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US09818945B2	Polymer and solar cell using the same In one embodiment, a polymer includes a repeating unit represented by a formula (1) shown below. A weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is in a range of 3000 or more to 1000000 or less. R1 indicates a monovalent group selected from hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, and a substituted or unsubstituted hetero-aromatic group. R2, R3, and R4 indicate independently a monovalent group selected from hydrogen, halogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, and a substituted or unsubstituted hetero-aromatic group. X, Y, and Z indicate independently an atom selected from O, S, and Se.
US09818941B2	Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof An organic light emitting diode display including: a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on a substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the pixel electrodes and including a plurality of openings exposing the respective pixel electrodes; a plurality of organic emission layers disposed on the respective pixel electrodes; and intermediate pattern layers respectively disposed between the pixel electrodes and the organic emission layers. The intermediate pattern layers include a plurality of first patterns that are extended while being respectively connected along the openings neighboring along a predetermined path.
US09818938B2	Method of forming a semiconductor structure A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes depositing a first electrode material over a conductive structure and a dielectric layer, patterning the first electrode material to form a first electrode contacting the conductive structure, depositing a resistance variable layer over the first electrode and the dielectric layer, depositing a second electrode material over the resistance variable layer, and etching a portion of the second electrode material and the resistance variable layer to form a second electrode over a remaining portion of the resistance variable layer.
US09818936B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming an inter-layer dielectric layer and a sacrificial layer over a substrate so that the sacrificial layer covers the inter-layer dielectric layer; forming a conductive pattern that is coupled with a portion of the substrate while penetrating through the inter-layer dielectric layer and the sacrificial layer; protruding a first portion of the conductive pattern by removing the sacrificial layer while maintaining a second portion of the conductive pattern inside the inter-layer dielectric layer; oxidizing the protruded first portion of the conductive pattern without oxidizing the second portion of the conductive pattern; removing the oxidized first portion of the conductive pattern to expose a top of the second portion of the conductive pattern; and forming a variable resistance element on top of the conductive pattern to couple a bottom of the variable resistance element with the top of the second portion of the conductive pattern.
US09818934B2	Hall effect device A hall effect device includes an active Hall region in a semiconductor substrate, and at least four terminal structures, each terminal structure including a switchable supply contact element and a sense contact element, wherein each supply contact element includes a transistor element with a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal, and a control terminal, wherein the second transistor terminal contacts the active Hall region or extends in the active Hall region; and wherein the sense contact elements are arranged in the active Hall region and neighboring to the switchable supply contact elements.
US09818931B2	Method and system for providing magnetic junctions using thermally assisted spin transfer torque switching A magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device and a method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction includes a free layer, a pinned layer and nonmagnetic spacer layer between the free and pinned layers. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The write current generates joule heating such that the free layer has a switching temperature greater than room temperature. The free layer includes a multilayer that is temperature sensitive and has at least one bilayer. Each bilayer includes first and second layers. The first layer includes an alloy of a magnetic transition metal and a rare earth. The second layer includes a magnetic layer. The multilayer has a room temperature coercivity and a switching temperature coercivity. The switching temperature coercivity is not more than one-half of the room temperature coercivity.
US09818923B2	Light emitting device and method for manufacturing same The light emitting device includes the cap including the ultraviolet light transmitting part made of glass for transmitting ultraviolet light. In the light emitting device, the first electrode of the ultraviolet light emitting element and the first conductor of the mounting substrate are bonded with the first bond made of AuSn, the second electrode of the ultraviolet light emitting element and the second conductor of the mounting substrate are bonded with the second bond made of AuSn, and the first bonding metal layer of the mounting substrate and the second bonding metal layer of the cap are bonded with the third bond made of AuSn.
US09818919B2	LED package with multiple element light source and encapsulant having planar surfaces LED packages are disclosed that are compact and efficiently emit light, and can comprise encapsulants with planar surfaces that refract and/or reflect light within the package encapsulant. The packages can comprise a submount with a plurality of LEDs, which emit different colors of light, and a blanket conversion material layer on the LEDs and the submount. The encapsulant can be on the submount, over the LEDs, and light reflected within the encapsulant will reach the conversion material to be absorbed and emitted omnidirectionally. Reflected light can now escape the encapsulant, allowing for efficient emission and a broader emission profile, when compared to conventional packages with hemispheric encapsulants or lenses. The LED package can have a higher chip area to LED package area ratio. By using an encapsulant with planar surfaces, the LED package provides unique dimensional relationships between the features and LED package ratios, enabling more flexibility with different applications.
US09818918B2	LED package structure, dam structure thereof, and method of manufacturing LED package thereof An LED package structure includes a carrier mounted with a plurality of LED chips, a first glue-layer, a second glue-layer and an encapsulation resin filled within the first and the second glue-layers. The first glue-layer is formed on a top surface of the carrier and has a thin-film structure which is substantially flat on a top surface thereof. The second glue-layer is stacked on the first glue-layer. The second glue-layer has a height higher than that of the first glue-layer. The second glue-layer has a volume greater than that of the first glue-layer. The present invention also provides a method of LED package structure to stably produce a dam structure with uniform shape and high ratio of height/width.
US09818916B2	Incandescent-like-dimming light emitting diode Phosphor-converted light emitting diodes comprising a blue or near-UV emitting semiconductor device, a yellow-green phosphor, and a red phosphor exhibit incandescent-like dimming behavior in that the Correlated Color Temperature of a white light output decreases with reduced brightness.
US09818902B2	Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell includes a substrate, a back electrode layer on the substrate, a light absorbing layer on the back electrode layer, a buffer layer on the light absorbing layer, and a window layer on the buffer layer. The buffer layer is formed through a chemical equation of (AxZn1-x)O(0≦x≦1), in which the A represents a metallic element.
US09818901B2	Wafer bonded solar cells and fabrication methods A photovoltaic device and method for fabrication include multijunction cells, each cell having a material grown independently from the other and including different band gap energies. An interface is disposed between the cells and configured to wafer bond the cells wherein the cells are configured to be adjacent without regard to lattice mismatch.
US09818898B2	Method for producing a photovoltaic module with an etching step P3 and an optional step P1 A method for producing an intermediate product for obtaining a photovoltaic module comprising a plurality of solar cells, said method comprising the following steps: (a) localized deposition on a substrate (4) of a layer of metal (8) so as to cover at least one portion (401) of the substrate, (b) deposition on this localized layer (8) of a layer (41) of conductive material, said layer coating the localized layer (8).
US09818897B2	Device for generating solar power and method for manufacturing same Disclosed are a solar cell apparatus and a method of fabricating the same. The A solar cell apparatus includes a substrate; a back electrode layer on the substrate; a light absorbing layer on the back electrode layer; and a window layer on the light absorbing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer is formed with a third through hole having a first width, and the window layer is formed with a fourth through hole having a second width larger than the first width, and the fourth through hole corresponds to the third through hole.
US09818893B2	Microstructure enhanced absorption photosensitive devices Techniques for enhancing the absorption of photons in semiconductors with the use of microstructures are described. The microstructures, such as holes, effectively increase the absorption of the photons. Using microstructures for absorption enhancement for silicon photodiodes and silicon avalanche photodiodes can result in bandwidths in excess of 10 Gb/s at photons with wavelengths of 850 nm, and with quantum efficiencies of approximately 90% or more. Their thickness dimensions allow them to be conveniently integrated on the same Si chip with CMOS, BiCMOS, and other electronics, with resulting packaging benefits and reduced capacitance and thus higher speeds.
US09818887B2	Back-illuminated sensor with boron layer An inspection system including an optical system (optics) to direct light from an illumination source to a sample, and to direct light reflected/scattered from the sample to one or more image sensors. At least one image sensor of the system is formed on a semiconductor membrane including an epitaxial layer having opposing surfaces, with circuit elements formed on one surface of the epitaxial layer, and a pure boron layer on the other surface of the epitaxial layer. The image sensor may be fabricated using CCD (charge coupled device) or CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology. The image sensor may be a two-dimensional area sensor, or a one-dimensional array sensor. The image sensor can be included in an electron-bombarded image sensor and/or in an inspection system.
US09818886B2	Semiconductor device The semiconductor device of the present invention includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer made of a wide bandgap semiconductor and a Schottky electrode formed to come into contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer, and has a threshold voltage Vth of 0.3 V to 0.7 V and a leakage current Jr of 1×10−9 A/cm2 to 1×10−4 A/cm2 in a rated voltage VR.
US09818878B2	FETs and methods for forming the same FETs and methods for forming FETs are disclosed. A structure comprises a substrate, a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. The substrate comprises a fin, and the fin comprises an epitaxial channel region. The epitaxial channel has a major surface portion of an exterior surface. The major surface portion comprising at least one lattice shift, and the at least one lattice shift comprises an inward or outward shift relative to a center of the fin. The gate dielectric is on the major surface portion of the exterior surface. The gate electrode is on the gate dielectric.
US09818868B2	Metal oxide semiconductor and method of making A drain extended metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) includes a substrate having a semiconductor. A gate is located on the semiconductor, a source is located on the semiconductor and on one side of the gate, and a drain is located on the semiconductor and on another side of said gate. The MOS includes least one first finger having a first finger drain component located adjacent the drain, the first finger drain component has a silicide layer. At least one second finger has a second finger drain component located adjacent the drain, the second finger drain component has less silicide than the first finger drain component.
US09818864B2	Vertical nanowire transistor with axially engineered semiconductor and gate metallization Vertically oriented nanowire transistors including semiconductor layers or gate electrodes having compositions that vary over a length of the transistor. In embodiments, transistor channel regions are compositionally graded, or layered along a length of the channel to induce strain, and/or include a high mobility injection layer. In embodiments, a gate electrode stack including a plurality of gate electrode materials is deposited to modulate the gate electrode work function along the gate length.
US09818860B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for producing the same An SiC semiconductor device has a p type region including a low concentration region and a high concentration region filled in a trench formed in a cell region. A p type column is provided by the low concentration region, and a p+ type deep layer is provided by the high concentration region. Thus, since a SJ structure can be made by the p type column and the n type column provided by the n type drift layer, an on-state resistance can be reduced. As a drain potential can be blocked by the p+ type deep layer, at turnoff, an electric field applied to the gate insulation film can be alleviated and thus breakage of the gate insulation film can be restricted. Therefore, the SiC semiconductor device can realize the reduction of the on-state resistance and the restriction of breakage of the gate insulation film.
US09818854B2	Electronic device including a bidirectional HEMT An electronic device can include a bidirectional HEMT. In an aspect, the electronic device can include a pair of switch gate and blocking gate electrodes, wherein the switch gate electrodes are not electrically connected to the blocking gate electrodes, and the first blocking, first switch, second blocking, and second switch gate electrodes are on the same die. In another aspect, the electronic device can include shielding structures having different numbers of laterally extending portions. In a further aspect, the electronic device can include a gate electrode and a shielding structure, wherein a portion of the shielding structure defines an opening overlying the gate electrode.
US09818851B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof An improvement is achieved in the performance of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first trench gate electrode and second and third trench gate electrodes located on both sides of the first trench gate electrode interposed therebetween. In each of a semiconductor layer located between the first and second trench gate electrodes and the semiconductor layer located between the first and third trench gate electrodes, a plurality of p+-type semiconductor regions are formed. The p+-type semiconductor regions are arranged along the extending direction of the first trench gate electrode in plan view to be spaced apart from each other.
US09818849B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device with conductive film in opening through multiple insulating films A first insulating film in contact with an oxide semiconductor film and a second insulating film are stacked in this order over an electrode film of a transistor including the oxide semiconductor film, an etching mask is formed over the second insulating film, an opening portion exposing the electrode film is formed by etching a portion of the first insulating film and a portion of the second insulating film, the opening portion exposing the electrode film is exposed to argon plasma, the etching mask is removed, and a conductive film is formed in the opening portion exposing the electrode film. The first insulating film is an insulating film whose oxygen is partly released by heating. The second insulating film is less easily etched than the first insulating film and has a lower gas-permeability than the first insulating film.
US09818847B2	Non-planar III-V field effect transistors with conformal metal gate electrode and nitrogen doping of gate dielectric interface A high-k gate dielectric interface with a group III-V semiconductor surface of a non-planar transistor channel region is non-directionally doped with nitrogen. In nanowire embodiments, a non-directional nitrogen doping of a high-k gate dielectric interface is performed before or concurrently with a conformal gate electrode deposition through exposure of the gate dielectric to liquid, vapor, gaseous, plasma, or solid state sources of nitrogen. In embodiments, a gate electrode metal is conformally deposited over the gate dielectric and an anneal is performed to uniformly accumulate nitrogen within the gate dielectric along the non-planar III-V semiconductor interface.
US09818844B2	High-voltage junctionless device with drift region and the method for making the same The present invention discloses a method of forming a high voltage junctionless device with drift region. The drift region formed between the semiconductor channel and the dielectric layer enables the high voltage junctionless device to exhibit higher punch-through voltages and high mobility with better performance and reliability.
US09818841B2	Semiconductor structure with unleveled gate structure and method for forming the same A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a gate structure formed across the fin structure. In addition, the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer formed over the substrate and a work function metal layer formed over the gate dielectric layer. The gate structure further includes a gate electrode layer formed over the work function metal layer. In addition, a top surface of the gate electrode layer is located at a position that is higher than that of a top surface of the gate dielectric layer, and the top surface of the gate dielectric layer is located at a position that is higher than that of a top surface of the work function layer.
US09818835B2	Semiconductor device In a semiconductor device in the present disclosure, a first nitride semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas channel in a vicinity of an interface with a second nitride semiconductor layer. In plan view, an electrode portion is provided between a first electrode and a second electrode with a space between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a space between the second electrode and the electrode portion is smaller than the space between the first electrode and the electrode portion. An energy barrier is provided in a junction surface between the electrode portion and the second nitride semiconductor layer, the energy barrier indicating a rectifying action in a forward direction from the electrode portion to the second nitride semiconductor layer, and a bandgap of the second nitride semiconductor layer is wider than a bandgap of the first nitride semiconductor layer.
US09818829B2	Split poly connection via through-poly-contact (TPC) in split-gate based power MOSFETs Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a contact structure in a split-gate trench transistor device for electrically connecting the top electrode to the bottom electrode inside the trench. The transistor device comprises a semiconductor substrate and one or more trenches formed in the semiconductor substrate. The trenches are lined with insulating materials along the sidewalls inside the trenches. Each trench has a bottom electrode in lower portions of the trench and a top electrode in its upper portions. The bottom electrode and the top electrode are separated by an insulating material. A contact structure filled with conductive materials is formed in each trench in an area outside of an active region of the device to connect the top electrode and the bottom electrode. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09818826B2	Heterostructure including a composite semiconductor layer A heterostructure for use in an electronic or optoelectronic device is provided. The heterostructure includes one or more composite semiconductor layers. The composite semiconductor layer can include sub-layers of varying morphology, at least one of which can be formed by a group of columnar structures (e.g., nanowires). Another sub-layer in the composite semiconductor layer can be porous, continuous, or partially continuous.
US09818809B2	Bank repair for organic EL display device An examination is performed of whether or not a bank having a defect portion is present. When a bank having a defect portion is present, the bank having the defect portion is repaired by forming a dam in each of adjacent concave spaces between which the bank having the defect portion is located. A dam formed in a concave space partitions the concave space into a first space in a vicinity of the defect portion and a second space outside the vicinity of the defect portion. The dam, at a portion thereof with lowest height, satisfies (h/H)+0.1W≧1.5, 0.5≦(h/H)≦2.0, and 5≦W≦50, where a ratio of the height h of the dam to a height H of the banks is denoted as h/H, and a width of the dam is denoted as W μm.
US09818806B2	Multi-functional active matrix organic light-emitting diode display A multi-functional active matrix display comprises a transparent front sheet, a semi-transparent layer of light emissive devices adjacent the rear side of the front sheet and forming a matrix of display pixels, and a solar cell layer located behind the light emissive devices for converting both ambient light and internal light7 from the light emissive devices into electrical energy, the solar cell layer including an array of electrodes on the front surface of the solar cell layer for use in detecting the location of a change in the amount of light impinging on a portion of the front surface of the solar cell layer.
US09818798B2	Vertical thin film transistors in non-volatile storage systems Three-dimensional (3D) non-volatile memory arrays having a vertically-oriented thin film transistor (TFT) select device and method of fabricating are described. The vertically-oriented TFT may be used as a vertical bit line selection device to couple a global bit line to a vertical bit line. A select device pillar includes a body and upper and lower source/drain regions. At least one gate is separated horizontally from the select device pillar by a gate dielectric. Each gate is formed over the gate dielectric and a base that extends horizontally at least partially between adjacent pillars. The base is formed with notches filled with the gate dielectric. The select device is fabricated using a conformally deposited base dielectric material and conformal hard mask layer that is formed with a larger bottom thickness than horizontal thickness. The base thickness is defined by the deposition thickness, rather than an uncontrolled etch back.
US09818796B2	Planar qubits having increased coherence times An interdigitated capacitor includes a substrate and a pair of comb-like electrodes both formed on the semiconductor substrate and horizontally arranged thereon, each of the pair of comb-like electrodes including finger electrodes having a curved profile.
US09818792B2	Infrared sensor device and method for producing an infrared sensor device An infrared sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate, at least one sensor element that is micromechanically formed in the semiconductor substrate, and at least one calibration element, which is micromechanically formed in the semiconductor substrate, for the sensor element. An absorber material is arranged on the semiconductor substrate in the area of the sensor element and the calibration element. One cavern each is formed in the semiconductor substrate substantially below the sensor element and substantially below the calibration element. The sensor element and the calibration element are thermally and electrically isolated from the rest of the semiconductor substrate by the caverns. The infrared sensor device has high sensitivity, calibration functionality for the sensor element, and a high signal-to-noise ratio.
US09818790B2	Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof A solid-state imaging device includes a P-well, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, a P+-type pinning layer that is located in the P-well so as to be outside the gate electrode and start from a first end portion of the gate electrode, a P−-type impurity region that is located in the P-well so as to extend under the gate electrode from a first end portion side and be in contact with the pinning layer, an N−-type impurity region that is located in the P-well so as to extend under the pinning layer and the P−-type impurity region and be in contact with the P−-type impurity region and the gate insulating film, and an N+-type impurity region that is located in the P-well and includes a portion that is under a second end portion of the gate electrode.
US09818785B2	Semiconductor device, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic apparatus A semiconductor device having a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof; a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together with the respective first and second wiring layer sides of the first and second semiconductor sections facing each other; a conductive material extending through the first semiconductor section to the second wiring layer of the second semiconductor section and by means of which the first and second wiring layers are in electrical communication; and an opening, other than the opening for the conductive material, which extends through the first semiconductor section to the second wiring layer.
US09818780B2	Camera module In a camera module, a planar part, which is for mitigating deformation of the surface of a second insulating portion on which an imaging device is mounted, is embedded in the second insulating portion of a substrate so as to face the imaging device mounted on the surface (top surface) of the second insulating portion.
US09818775B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, display device, thin-film transistor (TFT) and manufacturing method thereof An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display device, a thin-film transistor (TFT) and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The method for manufacturing the TFT comprises: forming a pattern of an active layer and a gate insulating layer provided with a metal film on a base substrate; patterning the metal film by one patterning process, and forming patterns of a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate line and a data line; forming a passivation layer on the base substrate; patterning the passivation layer by one patterning process, and forming a source contact hole, a drain contact hole and a bridge structure contact hole; and forming a transparent conductive film on the base substrate, and removing partial transparent conductive film to form a source contact portion, a drain contact portion (214), a pixel electrode and a bridge structure. The manufacturing method can reduce the number of the patterning processes.
US09818774B2	Fabrication method of pixel structure A fabrication method of a pixel structure is provided. The fabrication method includes: forming a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, a pixel electrode layer and a source-drain electrode layer on a substrate, and etching the source-drain electrode layer by using a photoresist pattern to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; ashing the photoresist pattern, so as to align edges of the ashed photoresist pattern with edges of the source electrode and the drain electrode; etching a silicon oxide generated in ashing the photoresist pattern; and etching a semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode by an etching process to form a channel. The fabrication method can remove indium-containing material remained on both sides of a source electrode and a drain electrode, and can resolve a problem that a width of a channel between the source electrode and the drain electrode is small.
US09818762B2	Arrangement of passivation layers in a pixel unit of an array substrate and display device An array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes: a TFT, a pixel electrode layer driven by the TFT, a data line, a first passivation layer and a common electrode layer disposed on a substrate, the data line is for driving the TFT, the first passivation layer is disposed between the pixel electrode layer and the common electrode layer, the array substrate further includes a second passivation layer disposed between the common electrode layer and the data line and located in a region corresponding to the data line.
US09818761B2	Selective oxidation for making relaxed silicon germanium on insulator structures Methods and devices are provided to fabricate semiconductor devices with, e.g., SiGe-on-insulator structures. For example, a method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a crystalline buffer layer on a substrate, forming an epitaxial semiconductor layer on the crystalline buffer layer, patterning the epitaxial semiconductor layer to form a patterned epitaxial semiconductor layer, and oxidizing a surface region of the crystalline buffer layer selective to the patterned epitaxial semiconductor layer to convert the surface region of the crystalline buffer layer to an insulating layer. The insulating layer insulates the patterned epitaxial semiconductor layer from the crystalline buffer layer. In one example structure, the substrate is a silicon substrate, the crystalline buffer layer is formed of germanium, the epitaxial semiconductor layer is formed of silicon-germanium, and the insulating layer is formed of amorphous germanium-oxide.
US09818756B2	Methods of forming a charge-retaining transistor having selectively-formed islands of charge-trapping material within a lateral recess A charge-retaining transistor includes a control gate and an inter-gate dielectric alongside the control gate. A charge-storage node of the transistor includes first semiconductor material alongside the inter-gate dielectric. Islands of charge-trapping material are alongside the first semiconductor material. An oxidation-protective material is alongside the islands. Second semiconductor material is alongside the oxidation-protective material, and is of some different composition from that of the oxidation-protective material. Tunnel dielectric is alongside the charge-storage node. Channel material is alongside the tunnel dielectric. Additional embodiments, including methods, are disclosed.
US09818750B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device capable of holding data for a long period. The semiconductor device includes first to third transistors, a capacitor, and a circuit. The third transistor includes a first gate and a second gate. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the capacitor. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the second gate. A second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the circuit. A gate of second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second transistor. A first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second gate. A second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the capacitor. The circuit is configured to generate a negative potential. A channel formation region of the first transistor preferably includes an oxide semiconductor.
US09818749B2	Storage element, storage device, and signal processing circuit A signal processing circuit whose power consumption can be suppressed is provided. In a period during which a power supply voltage is not supplied to a storage element, data stored in a first storage circuit corresponding to a nonvolatile memory can be held by a first capacitor provided in a second storage circuit. With the use of a transistor in which a channel is formed in an oxide semiconductor layer, a signal held in the first capacitor is held for a long time. The storage element can accordingly hold the stored content (data) also in a period during which the supply of the power supply voltage is stopped. A signal held by the first capacitor can be converted into the one corresponding to the state (the on state or off state) of the second transistor and read from the second storage circuit. Consequently, an original signal can be accurately read.
US09818742B2	Semiconductor device isolation using an aligned diffusion and polysilicon field plate An isolation structure prevents inter-device and intra-device leakage in first and second adjacent semiconductor devices in a substrate. The first and second semiconductor devices each include a gate region and at least one active region. A first channel stop region is configured to surround the first semiconductor device. A second channel stop region is configured to surround the second semiconductor device. A first field plate is located above at least part of the first channel stop region, and overlaps the gate region of the first semiconductor device in a first overlap region. A second field plate is located above at least part of the second channel stop region, and overlaps the gate region of the second semiconductor device in a second overlap region.
US09818740B2	Method of improving bipolar device signal to noise performance by reducing the effect of oxide interface trapping centers An integrated circuit includes an NMOS transistor, a PMOS transistor and a vertical bipolar transistor. The vertical bipolar transistor has an intrinsic base with a band barrier at least 25 meV high at a surface boundary of the intrinsic base, except at an emitter-base junction with an emitter, and except at a base-collector junction with a collector. The intrinsic base may be laterally surrounded by an extrinsic base with a higher dopant density than the intrinsic base, wherein a higher dopant density provides the band barrier at lateral surfaces of the intrinsic base. A gate may be disposed on a gate dielectric layer over a top surface boundary of the intrinsic base adjacent to the emitter. The gate is configured to accumulate the intrinsic base immediately under the gate dielectric layer, providing the band barrier at the top surface boundary of the intrinsic base.
US09818730B2	Semiconductor arrangement, method for producing a number of chip assemblies, method for producing a semiconductor arrangement and method for operating a semiconductor arrangement A semiconductor arrangement includes top and bottom contact plates, a plurality of chip assemblies, a dielectric embedding compound, and a control electrode interconnection structure. Each chip assembly has a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor body. The semiconductor body has a top side and an opposing underside. The top side is spaced apart from the underside in a vertical direction. Each semiconductor chip has a top main electrode arranged on the top side, a bottom main electrode arranged on the underside, a control electrode arranged at the top side, and an electrically conductive top compensation die, arranged on the side of the top main electrode facing away from the semiconductor body and cohesively and electrically conductively connected to the top main electrode by means of a top connecting layer. An electric current between the top main electrode and the bottom main electrode can be controlled by means of the control electrode.
US09818724B2	Interposer-chip-arrangement for dense packaging of chips The interposer-chip-arrangement comprises an interposer (1), metal layers arranged above a main surface (10), a further metal layer arranged above a further main surface (11) opposite the main surface, an electrically conductive interconnection (7) through the interposer, the interconnection connecting one of the metal layers and the further metal layer, a chip (12) arranged at the main surface or at the further main surface, the chip having a contact pad (15), which is electrically conductively connected with the interconnection, a dielectric layer (2) arranged above the main surface with the metal layers embedded in the dielectric layer, a further dielectric layer (3) arranged above the further main surface with the further metal layer embedded in the further dielectric layer, and an integrated circuit (25) in the interposer, the integrated circuit being connected with at least one of the metal layers (5).
US09818719B2	Bumpless build-up layer package design with an interposer The present disclosure relates to the field of integrated circuit package design and, more particularly, to packages using a bumpless build-up layer (BBUL) designs. Embodiments of the present description relate to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages, wherein an interposer, such as a through-silicon via interposer, may be used in a bumpless build-up layer package to facilitate stacked microelectronic components.
US09818716B2	Power module A power module is fabricated, employing a clad metal that is formed by pressure-laminating aluminum and copper, in such a manner that the aluminum layer of the clad metal is bonded such as by ultrasonic bonding to the surface electrode of the power semiconductor chip and a wire is bonded to the copper layer thereof to establish electrical circuit. The clad metal is thermally treated in advance at a temperature higher than the operating temperature of the power semiconductor chip to sufficiently form intermetallic compounds at the interface between the aluminum layer and the copper layer for the intermetallic compounds so as not to grow in thickness after the bonding processes.
US09818708B2	Semiconductor device with thin redistribution layers A semiconductor device with thin redistribution layers is disclosed and may include forming a first redistribution layer on a dummy substrate, electrically coupling a semiconductor die to the first redistribution layer, and forming a first encapsulant layer on the redistribution layer and around the semiconductor die. The dummy substrate may be removed thereby exposing a second surface of the first redistribution layer. A dummy film may be temporarily affixed to the exposed second surface of the redistribution layer and a second encapsulant layer may be formed on the exposed top surface of the semiconductor die, a top surface and side edges of the first encapsulant layer, and side edges of the first redistribution layer. The dummy film may be removed to again expose the second surface of the first redistribution layer, and a second redistribution layer may be formed on the first redistribution layer and on the second encapsulant layer.
US09818700B2	Stress relief structures in package assemblies A semiconductor package structure includes a substrate; and a die region having a plurality of dies disposed on the substrate. A first die of the plurality of dies is larger than a second die of the plurality of dies. The semiconductor package structure further includes a plurality of stress relief structures on the substrate. At least one stress relief structure of the plurality of stress relief structures is at a corner of the substrate. Each stress relief structure is spaced from a closest die of the plurality of dies by a first distance. Upper surfaces of each stress relief structure of the plurality of stress relief structures are unconnected.
US09818699B2	Semiconductor packages and methods of fabricating the same Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor package. The method includes providing a substrate including a plurality of semiconductor chips; forming a mold layer covering the semiconductor chips; forming a first shielding layer on the mold layer; cutting the mold layer and the first shielding layer to form trenches between the semiconductor chips; and forming a second shielding layer to fill the trenches.
US09818698B2	EMI package and method for making same An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate, a photosensitive molding on a first side of the substrate, a via formed in the molding, and a conformable metallic layer deposited over the first side of the substrate and in the via. A through via may be formed through the substrate aligned with the via in the molding with an electrically conductive liner deposited in the through via in electrical contact with the conformable metallic layer. The integrated circuit structure may further include a connector element such as a solder ball on an end of the through via on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side. The integrated circuit structure may further include a die on the first side of the substrate in electrical contact with another through via or with a redistribution layer.
US09818694B2	Active atomic reservoir for enhancing electromigration reliability in integrated circuits An integrated circuit (IC) comprises a first conductor in one layer of the IC, a second conductor in another layer of the IC, and a first metal plug connecting the first and second conductors. The IC further comprises an atomic source conductor (ASC) in the one layer of the IC and joined to the first conductor, and a second metal plug connecting the ASC to a voltage source of the IC. The first conductor and the ASC are configured to be biased to different voltages so as to establish an electron path from the second metal plug to the first metal plug such that the ASC acts as an active atomic source for the first conductor.
US09818679B2	Semiconductor device This invention provides a multi-pin semiconductor device as a low-cost flip-chip BGA. In the flip-chip BGA, a plurality of signal bonding electrodes in a peripheral area of the upper surface of a multilayer wiring substrate are separated into inner and outer ones and a plurality of signal through holes coupled to a plurality of signal wirings drawn inside are located between a plurality of rows of signal bonding electrodes and a central region where a plurality of bonding electrodes for core power supply are located so that the chip pad pitch can be decreased and the cost of the BGA can be reduced without an increase in the number of layers in the multilayer wiring substrate.
US09818677B2	Semiconductor component having group III nitride semiconductor device mounted on substrate and interconnected to lead frame In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor component is provided that includes a leadframe having a device receiving area, one or more leadframe leads and at least one insulated metal substrate bonded to a first portion of the device receiving area. A first semiconductor device is mounted to a first insulated metal substrate, the first semiconductor device configured from a III-N semiconductor material. A first electrical interconnect is coupled between the first current carrying terminal of the first semiconductor device and a second portion of the die receiving area. In accordance with another embodiment, method includes providing a first semiconductor chip comprising a III-N semiconductor substrate material and a second semiconductor chip comprising a silicon based semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor chip is mounted on a first substrate and the second semiconductor chip on a second substrate. The first semiconductor chip is electrically coupled to the second semiconductor chip.
US09818672B2	Flow diversion devices Embodiments of flow diversion devices (FDDs) are disclosed herein. An FDD may include a body formed of a body material and a plurality of thermally deformable fins arranged along the body. Individual fins of the plurality of fins may include first and second materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs). Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US09818663B2	Silicone composition with protection against pollutants Addition-curable encapsulants for electrical and electronic components contain amorphous glass particles doped with silver, and are efficient scavengers of sulfur and sulfur compounds.
US09818661B2	Semiconductor unit and test method A semiconductor unit includes: a substrate made of a semiconductor; and a device group formed on the substrate and configured of a plurality of first capacitors, in which the device group includes one or a plurality of first conductive layers and a second conductive layer, the first and second conductive layers provided to be superimposed on each other in part or as a whole with an insulating film in between, the first conductive layer includes an edge extending along one direction, the second conductive layer includes a plurality of sub-conductive layers having substantially same shapes as one another, and the plurality of sub-conductive layers are arranged in relatively different positions with respect to the edge of the first conductive layer.
US09818659B2	Multi-die package comprising unit specific alignment and unit specific routing A method of making a semiconductor device can include forming an embedded die panel by encapsulating a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die with conductive interconnects in a single step. An actual position of the first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die can be measured within the embedded die panel. The first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die can be interconnected by a build-up interconnect structure comprising a first unit specific alignment portion aligned with the first semiconductor die, a second unit specific alignment portion aligned with the second semiconductor die, unit specific routing connecting the first unit specific alignment portion and the second unit specific alignment portion, and a fixed portion aligned with outline of embedded die panel and coupled to the unit specific routing.
US09818656B1	Devices and methods for testing integrated circuit devices A method of testing includes attaching a first and second die to first and second die sites of a lead frame and forming a plurality of wire bonds coupling a plurality of pins of the first die site to the first die and a plurality of pins of the second die site to the second die. The first and second die are encapsulated. An isolation cut is performed to isolate the plurality of pins of the first die site from the plurality of pins of the second die site, while maintaining electrical connection between the first tie bar of the first die site and the first tie bar of the second die site. The first and second die are tested while providing a first power supply source to the first and second die via the first tie bars. After testing, the dies sites are fully singulated to result in packaged IC device.
