a given instance of the electronic device in the group is setup by the electronic device without assistance of a computer in another network, which conveys the communication within the group. During operation, after receiving a response accepting an invitation to a second user of a second instance of the electronic device in the group to join the device-to-device network, the electronic device verifies the second user based on an encryption key associated with the second user; and establishes a new maintained association with the second instance of the electronic device in the device-to-device network.
US09781122B1	Multi-tenant identity and data security management cloud service A system provides cloud-based identity and access management. The system receives a request from a client for an identity management service, authenticates the request, and accesses a microservice based on the request. The system determines, based on the request, a tenancy of the client, a tenancy of a user, and a tenancy of a resource. The system retrieves data from the determined tenancies as required to process the request, where the data is retrieved by the microservice using a connection pool that provides connections to the database. The system then performs the identity management service by the appropriate microservice responsible for processing the received request.
US09781121B2	Managing security restrictions on a resource in a defined environment Approaches described herein manage security restrictions on a resource in a defined environment to provide authorization and access. Specifically, a security system maintains a security restriction on the resource (e.g., an information technology (IT) account of a user, or an apparatus) in a defined environment. The presence of a plurality of users is continuously monitored throughout the defined environment and, based on a detection of a pre-specified set of users from the plurality of users in the defined environment, the security restriction is managed (e.g., removed or maintained). In one embodiment, the system removes the security restriction from the resource to allow at least one of: access to the IT account of the user, and operation of the apparatus. The security restriction on the resource may be reinstated in the case that the pre-specified set of users from the plurality of users is no longer present in the defined environment.
US09781117B2	Multinode hubs for trusted computing Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US09781116B2	Authority transfer system, method that is executed by authority transfer system, and storage medium An authority transfer system enables omitting authorization of a user belonging to a tenant based on an authorization operation being performed at least once on a terminal associated with the tenant.
US09781109B2	Method, terminal device, and network device for improving information security A method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method of the present invention includes acquiring, by a terminal device, a key, an identity of the terminal device, and identification information of one or more applications on the terminal device, where identification information of different applications on the terminal device is different from each other, and the identity of the terminal device includes International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and/or International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI); generating, for identification information of one application by using a preset encryption algorithm according to the identity of the terminal device and the key, an encryption result corresponding to the application; and when the application runs on the terminal device, accessing a network by using the encryption result corresponding to the application. The present invention is applicable to protecting information security of a terminal device accessing a network.
US09781108B2	System and method of secure encryption for electronic data transfer A system for secure transfer of encrypted data involves a sender client, a recipient client, a main server, and a key server. The sender client receives instructions from a first user identifying transfer data and a recipient identifier, creates a key, encodes the transfer data using the key, and communicates the key and the recipient identifier to a server. The server creates a secure package identifier and communicates such to the sender client. The recipient client receives and identifies the secure package identifier and the encoded transfer data, receives from a second user a user identifier, and communicates the user identifier and the secure package identifier to the server. The server communicates the key to the recipient client only if the secure package identifier received from the recipient client matches the secure package identifier created by the server and if the user identifier matches the recipient identifier.
US09781106B1	Method for modeling user possession of mobile device for user authentication framework Method and systems for modeling user possession of a mobile device for a user authentication framework are provided. The method includes analyzing sensor data representing information captured from sensor(s) associated with at least one of a plurality of devices, the plurality including the user's mobile device. The method allows for determining, based on the analyzed sensor data, a probability that the user maintains possession of the user's mobile device; and configuring the probability for use in determining whether to require authentication. The determination may include configuring a probabilistic model that includes a first state indicating that the user possesses the mobile device and a second state indicating that the user does not; classifying motions of the mobile device by types, the motions being determined based on the sensor data; and updating probabilities of the two states in response to determining that at least one of the motions has occurred.
US09781104B2	Working method of dynamic token Disclosed is a working method of a dynamic token. The present invention relates to the field of communications. The method comprises: when a token is awakened, the awakening identification type at a flag bit is determined; if the type is a key awakening identification, the key value is detected, and a corresponding operation is performed according to the key pressed; if the type is a Bluetooth data awakening identification, Bluetooth data is received, and when the Bluetooth data has been received, the Bluetooth data is stored in a received data temporary storage region, and the Bluetooth data awakening identification is reset; if the type is Bluetooth connection awakening identification, that Bluetooth has been connected is displayed, and after fourth preset period has passed, the screen is cleared, and the Bluetooth connection awakening identification is reset; if the type is Bluetooth disconnection awakening identification, that Bluetooth has been disconnected is displayed, the received data temporary storage region is cleared, and the Bluetooth disconnection awakening identification is reset; and if the type is an awakening identification of other types, a corresponding operation according to the awakening identification is performed.
US09781095B2	Suppression of authorization risk feedback to mitigate risk factor manipulation in an authorization system Dynamic risk communication associated with a computer device may include automatically detecting one or more security risk factors for the computer device based on current context information associated with the computer device. Whether an attempt is being made via the computer device to manipulate the one or more risk factors in an attempt to reduce a security level of a computer-implemented authentication procedure may be determined. Responsive to determining that the attempt is being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, a new challenge for additional identification may be communicated for presentation on a user interface device of the computer device while suppressing one or more security risk factors from being presented on the user interface device. Responsive to determining that an attempt is not being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, the new challenge and one or more security risk factors may be communicated.
US09781087B2	Private and secure communication architecture without utilizing a public cloud based routing server A method for use with a public cloud network is disclosed. The method includes setting up a private cloud routing server and a smart device client in a client server relationship. The private cloud routing server includes a first message box. The smart client includes a second message box. The first and second message boxes are located on the public cloud network. The method also includes passing an authenticated session based message between the first and the second message boxes in a secure manner. The smart device client and the private cloud routing server can communicate with each other after authentication to provide security. The method also includes setting up another smart device client in a client server relationship with the private cloud routing server. The two smart device clients can privately and securely communicate with each other through the public cloud network.
US09781083B2	System and method of efficiently generating and transmitting encrypted documents The present specification discloses an improved method of encrypting a file and distributing the encrypted file over a network from a user computer to a remote computer, which includes providing an interface to a file encryption application to a user; receiving an input designating an encryption option from among a plurality of encryption options; based upon said input designating an encryption option, and based upon a format of said file, causing a separate application specific to said format to encrypt said at least one file, wherein said encrypted file is adapted to be decrypted using a passcode and wherein said passcode is transmitted to the user via at least one message type.
US09781082B2	Selectively performing man in the middle decryption An agent on a device within a network receives a request to access a resource outside the network. A first encrypted connection is established between the device and the agent, and a second encrypted connection is established between the agent and the resource, to facilitate encrypted communication traffic between the device and the resource. The agent sends a policy request to a network appliance within the network, the request specifying the resource. The agent receives a policy response indicating that the resource is associated with one or more security policies of the network. Traffic passing between the device and the resource is selectively decrypted and inspected depending on the security policies.
US09781076B2	Secure communication system A communications system (40) comprises a first entity (42), a first encryption device (48) and a network (46). The first encryption device (48) is adapted to decrypt, using a first decryption algorithm, data sent from a first destination to said first entity via said network (46). The first encryption device (48) is adapted to pass network metric data concerning at least one route between said first entity and said first destination to said first entity without subjecting said network metric data to said first decryption algorithm.
US09781075B1	Increased port address space Managing network ports is disclosed. Network session identification information is received. The network session identification information is associated with a destination IP address and a destination network port. An available source network port is determined using a data structure that is based on the destination IP address and the destination network port.
US09781072B2	Unifying web and phone presence The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method that includes obtaining, at a computer system, a plurality of contact identifiers for a computer account holder, wherein the identifiers represent a plurality of different communication modes; identifying a handle for the account holder, wherein the handle is associated with a uniform resource locator; and correlating the handle with the plurality of contact identifiers, and storing the handle and plurality of contact identifiers together so as to permit retrieval of the contact identifiers in response to identification of the handle.
US09781067B2	Social conversation management A method for managing conversations in social media and networks may include selecting, by a processor, a message posted to a social medium for management and associating a goal with the selected message for management. The method may also include monitoring, by the processor, other messages posted to the social medium for messages that are related to the selected message for management. The method may additionally include determining, by the processor, whether the goal has been met based on monitoring the other messages posted to the social network. A first predetermined function is performed in response to the goal being met or a second predetermined function is performed in response to the goal not being met.
US09781060B2	Crossbar switch and recursive scheduling A crossbar switch has N input ports, M output ports, and a switching matrix with N×M crosspoints. In an embodiment, each crosspoint contains an internal queue (XQ), which can store one or more packets to be routed. Traffic rates to be realized between all Input/Output (IO) pairs of the switch are specified in an N×M traffic rate matrix, where each element equals a number of requested cell transmission opportunities between each IO pair within a scheduling frame of F time-slots. An efficient algorithm for scheduling N traffic flows with traffic rates based upon a recursive and fair decomposition of a traffic rate vector with N elements, is proposed. To reduce memory requirements a shared row queue (SRQ) may be embedded in each row of the switching matrix, allowing the size of all the XQs to be reduced. To further reduce memory requirements, a shared column queue may be used in place of the XQs. The proposed buffered crossbar switches with shared row and column queues, in conjunction with the row scheduling algorithm and the DCS column scheduling algorithm, can achieve high throughput with reduced buffer and VLSI area requirements, while providing probabilistic guarantees on rate, delay and jitter for scheduled traffic flows.
US09781059B2	Optoelectronic switch An optoelectronic switch comprising: a first plurality of detector remodulators (DRMs) (C3, D1), each DRM having an integer number M of optical inputs and an integer number N of optical outputs; a second plurality of DRMs (C7, D5), each DRM having N optical inputs and M optical outputs; a passive optical switch fabric (C4+C5+C6, D2+D3+D4) connecting the N optical outputs of each of the first plurality of DRMs with the N optical inputs of each of the second plurality of DRMs, the path of an optical signal through the optical switch fabric depending upon its wavelength; wherein each DRM (C3, D1) of the first plurality of DRMs is configured to act as a tunable wavelength converter to select the desired path of an optical signal through the optical switch fabric (C4+C5+C6, D2+D3+D4); and wherein each of the first plurality of DRMs (C3, D1) includes a concentrator, the concentrator configured to aggregate optical signals received from any of the M inputs of that DRM and to buffer them according to the one of the plurality of second DRMs (C7, D5) that includes their destination port.
US09781054B1	Quota-based resource scheduling The present disclosure relates to dynamically scheduling resource requests in a distributed system based on usage quotas. One example method includes identifying usage information for a distributed system including atoms, each atom representing a distinct item used by users of the distributed system; determining that a usage quota associated with the distributed system has been exceeded based on the usage information, the usage quota representing an upper limit for a particular type of usage of the distributed system; receiving a first request for a particular atom requiring invocation of the particular type of usage represented by the usage quota; determining that a second request for a different type of usage of the particular atom is waiting to be processed; and processing the second request for the particular atom before processing the first request.
US09781037B2	Method and apparatus for advanced statistics collection Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide for collection of statistics relating to network traffic between virtual machines (VMs) in a network. In an example embodiment, a virtual switch hosted on a physical server provides network address information of VMs deployed on the physical server to a virtual switch controller. The controller collects this network address information from each virtual switch under its control, and distributes the aggregate address information to each switch. In this manner, the controller and each switch within the controller's domain can learn the network address information of each VM deployed on physical servers hosting switches under the controller's control. Each virtual switch can determine a classification of a frame passing through the switch (e.g., intra-server, inter-server and intra-domain, or inter-domain traffic), and statistics relating to the traffic. In an example embodiment, the virtual switch controller can collect the statistics from each switch within its domain.
US09781022B2	Fault detection in communication system Presented is a system for monitoring the integrity of a communication bus.
US09781020B2	Deploying applications in a networked computing environment An approach for deploying and managing applications in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). A user uploads an application for deployment in the networked computing environment. Metadata of the application is analyzed and compared to metadata of previously deployed applications. Using the comparison, a set of architectures used in conjunction with previously deployed application(s) with similar platform and middleware requirements are presented to a user. The user can select an architecture for deploying the application. The application is continuously monitored after deployment, and alternative architectures to improve the application can be presented to the user, if desired.
US09781015B2	Making memory of compute and expansion devices available for use by an operating system Examples disclosed herein relate to making memory of compute and expansion blade devices available for use by an operating system (OS). Examples include making available, for use by an OS, a compute logical processor of the compute blade device, identified memory of the compute blade device, and identified memory of an expansion blade device. Examples further include making the expansion logical processor unavailable to the OS.
US09781014B2	Call establishment and maintenance in a wireless network Techniques to configure quality of service (QoS) and utilize radio resources for a call in a WLAN are described. In an aspect, a station ensures that an access point in the WLAN is suitable for receiving service prior to performing registration to receive services via the WLAN. In another aspect, the station first requests for radio resources for traffic flows, then requests for radio resources for signaling flows, and sends signaling as best effort traffic if radio resources are not granted for the signaling flows. In yet another aspect, the station aggregates QoS for multiple applications and requests for radio resources based on the aggregated QoS. In yet another aspect, the station releases extra radio resources corresponding to the difference between the QoS granted by the WLAN and the QoS proposed by a remote terminal for the call. In yet another aspect, the station requests for the same QoS or lower from a new access point during handoff.
US09781013B2	Homogenizing tooling for a heterogeneous cloud environment A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for controlling access to a node deployed in a cloud environment. A new node, based upon a common image, is created in a cloud computing environment. A unique set of randomized system parameters are then generated for the new node, which is then mapped to a set of generic system parameters. A request to access the new node is intercepted, which contains the generic system parameters. The intercepted access request is then parsed to extract the set of generic system parameters, which are then replaced with the unique set of randomized system parameters associated with the target node to generate a modified access request. The modified access request is then forwarded to the target node.
US09781011B2	Methods and systems for controlling network service quality Methods and systems are provided for controlling network service quality. According to an aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is provided for controlling levels of quality of service (QoS) for transmitting data between a terminal and a destination. The method comprises enforcing a first level of a QoS to a connection between the terminal and the network, receiving a user-requested, second level of the QoS from the terminal, identifying a currently-available level of the QoS on the network, determining a third level of the QoS based at least in part on the currently-available level of the QoS on the network and the second level of the QoS, and enforcing the third level of the QoS. Methods and system are provided for enabling users at the terminals to specify online a level of network QoS, and the system dynamically changes the quality level and the plan to satisfy the request.
US09781009B2	Methods and apparatus for standard protocol validation mechanisms deployed over a switch fabric system An apparatus includes a destination edge device configured to receive a first validation packet according to a switch fabric validation protocol. The destination edge device is configured to validate multiple data paths through a distributed switch fabric from a source edge device to the destination edge device based on the first validation packet. The destination edge device is configured to send, in response to receiving the first validation packet, a second validation packet to a peripheral processing device. The destination edge device is also configured to send the second validation packet according to a validation protocol different from the first validation protocol.
US09781006B2	Group isolation in wireless networks Methods and systems here may be used for managing a wireless network including associating a first and second wireless access device to an access point (AP), assigning the first and second wireless access device to respective first and second isolation groups, providing local communication via the AP within the isolation group, and prohibiting local communication via the AP between the first and second isolation groups.
US09780997B2	Method and system for controlling an operation of an application by classifying an application type using data bearer characteristics An application type of a bearer is classified by computing statistics vectors of bearer metrics and locating points on a label map corresponding to the statistics vectors to obtain application type information. The application type information is exported to a network node to control an operation of application. The bearer metrics include bearer identifier information and bearer condition information, where the bearer condition information includes channel condition information and cell congestion level information. The bearers are paired, such that uplink and downlink bearers for a same application are identified, so that paired bearers are classified together. The label map is produced using previously classified bearer information to calculate cluster centroids and cluster regions that define portions of the map for particular application types. The bearer is classified by determining which cluster region is closest to points on the label map that are associated with the statistics vectors for a particular bearer.
US09780985B1	Suppressing alignment for out-of-band interference and peak-to-average power ratio reduction in OFDM systems Various examples are provided for OOB interference and/or PAPR reduction in OFDM systems. In one example, a method includes generating a suppressing signal using channel state information (CSI) of a communication channel, where the length of the suppressing signal equals that of the OFDM symbol including a cyclic prefix (CP) and data portion; combining the OFDM symbol and the suppressing signal to generate a transmission signal, where the length of the suppressing signal is aligned with the length of the OFDM symbol; and communicating the transmission signal via the communication channel, which reduces and substantially aligns the length of the suppressing signal with a length of the CP at a receiving device. The CP and suppressing signal can be removed from the transmitted signal at the receiver using a CP removal matrix. In another example, a transmitting device includes OFDM encoding, signal suppression, combining circuitry to generate the transmission signal.
US09780975B1	Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) signal transmission apparatus and method thereof A Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) signal transmission apparatus and method thereof. The signal transmission apparatus includes a pilot interference estimator and compensator configured to estimate interference on pilot symbols by a Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) signal generated by FTN modulating a sequence of data symbols, and generate a compensated pilot symbol sequence to cancel the estimated interference; a pilot FTN modulator configured to generate an FTN pilot signal in which inter-pilot symbol interference does not occur, by performing FTN pulse-shaping on the compensated pilot symbol sequence; and a transmitter configured to transmit an FTN data signal and the FTN pilot signal.
US09780972B2	Methods and arrangements for channel estimation Some embodiments provide a method for channel estimation in a wireless device. According to the method, the wireless device obtains (1010) an indication that a set of antenna ports, or antenna port types, share at least one channel property. The wireless device then estimates (1020) one or more of the shared channel properties based at least on a first reference signal received from a first antenna port included in the set, or having a type corresponding to one of the types in the set. Furthermore, the wireless device performs (1030) channel estimation based on a second reference signal received from a second antenna port included in the set, or having a type corresponding to one of the types in the set, wherein the channel estimation is performed using at least the estimated channel properties.
US09780970B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for adaptive channel estimation and equalization in a multicarrier communication system Methods and systems are described for adaptive channel estimation and equalization in a multicarrier communication system. In one aspect, a channel estimation in a multicarrier communication system is determined. A prediction error is determined based on a difference between the channel estimation and a reference signal. An equalization matrix is formed based on the prediction error.
US09780965B2	Methods and systems for communicating using a virtual private network Systems and methods for communication. A network abstraction layer (NAL) is built on a public Internet; and a network virtualization layer (NVL) is built on the NAL.
US09780963B2	System and method for a federated evolved packet core service bus A system and method of provides services including a federated service bus between distributed and evolved packet core (EPC) and a radio access network (RAN), wherein the federated service bus provides information based on a parent-child relationship between the EPC and RAN on a per-federated service basis. The information can include loading and location information.
US09780960B2	Event notifications in a shared infrastructure environment A shared infrastructure environment system is provided that includes a capability to notify individual nodes of notifications, events, and alerts. The system receives, via a management fabric, a subscription from an event client module for information associated with a component. The system also receives a component update associated with the component. The system identifies if any event client module operating on any node has subscribed to receive component updates associated with the component, and sends the component update, via the management fabric, to the identified event client modules.
US09780942B2	Optimized data converter design using mixed semiconductor technology for cellular communications A cellular radio architecture for a vehicle that includes a receiver module having a receiver delta-sigma modulator that converts analog receive signals to a representative digital signal. The architecture further includes a transmitter module having a transmitter delta-sigma modulator for converting digital data bits to analog transmit signals. Portions of the receiver and transmitter modules are fabricated with indium phosphide (InP) technologies and portions of the receiver and transmitter modules are fabricated with CMOS technologies.
US09780938B2	Patch download with improved acknowledge mechanism Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for patch downloading, from a host to a target, with improved acknowledge (ACK) mechanisms including combinations of out-of-sequence, single and aggregate acknowledge mechanisms. The method may include determining a packet size based on buffer capacity of the host; calculating the total number of packets (P) for transmission based on a size of the patch divided by the packet size; and calculating a packet storage capacity (N) of the target, based on buffer capacity of the target divided by the packet size. The method may also include transmitting the P packets to the target, including a sequence number and a portion of the patch, the transmission segmented into one or more cycles of up to N packets. The method may further include receiving ACKs from the target (asynchronously relative to the packet transmissions), the ACKS associated with the sequence numbers.
US09780937B2	Method for channel sounding in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same A method, performed by a transceiver, is provided for channel sounding in a wireless local area network. A null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame is received from a transmitter to initiate the channel sounding. A null data packet (NDP) is received from the transmitter, the NDP following the NDPA frame. First feedback data split into a plurality of segments in a single aggregated medium access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) is transmitted. A retransmission request is received from the transmitter, the retransmission request including a segment retransmission bitmap field indicating at least one segment of the plurality of segments for retransmission. In response to the retransmission request, second feedback data including the at least one segment indicated in the segment retransmission bitmap field is transmitted.
US09780933B2	Communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, measurement method, and integrated circuit In a communication system in which a base station apparatus notifies a mobile station apparatus of a measurement configuration indicating a configuration of measurement using a reference signal, in the measurement configuration, there are at least a first measurement configuration to carry out measurement using a cell-specific reference signal and a second measurement configuration to carry out measurement using a channel state information reference symbol, and the mobile station apparatus determines whether the measurement configuration is the first measurement configuration or the second measurement configuration based on the measurement configuration notified from the base station apparatus.
US09780931B2	Flexible transmission of messages in a wireless communication system Devices and methods for transmitting information in resource blocks between a base station and one or more communication devices are disclosed. In each resource block (RB) used for a data or control channel transmission, a plurality of non-overlapping regions of resource elements (REs) are defined. Each region is associated with one or multiple unique reference symbols (RSs). When user equipment (UE) demodulates the information it receives in a particular region of a resource block (RB), it uses the reference symbol (RS) associated with that region. The reference symbol (RS) information may be used, for example, to estimate a channel of the communication network or to demodulate and decode the data contained within the associated regions.
US09780930B2	Communicating reference and data information in a wireless network A mobile device may generate reference bits. The mobile device may also produce a frame to send in an uplink transmission having two portions selectively with the reference bits or data bits.
US09780926B2	Burst OFDMA supporting MU-MIMO Methods and apparatus are provided for burst OFDMA support MU-MIMO in the WLAN network. In one novel aspect, pluralities of user channels are configured for a downlink wideband channel, wherein each user channel is associated with a user group selecting from a SU-SISO, or a SU-MIMO or a MU-MIMO. In one embodiment, the SIG1 and SIG2 signaling fields are independent for each user channel. In another embodiment, the SIG1 fields are duplicates for all user channels carrying common information. The SIG2 fields for each user group are different from each other carrying user group specific information. In another novel aspect, an uplink OFDMA frames contains ACK packets from multiple STAs concurrently using an uplink wideband channel. In one embodiment, one ACK packet is sent for a MU-MIMO user group. In another embodiment, the uplink ACK packet assignment is based on indications in the downlink PHY SIG field.
US09780923B2	Method and apparatus for ACK transmission in a WLAN The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for acknowledgement (ACK) transmission in a WLAN. A station receives a plurality of data frames from a plurality of other stations and then transmits an ACK for the plurality of data frames to the plurality of stations. The ACK is a multi-user (MU) block ACK frame which includes a plurality of block ACKs for the plurality of stations. One block ACK includes at least one ACK for at least one data frame that is received from one station.
US09780913B2	Decoding margin estimation The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for determining transmission properties for communication between a wireless device and a radio network node. The disclosure also relates to computer programs performing the methods. The disclosure proposes a method, performed in the wireless device, comprising receiving a transport block from a radio network node, creating one or more punctured versions of the transport block, wherein an encoding redundancy of the punctured versions of the transport block is reduced compared to that of the original transport block, decoding at least one of the one or more punctured versions of the transport block and determining a decoding margin associated with the original transport block, based on the decoding of the one or more punctured versions of the transport block. The disclosure also proposes a method in the radio network node.
US09780911B2	Signaling different MCS sets for different bandwidths Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to using fields of a frame to indicate different modulation and coding scheme (MCS) sets for communications on a first bandwidth and on a second bandwidth.
US09780909B2	Network topology optimization with feasible optical paths In general, techniques are described for dynamically determining a logical network topology for more efficiently transporting network traffic over a physical topology based on end-to-end network traffic demands and optical transport network (OTN) characteristics of the network. The techniques may be applicable to meeting network traffic demands placed upon a multi-layer network having a base transport layer and a logical or overlay Internet Protocol (IP) layer routed on the transport layer.
US09780904B2	Optical wavelength selective switch, an optical network node, an optical network and methods therein A method in an optical Wavelength Selective Switch, WSS, for multidirectional switching of optical signals. The optical WSS comprises a reflective element, a first tributary port and a second tributary port. The optical WSS switches (304) an optical signal between the first tributary port and the second tributary port with the reflective element.
US09780903B2	Optical wavelength demultiplexer having optical interference filters connected in cascade An optical wavelength demultiplexer includes a wavelength demultiplexing device, a first wavelength filter and a first- and second-stage wavelength sub-filters. The wavelength demultiplexing device demultiplexes an input light into a first wavelength band including wavelengths λ1 and λ2 in the vicinity of 1310 nm and a second wavelength band including a wavelength λ3 of 1490 nm and a wavelength λ4 of 1550 nm to output. The first-stage wavelength sub-filter removes the wavelength λ2 longer than 1310 nm from the second wavelength band and transmits the wavelength λ3 of 1490 nm. The second-stage wavelength sub-filter removes the wavelength λ4 of 1550 nm and outputs the wavelength λ3 of 1490 nm, which is the remainder of the selected lights, with a sufficient wavelength spectral purity.
