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US09837978B2	Piezoelectric component A piezoelectric component in which leakage of vibration is suppressed and vibration characteristics are excellent is provided. A piezoelectric component of the invention includes a support substrate; and a piezoelectric element mounted on the support substrate. The piezoelectric element includes electrodes (vibration electrodes) on one main surface and the other main surface of the piezoelectric element so that the electrodes have an area facing each other, and a concave area extending in a width direction of the piezoelectric element, in at least one of excepted areas which are areas other than the electrodes facing each other of the one main surface and the other main surface. At least part of corner portions of the concave area which extend in the width direction forms a curved surface.
US09837977B2	Power feeding device and wireless power feeding system A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.
US09837974B2	Amplifier system and method for controlling amplifier An amplifier system includes a main amplifier, a cross-over current detector and a controller. The main amplifier includes at least a first driving transistor and a second driving transistor serving as a differential pair, wherein the first driving transistor and the second driving transistor are arranged to receive a first input signal and a second input signal, respectively. The cross-over current detector is coupled to the main amplifier, and is arranged for detecting a cross-over current of the main amplifier, wherein the cross-over current of the main amplifier is an overlapped current from the differential pair. The controller is coupled to the main amplifier and the cross-over current detector, and is arranged for generating a control signal to control a gain of the main amplifier according to an output of the main amplifier and the cross-over current of the main amplifier.
US09837972B2	Multi-mode power amplifier module A power amplifier that can support multiple communication networks while maintaining power efficiency across each of the supported communication networks is disclosed. In some implementations described herein, a power amplifier module includes a bypass circuit that enables different voltage supplies to be provided to the power amplifier. By regulating the voltage supply provided to the power amplifier, the power amplifier can support different communication networks while maintaining power efficiency across a dynamic frequency range. Moreover, embodiments herein may include a buck converter, or other form of DC-DC converter, that enables the power amplifier to operate with respect to multiple communication networks. Advantageously, in certain embodiments, because wireless devices that include multiple power amplifiers often require a DC-DC converter to support at least some of the communication networks, the inclusion of the buck converter in the embodiments described herein does not add additional cost or size to the wireless device.
US09837971B2	Method and system for excursion protection of a speaker For protecting a speaker, an input signal is received, and an excursion of the speaker that would be caused by the input signal is predicted. In response to the predicted excursion exceeding a threshold, a targeted excursion of the speaker is determined by compressing the predicted excursion. The targeted excursion is translated into an output signal, which is output to the speaker.
US09837969B2	Transimpedance circuit According to one embodiment, a transimpedance circuit includes: a transimpedance amplifier that converts a current signal into a voltage signal, a reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage signal, and a comparator that generates a pulse signal corresponding to the current signal in accordance with a voltage level of the voltage signal and a voltage level of the reference voltage signal. The transimpedance amplifier includes a first transistor that amplifies the current signal, a voltage converter that converts the current signal into a voltage signal, and a bypass circuit that allows the current signal to be bypassed when the current signal which flows through a control terminal of the first transistor exceeds a predetermined value.
US09837966B1	Series-type Doherty amplifier A series-type Doherty amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a directional coupler. The first amplifier is of a first type and has an input for receiving a radio frequency input signal, and an output. The second amplifier is of a second type and has an input and an output. The directional coupler has a first terminal coupled to the output of the first amplifier, a second terminal coupled to the input of the second amplifier, and a third terminal coupled to the output of the second amplifier for providing a radio frequency output signal. The series-type Doherty amplifier circuit may also include variable phase and attenuation circuits for adjusting the phase and attenuation of input signal for the second amplifier. The ability to adjust phase and attenuation allows high operating efficiency for any saturation power level.
US09837954B2	Electrical bonding splice for solar panel rail guides In various representative aspects, an assembly for connecting and electrically bonding two solar panel rail guides is provided. More specifically, the assembly provides a novel and improved inner rail used as a splice that slides within the two solar panel rail guides and includes a serrated screw that is pre-installed within the splice. When installed, the two rail guides are brought together along the splice and meet at the point where the screw is located, the screw can then be tightened so that the serrations penetrate surface treatment layers on each of the rail guides so that the solar panel rail guides are secured and electrically coupled to each other. An alternate embodiment utilizes the inner splice to join two solar panel rail guides by sliding the splice within the inner contour of two solar panel rail guides, and utilizing a pair of bonding pins to electrically bond the splice and the two solar panel rail guides. A stop pin inserted into the splice provides a tactile connection point where the two solar panel guides can be joined together.
US09837953B2	Metallic dielectric photonic crystals and methods of fabrication A metallic-dielectric photonic crystal is formed with a periodic structure defining a plurality of resonant cavities to selectively absorb incident radiation. A metal layer is deposited on the inner surfaces of the resonant cavities and a dielectric material fills inside the resonant cavities. This photonic crystal can be used to selectively absorb broadband solar radiation and then reemit absorbed radiation in a wavelength band that matches the absorption band of a photovoltaic cell. The photonic crystal can be fabricated by patterning a sacrificial layer with a plurality of holes, into which is deposited a supporting material. Removing the rest of the sacrificial layer creates a supporting structure, on which a layer of metal is deposited to define resonant cavities. A dielectric material then fills the cavities to form the photonic crystal.
US09837947B2	Control device for an electric motor, vehicle and method Embodiments relate to a control device for an electric motor having at least one phase. The control device includes a power unit having a first switching element and a first flyback element corresponding to the first switching element and a second switching element and a second flyback element corresponding to the second switching element. The first switching element is designed to couple a corresponding power connection of the motor with a positive supply voltage. The second switching element is designed to couple the corresponding power connection of the motor with a negative supply voltage; and a control unit designed to separately detect a first current flowing through the first switching element or second switching element corresponding to the phase, to detect a second current flowing through the flyback element corresponding to the respective second switching element or first switching element, and to control the switching elements of the power unit.
US09837940B2	Three-phase brushless motor state identification A method for determining the state of a brushless motor having first, second and third phases, in some embodiments, comprises: decoupling said motor from a power source; determining whether said motor is rotating or non-rotating; if the motor is rotating, determining a first phase voltage state relative to a common voltage and a second phase voltage state relative to the common voltage, said first phase and second phase voltage states determined when a third phase voltage is within a predetermined range of said common voltage; and if the first phase voltage state and the second phase voltage state are the same, repeating said determination as to whether the motor is rotating or non-rotating.
US09837937B2	Piezoelectric power generation system A piezoelectric power generation device includes a stator, a rotor, and one or more piezoelectric power generation elements. The stator comprises an internal surface which defines an internal orifice. The one or more piezoelectric power generation elements are disposed on the internal surface of the stator. The rotor is disposed within the internal orifice comprising one or more lobes formed on an outside surface of the rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate with respect to the stator and the one or more piezoelectric power generation elements. The one or more lobes contact the one or more piezoelectric power generation elements as the one or more lobes rotate past the one or more piezoelectric power generation elements. The one or more piezoelectric power generation elements generate energy when contacted by the one or more lobes.
US09837933B2	Energy harvester using mass and mobile device including the energy harvester Provided are an energy harvester using a mass, and a mobile device including the energy harvester. The energy harvester includes: a mass; first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, wherein one of the first and second substrates is connected to the mass; first and second electrodes provided on the first and second substrates; and an energy generator provided between the first and second electrodes, wherein the energy generator generates electric energy upon a relative movement between the first substrate and the second substrate caused by a movement of the mass.
US09837916B1	Method and apparatus for synchronous rectifier A synchronous rectifier controller includes an exception timer, one or more blanking timers, and control logic. The control logic may detect a beginning of a conduction phase using a current sense signal. In response to detecting the beginning of the conduction phase, the control logic commences the exception timer, commences a first blanking interval, and asserts the drive signal. In response to an OFF condition being detected, the first blanking interval being elapsed, and the exception timer being running, the control logic de-asserts the drive signal and commences a second blanking interval. In response to an ON condition being detected, the second blanking interval being elapsed, and the exception timer being running, the control logic commences a third blanking interval and asserts the drive signal. The control logic may assert and de-assert the drive signal multiple times while the exception timer is running.
US09837907B1	Current sensing and zero-cross detection in semi-resonant voltage converters A resonant or semi-resonant voltage converter includes a synchronous rectification (SR) switch through which a current having a half-cycle sinusoidal-like shape is conducted when the SR switch is active. The current through the SR switch is estimated, so that a zero-crossing condition may be detected and used for turning off the SR switch near the optimal point at which zero current is flowing through the SR switch. The current through the SR switch may be estimated based upon a measurement of the current flowing through the SR switch, a measurement of the current flowing out from the secondary side of a transformer in the voltage converter, or a measurement corresponding to the current flowing into the primary side of the transformer.
US09837903B2	Method to recover from current loop instability after cycle by cycle current limit intervention in peak current mode control A method of controlling a switching voltage regulator includes detecting current-limit events indicating a maximum inductor current threshold has been exceeded. A compensation voltage that determines a duty cycle and thereby an inductor current is controlled to reduce the inductor current and eliminate the occurrence of current-limit events. The method detects whether a time for which no current-limit events have been detected exceeds a time step threshold. The compensation voltage is controlled to increase the duty cycle and thereby the inductor current in response to the time exceeding the time step threshold. The time step threshold may be an integer number of switching cycles of the voltage regulator.
US09837902B2	Switching power source device, semiconductor device, and AC/DC converter The switching power source device obtains a desired DC voltage by controlling the current flowing through a coil by turning on and off a switching element by a PWM control. In the PWM ON period to turn on the switching element by the PWM control, the switching power source device is enabled to switch the switching element by a first pulse signal whose cycle is shorter than the PWM cycle and whose pulse width is gradually increased, in a first period just after the start of the PWM ON period. Further, the switching power source device is enabled to switch the switching element by a PWM signal based on the PWM control after the first period in the PWM ON period has elapsed. According to this approach, it is possible to reduce the harmonic noise.
US09837898B2	Peak-value current mode control for power converters The disclosure relates to a control circuit and a control method for a power converter. The power converter comprises a power switch and an inductor being coupled to the power switch. The control circuit controls operation of the power switch to charge and discharge the inductor for generating an inductor current and providing an output current. The control circuit controls the power switch to be turned on when or after an inductor current detection signal is zero, and controls the power switch to be turned off when the inductor current detection signal reaches a peak reference signal or when the power switch has been turned on for a maximum on time. The control circuit also adjusts the maximum on time in accordance with the inductor current detection signal, so that the power converter provides a constant output current to a load. The control circuit operates at a peak-value current mode and maintains the current of the power converter nearly stable without obtaining a compensation signal. The circuit structure is simplified and the number of peripheral components is reduced.
US09837894B2	Chopper device A chopper device includes: a series circuit connecting at one end to a positive pole of a DC power source and having a breaker and a reactor; a series circuit connected between another end of the stated series circuit and a negative pole of the DC power source and having switches; a series circuit connected in parallel to the switch and having a diode and a capacitor; and a series circuit connected in parallel to the switch and having a diode and a capacitor. The chopper device outputs a DC voltage at three potentials from both ends and a midpoint of a series circuit having the capacitors by turning the switches ON/OFF. The chopper device further includes other switches connected in parallel to the switches. When a short-circuit fault is presumed to have occurred in the switch, the other switch is turned ON before interruption is performed by the breaker.
US09837891B2	Power circuit, gate driving circuit and display module A power circuit includes a first charge pump for converting a supply voltage into a first high voltage and a first low voltage, at least one second charge pump, each for increasing the first high voltage by a first variance value to a second high voltage, and at least one third charge pump, each for decreasing the first low voltage by a second variance value to a second low voltage. A difference between the first high and low voltages is less than a breakdown threshold. The second and third variance margins are less than the breakdown threshold.
US09837889B2	Power converter with inductance invariance An improved power converter is disclosed.
US09837882B2	Method for insulating connection ends of stator winding A method for insulating connection ends of a stator winding includes a resin placing step of placing a resin member formed of a thermosetting resin which is to be melted by heating on connection ends in a coil end portion of a stator winding of a rotary electric machine, a melting step of melting the resin member by heating to cover the connection ends with a melted resin, and a curing step of curing the melted resin after the melting step. Recesses and projections for positioning that correspond to the arrangement locations of the connection ends can be provided on a surface of the resin member.
US09837859B2	Wireless remote energy supply for unmanned aerial vehicles A transmitter unit for wireless transmission of power by way of a bundled laser beam is described. The transmitter unit has a laser fiber bundle having a plurality of laser fibers, wherein each laser fiber is designed to emit a laser beam; positioning optics for adjusting an emission direction of the bundled laser beam; a field lens and a primary lens. The plurality of laser fibers is designed to emit a laser beam from each, passing through the positioning optics, the collimator lens and the primary lens, in this order, so that the laser beam emitted by the transmitter unit is emitted in bundled form. A particularly efficient device with an unlimited flight time and a large radius of use is achieved by the hybrid drive with solar power and laser power from the ground and temporary storage of the power in batteries.
US09837856B2	AC power supply source switching apparatus An AC power supply source switching apparatus includes a switch and a switch connecting a load to an AC power supply system and a DC secondary battery, respectively. When one switch, which is driven to turn off, did not actually turn off, the switch is driven to turn off again after being turned on. When an impedance of the load decreases and a load current flows in a load line, no AC voltage is developed on the load line. As a result, it is determined that the switch has actually turned off. Then the other switch is turned on thereby to switch over connection of the load.
US09837855B2	Uninterruptible power supply control According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a UPS comprising a first input configured to receive input power, a second input configured to receive backup power, an output, a bypass line selectively coupled between the first input and the output via a bypass switch, wherein in a bypass mode of operation, the bypass switch is closed and the input power is provided directly to the output, an inverter comprising an input configured to receive at least one of the input power and the backup power and an output selectively coupled to the output of the UPS via an inverter switch, wherein in an online mode of operation, the inverter switch is closed and the inverter converts the input power into the output AC power, and means for operating the inverter to force commutate current in the bypass line after a transition from the bypass to the online mode of operation.
US09837844B2	Regulation circuit having analog and digital feedback and method therefor A regulation circuit for powering a device while charging a battery is provided. The regulation circuit includes at least one analog feedback loop, and a digitally controlled feedback loop. The digitally controlled feedback loop includes first and second comparators. The first and second comparators compare an input power supply voltage to first and second threshold voltages, respectively. The second threshold voltage is lower than the first threshold voltage. In response to the comparisons, the digitally controlled feedback loop controls a charging current for charging a battery while also regulating a current to power circuits of the device. If the input power supply voltage drops, the digitally controlled feedback loop responds faster than the analog feedback loop, reducing the risk that to supply voltage will drop too much to reliably power to the device circuits. A method for digitally regulating an output current to charge a battery is also provided.
US09837843B2	Voltage grouping of energy storage units Systems and methods for controlling an energy storage system are provided. In one embodiment, an energy storage system can include a plurality of energy storage units and a plurality of buses. The energy storage system can further include a control system that can be configured to receive one or more signals indicative of a voltage associated with each energy storage unit of the plurality of energy storage units. The control system can be configured to send one or more command signal to selectively couple each energy storage unit to one of the plurality of buses based at least on the voltage associated with the energy storage unit.
US09837842B2	Systems and methods for utilizing an array of power storage devices, such as batteries A system for utilizing an array of electrical energy storage devices utilizes a smart manager that categorizes electrical energy storage devices in the array based on electrical energy storage device age and/or internal resistance level and causes those electrical energy storage devices with similar ages and/or resistance levels to be concurrently depleted. This is followed by concurrently depleting the electrical energy storage devices in a different category. The system also disconnects faulty electrical energy storage devices in the array and helps alleviate the need to carefully consider and reconfigure the location of individual electrical energy storage devices in the array. The system facilitates forecasting actual capacity and thus helps to guarantee available capacity and to actively maintain capacity via maintenance crews that need simply remove and replace cells as advised by the smart manager. The system 100 facilitates permitting a quality of service (QoS) to be provided to mission critical entities (banks, hospitals, etc.).
US09837837B2	Protective device and protective system for battery assembly which detects discontinuities through voltage monitoring A protective device and a protective system for a battery assembly are provided. The battery assembly comprises N cells, and the protective device includes: a constant current source module comprising M (1
US09837835B2	Electronic device charging system An electronic device. The electronic device may include a battery, and a charging system in electronic communication with the battery. The charging system may be configured to charge at least a partially-depleted battery to a threshold charge value, discontinue the charging in response to the battery being charged to the threshold charge value, and monitor the function of the electronic device to detect at least one of an anticipated event, and an unanticipated event of the electronic device. Additionally the charging system may be configured to recharge the battery in response to detecting one of: the anticipated event occurring a predetermined time subsequent to the recharging of the battery, or the unanticipated event occurring immediately before the recharging of the battery.
US09837815B2	Symmetric method for obtaining line-transferred linear active power flows in MTDC power networks The present invention belongs to electric power engineering field, and provides a symmetric method for obtaining line-transferred linear active power flows in Multi-Terminal Direct Current (MTDC) power networks, which comprises: firstly establishing a system of symmetric linear indeterminate equations of buses' injection active powers in terms of buses' voltage offsets; then establishing a symmetric linear matrix equation of buses' voltage offsets in terms of buses' injection active powers and obtaining each bus' voltage offset and bus' voltage of the MTDC power network according to the system of symmetric linear indeterminate equations; finally establishing a symmetric linear relationship that expresses a line-transferred linear active power flow in terms of buses' injection active powers and obtaining each line-transferred linear active power flow of the MTDC power network according to the symmetric linear matrix equation of buses' voltage offsets in terms of buses' injection active powers, known line-transferred non-linear active power flow and inherent operation features of the MTDC power network. The method of the present invention reliably produces accurate results, and not only fast enough for real-time operation regulation of arbitrarily completed MTDC power networks but also applicable for widely varying operation states of them.
US09837810B2	Method and system of detection and passivation of an electric arc A method and a system for the detection and passivation of an electric arc on at least one connecting element of an electrical device. The system comprises an acoustic acquisition channel configured for the acquisition of acoustic signals emitted by the connecting element, an electric acquisition channel configured for the acquisition of electric signals which are representative of the electric current intensities supplying the connecting element, and a correlator coupled to the acoustic and electric acquisition channels, configured for the evaluation of a correlation between the acoustic and electric signals and for the tripping of an appropriate cut-off signal for the interruption of an electric circuit relative to the connecting element, where the correlation is representative of the initiation of an electric arc.
US09837802B1	Cable guide A cable guide has a plurality of parallel cylindrical sleeves connected together and radially distributed about a center axis. Each sleeve has open ends and a lengthwise opening of an arc of about 10 to 150 degrees extending between the open ends and running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The sleeves receive and hold electrically conducting cables on a spool or in a conduit.
US09837793B1	Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device including a light-emitting layer, a first N-type waveguide layer and a plurality of semiconductor layers is provided. The light light-emitting layer has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first N-type waveguide layer is disposed at the first side, and the semiconductor layers are disposed at the second side. The semiconductor layers include at least one P-type semiconductor layer and a plurality of N-type semiconductor layers, and a quantity of the N-type semiconductor layers is more than a quantity of the at least one P-type semiconductor layer.
US09837790B1	Method and system for providing directional light sources with broad spectrum A system and method for providing laser diodes with broad spectrum is described. GaN-based laser diodes with broad or multi-peaked spectral output operating are obtained in various configurations by having a single laser diode device generating multiple-peak spectral outputs, operate in superluminescene mode, or by use of an RF source and/or a feedback signal. In some other embodiments, multi-peak outputs are achieved by having multiple laser devices output different lasers at different wavelengths.
US09837784B2	Fully controllable burst shaping individual pulses from picosecond fiber lasers A pulse shaper includes a seed laser situated to emit laser pulses, an amplitude modulator situated to receive one or more laser pulse bursts from the seed laser, and a pulse signal generator situated to send a seed pulse signal with a predetermined delay to the seed laser so that the seed laser emits the laser pulses in one or more laser pulse bursts at a selected frequency with each laser pulse burst having a selected number of laser pulses and a selected temporal spacing between laser pulses in the laser pulse burst and situated to send an amplitude pulse signal so that the amplitude modulator adjusts the amplitude of at least one laser pulse in each laser pulse burst.
US09837777B1	Expandable cable connector torque adapter Torque adapter for a cable connector that expands to fit connector nuts of different sizes. The adapter fits around the cable connector and engages three of the corners of a hex nut with matching recessed regions in its inner surface. It has three slots that receive the other three corners of the connector nut. The adapter is flexible so that the slots may widen to accommodate connector nuts of larger widths. The outer surface may be hexagonal so that a wrench or similar tool may be used to turn the torque adapter.
US09837772B2	Electrical receptacle connector An electrical receptacle connector includes a mount member, a tongue, first terminals, second terminals, and a shielding plate. The mount member and the tongue are received in a metallic shell. The terminals and the shielding plate are on the mount member and the tongue. The tongue includes terminal grooves and recesses. The terminal grooves are formed on a first surface of the tongue. Each of the recesses is recessed toward a tip of the tongue from an inner sidewall in the corresponding terminal groove. Flat contact portions of the first terminals are held in the terminal grooves. End portions of the flat contact portions are received in the recesses. Therefore, upon the tongue is deflected, the flat contact portions are constrainted in the recesses and not detached from the tongue, thereby improving stability and reliability in the contact with an electrical plug connector.
US09837769B2	USB connector having an improved grounding A Universal Serial Bus connector includes a first contact module, a second contact module, a shielding shell enclosing the contact modules, and a grounding member. The contact modules each have a number of contacts and an insulator retaining the contacts. Each contact has a fastening portion assembled in the insulator, a contacting portion extending from the fastening portion, and a tail portion extending from the fastening portion opposite to the contacting portion. The contacts include grounding contacts. The shielding shell provides a front mating face. The grounding member connects with the grounding contacts and extends in different plane compared to the grounding contacts. The grounding member defines a front contact tab and the grounding contact defines a front edge end. The front contact tab is closer to the front mating face of the shielding shell than the front edge ends of the grounding contacts.
US09837768B2	Direct backplane connector A connector is configured to provide a mating side that includes a 90 degree rotation about two different axis when compared to a mounting. The connector, when mounted on a first circuit board is thus suitable for directly mating to a right-angle connector that is mounted on a second circuit board, the second circuit board at a being at a 90 angle to the first circuit board. The connector can include a shroud that supports a u-shield that partially shields contacts positioned in the mating side.
US09837764B2	Interconnection systems Interconnection systems are shown that include communication contacts, and a guide. Configurations are shown with a guide that locates a male portion with respect to a female portion and guides their engagement before any communication contacts are engaged. Configurations are also shown with a guide that includes one or more power contacts.
US09837755B2	Waterproof bushing connector assembly, waterproof bushing receptacle connector and waterproof bushing plug connector A waterproof bushing connector assembly has a waterproof bushing receptacle connector having a receptacle housing assembly, a receptacle bushing module and an optical receptacle connector, and a waterproof bushing plug connector engaged detachably with the waterproof bushing receptacle connector and having a plug housing assembly, a plug bushing module, an optical plug connector and a rear mounting lid. The bushing designs allow different optical receptacle connectors to be replaced on an electrical device easily and conveniently.
US09837753B1	Module outlet Housing for a module outlet includes first housing with a first opening configured to receive a body of a first outlet core so that a lip area of the first outlet core prevents the first outlet core from travelling through the first opening. A tab is configured to hold the body of the first outlet core secure within the first opening. A dovetail tongue is configured for sliding into a dovetail groove of a second module housing so as to secure the first module housing to the second module housing.
US09837747B2	Burn-in socket for packaged integrated circuits An integrated circuit burn-in socket with a spring-loaded contact pin built into the socket base and an electrical receptacle built into the socket lid wherein the electrical receptacle is configured to mate with the spring-loaded contact pin when the burn-in socket is closed. In one implementation, the socket lid is separate from the socket base and with a spring-loaded contact pin built into the socket base and with an electrical receptacle built into the socket lid wherein the electrical receptacle is configured to mate with the spring-loaded contact pin when the socket lid is clamped to the socket base.
US09837741B2	Electrical contact element with a finely structured contact surface An electrical contact element is disclosed. The electrical contact element includes a contact surface of an electrically conductive contact body having a plurality of coated regions with a first coating and a plurality of uncoated regions without the first coating, the coated regions and uncoated regions arranged in an alternating manner in a variation direction along the contact surface.
US09837739B2	Display device A display device includes a display unit including a display panel providing an image, a housing spaced apart from the display unit, the housing including a main board to transmit signals to the display panel, a power supply to provide the display panel with electric power; and a cable to electrically connect with the housing and the display unit, the cable including a flat cable disposed in at least part of the cable, where the flat cable includes a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers includes a signal terminal through which the signals are transferred, and at least another one of the plurality of layers includes a power terminal through which the electric power is supplied.
US09837738B2	Resilient miniature mechanical support that can also serve as an electrical connector An exemplary miniature support has upper and lower spaced-apart engagement surfaces each having at least a portion that are parallel to each other. Two supports each with an end supporting the upper engagement surface and another end supporting the lower engagement surface. The two supports have a spring-like property so that the upper and lower engagement surfaces can repeatedly move between an uncompressed state when not engaged to provide an interconnection and a compressed state when engaged between two opposing boards to provide an interconnection between the boards. The connector is preferably made using 3-D printing and may be integrally made as part of a board also made using the same 3-D printing. The support may have upper and lower engagement surfaces and at least one of the at least two supports that are conductive to establish connectivity between the upper and lower engagement surfaces.
US09837735B2	Cover with integrated hinge and locking mechanism for vehicle electrical system component A cover for a vehicle electrical system component, such as a pre-fuse assembly, that includes an integrated hinge and locking mechanism. The integrated hinge allows a pivoting cover portion to easily be rotated out of the way in order to give access to an underlying component (e.g., a jump post), while the integrated locking mechanism allows that same cover to be securely locked onto itself when no access is needed. The cover is not limited to a pre-fuse assembly and may be used with other vehicle electrical system components, such as a power distribution device (e.g., a power distribution box, an electrical connection box, a junction box assembly, etc.), a wire harness protector, etc.
US09837734B2	Electrical connector having inetrengaged grounding contacts An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of terminals and a metallic shielding plate s retained in the insulative housing, and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion along an insertion direction. The terminals define a number of first contacts and second contacts. The first contacts and second contacts respectively define a pair of grounding contacts located at two sides thereof. Each grounding contact of the second contacts has a hook portion bent upwardly and extending inwardly from outmost edge thereof and located above the grounding contact of the first contacts located at the same side. A free end of the hook portion is contacted with the grounding contact of the first contacts at same side physically and electrically.
US09837733B2	Water bonding fixture A water bonding fixture is provided herein which includes a shaft and a plurality of electrically conductive plates disposed at one end of the shaft and spaced apart from each other so as to provide a gap between adjacent plates. Each electrically conductive plate defines two planar surfaces each of which are substantially exposed and each electrically conductive plate is electrically connected to each other electrically conductive plate to provide a surface area of conductive surface approximately equal to the exposed surface area of all of the electrically conductive plates. The water bonding fixture is preferably used in conjunction with swimming pool equipment such as pool pumps, skimmers and filters.
US09837732B2	Electrical contact composites and method for producing electrical contact composites An electrical contact composite is described. The electrical contact composite has a substrate and an electrically conductive coating applied to the substrate, which coating is connected to an electrode. A metal contact element is connected to the electrode, which contact element is used to connect the conductive coating to a current/voltage source. Furthermore, at least one sprayed layer produced by means of a thermal spraying method, in particular gas dynamic cold spray, and is provided with at least one metal and/or metal alloy, the sprayed layer being arranged between the conductive coating and the contact element. The sprayed layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is between the coefficients of thermal expansion of the carrier and of the contact element. The sprayed layer can also be used as the electrode for the conductive coating.
US09837730B1	Insulation piercing measurement connectors An insulation piercing connector includes a connector body, a bolt, a piercing pin, and an insulator member that electrically insulates the piercing pin from the bolt. The connector body includes a cable receiving slot and a threaded bore in communication with the cable receiving slot. The bolt includes a threaded shank with a central bore, and a head joined to the threaded shank by a shear-off section. The piercing pin is supported within the central bore by the insulator member and includes opposite first and second ends. The first end is configured to pierce the insulation of an electrical cable extending through the cable receiving slot and contact a conductor. The central bore of the bolt threadingly receives a sensor. The sensor includes a probe that contacts the second end of the piercing pin to obtain information from the conductor, such as voltage, current, and/or thermal information.
US09837727B2	Pane having an electrical connection element A pane having an electrical connection element, said pane having: a substrate; an electrically conductive structure in a region of the substrate; and a connection element in a region of the electrically conductive structure, the connection element containing at least a chromium-containing steel. The connection element has a region which is crimped about a connecting cable and connected to the electrically conductive structure by means of a solder.
US09837721B2	Low profile dipole antenna assembly A compact, low profile dipole antenna assembly includes first and second linear radiating elements that form the positive and negative sides of the dipole antenna, and a balun that extends in parallel with the second radiating element, i.e., the negative side of the dipole antenna. The second radiating element is connected to ground at one end and is an open circuit at an opposite end. A main feed line, which is part of the balun, also connects to a common ground with the second radiating element. The balun and the connection to ground act as an impedance transformer, and the second radiating element acts as the negative side of the dipole antenna as well as a ground plane for the balun. The balun and the second radiating element share a volume with the second radiating element electrically shielding the balun, and the main feed probe connecting to ground within the shared volume.
US09837714B2	Extending beamforming capability of a coupled voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) array during local oscillator (LO) signal generation through a circular configuration thereof A method includes separating phase of Local Oscillator (LO) signals generated by individual Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) of a coupled VCO array through varying voltage levels of voltage control inputs thereto. The method also includes coupling the individual VCOs of the coupled VCO array to one another in a closed, circular configuration to increase phase difference between the phase separated LO signals generated by the individual VCOs compared to a linear configuration of the coupled VCO array. Further, the method includes mixing outputs of the individual VCOs of the circular coupled VCO array with signals from antenna elements of an antenna array to introduce differential phase shifts in signal paths coupled to the antenna elements during performing beamforming with the antenna array.
US09837713B2	Antenna array calibration for wireless charging Antenna array calibration for wireless charging is disclosed. In one aspect, an initial calibration sequence is performed each time a wireless charging station is powered on. The initial calibration sequence utilizes a reference antenna element, which is an antenna element randomly selected from a plurality of antenna elements in the wireless charging station, to determine relative receiver phase errors between the reference antenna element and each of the other antenna elements in an antenna array. In another aspect, a training sequence is performed after completing the initial calibration sequence to determine total relative phase errors between the reference antenna element and each of the other antenna elements in the antenna array. Adjustments can then be made to match respective total relative phase errors among the plurality of antenna elements to achieve phase coherency among the plurality of antenna elements for improved wireless charging power efficiency.