US09818648B2	Method for forming Fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure Methods for forming the fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure are provided. The method includes forming first fin structures and second fin structures on a first region and a second region of a substrate, respectively, and a number of the first fin structures is greater than a number of the second fin structures. The method also includes forming a sacrificial layer on the first fin structures and the second fin structures and performing an etching process to the sacrificial layer to form an isolation structure on the substrate.
US09818646B2	Process for fabricating an integrated circuit comprising at least one coplanar waveguide An integrated circuit includes a silicon-on-insulator wafer and interconnect layer providing a support for a coplanar waveguide formed above a top side of the support. A through-silicon via is formed from a back side of the support and passing through the silicon-on-insulator wafer to reach the interconnect layer. A trench is formed from the back side of the support underneath the coplanar waveguide. The trench extends over at least an entire length of the coplanar waveguide. The trench passes through the silicon-on-insulator wafer to reach the interconnect layer and may have a substantially same depth as the through-silicon via.
US09818640B1	Apparatus and method of forming self-aligned cuts in a non-mandrel line of an array of metal lines A method includes providing a structure having a first hardmask layer, second hardmask layer and mandrel layer disposed respectively over a dielectric stack. An array of mandrels is patterned into the mandrel layer. A gamma trench is patterned into the second hardmask layer and between the mandrels. Self-aligned inner spacers are formed on sidewalls of the gamma trench, the inner spacers forming a portion of a pattern. The pattern is etched into the dielectric stack to form an array of alternating mandrel and non-mandrel metal lines extending in a Y direction and being self-aligned in a perpendicular X direction. The portion of the pattern formed by the inner spacers is utilized to form a pair of non-mandrel line cuts in a non-mandrel line. The non-mandrel line cuts are self-aligned in the Y direction.
US09818637B2	Device layer transfer with a preserved handle wafer section Assemblies including a device layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and a replacement substrate replacing a handle wafer of the SOI substrate, and methods for transferring the device layer of the SOI substrate from the handle wafer to the replacement substrate. A device structure is formed in a first section of the handle wafer, and a second section of the handle wafer adjoining the first section of the handle wafer is removed to expose a surface of the buried dielectric layer of the silicon-on-insulator substrate. A permanent substrate is attached to the surface of the buried dielectric layer. When the permanent substrate is attached to the surface of the buried dielectric layer, the section of the handle wafer is received inside a cavity defined in the permanent substrate.
US09818629B2	Substrate processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium Provided is a substrate processing apparatus capable of efficiently resuming processing of unprocessed substrates after an error occurs during processing of substrates. In the substrate processing apparatus that executes a recipe defining an order of processing substrates and manages process status of the substrates, the process status are changed to a processing state so as to execute the recipe, are changed to a paused state when unprocessed substrates are present among the substrates to be processed according to the recipe, due to an error occurring during the execution of the recipe, and are changed from the paused state to the processing state to resume the execution of the recipe so as to process the unprocessed substrates when the error is canceled and a operation is performed to resume the execution of the recipe.
US09818616B1	Controlling threshold voltage in nanosheet transistors Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a semiconductor device and resulting structures for controlling a threshold voltage on a nanosheet-based transistor. A nanosheet stack is formed over a substrate. The nanosheet stack includes a first nanosheet vertically stacked over a second nanosheet. A tri-layer gate metal stack is formed on each nanosheet. The tri-layer gate metal stack includes an inner nitride layer formed on a surface of each nanosheet, a doped transition metal layer formed on each inner nitride layer, and an outer nitride layer formed on each doped transition metal layer.
US09818611B2	Methods of forming etch masks for sub-resolution substrate patterning Techniques disclosed herein provide a method for pitch reduction (increasing pitch/feature density) for creating high-resolution features and also for cutting on pitch of sub-resolution features. Techniques include using multiple materials having different etch characteristics to selectively etch features and create cuts where specified. A sequence of materials or repeating pattern of lines of materials is used that provides selective self-alignment based on different etch resistivities. Combined with an underlying transfer or memorization layer, multiple different etch selectivities can be accessed. An etch mask defines which regions of the lines of multiple materials can be etched.
US09818604B2	Method for depositing insulating film on recessed portion having high aspect ratio Provided is a method of depositing an insulation layer on a trench in a substrate, in which the trench having an aspect ratio of 5:1 or more is formed, including: an insulation layer deposition step of performing an adsorption step of adsorbing silicon to the substrate by injecting a silicon precursor into the inside of a chamber into which the substrate is loaded, a first purge step of removing the unreacted silicon precursor and reaction byproducts from the inside of the chamber, a reaction step of forming the adsorbed silicon as an insulation layer including silicon by supplying a first reaction source to the inside of the chamber, and a second purge step of removing the unreacted first reaction source and reaction byproducts from the inside of the chamber; and a densification step of forming a plasma atmosphere in the inside of the chamber by applying an radio frequency (RF) power and densifying the insulation layer including silicon by using the plasma atmosphere, wherein a frequency of the RF power is in a range of 400 kHz to 2 MHz.
US09818602B2	Method of depositing a resin material on a semiconductor body with an inkjet process A method a described which includes depositing a first component of a multicomponent system by means of an inkjet process, and depositing a second component of the multicomponent system by means of an inkjet process.
US09818600B2	Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate processing apparatus includes: a plasma generating unit to excite a process gas into plasma state; a process chamber where a substrate is processed using the process gas excited in plasma state; a loading port installed at a sidewall of the process chamber, wherein the substrate is passed through the loading port when the substrate is loaded into the process chamber; a substrate support supporting the substrate in the process chamber; an electrode unit installed in the substrate support and including a plurality of divided electrodes; an impedance adjusting unit electrically connected to each of the plurality of electrodes to adjust an impedance thereof; and a control unit to control the impedance of the impedance adjusting unit so as to adjust the electrical potentials of the respective electrodes of the electrode unit. The substrate processing apparatus improves the uniformity of a substrate during a substrate processing process using plasma.
US09818589B2	Time shift for improved ion mobility spectrometry or separation digitisation A method of analyzing ions is disclosed comprising: (i) separating ions according to a physico-chemical property in a separator; (ii) transmitting ions which emerge from the separator through a transfer device with a first transit time t1, energizing a pusher electrode or orthogonal acceleration electrode and obtaining first data; (iii) transmitting ions which subsequently emerge from the separator through the transfer device with a second greater transit time t2, energizing the pusher electrode or orthogonal acceleration electrode and obtaining second data; and (iv) repeating steps (ii) and (iii) one or more times. The pusher electrode or orthogonal acceleration electrode is energized with a period t3, wherein t2−t1 is arranged to equal t3/2. The first and second data are combined to form a composite data set.
US09818588B2	Method and arrangement for the control of measuring systems, corresponding computer program and corresponding computer-readable storage medium Disclosed herein is a method and an arrangement for the control of measuring systems such as a mass spectrometer or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument, the control being based on an online data analysis of the current measurements. Depending on the measurement experiment, the combined result of the data analysis can have either a direct influence on the next measurement or result in a dynamically organized sequence of measurements. The measuring systems may be controlled by establishing a database that comprises information on the objects to be measured, the measurement data which can be detected during the measurement experiments using the measuring systems, and information regarding the relationships between or among items of the measurement data.
US09818587B2	Off-angled heating of the underside of a substrate using a lamp assembly Disclosed are method and apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus is a dual-function process chamber that may perform both a material process and a thermal process on a substrate. The chamber has an annular radiant source disposed between a processing location and a transportation location of the chamber. Lift pins have length sufficient to maintain the substrate at the processing location while the substrate support is lowered below the radiant source plane to afford radiant heating of the substrate. A method of processing a substrate having apertures formed in a first surface thereof includes depositing material on the first surface in the apertures and reflowing the material by heating a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. A second material can then be deposited, filling the apertures partly or completely. Alternately, a cyclical deposition/reflow process may be performed.
US09818586B2	Arc evaporation source Provided is an arc evaporation source equipped with a target, a ring-shaped magnetic field guide magnet and a back side magnetic field generation source. The magnetic field guide magnet is aligned in a direction perpendicular to the evaporation face of the target and has a polarity that is the magnetization direction facing forward or backward. The back side magnetic field generation source is disposed at the rear of the magnetic field guide magnet, which is at the side of the back side of the target, and forms magnetic force lines running in the direction of magnetization of the magnetic field guide magnet. The target is disposed such that the evaporation face is positioned in front of the magnetic field guide magnet.
US09818583B2	Electrode plate for plasma etching and plasma etching apparatus An electrode plate for a plasma etching is formed as a disc shape having a predetermined thickness, a plurality of gas holes penetrating a surface of the electrode plate perpendicularly to the surface are provided on different circumferences of a plurality of concentric circles, the electrode plate is divided in a radial direction of the electrode plate into two or more regions, types of gas holes provided in the two or more regions are different from each other by region.
US09818581B1	Dielectric window supporting structure for inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus A dielectric window supporting structure of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) processing apparatus that includes a main container that houses a substrate to perform plasma processing, a substrate mounting unit on which the substrate is mounted, an exhaust system, a plurality of dielectric windows that form an upper window of the main container, a dielectric supporting unit coupled to an upper end of the main container and supports the dielectric window to seal the inside of the main container, and one or more RF antennas installed to correspond to plurality of the dielectric windows outside the main container. The dielectric supporting unit includes a central frame which supports a bottom edge of the dielectric window and an outer frame which supports the central frame. The outer frame is supported by the upper end of the main container. The central frame includes ceramic material and the outer frame includes metallic material.
US09818575B2	Low profile extraction electrode assembly A low profile extraction electrode assembly including an insulator having a main body, a plurality of spaced apart mounting legs extending from a first face of the main body, a plurality of spaced apart mounting legs extending from a second face of the main body opposite the first face, the plurality of spaced apart mounting legs extending from the second face offset from the plurality of spaced apart mounting legs extending from the first face in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the main body, the low profile extraction electrode assembly further comprising a ground electrode fastened to the mounting legs extending from the first face, and a suppression electrode fastened to the mounting legs extending from the second face, wherein a tracking distance between the ground electrode and the suppression electrode is greater than a focal distance between the ground electrode and the suppression electrode.
US09818567B1	Apparatus and method of reducing arcing between a circuit breaker line terminal and a panel board terminal An apparatus and a method are provided to reduce arcing between a circuit breaker having a breaker line terminal and a panel board terminal of an electrical panel board during installation and/or removal. The apparatus has an auto tripping mechanism including an auto trip lever having an end and a spring disposed at or near the end of the auto trip lever. The auto trip lever is configured to interface with an armature in a module one that houses a cradle of a breaker mechanism. The breaker mechanism is prevented from latching until the circuit breaker has been installed in the electrical panel board by keeping a breaker handle in a tripped position when the breaker line terminal and the panel board terminal are connected. The spring is configured to force the auto trip lever to rotate for providing a force and a deflection to automatically trip the circuit breaker as the circuit breaker is being removed from the electrical panel board and before the breaker line terminal and the panel board terminal separate.
US09818562B2	Switch Provided is a reliable switch having a contact surface that is prevented from being roughened. To solve the problem, there is provided a switch including a plurality of switching units 2 and 3 each including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode that is disposed to be opposed to the fixed electrode and is closed or opened with respect to the fixed electrode, the switch being characterized in that the switching units 2 and 3 each make or break a current to be applied to the switch, the switching units 2 and 3 are electrically connected in series to each other, and the switching units 2 and 3 are each configured such that a first switching unit 3 is first closed, and then a second switching unit 2 is closed.
US09818556B2	Waterproof structure for button of electronic product and waterproof mobile phone using the same A waterproof structure for a button includes a casing, a button, and an elastic member. The elastic member is arranged on the casing and is contacted by the elastic member. The elastic member is integrated with the casing. The elastic member includes a tubular structure arranging an arc-shaped structure protruding towards interior of the tubular structure. The elastic wall allows a range of elastic travel to activate the switch under the button. The elastic member is a built-in component.
US09818555B1	Encapsulating protective cover for a switch Methods and devices related to preventing accidental operation of a switch are disclosed. An example device includes a main body, and a latch element rotatably connected to the main body and is configured to move relative to the main body between an unlatched position and a latched position. In the latched position, the main body and the latch element encapsulate the switch. Also, in the latched position, the main body and the latch element form a cavity configured to accommodate wiring to the switch. Further, the main body is configured with a cutout to reveal a status of the switch. The switch has Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) index pin compatibility.
US09818543B2	Electronic component, method of producing the same, and circuit substrate An electronic component includes: a chip having first and second end surfaces oriented in a direction of a first axis, first and second main surfaces oriented in a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, first and second side surfaces oriented in a direction of a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes, and first and second external electrodes respectively covering the first and second end surfaces and each extending to the first and second main surfaces and side surfaces; a covering portion covering the chip from the first main surface toward the second main surface; and exposed portions provided to the second main surface, including regions where the first and second external electrodes are exposed without being covered with the covering portion, and being pushed out toward the first main surface along ridges connecting the first and second end surfaces and side surfaces.
US09818541B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component and board having the same A multilayer ceramic electronic component and a board having the same are provided. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic capacitor including external electrodes including front portions and band portions extended from the front portions, terminal electrodes respectively surrounding the front portions and portions of lower surfaces of the band portions of the external electrodes and respectively having a ‘’ shaped groove portion formed in lower portions thereof, and conductive adhesive layers connecting the external electrodes and the terminal electrodes to each other.
US09818536B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes an internal electrode containing at least one kind of metal A selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Zn, Bi, and Pb and dissolved in Ni to form a solid solution. The internal electrode has a ratio of A of 1.4 atomic percent or more to a total amount of A and Ni in a near-interface region located to a depth of 2 nm from a surface of the internal electrode facing a corresponding ceramic dielectric layer. A relation between a value X of atomic percent representing the ratio of A in the near-interface region and a value Y of atomic percent representing the ratio of A in a central region in a thickness direction of the internal electrode is X−Y≧1.0. Such a multilayer capacitor is formed by annealing a ceramic stack under a predetermined condition to increase the ratio of metal A in the near-interface region of the internal electrode.
US09818535B2	Systems and methods for locally reducing oxides In the systems and methods for synthesizing a thin film with desired properties (e.g. magnetic, conductivity, photocatalyst, etc.), a metal oxide film may be deposited on a substrate. The metal oxide film may be achieved utilizing any suitable method. A reducing agent may be deposited before, after or both before and after the metal oxide layer. Oxygen may be removed or liberated from the deposited metal oxide film by low temperature local or global annealing. As a result of the annealing to remove oxygen, one or more portions of the metal oxide may be transformed into materials with desired properties. As a nonlimiting example, a metal oxide film may be treated to provide a magnetic multilayer film that is suitable for bit patterned media.
US09818531B2	Method of magnetic core A magnetic core including a winding core portion; and a flange portion provided on the axial end side of at least one of the winding core portion, wherein the flange portion is formed such that contour line OL1 of cross-section P, of the flange portion, which becomes perpendicular with respect to the axis line of the winding core portion forms a shape of a first irregular convex polygon which is substantially a non-regular polygon and also a convex polygon, and the contour line OL1 contacts with respect to all of sides Sb1, Sb2, Sb3 and Sb4 which are the four sides of a first circumscribed rectangle which becomes minimum within imaginary rectangles circumscribed with the contour line OL1 and also, the contour line OL1 includes side Sa1 and side Sa2 which respectively overlap with portions of respective ones of the side Sb1 and the side Sb2.
US09818529B2	Welding type power supply with weld transformer A method and apparatus for providing welding type power supply includes a power circuit and a control circuit. The power circuit receives input power and provides welding type power to a welding output. The power circuit includes a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding. The secondary winding is in electrical communication with the welding output. The control circuit is connected to control the power circuit. The transformer includes a bobbin with the primary winding and the secondary winding wound thereon. The bobbin can includes vents to allow air flow into the bobbin. A winding separator can be disposed between the primary and secondary windings.
US09818528B2	Transformer circuit and manufacturing method thereof A transformer circuit and a manufacturing method thereof are proposed. The transformer circuit includes plural input modules and output modules. Each of the input modules includes a first primary coil and a second primary coil, and each of the primary coils has a first positive input terminal and a negative input terminal. The first primary coil and the second primary coil of each of the input modules are inductively coupled with each other. Each of the output modules includes a secondary coil. Each of the secondary coils includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal of each of the secondary coils are electrically connected to a first output port and a second output port, respectively. The first primary coil and the second primary coil of each of the input modules are inductively coupled to the secondary coil of the corresponding output module, respectively.
US09818520B2	Rare-earth nanocomposite magnet The invention provides a nanocomposite magnet, which has achieved high coercive force and high residual magnetization. The magnet is a non-ferromagnetic phase that is intercalated between a hard magnetic phase with a rare-earth magnet composition and a soft magnetic phase, wherein the non-ferromagnetic phase reacts with neither the hard nor soft magnetic phase. A hard magnetic phase contains Nd2Fe14B, a soft magnetic phase contains Fe or Fe2Co, and a non-ferromagnetic phase contains Ta. The thickness of the non-ferromagnetic phase containing Ta is 5 nm or less, and the thickness of the soft magnetic phase containing Fe or Fe2Co is 20 nm or less. Nd, or Pr, or an alloy of Nd and any one of Cu, Ag, Al, Ga, and Pr, or an alloy of Pr and any one of Cu, Ag, Al, and Ga is diffused into a grain boundary phase of the hard magnetic phase of Nd2Fe14B.
US09818518B2	Composite magnetic sealing material Disclosed herein is a composite magnetic sealing material includes a resin material and a filler blended in the resin material in a blended ratio of 30 vol. % or more to 85 vol. % or less. The filler includes a magnetic filler containing Fe and 32 wt. % or more and 39 wt. % or less of a metal material contained mainly of Ni, thereby a thermal expansion coefficient of the composite magnetic sealing material is 15 ppm/° C. or less.
US09818517B2	Hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles, magnetic recording powder, and magnetic recording medium Hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles have an activation volume ranging from 1,000 nm3 to 1,500 nm3, and ΔE10%/kT, thermal stability at 10% magnetization reversal, is equal to or greater than 40.
US09818494B2	Operation recording circuit and operation method thereof An operation recording circuit and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation recording circuit includes a pin monitor unit, a memory unit, a data writing unit, a mode verification unit and a data dumping unit. The pin monitor unit monitors at least one first type pin of an integrated circuit (IC) to correspondingly provide a monitor signal. The data writing unit writes at least one monitor records into the memory unit according the monitor signal. When receiving a test dump command through at least one second type pin of the IC, the mode verification unit correspondingly provides a dump control signal. The data dumping unit determines whether to output the at least one monitor records from the memory unit through the at least one second type pin or not according to the dump control signal.
US09818487B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device has a memory block including memory strings with first and second selection transistors at opposite ends of the memory strings. A bit line is connected to the first selection transistor of each memory string and a sense amplifier is connected to the bit line. The memory block includes word lines connected to each memory cell transistor in the memory strings. The memory device also includes a controller to control an erase operation that includes applying an erase voltage to the word lines, addressing a first memory string by applying a selection voltage to a gate electrode of first and second selection transistors of the first memory string, then applying an erase verify voltage to the word lines and using the sense amplifier to read data of memory cell transistors in the first memory string, then addressing a second memory string without first discharging the word lines.
US09818475B2	Method of programming nonvolatile memory device In method of programming a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of multi-level cells that store multi-bit data according to example embodiments, a least significant bit (LSB) program operation is performed to program LSBs of the multi-bit data in the plurality of multi-level cells. A most significant bit (MSB) program operation is performed to program MSBs of the multi-bit data in the plurality of multi-level cells. To perform the MSB program, an MSB pre-program operation is performed on first multi-level cells, from among the plurality of multi-level cells, that are to be programmed to a highest target program state among a plurality of target program states, and an MSB main program operation is performed to program the plurality of multi-level cells to the plurality of target program states corresponding to the multi-bit data.
US09818464B2	Magnetic memory element and memory device According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory element includes a stacked structure. The stacked structure includes a first and a second stacked member. The first stacked member includes a first and second ferromagnetic layer. A magnetic resonance frequency of the second ferromagnetic layer is a first frequency. A direction of a magnetization of the second ferromagnetic layer is settable to a direction of a first current when a magnetic field of the first frequency is applied to the first stacked member and the first current flows in the first stacked member. The direction of the magnetization of the second ferromagnetic layer does not change when the second current smaller than the first current flows in the first stacked member. The second stacked member includes a third ferromagnetic layer. A magnetization of the third ferromagnetic layer can generate a magnetic field of the first frequency by the second current.
US09818456B1	Storage module installed with multiple M.2 SSDs A storage module installed with multiple M.2 SSDs includes a frame, at least one circuit assembly, and plural M.2 SSDs. The circuit assembly is fixed to the frame along a direction. The circuit assembly includes plural circuit modules and a power connector. The circuit modules are electrically connected to each other in series. Each of the circuit modules includes a circuit board, a M.2 slot, and a signal connector. The circuit board is fixed to the frame. The M.2 slot is fixed to the circuit board. The signal connector is electrically connected to the circuit board and located outside the frame. The power connector is electrically connected to the circuit board of a corresponding one of the circuit modules. The M.2 SSDs plug into the M.2 slots of the circuit modules respectively.
US09818450B2	System and method of subtitling by dividing script text into two languages A method of subtitling comprises the steps of obtaining an audio file of dialogue in a first language, obtaining a file of script text corresponding to the dialogue in the audio file in the same first language, determining a timing correspondence between dialogue in the audio file and words in the script text, detecting at least a first pause during performance of the dialogue in the audio file, defining a respective breakable point in the script text corresponding to the or each detected pause, and dividing the script text out into a sequence of subtitle lines of text responsive to the location of one or more of the defined breakable points.
US09818447B1	Measuring transition shifts due to laser power variation in a heat-assisted magnetic recording device A method comprises writing a waveform on a magnetic recording medium using a heat-assisted magnetic recording apparatus which includes a laser. The method also comprises reading back the waveform from the medium, and detecting one or more transition shifts in the readback waveform indicative of a mode hop of the laser. The method further comprises measuring a metric of the one or more transition shifts.
US09818435B1	Tunnel magnetoresistive sensor having stabilized magnetic shield and dielectric gap sensor One general embodiment includes an array of magnetic transducers each having: a current-perpendicular-to-plane sensor, magnetic shields on opposite sides of the sensor, and a stabilizing layered structure between at least one of the magnetic shields and the sensor. The stabilizing layered structure includes an antiferromagnetic layer, a first ferromagnetic layer adjacent the antiferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and an antiparallel coupling layer between the ferromagnetic layers. The antiferromagnetic layer pins a magnetization direction in the first ferromagnetic layer along an antiferromagnetic polarized direction of the antiferromagnetic layer. A magnetization direction in the second ferromagnetic layer is opposite the magnetization direction in the first ferromagnetic layer. Each transducer also includes spacers on opposite sides of the sensor, at least one of the spacers being positioned between the sensor and the stabilizing layered structure. At least one of the spacers includes an electrically conductive ceramic layer.
US09818434B2	Estimation of background noise in audio signals The invention relates to a background noise estimator and a method therein, for supporting sound activity detection in an audio signal segment. The method comprises reducing a current background noise estimate when the audio signal segment is determined to comprise music and the current background noise estimate exceeds a minimum value. This is to be performed when an energy level of an audio signal segment is more than a threshold higher than a long term minimum energy level, lt_min, which is determined over a plurality of preceding audio signal segments, or, when the energy level of the audio signal segment is less than a threshold higher than lt_min, but no pause is detected in the audio signal segment.
US09818433B2	Voice activity detector for audio signals According to one aspect, a method for detecting voice activity is disclosed, the method including receiving a frame of an input audio signal, the input audio signal having an sample rate; dividing the frame into a plurality of subbands based on the sample rate, the plurality of subbands including at least a lowest subband and a highest subband; filtering the lowest subband with a moving average filter to reduce an energy of the lowest subband; estimating a noise level for each of the plurality of subbands; calculating a signal to noise ratio value for each of the plurality of subbands; and determining a speech activity level of the frame based on an average of the calculated signal to noise ratio values and a weighted average of an energy of each of the plurality of subbands. Other aspects include audio decoders that decode audio that was encoded using the methods described herein.
US09818432B2	Method and computer system for performing audio search on a social networking platform Methods and computer systems for audio search on a social networking platform are disclosed. The method includes: while running a social networking application, receiving a first audio input from a user of the computer system, the first audio input including one or more search keywords; generating a first audio confusion network from the first audio input; determining whether the first audio confusion network matches at least one of one or more second audio confusion networks, wherein a respective second audio confusion network was generated from a corresponding second audio input associated with a chat session of which the user is a participant; and identifying a second audio input corresponding to the at least one second audio confusion network that matches the first audio confusion network, wherein the identified second audio input includes the one or more search keywords that are included in the first audio input.
US09818431B2	Multi-speaker speech separation The technology described herein uses a multiple-output layer RNN to process an acoustic signal comprising speech from multiple speakers to trace an individual speaker's speech. The multiple-output layer RNN has multiple output layers, each of which is meant to trace one speaker (or noise) and represent the mask for that speaker (or noise). The output layer for each speaker (or noise) can have the same dimensions and can be normalized for each output unit across all output layers. The rest of the layers in the multiple-output layer RNN are shared across all the output layers. The result from the previous frame is used as input to the output layer or to one of the hidden layers of the RNN to calculate results for the current frame. This pass back of results allows the model to carry information from previous frames to future frames to trace the same speaker.
US09818429B2	Apparatus, medium and method to encode and decode high frequency signal A method and apparatus to encoding or decoding an audio signal is provided. In the method and apparatus, a noise-floor level to use in encoding or decoding a high frequency signal is updated according to the degree of a voiced or unvoiced sound included in the signal.
US09818417B2	High frequency regeneration of an audio signal with synthetic sinusoid addition A method performed in an audio decoder for reconstructing an original audio signal having a lowband portion and a highband portion is disclosed. The method includes receiving an encoded audio signal and extracting reconstruction parameters from the encoded audio signal. The method further includes decoding the encoded audio signal with a core audio decoder to obtain a decoded lowband portion and regenerating the highband portion based at least in part on a cross over frequency and the decoded lowband portion to obtain a regenerated highband portion. The method also includes creating a synthetic sinusoid with a level based at least in part on a spectral envelope value for the particular subband and a noise floor value for the particular subband and adding the synthetic sinusoid to the regenerated highband portion in the particular frequency band specified by the location information. Finally, the method includes combining the lowband portion and the regenerated highband portion to obtain a full bandwidth audio signal.
US09818416B1	System and method for identifying and processing audio signals A method for phoneme identification. The method includes receiving an audio signal from a speaker, performing initial processing comprising filtering the audio signal to remove audio features, the initial processing resulting in a modified audio signal, transmitting the modified audio signal to a phoneme identification method and a phoneme replacement method to further process the modified audio signal, and transmitting the modified audio signal to a speaker. Also, a system for identifying and processing audio signals. The system includes at least one speaker, at least one microphone, and at least one processor, wherein the processor processes audio signals received using a method for phoneme replacement.
US09818410B2	Speech recognition with acoustic models Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for learning pronunciations from acoustic sequences. One method includes receiving an acoustic sequence, the acoustic sequence representing an utterance, and the acoustic sequence comprising a sequence of multiple frames of acoustic data at each of a plurality of time steps; stacking one or more frames of acoustic data to generate a sequence of modified frames of acoustic data; processing the sequence of modified frames of acoustic data through an acoustic modeling neural network comprising one or more recurrent neural network (RNN) layers and a final CTC output layer to generate a neural network output, wherein processing the sequence of modified frames of acoustic data comprises: subsampling the modified frames of acoustic data; and processing each subsampled modified frame of acoustic data through the acoustic modeling neural network.
US09818404B2	Environmental noise detection for dialog systems Embodiments are directed to receiving a speech signal representative of audible speech, processing the speech signal to interpret the speech signal by a dialog system implemented at least partially in hardware, determining, by the dialog system, that the speech signal cannot be correctly interpreted, receiving a noise signal representative of audible background noise, identifying a noise level from the noise signal, determining, by the dialog system, that the noise level is too high for the speech signal to be correctly interpreted, and providing, by the dialog system, a message indicating that the noise level is too high for the speech signal to be correctly interpreted.
US09818401B2	Systems and methods for adaptive proper name entity recognition and understanding Various embodiments contemplate systems and methods for performing automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) that enable high accuracy recognition and understanding of freely spoken utterances which may contain proper names and similar entities. The proper name entities may contain or be comprised wholly of words that are not present in the vocabularies of these systems as normally constituted. Recognition of the other words in the utterances in question, e.g. words that are not part of the proper name entities, may occur at regular, high recognition accuracy. Various embodiments provide as output not only accurately transcribed running text of the complete utterance, but also a symbolic representation of the meaning of the input, including appropriate symbolic representations of proper name entities, adequate to allow a computer system to respond appropriately to the spoken request without further analysis of the user's input.
US09818391B2	Flow controlled sound generation apparatus A flow controlled sound generation system is disclosed that includes one or more fluid pumps to control air flow through a sound channel. The air flow is modulated through one or more valves to produce audible frequency pressure waves.
US09818390B1	Memory device, waveform data editing method Provided are a memory device and waveform data editing method and editing program thereof. Waveform data obtained by sampling a musical sound is acquired, and a difference between a harmonic frequency of an nth harmonic of the waveform data and a resonance sound frequency of the nth harmonic sound of a resonance sound generation circuit is calculated, and if the difference is 1 Hz or more, a waveform of a frequency component of 20 Hz centered on a central of the frequency of the nth harmonic of a frequency spectrum is clipped. The difference calculated in regard to the clipped waveform is reduced. The waveform and the clipped original waveform are combined to edit the waveform data. Thus, in the waveform data, the difference between the harmonic frequencies of the resonance characteristic is eliminated, and resonance is facilitated and occurrence of beat of the sound is prevented.
US09818387B2	Electronic stringed musical instrument, musical sound generation instruction method and storage medium An electronic stringed musical instrument is provided which is capable of performing string-pressing detection while maintain a neck strength without lowering reliability. Here, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags where wiring is not necessary are arranged between frets for each of the first to sixth strings, whereby its neck strength is maintained. When a string comes close to an RFID tag in response to a string-pressing operation, the RFID tag wirelessly transmits first identification information including at least its own “fret number (string-pressed point)” using electrical power acquired by receiving a radio wave transmitted from the string that functions as an antenna. Then, this information is received and demodulated via the string that functions as an antenna. That is, the string-pressed point is detected by non-contact detection, so that string-pressing detection can be performed without lowering reliability.
US09818384B2	Outdoor musical drum structures A weather-resistant drum is presented. The weather-resistant drum comprises a drum head configured to produce a sound when struck. The weather-resistant drum also comprises a drum shell, configured to resonate the sound produced by the drum head. The drum shell also comprises a drain. The weather-resistant drum also comprises shield, coupled to the weather-resistant drum using a fastener. The fastener is configured to couple the shield to the weather-resistant drum, such that the drum head maintains a tuned configuration over an operational lifetime of the weather-resistant drum.
US09818383B2	Methods and systems for non-destructive analysis of objects and production of replica objects In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method including rotating a rotatable surface with an object positioned thereon to a plurality of angular positions. The method also includes capturing, via an x-ray microtomography device at each of the plurality of angular positions, a tomograph of the object. The method also includes summing each tomograph of the object to create a three-dimensional image of the object. The method also includes using an additive manufacturing machine to create a three-dimensional replica of the object using the three-dimensional image of the object.
US09818381B1	Self-release and self-locking string locking mechanism A self-releasing and self-locking string locking mechanism for adjusting a string includes a fixed seat mounted on a stringed instrument, a worm shaft, a worm gear, a rotating shaft and a sleeve. The worm shaft drives and rotates the worm gear, and is installed on the fixed seat. The rotating shaft, pivotally connected on the fixed seat and secured on the worm gear, includes a self-releasing thread having a pitch thread between 1.25 mm and 1.6 mm and applied with a lubricant, and a locking pin. The sleeve is for the locking pin to be inserted therein, and internally includes an inner thread corresponding to the self-releasing thread and a lower surface for the locking pin to abut against. The sleeve is further provided with a through opening for the string to pass through near the lower surface.
US09818362B2	Charging scan and charge sharing scan double output GOA circuit Provided is a charging scan and charge sharing scan double output GOA circuit to combine the time sequence and circuit. The nth stage GOA unit circuit receives the first, the second low frequency clock signals (LC1, LC2), the direct current low voltage signal (Vss), the Mth, M−2th high frequency clock signals (CK(M), CK(M−2)), a stage transfer signal (ST(n−2)) generated by the n−2th stage GOA unit circuit, a charging scan signal (CG(n−2)) generated by the n−2th stage GOA unit circuit and a stage transfer signal (ST(n+2)) generated by the n+2th stage GOA unit circuit, the charging scan signal (CG(n)), a charge sharing scan signal (SG(n−2)) generated by the n−2th stage GOA unit circuit and the stage transfer signal (ST(n)) are respectively outputted with different TFTs; the nth stage GOA unit circuit comprises a transmission module (100), a transfer regulation module (200), an output module (300), a rapid pull-down module (400) and a pull-down holding module (500).