US09780902B2	Communication systems and methods Example communication systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a first chaotic sequence of a first temporal length, and a second chaotic sequence of a second temporal length. The method also receives a data symbol for communication to a destination. Based on the data symbol, the second chaotic sequence is temporally shifted and combined with the first chaotic sequence to generate a composite chaotic sequence. The first chaotic sequence functions as a reference chaotic sequence while the second chaotic sequence functions as a data-carrying auxiliary chaotic sequence.
US09780899B2	Radio communication apparatus, transmission apparatus, and reception apparatus A radio communication apparatus that performs radio communication according to a multicarrier scheme includes: a transmitting unit including a null inserting unit that dispersedly arranges null symbols in a two-dimensional space of time and frequency in radio data, and a differential modulating unit that performs differential modulation on a data symbol part other than the null symbols; and a receiving unit including an interference measuring unit that measures interference power for a data symbol that is a measurement target by using a null symbol adjacent to the data symbol in the two-dimensional space of time and frequency, and a delay detecting unit that performs weighting on each data symbol according to the interference power measured for each data symbol and that performs delay detection between data symbols.
US09780896B2	System and method for direct passive monitoring of packet delay variation and time error in network packet communications Systems and methods are disclosed for direct passive monitoring of packet delay variation and time error in network packet communications. Packets traversing between slave and master clocks are monitored to provide direct results of the actual conditions without the need to rely upon inference determinations. Certain embodiments provide tap configurations to monitor packet flows, while certain other embodiments provide in-line configurations to monitor packet flows. Certain further embodiments provide multiple monitoring devices that can be used for passive monitoring purposes, such as passive monitoring to test boundary clock. These multiple monitoring devices can be configured to be within a single or different test instruments. Other variations are also described.
US09780894B2	Systems for synchronous playback of media using a hybrid bluetooth™ and Wi-Fi network A system and method for synchronous playback of media using a hybrid BLUETOOTH™ and Wi-Fi network, comprising a plurality of wireless media receivers configured to receive media content at a first media receiver via BLUETOOTH™, the first media receiver configured to transmit at least a portion of the received media content to a plurality of second media receivers via a Wi-Fi network, render at least some of the media content, and manage synchronization using a media synchronization component; with each second media receiver configured to render media content it receives synchronously with the first media receiver using respective media synchronization components.
US09780889B1	Techniques for RF transceiver self-calibration Various aspects described herein relate to calibrating transceiver impairment in wireless communications. Direct current (DC) components of one or more signals can be modified, using one or more configured DC components, for transmitting to a user equipment (UE) via a transmitter. A receiver can receive the one or more signals as transmitted via the transmitter. An impairment of at least one of the transmitter, the receiver, or a combination thereof, can be determined based at least in part on comparing the DC components of the one or more signals as received via the receiver to the one or more configured DC components. One or more components of at least one of the transmitter, the receiver, or a combination thereof can be adjusted to compensate for the impairment.
US09780876B2	Relay supported method, system, and relay node for transmitting visible light information A relay supported method, system, and a RN for transmitting visible light information are provided. The method includes that UE sends information to a detected RN, and the RN processes and forwards the information from the UE to a VS. The RN is configured to process and forward the information from the UE to the VS in an uplink direction. According to the present disclosure, with adoption of visible light communication relay, visible light communication coverage may be broadened, and a visible light communication rate may be increased.
US09780869B2	Enhanced digital diagnostics for optical PAM apparatus A Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) optical device utilizing multiple wavelengths, features a communications interface having enhanced diagnostics capability. New registers are created to house additional diagnostic information, such as error rates. The diagnostic information may be stored in raw form, or as processed on-chip utilizing local resources.
US09780866B2	Configurable RF transmit/receive multiplexer A configurable RF transmit/receive (TX/RX) multiplexer, which includes a group of RF TX bandpass filters, a group of RF TX switching elements, and a group of RF RX bandpass filters; is disclosed. Each of the group of RF RX bandpass filters is coupled to a first common connection node. Each of the group of RF TX switching elements is coupled between a corresponding one of the group of RF TX bandpass filters and the first common connection node, which is coupled to a first RF antenna.
US09780865B2	Aircraft-noded data communication network Defined herein is a system for communicating data includes a first data source that transmits data through the air, and a second data source that is remote from the first data source. The second data source at least one of receives and transmits data through the air. The system further includes at least one aircraft that receives data through the air from the first and second data sources, and transmits data through the air to at least one of the first and second data sources.
US09780849B2	Method and system for performance testing Disclosed is a method and system for performance test. The method includes: configuring a static channel between a transmitting end and a receiving end in a system configured with M transmitting antenna ports and N receiving antennas, wherein singular values of a N*M channel matrix of the static channel are equal, wherein, M=4 and N=4; or M=8 and N=4; or M=8 and N=8. The transmitting end transmits data to the receiving end by the static channel. The abovementioned technical solution can implement the performance test in 4 or 8 receiving antennas, and it can implement CQI reporting precision performance test of static channel in 4 or 8 receiving antennas.
US09780842B2	Mobile device assisted coordinated multipoint transmission and reception Idle mobile devices are used as cooperating devices to support coordinated multipoint transmission and reception for uplink and downlink communications between a primary mobile device and its serving base station. For uplink communications, the cooperating mobile devices receive the uplink transmission from the primary mobile device and retransmit the received data signal to the serving base station for the primary mobile device. For downlink communications, the cooperating mobile devices receive the downlink transmission from the serving base station and retransmit the received data signal to the primary mobile device.
US09780834B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting electromagnetic waves Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus including a waveguide, an antenna, and a transmitter. The transmitter can facilitate transmission of first electromagnetic waves via the antenna, the first electromagnetic waves having a fundamental mode. The waveguide can facilitate propagation of the first electromagnetic waves at least in part on a surface of the waveguide. The waveguide can be positioned at a location that enables the first electromagnetic waves to induce second electromagnetic waves having fundamental and non-fundamental modes that propagate on a surface of a transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09780833B2	De-embedding cable effect for waveform monitoring for arbitrary waveform and function generator A method for determining a waveform expected to be received by a device under test, the method including outputting a waveform generated by a waveform generation section of an arbitrary waveform and function generator at an output of the arbitrary waveform and function generator; sending the waveform generated by the waveform generation section to the device under test through a cable; monitoring a waveform at the output by a waveform monitoring section of the arbitrary waveform and function generator; and determining by the waveform monitoring section a transformed waveform expected to be received at the device under test based on the generated waveform being modified by the cable.
US09780828B2	Integrated transmit/receive switch with power amplifier transformer reuse A transmit/receive switch architecture is provided which reuses a power amplifier's transformer as part of the low noise amplifier (LNA) input matching network. A front-end circuit includes a transmit/receive switch. The transmit/receive switch includes a transformer that includes primary winding and secondary winding. The transmit/receive also includes a transistor, where a drain of the transistor is connected to the secondary winding and a gate of the transistor is configured to receive a control signal. The transmit/receive switch operates as a receive switch when the control signal is low and inputs of the primary winding are either shorted or at open circuit. The transmit/receive switch operates as a transmit switch when the control signal is high.
US09780822B2	Managing transmitter collisions Various embodiments implemented on a mobile communication device (e.g., a multi-SIM-multi-active communication device) mitigate degraded transmit performance typically experienced by a lower-priority subscription during a Tx collision event in which a higher-priority subscription receives a shared Tx resource of the mobile communication device to the exclusion of the lower-priority subscription. Specifically, in various embodiments, a processor of the mobile communication device may determine when an upcoming transmission of the lower-priority subscription will collide with a scheduled transmission of the higher-priority subscription (i.e., may determine when a Tx collision event will occur between the subscriptions) and may implement one or more Tx collision management strategies in response to determining that the lower-priority subscription's upcoming transmission will collide with a transmission of the higher-priority subscription, thus improving the lower-priority subscription's overall performance.
US09780820B2	Method of filtering digital signal for maintaining data transmission rate in TDD or TDMA system and communication system adopting the same Provided is a digital filter implementing a function by using circular convolution of a digital input signal and a unit pulse response of the digital filter in applying a filter to the digital signal.In addition, a configuration sequence change of an output signal, which occurs as a result of digital filtering according to the present invention, in comparison to an input signal, is corrected by inversely performing circular shifting in a transmitter by amount of the configuration sequence change, or by reconstructing a signal after making synchronization and acquiring the signal previous to a time point of the synchronization by amount of the configuration sequence change, in a receiver.
US09780816B1	Removing impulsive noise in a radio In one example, an apparatus includes: a delay unit to delay a demodulated signal obtained from an input radio frequency (RF) frequency modulation (FM) signal; a filter to filter the demodulated signal and output a filtered demodulated signal; an impulse detection circuit to receive the filtered demodulated signal and detect presence of an impulse in the demodulated signal; and an impulse removal circuit to remove the detected impulse from the demodulated signal.
US09780813B2	Closed-loop automatic channel selection A system and method for improving radio performance through automatic channel selection utilizing a closed-channel model is disclosed. A measurement engine records maximum user throughput on a per station basis during normal traffic operation. The measurement engine further records throughput metrics based on test traffic sent to all associated stations during idle operation. A policy logic engine utilizes the measurements to determine an optimal transmission channel for transmission and receipt of data.
US09780809B2	Tracking and use of tracked bit values for encoding and decoding data in unreliable memory A non-volatile memory system may include a tracking module that tracks logic values of bits to be stored in memory elements identified as unreliable. A record of the logic values may be generated. During decoding of the data, a log likelihood ratio module may use the record to assign log likelihood ratio values for the decoding.
US09780803B1	Apparatus for built-in self-test (BIST) of a Nyquist rate analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit is provided for testing an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). A multi-order sigma-delta (ΣΔ) modulator has an input that receives an input signal, a first output generating analog test signal derived from the input signal and applied to an input of the ADC and a second output generating a binary data stream. A digital recombination and filtering circuit has a first input that receives the binary data stream and a second input that receives a digital test signal output from the ADC in response to the analog test signal. The digital recombination and filtering circuit combines and filters the binary data stream and digital test signal to generate a digital result signal including a signal component derived from an error introduced by operation of the ADC. A correlation circuit is used to isolate that error signal component.
US09780798B1	Digital modulator entropy source An electronic circuit system with an input for receiving an analog signal having a frequency and comprising noise, that noise including input referred noise, and the noise fluctuates in a range. The system also comprises a signal path with: (i) an analog to digital converter for providing a digital output value in response to a clock period; (ii) a feedback node; and (iii) circuitry for limiting a signal swing at the feedback node, during a period of the clock period, to be no greater than an RMS value of the noise. The analog to digital converter is further for providing the digital output value in response to the analog signal and the signal swing at the feedback node.
US09780796B2	Timing recovery for digital receiver with interleaved analog-to-digital converters A receiver having analog to digital converters with phase adjustable sampling clocks. A first analog to digital converter converts an analog signal into first digital samples under control of a first sampling clock. A first clock generator adjusts a phase of the first sampling clock based on at least one first phase control signal. A second analog to digital converter converts the analog signal into second digital samples under control of a second sampling clock. A second clock generator adjusts the phase of the second sampling clock based on at least one second phase control signal. A data decision circuit recovers data based on the first and second samples. Feedback circuitry receives the recovered data and generates at least one first phase control signal for the first clock generator and generates at least one second phase control signal for the second clock generator based on the first phase control signal.
US09780779B2	Semiconductor device, electronic component, and electronic device To provide a small driver IC, a driver IC with a narrow width, a driver IC capable of high-speed operation, a small semiconductor device, a semiconductor device with a narrow width, or a semiconductor device capable of high-speed operation. The semiconductor device includes first to third circuits. The first and second circuits each include transistors with a first channel width. The third circuit includes transistors with a second channel width. The second channel width is larger than the first channel width. The first circuit is configured to select one of first to 2N-th potentials (N is an integer of 1 or more). The second circuit is configured to select one of (2N+1)-th to 4N-th potentials. The third circuit is configured to select the potential selected by the first circuit or the potential selected by the second circuit. The first to third circuits are arranged in line.
US09780776B1	Power detector circuit using native transistor An electronic circuit includes a native N-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (NMOS) transistor and a P-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (PMOS) transistor. The gates of the native NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor and the source of the native NMOS transistor are grounded. The drains of the native NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistors are connected to one another and to an output port, and the source of the PMOS transistor is connected to an input voltage.
US09780770B2	Control unit for a bridge circuit, and related method and integrated circuit A control unit is for a bridge circuit. The control unit may include a signal generator configured to generate first and second periodic drive signals for the bridge circuit, and determine a switch-on duration of the first and second periodic drive signals based upon a first digital data value having a first resolution. The control unit may include a controller configured to receive a second digital data value having a second resolution. The second resolution may be greater than the first resolution. The controller may be configured to generate the first digital data value so that, over periods of the first and second periodic drive signals, the first digital data value corresponds to an average of the second digital data value.
US09780764B2	Phase quantum bit A phase quantum bit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the phase quantum bit may comprise a Josephson junction and a distributed element coupled to the Josephson junction. The distributed element provides a capacitive component and an inductive component of the phase quantum bit.
US09780757B1	Transmission line matching network and method therefor A hybrid matching network is suitable for use with a radio frequency transmission system having a fundamental frequency and a terminating impedance. The hybrid matching network includes a first port, a first capacitor coupled between the first port and ground and having a self resonance frequency that provides attenuation of at least a first amount of a second harmonic of the fundamental frequency, an inductor coupled between the first port and ground and having an inductance such that a parallel combination of the first capacitor and the inductor has a resonant frequency at the fundamental frequency, a transmission line segment having a first end coupled to the first port, a second end, having a desired physical length and a desired physical width, and a second port coupled to the second end of the transmission line segment and adapted to be coupled to the terminating impedance.
US09780756B2	Calibration for a tunable RF filter structure Embodiments of radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry are disclosed where the RF front-end circuitry includes a tunable RF filter structure and a calibration circuit. The tunable RF filter structure includes (at least) a pair of weakly coupled resonators and defines a transfer function with a passband. The calibration circuit is configured to shape the passband so that the passband defines a center frequency. Additionally, the calibration circuit is configured to detect a phase difference at the target center frequency between the pair of weakly coupled resonators and adjust the phase difference of the pair of weakly coupled resonators at the target center frequency so as to reduce a frequency displacement between the center frequency of the passband and the target center frequency. In this manner, the calibration circuit calibrates the tunable RF filter structure to correct for errors in the center frequency of the passband due to component manufacturing variations.
US09780754B2	Noise removal circuit of wire harness and wire harness assembly including the same The branch portion includes: a first circuit portion electrically connected to the main wire while extending to a leading end from a base end of the branch portion; a second circuit portion electrically connected to the main wire while extending to the leading end from the base end of the branch portion and electrically connected to the first circuit portion at the leading end of the branch portion; and a ground conductor that is disposed between the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion while extending to the leading end from the base end of the branch portion and has one end to be grounded and the other end to be opened.
US09780747B2	Feature-based level control using loudness growth functions A computer-implemented method comprising: determining one or more features of a subject signal; revising one or more control signals on the basis of the one or more features; modifying a level of the subject signals based on the control signals. At least one of the features is determined by: comparing a given one of the subject signals against a boundary signal to produce a corresponding given boundary comparison signal; and summarizing the behavior of the given boundary comparison signal over a time interval.
US09780742B2	Super-efficient single-stage isolated switching power amplifier A super-efficient single-stage switching power amplifier is realized by not incorporating a rectification process in its power conversion loop while incorporating a bidirectional active clamping circuit to not only remove or maximally reduce otherwise occurring disruptive ringing and spikes but also convert the energy otherwise associated with the ringing and spikes to return energy that goes back to the DC power supply.
US09780741B2	Compression control of cascode power amplifiers Compression control of cascode power amplifiers. A power amplifier module can include a power amplifier including a cascode transistor pair. The cascode transistor pair can include a first transistor and a second transistor. The power amplifier module can include a current comparator configured to compare a first base current of the first transistor and a second base current of the second transistor to generate a comparison signal. The power amplifier module can include a saturation controller configured to maintain the power amplifier out of saturation based on the comparison signal.
US09780728B1	Double balanced mixer A FET based double balanced mixer (DBM) that exhibits good conversion gain and IIP3 values and provides improved linearity and wide bandwidth. In one embodiment, a first balun is configured to receive a local oscillator (LO) signal and generate two balanced LO signals that are coupled to two corresponding opposing nodes of a four-node FET ring. A second balun is configured to pass an RF signal on the unbalanced side. The FET ring includes at least four FETs connected as branches of a ring, with the source of each FET connected to the drain of a next FET in the ring. Each FET is preferably fabricated as, or configured as, a low threshold voltage device having its gate connected to its drain, which causes the FET to operate as a diode, but with the unique characteristic of having close to a zero turn-on voltage.
US09780727B2	Frequency modulator and magnetic resonance tomography system with a frequency modulator A frequency modulator includes a first pair of diodes with two capacity diodes, and a second pair of diodes with two additional capacity diodes. The second pair of diodes is employed in parallel. The frequency modulator also includes a first modulator input for reception of a first modulation signal and a second modulator input for reception of a symmetrical second modulation signal. Both pairs of diodes are coupled to an oscillator unit.
US09780726B2	Re-configurable single transformer quadrature voltage controlled oscillator A quadrature voltage controlled oscillator (QVCO). The QVCO includes a first node for providing a first quadrature signal, a second node for providing a second quadrature signal, a third node for providing a third quadrature signal, and a fourth node for providing a fourth quadrature signal. The QVCO further includes a first coil connected between the first node and the second node and a second coil connected between the third node and the fourth node. The first coil and second coil are positively magnetically coupled.
US09780725B2	Improving oscillator phase noise using active device stacking An integrated electronic circuit is provided. The integrated electronic circuit includes a transconductance cell formed from transconductance cell devices. The integrated electronic circuit further includes active and passive decoupling circuits. The integrated electronic circuit also includes an oscillator having a tank that is direct current decoupled from the transconductance cell devices using the active and passive decoupling circuits to increase voltage swing and decrease phase noise of the oscillator.
US09780723B2	Terminal for solar junction box A solar junction box for a solar panel having at least one photovoltaic cell and a foil electrically connected to the at least one cell includes a housing having a base and walls defining a cavity. The housing is configured to be mounted to the solar panel. The base has at least one foil opening. A protection device is received in the cavity. A terminal is received in the cavity. The terminal has a protection device contact terminated to the protection device and a foil contact being crimped to the foil to electrically connect the terminal to the foil.
US09780717B2	Power conversion device, motor driving device including power conversion device, blower and compressor including motor driving device, and air conditioner, refrigerator, and freezer including blower and compressor A power conversion device includes an inverter configured by arms including phase upper-arm switching elements and phase lower-arm switching elements, a power-supply shunt resistor, lower-arm shunt resistors, and a control unit that generates drive signals corresponding to the phase upper-arm switching elements and the phase lower-arm switching elements from detection values of the voltage detectors. The power conversion device changes a ratio of time in which all of the upper-arm switching elements are in an ON state and time in which all of the lower-arm switching elements are in the ON state in one cycle of switching of the inverter according to a modulation ratio.
US09780714B2	Motor control device and electric compressor A motor control device of the present invention supplies a detection current to a motor at predetermined time intervals, detects a voltage between the both ends of a smoothing capacitor when the detection current is supplied, and determines whether a connector is inserted or unplugged based on a change in the voltage between the both ends of the smoothing capacitor. Furthermore, if determining that the connector is unplugged, the motor control device decreases the voltage between the both ends of the smoothing capacitor to or below a defined value by discharging the smoothing capacitor.
US09780711B2	Method and system for controlling an angualr speed of an induction motor A system and method controls a rotor angular speed of an induction motor by first sensing an operation condition of the induction motor to produce measured signals, which are transformed by applying a state transformation to an induction motor model to produce a transformed induction motor model. Transformed state estimates of the transformed induction motor model are produced based on the measured signals. An inverse of the state transformation is applied to the transformed state estimates to produce state estimates of the induction motor model, which are then used to determine control input voltages for the induction motor, based on the state estimates, to control the rotor angular speed of the induction motor.
US09780708B2	Control device and method for stepper motor that ensure improved performance of stepper motor during activation period A control device for a stepper motor drives in a 1-2-phase excitation method in response to an input of a drive signal. The control device includes a control signal generating unit and a drive signal generating unit. The control signal generating unit generates a pulsed control signal. The drive signal generating unit generates the drive signal for rotating by a predetermined step angle every time the control signal is input. The predetermined step angle is a half of a step angle of a 2-phase excitation method. The control signal generating unit configures a higher pulse rate of a first to an n-th (n is an integer equal to or more than 2 and equal to or less than 3) control signals in an activation period of the stepper motor than a pulse rate of the control signals following the n-th control signal.
US09780705B2	Single phase brushless DC motor and method of adjusting output phase thereof A single phase brushless DC motor comprises a Hall effect sensor, a coil assembly and a motor control circuit which generating a driving signal to guide a coil current flowing through the coil assembly. The Hall effect sensor senses the magnetic pole of the rotor to accordingly generate a Hall effect signal. The motor control circuit outputs a current polarity reverse signal according to the voltage at one end of the coil assembly. The time when the current polarity reverse signal is generated corresponds to the polarity reverse time of the coil current. The motor control circuit adjusts the phase of the driving signal according to the polarity reverse time of the Hall effect signal and the time when the current polarity reverse signal is generated to synchronize the phase of the back emf of the single phase brushless DC motor with the phase of the coil current.
US09780703B2	Power supply for multiphase motor providing recirculation compensation features and related methods A power supply may include power generation circuits, each configured to drive a respective winding of a multiphase motor; converter circuits, each configured to generate a digital driving signal for a respective power generation circuit, and a memory configured to store a plurality of fast recirculation compensation values corresponding to combinations of the digital driving signals that would otherwise result in a fast recirculation condition. The power supply may also include a controller coupled to the memory and configured to determine when a given combination of the digital driving signals would otherwise result in a fast recirculation condition, and based upon the determination, substitute at least one corresponding fast recirculation compensation value for the given combination of the digital driving signals.
US09780699B2	Motor protection relay and method for starting motor of motor protection relay The present disclosure relates to a motor protection relay and a method for starting a motor of the motor protection relay, and particularly, to a motor protection relay capable of softly starting a motor, without a separate starting device, and performing soft starting of the motor more stably, effectively, and simply, by variably controlling start power for starting the motor to the motor through controlling of the relay itself and supplying the variably controlled start power to the motor, and a method for starting a motor thereof.
US09780695B2	Control method of inverter circuit A control method of an inverter circuit includes the following steps. Firstly, a half cycle of the AC output voltage is divided into a first stage and a second stage. Then, the upper switch element and the lower switch element are controlled to be operated at a first switching frequency lower than a preset threshold frequency in the first stage, so that the inverter circuit is operated in a continuous current mode. Then, the upper switch element or the lower switch element of the bridge arm is controlled to be operated at a second switching frequency in the second stage, so that the upper switch element and the lower switch element are turned on at a preset voltage level and the inverter circuit is operated at a discontinuous current mode boundary mode.
US09780687B2	Resonant converter and synchronous rectification converter circuit thereof The present invention provides a synchronous rectification converter circuit, including three transformer secondary-windings, three current transformer, a synchronous rectification switching unit, a diode rectification unit, and a control unit. Each of three current transformers includes a primary-winding and secondary-winding. The three transformer secondary-windings and the three current transformer primary-windings are alternately connected in series to form a first triangular structure. Three vertices of the first triangular structure are connected to the synchronous rectification switching unit. The three current transformer secondary-windings are connected in series to form a second triangular structure. Three vertices of the second triangular structure are connected to the diode rectification unit. The diode rectification unit is connected to the control unit and the synchronous rectification switching unit is connected to the control unit. The present invention achieves a purpose of precisely controlling the on-off state of the synchronous rectification circuit.
US09780686B1	Power supplying apparatus and method A power supplying apparatus includes a voltage outputting module and a voltage selecting module. The voltage selecting module is electrically connected to the voltage outputting module. The voltage selecting module includes a returning unit. The voltage selecting module receives a voltage identification signal when the voltage outputting module is electrically connected to an electronic device. When the voltage identification signal is larger than a voltage level, the returning unit notifies the electronic device, such that the electronic device returns a voltage request signal. The power supplying apparatus selectively sends out one of a plurality of DC voltage signals to the electronic device according to the voltage request signal.
US09780673B2	Control method and device for switching power supplies having more than one control mode A control device for controlling a switching power supply adapted to convert an input voltage into an output voltage according to a switching rate of a switching element. The control device includes first control means for switching the switching element in a first working mode at a constant frequency and second control means for switching the switching element in a second working mode at a variable frequency, under a maximum frequency, in response to the detection of a predefined operative condition of the switching power supply. The control device further includes means for selecting the first working mode or the second working mode.
US09780672B1	Systems and methods for overvoltage protection for LED lighting System controller and method for a power converter. For example, a system controller for a power converter includes a logic controller configured to generate a modulation signal, and a driver configured to receive the modulation signal, generate a drive signal based at least in part on the modulation signal, and output the drive signal to a switch to affect a current flowing through an inductive winding for a power converter. Additionally, the system controller includes a voltage-to-voltage converter configured to receive a first voltage signal, the modulation signal, and a demagnetization signal, and to generate a second voltage signal based at least in part on the first voltage signal, the modulation signal, and the demagnetization signal.