US09837709B2	Broadband helical antenna with cutoff pattern A broadband quadruple helical circularly-polarized antenna for receiving GNSS signals comprises an excitation circuit and a set of quadruple spiral elements. Each quadruple spiral element consists of four conductors. Each conductor is a one spiral turn of the quadruple spiral element. Said conductors have equal winding angle. The winding angle of all conductors does not change in the same quadruple spiral element. Conductors of neighboring (longitudinally) quadruple spiral elements have different winding angles. The antenna provides a sharp drop in AP at angles near the horizon and a small AP level in the lower hemisphere.
US09837708B2	Cobra antenna The present invention relates to a small cobra antenna that has a high performance as an antenna gain, and minimizes the effect of the length of the coaxial wire.An antenna element and a coaxial wire are connected to a junction that is a feeding point. The antenna element has a length corresponding to the frequency of a broadcast wave to be received. Further, a ferrite core is positioned at a location a length identical to the length of the antenna element away from the junction. The coaxial wire is wound around the ferrite core about once to three times. A high frequency interrupting part for interrupting the high-frequency current from the coaxial wire is provided at the front side of a connecter of a receiver to which the other end of the coaxial wire is connected.
US09837707B2	Window assembly having an antenna element overlapping a transparent layer and an adjacent outer region A window assembly for a vehicle has a transparent layer including a metal compound such that the transparent layer is electrically conductive. The transparent layer defines an area covering the window assembly. An outer region which is electrically non-conductive surrounds the area. The window assembly includes an antenna element including wire or transparent coating which overlaps the transparent layer and overlaps the outer region. The antenna element is configured to receive linearly or circularly polarized radio frequency (RF) signals. A feeding element is coupled to the antenna element for energizing the antenna element. The antenna element is capacitively coupled to the transparent layer. The transparent layer operates as a parasitic or active antenna element with respect to the antenna element.
US09837702B2	Cognitive radio antenna assembly The cognitive radio antenna assembly includes two boards, a main board that has an ultra-wideband antenna (UWB) and also serves as a ground plane for the reconfigurable antenna, and an elevated MIMO board having two planar inverted-F antennas (PIFAs) that are reconfigurable to selectively operate on different frequency bands. Each PIFA has a radiating patch having a slot bridged by PIN diodes and DC blocking capacitors on opposite sides of the slot. The resonant frequency of each PIFA is controlled by which diodes are switched on and off. The PIFA antennas are shorted to the ground plane the (UWB antenna) on the main board by shorting walls. The PIFA antennas are capable of resonating from the 700 MHz band through 3000 MHz, while the UWB senses the spectrum over the entire bandwidth. The antenna assembly is compact, being suitable for cellular phone and wireless applications in 4G wireless standards.
US09837692B2	Power controlling apparatus A power controlling apparatus includes a secondary battery (2) connected to an electrical device (4), and a fuel cell (3) connected to the electrical device (4) and the secondary battery (2). The fuel cell (3) has two non-generating modes including an idling mode and a halt mode, the fuel cell (3) suspending generation of power while being supplied with fuel in the idling mode, the fuel cell (3) stopping generation of power without fuel supply in the halt mode. The power controlling apparatus further includes a remainder estimator (11) to calculate the remaining number of starts representing the remaining number of available starts of the fuel cell (3), and a controller (16) to control the fuel cell (3) to be one of the two non-generating modes during a non-charging mode of the secondary battery (2), based on the remaining number of starts calculated by the remainder estimator (11).
US09837691B2	Battery module Provided is a battery module of which temperature can be homogenized regardless of the material. This battery module includes: a first heat dissipation plate and a second heat dissipation plate; a laminated type battery group disposed between the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate and formed by stacking two or more laminated type batteries; and a case housing the laminated type battery group, and the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate, wherein: a third heat dissipation plate is disposed between the two laminated type batteries among the laminated type battery group; each of the first heat dissipation plate, the second heat dissipation plate, and the third heat dissipation plate includes a contact portion in contact with the case, and a flat portion in contact with and opposite to the laminated type battery; and the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate and the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate are provided with a plurality of holes.
US09837690B2	Battery cooling fan mounting A vehicle having: vehicle structure including a pair of opposed sides and a rear, with a floor extending horizontally between the sides and rear; a battery-pack mounted above the floor; a fan assembly having a housing with a motor mounted therein directly behind the battery-pack, with the housing including a pair of flanges having U-slots with slot openings facing downward; and fasteners extending horizontally through the U-slots and secured to the battery-pack.
US09837687B2	Battery module A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction, a pair of end plates at outsides of respective outermost battery cells among the plurality of battery cells, a pair of end blocks between the end plates and the respective outermost battery cells, and a protection device in at least one end block of the pair of end blocks.
US09837684B2	All solid secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same A solid state battery includes: a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode active material; a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode active material; and a solid electrolyte layer installed between the negative electrode layer and the positive electrode layer, wherein the solid electrolyte layer contacts the negative electrode layer and the positive electrode layer, and wherein the solid state battery satisfies Equation 1: {(Vp−V980)/Vp×100}≦3% Equation 1 wherein Vp is a total volume of the negative electrode layer, the positive electrode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer, and V980 is a total volume of the negative electrode layer, the positive electrode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer under the total pressure of about 980 megapascals.
US09837678B2	Separation membrane for redox flow secondary battery and redox flow secondary battery comprising the same The redox flow secondary battery includes an electrolytic cell including a positive electrode cell, a negative electrode cell, and a separation membrane that separates the positive electrode cell and the negative electrode cell. Moreover, the above described redox flow secondary battery is configured as follows. That is, the separation membrane has a microporous membrane and an ion-exchange resin layer contacting the microporous membrane, and the air resistance of the separation membrane per thickness of 200 μm is 10000 sec/100 cc or more. Furthermore, the microporous membrane includes a polyolefin resin or a vinylidene fluoride resin and an inorganic filler. Further, the smoothness of at least a surface of the microporous membrane contacting the ion-exchange resin layer is 16000 seconds or less.
US09837672B2	Cooling circuit for fuel cell A cooling circuit for a fuel cell includes at least one channel, a mechanical support, a first sensor, and a second sensor. Each channel is formed in a bipolar plate of the fuel cell, and is adapted to permit a cooling fluid to flow. The first sensor senses a flow rate of the cooling fluid. The second sensor senses an electrical conductivity of the cooling fluid. Both the first sensor and the second sensor are installed on the mechanical support.
US09837668B2	Cost-effective core-shell catalyst with high electrochemical stability A core-shell composite material may include a core consisting of Nb-doped TiO2 of formula TiNbOx; and a shell consisting of a homogeneous layer of Pt or Pt alloy of 1 to 50 ML in thickness. The core-shell composite material may in particular find application in fuel cells.
US09837667B2	Carbon-fiber nonwoven cloth and gas diffusion electrode for polymer electrolyte fuel cell using same, polymer electrolyte fuel cell, method for manufacturing carbon-fiber nonwoven cloth, and composite sheet Provided is a carbon-fiber nonwoven cloth with low resistance to gases or liquids passing through, and low resistance in the thickness direction to heat or electricity, which is particularly appropriate for a gas diffusion electrode of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell; the cloth having an air gap with a diameter of at least 20 μm, at least some of the carbon fibers being continuous from one surface to the other surface, and the apparent density being 0.2-1.0 g/cm3, or, having an air gap with a diameter of at least 20 μm and at least some of the carbon fibers being mutually interlaced, and further, at least some of the carbon fibers being oriented toward the thickness direction and the apparent density being 0.2-1.0 g/cm3.
US09837664B2	Electrode with enhanced cycle life and lithium secondary battery including the same The present invention relates to an electrode for a secondary battery including an electrode current collector, an electrode active material combination layer formed on one or both sides of the electrode current collector, and a polyurethane-based coating layer formed on the electrode active material combination layer, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US09837657B2	Assembled battery An assembled battery includes a plurality of battery cells, a bus bar that electrically connects the battery cells with each other, and a circuit board that is electrically connected with the battery cells. The bus bar has a first connection part that is electrically connected with the battery cells, and a second connection part that is electrically connected with a connection part of the circuit board via a conductive adhesive. The second connection part has a concave portion that contains the conductive adhesive.
US09837655B2	Rechargeable battery pack A rechargeable battery pack includes a first rechargeable battery including a first electrode terminal and a first contact part that are on a first upper surface of the first rechargeable battery; a second rechargeable battery including a second electrode terminal and a second contact part that are on a second upper surface of the second rechargeable battery; a first coverlay connected to the first contact part; a second coverlay connected to the second electrode terminal; and a connection part connecting the first electrode terminal and the second contact part. The connection part includes a first part connected to the first electrode terminal and a second part connected to the second contact part. The first upper surface of the first rechargeable battery and the second upper surface of the second rechargeable battery face each other. The connection part is bent such that the first and second parts face each other.
US09837654B2	Power connector for a battery management system The present disclosure is directed to an improved energy storage system. The energy storage system includes an energy storage device having positive and negative terminals, a battery management system configured to monitor and control the energy storage device, and a power connector configured to electrically couple the battery management system with the energy storage device. The power connector includes a housing and positive and negative bus bars, each containing a positive and negative interface pin, respectively. The interface pins are operatively coupled to the positive and negative terminals of the energy storage device to form a power connection. The housing contains separate, opposing side walls defining an open passageway therebetween. Thus, the open passageway provides air cooling across the power connection.
US09837640B2	Method for repairing bank, organic EL display device, and method for manufacturing same A bank repair method for repairing a defect portion of a bank in a process of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device including a substrate, banks formed over the substrate, and light-emitting layers formed in concave spaces defined by the banks. The bank repair method includes: examining whether or not a bank having a defect portion is present; and when a bank having a defect portion is present, repairing the bank by applying a repair material containing a gas adsorbent to the defect portion and curing the repair material; and after curing the repair material, baking the repair material by irradiating the repair material with infrared laser light.
US09837628B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel comprise a substrate having a display region, a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array and disposed in the display region of the substrate, a conductive member disposed in a peripheral region of the display region, a plurality of input pins electrically connected to the conductive member and transferring a voltage of an external power supply to the conductive member, and a plurality of power supply lines electrically connected to the conductive member and transferring the voltage from the conductive member to the pixel units.
US09837622B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US09837610B2	Display module manufacturing method and display module The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a display module, including a step of disposing a substrate on a transparent carrier plate, wherein the substrate has a bottom surface and a supporting surface opposite to the bottom surface; the bottom surface is attached to the transparent carrier plate and includes a first area and a second area. A step of performing a display elements manufacturing process on the supporting surface. A step of etching the first area by a first energy having a first energy density passing through the transparent carrier plate to separate the first area from the transparent carrier plate. A step of etching the second area by a second energy having a second energy density passing through the transparent carrier plate to separate the second area from the transparent carrier plate, wherein the second energy density is greater than the first energy density. A step of separating the substrate from the transparent carrier plate.
US09837598B2	Piezoelectric bulk wave device, and method of manufacturing the piezoelectric bulk wave device A piezoelectric bulk wave device that includes a piezoelectric thin plate that is made of LiTaO3, and first and second electrodes that are provided in contact with the piezoelectric thin plate. The piezoelectric bulk wave device utilizes the thickness shear mode of the piezoelectric thin plate made of LiTaO3. The first and second electrodes are each formed by a conductor having a specific acoustic impedance higher than the specific acoustic impedance of a transversal wave that propagates in LiTaO3. When the sum of the film thicknesses of the first and second electrodes is defined as an electrode thickness, and the thickness of the piezoelectric thin plate made of LiTaO3 is defined as an LT thickness, the electrode thickness/(electrode thickness+LT thickness) is not less than 5% and not more than 40%.
US09837589B2	Semiconductor chip that emits polarized radiation A radiation emitting semiconductor chip is disclosed. Embodiments provide a semiconductor chip that emits radiation includes a semiconductor body having an active zone, which emits unpolarized radiation having a first radiation component of a first polarization and having a second radiation component of a second polarization. A lattice structure acts as a waveplate or polarization filter and causes an increase in one radiation component relative to the other radiation component in the radiation emitted by the semiconductor chip through an output side. Therefore, the semiconductor chip emits polarized radiation, which has the polarization of the amplified radiation component. The attenuated radiation component remains in the semiconductor chip an optical structure, which converts the polarization of at least part of the attenuated radiation component remaining in the semiconductor chip to the polarization of the amplified radiation component, and a reflective rear side opposite the output side.
US09837583B2	Light emitting diode package and method of manufacture A light emitting diode (LED) device and packaging for same is disclosed. In some aspects, the LED is manufactured using a vertical configuration including a plurality of layers. Certain layers act to promote mechanical, electrical, thermal, or optical characteristics of the device. The device avoids design problems, including manufacturing complexities, costs and heat dissipation problems found in conventional LED devices. Some embodiments include a plurality of optically permissive layers, including an optically permissive cover substrate or wafer stacked over a semiconductor LED and positioned using one or more alignment markers.
US09837580B2	Semiconductor light emitting device According to one embodiment, the n-side electrode has a corner and a plurality of straight portions. The plurality of straight portions extends in different directions. The corner connects the plurality of straight portions. A first insulating film is provided between the semiconductor layer and the corner of the n-side electrode. The corner is not in contact with the semiconductor layer. The straight portions of the n-side electrode are in contact with the semiconductor layer.
US09837569B2	Polyolefin adhesive material for use in solar modules This disclosure generally relates to films capable of use in electronic device modules and to electronic device modules including such films. The disclosure also generally relates to materials for use in such films.
US09837563B2	MBE growth technique for group II-VI inverted multijunction solar cells A method of forming a Group II-VI multijunction semiconductor device comprises providing a Group IV substrate, forming a first subcell from a first Group II-VI semiconductor material, forming a second subcell from a second Group II-VI semiconductor material, and removing the substrate. The first subcell is formed over the substrate and has a first bandgap, while the second subcell is formed over the first subcell and has a second bandgap which is smaller than the first bandgap. Additional subcells may be formed over the second subcell with the bandgap of each subcell smaller than that of the preceding subcell and with each subcell preferably separated from the preceding subcell by a tunnel junction. Prior to the removal of the substrate, a support layer is affixed to the last-formed subcell in opposition to the substrate.
US09837559B2	Soldering system This disclosure relates to a soldering system containing a soldering apparatus and a heating apparatus. The soldering apparatus includes a heating plate having a body defining a plurality of first air exits, each first air exit extending through the body of the heating plate and the heating plate being configured to supply hot air through the first air exits; a cover disposed on the heating plate, the cover and the heating plate defining a hot air chamber; a plurality of axially movable positioning shafts extending though the body of the heating plate, in which each shaft has a first end and a second end, the first end is in the hot air chamber, and the second end is outside the hot air chamber; and a conduit attached to the cover, the conduit being configured to supply hot air to the hot air chamber.
US09837554B2	Data transmission system The disclosure relates to a data transmission system (100) comprising a signal line (101) and a ground line (103). A first signal path (102) is provided between the signal line (101) and the ground line (103). The first signal path (102) comprises a Shockley diode (104) having a cathode (106) and an anode (108). The cathode (106) is connected to the ground line (103) and the anode (108) is connected to the signal line (101).
US09837535B2	Directional deposition of protection layer A method for forming a fin device includes forming semiconductor fins over a first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is directionally deposited into or on the first dielectric layer and on tops of the fins on horizontal surfaces. The second dielectric layer is configured to protect the first dielectric layer in subsequent processing. Sidewalls of the fins are precleaned while the first dielectric layer is protected by the second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is removed to expose the first dielectric layer in a protected state.
US09837534B2	Semiconductor device and fabrication method therefor A semiconductor device includes: a first substrate on which a first field effect transistor is provided; and a second substrate on which a second field effect transistor of a second conductive type is provided; the first and second substrates being bonded to each other at the substrate faces thereof on which the first and second field transistors are provided, respectively; the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor being electrically connected to each other.
US09837531B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer made of SiC. A transistor element having an impurity region is formed in a front surface portion of the semiconductor layer. A first contact wiring is formed on a back surface portion of the semiconductor layer, and defines one electrode electrically connected to the transistor element. The first contact wiring has a first wiring layer forming an ohmic contact with the semiconductor layer without a silicide contact and a second wiring layer formed on the first wiring layer and having a resistivity lower than that of the first wiring layer.
US09837530B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor body. The semiconductor body comprises insulated gate field effect transistor cells. At least one of the insulated gate field effect transistor cells comprises a source zone of a first conductivity type, a body zone of a second, complementary conductivity type, a drift zone of the first conductivity type, and a trench gate structure extending into the semiconductor body through the body zone along a vertical direction. The trench gate structure comprises a gate electrode separated from the semiconductor body by a trench dielectric. The trench dielectric comprises a source dielectric part interposed between the gate electrode and the source zone and a gate dielectric part interposed between the gate electrode and the body zone. The ratio of a maximum thickness of the source dielectric part along a lateral direction and the minimum thickness of the gate dielectric part along the lateral direction is at least 1.5.
US09837522B2	III-nitride bidirectional device There are disclosed herein various implementations of a III-Nitride bidirectional device. Such a bidirectional device includes a substrate, a back channel layer situated over the substrate, and a device channel layer and a device barrier layer situated over the back channel layer. The device channel layer and the device barrier layer are configured to produce a device two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). In addition, the III-Nitride bidirectional device includes first and second gates formed on respective first and second depletion segments situated over the device barrier layer. The III-Nitride bidirectional device also includes a back barrier situated between the back channel layer and the device channel layer. A polarization of the back channel layer of the III-Nitride bidirectional device is substantially equal to a polarization of the device channel layer.
US09837520B2	Group III-nitride-based enhancement mode transistor having a multi-heterojunction fin structure A Group III-nitride-based enhancement mode transistor includes a multi-heterojunction fin structure. A first side face of the multi-heterojunction fin structure is covered by a first p-type Group III-nitride layer, and a second side face of the multi-heterojunction fin structure is covered by a second p-type Group III-nitride layer.
US09837509B2	Semiconductor device including strained finFET A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor fin on an upper surface of a base substrate. The at least one semiconductor fin includes a strained active semiconductor portion interposed between a protective cap layer and the base substrate. A gate stack wraps around the at least one semiconductor fin. The gate stack includes a metal gate element interposed between a pair of first cap segments of the protective cap layer. The strained active semiconductor portion is preserved following formation of the fin via the protective cap layer.
US09837502B2	Conductive structure and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate, display device A conductive structure and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device. The conductive structure includes a plurality of first metal layers made of aluminum, and between every two first metal layers that are adjacent, there is also provided a second metal layer, which is made of a metal other than aluminum. With the conductive structure, the hillock phenomenon that happens to the conductive structure when it is heated can be decreased without reducing the overall thickness of the conductive structure.
US09837499B2	Self-aligned gate last III-N transistors Techniques related to III-N transistors having self aligned gates, systems incorporating such transistors, and methods for forming them are discussed. Such transistors include a polarization layer between a raised source and a raised drain, a gate between the source and drain and over the polarization layer, and lateral epitaxial overgrowths over the source and drain and having and opening therebetween such that at least a portion of the gate adjacent to the polarization layer is aligned with the opening.
US09837491B2	Stacked carbon nanotube multiple threshold device A device structure including a gate structure containing a first layer of carbon nanotubes and a second layer of carbon nanotubes. The first and the second layers are stacked vertically. The first and the second layers have carbon nanotubes which have substantially homogeneous electric characteristics within each layer. The carbon nanotubes in the first layer have different electric characteristics than the carbon nanotubes in the second layer, so that the device structure exhibits a multiple threshold behavior when coupled to a voltage source. The disclosure also includes a method for fabricating a multithreshold device structure.
US09837490B2	Semiconductor device with air gap and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device may include: a substrate having first and second surfaces; an interlayer dielectric layer having a first opening to expose the first surface; a first plug positioned in the first opening and isolated from a sidewall of the first opening by a pair of gaps; a bit line extended in any one direction while covering the first plug; a second plug including a lower part adjacent to the first plug and an upper part adjacent to the bit line, and connected to the second surface; a first air gap positioned between the first plug and the lower part of the second plug; and a second air gap positioned between the bit line and the upper part of the second plug, and having a larger width than the first air gap.
US09837483B2	Nanoscale high-performance topological inductor An electrical device includes a current transport layer made of an anomalous Hall material. The electrical device also includes a first ferromagnetic island in physical contact with the current transport layer and a second ferromagnetic island in physical contact with the current transport layer, the second ferromagnetic island oriented with respect to the first ferromagnetic island such as to concentrate a magnetic field, generated by current flow along a conducting surface of the anomalous Hall material, over the first ferromagnetic island and the second ferromagnetic island.
US09837478B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a novel display device that is highly convenient or reliable or a display device with low power consumption and high display quality. The display device includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel and the second pixel are adjacent to each other. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first display region and a second display region. The first display region is configured to reflect incident light. The second display region is positioned inside the first display region and configured to emit light. A position of the second display region inside the first display region in the first pixel and a position of the second display region inside the first display region in the second pixel are different from each other.
US09837477B2	Array substrate and method of manufacturing the same Embodiments of the invention provide an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises: forming a gate electrode pattern, a gate insulation layer, an active layer pattern and an etching stopping layer on a substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the etching stopping layer; performing a single patterning process on the photoresist layer, such that photoresist in the first region is partially etched off, photoresist in the second region is completely etched off, and photoresist in the third region is completely remained; and performing a single etching process, such that residual photoresist in the first region and a portion of the etching stopping layer in the first region are etched off, and at the same time, a portion of the etching stopping layer and a portion of the gate insulation layer in the second region are etched off.
US09837470B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a transistor with a vertical channel In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a pillar may be formed on a semiconductor substrate. A hard mask pattern may be formed on a top surface and a portion of a sidewall of the pillar. An electric field-buffering region may be formed in the sidewall of the pillar. A gate insulating layer may be formed on an outer surface of the pillar. A gate may be formed on the gate insulating layer.
US09837468B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory device and method of manufacturing the same A magnetoresistive random access memory device includes a free layer, a tunnel barrier layer, an insulation barrier layer, a pinned layer, and a vertical polarizer structure. The tunnel barrier layer and the insulation barrier layer directly contacts different surfaces of the free layer. The pinned layer structure contacts the tunnel barrier layer and includes at least one pinned layer. The vertical polarizer structure contacts the insulation barrier layer and includes a plurality of magnetization multi-layered structures sequentially stacked. Each magnetization multi-layered structure includes a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer sequentially stacked. The pinned layer and the magnetic layer have magnetization directions anti-parallel to each other.
US09837466B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device To protect a plurality of semiconductor chips of a sawn wafer housed in a shipping case and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step of vacuum packing a sawn wafer while being housed in a shipping case; the shipping case has the following structure: the shipping case has a lid portion that covers the upper surface of the sawn wafer and a body portion that covers the lower surface of the sawn wafer, the lid portion has a recess portion that covers a plurality of semiconductor chips and a ventilation route communicated with the recess portion. In a step of reducing pressure in the shipping case, a gas in the shipping case is discharged outside via a ventilation route.
US09837457B2	Imaging device An imaging device which does not include a color filter and does not need arithmetic processing using an external processing circuit is provided. A first circuit includes a first photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, and a second transistor; a second circuit includes a second photoelectric conversion element, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor; a third circuit includes a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, and a second capacitor; the spectroscopic element is provided over the first photoelectric conversion element or the second photoelectric conversion element; and the first circuit and the second circuit is connected to the third circuit through a first capacitor.
US09837456B2	Imaging device having a light shielding structure A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each of which includes a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charges by photoelectrically converting light, and a transistor that reads a pixel signal of a level corresponding to the charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit. A phase difference pixel which is at least a part of the plurality of pixels is configured in such a manner that the photoelectric conversion unit is divided into a plurality of photoelectric conversion units and an insulated light shielding film is embedded in a region for separating the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, which are divided, from each other.
US09837449B2	Display device with contact between an electrode of a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode There is provided an excellent contact between an electrode of a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode. A display device includes: an organic planarization film including a first contact hole opened on an electrode of a thin film transistor; an interlayer insulating film including a second contact hole opened on the electrode of the thin film transistor and on the organic planarization film; a base electrode that covers a portion where an end of the second contact hole overlaps a side wall of the first contact hole; and a pixel electrode contacted with the electrode of the thin film transistor.
US09837431B2	3D semicircular vertical NAND string with recessed inactive semiconductor channel sections A vertical memory device including dual memory cells per level in each memory opening can have dielectric separator dielectric structures that protrude into a facing pair of sidewalls of the memory stack structure within the memory opening. A pair of inactive sections of a vertical semiconductor channel facing the dielectric separator dielectric structures is laterally recessed from control gate electrodes. Control of the threshold voltage of such a vertical memory device can be enhanced because of the dielectric separator dielectric structures. The fringe field from the control gate electrodes is weaker due to an increased distance between the control gate electrodes and the inactive sections of the vertical semiconductor channel. The memory stack structure can have concave sidewalls that contact the dielectric separator dielectric structures and convex sidewalls that protrude toward the control gate electrodes.
US09837424B2	Semiconductor device with anti-fuse memory element An insulating film, which is sandwiched between a gate electrode formed on an SOI layer constituting an SOI substrate and an epitaxial layer formed on the SOI layer and including a high-concentration diffusion region and is formed in contact with a side wall of the gate electrode, is set as a target of dielectric breakdown in a write operation in an anti-fuse element.
US09837423B2	Semiconductor devices having channels with retrograde doping profile A device isolation region is formed, delimiting an active region in a substrate. A word line is formed, extending across the active region and the device isolation region and buried therein. A bit line is formed crossing the word line on the substrate. A channel is formed adjacent the word line, the channel having a retrograde doping profile having a doping concentration that increases away from a top surface of the active region. Formation of the channel includes performing a field ion implantation in the active region having a projected range near a bottom of the device isolation region.
US09837421B2	Semiconductor arrangement having capacitor separated from active region A semiconductor arrangement includes an active region including a semiconductor device. The semiconductor arrangement includes a capacitor having a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an insulating layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. At least three dielectric layers are between a bottom surface of the capacitor and the active region.
US09837418B2	Thyristor volatile random access memory and methods of manufacture A volatile memory array using vertical thyristors is disclosed together with methods of fabricating the array.
US09837416B2	Multi-threshold voltage field effect transistor and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides an FET structure including a transistor of a first conductive type. The transistor includes a substrate having a region of a second conductive type, a channel between source and drain, and a gate over the channel. The channel includes dopants of the first conductive type. The gate includes a work function setting layer of the second conductive type. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing an FET with multi-threshold voltages scheme. The method includes exposing channels of a first transistor of a first conductive type and a first transistor of a second conductive type from a first mask, doping the channels with dopants of the first conductive type, exposing channels of a second transistor of the first conductive type and a second conductive type from a second mask, and doping the channels with dopants of the second conductive type.
US09837403B1	Asymmetrical vertical transistor A method of fabricating asymmetric vertical field effect transistors (VFETs) includes forming mandrels above a substrate comprising a first semiconductor material. A first set of spacers is formed adjacent to each side of the mandrels, and trenches are formed in portions of the substrate that are not below one of the mandrels or one of the first set of spacers. The method also includes filling the trenches with a second semiconductor material that is different from the first semiconductor material and forming a second set of spacers adjacent to each respective one of the first set of spacers. The second set of spacers is above the second semiconductor material. A plurality of fins is formed such that each one of the plurality of fins includes a portion of the substrate and a portion of the second semiconductor material. Gates are formed between each adjacent pair of fins.
US09837402B1	Method of concurrently forming source/drain and gate contacts and related device A method of concurrently forming source/drain contacts (CAs) and gate contacts (CBs) and device are provided. Embodiments include forming metal gates (PC) and source/drain (S/D) regions over a substrate; forming an ILD over the PCs and S/D regions; forming a mask over the ILD; concurrently patterning the mask for formation of CAs adjacent a first portion of each PC and CBs over a second portion of the PCs; etching through the mask, forming trenches extending through the ILD down to a nitride capping layer formed over each PC and a trench silicide (TS) contact formed over each S/D region; selectively growing a metal capping layer over the TS contacts formed over the S/D regions; removing the nitride capping layer from the second portion of each PC; and metal filling the trenches, forming the CAs and CBs.
US09837390B1	Systems and methods for creating fluidic assembly structures on a substrate Embodiments are related to fluidic assembly and, more particularly, to systems and methods for forming physical structures on a substrate.
US09837389B2	Display device using semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A display device including a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices, each corresponding semiconductor light emitting device having a first conductive electrode, a second conductive electrode and a light-emitting surface configured to emit light; a first wiring line electrically connected to the first conductive electrode; and a second wiring line disposed to cross the first conductive electrode, and be electrically connected to the second conductive electrode. Further, the second wiring line is formed to surround a periphery of the light-emitting surface of the semiconductor light emitting devices to reflect light emitted by the light emitting devices toward a front surface of the display device.
US09837374B2	Method of manufacturing a device Provided is a device in which the metal content existing in a joining interface is controlled. A manufacturing method for the device comprises: a step in which the surfaces of a first substrate and a second substrate are activated using a FAB gun; a step in which a plurality of metals are discharged by using the FAB gun to sputter a discharged metal body comprising the plurality of metals, and the plurality of metals are affixed to the surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate; a step in which the first substrate and the second substrate are joined at room temperature; and a step in which heating is performed at a temperature that is high in comparison to the agglomeration start temperature of the plurality of metals and of the elements that constitute the first substrate or the second substrate. With regards to the step in which the plurality of metals are affixed, the density of the plurality of metals existing on the joining interface of the first substrate and the second substrate is set to 1×1012/cm2 or less by adjusting the exposure area of the discharged metal body.
US09837371B2	Structure and method of reinforcing a conductor soldering point of semiconductor device The present invention provides a structure and a method of reinforcing a conductor soldering point of a semiconductor device. The structure includes an inner frame lead, a soldering area arranged on the surface of the inner frame lead, a conductor soldered in the soldering area, and a locking card including a pressing part, a locking part overhangs outwards from the pressing part pressed on the conductor. The locking part penetrates through the inner frame lead and is clamped on the side of the inner frame lead deviating from the conductor. According to the present invention, the conductor soldered on the inner frame lead is firmly clamped on the inner frame lead through the locking card to effectively avoid the stripping condition of the conductor and the inner frame lead, reinforce the electrical connection of the conductor and the inner frame lead, and improve the reliability of the semiconductor device.
US09837370B2	Bump structures for multi-chip packaging A multi-chip package includes a substrate having a plurality of first bump structures. A pitch between first bump structures of the plurality of first bump structures is uniform across a surface of the substrate. The multi-chip package includes a first chip bonded to the substrate and a second chip bonded to the substrate. The first chip includes a plurality of second bump structures, and the plurality of second bump structures are bonded to a first set of first bump structures of the plurality of first bump structures. The second chip includes a plurality of third bump structures, and the plurality of third bump structures are bonded to a second set of first bump structures of the plurality of first bump structures. A pitch between second bump structures of the plurality of second bump structures is different from a pitch between third bump structures of the plurality of third bump structures.