US09818358B2	Scanning driving circuit and the liquid crystal display apparatus with the scanning driving circuit thereof The invention provides a scanning driving circuit and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The scanning driving circuit including a latch module to receive and calculate an upper level control signal, a first and a second clock signal and a reset signal to get a first control signal, and latch and output the first control signal; a logic control module receive and calculate the first and the second control signal and the third clock signal to get a logic control signal, and output the logic control signal; an output module receive and calculate the logic control signal and the second control signal to get and output a scanning driving signal, and a scan line connected to the output module to transmit the scanning driving signal to a pixel unit and to achieve the special function of the liquid crystal display apparatus.
US09818353B2	Scan driver adn display device using the same Disclosed is a display device that may include a display panel, a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the display panel, and a scan driver formed in a non-display area of the display panel, including a shift register composed of a plurality of stages and a level shifter formed outside the display panel, and configured to supply a scan signal to the display panel using the shift register and the level shifter, wherein the shift register is arranged in an output terminal of an N-th stage circuit unit formed in a first non-display area and an output terminal of an N-th compensation circuit unit formed in a second non-display area opposite the first non-display area are paired to be connected to an N-th scan line, wherein the N-th compensation circuit unit outputs a compensation signal to the N-th scan line in response to a node voltage of a neighboring stage circuit unit.
US09818347B2	Display apparatus including self-tuning circuits for controlling light modulators This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for controlling the states of a light modulator used in displays. A display apparatus includes pixel circuits coupled to the light modulators. Each pixel circuit can include an output node, a data capacitor, a charge transistor for charging the output node and a discharge transistor for selectively conducting a current between the output node and an update interconnect providing an update voltage. The display apparatus can include a controller for testing the pixel circuits to determine two or more update voltage levels, each update voltage level causing the discharge transistor to conduct current. The controller also can be configured to determine a logical high voltage level to be stored in the data capacitor based on the plurality of update voltage levels.
US09818337B2	LED display control circuit with PWM circuit for driving a plurality of LED channels The current disclosure provides an LED display control circuit. The control circuit has a device configured to separate a first PWM data into LSB data and MSB data. The control circuit also comprises a LSB circuit coupled to a plurality of LED channels. The LSB circuit is configured to supply LSB data to each of the plurality of LED channels.
US09818334B2	Display substrate and method for driving the same, and display apparatus The present invention provides a display substrate and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The display substrate comprises pixel groups repeatedly arranged, each of the pixel groups comprises two first sub-pixels, eight second sub-pixels and two third sub-pixels, and each of the pixel groups comprises four pixel columns, two first sub-pixels are sequentially arranged in a first pixel column of each of the pixel groups and two third sub-pixels are sequentially arranged in a third pixel column of each of the pixel groups, wherein, each of the first sub-pixels is disposed so as to correspond to two second sub-pixels in a pixel column adjacent thereto, and each of the third sub-pixels is disposed so as to correspond to two second sub-pixels in a pixel column adjacent thereto.
US09818316B2	Movable information device and method for the manufacture thereof A sliding information device for placement and sliding on an even and flat supporting surface wherein the device comprises a baseplate with a flat and even bottom surface and an upright element, fastened to its top surface by means of a base that enables elastic bending of the element back and forth from an unloaded rest position A to a loaded oblique position B and a method for manufacturing it comprising the cutting of a series of segments from an elastically bendable substrate.
US09818311B2	Importing and analyzing external data using a virtual reality welding system A real-time virtual reality welding system including a programmable processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem, at least one mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker, and at least one display device operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem. The system is capable of simulating, in virtual reality space, a weld puddle having real-time molten metal fluidity and heat dissipation characteristics. The system is further capable of importing data into the virtual reality welding system and analyzing the data to characterize a student welder's progress and to provide training.
US09818310B2	Assessment of nutrition intake using a handheld tool Embodiments regard nutrition assessment using a handheld device. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a handle with a controller within the handle, an attachment arm extending from the handle, and a user-assistive device coupled with an end of the attachment arm, wherein the apparatus is to determine a mass held by the user-assistive device, the determination being made during a task by a user of the handheld tool including manipulation of the handheld tool.
US09818306B2	System and method for assessing learning or training progress A method for assessing a user's progress in learning a plurality of skills is disclosed. The method may include assigning a weighing factor to each of the plurality of skills. For each skill, the method may include providing a plurality of problems to the user, receiving answers to the plurality of problems from the user, and determining an accuracy rate associated with that skill based on the answers. The method may also include determining a probability of obtaining a score equal to or above a predetermined score by the user based on the weighting factors assigned to the plurality of skills and the accuracy rates associated with the plurality of skills.
US09818295B2	Methods and systems for detecting a closure of a navigable element A method of detecting the closure of a road element is disclosed; the road element being one of a set of alternative incoming or outgoing elements at a node in a network of navigable elements. A server obtains positional data relating to the position of a plurality of devices with respect to time traversing the node. A count is determined of the number of devices in a consecutive sequence of device selecting a given one of the navigable elements from among the set of elements. The count is compared to a predetermined threshold to determine whether another one of the elements is closed. The threshold is based upon the relative probability of the element to which the count relates being taken from the set of road elements.
US09818293B2	System and method for automatically setting up a universal remote control A system and method for configuring a remote control to command the operation of appliances, to capture demographic data, and to provide services, such as automated warranty registration, instructions, viewing guides, etc., relevant to the appliances is provided. The system includes a database and associated server that are located remotely from the remote control and accessible via a network connection. Command codes, graphical user interface elements, and services are accessed and downloaded to the remote control, as appropriate, using data supplied to the server that identifies the appliances and/or functional capabilities of the appliances. This data can be supplied by the appliances directly or can be obtained from other sources such as barcode labels, network devices, etc.
US09818290B2	Security system and method for verifying the merits of an alert signal A security system and method verifies the merits of an alert signal generated by an alarm device. The alarm device is integrated into a premise of a user, and emits an alert signal when an irregular event occurs. The security system and method verifies the merit of the alert signal, so as to differentiate between a false alarm and a true alarm. To achieve the verification, upon detecting and recognizing an alert signal, a remote alarm center attempts to communicate with the end-user through simultaneous channels of communication. The simultaneous use of a plurality of channels of communication enables the remote alarm center to expedite communications with the end-user regarding the triggered alert signal. Upon receiving communication about the triggered alert signal, the end-user may indicate to the remote alarm center, through transmission of a code and within a predetermined duration, the merits of the triggered alert signal.
US09818286B2	System for repelling a pet from a predetermined area A system for repelling a pet from at least one predetermined area includes a first device adapted for positioning at the predetermined area. The first device includes at least one of a first receiver and a first transmitter. A second device is adapted for placement on the pet. The second device includes at least one of a second receiver and a second transmitter. At least one of the first device and the second device is configured to warn the pet when the second device approaches the at least one predetermined area, and thereby train the pet to stay away from the predetermined area.
US09818284B1	Water activated GPS-based beacon The water activated GPS-based beacon is a radio based transmitter that is configured for outdoor activities. The water activated GPS-based beacon is a safety device that is worn during outdoor activities. The water activated GPS-based beacon is housed in a jewelry item that is worn during the outdoor activity. The water activated GPS-based beacon remains dormant until: 1) the water activated GPS-based beacon is immersed in water; or 2) a switch located on the jewelry item is activated. If either of these conditions occur, the water activated GPS-based beacon determines the GPS coordinates of the water activated GPS-based beacon and transmits the GPS coordinates to a previously determined appropriate authority. The water activated GPS-based beacon comprises the jewelry item and a beacon.
US09818281B2	Method and system for fall detection of a user A method, system, and computer-readable medium for fall detection of a user are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises determining whether first or second magnitude thresholds are satisfied. If the first or second magnitude thresholds are satisfied, the method includes determining whether an acceleration vector of the user is at a predetermined angle to a calibration vector. In a second aspect, the system comprises a processing system and an application that is executed by the processing system. The application determines whether first or second magnitude thresholds are satisfied. If the first or second magnitude thresholds are satisfied, the application determines whether an acceleration vector of the user is at a predetermined angle to a calibration vector.
US09818277B1	Systems and methods for smoke detection Provided are systems and methods for smoke and fire detection. An example method includes receiving two or more image frames that represent images of two or more areas, combining the two or more image frames to generate a composite image frame that represents an image of an area comprising the two or more areas, comparing the composite image frame to a background frame associated with the area to determine one or more pixels of the composite frame having a pixel value that is different from corresponding pixels of the background frame, determining a smoke frame, wherein pixels of the smoke frame that correspond to the one or more pixels of the composite frame comprise a pixel value associated with smoke, determining a smoke value corresponding to pixel values of the pixels of the smoke frame, determining that the smoke value exceeds a smoke threshold value, determining a smoke or fire condition based at least in part on determining that the smoke value exceeds a smoke threshold value, and providing an indication of the smoke or fire condition.
US09818273B2	Secure passive RFID tag with seal A secure passive RFID tag system comprises at least one base station and at least one passive RFID tag. The tag includes a fiber optic cable with the cable ends sealed within the tag and the middle portion forming an external loop. The loop may be secured to at least portions of an object. The tag transmits and receives an optical signal through the fiber optic cable, and the cable is configured to be damaged or broken in response to removal or tampering attempts, wherein the optical signal is significantly altered if the cable is damaged or broken. The tag transmits the optical signal in response to receiving a radio signal from the base station and compares the transmitted optical signal to the received optical signal. If the transmitted optical signal and the received optical signal are identical, the tag transmits an affirmative radio signal to the base station.
US09818272B2	Electronic device including sound level based driving of haptic actuator and related methods An electronic device may include a device housing, a haptic actuator carried by the device housing, and an audio input transducer carried by the device housing. The electronic device may also include a controller coupled to the audio input transducer and the haptic actuator. The controller may be capable of determining a sound level of the haptic actuator, attempting to drive the haptic actuator to operate within a desired sound level range, and when unable to drive the haptic actuator within the desired sound level range, then generating a warning indication.
US09818267B2	Doorbell system and doorbell chime A doorbell system comprises a doorbell chime (18), a first doorbell push (10) for sending a first input signal to the doorbell chime (18) in response to the first doorbell push (10) being activated, and a second device, such as a second doorbell push (14), for sending a second input signal to the doorbell chime (18). The doorbell chime (18) is arranged to emit light (24) of a first color in response to receiving the first input signal and light of a second, different, color in response to receiving the second input signal. The light (24) may be emitted around a perimeter of the doorbell chime, such that it creates a halo effect around the part of the door chime located within said perimeter.
US09818266B2	Remote disabling of target point-of-sale (“POS”) terminals In response to detecting imposition of an erroneous surcharge, a point-of-sale (“POS”) terminal used to impose that surcharge may be disabled. A remote server may be programmed to power down the POS terminal. For example, in response to detecting a surcharge violation, a remote server may transmit a disable signal to the POS terminal that triggered the surcharge violation. The disable signal may power down the POS terminal. The remote server may be programmed to power up a POS terminal or otherwise bring the POS terminal back online. A payment instrument that includes a chip may programmed such that when the chip is inserted into the POS terminal or an associated card reader, it triggers a disabling of the POS terminal. Servers that process transactions may be programmed to ignore or reject transactions received from a POS terminal that triggers a surcharge violation.
US09818261B2	Wagering games with unlockable bonus rounds Method and system are disclosed for allowing players at wagering game terminals to select entire sets of bonus games instead of a single bonus game upon occurrence of a certain randomly selected basic game outcome. One or more of the bonus games or sets of bonus games may be temporarily unavailable or “locked” to the player. The player may unlock the bonus games or sets of bonus games by acquiring certain game assets, reaching certain game milestones, and/or exceeding certain wagering levels. The unlocked games may reveal credits, prizes, progressives, basic and/or bonus game updates, or additional bonus games, some of which may also be locked. The updates and additions may already be present in the wagering game terminals or they may be downloaded from a central location. The player may retain the locked and unlocked statuses of the bonus games across multiple wagering game sessions and/or wagering game terminals.
US09818260B2	Delayed wagering interleaved wagering system A delayed wager interleaved wagering system is disclosed including an interactive processing device constructed to: provide an interactive application display; request wager actuator data; automatically configure the display to provide a wager actuator; communicate wager actuator activation data; receive wagering telemetry data and application resource data; responsive to receiving the wagering telemetry data, automatically configure the display; a wager server constructed to: receive wager request data; automatically determine and communicate a wager outcome; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager server, and constructed to: provide the wager actuator data; communicate the wager actuator data; receive the wager actuator activation data; generate wager request data; communicate the wager request data; receive the wager outcome data; automatically determine and communicate the wagering telemetry data and the application resource data.
US09818257B2	Gaming activity awarding subsequent plays using results of previous plays Techniques involving awarding subsequent plays using results of previous plays. One representative technique includes dealing a first poker hand to a player, and enabling cards of the first poker hand to be held. Replacement cards are presented for any of the cards that were not held in the first poker hand, thereby creating a first resulting poker hand. All of the cards of the first resulting poker hand are duplicated into a second poker hand, where cards in the second poker hand may again be held/discarded. Replacement cards are presented for any of the cards that were not held in the second poker hand, thereby creating a second resulting poker hand. Duplication into additional hands may also be provided.
US09818253B2	Casino style game of chance apparatus A random number generator for a game of chance capable of selecting at least two numbers which are relevant to an outcome of the game of chance, includes a blower, a first mixing chamber housing a first set of balls bearing indicia in accordance with rules of the game of chance and a second mixing chamber housing a second set of balls bearing indicia in accordance with rules of the game of chance. The first mixing chamber is in communication with a first selector including a first calling chamber. The second mixing chamber is in communication with a second selector including a second calling chamber. A first valve has a closed position and an open position. In the open position of the first valve, the first selected ball is allowed to pass from the first mixing chamber to the first calling chamber. A second valve has a closed position and an open position. In the closed position of the second valve, the second selected ball is allowed to pass from the second mixing chamber to the second calling chamber.
US09818244B2	Method and system for permitting remote check-in and coordinating access control Methods, systems, and devices for controlling access within a multi-facility room are provided. More specifically, a guest of the multi-room facility is allowed to remotely confirm reservations to the facility as well as bypass the front desk of the multi-room for check-in purposes. At a location within the facility, the guest is allowed to confirm their arrival, check-in, and have their access credential written with personalized access data that may be useable for the duration of the guest's stay.
US09818239B2	Method for smartphone-based accident detection A method and system for detecting an accident of a vehicle, the method including: receiving a movement dataset collected at least at one of a location sensor and a motion sensor arranged within the vehicle, during a time period of movement of the vehicle, extracting a set of movement features associated with at least one of a position, a velocity, and an acceleration characterizing the movement of the vehicle during the time period, detecting a vehicular accident event from processing the set of movement features with an accident detection model, and in response to detecting the vehicular accident event, automatically initiating an accident response action.
US09818229B2	Anchors for location-based navigation and augmented reality applications A method for encoding information includes specifying a digital value and providing a symbol (28, 70, 80, 90, 100) comprising a plurality of polygons (72, 82, 92, 94, 102) meeting at a common vertex (74, 84, 96, 98, 104) and having different, respective colors selected so as to encode the specified digital value.
US09818228B2	Mixed reality social interaction Mixed reality social interactions are described. Techniques described herein include determining authentication information associated with a mixed reality display device and determining that a content item is visible in a mixed reality environment associated with the mixed reality display device. In an example, a content item may be determined to be visible based at least in part on content data indicating that the content item is owned by the mixed reality display device and/or has been shared with the mixed reality display device. The content data may also indicate an identification of a content item of the plurality of content items, an owner of the content item, and permissions associated with the content item. The techniques further describe causing a graphical representation of the content item to be presented via a display on the mixed reality display device.
US09818226B2	Method for optimizing occlusion in augmented reality based on depth camera A method for optimizing occlusion occurring in an augmented reality system comprising a depth camera and a two-dimensional camera comprises the steps of: capturing, by a depth camera, a scene and an object in the scene to obtain initial depth data, and capturing, by the two-dimensional camera, the scene and the object to obtain two-dimensional image data; in-painting the initial depth data to obtain in-painted depth data; performing a depth buffer calculation according to the in-painted depth data and a virtual model to obtain an occlusion relationship between the object and the virtual model, and generating an occluded partial image according to the two-dimensional image data and the virtual model; estimating partially approximated polygon according to the occluded partial image; and generating an occluded result according to the partially approximated polygon, the two-dimensional image data and the virtual model.
US09818225B2	Synchronizing multiple head-mounted displays to a unified space and correlating movement of objects in the unified space A method for sharing content with other HMDs includes rendering content of a virtual environment scene on a display screen of a head-mounted display associated with a first user. The display screen rendering the virtual environment scene represents a virtual reality space of the first user. A request to share the virtual reality space of the first user is detected. The request targets a second user. In response to detecting acceptance of the request to share, the virtual reality space of the first user is shared with the second user. The sharing allows synchronizing the virtual environment scene rendered on the head mounted display of the first and the second users.
US09818222B2	Tessellation of patches of surfaces in a tile based rendering system A method and apparatus are provided for tessellating patches of surfaces in a tile based three dimensional computer graphics rendering system. For each tile in an image a per tile list of primitive indices is derived for tessellated primitives which make up a patch. Hidden surface removal is then performed on the patch and any domain points which remain after hidden surface removal are derived. The primitives are then shaded for display.
US09818221B2	Start node determination for tree traversal for shadow rays in graphics processing At least one processor may organize a plurality of primitives of a scene in a hierarchical data structure, wherein a plurality of bounding volumes are associated with a plurality of nodes of the hierarchical data structure. The at least one processor may rasterize a representation of each of the plurality of bounding volumes to an off-screen render target in the memory. The at least one processor may determine, based at least in part on a pixel in the off-screen render target that maps to a ray in the scene, a non-root node of the hierarchical data structure associated with the pixel as a start node to start traversal of the hierarchical data structure. The at least one processor may traverse the hierarchical data structure starting from the start node to determine whether the ray in the scene intersects one of the plurality of primitives.
US09818218B2	Graphics processing A graphics processor includes a vertex shader 20 that processes input attribute values from a vertex buffer 26 to generate output vertex shaded attribute values 28 to be used by a rasterizer/fragment shader 22 of the graphics processor when processing an image for display. The system recognizes when a vertex shader output attribute value to be generated from a vertex shader input attribute value by the vertex shader 20 will be a copy of the vertex shader input attribute value from which it is to be generated. In this event, the vertex shader 20 does not generate the copy vertex shader output attribute value, but the rasterizer/fragment shader 22 instead processes the corresponding vertex shader input attribute value in place of the copy vertex shader output attribute value that would otherwise have been generated by the vertex shader 20.
US09818217B2	Data driven design and animation of animatronics There is provided a method for use by a system including a hardware processor and a memory storing a three-dimensional (3D) character data having a topology mesh describing a character. The method includes stabilizing the 3D character data by removing a translational motion and a rotational motion from the 3D character data, determining a range of motion of a plurality of points of the topology mesh describing the character, identifying a plurality of poses for generating an animation, where each of the plurality of poses includes a unique configuration of the plurality of points of the topology mesh, and creating an animatronic including a plurality of actuators configured to instantiate the plurality of poses for generating the animation.
US09818205B2	Simplified texture comparison engine A method for calculating a coating textures indicator can comprise receiving target coating texture variables from an image. The method can also comprise accessing a relative texture characteristic database that stores a set of texture characteristic relationships for a plurality of coatings. The method can further comprise calculating a correlation between the target coating texture variables and target coating texture variables associated with a compared coating. Based upon the calculated correlation, the method can comprise, calculating a set of relative texture characteristics for the target coating that indicate relative differences in texture between the target coating and the compared coating. Each of the relative texture characteristics can comprise an assessment over all angles of the target coating.
US09818199B2	Method and apparatus for estimating depth of focused plenoptic data Method and apparatus for estimating the depth of focused plenoptic data are suggested. The method includes: estimating the inherent shift of in-focus pixels of the focused plenoptic data; calculating a level of homogeneity of the pixels of the focused plenoptic data; determining the pixels of the focused plenoptic data which either have disparities equal to the inherent shift or belong to homogeneous areas, as a function of the level of homogeneity of the pixels of the focused plenoptic data; and estimating the depth of the focused plenoptic data by a disparity estimation without considering the determined pixels. According to the disclosure, the pixels of the focused plenoptic data which either have a disparity equal to the inherent shift or belong to a homogeneous area will not be considered for the estimation of the depth, which can reduce computational costs and at the same time increase accuracy of estimations for in-focus parts of the scene.
US09818189B2	Method of classification of organs from a tomographic image The present invention relates to a method for classification of an organ in a tomographic image. The method comprises the steps of receiving (102) a 3-dimensional anatomical tomographic target image comprising a water image data set and a fat image data set, each with a plurality of volume elements, providing (104) a prototype image comprising a 3-dimensional image data set with a plurality of volume elements, wherein a sub-set of the volume elements are given an organ label, transforming (106) the prototype image by applying a deformation field onto the volume elements of the prototype image such that each labeled volume element for a current organ is determined to be equivalent to a location for a volume element in a corresponding organ in the target image, and transferring (108) the labels of the labeled volume elements of the prototype image to corresponding volume elements of the target image.
US09818187B2	Determining local spectrum at a pixel using a rotationally invariant S-transform (RIST) An image processing device and methods for performing Rotationally Invariant S-transform (RIST) for an image are provided herein. An example method of determining the RIST magnitude at a pixel is provided herein. Further, an example method of determining RIST magnitudes and statistics in a region of interest is provided herein.
US09818173B2	Displaying representative images in a visual mapping system Embodiments provide systems and methods for generating a street map that includes a position identifier that identifies a location on the street map. The method and system may also generate and display a plurality of images representative of the location of the position identifier. A user may interact with a position identifier or one of several scroll icons to view images of other locations on the street map and/or to obtain driving directions between two locations.
US09818172B2	Methods of processing mosaicked images An embodiment of the invention provides a method of processing a mosaicked image. First, the mosaicked image is up-sampled along a first direction to generate a first intermediate image. Then, the first intermediate image is resized along the first direction to generate a second intermediate image. Next, the second intermediate image is up-sampled along a second direction to generate a third intermediate image. Afterward, the third intermediate image is resized along the second direction to generate a resized and partly demosaicked image.
US09818166B2	Graph-based application programming interface architectures with producer/consumer nodes for enhanced image processing parallelism A flexible representation of fine grain image buffer validity is included in an image graph implementation API to provide a mechanism for a graph node developer to communicate limits of scheduling constraints imposed by a graph's source and destination images. An image graph executor may employ a producer and/or consumer node scoreboard object or function defined through the image graph implementation API to schedule work tasks to hardware resources in a more efficient manner. In some embodiments, an image processing engine is configured to begin processing completed source data blocks (e.g., image tiles) through an image graph before all upstream tasks associated with the source image are complete. In further embodiments, a destination image is to be indicated as at least partially complete so that work dependent on one more completed data blocks may begin before the destination image is fully buffered into memory.
US09818163B2	Property management system A computerized property management system enables users to input a service request by placing a problem-type icon on a floor plan and designating a priority or urgency for the service request. The user can select a problem type note and/or input text describing the problem. Additionally, the user can add photographs, voice notes or video. After the service request is submitted, a contractor is notified of the request by email or text, which includes a link to the service request page with the information entered by the user. After the service request task is completed, the contractor can add notes describing what was fixed and indicating that the task has been completed. Subsequently, an email or other communication may be sent to the property manager and the requestor to indicate that the task has been completed.
US09818159B2	Systems and methods for expense management Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for expense management are disclosed. A user may submit receipts for one or more transactions into an expense management system. The expense management system may extract information from the receipts and match the extracted information to one or more of a plurality of Records of Charge (ROCs). The expense management system may match the extracted information to a ROC based on vendor name, location, time stamp, and the like. The expense management system may further assign a ROC to an expense category. The expense management system may assign a ROC to an expense category based on a standard industrial classification (SIC) code of a merchant, a category assigned to a different ROC, and a location associated with the ROC. An expense report for all submitted receipts may be generated.
US09818149B1	Automated electronic commerce site migration Disclosed are various embodiments for a service that retrieves network content from an electronic commerce system and identifies items and associated data within the network content. The information identified may be modified and/or made available for use in another electronic commerce system. Modifications made to the information may be used by the service to further improve the identification accuracy and/or capabilities.
US09818144B2	Visual product feedback According to various embodiments, user goal information describing a user goal is accessed. The user goal may be assigned a target date, and the user goal may be a health-related goal or a finance-related goal. It is determined whether the purchase or consumption of a given product item either contributes or does not contribute to achieving the user goal. Thereafter, visual product feedback information indicating whether procurement of the product item contributes or does not contribute to achieving the user goal is displayed.
US09818143B2	Ensuring appearance of merchant offering in network sites The present disclosure involves ensuring that items sold by a merchant appear in certain network pages. A network page is automatically accessed in a computing device. The network page is generated by a referral network site that displays at least one offering of an item by at least one competitor merchant. A unique identifier associated with the item is identified from the network page in the computing device. The unique identifier is stored in association with the item in a data store accessible to the computing device. The item and the unique identifier are included in a feed sent from the computing device of a merchant to the referral network site. The feed includes a listing of the item and a plurality of other items, wherein the item and the other items are offered for sale by the merchant.
US09818141B2	Pricing data according to provenance-based use in a query A method, system, and computer program product for pricing data according to provenance-based use in a query are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of data cubes is identified. A data cube in the set comprises a quantum of data configured for trading in exchange for a payment, the set being usable for answering the query. A first portion of a price for performing the query is computed, which includes a price of a first data cube computed using a first set of provenance attributes and a first provenance-based pricing adjustment from a first pricing definition, the first data cube being included in the set. A confidence level of a result set of the query is computed. The set of data cubes, the first set of provenance attributes, the first portion of the price, and the confidence level are presented in a pricing preview of the query.
US09818129B2	Methods for calculating advertisement effectiveness One variation of a method for calculating advertisement effectiveness includes: posting an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system; tracking a view of the advertisement by a user; determining a proximity of the user to a store of a merchant; in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, selecting personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data including an identity of the user and an interest of the user; in response to the determined proximity of the user to the store, transmitting the selected personal data to the store; and, in response to a transaction between the user and the store, assessing an effectiveness of the advertisement according to a determined correlation between the transaction and the view of the advertisement by the user.
US09818125B2	Systems and methods for information exchange mechanisms for powered cards and devices A card, or other device (e.g., a mobile telephonic device), may provide transaction, feature information, and/or any other type of information to a merchant terminal based upon check-in options that may be selected by the user on the card. A routing server may receive transaction information, feature information, merchant related information, cardholder information and/or any other type of information and provide the information to networked entities. The networked entities (e.g., websites, social networks, and search engines) may access the information to track the purchasing habits of one or more cardholders.
US09818114B2	Systems and methods for performing payment card transactions using a wearable computing device A computer-based method for authenticating a suspect consumer as an authorized cardholder during a payment card transaction is provided. The method includes registering the authorized cardholder within a portable computer device by receiving a reference sample of the authorized cardholder. The portable computer device includes a processor, a memory, and a camera. The method also includes storing, in the memory, the reference sample of the authorized cardholder and associated payment card information. The method further includes using the camera to capture a transaction sample of the suspect consumer during the payment card transaction using the camera. The method also includes comparing, by the processor, the transaction sample to the reference sample stored in the memory. The method further includes authenticating the suspect consumer as the authorized cardholder based at least in part on the comparison.
US09818113B2	Payment method using one-time card information Provided is a payment method using one-time information, which is performed by a payment system network-connected to a relay server and a payment device and having actual card information, the method including: receiving a payment schedule message from the payment device; publishing a Bank Information Number in response to the payment schedule message, generating one-time card information not including the actual card information, and providing the generated one-time card information to the payment device; judging validity of a message for approval request transmitted from the relay server according to whether or not a difference between a first time when the one-time card information is returned through the relay sever and a second time when the one-time card information is provided to the payment device satisfies a predetermined reference time; and determining whether or not the message for approval request is approved according to a judgment result of the validity.
US09818108B2	System and method for updating a transactional device Systems and methods for updating a transactional device having a reader is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: reading data on a command token, wherein the data is stored in a memory device; identifying the token as a command token based on the data; generating transaction data that include an instruction based on the token data and a code identifying the instruction as a command data; and transmitting the transaction data to a remote device for command execution.
US09818107B2	Apparatus and method for commercial transactions using a communication device An apparatus for effecting commercial transactions with a server using a transaction card via a communication device is provided. The apparatus includes a transaction device coupled with the communication device for capturing information from the transaction card and a controller for converting the captured card information into an encrypted audio signal and for transmitting the audio signal to the communication device. The communication device delivers the audio signal to the server for processing the commercial transaction.
US09818095B2	Taxi payment system A taxi payment system including a point of sale device and a mounting assembly for mounting the point of sale device inside a taxi, the mounting assembly having at least two operative orientations, a first operative orientation in which the point of sale device is accessible to a taxi passenger and a second operative orientation in which the point of sale device is accessible to a taxi driver.
US09818086B2	Methods and systems for providing predictive metrics in a talent management application Techniques for providing predictive metrics relating to employment positions are provided. A method may include receiving, by a computing device, data relating to a plurality of employment positions, wherein the data is received from a plurality of customers. The computing device may aggregate the data received from the plurality of customers and may determine statistics using the aggregated data, which are based on each of the plurality of employment positions. The computing device may generate one or more predictive metrics relating to the plurality of employment positions using one or more of the statistics.
US09818081B2	Smart hook for retail inventory tracking A smart hook system for a store display including a hook configured to hang smart items having a resistor and a capacitor for display in a store. The hook at least one resistive electrical contact configured to come into electrical circuit contact with the resistor of the smart items hanging on the hook, and at least one capacitive electrical contact configured to come into electrical contact with the capacitor of the smart items that are hanging on hook. The smart hook also includes a processor configured to measure the resistance and capacitance of the smart items that are hanging on hook, and determine a quantity of the smart items hanging on the hook and identity of the smart items hanging on the hook based on the measured resistance and capacitance.
US09818071B2	Authorization rights for operational components Various methods and systems include exemplary implementations for a security-activated operational component. Possible embodiments include but are not limited to obtaining access to an object data file configured to implement various functional operation regarding one or more objects; verifying validity of an authorization code associated with the object data file; and controlling operation of the operational component to enable or prevent its activation pursuant to the authorization code in accordance with one or more predetermined conditions.
US09818064B1	High fidelity threshold detection of single microwave photons using a quantum non-demolition photon detector A technique relates to a microwave detection device. A quantum non-demolition microwave photon detector is connected to a quadrature microwave hybrid coupler connected. A dispersive nonlinear element is coupled to the quadrature microwave hybrid coupler.
US09818060B2	System and method for generation of a heuristic A system and method for generating a heuristic is provided. A heuristic is capable of identifying data patterns. The method includes: extracting a data set from multiple input sources; creating a set of unique elements used across the data set; organizing the data set into a geometric structure; grouping portions of the data in the geometric structure into a plurality sub geometric structures; determining base attributes for each sub geometric structure using the set of unique elements; identifying trends in the base attributes among the sub geometric structures; and outputting the heuristic as a combination of the base attributes and the trends.
US09818059B1	Exploiting input data sparsity in neural network compute units A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, input activations and determining, by a controller of the computing device, whether each of the input activations has either a zero value or a non-zero value. The method further includes storing, in a memory bank of the computing device, at least one of the input activations. Storing the at least one input activation includes generating an index comprising one or more memory address locations that have input activation values that are non-zero values. The method still further includes providing, by the controller and from the memory bank, at least one input activation onto a data bus that is accessible by one or more units of a computational array. The activations are provided, at least in part, from a memory address location associated with the index.
US09818051B2	Rotation and clipping mechanism A method is disclosed. The method includes intersecting a clip polygon with a source image, determining destination coordinates of the clip polygon, rasterizing the clip polygon, determining a bounding box, dividing the bounding box into a plurality of logical destination tiles, processing the destination tiles to determine coordinates of source tiles corresponding to each of the destination tiles and performing rotation processing of the source tiles, wherein each tile is processed independently.
US09818044B2	Content update suggestions Content update and suggestion techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are implemented to generate suggestions that are usable to guide creative professionals in updating content such as images, video, sound, multimedia, and so forth. A variety of techniques are usable to generate suggestions for the content professionals. In one example, suggestions are based on shared characteristics of images licensed by users of a content sharing service, e.g., licensed by the users. In another example, suggestions are based on metadata of the images licensed by the users, the metadata describing characteristics of how the images are created. These suggestions are then used to guide transformation of a user's image such that the image exhibits these characteristics and thus has an increased likelihood of being desired for licensing by customers of the service.
US09818043B2	Real-time, model-based object detection and pose estimation A system includes a memory and a processor configured to select a set of scene point pairs, to determine a respective feature vector for each scene point pair, to find, for each feature vector, a respective plurality of nearest neighbor point pairs in feature vector data of a number of models, to compute, for each nearest neighbor point pair, a respective aligning transformation from the respective scene point pair to the nearest neighbor point pair, thereby defining a respective model-transformation combination for each nearest neighbor point pair, each model-transformation combination specifying the respective aligning transformation and the respective model with which the nearest neighbor point pair is associated, to increment, with each binning of a respective one of the model-transformation combinations, a respective bin counter, and to select one of the model-transformation combinations in accordance with the bin counters to detect an object and estimate a pose of the object.