US09780669B2	Inrush control power supply In one embodiment, a power apparatus includes a buck converter including a first capacitor, a first inductor and a first switch for connection with a direct current power supply, wherein when the first switch is closed and the buck converter is connected to the direct current power supply, the first capacitor and the first inductor are connected in series to the direct current power supply, a full-bridge inverter including at least four switches including the first switch, a second, third and fourth switch so that the first switch is shared by the inventor and buck converter, the inverter being operative to convert direct current to alternating current by alternating (a) closing the first and fourth switch with the second and third switch open, and (b) closing the second and third switch with the first and fourth switch open, and a transformer to step down an output of the inverter.
US09780662B1	Method for portable sensor-less DC-DC converter control loops A portable control loop is provided for current sensing DC-DC converter. The DC-DC converter includes a power circuit, an external circuit, a control circuit and a duty cycle integration circuit. The power circuit comprises at least one controllable switch to regulate current from an input voltage. The external circuit comprises at least one output inductor and a capacitor. The duty cycle integration circuit receives a voltage differential signal across the output inductor and generates a compensation signal based at least on the voltage differential signal. The control circuit receives the compensation signal and feedback from load voltage and generates a control signal to control the controllable switch within the power circuit.
US09780656B2	Resonant rectified discontinuous switching regulator A switched-mode power regulator circuit has four solid-state switches connected in series and a capacitor and an inductor that regulate power delivered to a load. The solid-state switches are operated such that a voltage at the load is regulated by repetitively (1) charging the capacitor causing a current to flow in the inductor and (2) discharging the capacitor causing current to flow in the inductor. The power regulator circuit may be configured to operate with zero current switching at frequencies in the range of 100 MHz, enabling it to be fabricated on a unitary silicon die along with the load that it powers.
US09780651B2	Control circuit and associated method for switching converter A control circuit for switching converter has an ON signal generating circuit, an OFF signal generating circuit, a first comparator, a second comparator and a logic circuit. The switching converter has a high switch and a low side switch connected in series. The ON signal generating circuit provides an ON signal based on a reference signal and a feedback signal. The OFF signal generating circuit provides an OFF signal. The first comparator provides a first comparing signal based on a comparing result between a first threshold and a current through the high side switch. The second comparator provides a second comparing signal based on a comparing result between a second threshold and a current through the low side switch. The logic circuit provides a first switching signal to control the high side switch ON and OFF and a second switching signal to control the low side switch ON and OFF.
US09780644B1	Methods and apparatus for always on domain finite state machine shutdown using a clock source from a power managed domain An apparatus includes: a voltage regulator that outputs a voltage responsive to an enable signal; a power managed domain coupled to the voltage regulator and including a clock generator configured to output a clock signal from the clock generator; and an always on domain. The always on domain receives the clock signal. The always on domain includes a finite state machine coupled to receive the clock signal and receiving a shutdown request signal. The finite state machine is configured to output a signal to control power to the power managed domain and to disable the clock generator, responsive to the shutdown request signal. The finite state machine receives an asynchronous wake signal, and circuitry in the always on domain is coupled to enable power to the power managed domain and to the clock generator, responsive to the asynchronous wake input signal.
US09780640B2	Multi-phase voltage converter with fault instruction circuit A switching circuit with a fault instruction circuit used in a voltage converter or a multi-phase voltage converter. The switching circuit has a pin, the pin is configured to receive a control signal during a normal operation, and the pin is also configured to output a fault instruction signal when one or more faults occur in the switching circuit. The instruction signal represents each of the one or more faults with a particular value.
US09780636B2	Protection from hard commutation events at power switches A system is described that includes a half-bridge, a first driver, a second driver, and a controller unit. The half-bridge includes a first switch coupled to a second switch at a switching node. The first driver is configured to drive the first switch and the second driver is configured to drive the second switch. The controller unit is configured to determine whether a hard commutation event is likely to occur at the half-bridge during a future switching cycle, and responsive to determining that the hard commutation event is likely to occur during the future switching cycle, control the first driver and the second driver to activate at least one hard commutation countermeasure.
US09780634B2	Low cost multi-coil linear actuator configured to accommodate a variable number of coils Disclosed herein are methods and systems for low cost linear actuators that can deliver strokes and forces at different values. The embodiments presented herein have parts and components that may be usable for both multi-coil and single-coil actuator designs. According to one embodiment, a magnet housing may removably or permanently coupled to a coil assembly having any number of coils. According to a further embodiment, an actuator housing may be coupled to a magnet housing having any number of magnets or coils.
US09780631B2	Method for stamping coil sides of a stator winding Method for stamping multiple coil sides (96) for a stator winding (18), characterized in that the multiple coil sides (96) are arranged in a grooved row (90), the shaping process taking place at a force (F), the direction of which runs at an angle (α) greater than zero relative to the grooved row (90).
US09780622B2	Low frequency micro oscillator A low frequency micro oscillator-driven oscillating system including at least one electric oscillation generator operative to produce oscillations at a first frequency, at least one oscillated article, at least one intermediate element, having at least one resonant frequency lower than the first frequency, the at least one intermediate element being oscillated by the at least one electric oscillation generator and being operative to cause the at least one oscillated article to oscillate and a power supply circuit, supplying electrical power intermittently in a periodic manner to the at least one electric oscillation generator, thereby causing the at least one oscillated article to oscillate at at least one second frequency, lower than the first frequency.
US09780617B2	Bus bar unit At least one bus bar, out of a plurality of bus bars of a bus bar unit, includes: a bent main body part that bends and extends across a first stacked position and a second stacked position, the positions being separated in the axial direction of the stator; a first arc-shaped main body part that extends from one end of the bent main body part to be arranged next to another bus bar at the first stacked position along a circumferential direction of the stator; and a second arc-shaped main body part that extends from other end of the bent main body part to be arranged next to another bus bar at the second stacked position along the circumferential direction of the stator.
US09780607B2	Stator core for an electronically commutated direct current motor and method for producing a stator A stator core for an electronically commutated DC motor with an internal rotor having a plurality of radially inwardly directed pole cores which at their periphery are integral with back iron segments and the back iron segments are integral with adjacent back iron segments via webs, wherein the back iron segments alternate with the webs and jointly form a seamless closed one-piece ring. A method of ensuring that in the case of a stator core of this class, upon a reduction of the stator diameter and reduction of the pole distances after winding, a clearly defined end position of the adjoining regions can be assumed, and that for this process, only minimal forces are necessary, in which damage to the stator core is not to be expected, and that at the end of the process only a very small and uniform air gap remains at a lowest possible spring-back.
US09780603B2	Method, device and system for managing a provision of energy A remote server is connected to at least one energy box, each energy box being connected to at least one energy consuming device, and each energy box being connected to a metering device. The remote server sends to the energy box a transaction demand. The energy box sends to at least one energy consuming device an energy consumption reduction request. The metering device measures energy consumption of the energy consuming device. The metering device sends to the energy box the measured energy consumption. The energy box verifies whether the demanded transaction has been carried out based upon at least one test, the test depending on at least one measured energy consumption. If the demanded transaction has been carried out, the energy box sends to a remote server a transaction response.
US09780599B2	Electronic device and method of detecting efficiency of charging An electronic device includes an energy collection circuit, a rectifier circuit, and a control unit. The energy collection circuit receives an energy signal transmitted via transmission frequency from a wireless charger base. The rectifier circuit generates a drive voltage according to the energy signal. The control unit compares the drive voltage with a reference voltage, and compares the transmission frequency with a reference frequency. When the drive voltage is less than or equals to the reference voltage, or when the transmission frequency is lower than or equals to the reference frequency, the control unit outputs position deviation information. The electronic device detects the efficiency of the wireless charging, and reminds the user whether the position of the electronic device needs to be adjusted, which ensures an efficient charging.
US09780596B2	Microprocessor controlled class E driver A charger including a class E power driver, a frequency-shift keying (“FSK”) module, and a processor. The processor can receive data relating to the operation of the class E power driver and can control the class E power driver based on the received data relating to the operation of the class E power driver. The processor can additionally control the FSK module to modulate the natural frequency of the class E power transformer to thereby allow the simultaneous recharging of an implantable device and the transmission of data to the implantable device. The processor can additionally compensate for propagation delays by adjusting switching times.
US09780594B2	Discharge circuit and power supply device therewith A discharge circuit has a voltage divider arranged to divide an alternating-current input voltage to produce a divided voltage, a high-pass filter arranged to pass a high-frequency component of the divided voltage to produce a monitoring voltage, a comparator arranged to compare the monitoring voltage with a threshold voltage to produce a comparison signal, a timer arranged to generate a timer signal indicating whether or not the comparison signal has been kept at the same logic level for a mask period, a controller arranged to generate a discharge control signal according to the timer signal, and a discharger arranged to discharge, according to the discharge control signal, an X capacitor connected to a node to which the alternating-current input voltage is applied.
US09780593B2	Electric cells for battery pack, battery control system, and battery control method There are provided electric cells, a battery pack containing three or more electric cells, a battery control system and a battery control method. An electric cell for a battery pack will be interconnected with another cell to be used as a battery pack. For example, an electric cell comprises an electrochemical cell, a communication unit communicating with other electric cells, a measurement unit acquiring cell-state of the electrochemical cell, and a discharge unit discharging the electrochemical cell. The communication unit transmits a cell-state of the electrochemical cell and receives external information. The discharging unit discharges the electrochemical cell based upon both the cell-state of the electrochemical cell and the received external information.
US09780585B2	Movable device and method of charging the same An apparatus and method for charging movable devices like carts or trolleys. Each movable device includes a charging unit and a charging connector coupled to the charging unit, including a male plug at one end, a female socket at the other end, and two electrodes interconnected. When the devices are in a queue, the male plug of the connector of a device in the rear is connected to the female socket of the same in the front so that a plurality of movable devices are connected to each other in tandem and charged simultaneously. The method includes connecting the plurality of devices in tandem with the respective connectors so that the devices can be charged simultaneously. A plurality of movable devices can be charged simultaneously and the charging process can be simplified, thereby improving the utilization and safety of the movable devices and reducing the cost of maintenance.
US09780572B2	Wireless power multi-coil mutual induction cancellation methods and apparatus This invention describes a method and apparatus to cancel the mutual inductance between mutually coupled transmit coils, each of the transmit coils fed by individual power amplifiers, and the transmit coils all sharing a common ground with the power amplifiers. The methods and systems disclosed consist of coupling the return legs of each transmit coil to a mutual inductance cancellation circuit near a common ground return connection. The cancellation circuit uses a combination of inductors and capacitors to bridge various combinations of the transmit coils without physically connecting the “bridged” transmit coils. Transmit coils “bridged” using inductors have positive mutual inductance added to them, while transmit coils “bridged” using capacitors have negative mutual inductance added to them. Additionally, manipulation of the transmit coil overlap of overlapping transmit coils and/or manipulation of the location of the cancellation circuit can be used finely tune the mutual inductance between the transmit coils.
US09780564B2	Dual-input inverter and method of controlling same A system and method for controlling a voltage from both a PV array and a battery source received by a common PV inverter includes a PV module configured to generate a DC output from received solar irradiation and a DC storage device configured to supply a DC output. The system further includes a power inverter configured to invert the DC output from the PV module and the DC output from the DC storage device to an AC output. The power inverter includes a first input electrically coupled to the PV module to receive the DC output therefrom; and a second input electrically coupled to the DC storage device to receive the DC output therefrom. The system further includes a controller configured to selectively control the inversion of the DC output from the PV module and selectively control the inversion of the DC output from the DC storage device.
US09780563B2	Power system control system and distributed controller used in same A distributed controller collects measurement value data of a voltage and a current in an own node and in another node; using the measurement voltage and the current of the own node and the measurement voltage and current of another node as input data, estimates a voltage or a current as a state quantity of the electric power system regarding another node from which the measurement value data cannot be collected, and outputs the estimate values; using the measurement data, the estimate value outputted from the state estimation functional unit and a voltage target value that has been set for each node, outputs the control commands for voltage controllers based on voltage change amounts to be distributed to the voltage control devices of the nodes including the own node. The voltages in the electric power system are controlled by superposition of voltage change amounts by the voltage control devices.
US09780562B2	Method and system for power system stabilization using prediction confidence based on high-frequency components of power command value A power system stabilization method includes: receiving a power command value from a power control center that monitors a power system; transmitting the power command value to a power supply device; causing the power supply device to supply power to the power system according to the power command value; generating a prediction command value according to past power command values received from the power control center, the prediction command value being a prediction value of a power command value to be transmitted from the power control center next after the power command value; transmitting the prediction command value to a power supply device; causing the power supply device to supply power to the power system according to the power prediction command value; receiving the next power command value from the power control center; transmitting the next power command value to the power supply device.
US09780561B2	Solar energy generation system, measurement module and positioning method A solar energy generation system a measurement module and a positioning method are disclosed herein. The positioning method is adaptable to a power generation system having AC generation modules. Each of the AC generation modules generates an output current and is electrically connected to each other in a power-supply network. The positioning method includes the following operations: (a) measuring AC currents or node voltages generated by the AC generation modules at different positions in the power-supply network to obtain current parameters or voltage parameters; and (b) determining a sequence of relative positions of the AC generation modules by calculating the current parameters or the voltage parameters.
US09780560B2	DC power supply system and control method A DC power supply system and a control method, which can continue charging of a storage battery with a constant current even if an assist current is needed due to, for example, overload during charging of the storage battery and can suppress a current output from the storage battery as much as possible. In a power supply system, when a charger operates at a potential of an output voltage smaller than the potential of the output voltage of a rectifier during charging of the storage battery, the output current of the charger is controlled so that a charging current Ie supplied from the charger to the storage battery is kept at a predetermined value, and when a load requires a current larger than the current supplied by the rectifier during charging of the storage battery, the potential of the output voltage of the rectifier is reduced smaller than the potential of the output voltage of the charger by a current drooping operation, and the diode is electrically connected, the output current of the charger is controlled so that the charger outputs the assistant current Ic supplied toward the load while the charging current Ie is kept at a predetermined value.
US09780556B2	Voltage sourced converter with semiconductor modules handling a DC current fault A Voltage Sourced Converter, VSC, for a High Voltage Direct Current, HVDC, power converter, the VSC comprises a bridge circuit for each of one or more phases of an AG network. The bridge circuit has two arms, each arm connecting the supply to a pole of a DC terminal, wherein each arm of the bridge circuit has one or more semiconductor modules capable of being switched between an on-condition, in which a capacitor of the module is in-line in the arm of the bridge circuit, and an off-condition, in which the capacitor is out of line. A DC current fault detection arrangement detects a fault arising at one or the other of the poles of the DC terminal within the DC converter or the DC grid. A controller responsive to the detection of the DC current fault switches one or more of the semiconductor modules in one of the arms of the bridge to the on and one or more of the semiconductor modules of the other arm of the bridge circuit to the off-condition.
US09780551B2	Differential protection device for a switchgear apparatus, and electric switchgear apparatus comprising one such device A differential protection device is designed for an electric disconnecting apparatus, the disconnecting apparatus comprising at least one fixed contact suitable for being connected to a corresponding electrical conductor, at least one movable contact, between a closed position, the movable contact being electrically connected to the corresponding fixed contact in the closed position and electrically isolated from the corresponding fixed contact in an open position, and an actuator for activating opening of the movable contacts when a differential fault is detected. The differential protection device comprises a controller for controlling the actuator. The differential protection device further comprises measuring circuitry for measuring an electrical variable associated with the controller and inhibiting circuitry for inhibiting the controller when the measured electrical variable satisfies a predetermined criterion.
US09780550B2	Protective device for a photovoltaic system A protective device for a photovoltaic system includes at least one input for connection to a photovoltaic generator and at least one output for delivery of an electric power supplied from the photovoltaic generator. The protective device includes a detection device for a signal applied via the at least one output, and is configured to provide a low level-limited voltage at the at least one output if an applied signal does not meet a predetermined criteria, and is further configured to connect the at least one output with low resistance to the at least one input via a switching device if the applied signal meets the predetermined criteria.
US09780546B2	Metallic floor box with non-metallic riser with flange An in-floor electrical floor-box assembly includes a rectangular metallic housing and a non-metallic riser with integral flange assembly having a rectangular flange that mates with the rectangular housing and an integral cylindrical riser for providing access to the electrical components through a round cover and finish flange. A low-voltage divider assembly separates cables carrying different voltages within the riser to reduce interference between the cables and any one of a variety of sub-plates having different configurations for accommodating a variety of multi-service or single service electrical functionality can be incorporated with the box.
US09780542B2	Method for installing a pulling head assembly A workstation and method for the installation of a pulling head assembly onto one or more conductors of a cabling system are provided. The workstation incorporates one or more of: a conductor clamp that holds the conductors of the cabling system in place during the installation of the pulling head assembly; a cutting guide having indicia marks that indicate the lengths to which to cut the conductors in order to achieve a staggered pattern of pulling eyes attached to the conductors in the pulling head assembly; a stripping tool that is used to remove a portion of the insulation from the terminal end of each conductor so that the end of the conductor may be inserted into the pulling eye; and a crimping tool that is used to crimp the pulling eyes onto the terminal ends of each of the conductors.
US09780538B2	Voltage power circuit breaker dual compartment module A switchgear/board cabinet is constructed using a dual compartment module (100) that includes an equipment compartment (200) and a bus compartment (300) arranged behind the equipment compartment. The bus compartment includes line connection buses (310) and load connection buses (320) for a plurality of phases, spaced-apart vertical interphase barriers (330), a horizontal support barrier (340) and a rear barrier (350) forming a back wall. Each of the vertical interphase barriers extends from a front to a back of the bus compartment, and isolates the load connection bus and line connection bus of each phase from the load connection bus and line connection bus of the other of the phases. The horizontal support barrier extends from the front to the back of the bus compartment, and supports the line connection buses. Any number of dual compartment modules may be constructed and stacked to provide a customized switchgear/board cabinet.
US09780530B2	Semiconductor integrated optical device, manufacturing method thereof and optical module Provided is a butt-jointed (BJ) semiconductor integrated optical device having a high manufacturing yield. A semiconductor integrated optical device, which is configured such that, on a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor optical element including an active layer and a second semiconductor optical element including a waveguide layer are butt-jointed to each other with their optical axes being aligned with each other, includes: a semiconductor regrowth layer including at least one of a diffraction grating layer or an etching stop layer, which is formed by one epitaxial growth across an entire surface above the active layer and the waveguide layer; and a cladding layer formed above the semiconductor regrowth layer.
US09780524B1	Fast tunable hybrid laser with a silicon-photonic switch A tunable laser includes a reflective silicon optical amplifier (RSOA) with a reflective end and an interface end and an array of narrow-band reflectors, which each have a different center wavelength. It also includes a silicon-photonic optical switch, having an input port and N output ports that are coupled to a different narrow-band reflector in the array of narrow-band reflectors. The tunable laser also includes an optical waveguide coupled between the interface end of the RSOA and the input of the silicon-photonic optical switch. The frequency of this tunable laser can be tuned in discrete increments by selectively coupling the input port of the silicon-photonic optical switch to one of the N output ports, thereby causing the RSOA to form a lasing cavity with a selected narrow-band reflector coupled to the selected output port. The tunable laser also includes a laser output optically coupled to the lasing cavity.
US09780523B2	Semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser device comprises a base, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a semiconductor laser chip in this order, each of which has a respective emitting-side end portion. The emitting-side end portion of the first conductive layer is in a common plane with the emitting-side end portion of the base. A thickness of the second conductive layer is greater than a thickness of the first conductive layer. The emitting-side end portion of the second conductive layer is disposed inward of the emitting-end portion of the first conductive layer. The emitting-side end portion of the third conductive layer is in a common plane with the emitting-side end portion of the second conductive layer. The emitting-side end portion of the semiconductor laser chip is disposed outward of the emitting-side end portion of the third conductive layer.
US09780520B2	Ultrashort pulse fiber amplifier using rare-earth doped gain fibers Ultrashort pulse fiber amplifier having a pulse width from 200 ps to 200 fs comprising a rare earth oxide doped multicomponent glass fibers for laser amplification, including a core and a cladding, the core comprising at least 2 weight percent glass network modifier selected from BaO, CaO, MgO, ZnO, PbO, K2O, Na2O, Li2O, Y2O3, or combinations; wherein the mode of the core is guided with step index difference between the core and the cladding, a numerical aperture of the fiber is between 0.01 and 0.04; core diameter is from 25 to 120 micron, and a length of the gain fiber is shorter than 60 cm.
US09780519B2	Flat waveguide-type laser device A configuration is provided with a laser medium 1 of a refractive index nc that is an isotropic medium and includes an upper surface and a lower surface, where at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface is bonded with a cladding 2 having a refractive index satisfying a relationship of no
US09780503B2	Cable connector assembly having light member A cable connector assembly (100) includes a cable (300) and a connector (200) connected with the cable. The connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining a receiving room (10), a printed circuit board (2) received in the insulative housing, a mating member (3) mounted on the insulative housing and electrically connected with the printed circuit board, a light member (4) mounted on the printed circuit board, a light guide member (5) for guiding the light emitting from the light member to an outer side of the insulative housing, and an outer cover (9) sealing an end of the insulative housing. The light guide member includes a light emitting portion (51) and a light transmission portion (54). The light emitting portion has a column shape having two opposite ends, the light emitted to an outer side of the insulative housing through the two ends of the light emitting portion.
US09780502B2	Electrical plug connector for a safety restraint system The present invention relates to an electrical plug connector for a safety restraint system, preferably for an airbag ignition system. The plug connector includes at least two contact terminals assigned to the plug connector and a shorting clip that is configured to short-circuit the at least two contact terminals in an uncoupled or incorrectly coupled condition of the plug connector. The shorting clip includes at least two contact blades. Each contact blade is electrically connected with one of the at least two contact terminals. Each of the contact blades includes at least one cutting edge. The cutting edges contact each other such that one edge cuts the other when the plug connector is in an uncoupled or incorrectly coupled condition.
US09780496B2	Electrical connector having improved contact module and method for making same An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion, a shielding plate, a first contact assembly and a second contact assembly accommodated to the insulative housing. The first contact assembly and the second contact assembly include a number of first contacts and second contacts respectively. The first contacts include a number of outer contacts and a number of inner contacts. Each first contact includes a head portion. There are an outer secondary belting connecting the head portions of the outer contacts together and an inner secondary belting connecting the head portions of the inside contacts together. The outer secondary belting and the inner secondary belting are separated from each other.
US09780491B2	Automatic splice having an arm indicator A cable connector includes a body member having a first opening to receive a cable and a second opening. An indicator is movable between first and second positions. A stop member substantially prevents unintended movement of the indicator from the first position to the second position. The indicator moves past the stop member and through the second opening in the body member when moving from the first position to the second position and is exposed externally of the body member to indicate full insertion of the cable.
US09780485B2	Bayonet type locking ring of a circular electrical connector A bayonet type locking ring of a circular electrical connector. A first piece with the shape of a cylindrical ring extends from one end to the other. The first piece is made of thermoplastic material, and includes notches distributed over the internal face of the first piece adjacent to one end and a first ramp part on the internal face of the first piece. A second piece with the shape of a cylindrical ring, and includes notches distributed over its external face and a second ramp part on the internal cylindrical surface. The first piece and the second piece are assemblable such that the notches of the second piece fit in the notches of the first piece, and prevent the second piece from rotating in relation to the first piece. The second ramp part of the second piece complements the first ramp part of the first piece.
US09780483B1	Modular strain relief assembly The present disclosure discloses a modular strain relief assembly and a method for providing strain relief for the junction of an electrical cable and an electrical connector. The strain relief assembly comprises a connector adapter, a cable adapter and a ball-joint connector. Each of the connector adapter, the cable adapter and the ball-joint connector comprises a first section and a second section. The first section of each of the connector adapter, the cable adapter and the ball-joint connector comprises pins. The second section of each of the connector adapter, the cable adapter and the ball-joint connector comprises sockets. The pins are allowed to mate with the sockets to join the first section and second section of each of the connector adapter, the cable adapter and the ball-joint connector, respectively.
US09780481B2	Connector waterproofing structure A connector waterproofing structure watertightly seals a gap between openings of cavities of a pair of housings which accommodate terminals. In the structure, the pair of housings includes annular members formed at each of ends of the openings. The annular members are made of resin, protrude and surround the openings, either one of the annular members is formed into such a shape to be pressed to an inner peripheral surface or an outer peripheral surface of the opposite annular member, when the pair of housings are fitted together, and the inner peripheral surface or the outer peripheral surface are obliquely formed so that the wall thickness of the opposite annular member is gradually increased from the distal end toward the back.
US09780475B2	Spring-loaded contacts Spring-loaded contacts having an improved reliability. One example may provide spring-loaded contacts having a reduced likelihood of entanglement between a spring and a plunger. For example, a piston may be placed between a plunger and a spring. The piston may have a head portion that is wider than the diameter of the spring and located between the spring and the plunger to isolate the spring and the plunger. In these and other examples, an additional object, such as a sphere, may be placed between the plunger and spring. In another example, two additional objects, such as two spheres, may be placed between a plunger and piston.