US09837364B2	Electronic chip An electronic chip including: a plurality of first semiconductor bars of a first conductivity type and of second semiconductor bars of a second conductivity type arranged alternately and contiguously on a region of the first conductivity type; two detection contacts arranged at the ends of each second bar; a circuit for detecting the resistance between the detection contacts of each second bar; insulating trenches extending in the second bars down to a first depth between circuit elements; and insulating walls extending across the entire width of each second bar down to a second depth greater than the first depth.
US09837360B2	Wafer level packages and electronics system including the same Wafer level packages are provided. The wafer level package includes alignment marks disposed at a first surface of a protection wafer, a semiconductor die disposed on the first surface of the protection wafer to be spaced apart from the alignment marks, a first photosensitive dielectric layer covering the semiconductor die and having a flat top surface, and a second dielectric layer covering the flat top surface of the first photosensitive dielectric layer. Redistribution lines are disposed between the first photosensitive dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the semiconductor die through first opening portions penetrating the first photosensitive dielectric layer. Outer connectors are disposed on the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the redistribution lines through second opening portions penetrating the second dielectric layer.
US09837355B2	Method for maximizing air gap in back end of the line interconnect through via landing modification A method of forming an interconnect to an electrical device is provided. The structure produced by the method may include a plurality of metal lines in a region of a substrate positioned in an array of metal lines all having parrallel lengths; and a plurality of air gaps between the metal lines in a same level as the metal lines, wherein an air gap is present between each set of adjacent metal lines. A plurality of interconnects may be present in electrical communication with said plurality of metal lines, wherein an exclusion zone for said plurality of interconnects is not present in said array of metal lines.
US09837351B1	Avoiding gate metal via shorting to source or drain contacts Techniques relate to forming a gate metal via. A gate contact has a bottom part in a first layer. A cap layer is formed on the gate contact and first layer. The gate contact is formed on top of the gate. A second layer is formed on the cap layer. The second layer and cap layer are recessed to remove a portion of the cap layer from a top part and upper sidewall parts of the gate contact. A third layer is formed on the second layer, cap layer, and gate contact. The third layer is etched through to form a gate trench over the gate contact to be around the upper sidewall parts of the gate contact. The gate trench is an opening that stops on the cap layer. Gate metal via is formed on top of the gate contact and around upper sidewall parts of the gate contact.
US09837350B2	Semiconductor interconnect structure with double conductors Embodiments are directed to a semiconductor structure having a dual-layer interconnect and a barrier layer. The interconnect structure combines a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a barrier layer disposed between. The result is a low via resistance combined with improved electromigration performance. In one embodiment, the first conductive layer is copper, the second conductive layer is cobalt, and the barrier layer is tantalum nitride. A barrier layer is not used in other embodiments. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09837343B2	Chip embedded substrate A chip embedded substrate includes: an insulating layer having outer layer circuit patterns provided on any one of an upper surface and a lower surface thereof; a chip embedded in the insulating layer; and internal circuit patterns included in the insulating layer and disposed between a height of a top surface of the chip and a height of a bottom surface thereof.
US09837339B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device An improvement is achieved in the reliability of a semiconductor device. After a resin sealing portion is formed to seal a die pad, a semiconductor chip mounted over the die pad, a plurality of leads, and a plurality of wires electrically connecting a plurality of pad electrodes of the semiconductor chip with the leads, the resin sealing portion and the leads are cut with a rotary blade to manufacture the semiconductor device. In the semiconductor device, at least a portion of each of first and second leads is exposed from a lower surface of the sealing portion. End surfaces of the first and second leads as the respective cut surfaces thereof are exposed from each of side surfaces of the sealing portion as the cut surfaces of the resin sealing portion. The distance between a lower side of the end surface of the first lead and an upper surface of the sealing portion is smaller than the distance between an upper side of the end surface of the second lead adjacent thereto and the upper surface of the sealing portion.
US09837336B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming insulating layer in notches around conductive TSV for stress relief A semiconductor device has a plurality of conductive vias formed into a semiconductor wafer. A portion of the semiconductor wafer is removed so the conductive vias extend above a surface of the semiconductor wafer. A notch is formed in the semiconductor wafer around each of the conductive vias. The notch around the conductive vias can be formed by wet etching, dry etching, or LDA. A first insulating layer is formed over a surface of the semiconductor wafer and conductive vias and into the notch to provide stress relief between the conductive vias and semiconductor wafer. A portion of the first insulating layer is removed to expose the conductive vias. A first conductive layer and second insulating layer can be formed around the conductive vias. A second conductive layer can be formed over the conductive vias. The notch can extend into the second insulating layer.
US09837335B2	Semiconductor device Performance of a semiconductor device is improved. Graphene particles are mixedly added in a sealing resin covering a semiconductor chip. The graphene particles are thus mixedly added in the sealing resin, thereby thermal conduction of the sealing resin is improved, and thus radiation performance of the semiconductor device can be improved. Graphene is a sheet of sp2 bonded carbon atoms having a monolayer thickness. Graphene has a structure where hexagonal lattices, each of which is formed of carbon atoms and bonds of the carbon atoms, are planarly spread. Graphene is preferably used as heat transfer filler because of its high thermal conductivity and light weight.
US09837330B2	Fine pitch BVA using reconstituted wafer with area array accessible for testing A method for simultaneously making a plurality of microelectronic packages by forming an electrically conductive redistribution structure along with a plurality of microelectronic element attachment regions on a carrier. The attachment regions being spaced apart from one another and overlying the carrier. The method also including the formation of conductive connector elements between adjacent attachment regions. Each connector element having the first or second end adjacent the carrier and the remaining end at a height of the microelectronic element. The method also includes forming an encapsulation over portions of the connector elements and subsequently singulating the assembly. into microelectronic units, each including a microelectronic element. The surface of the microelectronic unit, opposite the redistribution structure, having both the active face of the microelectronic element and the free ends of the connector elements so that both are available for connection with a component external to the microelectronic unit.
US09837326B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device To enhance reliability of a test by suppressing defective bonding of a solder in the test of a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes: preparing a semiconductor wafer that includes a first pad electrode provided with a first cap film and a second pad electrode provided with a second cap film. Further, a polyimide layer that includes a first opening on the first pad electrode and a second opening on the second pad electrode is formed, and then, a rearrangement wiring that is connected to the second pad electrode via the second opening is formed. Next, an opening is formed in the polyimide layer such that an organic reaction layer remains on each of the first pad electrode and a bump land of the rearrangement wiring, then heat processing is performed on the semiconductor wafer, and then, a bump is formed on the rearrangement wiring.
US09837317B2	Method for producing semiconductor device and semiconductor device A method for producing a semiconductor device includes forming a first fin-shaped semiconductor layer and a second fin-shaped semiconductor layer on a substrate using a sidewall formed around a dummy pattern on the substrate. A first insulating film is formed around the first fin-shaped semiconductor layer and the second fin-shaped semiconductor layer. A first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer is formed in an upper portion of the first fin-shaped semiconductor layer, and a second pillar-shaped semiconductor layer is formed in an upper portion of the second fin-shaped semiconductor layer.
US09837316B2	Method of manufacturing thin film transistor, and method of manufacturing display apparatus A thin film transistor includes a polysilicon layer on a substrate, which includes a first area between second and third areas. A polysilicon layer is formed on the substrate, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the polysilicon layer in the first and third areas. Each of the source electrode and the drain electrode includes a metal silicide layer adjacent the polysilicon layer.
US09837313B2	Disposable pillars for contact information Sacrificial plugs for forming contacts in integrated circuits, as well as methods of forming connections in integrated circuit arrays are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used to create densely-packed features and the connections between features. A sacrificial material can be patterned in a continuous zig-zag line pattern that crosses word lines. Planarization can create parallelogram-shaped blocks of material that can overlie active areas to form sacrificial plugs, which can be replaced with conductive material to form contacts.
US09837310B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include: forming an opening in a dielectric layer, the opening exposing a non-conductive layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate; forming a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) within the opening and over the non-conductive layer; forming a catalytic layer within the opening and over the SAM; filling the opening having the SAM and the catalytic layer with a conductive material to form a plug; and forming a barrier layer on sidewalls of the plug.
US09837309B2	Semiconductor via structure with lower electrical resistance A semiconductor device and method of making the same, wherein in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the device includes a first conductive line including a first conductive material, and a second conductive line including a second conductive material. A via connects the first conductive line to the second conductive line, wherein the via includes conductive via material, wherein the via material top surface is coated with a liner material, wherein the via is a bottomless via.
US09837295B2	Apparatus and method for semiconductor wafer leveling, force balancing and contact sensing A wafer bonder apparatus, includes a lower chuck, an upper chuck, a process chamber and three adjustment mechanisms. The three adjustment mechanisms are arranged around a top lid spaced apart from each other and are located outside of the process chamber. Each adjustment mechanism includes a component for sensing contact to the upper chuck, a component for adjusting the pre-load force of the upper chuck, and a component for leveling the upper chuck.
US09837292B2	Underfill dispensing with controlled fillet profile A method includes placing an underfill-shaping cover on a package component of a package, with a device die of the package extending into an opening of the underfill-shaping cover. An underfill is dispensed into the opening of the underfill-shaping cover. The underfill fills a gap between the device die and the package component through capillary. The method further includes, with the underfill-shaping cover on the package component, curing the underfill. After the curing the underfill, the underfill-shaping cover is removed from the package.
US09837287B2	Sealing structure for a bonded wafer and method of forming the sealing structure A method of forming a sealing structure for a bonded wafer is provided. The method includes providing the lower wafer and the upper wafer, forming a sealing material layer on each of the lower wafer and the upper wafer, forming a mask layer on the sealing material layer on each of the lower wafer and the upper wafer, etching the sealing material layer using the mask layer as an etch mask, so as to form a first protrusion at an edge of the lower wafer and a second protrusion at an edge of the upper wafer, and bonding the first protrusion and the second protrusion together to form the sealing structure. The sealing structure encloses a gap between the lower wafer and the upper wafer at an edge of the bonded wafer, so as to form a hermetically sealed cavity at the edge of the bonded wafer.
US09837283B2	Polishing composition Provided is a polishing composition which exhibits favorable storage stability and polishes a polishing object poor in chemical reactivity at a high speed.The invention is a polishing composition which contains silica having an organic acid immobilized on a surface thereof, a dihydric alcohol having a molecular weight of less than 20,000 and a pH adjusting agent, the polishing composition having a pH of 6 or less.
US09837279B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus In accordance with an embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes bringing a first catalyst into contact with a workpiece to form an oxide film on a surface of the workpiece, and bringing a second catalyst different from the first catalyst and the oxide film into contact with each other or moving the second catalyst and the oxide film closer to each other to elute the oxide film into a treatment liquid.
US09837274B2	Hard-mask defined bit pattern substrate Provided is an apparatus that includes a substrate; a first hard-mask pattern that includes a number of first features disposed over a top surface of the substrate; and a second hard-mask pattern disposed over the first hard-mask layer. The second hard-mask pattern includes a number of second features overlapping one or more of the first features.
US09837271B2	Process for forming silicon-filled openings with a reduced occurrence of voids In some embodiments, silicon-filled openings are formed having no or a low occurrence of voids in the silicon fill, while maintaining a smooth exposed silicon surface. In some embodiments, an opening in a substrate may be filled with silicon, such as amorphous silicon. The deposited silicon may have interior voids. This deposited silicon is then exposed to a silicon mobility inhibitor, such as an oxygen-containing species and/or a semiconductor dopant. The deposited silicon fill is subsequently annealed. After the anneal, the voids may be reduced in size and, in some embodiments, this reduction in size may occur to such an extent that the voids are eliminated.
US09837268B2	Raised fin structures and methods of fabrication A method of fabricating raised fin structures is provided, the fabricating including: providing a substrate and at least one dielectric layer over the substrate; forming a trench in the at least one dielectric layer, the trench having a lower portion, a lateral portion, and an upper portion, the upper portion being at least partially laterally offset from the lower portion and being joined to the lower portion by the lateral portion; and, growing a material in the trench to form the raised fin structure, wherein the trench is formed to ensure that any growth defect in the lower portion of the trench terminates either in the lower portion or the lateral portion of the trench and does not extend into the upper portion of the trench.
US09837267B2	Optical filtering for integrated dielectrics UV curing processes A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate, and curing the dielectric layer with a first curing process. The first curing process includes providing a first UV light source, filtering the first UV light source with a first filter, the first filter permitting a first electromagnetic radiation within a first pre-determined spectrum to pass through and blocking electromagnetic radiation outside the first pre-determined spectrum, and curing the dielectric layer with the first electromagnetic radiation of the first UV light source.
US09837266B2	Method and apparatus for heat-treating high dielectric constant film A substrate in which a high-dielectric-constant gate insulator is formed on a silicon substrate with an interface layer film sandwiched in between is housed in a chamber. The method of the invention including: (a) housing the substrate in a chamber; (b) supplying ammonia to the chamber to foam an ammonia atmosphere; and (c) applying flash light to a surface of the substrate housed in the chamber to heat the high dielectric constant film, wherein the flash light applied in said step (c) has a spectral distribution that has a peak in a wavelength range of 200 to 300 nm.
US09837259B2	Sequential etching treatment for solar cell fabrication A method of processing a silicon substrate can include etching the silicon substrate with a first etchant having a first concentration and etching with a second etchant having a second concentration. In an embodiment, the second concentration of the second etchant can be greater than the first concentration of the first etchant. In one embodiment, the first etchant can be a different type of etchant than the second etchant. In an embodiment, the first and second etchant can be the same type of etchant. In some embodiments the silicon substrate can be cleaned with a first cleaning solution to remove contaminants from the silicon substrate prior to etching with the first etchant. In an embodiment, the silicon substrate can be cleaned with a second cleaning solution after etching the silicon substrate with a second etchant.
US09837250B2	Hot wall reactor with cooled vacuum containment Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing substrates includes a chamber body enclosing a processing volume, the chamber body comprising a chamber floor, a chamber wall coupled to the chamber floor, and a chamber lid removably coupled to the chamber wall, wherein at least one of the chamber floor, the chamber wall, and the chamber lid comprise passages for a flow of a thermal control media; a heater plate disposed adjacent to and spaced apart from the chamber floor; a sleeve disposed adjacent to and spaced apart from the chamber wall, the sleeve supported by the heater plate; and a first sealing element disposed at a first interface between the chamber wall and the chamber lid.
US09837248B2	Ion implantation apparatus and method of controlling ion implantation apparatus In an ion implantation apparatus, an interruption member interrupts an ion beam B in the middle of a beam line. A plasma shower device is provided at the downstream side of the interruption member in the beam line. A control unit causes the interruption member to interrupt the ion beam B during an ignition start period of the plasma shower device. The interruption member may be provided at the upstream side of at least one high-voltage electric field type electrode in the beam line. A gas supply unit may supply a source gas to the plasma shower device. The control unit may start the supply of the source gas from the gas supply unit after the ion beam B is interrupted by the interruption member.
US09837247B2	Charged particle beam writing apparatus and method utilizing a sum of the weighted area density of each figure pattern A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an area density calculation unit to calculate a pattern area density weighted using a dose modulation value, which has previously been input from an outside and in which an amount of correction of a dimension variation due to a proximity effect has been included, a fogging correction dose coefficient calculation unit to calculate a fogging correction dose coefficient for correcting a dimension variation due to a fogging effect by using the pattern area density weighted using the dose modulation value having been input from the outside, a dose calculation unit to calculates a dose of a charged particle beam by using the fogging correction dose coefficient and the dose modulation value, and a writing unit to write a pattern on a target object with the charged particle beam of the dose.
US09837244B2	Sample holding device for studying light-driven reactions and sample analysis method using the same A sample holding device for studying light-driven reactions and a sample analysis method using the same are disclosed. The sample holding device comprises a main body, a supporting structure and a light source assembly. The main body has a channel which has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a focusing lens which is located on the second end. The supporting structure is located on one end of the main body for sample supporting. The light source assembly is detachably disposed on the other end opposite to the end which is disposed with the supporting structure. The light source assembly emits a light beam into the first end of the channel. The light beam then irradiates the sample which locates on the supporting structure after passing through the focusing lens.
US09837237B2	Pyrolyzed porous carbon materials and ion emitters Embodiments related to the use and production of porous carbon materials in ion emitters and other applications are described.
US09837228B2	Illuminated keyboard with optical switch An illuminated keyboard with an optical switch is provided. The illuminated keyboard includes a circuit board and plural keys. The circuit board includes plural light-emitting elements. Each light-emitting element is aligned with the corresponding key. The key includes a keycap, a housing, a triggering post, a light guide element and a light guide frame. The keycap is located over the housing. The triggering post, the light guide element and the light guide frame are disposed within the housing. Moreover, the light guide frame is arranged around the triggering post. After a light beam emitted by the light-emitting element is introduced into the housing, the light beam is guided to the light guide frame by the light guide element, and the light beam is scattered to a region around the triggering post and outputted from the keycap.
US09837218B2	Composite electronic component and manufacturing method thereof A composite electronic component includes: a tantalum capacitor, a multilayer ceramic capacitor, a sealing part, an anode lead frame, and a cathode lead frame, wherein the anode lead frame includes a step portion that does not contact a first external electrode of the multilayer ceramic capacitor, and the cathode lead frame includes a step portion that does not contact a second external electrode of the multilayer ceramic capacitor.
US09837209B2	Capacitor structure for wideband resonance suppression in power delivery networks Some novel features pertain to a capacitor structure that includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer has a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion. The second conductive layer has a third overlapping portion, a fourth overlapping portion, and a non-overlapping portion. The third overlapping portion overlaps with the first overlapping portion of the first conductive layer. The fourth overlapping portion overlaps with the second overlapping portion of the first conductive layer. The non-overlapping portion is free of any overlap (e.g., vertical overlap) with the first conductive layer. The non-conductive layer separates the first and second conductive layers. The non-conductive layer electrically insulates the third overlapping portion and the fourth overlapping portion from the first conductive layer.
US09837207B2	Method for producing NdFeB system sintered magnet A method for producing a NdFeB system sintered magnet. The method includes: a hydrogen pulverization process, in which coarse powder of a NdFeB system alloy is prepared by coarsely pulverizing a lump of NdFeB system alloy by making this lump occlude hydrogen; a fine pulverization process, in which fine powder is prepared by performing fine pulverization for further pulverizing the coarse powder; a filling process, in which the fine powder is put into a filling container; an orienting process, in which the fine powder in the filling container is oriented; and a sintering process, in which the fine powder after the orienting process is sintered as held in the filling container. The processes from hydrogen pulverization through orienting are performed with neither dehydrogenation heating nor evacuation each for desorbing hydrogen occluded in the hydrogen pulverization process. The processes from hydrogen pulverization through sintering are performed in an oxygen-free atmosphere.
US09837200B2	Micromagnetic device and method of forming the same A micromagnetic device includes a first insulating layer formed above a substrate, a first seed layer formed above the first insulating layer, a first conductive winding layer selectively formed above the first seed layer, and a second insulating layer formed above the first conductive winding layer. The micromagnetic device also includes a first magnetic core layer formed above the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer formed above the first magnetic core layer, and a second magnetic core layer formed above the third insulating layer. The micromagnetic device still further includes a fourth insulating layer formed above the second magnetic core layer, a second seed layer formed above the fourth insulating layer, and a second conductive winding layer formed above the second seed layer and in vias to the first conductive winding layer. The first and second conductive winding layers form a winding for the micromagnetic device.
US09837196B2	Pendulum-type electromagnetic actuator A pendulum-type electromagnetic actuator is provided. The actuator includes a curved stationary member comprising a stationary core and a winding wound about the stationary core. A first moving member includes a first moving core and a first plurality of permanent magnets attached to the first moving core, the first moving member is curved and positioned on a first side of the stationary member. A second moving member includes a second moving core and a second plurality of permanent magnets attached to the second moving core, the second moving member is curved and position on a second side of the stationary member, the second side opposite the first side. The actuator further includes a pivot and a pivot connector connecting at least one of the first moving member and the second moving member to the pivot such that the curved moving member rotates about the pivot.
US09837193B2	R-T-B sintered magnet This sintered R-T-B based rare-earth magnet includes: R2Fe14B type compound crystal grains, including a light rare-earth element RL (which includes at least one of Nd and Pr) as a major rare-earth element R, as main phases; and a heavy rare-earth element RH (which includes at least one of Dy and Tb). Before its surface region is removed, the sintered R-T-B based rare-earth magnet has no layer including the rare-earth element R at a high concentration in that surface region. The sintered R-T-B based rare-earth magnet has a portion in which coercivity decreases gradually from its surface region toward its core portion. The difference in the amount of TRE between a portion of the sintered R-T-B based rare-earth magnet that reaches a depth of 500 μm as measured from its surface region toward its core portion and the core portion of the sintered R-T-B based rare-earth magnet is 0.1 through 1.0.
US09837191B2	Method of connecting an additive communication cable to an electrical harness Embodiments are directed to a method for manufacturing a product comprising: establishing, by a computing device comprising a processor, at least one parameter of a particular instance of a component to be used in the product, adapting, by the computing device, a baseline model of the component based on the at least one parameter to accommodate use of the particular instance of the component, growing a structure based on the adapted model to accommodate the particular instance of the component using an additive manufacturing technique, coupling the structure to the particular instance of the component, growing an electrical harness by using additive printing to establish an electrical cable, and assembling the product by coupling the electrical harness to the particular instance of the component.
US09837185B2	Mounting systems for power, communication and fiber optic cables An assembly includes: a foundation structure; first and second cables having a flattened profile; and a mounting member engaging the first and second cables such that the first and second cables are arranged in stacked relationship and are mounted to the foundation structure.
US09837182B2	Compositions comprising free-standing two-dimensional nanocrystals The present invention is directed to methods of transferring urea from an aqueous solution comprising urea to a MXene composition, the method comprising contacting the aqueous solution comprising urea with the MXene composition for a time sufficient to form an intercalated MXene composition comprising urea.
US09837180B2	Carbon nano-material pellets and a method for preparing the pellets from powder of carbon nano-material Disclosed are a carbon nanomaterial pellet and a method for preparing same. More particularly, it relates to a carbon nanomaterial pellet having a specific size and a high apparent density prepared by a simple process using only a rotary tablet press without mixing a carbon nanomaterial powder with a solvent or an additive, which is capable of solving the powder dust problem occurring when preparing a polymer composite from a carbon nanomaterial in the form of powder, thus improving physical properties and remarkably reducing cost of packaging and transportation, and a method for preparing the carbon nanomaterial pellet from a carbon nanomaterial powder.
US09837179B2	Electrically conductive thin films An electrically conductive thin film including: a material including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having a layered crystal structure, MemAa Chemical Formula 1 wherein Me is Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, A is S, Se, Te, or a combination thereof, and m and a each are independently a number selected so that the compound of Chemical Formula 1 is neutral; and a dopant disposed in the compound of Chemical Formula 1, wherein the dopant is a metal dopant that is different from Me and has an oxidation state which is greater than an oxidation state of Me, a non-metal dopant having a greater number of valence electrons than a number of valence electrons of A in Chemical Formula 1, or a combination thereof, and wherein the compound of Chemical Formula 1 includes a chemical bond which includes a valence electron of an s orbital of Me.
US09837174B2	Metal nuclear-fuel pin including a shell having threads or fibers made of silicon carbide (SiC) A nuclear-fuel pin including a linear element made of a metal nuclear-fuel material consisting of uranium and/or plutonium, and cladding including Fe and Cr or an alloy including at least both of said elements, comprises a main shell provided around the linear nuclear-fuel element, said shell including threads or fibers made of SiC. A method for producing a nuclear-fuel pin is also provided.
US09837171B2	Built-in self-test circuit and semiconductor device including the same A built-in self-test circuit includes a command storage unit that stores commands inputted from an external device, an input/output control unit that controls the command storage unit to sequentially store the commands and sequentially output stored commands as internal commands in a test operation, and a command decoder unit that decodes the internal commands outputted from the command storage unit and outputs a test command.
US09837165B2	Data storage device and method of driving the same A data storage device includes a semiconductor structure including a first conductive-type region having a first-type conductivity, a second conductive-type region spaced apart from the first conductive-type region and having a second-type conductivity opposite to the first-type conductivity, and a semiconductor region between the first conductive-type region and the second conductive-type region and including a neighboring portion adjacent to the second conductive-type region; a mode select transistor including a gate electrode aligned with the neighboring portion and an insulation layer between the gate electrode and the neighboring portion; a plurality of memory cell transistors including a plurality of control gate electrodes aligned with the semiconductor region, and a data storage layer interposed between the plurality of control gate electrodes and the semiconductor region; a first wire electrically connected to the first conductive-type region; and a second wire including an ambipolar contact having a first contact between the second wire and the second conductive-type region, and a second contact between the second wire and the neighboring portion.
US09837164B2	Nonvolatile memory device, storage device having the same, and operation and read methods thereof A method is for operating a nonvolatile memory device, the nonvolatile memory device including at least one string connected to a bit line, the at least one string including a plurality of memory cells connected in series, each of the plurality of memory cells being connected to a respective word line among a plurality of word lines and stacked in a direction perpendicular to a substrate. The method includes applying a word line voltage needed for an operation to a first word line among the word lines, applying a recovery voltage higher than a ground voltage to the first word line after the operation, and then floating the first word line.
US09837162B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor device that can rapidly stabilize a control voltage for controlling an electric current source is provided.A semiconductor device includes a filter circuit that is provided between a control voltage generation circuit and an electric current source and removes noise of the control voltage. The filter circuit includes a first resistive element that is provided between the control voltage generation circuit and an output node that outputs the control voltage, a first capacitive element that is provided between the output node and a first voltage, a second capacitive element that is coupled between the output node and the first voltage via a first switch element. The second capacitive element is coupled between the first voltage and a second voltage when the first switch element is non-conductive. The second capacitive element is coupled with the first capacitive element through the output node when the first switch element is conductive.
US09837157B2	Semiconductor device and healthcare system Provided is a semiconductor device capable of reducing its area, operating at a high speed, or reducing its power consumption. A circuit 50 is used as a memory circuit with a function of performing an arithmetic operation. One of a circuit 80 and a circuit 90 has a region overlapping with at least part of the other of the circuit 80 and the circuit 90. Accordingly, the circuit 50 can perform the arithmetic operation that is essentially performed in the circuit 60; thus, a burden of the arithmetic operation on the circuit 60 can be reduced. Moreover, the number of times of data transmission and reception between the circuits 50 and 60 can be reduced. Furthermore, the circuit 50 functioning as a memory circuit can have a function of performing an arithmetic operation while the increase in the area of the circuit 50 is suppressed.
US09837152B2	Independent sense amplifier addressing and quota sharing in non-volatile memory Independent sense amplifier addressing provides separate column addresses to individual sense amplifier groups within a single bay during one column address cycle. A memory system determines whether the individual memory cells or bits of a column at a bay can be skipped. For each sense amplifier group having at least one memory cell (or bit) that needs to be programmed, the system determines for the first column address whether the memory cell can be skipped. If a bit or memory cell having a first column address from the sense amplifier group can be skipped, the system determines a next bit having a column address from the group that needs to be programmed. The system groups the next column address for programming during the first column address cycle. The system can program a different column address for different sense amplifier groups within the bay during a single column address cycle.
US09837141B2	Read assist circuitry for a memory device A memory device is provided which comprises an array of bitcells and a plurality of wordlines. Each bitcell of the array of bitcells is selectively coupled to a wordline of the plurality of wordlines and access to a selected bitcell of the array of bitcells requires an asserted voltage on a selected wordline with which the selected bitcell is associated. Read assist circuitry is provided, which is configured, when read access to the selected bitcell is carried out, to implement a reduction in the asserted voltage on the selected wordline, and wherein the read assist circuitry is configured to implement the reduction in the asserted voltage by selective connection of the selected wordline to a further wordline of the plurality of wordlines.
US09837122B2	Customizing DVR functionality Techniques described herein automatically identify, in a multimedia content, an advertiser from which an advertisement in the multimedia content originates and/or a brand to which the advertisement pertains. The system determines whether the identified advertiser and/or identified brand is specified in a not to be displayed list and if so, performs at least one of: presents alternative content during the time interval that the advertisement occupies in the multimedia content or skips over the advertisement in the multimedia content.
US09837118B1	Determining thermal gradient of heat-assisted magnetic recording hotspot based on timing errors Data is written to a magnetic recording medium of a drive using a read/write head. The read/write head has an energy source that applies a hotspot to the magnetic recording medium while recording. During the writing, a steady-state current applied to the energy source is changed by a step value. A timing error induced by the change in the steady-state current is measured based on reading back the data. A thermal gradient of the hotspot is determined based on the step value and the timing error.
US09837117B2	Track-dependent decoding In one embodiment, a method includes reading, using a plurality of read sensors of a magnetic head in a read channel of a tape drive, encoded data from a plurality of tracks of a magnetic tape medium simultaneously. Also, the method includes monitoring statistics for the read channel, the statistics monitored for the read channel including exponentially averaged mean squared error (MSE) or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each simultaneously read track. Moreover, the method includes performing track-dependent erasure decoding on the encoded data based on detection of one or more time-varying signal quality issues associated with at least one of the plurality of tracks read simultaneously from the magnetic tape medium. The one or more time-varying signal quality issues are determined based on side information about reliability of detected bytes within C1 codewords of each simultaneously-read track.
US09837114B1	Disk device and method for manufacturing disk device A method for manufacturing a disk device includes the steps of measuring a first gain of a control signal of a fine motion actuator while positioning a head to a first radial position of a disk medium using a coarse motion actuator but not the fine motion actuator, based on an auxiliary servo pattern recorded on the disk medium, measuring a second gain of a control signal of the fine motion actuator while positioning the head to a second radial position of the disk medium using the coarse motion actuator but not the fine motion actuator, based on the auxiliary servo pattern recorded on the disk medium, and determining gain correction values which are to be applied to a control signal for the fine motion actuator while performing servo pattern writing on the disk medium, based on the first and second gains.
US09837112B2	Optical reflectors for use with a near-field transducer An apparatus is includes a near field transducer positioned adjacent a media-facing surface and at the end of a waveguide having at least one core layer and a cladding layer. The apparatus also includes at least one optical reflector positioned adjacent opposing cross-track edges of the near field transducer and/or adjacent a down-track side of the near-field transducer.
US09837111B1	Direct current magnetoresistive jog offset compensation Systems and methods for compensating for magnetoresistive (MR) jog offset direct current (DC) drift in a disc drive are described. In one embodiment, a method may include determining an occurrence of NOS, for example, by monitoring disc slip, to determine when the method should proceed. An MR jog offset DC drift amount is determined for each head of the disc drive. One of several approaches may be employed for determining the MR jog offset DC drift amount. By determining an MR jog offset DC drift amount for each head, a compensation profile is determined for the drive. The determined compensation profile may then be used during operation of the disc drive to compensate for the DC drift. One of several approaches may be employed for compensating based on the compensation profile.