US09818042B2	Method of incident scene focus area determination Data analytics engines and methods of incident scene focus area determination. The method includes receiving a plurality of directional inputs from a plurality of sources. The method also includes assigning weighting factors to the plurality of directional inputs. The method further includes generating weighted position vectors for each of the plurality of sources based on the plurality of directional inputs and the weighting factors. The method also includes determining when the weighted position vectors for at least two sources of the plurality of sources intersect. The method further includes determining an intersection location and a confidence level based on the weighted position vectors of the at least two sources. The method also includes identifying an incident scene focus area based on the intersection location and the confidence level.
US09818033B2	Monitoring method and apparatus using a camera The present invention relates to a monitoring method and a monitoring apparatus using a camera. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a monitoring method using a camera includes receiving a photographed input image from the camera; detecting an object existing in the input image and positional information of the object; generating a corrected image by correcting a distorted area of the input image; and generating a synthesized image by synthesizing alarm display information which is generated on the basis of the object and the positional information, with the corrected image, and outputting the synthesized image through a display.
US09818024B2	Identifying facial expressions in acquired digital images A face is detected and identified within an acquired digital image. One or more features of the face is/are extracted from the digital image, including two independent eyes or subsets of features of each of the two eyes, or lips or partial lips or one or more other mouth features and one or both eyes, or both. A model including multiple shape parameters is applied to the two independent eyes or subsets of features of each of the two eyes, and/or to the lips or partial lips or one or more other mouth features and one or both eyes. One or more similarities between the one or more features of the face and a library of reference feature sets is/are determined. A probable facial expression is identified based on the determining of the one or more similarities.
US09818016B2	Method and fingerprint sensing system for forming a fingerprint representation The present invention generally relates to a method for forming a fingerprint using a fingerprint sensing system, and specifically to the possibility of allowing the formation of a fingerprint when only separated portions of the fingerprint is available. The invention also relates to the corresponding fingerprint sensing system and to a computer program product.
US09818008B2	RFID tag embedded within an attachable identifier for a molded connector and a tracking system therefor An electrical asset for distributing power for use with a Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) tracking system and middleware. The electrical asset includes at least one attachable identifier defining an external surface and at least one radially extending portion or axially extending portion. An RFID transponder is molded into the attachable identifier and embedded within the radially or axially extending portion, and below the exterior surface of, the attachable identifier. The transponder is configured to transmit a first signal to a transmitting and receiving device and receive a second signal from the transmitting and receiving device.
US09818007B1	Electronic care and content clothing label The technology disclosed here encodes a clothing item ID as an alphanumeric code within the clothing item, such as within a radio-frequency identification tag. A clothing item cleaning appliance, such as a cell phone, or a washing machine reads the clothing item ID from the clothing item, and retrieves the care and content information from a database maintained on a cloud. For example, the care and content information can include operating settings of the washing machine. The washing machine can adjust its settings and wash the clothing item in accordance with the care and content information of the clothing item. The care and content information stored in the database can be organized in optimized data structures enabling efficient responses to received queries, and efficient updates to the information stored in the data structures.
US09818003B2	Diagnostic tag for an industrial vehicle tag reader An industrial vehicle comprising a tag reader, a reader module, and a diagnostic tag, wherein the diagnostic tag is coupled to the industrial truck within a read range of the tag reader. The reader module and the tag reader cooperate to identify the diagnostic tag and individual tags of a tag layout and the reader module discriminates between the individual tags of the tag layout and the diagnostic tag and the individual tags of the tag layout, correlates an identified individual tag of the tag layout with tag data, correlates an identified diagnostic tag with operation of the tag reader, and generates a missing tag signal if the diagnostic tag is not identified or the operation of the tag reader is not within specified operating parameters.
US09818002B1	Non-binding placement of inventory in a materials handling facility In various embodiments, approaches for the placement of inventory in a materials handling facility are described. A virtual representation of a plurality of storage locations in a materials handling facility is maintained in a computer system. Each one of a plurality of inventory items is assigned to a corresponding storage location in the virtual representation. A first portion of the inventory items is stocked, and a second portion of the inventory items is unstocked. Each of the assignments is associated with a profit value. An event related to a change in state of the materials handling facility is input into the computer system. Each one of the second portion of the inventory items is reassigned in the computer system to a corresponding storage location in the virtual representation.
US09817999B2	Performing demand reset in a secure mobile network environment Techniques are discussed for performing a demand reset in a wireless meter reading environment, in a manner such that demand data may not be lost. In response to receiving a command from a mobile device of a requester, a meter may store demand value(s) in a log, reset register(s) that store the demand value(s) and wirelessly provide the demand value(s) to the mobile device of the requester. Due to the lack of reliability associated with wireless communications between the meter and a requestor, the requestor may not actually receive the demand value(s). Upon receiving a subsequent command for the demand value(s), the meter may determine that the command is a replay, and provide the demand value(s) without resetting the register(s). Techniques are also discussed for generating the commands, securing the commands, and providing the commands to mobile devices in route packages.
US09817995B2	Protecting personal information upon sharing a personal computing device In particular embodiments, a temporary user is able to use another's personal computing device in shared mode for a short period of time while experiencing a personalized user interface. An indication is detected that a personal computing device associated with a primary user is to be shared with a temporary user. Access to local personal information associated with the primary user is disabled if it is stored on the personal computing device. Access to remote personal information of the primary user that is accessible from the personal computing device is disabled. A personalized user interface incorporating personal information associated with the temporary user is presented on the personal computing device for the temporary user. Personal information of the primary user is not accessible by the temporary user, and vice versa. When shared mode is to be terminated, all personal information of the temporary user is deleted.
US09817988B2	System and method to provide document management on a public document system A system and method for document management are provided in which documents are managed in a file/document sharing system.
US09817983B2	Mobile Printing A method of printing comprising, at an imaging device, receiving a print-by-reference print request and an encryption key from a mobile device, transmitting the print-by-reference print request and the encryption key to a print service, receiving encrypted print content from the print service, receiving a decryption key from the mobile device, decrypting the encrypted print content, creating decrypted print content, and printing the decrypted print content. A method of printing content requested from a mobile device, comprising receiving a print request and encrypted print content, receiving a decryption key from the mobile device, decrypting the encrypted print content, and printing the decrypted print content.
US09817982B2	Identity authentication system According to one embodiment, an identity authentication system includes a detecting unit that detects an identity theft by determining whether a photographing target is a living body or a non-living body, a collating unit that performs identity collation based on a photographed image, and a control unit that controls execution timing of a detection process performed by the detecting unit and an identity collating processing performed by the collating unit and, in a case where the detection performed by the detecting unit is performed for a first number of times, performs the collation process performed by the collating unit, wherein the first number of times is set in consideration of a tradeoff between a required intensity of security and convenience of a user using the identity authentication system.
US09817980B2	System, method and computer-accessible medium for facilitating logic encryption Exemplary systems, methods and computer-accessible mediums for encrypting at least one integrated circuit (IC) can include determining, using an interference graph, at least one location for a proposed insertion of at least one gate in or at the at least one IC, and inserting the gate(s) into the IC(s) at the location(s). The interference graph can be constructed based at least in part on an effect of the location(s) on at least one further location of the IC(s).
US09817975B2	Method for logging firmware attack event and system therefor A violation of a firmware access rule is detected, and an entry is generated at a log file stored at a baseboard management controller, the entry identifying the violation. In an embodiment, detecting the violation is in response to receiving a system management interrupt at an information handling system.
US09817969B2	Device for detecting cyber attack based on event analysis and method thereof There are provided a device for detecting a cyber attack and a method thereof. The device for detecting a cyber attack includes an event receiving unit configured to receive an event generated in at least one user terminal according to a behavior of a user who accesses a web server and uses web services provided from a web page, a model generating unit configured to generate an event model by extracting an event pattern corresponding to a behavior of the user based on the received event, and an attack detecting unit configured to detect whether access of the web server by a specific user terminal is an attack by comparing the event model with an event received from the specific user terminal. Therefore, various forms of cyber attacks are rapidly and accurately detected, and it is possible to provide a security service having high availability and reliability.
US09817968B2	Secure connection for a remote device through a mobile application Virtual machines in a network may be isolated by encrypting transmissions between the virtual machines with keys possessed only by an intended recipient. Within a network, the virtual machines may be logically organized into a number of community-of-interest (COI) groups. Each COI may use an encryption key to secure communications within the COI, such that only other virtual machines in the COI may decrypt the message. Remote devices may gain access to virtual machines in a network through a virtual device relay. The virtual device relay receives data from the remote device, such as a tablet or cellular phone, and forwards the data to one of the virtual machines, when the virtual device relay shares a COI with the destination virtual machine.
US09817967B1	Integrated robotics and access management for target systems An access management robot facilitation system facilitates a robot to execute access management tasks on a target system.
US09817964B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate secure screen input Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate secure screen input. An example disclosed system includes a user interface (UI) manager to generate a UI comprising a quantity of ordinal entry points, each one of the quantity of ordinal entry points comprising a repeating selectable pattern, an ordinal sequence generator to generate an initial randomized combination of the quantity of ordinal entry points, the randomized combination stored in a trusted execution environment, and an offset calculator to calculate a password entry value by comparing an offset value and direction value retrieved from the UI with the initial randomized combination of the quantity of ordinal entry points.
US09817961B2	Working method of smart key device A working method of a smart key device, in which it includes: power on the smart key device; the smart key device reads Bluetooth module parameters, and determines whether the Bluetooth module parameters are read successfully, if the parameters are read successfully, switch the Bluetooth module to connection state, and execute a next step; if the parameters are not read successfully, execute the next step directly; the smart key device determines whether working voltage is lower than a preset value, if yes, prompt low voltage state, and the device is turned off after a first preset time; if no, the device tests working voltage and waits for an interrupt trigger signal; when the device receives the interrupt trigger signal, enter corresponding interruption according to the interrupt trigger signal, after execute corresponding interrupt processing, exit corresponding interruption and continue to test the working voltage. The present invention can unify interfaces of mobile devices, so as to make mobile payment safer and more convenient.
US09817959B2	Wearable electronic devices Wearable electronic device technology is disclosed. In an example, a wearable electronic device can include a handling portion that facilitates donning the wearable electronic device on a user. The wearable electronic device can also include a user authentication sensor associated with the handling portion and configured to sense a biometric characteristic of the user while the user is donning the wearable electronic device. In addition, the wearable electronic device can include a security module to determine whether the sensed biometric characteristic indicates an authorized user of the wearable electronic device.
US09817958B1	Systems and methods for authenticating users The disclosed computer-implemented method for authenticating users may include (1) identifying at least one digital device with which a user interacts, (2) gathering information about how the user interacts with the digital device, (3) generating, based on the gathered information, an authentication protocol for authenticating the user, and (4) using the authentication protocol to authenticate the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09817955B2	Authorising use of a computer program A method of authorizing use of a computer program only able to be used when an authorized message is received from an authorizing system includes providing an authorization system, making a request to use a computer program, signalling the request to the authorization system, the authorization system recording the use of the computer program and providing the authorization message to the computer program upon receipt of the authorization message the computer program may be used.
US09817951B2	System and method for analyzing a device A system and method for analyzing a device are disclosed. In an aspect, a method can comprise determining a parameter of a device at a kernel level of a software stack associated with the device, analyzing the parameter to determine an event state, comparing the event state to a white list to determine a state of an alert trigger, and generating an alert in response to the determined state of the alert trigger.
US09817943B2	Cumulative differential chemical assay identification An apparatus comprising: a value receiver, configured to receive fluorescence values measured during a chemical reaction involving a test sample, each value pertaining to a respective physical parameter value, a difference calculator, configured to calculate differences, each difference being between respective one of the measured fluorescence values and one of reference fluorescence values of a reference sample, each reference fluorescence value pertaining to a respective physical parameter value, a cumulative index calculator, configured to calculate a cumulative index, by selecting a first difference among the calculated differences, and selecting and adding to the first difference differences, each one of the added differences being selected according to a proximity standard applied on each two differences selected in a sequence, the proximity standard being based on proximity of physical parameter values and difference size, and a similarity determiner, configured to determine similarity between the samples, using the calculated cumulative index.
US09817942B2	System for creating universal mating cables and related testing program The present document describes a method for building a part for use with a test equipment in the performance of a test of electrical equipment. The part comprises at least one of a connector, an interface cable, and a test program. The method comprises accessing a database comprising data about the part, building the part based on the data, and providing the part with a unique identifier. The data is sufficient for at least one of determining an availability of the part and allowing building the part.
US09817938B2	Apparatus and method for providing arrangement pattern An apparatus for providing an arrangement pattern includes an input unit configured to receive an input of group information of groups, the groups comprising a plurality of components having the same function and being classified based on a predetermined standard; an arrangement pattern calculation unit configured to determine an arrangement pattern for arranging the plurality of components on a printed circuit board (PCB) so that first components of a first group of the groups are dispersedly arranged amongst the plurality of components based on the group information of the groups; and an output unit configured to output the determined arrangement pattern.
US09817934B2	Multi-FPGA prototyping of an ASIC circuit The invention concerns a method of designing a prototype comprising a plurality of programmable chips, such as FPGA chips, for modelling an ASIC circuit, said ASIC circuit being intended to implement a logic design comprising a hierarchy of logic modules communicating together. The method according to the invention comprises steps of: —partitioning the hierarchy of logic modules into regions each comprising one or a plurality of programmable chips, while minimising: —inter-region communications in a manner correlated to the physical connections available between each pair of programmable chips; —and the number of crossings of programmable chips of a critical combinatorial path; —establishing a routing of the signals between programmable chips using the physical resources available.
US09817929B1	Formal verification using microtransactions Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for performing formal verification of circuit descriptions. In certain example embodiments, the disclosed technology involves the formal verification of a register-transfer-level (“RTL”) circuit description produced from a high level synthesis tool (e.g., a C++ or SystemC synthesis tool) relative to the original high level code from which the RTL description was synthesized (e.g., the original C++ or SystemC description) using sub-functional-call-level transactions.
US09817923B2	Part made from 3D woven composite material A method designing a part made of 3D woven composite material, performed by a computer, the method including: obtaining shape data representing an outside surface of the part; for each point of a set of points of the outside surface, determining a distance between the point and a projection of the point onto a target surface, the projection being along a predetermined projection direction; determining a structure of a 3D woven preform as a function of the determined distances; and obtaining projection data specifying a projection direction as a function of a position of a point on the outside surface of the part, wherein the projection direction that is used for at least some of the points of the set of points is determined during the determining a distance, as a function of the projection and as a function of the position of the point.
US09817919B2	Agglomerative treelet restructuring for bounding volume hierarchies A system, method, and computer program product are provided for modifying a hierarchical tree data structure. An initial hierarchical tree data structure is received, and treelets of node neighborhoods are formed. A processor restructures the treelets using agglomerative clustering to produce an optimized hierarchical tree data structure that includes at least one restructured treelet, where each restructured treelet includes at least one internal node.
US09817918B2	Sub-tree similarity for component substitution Systems and methods of determining sub-tree similarity for component substitution. A method includes assigning a similarity metric to a plurality of trees stored in computer-readable media. The method also includes constructing a distance matrix in computer-readable media, the distance being between sub-trees. The method also includes correlating sub-trees in the computer-readable media based on the distance matrix.
US09817912B2	Method and system for managing a virtual meeting A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium and system for managing a virtual meeting are disclosed. Invitees for a virtual meeting may be automatically determined based upon a selection of one or more groups made using a graphical user interface. Each invitee may be notified of the virtual meeting. Users may conveniently attend the virtual meeting. A recording of the virtual meeting may then be made accessible to members of one or more groups selected using the graphical user interface. In this manner, the setup of a virtual meeting and the distribution of a recording of the virtual meeting can be improved.
US09817897B1	Content-dependent processing of questions and answers The disclosed embodiments relate to a computer system that facilitates the providing of an answer to a question. During operation, the computer system receives the question from a user, where the question is related to income taxes. Then, the computer system performs content-dependent processing of the question based on a tax-information data structure to produce the answer to the question. Note that the tax-information data structure includes: tax phrases, context information associated with the tax phrases, tax concepts that encompass multiple tax phrases, and/or statistical association metrics between the tax phrases and the tax concepts. Next, the computer system provides the answer to the user.
US09817894B2	Fast search in a music sharing environment A method, apparatus and system of method and system of directory sharing and management in a group communication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a fast-search server includes processing a character of a query of music data, referencing the character with a reverse index of a music database, determining that the character matches a data record of the music database using the reverse index and returning the data record of the music database prior to receiving all characters of the query of music data from a user. The reverse index may be created from a combination of letters appearing as a string in a data field of the music database. The method may include preforking the character of the query of music data along with other processes in the fast-search server to minimize concurrency issues and to minimize threading locks.
US09817893B2	Tracking changes in user-generated textual content on social media computing platforms Social media posts related to a topic are analyzed over time by parsing the posts to identify terms and by statistically analyzing occurrences and co-occurrences of the terms in the posts to derive metrics. A relationship-based structure is updated over time based on the metrics. A relationship-based structure is updated over time based on the metrics. In an example, the relationship-based structure includes weighted nodes and edges. The nodes represent terms in the posts and the edges represent co-occurrences of the terms. The weights of the nodes depend on frequencies of the occurrences, while as the weights of the edges depend on frequencies of the co-occurrences. A trend in the social media posts is detected by identifying a change over time in the relationship-based data structure.
US09817879B2	Asynchronous data replication using an external buffer table Embodiments of the present invention provide, systems, methods, and computer program products for asynchronously replicating data from source tables of a source computer system to target tables of a target computer system. Embodiments of the present invention implement an external buffer table (EBT) from which changed data statements can be selectively applied to target tables, which can reduce the number of statements applied to the target tables of the target computer system.
US09817876B2	Enhanced mechanisms for managing multidimensional data An enhanced multidimensional data management system significantly reduces the resources required to convert a spreadsheet into an enterprise collaborative system. A spreadsheet may be imported as is without modifications. Additional information that cannot be automatically inferred about the data model used in the spreadsheet is obtained. Dimensions, timescale, and measure data are clearly defined and located. The spreadsheet is kept in the system in the form of both a spreadsheet and as a multidimensional data structure such as an online analytical processing (OLAP) cube or structure. This duality allows the spreadsheet to be manipulated as if it was an OLAP cube, modifying iterations within the dimensions, and the OLAP cube to be computed as if it was a spreadsheet.
US09817874B2	Parallel spatio temporal indexing for high-update workloads and query processing Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a spatio-temporal index for high-update workloads and query processing. An embodiment operates by a first thread retrieving an update record from a first queue, the update record comprising a location component and a temporal component indicating a location of one of a plurality of mobile devices at a specified time, and updating a columnar-store database with the update record. The embodiment further operates by a second thread identifying a spatial grid of a spatial temporal index within a memory corresponding to the location component of the update record, and updating a temporal index of the spatial grid based on the temporal component of the update record.
US09817870B2	Method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and manages data that is written to and/or read from these tags. In addition, the invention accesses and/or stores data associated with tags from or into repositories, constructs and maintains data structures from these repositories and responds to queries using the data structures.
US09817867B2	Dynamically processing an event using an extensible data model Systems and methods of dynamically processing an event using an extensible data model are disclosed. One embodiment includes, specifying attributes of the event in a data model; the data model being extensible to add properties to the event as the dataset is streamed from the source to the sink.
US09817862B2	Associating metadata with results produced by applying a pipelined search command to machine data in timestamped events Embodiments are directed towards determining and tracking metadata for the generation of visualizations of requested data. A user may request data by providing a query that may be employed to search for the requested data. The query may include a plurality of commands, which may be employed in a pipeline to perform the search and to generate a table of the requested data. In some embodiments, each command may be executed to perform an action on a set of data. The execution of a command may generate one or more columns to append and/or insert into the table of requested data. Metadata for each generated column may be determined based on the actions performed by executing the commands. The table of requested data and the column metadata may be employed to generate and display a visualization of at least a portion of the requested data to a user.
US09817855B2	Method and system for determining a measure of overlap between data entries A data analysis system and method for determining a measure of overlap between data entries in a number N of columns in a database. Sorted hash lists are provided. An N×N matrix having cells Cij is provided. A set of N indexed read pointers pointing to the hash lists are provided. Each read pointer points to the first entry of the associated hash list. The value of cells Cij in the matrix having indices i,j, wherein i and j each correspond to any of the index numbers of the read pointers pointing to the lowest value are incremented. The read pointer(s) pointing to the lowest value are incremented to point to the next different hash value(s). This is repeated until the last read pointer(s) points to the last entry of the associated hash list.
US09817840B1	Common file caching for virtual private servers A host runs an operating system kernel. A plurality of virtual private servers (containers) is supported within the kernel. The containers use the same files. A template cache has pre-calculated file checksums. The checksum is calculated each time the file is created and/or modified. Each file has an inode containing an attribute indicating whether the checksum is calculated and stored along with the file. If the checksum is present, the process is redirected to access the file with the same inode in the shared disk cache.
US09817830B2	Management of tags relating to shared multimedia objects in a telecommunications network To manage at least one user tag (EtU) which is associated with a multimedia object (ObM) held by a user and stored in memory on an application server (SA), the user tag being liable to be accessed by at least one other user through a telecommunications network (RT), the application server (SA) semantically analyzing the user tag (EtU) to determine a structured set (VoS) of confidentiality tags (EtC). When another user accesses the user tag (EtU), the application server determines the social category of the other user in relation to the user and selects a confidentiality tag (EtC) from the structured set (VoS) relating to the user tag (EtU) based on the determined social category. The selected confidentiality tag (EtC) is sent to the other user.
US09817828B2	Digital asset hosting and distribution among user accounts A first collection of content that includes digital assets is maintained on a host computer. Based on a determination that a portable media device becomes connected to a client computer that is separate from the host computer and that interacts with the host computer, initiation of a synchronization of the first collection of content resident on the host computer with a second collection of content on the portable media device is automatically triggered. The synchronization of the first collection with the second collection includes a transfer of at least one of the digital assets from the host computer to the client computer to the portable media device and is triggered and conditioned upon the determination that the portable media device has become connected to the client computer.
US09817826B2	System and method for recommending media programs and notifying a user before programs start A system and method for searching and/or subscribing to media programs and notifying the user before a recommended program starts in response to a user's request for recommendation. A server receives a user request for a media program event recommendation from a client device. The user request comprises user media program recommendation setting. The server generates a search query in accordance with the user request. The server runs the search query against one or more databases to generate a recommendation containing one or more media program events. At least one of the databases consists of scheduled media program events. The server sends automatically, without user interaction, to one or more user-designated calendar programs, a calendar event corresponding to a recommended media program event. The calendar event includes a respective date, time and duration.
US09817821B2	Translation and dictionary selection by context Methods are described for translation of one or more words in a source language into a target language based on context, history and meaning of portions of the source text. Translation may involve selection of electronic dictionaries when translating from a source language to one or more target languages. Various aspects of history, context and structures of words that reflect lexical, morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties facilitate selection or presentation of translations and options to a user. The methods are applicable to genre classification, topic detection, news analysis, authorship analysis, internet searches, and creating corpora for other tasks, etc.
US09817820B2	Cell phone processing of spoken instructions An item of information (212) is transmitted to a distal computer (220), translated to a different sense modality and/or language (222), and in substantially real time, and the translation (222) is transmitted back to the location (211) from which the item was sent. The device sending the item is preferably a wireless device, and more preferably a cellular or other telephone (210). The device receiving the translation is also preferably a wireless device, and more preferably a cellular or other telephone, and may advantageously be the same device as the sending device. The item of information (212) preferably comprises a sentence of human of speech having at least ten words, and the translation is a written expression of the sentence. All of the steps of transmitting the item of information, executing the program code, and transmitting the translated information preferably occurs in less than 60 seconds of elapsed time.
US09817815B2	Techniques for graph based natural language processing Techniques for graph based natural language processing are described. In one embodiment an apparatus may comprise a client service component operative on the processor circuit to receive a natural language user request from a device and to execute the natural language user request based on matched one or more objects and a social object relation component operative on the processor circuit to match the natural language user request to the one or more objects in an object graph, the object graph comprising token mappings for objects within the object graph, the token mappings based on data extracted from a plurality of interactions by a plurality of users of the network system, wherein the one or more objects are matched with the natural language user request based on the token mappings. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09817814B2	Input entity identification from natural language text information A device may include one or more processors. The device may receive text to be processed to identify input entities included in the text. The device may identify text sections of the text. The device may generate a list of terms included in the text sections of the text. The device may perform one or more feature extraction techniques, on the terms included in the text sections, to identify the input entities included in the text. The device may generate information that identifies the input entities included in the text, based on performing the one or more feature extraction techniques. The device may provide the information that identifies the input entities included in the text.
US09817803B2	System and method for generating a digital edition A system for compiling pages of a digital edition while some of the pages of the digital edition are concurrently being edited is provided. The system comprises an assembler system including a parser being configured to parse page edition data for each page of the digital edition and determine whether any pages of the digital edition are error-generating pages. The parser is further configured to provide parsed edition data for error-free pages and replacement page edition data for each one of the error-generating pages. The system also comprises a compiler being configured to compile the parsed and replacement page edition data for each of the pages in the digital edition and generate therefrom compiled page edition data in the form of a data-interchange format, and to store the compiled page edition data in a compilation database.
US09817801B2	Website content and SEO modifications via a web browser for native and third party hosted websites Systems and methods for assisting a user to redesign a live website using a browser-based interface are presented. A first computer server hosts a target website that includes a first code snippet configured to, once executed, create a communication channel to a second computer server. The second computer server is configured to, after execution of the first code snippet, retrieve a content of the target website using the communication channel, analyze the content of the target website to identify one or more candidate keywords to incorporate into the target website, transmit, through the communication channel, the one or more candidate keywords for selection by a user on the target website, receive, through the communication channel, a selection of one of the one or more candidate keywords, generate a second code snippet configured to modify the target website to incorporate the selected one of the one or more candidate keywords, and store the second code snippet on the second computer server.
US09817795B2	Document layout for electronic displays A method of operating a device having a screen with a display size, including: obtaining an electronic document (ED) having a text flow, multiple graphics, and a page size; calculating, during a first layout of the ED, locations for the multiple graphics on a page having the page size specified in the ED; generating a scaled version of the page having the display size by scaling the graphics and the locations, where scaling the graphics results in scaled graphics and scaling the locations results in scaled locations; placing, during a second layout of the ED, the text flow on the scaled version of the page with the scaled graphics at the scaled locations; and displaying, by the device, the scaled version of the page with the text flow and the scaled graphics at the scaled locations on the screen.
US09817794B2	Responsive rendering of data sets Approaches are presented for rendering the content of a data set in a grid that changes depending on screen size and/or orientation. For example, a tool such as a rendering engine distributes groups and sub-groups of a data set differently depending on screen width, which can help use available screen space efficiently. Or, the tool determines the layout of a data set on a grid so as to guide reading in a reading direction. By adjusting distances between groups and sub-groups, the layout can guide the user along the intended direction for reading. Or, the tool wraps long text blocks of a group into multiple text columns in order to distribute text evenly across the available space. Or, the tool adjusts the width of a page and/or the widths of groups depending on the width of text, which can help manage available space when content is translated between languages.
US09817793B1	Formatting electronic mail subject line with bidirectional text The subject line, and any subject abbreviations in the subject line, of an email, received by an email client, is identified. The subject line contains bidirectional text. The email client is configured to display text for reading in a particular direction. The subject abbreviations are moved to be displayed to one side of the subject text according the direction the email client is configured to display text for reading.
US09817791B2	Low energy accelerator processor architecture with short parallel instruction word Methods and apparatus for a low energy accelerator processor architecture with short parallel instruction word. An integrated circuit includes a system bus having a data width N, where N is a positive integer; a central processor unit coupled to the system bus and configured to execute instructions retrieved from a memory coupled to the system bus; and a low energy accelerator processor coupled to the system bus and configured to execute instruction words retrieved from a low energy accelerator code memory, the low energy accelerator processor having a plurality of execution units including a load store unit, a load coefficient unit, a multiply unit, and a butterfly/adder ALU unit, each of the execution units configured to perform operations responsive to op-codes decoded from the retrieved instruction words, wherein the width of the instruction words is equal to the data width N. Additional methods and apparatus are disclosed.
US09817789B2	Systems and methods for caching SNMP data in multi-core and cluster systems The SNMP cache of the present solution supports multi-core/multi-node environment by recalculating the SNMP ordering of the entities in the response from multiple cores/nodes at insertion time. The most significant gain is achieved by prefetching or augmenting the cache, wherein while requesting an entity and its stat information, next few entities in SNMP order are requested from the owner processes. SNMP Management systems extensively utilize repeated GETNEXT (such as via a SNMP WALK) and few next responses may be served from the cache directly. Further performance improvements are obtained by introducing another level of cache on top of the existing cache. This auxiliary cache ensures a high hit ratio for repeated SNMP GETNEXT request (SNMP WALK operation) by caching last accessed entity within the main cache. This auxiliary cache also aids in insertion in the larger main cache by maintaining pointers to last accessed entity before the main cache miss. Cache implements other features like new stat inclusion/updating of the already cached entity.
US09817787B2	Method, apparatus and system for encapsulating information in a communication In one embodiment, a node includes at least one core to independently execute instructions; a first host device to receive information from the at least one core and to include the information in a first packet of a first communication protocol; a selection logic coupled to the first host device to receive the first packet and to provide the first packet to a conversion logic or a first interface to communicate with a first device via a first interconnect of the first communication protocol; the conversion logic to receive the first packet under selection of the selection logic and to encapsulate the first packet into a second packet of a second communication protocol; and a second interface coupled to the conversion logic to receive the second packet and to communicate the second packet to a second device via a second interconnect of the second communication protocol. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09817786B1	Ingress data placement Server computers often include one or more input/output (I/O) adapter devices for communicating with a network or directly attached storage device. The data transfer latency for request can be reduced by utilizing ingress data placement logic to bypass the processor of the I/O adapter device. For example, host memory descriptors can be stored in a content addressable memory unit of the I/O adapter device to facilitate placement of requested data.
US09817784B2	Multi-port transmitter device for transmitting at least partly redundant data, an associated control system, an associated method and an associated computer program product A multi-port transmitter device for transmitting at least partly redundant data is described. The multi-port transmitter device comprises at least two transmitters comprising respective transmitter buffers. One transmitter is a master transmitter that issues a request to the processor to provide a data block when the transmitter buffer of the master transmitter has free space to store a data block. The processor is arranged to copy at least one data block of data stored in an external memory from the external memory to respective positions in a local buffer. The processor is arranged to, in accordance with a predefined sequence, sequentially initiate transfer of the data block from the respective position of the data block in the local buffer to the transmitter buffers of the at least two transmitters in response to a request from the master transmitter to provide a data block.
US09817780B2	Communicator with profiles A communicator has profiles for holding locators for items in a tree-like database for a smart device that monitors a process. The communicator is connected to the smart device and obtains tag and other identity information to find the profile for the smart device. When a profile is located, the communicator displays a list of configuration items and favorite items and loads the items on the list into the communicator as default inputs or settings.
US09817779B2	System and methods to support vendor defined USB requests for application managed USB devices in VDI environments A redirected USB device that does not fall within well-defined device-classes requires special treatment as redirection software will not always permit the servicing of universal serial bus request blocks (URB) on the same thread that the URBs are received. This results in the redirected USB device not functioning properly. A virtual USB bus driver may intercept the URBs so that a temporary kernel buffer can be created. The temporary kernel buffer stores the data necessary for processing the URBs. The temporary kernel buffer is queued along with the URB so that regardless of the thread for processing the URB, the data associated with the URB is preserved so that the vendor-specific application at the client may properly service any request.
US09817775B2	Control system for hard disk A control system for a plurality of hard disks includes a chip unit, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit. The chip unit includes a first, second, and third GPIO pin and a firmware. The first storage unit is coupled to the chip unit and a plurality of hard disks. The second storage unit is coupled to the chip unit and a plurality of hard disks. When the first GPIO of the chip unit receives a power on signal, the firmware carries out a staggered spin-up function, the second GPIO of the chip unit outputs a first signal to the first storage unit, the hard disks of the first storage unit execute spin up, after a preset delay time, the third GPIO of the chip unit outputs a second signal to the second storage unit, and the hard disks of the second storage unit execute spin up.
US09817771B2	Guarded memory access in a multi-thread safe system level modeling simulation Methods, systems, and machine readable medium for multi-thread safe system level modeling simulation (SLMS) of a target system on a host system. An example of a SLMS is a SYSTEMC simulation. During the SLMS, SLMS processes are executed in parallel via a plurality of threads. SLMS processes represent functional behaviors of components within the target system, such as functional behaviors of processor cores. Deferred execution may be used to defer execution of operations of SLMS processes that access a shared resource. Multi-thread safe direct memory interface (DMI) access may be used by a SLMS process to access a region of the memory in a multi-thread safe manner. Access to regions of the memory may also be guarded if they are at risk of being in a transient state when being accessed by more than one SLMS process.