US09780474B2	Hidden electrical contacts Electrical contacts are described. An electrical contact can be formed on an exterior surface of a housing of an electronic device and can be cosmetically similar to the exterior surface. For example, the electrical contact can include a conductive plug inserted through an opening in a wall of the housing. A metallic coating can be applied to an outward-facing end of the conductive plug and fill up an outer portion of the opening until the metallic coating is about flush with the exterior surface of the housing. Properties of the metallic coating can be selected to closely match a color and a texture of the housing.
US09780466B1	RJ connector assembly A RJ connector assembly having the characteristics of simple structural design, effective and rational use of space and compact structure is disclosed to include an input PCB module including an input PC board and two RJ modular terminal blocks bonded to two opposite sides of the input PC board, an output PCB module including an output PC board disposed in parallel to the input PC board and an output interface located on the output PC board, and a connecting PCB module including a connecting PC board with a top side thereof electrically bonded to the input PC board and an opposing bottom side thereof electrically bonded to the output PC board.
US09780461B2	Crimp terminal A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to an inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover.
US09780458B2	Methods and apparatus for antenna having dual polarized radiating elements with enhanced heat dissipation Methods and apparatus for a dual polarized thumbtack radiator having enhanced dissipation. In embodiments, a power divider resistor for a balun is coupled directly to ground plane blocks that provide a RF shield. An attachment mechanism, such as a screw secures the thumbtack assembly to an aperture plate and provides thermal and electrical connection.
US09780451B2	Tunable resonator device and method of making same Techniques and mechanisms for providing a tunable RF resonator device. In an embodiment, a patterned layer of an adhesive material is disposed on a side of a panel comprising a substrate and a metal layer. A membrane is aligned between the panel and another panel. A laminate is formed with the first panel, the second panel and the membrane, where an intermediate layer of the laminate includes a first portion comprising a liquid crystal channel, and a second portion comprising adhesive material disposed in interstices of the membrane. In another embodiment, the second portion forms at least part of a boundary to the liquid crystal channel.
US09780446B1	Self-healing antenna arrays A method and apparatus for managing an antenna. A current radiation pattern is identified for the antenna using initial coefficients for a modulation function for the antenna. A first constraint is applied to the current radiation pattern to form a modified radiation pattern. New coefficients for the modulation function are identified as coefficients for which a difference between a radiation pattern for the antenna generated using the coefficients and the modified radiation pattern is reduced. A second constraint is applied to a set of coefficients in the new coefficients to form modified coefficients for the modulation function. The steps of applying the first constraint, identifying the new coefficients for the modulation function, and applying the second constraint are iterated until a new radiation pattern based on the modified coefficients for the modulation function meets the first constraint.
US09780445B2	Antenna assembly with high isolation An antenna assembly includes a main body, a coaxial cable connecting the main body and an isolating member located beside the main body. The main body includes a grounding portion extending in a longitudinal direction, a radiating portion extending in the longitudinal direction and a connecting portion connecting the grounding portion and the radiating portion. The coaxial cable includes an inner conductor connecting the connecting portion and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor and connecting the grounding portion. The isolating member located beside the main body in a side by side manner and defined a gap therebetween.
US09780444B2	Antenna having a cable grounding area An antenna is provided. The antenna includes a feed-in terminal; a radiating portion extended from the feed-in terminal along a first direction to form a first hook portion; a connecting conductor extended from the feed-in terminal to a ground terminal along a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a ground portion extended from the ground terminal and having a cable grounding area, wherein the ground portion and the connecting conductor form a second hook portion opposite to the first hook portion; the cable grounding area has a longitudinal center line; and the first direction and the longitudinal center line form therebetween a specific angle ranging from 49-59 degrees.
US09780435B2	Aerial inventory antenna The present invention relates to radio frequency identification antennae for automatically reading and locating inventory when moved and rotated by an inventory-scanning robot having three dimensions of position mobility.
US09780431B2	Dual capacitively coupled coaxial cable to air microstrip transition A transmission line transition that couples RF energy between a coaxial cable and an air dielectric microstrip is provided. In some embodiments, the transition can combine a thin printed circuit board substrate and an insulating surface to form an effective capacitive coupling transition that can couple RF energy from the center conductor of a coaxial cable to an air microstrip. In some embodiments, the transition can include an insulating system affixed to a metallic surface, and the insulating system can secure an airstrip conductor in close proximity to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable to capacitively couple the airstrip conductor to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable. In some embodiments, the transition can employ a metallic body coated with an insulating surface to capacitively couple RF energy from the center conductor of the coaxial cable to the air microstrip.
US09780429B2	3D-microstrip branchline coupler The disclosure is directed to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a three dimensional microstrip branchline coupler and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a plurality of through silicon vias and conductive lines electrically connected to a first end and a second end of respective ones of the plurality of through silicon vias. A first through silicon via of the plurality of through silicon vias forms a first port of a three dimensional (3D) branchline coupler. A second through silicon via of the plurality of through silicon vias forms a second port of the 3D branchline coupler. A third through silicon via of the plurality of through silicon vias forms a third port of the 3D branchline coupler. A fourth through silicon via of the plurality of through silicon vias forms a fourth port of the 3D branchline coupler.
US09780428B2	Dielectric resonator/filter including a metallized dielectric body having a blind hole therein with a demetallized notch that is sealed by a metallized sealing part The present application provides a dielectric resonator, a dielectric filter, a base station and a method for fabricating the dielectric resonator or the dielectric filter. The dielectric resonator includes: a solid dielectric resonator body, a blind hole located on one side of the solid dielectric resonator body, a metalized layer covering both a surface of the solid dielectric resonator body and a surface of the blind hole, and a demetallized notch located at the metalized layer on the surface of the blind hole. The dielectric resonator provided in the present application can implement tuning of the dielectric resonator, and reduce impact on the resonance frequency of the dielectric resonator after the dielectric resonator is tuned, where the impact caused by that the demetallized notch is covered by a metal material in an assembly process of the dielectric resonator, and signal energy that is leaked from the notch is reduced.
US09780423B2	Air battery An air battery has a cathode layer, an anode layer and an electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode and anode layers. At least one of the cathode and anode layers has a passage forming member such that, when the air battery is adjacently stacked to another air battery, the passage forming member is situated between the air battery and the adjacent air battery so as to form an air passage to cathode layer. The passage forming member has conductivity and the ability to be elastically deformed according to expansion of the electrolyte layer. It is possible by this structure to, when there occurs increase in internal resistance due to expansion of the electrolyte layer, compensate such increase in internal resistance by decrease in contact resistance, maintain the cross-sectional area of the air passage at a predetermined size and prevent decrease in the output of the air battery.
US09780422B2	Cabin and battery cooling control for electrified vehicles A vehicle includes a battery arrangement, a chiller, a coolant circuit configured to direct coolant through the chiller and battery arrangement, a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, valve, and evaporator, and a controller. The controller is programmed to alter a speed of the compressor and a position of the valve based on a pressure and temperature of refrigerant output from the chiller to alter a temperature of the coolant.
US09780416B2	Battery cell assembly A battery cell assembly having a battery cell and a thin profile sensor is provided. The battery cell has a housing and first and second electrical terminals extending therefrom. The thin profile sensor has a flexible plastic sheet, a microprocessor, and a sensing circuit. The microprocessor and the sensing circuit are coupled to the flexible plastic sheet. The flexible plastic sheet is coupled to an exterior surface of the housing of the battery cell. The sensing circuit generates a signal that is indicative of an operational parameter value of the battery cell. The microprocessor determines the operational parameter value based on the signal from the sensing circuit.
US09780406B2	Method of manufacturing lithium ion conductive glass ceramic A method of manufacturing a lithium ion conductive glass ceramic, includes a step of forming granules using a material including an SiO2 source, a ZrO2 source, a P2O5 source and an Na2O source; a step of obtaining a powder including a glass ceramic by passing the granules under a heated gas phase atmosphere to melt the granules and solidifying the melted granules; a step of obtaining a target object including a glass ceramic by performing a heat treatment on the powder to precipitate crystals; and a step of obtaining a lithium ion conductive glass ceramic by performing an ion-exchange process on the target object in molten salt including lithium ions.
US09780387B2	Fuel cell A unit cell of a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a cathode side separator and an anode side separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen-containing gas supply passage connected to an oxygen-containing gas flow field is formed in the cathode side separator. The oxygen-containing gas supply passage has a rectangular shape extending in a flow field width direction of the oxygen-containing gas flow field. The width of the opening of the oxygen-containing gas supply passage on the short side is increased from the end side to the central side in the flow field width direction.
US09780384B2	Anode on a pretreated substrate for improving redox-stability of solid oxide fuel cell and the fabrication method thereof A double-layer anode structure on a pretreated porous metal substrate and a method for fabricating the same, for improving the redox stability and decreasing the anode polarization resistance of a SOFC. The anode structure includes: a porous metal substrate of high gas permeability; a first porous anode functional layer, formed on the porous metal substrate by a high-voltage high-enthalpy Ar—He—H2—N2 atmospheric-pressure plasma spraying process; and a second porous anode functional layer, formed on the first porous anode functional layer by a high-voltage high-enthalpy Ar—He—H2—N2 atmospheric-pressure plasma spraying and hydrogen reduction. The first porous anode functional layer is composed a redox stable perovskite, the second porous anode functional layer is composed of a nanostructured cermet. The first porous anode functional layer is also used to prevent the second porous anode functional layer from being diffused by the composition elements of the porous metal substrate.
US09780381B2	Current collectors An electrochemical cell includes an electrode assembly disposed in a cell housing. A first U-shaped current collector is disposed between the cell housing and the electrode assembly, and is electrically connected to a positive electrode portion of the electrode assembly. A second U-shaped current collector is disposed between the cell housing and the electrode assembly, and is electrically connected to a negative electrode portion of the electrode assembly. The first and second current collectors cooperate to surround all sides of the electrode assembly and to retain the electrode assembly in the desired configuration without requiring a separate restraint.
US09780373B2	Storage structure for a solid electrolyte battery A storage medium and an inert material, either integrated into the storage medium or existing as a separate phase in the storage medium, form a storage structure. The inert material at least partially contains or is formed by a polymorphous inert material. The polymorphous inert material has at least one polymorphous phase transition in the range between ambient temperature and maximum operating temperature of the solid electrolyte battery. The polymorphous phase transition induces a distortion of the lattice structure of the inert material, thus causing a change in the specific volume and acting on the surrounding grains of the storage medium. A mechanical coupling of the stresses triggered by the phase transition of the inert material causes the neighboring grains of the storage medium to break apart, such that new reactive zones become available in the storage medium, thereby regenerating the solid electrolyte battery.
US09780372B2	Electrode material for lithium-ion rechargeable battery [Problems]To provide an electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery having a high mass energy density at a low temperature or in a high-speed charge and discharge.[Means for Solving the Problems]An electrode material for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery includes particles which are made of LiFexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 (here, A represents at least one element selected from Co, Ni, Zn, Al, and Ga, 0≦w≦0.05, 0.05≦x≦0.35, 0.01≦y≦0.10, and 0.0001≦z≦0.002), have an orthorhombic crystal structure, and have a space group of Pmna, in which a change ratio (V1−V2)/V1 between a lattice volume V1 of LiFexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 and a lattice volume V2 of FexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 obtained by chemically deintercalating Li from LiFexMn1-w-x-y-zMgyCazAwPO4 is in a range of 0.06 to 0.09.
US09780370B2	Lithium manganese-based oxide and cathode active material including the same Disclosed is a lithium manganese (Mn)-based oxide including Mn as an essential transition metal and having a layered crystal structure, in which the amount of Mn is greater than that of other transition metal(s), the lithium manganese-based oxide exhibits flat level section characteristics in which release of oxygen occurs together with lithium deintercalation during first charging in a high voltage range of 4.4 V or higher, and at least one of a transition metal layer including Mn and an oxygen layer is substituted or doped with a pillar element.
US09780369B2	Cathode active material for lithium batteries, and lithium battery comprising the cathode active material for lithium batteries The present invention is to provide a cathode active material configured to increase, when used in a lithium battery, the discharge capacity of the lithium battery higher than conventional lithium batteries, and a lithium battery including the cathode active material. Presented is a cathode active material for lithium batteries, wherein the cathode active material is represented by the following composition formula (1) and has a rock salt type crystal structure including formula (1): Li2Ni1-x-yCoxMnyTiO4 wherein x and y are real numbers that satisfy x>0, y>0 and x+y<1.
US09780354B2	Battery electrode material and method for making the same The invention concerns a method for manufacturing of a battery electrode material comprising the steps of: a) applying an electric field to at least one polymer, conductive particles and at least one solvent whereby said conductive particles become arranged between the electrodes in at least two lines that are oriented in the same direction as the electric field line, and b) stabilizing the at least one polymer, conductive particles and at least one solvent by removing at least some of said at least one solvent while maintaining the electric field in step a) whereby the at least two lines of conductive particles will remain in their position when said electric field is removed. Further, the invention concerns a battery electrode material comprising at least one polymer and conductive particles, wherein said conductive particles form at least two lines that are oriented parallel and/or co-linear to each other.
US09780339B2	Organic electroluminescent panel unit An organic electroluminescent (EL) panel unit includes: an organic EL panel that displays an image on a front surface thereof; and a plurality of sheet members attached to a panel back surface which is a back surface of the organic EL panel. The plurality of sheet members are each formed by rolling a metal sheet, and the plurality of sheet members include two sheet members that are attached to the panel back surface such that a portion of one of the two sheet members is disposed adjacent to a portion of the other sheet member and the two sheet members have mutually different rolling directions.
US09780336B2	Organic light-emitting display panel and display device An organic light-emitting display panel and a display device are provided; the display panel includes a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (50), and an electroluminescent layer (30) arranged between the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (50), a plurality of Elm layers (20) being each arranged between the electroluminescent layer (30) and the first substrate (10) as well as between the electroluminescent layer (30) and the second substrate (50), wherein at least one of the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (50) is a light exit surface, refractive indexes of the plurality of film layers between the light exit surface and the electroluminescent layer (30) are not greater than that of the light exit surface, and in any two adjacent film layers between the electroluminescent layer (30) and the light exit surface, a refractive index of a film layer which is far away from the light exit surface is not greater than that of a film layer which is close to the light exit surface.
US09780329B2	Display device including sealing material A novel display device with higher reliability having a structure of blocking moisture and oxygen, which deteriorate the characteristics of the display device, from penetrating through a sealing region and a method of manufacturing thereof is provided. According to the present invention, a display device and a method of manufacturing the same comprising: a display portion formed by aligning a light-emitting element using an organic light-emitting material between a pair of substrate, wherein the display portion is formed on an insulating layer formed on any one of the substrates, the pair of substrates is bonded to each other with a sealing material formed over the insulating layer while surrounding a periphery of the display portion, at least one layer of the insulating layer is made of an organic resin material, the periphery has a first region and a second region, the insulating layer in the first region has an opening covered with a protective film, the sealing material is formed in contact with the opening and the protective film, an outer edge portion of the insulating layer in the second region is covered with the protective film or the sealing material.
US09780325B2	Organic light emitting display device Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device having excellent lifespan and current efficiency characteristics, as well as high luminance to provide increased resolution and improved reliability, and a method for manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate having first, second, and third pixel regions; a first electrode arranged on the substrate; a second electrode arranged on the first electrode; and an organic layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer includes first, second and third organic layers on the first, second and third pixel regions, respectively. Each of the first, second and third organic layers includes a plurality unit organic layers and at least one charge generating layer arranged between the plurality of unit organic layers.
US09780320B2	Light emitting device A white light emitting diode device includes a substrate, an ultraviolet light source generating panel and a photoluminescent layer. The ultraviolet light source generating panel is disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The ultraviolet light source generating panel is used for generating ultraviolet light. The photoluminescent layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The photoluminescent layer is used for generating white light when the photoluminescent layer is irradiated by the ultraviolet light.
US09780316B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound having the structure of Formula I is disclosed, where Ga has the structure and Gb has the structure In the structure of Formula I, Z is selected from Si and Ge; Xa and Xb are independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, and Se; the Y and Z atoms forming the six-membered rings in Formula I, Ga, and Gb are each independently selected from C or N; each R1, R2, Ra1, Ra2, Rb1, and Rb2 is independently selected from a variety of substituents; at least one Ra1 is La-Aa; at least one Rb1 is Lb-Ab; Aa and Ab are each independently selected from carbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, dibenzoselenophene, triphenylene, and nitrogen-substituted variants thereof, which are optionally further substituted; and La and Lb are each independently an organic linker. Formulations and devices, such as an OLEDs, that include the compound of Formula I are also described.
US09780314B2	Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element comprising the same and electronic device thereof The present invention provides a novel compound capable of improving light emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of the element, an organic element using the same, and an electric device for the same.
US09780309B2	Triphenylamine derivative and use therefor A triphenylamine derivative represented by formula (1) exhibits good solubility in an organic solvent and allows an organic EL element having excellent luminance characteristics to be achieved when formed into a thin film and applied to a positive hole injection layer. (In the formula, R1 to R17 mutually independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, an aldehyde group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a carboxylic acid group, and the like; and l, m, and n mutually independently represent an integer 1 to 5.)
US09780308B2	Composition and light emitting device using the same A composition comprising (1) a first crosslinkable polymer compound having an aromatic conjugated repeating unit and a crosslinkable group and having at least one of a light emitting property and charge transportability, and (2) a second crosslinkable polymer compound having an aromatic conjugated repeating unit and a crosslinkable group at least one of which is different from the aromatic conjugated repeating unit in the first crosslinkable polymer compound and the crosslinkable group in the first crosslinkable polymer compound, and having at least one of a light emitting property and charge transportability, wherein at least one of the first crosslinkable polymer compound and the second crosslinkable polymer compound has a crosslinkable group represented by the following formula (Z-3) or (Z-4): in the formulae, Rc represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent such as an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or the like, the plurality of Rc moieties may be the same or different.
US09780306B2	Multilayer heterostructures for application in OLEDs and photovoltaic devices This invention relates to a supported polymer heterostructure and methods of manufacture. The heterostructure is suitable for use in a range of applications which require semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic devices and light-emitting diodes.
US09780299B2	Multilayer structure for reducing film roughness in magnetic devices A seed layer stack with a smooth top surface having a peak to peak roughness of 0.5 nm is formed by sputter depositing an amorphous layer on a seed layer such as Mg where the seed layer has a resputtering rate 2 to 30× that of the amorphous layer. The uppermost seed layer is a template layer that is NiCr or NiFeCr. As a result, perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in an overlying magnetic layer that is a reference layer, free layer, or dipole layer is substantially maintained during high temperature processing up to 400° C. and is advantageous for magnetic tunnel junctions in embedded MRAMs, spintronic devices, or in read head sensors. The amorphous seed layer is SiN, TaN, or CoFeM where M is B or another element with a content that makes CoFeM amorphous as deposited. The seed layer stack may include a bottommost Ta or TaN buffer layer.
US09780296B2	Ceramic material, method for producing the ceramic material, and electroceramic component comprising the ceramic material The invention relates to a ceramic material, comprising lead zirconate titanate, which additionally contains K and optionally Cu. The ceramic material can be used in an electroceramic component, for example a piezoelectric actuator. The invention also relates to methods for producing the ceramic material and the electronic component.
US09780289B2	Multilayer piezoelectric element The present disclosure relates to a multilayer piezoelectric element which includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers with a thickness of 15 μm to 100 μm each; and internal electrodes interposed between the plurality of piezoelectric layers and laminated to alternately form an anode and a cathode.
US09780286B2	Nebulizing driving apparatus and nebulizing system A nebulizing driving apparatus is used to drive a piezoelectric material of a nebulizing module. The nebulizing driving apparatus includes a driving circuit, a control circuit and a feedback circuit. The feedback circuit detects an electrical data fed back from the piezoelectric material and sends the electrical data to the control circuit when the control circuit is configured to control the driving circuit to drive the piezoelectric material with a driving frequency. According to the electrical data, the control circuit is configured to control the driving circuit to drive the piezoelectric material with a working frequency.
US09780284B2	Micromechanical sensor device and corresponding production method A micromechanical sensor device and a corresponding production method include a substrate that has a front and a rear and a plurality of pillars that are formed on the front of the substrate. On each pillar, a respective sensor element is formed, which has a greater lateral extent than the associated pillar. A cavity is provided laterally to the pillars beneath the sensor elements. The sensor elements are laterally spaced apart from each other by respective separating troughs and make electrical contact with a respective associated rear contact via the respective associated pillar.
US09780283B2	Thermoelectric conversion element A thermoelectric conversion element that can efficiently make a temperature difference across a thermoelectric conversion material is provided. In the thermoelectric conversion element, on a first surface of a thermoelectric conversion module comprising a P-type thermoelectric element, an N-type thermoelectric element, and an electrode, a thermally conductive resin layer A and a thermally conductive resin layer B having a lower thermal conductivity than the thermally conductive resin layer A are provided in an alternating manner so as to be in direct contact with the first surface, and on a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface of the thermoelectric conversion module, a thermally conductive resin layer a and a thermally conductive resin layer b having a lower thermal conductivity than the thermally conductive resin layer a are provided in an alternating manner so as to be in direct contact with the second surface.
US09780282B2	Thermoelectric module and heat conversion device using the same Provided is a thermoelectric module capable of preventing the leakage of a current generated from a connection portion upon connecting a thermoelectric semiconductor element to an electrode by forming an insulating layer having a low heat conductivity on an external surface of the thermoelectric semiconductor element and improving performance of the thermoelectric element by controlling a heat transfer phenomenon from a heating part to a cooling part.
US09780276B2	Wafer-level semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses a wafer-level semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The wafer-level semiconductor device comprises a wafer-level substrate; a plurality of serial groups formed on a surface of the substrate and are disposed in parallel, each serial group comprising a plurality of parallel groups disposed in series, each parallel groups comprising a plurality of unit cells disposed in parallel, wherein each unit cell is an independent functional unit which is formed by processing a semiconductor layer directly grown on a surface of the substrate; and a lead, which is at least electrically connected between two selected parallel groups in each serial group to make ON-voltages of all the serial groups substantially consistent. The device of the present invention, with a simple structure, a simple and convenient manufacturing process, and a high efficiency to produce qualified products, can be put into large-scale production and application.
US09780269B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising an optoelectronic semiconductor chip being partly embedded in a shaped body serving as support and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising an optoelectronic semiconductor chip being partly embedded in a shaped body serving as support An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor that is partly embedded into a shaped body, which is formed from a molding compound that at least partly covers at least two lateral faces and the rear surface of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip. A first contact layer and a second contact layer are arranged on the shaped body and are electrically connected to the optoelectronic semiconductor chip. A mounting face is arranged transversely in relation to the radiation passage face and is provided for mounting the optoelectronic semiconductor component.
US09780266B2	Stabilized quantum dot structure and method of making a stabilized quantum dot structure A stabilized quantum dot structure for use in a light emitting diode (LED) comprises, according to one embodiment, a luminescent particle comprising one or more semiconductors, a buffer layer overlying the luminescent particle, where the buffer layer comprises an amorphous material, and a barrier layer overlying the buffer layer, where the barrier layer comprises oxygen, nitrogen and/or carbon. According to another embodiment, the stabilized quantum dot structure includes a luminescent particle comprising one or more semiconductors, and a treated buffer layer comprising amorphous silica overlying the luminescent particle, where the stabilized quantum dot structure exhibits a quantum yield of at least about 0.7 when exposed to a blue light flux of about 30 W/cm2 at a temperature of 80-85° C. and relative humidity of 5% for 500 hours.
US09780259B2	Light-emitting device having a patterned substrate and the method thereof A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a plurality of textured structures, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein each of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion having a first top-view shape, and a bottom portion parallel to the top portion and having a second top-view shape, wherein the first top-view shape comprises a circle or an ellipse, the first top-view shape comprises a first periphery and the second top-view shape comprises a second periphery, the first periphery is enclosed by the second periphery, and various distances are between each of the first periphery and the second periphery.
US09780253B2	Shingled solar cell module A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in a shingled manner to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module, reduce series resistance, and increase module efficiency. The solar cell module may comprise for example a series connected string of N greater than or equal to 25 rectangular or substantially rectangular solar cells having on average a breakdown voltage greater than about 10 volts, with the solar cells grouped into one or more super cells each of which comprises two or more of the solar cells arranged in line with long sides of adjacent solar cells overlapping and conductively bonded to each other, and with no single solar cell or group of
US09780241B2	Solar cell A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate of first conductivity type, including first and second principal surfaces; a region of the first conductivity type, including a semiconductor layer structure of the first conductivity type provided on the first principal surface; and a region of an second conductivity type, including a semiconductor layer structure of the second conductivity type provided on the first principal surface. The semiconductor layer structure of the first conductivity type is formed extending into the region of the second conductivity type. Thereby the solar cell is provided with a stack region where the semiconductor layer structure of the second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor layer structure of the first conductivity type.