US09837107B2	Tape head with electrically conducting surface to reduce triboelectric charging A tape head including a body exhibiting a tape-bearing area is provided. The body comprises at least one transducer that is a read element or a write element, configured in the tape head so as for the tape head to read from or write to a magnetic tape, in operation. The tape-bearing area is essentially covered by an electrically conducting layer of material. This way, the exposed surface of the electrically conducting layer essentially forms the tape-bearing surface of the tape head, which surface contacts the magnetic tape, in operation. A tape head apparatus for recording or reproducing multi-track tapes including the tape head is also provided.
US09837104B1	Tape head having sensors proximate to an edge An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge. A sensor is located in a thin film region of the module. The sensor has a free layer. A distance from the first edge to the free layer is less than a distance from the second edge to the free layer. A method according to another embodiment includes detecting a distance between a free layer of a sensor and an edge closest thereto. The free layer is positioned between an upper shield and the edge. A wrap angle is selected based on the detected distance for inducing tenting of a magnetic recording tape in a region above the free layer when the magnetic recording tape moves over the module.
US09837103B1	Polycrystalline dielectric coating for cobalt iron alloy thin films In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic transducer having a CoFe layer and an at least partially polycrystalline alumina-containing coating on a media facing side of the CoFe layer. A graded layer comprising Co, Fe, Al and oxygen is positioned between the alumina-containing coating and the CoFe layer, wherein a ratio of Co to Al in the graded layer decreases from the CoFe layer toward the alumina-containing coating. In another general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic transducer having a CoFe layer and an at least partially polycrystalline alumina-containing coating on a media facing side of the CoFe layer. CoFe-oxide crystallites are present at an interface region of the CoFe layer and the alumina-containing coating and the CoFe layer. Fabrication methods are also presented.
US09837094B2	Signal re-use during bandwidth transition period A method includes determining an error condition during a bandwidth transition period of an encoded audio signal. The error condition corresponds to a second frame of the encoded audio signal, where the second frame sequentially follows a first frame in the encoded audio signal. The method also includes generating audio data corresponding to a first frequency band of the second frame based on audio data corresponding to the first frequency band of the first frame. The method further includes re-using a signal corresponding to a second frequency band of the first frame to synthesize audio data corresponding to the second frequency band of the second frame.
US09837081B2	Discovering capabilities of third-party voice-enabled resources Techniques are described for discovering capabilities of voice-enabled resources. A voice-controlled digital personal assistant can respond to user requests to list available voice-enabled resources that are capable of performing a specific task using voice input. The voice-controlled digital personal assistant can also respond to user requests to list the tasks that a particular voice-enabled resource can perform using voice input. The voice-controlled digital personal assistant can also support a practice mode in which users practice voice commands for performing tasks supported by voice-enabled resources.
US09837063B1	Pickup coil sensors and methods for adjusting frequency response characteristics of pickup coil sensors Coils for receiving or transmitting electromagnetic signals comprising a plurality of concurrently wound and fully or partially interpenetrating windings for which the resonance frequency can be varied over a broad range. The presently described embodiments provide for electromagnetic pickups for stringed musical instruments; however, it is appreciated that other embodiments providing for a wide variety of devices comprising pickup coil sensors are apparent. It is also apparent that a wide variety of devices are possible in which coils with concurrently wound and interpenetrating windings will serve as transmitting coils.
US09837058B2	Flexible shaker percussion instrument A percussion instrument configured as a shaker that is struck or shaken to produce a rattle or shaking sound. The shaker is a flexible, multi-chambered idiophone that can be struck or shaken at any angle or shaped into any number of configurations in order to generate a wide variety of sound characteristics. Furthermore, the flexibility of the shaker enables the instrument to be secured to a multi-purpose mounting bracket, which can then be attached to commonly available stands and arms that are used to support and arrange drums and cymbals.
US09837047B2	Flat panel display having dynamic adjustment mechanism and image display method thereof A flat panel display includes a four-color conversion unit, a backlight control unit, a backlight module, and a pixel array. The four-color conversion unit provides a first set of four color image signals corresponding to three color image input signals based on a preliminary conversion lookup table and provides corresponding conversion scaling factors. The backlight control unit generates a backlight adjusting factor based on the conversion scaling factors. The backlight module provides a backlight output having an intensity adjusted according to the backlight adjusting factor. The four-color conversion unit further provides a second set of four color image signals corresponding to the three color image input signals based on the backlight adjusting factor. The pixel array displays an image according to the second set of four color image signals and the backlight output.
US09837034B2	Display device including control wire A display device may include the following elements: a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction; a gate driver configured for applying gate signals to the gate lines; a data driver configured for applying data voltages to the data lines; a plurality of pixels electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines; and a control wire set that traverses overlaps an area of a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, electrically interconnects the gate driver and the data driver, and is configured to transmit a control signal from the data driver to the gate driver.
US09837032B2	Method of driving display panel and display apparatus for performing the same A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel in response to a first control signal and outputting a data voltage to a data line of the display panel in response to a second control signal using a plurality of data output blocks having driving timings different from one another. A single driving chip includes the plurality of data output blocks.
US09837018B2	Display device compensating variation of power supply voltage A display panel includes input power supply line coupled to a power supply at one or more edge portions of the display panel, and an output power supply line coupled to the input power supply line at a predetermined portion of the display panel. The input power supply line receives the power supply voltage, and the output power supply line receives the power supply voltage from the input power supply line. The power supply is coupled to the output power supply line at the one or more edge portions of the display panel, and receives the power supply voltage from the output power supply line to adjust a voltage level of the power supply voltage based on the power supply voltage from the output power supply line. The predetermined portion is at a location different from an edge of the display panel.
US09837002B2	Universal column display system A display apparatus is provided that has multiple contiguously arranged adjustable mounting brackets that each has a proximal base portion and a distal attachment portion. There are a corresponding number of contiguously arranged display frames that are attached to the distal attachment portions of the adjustable mounting brackets. The display frames are designed to accommodate removable displays. The adjustable mounting brackets can be extended and retracted so that the display apparatus can attach to different sized mounting areas.
US09837001B2	Signage overlay article A signage overlay article includes a polymeric substrate having a thickness in a range from 75 to 1000 micrometers, an optically active sign sheeting fixed to the polymeric substrate, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the polymeric substrate. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness in a range from 350 to 3000 micrometers.
US09836996B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for providing remote assistance for visually-impaired users Techniques and systems are provided for assisting a user through a guidance mode activity. Such a user may be visually or otherwise impaired, or a user requiring help for other reasons. In some embodiments, a client device, held or worn by the user, may comprise a video capture device and several sensors, and may send video data and sensor data to a server. The server may comprise a processor and artificial intelligence. The server may send the video data and sensor data to an agent device. The agent device may provide content for display on an agent interface. An agent may view the agent interface, and assist the user in real time through audio instructions or other feedback.
US09836991B2	Virtual flight deck A method is present for presenting a flight deck. A model of the flight deck is identified having a number of locations for a number of displays. Aircraft data is obtained. A number of panels is generated from the aircraft data. A display of the flight deck is generated containing the number of panels in the number of locations to form a presentation of the flight deck.
US09836982B1	Enhancing learning A system, computer implemented method, and program product comprising presenting a user with training about business processes via an interactive environment, having the user perform the training by interacting with the interactive environment, providing the user with a sales lead, having the user try to sell a product to the customer, integrating the result of the sale into the interactive environment; and revising the interactive environment based on the success or failure of the sale.
US09836972B2	Aid for inductive battery charging of a motor vehicle A method for assisting with the positioning of a motor vehicle for inductive charging of a battery of the motor vehicle comprises reading a number plate associated with the motor vehicle using the number plate information to produce a location on the vehicle of a vehicle inductive coupling point (VICP) with reference to at least one reference point on the motor vehicle, comparing a predicted current position of the VICP to a fixed inductive coupling point (ICP) located in or on a road surface upon which the motor vehicle is to be positioned, and providing feedback to one of the driver and the motor vehicle indicative of the required action required to produce alignment of the VICP with the ICP. The method may further comprise energizing the ICP to charge the battery of the motor vehicle when the VICP is predicted to be aligned with the ICP.
US09836969B2	System and method for connecting traffic intersections A system and method are provided for connecting intersections, to enable two-way wireless communication between a cloud-based traffic operations service and new and existing traffic cabinet hardware using “connected intersection” technology. By providing hardware in existing (or new) traffic control cabinets that can communicate wirelessly with a cloud-based traffic operations system, customers can enhance and upgrade legacy traffic networks using existing IT infrastructure (i.e. servers, hard drives, etc.) or existing communication networks. The connected intersection technology further provides software functionalities including real-time alerts, connectivity between existing cabinets and central systems, and signal timing-plan management for customers that lack an existing central system.
US09836968B2	Method and apparatus to warn of a vehicle moving in the wrong direction of travel A method to warn of a vehicle moving in the wrong direction of travel, wherein in a provision step, a third-party warning message is provided for other road users when at least one wrong-way-driver signal signals wrong-way travel of the wrongly moving vehicle sensed using a wrong-way-driver sensing method, and in an output step, a self-warning message is output for a driver of the vehicle moving in the wrong direction of travel when the wrong-way-driver signal signals the sensed wrong-way travel and at least one further wrong-way-driver signal signals the wrong-way travel of the wrongly moving vehicle sensed using a further wrong-way-driver sensing method, the further wrong-way-driver sensing method differing from the wrong-way-driver sensing method.
US09836967B2	Method and traffic monitoring device for detecting a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle A method is described for detecting a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle on a unidirectional roadway, using a traffic monitoring device. A motor vehicle is recognized by the traffic monitoring device, a moving direction of the motor vehicle is determined based on data of the traffic monitoring device, and a wrong-way driving incident is detected when a moving direction is against a direction of traffic of the unidirectional roadway. A traffic monitoring device for detecting a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle on a unidirectional roadway is provided, which includes a recognizing arrangement to recognize a motor vehicle, a determining arrangement to determine a moving direction of the motor vehicle based on data of the traffic monitoring device, and a detecting arrangement to detect a wrong-way driving incident when a moving direction is against a direction of traffic of the unidirectional roadway.
US09836966B2	Accelerometer integrated with display device A driver assist system incorporated in a display device is disclosed. The system comprises an accelerometer and a controller in communication with the accelerometer. The controller is configured to receive at least one acceleration signal from the accelerometer and calculate a direction of rotation of the display device. The direction of rotation is utilized by the controller to calculate a drive side of the vehicle.
US09836964B2	Vehicle identification system and vehicle identification device A vehicle identification system includes a communication device receiving other vehicle information related to other vehicle around a host vehicle, a detection device detecting other vehicle around the host vehicle, and a vehicle identification device identifying a vehicle transmitting the other vehicle information on the basis of the other vehicle information received by the communication device and the detection device, wherein the vehicle identification device is switching between a capturing mode capturing the transmitting vehicle on the basis of the other vehicle information received by the communication device and the detection device, and a tracking mode identifying the transmitting vehicle on the basis of a positional relation between the host vehicle and the transmitting vehicle at the time of the capturing mode, and motion information related to the transmitting vehicle based on the other vehicle information received by the communication device, after the capturing mode.
US09836955B2	Trainable transceiver for communication to a fixed or mobile receiver A trainable transceiver for controlling a device includes an antenna array, at least one location sensor or connection to a location sensor, and a control circuit. The antenna array includes at least two antennas and is configured to direct a transmission. The control circuit is coupled to the antenna array and the at least one location sensor. The control circuit is configured to control the antenna array to direct the transmission along an antenna heading corresponding to a communication path between the trainable transceiver and the device, and wherein the control circuit is configured to determine the communication path based on (A) a location of the trainable transceiver determined by the control circuit based on information from the at least one location sensor and (B) a location of the device determined by the control circuit.
US09836949B2	Generating recommended maintenance steps for industrial machines based on historical interaction data with a mobile application A Worker Machine Interaction Intelligence System (WMIIS) can receive performance data describing performance of a first industrial machine, determine, based on the performance data, that at least a first alert condition for the first industrial machine has been triggered, and identify a first designated user to notify about the first alert condition having been triggered by the first industrial machine. The WMIIS can identify a set of recommended maintenance steps to be performed by the first designated user in response to the first alert condition being triggered and transmit, to a client device of the first designated user: an alert message notifying the first designated user that the first alert condition has been triggered by the first industrial machine, and the first set of recommended maintenance steps.
US09836948B2	Devices, systems and methods for locating and interacting with medicament delivery systems In some embodiments, a method includes establishing a communications link between a computing device and an adapter. The adapter is configured to receive at least a portion of a medicament delivery device. A wireless signal is received to maintain the communications link. A relative position between the computing device and the adapter is determined. An alarm is produced when the wireless signal is not received within a time period. The alarm is based on the relative position between the computing device and the adapter.
US09836934B2	Security tag for inventory and anti-theft alarm system The disclosed technology relates to a security tag. The security tag can include a tamper assembly having a clutch assembly capable of affixing the security tag to a merchandise item and a locking device for inserting into the clutch mechanism. An insertion of the locking device into the clutch mechanism causes a transmission of a closed signal indicating a closed status for the security tag, and a displacement of the locking device causes a transmission of an open signal indicating an open status for the security tag.
US09836929B2	Mobile devices and methods employing haptics A variety of haptic improvements useful in mobile devices are detailed. In one, a smartphone captures image data from a physical object, and discerns an object identifier from the imagery (e.g., using watermark, barcode, or fingerprint techniques). This identifier is sent to a remote data structure, which returns data defining a distinct haptic signature associated with that object. This smartphone then renders this haptic signal to the user. (Related embodiments identify the object using other means, such as location, or NFC chip.) In another arrangement, haptic feedback signals social network information about a product or place (e.g., the user's social network friends “Like” a particular brand of beverage). In yet another arrangement, the experience of watching a movie on a television screen is augmented by tactile effects issued by a tablet computer on the viewer's lap. In still another arrangement, commercial vendors bid for rights to employ different ones of a library of haptic signals on one or more users' smartphones, e.g., to alert such user(s) to their products/services. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09836926B1	Controller doorbell circuit and methods of converting a standard doorbell circuit to a controller doorbell circuit A controller doorbell circuit includes a first terminal of a button wired to a first terminal of a transformer, a second terminal of the transformer wired to an input transformer terminal of a controller wired to a battery power source and coupled in signal communication to a mobile device, a transformer terminal of a signaling device wired to an output transformer terminal of the controller, and a second terminal of the button and an alarm terminal of the signaling device wired to an alarm terminal of the controller. The controller opens disabling the controller doorbell circuit disabling the signaling device from sounding an alarm when the button is pressed, in response to a first signal from the mobile device. The controller closes enabling the controller doorbell circuit enabling the signaling device to sound the alarm when the button is pressed, in response to a second signal from the mobile device.
US09836913B2	Games and gaming machines having wheel features Gaming machines and games are configured with one or more wheel events or features. The wheel events or features may comprise main games or bonus games, or may comprise entertaining representations of outcomes of other games or events. The wheel events comprise the selection of one or more segments of a wheel having associated awards. Wheel events may have various entertaining configurations, including use of multiple wheels, concentric wheels and the like.
US09836905B2	System for causing garage door opener to open garage door and method A system and a method for causing a garage door to open using a garage door opener having a wireless receiver is provided. The system comprises an interface coupled to an environment sensor and configured to receive data from the environment sensor. The system can include processing electronics coupled to the interface and configured to receive the data from the interface and to use the received data to determine whether an environmental condition exists. The processing electronics provide a command to cause the garage door opener to open the garage door based on the determination of whether the environmental condition exists.
US09836887B2	Image processing apparatus and method to control display of a virtual object Aspects of the present invention include an apparatus comprising a recognition unit configured to recognize real object in an image. The apparatus may further comprise a determining unit configured to determine a stability indicator indicating a stability of the recognition, and a display control unit configured to modify a display of a virtual object according to the stability indicator.
US09836881B2	Heat maps for 3D maps A geospatially accurate 3D model of a building or collection of buildings is used to communicate any type of geo-specific information by way of uniquely recognizable visual or non-visual highlighting such as color or texture coded building visualizations on rooftops or other objects within the 3D model.
US09836880B2	Patch net model and construction method thereof The present invention relates to the technical field of image processing, and in particular, to a patch net model for image representation and a construction method of the patch net model. The patch net model for image representation is of a forest-shaped structure consisting of a plurality of composite nodes and basic nodes, each composite node is a non-leaf node, and each basic node is a leaf node; the basic node includes a certain patch region of an image and a representative patch representing an apparent feature of the patch region; the composite node includes a certain patch region of the image and can be further decomposed into basic nodes and/or composite nodes; an edge exists between two nodes, which are located on the same layer of the forest-shaped structure and are spatially connected, and a relation matrix used for expressing the spatial relative position of the two nodes is arranged on the edge.
US09836879B2	Mesh skinning technique A computer-implemented method for computing skinning weights. The method includes traversing one or more paths from a first voxel included in a voxelization associated with a three-dimensional model to a second voxel included in the voxelization. The first voxel intersects a first influence included in the three-dimensional model. The second voxel intersects a target vertex associated with the three-dimensional model. The voxelization includes a set of interior voxels. The first voxel and the second voxel are included in the set of interior voxels. The method also includes identifying a first path included in the one or more paths that is associated with a first distance value related to the second voxel that indicates that the first path represents the shortest distance between the first voxel and the second voxel. The method further includes assigning a skinning weight to the target vertex based on the first distance value.
US09836876B1	Rendering images using ray tracing with multiple light sources Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for rendering an image of a scene affected by multiple light sources. In one aspect, a method includes subdividing the scene into cells; sampling light source—point pairs; for each pair, determining a contribution value of the light source to the point; for each cell and each light source: determining a maximum contribution value of the contribution values for the light source to the color of the points that are in the cell, and determining, based on the maximum contribution value, a significance value that is a measure of an estimated importance of the light source in rendering a portion of the image corresponding to the cell; and rendering the image of the scene by sampling light sources having a higher significance value more often than light sources having a lower significance value.
US09836869B2	Graphics-processing method of a graphics-processing unit and graphics-processing apparatus A graphics-processing method and a graphics-processing apparatus are provided. The graphics-processing method includes the steps of computing a vertex position of a vertex in a binning phase to obtain a first position data; generating a first signal according to a first condition, wherein when the first signal corresponds to a first value, the first position data is stored into a memory unit, and when the first signal corresponds to a second value, the vertex position of the vertex in a rendering phase is computed to obtain a second position data; computing a vertex varying of the vertex in the binning phase or the rendering phase; and rendering in the rendering phase according to either the first position data or the second position data.
US09836855B2	Determining a depth map from images of a scene A technique determines a depth measurement associated with a scene captured by an image capture device. The technique receives at least first and second images of the scene, in which the first image is captured using at least one different camera parameter than that of the second image. At least first and second image patches are selected from the first and second images, respectively, the selected patches corresponding to a common part of the scene. The selected image patches are used to determine which of the selected image patches provides a more focused representation of the common part. At least one value is calculated based on a combination of data in the first and second image patches, the combination being dependent on the more focused image patch. The depth measurement of the common part of the scene is determined from the at least one calculated value.
US09836842B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes: a base period extracting unit extracting a first target region period based on a first periodic change being a periodic change of a target region in a base moving image acquired by a base moving image acquiring unit; a reference period extracting unit extracting a second target region period based on a second periodic change being a periodic change of the target region in a reference moving image acquired by a reference moving image acquiring unit; a period adjusting unit performing period adjusting processing of synchronizing, for the first target region period or the second target region period, the first periodic change and the second periodic change with each other at a particular phase; and a display image generating unit generating a display image allowing for comparison between the base moving image and the reference moving image after the period adjusting processing is performed.
US09836823B2	Method and device for enhancing edge of image and digital camera A method and a device for enhancing an edge of an image are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first gradient value of a pixel; determining whether the pixel is at a rough edge according to the first gradient value; if yes, obtaining a first edge enhancement value of the pixel and obtaining a first edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the first edge enhancement value; if no, obtaining a second gradient value of the pixel; determining whether the pixel is at a tiny edge according to the second gradient value; if yes, obtaining a second edge enhancement value of the pixel and obtaining a second edge enhancement result of the pixel according to the second edge enhancement value; if no, obtaining the pixel value of the pixel as the edge enhancement result of the pixel; and repeating above steps until each pixel of the image is processed.
US09836818B2	Method and device for color interpolation A device and a method for processing image information from an image sensor by means of a mosaic filter having a two-dimensionally periodically repeating two-dimensional filter basis consisting of a plurality of different color components. A two-dimensional local environment having a predetermined number of pixels is constructed from temporarily stored color image data filtered by the mosaic filter, and a low-pass filtering (FC) occurs, wherein a separate low-pass filter mask depending on the current phase position of the local environment with respect to the periodic filter basis is applied to the local environment for each of the color components. Furthermore, all color image data of the local environment are filtered by means of a high-pass filter (FH) having a predetermined filter mask, and the obtained high-pass-filtered color image data are added to corresponding low-pass-filtered color image data.
US09836809B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive pixel hashing for graphics processors An apparatus and method for adaptive pixel hashing. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: determining X and Y coordinates for a pixel block to be processed; performing a first lookup in a first data structure to identify a second data structure; performing a second lookup in the second data structure using the X and Y coordinates for the pixel block to identify a third data structure; performing a third lookup in a third data structure indexed based on the X and Y coordinates of the pixel block, the third lookup identifying an entry in the third data structure corresponding to the X and Y coordinates of the pixel block; reading information from the entry identifying an execution cluster to process the pixel block; and processing the pixel block by the execution cluster.
US09836808B2	Apparatus and method for verifying image data comprising mapped texture image data The present application relates to an apparatus for verifying the integrity of image data comprising mapped texture data is provided and a method of operating thereof. A fragment shader unit is coupled to first and second frame buffers and at least one texture buffer. A first texture sampler unit is configured to output texture mapped fragments to the first frame buffer. A second texture sampler unit is configured to output texture mapped fragments to the second frame buffer. A comparator unit is further configured to compare the image data stored in the first frame buffer and in the second frame buffer. A fault indication signal is issued in case the image data of the first and the second frame buffers mismatch.
US09836799B2	Service provision program A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including: generating a modified image by executing modification processing on an image of a mark affixed to a product; and providing the generated modified image as a determination-use image employable in determination as to whether or not the product affixed with the mark is included in a captured image.
US09836796B2	System and method for comprehensive sales and service event processing and reporting Example systems and methods provide comprehensive sales and service data processing and reporting. Sales and service events that take place at a front end branch of an enterprise may be input into a front end system and transmitted to a backend system where various modules then use the front end system data to generate various data and reports to determine sales incentive metrics and key performance indicators.
US09836792B2	System and method for asset accumulation and risk management The system and method of the present invention removes barriers that undermine efficient risk-management. The invention prioritizes consumers by predicting their unmet demand for risk protection. Once deemed eligible, consumers are enrolled and funds are allocated to the payment of a premium for income insurance, contribution to a financial vehicle such as a savings or investment product, and payment of a premium for savings loss insurance. Active participants are eligible for income protection in case of job loss, systematic savings and ownership of public equities, principal protection and incentives based on utilization. The system and method of the present invention is calibrated on an ongoing basis to the behaviors of target consumers.
US09836790B2	Cryptocurrency transformation system A system comprises a memory operable to store a customer account, a first float account, and a second float account. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor may receive an electronic request for a currency exchange and determine exchange rates for exchanging a first currency for a second currency. The processor may also determine an optimal exchange rate. In response to determining the optimal exchange rate, the processor may determine a first amount of the first currency and associate the first amount with the customer account. The processor may also transfer the first amount of the first currency into the first float account and determine a second amount of the second currency. The processor is further able to associate the second amount with the second float account and transfer the second amount of the second currency to the customer.
US09836783B2	Method and system for content selection, delivery and payment Aspects of a method and system for content selection, delivery and payment may comprise a management entity that coordinates operation of one or more endpoint devices. The one or more endpoint devices may be operable to select one or more parameters associated with a particular content type from the management entity. The particular content type may specify a type of media content that is handled by the one or more endpoint devices. The one or more endpoint devices may be operable to receive configuration information from the management entity based on the selected one or more parameters associated with the particular content type. The one or more endpoint devices may be configured utilizing the received configuration information. The one or more endpoint devices may be operable to pay for the received configuration information.
US09836780B2	Method and system for consumer transactions using voice or human based gesture actions A method of initiating a consumer transaction using a human interaction device to read voice or human based gesture actions is disclosed. Video data is transmitted from a processing device to a display device. The video is monitoring for event data corresponding to a plurality of consumer products or services, and monitored event data is received in the processing device. A consumer is notified on the display device of an eligible consumer transaction. Voice or human based gesture actions are read with a human interaction device and are analyzed. If the voice or human based gesture actions conform to a predetermined set of requirements, then a consumer transaction for the plurality of consumer products or services is initiated.
US09836777B1	Recursive method and system for accessing classification information A web based method and system that allows the users such as buyers and sellers to locate, purchase, and sell goods, items and services through instant notification. A method and system can include the steps of requesting at least one of an unlisted product, unlisted item and unlisted service from the online web based system. Next the online web based system can provide for matching the at least one of the unlisted product, unlisted item and the unlisted service when the at least one of the unlisted product, unlisted item and the unlisted service is listed with the online web based system. Next the method and system can provide for notifying by generating an instant notification from the online web based system to a portable wireless device, when at least one of the unlisted product, the unlisted item and the unlisted service, has been matched with the at least one of the unlisted product, unlisted item and the unlisted service on the online web based system. The user can use a portable wireless device such as a laptop computer, a PDA (personal digital assistant) device, a cell phone, and a pager. The instant notification can be generated to the portable wireless device through at least one of an e-mail, a text message a voice message, an image message and a page.
US09836774B2	Comparative shopping tool The claimed subject matter relates to a computer-implemented architecture that can provide a non-invasive comparative shopping tool, such as a browser plug-in. For example, the plug-in can determine whether a web user is currently visiting a purchase page, thus indicating that the web user is likely to be interested in purchasing items online. Upon making this determination, the plug-in can display a non-invasive listing (that can be quickly and conveniently dismissed) of comparable items at favorable prices (or with favorable features, etc.) that are available for purchase at other web sites. In addition, the plug-in can communicate with a data store, e.g., by way of the web, in order to help make various determination as well as to receive the listing of comparable items.
US09836773B2	Evaluation and selection of quotes of a commerce network Embodiments for methods, systems and apparatuses of a commerce network for completing a commercial transaction are disclosed. One computer-method includes receiving, by one or more commerce network servers, a buyer-initiated demand for fulfillment of the commercial transaction, identifying suppliers to satisfy the buyer-initiated demand based on buyer policies and supplier characteristics, requesting quotes from the identified suppliers, receiving quotes from the identified suppliers, evaluating and selecting, by the one or more commerce network servers, one or more of the received quotes, wherein evaluating and selecting the one or more of the received quote comprises applying evaluating criteria to the received quotes, wherein the evaluation criteria includes applying a weighted combination of a plurality of evaluating factors, and facilitating presentation of the one or more selected quotes to the buyer.
US09836765B2	System and method for context-aware recommendation through user activity change detection Example systems and methods for context-aware recommendation generation are described. In one implementation, item models are built using user preference data of multiple users and item information of multiple items. When a recommendation request corresponding to a user is received, the profile of that user is retrieved from the user profile database. Given the profile of the user and the item models, utility scores are then computed for the candidate items. Our system exploits a novel approach to detect any sudden and significant changes in the preference data of the given user. If a change is detected, the utility scores are adapted to prioritize the user's most recent preferences. The computed utility scores are used as the basis for ranking the items. A subset of items with highest scores is then selected as recommendations and is presented to the user.
US09836757B2	Data visualization method and data visualization device A data visualization method and a data visualization device. The data visualization method includes the following steps: capturing a clickstream that includes a plurality of click data; generating a similarity value for each of the plurality of click data by comparing a first sequential segment of each of the plurality of click data with a segment pattern; capturing the click data having the maximum similarity among the plurality of click data and capturing a second sequence segment of each of the click data having the maximum similarity; visualizing the second sequential segments in a 2D space to present the visualized sequence data of each of the second sequence segments, and setting a position of the click data, having the maximum similarity, in the visualized sequence data to be at a datum point in a first dimension of the 2D space.
US09836752B2	System and method for providing scalability in an advertising delivery system A method comprises providing a first set of geographically distributed pods for storing account information on a first set of advertisements associated with web properties associated with a first set of geographically distributed users; enabling the first set of users to update the account information on the first set of pods, each user being associated with at least one advertisement and a particular pod that is not the most distant pod from the user; recognizing that the first set of pods cannot satisfy a user demand threshold; coupling an additional pod for storing additional account information on a second set of advertisements for a second set of users; enabling the second set of users to update the additional account information, the additional pod being not the most distant pod from the second set of users; receiving a content request; and identifying a particular advertisement based on the content request.
US09836748B2	Method and system for generating a global representation of a product definition A method or system that receives a product definition that includes a feature family having data defining one or more product features. The product definition including one or more corresponding rules defining one or more relationships between one or more product features. The method or system receiving input selecting one or more feature families of interest. The method or system identifying the one or more rules that provide a relationship connecting the one or more feature families to the selected feature families of interest. The method or system converting the identified rules to one or more positive logic rule groups. The method or system generating one or more global representations of the product definition by interacting the one or more positive logic rule groups to produce a result that defines the relationship between the interacted positive logic rule groups and storing the results that are determined as being valid.
US09836747B2	System and method for shopping goods, virtualizing a personalized storefront A shopper-tailored virtual model of a physical storefront where items are located in a configuration specific to customer preferences, and a single virtual model corresponds to a different shopper, with said product arrangement continuously improving with the shopper's history of purchases, is achieved through an intuitive user interface of a mobile computing devise. The user experience is designed to invite shoppers to browse through the storefront planograms with a fast paced passing motion, intuitive picking and throwing of products within the basket, buy full recipes and added search features, it allows for speedy yet large purchases. The system's social capabilities enables shoppers to create, suggest and share recipes with specific ingredients available in the retailer stores, with the added value of having said recipes delivered to the shopper's desired location.
US09836741B2	Authenticating users to ATMs and other secure machines for cardless transactions Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for using quick response (QR) codes for authenticating users to ATMs and other secure machines for cardless transactions are disclosed. Embodiments of the present disclosure read an image displayed on a display of an external device using a mobile device associated with a user authorized to access a secure resource, decode transaction information encoded in the image, transmit the transaction information and an identifier of the mobile device from the mobile device to an authentication system, and grant access to the secure resource if the transaction information and the identifier satisfy an authentication test performed at the authentication system.
US09836737B2	Method and system for distribution of advertisements to mobile devices prompted by aural sound stimulus A method for distributing context-based data using an acoustic receiving device and a high frequency analog acoustic signal is disclosed. The acoustic receiving device a high frequency analog acoustic signal. A high frequency analog acoustic signal is of a frequency of at least 21,000 Hz and contains encoded data. The high frequency analog acoustic signal is converted to a digital acoustic signal and then analyzed to obtain the encoded data. The data is decoded to obtain information, and the information is then displayed on the acoustic receiving device.