US09817769B1	Methods and apparatus for improved access to shared memory In one embodiment, a method includes receive a translation vector, selecting a translation entry from a plurality of translation entries, and determining whether the translation entry is associated with a first identifier class or a second identifier class. The translation vector includes a first identifier, a second identifier, and a virtual memory identifier. The first identifier is associated with a first identifier class, and the second identifier is associated with a second identifier class. The translation vector is received from a translation module including a memory configured to store the plurality of translation entries. Each translation entry from the plurality of translation entries including a virtual memory identifier. The translation entry is selected from the plurality of translation entries of the translation module based on the virtual memory identifier of the translation vector. The determining whether the translation entry is associated with the first identifier class or the second identifier class is based on a shared indicator associated with the translation entry.
US09817764B2	Multiple data prefetchers that defer to one another based on prefetch effectiveness by memory access type A processor includes a first prefetcher that prefetches data in response to memory accesses and a second prefetcher that prefetches data in response to memory accesses. Each of the memory accesses has an associated memory access type (MAT) of a plurality of predetermined MATs. The processor also includes a table that holds first scores that indicate effectiveness of the first prefetcher to prefetch data with respect to the plurality of predetermined MATs and second scores that indicate effectiveness of the second prefetcher to prefetch data with respect to the plurality of predetermined MATs. The first and second prefetchers selectively defer to one another with respect to data prefetches based on their relative scores in the table and the associated MATs of the memory accesses.
US09817751B2	Multi-phase programming schemes for nonvolatile memories A method for data storage includes defining an end-to-end mapping between data bits to be stored in a memory device that includes multiple memory cells and predefined programming levels. The data bits are mapped into mapped bits, so that the number of the mapped bits is smaller than the number of the data bits. The data bits are stored in the memory device by programming the mapped bits in the memory cells using a programming scheme that guarantees the end-to-end mapping. After storing the data bits, the data bits are read from the memory device in accordance with the end-to-end mapping.
US09817746B2	Testing implementation parameters of a computer program in a distributed environment A method of testing implementation parameters of a computer program in a distributed environment, the method comprising; testing of alternative implementation parameters in parallel in the distributed environment, and providing a time-out mechanism that aborts testing processes when one of the following abort conditions is satisfied: a time allowed for testing has expired; and testing processes for a predefined number of alternative implementations are complete; wherein the time-out mechanism includes a hardware interface, which is arranged to cause a hardware supported abort.
US09817745B2	Binary program instrumentation and debugging Disclosed is a system and method for setting breakpoints (BPs) that cannot be detected by code being debugged, e.g., to trap transparently at any instruction. The disclosed system and method permits execution tracing and instrumentation of binaries, including malware. The system and method can be used to analyze benign software also, e.g., software obfuscated for anti-reverse-engineering. An invisible breakpoint (IBP) is not detectable by the “guest,” the program being debugged. Hardware virtualization is used to split the code and data views of the program's text segment(s).
US09817744B2	Method and apparatus for tracing memory accesses Apparatus, computer-readable storage medium and a method executed by a computer for tracing the memory accesses of an object-oriented program comprises assigning a unique identification to each class object created from at least one class in the object-oriented program by modifying a class definition of the at least one class. In response to an unloading of one of the class objects, obtaining class unloading related information from a runtime environment of the object-oriented program and obtaining the unique identification of the unloaded class object according to the returned information. Then releasing memory space assigned to the unloaded class object for storing the memory access information of the unloaded class object.
US09817743B2	Maintenance apparatus of electronic device, maintenance method of electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program Provided is a technique of compensating time degradation of a CPU and maintaining performance of an electronic device without disturbing a normal operation of the electronic device. A maintenance apparatus includes: a degradation information acquisition unit that acquires degradation information from a sensor circuit integrated in a CPU when the CPU performs a normal operation, the degradation information varying according to degradation of the CPU; a degradation level determination unit that determines a degradation level based on the degradation information, the degradation level indicating a degree of progression of degradation of the CPU; and a power supply control unit that controls a power supply to increase a power supply voltage applied to the CPU with increasing the degradation level.
US09817741B2	Method for monitoring an apparatus connected to a communication channel Method for monitoring an apparatus connected to a communication channel wherein the method is connected to a communication channel in a vehicle. When an interval of time between two messages that are output by the apparatus is shorter than or the same as a determined period, the method determines is the apparatus is in a correct state. The apparatus can output a monitoring sign-out message to the communication channel. When a message recently output by the apparatus includes the monitoring sign-out message, it is determined that the apparatus is in a correct state.
US09817738B2	Clearing poison status on read accesses to volatile memory regions allocated in non-volatile memory Systems and methods may provide for detecting that a read operation is directed to a memory region while the memory region is in a poisoned state and clearing the poisoned state if volatile data stored in the memory region does not correspond to a known data pattern. Additionally, the memory region may be maintained in the poisoned state if the volatile data stored in the memory region corresponds to the known data pattern. In one example, an error may be detected, wherein the error is associated with a write operation directed to the memory region. In such a case, the poisoned state may be set for the volatile data in response to the error and the known data pattern may be written to the memory region.
US09817734B2	Virtual machine recovery on non-shared storage in a single virtual infrastructure management instance Techniques for enabling virtual machine (VM) recovery on non-shared storage in a single virtual infrastructure management server (VIMS) instance are provided. In one set of embodiments, a VIMS instance can receive an indication that a VM in a first cluster of the VIMS instance has failed, and can determine whether the VM's files were being replicated to a storage component of the VIMS instance at the time of the VM's failure. If the VM's files were being replicated at the time of the failure, the VIMS instance can search for and identify a cluster of the VIMS instance and a host system within the cluster that (1) are compatible with the VM, and (2) have access to the storage component. The VIMS instance can then cause the VM to be restarted on the identified host system of the identified cluster.
US09817728B2	Fast system state cloning A system and method to create a clone of a source computing system, the system including the steps of selecting a memory space coupled to the source computing system, retrieving uncoded data from the selected memory space, encoding the uncoded data by use of a bit-marker-based encoding process executing on a backup server, storing encoded data in a protected memory coupled to the backup server, wherein the protected memory is protected from a power interruption, retrieving the encoded data from the protected memory; and decoding the encoded data onto a target computing system, wherein the target computing system is separate from the source computing system.
US09817725B2	Flash memory controller, data storage device, and flash memory control method with volatile storage restoration A flash memory control technique with high reliability is provided. A flash memory controller provides a volatile storage area for temporary storage of logical-to-physical address mapping data between a host and a flash memory as well as error detection codes encoded from the logical-to-physical address mapping data. When reading from the volatile storage area, the microcontroller of the flash memory controller is configured to perform an error detection procedure based on the error detection codes. The microcontroller is further configured to restore the logical-to-physical address mapping data in the volatile storage area based on a backup of the logical-to-physical address mapping data.
US09817724B2	Efficient FlashCopy backup target volume allocation with reuse and a shared resource pool A new target volume for a new FlashCopy backup is dynamically allocated by performing at least one attempt to reuse an existing FlashCopy target volume containing older FlashCopy backups that have been previously ingested into a repository and are not currently being used as a source for at least one of a mount task, a clone task, and a restore task. If the at least one attempt to reuse the existing FlashCopy target volume fails, the new target volume is dynamically allocated from a global pool of FlashCopy backup target volumes.
US09817721B1	High availability management techniques for cluster resources The present disclosure describes methods and system configurations for failover of cluster computing system resources, for a cluster computing system including a plurality of cluster nodes. In some examples, operations are performed to monitor an abstracted resource and reconfigure the abstracted resource, to enable fail-over processing for component members of the abstracted resource. In further examples, a hierarchy of resource dependencies is defined to enable enhanced fail-over processing for the failure of abstracted resources that cause the failure of services within the cluster computing system that are dependent upon the abstracted resources.
US09817718B2	Efficient flashcopy backup and mount, clone, or restore collision avoidance using dynamic volume allocation from a shared resource pool For efficient Flashcopy backup and a mount, clone, or restore task collision avoidance using dynamic volume allocation with reuse and from a shared resource pool, dynamically using a Flashcopy target volume for the Flashcopy backup from a global pool of Flashcopy backup target volumes shared by a plurality of device classes for avoiding a collision between the Flashcopy backup and the mount, the clone, or the restore task.
US09817715B2	Resiliency fragment tiering Technology is disclosed for a data storage architecture for providing enhanced storage resiliency for a data object. The data storage architecture can be implemented in a single-tier configuration and/or a multi-tier configuration. In the single-tier configuration, a data object is encoded, e.g., based on an erasure coding method, to generate many data fragments, which are stored across many storage devices. In the multi-tier configuration, a data object is encoded, e.g., based on an erasure coding method, to generate many data segments, which are sent to one or more tiers of storage nodes and at least one latent storage. Each of the storage nodes further encodes the data segment to generate many data fragments representing the data segment, which are stored across many storage devices associated with the storage node. The I/O operations for rebuilding the data in case of device failures is spread across many storage devices, which minimizes the wear of a given storage device.
US09817714B2	Memory device on-die error checking and correcting code In a system where a memory device performs on-die ECC, the ECC operates on N-bit data words as two (N/2)-bit segments, with a code matrix having a corresponding N codes that can be operated on as a first portion of (N/2) codes and a second portion of (N/2) codes to compute first and second error checks for first and second (N/2)-bit segments of the data word, respectively. In the code matrix, a bitwise XOR of any two codes in the first portion of the code matrix or any two codes in the second portion of the code matrix results in a code that is either not in the code matrix or is in the other portion of the code matrix. Thus, a miscorrected double bit error in one portion causes a bit to be toggled in the other portion instead of creating a triple bit error.
US09817711B2	Memory controller An ECC circuit can operate in a plurality of error correction modes with different correcting capabilities for data stored in a memory. The ECC circuit calculates a syndrome with respect to information data in accordance with an error correction mode set by a control part and adds a syndrome of a fixed length in which dummy bits are added to the calculated syndrome, to the information data. When code data is read out, the ECC circuit performs a correction process on the code data by using the syndrome included in the code data.
US09817709B2	Systems and methods for automatic replacement and repair of communications network devices Systems and methods for automatic repair, replacement, and/or configuration of various network devices within a communications network are disclosed. The system may receive indication of a failed network device and automatically perform diagnostic on the network device to determine any problems associated with the hardware and/or software components within the network device. Subsequently one or more repair, replacement, and/or configuration procedures may be automatically initiated in an attempt to resolve the problems and restore the failed network device.
US09817707B2	Controller for reducing power A controller includes a microcomputer that operates in a normal mode or in a low power mode and communicates with an external device, a monitor circuit that monitors an operation state of the microcomputer based on a monitor signal output from the microcomputer, and a start circuit that controls a drive of the monitor circuit. Communication signals exchanged between the microcomputer and the external device include a dominant state and a recessive state, and the start circuit monitors the communication signals. When the communication signals in the low power mode of the microcomputer include the dominant state, the start circuit puts the monitor circuit in a monitoring state. When no monitor signal is input from the microcomputer to the monitor circuit that is operating in the monitoring state, the monitor circuit determines that an abnormality has occurred in the microcomputer.
US09817702B2	System resource management moderator protocol A method, system, and computer program product for managing system resources within a data processing system. A resource management moderator (RMM) utility assigns a priority to each application within a group of management applications, facilitated by a RMM protocol. When a request for control of a particular resource is received, the RMM utility compares the priority of the requesting application with the priority of the controlling application. Control of the resource is ultimately given to the management application with the greater priority. If the resource is not under control of an application, control of the resource may be automatically granted to the requester. Additionally, the RMM utility provides support for legacy applications via a “manager of managers” application. The RMM utility registers the “manager of managers” application with the protocol and enables interactions (to reconfigure and enable legacy applications) between the “manager of managers” application and legacy applications.
US09817694B2	Method and system for providing a pipeline infrastructure Systems and methods for providing a pipeline as a service are provided. An example method includes performing, at the incoming pipeline handler, a first action on a first request. The incoming pipeline handler is part of an incoming pipeline in a first application framework. The method also includes performing, at the incoming pipeline handler, a second action on a second request. The incoming pipeline handler is part of the incoming pipeline in a second application framework.
US09817688B2	Identifying and preventing removal of virtual hardware A virtualization manager receives a request to disconnect a virtual device associated with a virtual machine. The virtualization manager then determines a usage state of the virtual device in view of collected usage statistics for the virtual device. Responsive to determining that the determined usage state of the virtual device indicates that the virtual device is in use, the virtualization manager requests confirmation for disconnecting the virtual device from the virtual machine.
US09817679B1	Technique for collecting financial information A technique for collecting financial information is described. During this technique, a customer request to a financial institution to access a financial-software application is used to initiate an exchange of financial information between the financial institution and a provider of the financial-software application. In particular, in response to the forwarded customer request, the provider of the financial-software application may request, and then receive, financial information associated with the customer's account from the financial institution. Subsequently, the provider of the financial-software application may provide a document that facilitates access to the financial-software application to the customer. This document may include at least some of the received financial information. Note that in all of the communication between the provider of the financial-software application and the financial institution, credential information for the customer, such as a password associated with the account, may be excluded.
US09817678B2	Methods and systems for detection in a state machine A device including a data analysis element including a plurality of memory cells. The memory cells analyze at least a portion of a data stream and output a result of the analysis. The device also includes a detection cell. The detection cell includes an AND gate. The AND gate receives result of the analysis as a first input. The detection cell also includes a D flip-flop including an output coupled to a second input of the AND gate.
US09817671B2	Rule-based activation of behaviors in an extensible software application An extensible software application utilizes rules to initiate a behavior that performs operations that customize the extensible software application in a preferred manner. The behavior is applied when pre-defined events occur during execution of the extensible software application. The rules are provided by a third party developer in metadata that is separate from the extension's program code. The rules are based on expressions that define the events that need to take place during the execution of the extensible software application before the behavior is applied.
US09817658B2	Elastic application framework for deploying software Software is deployed to, and executed at, one or more computing devices in a computing system based on current conditions in the computing system and the capabilities of the different computing devices to handle the software. A request to run a software process calls a manager which determines an optimal place to run the software process. The manager can consider factors such as response time, user demands, bandwidth, processor utilization, storage utilization, security considerations, compatibility considerations and cost. Once a computing device is selected to run the software process, the manager facilitates movement of code and/or data to the computing device.
US09817657B2	Integrated software development and deployment architecture and high availability client-server systems generated using the architecture An integrated software development and deployment architecture includes an application server/operating environment component that implements business intelligence to provide client-server based software solutions, a messaging component that connects the application server/operating environment component with client applications, and a rapid application development component that permits fast, efficient development of application software for deployment in the application server/operating environment using the integrated messaging component.
US09817655B1	Managing software assets installed in an integrated development environment A software plugin integrated with the development environment maintains a list of independently managed assets that are installed within the development environment. The independently managed assets are provided by an entity with which the software plugin can communicate to determine whether newer versions of the assets have been released. The software plugin automatically downloads and installs the newer version of the assets with minimal, if any, user intervention. Further, the software plugin monitors the interdependencies between different assets installed within the development environment. When updating to a newer version of an asset, the software plugin identifies any conflicts that may occur with regards to the interdependencies when the asset is updated.
US09817647B2	Co-existing dedicated system software and read/writeable data storage space on removable media Disclosed is a method and apparatus for mobile media with both dedicated readable and writeable user data space and dedicated readable and writeable drive device space. The mobile data storage media adapted for operatively working with a drive device comprises a data space accessible by an end user and a drive software space accessible by the drive device and inaccessible by an end user. The drive software space is adapted to accommodate firmware for use by the drive device in addition to the reading and writing of software by the drive device. The media is adapted to receive and store software from the drive device or, alternatively, is adapted to transmit software to the drive device.
US09817642B2	Apparatus and method for efficient call/return emulation using a dual return stack buffer An apparatus and method for a dual return stack buffer (RSB) for use in binary translation systems. An embodiment of a processor includes: a dual return stack buffer (DRSB) comprising a native RSB and an extended RSB (XRSB), the dual RSB to be used within a binary translation execution environment in which guest call-return instruction sequences are translated to native call-return instruction sequences to be executed directly by the processor; the native RSB to store native return addresses associated with the native call-return instruction sequences; and the XRSB to store emulated return addresses associated with the guest call-return instruction sequences, wherein each native return address stored in the RSB is associated with an emulated return address stored in the XRSB.
US09817640B2	System, method and platform of establishing application program having capability of dynamically linking external dynamic link function The present invention relates to a platform of establishing an application program for a mobile device providing a user to autonomously establish the application program having a capability of dynamically calling and loading a dynamic link function (DLF) library during execution. The platform includes a user interface shown by an internet browser; and a DLF module shown by the user interface and configured to provide the user to set in the application program a call and a linkage to the DLF library during the establishing process, wherein a user accesses to the platform to operate the DLF module to establish the application program through operating on the internet browser showing the user interface.
US09817638B2	Systems and methods for injecting code into an application A computer-implemented method for injecting code into an application is described. In one embodiment, a metadata pointer is identified. The metadata pointer points to a first metadata section in an application startup file. The first metadata section includes application metadata. A second metadata section is created in the application startup file. The application metadata is copied to the second metadata section. The second metadata section includes copied application metadata. The copied application metadata in the second metadata section is modified. The metadata pointer is updated to point to the second metadata section.
US09817634B2	Distinguishing speech from multiple users in a computer interaction Speech from multiple users is distinguished. In one example, an apparatus has a sensor to determine a position of a speaker, a microphone array to receive audio from the speaker and from other simultaneous audio sources, and a processor to select a pre-determined filter based on the determined position and to apply the selected filter to the received audio to separate the audio from the speaker from the audio from the other simultaneous audio sources.
US09817609B2	System and method for encrypted disk drive sanitizing A system and method for first changing the encryption key on a self-encrypting disk drive followed by a complete disk wipe. Either process can be separately performed, and they can be performed in any order. In fact, one embodiment of the invention, resets the symmetric key, wipes the disk a predetermined number of times with different predetermined data patterns, and then resets the key a second time. This assures that there is absolutely no way to recover the original key or to read the original plain text data, even if some of it's encrypted values remain on unallocated tracks after wiping. A user can be assured that in milliseconds after starting the wiping process, the entire disk is rendered unreadable and unrecoverable.
US09817608B1	Replication and intermediate read-write state for mediums A system and method for exposing volumes with underlying read-write mediums to user operations. When a medium is in the process of being replicated to a storage array, a volume which relies on the medium can be exposed to user operations (e.g., snapshots, read and write operations) once the portions of the medium which underlie the volume have been replicated. The volume can be exposed to user operations while one or more other portions of the medium are unfilled and while the medium is in an intermediate read-write state.
US09817600B2	Configuration information backup in memory systems According to one configuration, a memory system includes a configuration manager and multiple memory devices. The configuration manager includes status detection logic, retrieval logic, and configuration management logic. The status detection logic receives notification of a failed attempt by a first memory device to be initialized with custom configuration settings stored in the first memory device. In response to the notification, the retrieval logic retrieves a backup copy of configuration settings information from a second memory device in the memory system. The configuration management logic utilizes the backup copy of the configuration settings information retrieved from the second memory device to initialize the first memory device.
US09817594B2	System and method for broadcasting data to multiple hardware forwarding engines A method and apparatus of a device that broadcasts data to multiple hardware forwarding engines is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a central processing unit of the device receives the data to broadcast to the plurality of hardware forwarding engines. The device further writes the data to a broadcast log. In addition, the device transmits a signal to one or more co-processors that the data is available to be read, wherein each of the plurality of hardware forwarding corresponds to one of the one or more co-processors. Each of these co-processors reads the data in the broadcast log by receiving the signal that the data is ready to be read from the broadcast log. In addition, each co-processor determines a broadcast log entry for the data for that co-processor. Each co-processor further reads the data from the broadcast log entry via a direct memory access in memory that stores the broadcast log and the plurality of hardware forwarding engines use the data to process network traffic.
US09817593B1	Block management in non-volatile memory system with non-blocking control sync system In a non-volatile memory system, the controller maintains in its volatile memory two free block lists for the assignment of memory circuit blocks when writing user and system data. Copies of the free block lists are maintained in the non-volatile memory. While allocating blocks from a first of the free block lists, the controller can update a second of the free block lists as part of a control sync operation preparing control data stored in non-volatile memory. This allows the memory system to operate in a non-blocking manner during the control sync. Once the second free block lists is prepared and the control sync completed, the second block can subsequently be used for block allocations and a control sync operation can be done to update the first block.
US09817585B1	Data retrieval system and method A method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a data portion having temporally-variable utilization. A utilization schedule is defined for the data portion, wherein the utilization schedule defines at least one high-utilization temporal period and at least one low-utilization temporal period. The data portion is accessed through a higher-performance storage system during the high-utilization temporal period. The data portion is accessed through a lower-performance storage system during the low-utilization temporal period.
US09817584B2	Storage system having node with light weight container A storage system having nodes with light weight containers is disclosed by the present invention. The storage system includes: at least one cluster, having a number of nodes linked to one another, each node having: a node host, operated by a storage operating system, and installed with a number of service containers, which are used for providing specific services to clients and/or operations of the node out of the service containers; and at least one node storage device, operated by the storage operating system, for providing storing and accessing of data for the service containers; and a messaging module, linked to each node host, for bridging the node hosts and/or node hosts in different clusters. Coarse-grained REST APIs are used for communication between any two service containers to reduce chatty communication in the storage system.
US09817583B2	Storage system and method for allocating virtual volumes based on access frequency An information processing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to allocate a plurality of allocation unit areas to a virtual volume from a first storage device and a second storage device. The processor is configured to generate evaluation information related to access for each of a plurality of divided areas into which each of the plurality of allocation unit areas is divided. The processor is configured to determine based on the generated evaluation information, when allocation to the virtual volume is changed from a first allocation unit area of the first storage device to a second allocation unit area of the second storage device, a first data transfer order of transferring data in divided area units from the first allocation unit area to the second allocation unit area. The processor is configured to transfer the data in accordance with the first data transfer order.
US09817581B2	Maintaining versions of data in solid state memory Various embodiments are directed to maintaining versions of data within a solid state memory. At least one request to write at least one dataset to a logical page of a solid state memory is received from a file system. At least one physical page in a data block of the solid state memory associated with the logical page is identified. A processor stores the dataset in the at least one physical page. At least one data versioning tag is associated with the at least one dataset in a data structure associated with the logical page. The data versioning tag identifies the at least one dataset as a given version of the logical page. The at least one dataset is maintained as accessible from the at least one physical page irrespective of subsequent write operations to the logical page in response to associating the at least one data versioning tag.
US09817579B2	Maximize SMR drive capacity Systems and methods for maximizing shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drive capacity are described. In one embodiment, the SMR drive may include a main store to store user-accessible data, a media cache and media scratchpad to store internal data temporarily for internal operations, and a storage controller to process read and write requests. In some cases, the main store comprises a shingled media partition and an unshingled media partition. The storage controller may designate one or more data tracks from the shingled media partition as temporary data track guard bands. In some embodiments, a track range is selected based at least in part on at least one of an amount of data in the media cache, a size of the new data in the media cache, and an association between the new data in the media cache and data currently stored within the selected track range.
US09817576B2	Parallel update to NVRAM A method for updates in a storage system is provided. The method includes writing identifiers, associated with data to be stored, to storage units of the storage system and writing trim records indicative of identifiers that are allowed to not exist in the storage system to the storage units. The method includes determining whether stored data corresponding to records of identifiers is valid based on the records of the identifiers and the trim records.
US09817575B2	Host interface controller and control method for storage device A host interface controller with improved boot up efficiency, which uses a buffer mode setting register to set the operation mode of a first and a second buffer set provided within the host interface controller. When a cache memory of a central processing unit (CPU) at the host side has not started up, the first and second buffer sets operate in a cache memory mode to respond to read requests that the CPU repeatedly issues for data of specific addresses of the storage device. When the cache memory has started up, the first buffer set and the second buffer set operate in a ping-pong buffer mode to respond to read requests that the CPU issues for data of sequential addresses of the storage device.
US09817574B2	Method and apparatus for implementing a statistics counter According to one aspect, a method includes determining whether at least one memory storage unit in a first stage of a multi-stage array is available for use by a first counter associated with the first stage, and allocating the at least one memory storage unit for use by the first counter when the at least one memory storage unit is available. When the at least one memory storage unit is not available for use by the first counter, the method includes identifying a second counter stored in a first location in the first stage, the first location including a first memory storage unit and a second memory storage unit, and moving the second counter to a second stage of the multi-stage array, storing a pointer to the second stage in the first memory storage unit, and allocating the second memory storage unit to the first counter.
US09817558B1	Methods, systems, and computer program products for coordinating playing of media streams Methods and systems are described for coordinating playing of media streams. In one aspect, an access by a media player to a presentation device to play a media stream is detected. Additionally, presentation focus information is accessed for determining whether the media player has presentation focus for playing the media stream. Further, it is determined, based on the presentation focus information, that the media player has presentation focus for playing the media stream. Still further, in response to determining the media player has presentation focus, it is indicated that the media player is allowed to play the media stream via the presentation device.
US09817557B2	Interactive audience communication for events Embodiments are directed towards managing interactive communication for events at a venue. Multiple audience devices physically located at a venue may be determined. Audience devices that may be eligible to participate in interactive events at the venue may be determined based on their characteristics. A skin for a user interface may be determined based on the interactive events and the characteristics of the eligible audience devices. If interaction messages that indicate user participation in the interactive events are provided by the eligible audience devices, additional actions may be performed, including: generating interim results associated with the pending interactive event based on the interaction messages; and displaying content on displays at the venue that reflect updated interim results. If the pending interactive events may be complete, a final result may be generated based on the interim results and displayed as content on the displays at the venue.
US09817550B2	System for providing cloud streaming-based service menu and method for same A system for providing a cloud streaming-based service menu, a method and a terminal device. The terminal device selects a particular step in a step-by-step service menu to make a request for driving a content and the service device, in response to the request, provides content access information and menu step information corresponding to the particular step selected and initializes a step in the step-by-step service menu provided to the terminal device for switching a state of the service menu to a state in which an additional access of another terminal device is possible, so as to provide the initialized step-by-step service menu to another initially accessed terminal device. When the terminal device re-accesses, the service device will provide the service menu of the particular step corresponding to the menu step information to another accessed terminal device.
US09817549B2	Method and system for auto switching applications based on device orientation A system and method are presented for automatically switching to different applications, settings, or GUIs based on orientation of a mobile device. The system provides a user with the ability to maximize screen “real estate,” limit the number of user inputs required to perform a particular action, and to maximize efficiency when using a mobile device. In some examples, the system allows a user to access multiple applications or user menus by changing the mobile device's orientation from a first orientation to a second orientation. The system may also allow the user to establish which actions take place upon changing the mobile device's orientation.
US09817546B2	Mobile device and method for executing particular function through touch event on communication related list A mobile device and a touch-based operation method allow a user to easily and conveniently use a desired communication-related function through a touch-sensitive interface. The mobile device displays a scrollable communication-related list that includes but is not limited to a call log list, a message list, a phonebook list, and an email list. When a specific item is selected in response to a first touch event, the mobile device determines whether or not a second touch event occurs on the selected item in a non-scrollable direction. Then the mobile device executes a particular function predefined in the selected item in response to the second touch event occurring in the non-scrollable direction.
US09817545B2	Identification of recently downloaded content Techniques for identifying recently installed applications on a portable electronic device facilitating locating newly installed applications on a mobile device are disclosed. A visual indicator may be displayed on an icon associated with an application that was recently installed on the portable electronic device. The visual indicator may be removed after a user has interacted with the application in some meaningful way. One or more applications are selected in an application store session for installation on a portable electronic device. After a selection of one or more applications, the application store session continues, and other applications may be selected, until an exit instruction is received. Upon the exit instruction, a home screen page containing at least one of the new applications is displayed.
US09817541B2	Managing hierarchically related windows in a single display The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling the display of hierarchically related windows in a single-screen communication device.
US09817539B1	Discovery of items added to wish lists Technologies are described herein for facilitating discovery of items added to electronic wish lists. Real-time messages that identify items that have been recently added to wish lists are received from a wish list service. A stream of real-time data is generated from the messages that identifies the items added to the wish lists. A network application programming interface (API) is exposed for providing the stream to clients. A client may obtain the stream from the network API and utilize the stream to generate a visualization of the items added to the wish lists in real-time. Through functionality provided by the API, the stream may also be filtered and searched. Trend data may also be obtained through the API that identifies items that have been added to the wish lists most frequently over a period of time.
US09817528B2	Touch sensitive device having different surrounding patterns and related touchscreen A touch sensitive device includes a plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes, disposed around the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of first surrounding pattern that are formed by the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of second surrounding patterns that are formed by the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. Each of the first surrounding patterns comprises one of the first electrodes that interleaves with one of the second electrodes. Each of the second surrounding patterns comprises one of the second electrodes that is sandwiched between another of the second electrodes and one of the second electrodes.
US09817523B2	Capacitive touch panel for mitigating and/or exaggerating floating condition effects A capacitive touch panel includes elongated drive electrodes arranged next to one another and elongated sensor electrodes arranged next to one another across the drive electrodes. Together, the drive electrodes and the sensor electrodes define a coordinate system where each coordinate location comprises a capacitor formed at an intersection between one of the drive electrodes and one of the sensor electrodes. In implementations, the drive electrodes and/or the sensor electrodes are configured to block capacitance between a touch at a coordinate location and the drive electrodes during a floating condition for the panel. In other implementations, the drive electrodes and/or the sensor electrodes are configured to exaggerate capacitance between a touch at a coordinate location and the drive electrodes during a floating condition for the panel.
US09817522B2	Touch screen and touch point positioning method A touch screen and a touch point positioning method are disclosed. The touch screen comprises a display panel and a touch point positioning device, the touch point positioning device comprises a timing unit, a calculating unit and n receiving units, the receiving units are provided in edge areas of the display panel, the receiving units are connected with the timing unit, and the timing unit is connected with the calculating unit. According to technical solutions of the present invention, the receiving units receive an acoustic wave signal generated at a touch point when the display panel is touched, the timing unit records reception times when the receiving units receive the acoustic wave signal, and the calculating unit calculates a position coordinate of the touch point on the display panel according to the reception times of the receiving units recorded by the timing unit, thus achieving positioning of the touch point.
US09817512B1	Driving chip, circuit film, chip-on-film type driving circuit, and display device having built-in touchscreen A display device having a built-in touchscreen and a driving chip, a circuit film, and a chip-on-film (COF) type driving circuit included in the display device. The COF type driving circuit performs data driving and touch driving in a combined manner. A source driving circuit outputs image data voltages through data channels. At least one touch driving circuit outputs touch driving signals through touch channels. The source driving circuit and the at least one touch driving circuit are mounted on an integrated circuit film. Data channel lines electrically connected to the data channels and touch channel lines electrically connected to the touch channels are disposed on the integrated circuit film. The noise avoidance line disposed on the integrated circuit film is located outward of an at least one outermost touch channel line.
US09817510B2	Display device with an integrated touch screen and method of driving the same A display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving a display device including an integrated touch screen, including a panel including a plurality of electrodes that are divided into n number of groups, where n is an integer greater than or equal to two, and a touch sensing unit, the method includes: applying data voltages to a plurality of pixels of the panel, during a high logic period of a horizontal sync signal, and applying, by the touch sensing unit, a touch scan signal to one of the n groups every n or more low logic periods of the horizontal sync signal, the touch scan signal being applied to each of the n groups at least one time, during one frame.
US09817509B2	Methods and apparatuses for providing sensing signals for projected capacitive touch sensing using a differential current mode analog circuit An analog front-end circuit comprising: a first current mode differential charge amplifier for a first sensing line, comprising: a unity gain buffer with current replication circuit, wherein the first sensing line current being fed to the unity gain buffer with current replication circuit to generate a pull up and a pull down output currents; and a current mirroring and amplification circuit, wherein the pull up and pull down output currents being fed to the current mirroring and amplification circuit to generate a positively scaled and a negatively scaled output currents; a current combining circuit for combining the positively scaled output generated for the first sensing line and a negatively scaled output current generated for a second sensing line to generate a differential current; and a differential current-to-voltage converter for converting the differential current to an output voltage usable by touch controller application.
US09817503B2	Thin film transistor substrate and in-cell touch display panel using same The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate. The TFT substrate includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first transparent layer, a third metal layer, and a second transparent layer. The first metal layer includes at least one gate electrode. The second metal layer is insulated to the first metal layer and includes at least one source electrode and at least one drain electrode. The first transparent layer is insulated to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first transparent layer includes at least one common electrode layer. The third metal layer includes a plurality of metal wires electrically connected to the common electrode layer. The second transparent layer includes a plurality of transparent conductive wires electrically connected to the drain electrode. The metal wires and the transparent conductive wires form a touch sensing structure configured to detect touch operations.
US09817501B2	Touch display panel and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, the touch display panel includes an array substrate and an opposed substrate disposed oppositely; a set of first electrode lines parallel to each other disposed on the array substrate or the opposed substrate; a set of second electrode lines parallel to each other disposed on the array substrate or the opposed substrate and arranged to cross the first electrode lines. The first electrode lines and the second electrode lines have no electrical connection therebetween, and the array substrate or the opposed substrate comprises a black matrix; the first electrode lines and/or the second electrode lines correspond to positions of the black matrix and the first electrode lines and/or the second electrode lines corresponding to positions of the black matrix are metal electrode lines.