US09780239B2	Nitride UV light sensors on silicon substrates An ultraviolet light sensor and method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The ultraviolet light sensor includes Group-III Nitride layers adjacent to a silicon wafer with one of the layers at least partially exposed such that a surface thereof can receive UV light to be detected. The Group-III Nitride layers include a p-type layer and an n-type layer, with p/n junctions therebetween forming at least one diode. Conductive contacts are arranged to conduct electrical current through the sensor as a function of ultraviolet light received at the outer Group-III Nitride layer. The Group-III Nitride layers may be formed from, e.g., GaN, InGaN, AlGaN, or InAlN. The sensor may include a buffer layer between one of the Group-III Nitride layers and the silicon wafer. By utilizing silicon as the substrate on which the UV sensor diode is formed, a UV sensor can be produced that is small, efficient, cost-effective, and compatible with other semiconductor circuits and processes. The sensor may be configured to be sensitive to a specific subtype or subband of ultraviolet radiation to be detected by selecting a specific composition of said Group-III Nitride layers.
US09780236B2	Conductive paste composition and method for manufacturing electrode Disclosed is a conductive paste composition, including 100 parts by weight of copper powder, 40 to 150 parts by weight of silver powder, 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of carbon powder, 1 to 5 parts by weight of glass powder, and 5 to 15 parts by weight of binder. The conductive paste composition can be applied on a substrate, and then sintered under atmosphere at a high temperature to form an electrode on the substrate.
US09780235B2	Solar cell, manufacturing method therefor, solar cell module, and manufacturing method therefor A solar cell of the present invention includes a collecting electrode extending in one direction on a first principal surface of a photoelectric conversion section. The collecting electrode includes first and second electroconductive layers in this order from the photoelectric conversion section side, and further includes an insulating layer provided with openings between the electroconductive layers. The first electroconductive layer is covered with the insulating layer, and the second electroconductive layer is partially in conduction with the first electroconductive layer through the openings of the insulating layer. The first electroconductive layer has non-central portions within a range from both ends of the first electroconductive layer, and a central portion between the two non-central portions, in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the first electroconductive layer. A density of openings at the central portion is higher than a density of openings at the non-central portion.
US09780234B2	Photovoltaic bypass and output switching A PhotoVoltaic (PV) panel switching arrangement includes a first switch and a second switch, which in some embodiments are in a DC converter. The first switch is to be coupled between a power system and a first end of a circuit path of the PV panel, and the second switch is to be coupled between (i) a point between the first switch and the power system and (ii) a point between a second end of the circuit path and the power system. The switches are controlled for DC conversion of PV panel output where the circuit path of the PV panel is not to be bypassed, and to disconnect the first end of the circuit path from the power system and to close a bypass circuit path that bypasses the circuit path on a determination that the circuit path of the PV panel is to be bypassed.
US09780233B2	Solar cell module, solar cell module assembly, and solar photovoltaic power generation system A solar cell module, a solar cell module assembly, and a solar photovoltaic power generation system capable of reducing power loss are provided. A light-concentrating panel configured to collect light which is incident from the outside and a plurality of solar cell elements installed on the light-concentrating panel and configured to receive light which is collected by the light-concentrating panel are provided. Each of the plurality of solar cell elements is provided with a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The plurality of solar cell elements include a first solar cell element and a second solar cell element which are connected to each other in series via connection wiring and a third solar cell element which is not connected to the first solar cell element and the second solar cell element in series. The first solar cell element and the second solar cell element configure a first current path, and the third solar cell element configures a second current path.
US09780231B1	Integrated circuits with flash memory and methods for producing the same Integrated circuits and methods of producing such integrated circuits are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a substrate with an active layer overlying a handle layer. A partial buried insulator overlies the handle layer and underlies the active layer, terminates at a buried insulator termination point, and includes an electrically insulating material. A substrate extension is adjacent to the partial buried insulator, where the substrate extension overlies the handle layer and underlies the active layer, and where the substrate extension directly contacts the partial buried insulator at the buried insulator termination point. The substrate extension includes a semiconductive material. A memory gate overlies the active layer.
US09780230B2	Semiconductor structure with oxide semiconductor layer The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, including a base, a patterned oxide semiconductor (OS) layer, two source/drain regions, a protective layer, a gate layer and a gate dielectric layer. The patterned OS layer is disposed on the base. Two source/drain regions are disposed on the patterned OS layer and are separated by a recess. Each source/drain region includes an inner sidewall facing the recess and an outer sidewall opposite to the inner sidewall. The protective layer is disposed on a sidewall of the patterned OS layer but is not on the inner sidewall of the source/drain region. The gate layer is disposed on the patterned OS layer, and the gate dielectric layer is disposed between the gate layer and the patterned OS layer.
US09780222B2	Semiconductor device It is an object to provide a transistor having a new multigate structure in which operating characteristics and reliability are improved. In a transistor having a multigate structure, which includes two gate electrodes electrically connected to each other and a semiconductor layer including two channel regions connected in series formed between a source region and a drain region, and a high concentration impurity region is formed between the two channel regions; the channel length of the channel region adjacent to the source region is longer than the channel length of the channel region adjacent to the drain region.
US09780210B1	Backside semiconductor growth An integrated circuit structure may include a transistor on a front-side semiconductor layer supported by an isolation layer. The transistor is a first source/drain/body region. The integrated circuit structure may also include a raised source/drain/body region coupled to a backside of the first source/drain/body region of the transistor. The transistor is a raised source/drain/body region extending from the backside of the first source/drain/body region toward a backside dielectric layer supporting the isolation layer. The integrated circuit structure may further include a backside metallization coupled to the raised source/drain/body region.
US09780204B2	DMOS transistor with trench schottky diode A DMOS transistor integrates a trench Schottky diode into the body contact of the transistor where the body region surrounding the Schottky metal layer forms a guard ring for the Schottky diode.
US09780202B2	Trench IGBT with waved floating P-well electron injection A trench IGBT includes a floating P well and a floating N+ well that extends down into the floating P well. A bottom surface of the floating P well has a novel waved contour so that it has thinner portions and thicker portions. When the IGBT is on, electrons flow from an N+ emitter, vertically through a channel along a trench sidewall, and to an N− type drift layer. Additional electrons flow through the channel but then pass under the trench, through the floating P well to the floating N+ well, and laterally through the floating N+ well. NPN transistors are located at thinner portions of the floating P type well. The NPN transistors inject electrons from the floating N+ type well down into the N− drift layer. The extra electron injection reduces VCE(SAT). The waved contour can be made without adding any masking step to an IGBT manufacturing process.
US09780201B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same To improve the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, and to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device with a small variation in electrical characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a first insulating film, a first barrier film over the first insulating film, a second insulating film over the first barrier film, and a first transistor including a first oxide semiconductor film over the second insulating film. The amount of hydrogen molecules released from the first insulating film at a given temperature higher than or equal to 400° C., which is measured by thermal desorption spectroscopy, is less than or equal to 130% of the amount of released hydrogen molecules at 300° C. The second insulating film includes a region containing oxygen at a higher proportion than oxygen in the stoichiometric composition.
US09780199B2	Method for forming semiconductor device A method of forming a semiconductor device includes following steps. Firstly, a gate structure is formed on a substrate, and two source/drain regions are formed. Then, a contact etching stop layer (CESL) is formed to cover the source/drain regions, and a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed on the CESL. Next, a replace metal gate process is performed to form a metal gate and a capping layer on the metal gate, and a second ILD layer is formed on the first ILD layer. Following these, a first opening is formed in the second and first ILD layers to partially expose the CESL, and a second opening is formed in the second ILD to expose the capping layer. Finally, the CESL and the capping layer are simultaneously removed.
US09780188B2	Vertical semiconductor power component capable of withstanding high voltage A vertical power component includes a silicon substrate of a first conductivity type with a well of the second conductivity type on a lower surface of the substrate. The first well is bordered at a component periphery with an insulating porous silicon ring. An upper surface of the porous silicon ring is only in contact with the substrate of the first conductivity type. The insulating porous silicon ring penetrates into the substrate down to a depth greater than a thickness of the well. The porous silicon ring is produced by forming a doped well in a first surface of a doped substrate, placing that first surface of the substrate into an electrolytic bath, and circulating a current between an opposite second surface of the substrate and the electrolytic bath.
US09780187B2	Semiconductor device including an IGBT as a power transistor and a method of manufacturing the same An improvement is achieved in the performance of a semiconductor device. Over the main surface of a semiconductor substrate for the n-type base of an IGBT, an insulating layer is formed. In a trench of the insulating layer, an n-type semiconductor layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate and, on both sides of the semiconductor layer, gate electrodes are formed via gate insulating films. In an upper portion of the semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor region for a p-type base and an n+-type semiconductor region for an n-type emitter are formed. Under the gate electrodes, parts of the insulating layer are present. The side surfaces of the gate electrodes opposite to the side surfaces thereof facing the semiconductor layer via the gate insulating films are adjacent to the insulating layer.
US09780181B1	Semiconductor device with multi-function P-type diamond gate A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a back-barrier layer arranged on the substrate, the back-barrier layer including first p-type dopant atoms, an intermediate or nucleation layer having a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of the back-barrier layer, a semiconductor heterostructure having a channel layer, a spacer layer on the channel layer and a barrier layer on the spacer layer, wherein a combination of materials of the barrier layer, the spacer layer and the channel layer is selected such that a carrier charge is provided to the channel layer, a gate layer arranged to partially cover a top of the barrier layer, wherein the gate layer includes second p-type dopant atoms, and a set of electrodes for providing and controlling the carrier charge in the carrier channel.
US09780174B2	Methods for forming semiconductor regions in trenches A structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor material. A portion of the semiconductor substrate extends between insulation regions in the semiconductor substrate. The portion of the semiconductor substrate has a (111) surface and a bottom surface. The (111) surface is slanted and has a top edge and a bottom edge. The bottom surface is parallel to a top surface of the insulation regions, and is connected to the bottom edge. A semiconductor region overlaps the portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor region includes a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material. The top edge and the bottom edge of the (111) surface are at a first depth and a second depth, respectively, relative to a top surface of the semiconductor region. A ratio of the first depth to the second depth is smaller than about 0.6.
US09780172B2	Method of removing oxide from substrate and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same Provided is a method of removing native oxide from a substrate, the method including exposing the substrate to trimethyl aluminum (TMA) or dicyclopentadienyl magnesium (MgCp2) for a predetermined time.
US09780171B2	Fabricating method of lateral-diffused metal oxide semiconductor device A lateral-diffused metal oxide semiconductor device including a substrate, a second deep well, a gate, a source, a drain and a first dopant region is provided. The substrate includes a first deep well having a first conductive type. The second deep well having a second conductive type is disposed in the first deep well. The gate is disposed on the substrate and the boundary of the first and the second deep well. The source and the drain having a second conductive type are disposed beside the gate and in the first deep well and the second deep well respectively. The first dopant region having a first conductive type is disposed in the second deep well, wherein the first dopant region is separated from the drain. Moreover, a method for fabricating said lateral-diffused metal oxide semiconductor device is also provided.
US09780169B2	Semiconductor structure having epitaxial layers The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a first conductivity region and a second conductivity region defined thereon, a plurality of first fin structures and at least one first gate structure disposed on the substrate and within the first conductivity region, a plurality of second fin structures and at least one second gate structure disposed on the substrate and within the second conductivity region, at least two first crown epitaxial layers disposed within the first conductivity region, a plurality of second epitaxial layers disposed within the second conductivity region, where the shape of the first crown epitaxial layer is different from that of the second epitaxial layer.
US09780158B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus including multilayer auxiliary electrode and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: an auxiliary electrode including: a first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer having a resistance higher than a resistance of the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer includes an opening portion exposing the first conductive layer; a pixel electrode; a pixel definition layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the auxiliary electrode, the pixel definition layer exposing the pixel electrode and the auxiliary electrode; a first intermediate layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the auxiliary electrode, the first intermediate layer including a first opening corresponding to the opening portion; an emission layer disposed on the first intermediate layer overlapping the exposed pixel electrode.
US09780155B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an active layer of a thin film transistor formed over the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed over the active layer, a gate electrode of the thin film transistor formed over the gate insulating layer, an interlayer insulating layer formed over the gate electrode and the first electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the interlayer insulating layer, a pixel electrode including a first region in direct contact with an upper surface of the interlayer insulating layer and a second region in direct contact with an upper surface of one of the source electrode and the drain electrode, a pixel defining layer covering the source and drain electrodes and including an opening which exposes the first region of the pixel electrode in an area that does not overlap the thin film transistor.
US09780145B2	Resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure A resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell comprises a transistor having a gate and a source/drain region, a bottom electrode coplanar with the gate, a resistive material layer over the bottom electrode, a top electrode over the resistive material layer, and a conductive material electrically connecting the bottom electrode to the source/drain region.
US09780141B2	Optical receiver module and method of making optical receiver module An optical receiver module includes a substrate, photodetectors mounted on a first surface of the substrate, amplifiers mounted on the first surface of the substrate, anode wiring patterns formed on the first surface of the substrate and configured to connect between anode terminals of the photodetectors and respective ones of the amplifiers, cathode wiring patterns formed on the first surface of the substrate and configured to connect between cathode terminals of the photodetectors and the respective ones of the amplifiers, a second electrode formed on a second surface of the substrate to cover areas directly opposite, across the substrate, the cathode wiring patterns formed on the first surface, and first vias formed through the substrate in a vicinity of connection points between the cathode wiring patterns and the amplifiers and configured to connect between the cathode wiring patterns and the second electrode.
US09780140B2	X-ray image sensor substrate A thin film transistor substrate (2) includes: an auxiliary capacitor electrode (7); a gate insulating film (8) formed on an insulating substrate (4) to cover the auxiliary capacitor electrode (7); a drain electrode (11) formed on the gate insulating film (8) and an oxide semiconductor layer (9); a planarization film (13) formed on a passivation film (12); a capacitor electrode (14) formed on the planarization film (13); an interlayer insulating film (16) formed on the planarization film (13); and a pixel electrode (17) formed on the interlayer insulating film (16) and electrically connected to the drain electrode (11) via a contact hole (18).
US09780139B2	Solid state imaging device, manufacturing method of the same, and electronic equipment A solid state imaging device that includes a phase difference detection pixel which is a pixel for phase difference detection; a first imaging pixel which is a pixel for imaging and is adjacent to the phase difference detection pixel; and a second imaging pixel which is a pixel for imaging other than the first imaging pixel. An area of a color filter of the first imaging pixel is smaller than an area of a color filter of the second imaging pixel.
US09780134B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same In some embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate having a body. The body includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A through via is configured to extend from the first surface to the second surface. An intermediate layer is disposed over the body and configured to cover the through via. An image sensing device is disposed over the intermediate layer. In addition, a lens structure is disposed over the substrate, the intermediate layer and the image sensing device. In certain embodiments, the image sensing device is curved. In some embodiments, the image sensing device includes a semiconductor chip having a CMOS image sensing array.
US09780120B2	Method for manufacturing array substrate, array substrate thereof and display device The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device. The method includes: forming a gate line, a gate electrode and an insulating layer which covers the gate line and the gate electrode on a first surface of a substrate; forming a semiconductive film on the insulating layer; patterning the semiconductive film using the gate electrode and the gate line as a mask, so as to form an source semiconductive layer at a region where the gate line and the gate electrode are located; and manufacturing a target semiconductive layer using the source semiconductive layer.
US09780118B2	Display panel and a manufacturing method thereof The invention discloses a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and the display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate disposing correspondingly to each other, a pixel array disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and an electrode disposed on a first substrate surface near the second substrate, and a through hole is disposed correspondingly to the second substrate and the electrode to expose part of the electrode by passing through the through hole. By applying the above-described method, the invention can achieve embedding functional components within the display panel, furthermore save a disposing space, increase a screen portion of display panel, and then improve using experiences of users.
US09780117B2	Semiconductor structure with active device and damaged region A semiconductor structure is formed with an active layer having an active device including a body region. The active device is formed by top side processing in and on a top side of a semiconductor on insulator wafer. A damaged region is formed within a portion of the body region by bottom side processing at a bottom side of the semiconductor on insulator wafer, the damaged region having a structure sufficient to prevent a kink effect and self-latching in operation of the active device.
US09780115B2	Three dimensional memory and methods of forming the same Some embodiments include a memory device and methods of forming the memory device. One such memory device includes a first group of memory cells, each of the memory cells of the first group being formed in a cavity of a first control gate located in one device level of the memory device. The memory device also includes a second group of memory cells, each of the memory cells of the second group being formed in a cavity of a second control gate located in another device level of the memory device. Additional apparatus and methods are described.
US09780112B2	Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional NAND non-volatile memory devices with side source line and mechanical support A method of fabricating a monolithic three dimensional memory structure is provided. The method includes forming a stack of alternating word line and dielectric layers above a substrate, forming a source line above the substrate, forming a memory hole extending through the alternating word line and dielectric layers and the source line, and forming a mechanical support element on the substrate adjacent to the memory hole.
US09780110B2	Memory having memory cell string and coupling components Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a conductive line, a memory cell string including memory cells located in different levels the apparatus, and a select circuit including a select transistor and a coupling component coupled between the conductive line and the memory cell string. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09780104B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same An embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array region including a plurality of conductive layers connected to memory cells arranged in a stacking direction on the semiconductor substrate; a peripheral region including a transistor on the substrate; a plurality of first layers and second layers stacked alternately in the stacking direction, above the transistor; and a plurality of first contacts penetrating the plurality of first and second layers and connected to the transistor. The plurality of first layers and second layers are stacked alternately in the stacking direction, above the transistor disposed in the peripheral region. A plurality of contacts penetrating the plurality of first layers and second layers are connected to the transistor. Moreover, the first layer mainly contains a different material from the second layer.
US09780095B2	Pattern forming method and semiconductor device manufacturing method using the same A method for forming patterns includes forming an etch target layer; etching the etch target layer to form a pre-pattern having a line forming portion and a plurality of pad portions; forming a plurality of spacers which extend across the pad portions and the line forming portion; forming, over the spacers, a blocking layer having an opening which blocks the pad portions and exposes the line forming portion; and etching the line forming portion by using the blocking layer and the spacers as a barrier, to form a plurality of line portions.
US09780090B2	Integrated circuits and devices with interleaved transistor elements, and methods of their fabrication A monolithic integrated circuit includes first and second pluralities of parallel-connected transistor elements (e.g., transistor fingers). To spread heat in the IC, the first and second pluralities of transistor elements are interleaved with each other and arranged in a first row. The IC also may include third and fourth pluralities of parallel-connected transistor elements arranged in a second row. The transistor elements in the first row may be series and shunt transistors of an RF switch transmit path, and the transistor elements in the second row may be series and shunt transistors of an RF switch receive path. During a transmit mode of operation, the series transistors in the transmit path and the shunt transistors in the receive path are closed. During a receive mode of operation, the shunt transistors in the transmit path and the series transistors in the receive path are closed.
US09780070B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A first semiconductor substrate is used which has a structure in which a peeling layer is not formed in a section subjected to a first dividing treatment, so that the peeling layer is not exposed at the end surface of a second semiconductor substrate when the second semiconductor substrate is cut out of the first semiconductor substrate. In addition, a supporting material is provided on a layer to be peeled of the second semiconductor substrate before the second semiconductor substrate is subjected to a second dividing treatment.
US09780069B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode pad made of a metal material containing aluminum and formed on a top surface of the semiconductor chip, an electrode lead disposed at a periphery of the semiconductor chip, a bonding wire having a linearly-extending main body portion and having a pad bond portion and a lead bond portion formed at respective ends of the main body portion and respectively bonded to the electrode pad and the electrode lead, and a resin package sealing the semiconductor chip, the electrode lead, and the bonding wire, the bonding wire is made of copper, and the entire electrode pad and the entire pad bond portion are integrally covered by a water-impermeable film.
US09780063B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming bump structure with insulating buffer layer to reduce stress on semiconductor wafer A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of semiconductor die with contact pads for electrical interconnect. An insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor wafer. A bump structure is formed over the contact pads. The bump structure has a buffer layer formed over the insulating layer and contact pad. A portion of the buffer layer is removed to expose the contact pad and an outer portion of the insulating layer. A UBM layer is formed over the buffer layer and contact pad. The UBM layer follows a contour of the buffer layer and contact pad. A ring-shaped conductive pillar is formed over the UBM layer using a patterned photoresist layer filled with electrically conductive material. A conductive barrier layer is formed over the ring-shaped conductive pillar. A bump is formed over the conductive barrier layer. The buffer layer reduces thermal and mechanical stress on the bump and contact pad.
US09780059B2	Bonding structure and method A bonding structure and a method for bonding components, wherein the bonding structure includes a nanoparticle preform. In accordance with embodiments, the nanoparticle preform is placed on a substrate and a workpiece is placed on the nanoparticle preform.
US09780056B1	Solder ball, manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device A solder ball includes a silver ball structure and a shell structure. The shell structure wraps a surface of the silver ball structure, and a material of the shell structure at least includes tin. When the solder ball is bonded to other devices, the ball height of the solder ball remains constant to avoid collapse.
US09780050B2	Method of fabricating chip package with laser A chip package included a chip, a first though hole, a laser stop structure, a first isolation layer, a second though hole and a conductive layer. The first though hole is extended from the second surface to the first surface of the chip to expose a conductive pad, and the laser stop structure is disposed on the conductive pad exposed by the first through hole, which an upper surface of the laser stop structure is above the second surface. The first isolation layer covers the second surface and the laser stop structure, and the first isolation layer has a third surface opposite to the second surface. The second though hole is extended from the third surface to the second surface to expose the laser stop structure, and a conductive layer is on the third surface and extended into the second though hole to contact the laser stop structure.
US09780047B1	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes: a first substrate including a first ground conductor disposed on at least a second surface of a first surface and the second surface; a plurality of electronic elements mounted on the first surface and the second surface of the first substrate; a second substrate adhered to the second surface of the first substrate and including a penetration part formed to accommodate the plurality of electronic elements mounted on the second surface of the first substrate and a second ground conductor connected to the first ground conductor; a molded portion encapsulating the plurality of electronic elements mounted on the first surface of the first substrate; and a shielding layer formed on outer surfaces of the molded portion and the first substrate and at least a portion of a side surface of the second substrate to shield electromagnetic waves.
US09780046B2	Seal rings structures in semiconductor device interconnect layers and methods of forming the same An embodiment device includes a semiconductor substrate and an interconnect structure over the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect structure includes a functional circuit region and a first portion of a seal ring spaced apart from the functional circuit region by a buffer zone. The device also includes a passivation layer over the interconnect structure and a second portion of the seal ring over the passivation layer and connected the first portion of the seal ring. The second portion of the seal ring is disposed in the buffer zone.
US09780043B2	Wiring board, semiconductor package, and semiconductor device A wiring board includes: a first insulating layer which is made of an insulating resin containing a thermosetting resin as a main component; a recess portion formed in an upper surface of the first insulating a layer; a first wiring layer formed in the recess portion and comprising an upper surface exposed from the first insulating layer; a via wiring penetrating the first insulating layer in a thickness direction thereof and comprising an upper end surface exposed from the first insulating layer; a second wiring layer formed on the upper surface of the first insulating layer to contact the upper end surface of the via wiring and the upper surface of the first wiring layer; and a second insulating layer which is made of an insulating resin containing a photosensitive resin as a main component and which is formed on the upper surface of the first insulating layer.
US09780040B1	Integrated circuit package substrates having a common die dependent region and methods for designing the same Techniques for designing integrated circuit (IC) package substrates are provided. One of the provided techniques include routing a first set of interconnects in a first region of an IC package substrate based on a first routing template and routing a second set of interconnects in a second region of the IC package substrate based on a second routing template. The first routing template is associated with output pins on the IC package substrate while the second routing template is associated with interconnects on at least one IC die of the multiple IC dies. In one scenario, the first routing template is a common routing template. As such, when a different IC die is used with an identical, or otherwise similar, IC package substrate, interconnects associated with output pins on that IC package substrate does not need to be rerouted as they may be routed based on the common routing template.
US09780039B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method for the same The semiconductor device includes: a transistor having a gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate and first and second source/drain regions formed in portions of the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the gate electrode; a gate interconnect formed at a position opposite to the gate electrode with respect to the first source/drain region; and a first silicon-germanium layer formed on the first source/drain region to protrude above the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The gate interconnect and the first source/drain region are connected via a local interconnect structure that includes the first silicon-germanium layer.
US09780030B2	Integrated circuit An integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: an anti-fuse element including a first terminal and a second terminal; a fuse element including a third terminal connected to the second terminal, and a fourth terminal; a first wiring line connected to the first terminal of the anti-fuse element; and a drive circuit configured to supply a plurality of potentials to the first terminal of the anti-fuse element, the drive circuit being connected to the first wiring line, the potentials being different from each other.
US09780027B2	Hybrid airgap structure with oxide liner A technique relates to an airgap structure. A dielectric layer is formed on an underlying layer. Copper filled trenches are formed in the dielectric layer, and a metal liner lines the copper filled trenches. An oxide liner lines the metal liner and covers the dielectric layer. One or more airgaps are formed between the copper filled trenches in areas in which the oxide liner was not present on the dielectric layer. A cap layer is formed on top of the one or more airgaps, the copper filled trenches, and portions of the oxide liner.
US09780026B2	Interconnection structure and method of forming the same An interconnection structure includes a non-insulator structure, a liner layer, a dielectric structure and a conductive structure. The liner layer is present on the non-insulator structure and has an opening therein. The dielectric structure is present on the liner layer. The dielectric structure includes a via opening therein. The conductive structure is present in the via opening of the dielectric structure and electrically connected to the non-insulator structure through the opening of the liner layer. At least a portion of the conductive structure tapers along a direction from the non-insulator structure to the dielectric structure.