US09836736B1	Augmented reality numberless transaction card A method implemented on an augmented reality (AR) electronic device includes receiving a request to activate a transaction card account on a transaction card. The transaction card account is activated on the transaction card. A virtual representation of account information corresponding to the transaction card account is displayed on the AR electronic device. The exterior of the transaction card is free of account identifying information.
US09836715B2	Arranging for shipment of a package without generating a shipping label Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for arranging for shipping a package without the customer needing to generate or apply a shipping label, or any other information, to the package. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a carrier server and a carrier device. The carrier server may receive and store a smart code and shipping information associated with the package, which it may link together. The carrier device may capture the smart code from the package and send a request, including the smart code, to the carrier server for related shipping information. The carrier server may receive the request from the carrier device, retrieve the shipping information based on the smart code, and send the shipping information to the carrier device. The carrier device may receive the shipping information and generate a shipping label for the package based on the shipping information.
US09836706B2	Digitizing venue maps A system and methods provide for the automatic and computer-assisted generation of vectorized venue maps for event venues, including the outline, location, and label of each section in the venue, each row within each section, and in some cases, each individual seats in each row.
US09836703B2	Systems and methods for assessing team dynamics and effectiveness Techniques for monitoring neurophysiologic indicators of the members of a team while performing one or more collaborative tasks, for analyzing the collected neurophysiologic data and environmental data, for generating feedback, and for generating assessments of the performance of the team based on the collected data are provided. Feedback can be created based on the assessments of the team performance. Assessments of team performance can be performed in real time and feedback can also be provided in real time. In other embodiments, feedback can be provided to team members and/or the team as a whole after training exercise and/or simulation has been completed.
US09836702B2	Digital rights management (DRM)-enabled policy management for an identity provider in a federated environment A method operative at an identity provider enforces a digital rights management (DRM) scheme associated with a piece of content. The identity provider is an entity that participates in a “federation” with one or more other entities including, for example, an service provider (e.g., a content provider), a DRM privileges provider, and a DRM policy provider. In one embodiment, the method begins by having the identity provider obtain and evaluate against a DRM policy a set of DRM privileges associated with the end user requesting access to the piece of content. Based on the evaluation, the identity provider generates a single sign on (SSO) message that includes a reference to the set of DRM privileges. The message is then forward to the service provider entity, which provides the end user a response.
US09836700B2	Value of information with streaming evidence based on a prediction of a future belief at a future time The subject disclosure is directed towards processing evidence, which may include high-dimensional streaming evidence, into a future belief state. The existing evidence is used to project a belief about a future state. The future belief state may be used to determine whether to wait for additional evidence, or to act now without waiting for additional evidence, e.g., based on a cost of the delay. For example, an autonomous assistant may decide based upon the belief whether to engage a person or not, or to wait for more information before the engagement decision is made.
US09836692B1	Implementing neural networks in fixed point arithmetic computing systems Methods, systems, and computer storage media for implementing neural networks in fixed point arithmetic computing systems. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a request to process a neural network using a processing system that performs neural network computations using fixed point arithmetic; for each node of each layer of the neural network, determining a respective scaling value for the node from the respective set of floating point weight values for the node; and converting each floating point weight value of the node into a corresponding fixed point weight value using the respective scaling value for the node to generate a set of fixed point weight values for the node; and providing the sets of fixed point floating point weight values for the nodes to the processing system for use in processing inputs using the neural network.
US09836689B2	Shield element for mounting on an object A shield element for mounting on an object, in particular a flat object, such as a chip card. The object has a base body, an RFID or NFC transponder, a transponder chip and a coil-shaped transmission antenna connected to the RFID or NFC transponder chip. The shield element has a carrier made of non-conductive material. The carrier has a closed or closable conducting path which, upon mounting the shield element on the object, shields the object from the electromagnetic fields generated by an external reading device and directed at the transmission antenna of the RFID or NFC transponder chip.
US09836678B2	System and method for quality management utilizing barcode indicators A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of bar coded quality indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, a barcode indicator reader operative to read the barcoded quality indicators and to provide output indications, the barcoded quality indicators being readable by the barcode indicator reader at all times after first becoming readable, including times prior to, during and immediately following exceedance of the at least one threshold by the at least one product quality affecting parameter, and a product type responsive indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product quality status outputs.
US09836674B2	Control device forming a plurality of latent images based on one input image by using a light source including a plurality of light emitting members, and control method, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium thereof A control device includes an image-formation command section and a first reception section. The image-formation command section commands an image forming section to form multiple latent images based on one input image onto an image bearing member in accordance with different light emission patterns by using a light source including multiple light emitting members, develop the latent images, and output the multiple developed images to a medium. The first reception section receives a designation by a user with respect to one of the multiple light emission patterns after the multiple images are output. Each light emission pattern indicates which of the multiple light emitting members included in the light source is to emit light.
US09836672B2	System and method for generating a map from activity data A method for generating a graph includes receiving GPS data points for a plurality of GPS tracks. Thereafter, points of greater curvature in the GPS tracks are identified. The method further includes determining a plurality of nodes for the graph based on the identified points of greater curvature in the GPS tracks. Additionally, the method includes determining a plurality of connections between the nodes, the plurality of nodes and the plurality of connections defining the graph.
US09836671B2	Discovery of semantic similarities between images and text Disclosed herein are technologies directed to discovering semantic similarities between images and text, which can include performing image search using a textual query, performing text search using an image as a query, and/or generating captions for images using a caption generator. A semantic similarity framework can include a caption generator and can be based on a deep multimodal similar model. The deep multimodal similarity model can receive sentences and determine the relevancy of the sentences based on similarity of text vectors generated for one or more sentences to an image vector generated for an image. The text vectors and the image vector can be mapped in a semantic space, and their relevance can be determined based at least in part on the mapping. The sentence associated with the text vector determined to be the most relevant can be output as a caption for the image.
US09836668B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium There is provided an image processing device including a spatial frequency characteristic adjusting unit configured to perform an adjustment on at least one of first image data corresponding to a first image and second image data corresponding to a second image to match a spatial frequency characteristic of the first image data with a spatial frequency characteristic of the second image data, the second image having an overlapping area that overlaps with an overlapping area of the first image, and an image processing unit configured to perform a process using the first image data and the second image data, on at least one of which the adjustment has been performed in the spatial frequency characteristic adjusting unit.
US09836661B2	System and method for collision avoidance A method implemented using at least one processor includes receiving a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of image sensors disposed on a vehicle configured to engage an aircraft for ground operations. The method further includes determining at least one parameter about a potential obstacle based on the plurality of images and a machine vision algorithm. The method also includes generating an alert signal based on the at least one parameter, useful for avoiding collision of the aircraft.
US09836637B2	Finger print state integration with non-application processor functions for power savings in an electronic device A system includes a fingerprint sensor, an application processor, and an auxiliary processor. The application processor is operable to arm the fingerprint sensor prior to the application processor entering a low power or sleep mode. The auxiliary processor is to receive a state output from the fingerprint sensor. The state output is to cause activation of one or more functions of the auxiliary processor upon fingerprint authentication while leaving the application processor in the low power or sleep mode.
US09836635B2	Systems and methods for tracking optical codes Computerized methods and systems for locating barcodes applied to objects are provided. A method can receive a first image of a first barcode fragment applied to a first object captured at a first time and identify a first position of the first barcode fragment. The method can also receive a second image of a second barcode fragment captured at a second time and identify a second position of the second barcode fragment. The method can also predict a range of possible positions of the first barcode fragment at the second time based on a tracking model that tracks the first barcode fragment based on the first position, and determine that the first barcode fragment and the second barcode fragment correspond to the same barcode, if the second position is within the range of possible positions of the first barcode fragment at the second time.
US09836622B2	Privacy utility trade off tool Method(s) and system(s) for providing an optimal trade off point between privacy of a private data and utility of a utility application thereof are described. The method includes quantifying privacy content of a private data associated with a user based on uniqueness of information in the private data, where the private content comprises sensitive information about the user. The method further includes determining a privacy-utility trade off point model based on analytical analysis of the privacy content, a privacy requirement of the user, and a utility requirement of third party to which the private data is disclosed, where the privacy-utility trade off point model is indicative of optimal private data sharing technique with the third party. Furthermore, the method also includes identifying privacy settings for the user based on risk appetite of the third party, utilizing the determined privacy-utility tradeoff point model.
US09836620B2	Computing system for privacy-aware sharing management and method of operation thereof A computing system includes a control unit configured to determine a usage context including a capability of a device, a usage time and a device location associated with the device, and a user context of one or more users with access to the device; analyze a privacy risk level of a resource based on a resource content included in the resource, a metadata concerning the resource, a collective input regarding the resource, and the usage context; and generate one or more options for sharing the resource with the device based on the privacy risk level and the usage context.
US09836616B2	Creating distinct user spaces through user identifiers A method of, and a processing system for, creating distinct user spaces. In a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users, a first application used by the user can be assigned a user identifier (UID) unique to the user and the first application. The first UID can be associated with user data exclusively associated with the user and the first application to create a multi-user platform.
US09836612B2	Protecting data Protecting data is disclosed, including: analyzing, using one or more processors, a set of scripting resource source data to determine a plurality of semantic units; determining a tree-structured source data based at least in part on mapping values of the plurality of semantic units to respective ones of a plurality of semantic structures; selecting an obfuscation strategy to apply to the tree-structured source data, wherein the selected obfuscation strategy includes one or more obfuscation techniques; determining an obfuscated tree-structured source data based at least in part by applying the selected obfuscation strategy to the tree-structured source data; and converting the obfuscated tree-structured source data into a set of obfuscated scripting resource source data.
US09836605B2	System for detecting unauthorized code in a software application Disclosed is a computerized system for detecting unauthorized code in a software application. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a software analysis module stored in the memory. The system for is typically configured for: executing a software application in a development environment and in a production environment; monitoring execution of the software application in the development environment and in the production environment; comparing the execution of the software application in the development environment and the execution of the software application in the production environment; identifying a discrepancy between the execution of the software application in the development environment and the execution of the software application in the production environment; and, based on identifying the discrepancy, transmitting an alert to a user computing device. Unauthorized code associated with the discrepancy may then be removed from the software application.
US09836593B2	Systems and methods for a credential including multiple access privileges A credential for use in an access control system may include a first sector including first data of a first database type, and a second sector including second data of a second database type. The credential may further include a third sector including third data related to the second data. The first database type and the second database type may he different types.
US09836590B2	Enhanced accuracy of user presence status determination Technologies are described herein for enhancing a user presence status determination. Visual data may be received from a depth camera configured to be arranged within a three-dimensional space. A current user presence status of a user in the three-dimensional space may be determined based on the visual data. A previous user presence status of the user may be transformed to the current user presence status, responsive to determining the current user presence status of the user.
US09836579B1	Hybrid query system for electronic medical records An electronic medical record employs a hybrid search engine which can perform structured queries for comprehensive search results and text searches for rapid identification of relevant information. A standard structured database of medical data is rendered accessible to text searches by generating pseudo-documents from the database that can then be subjected to standard information retrieval pre-processing.
US09836577B2	Methods and devices for assessing risk of female infertility The invention generally relates to methods and devices for assessing risk of female infertility. In certain aspects, methods of the invention involve obtaining a sample, conducting an assay on at least one infertility-associated biomarker, and assessing risk to the patient of developing early-onset decrease in fertility based upon results of the assay.
US09836570B1	Semiconductor layout generation Semiconductor layout generation includes: calculating, for a design rule constraint, a slack value for a subset of elements of a proposed semiconductor layout; generating a plurality of alternative layouts, where each of the alternative layouts includes a variation of interdependent characteristics of the subset of elements and a slack value for the subset of elements of each of the alternative layouts is less than the calculated slack value of subset of elements of the proposed layout; and calculating, by the layout design module for each of the alternative layouts, a risk value indicating the alternative layout's risk of fabrication failure.
US09836569B2	Leakage reduction using stress-enhancing filler cells Aspects of the disclosed technology relate to techniques of inserting stress-enhancing filler cells for leakage reduction. Stress analysis is first performed to identify devices with large leakage current in a layout design. An optimization zone in a row of cells that contains one or more of the devices with large leakage current is then determined. Stress-enhancing filler cells are inserted into the optimization zone to replace some or all of the one or more filler cells while placement of the cells in the optimization zone is adjusted based on a leakage reduction analysis.
US09836568B1	Programmable integrated circuit design flow using timing-driven pipeline analysis Improving timing of a circuit design may include determining, using a processor, critical feed-forward paths of the circuit design, determining, using the processor, a sequential loop having a largest loop delay within the circuit design, and iteratively cutting, using the processor, the critical feed-forward paths and feed-forward paths parallel to the cut critical feed-forward paths until a stopping condition is met. The stopping condition may be determined according to the largest loop delay. The circuit design may be modified by inserting a register at each cut feed-forward path.
US09836564B1	Efficient extraction of the worst sample in Monte Carlo simulation A system, method, and computer program product for reducing the number of Monte Carlo simulation samples required to determine if a design meets design specifications. The worst sample for each specification acts as a design corner to substitute for a full design verification. Embodiments determine the maximum number of samples needed, perform an initial performance modeling using an initial set of samples, and estimate the failure probability of each of the remaining samples based on the performance model. Embodiments then simulate remaining samples with a computer-operated Monte Carlo circuit simulation tool in decreasing design specification model accuracy order, wherein the sample predicted most likely to fail each specification is simulated first. Re-use of simulation results progressively improves models. Probability based stop criteria end the simulation early when the worst samples have been confidently found. A potential ten-fold reduction in overall specification verification time may result.
US09836562B2	Iteratively simulating electrostatic discharges for a reduced netlist A method for modeling electrostatic discharges. The method may include obtaining a circuit netlist for an integrated circuit. The circuit netlist may describe connection information for various electronic components within the integrated circuit. The method may further include obtaining, by removing a portion of the electronic components from the circuit netlist, a reduced netlist. The method may further include determining, using the reduced netlist, various circuit parameters regarding an electrostatic discharge event for the integrated circuit. The method may further include simulating, using the circuit parameters, a discharge path within the integrated circuit for the electrostatic discharge event.
US09836559B2	Simulation apparatus, simulation method, and simulation program A simulation apparatus includes a processor that executes a simulation of a control program executed on a controller. The controller controls motion of a machine that handles an object. The processor includes: a motion control device that controls motion of a virtual machine based on a motion command to move the virtual machine in a virtual space, with the virtual machine corresponding to the machine; a determination device that determines whether a volume of a region, where a work space in which the virtual machine works overlaps with the virtual object, is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, the virtual object being handled by the virtual machine and corresponding to the object; and a follow-up device that makes the virtual object follow the motion of the virtual machine based on the motion command when the volume is equal to or greater than the reference value.
US09836554B2	Method and system for providing query suggestions including entities Methods, systems and programming for providing query suggestions including entities. In one example, a prefix of a query is first received. A plurality of query suggestions are then identified based on the prefix of the query. The plurality of query suggestions include at least one entity. Scores of each of the plurality of query suggestions are computed using a first model. The first model includes an adjustable parameter used for computing the score of the at least one entity. The plurality of question suggestions are ranked based, at least in part, on the scores.
US09836550B2	Search query user interface In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input without requiring farther interaction with a server. In addition to, or in place of, dynamic interface elements such as slide sheets, the browser user interface might also include a rotation display area, tool displays that can overlay a page, opaquely or semi-transparently, menu structures, and an ability for the user to modify a page layout without requiring server interaction. The browser might comprise storage for a plurality of rotation display items for storing a summary and a primary presentation for each rotation display item, logic for displaying, by the browser, primary presentations for less all of the plurality of rotation display items in the rotation display area, logic for displaying, by the browser, summaries for items wherein the number of summaries is greater than the number of primary presentations presented at one time, logic for highlighting, among the summaries displayed, the ones of the summaries that correspond to the primary presentations displayed in the rotation display area; and logic for rotating the plurality of rotation display items to display primary presentations for a different subsets of the rotation display items and for updating highlighting of summaries to correspond to the different subsets of rotation display items.
US09836546B2	Method and apparatus for collecting and disseminating information over a computer network The apparatus comprises at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user, at least one links module for the first user and for the second user, at least one manipulations module and at least one display device for respectively displaying at least said linked digital information wherein said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said second user when that information is manipulated, and wherein said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said first user when that information is manipulated.
US09836545B2	Systems and methods for personalized generalized content recommendations Users receive content recommendations from a personalized, generalized recommendation service that aggregates and selects content of high personal relevance to each individual user from a large pool of both personal and public content. The received content is filtered and the content determined to be relevant is cached. When a user request for content is received, the cached content is rescored and the content determined to be most relevant based on satisfaction of a relevance threshold is selected and forwarded to the user. Feedback methodologies are also implemented so that a user's actions are taken into consideration in real time and can affect subsequent recommendations to the user.
US09836537B2	Search engine for a video recorder The present invention is directed to a search engine for video recorder. One embodiment of the present invention operates in a environment that includes one or more set-top boxes connected to or integrated within one or more output devices. The set-top boxes are used to transfer shows from a broadcast input source to one or more types of storage devices and to play back the shows from the storage devices to the output devices, either in a delayed-live fashion or at a later time of the user's choosing. The set-top box displays a graphical user interface (GUI), which gives the user the ability to watch and/or record timeslot based programming, to order and programming, and to playback previously recorded shows that reside on a local or remote storage device. A search engine is added to toe GUI that lets the search for shows and receive results in an enhanced manner.
US09836532B2	Foreign organization name matching Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for foreign organization name matching. Aspects include receiving a first entity name from a first database configured in a first language and receiving a second database, wherein the second database includes a plurality of entity names in a second language, wherein the first and second languages are different. Aspects also include performing an Internet search based on the first entity name, wherein a language setting of the Internet search is configured to the second language and identifying a list of candidate names based on a set of results from the Internet search. Another aspect includes filtering the list to obtain a resulting candidate name and determining whether the resulting candidate name matches one of the entity names in the second database. Aspects include associating the first entity name and a matching entity name in the second database based on the determination.
US09836529B2	Semantic text search A system for performing semantic search receives an electronic text corpus and separates the text corpus into a plurality of sentences. The system parses and converts each sentence into a sentence tree. The system receives a search query and matches the search query with one or more of the sentence trees.
US09836520B2	System and method for automatically validating classified data objects A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for enhancing a classification system to include an automatic classification validation system. The automatic classification validation system takes the classification results and automatically validates them for correctness. More specifically, the automatic classification validation system analyzes the data objects in the categories and, if any outliers are identified, then determines a context of the data object from a plurality of records contained within a certain category to determine the context. The classification validation system then uses the context of the data object to validate the classification.
US09836511B2	Computer-generated sentiment-based knowledge base A computer-automated method and system of providing a searchable knowledge base with decision-relevant attributes (including some subjective or sentiment-based attributes) for a plurality of individual items within a choice set are described. First, information (including texts) relevant to the plurality of individual items in the choice set is harvested from Internet sources. Next, normalized representations of statements are extracted from excerpts of the harvested texts that pertain to attributes of interest for the choice set, and corresponding scores for the attributes are derived from each of the normalized representations. The scores derived from the various harvested sources are aggregated for each attribute of each item. Finally, the knowledge base of the plurality of individual topics is generated.
US09836510B2	Identity confidence scoring system and method Identity data for an applicant opening a bank account is provided to an ID confidence scoring system. The scoring system accesses a multi-source data management system, using queries that include a base component, a link component and a function component. Data records maintained by the multi-source data management system include header data having identity data elements, with the header data analyzed pursuant to the queries. Queries may also be provided to an entity resolution system having data records organized in data networks, each data network corresponding to a single entity. Query results are used to develop an ID confidence score for applicant identity data.
US09836509B2	Generic query templates for complex event processing and data stream systems Systems and methods provide for queries with an arbitrary number of input streams to be created from a generic query template, during runtime, based on, for example, configuration parameters provided by the system or a user. The generic query templates include a generic query template string, query template segments, and an orchestration mechanism for automatic query template generation. The systems and methods of the present invention provide for the substitution of concrete input streams, counters (e.g., stream indices) and query template segments (which can include further placeholders) into the generic query templates. Further, the input placeholders of the generic query template provide for any part of the query template to be substituted with arbitrary logic. Also, the orchestration process is query language independent and can be applied (and extended) for any query language.
US09836508B2	External linking based on hierarchical level weightings Certain implementations of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for external linking based on hierarchal level weightings. The method may include associating external query data having one or more query field values with a record in a linked hierarchical database. The linked hierarchical database may include a plurality of records, each record having a record identifier and representing an entity in a hierarchy, each record associated with a hierarchy level, each record including one or more fields, each field configured to contain a field value. The associating may include receiving the external query data, wherein the external query data includes one or more search values; and identifying, from the plurality of records in the linked hierarchical database, one or more matched fields having field values that at least partially match the one or more search values.
US09836506B2	Dynamic query optimization with pilot runs In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes selecting one or more sub-expressions of a query during compile time. One or more pilot runs are performed by one or more computer processors. The one or more pilot runs include a pilot run associated with each of one or more of the selected sub-expressions, and each pilot run includes at least partial execution of the associated selected sub-expression. The pilot runs are performed during execution time. Statistics are collected on the one or more pilot runs during performance of the one or more pilot runs. The query is optimized based at least in part on the statistics collected during the one or more pilot runs, where the optimization includes basing cardinality and cost estimates on the statistics collected during the pilot runs.
US09836492B1	Variable sized partitioning for distributed hash tables A distributed hash table (“DHT”) is created with partitions that have different sizes. A hash function allocates data to the partitions in the DHT at approximately equal rates. When the data stored on a partition approaches the storage capacity of the partition, the partition is split by adding a new partition to the DHT that has a size that is different than the sizes of the other partitions in the DHT. A portion of the data stored on the split partition is then reallocated to the new partition. A portion of a keyspace previously assigned to the split partition is also allocated to the new partition. Once the keyspace is reallocated, the hash function can allocate data to the new partition in the DHT.
US09836489B2	Process and apparatus for selecting an item from a database A database for selecting database items, where the database items are indexed by a list of item identifiers. The item identifiers may be in the form of text. An initial display is generated which includes one or more parts of the item identifiers. Selection of the one or more parts may be made and results in the generation of a display of a further one or more parts for selection. The further one or more parts may be selected in order to add to the selected one or more parts to build a larger part or whole of an item identifier. Selection from a large list of item identifiers may be carried out in a relatively short time period.
US09836477B2	Event media file discovery A computer implemented method and computer program product provides for announcing file availability. A source device receives a uniform resource locator (URL). The source device reports the URL, the URL corresponding to an event and to a network addressable server.
US09836476B2	Synchronizing configuration of partner objects across distributed storage systems using transformations A configuration for a component of a primary node is synchronized with a configuration for a component of a partner node in a different cluster by replicating the primary node configuration with the partner node. A baseline configuration replication comprises a snapshot of a component configuration on the primary. The baseline configuration can be generated by traversing through the configuration objects, capturing their attributes and encapsulating them in a package. The baseline package can then be transferred to the partner node. The configuration objects can be applied on the partner node in the order in which they were captured on the primary node. Attributes of the configuration objects are identified that are to be transformed. Values for the identified attributes are transformed from a name space in the primary node to a name space in the partner node.
US09836466B1	Managing objects using tags Systems and methods are provided for managing objects. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving a query comprising a tag and executing the query. An object identifier is retrieved from a data table, based on the tag. The method further returns a result of the query. The result includes the object identifier that was retrieved from the data table. The method further performing an action related to an object having the retrieved object identifier.
US09836452B2	Discriminating ambiguous expressions to enhance user experience Methods and systems are provided for discriminating ambiguous expressions to enhance user experience. For example, a natural language expression may be received by a speech recognition component. The natural language expression may include at least one of words, terms, and phrases of text. A dialog hypothesis set from the natural language expression may be created by using contextual information. In some cases, the dialog hypothesis set has at least two dialog hypotheses. A plurality of dialog responses may be generated for the dialog hypothesis set. The dialog hypothesis set may be ranked based on an analysis of the plurality of the dialog responses. An action may be performed based on ranking the dialog hypothesis set.
US09836441B2	Platform abstraction of graphics The described technology is directed towards a graphics platform abstraction layer that couples an application program's user interface objects to any of a variety of underlying platforms, including browsers that host the application program or the operating system's UI objects. The graphics platform abstraction layer loads an appropriate implementation for calling objects of the underlying platform, and interfaces the application program to the implementation, whereby the application program may be independent of any underlying platform. The graphics platform abstraction layer also may load code that deals with quirks of a given browser/version and/or other vendor-specific details.
US09836440B2	Semantic stack trace The present disclosure provides methods and systems for instrumenting a “semantic stack trace” (SST), where semantic information and dependency relationships between a plurality of code elements (“elements”) are captured during runtime execution of various front-end declarative languages, and are subsequently extracted for display in a SST-enabled interactive user interface with traversing capability. Embodiments of the present invention enable a framework for traversing and debugging complex code, providing an unprecedented lens into understanding code behavior in mixed imperative and declarative construction languages.
US09836431B2	Secure handle for intra-and inter-processor communications A protocol element referred to as a secure handle is described which provides an efficient and reliable method for application-to-application signaling in multi-process and multi-computer environments. The secure handle includes an absolute memory reference which allows the kernel to more quickly and efficiently associate a network data packet with an application's communication context in the kernel.
US09836425B2	Computer apparatus, datapath switching apparatus and associated method for switching datapaths for transmitting sensing data according to operating system utilized by computer apparatus A computer apparatus, a datapath switching method and an associated method are provided. An operating system utilized by the computer apparatus is detected by an embedded controller, and datapaths for transmitting sensing signals to a platform controller hub are switched according to the operating system utilized by the computer apparatus by the embedded controller.
US09836424B2	General input/output architecture, protocol and related methods to implement flow control An enhanced general input/output communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented.
US09836421B1	Standardized interface for network using an input/output (I/O) adapter device An I/O (Input/Output) adapter device can present itself as a network backend driver with an emulated network backend driver interface to a corresponding network frontend driver executing from an operating system running on a host device independent of a virtualization or non-virtualization environment. For each guest operating system executing from its respective virtual machine running on the host device, para-virtualized (PV) frontend drivers can communicate with corresponding PV backend drivers implemented by the I/O adapter device using a corresponding virtual function by utilizing SR-IOV (single root I/O virtualization) functionality.
US09836420B2	Integrated systems with universal serial Bus 2.0 and embedded universal serial Bus 2 connectivity An integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a mapping circuit configured to determine a state associated with a first universal series bus (USB) communication mode based on one or both of a signal level on a first data line and a signal level on a second data line. The integrated circuit also includes a line state converter circuit configured to generate a line state associated with a second USB communication mode based on the determined state and based on one or both of the signal level on the first data line and the signal level on the second data line.
US09836415B2	Buffer device, method and apparatus for controlling access to internal memory The application discloses a buffer device and a method for controlling data access to an internal memory. The buffer device has a central buffer module coupled to a memory interface to receive a command/address signal via a command/address channel. The central buffer module is configured to detect whether a destination address of the received command/address signal is within a predefined address space, and generate a security read/write signal when the command/address signal is within the predefined address space. The buffer device further has a data buffer module coupled between the memory interface and a memory module to buffer data therebetween. The data buffer module is configured to store reference data, compare the buffered data with the reference data in response to the security read/write signal, and determine whether or not to restrict exchange of the buffered data between the memory module and the memory interface.
US09836400B2	Method, apparatus and system for dynamically controlling an addressing mode for a cache memory In an embodiment, a first portion of a cache memory is associated with a first core. This first cache memory portion is of a distributed cache memory, and may be dynamically controlled to be one of a private cache memory for the first core and a shared cache memory shared by a plurality of cores (including the first core) according to an addressing mode, which itself is dynamically controllable. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09836387B1	System and method for implementing a debugger as a server Systems and methods are provided for debugging applications. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium is configured to store code. A processor operative to execute the code is coupled to the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium. The code includes a debugger configured to: establish a first connection with a first virtual machine, where the first virtual machine is configured to initiate the first connection with the debugger; receive, from the first virtual machine, a first set of data via the first connection established between the debugger and the first virtual machine, where the first set of data includes data associated with a first application running on the first virtual machine, and where the first virtual machine is further configured to transmit the first set of data to the debugger when the first application breaks, and display, on a graphical user interface (GUI), at least a portion of the first set of data.
US09836372B1	Device verification system with firmware universal verification component A device verification system includes a device under test (DUT) including digital logic and a plurality of digital memories coupled to the digital logic; a plurality of hardware Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) modules coupled to the DUT to verify hardware of the DUT; and a plurality of software VIP modules coupled to the DUT to verify firmware of the DUT. A method for verifying the functionality of a device under test includes automatically developing code segments representing a series of firmware test patterns with a software Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) module; transferring code segments representing the series of firmware test patterns into a digital memory of a device under test (DUT) that includes digital logic; and monitoring the functional operation of the DUT as it uses the digital logic to execute the code segments representing the series of firmware test patterns stored in digital memory.
US09836366B2	Third vote consensus in a cluster using shared storage devices A third vote consensus technique enables a first node, i.e., a surviving node, of a two-node cluster to establish a quorum and continue to operate in response to failure of a second node of the cluster. Each node maintains configuration information organized as a cluster database (CDB) which may be changed according to a consensus-based protocol. Changes to the CDB are logged on a third copy file system (TCFS) stored on a local copy of TCFS (L-TCFS). A shared copy of the TCFS (i.e., S-TCFS) may be stored on shared storage devices of one or more storage arrays coupled to the nodes. The local copy of the TCFS (i.e., L-TCFS) represents a quorum vote for each node of the cluster, while the S-TCFS represents an additional “tie-breaker” vote of a consensus-based protocol. The additional vote may be obtained from the shared storage devices by the surviving node as a third vote to establish the quorum and enable the surviving node to cast two of three votes (i.e., a majority of votes) needed to continue operation of the cluster. That is, the majority of votes allows the surviving node to update the CDB with the configuration information changes so as to continue proper operation of the cluster.
US09836362B2	Cyclic commit transaction protocol A machine-implemented method includes automatically determining that a host device is restarting from a disruptive stoppage of operations and that in-process write transactions by the host device to respective pages of non-volatile storage may have been interrupted. The method includes, in response to the determination, automatically scanning the non-volatile storage for all metadata-containing storage pages with respective identifications S(i) and having corresponding metadata relating each respective storage page S(i) to a corresponding data page P(j) and a corresponding version number V(k). The method includes automatically identifying scanned storage pages S(i) that have for their corresponding data page P(j) a most recent version number HV(k) and, in some cases, a secondmost recent version number. The method includes designating for expungement scanned storage pages S(i) that are not both of committed and having the more recent of the most recent and secondmost recent version number for their corresponding data structure page P(j).