US09817495B2	Apparatus for displaying a changed image state and method of controlling the same An apparatus for displaying an image and including a display unit configured to display the image; an input unit configured to receive an input to change a state of displaying the image; and a controller configured to change the state of the displayed image, save history information including the changed state of the displayed image in a memory associated with the mobile terminal, receive a revival command for displaying the saved history information, and display the saved history information on the display unit.
US09817494B2	Method for converting control input of input domain into control output of control domain using variable control resolution technique, and related control apparatus thereof An exemplary method for determining a control output in a control domain includes: obtaining a control input of an input domain, wherein the control input includes a previous input value and a current input value; and dynamically adjusting a control resolution setting, and converting the control input of the input domain into the control output in the control domain according to the control resolution setting, wherein the control output includes a previous output value and a current output value corresponding to the previous input value and the current input value, respectively, the control resolution setting for the current input value is determined according to at least the previous input value, and the current output value is identical to the previous output value when the current input value and the previous input value are generated in response to a same user input.
US09817487B2	Rotation smoothing of a user interface This is directed to animating transitions in a user interface as the orientation of the user interface changes. An electronic device can display a user interface in any suitable orientation, including for example in portrait and landscape modes (e.g., based on the orientation of the display). To provide a resource efficient and aesthetically pleasing transition, the electronic device can pre-render the interface in the final orientation, and define an animation by cross-fading the interface between the initial and final interfaces. In some embodiments, the electronic device can identify distinct regions of the interface, and define separate animations for each region. The separate animations can be overlaid and displayed simultaneously to provide a uniform animated transition between the initial and final interfaces.
US09817485B2	Display control device, method, and program The present technique relates to a display control device, a method, and a program that can improve user's operability of a free-cursor type user interface.An imaging unit outputs an RGB image based on a pixel signal corresponding to a visible light among light input through a lens and an IR image based on a pixel signal corresponding to an infrared light among light input through the lens. An ROI set unit sets a movement area of an infrared light source in the IR image based on the RGB image, and a display control unit controls a cursor movement amount on a display unit according to movement of the infrared light source in the movement area. The present technique can be applied to a television set that monitors a viewing condition of a viewer, for example.
US09817482B2	Secure keypad including conductive trace A secure keypad including a housing, a keymat within the housing defining a plurality of depressible keys and including at least one conductive trace traversing at least some of the depressible keys, a key contact board within the housing and being cooperative with the keymat for providing data entry inputs responsive to depression of the depressible keys and a tamper detection circuit coupled to the conductive trace for providing an output indication of tampering with the keypad responsive to a change in the electrical characteristics of the conductive trace resulting from the tampering.
US09817468B2	System and method for automatic detection and switching between USB host and device rolls on a type-A connector An information handling system includes a system processor including a first Universal Serial Bus (USB) host interface, a service processor including a second USB host interface and a USB device interface, and a USB socket. The service processor couples a first USB device that is plugged into the USB socket to the first USB host interface, couples a second USB device that is plugged into the USB socket to the second USB host interface, and couples a third USB device that is plugged into the USB socket to the USB device interface.
US09817467B2	Energy storage device and energy storage system including the same Discussed are an energy storage device and an energy storage system including the energy storage device. The energy storage device includes at least one battery pack, a power conversion unit to convert, into DC power, AC power from a first phase from among three phases of an internal power network in a charging mode of the energy storage device, and to convert the DC power stored in the at least one battery pack into the AC power in a discharging mode of the energy storage device, a communication module to exchange data with an external energy storage device, and a controller to control the power conversion unit.
US09817457B1	Programmable power strip for controlling power to electric devices A power strip apparatus for powering a plurality of electric devices. The apparatus includes a main body having a plurality of outlets for receiving electric plugs. Each outlet provides power to an electric device attached by an electric plug of the electric device to the outlet. The apparatus also includes a power cable for powering the apparatus from an electric supply and a control board having a programming mechanism for independently controlling power to each outlet of the control board using a plurality of relays. Each relay is associated with a specific outlet to control power to the outlet and attached electric device.
US09817456B2	Method and module for providing instructions for setting a supply voltage A first aspect provides in a supply voltage control module, a method of providing instructions for setting a supply voltage comprising obtaining information on a supply voltage need of a load and based on that information, determining a supply voltage that is to be provided to the load. Subsequently, an instruction is sent to a power supply module to supply the determined supply voltage to the load. A need for a supply voltage of a load, like an integrated circuit, may not only depend on design of the load, but also on parameters of the manufacturing process and the level of activity of the load. By obtaining information on a supply voltage need of the load and using that information to determine a supply voltage to be provided to the load, a feedback loop is created by instructing a point of load power supply to provide the supply voltage determined.
US09817445B1	Mobile device case An improved case for use with a computing device provides at least one sensor, preferably for use with a processor of the computing device. For many embodiments, the computing device has a storage configuration with the computing device located below an upper surface of the case and a lifted configuration with the computing device supported at an angle alpha with a portion extending above the upper surface of the case.
US09817442B2	Systems and methods for presenting visual interface content A method for presenting visual interface content comprising adjunct visual interface content during application program execution, and the adjunct visual interface content provides visual information associated with application program execution. The method comprising displaying the adjunct visual interface content using a first interface, displaying the adjunct visual interface content using a second interface, and displaying the updated adjunct visual interface content on the at least one of the first and second interfaces based on actuation of the first and second interfaces.
US09817439B2	System, method and device for designing, manufacturing, and monitoring custom human-interfacing devices A system, method and device employs sensor arrangements and an e-system in designing, manufacturing, and monitoring custom human-interfacing devices.
US09817433B2	Apparatus and method for achieving glitch-free clock domain crossing signals A computer implemented method includes identifying in an original circuit output signals that drive domain crossing logic separating a first clock domain from a second clock domain. A revised circuit is formed with a register attached to the domain crossing logic. The register receives an output signal and a synchronization signal that precludes the output signal from transitioning at selected clock cycle intervals.
US09817425B2	Semiconductor devices and semiconductor systems A semiconductor system may include a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device may output a training entry signal and a transmission signal. The second semiconductor device may generate selection codes and a control signal in response to the training entry signal. The second semiconductor device may adjust a level of a reference voltage signal for buffering the transmission signal in response to the selection codes and control a capacitance of an internal node. The reference voltage signal may be outputted from the internal node in response to the control signal.
US09817416B2	Apparatus and methods for programmable low dropout regulators for radio frequency electronics Apparatus and methods for programmable low dropout (LDO) regulators for radio frequency (RF) electronics are provided herein. In certain configurations, an LDO regulator for generating a programmable output voltage includes a regulation field-effect transistor (FET) having a drain electrically connected to the LDO regulator's output, an error amplifier that controls a gate of the regulation FET, a feedback circuit that provides a feedback signal to an inverting input of the error amplifier, an output capacitor electrically connected to the LDO regulator's output, and an alternative discharge circuit. When the output voltage of the LDO regulator is programmed from a high voltage level to a low voltage level, the alternative discharge circuit activates to discharge the output capacitor to improve the LDO regulator's transient response.
US09817414B2	Undershoot reduction Undershoot reduction circuitry includes, for example, a first comparator, a second comparator, and a controller. The first comparator is operable for comparing an indication of a power supply voltage output against a first threshold. The second comparator is operable for comparing an indication of the power supply voltage output against a second threshold. The controller is operable for generating a first power control signal to raise the power supply voltage output when the indication of the power supply voltage output has a first slope and crosses the first threshold and to lower the power supply voltage output when the indication of the power supply voltage output has an opposite slope and crosses the second threshold.
US09817403B2	Enabling dynamic sensor discovery in autonomous devices Systems, apparatuses, and methods for enabling sensor discovery in autonomous devices herein. An example system for enabling dynamic sensor discovery including a client that includes an autonomous device. The autonomous device is capable of navigating from a current location to a destination location using sensor data. The client provides a request for sensor information for sensors along a planned route and receives respective sensor information for each of a set of selected sensors selected by a data server based on the request. The client subscribes to a data feed of a sensor of the set of selected sensors along the planned route based on sensor information corresponding to the sensor and client analyzes the data feed to determine whether to proceed with the planned route.
US09817400B1	Vehicle servicing system Systems and methods for addressing a user-reported vehicle condition are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving a service request for a vehicle service for a user. The service request is indicative of a location associated with the user. The method includes sending first control signal(s) to an autonomous vehicle that is configured to provide the vehicle service. The first control signal(s) indicate that the autonomous vehicle is to travel to the location associated with the user. The method includes receiving a communication indicative of an existence of a condition that reduces a suitability of the autonomous vehicle to provide the vehicle service. The condition is identified by the user. The method includes determining action(s) to be performed by the autonomous vehicle based, at least in part, on the existence of the condition. The method includes sending second control signal(s) to the autonomous vehicle to perform the action(s).
US09817396B1	Supervisory control of an unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed that may allow for supervisory control interaction by a remote operator to assist with navigation to a target location. The UAV may navigate to a target area and capture and send an image of the target area to the remote operator. The remote operator can then provide a user input that indicates a target location within the target area. Upon receiving an indication of the target area, the UAV can then autonomously navigate to the target location. In some examples, after reaching the target location, the UAV may initiate delivery of a payload at the target location using a retractable delivery system while the UAV hovers above.
US09817368B2	Digital infrared holograms Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for creating a scene comprising: a plurality of micro-mirrors configured to rotate between an off position and at least two on positions to generate a plurality of holograms, and a processor configured to select positions for the micro-mirrors based on an input specification of the scene.
US09817360B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an opening-closing member, which rotates to open or close an opening, an image carrier, an exposure member, a developing member, and a grounding member. The exposure member moves in response to a movement of the opening-closing member so as to be at an opposing position, at which the exposure member opposes the image carrier, when the opening-closing member is at a closed position and at a retracted position, at which the exposure member is retracted away from the image carrier, when the opening-closing member is at an open position. The exposure member forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier while the exposure member is at the opposing position. The developing member develops the electrostatic latent image. The grounding member grounds the exposure member at least when the exposure member is moving from the opposing position to the retracted position.
US09817358B2	Cleaning blade A cleaning blade (1) having an elastic body (11) molded from a rubber base material, and having at least a surface treatment layer (12) on the area of the elastic body (11) that is brought into contact with a body to be contacted, wherein the surface treatment layer (12) is formed by impregnating the surface layer portion of the elastic body (11) with a surface treatment liquid containing an isocyanate compound and an organic solvent and hardening the liquid. The elasticity modulus of the surface treatment layer (12) is 40 MPa or less, the elasticity modulus of the elastic body (11) is 3-20 MPa, and the difference between the elasticity modulus of the surface treatment layer (12) and the elasticity modulus of the elastic body (11) is 1 MPa or more.
US09817344B2	Fixing device capable of sensing temperature of heating body outside frame surrounding heating body regardless of moving frame and image forming apparatus including this fixing device A fixing device includes a heating body, a pressuring body, a temperature detecting part, a first frame supporting the heating body, a second frame supporting the pressuring body and a moving mechanism. The temperature detecting part has a detecting element detecting an infrared ray radiated from the heating body and detects temperature of the heating body by the detecting element. The first frame includes a heat interrupting member covering the heating body between the heating body and the temperature detecting part. The moving mechanism moves the first frame in an approaching direction or a separating direction from the second frame to establish the heating body and the pressuring body in a pressurization state or a depressurization state. The heat interrupting member includes an aperture elongated in a movement direction of the first frame to pass the infrared ray radiated from the heating body to the detecting element through the aperture.
US09817331B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a light irradiating unit configured to irradiate a photosensitive member charged by a charging unit with light to form an electrostatic latent image; a processing unit configured to generate M-bit (M is an integer not less than 2) density data indicating a density based on the input image data, to generate (M+N)-bit processing data based on the M-bit density data and N-bit (N is an integer not less than 1) correction data, to convert the processing data into a plural-bit binary drive data corresponding to a value of the processing data, and to serially output the plural-bit drive data bit by bit to generate a drive signal; and a drive unit configured to drive the light irradiating unit based on the drive signal.
US09817316B2	Projection exposure method and projection exposure apparatus for microlithography A projection exposure method for exposing a radiation-sensitive substrate with at least one image of a pattern includes providing the pattern between an illumination system and a projection lens of a projection exposure apparatus so that the pattern is arranged in the region of an object plane of the projection lens and can be imaged via the projection lens into an image plane of the projection lens. The image plane is optically conjugate with respect to the object plane, and imaging-relevant properties of the pattern can be characterized by pattern data. The method also includes illuminating an illumination region of the pattern with an illumination radiation provided by the illumination system in accordance with an illumination setting which is specific to a use case and which can be characterized by illumination setting data.
US09817305B2	Image correction system and method for multi-projection The present invention provides an image correction system and method for multi-projection, the image correction system including a plurality of projection surfaces which are installed in a single theater and a projection device which projects images on the plurality of projection surfaces, in which the images projected by the projection device on the plurality of projection surfaces are corrected based on relative differences in properties of the plurality of projection surfaces.
US09817282B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The common electrode includes a first cross-shaped cutout overlapping the pixel electrode, and a second cutout parallel to an edge of the pixel electrode, the second cutout being separated from the edge of the pixel electrode.
US09817276B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device wherein a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded together by a sealing material, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a shift register, a clock line, and a power supply line are formed on the first substrate, a plurality of conductive particles are mixed into the sealing material, the plurality of conductive particles are maintained at a same potential as the common electrode, and the plurality of conductive particles are disposed at a position overlapping at least a part of the power supply line, when viewed from a normal direction of the first substrate.
US09817273B2	Liquid crystal display device According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a light reflection type of first pixel electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate includes a counter-electrode and a second alignment film. A first alignment treatment direction is inclined in a second direction of rotation at an angle of 110° to 130° with respect to in a second alignment treatment direction. A liquid crystal material is used which contains an optically active substance which gives liquid crystal molecules a twisting force from the second alignment film toward the first alignment film in the second direction of rotation.
US09817267B2	Liquid crystal displays and the display methods thereof A LCD and the display method thereof are disclosed. The LCD includes a light guiding plate, a light source, a QD media layer, a first polarizer, and an advanced polarization conversion film (APCF). The QD media layer is arranged between the light source and the first polarizer, the first polarizer and the APCF are arranged between the QD media layer and the light guiding plate. The light beams emitted from the light source pass through the QD media layer and activate the QD media layer to emit lights In this way, the brightness of the reflective LCD may be enhanced.
US09817249B2	Alternating traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator Disclosed herein is a traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator and method of operating same that advantageously exhibits a reduced optical insertion loss as compared with contemporary Mach-Zehnder structures. Such advantage comes at the modest expense of increased modulator length and increased RF loss.
US09817242B2	Image projector and optical assembly An image projector is disclosed that can include a light source and a MEMS mirror to receive a light beam emitted by the light source and oscillate to scan the light beam across multiple-beam-generators that each include a planar beam splitter arranged to receive the light beam and generate multiple beams to project an image.
US09817241B2	Parallel plate and twin polarization wavelength isolation filters for optical communications Optical filter assemblies based on either a parallel plate optical assembly or a polarization separation optical assembly are described. The optical assemblies usefully separate randomly polarized light with at least two transmission wavelengths from an optical communication signal.
US09817238B2	Optical device An optical device includes a structured light generation unit and a beam splitter assembly. The structured light generation unit generates a structured light. The beam splitter assembly is arranged in a travelling path of the structured light. The beam splitter assembly includes a semi-transmissive semi-reflective structure. A portion of the structured light is transmitted through the semi-transmissive semi-reflective structure of the beam splitter assembly and projected on a projection surface. Consequently, a first structured light pattern is formed on the projection surface. Another portion of the structured light is reflected by the semi-transmissive semi-reflective structure of the beam splitter assembly and projected on the projection surface along a different path. Consequently, a second structured light pattern different from the first structured light pattern is formed on the projection surface. The number of structured light patterns or the projected area is correspondingly adjusted.
US09817237B2	Head-up display device A head-up display device includes: an optical unit that projects picture light toward a front windshield of a vehicle, and that displays picture information reflected on the front windshield as a virtual image; a display controller that controls the optical unit so as to display the picture information on the front windshield; and a vehicle state identifying device that identifies a vehicle state. The display control device controls the optical unit so as to move the display position of the picture information in a direction in which the field of view of a driver of the vehicle can be secured according to the vehicle state identified by the vehicle state identifying device.
US09817231B2	Optical scanning system and imaging apparatus for using same A scanning unit includes a light source controllable to emit a light beam; a scanning mirror having a plurality of reflective surfaces, the scanning mirror receiving the light beam from the light source and deflecting at least portions of the light beam along a scan direction; and a collimator lens disposed between the light source and the scanning mirror, the collimator lens having a light incident surface that is spherical and a light exit surface that is aspheric such that the light beam, after passing through the collimator lens, is diverged by the collimator lens so as to be incident on at least two reflective surfaces of the scanning mirror.
US09817228B2	Movable mirror device A movable mirror device is provided as a unitary device with a position sensor and an analog-to-digital converter included in the unitary device.
US09817221B2	Systems and methods for processing and imaging of biological samples A method for processing and imaging a first and second plurality of samples, comprising processing at least one sample from the first plurality of samples, imaging the at least one sample from the first plurality of samples, while being capable of simultaneously processing at least one sample from the second plurality of samples; and imaging the at least one processed sample from the second plurality of samples.
US09817218B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power, the fourth lens group having at least two positive lenses, the zoom lens satisfying a conditional expression (a) of −2.0
US09817211B2	Optical lens system with a wide field of view An optical lens system with a wide field of view includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a second lens element with a negative refractive power, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens element with a negative refractive power. The focal length of the first lens element is f1, the focal length of the second lens element and the third lens element combined is f23, and they satisfy the relation: 0.4
US09817207B2	Image pickup information output apparatus and lens apparatus equipped with same Image pickup information output apparatus which outputs information about image pickup condition derived from combination of positions/states of condition decision members serving as optical members that affect fulfillment of the condition, comprising: setting unit for setting a condition setting value as the condition to be fulfilled; controller for driving one of the condition decision members to control its position/state based on the condition setting value, condition calculator for calculating information about the condition as calculated condition based on the combination of positions/states of the condition decision members; determination unit for determining whether or not the condition setting value changed; decision unit for determining the information about condition to be output, based on the calculated condition and the determination made by the determination unit as to whether or not the condition setting value changed; and output unit for outputting information about the condition to be output determined by the decision unit.
US09817197B2	Optically aligned hybrid semiconductor device and method Two semiconductor chips are optically aligned to form a hybrid semiconductor device. Both chips have optical waveguides and alignment surface positioned at precisely-defined complementary vertical offsets from optical axes of the corresponding waveguides, so that the waveguides are vertically aligned when one of the chips is placed atop the other with their alignment surface abutting each other. The position of the at least one of the alignment surface in a layer stack of its chip is precisely defined by epitaxy. The chips are bonded at offset bonding pads with the alignment surfaces abutting in the absence of bonding material therebetween.
US09817196B2	Optical filter sub-assembly cartridge for use in a receiver optical subassembly (ROSA) housing An optical sub-assembly cartridge for use in a multi-channel receiver optical sub-assembly (ROSA) is disclosed and includes pre-aligned demultiplexing optics. The optical sub-assembly cartridge may include a plurality of sidewalls which define a cartridge body and at least partially enclose a cavity therein. A sidewall of the cartridge body may include a sidewall opening configured to allow light to enter the cavity. A first optical filter disposed opposite the sidewall opening may receive light entering the cavity and be configured to pass unassociated channel wavelengths out of the cavity while reflecting associated channel wavelengths to a mirror disposed in the cavity. The mirror may then reflect the received channel wavelengths to a second optical filter within or external to the cavity. The second optical filter may emit a narrow spectrum of channel wavelengths to a photodiode package to convert the same to a proportional electrical signal.
US09817190B2	Tunable wavelength filter with embedded metal temperature sensor and its application to external-cavity type tunable wavelength laser Provided are a tunable wavelength filter with an embedded metal temperature sensor and an external-cavity type tunable wavelength laser module. In detail, the tunable wavelength filter with an embedded metal temperature sensor and the external-cavity type tunable wavelength laser module achieve wavelength stability by forming a metal temperature sensor using a resistance change of a metal thin film according to temperature on a point on an isothermal layer having the same temperature distribution as the optical waveguide during a process for fabricating the optical waveguide with polymer to accurately measure a temperature of an optical waveguide.
US09817186B2	Polarization rotator Polarization rotators of conventional techniques require forming a silicon nitride layer, which is not employed in usual fabrication of a silicon waveguide circuit. In order to employ a polarization rotator function in an optical integrated circuit, a process of forming a silicon nitride layer is added just for that purpose. This increases the fabrication time and complicates the fabrication equipment. In a polarization rotator of the present invention, the waveguide width of a center core portion of a polarization converter is made small. Thus, the intensity of an optical wave does not concentrate only at the center core portion and is more influenced by structural asymmetry. With the configuration of the polarization rotator of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently cause polarization conversion with a structure including only a silicon waveguide and no silicon nitride layer or the like formed thereon.
US09817182B2	Backlight unit and display device including the same A display device includes a display panel, a light source which generates light, a light guide plate which receives the light and guides the light to the display panel, the light guide plate defining a side surface thereof, an accommodating member accommodating the light source and the light guide plate therein, the accommodating member including a sidewall, and a fixing member in plural between the sidewall of the accommodating member and the side surface of the light guide plate. The fixing member defines a supporting portion thereof contacting the side surface of the light guide plate, fixing portions fixed to the sidewall of the accommodating member and spaced apart from each other, and a connecting portion provided in plural and connecting an end among opposing ends of the supporting portion to a fixing portion among the fixing portions, the fixing portion forming an acute angle with the connecting portion.
US09817181B2	Liquid crystal display and backlight module thereof The present invention proposes a backlight module includes an LCD and a backlight module. A QD film adheres to a light guide plate. An optical film is arranged on the QD film. A light source is arranged at a lateral side of the light guide plate. A bezel accommodates the light guide plate and the light source. The bezel includes a base board and a sideboard extending along a direction perpendicular to the base board. The lateral frame encloses the bezel. The lateral frame includes a standing board and a horizontal extensive object. The standing board adheres to an outer side of the sideboard. The horizontal extensive object presses the QD film on the LGP and separates the optical film from the QD film, which prevents the edges of the QD film from getting distorted easily and having blue circles.
US09817167B2	Protective film for polarizing plate, polarizing plate including the same, and liquid crystal display including the same A protective film for a polarizing plate includes a base film and a primer layer on one or both sides of the base film. The protective film has a transmittance of about 90% or greater at a wavelength of 550 nm, and a ratio of the refractive index (B) of the primer layer to the refractive index (A) of the base film of about 0.6 to about 1.0. The protective film exhibits good adhesiveness to the polarizer and improves the transmittance of the polarizing plate. A polarizing plate including the same, and a liquid crystal display including the same are also disclosed.
US09817166B2	Electromagnetic energy-absorbing optical product and method for making An electromagnetic energy-absorbing optical product useful particularly for automotive and architectural window films is disclosed. The electromagnetic energy-absorbing optical product includes a polymeric substrate and a composite coating with the composite coating including first and second layers each containing a binding group component which together form a complimentary binding group pair.
US09817162B2	Stereoprojection system The invention relates to stereo projection systems for displaying stereopaired images on mirror-spherical or parabolic screens and for collectively watching a stereo effect without using stereo spectacles. Said invention makes it possible to continuously dynamically superimpose the projections of the left and right picture frames of a steropair with the user's left and right eyes, respectively. Such impositions are carried out simultaneously and independently for each viewer. The technical result is attainable by that the inventive stereo projection system comprises stereo projectors which are individually allocated to each viewer and in-series connected, a monitoring system for continuously and accurately determining the viewers' eye positions, a self correcting device, video-correcting devices, automatic drives for the mechanical self-correction of the stereo projectors and the system optical elements, units which are used for forming stereopair projected images in the stereo projector and which are coupled with the video-correcting device for the video-correction of the optimal parameters of the screen images. The inventive system makes it possible to carry out the self- and video-correction in an integral manner in such a way that the comfort of the stereo effect viewing is maximally satisfied.
US09817156B2	Polarizing plate protective film, polarizing plate and display device A polarizing plate protective film contains a compound represented by general formula (I). In general formula (I), X is a group containing a boronic acid ester structure, and a plurality of Xs may be identical or different; L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group, and a plurality of Ls may be identical or different; n represents an integer of 2 or more; when n is 2, Z represents a single bond or a divalent group, and when n is 3 or more, Z represents a group having a valence of n, provided that L and Z are not simultaneously single bonds when n is 2.
US09817153B2	Gravity transducer system and method including a junction with a first metal and a second metal An airborne gravity-based transducer is disclosed as two embodiments with similar physical structures but different operating principles. The first design includes a particle acting as an active interface characterized by internal vibrations relating to its de Broglie wave, a resonant cavity for trapping the particle, and a phonon-wave source wherein the de Broglie and phonon waves interact over a junction area. In the second design, mechanical displacements between the transducer elements can be monitored through electromechanical transduction. Both designs include a power source and a biasing circuit for producing an electrical current across the junction, and a sensing system for measuring voltage. Both designs are capable of cancelling slowly-varying gravitational acceleration due to dynamic interaction in motion with the gravitational field and responding to small-scale gravity anomalies. The transducer can be utilized in hydrocarbon exploration to provide information on areas conducive to fluid entrapment in the sedimentary column.
US09817143B2	Methods and systems for constraining multiples attenuation in seismic data Systems and methods for attenuating multiples in seismic data are presented. In one aspect, predicted surface-related multiples are calculated for seismic data generated by receivers in a marine survey. Estimates of primaries and multiples may be calculated by applying adaptive subtraction to the predicted surface-related multiples. Residual multiples present in the estimated primaries may be identified using multiple diffraction reduction. The residual multiples and estimated multiples are used to generate final estimated multiples that are subtracted from the seismic data to generate primaries with attenuated multiples.
US09817138B2	Gas-filled neutron detectors and imaging system and array of such detectors Gas-filled neutron detectors, an imaging system and an array of such detectors are provided. Surfaces or surface portions incorporated into the gas-filled neutron detectors are coated with and/or composed of at least partially, neutron reactive material. The surfaces may be flat or curved, fins or plates, foils, thin sheets, porous or filamentary material, or semi-solid material or aerogel. The incorporation of the extended surfaces coated with or composed of neutron reactive material increases the neutron detection efficiency of the gas-filled detectors. The surfaces can be made of conductive, semiconductive, semi-insulating, or insulative materials. The surfaces are arranged such that they do not detrimentally detract from the main function of a gas-filled detector with particular attention to gas-filled proportional detectors. The surfaces may be arranged in the detectors to allow for modular construction. The surfaces are designed and arranged such that more than a single reaction product may escape the surface.
US09817133B2	Heat controlling apparatus for a detector of a CT machine and a detector A heat controlling apparatus for a detector of a CT machine and a detector. The heat controlling apparatus comprises: a heat conducting frame, which is disposed at a side where a chip on a circuit board in the detector is located; a heater, which thermally contacts with the heat conducting frame and is used for heating the heat conducting frame; a heat dissipating member, which is connected with the heat conducting frame and used for dissipating heat produced by the detector; and a heat isolating member, which is wrapped at a periphery of a collimator of the detector, the heat conducting frame and the heater.
US09817130B1	Radiation dosimeter with thermal reset and readout A radiation dosimeter comprising a thermal micro-platform with a plurality of nanowires having phononic structures providing improved thermal isolation of the micro-platform. In embodiments, thermo-luminescent, MOS transistor and PIN diode sensors for x-ray, gamma, charged particles and neutron irradiation are disposed on the micro-platform. In a preferred embodiment the dosimeter is fabricated using a silicon SOI starting wafer.
US09817128B2	Method of generating correlation function with no side-peak and system for tracking binary offset carrier signal Disclosed herein are a method of generating a correlation function with no side-peak and a system for tracking a BOC signal in order to synchronize the BOC signal. The method of generating a correlation function includes step S1 of generating sub-correlation functions {Sl(τ)}l=0N−1, step S2 of generating a first final correlation function R0(τ) by combining some of the sub-correlation functions, and step S3 of generating a second final correlation function Rproposed(τ) by combining R0(τ) with each of the remaining sub-correlation functions that have not been used for the combination at step S2. The BOC signal is one or more of BOCsin(kn,n) and BOCcos(kn,n) signals.
US09817123B2	Object detector and sensor An object detector includes a projector including a light source having a two-dimensionally arranged plurality of light emitter groups, ach of the light emitter groups having a plurality of light emitters, a light receiver which receives light emitted from the projector, and reflected by an object, and a light source driver which lights on and lights off each of the light emitter groups of the light source.
US09817120B2	Fish tracker An integrated fish detection module/navigation module system that may provide the location of fish over a distance or time is provided herein. The location of fish can be presented on a navigation module display to provide information regarding the location of fish relative to navigational data known to the navigation module. The information may create a record of fish location over time and distance. In some configurations, the navigational data and fish detection module data of more than one watercraft may be combined and distributed. In some configurations, a marker may be automatically placed on a navigation module to indicate that fish have been detected at the location on the navigation module.
US09817114B2	Millimeter and sub-millimeter wave radar-radiometric imaging According to one aspect, a radar-radiometric imaging method is disclosed that includes cyclical observation, with a time period T, of a selected space section due to antenna beam rotation with a period Ta (Ta≦T) around a rotation axis misaligned with the antenna's beam axis, along with the simultaneous change of the spatial orientation of this rotation axis using an antenna positioning device to ensure survey of the selected space domain for the time T without gaps.
US09817109B2	Gesture recognition using frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar with low angle resolution A method for operating a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system is provided that includes generating digital intermediate frequency (IF) signals from radio frequency signals received by a small receive antenna array in the FMCW radar system and processing the digital IF signals to determine whether or not a gesture was performed.
US09817102B1	De-weighting of outlier signals in a radio frequency navigation system Methods, systems and computer program products for determining and filtering potential outliers in RF signals used in radionavigation are described. A radionavigation subsystem of a mobile device can determine a first location estimate of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine a free direction from the first location estimate. The free direction can be a direction along which RF signals may cause greater position errors than RF signals from other directions may cause. The mobile device can determine a potential outlier among the received RF signals, the potential outlier being an RF signal from a signal source in the free direction. The mobile device can indicate to the radionavigation subsystem that a weight of the potential outlier shall be reduced when determining a second location estimate of the mobile device using the RF signals.
US09817093B2	Low field magnetic resonance imaging methods and apparatus According to some aspects, a laminate panel is provided. The laminate panel comprises at least one laminate layer including at least one non-conductive layer and at least one conductive layer patterned to form at least a portion of a B0 coil configured to contribute to a B0 field suitable for use in low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
US09817085B2	Frequency doubling of xMR signals Embodiments relate to sensors, such as speed sensors and angle sensors, that use a modulated supply voltage to approximately double output signals of the sensors because the sensor element and the supply voltage exhibit the same frequency. In embodiments, the sensor element is an xMR element, and the modulated supply voltage is generated on-chip, such as by another xMR element. Direct frequency doubling of the output signal of the sensor element therefore can be obtained without additional and complex circuitry or signal processing.
US09817081B2	Magnetometer with light pipe A device includes a diamond assembly. The diamond assembly includes a diamond with a plurality of nitrogen vacancy centers and electrical components that emit electromagnetic waves. The device also includes a light source configured to emit light toward the diamond and a photo detector configured to detect light from the light source that traveled through the diamond. The device further includes an attenuator between the diamond assembly and the photo detector. The attenuator is configured to attenuate the electromagnetic waves emitted from the electrical components of the diamond assembly.
US09817079B2	Molded sensor package with an integrated magnet and method of manufacturing molded sensor packages with an integrated magnet A molded sensor package includes a leadframe having a sensor die attached to the leadframe, a magnet aligned with the sensor die and a single molding compound encasing the sensor die and attaching the magnet to the leadframe. A method of manufacturing the molded sensor package includes loading the magnet and the leadframe into a molding tool so that the magnet is aligned with the sensor die in the molding tool, molding the magnet and the sensor die with the same molding compound while loaded in the molding tool and curing the molding compound so that the magnet is attached to the leadframe by the same molding compound that encases the sensor die.
US09817078B2	Methods and apparatus for magnetic sensor having integrated coil Methods and apparatus for a magnetic field sensor including a die, a coil proximate the die to generate a magnetic field, and a magnetic field sensing element having to detect changes in the magnetic field generated by the coil in response to a ferromagnetic target.
US09817073B2	Switching status check with circuit parts of an insulation monitor A battery management system for a high-voltage battery that has a switching device with controllable switching elements for establishing and disconnecting an electrical connection between the poles of the high-voltage battery and the connection points for a consumer network, and a device for insulation monitoring. The poles and connection points are each switched to a reference potential for insulation measurement via a voltage divider. The battery management system may have a device for checking the switching status of the controllable switching elements by means of measuring devices for determining the electrical voltage. The measuring devices are arranged so that they measure the voltage between the output of the respective voltage divider and the reference potential. The device for checking the switching status of the controllable switching elements has a device for comparing the measured voltage values of the two measuring devices. A controllable switching element is switched between each of their assigned voltage dividers.