US09780021B2	Method of manufacturing element chip, method of manufacturing electronic component-mounted structure, and electronic component-mounted structure To provide a method of manufacturing an element chip in which creep-up of a conductive material can be suppressed in a mounting step. In a plasma processing step that is used in the method of manufacturing the element chip for manufacturing a plurality of element chips by dividing a substrate which has a plurality of element regions and of which an element surface is covered by an insulating film, the substrate is divided into the element chips by exposing the substrate to a first plasma, the element chips having a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface are held spaced from each other on a carrier, and the side surface and the insulating film are in a state of being exposed.
US09780020B2	Wiring substrate and semiconductor device A wiring substrate includes a wiring layer located on an insulation layer, and a protective insulation layer covering the wiring layer and the insulation layer. The protective insulation layer includes an opening that partially exposes the wiring layer. The wiring layer includes first and second metal layers. The first metal layer is located at a position corresponding to the opening and has a larger contour than the opening in a plan view. The second metal layer includes a pad portion, which covers upper and side surfaces of the first metal layer, and a wiring portion. The opening is extended in the protective insulation layer from an upper surface of the protective insulation layer to the upper surface of the pad portion by a distance that is shorter than that from the upper surface of the protective insulation layer to an upper surface of the wiring portion.
US09780017B2	Packaged device with additive substrate surface modification A method of lead frame surface modification includes providing at least one pre-fabricated metal lead frame or package substrate (substrate) unit including a base metal having a die pad and a plurality of contact regions surrounding the die pad. An ink including a material that is a solid or a precursor for a solid that forms a solid upon a curing step or a sintering step that removes a liquid carrier is additively deposited including onto at least one of (i) a region of the die pad and (ii) at one region of at least a first of the contact regions (first contact region). The ink is sintered or cured to remove the liquid carrier so that a substantially solid ink residue remains.
US09780014B1	Simultaneous controlled depth hot embossing and active side protection during packaging and assembly of wide bandgap devices A method of mounting a plurality of semiconductor or microelectronic chips or dies, the method including providing a carrier, temporarily adhering the plurality of semiconductor or microelectronic chips or dies to the carrier with active faces of the chips or dies facing towards the carrier, covering backsides of the chips and filling empty spaces between the chips or dies with a metallic material to thereby define an assembly of the chips or dies and the metallic material, and releasing the assembly from the carrier, wherein each chip or die comprises at least one bonding ring higher than a height of the active face of the respective chip or die or any connections on the active face of the respective chip or die.
US09780012B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes: an interlayer insulating film covering: a cathode region and an anode region to form a pn junction with each other; a cathode electrode provided on the interlayer insulating film and connected to the cathode region through a first contact hole; and an anode electrode provided on the interlayer insulating film and connected to the anode region through a second contact hole. Among current paths in the cathode and anode regions, the current path in one of the cathode and anode regions that has a larger sheet resistance is shorter than the other current path, the current path in the cathode region extending from an interface of the pn junction to an end of the first contact hole closest to the interface, the current path in the anode region extending from the interface to an end of the second contact hole closest to the interface.
US09780007B2	LCR test circuit structure for detecting metal gate defect conditions A test structure for an integrated circuit device includes a series inductor, capacitor, resistor (LCR) circuit having one or more inductor elements, with each inductor element having at least one unit comprising a first segment formed in a first metal layer, a second segment connecting the first metal layer to a semiconductor substrate beneath the first metal layer, and a third segment formed in the semiconductor substrate; and a capacitor element connected in series with each inductor element, the capacitor element defined by a transistor gate structure including a gate electrode as a first electrode, a gate dielectric layer, and the semiconductor substrate as a second electrode.
US09780000B2	Method for forming spacers for a transitor gate A method for forming spacers of a gate of a field-effect transistor is provided, including at least one step of forming a protective layer covering the gate; depositing a layer comprising carbon, said layer being disposed distant from said transistor; modifying the protective layer to form a modified protective layer; forming a protective film on the layer comprising carbon; removing the protective film on surfaces of the protective film that are perpendicular to a main implantation direction; selectively removing the layer comprising carbon; and at least one step of selectively removing the modified protective layer.
US09779995B2	Highly scaled tunnel FET with tight pitch and method to fabricate same A structure includes a substrate and a tunnel field effect transistor (TFET). The TFET includes a source region disposed in the substrate having an overlying source contact, the source region containing first semiconductor material having a first doping type; a drain region disposed in the substrate having an overlying drain contact, the drain region containing second semiconductor material having a second, opposite doping type; and a gate structure that overlies a channel region between the source and the drain. The source region and the drain region are asymmetric with respect to one another such that one contains a larger volume of semiconductor material than the other one. A method is disclosed to fabricate a plurality of the TFETs using a plurality of spaced apart mandrels having spacers. A pair of the mandrels and the associated spacers is processed to form four adjacent TFETs without requiring intervening lithographic processes.
US09779989B1	Method for manufacturing metal interconnects A method for manufacturing metal interconnects. The method includes following steps. A substrate including a dielectric layer formed thereon is provided, and a plurality of trenches are formed in the dielectric layer. Next, a seed layer is formed in the trenches and on the dielectric layer and followed by masking regions of the seed layer to define a plurality of masked regions and a plurality of exposed regions for the seed layer. Subsequently, a surface treatment is performed to the exposed regions of the seed layer to form a plurality of rough surfaces on the exposed regions of the seed layer. Then, a metal layer is formed on the substrate, and the trenches are filled up with the metal layer.
US09779988B2	Semiconductor devices with inner via A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an inactive area and a pair of active areas separated by the inactive area, a control terminal supported by the semiconductor substrate and extending across the pair of active areas and the inactive area to define a conduction path during operation between a first conduction region in each active area and a second conduction region in each active area, a conduction terminal supported by the semiconductor substrate and extending across the pair of active areas and the inactive area for electrical connection to each first conduction region, and a via extending through the semiconductor substrate, electrically connected to the conduction terminal, and positioned in the inactive area.
US09779982B2	Fabrication method of a stack of electronic devices This method includes the following steps: a) providing a first structure successively including a substrate, an electronic device, a dielectric layer, and a first semiconductor layer; b) providing a second structure successively including a substrate, an active layer, a dielectric layer, and a second semiconductor layer, the active layer being designed to form an electronic device; c) bonding the first and second structures by direct bonding between the first and second semiconductor layers so as to form a bonding interface; d) removing the substrate of the second structure so as to expose the active layer; e) introducing dopants into the first and second semiconductor layers so as to form a ground plane.
US09779978B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device uses a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a turn table allowing placement of at least first and second semiconductor substrates and being capable of moving positions of the first and the second semiconductor substrates by turning, a first film forming chamber, and a second film forming chamber. The first and the second film forming chambers are provided with an opening capable of loading and unloading the first and the second semiconductor substrates by lifting and lowering the first and the second semiconductor substrates placed on the turn table. The method includes transferring the first and the second semiconductor substrates between the first and the second film forming chambers by turning the turn fable and lifting and lowering the first and the second semiconductor substrates placed on the turn table; and forming a stack of films above the first and the second semiconductor substrates.
US09779976B2	Adhesive sheet, method for manufacturing semiconductor device using same, method for manufacturing thermal airflow sensor using same, and thermal airflow sensor Provided is a thermal type airflow volume meter improving measurement accuracy, a method for manufacturing the same, and an adhesive sheet for use therein, the adhesive sheet divided into at least two or more per adherend and having a thickness of approximately 0.1 mm or less is divided to correspond to a shape of the adherend and generates or increases adhesion or stickiness by external energy.
US09779975B2	Electrostatic carrier for thin substrate handling Embodiments provided herein generally relate to an electrostatic chuck (ESC). The ESC may comprise a reduced number of stress initiation points, such as holes through the ESC, which may improve the mechanical integrity of the ESC. Electrodes disposed within the ESC may be connected to electrical contacts and a power source via conductive leads, which may be coupled or formed along a peripheral edge of the ESC. Thus, the need for holes formed in the ESC may be reduced or eliminated. In addition, gas channels may be formed on a top surface, a bottom surface, or both. The gas channels may reduce or eliminate the need for a gas channel formed through the ESC and may facilitate heat transfer between a substrate support, the ESC, and a substrate coupled to the ESC.
US09779974B2	System and method for reducing temperature transition in an electrostatic chuck A system for controlling a substrate temperature in a substrate processing system includes a substrate support device, a controller, a temperature sensor, and a thermal control element (TCE). The controller is configured to, during a first period, control the TCE to adjust the temperature of the substrate support device to a temperature value based on a temperature difference between the substrate temperature before the substrate is loaded onto the substrate support device and a desired temperature for the substrate support device. The temperature value is not equal to the desired temperature. The substrate is loaded onto the substrate support device after the first period begins and before the temperature of the substrate support device returns to the desired temperature. The controller is further configured to, during a second period following the first period, control the temperature of the substrate support device to the desired temperature for the substrate support device.
US09779971B2	Methods and apparatus for rapidly cooling a substrate Embodiments of methods and apparatus for rapidly cooling a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a cooling chamber for cooling a substrate includes a chamber body having an inner volume; a substrate support disposed in the chamber and having a support surface to support a substrate; a plate disposed in the chamber body opposite the substrate support, wherein the substrate support and the plate are movable with respect to each other between a first position and a second position, wherein when in the first position the substrate support and the plate are disposed away from each other such that the support surface is exposed to a first volume within the inner volume, wherein when in the second position the substrate support and the plate are disposed adjacent to each other such that the support surface is exposed to a second volume within the inner volume, and wherein the second volume is smaller than the first volume; a plurality of flow channels disposed in one or more of the plate or the substrate support to flow a coolant; and a gas inlet to provide a gas into the second volume.
US09779967B2	Ultra-thin power transistor and synchronous buck converter having customized footprint A power field-effect transistor package is fabricated. A leadframe including a flat plate and a coplanar flat strip spaced from the plate is provided. The plate has a first thickness and the strip has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. A field-effect power transistor chip having a third thickness is provided. A first and second contact pad on one chip side and a third contact pad on the opposite chip side are created. The first pad is attached to the plate and the second pad to the strip. Terminals are concurrently attached to the plate and the strip so that the terminals are coplanar with the third contact pad. The thickness difference between plate and strip and spaces between chip and terminals is filled with an encapsulation compound having a surface coplanar with the plate and the opposite surface coplanar with the third pad and terminals. The chip, leadframe and terminals are integrated into a package having a thickness equal to the sum of the first and third thicknesses.
US09779959B2	Structure and formation method of semiconductor device structure Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a gate stack covering a portion of the fin structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes a spacer element over a sidewall of the gate stack. The spacer element includes a first layer and a second layer over the first layer. The dielectric constant of the first layer is greater than the dielectric constant of the second layer.
US09779948B1	Method of fabricating 3D NAND Disclosed herein are methods of fabricating a source side select (SGS) transistor in 3D memory. The threshold voltage of the SGS transistor accurately meets a target threshold voltage. The SGS transistor has a semiconductor body that resides in a memory hole formed in a stack of alternating layers of two materials. During fabrication, a sacrificial layer may be removed to create recesses between dielectric layers in a stack. The sacrificial layer may be removed by introducing an etchant into slits formed in the stack. Thus, the recess may expose sidewalls of the body of the SGS transistor. An impurity may be introduced into this recess, by way of a slit, in order to dope the source side select transistor. This allows for precise control over the doping profile, which in turn provides for precise control over the threshold voltage of the SGS transistor.
US09779944B1	Method and structure for cut material selection A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of mandrels on a dielectric layer, conformally depositing a spacer layer on the plurality of mandrels, removing a portion of the spacer layer from a top surface of at least one of the plurality of mandrels, removing the at least one of the plurality of mandrels to create at least one opening, and filling the at least opening with a cut fill material, wherein the cut fill material comprises the same material as a material of the spacer layer.
US09779931B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor wafers and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device An embodiment of a method of manufacturing semiconductor wafers comprises determining at least one material characteristic for at least two positions of a semiconductor ingot. A notch or a flat is formed in a semiconductor ingot extending along an axial direction. A plurality of markings is formed in the semiconductor ingot. At least some of the plurality of markings at different positions along the axial direction are distinguishable from each other by a characteristic feature set depending on the at least one material characteristic. The semiconductor ingot is then sliced into semiconductor wafers.
US09779923B2	Method and system for tandem mass spectrometry A method of data independent MS-MS analysis is disclosed. The method comprises ramping or stepping in small steps of a wide (at least 10 amu) parent mass window in a first parent selecting mass spectrometer (MS1), arranging rapid ion transfer through a collisional cell, either by axial gas flow or by an axial DC field or by a travelling RF wave, frequently pulsing an orthogonal accelerator with a string of time-encoded pulses, analyzing fragment ions in a multi-reflecting time-flight mass spectrometer, acquiring data in a data logging format, and decoding signal strings corresponding to the entire scan of parent masses, such that fragment spectra are formed based on time correlation between fragment and parent masses. Frequent pulsing is expected to recover parent and fragment time correlation with an accuracy of approximately 1 Th, in spite of using much wider mass window in the first MS.
US09779911B2	Electron microscope and method of measuring aberrations An electron microscope capable of measuring aberrations accurately is provided. The microscope is adapted to obtain scanning transmission electron (STEM) images by detecting electrons transmitted through a sample (S). The microscope (100) includes a segmented detector (20) having a detection surface (23) for detecting the electrons transmitted through the sample (S). The detection surface (23) is divided into detector segments (D1-D16) for detecting the electrons transmitted through the sample (S). The microscope (100) further includes an aperture plate (30) for limiting the active areas of the detector segments (D1-D16) on which the electrons impinge.
US09779905B2	Method and device for changing the direction of movement of a beam of accelerated charged particles A method and a device for changing direction of movement of a beam of accelerated charged particles are based on the use of a curved channel which is made from a material that is able to be electrically charged, and formation of the same kind of charge on an inside surface of the channel wall as that of the particles. Maintenance of a condition that relates an energy and a charge of the particles to geometrical parameters of the channel is required, in particular, a radius R of curvature of a longitudinal axis thereof, and to electrical strength of the wall material. The beam can possibly be rotated through large angles without loss of intensity, significantly simplifying a design, and also reducing the mass and dimensions of all devices, particularly by obviating a need for magnets and supply voltage and control voltage sources for such devices.
US09779895B2	Cable micro input devices A small form-factor input device operative to be coupled to an electronic device using a cable may include a circuit board; a first electrical switch disposed on a first side of the circuit board; a second electrical switch disposed on a second side of the circuit board; a frame defining a periphery, wherein the circuit board is maintained within the periphery of the frame; first and second shells that house the circuit board, the first shell placed over the first side of the circuit board, and the second shell placed over the second side of the circuit board; and at least one clip coupled to each one of the first shell and the second shell, wherein the at least one clip is operative to engage the frame.
US09779889B2	Scissor mechanism features for a keyboard A key supported by a scissor mechanism including interlocking scissor members assembled to mutually pivot along a pivot track. A first scissor member may include a pivot track and an up-stop track and a second scissor member may include at least a first and second extension portion positioned within the pivot track and the up-stop track respectively. When the key is depressed, the first extension portion may slide and at least partially pivot or rotate within the pivot track, and the second extension portion may slide within the up-stop track.
US09779883B2	Partially surface-mediated lithium ion-exchanging cells and method for operating same A lithium super-battery cell comprising: (a) A cathode comprising a cathode active material having a surface area to capture or store lithium thereon, wherein the cathode active material is not a functionalized material and does not bear a functional group; (b) An anode comprising an anode current collector; (c) A porous separator disposed between the two electrodes; (d) A lithium-containing electrolyte in physical contact with the two electrodes, wherein the cathode active material has a specific surface area of no less than 100 m2/g being in direct physical contact with the electrolyte to receive lithium ions therefrom or to provide lithium ions thereto; and (e) A lithium source implemented at one or both of the two electrodes prior to a first charge or a first discharge cycle of the cell. This new generation of energy storage device exhibits the best properties of both the lithium ion battery and the supercapacitor.
US09779880B2	Resin composition and dielectric layer and capacitor produced therefrom The present invention provides a resin composition comprising: 1 to 20 parts by weight of a reinforcing fiber; 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of an anti-settling agent; 20 to 40 parts by weight of an epoxy resin; 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a curing agent; and 50 to 75 parts by weight of a high dielectric constant filler. The present invention further provides a dielectric layer produced from the resin composition and a capacitor comprising the dielectric layer. In the dielectric layer made from the resin composition provided by the present invention, the fibers can be evenly dispersed and can enhance the mechanical strength of the resin composition, and cooperate with the epoxy resin to bring excellent toughness. Therefore, the mechanical strength of the produced dielectric layer can be remarkably improved, and its fragility can be effectively overcome when the dielectric layer is used in the PCB double-side etching process.
US09779879B2	Redox couple for electrochemical and optoelectronic devices The present invention provides an improved redox couple for electrochemical and optoelectronic devices. The redox couple is based on a complex of a first row transition metal, said complex containing at least one mono-, bi-, or tridentate ligand comprising a substituted or unsubstituted ring or ring system comprising a five-membered N-containing heteroring and/or a six-membered ring comprising at least two heteroatoms, at least one of which being a nitrogen atom, said five- or six-membered heteroring, respectively, comprising at least one double bond. The invention also relates to electrolytes and to the devices containing the complex, and to the use of the complex as a redox couple. The invention further provides electrochemical and/or optoelectronic devices comprising a first and a second electrode and, between said first and second electrode, a charge transport layer, said a charge transport layer comprising tetracyanoborate ([B(CN)4]−) and a cationic metal complex functioning as redox-couple.
US09779874B2	Sintering of high temperature conductive and resistive pastes onto temperature sensitive and atmospheric sensitive materials An method of forming a metal foil coated ceramic and a metal foil capacitor is provided in a method of making a metal foil coated ceramic comprising providing a metal foil; applying a ceramic precursor to the metal foil wherein the ceramic precursor comprises at least one susceptor and a high dielectric constant oxide and an organic binder, and sintering the ceramic precursor with a high intensity, high pulse frequency light energy to form the metal foil ceramic.
US09779872B2	Apparatus and method for fine-tuning magnet arrays with localized energy delivery One embodiment relates to an apparatus for adjustment of local magnetic strength in a magnetic device. A stage holds the magnetic device, and a sensor measures a magnetic field at locations above the magnetic device so as to generate magnetic field data. A computer system detects a non-uniformity in the magnetic field from the magnetic field data and determines a location and a duration for application of a pulsed laser beam to correct the non-uniformity. A laser device applies the pulsed laser beam at said location for said duration. Another embodiment relates to a method of adjusting local magnetic strength in a magnetic device. Another embodiment relates to a system for fine-tuning a magnet array with localized energy delivery. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09779861B2	Soft magnetic metal powder and soft magnetic metal powder core using the same The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder which contains B and has Fe and Ni as the main components, wherein the content of Ni in the soft magnetic metal powder is 30 to 80 mass %, the total content of Fe and Ni in the soft magnetic metal powder is 90 mass % or more, the content of B inside the metal particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.
US09779858B2	Methods of manufacturing wire, multi-layer wire pre-products and wires Exemplary methods for manufacturing a wire and resultant wires are disclosed herein. The method includes extruding a receptor cross-linkable polymer that is substantially free of curing agent about a conductive core and extruding a donor polymer in association with a curing agent. The method includes disposing the donor polymer about the receptor polymer and conductive core to create a multi-layer wire pre-product. The method also includes heat curing a multi-layer wire pre-product to form a wire.
US09779857B2	Tool for installing cover sleeves on electrical connectors A method for installing an elastomeric cover sleeve on an electrical connection including a connector and a cable having a cable axis includes: providing an installation tool including a slide portion; premounting the installation tool on the cable such that the slide portion extends along the cable axis and covers a portion of the cable; thereafter, sliding the cover sleeve onto the cable and onto the slide portion of the premounted installation tool to a parked position wherein the slide portion is interposed between the cover sleeve and the cable; installing the connector onto the cable; and thereafter, sliding the cover sleeve along the cable axis and the slide portion onto the connector.
US09779849B2	Aluminum-based conductive material and electric wire and cable using the same An aluminium-based conductive material used in a driving part of robots or various devices and used, for example, in a wiring that is loaded with cyclic bending, as well as an electric wire and a cable using the same, contains 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of scandium and further contains, as a rest part, aluminium and unavoidable impure substances and is formed of a metal texture 10 having crystal grains 11 with an average grain size of 2 μm or less and aluminium-scandium series nanoprecipitates generated in a grain boundary 12 of the crystal grains 11. Further, it is preferable that the metal texture 10 contains the crystal grains 11 of 1 μm or less at a cross sectional ratio of 15% or more.
US09779847B2	Spark gap X-ray source In one embodiment, the invention includes an x-ray source having a cathode with (1) a pointed end or (2) an elongated blade oriented substantially transverse with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cathode. The pointed end or blade can be pointed towards an anode. In another embodiment, the invention includes an x-ray source having a window with an annular-shape, forming a hollow-ring. A convex portion of a half-ball-shape of an anode can extend into a hollow of the annular-shape of the window.
US09779843B2	Radioactive material storage canister A canister for storing radioactive materials includes a base plate, side wall and a top plate. The top plate includes a top surface with a top edge having a bevel, and with a channel set in from the top edge. The top plate is sealed to the sidewall by a weld formed between the beveled top edge and the top of the side wall. The base plate is sealed to a bottom of the sidewall, so that a sealed vessel is formed.
US09779840B2	PWR decay heat removal system in which steam from the pressurizer drives a turbine which drives a pump to inject water into the reactor pressure vessel In conjunction with a pressurized water reactor (PWR) and a pressurizer configured to control pressure in the reactor pressure vessel, a decay heat removal system comprises a pressurized passive condenser, a turbine-driven pump connected to suction water from at least one water source into the reactor pressure vessel; and steam piping configured to deliver steam from the pressurizer to the turbine to operate the pump and to discharge the delivered steam into the pressurized passive condenser. The pump and turbine may be mounted on a common shaft via which the turbine drives the pump. The at least one water source may include a refueling water storage tank (RWST) and/or the pressurized passive condenser. A pressurizer power operated relief valve may control discharge of a portion of the delivered steam bypassing the turbine into the pressurized passive condenser to control pressure in the pressurizer.
US09779838B2	Method of improving error checking and correction performance of memory A method of improving an error checking and correction performance of a memory includes replacing a defective column including a defective memory cell of the memory cell array with a spare column of a the spare cell array, wherein the memory cell array includes memory cells in a matrix and the spare cell array includes spare memory cells in a matrix to be replaced for defective memory cells; storing check bits of error correction code in at least one memory cell of the defective column; storing defect information regarding a defect of the defective memory cell; determining whether the at least one memory cell storing the check bits is to be used to perform error checking and correction on a memory, based on the defect information; and performing error checking and correction on the memory using a memory cell selected based on a result of determining whether the at least one memory cell storing the check bits is to be used.
US09779835B1	Magnetic memory device According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes an element unit and a controller. The element unit includes a magnetic member, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, an intermediate layer, and a non-magnetic layer. The magnetic member includes a first region, a first portion, and a second portion. The first region is provided between the first portion and the second portion, or included in the first portion. The first magnetic layer is apart from the first region in a first direction. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first region and the first magnetic layer. The intermediate layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The intermediate layer is non-magnetic. The non-magnetic layer is connected with the first region. The controller is configured to supply a writing current and a shift current to the element unit.
US09779830B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device and erase method thereof Provided is an erase method for a non-volatile semiconductor memory device to compensate for the change in property of a memory cell, in proportion to the number of data rewrites to the memory cell. The erase method has an erase step to erase charges of a charge accumulation layer by applying an erase voltage to a channel region of a selected memory cell, and a soft-programming step to perform soft-programming to the charges in the accumulation layer by virtue of applying a soft-programming voltage which is smaller than a programming voltage to program the memory cell. The erase voltage is increased step by step when it is applied repeatedly. The soft-programming voltage is decreased step by step when it is applied repeatedly.
US09779829B2	Erasing memory segments in a memory block of memory cells using select gate control line voltages A method includes applying erase voltages to data lines and source lines of a memory block of memory cells in a non-volatile NAND architecture memory device during an erase operation. The memory block of memory cells includes a plurality of memory segments and a corresponding plurality of first select gate control lines. Each memory segment includes a plurality of memory sub-blocks that share a respective one of the first select gate control lines. The method includes applying a first bias voltage to the respective first select gate control line of a first one of the memory segments that has failed an erase verify operation to facilitate erasing the first memory segment during the erase operation, and applying a second bias voltage different from the first bias voltage to the respective first select gate control line of a second one of the memory segments that has passed the erase verify operation to facilitate inhibiting erasing of the second memory segment during the erase operation.
US09779822B1	Memory devices and methods of their operation during a programming operation Methods of operating a memory device during a programming operation, and memory devices so configured, including increasing a voltage applied to a selected access line from a first voltage while maintaining a voltage applied to an unselected access line at the first voltage. The selected access line is connected to a control gate of a target memory cell of a string of series-connected memory cells that is targeted for programming during the programming operation and the unselected access line is connected to a control gate of a second memory cell of the string of series-connected memory cells that is untargeted for programming during the programming operation. After the voltage applied to the selected access line reaches a second voltage, the methods further include increasing the voltage applied to the unselected access line from the first voltage while increasing the voltage applied to the selected access line from the second voltage.