US09836361B2	Data replicating system, data replicating method, node device, management device and computer readable medium Each node constituting this data replicating system returns a response to a data operation requesting device upon having written, into a temporary storage device of the node itself, a post-update log of a data record for which an operation requested by a data operation request was executed. Furthermore, when a checkpoint is reached, each node updates a data record storage unit of the node itself on the basis of the post-update log of the data record stored in the temporary storage device of the node itself, writes the post-update log of the data record stored in the temporary storage device of the node itself into an update history storage unit of the node itself, and writes, into a shared storage device shared with other nodes, checkpoint information having information for specifying a latest post-update log written into the update history storage unit.
US09836352B2	Detecting a utilization imbalance between dispersed storage network storage units A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) obtaining utilization information regarding a plurality of storage units of the DSN, where first and second sets of storage units support a first logical storage vault. The method continues with the processing module detecting a utilization imbalance between a first storage unit of the first set of storage units and a second storage unit of the second set of storage units based on the utilization information, where the first and second storage units are not a common storage unit. The method continues with the processing module executing a data storage function regarding the first logical storage vault based on the utilization imbalance.
US09836344B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus configured to record logs includes a log collection unit that collects logs recorded according to executed functions and store an audit log file including the collected logs, a detection unit that detects an error in the collection of logs recorded according to the executed functions, and a control unit that, when the error is detected, compresses the stored audit log file and separately stores the compressed log file while continuing to collect logs.
US09836342B1	Application alerting system and method for a computing infrastructure An application alerting system includes a computing system that executes an application alerting service monitor at least one of multiple computing resources configured in a computing infrastructure to determine whether the one monitored computing resource experiences a failure. When a failure is detected, the service transmits a failure notification to applications associated with the failed monitored computing resource such that the application may perform at least one remedial action according to the received failure notification.
US09836341B2	System and method for bit error rate monitoring In an embodiment, a method of determining whether to trigger an event based on data blocks having status data includes electronically receiving the data blocks over a channel, performing a data integrity check on the data blocks to determine whether a particular data block has a transmission fault, calculating a received error metric based on performing the data integrity check, and disabling an event trigger if the received error metric crosses a first error threshold.
US09836332B2	Software defined SaaS platform A system that transforms non-SaaS (non Software as a Service) applications into tenant-aware SaaS (Software as a Service) applications is disclosed, which analyzes the non SaaS applications to determine which intercepts to external libraries need to be translated into SaaS intercepts that utilize SaaS tenancy services, SaaS operations services, and/or SaaS business services. The system transforms the non-SaaS applications into SaaS applications by providing intercept handlers that call SaaS services on demand when the transformed SaaS application throws a transformed SaaS interrupt.
US09836331B2	Shared resource updating Method and system are provided for updating data at a shared resource in a concurrent user environment. The method includes: a first client application carrying out the steps of: pulling data from a shared resource for update wherein the data includes a timestamp of a last update; requesting a lock on the data only allowing updates from the first client for a set period of time; working on the data whether or not a lock is in place for the first client application. Wherein when a first client application applies to update the data, a check is carried out to compare the timestamp of the data updated by the first client application with the current timestamp of the data, and if these do not match, the update fails.
US09836330B2	Virtual resource management tool for cloud computing service A system and method for allocating software resources. Multiple tasks are received from a network in which each task requires at least one software resource. Each task is analyzed to determine the type of resource(s) required to execute each such task. The availability of the software resource(s) is determined and, if available, allocated to the requesting task. If the software resource(s) is not available, the task is stored in a queue until the software resource(s) becomes available.
US09836326B2	Cache probe request to optimize I/O directed caching A method and system for allocating data streams that includes receiving, at an allocator, a data stream. The data stream includes a memory address and data associated with the memory address. The method also includes examining, by the allocator, the data stream to make a determination that the data stream is a soft allocating data stream, and then sending, from the allocator based on the determination, a plurality of write probes to a plurality of caches, wherein each write probe of the plurality of write probes includes at least part of the memory address. Additionally, the method includes receiving, at the allocator in response to a write probe of the plurality of write probes, a cache line present acknowledgement from a cache of the plurality of caches, and directing, by the allocator in response to the cache line present acknowledgement, the data of the data stream to the cache.
US09836319B2	Information sharing program, information sharing system and information sharing method A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein an information sharing program for causing a computer to execute a process includes storing, in a storage, conversion information including first processing request information for issuing a processing request to a first processing processor that operates on a first physical machine, first operating environment information relating to an operating environment of the first physical machine and corresponding to the first processing request information, and second operating environment information relating to an operating environment of a second physical machine and corresponding to second processing request information for issuing a processing request to a second processing processor that operates on the second physical machine, and when a virtual machine that operates on the first physical machine transfers to the second physical machine, causing the second physical machine to hold the conversion information.
US09836318B2	Safety hypervisor function The disclosure relates to systems and methods for defining a processor safety privilege level for controlling a distributed memory access protection system. More specifically, a safety hypervisor function for accessing a bus in a computer processing system includes a module, such as a Computer Processing Unit (CPU) or a Direct Memory Access (DMY) for accessing a system memory and a memory unit for storing a safety code, such as a Processor Status Word (PSW) or a configuration register (DMA (REG)). The module allocates the safety code to a processing transaction and the safety code is visible upon access of the bus by the module.
US09836308B2	Hardware security module access management in a cloud computing environment Trusted firmware on a host server is used for managing access to a hardware security module (HSM) connected to the host server. The HSM stores confidential information associated with an operating system. As part of access management, the firmware detects a boot device identifier associated with a boot device configured to boot the operating system on the host server. The firmware then receives a second boot device identifier from the HSM. The boot device identifier and the second boot device identifier are then compared by the firmware. Based on the comparison, the firmware determines that the boot device identifier matches with the second boot device identifier. Based on this determination, the firmware grants the operating system access to the HSM.
US09836305B1	Systems and methods for task parallelization Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to obtain at least one script and at least one document, wherein the script includes one or more instructions to be translated for execution in a parallelized computing environment, and wherein the document includes data that is referenced by the script. A syntax tree for the script can be determined. At least one approach for optimizing the syntax tree can be applied. Parallelized code for execution in the parallelized computing environment can be generated. A binary representation of the document can be determined. The parallelized code can be processed based at least in part on the binary representation of the document.
US09836303B2	Single code set applications executing in a multiple platform system Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows an application comprising a single code set under the COBOL Programming Language to execute in multiple platforms on the same multi-platform system (such as a mainframe). In one embodiment, a single code set is pre-compiled to determine specific portions of the code set compatible with the host (or prospective) platform. Once the code set has been pre-compiled to determine compatible portions, those portions may be compiled and executed in the host platform. According to these embodiments, an application may be executed from a single code set that is compatible with multiple platforms, thereby potentially reducing the complexity of developing the application for multiple platforms.
US09836300B2	Method for updating vehicle ECUs using differential update packages A method for upgrading vehicle electronic control units (ECUs) in a vehicle comprises: creating a differential upgrade package (DUP) for each upgrade to a predetermined ECU, said creating comprises: comparing a new image of the digital contents of a predetermined ECU flash memory with a present image of the digital contents of the predetermined ECU flash memory; and producing a set of changes to modify the present image to the new image, said changes comprising a set of instructions. The DUP comprises a set of instructions that are utilized to update the ECU flash memory a block at a time.
US09836299B2	Optimizing software change processes using real-time analysis and rule-based hinting In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method which comprises obtaining a set of software change process parameters characterizing the particular process, based on the obtained set of software change process parameters, selecting hot spot information corresponding to the obtained set of software change process parameters, the hot spot information being based on a statistical analysis of previous software change processes and wherein the hot spot information identifies one or more steps of the multiple steps of the process during which problems have occurred in the previous processes, providing the hot spot information to the host computer system for use in the software change process and obtaining status information relating to the software change process at multiple times during the execution of the software change process, a level of detail of the status information being increased for steps of the process identified in the hot spot information.
US09836297B2	Computer implemented method and system for automatically deploying and versioning scripts in a computing environment Embodiments herein describe computer implemented methods and systems for automatically deploying and versioning scripts in a computing environment. One embodiment includes validating a plurality of scripts associated with an application stored in a repository server by executing the plurality of scripts in a first database, creating at least one patch file comprising at least one of the plurality of scripts upon successful validation of the plurality of scripts associated with the application, and automatically storing the at least one patch file in the repository server, where the at least one of the plurality of scripts are automatically versioned in the repository server. Further embodiments herein enable the plurality of users to track patch files by automatically storing the plurality of scripts with updated comments from the plurality of users. Further, a notification mechanism for alerting the plurality of authorized users about the change to the plurality of scripts is provided.
US09836281B2	Encryption method and system using a random bit string encryption key Methods and systems for encrypting data are disclosed. A circuit uses a white noise generator to capture a random string of bits as an encryption key. The encryption key is generated at a central server and is provided to a subscriber on a physical memory device. The subscriber uses the encryption key to encrypt a source data file. The encrypted data file is sent to the central server, which uses the encryption key to decrypt the encrypted data file and to recover the source data file. The file name for the source data file may be encrypted into the encrypted data file and a new name assigned to the encrypted data file. A random number index may be used to identify the starting point of the encrypted file.
US09836278B2	Floating point computation apparatus and method A method comprises receiving a first N-bit unsigned number and a second N-bit unsigned number, receiving a control signal indicating a m-bit shifting operation and processing the first N-bit unsigned number, the second N-bit unsigned number and the control signal in an add-and-shift apparatus, wherein an addition/subtraction operation and the m-bit shifting operation are performed in parallel in the add-and-shift apparatus.
US09836277B2	In-memory popcount support for real time analytics A Processing-In-Memory (PIM) model in which computations related to the POPCOUNT and logical bitwise operations are implemented within a memory module and not within a host Central Processing Unit (CPU). The in-memory executions thus eliminate the need to shift data from large bit vectors throughout the entire system. By off-loading the processing of these operations to the memory, the redundant data transfers over the memory-CPU interface are greatly reduced, thereby improving system performance and energy efficiency. A controller and a dedicated register in the logic die of the memory module operate to interface with the host and provide in-memory executions of popcounting and logical bitwise operations requested by the host. The PIM model of the present disclosure thus frees up the CPU for other tasks because many real-time analytics tasks can now be executed within a PIM-enabled memory itself. The memory module may be a Three Dimensional Stack (3DS) memory or any other semiconductor memory.
US09836274B2	Digital accessory interface calibration A method of compensating for a round-trip transmission delay in an audio system comprising: a portable communications device; an audio accessory; and a cable, suitable for connecting the portable communications device and the audio accessory, having at least one wire and being detachable from at least one of the portable communications device and the audio accessory. At first times, a first synchronization data pattern is transmitted on the at least one wire from said device to said accessory, wherein said first synchronization data pattern comprises first signal level transitions on the at least one wire, synchronized to a master transmission clock. At second times, a second synchronization data pattern is transmitted on the at least one wire from said accessory to said device, wherein said second synchronization data pattern comprises second signal level transitions at timings that are set based on a delay value stored in said accessory. In the device, timings of said second signal level transitions as received at said device are determined relative to the master transmission clock, and timing delay control data based on said determination is transmitted from the device to the accessory. In the accessory, the timing delay control data is received, and the stored delay value is updated based on the timing delay control data.
US09836265B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information.
US09836263B2	Display control device, display control method, and program Aspects of the present invention include a display control device comprising a determining unit configured to determine an orientation of a real object in a real space image. The device may also comprise a control unit configured to select between first and second orientations of a virtual object based on the real object orientation, one of the first or second virtual object orientations aligning the virtual object with the orientation of the real object, and output an image of the virtual object based on the selected orientation, for display on an associated display device.
US09836249B2	Cluster configuration information replication One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for cluster configuration information replication, managing cluster-wide service agents, and/or for cluster-wide outage detection. In an example of cluster configuration information replication, a replication workflow corresponding to a storage operation implemented for a storage object (e.g., renaming of a volume) of a first cluster may be transferred to a second storage cluster for selectively implementation. In an example of managing cluster-wide service agents, cluster-wide service agents are deployed to nodes of a cluster storage environment, where a master agent actively processes cluster service calls and standby agents passively wait for reassignment as a failover master in the event the master agent fails. In an example of cluster-wide outage detection, a cluster-wide outage may be determined for a cluster storage environment based upon a number of inaccessible nodes satisfying a cluster outage detection metric.
US09836246B2	Storage management device, performance adjustment method, and computer-readable recording medium A guarantee value setting unit stores therein a guarantee value of data send/receive performance with respect to a predetermined volume in a plurality of volumes held by a storage device. A bandwidth management unit calculates an interim target value on the basis of a comparison result between the guarantee value and an actual measurement value of the data send/receive performance with respect to the predetermined volume, allocates, on the basis of the interim target value, a bandwidth that compensates a difference between the guarantee value and the actual measurement value with respect to the predetermined storage area, and determines band distribution with respect to each of the volumes, and instructs the storage device to adjust the bandwidth in accordance with the determined band distribution.
US09836242B2	Methods for dynamic partitioning and apparatuses using the same The invention introduces a method for dynamic partitioning, performed by a processing unit, including at least the following steps. A storage-unit ID (identifier) associated with a storage unit is acquired, where the storage unit is coupled to the processing unit. Parameters corresponding to the storage-unit ID are obtained and the length of a physical super-page is calculated according to the parameters. The length of a data buffer is obtained and the quantity of logical partitions is calculated according to the length of the physical super-page and the length of the data buffer. The quantity of logical partitions is stored in a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).
US09836241B1	Label based guest memory deduplication Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for deduplicating one or more memory pages. A method of deduplicating one or more memory pages includes receiving, by a hypervisor, a label from a guest running on a virtual machine. The label corresponds to a list of guest memory pages including a first guest memory page allocated to the guest. The method also includes scanning, by the hypervisor, a hypervisor memory for a second memory page that is a duplicate of the first guest memory page and corresponds to the same label as the first guest memory page. The method further includes in response to a determination that the second memory page is stored in the hypervisor memory, deduplicating the first and second memory pages.
US09836238B2	Hybrid compression for large history compressors A compression engine and method for optimizing the high compression of a content addressable memory (CAM) and the efficiency of a static random access memory (SRAM) by synchronizing a CAM with a relatively small near history buffer and an SRAM with a larger far history buffer. An input stream is processed in parallel through the near history and far history components and an encoder selects for the compressed output the longest matching strings from matching strings provided by each of the near history and far history components.
US09836229B2	N-way merge technique for updating volume metadata in a storage I/O stack A N-way merge technique efficiently updates metadata in accordance with a N-way merge operation managed by a volume layer of a storage input/output (I/O) stack executing on one or more nodes of a cluster. The metadata is embodied as mappings from logical block addresses (LBAs) of a logical unit (LUN) accessible by a host to durable extent keys, and is organized as a multi-level dense tree. The mappings are organized such that a higher level of the dense tree contains more recent mappings than a next lower level, i.e., the level immediately below. The N-way merge operation is an efficient (i.e., optimized) way of updating the volume metadata mappings of the dense tree by merging the mapping content of all three levels in a single iteration, as opposed to merging the content of the first level with the content of the second level in a first iteration of a two-way merge operation and then merging the results of the first iteration with the content of the third level in a second iteration of the operation.
US09836222B2	Storage apparatus, storage control method, and storage system A control unit calculates the expected number of access operations to each recorded data set, and selects one or more recorded data sets as recorded data sets to be relocated, based on the expected number of access operations. The control unit calculates the expected number of access operations to each recorded data set, based on a calculation period and the number of access operations per unit time. The calculation period differs from one recorded data set to another, depending on the next update timing. If the next update timing is earlier than the next relocation timing, the calculation period is a period from the current relocation timing to the next update timing. On the other hand, if the next update timing is later than the next relocation timing, the calculation period is a period from the current relocation timing to the next relocation timing.
US09836221B1	Configurable high speed FPGA scan mechanism controller Control systems and methods are provided. The systems and methods include a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in which a plurality of functional processing units (FPUs) are formed, and one or memories having a plurality of memory locations. An input signal is received from a sensor and is processed in at least some of the FPUs. The FPUs can be reused one or more times during the processing of a single input signal. The system can also receive a control signal as an additional input. In response to the inputs, an output signal is generated. The output signal can be used to control an actuator. In accordance with further embodiments, the operation of the FPUs can be reconfigured by storing different operating parameter values in memory.
US09836220B2	Data processing system and method of operating the same A method of operating a data processing system includes transmitting process information indicating that a first process is classified as a critical process or a non-critical process to a kernel area, wherein the process information is generated in an application area, and the application area and the kernel area define a host. When the first process is classified as a critical process based on the process information, a first fastpath write signal is provided, using the kernel area, to a memory system to perform a fastpath write operation of first data for performing the first process. When the first process is classified as a non-critical process, a first slowpath write signal is provided to the memory system to perform a slowpath write operation of the first data. The fastpath write operation has a higher write speed than the slowpath write operation.
US09836213B2	Enhanced user interface for pressure sensitive touch screen A device and method provides predictive visual indicators. The method includes displaying a user interface on a pressure sensitive touch screen display device of an electronic device. The user interface includes a plurality of contact areas. The method includes receiving a first touch input data on a first contact area. The first touch input data includes force data. The method also includes determining a second contact area as a function of the first touch input data and the first contact area. The second contact area is indicative of a prediction for a second, subsequent touch input data. The method includes displaying at least one predictive visual indicator that corresponds to the second contact area in response to the prediction.
US09836211B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for selection of views in a three-dimensional map based on gesture inputs An electronic device displays a first map view of a map that includes one or more map objects on a touch-sensitive display. While displaying the first map view, the device detects a first gesture of a first gesture type at a first location on the touch-sensitive display. The first location corresponds to a respective map object. In response to detecting the first gesture at the first location, the device enters a map view selection mode. While in the map view selection mode, the device detects a second gesture of a second gesture type at a second location on the touch-sensitive display. The second location corresponds to a respective location on the map. In response to detecting the second gesture at the second location, the device replaces the first map view with a second map view that includes a view of the respective map object from the respective location.
US09836208B2	Method for displaying information in a motor vehicle with a variable scale and display device In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display such that a graphical object is displayed in which a display content is shown in a specific scale, and one pixel of the display is selected with the aid of an input device, and a line is drawn on the display starting from this pixel. The scale of the display content is altered as a function of the length of the line. A display device for a motor vehicle can implement the method.
US09836204B1	Scrolling control for media players A system for scrolling comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is for: receiving a scrolling command; receiving a trigger to start precise scrolling; providing an indication to display a precise scrolling control; receiving a precise scrolling gesture; and providing an indication to display an output. The processor is for determining the output based at least in part on the scrolling command and the precise scrolling gesture.
US09836198B2	Selection method for selecting content in file A selection method for selecting content includes the steps of: (a) receiving a first touch point triggered, the first touch point sliding to a second touch point along a first moving track, and recording the first moving track; (b) determining whether the first touching object has left the touch screen; (c) while Step (b) is negative, allowing to receive a third touch point triggered by a second touching object, the third touch point sliding to a fourth touch point along a second moving track, and recording the second moving track; (d) determining whether both the first touching object and the second touching object have left the touch screen; and (e) while Step (d) is positive, basing on the first moving track and the second moving track to simultaneously select and label a first and a second contents of the document corresponding to the first and the second moving tracks, respectively.
US09836195B2	Electronic device for facilitating user interactions with graphical objects presented on a display An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display screen and a computing hardware which is operable to execute a software product, wherein executing the software product results in generating and rendering a graphical user interface on the display screen. When rendered, the graphical user interface presents four or more user-selectable graphical objects. Selecting and moving a first graphical object towards a second graphical object is configured to result in exchanging spatial positions of the first and second graphical objects. The exchange of the spatial positions is configured to trigger starting a timer and enabling, during a time set by the timer, selecting and moving at least a third graphical object towards a fourth graphical object. The moving the third graphical object towards the fourth graphical object is configured to result in exchanging spatial positions of the third and fourth graphical objects.
US09836190B2	Method and apparatus for restricting user operations when applied to cards or windows A user interface that displays a number of cards or windows is described where a user can move the cards in a horizontal direction freely. When a card resides in a locked zone, as defined by a user, the card will be able to be manipulated in a vertical direction, while cards that reside in a regular zone will not be able to be moved vertically. In addition, only cards that are in the locked zone can be subjected to a user action such as cutting content from the card, pasting content to the card, enlarging the contents of the card, or shrinking the contents of the card.
US09836178B2	Social web browsing A method of guiding a user's web navigation through the recommendation of online content in the form of a navigation recommendation includes a server and a browser. The browser receives identification associated with a user in a navigation network and transmits the login information to the server. The browser additionally transmits information about the user's browsing activity to the server. The server receives browsing activities from many browsers having associated users and stores information indicating an association between the users and their respective interactions. The server additionally receives social networking information for the users and stores information indicating an association between the user and their respective social connections. Based on an input received from the browser associated with the user in the navigation network, the server determines a navigation recommendation for the user based on the stored information and transmits the navigation recommendation to the browser.
US09836177B2	Providing variable responses in a virtual-assistant environment Virtual assistants intelligently emulate a representative of a service provider by providing variable responses to user queries received via the virtual assistants. These variable responses may take the context of a user's query into account both when identifying an intent of a user's query and when identifying an appropriate response to the user's query.
US09836171B2	Pressure detection and display apparatus and electronic device A pressure detection and display apparatus can provide good visibility even if a person wears polarized sunglasses. The pressure detection and display apparatus includes a piezoelectric sensor having upper electrode, lower electrode, and a piezoelectric layer interposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, a polarization plate disposed under the lower electrode, and a display member disposed under the polarization plate. The piezoelectric layer is made of a retardation plate. The piezoelectric sensor and the polarization plate are arranged such that the absorption axis of the piezoelectric layer defines an angle of 20 degrees to 70 degrees relative to the slow phase axis of the polarization plate.
US09836170B2	Touch screen panel including mesh pattern and manufacturing method thereof A touch screen panel includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area disposed at an external side of the active area, first sensing electrodes disposed in the active area, the first sensing electrodes connected to each other and extending in a first direction, first connection patterns connecting adjacent first sensing electrodes, second sensing electrodes connected to each other and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, second connection patterns connecting adjacent second sensing electrodes, and metal mesh patterns overlapping first portions of the first or second sensing electrodes.
US09836169B2	Touch cell structure of a touch panel and the touch panel using the same Provided is a touch cell structure for a touch panel in which a touch cell is configured into a new pad to gate mode in order to solve a problem of a conventional capacitive-type touch input device. The touch cell structure includes: a conductive pad that forms an electrostatic capacitance with respect to a touch unit when a finger of a human body or the touch unit having an electrical characteristic similar to the finger approaches the conductive pad within a predetermined distance; and a three-terminal type switching device whose gate terminal is connected with the conductive pad and whose output signal is changed in correspondence to a change in electric potential of the gate terminal of the three-terminal type switching device by the electrostatic capacitance between the touch unit and the conductive pad. Since the potential of the gate terminal of the switching device is determined by an electrostatic capacitance formed in the conductive pad, a difference of the output signal output from the switching device becomes large depending on whether a touch input occurs or not.
US09836164B2	Optical digitizer system with position-unique photoluminescent indicia A digitizer system includes a substrate with indicia having photoluminescent features that uniquely define local areas of the substrate. A sensor device, such as a stylus, may sense radiation emitted from the features, and a controller may determine therefrom the location of the stylus relative to the substrate.
US09836153B2	Sensor device and information processing device A sensor device is provided which includes a pressure-sensitive sensor which changes shape in response to pressing of an operation tool and which detects change in capacitance due to the change in shape, and a barrier which covers at least a part of the pressure-sensitive sensor and which prevents change in capacitance of the pressure-sensitive sensor due to capacitive coupling that occurs with approach between the pressure-sensitive sensor and the operation tool.
US09836152B1	Single substrate layer force sensor The single layer compressive substrate force sensor may include electrode patterns formed directly on a first side and second side of the compressive substrate. At least some of the electrode patterns are configured to provide a change in capacitance proportional with a compressive force applied to at least one of the electrode patterns, which compresses the compressive substrate. The single layer compressive substrate force sensor may include a first top electrode and a second top electrode pattern separated by an insulator to void contact between the electrode patterns. In operation, the first top electrode pattern and the second top electrode pattern are configured to provide projective capacitance, and thus provide detection of light touches or hover actions by an object.
US09836151B2	Multi-touch pad controller A highly configurable controller is described that includes a number of different types of control mechanisms that emulate a wide variety of conventional control mechanisms using pressure and location sensitive sensors that generate high-density control information which may be mapped to the controls of a wide variety of devices and software.
US09836142B2	Capacitive rotary encoder A human machine interface includes a capacitive touch screen having a capacitive sensor. The capacitive touch screen displays text characters and/or graphical information. A control device is rotatably coupled to a structure such that the control device is superimposed over the screen. The control device includes at least one electrically conductive element. The control device rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen such that the at least one electrically conductive element follows the rotation of the control device. The capacitive sensor senses a rotational position of the at least one electrically conductive element.
US09836139B2	Method and terminal device for operation control of operation object A method and a terminal device for operation control of an operation object are provided. The method includes getting a first operation direction and a second operation direction of the operation object, determining an operation corresponding to the direction combination relation between the first operation direction and the second operation direction, and performing the operation on the operation object. The solution enables two kinds of operations on the operation object simultaneously and generates an operation effect that two kinds of operations are performed simultaneously.
US09836136B2	Voltage boost circuit for a stylus pen A stylus pen is disclosed that can be used as an input device to a digitizer associated with a computer screen on a computing device, such as a computer, mobile device, tablet, etc. The stylus pen can include a voltage boost circuit that generates a stylus output signal on an antenna output. The voltage boost circuit has a charging portion and a discharging portion. Both portions have transistors that are activated and deactivated through pulsed control signals. However, a pulse duration for each control signal is separately controllable through different RC-based circuits. Additionally, the voltage boost circuit provides power savings by draining the output voltage signal to a positive voltage rail, rather than ground.
US09836133B2	Touch pen A touch pen includes a body and a head fixed on one end of the body and electrically connected with the body. The head includes a supporter and a contact layer. The supporter includes a fixing section and a main section. The contact layer is disposed on an outer surface of the main section. The contact layer includes a graphene layer.
US09836124B2	Techniques for dynamically changing tactile surfaces of a haptic controller to convey interactive system information In one embodiment of the present invention, a haptic engine dynamically configures a haptic controller to provide information regarding the state of an interactive system via sensations of texture. In operation, as the state of the interactive system changes, the haptic engine dynamically updates a haptic state that includes texture characteristics, such as texture patterns, that are designed to reflect the state of the interactive system in an intuitive fashion. The haptic engine then generates signals that configure touch surfaces included in the haptic controller to convey these texture characteristics. Advantageously, providing information regarding the correct state and/or operation of the interactive system based on sensations of texture reduces distractions attributable to many conventional audio and/or visual interactive systems. Notably, in-vehicle infotainment systems that provide dynamically updated texture data increase driving safety compared to conventional in-vehicle infotainment systems that often induce drivers to take their eyes off the road.
US09836122B2	Eye glint imaging in see-through computer display systems Disclosure herein concerns a method that includes illuminating a user's eye with an illumination source in a head-worn display, capturing an image of the user's eye with an eye camera in the head-worn display, wherein the image includes an eye glint produced by light from the illumination source that is reflected from a surface of the user's eye, determining a size of an eye glint in the captured image, and identifying a change in focus distance for the user's eye in correspondence with a change in the size of the eye glint.
US09836120B2	Display device, method of controlling the same, and computer program A display device includes a display unit which is able to take a first position which is a relative position with respect to user's eyes and a second position which is a relative position with respect to the eyes and is different from the first position. The display device further includes a display mode change unit which, when the display unit displaying an image at the first position is moved to the second position, changes the mode of the display continued on the display unit.
US09836119B2	Display dimming in response to user In some embodiments a detector is to detect a body of a user. A controller is to determine an area of focus of the user in response to the detector, and to dim a portion of a display that is not in the area of focus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09836111B2	Apparatus and method for reproducing contents in electronic device An apparatus and a method for outputting contents where an Output Protection Level (OPL) has been set to an extension device in an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a secure processor for decrypting and decoding contents where a right to use the contents has been set using a secure Operating System (OS). When receiving an external output request for contents whose external output is not allowed, the secure processor stops generating of decoded data transmitted to an extension device.
US09836103B2	Wireless personal tracking device An apparatus for tracking, security, badging, and reporting is disclosed, as is a method of use. The apparatus may take the form of a keycard, fob, badge, or other encapsulated electronic device. The incorporation of an electronic compass, accelerometer, and wireless transceiver allows for the more dynamic uses of the apparatus when compared to existing radio frequency identification (RFID) cards. The power is supplied by a thin film micro energy cell (MEC) battery. Additionally, the apparatus has energy harvesting capabilities to recharge the battery. The apparatus interacts with various communication points, including but not limited to, computer terminals, mobile devices, security points, and entryways. This is achieved using a protocol such as Bluetooth Low Energy. The apparatus interacts and communicates with a host system employed on the premises.
US09836100B2	Support frame with integrated phase change material for thermal management The invention is directed to a novel solution to providing heat management and cooling to electronic devices. According to various embodiments, heat produced during the operation of the processing components in the computing device is absorbed by heat management features integrated within a supporting mid-frame. The heat management features include phase changing materials that allow the processing components to be kept at a isothermal state through changes in phase, thereby prolonging the duration of time in which the processing components can operate at high performance levels without the need to throttle the performance.
US09836086B2	Adjustable docking stand with ejector and method of providing and using the same A charging stand including a connector base. The charging stand also can include a docking connector pivotally coupled to the connector base and configured to be removably coupled to an electronic device. The charging stand additionally can include an ejector at least partially surrounding the docking connector and configured to push the electronic device at least partially off the docking connector when the docking connector is rotated in a first direction relative to the connector base. Other embodiments are provided.
US09836072B2	Data processing apparatus of energy management system An apparatus for data processing in an energy management system is provided. The apparatus includes an operation and management unit collecting data obtained by measuring a target, storing a limit information table including at least one limit set determining whether to output an alarm for collected data, and outputting the alarm for the collected data based on the limit information table; and a history management unit storing history information on the operation and management unit.