US09817072B2	Auxiliary unit for an electric circuit breaker, electric system comprising a circuit breaker and one such auxiliary unit and method for determining a cause of opening of the circuit breaker by means of one such auxiliary unit An auxiliary apparatus is coupled to an electric circuit breaker. In the open position, the breaker interrupts the circulation of a current in an electrical connection, which includes at least one electrical conductor and a mechanical output member movable between an operating position and a stop position associated with the interruption of the circulation of the current in the connection after opening of the breaker. The auxiliary apparatus includes at least one current sensor to measure the current circulating in a respective conductor, and a mechanical coupler to couple with the mechanical output member. The mechanical coupler also detects the opening of the breaker. The auxiliary apparatus also includes a device for determining a cause of the detected opening, based on the intensity measured by the current sensor.
US09817062B2	Parallel concurrent test system and method A parallel concurrent test (PCT) system is provided for performing the parallel concurrent testing of semiconductor devices. The PCT system includes a pick and place (PnP) handler for engaging and transporting the semiconductor devices along a testing plane, the PnP handler including at least one manipulator. The PCT system also includes a device under test interface board (DIB), the DIB including a broadside test socket for broadside (BS) testing of the semiconductor devices, the broadside testing using at least half of a total number of a semiconductor device pins, and a plurality of design-for-test (DFT) test sockets for DFT testing, the DFT testing using less than half of the total number of the semiconductor device pins, and a tester in electrical contact with the DIB for testing the semiconductor devices in accordance with a stepping pattern test protocol.
US09817057B2	Electrical device with a pulsed power supply and method for testing the power supply of the electrical device An electrical device having a clocked circuitry, and a method for testing the power supply unit of the electrical device. The electrical device comprises an electrical load, a clocked power supply unit, at least one pulse transformer and an evaluation device. The power supply unit comprises a power stack having at least one power semiconductor switch and is configured for generating a clocked voltage for the electrical load from an electric voltage based on an alternating on/off switching of the power semiconductor switch. The power stack exhibits at least one current path, through which an electric current flows during operation. The pulse transformer generates a signal assigned to the change in the charge and/or the direction of the electric current flowing through the current path. The evaluation device evaluates the signal coming from the pulse transformer and draws a conclusion regarding the operational reliability of the power semiconductor switch.
US09817049B2	Device and procedure for the monitoring of a trailer connection box A device for the monitoring of a trailer connection box of a vehicle to which the electrical system of a trailer can be connected. The device may include a circuit having a first connection (VBB) for the connection with a positive potential of a voltage of an electric system of the vehicle. The device may include second connections (Brkl, POSLL, POS LR, TurnSL, TurnSR, RevL, FogL) for the connection with contacts of the trailer connection box. The device may include a current and/or voltage sensor (SI), with first controllable switches (S11, . . . , S17), being connected in series to one of the second connections (Brkl, POSLL, POS LR, TurnSL, TurnSR, RevL, FogL) each. In a closed state of the first switch (S11, . . . , S17) is connected in series to the second connection (Brkl, POSLL, POS LR, TurnSL, TurnSR, RevL, FogL), each of the second connections (Brkl, POSLL, POS LR, TurnSL, TurnSR, RevL, FogL) is connected via this first switch (S11, . . . , S17) with a first node (K). The first node (K) is connected to the first connection (VBB) via the current and/or voltage sensor (SI).
US09817048B2	Image sensor power supply noise detection A power supply noise measurement circuit includes a multiphase filter coupled to receive a power supply signal. The multiphase filter is coupled to output a first filtered power supply signal for a first phase, and a second filtered power supply signal for a second phase. A multiphase amplifier is coupled to the multiphase filter to sample offset voltages in response to the first filter power supply signal during the first phase to set up DC operation points in the multiphase amplifier, and generate an amplified power supply noise signal during the second phase. An overshoot detector is coupled to the multiphase amplifier to detect overshoot events in the amplified power supply noise signal, and an undershoot detector is coupled to the multiphase amplifier to detect undershoot events in the amplified power supply noise signal.
US09817044B2	Determination of a substitute value for the primary-side power consumption of a power supply unit A method of determining a substitute value for a primary-side power consumption of a power supply unit includes recording a first measured value for a primary-side power consumption over a measurement period, repeatedly recording a second measured value for at least one secondary-side output power at first intervals of time, the first interval of time being shorter than the measurement period, determining an efficiency of the power supply unit on the basis of the first measured value and at least one second measured value, and calculating a substitute value for the primary-side power consumption on the basis of the efficiency determined in the determination step and at least one recorded second measured value.
US09817041B2	mm-Wave frequency peak detector A peak detector circuit comprises a first output coupled to ground by a first load and to emitter terminals of first and second switching devices. A second output is coupled to ground by a second load and to emitter terminals of third and fourth switching devices. A third output is coupled to a supply voltage node by a third load and to collector terminals of the first and second switching devices. A fourth output is coupled to the supply voltage node by a fourth load and to collector terminals of the third and fourth switching devices. The first, second, third, and fourth switching devices have control terminals which are biased with a common bias voltage. The first, second, third and fourth load are selected so that R1=R2=αfR3=αfR4, with R1, R2, R3, R4 being a resistance of the first, second, third and fourth loads, respectively, and αf a common-base current gain of the switching devices.
US09817029B2	Test probing structure A testing probe structure for wafer level testing semiconductor IC packaged devices under test (DUT). The structure includes a substrate, through substrate vias, a bump array formed on a first surface of the substrate for engaging a probe card, and at least one probing unit on a second surface of the substrate. The probing unit includes a conductive probe pad formed on one surface of the substrate and at least one microbump interconnected to the pad. The pads are electrically coupled to the bump array through the vias. Some embodiments include a plurality of microbumps associated with the pad which are configured to engage a mating array of microbumps on the DUT. In some embodiments, the DUT may be probed by applying test signals from a probe card through the bump and microbump arrays without direct probing of the DUT microbumps.
US09817027B2	Method and device for counting objects In the field of the counting of objects, a use is provided of a photosensitive assembly comprising at least one photodiode or one photoresistor, and a source of uniform illumination for illuminating the assembly, the establishment of a reference current supplied by the photosensitive assembly for an illuminated region of this assembly corresponding to a given fraction of the surface of the assembly, the disposition of objects to be counted against the photosensitive assembly, the illumination of the assembly by the source, the objects masking a part of the surface of the assembly, measurement of the current supplied by the assembly, and determination of a ratio between measured current and reference current to deduce the proportion between the surface area of photosensitive element illuminated and the surface area masked by the objects disposed. From this ratio, information on the number of objects disposed on the photosensitive assembly is extracted.
US09817025B2	Waveguides for capturing close-proximity electromagnetic radiation transmitted by wireless chips during testing on automated test equipment (ATE) A test fixture has a flexible plastic cable that acts as a waveguide. The Device-Under-Test (DUT) is a small transceiver and antenna that operate in the Extremely High-Frequency (EHF) band of 30-300 GHz. The size of the DUT transceiver is very small, limiting the power of emitted electromagnetic radiation so that close-proximity communication is used. The envelope for reception may only extend for about a centimeter from the DUT transceiver, about the same size as the test socket. A slot is formed in the test socket very near to the antenna. The slot receives one end of the plastic waveguide. The slot extends into the envelope by the DUT transceiver so that close-proximity radiation is captured by the plastic waveguide. The waveguide has a high relative permittivity and reflective metalized walls so that the radiation may be carried to a receiver that is outside the envelope.
US09817024B2	Test carrier for mounting and testing an electronic device A test carrier includes a base member on which a first electronic device under test is able to be temporarily mounted, and a second electronic device which is configured to be used to test the first electronic device. The second electronic device is mounted on the base member, and the second electronic device is able to be electrically connected to the first electronic device.
US09817019B2	Integrated fiber bragg grating accelerometer in a surgical instrument An accelerometer is included within the confined space and limited volume of a distal portion of a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes an end component, a joint coupled to the end component, a shaft coupled to the joint, and a force transducer and accelerometer apparatus. The force transducer and accelerometer apparatus is coupled between the joint and the shaft. The force transducer and accelerometer apparatus includes a force sensor and an accelerometer. The accelerometer includes an optic fiber having a Fiber Bragg Grating. Information acquired from the Fiber Bragg Grating is used to drive a vibro-tactile haptic feedback output device coupled to a master control arm surgeon grip.
US09817015B2	System for predicting exterior ballistics A system for predicting exterior ballistics has first and second bullet detectors operable to detect the passage of a bullet, the first and second bullet detectors being spaced apart by a selected detector spacing distance, the first and second bullet detector each being connected to a common time signal facility that generates a time signal, the first bullet detector being operable to generate a first time of passage based on the time signal, the second bullet detector being operable to generate a second time of passage based on the time signal, the first bullet detector being operable to measure a first bullet velocity, a controller in communication with the first and second bullet detectors, and the controller operable based on the difference between the first time and the second time, and based on the first bullet velocity to calculate a ballistic characteristic for the bullet.
US09817010B2	Telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly A clinical diagnostic sample analyzer for analyzing a sample of a patient is disclosed. The analyzer includes a telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly with a sample probe concentrically housed within a piercing probe and a venting mechanism. The closed-tube sampling assembly is used for aspirating a sample from a sample tube for analysis by a clinical diagnostic sample analyzer.
US09817005B2	Mass spectrometric quantitation for metabolites of leflunomide Methods are described for determining the amount of metabolites of leflunomide in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying teriflunomide in a sample.
US09817004B2	Development and use of cysteine-labeled fluorescent probes of unbound analytes A method for high throughput discovery of proteins fluorescently labeled at a cysteine residue and that undergo a change in fluorescence ratio at 2 wavelengths upon binding an unbound analyte is described. Probes are disclosed which are labeled at a cysteine residue and also probes labeled at both cysteine and lysine with two different fluorophores. These probes are useful for characterization and measurement of hydrophobic species in a fluid sample, particularly characterization and measurement of levels of unbound free fatty acids. A profile of unbound free fatty acids can be determined for an individual which can be used to determine the individual's relative risk for disease.
US09816999B2	Neo antibodies for diagnostic imaging of tissue injury A method for diagnosing the development of a tissue injury in a subject comprising administering a sample of neoantibodies to the subject's tissue for the purpose of detecting the presence of neoepitopes bearing complement proteins.
US09816990B2	Ultra-fast pathogen toxin detection assay based on microwave-accelerated metal-enhanced fluorescence The present invention provides for a system and method to detect low levels of the anthrax protective antigen (PA) exotoxin in biological fluids, wherein the system uses a metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF)-PA assay in combination with microwave-accelerated PA protein surface absorption. Microwave irradiation rapidly accelerates PA deposition onto the surface adjacent to deposited metallic particles and significantly speeding up the MEF-PA assay and resulting in a total assay run time of less than 40 min with an analytical sensitivity of less than 1 pg/ml PA.
US09816986B2	Detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by glycosylation Provided herein are methods and kits for detecting a modified cytosine.
US09816984B2	Device for detection of target molecules and uses thereof Devices and methods for the detection of antigens are disclosed. Devices and methods for detecting food-borne pathogens are disclosed.
US09816983B2	Sample analyzer A sample analyzer comprising: a sample preparing section for preparing first and second measurement sample including reagent and sample; a first detector for detecting a predetermined component in the first measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing section; a second detector for detecting the predetermined component in the second measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing section; and a controller configured for performing operations, comprising: (a) controlling the first detector to detect the predetermined component in the first measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing section; (b) determining the reliability of the result detected by the first detector; (c) controlling the sample preparing section to prepare the second measurement sample from the same sample when the result has been determined to be unreliable; and (d) controlling the second detector to detect the predetermined component in the second measurement sample, is disclosed.
US09816979B2	Devices and methods for filtering blood plasma The present invention provides systems, devices, kits, and methods for separating blood plasma from whole blood. In particular, the present invention provides systems, devices, and methods for separating a fixed volume of blood plasma from whole blood with minimal energy input.
US09816978B2	Apparatus for analysis of concrete including a reinforcing bar In one general aspect, a system can include a probe configured to be coupled to a concrete surface of a portion of concrete. The system can include a waveform generator configured to trigger flow of a current to the portion of concrete via the probe and configured to reference a potential of a reinforcing bar embedded within the concrete. The system can also include a current detector configured to detect a magnitude of the current.
US09816963B2	High pressure compressor thermal management A gas turbine engine includes an inner shaft extending axially along the gas turbine engine, a plurality of disks extending radially inwardly and toward the inner shaft, at least one hole in at least one of the plurality of disks, and an obstruction positioned between the inner shaft and an end of the disk having the at least one hole, such that a bore flow that flows along an axial length of the inner shaft is obstructed from flowing along the shaft by the obstruction, and forced to flow radially outward from the obstruction, through the at least one hole, and radially inward toward the inner shaft.
US09816959B2	Sensor for monitoring of ethanol The subject invention provides devices, and methods of making and using the same, for the non-invasive detection of ethanol in a sample. In specific embodiments, the fuel cell based ethanol detector of the subject invention is capable of measuring the concentration of ethanol vapor in the presence of water vapor, which is known to confound signal readings in conventional detectors. Advantageously, the electrochemical sensors provided herein are highly stable and accurate, especially suitable for low-cost, continuous monitoring of ethanol content in transdermal perspiration samples.
US09816953B2	Micromechanical moisture sensor device, corresponding manufacturing method, and micromechanical sensor system A micromechanical moisture sensor device includes: a substrate having a front side and a rear side; an interdigital printed conductor track arrangement provided above and/or below the front side of the substrate; and a moisture-sensitive polymer layer situated above and in the gaps of the interdigital printed conductor track arrangement. The moisture-sensitive polymer layer extends below the front side into the substrate.
US09816948B2	Computerized tomography detection of microbial damage of plant tissues The present disclosure encompasses embodiments of X-ray computed tomography-based methods for the detection of onion quality factors. Such methods are advantageous in detecting internal damage to onion bulbs due to bacterial and fungal rots and mechanical damage while also providing for the overall assessment of onion bulb quality and market value. Because CT images provide cross-sectional reconstructions of the subject under study, CT scans of onion bulbs can be used not only to detect damage from disease, but also cuts and bruises that increase an onion bulb's susceptibility to disease, and the presence of shoots or seed stems and overall shape of the bulbs.
US09816939B2	Virtual inspection systems with multiple modes Methods and systems for determining one or more characteristics for defects detected on a specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for identifying a first defect that was detected on a specimen by an inspection system with a first mode but was not detected with one or more other modes. The computer subsystem(s) are also configured for acquiring, from the storage medium, one or more images generated with the one or more other modes at a location on the specimen corresponding to the first defect. In addition, the computer subsystem(s) are configured for determining one or more characteristics of the acquired one or more images and determining one or more characteristics of the first defect based on the one or more characteristics of the acquired one or more images.
US09816936B2	Chemical exposure indication device A chemical exposure indication device is disclosed. The device is removably attachable to a structure and includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface and an indicating layer overlying the first substrate surface. The indicating layer includes a coating material that is chemically reactive with a pre-determined chemical compound that is known to degrade the structure. When the coating material is exposed to that corrosive compound in a pre-determined level associated with degradation of a metallic structure, the coating material provides a visual indication of the presence of the corrosive compound.
US09816930B2	Imaging a target fluorophore in a biological material in the presence of autofluorescence Methods and systems are disclosed for extracting an image of a target fluorophore in a biological material, which involve inducing both autofluorescence of the biological material and fluorescence of the fluorophore, acquiring an image arising from both the autofluorescence of the biological material and the fluorophore, and an image arising only from the autofluorescence, subtracting the two images to produce an image representing only the fluorophore, wherein relative intensities of the excitation light used to induce the autofluorescence and the fluorescence are modulated prior to acquiring the images.
US09816928B2	Human biosensors for heme binding This invention provides biosensors, cell models, and methods of their use for monitoring heme and oxygen. Biosensors can include targeting domains, sensing domains and reporting domains. Biosensors can be introduced into cells reprogrammed to represent experimental or pathologic cells of interest. Model cells expressing the biosensors can be contacted with putative bioactive agents to determine possible activities.
US09816926B2	Multiplex suspension assay/array using lifetime coding A system, device and/or method for multiplex assays. In a particular, but non-limiting, example there is provided a multiplex array, such as a suspension array. Luminescence decay lifetimes are utilized for probes in a suspension array, and coding/decoding the codes from time-resolved spectra. Lifetime populations can be generated at distinct color bands. A novel temporal technique or dimension is applied over conventional spectral and intensity combinations, thereby expanding the multiplexing capacity of a suspension array. In one example form, the multiplexing capacity of a suspension array can be expanded to the order of about 58. This provides a reliable, high-throughput and relatively inexpensive solution for multiplex assays in various areas of application such as life sciences, data storage and security.
US09816921B2	Material analytical sensor and material analyzer A material analytical sensor includes an emitter that irradiates a material with irradiation light including a wavelength region related to estimation of an amount of a component of the material, a controller that controls an irradiation cycle of the irradiation light, a receiver that receives reflected light from the material to output as a pulse signal and receives disturbance light to output as a noise signal, an integrator that samples N pulse signals during a predetermined period and integrates the sampled N pulse signals to obtain a first integrated value, and samples N noise signals during a same period as the predetermined period with a same cycle as the irradiation cycle and integrates the sampled N noise signals to obtain a second integrated value, and an extractor that deducts the second integrated value from the first integrated value to extract an amount of the reflected light.
US09816916B2	Capillary cell, arrangement and method for accommodating, positioning and examining a microscopic specimen A capillary cell is described along with an arrangement and a method for receiving, positioning and examining a microscopic specimen, in particular a cleared fluorescent specimen with the help of a single-plane fluorescence microscope. The capillary cell is suitable for being positioned in a chamber volume and contains a capillary section, which comprises a wall. The wall encloses a specimen volume and is planar and transparent in at least some sections. In addition, the capillary cell includes an upper and a lower closure section, which are connected to the capillary section and which seal the capillary section. The specimen volume is separated from the chamber volume by the capillary section, the upper closure section and the lower closure section.
US09816913B2	Microparticle measuring apparatus A microparticle measuring apparatus for highly accurately detecting the position of a microparticle flowing through a flow channel includes a light irradiation unit for irradiating a microparticle flowing through a flow channel with light, and a scattered light detection unit for detecting scattered light from the microparticle, including an objective lens for collecting light from the microparticle, a light splitting element for dividing the scattered light from the light collected by the objective lens, into first and second scattered light, a first scattered light detector for receiving an S-polarized light component, and an astigmatic element disposed between the light splitting element and the first scattered light detector, and making the first scattered light astigmatic. A relationship between a length L from a rear principal point of the objective lens to a front principal point of the astigmatic element, and a focal length f of the astigmatic element satisfies the following formula I. 1.5f≦L≦2.5f (I)
US09816906B2	Apparatus and method for stretch measurements of tissue webs A method includes, using at least one processing device, obtaining position measurements and/or tilt angle measurements associated with a tissue web and identifying a stretch measurement associated with the tissue web using the obtained measurements. Identifying the stretch measurement could include using one or more mathematical formulas to calculate the stretch measurement associated with the tissue web using the obtained measurements. The one or more mathematical formulas could be defined using laboratory stretch values of multiple training webs. Different mathematical formulas can be associated with training webs having different characteristics, and the method may further include selecting at least one of the mathematical formulas based on one or more characteristics of the tissue web.
US09816901B2	Disposable direct capture device The invention relates to a liquid sample preparation device such as a disposable, collapsible, flexible polymeric bag containing an adsorptive curtain of a functionalized shaped polymeric fiber bed for the direct capture of biomolecules from liquid samples. The functionalized shaped polymeric fiber bed includes fibrillated, ridged or winged-shaped fiber structures that significantly increases the surface area of the fiber resulting in enhanced separation, retention and/or purification of liquid samples containing biomolecules of interest as the liquid samples contact the adsorptive curtain of functionalized shaped fibers. Liquid samples include unclarified liquid feeds or other liquids containing one or more biomolecules of interest, including, but not limited to vaccines, recombinant proteins, cells, stem cells, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), proteins, antibody, peptides, oligopeptides, nucleic acids, oligonucleotides, RNA, DNA, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides.
US09816895B2	Wind tunnel for erosion testing Test systems for simulating an environment for erosion testing. An exemplary system includes a wind tunnel having a fan unit at one end and an exhaust unit at the other, and a test fixture that secures a specimen under test in a path of the air flow created in the wind tunnel. The system also includes a water injection unit installed between the fan unit and the test fixture that emits water droplets into the air flow. A controller of the system identifies a test profile indicating conditions for a test of the specimen, and varies the speed of the air flow, the orientation of the specimen, and/or a flow rate of water out of a nozzle of the water injection unit during the test to simulate the conditions indicated in the test profile.
US09816878B2	Temperature measurement system and abnormality detection method A temperature measurement system includes an optical fiber, a temperature distribution measurement apparatus, and a data processing apparatus. The temperature distribution measurement apparatus is configured to detect backscattered light by causing light to enter the optical fiber, and acquire the temperature distribution of the optical fiber in the length direction thereof based on the result of the detection. The data processing apparatus is configured to store therein the temperature distribution acquired by the temperature distribution measurement apparatus, perform signal processing on a difference temperature distribution obtained by computing the difference between a current temperature distribution and a past temperature distribution, and determine whether or not abnormality is present based on the result of the signal processing.
US09816872B2	Low power low cost temperature sensor Systems and methods for sensing temperature on a chip are described herein. In one embodiment, a temperature sensor comprises a first transistor having a gate, a second transistor having a gate coupled to the gate of the first transistor, and a bias circuit configured to bias the gates of the first and second transistors such that the first and second transistors operate in a sub-threshold region, and to generate a current proportional to a difference between a gate-to-source voltage of the first transistor and a gate-to-source voltage of the second transistor. The temperature sensor also comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the current into a digital temperature reading.
US09816871B2	Thermal sensor including pulse-width modulation output Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a node to receive ground potential, a first diode including an anode coupled to the node, a second diode including an anode coupled to the node, a first circuit to apply a voltage to a cathode of each of the first and second diodes to cause the first and second diodes to be in a forward-bias condition, and a second circuit to generate a signal having a duty cycle based on a first voltage across the first diode and a second voltage across the second diode. At least one of such the embodiments includes a temperature calculator to calculate a value of temperature based at least in part on the duty cycle of the signal.
US09816858B2	Sensing system using positive feedback including an amplifier and a voltage clamping device Disclosed is a sensing system including an actuator configured to provide a stimulus to a detection-target material, a photo-detector configured to output an electrical signal having a snapback (SB) form corresponding to an optical reaction brought about according to the concentration of the detection-target material to which the stimulus has been provided, an amplifier configured to amplify the electrical signal output from the photo-detector and positively feedback and apply the amplified electrical signal to the actuator, a detector configured to receive the electrical signal and detect the detection-target material, and a voltage clamping device connected in parallel with the photo-detector and configured to clamp a voltage at both ends of the photo-detector so that the voltage does not exceed a predetermined voltage value.
US09816851B2	Eddy current mold level measuring device and mold level measuring method The measuring device includes: a detecting section including a coil which detects a change in a value of impedance caused by a change in a mold level; an amplifying section which amplifies an output of the detecting section; a pre-pouring calibration section which determines a reference value of a positive feedback ratio of the amplifying section in environmental conditions before pouring of molten metal; and a mold oscillation signal calibration section which obtains a standard value of difference in an output of the measuring device, the standard value of difference corresponding to a known value of amplitude of mold oscillation when the positive feedback ratio is the reference value, obtains a deviation of measurement based on a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the output in mold oscillation and the standard value, and corrects the positive feedback ratio within a predetermined range including the reference value.
US09816850B2	Method for forming a welded seal A welding method includes inserting a weldable object at least partially into a through-bore formed in a generally tubular body, the tubular body having an interior flow passageway and an outer surface, and the through-bore having a borehole wall; transmitting inert gas between the weldable object and the borehole wall, the gas being transmitted through the through-bore; and welding the weldable object to the tubular body while the inert gas is being transmitted.
US09816845B2	Boiler load analysis apparatus The invention provides a boiler load analysis apparatus that has a simple configuration and achieves highly accurate analysis of a boiler load. A boiler load analysis apparatus (10) includes an opening sensor (15) provided to at least one of a fuel supply line (45) and a combustion air supply line (50) of a boiler (40) and configured to measure an opening degree of at least one of a fuel flow regulating mechanism (47) configured to regulate, with the opening degree, a fuel flow in the fuel supply line (45) and a supplied air flow regulating mechanism (54) configured to regulate, with the opening degree, a supplied air flow in the combustion air supply line (50), and a load analyzer (20) configured to calculate a steam load of the boiler (40) from a measurement value of the opening sensor (15), to analyze the steam load of the boiler (40).
US09816844B2	Smartphone operated air pressure meter and system A smartphone-operated air pressure meter and system includes an air pressure meter having a pair of input channels that are each connected to a pressure chamber and pressure sensor. A control unit is included with the pressure meter for receiving air pressure data and for transmitting the same. The system also includes an airflow balancing application that generates one or more application icons, and calculates airflow information. The airflow information can include the received pressure data alone, or pressure data that has been applied to a mathematical algorithm, along with environmental data.
US09816834B2	Generating a query index and querying on the basis of the query index A road segment set influenced by an event on the basis of a connected network is identified. The connected network is built on the basis of reachability of a road segment in the road network. Furthermore, each road segment in the road segment set is reachable via the road network from the location of the event, or, in the alternative, the location of the event is reachable via the road network from each road segment in the road segment set. A query index is generated on the basis of the event and the road segment set.
US09816831B2	Methods and systems for reconstructing tracks using electronic map data A method and system for generating a route reconstructing a track through a navigable network in an area covered by an electronic map is disclosed, wherein the track is represented by an ordered series of point locations. One or more of the point locations are selected and an area is defined and associated with each of the one or more selected point locations. The ordered series of point locations and the defined areas are used to determine a plurality of polylines, and, for each of the polylines, a first route is generated based on the respective polyline. A second route is generated through each of the defined areas connecting the respective first generated routes. The route reconstructing the track comprises the generated first routes and the one or more generated second routes.
US09816825B2	Navigation device and method of searching route by the same Provided are navigation technologies capable of preferentially guiding a vehicle to a route of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met. A navigation device is provided with a storage unit adapted to store lane information including the presence or absence of a driving lane that can be available if given conditions are met (hereinafter referred to as a conditional lane), a conditional-lane determining unit adapted to determine whether a vehicle equipped with the navigation device meets the conditions for driving in the conditional lane, and a route searching unit adapted to search a recommended route to a destination, wherein said route searching unit uses lane information to preferentially search for a route which utilizes a road including the conditional lane, when the conditional-lane determining unit determines that the aforementioned conditions are met.
US09816822B1	Assisted roadmap generation Systems and methods related to roadmaps for mobile robotic devices are provided. A computing device can receive a roadmap. The roadmap can include an intersection between first and second edges. The computing device can determine a transition curve between the first and second edges and includes first, second, and third curve segments. The first and second curve segments can connect at a first curve junction point. The second and third curve segments can connect at a second curve junction point. The first and third curve segments each include a segment of an Euler spiral and the second curve segment can be a circular curve segment having a fixed radius. The computing device can update the roadmap by replacing the intersection between the first and second edges with the transition curve. The computing device can provide the updated roadmap.
US09816818B2	Inertial sensor aided heading and positioning for GNSS vehicle navigation An apparatus and method for providing an improved heading estimate of a mobile device in a vehicle is presented. First, the mobile device determines if it is mounted in a cradle attached to the vehicle; if so, inertia sensor data may be valid. While in a mounted stated, the mobile device determines whether it has been rotated in the cradle; if so, inertia sensor data may no longer be reliable and a recalibration to determine a new relative orientation between the vehicle and the mobile device is needed. If the mobile device is mounted and not recently rotated, heading data from multiple sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer) may be computed and combined to form the improved heading estimate. This improved heading estimate may be used to form an improved velocity estimate. The improved heading estimate may also be used to compute a bias to correct a gyroscope.
US09816814B2	Magnetometer unit for electronic devices In one example a magnetometer unit comprises logic, to receive first magnetic response data from a first magnetic sensor and second magnetic response data from a second magnetic sensor displaced from the first magnetic sensor, generate a composite response surface representation from the first magnetic response data and the second magnetic response data, and store the composite response surface representation in a non-transitory memory. Other examples may be described.
US09816801B2	System and a method for quantitative sample imaging using off-axis interferometry with extended field of view or faster frame rate The present invention provides a sample inspection and quantitative imaging system and method for performing off-axis interferometric imaging while enabling to record off-axis holograms in an extended field of view (FOV) than possible using a given camera and imaging setup, and thus to enlarge (e.g. double, triple, or even more than this) the interferometric FOV, without changing the imaging parameters, such as the magnification and the resolution.
US09816797B1	Modular angular alignment clocking mechanism A modular angular alignment clocking mechanism employs a hollow housing, a threaded interface ring, and a compression spring. The threaded interface ring is inserted into the housing and is followed by the compression spring. The housing is configured to thread onto one cylinder. Another cylinder is then threaded into the threaded interface ring and torqued to specification after clocking.
US09816789B1	Trajectory-controlled electro-shock projectiles Described embodiments include an electro-shock projectile, a system, and a method. The electro-shock projectile includes a recognition circuit configured to recognize a body portion of a target human authorized for administration of a selected electric shock by electro-shock projectiles. The projectile includes a conductive electrode tip configured to administer the selected electric shock to the recognized body portion of the target human, the electric shock selected to inhibit voluntary movement by the target human. The projectile includes a guidance circuit configured to generate instructions directing the electro-shock projectile along a flight path toward the recognized body portion of the target human. The projectile includes a flight controller configured to operate a directional control surface in response to the generated instructions. The projectile includes a signal generator configured to output the selected electric shock to the conductive electrode tip and through tissue of the target human contacted by the conductive electrode tip.
US09816788B2	Fibrous armour material According to the invention there is provided a fibrous armor material for dissipating the kinetic energy of a moving object which is impregnated with a shear thickening fluid, in which the shear thickening fluid includes particles of a thickening agent suspended in a liquid, and the volume fraction of the thickening agent in the shear thickening fluid is selected so that the shear thickening fluid has a viscosity-shear stress characteristic substantially corresponding to curve B or lying between curve B and curve D as shown in FIG. 2.
US09816783B1	Drone-target hunting/shooting system In a target-shooting simulation system, a master control unit issues flight control instructions to a flight-capable drone to cause the drone to fly along a predetermined flight path and receives GPS coordinates transmitted by a control unit of the drone as the drone flies along the predetermined flight path. The master control unit additionally obtains GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to a replica firearm, detects actuation of a trigger of the replica firearm and, in response to detecting actuation of the trigger, determines, based on the GPS coordinates of the drone and the GPS coordinates, orientation and motion information with respect to the replica firearm, whether a trajectory of a theoretical shot fired by the replica firearm at time of the trigger actuation will intercept the drone as it flies along the predetermined flight path.
US09816778B2	Holster for handgun A holster for a handgun comprising a holster body made of a substantially rigid and non-pliable material and configured for securely receiving a handgun therein. The holster body comprising a holster cavity configured for securely accommodating and partially embracing portions of the handgun, and a retention arrangement comprising a left-side trigger guard member and a right-side trigger guard member facing one another and configured for snug fitting within the handgun's trigger guard. At least one of the trigger guard members is a hinged trigger guard member, pivotally secured to the holster body.
US09816777B2	Wrist strap for the barrel of a firearm A wrist strap for the barrel of a firearm includes a strap having a first end and a second end. The strap has a loop at the first end. The second end of the strap is configured to be attached to the barrel of the firearm. Wherein, the loop is configured for a user to insert their hand and utilize their wrist for stabilizing and/or controlling the barrel of the firearm. Whereby, the strap provides increased stability and/or control of the barrel of the firearm.
US09816760B2	Liquid panel assembly A liquid panel assembly configured to be used with an energy exchanger may include a support frame having one or more fluid circuits and at least one membrane secured to the support frame. Each of the fluid circuits may include an inlet channel connected to an outlet channel through one or more flow passages. A liquid is configured to flow through the fluid circuits and contact interior surfaces of the membrane(s). The fluid circuits are configured to at least partially offset liquid hydrostatic pressure with friction loss of the liquid flowing within the fluid circuits to minimize, eliminate, or otherwise reduce pressure within the liquid panel assembly.
US09816754B2	Integrated nitrogen removal in the production of liquefied natural gas using dedicated reinjection circuit A method and apparatus for liquefying a natural gas feed stream and removing nitrogen therefrom to produce a nitrogen-depleted LNG product, in which a natural gas feed stream is passed through main heat exchanger to produce a first LNG stream, which is separated to form a nitrogen-depleted LNG product and a recycle stream composed of nitrogen-enriched natural gas vapor, and in which the recycle stream is passed through main heat exchanger to produce a first LNG stream, separately from and in parallel with the natural gas feed stream, to produce a first at least partially liquefied nitrogen-enriched natural gas stream that is separated to provide a nitrogen-rich vapor product.