US09779813B2	Phase change memory array architecture achieving high write/read speed A memory configured to have data read therefrom is provided. The memory includes a data port including B transmitters disposed in parallel and for transferring data on both rising and falling edges of a clock, a first memory including a first data bus including N lines on which N bits can be transferred, and a second memory including a second data bus including N lines on which N bits can be transferred. The memory includes a data path controller including a data distributor disposed between the first and second memories and being connected to the data port, wherein, on the rising edge, the data distributor distributes a first data segment comprised of B bits from the first data bus to the data port and, on the falling edge, the data distributor distributes a second data segment comprised of B bits from the second data bus to the data port.
US09779812B1	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a memory cell, and a control circuit. The memory cell is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and includes a metal film and a resistance change film. The control circuit applies a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to transition a resistive state of the memory cell. The control circuit performs a first reset operation by applying a first pulse having a voltage of a first polarity to the memory cell, and applying a second pulse having a voltage of a second polarity that is an inverse of the first polarity to the memory cell after applying the first pulse.
US09779809B2	Resistive semiconductor memory device and operation method thereof A semiconductor memory device includes a control circuit configured to apply a first voltage to a selected first line, apply a second voltage to a selected second line, and apply a third voltage and a fourth voltage to a non-selected first line and a non-selected second line in a setting operation, respectively. The control circuit includes a detection circuit configured to detect a transition of a resistance state of a selected memory cell using a reference voltage. The control circuit is configured to execute a read operation in which the control circuit applies the third voltage to the selected first line and the non-selected first line, applies the second voltage to the selected second line, and applies the fourth voltage to the non-selected second line, and set the reference voltage based on a voltage value of the selected second line.
US09779804B2	Flash memory system An apparatus, system, and method for controlling data transfer to an output port of a serial data link interface in a semiconductor memory is disclosed. In one example, a flash memory device may have multiple serial data links, multiple memory banks and control input ports that enable the memory device to transfer the serial data to a serial data output port of the memory device. In another example, a flash memory device may have a single serial data link, a single memory bank, a serial data input port, a control input port for receiving output enable signals. The flash memory devices may be cascaded in a daisy-chain configuration using echo signal lines to serially communicate between memory devices.
US09779803B1	Memory circuit with write-bypass portion One example includes a memory circuit. The memory circuit includes a memory array in which contiguous rows of the memory array are organized as a write-bypass portion that comprises a first portion of the rows and a main memory portion that includes a remaining portion of the rows. A given data word is stored in each of a row in the write-bypass portion and another row in the main memory portion during a data write operation in response to word-write signals and bit-write signals associated with each of the respective plurality of contiguous columns. The circuit also includes a control logic configured to store data associated with storage locations of the given data word in each of the row in the write-bypass portion and the other row in the main memory portion to facilitate access of the given data word during a data read operation.
US09779788B1	Sub-threshold enabled flash memory system A flash memory system for use in an electronic system comprising an integrated circuit such as a microcontroller. The flash memory system embodies one or more circuits adapted to operate at sub- or near-threshold voltage levels. These low-power circuits are selectively activated or de-activated to balance power dissipation with the response time of the memory system required in particular applications.
US09779783B2	Latching current sensing amplifier for memory array A latching current sensing amplifier circuit for memory arrays and a current sensing technique using the latching current sensing amplifier circuit are provided. The current sense-amplifier circuit includes a first and second pair of series connected transistors configured with a common gate node for a sense operation and reconfigurable as a cross-coupled pair for a latching operation.
US09779781B1	Memory module battery backup Examples disclosed herein relate to dual in-line memory module (DIMM) battery backup. Some examples disclosed herein describe systems that include a backup power source pluggable into a DIMM slot. The backup power source may include a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to a DIMM to provide backup power to the DIMM. Each of the plurality of battery cells supporting the DIMM may be electrically connected to a DC-to-DC converter in series and to each other in parallel.
US09779779B1	Disk device and method of manufacturing disk device According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a disk-shaped recording medium, a head which processes data on the recording medium, and a housing accommodating the recording medium and the head. The housing includes a base with a side wall, and a cover having a welded portion welded to the side wall by laser welding. The welded portion includes a first welded portion welded to a first region of the side wall and having weld beads with a first shape, and a second welded portion welded to a second region of the side wall and having welded beads with a second shape different from the first shape.
US09779778B2	Method and apparatus for enabling an application to cooperate with running of a program The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling an application to cooperate with the running of a program. According to the invention, the playing control information of a program and the linking information of an application corresponding to the program are edited into a program playing control file. Through executing said playing control file, guided by the linking information and based on the running control information of the application, the application can download, run or stop to run cooperating with the playing of the optical disc program. The Solution of combining an application and a program into a playing control file will effectively cause the downloading and running of the application to cooperate with the playing of the program so as to ensure normal realization of corresponding functions.
US09779765B1	Perpendicular magnetic recording writer having improved performance and wide area track erasure reliability A magnetic writer includes a high magnetic moment write pole layer on a main write pole, the write pole layer including a proximal end recessed from the air bearing surface, and a Wide Area Track Erasure (WATER) reservoir recessed from the proximal end of the write pole layer and transverse to a longitudinal direction of the main write pole. The write pole layer may be conformal in shape to, but have smaller dimensions relative to, the main write pole, such that a distance between their outer surfaces is generally constant in a flare region. The WATER reservoir width, in a cross-track direction, may be greater than or equal to the maximum width of the main write pole.
US09779763B1	Write signal adjustment A write signal may be adjusted, or modified, based on one or more read signals acquired, or read from, one or more portions proximate a target portion on a storage medium where the write signal is to be applied. The one or more read signals may be read from the storage medium in response to receiving a write data unit such that the read signals may not need to be buffered or later clock synchronized to the write signal.
US09779761B2	Dynamically providing to a person feedback pertaining to utterances spoken or sung by the person Arrangements described herein relate to receiving, in real time, utterances spoken or sung by a first person when the utterances are spoken or sung and comparing, in real time, the detected utterances spoken or sung by the first person to at least a stored sample of utterances spoken or sung by the first person. Based, at least in part, on the comparing the detected utterances spoken or sung by the first person to at least the stored sample of utterances spoken or sung by the first person, a key indicator that indicates at least one characteristic of the detected utterances spoken or sung by the first person can be generated. Feedback indicating the at least one characteristic of the detected utterances spoken or sung by the first person can be communicated to the first person or a second person.
US09779752B2	Acoustic enhancement by leveraging metadata to mitigate the impact of noisy environments A system for cloud acoustic enhancement is disclosed. In particular, the system may leverage metadata and cloud-computing network resources to mitigate the impact of noisy environments that may potentially interfere with user communications. In order to do so, the system may receive an audio stream including an audio signal associated with a user, and determine if the audio stream also includes an interference signal. The system may determine that the audio stream includes the interference signal if a portion of the audio stream correlates with metadata that identifies the interference signal. If the audio stream is determined to include the interference signal, the system may cancel the interference signal from the audio stream by utilizing the metadata and the cloud-computing network resources. Once the interference signal is cancelled, the system may transmit the audio stream including the audio signal associated with the user to an intended destination.
US09779750B2	Cue-aware privacy filter for participants in persistent communications A cue, for example a facial expression or hand gesture, is identified, and a device communication is filtered according to the cue.
US09779739B2	Residual encoding in an object-based audio system Lossy compression and transmission of a downmixed composite signal having multiple tracks and objects, including a downmixed signal, is accomplished in a manner that reduces the bit-rate requirement as compared to redundant transmission or lossless compression, while reducing upmix artifacts. A compressed residual signal is generated and transmitted along with a compressed total mix and at least one compressed audio objects. In the reception and upmix aspect the invention decompresses a downmixed signal and other compressed objects, calculates an approximate upmix signal, and corrects specific base signals derived from the upmix, by subtracting a decompressed residual signal. The invention thus allows lossy compression to be used in combination with downmixed audio signals for transmission through a communication channel (or for storage). Upon later reception and upmix, additional base signals are recoverable in capable systems providing multi-object capability (while legacy systems can easily decode a total mix without upmix).
US09779732B2	Method and electronic device for voice recognition Disclosed are a method and electronic device for voice recognition. The voice recognition method includes recognizing, in a first processor using low power mode, a voice signal inputted through a microphone, entering an active state and performing voice recording in a second processor if the recognized voice signal is a previously set keyword, and performing voice recognition in the second processor if the end of a voice input is determined during the voice recording.
US09779725B2	Voice wakeup detecting device and method A voice wakeup detecting device for an electronic product includes a front end detecting circuit, a speech recognition processor and a main processor. The front end detecting circuit judges whether a voice signal contains a sub-keyword according to sub-keyword model parameters. If the front end detecting circuit confirms that the voice signal contains the sub-keyword, then it generates a first interrupt signal. In response to the first interrupt signal, the speech recognition processor is enabled to judge whether the voice signal contains a keyword according to keyword model parameters. If the speech recognition processor confirms that the voice signal contains the keyword, then it generates a second interrupt signal. In response to the second interrupt signal, the main processor is enabled. Consequently, the electronic produce is waked up from a sleep state to a normal working state.
US09779722B2	System for adapting speech recognition vocabulary A system and method for adapting a speech recognition and generation system. The system and method include providing a speech recognition and generation engine that processes speech received from a user and providing a dictionary adaptation module that adds out of vocabulary words to a baseline dictionary of the speech recognition and generation system. Words are added by extracting words that are encountered and adding out of vocabulary words to the baseline dictionary of the speech recognition and generation system.
US09779719B2	ANC convergence factor estimation as a function of frequency A method of operating an audio system in a vehicle includes providing m number of microphones disposed within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The microphones produce a plurality of microphone signals. Within the passenger compartment of the vehicle, k number of loudspeakers are provided. A plurality of convergence factors μ for use in performing active noise control are estimated. The estimating includes calculating an Eigen value λ(ω) of an autocorrelation matrix of a passenger compartment transfer function as λ k ⁡ ( ω ) = A k ⁡ ( ω ) 2 2 , wherein Ak(ω) is the frequency response of the passenger compartment transfer function. A frequency ωmin of a local minimum of λ(ω) is determined. A largest stable value for μMax(ωmin) is found by experimentation, wherein a rotational speed of an engine of the vehicle, expressed in revolutions per minute, frpm=2πωmin. A calibration factor is calculated as L=λ(ωmin)μMax(ωmin). All values of μMax(ω) are estimated as μMax ⁡ ( ω ) = L λ ⁡ ( ω ) . A plurality of active noise controlled audio signals are transmitted to the loudspeaker. The active noise controlled audio signals are dependent upon the microphone signals and the estimated convergence factors.
US09779717B2	Silent mobile device vibration A mobile device vibrational sound system includes a processing circuit configured to activate a selectively vibratable element based on a triggering event, and control operation of a speaker to provide a mitigation sound configured to at least partially cancel a vibrational sound resulting from activation of the vibratable element.
US09779711B2	Installation structure for acoustic transducer and musical instrument An installation structure for an acoustic transducer configured to vibrate a vibrated body in a first direction so as to permit the vibrated body to generate sounds, wherein the acoustic transducer includes: a magnetic-path forming portion that forms a magnetic path; a vibrating unit configured to vibrate in the first direction; and a connecting unit connecting the vibrating unit and the vibrated body to transmit vibration of the vibrating unit to the vibrated body, wherein the magnetic-path forming portion has a through-hole penetrating therethrough in the first direction from a first opening to a second opening, the connecting unit passing through the through-hole, wherein the vibrating unit is disposed on a first-opening side of the magnetic-path forming portion and is fixed to the connecting unit on the first-opening side, and wherein the vibrated body is connected to the connecting unit on a second-opening side of the magnetic-path forming portion.
US09779704B1	Apparatus providing teeth location guide for use with single-reed woodwind instruments Apparatus for providing teeth position guide for single-reed woodwind music instruments are disclosed. The apparatus includes a mouthpiece patch containing top and bottom sides with at least two thickness layer formed therebetween. The bottom side is a flat surface having an adhesive means configured thereon. The top side is a split-level surface containing first and second levels having different thicknesses. A ledge is formed between the first level and the second level, whereby the ledge is configured as a position guide for upper incisor teeth of a player of woodwind instruments, when the mouthpiece patch is attached to a mouthpiece.
US09779693B2	Image data output control device, display device, and recording medium In a case where next image data, corresponding to a next screen, is not supplied from a host even when first predetermined time has elapsed since the first supply of image data was completed, the period control section (32) starts the second supply of the image data, of which the first supply has been carried out, to a liquid crystal display device. In a case where next image data, corresponding to a next frame, is not supplied from the host even when second predetermined time has elapsed since the second supply of the image data was completed, the period control section (32) starts the third supply of the image data to the liquid crystal display device, and sets the first predetermined time to be longer than the second predetermined time. This makes it possible to appropriately update a displayed image.
US09779687B2	Device and method for transmitting and receiving data using HDMI The present invention discloses a method for transmitting and receiving data of a sink device by using HDMI (High Definition Media Interface). A method for transmitting and receiving data of a source device by using HDMI comprises requesting a sink device to read out EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) when the sink device is connected; receiving from the sink device EDID including decompression capability information of the sink device; transmitting operation parameter information determined on the basis of the EDID, where the operation parameter information includes compression metadata; and transmitting the compressed video data.
US09779686B2	Aging compensation for virtual reality headset display device An electronic display is driven to compensate for aging of pixels in the electronic display. An aging factor is determined based on initial display data for a display portion of the electronic display during one or more monitored frames. The aging factor is indicative of aging of pixels in the display portion of the electronic display due to use corresponding to the initial display data. An aging counter for the display portion is increased based on the determined aging factor. A compensation value is determined for the display portion based on the aging counter for the display portion. Input display data for the display portion is modified during a subsequent frame according the determined compensation value. The display portion is driven with the modified input display data during the subsequent frame.
US09779684B2	Gate driver on array circuit and display using the same A GOA circuit includes GOA circuit units coupled in series. Each GOA circuit unit includes an input control module, an output control module, a pull-down module, and a pull-up holding module. The input control module includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. Each GOA circuit unit includes ten transistors. Because the GOA circuit unit proposed by the present invention comprises fewer transistors, it is good for being used in displays with a narrow bezel. In addition, the GOA circuit unit comprises an input control module comprising a second transistor and a third transistor controlled by a first gate turn-on signal. A first transistor and the second transistor are connected in series, and the third transistor and a fourth transistor are connected in series, which reduces leakage current. It provides a beneficiary effect that the stability of the GOA circuit unit is improved.
US09779683B2	Display panel and GOA circuit The present invention relates to a display panel, having a display area and a fan-out area, and a GOA circuit. The GOA circuit includes a plurality of stage pre-charge modules, arranged for connecting output terminals of two adjacent gates in the GOA circuit in the fan-out area to two corresponding adjacent gate line outputs in the display area respectively. Each of the stage pre-charge modules includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a fifth thin film transistor and a sixth thin film transistor.
US09779678B2	Touch detecting function display apparatus, driving circuit, driving method of touch detecting function display apparatus and electronic equipment A touch detecting function display apparatus includes a plurality of common driving electrodes, a display element performing display, a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object, and a scanning driving unit performing first scanning driving for sequentially applying a display driving signal to the plurality of common driving electrodes in a time division manner and second scanning driving for sequentially applying a touch detection driving signal to the plurality of common driving electrodes in a time division manner, wherein the scanning driving unit performs the second scanning driving at a scanning speed higher than that of the first scanning driving, and applies the display driving signal to an overlapping common driving electrode when the common driving electrode selected as a target of the first scanning driving overlaps with the common driving electrode selected as a target of the second scanning driving.
US09779654B2	Method for image display and display system A method for image display is provided. The method includes: providing a data signal of an image, and the data signal comprising grayscale values R, G, and B; obtaining brightness values LR, LG, and LB which the grayscale values R, G, and B correspond to; transforming the brightness values LR, LG, and LB into brightness values LR′, LG′, and LB′; obtaining grayscale values R′, G′, and B′ which the brightness values LR′, LG′, and LB′ correspond to; obtaining a minimum value among the grayscale values R, G, and B as a white grayscale value W′; and supplying the red subpixel, the green subpixel, the blue subpixel, and the white subpixel with the grayscale value R′, G′, B′, and white grayscale value W′, respectively so that the image can be shown on the display panel. The present invention also proposes a display system utilizing the method.
US09779651B2	Image processing device, method, and program, and image display device An image processing device includes: a terminal that receives an image signal for a display for displaying images in directions, the display including pixels having sub-pixels and a parallax optical element for directing light from each sub-pixel in a direction predetermined for each sub-pixel, the signal including a grayscale value of each sub-pixel; a memory that stores information indicating a defective sub-pixel displayed in a direction due to a defect of the parallax optical element; and a corrector that determines, using the grayscale value of a sub-pixel whose predetermined direction is another direction different from the predetermined direction of the defective sub-pixel, a grayscale value of the defective sub-pixel for the image displayed in the other direction, and outputs a corrected image signal including, as a grayscale value of the defective sub-pixel, the smaller of the grayscale value of the defective sub-pixel in the image signal and the determined value.
US09779650B2	Display device and driving method of display panel A display device and a method of driving a display panel. The display device includes a color calculating unit, a color data converting unit, a display and a panel driving unit. The color calculating unit supplies a first, a second, a third, and a fourth color data to the color data converting unit according to an image data. The color data converting unit outputs a first, a second, a third, and a fourth display data to the panel driving unit. A panel driving unit outputs a first, a second, and a third pixel voltages according to a first gamma curve to drive a first, a second, and a third color pixels of the display panel, and outputs a fourth pixel voltage according to a second gamma curve to drive a fourth color pixel of the display panel, wherein the first gamma curve is different from the second gamma curve.
US09779649B2	Boundary judging method and device, and display driving method and device A boundary judging method for a 3D display apparatus includes: dividing each of a first picture and a second picture to be displayed into a plurality of theoretical pixel units and determining color components of each of the theoretical pixel units; determining, for each sub-pixel for displaying each of the first and second pictures, a luminance of the each sub-pixel according to a color component, corresponding to a color of the each sub-pixel, of the theoretical pixel units that are covered by a preset sampling region corresponding to the each sub-pixel and that belong to the corresponding picture; and determining, for each of the first and second pictures, a boundary between adjacent two of sub-pixels of each color in the corresponding picture according to a luminance difference between the adjacent two of the sub-pixels of the each color.
US09779647B2	Display device A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels respectively displaying a first color, a second color, and a third color; and a signal controller controlling the display panel by processing an input image signal, wherein, in a color weakness mode, at least one color among the first to third colors is displayed with a higher gray than an input gray of the input image signal, and the other colors are displayed with the same gray as the input gray of the input image signal.
US09779639B1	Structurally compact display assembly A media display assembly that has a base assembly, including a base and a steel plate, which forms a front surface of the base assembly and is removeably affixed to the base. Also, a cover includes a polymeric sheet having transparent display portion and a rearward extending peripheral wall, the peripheral wall snugly fitting the base assembly. Finally, display media is interposed between the steel plate and the cover.
US09779628B2	Convoy travel system and convoy travel apparatus A convoy travel apparatus for organizing a convoy of vehicles is provided. The convoy travel apparatus controls at least one of the convoy of vehicles to change lanes to a lane that is opposite to a merging lane when it is determined that the convoy of vehicles approaches a merge point of a multi-lane road and a currently traveling lane of the convoy of vehicles has the merge point. In such a lane change scheme, a vehicle having no communication device may merge into the multi-lane road without compromising a ride comfort of the convoy of vehicles.
US09779627B1	Method, device and system for calculating weighted deployment rules in an emergency-vehicle-units deployment system for a geographical area Method, device and system for deploying emergency vehicle units in a geographical area. A computer receives, from at least one external resource, location data and status information for each of a plurality of emergency vehicle units. The location data and status information is stored in a memory buffer. The computer applies a deployment calculation formula for calculating a deployment recommendation considering a list of weighted deployment rules, the location data, the status information and a list of priority indicators. Display the deployment recommendation. An updated deployment recommendation is received from the user interface module. Display the updated deployment recommendation. Calculate an updated list of weighted deployment rules in order for the deployment calculation formula to provide a new deployment recommendation. Display the new deployment recommendation.
US09779625B2	Proximity alarm device, proximity alarm system, mobile device, and method for diagnosing failure of proximity alarm system A proximity alarm device includes a control unit, an amplifying unit, an output terminal, a ground terminal, a detection unit, and a determining apparatus. The control unit receives an input of a referencing signal. An output of the control unit is electrically connected to the amplifying unit. An output of the amplifying unit is electrically connected to an output terminal. The ground terminal is electrically connected to a ground. The output of the amplifying unit is electrically connected to the detection unit. An output of the detection unit is electrically connected to the determining apparatus. Then, the determining apparatus compares a detection signal detected by the detection unit and a determination reference signal with each other.
US09779624B2	Method and system of driving assistance for collision avoidance The invention concerns a method of driving assistance for assisting a human driver in safely driving a vehicle called host vehicle, implemented by a processor on board of said host vehicle. The host vehicle comprises means for obtaining first information relative to the host vehicle and means for obtaining second information relative to at least one other vehicle in a neighborhood of the host vehicle, said first and second information being obtained at regular time instants, comprising triggering an intervention of a collision avoidance system. The method comprises a step (51) of intervention decision adapted to decide whether to trigger the intervention of the collision avoidance system at a current time instant (Tc) or to postpone said intervention decision at a later time instant (Tl) depending upon additional first and second information to be acquired between the current time instant (Tc) and the later time instant (Tl), said additional first and second information having an associated probability. The invention also concerns an associated system of driving assistance.
US09779613B2	Display and control of pre-determined audio content playback Embodiments are provided for displaying on a network device graphical display, an indication of an alarm, a media playback system playback zone associated with the alarm, and a control element for deactivating the alarm. The indication may be displayed in response to the network device receiving data indicating that the alarm is going off or is about to go off in the playback zone. A selection of the control element for deactivating the alarm may prompt a controller interface of the media playback system to be displayed on the graphical display, and the alarm may be deactivated via the controller interface. Alternatively, the selection of the control element may cause the alarm to be deactivated without displaying the controller interface. To deactivate the alarm, the network device may send to one or more playback devices in the playback zone, a transmission indicating that the alarm is to be deactivated.
US09779609B2	Temperature threshold monitoring system A temperature threshold monitoring system for monitoring an ambient temperature within a discrete space, and methods of making and using such a temperature threshold monitoring system, whereby the temperature threshold monitoring system includes a temperature sensor and a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor. The microcontroller can be configured to generate an alert indicium when the temperature sensor senses an ambient temperature within the discrete space which corresponds to a predetermined low-temperature threshold or a predetermined high-temperature threshold. As to particular embodiments, the temperature threshold monitoring system can be configured for coupling to a dependent object within the discrete space.
US09779605B1	Virtual reality proximity sensors A proximity device, a computer-implemented method, and proximity system are described. Generally, the proximity device can be wearable or non-wearable. A wearable proximity device is configured to be worn by a user. As the user moves within a physical environment, the wearable proximity devices monitors the user's proximity to objects. Proximity indications are accordingly generated and presented to the user. A non-wearable proximity device is configured to monitor the user's proximity relative to a perimeter of an area. If the user approaches or overruns the perimeter, a proximity indication is generated and presented to the user.
US09779604B2	Detector unit and sensing chamber therefor with matter retention member and method for making same Embodiments disclosed herein provide a detector unit and sensor chamber with matter retention member and method for making the same. In one embodiment, a smoke chamber can include a detection circuitry member having a surface, a particle trapping member mounted to the surface, and a chamber coupled to the detection circuitry member. The chamber can include a planar member, and several baffles extending away from the planar member in the direction towards the detection circuitry member and disposed around a periphery of the planar member, wherein a distal end of each baffle interfaces with the particle trapping member.
US09779603B1	Remote trigger for security system Systems, methods, and techniques for mitigating retail theft include securing items at a receptacle of a retailer via an electronic lock, and providing a transceiver that is proximate to the secured items and that transmits a beacon which may be detected by a personal electronic device (PED) of a customer. Based on a wireless transmission between the PED and the transceiver, a customer's identity may be determined and the customer's risk profile may be accessed. A risk score corresponding to the customer accessing the secured item may be determined based on the customer's risk profile and optionally based upon a profile of the secured item. If the risk score is indicative of an acceptable risk, a trigger to remotely unlock the electronic lock may be sent, thereby remotely and automatically allowing qualified customers to access secured items. An item's removal may be detected and tracked.
US09779600B2	Anti-theft tag The present invention discloses a theft-deterrent tag, comprising a first member that has a fixed locking position in relation to a second member for securely engaging the theft-deterrent tag with an article, with the pressure exerted at tag engagement points and experienced by the article is commensurate with force exerted at the fixed locking position of the first member in relation to the second member and the article size.
US09779588B2	Media replenishment management A method of method of managing media replenishment at a media terminal, the method comprising: receiving a media event from a media terminal; retrieving a next scheduled media replenishment event for that media terminal; evaluating if the next scheduled media replenishment event is scheduled to occur within an acceptable delay period; and initiating an unscheduled replenishment event only if the next scheduled media replenishment event is scheduled to occur after the acceptable delay period.