US09836067B2	Hydraulic arrangement having decoupled operation of two valve devices The invention relates to a hydraulic actuator (1) that can be controlled by a main valve (2) and an auxiliary valve (3). Upstream of the main valve device (2) is a main regulator (7), having a P block (9) and an I block (10). Upstream of the auxiliary valve (3) is an auxiliary regulator (8), having a base block (11) and an I block (12). In a normal mode of operation, the auxiliary valve (3) is deactivated. The main regulator is provided with a main setpoint variable (p) and a corresponding main actual quantity (p) of the hydraulic actuator (1). The main regulator (7) determines a main actuating variable (s) and predefines the main actuating variable (s) in the main valve device (2). In a special mode of operation, the base block (11) of the auxiliary regulator (8) is provided with an auxiliary setpoint variable (a) and a corresponding auxiliary actual quantity (p) of the hydraulic actuator (1). The base block (11) of the auxiliary regulator (8) determines an auxiliary actuating variable (s′) and predefines the auxiliary actuating variable (s′) in the auxiliary valve device (3). The I block (12) of the auxiliary regulator (8) is provided with the main setpoint variable (p) and the main actual quantity (p). The I block (12) of the auxiliary regulator (8) determines an integral component (si′) therefrom. The integral component (si′) is applied to the auxiliary actuating variable (s′). In the special mode of operation, the P block (9) is provided with the main setpoint variable (p) and the main actual quantity (p). In the special mode of operation, the P-block (9) determines the main actuating variable (s) and predefines the main actuating variable (s) in the main valve device (2).
US09836048B1	Wireless voice activated control system for bow mounted electric trolling motor A wireless voice controlled system for a trolling motor assembly which enables fully automatic usage of the trolling motor assembly in different modes of operation, including automatic voice controlled storage/locking of the trolling motor assembly at the boat base, launching the trolling motor assembly from a horizontal/storage position to a vertical position for operation in water, locking the trolling motor assembly in the vertical position, and retrieving the trolling motor back to a horizontal/storage/lock position on the bow mounted base using voice commands entered by a boat operator in a microphone on a wireless command transmitter. The system enables the boat operator to control the steering of the trolling motor and speed of the propeller for the boat propulsion using voice commands transmitted wirelessly from the handheld (or stationary) wireless command transmitter to a receiver embedded in a positioning and operation control unit having a logic and mechanical drive mechanism for transitioning the trolling motor assembly into any desired mode of operation and controlling the operation of the motor.
US09836047B2	Aerial vehicle data communication system A data communication system for unmanned aerial vehicles includes communication links comprising a low-throughput capacity communication link and a high-throughput capacity communication link. The data communication system can also include a base station, to which the unmanned aerial vehicles send aerial data, and from which the unmanned aerial vehicles receive command signals. As the unmanned aerial vehicles perform missions in an open, distant airspace, the unmanned aerial vehicles can gather large volume data such as aerial images or videos. The data communication system allows opportunistic transfer of the gathered aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicles to the base station when a high-throughput communication link is established. The data communication system allows constant communication between the base station and the unmanned aerial vehicles to send and receive low volume, operation-critical data, such as commands or on-going flight path changes, using a low-throughput communication link.
US09836045B2	Manufacturing apparatus control system and manufacturing apparatus control method According to one embodiment, a manufacturing apparatus control system includes a defect rate detector, a significant difference tester and a defect determining unit. The defect rate detector extracts a first apparatus passage history having a first defect rate. The defect rate detector detects a third defect rate by excluding a second apparatus passage history having a second defect rate from the first apparatus passage history. The significant difference tester calculates a significant difference test value. The defect determining unit extracts a third apparatus passage history based on the third defect rate and the significant difference test value.
US09836040B2	Motor control device, motor control system and motor control method A motor control device includes circuitry which reads a command value in synchronization with a control period, reads an output of an encoder connected to a motor, controls an output current to the motor based on the command value and the output of the encoder, and offsets a timing for reading the output of the encoder with respect to a timing for reading the command value.
US09836037B2	Managing power emission to electrical appliances A method, system or computer usable program product for controlling power emission from a socket to a plug including providing a first unit connected to the socket with full power emission disabled and a second unit connected to the plug, each unit with a signal generation capability, establishing a handshake protocol between the first and second units, and responsive to a successful handshake protocol between the first and second units, the first unit enabling full power emission from the socket to the plug.
US09836032B2	Power control device and power control method Control of supplying power to a storage device is performed based on carbon emission strength or a power rate.A battery center 13 that constitutes a storage device 11 performs radio communication with a gateway 4 and is controlled by the gateway 4. The gateway 4 collects a measured value of power consumed by electric appliances in a home and obtains the carbon emission strength in real time. A solar panel 9 is provided and a battery of the storage device 11 is charged with an output of the solar panel. The battery is also charged with direct current power obtained from power from outside. The power is stored in the storage device 11 based on the carbon emission strength by charging control.
US09836031B2	Method of controlling a production process using prediction model output directly linking interacted probe radiation information with morphological process step control parameters A method of controlling a production process including a process step for the morphological modification of a bio-material matrix comprises obtaining digital input data acquired during each of a plurality of production runs of the process, which input data includes information from radiation within a portion of the electromagnetic or acoustic spectrum having interacted with the matrix at one or more locations within the process together with a process control parameter and production event data for the associated production run; generating in a computer a prediction model from a multivariate analysis of the digital input data, which model links the information directly with one or more of process control parameters, production run events and process control settings; and applying in the computer the prediction model to interacted information obtained from a new production run to generate as an output one or more of a process control parameter a process control event and a predicted production run event for the new production run for use in controlling the production process.
US09836021B2	Process cartridge, electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit A process cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum having an axis L1, and a drum flange provided at an end of the photosensitive drum. The process cartridge also includes a coupling member having an axis L2, with the coupling member including (i) a first end portion at least a part of which is positioned within the drum flange, and (ii) a second end portion including (ii-i) a surface recessed in the second end portion and facing away from the first end portion and (ii-ii) at least one projection projecting from a surface adjacent to the recessed surface, and (iii) a connecting portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion.
US09836015B2	Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, developing apparatus, and coupling member An image forming apparatus cartridge comprises a developer roller having an axis L1 and a coupling member having an axis L2. The coupling member includes (i) a first end portion operatively connected to the developer roller, (ii) a second end portion including at least one projection, and (iii) a connecting portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion. The coupling member is movable between (i) a first position in which a tip of the at least one projection is a first distance away from the developer roller as measured in the direction of the axis L1 and (ii) a second position in which the tip of the at least one projection is a second distance away from the developer roller as measured in the direction of the axis L1, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.
US09836012B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus (1) includes image bearing members (31), transfer members (52), and a power supply section (57). The image bearing members (31) each bear one of toner images in different colors from one another. The transfer members (52) are located opposite to the image bearing members (31). The power supply section (57) charges the transfer members (52). Through the above, the toner images on the respective image bearing members (31) are transferred to a moving transfer target (51). The power supply section (57) includes a power supply device (58 or 58a) connected to at least two of the transfer members (52). The transfer members (52) connected to the power supply device (58 or 58a) are each located at a position shifted upstream or downstream of a corresponding one of the image bearing members (31) in a moving direction (X) of the transfer target (51).
US09836011B2	Image forming apparatus including driving lever switching driven unit into transmission state and transmission release state An image forming apparatus includes a driven unit, a coupling mechanism, a driving lever and a locking mechanism. The driven unit is configured to be supported slidably between a storage position and a pull-out position. The driving unit is driven by a driving force from a driving source. The coupling mechanism is configured to be switchable between a transmission state and a transmission release state. The driving lever is slidable between a transmission position and a transmission release position. The locking mechanism is configured to prevent the sliding of the driving lever from the transmission release position toward the transmission position. The sliding of the driving lever from the transmission release position into the transmission state can be permitted by the sliding of the driven unit from the pull-out position into the storage position.
US09836008B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that includes a developing device which performs development with a toner having a metal color which contains a flat metal pigment and a developing device which performs development with a toner having another color other than the metal color which does not contains a flat metal pigment, and forms a toner image on a recording medium; a fixing unit that fixes the toner image formed on the recording medium; and a controller that controls the image forming unit and the fixing unit such that a toner image is formed of the toner having the metal color and fixed on one surface of a film, and controls transport of the film as defined herein.
US09836007B2	Image forming apparatus According to an embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus that forms a color image using a plurality of discolorable coloring materials and a plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials. In a case where insufficiency of at least one coloring material from among the plurality of discolorable coloring materials and the plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials is detected, the image forming apparatus performs color image formation using the plurality of discolorable coloring materials and the plurality of non-discolorable coloring material in combination.
US09835996B2	Sliding member including siloxane having a reactive substituent and holding member having group which can react with the substituent, fixing device including sliding member, image formation apparatus, and method for producing sliding member A sliding member includes siloxane having a reactive substituent, and a holding member having a group which can react with the substituent and bonds to the substituent to hold the siloxane.
US09835982B2	Method and system for converting a toner cartridge printer to a white, clear, metallic, fluorescent, or light toner printer A method of converting a CMYK printer to print with a non-standard toner, comprising the steps: providing a CMYK toner printer; wherein the CMYK toner printer may have four toner printing cartridges, wherein three of the four toner printing cartridges may be color printing cartridges comprising a cyan toner printing cartridge, a magenta toner printing cartridge, and a yellow toner printing cartridge; removing one or more of the color toner printing cartridges from the toner printer, such that there may be one or more empty toner printing cartridge positions; providing one or more non-standard toner printing cartridges; and installing the one or more non-standard toner printing cartridges into the one or more empty toner printing cartridges.
US09835978B2	Notched end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device An end seal for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an elastomeric body having a blade seal portion for sealing against a rear surface of a doctor blade and a curved rotary seal portion that extends from a bottom end of the blade seal portion for sealing against an outer surface of a rotatable developer roll. The end seal includes a cutout in an inner axial side of the body positioned at a point where the rotary seal portion and the blade seal portion meet.
US09835959B1	Controlling for wafer stage vibration A method includes producing a pulsed light beam; directing the pulsed light beam toward a substrate mounted to a stage of a lithography exposure apparatus; scanning a pulsed light beam and the substrate relative to each other, including projecting the pulsed light beam onto each sub-area of the substrate and moving one or more of the pulsed light beam and the substrate relative to each other; determining a value of a vibration of the stage for each sub-area of a substrate; for each sub-area of the substrate, determining an amount of adjustment to a bandwidth of the pulsed light beam, the adjustment amount compensating for a variation in the stage vibration so as to maintain a focus blur within a predetermined range of values across the substrate; and changing the bandwidth of the pulsed light beam by the determined adjustment amount to thereby compensate for the stage vibration variations.
US09835957B2	Support table for a lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A support table to support a surface of a substrate, wherein the support table includes: a base surface substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate, a plurality of burls protruding above the base surface, each of the burls having a respective distal end and a first height above the base surface, the burls arranged such that, when the substrate is supported by the support table, the substrate is supported by the respective distal ends, and a plurality of elongate raised protrusions separated by gaps, each of the elongate raised protrusions having a second height above the base surface, wherein the elongate raised protrusions protrude above the base surface between the burls, and the second height is less than the first height; wherein the protrusions are arranged such that a plurality of the gaps are aligned to form a straight gas flow path towards an edge of the base surface.
US09835955B2	Lithography model for 3D topographic wafers Described herein is a method for simulating an image formed within a resist layer on a substrate resulting from an incident radiation, wherein the method accounts for scattering of the incident radiation due to features in or underlying the resist layer. Embodiments of the invention include calculating a forward propagating electric field or forward propagating magnetic field resultant from the incident radiation at a depth in the resist layer, calculating a backward propagating electric field or backward propagating magnetic field resultant from the incident radiation at the depth in the resist layer, and calculating a radiation field at the depth in the resist layer from the forward propagating electric field or forward propagating magnetic field and from the backward propagating electric field or backward propagating magnetic field.
US09835954B2	Inspection method and apparatus, substrates for use therein and device manufacturing method A substrate is provided with device structures and metrology structures (800). The device structures include materials exhibiting inelastic scattering of excitation radiation of one or more wavelengths. The device structures include structures small enough in one or more dimensions that the characteristics of the inelastic scattering are influenced significantly by quantum confinement. The metrology structures (800) include device-like structures (800b) similar in composition and dimensions to the device features, and calibration structures (800a). The calibration structures are similar to the device features in composition but different in at least one dimension. Using an inspection apparatus and method implementing Raman spectroscopy, the dimensions of the device-like structures can be measured by comparing spectral features of radiation scattered inelastically from the device-like structure and the calibration structure.
US09835950B2	Radiation source A faceted reflector (32, 32″) for receiving an incident radiation beam (2) and directing a reflected radiation beam at a target. The faceted reflector comprises a plurality of facets, each of the plurality of facets comprising a reflective surface. The reflective surfaces of each of a first subset of the plurality of facets define respective parts of a first continuous surface and are arranged to reflect respective first portions of the incident radiation beam in a first direction to provide a first portion of the reflected radiation beam. The reflective surfaces of each of a second subset of the plurality of facets define respective parts of a second continuous surface and are arranged to reflect respective second portions of the incident radiation beam in a second direction to provide a second portion of the reflected radiation beam.
US09835943B2	Process for the laser treatment of coatings The present invention relates to a process for the laser treatment of effect pigment-containing coatings, to coatings produced using this process, and to the use thereof in decorative and security products.
US09835932B2	Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens device, and camera system A zoom lens system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of lens groups each of which is made up of at least one lens element. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first focusing lens group having a negative power; and a second focusing lens group having a positive power, wherein when zooming is performed from a wide end to a telephoto end, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group move along an optical axis, when focusing is performed from an infinity focusing state to a proximity object focusing state, the first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group move to perform the focusing, and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US09835921B2	Array substrate, manufacturing method thereof and display device An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel unit regions each including a thin-film transistor (TFTs) and a pixel electrode. A first insulating layer provided with a first through hole and a second through hole is formed between an active layer of the TFT and the pixel electrode. A source electrode of the TFT is connected with the active layer through the first through hole. A drain electrode of the TFT is lapped onto the pixel electrode and connected with the active layer through the second through hole. The array substrate can prevent the oxidization of metal such as copper in the process of patterning a transparent conductive film.
US09835913B2	Transparent electrode for electronic displays A transparent electrode is described and includes metallic nanowires and a polymeric overcoat layer for protecting the nanowires from corrosion and abrasion. The polymeric overcoat layer includes nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of antimony tin oxide, zinc oxide and indium tin oxide, and has a sheet resistance of greater than about 107 ohm/sq. The transparent electrode can be used in electronic displays such as polymer-dispersed liquid crystal, liquid crystal, electrophoretic, electrochromic, thermochromic, electroluminescent and plasma displays.
US09835908B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes gate lines extending in a first direction, data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines. The pixels include pixels arranged in a k-th column between a k-th data line and a (k+1)th data line. The pixels arranged in the k-th column are arranged in a plurality of groups, and each of the groups includes 2i first pixels connected to the k-th data line and 2i second pixels connected to the (k+1)th data line. Successive ones of the pixels in each group are connected to the k-th data line and the (k+1)th data line in alternating manner.
US09835907B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate including a first light blocking region, wherein a plurality of transistors are formed in the first light blocking region; a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate including a common electrode disposed thereon; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes: a data line disposed extending in a vertical direction; color filters, each of the color filters overlapping adjacent color filters to form a color filter overlapping portion in boundary regions of the color filters in a vertical direction; and a light blocking member disposed extending in a horizontal direction covering the first light blocking region, wherein the data line and the color filter overlapping portion are spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction in a region where the light blocking member is formed.
US09835906B2	Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first insulating substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulating substrate; a light blocking member disposed on the thin film transistor; and a spacer disposed on the light blocking member, wherein the spacer includes a main column spacer and a sub column spacer, and the sub column spacer is disposed between the main column spacer and has a stripe shape which extends in parallel to a gate line of the thin film transistor.
US09835904B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; an illuminating device; and a light control member that is disposed on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel. The light control member diffuses light that is emitted from the liquid crystal panel in an anisotropic manner in a first azimuth angle direction viewed from a normal direction of the liquid crystal panel to control an emission direction of the light. A pixel includes a first region in which a director of liquid crystal molecules is in a first direction, and a second region in which the director of the liquid crystal molecules is in a second orientation opposite to the first orientation in the first direction. A second azimuth angle direction in which light-diffusibility of the light control member is relatively strong, and the first direction approximately match each other.
US09835903B2	Backlight unit comprising first and second white color coordinates belonging to different white color coordinate areas, display device having the same, and method of manufacturing the same A backlight unit that includes a light source driving substrate and first and second light source units connected to the light source driving substrate. The first light source unit includes first and second light sources respectively emitting a first light having a first color and a second light having a second color. The second light source unit may include third and fourth light sources respectively emitting a third light having the first color and a fourth light having the second color. The first light source unit emits a first white color light having a first white color coordinate by mixing the first light and the second light and the second light source unit emits a second white color light having a second white color coordinate by mixing the third light and the fourth light. The first and second white color coordinates belong to different white color coordinate areas.
US09835897B2	Display module A display module includes a light source and a display unit. The light source has an emission spectrum having maximum peak values corresponding to a first maximum peak wavelength and a second maximum peak wavelength. The display unit includes a green filter layer having a transmittance spectrum. The emission spectrum and the transmittance spectrum have a right cross-point and a left cross-point. A product of an emission intensity value of the emission spectrum corresponding to the right cross-point and a transmittance intensity value of the transmittance spectrum corresponding to the right cross-point is a first product value. A product of an emission intensity value of the emission spectrum corresponding to the left cross-point and a transmittance intensity value of the transmittance spectrum corresponding to the left cross-point is a second product value. A ratio of the first product value to the second product value is less than 20%.
US09835894B2	Encapsulated polymer stabilized cholesteric texture light shutter An encapsulated polymer stabilized cholesteric texture (EPSCT) light shutter is formed from a cholesteric liquid crystal and monomer that is encapsulated into micron sized, polymer-coated droplets by either an emulsification or phase separation process. The polymer-coated droplets are disposed between transparent electrodes, where they are irradiated by ultra-violet (UV) light to polymerize the monomer.
US09835891B2	Liquid crystal display panel comprising quantum rods and liquid crystal molecules wherein long axes of the quantum rods and liquid crystal molecules are in the same direction and method of forming the same The present invention proposes an LCD panel and a method for forming the same. The LCD panel includes an isolator disposed between two adjacent liquid crystal units. Liquid crystal molecules of red liquid crystal units and green liquid crystal units are mixed with quantum rods (QRs) of corresponding colors. The red liquid crystal units correspond to a position of the red pixels, the green liquid crystal units correspond to a position of the green pixels. The QRs and liquid crystal molecules have long axes and directions of the long axes of QRs and liquid crystal molecules are the same.
US09835872B2	Lens holder driving device An AF unit of a lens holder driving device includes a lens holder, a focusing coil, a permanent magnet having a plurality of permanent magnet pieces having first surfaces opposed to the focusing coil, a magnet holder holding the permanent magnet, and first and second leaf springs supporting the lens holder in a direction of an optical axis shiftably. An image stabilizer portion includes a fixed portion disposed near the second leaf spring, a supporting member swingably supporting the AF unit with respect to the fixed portion, an image stabilizer coil having a plurality of image stabilizer coil portions disposed so as to oppose to second surfaces of the plurality of permanent magnet pieces that are perpendicular to the first surfaces, and a plurality of Hall elements. Each Hall element is disposed at a position where the image stabilizer coil portion is separated into a plurality of coil parts.
US09835868B2	Near-eye display device A near-eye display device includes at least one projection system configured to project an image to a target position. The projection system includes an image output module, an object lens group, an aperture-coded module, and an eyepiece. The image output module is configured to provide the image. The object lens group is configured to receive lights of the image, and includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The aperture-coded module is configured to receive the lights of the image from the first lens group and send the lights of the image to the second lens group, and the aperture-coded module sequentially provides plural coded patterns, such that the object lens group converts the image into plural relay images sequentially. The eyepiece is configured to send the relay images to the target position.
US09835866B2	Spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generates an image A spectacle lens for a display device may include a front side, a rear side, a coupling-in section and a coupling-out section. The coupling-out section includes at least two reflective deflecting surfaces arranged next to each other. The spectacle lens guides light bundles of pixels of the generated image to the coupling-out section in the spectacle lens and couples them out of the spectacle lens through the rear side. The spectacle lens includes a main part with the front and rear side, in which a recess extending from the rear side or from the front side to the surface structure is present, into which an insert element is inserted, the first end of which facing the surface structure is formed complementary to the surface structure, wherein the reflective deflecting surfaces lie between the surface structure of the main part and the first end of the insert element.
US09835864B2	Image display apparatus and method for displaying image It is made possible to correct a positional gap between an optical system and an eye of an observer appropriately.Based on an eyeball position of the eye of the observer, a positional relationship between the optical system, which leads an image displayed on a display element to the eye of the observer, and the eye of the observer, that is, a positional gap therebetween is detected. Based on the positional relationship detected in such a manner, the positional relationship between the optical system and the eye of the observer is corrected. For example, the positional gap is electronically corrected by performing shift control of a position of the image displayed on the display element. Also, for example, the positional gap is mechanically corrected by performing shift control of the optical system including the display element.
US09835858B2	Head-up display device and illuminating device for head-up display device An image displayed on an image display unit is illuminated by an image illumination unit, and the image is displayed for a driver using a display optical system having at least one concave mirror element. The image illumination unit has a light emitting surface that emits an illumination light, and a lens array that divides and focuses an entrance pupil of an eye box onto the light emitting surface. With the above configuration, since the light emitting surface and the eye box have a conjugate relationship through the lens array and the display optical system, the light emitted from the light emitting surface can efficiently reach the eye box. As a result, since the light can be efficiently used for illumination, the image having high luminance can be displayed without any increase in the luminance of a light source and any reduction in the number of displayable colors.
US09835837B2	Method and apparatus for estimating an in-focus position A method for estimating an in-focus position of a target using an image scanning apparatus is provided. The in-focus position is monitored at a seed location and an end location on the target and a pre-scan path is calculated between these locations. A pre-scan is then performed and a focus parameter is monitored for a plurality of locations along the pre-scan path. An imaging scan is next performed wherein the target is imaged along an image scan path and a focus parameter is monitored for a plurality of locations along said path. The focal height of the apparatus is adjusted during the imaging scan by comparing the focal parameter monitored for a current location on the image scan path with the focal parameter monitored for a similar location on the pre-scan path. The focal parameter monitored for different locations on the image scan path may also be compared.
US09835836B2	Zoom lens and image capturing apparatus There is provided a zoom lens including first and second lens groups independently movable in an optical axis direction in an optical system. Before and after switching between two modes different in minimum focusing distance, a lens group to rule focusing changes between the first and second lens groups or a relative position between the first and second lens groups changes.
US09835830B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09835829B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09835826B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09835821B1	Five-surface wide field-of-view compound lens and associated camera module A five-surface wide field-of view compound lens incudes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a first biplanar substrate, and a second biplanar substrate. The first lens is plano-concave; the second, the third lens, and the fourth lens are plano-convex; the fifth lens is a plano-gull-wing lens. The first biplanar substrate is between the second lens and the third lens. The second biplanar substrate is between the fourth lens and the fifth lens. The first lens has a first Abbe number. The second lens has a second Abbe number less than the first Abbe number. A camera module includes the five-surface wide FOV compound lens and a glass substrate having a planar surface adjoining a first planar surface of the first lens, the first lens being between the glass substrate and the second lens.
US09835816B2	Fiber blocking kits Fiber blocking apparatuses couple to an outside fiber optic cable and include a damping unit that prevents damaging (e.g., micro-fracturing) optical fibers received from the outside fiber optic cable and blocks a gelatinous element from advancing out of the outside fiber optic cable. The fiber blocking apparatuses may include a view port providing visibility of a routing of the optical fibers in the fiber blocking apparatuses.
US09835807B2	Optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector for connecting to an optical fiber cable includes a shell, a hollow guiding device, and a socket device. The hollow guiding device is connected to the shell. The socket device includes a hollow socket unit and a ferrule. The socket unit is formed as one piece and is detachably connected to an end of the guiding device opposite to the shell such that the optical fiber cable extends through the guiding device and the shell into the socket unit. The ferrule is disposed in the socket unit and is for connecting to one end of the optical fiber cable.
US09835801B1	Edge construction on optical devices A method of forming an optical device includes forming a waveguide mask on a device precursor. The device precursor includes a waveguide positioned on a base. The method also includes forming a facet mask on the device precursor such that at least a portion of the waveguide mask is between the facet mask and the base. The method also includes removing a portion of the base while the facet mask protects a facet of the waveguide.
US09835795B2	Microstructured optical fiber, supercontinuum light source comprising microstructured optical fiber and use of such light source The invention relates to a microstructured optical fiber for generating supercontinuum light. The optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding region surrounding the core. The optical fiber comprises a first fiber length section, a second fiber length section as well as an intermediate fiber length section between said first and second fiber length sections. The first fiber length section has a core with a first characteristic core diameter larger than about 7 μm. The second fiber length section has a core with a second characteristic core diameter, smaller than said first characteristic core diameter. The intermediate length section of the optical fiber comprises a core which is tapered from said first characteristic core diameter to said second characteristic core diameter over a tapered length. The invention also relates to a supercontinuum light source comprising an optical fiber according to the invention and a pump light source.
US09835794B1	Light emitting diode to light emitting panel interface gasket A gasket for an interface between a light emitting diode (LED) and a light emitting panel (LEP) includes a first segment and a second segment. The gasket also includes a first blade extending out from a surface of the first segment and a second blade extending out from a surface of the second segment. The surface of the first segment faces the surface of the second segment.
US09835777B2	Head-mounted display A head-mounted display including a first optical system is provided. The first optical system includes an image surface, a stop surface, a first optical stack disposed between the image surface and the stop surface and a second optical stack disposed between the first optical stack and the stop surface. The first optical stack includes a first optical lens and a partial reflector. The second optical stack includes a second optical lens, a multilayer reflective polarizer and a first quarter wave retarder disposed between the multilayer reflective polarizer and the first optical stack. The multilayer reflective polarizer may be convex toward the image surface along orthogonal first and second axes.
US09835775B2	Image-capturing module An image-capturing module successively captures light data in batches for a scene of a whole field of view by adjusting the position of a multifaceted prism, and executes patch process on these batches of the light data to acquire an image over the whole field of view in a higher imaging quality that is generally achieved by a camera module with large number of pixels. The movable multifaceted prism may be together with an image sensing module and a lens module to be within a holder to have a compact volume for an image-capturing mobile phone, wearable device, and/or smart opto-electronics.
US09835774B2	Head-up display device Each of a plurality of optical elements that are arrayed in a lattice pattern in a screen member which diffuses a laser beam incident from a projector to guide the laser beam toward a projection surface has a curved surface on a side thereof, and the curved surface has a common convexly curved shape, and diffuses the laser beam which is emitted from the curved surface toward the projection surface. The respective optical elements include a plurality of reference elements which serve as a reference and a plurality of peripheral elements which are adjacent to the respective reference elements. The respective reference elements and the respective adjacent peripheral elements are formed by offsetting surface vertexes of the curved surfaces in a stepwise manner. Offset amounts generated between the respective reference elements and the respective adjacent peripheral elements are different from each other.
US09835765B2	Optical element and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.
US09835755B2	Full tensor gain compensated propagation measurements A method for obtaining full tensor gain compensated propagation measurements includes processing a full tensor voltage measurement to obtain a fully gain compensated tensor quantity. An electromagnetic logging tool including at least first and second axially spaced transmitters and at least first and second axially spaced receivers is rotated in a subterranean borehole. A plurality of voltage measurements are acquired while rotating to obtain a full tensor voltage measurement which is in turn processed to obtain the fully gain compensated tensor quantity.
US09835750B2	Buoy based marine seismic survey system and method A seismic survey system for recording seismic data underwater in the presence of underwater currents. The system includes first plural buoys configured to descend in water at a predetermined depth (H1) and each having a seismic receiver for recording the seismic data; a first vessel configured to launch the first plural buoys along a first line; and a second vessel configured to recover the first plural buoys at a second line, wherein there is a predetermined distance between the first and second lines. The first plural buoys are configured to travel underwater, at substantially the first predetermined depth (H1), from the first line to the second line, due exclusively to the underwater currents.
US09835747B2	Automated interpretation error correction A fully automated method for correcting errors in one interpretation (13) of seismic data based on comparison to at least one other interpretation (14) of the same subsurface region. The errors may occur in any feature of the seismic data volume, for example a horizon, surface, fault, polyline, fault stick, or geo-body. In some embodiments of the invention, an error may be a hole in a horizon (53), and the whole is patched by a piece of a horizon in another interpretation (55). In an alternative embodiment of the invention, a single interpretation may be used to repair itself, for example by identifying similarly shaped, adjacent horizons (67), and merging them (68).
US09835741B1	Single volume fission energy neutron detector A single volume fission energy neutron detector is described herein. The detector includes a single volume of scintillator. A photodetector is positioned adjacent to a surface of the scintillator, wherein the photodetector has relatively small spatial resolution corresponding thereto and relatively small temporal resolution corresponding thereto. Based upon values read out from detection bins of the photodetector, kinematics of a neutron that interacted with scintillating material of the scintillator are reconstructed. Based upon the kinematics (of the neutron and other detected neutrons), a location of material from which the neutron was emitted is ascertained, and an image of the material is generated.
US09835736B2	Thermally-protected scintillation detector Systems, methods, and devices for thermally protecting a scintillator crystal of a scintillation detector are provided. In one example, a thermally-protected scintillator may include a scintillator crystal and a thermal protection element, which may partially surround the scintillator crystal. The thermal protection element may be configured to prevent the scintillator crystal from experiencing a rate of change in temperature sufficient to cause cracking or non-uniform light output, or a combination thereof.
US09835735B2	SiPM-based radiation detection systems and methods Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) based radiation detectors to detect radiation in an environment. An SiPM-based radiation detection system may include a number of detector assemblies, each including at least one scintillator providing light to a corresponding SiPM in response to ionizing radiation entering the scintillator. The radiation detection system may include a logic device and a number of other electronic modules to facilitate reporting, calibration, and other processes. The logic device may be adapted to process detection signals from the SiPMs to implement different types of radiation detection procedures. The logic device may also be adapted to use a communication module to report detected radiation to an indicator, a display, and/or a user interface.
US09835732B2	Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation imaging apparatus has a plurality of pixels including a plurality of imaging pixels for obtaining a radiation image and a detecting pixel for detecting radiation, a plurality of column signal lines, and a detection signal line corresponding to the detecting pixel. Each of the imaging pixels includes a first conversion element configured to convert radiation into an electrical signal, and a first switch arranged between the first conversion element and a corresponding column signal line among the plurality of column signal lines. The detecting pixel includes a second conversion element configured to convert radiation into an electrical signal, and a second switch arranged between the second conversion element and the detection signal line.
US09835731B2	Detector packages Various embodiments can include apparatus or methods to operate and provide detection packages. In various embodiments, detection packages may include an illuminating device, a photodetector, and an optical coupling component disposed between the illuminating device and the photodetector, where the optical coupling component can be structured to enhance the coupling of light from the illuminating device to the photodetector. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09835729B2	Global navigation satellite system receiver system with radio frequency hardware component A stand-alone radio frequency (RF) hardware component comprises first and second antennas, a digitizer, a serializer, and a serial output. The first antenna receives, over-the-air, a first analog Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna receives, over-the-air, at least a second analog GNSS signal in a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are separate and distinct. The digitizer digitizes the first analog GNSS signal into a first digitalized GNSS signal and digitizes the second analog GNSS signal into a second digitized GNSS signal. The serializer serializes the digitized GNSS signals into a serialized output signal. The serial output communicatively couples the digitized GNSS signals, as the serialized output signal, directly from the RF hardware component to a communication device that is removably couplable with the stand-alone RF hardware component.