US09816753B2	Methods and apparatuses for reforming of hydrocarbons including recovery of products using an absorption zone Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for reforming of hydrocarbons including recovery of products are provided. In one example, a method comprises separating a reforming-zone effluent to form a net gas phase stream and a liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The net gas phase stream is compressed, partially condensed and cooled to form a partially condensed, compressed net gas phase stream. The partially condensed, compressed net gas phase stream is separated to form an intermediate gas phase stream. The intermediate gas phase stream is cooled to form a cooled intermediate gas phase stream. The liquid phase hydrocarbon stream is cooled to form a cooled liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The cooled intermediate gas phase stream is contacted with the cooled liquid phase hydrocarbon stream to form an H2-rich stream and a cooled second intermediate liquid phase hydrocarbon stream that is enriched with C3/C4 hydrocarbons.
US09816751B2	Beverage machine with thermoelectric cooler, heat pipe and heat sink arrangement A beverage making machine having a tank may be arranged to carbonate and/or chill liquid in the tank. A thermoelectric device may be thermally coupled to the tank to cool precursor liquid in the tank, and a heat pipe may transfer heat from the thermoelectric device to a heat sink. The heat sink may be located remotely from the thermoelectric device, e.g., in an air duct that helps prevent contact of moisture, dirt, etc. in the duct with the thermoelectric device.
US09816731B2	Pivot-fit connection apparatus and system for photovoltaic arrays An apparatus and system for quickly and easily assembling PV modules into a PV array in a sturdy and durable manner. In some embodiments, the PV modules may have a grooved frame where the groove is angled into the frame with respect to the planar surface of the modules. Various components may engage within the angled groove to assemble the PV modules into the PV array using what may be referred to as a pivot-fit connection between the components and angled groove. Other embodiments may operate with PV modules having frames without angled grooves as by use of wraparound brackets.
US09816728B2	Solar thermal collector and building accessory structure A solar thermal collector and an accessory structure of a building are provided. The solar thermal collector includes at least one heat absorbing plate and at least one heat insulating plate. Each of the heat absorbing plate includes at least one first slab and first engaging parts connected with the first slab. Each of the heat insulating plate includes at least one second slab and second engaging parts connected with the second slab. The first engaging parts are respectively engaged with the second engaging parts, and a gap is maintained between the first slab and the second slab to define a heat collecting channel, through which a heat transfer fluid flows between the heat absorbing plate and the heat insulating plate. A heat conductivity of the heat absorbing plate is at least 30 times greater than a heat conductivity of the heat insulating plate.
US09816723B2	System and method to determine a time to turn off cooling equipment based on forecasted temperatures A system and method for determining a time to turn off cooling equipment based on forecasted temperatures is described. Embodiments of the system can include, but are not limited to, a server, a smart device, and one or more weather databases. Typically, the server can obtain forecasted temperature data from the one or more weather databases and analyze the forecasted temperature data. When the server determines that a current temperature approximate a given location is about a desired temperature defined by a user, the server can send a notification to the user device. The notification can alert the user to turn off their cooling equipment.
US09816714B2	Rainscreen with integrated heat and moisture exchanger A method of controlling moisture reaching a building façade may include providing a weather resistant building shield, the shield including first and second subchannels. The building shield may be disposed parallel to an inner façade and separated from the inner façade by an air gap. The method may include causing input air to flow through the first subchannel at an input air flow rate and causing exhaust air to flow through the second subchannel at an exhaust air flow rate. Controlling at least one of the input and exhaust air flow rates may provide control over moisture content in the gap.
US09816711B2	Air conditioner unit and method for operating same Air conditioner units and methods for operating air conditioner units are provided. A method includes determining an operational state of each heater bank of a plurality of heater banks of the air conditioner unit, and determining a speed of a blower fan of the air conditioner unit when the operational state of every heater bank is active. The method further includes comparing a blower fan input voltage to a voltage threshold value when the speed is a low speed, and deactivating one of the plurality of heater banks when the blower fan input voltage is less than the voltage threshold value.
US09816709B2	Retaining panel for radiant thermal transfer and method A panel, for retaining a heating or cooling tube relative to a substrate, has a standoff extending from a primary flap, wherein the standoff includes a tube contacting surface. A lateral fold extends from the standoff and includes a jaw having a tube retaining surface, wherein the tube contacting surface and the tube retaining surface are located to define a tube retaining channel in a closed position of the jaw. The panel can be formed of a single piece of sheet metal, wherein the sheet metal and configuration of the panel bias the jaw to the closed position.
US09816700B1	Oil candle and kit thereof An oil candle includes a reservoir configured for holding flammable fluid. In one embodiment, the reservoir defines at an upper end thereof a funnel having a neck portion sized for receiving and supporting a wick, the wick being capable of extending through the neck of the funnel into the reservoir. In another embodiment, a lid rests on or over an upper end of the reservoir and a hole is defined through the lid for receiving and supporting a wick, the wick being capable of extending through the hole of the lid into the reservoir. A channel is preferably defined which encircles the hole, the channel being capable of retaining a scented oil.
US09816696B1	Fan cooled LED light and housing A light emitting diode (LED) system that includes a LED, a heat sink, a fan housing, a fan, and a cover is disclosed. The heat sink is typically coupled to the LED, and the fan housing is typically coupled to the heat sink opposite the LED. The fan housing includes a fan housing aperture that extends through the fan housing and at least partially houses the fan. A cover may be coupled to the fan housing opposite the heat sink. The system may include at least one air intake opening and at least one air exhaust opening. When activated, the fan may external air into the fan housing through the air intake opening and direct the air toward the heat sink and ultimately through the air exhaust opening. In so doing, the temperature of the heat sink and the LED is reduced.
US09816695B2	Light emitting diode light strip unit structure A light emitting diode light strip unit structure is provided. The light emitting diode light strip unit structure includes an illuminating light strip unit which can be connected with an external power source and receive an external control signal independently as a light source. A plurality of illuminating light strip units are assembled and electrically connected with each other. Power supply voltage contacts and working voltage contacts of the illuminating light strip units are electrically connected with the power source to get working electricity. When grounding contacts of the illuminating light strip units complete the ground connection, signal output contacts and signal input contacts of the illuminating light strip units are electrically connected. One of the signal input contacts of the illuminating light strip units is predetermined to receive the control signal to form various types or forms (area) of light sources.
US09816686B2	Lens with reduced thickness and optical unit having the same A lens, which is adapted to control distribution of light emitted by a light source, includes a curved light-projecting surface distal from the light source, and a light-incident surface opposite to the light-projecting surface. The light-incident surface includes a plurality of curved sections facing the light source, and a plurality of connecting sections. Each of the connecting sections interconnects two adjacent ones of the curved sections, and has opposite first and second connection sides that are respectively connected to the two adjacent ones of the curved sections. A distance between the first connection side and the light source is not equal to a distance between the second connection side and the light source.
US09816676B2	Daylight collectors with diffuse and direct light collection Lighting devices and methods for providing daylight to the interior of a structure are disclosed. Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a daylighting device including a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, a light collecting structure, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. In some embodiments, the light collector is associated with one or more light-turning and/or light reflecting structures configured to increase the amount of light captured by the daylighting device. Optical elements may allow for the absorption and/or selective transmission of infrared light away from an interior of the daylighting device.
US09816671B2	Lighting device with broad light distribution A lighting device may include: a board having a front surface and a back surface, and a board attachment base provided with an attachment surface smaller than the area of the back surface, an opposing surface larger than the area of the attachment surface and which opposes the attachment surface, and a lateral surface which extends out from the periphery of the attachment surface towards the periphery of the attachment surface, the board having a light source mounted in a section of the back surface region which is not abutted by the attachment surface.
US09816663B2	Secure equipment transfer system A method of using a transfer system includes: supporting a first docking cone of the transfer system by a first support platform to orient a docking cone axis of the first docking cone with a vertical axis; inserting the first docking cone into a first docking cup of a transfer device of the transfer system; and locking the first docking cone within the first docking cup by a security mechanism of the transfer device, the security mechanism comprising a first security lever and a second security lever.
US09816661B2	Portable light having deployable legs and/or an extendable pole usable as a lantern and/or a scene light A portable light includes a base, a deployable pole and a light source on the deployable pole. The base preferably includes a split handle that closes over the deployable pole when it is stowed and separates to permit it being deployed and stowed. The deployable pole is preferably a telescoping pole that pivotably deploys and stows, and is extendable and collapsible. The base may include one or more deployable legs that cooperate with the base for aiding stability.
US09816653B2	Breakaway coupling There is provided a breakaway coupling between two lines. The first coupling half possesses an opened jaw, which is formed by catch pieces of the short lever arms of dual-arm catch levers, which are pre-stressed in the closing direction by compression springs, and in this way engage behind oblique surfaces of an end flange of the second coupling half. When a predetermined pulling force on the lines is exceeded, the breakaway coupling disengages.
US09816652B2	Lock for a tubular connection A lock (10) for a tubular connection, blocked axially in a first tubular element and defining an axial opening (14) receiving a second tubular element provided with a circular collar, said lock (10) comprising elastically deformable cradles provided with inside bevels (13) designed so that, while the second tubular element is axially engaged, they move radially apart under the effect of the axial pressure of the circular collar, allow same to pass through, and then move back in to clamp behind the circular collar and to co-operate therewith to lock the second tubular element axially in the first tubular element. Each cradle (11) is provided with a raised axial ridge (15) with a width (l) less than the width (L) of the cradle (11), and is intended during the axial engagement, to receive the axial thrust from the circular collar. A tubular connector is obtained with such a lock (10).
US09816651B2	End connector for high pressure reinforced rubber hose A swage fitted end connector for high pressure large diameter reinforced flexible rubber hose utilizing sine-wave locking of the reinforcement and particularly suited to the petrochemical and drilling industries. Two embodiments of the connector for use with wire reinforced thin internal tube hose are disclosed: one with a diameter of 3-inches and for burst pressures up to 20,000 psi and the other for a diameter of 5-inches and for burst pressures up to 18,000 psi. All of the connectors will withstand the rated burst pressure of the hose without pumping off or leaking thus any hose that utilizes the device will fail before the connector pops off the hose. The connectors are designed to meet or exceed the new API temperature ranges and new API flexible specification levels which became effective in October 2006.
US09816648B2	Coupling device for a tube The invention relates to a coupling device for coupling with a tube, comprising at least one pressure element for exerting a clamping force on the tube, wherein the said at least one pressure element is one of a series of correspondingly embodied neighboring pressure elements, wherein each pressure element of said series comprises a first pressure element segment and a second pressure element segment, and wherein the first pressure element segment is placed proximally and the second pressure element segment distally with respect to the tube, and that of each pressure element the first pressure element segment is provided with a protrusion extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tube, and that said protrusion extends into a slot that is provided in a directly neighboring second pressure element segment that forms part of a neighboring pressure element.
US09816647B2	Sealing element for a fluidic connection A sealing element for sealing a fluidic connection between a coupling element and a tubular element and thereby providing a sealed flow path through the tubular element and between the coupling element and the tubular element in a longitudinal direction, the sealing element comprising: a recess extending in the longitudinal direction, the recess configured to receive the tubular element; a transverse wall defining an extent of the recess in the longitudinal direction, the transverse wall having a through hole.
US09816644B2	Duct stiffening device A support assembly is provided which is engageable to an as-used position in contact with opposing sidewalls of an air duct to stiffen and increase structural support. The device is engageable between parallel and non parallel sidewalls of ducts through the provision of a support member with pivoting ends configured to engage with the opposing sidewalls. The pivoting ends are in a reverse threaded engagement with opposing ends of the support member whereby rotating the support member will change the length of the assembly.
US09816642B2	Method and apparatus for controlling gas flow from cylinders A valve integrated pressure regulator (VIPR) device that can be attached to the outlet of a gas cylinder, which can monitor the amount of gas in the cylinder is provided. Features of the disclosed device include an electronic control, electronic alarm and the electronic display that are powered by rechargeable battery that may be disposed within the VIPR shroud or within a removable cylinder base affixed to a bottom of the gas cylinder. Additional functionality and security features may be provided via additional internally disposed sensors and/or wireless or hard-wired communications with one or more auxiliary devices.
US09816641B2	Transverse handle assembly for a valve A handle assembly configured to control water flow through a faucet valve. The handle assembly includes an output shaft rotatable about a first axis and configured to be operatively coupled to the valve; an input shaft rotatable about a second axis that is configured substantially transverse to the first axis, the input shaft configured to engage the output shaft to rotate the output shaft upon rotation of the input shaft; a handle coupled to the input shaft and configured to rotate the input shaft upon rotation of the handle about the second axis; and a saddle interconnecting the input shaft and the output shaft. The saddle includes a body having a channel that supports one of the input shaft and the output shaft, and a post extending away from the body and engaging an opening in the other of the input shaft and the output shaft.
US09816636B2	Rigid piston retrofit for a diaphragm flush valve A rigid piston assembly for use in a conventional flush valve includes a rigid piston configured to fixedly engage within the valve body. The present invention is also directed to a flush valve for a plumbing fixture as well as a method of retrofitting a rigid piston into a diaphragm flush valve body.
US09816634B2	Sanitary fitting having a fitting housing and a control unit There is proposed a water fitting having a fitting housing, having a water outlet commonly assigned to at least two water inlets, wherein at least two parallelly guided water lines are provided between one or more water inlets and the common water outlet, and wherein, in the parallelly guided water lines, there is provided in each case one control element for opening and closing the water flow path, which water fitting can be used in a flexible manner for the greatest possible number of sanitary applications, for example in kitchens, bathrooms, swimming facilities, sauna facilities, toilet facilities, abattoirs or the like, both in (semi-) public and also private areas. This is achieved according to the invention in that, when a control element in one of the parallel water lines is open, the one or more further control elements in the one or more further parallel water lines are closed.
US09816616B2	Magnetic fluid seal A magnetic fluid seal (20) sealing between an apparatus end (14) and a rotating shaft (22) going through the apparatus end, comprising a housing (38) comprising a magnetic flux generating means (28) generating a magnetic flux and a magnetic flux transfer means (24, 26) facing to the rotating shaft with a fine clearance and transferring the magnetic flux, and placed so as to move relatively in a radial direction of the rotating shaft with respect to the apparatus end and a magnetic fluid (44) held in the fine clearance by the magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generating means.
US09816611B1	Transmission with integrated drum gear brake A transmission having an integrated gear and brake mechanism is disposed in a housing, the transmission having a variable drive mechanism, gear train, and an output axle engaged to the gear train. The output axle is driven by a final drive gear having an integrated drum brake within its circumference.
US09816598B2	Key pulley segment features, segment stack configuration, and cam and roller design and actuation in a synchronized segmentally interchanging pulley transmission system A key pulley segment in a synchronized, segmentally interchanging pulley transmission system is either first or last in a pulley segment set to engage an endless member. The first or last key segment teeth to engage or disengage, respectively, are shortened or completely trimmed, and the adjacent pulley segment to the key segment is elongated such that the inward portion of the tooth profile extends toward the key segment. Shortened tooth or teeth and an elongated adjacent segment together allow for many pulley segments to be designed as key segments. Completely trimmed teeth may be engineered to create a supporting surface for the endless member on the key segment. The elongated adjacent segment may have an extending portion which slidably mates with the supporting surface of the key segment, thereby receiving radial support therefrom. Multiple pulley segments from different pulley segment sets may be connected or constructed to move together in a unified stack, and may be staggered such that any one segment may be in an engaging position with the endless member when the unified stack is moved along the axis of rotation. Unified stacks may have guiding rails on both inner and outer radial surfaces, and the pulley assembly may have mating features that receive such guiding rails. Any number of the pulley segments in a unified stack may be key pulley segments. Pulley segments of a stack may be vertically separated into one or more unified stacks. Unified stacks may be moved by way of a cam or roller cam system, where each unified stack has a slidably or ratably attached roller and roller-arm. Chassis-mounted cams engage the rollers outside of the contact zone, rollers and roller-arms are moved into and out of engagement with the cams, and individual segments of a unified stack are moved into or out of engagement. Rollers may be actuated into and out of engagement by electromagnets, fixable mounted in an array. Rollers may discretely engage with multiple cams, by way of several electromagnet-arrays, and thereby complete several stack axial motions. Electromagnets in an array may be selectively energized to move selected rollers to an active position in order to effect key pulley segment engagement, stack axial movement and transition.
US09816594B2	Twin axis twin-mode continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission (CVT) for a motor vehicle includes a transmission input shaft rotatably connected to an engine by a torque converter, the transmission input shaft defining a first CVT axis. A continuously variable unit connected for rotation by the transmission input shaft includes a first pulley assembly, a second pulley assembly, and a flexible member wrapped around the first pulley assembly and the second pulley assembly. A two mode transfer gear assembly is connected to the second pulley assembly and is coaxially aligned for rotation on a second CVT axis. A clutch assembly having at least one clutch is connected to the transfer gear assembly. A final drive unit connected to the transfer gear assembly is co-axially aligned with respect to the second CVT axis.
US09816589B2	Automotive multistage transmission An automotive multistage transmission may include an input shaft and an output shaft, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set each including three rotary members and transmitting torque between the input shaft and the output shaft, and at least six shifting members connected to the rotary members of the planetary gear sets.
US09816582B2	Balancer device for internal combustion engine A balancer device includes a housing fixed to an internal combustion engine, a roller bearing disposed in the housing, a balancer shaft rotatably supported in the housing by the roller bearing, a balancer weight integrally mounted on the balancer shaft and rotatably accommodated in an weight accommodation room of the housing, an introduction part that introduces a lubricating oil from the outside to the inside of the weight accommodation room, and a discharge part that provides communication between the inside and the outside of the weight accommodation room and discharges the lubricating oil from the inside of the weight accommodation room, wherein herein the roller bearing is arranged to face the weight accommodation room.
US09816579B2	Staged softening gas shock An adjustable gas shock has a staged softening which includes a gas piston assembly having an gas piston. A piston hollow is formed on the frame and the gas piston is glidingly installed in the piston hollow defining an upper air chamber above the piston and a lower air chamber below the piston. The air piston moves in response to vibrations. A piston shaft hollow is formed on a piston shaft formed on the air piston. The piston shaft hollow has a piston shaft plug glidingly in the piston shaft hollow. The piston shaft plug is spring biased to push air out of the piston shaft hollow. A side opening hollow is formed on the frame. The side opening hollow has a side opening plug glidingly installed in the side opening hollow.
US09816578B2	Apparatus and methods for a vehicle shock absorber A method and apparatus for a vehicle shock absorber comprising a main damper cylinder, a first reservoir and a second reservoir. One embodiment includes a first operational mode where both reservoirs are in fluid communication with the cylinder. In a second operational mode, only one reservoir communicates with the cylinder during fluid evacuation from the cylinder. In each mode, rebound from either or both reservoirs may travel through a single, user-adjustable metering device.
US09816571B1	Bi-directional magnetic clutch A bi-directional coupler that selectively couples and de-couples a driving element to a driven element. The coupler includes an outer shaft having an outer shaft slot and an inner shaft having an inner shaft slot, where the inner and outer shafts are configured to rotate independently of each other. The coupler also includes a ball bearing provided within the inner shaft slot and having a size so that when the ball bearing is located at a center portion of the inner shaft slot it does not interfere with rotation of the outer shaft, where the ball bearing is held in that location by a magnet located in the inner shaft. Rotation of the inner shaft above a predetermined rotational speed causes the ball bearing to engage the outer shaft slot so as to cause the inner shaft to be locked to the outer shaft and rotate therewith.
US09816570B2	Electromagnetic actuator An electromagnetic actuator includes an electromagnetic coil, fixed portions placed around the electromagnetic coil, and a movable portion including a magnetic circuit of the electromagnetic coil together with the fixed portions. The movable portion is configured to operate an operated member by moving in a predetermined direction due to an electromagnetic force generated in the magnetic circuit. The movable portion includes a first member and a second member. The first member and the second member are supported respectively by the fixed portions. The first member and the second member are incorporated to each other by sandwiching the operated member from both sides in the predetermined direction.
US09816563B2	Driveshaft retention assembly A retention apparatus can be used for a driveshaft transmission assembly. The retention apparatus may include a catch mechanism and a resilient member. The retention apparatus may be mounted to a radial bearing assembly of a driveshaft transmission assembly. The catch mechanism of the retention apparatus may be sized to prevent the loss of certain driveshaft transmission assembly components downhole in the event of a failure of the driveshaft transmission due to dynamic loads produced during operation in a drilling system.
US09816557B2	Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a holder. A nitrogen concentration in a surface layer portion under a contact surface is 0.3 mass % or more. The holder includes a small annular portion, a large annular portion, and a plurality of column portions. A pocket has a trapezoidal shape in which a portion housing a small diameter side of the tapered roller is located on a reduced width side while a portion housing a large diameter side of the tapered roller is located on an increased width side. Each of the column portions on the reduced width side of the pocket is provided with a cutout.
US09816543B2	Assembly with a clip connection A clip connection for coupling at least two components together, e.g., for fastening a first component to a second component in a joining direction, may include a plug-in pin arranged on the first component and having a longitudinal center axis extending parallel to the joining direction. The pin may include a conical longitudinal section that tapers in the joining direction. A radially resilient engagement hook may be provided engageable with an engagement contour. A sleeve may be arranged on the second component and have a longitudinal center axis extending parallel to the joining direction. The sleeve may include a plurality of radially resilient spring elements having a free end that supports the plurality of spring elements on the conical longitudinal section of the pin under radial preload when the sleeve and the pin are plugged together. The pin may be pluggable into the sleeve in the joining direction.
US09816541B2	Bedstead fastening device A bed fastening device providing connection of the components in a bed structure, including a first mating part and a second mating part correspondingly mounted proximally to one end of bed components. The first mating part includes an elongate parallelepipedal plastic item with equidistantly spaced planar partition walls extending into side housings of tubular members, openings being provided in between sequential partition walls and side housings. The second mating part includes an elongate planar base plastic item with perpendicularly oriented, equidistantly spaced tubular members provided with side extensions. Engagement of the mating parts and of the bed fastening device and accordingly of bed components takes place with the introduction of tubular members of the mating parts within the openings of mating parts and the vertical downward displacement of the mating parts.
US09816535B2	Hydropneumatic device for pressure transmission and riveting device A device for riveting and a hydropneumatic device for pressure transmission, including a working piston and a transmitter piston in the form of a double-acting cylinder for transmitting pressure to the working piston, wherein a working stroke of the working piston in a working direction includes a first stroke and a subsequent second stroke, wherein the first stroke is controlled by means of pneumatic pressure acting on the working piston and the second stroke is controlled by means of pneumatic pressure acting on the transmitter piston, and wherein hydraulic fluid is displaced by the transmitter piston and the displaced hydraulic fluid effects the second stroke of the working piston. Regulation means having an actuating device are provided for regulating the pneumatic pressure on both sides of the double-acting cylinder of the transmitter piston such that the second stroke of the working piston is predefined by way of the regulation.
US09816532B2	Aspirator for internal combustion engine having integrated flow bypass and check valve An aspirator for a brake system is provided having integrated functions of a flow bypass and a check valve for automotive applications to achieve various suction flow openings in response to different engine operating conditions to enhance brake boost performance. The brake system includes a brake vacuum booster, an engine having an intake manifold, an aspirator having a movable convergence nozzle, the aspirator being connected to the manifold, and a vacuum line connecting the booster to the aspirator. The aspirator includes a body having an interior end wall. A biasing element such as a spring is provided between the movable convergence nozzle and the interior end wall of the aspirator body. The body of the aspirator has an air flow path having an upstream area and a downstream area. The movable convergence nozzle is positioned in the upstream area of the flow path.
US09816527B2	Pump with integrated heating element A pump for a dishwasher is configured as an impeller pump having a central water inflow to a rotating impeller for conveying the water in the radial direction out of the impeller into a pump chamber which surrounds the impeller in a ring-like manner and has a heated pump chamber wall on its outer side. Here, the pump has an outlet in the end region of the pump chamber at an axial spacing from the impeller. Heating elements which have a decreasing power output with regard to the area power output in the axial direction of the pump toward the outlet are arranged on the pump chamber wall. An input of energy into the pump chamber can thus be varied and in the process adapted depending on a turbulent or laminar flow.
US09816519B2	Press-fit bearing locking system, apparatus and method A press-fit bearing locking system, apparatus and method is described. A press-fit bearing locking system includes a diffuser having a diffuser groove on an inner diameter (ID), a bushing comprising an outer diameter (OD) press-fit into the grooved ID of the diffuser, the OD of the bushing having a bushing groove tracing a path of the diffuser groove, and a high thermal expansion material (HTEM) key seated within the bushing groove. A press-fit bearing locking method includes seating a HTEM key inside a groove on an OD of a bushing, press-fitting the bushing with HTEM key into a diffuser such that the bushing groove is opposite a groove on an ID of the diffuser, operating an electric submersible pump assembly including the diffuser during a temperature rise, and allowing the HTEM key to expand into the diffuser groove during the temperature rise to lock the bushing against the diffuser.
US09816499B2	Electric compressor with blocking plate An electric compressor includes a compression unit that compresses a refrigerant, an electric motor that is coupled with the compression unit via a main shaft and a housing that accommodates the compression unit and the electric motor. The electric compressor further includes an end-side bearing holding part that is provided near an axial end of the housing closer to the electric motor and a rolling bearing that has an outer ring press-fitted into the end-side bearing holding part and an inner ring into which an end of the rotating shaft is press-fitted, and that supports the main shaft, in which an opening into which an assembly jig for supporting the rolling bearing when the main shaft is press-fitted into the inner ring can be inserted and removed is provided in an end surface of the housing near the end-side bearing holding part.
US09816495B2	Pressurized fluid delivery system Systems and methods are provided for delivering fluid under pressure, the fluid feed being independently controlled.
US09816489B2	Wind turbine tower having floating platform Towers for wind turbines are provided. In one embodiment, a tower includes a hollow shell defining an interior, the hollow shell extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The tower further includes a platform disposed in the interior and connected to the shell. The platform includes a first plate fixedly connected to the shell. The platform further includes a second plate movably connected to the first plate such that relative movement of the first plate and second plate is permitted in a plane generally transverse to the longitudinal axis.
US09816486B2	Bird or bat detection and identification for wind turbine risk mitigation An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind turbine includes a plurality of optical imaging sensors. A controller receives and analyzes images from the optical imaging sensors to automatically send a signal to curtail operation of the wind turbine to a predetermined risk mitigating level when the controller determines from images received from the optical imaging sensors that an airborne animal is at risk from the wind turbine.
US09816483B2	Method for operating wind farm and operation control system for wind farm An operation control system for a wind farm having wind turbines includes: a remaining-lifetime estimation unit for estimating remaining lifetime of a component of each wind turbine; a sales-income estimation unit for estimating, for each wind turbine, an income from sales of electric power under a plurality of output control conditions; a maintenance-cost estimation unit for estimating, for each wind turbine, maintenance cost based on the remaining lifetime of the component under each of the plurality of power limit conditions; a power-limit-condition selection unit for selecting, for each wind turbine, a power limit condition that maximizes income obtained from the wind farm, based on the income from sales of electric power and the maintenance cost estimated for each wind turbine under each of the power limit conditions; and an operation command unit for sending an operation command to each wind turbine based on the selected power limit condition.
US09816477B2	Apparatus and method for controlling power supply to glow plug Disclosed is a control apparatus for controlling power supply from a power source to a glow plug, including a plurality of semiconductor switching elements arranged to turn on and of power supply to the glow plug, a temperature fuse actuated by a temperature rise thereof to interrupt power supply to the semiconductor switching elements, a failure detection portion that detects the occurrence or non-occurrence of an ON failure in each of the semiconductor switching elements, and a control portion that performs drive control of the semiconductor switching elements. When the failure detection portion detects the ON failure in at least one of the semiconductor switching elements, the control portion increases the amount of heat generation of either the at least one of the semiconductor switching elements in which the ON failure is detected or any of the semiconductor switching elements in which the ON failure is not detected.
US09816473B2	Injection system An injection system for an internal combustion engine may include a high-pressure pump for delivering fuel at high pressure into a high-pressure region, wherein the high-pressure pump includes an inlet valve and an electrically switched, digitally actuated outlet valve. The outlet valve is designed as a normally-open outlet valve. In this way, it is possible to dispense with a pressure relief valve for the high-pressure region.
US09816457B2	Internal combustion engine and lubrication structure thereof A lubrication structure of an internal combustion engine is provided according to the present application and configured to lubricate a large particle between components of each of friction pairs of the internal combustion engine. The lubrication structure includes several microstructural bodies being capable of entering into a clearance between the components of each of the friction pairs. Under the action of the microstructural bodies, a plastic deformation of surfaces of each of the friction pairs caused by the large particle can be avoided, thereby, wear of components of the internal combustion engine is decreased, the service life of the internal combustion engine is increased, a load and fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine are decreased, and pollution of the internal combustion engine is reduced.
US09816454B1	System and method for controlling an engine based on piston temperature deviation A system for controlling an engine based on piston temperature deviation includes a piston temperature estimation module that estimates a piston temperature based on engine operating conditions, a piston temperature deviation estimation module that estimates a deviation of the estimated piston temperature from a steady-state piston temperature, and an engine control module that determines an engine control parameter based upon the estimated piston temperature deviation.
US09816451B2	Method and apparatus for controlling cylinder deactivation of an internal combustion engine A control device for an engine, the control device includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to: (i) perform switching between a first/second operation, the first operation is a first operation and the second operation is an operation with cylinder deactivation; (ii) determine operation points where vibration based on the operational state of the engine is equal to or lower than a predetermined value when performing the first/second operation; (iii) determine which one of a thermal efficiency in the operation point in case of performing the first operation and a thermal efficiency in the operation point in case of performing the second operation is higher; and (iv) control the operational state of the engine so as to operate in the operation point where the thermal efficiency is determined to be higher.
US09816446B2	Knock determination apparatus for internal combustion engine A knock determination apparatus for an internal combustion engine calculates a knock intensity based on an output signal of an in-cylinder pressure sensor in a gate range for knock determination. When the calculated knock intensity is larger than a knock determination threshold value, the knock determination apparatus determines that knock has occurred. Further, the knock determination apparatus calculates an integrated intensity which is an integrated value of knock intensities that are equal to or larger than a knock intensity at a point of 97% or more in a target knock level among knock intensities that are calculated at the respective cycles during continuous N cycles in the same cylinder. Furthermore, the knock determination apparatus corrects a knock determination threshold value so that the difference between the calculated integrated intensity and a target integrated intensity becomes small.
US09816442B2	Gas turbine engine with high speed low pressure turbine section A gas turbine engine includes a very high speed low pressure turbine such that a quantity defined by the exit area of the low pressure turbine multiplied by the square of the low pressure turbine rotational speed compared to the same parameters for the high pressure turbine is at a ratio between about 0.5 and about 1.5.
US09816441B2	Gas turbine engine with stacked accessory components An engine accessory system for a gas turbine engine includes a first accessory component defined along an accessory axis and a second accessory component mounted to the first accessory component along the accessory axis.
US09816440B2	Damping device and gas turbine combustor In a damping device according to the present invention, a damping device 63 is mounted on a bypass pipe 61 that supplies an amount of high-pressure air to a combustor transition piece 33. The damping device 63 includes a fluid introducing unit 71 that forms a fluid introduction space B by covering an outer peripheral portion of the bypass pipe 61, a plurality of acoustic boxes 73a and 73b that forms resonance spaces Da and Db with the base portions connected to the fluid introducing unit 71 and the end portions extending along the outer peripheral portion of the bypass pipe 61 in the circumferential direction, and partition plates 74a and 74b that form resonance ducts Ea and Eb of a predetermined length by partitioning the resonance spaces Da and Db.
US09816436B2	Multi-circuit buffer system for a gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a shaft, a first bearing structure and a second bearing structure that support the shaft. Each of the first bearing structure and the second bearing structure includes a bearing compartment that contains a lubricant and a seal that contains the lubricant within the bearing compartments. A buffer system is configured to pressurize the seals to prevent the lubricant from escaping the bearing compartments. The buffer system includes a first circuit configured to supply a first buffer supply air to the first bearing structure, a second circuit configured to supply a second buffer supply air to the second bearing structure, and a controller configured to select between at least two bleed air supplies to communicate the first buffer supply air and the second buffer supply air.
US09816431B2	Stratified scavenging two-cycle engine A laminar-scavenging two-cycle engine which has a high laminar-scavenging effect, includes a scavenging passage having a crankcase side portion extending along a crankcase, and a cylinder side portion extending along a cylinder and having a length larger than the sum of the diameter and stroke of the cylinder. An ambient air introducing passage for introducing leading air into the scavenging passage is connected to an intermediate portion of the scavenging passage. A notch for opening a scavenging port to the side of the crankcase when a piston is near the top dead center is formed in the piston.
US09816429B2	Cooling device for internal combustion engine and control method for cooling device The present invention relates to a cooling device and a control method therefor. This cooling device includes: a first cooling liquid line routed by way of a cylinder head and a radiator; a second cooling liquid line routed by way of a cylinder block while bypassing the radiator; a third cooling liquid line routed by way of the cylinder head and a heater core while bypassing the radiator; a flow rate control valve for distributing cooling water to the cooling liquid lines; and mechanical and electric water pumps. A control unit controls the flow rate control valve according to the temperatures of the cylinder head and block, during engine operation, and causes the electric water pump to operate while controlling the flow rate control valve according to the temperature of the cylinder head, and whether or not heat exchange in the heater core is requested, during temporary engine stop.

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