US09779583B2	Systems and methods for promoting game play frequency The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US09779577B2	Game system, game control method and storage medium A game system includes a game machine having a monitor that displays a game screen and a touch panel. This game system: receives an operation related to the progress of a game displayed upon the game screen in a game operation area specified within the game screen; controls the progression of the game on the basis of the operation that is inputted; displays a comment window upon the game screen; receives a movement operation for the comment window inside a comment operation area specified in the game screen; controls the movement of the comment window on the basis of the operation that is inputted; and limits reception of an operation by the game operation area when the movement operation for the comment window has been made.
US09779555B2	Virtual reality system A virtual reality system is provided. The virtual reality system includes a host device and a head mounted display apparatus to be worn by a user. The head mounted display apparatus includes a first wireless module, a second wireless module, a multimedia module, a multi-sensing module, and a peripheral hub. The multimedia module receives multimedia content from the host device through the first wireless module. The multi-sensing module obtains sensing information regarding the head mounted display apparatus and the user. The peripheral hub receives communication data from the host device through the second wireless module, and provides the sensing information to the host device through the second wireless module.
US09779544B2	Labeling for three-dimensional occluded shapes Systems and methods for displaying labels in conjunction with geographic imagery provided, for instance, by a geographic information system, such as a mapping service or a virtual globe application are provided. Candidate positions for displaying labels in conjunction with geographic imagery can be determined based at least in part on a virtual camera viewpoint. The candidate positions can be associated with non-occluded points on three-dimensional models corresponding to the labels. Adjusted positions for labels can be determined form the plurality of candidate positions. The labels can be provided for display in conjunction with the geographic imagery at the adjusted positions.
US09779530B2	Method for creating a microscope image and method for operating a microscope A method for creating an overall image of an object from a plurality of recorded images that each depict a small area of the object, the method including: dividing the overall image into fields; assigning a part of the plurality of recorded images to each of the fields; and composing the plurality of recorded images into the overall image.
US09779524B2	Visualization that indicates event significance represented by a discriminative metric computed using a contingency calculation Using a contingency calculation based on a number of events sharing a collection of values of plural attributes, a discriminative metric is computed representing a statistical significance of the events that share the collection of values of the plural attributes. A visualization is generated that includes cells representing respective events, the visualization including a region containing a subset of the cells corresponding to the collection of values of the plural attributes, and the visualization including a significance visual indicator associated with the region to indicate the statistical significance of the events sharing the collection of values of the plural attributes.
US09779523B2	Display control apparatus, display method, and computer program A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content related to a first content in accordance with at least part of metadata attached to each of the first content and the second content, a generating unit for generating a three-dimensional display model, the three-dimensional display model including a first layer and a second layer, the first layer having one of a first image and a first character representing the first content arranged therewithin, and the second layer having one of a second image and a second character representing the second content arranged therewithin, and a display control unit for controlling displaying one of the first image and the first character and one of the second image and the second character using the three-dimensional display model.
US09779522B2	Method for processing information and electronic device A method for processing information and an electronic device are disclosed according to the disclosure, and a display unit of the electronic device is capable of being bended with certain curvature. The method includes: once notification signal for notifying the electronic device that a first plane image needs to be displayed is received, detecting and obtaining current bending state parameters for characterizing a current bending state of the display unit based on the notification signal; acquiring the first plane image from memory; performing image processing on the first plane image according to the current bending state parameters; and transmitting the second image to video memory of the display unit, to make a projected image of the second image on a preset plane is the same as the first plane image when the second image is displayed on the display unit of the curved shape.
US09779504B1	Method and system for identifying anomalies in medical images especially those including one of a pair of symmetric body parts Method for locating anomalous features in medical images in which medical images are supplied by an external source. A sequence of specific measurements is executed on the supplied data to obtain image-related metrics. The metrics are compared to corresponding values in a database resulting in an anomalous/not anomalous determination. Anomalous determinations are presented to the test operator for analysis along with supplemental historical data. In application to all types of medical imagery, potential anomalies are located resulting in an efficient and accurate diagnosis. For paired body parts having symmetrical properties, as a pre-screening stage, a line of symmetry between the body parts is determined and symmetric regions of the two body parts on opposite sides of the determined line of symmetry are analyzed for differences. The metric comparison using the database is performed between both symmetric regions only when differences between the symmetric regions of the subject medical image are present.
US09779503B2	Methods for measuring the efficacy of a stain/tissue combination for histological tissue image data A method measures the efficacy of a stain/tissue combination for histological tissue image data comprising a set of pixels. The measures of efficacy comprise a statistical measure of clustering performance of the different stain/tissue combinations in the Maxwellian Chromaticity plane, and a representative density of the stain/tissue combinations in the density maps. The method captures histological tissue image data using a light absorbent stain; transforms the histological tissue image data to optical density data; projects the optical density data to the Maxwellian Chromaticity plane; identifies at least one reference color using a statistical technique; inverts the reference color to form a color mixing matrix; derives a density map; derives a statistical measure for the clustering performance of the different stain/tissue combinations in the Maxwellian Chromaticity plane; and finds a representative density of the stain/tissue combinations in the density maps.
US09779492B1	Retinal image quality assessment, error identification and automatic quality correction Automatically determining image quality of a machine generated image may generate a local saliency map of the image to obtain a set of unsupervised features. The image is run through a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) to extract a set of supervised features from a fully connected layer of the CNN, the image convolved with a set of learned kernels from the CNN to obtain a complementary set of supervised features. The set of unsupervised features and the complementary set of supervised features are combined, and a first decision on gradability of the image is predicted. A second decision on gradability of the image is predicted based on the set of supervised features. Whether the image is gradable is determined based on a weighted combination of the first decision and the second decision.
US09779489B2	Automatically suggesting regions for blur kernel estimation Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed towards automatic selection of regions for blur kernel estimation. In one embodiment, a process divides a blurred image into a regions. From these regions a first region and a second region can be selected based on a number of edge orientations within the selected regions. A first blur kernel can then be estimated based on the first region and a second blur kernel can be estimated for the second region. The first and second blur kernel can then be utilized to respectively deblur a first and second portion of the image to produce a deblurred image. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09779485B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and an MRI method are provided. The MRI apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image by performing an MRI scan on an object. The MRI apparatus further includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second image by performing de-noising filtering on the first image in a spatial domain, acquire a third image based on the first image and the second image, acquire a fourth image by performing low-pass filtering on the third image in a frequency domain, and acquire a final image based on the second image and the fourth image.
US09779482B2	Image raster rotation A method allows changing an image raster direction from an application raster direction to a screen raster direction, in-flight while pixel values of an image are transferred successively from an application output memory to a display unit. A single buffer memory array is implemented between the application output memory and the display unit. Two writing orders for cells of the buffer memory array are used in turn, each being combined with a different reading order for the cells. The method can be hardware-implemented, and is adapted for burst-handling of the pixel values.
US09779481B2	Device and program for controlling direction of displayed image Mobile terminal device has a display rotation function for rotating a direction of an image on a screen so that the downward direction of the image fits the vertical downward direction in the real world. While no touch of a finger of a user is detected, the display rotation function remains on, and when a touch of the user is detected, the display rotation function is turned off. When the user does not wish to use the display rotation function, the user can temporarily turn off the display rotation function simply by maintaining his/her finger in contact with the screen, and when the user wishes to use the display rotation function, the user can turn on the display rotation function simply by releasing his/her finger from the screen.
US09779472B2	Shared virtual memory A method and system for shared virtual memory between a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a computing device are disclosed herein. The method includes allocating a surface within a system memory. A CPU virtual address space may be created, and the surface may be mapped to the CPU virtual address space within a CPU page table. The method also includes creating a GPU virtual address space equivalent to the CPU virtual address space, mapping the surface to the GPU virtual address space within a GPU page table, and pinning the surface.
US09779468B2	Method for chaining media processing An embodiment of a system may include a plurality of media units, a processor, and circuitry. Each media unit may be configured to execute one or more commands to process a display image. The processor may be configured to store a plurality of media processing commands in a queue. The circuitry may be configured to retrieve a first media processing command from the queue and send the first media processing command to a first media unit. The circuitry may also be configured to retrieve a second media processing from the queue and send the second media processing command to a second media unit in response to receiving an interrupt from the first media unit. The circuitry may then copy data from the first media unit to the second media unit in response to receiving the interrupt from the first media unit.
US09779464B2	Camera image display system of audio video navigation A camera image display system of audio video navigation (AVN) includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to control an AVN system. A camera only graphical driver is configured at a kernel stage for an initial booting of the CPU to process a camera image. A display is configured to display the camera image output from the CPU. When the central processing unit is booted, the camera only graphical driver is simultaneously booted with a kernel.
US09779455B2	System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed size bars A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and includes a plurality of fixed size bars that display traded volume at different price levels. In such an embodiment, the length of each bar may correspond to a predefined maximum value, and each bar may be progressively color-coded using a first graphical format to represent traded volume that is lower than the maximum value. If the traded volume exceeds the maximum value, the overflow value may be represented by progressively color-coding the bar using a second graphical format that may be used in relation to the first graphical format color-coding.
US09779444B2	Recommendations utilizing visual image analysis Disclosed are various embodiments for generating recommendations utilizing visual image analysis, for example, by inserting a representative image of an item in an empty region of a digital image. Representative images for an item may be determined by generating a score for each potential image for insertion into the digital image, where a representative image is selected having a highest score from the ranking. The representative image selected may be pre-processed such that the image appears naturally in the setting.
US09779438B2	Method and system for entity customization in a hierarchical service provider, multi-tenant system A method and system for entity customization in a hierarchical service provider, multi-tenant system is disclosed. The method disclosed uniquely identifies plurality of participants in the hierarchical system as a root service provider, sub-provider or a tenant. Further, the method enables identification of entities as customizable or non-customizable and authorizes the participants to customize the respective entity. The method enables to define scope of the entity that indicates whether the entity is applicable to a tenant or a provider or a sub-provider or a combination of these. The method enables identification of non-customizable or mandatory attributes within an entity. Further, the method aggregates customizations through the hierarchy and applies them for a specific tenant or a provider.
US09779436B2	Payment service capable of being integrated with merchant sites A computer-implemented service integrates with merchant sites to enable registered users of the service to perform purchase transactions on the merchant sites. In one embodiment, a merchant can incorporate a reference to a display object served by the service into coding of a page of the merchant's site. When the page is loaded by a user's browser, the reference causes the browser to request the display object from the service for display on the page. If the user is recognized by the service, the service may return a personalized display object that includes functionality for the user to perform a purchase transaction using the service. Also disclosed are embodiments that enable users to initiate transfers of personal account information to the merchant sites.
US09779433B2	Systems and methods for dynamic vendor and vendor outlet classification Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for dynamic classification of electronic vendors. Certain embodiments provide a method for dynamic vendor classification. The method includes analyzing a vendor based on a comparison of vendor features; categorizing the vendor based on the analysis; and permitting access to the vendor according to the categorization of the vendor. The categorization may include trusted, not trusted, or unsure, for example. Analysis may include comparing a first outlet of the vendor with a second outlet of the vendor, for example. Analysis may include comparing an outlet of the vendor with an outlet of a second vendor, for example. A vendor may be defined as a particular outlet for a vendor and/or all outlets associated with a vendor (a vendor entity).
US09779431B1	Determining cost variations in a resource provider environment Customers of shared resources or services can be informed of unusual variations in cost patterns over at least one determined period, in order to prevent those customers from being surprised upon receiving a significantly larger (or smaller) bill than expected. The daily cost (or portions of the daily cost) for a customer can be compared against the previous day's cost to determine a percentage cost variation. This cost variation can be compared against the mean of the percentage daily cost variations over a previous period, such as the last thirty days, to determine whether the variation falls outside a standard deviation (or other such threshold) from the mean. If so, the cost variation can be determined to be unusual, and the customer notified. The variation can be analyzed using daily, weekly, and monthly periods in order to identify unusual accumulations of small variations as well.
US09779423B2	Device, system, and method of generating and managing behavioral biometric cookies Devices, systems, and methods of generating and managing behavioral biometric cookies. The system monitors user-interactions of a user, that are performed via an input unit of an end-user device; and extracts a set of user-specific characteristics, which are used as a behavioral profile or behavioral signature. The set of user-specific characteristics are further used as a behavioral biometric cookie data-item, allowing the system to distinguish between two human users that utilize the same electronic device; and allowing the system to distinguish between a human user and an automated script. The system further allows creation and utilization of behavioral sub-cookies that distinguish among multiple users of the same device. The system also allows creation of a cross-device behavioral cookie, to track browsing history of a single user across multiple electronic devices.
US09779420B2	Systems and methods for observing the movements of passengers on conveying devices According to the embodiments of the invention, methods and apparatuses are used for observing the movements of passengers on transport conveyors and presenting advertisements thereon. Steps on an escalator or other conveyer employ touch screens and/or detectors which determine the brand & style of a shoe placed on the step. An image-forming module projects advertisements and other media content onto a transparent glass surface that is viewable by the passengers. The media content is selectively displayed based on the brand and/or style of passengers' shoes. Passengers may interact with the media content via the touch screen by carrying out gestures with their feet. Passenger interest in certain ads is detectable and may be used for consumer research purposes.
US09779414B2	Method and system for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The objects are arranged according to a calculation and returned to the user on the requested page.
US09779411B1	System and method for ad keyword scoring Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for advertisement keyword scoring. A processing circuit receives a request for an advertisement to be provided to a user during a user session. The advertisement is to be provided alongside other content that is associated with a first plurality of keywords. A processing circuit identifies a plurality of advertisements based on the first plurality of keywords. Each of the plurality of advertisements are associated with a second plurality of keywords. The processing circuit calculates a keyword score for each of the second plurality of keywords for each of the plurality of advertisements. Based on the keyword score, one of the keywords for each of the plurality of the plurality of advertisements is selected. Based on a comparison of the selected keywords, the advertisement to be provided to the user is selected.
US09779405B1	Systems and methods for authenticating a user commerce account associated with a merchant of a commerce platform A method and apparatus for authenticating a user commerce account associated with a merchant of a commerce platform are described. The method may include initiating authentication of the user commerce account associated with the merchant of the commerce platform from a commerce platform user interface of a user device, the user commerce account established for a user of the merchant. The method may also include sending an electronic message to a mobile device associated with the user account at the commerce platform, wherein the electronic message comprises an authentication code, and receiving the authentication code from the commerce platform user interface. Furthermore, the method may include generating an authentication key for the mobile device in response to matching the received authentication code with the sent authentication code and receiving a cookie provided from the commerce platform to the mobile device.
US09779397B2	Transactional system and method for a table game A transactional system and method for a table game is described. The transactional system includes a controller, a printer, a wireless device and a payment gateway. The controller is communicatively coupled to the printer and the combination is associated with the table game. The wireless device is communicatively coupled to the controller and receives at least one transactional input that initiates a transaction from the wireless device. The controller communicates the transactional data to payment gateway and then receives an authorization response from the payment gateway for an approved transaction. The controller communicates the authorization response to the wireless device, which presents a receipt for the approved transaction at the wireless device. The controller also communicates the authorization response to the printer, which generates an indicia of value. The indicia of value is converted to at least one casino chip at the table game.
US09779395B2	Systems and methods for identifying transaction capabilities of cashier Exemplary embodiments are directed to determining an availability of a transaction capability of a point-of-sale terminal, and alerting a customer of an availability of the transaction capability. Login activity can be detected at a point-of-sale terminal. An availability of a transaction capability for the point-of-sale terminal can be determined based on data retrieved by the point-of-sale terminal in response to the login activity. A visual alert associated with the transaction capability of the point-of-sale terminal is controlled based on the availability of the transaction capability.
US09779393B2	Secure distributed single action payment authorization system Methods and systems for enabling and performing secured, single action payments from a mobile device are disclosed. One method includes transmitting user credentials from an application installed on a mobile device to a server alongside a device identifier. The method includes receiving data at least partially defining encrypted personal payment information and saving the encrypted personal payment information in a memory of the mobile device in association with the application. At least prior to receiving a user request to make a payment via the application, the mobile device lacks a decryption key capable of decrypting the encrypted personal payment information.
US09779380B2	Computer system for routing package deliveries A shipping system for shipping packages involving the coordinated use of at least a first carrier and a second carrier. The shipping system includes physical delivery facilities for the physical delivery of packages, the physical delivery facilities including at least one transfer location at which the second carrier may take over delivery responsibilities for a package. The shipping system also includes an information system having a shipper computer system configured to record and determine whether the delivery address of a package is an efficient destination for the first carrier. If not an efficient destination, such as a delivery address having a rural zip code, the shipper computer system is configured to label the package for delivery to one of the transfer locations, allowing the first carrier to transfer the selected package to the second carrier for completion of the less efficient portion of the delivery.
US09779378B1	Automatic transmission mobile post office system A method that includes allowing an installer to install a system at a location, using a biometric reader to collect the installer's biometric identifier upon installation, and using a communications device to notify a central station of the system's installation and transmit the installer's biometric identifier and time of installation to the central station. A method that includes providing a mobile postage system at a location, fixing the mobile postage system to a structure at the location, allowing a service user to secure a secure access panel on the mobile postage system, and allowing users to use the mobile postage system.
US09779359B2	Quantum arithmetic on two-dimensional quantum architectures 2D nearest-neighbor quantum architectures for Shor's factoring algorithm may be accomplished using the form of three arithmetic building blocks: modular addition using Gossett's carry-save addition, modular multiplication using Montgomery's method, and non-modular multiplication using an original method. These arithmetic building blocks may assume that ancillae are cheap, that concurrent control may be available and scalable, and that execution time may be the bottleneck. Thus, the arithmetic building blocks may be optimized in favor of circuit width to provide improved depth existing nearest-neighbor implementations.
US09779352B1	Systems and methods for individual identification and authorization utilizing conformable electronics An identification device includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate; a sensor assembly including one or more identity sensors configured to generate identity sense signals associated with at least one physical characteristic of an individual subject; circuitry including a comparison module configured to compare the identity sense signals to reference data indicative of one or more physical characteristics associated with an identity of at least one individual; and an adhesive coupled to a surface of the deformable substrate and configured to adhere the deformable substrate to a skin surface, the adhesive configured to transition from an adhesive state to a non-adhesive state responsive to one or more energy signals from the circuitry responsive to a correspondence between the identity sense signals and the physical characteristics associated with the identity being below a threshold correspondence.
US09779348B2	Data communications system, information processing terminal, IC card, reader/writer, and program Disclosed herein is a data communications system configured to execute data communication between three parties of a reader/writer, an integrated circuit card wirelessly communicable with the reader/writer in a non-contact manner, and an information processing terminal connected to the intergraded circuit card via a wired interface, the data communications system including: the reader/writer having a read/write wireless control block; the integrated circuit card having an integrated circuit card wireless control block; and the information processing terminal having a request acceptance block, a data storage block, and a data transmission block.
US09779336B2	Method for scheduling operator actions for a print-while-rip job and a print system A method for scheduling operator actions for a print job to be printed in a print-while-rip mode includes assuming at least one part of a print job duration which is unknown due to missing information, establishing at least one operator action during the at least one second part of the print job duration based on a first part of the print job duration, displaying a time bar for the print job on the user interface, the time bar starting from the established start time and including a first time bar part corresponding to and proportional to the first part of the print job duration and at least one second time bar part corresponding to the at least one second part of the print job duration, and for each established operation action, displaying a digital object representing the operator action at the corresponding moment in time on the second time bar part.
US09779332B2	Capturing image data of printer output An apparatus and method for use in capturing image data of an output of a printing device during a print run, the method comprising capturing a first portion of image data of a first spread, capturing a second portion of image data of a second spread, wherein the location of the second portion of image data on the second spread is different from the location of the first portion of image data on the first spread, and combining the first portion with the second portion to generate oversampled image data.
US09779330B2	Grain quality monitoring A method and non-transitory computer-readable medium capture an image of bulk grain and apply a feature extractor to the image to determine a feature of the bulk grain in the image. For each of a plurality of different sampling locations in the image, based upon the feature of the bulk grain at the sampling location, a determination is made regarding a classification score for the presence of a classification of material at the sampling location. A quality of the bulk grain of the image is determined based upon an aggregation of the classification scores for the presence of the classification of material at the sampling locations.
US09779329B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program It aims to accurately identify a class concerning classification of an object for each area of an image. A plurality of subsets are created from a plurality of learning images, and an area discriminator for performing area discrimination of the learning images is learned for each subset created. Then, area discrimination of a plurality of learning evaluation images is performed by using the plurality of learned area discriminators. Further, an integrated identifier is learned based on an area discrimination result performed to the plurality of learning evaluation images and scene information previously associated with each of the plurality of learning evaluation images.
US09779324B2	Method and device for detecting interest points in image The present invention provides a method and a device for detecting interest points in an image. The method includes: acquiring an original input image; performing down-sampling processing on the original input image, so as to obtain a plurality of sampling images with different resolutions; dividing each sampling image into a plurality of small image blocks; performing filtering processing on the plurality of small image blocks in each sampling image in sequence by using Laplacian-of-Gaussian filters, so as to obtain filtered images of the plurality of small image blocks in each sampling image; and acquiring interest points in an image in filtered images of the plurality of small image blocks in each sampling image. The present invention is used for solving the problems of more memory consumption and a low detection speed in the prior art.
US09779313B2	Vehicle vision system with trailer angle detection A vehicular vision system includes a camera and an image processor operable to process captured image data. When the vehicle is towing a trailer, and based at least in part on image processing of image data captured by the camera during maneuvering of the vehicle and the trailer, the vision system estimates a length of the trailer. Image data captured during maneuvering of the vehicle and the trailer includes image data captured when the vehicle is maneuvered with the trailer at an angle relative to the vehicle. The vision system, responsive at least in part to image processing of captured image data, determines a trailer angle of the trailer that is towed by the vehicle, and is operable to determine a path of the trailer responsive to a steering angle of the vehicle and the determined trailer angle of the trailer and the estimated length of the trailer.
US09779307B2	Method and system for non-causal zone search in video monitoring A computing system processes a video recording to identify a plurality of motion events, each corresponding to a respective video segment along a timeline of the video recording. The computing system identifies at least one object in motion within a scene depicted in the video recording and stores a respective event mask for each event. The computing system receives a definition of a zone of interest within the scene. In response to receiving the definition, the computing system determines, for each motion event, whether the respective event mask of the motion event overlaps with the zone of interest by at least a predetermined overlap factor, and identifies one or more events of interest from the plurality of motion events, wherein the respective event mask of each identified event of interest is determined to overlap with the zone of interest by at least the predetermined overlap factor.
US09779306B2	Content playback system, server, mobile terminal, content playback method, and recording medium Selected image data or specific information thereon is stored in association with moving image data as a management marker of a selected image. The selected image data is selected from among still image data extracted from the moving image data. When an output image of the selected image is captured, image analysis is performed on the captured image data to acquire a management marker of a captured image. A management marker of a selected image corresponding to the management marker of the captured image from among management markers of selected images stored in the storage is specified. Digest moving image data is generated by picking out a part of moving image data associated with the specific management marker. Control is performed so that a digest moving image is playbacked and displayed on the display section.
US09779305B2	Video analyzing device, video analyzing method, program, and integrated circuit A video analyzing device according to the present invention specifies an object-related section from video. The object-related section being related to a specific object appearing in the video. The video analyzing device includes an object-related section specifier that specifies a non-detected section as the object-related section when a predetermined condition is satisfied and does not specify the non-detected section as the object-related section when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The object-detected section is a section in which the specific object is detected. The non-detected section is a section in which the specific object is not detected and which is in a consecutive relation with the object-detected section.
US09779304B2	Feature-based video annotation A system and methodology provide for annotating videos with entities and associated probabilities of existence of the entities within video frames. A computer-implemented method identifies an entity from a plurality of entities identifying characteristics of video items. The computer-implemented method selects a set of features correlated with the entity based on a value of a feature of a plurality of features, determines a classifier for the entity using the set of features, and determines an aggregation calibration function for the entity based on the set of features. The computer-implemented method selects a video frame from a video item, where the video frame having associated features, and determines a probability of existence of the entity based on the associated features using the classifier and the aggregation calibration function.
US09779301B2	Method for providing imaging satellite opportunity notifications on a mobile device A mobile device application and process provides real-time notifications to a user whenever imaging satellites are positioned in the vicinity of the user, such that the imaging satellite is in a position to capture imagery of the user's location or a user-specified location. The user may access and purchase, via the mobile device application, available satellite imagery. In certain embodiments, the user may also be provided with the opportunity to issue, via the mobile device, a satellite tasking request such that a satellite will be tasked to capture imagery of a specific location.
US09779299B2	Method for displaying gaze point data based on an eye-tracking unit A method of presenting gaze-point data of a subject detected by an eye-tracking unit includes presenting a test scene picture acquired by a camera unit, and displaying shapes on the test scene picture. The shapes represent momentary gaze points of the subject.
US09779292B2	System and method for interactive sketch recognition based on geometric contraints The present invention discloses a system and method to recognize the geometric primitives and estimate the intended geometric relationship between the primitives. The system also provides its user an interactive feedback mechanism to better provide the graphic results intended by the user. The areas enclosed by the lines drew by the user is also considered by the system in the graphic result calculation process to improve the graphic results. One main feature of the present system is to provide geometric constraints estimations based on calculation of the constraints' effect on all related primitives and previously existing geometric constraints.

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