US09835719B2	Systems and methods for adaptive sensor angle positioning in vehicles A system and method are provided and include a subject vehicle having a sensor that senses information about an environment of the subject vehicle. An actuator rotates the sensor according to a commanded angle. A controller determines a position and a trajectory path of the subject vehicle, determines an adaptive point along the determined trajectory path based on the position, and generates the commanded angle for the actuator to rotate the sensor towards the adaptive point.
US09835717B2	Three dimensional scanning beam and imaging system A three dimensional scanning beam and imaging system (800) enable economical and efficient three dimensional scans of an environment. The system (800) includes a ranging apparatus (805), and a reactive linkage mechanism (810) having a first end (815) and a second end (820). The first end (815) is connected to the ranging apparatus (805) and the second end (820) is connected to an object (825) that moves the system (800) through an environment. Additionally, an imaging apparatus (840) is operatively coupled to either the first end (815) or the second end (820) of the reactive linkage mechanism (810). In use acceleration of the object (825) with respect to the environment is converted by the reactive linkage mechanism (810) to motion of the ranging apparatus (805) with respect to the object (825), which increases the field of view of the ranging apparatus (805) with respect to the environment.
US09835714B2	Circuit and method for impedance detection in millimeter wave systems A method for determining the complex impedance between a first stage and a second stage in a microwave system includes detecting an incident signal emitted by the first stage and detecting a reflected signal reflected from the second stage. The magnitudes of the incident signal and the reflected signal are measured. The detected incident signal is phase shifted by a first angle to yield a first incident signal and the detected reflected signal is phase shifted by the first angle to yield a first reflected signal. The detected incident signal and the first incident signal are mixed with the detected reflected signal and the first reflected signal. The angle of the reflection coefficient is determined based on the mixing and the magnitudes of the incident signal and the reflected signals.
US09835699B2	Fail-safe and easy access lock for MRI receiver coil A local radio frequency (RF) coil assembly (A) defining a pediatric patient receiving region (12) to be mounted to a patient support table (B) of an MRI scanner (E). The local RF coil assembly (A) includes a rigid coil body (16,18) operatively connected to an adjustable coil part (20) along a hinge axis (26). A carrier (F) is configured to receive a pediatric patient (C) and be positioned into engagement with the local RF coil assembly (A). An interlock assembly (51) holds the adjustable coil part (20) in a selected position (50) when the carrier (F) interacts with the adjustable coil part (20). At least one bearing (34, 36) is configured to pivot and bias the adjustable coil part (20) relative to the carrier (F) and gravity bias the interlock assembly and the carrier (F) into an interlocking engagement. The adjustable coil part (20) is gravity biased to the open position (28) when the carrier (F) is removed.
US09835689B2	Semiconductor device and control for testing a transistor and diode A semiconductor device includes a transistor, a diode, a first detection circuit, a second detection circuit, a calculation circuit, and a determination circuit. The diode is connected in reverse parallel with the transistor. The first detection circuit is configured to detect a change rate of a gate voltage of the transistor with respect to time. The second detection circuit is configured to detect a gate current of the transistor. The calculation circuit is configured to calculate a gate capacitance based on the change rate of the gate voltage with respect to time, and the gate current. The determination circuit is configured to determine, based on a determination result of the gate capacitance when a charge is injected to a gate of the transistor, whether a current flows to the diode or to the transistor.
US09835688B2	Battery-pack fault detecting device and method for detecting fault of battery-pack A battery-pack fault detecting device and a method for detecting a fault of a battery pack are provided. The battery-pack fault detecting device includes: N diodes, in which each battery is connected with one of the N diodes in anti-parallel via a detecting line; N+1 switches; a switch control circuit for switching on or switching off each switch; a voltage collecting circuit connected with the switch control circuit for collecting a voltage of the battery; an analog-to-digital conversion circuit for performing an analog-digital conversion on the voltage of the battery to obtain a digital voltage; a detection control circuit connected with the switch control circuit and the analog-to-digital conversion circuit, for controlling the switch control circuit to switch on or off each switch and for comparing the digital voltage with a preset value to judge a fault of the battery pack.
US09835685B2	Test circuit and method for controlling test circuit A test circuit for testing a semiconductor device including semiconductor chips, includes: a test input terminal configured to receive data for testing the semiconductor device; signal paths provided between one semiconductor chip in the semiconductor chips and another semiconductor chip in the semiconductor chips, data supplied to the test input terminal being transmitted through the signal paths; a select signal generator, provided in the one semiconductor chip and coupled to the another semiconductor chip via the signal paths, configured to generate, when receiving data indicating expected values via one or more signal paths in the signal paths, a select signal indicating the one or more signal paths; and a path selector, provided in the at least one semiconductor chip and coupled to the signal paths, configured to select, based on the select signal, signal paths to be used at the time of testing the semiconductor device.
US09835683B2	Clock gating for X-bounding timing exceptions in IC testing An integrated circuit includes a clock gate that is used to prevent timing exception paths from affecting data being captured by scan chain registers during at-speed scan testing. A single clock gate can be used to control multiple timing-exception paths, so the amount of X-bounding circuitry inserted into the IC can be drastically reduced compared to that required by conventional X-bounding methodologies.
US09835679B1	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing fast throughput die handling for synchronous multi-die testing In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing fast throughput die handling for synchronous multi-die testing. For instance, there is disclosed in accordance with one embodiment a device handler for testing functional silicon devices, the device handler including: a plurality of test interface units to electrically interface to the functional silicon devices for test; a plurality of thermal actuators, each being individually movable upon at least three axes; an optical alignment unit with a plurality of pick and place head pairs, in which the optical alignment unit is to move upon a horizontal plane and is to move between the plurality of test interface units and the plurality of thermal actuators; an upward facing camera to move with the optical alignment unit, the upward facing camera to optically locate a position of the plurality of test interface units; a plurality of downward facing cameras, each to optically locate a position of one of the plurality of functional silicon devices to be tested upon one of the plurality of thermal actuators; in which the device handler is to move the optical alignment unit out from between the plurality of test interface units and the plurality of thermal actuators; and in which the device handler is to align test probes affixed to the test interface units with the plurality of functional silicon devices to be tested and electrically interface the test probes with the functional silicon devices for testing. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US09835658B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device and electronic device for driving a power semiconductor device Adjustment of drive control based on a detection voltage of a transformer requires a loop time, and therefore high-speed processing of the adjustment is difficult. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a driving circuit that drives a power semiconductor device and a driving capability control circuit that controls a driving capability of the driving circuit. The driving circuit stops driving of the power semiconductor device based on an abnormal current detected from a sense current of the power semiconductor device. The driving capability control circuit controls the driving capability of the driving circuit based on a normal current detected from the sense current of the power semiconductor device.
US09835652B1	Multi-frequency attenuation and phase controller A multi-frequency programmable and remotely controllable variable attenuator and phase shifter (MF-VAPS) network utilizes wideband three port circulators, power combiners, high-low pass filters and a calibrated multi-harmonic tuner to control the amplitude and phase of the transmission factor (A21) at up to three user defined frequencies individually. The harmonic signal components are divided in frequency bands and injected into the circulator's port 1 and extracted from port 3, whereas the tuner is connected to port 2 and terminated with Zo. When the tuner is initialized (S11=0) the transmission factor of the network is zero; when the tuner is at maximum reflection at any frequency the transmission factor is also maximum. Changing the reflection phase of the tuner controls the transmission phase
US09835645B2	Acceleration sensor and method for producing an acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor includes a circuit board with a recess that exposes a spring structure. The spring structure is formed from a material of the circuit board exposed by the recess and includes a vibrating element that is held in a resilient manner via at least one spring element. The sensor further includes a reference element connected rigidly to the circuit board and arranged at a distance from and opposite the vibrating element, an electrical circuit arranged on the vibrating element at a distance from the reference element, and at least one detection element. The circuit is configured to evaluate a signal that is configured to be influenced by a change in distance between the reference element and the at least one detection element in order to sense an acceleration of the acceleration sensor.
US09835644B2	Estimating velocity in a horizontal or vertical direction from acceleration measurements There is provided a method of determining an estimate of the velocity of a device in a horizontal or vertical direction, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the acceleration acting on the device in three dimensions; using a first filter and the obtained measurements to estimate acceleration due to gravity; estimating the acceleration acting in a horizontal or vertical direction due to motion of the device using the estimated acceleration due to gravity; integrating the estimate of the acceleration acting in said direction due to motion of the device to give an estimate of velocity in said direction; and using a second filter to remove offset and/or drift from the velocity to give a filtered velocity; wherein at least one of the first filter and second filter is a non-linear filter. An apparatus configured to operate according to the above method is also provided.
US09835634B2	Coupled heterogeneous devices for pH sensing Provided herein are methods and devices for measuring pH and for amplifying a pH signal to obtain ultrasensitive detection of changes in pH. This is achieved by providing a sensor and a transducer, wherein the sensor transconductance is sensitive to changes in pH and the transducer transconductance is not affected by pH change. The transducer instead compensates for changes in the sensor transconductance arising from pH change. The unique configuration of the sensor and transducer with respect to each other provides substantial increases in a pH amplification factor, thereby providing pH sensing devices with a giant Nernst response and, therefore, effectively increased pH sensitivity.
US09835626B2	Methods and compositions for isolating exosomes Disclosed are surprising new methods and compositions for isolating extracellular microvesicles such as exosomes, particularly disease-related and phosphatidylserine (PS)-positive extracellular microvesicles as exemplified by tumor- and viral-derived exosomes. The methods of the invention are rapid, efficient, cost-effective and, importantly, are suitable for use with large volumes of biological fluids and produce antigenically intact extracellular microvesicles and exosomes. The methods and compositions are based on the surprising use of acetate buffers to isolate large quantities of extracellular microvesicles, particularly tumor-derived exosomes, from solution, without damaging their morphological or functional properties or antigenicity.
US09835625B2	Methods and compositions for detection of Cowden syndrome (CS) and CS-like syndrome In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method of detecting Cowden syndrome (CS) or CS-like syndrome in an individual comprising detecting the presence of a mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, wherein detection of a mutated SDHB, SDHD or a combination thereof indicates that the individual is positive for CS or CS-like syndrome. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a method of determining whether an individual is at risk for developing Cowden syndrome (CS) or CS-like syndrome comprising detecting the presence of a mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, wherein detection of a mutated SDHB, SDHD or a combination thereof indicates that the individual is at risk for developing for CS or CS-like syndrome. In yet another aspect, the invention is directed to an article of manufacture for detecting Cowden syndrome (CS) or Cowden-like syndrome in an individual, comprising one or more agents that detects mutated succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), mutated succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) or combination thereof in the individual, and instructions for use.
US09835609B2	System and method for determining fluid viscosity of a fluid in a rock formation A system and a method are provided for determining a viscosity of a fluid in a rock formation. The method includes determining a Stoneley mobility using a Stoneley wave measurement in a rock formation containing a fluid; determining a wireline formation tester (WFT) downhole fluid analysis (DFA) mobility by using a wireline formation tester in the rock formation; and determining a viscosity of the fluid based on the Stoneley mobility and the wireline formation tester (WFT) downhole fluid analysis (DFA) mobility.
US09835594B2	Automatic mechanical system diagnosis A method for automatic diagnosis of a mechanical system of a group of mechanical systems sharing mechanical characteristics includes obtaining data relating to a vibration. The vibration-related data is acquired by a portable communications device configured to communicate with a remote processor. The processor automatically diagnoses the mechanical system by applying a relationship to the obtained vibration-related data. The relationship is based on sets of vibration-related data previously obtained from the mechanical systems. Each set of vibration-related data relates to vibrations of a mechanical system. The relationship is further based on sets of operation data previously obtained for mechanical systems of the group. Each set of operation data indicates a previous state of operation of a mechanical system. Each of the previous states of operation is associated with at least one of the previously obtained sets of vibration-related data.
US09835590B1	Device and method for checking fuel pellets with IFBA Device and method for checking fuel rods with IFBA, their zirconium diboride coating. The device includes a variable magnetic field generator and a magnetic field pickup device, arranged in the vicinity of the rod, as well as a control system for comparing both fields in order to measure the electric conductivity of the rod. The method includes the steps of: arranging the rod to be measured between the generator and the pickup device; generation of a variable magnetic field in the generator; picking-up of the magnetic field; comparison between the generated magnetic field and the picked-up one in order to quantify the electric conductivity of the rod; if the electric conductivity differs from a reference value, consider the rod for checking or recycling.
US09835589B2	Gas sensing using magnetic tunnel junction elements Gas sensing using MTJ elements to capture/store gas concentration level data for readout at room temperature. In one embodiment, during reset the MTJ elements are heated above blocking temperatures of their storage layers while applying a first magnetic biasing force to set initial magnetic orientations. During gas sensing, reaction heat from a gas sensing element combines with control heat to raise each MTJ element's temperature from a work point temperature above its blocking temperature only when the target gas exceeds an associated concentration level, whereby a second magnetic biasing force causes the magnetic orientation to switch directions. During readout, read currents are measured to determine the MTJ elements' final resistance states, which indicate their switched/non-switched states, and the resistance states are correlated with stored data to determine the measured gas concentration level. The MTJ elements are cooled after reset and gas sensing to facilitate accurate CDS readout data.
US09835579B2	Analytical device, method for manufacturing the same, and measuring apparatus using the same Provided are an analytical device comprising a pair of hematocrit electrodes (first pair of electrodes) and a pair of glucose electrodes (second pair of electrodes) that allows a sample to sufficiently reach as far as the second pair of electrodes that are provided on a downstream side in a flow path, a method for manufacturing the analytical device, and a measuring apparatus using the analytical device.
US09835577B2	Test strip coding and quality measurement A test strip and analytical apparatus have pin connections permitting the definition of geographic regions or of particular customers. A test strip made for use in a particular region or for a particular customer will have pin connections matching features of the apparatus made for use in that region or by that customer. Insertion of the strip into the apparatus does not merely turn on the apparatus, but provides the regional or customer coding. Analog switches within the apparatus allow coding of a larger number of distinct regions or customers than would otherwise be possible, all without degrading the quality of the measurements made of the fluid being tested. Conductive paths in the strips permit testing the strips during manufacture so as to detect quality lapses regarding the printing or deposition of the paths.
US09835573B2	Apparatus and method for measuring electrical properties of matter The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for measuring electrical conductivity of liquids. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a waveform generator module configured to generate a first waveform signal and to supply the first waveform signal to a sensor; a phase adjustment module configured to receive the first waveform signal from the waveform generator module and to generate a phase-shifted signal from the first waveform signal, said phase-shifted signal having a phase that is adjusted based upon expected or measured properties of the liquid and further adjusted to eliminate phase error induced inaccuracies in the measurement; and a signal combination module configured to receive a return signal from the sensor and the phase-shifted signal from the phase adjustment module and to sum the return signal and the phase-shifted signal to produce an adjusted return signal containing information associated with the electrical property of the liquid.
US09835569B2	Magnetic measurement system and apparatus utilizing X-ray to measure comparatively thick magnetic materials A magnetic measurement system includes an X-ray source, a monochromator that converts right- and left-polarization X-ray into right- and left-monochromatic X-ray, an aperture slit that allows the right- and left-monochromatic X-ray to pass through, an analytical section, and piezoelectric scanning devices. The analytical section has a Fresnel zone plate that receives and focuses the right- and left-monochromatic X-ray on a single point being 10 nm or less wide of a magnetic sample, an order-sorting aperture that allows the focused X-ray to selectively pass through, a sample-stage that sets a comparatively thick magnetic sample that is more than 150 nm thick and less than or equal to 1000 nm thick to be irradiated with the X-ray, and an X-ray-detector that detects transmittance of transmission X-ray passing through the comparatively thick sample and that generates X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) data by directly measuring the detected transmittance of the transmission X-ray.
US09835567B2	Method for monitoring the operational state of a surface inspection system for detecting defects on the surface of semiconductor wafers The operational state of a surface inspection system for detecting defects on the surface of semiconductor wafers is monitored by: providing a reference wafer having defects of a particular number, size, and density on an examination surface; conducting a reference inspection of the reference wafer and at least one control inspection of the reference wafer by the surface inspection system, the position and size of defects on the examination surface being measured; identifying defects which, because of their position, are regarded as common defects of the reference inspection and of the control inspection; for each common defect, determining a size difference obtained from comparing its size from the reference inspection and from the control inspection; and assessing the operational state of the surface inspection system on the basis of the size differences.
US09835557B1	Multi-dimensional scanner for nano-second time scale signal detection A device and system for measuring the multidimensional distribution of a sample tagged with a short life fluorescent label. The substance applied to a sample holder can be scanned with an optical point source excitation and read back optical stage. The sample can be excited at each of a plurality of points with a fast, e.g., nanosecond pulse of light. The resulting fluorescence can be detected after the excitation is extinguished. A detection gate window can be optimized to maximize the fluorescence signal detected for a predetermined amount of time.
US09835553B2	Method for sening residues using terahertz electromagnetic waves with high sensitivity and device used therefor Disclosed herein are a method and device for sensing pesticide residues, using terahertz electromagnetic waves. By the method, even a trace amount of pesticide residues on objects such as fruits can be accurately discriminated and sensed, with high sensitivity and selectivity, using a sensing chip that works in a terahertz electromagnetic wave band. Using the method, pesticide residues even at low concentrations can be accurately analyzed with high sensitivity and selectivity in which terahertz electromagnetic waves are irradiated onto pesticide residues through a sensing chip having a meta unit in which a pattern is formed to amplify a frequency corresponding to an absorption frequency of a pesticide residue of interest.
US09835552B2	Cytometry system with interferometric measurement This disclosure concerns methods and apparatus for interferometric spectroscopic measurements of particles with higher signal to noise ratio utilizing an infrared light beam that is split into two beams. At least one beam may be directed through a measurement volume containing a sample including a medium. The two beams may then be recombined and measured by a detector. The phase differential between the two beams may be selected to provide destructive interference when no particle is present in the measurement volume. A sample including medium with a particle is introduced to the measurement volume and the detected change resulting from at least one of resonant mid-infrared absorption, non-resonant mid-infrared absorption, and scattering by the particle may be used to determine a property of the particle. A wide range of properties of particles may be determined, wherein the particles may include living cells.
US09835534B2	Volumetric apparatus and densimeter in non liquid usage type Volumetric Apparatus and Densimeter in non liquid usage type composes of cylinder which is in shape of tube for filling in by the object needed to be measured with inside pushing support stick for supporting the moving forth-back of pushing stick to transmit the pressure force to make pushing support stick moving forth-back to be able to move forth-back. The moving forth-back of said pushing support stick is to measure the distance of the moving forth-back compared with original distance by send-receive signal transmitter equipped outside cylinder. The cylinder is separated into two parts of which each part supports for in-out pressure by inside pushing stick that push in-pull out by external force to measure the object needed to be measured placed at one part of cylinder that separated to measure the moving forth-back of inside pushing stick by distance meter unit at least two units. Then, the units calculates the changed distances in cylinder as data for finding volume and density and air pressure inside cylinder at least one cylinder and to be sent to pressure and vacuum meter and displays in numbers or signs to show pressure inside cylinder as support data in calculation of volume and density of the object needed to be measured.
US09835533B2	Tablet testing device The invention relates to a tablet testing device for testing tablets with at least one tablet testing station suitable for carrying out at least one test procedure, and preferably at least one apparatus suitable for receiving, and possibly also crushing, the tablet, and also at least one device for positioning a test specimen in accordance with the procedure. The device in accordance with the invention for positioning the tablet includes at least one movable positioning surface, preferably a flap, and at least one further surface that interacts with this positioning surface for the purpose of positioning the tablet.
US09835529B2	Biological specimen handling apparatus and method In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a mold is provided for receiving a tissue specimen and molten embedding material that improves the ease of withdrawing the embedded tissue specimen. The mold has a barrier coating intimately bonded to one or more surfaces of the mold that repels the attraction of the embedding material to the one or more mold surfaces and produces a positive meniscus of the embedding material in the mold. The barrier coating permits the mold to be re-used without needing to manually re-apply a release agent to the mold before using the mold. Further, the barrier coating permits the use of more aggressive draft angles than conventional molds by reducing the frictional engagement between the embedding material and the mold cavity surfaces.
US09835526B2	Systems and methods for removing contaminates from a stream prior to passing the stream through an analyzer A separator comprising: a first and second chamber, wherein the chambers are generally vertically disposed and parallel to each other; and the chambers have an upper end and a lower end; and the separator comprises an upper body and a lower body, wherein the upper ends are disposed in communication with the upper body, and the lower ends are disposed in communication with the lower body. Further disclosed is a single-chamber separator including a cooler. The cooler surrounds a portion of the chamber, and includes a coolant inlet disposed on a bottom surface, and a coolant outlet disposed on a top surface, and further includes baffles for directing coolant flow in a back and forth manner inside of the cooler. Also disclosed is a dual-chamber separator including a plurality of filters. The filters are disposed in the chambers in surrounding relationship to the tubes.
US09835521B1	Methods and systems for encoder synchronization using spark and fuel modification In one embodiment, a method of determining correct engine phase in an internal combustion engine without a cam sensor, the engine having a plurality of piston-cylinders that cause rotation of a crankshaft and a fuel delivery assembly associated with each of the plurality of piston-cylinders, the method comprising monitoring an engine parameter, modifying an amount of fuel delivered to a known piston-cylinder, advancing a spark time one of the plurality of piston-cylinders, and determining an actual engine phase based on a change in the engine parameter.
US09835516B2	Adaptor for a capless fuel tank filler pipe Methods and systems are provided for an adaptor for a capless filler pipe of a fuel tank for leak detection testing of a vehicle. In one example, the system may include a threaded hollow shaft having a top end able to receive a nozzle of a leak detection machine, the hollow shaft inserted through a mouth of a filler pipe of a fuel tank, a gasket arranged on the hollow shaft, and an end cylinder having an elastic piece on the hollow shaft configured to create an airtight seal with the fuel mouth. In this way, the adaptor may restrict gas flow through a defined flow path through the adaptor, and not through any other flow paths during leak detection testing.
US09835515B2	Pressure sensor with testing device and related methods A pressure sensor is for positioning within a structure. The pressure sensor may include a pressure sensor integrated circuit (IC) having a pressure sensor circuit responsive to bending, and a transceiver circuit coupled to the pressure sensor circuit. The pressure sensor may include a support body having a recess therein coupled to the pressure sensor IC so that the pressure sensor IC bends into the recess when the pressure sensor IC is subjected to external pressure.
US09835512B2	Header assembly for a pressure sensor A header assembly for a pressure sensor and methods for manufacturing and using the same are provided. In one example embodiment, a header insert may include a base; a hollow protusion coupled to the base and having a metalized inner surface and a metalized outer surface, wherein the metalized outer surface of the hollow protrusion is used to couple to a header and the metalized inner surface of the hollow protrusion is used to couple to a header pin; and wherein a seal is formed between the header, the header insert and the header pin.
US09835508B2	Pressure sensor having strain gauges disposed on a diaphragm An object of the present invention is to realize a pressure sensor with a small variation in sensor characteristics. The pressure sensor includes a diaphragm having longitudinal and lateral sides, and four strain gauges disposed on the diaphragm. The four strain gauges are arranged at a center of the diaphragm. Two of the four strain gauges are arranged along a lateral direction, and other two strain gauges are arranged along a longitudinal direction.
US09835490B2	Discriminating photo counts and dark counts in an avalanche photodiode The output of an avalanche photodiode (APD) comprises a “photocurrent” component comprising photon initiated events resulting from the interaction of photons with the APD and a “dark current” component comprising dark carrier events arising in the APD even when the APD is not exposed to light. Differences in the pulse height distributions of photon initiated events and dark carrier initiated events are used to statistically discriminate between photocurrent and dark current components of APD output.
US09835489B2	Vector sensor for measuring particle movement in a medium The present invention relates to a vector sensor for measuring particle movement in a medium. The vector sensor comprises a magnetic body that is held at a certain distance from a magnetometer in such a way that the magnetic body can move in time with a passing particle movement, wherein the magnetometer is arranged to detect the oscillations in the magnetic field that the movements in the medium produce.
US09835487B2	Operating a high accuracy thermal anemometer flow meter in gas stream containing liquid droplets A method is provided to operate a thermal anemometer flow meter to measure a property of a stream. The method includes measuring a first heat loss to the stream from operating at a first DeltaT above a temperature of the stream, measuring a second heat loss to the stream from operating at a second DeltaT above the temperature of the stream where the second DeltaT being greater than the first DeltaT. The method further includes determining the property of the stream based on the first and the second heat losses.
US09835477B2	Wheel assembly rotational position identifying apparatus A wheel assembly rotational position identifying apparatus includes an acceleration detector, a control section, and a battery. The control section identifies the rotational position of the wheel assembly based on an acceleration detected by the acceleration detector. The control section operates in a control mode that is a selected one of a normal mode and a power saving mode, in which a power consumption associated with identification of the rotational position of the wheel assembly is smaller than that in the normal mode. The control section switches the control mode to the normal mode when an initiation condition is met in accordance with an input from outside. The control section also switches the control mode to the power saving mode when a termination condition is met in the normal mode.
US09835469B2	Start-of-route map navigation with suppression of off-route feedback A map navigation tool provides a start-of-route buffer area in which off-route feedback (e.g., audio or visual warnings or alerts) can be suppressed in some circumstances. For example, a mobile computing device implements a map navigation tool that can output off-route feedback when the user strays from a route, but also can suppress off-route feedback when the user is within a start-of-route buffer area. Off-route feedback can continue to be suppressed until some other event, such as the user leaving the start-of-route buffer area, occurs. Off-route feedback can be suppressed even if the user is not within a start-of-route buffer area, such as when the map navigation tool generates a route when the user is at an initial location that is far away from any part of the route and then joins the route later (e.g., at the start location or downstream from the start location).
US09835468B2	Entry detection apparatus and entry detection method An entry detection apparatus includes a position detection unit that detects presence of an entry prohibited road ahead of a vehicle based on a position of the vehicle and map data including information showing, for each road section, whether the road section is an entry prohibited road section, a sign detection unit that detects whether or not a pair of no-entry signs are present on both sides of a running course of the vehicle based on an image captured by an image sensor mounted on the vehicle, and determines whether or not the vehicle has passed between the no-entry signs, and an entry determination unit that determines that the vehicle has entered the entry prohibited road if the position detection unit detects presence of the entry prohibited road, and the sign detection unit determines that the vehicle has passed between the no-entry signs.
US09835461B2	Database management using format description A system manages a database through a format description table. The format description table provides instructions for operating an abstract machine. Based on the instructions, the abstract machine reads application data and parses the application data to an application software. The abstract machine may provide the application software with semantic information related to the application data to enable the application software to interpret and process the application data.
US09835460B2	GPS map-matching based on space map-matching An embodiment of the invention provides a method that identifies GPS shifting fields for road segments, the GPS shifting fields including areas around the road segments that include false GPS readings of objects that traveled on the road segments. The GPS shifting fields can be revised with a road segment attribute and/or at a driver preference. The road map network can be partitioned into space units, where the road map network can include at least two GPS readings of the object. For each space unit that includes a road segment, a probability that the object was located on the road segment can be calculated for each road segment based on the GPS readings of the object and the GPS shifting fields. The trajectory of the object can be determined based on the computing of the probabilities.
US09835453B2	Ground control point assignment and determination system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ground control point assignment and determination. One of the methods includes receiving information describing a flight plan for the UAV to implement, the flight plan identifying one or more waypoints associated with geographic locations assigned as ground control points. A first waypoint identified in the flight plan is traveled to, and an action to designate a surface at the associated geographic location is designated as a ground control point. Location information associated with the designated surface is stored. The stored location information is provided to an outside system for storage.
US09835451B2	System and method for determining a ride height of a motor vehicle A method for determining a ride height of a body of a motor vehicle and includes the steps of determining wheel heights at at least four different wheels of the motor vehicle, forming different selections of in each case three of the determined wheel heights, determining a ride height of the body for each selection, comparing the determined ride heights, and determining that at least one measurement value for a wheel height is implausible if the determined ride heights differ from one another by more than a predetermined amount.
US09835433B1	Touch trigger probe A touch probe for a coordinate measuring machine with a processor which is programmed to generate a trigger signal signalling a contact between a stylus of the probe and a workpiece, whenever one of a plurality displacement signals exceeds a corresponding threshold. In addition, or in alternative, a delayed trigger is generated based on a processing a plurality of samples of displacement signals that are stored in a buffer. The processor is programmed to minimize anisotropy of the probe response. Furthermore, the thresholds can be modified during operations based on commands received from the CMM controller.
US09835431B1	Apparatus and methods for gauging parts Inspection apparatus and methods for inspecting parts include a drum including a chamber for receiving parts to be inspected and at least one screen having at least one gauge formed therein, wherein the drum is configured to be rotatably mountable on a support, and wherein rotation of the drum is operable to present parts to be inspected to the at least one gauge.
US09835422B2	Kind of image-text firework production method The present invention comprises a pattern-character firework carrier (101), a pattern-character display method, and a pattern-character firework setting-off step. The pattern-character firework carrier (101) is provided with a lifting-off device (201) which is provided with a lifting-off gunpowder bin (1) with lifting-off gunpowder (6) packaged inside, and a pattern-character display control device (301) which is provided with a lattice gunpowder packaging body (2) provided with a firework launching unit (4) and a simultaneous ignition bin (3). The pattern-character display method comprises steps of designing a pattern, converting the pattern into a color lattice graphic (12), arranging fireworks according to the graphic, loading the fireworks, and the like. The setting-off step comprises: igniting a fuse (8), igniting the lifting-off gunpowder (6), lifting off the pattern-character firework carrier (101), exciting the simultaneous ignition device (5), igniting firework launching gunpowder (10), sending firework display gunpowder (9) out of the carrier, simultaneously igniting the firework display gunpowder (9) in the air, and displaying the pattern and character in the air. The method is simple in implementation, low in cost, and capable of allowing the gunpowder to be combined freely. The sky can be made bright and colorful with the fireworks. Affection can be directly expressed.
US09835419B2	Method and system for armored energy-dispersion objects An armor system that includes a first armor article that includes a plurality of energy-dispersion objects arranged in a predetermined configuration, wherein the plurality of energy-dispersion objects includes a plurality of hollow objects, and wherein at least some of the plurality of hollow objects are filled with an inner filler material; and a lock mechanism configured to hold the plurality of energy-dispersion objects in the predetermined configuration. A method for manufacturing an armor system, the armor system including a first armor article, the method including producing a plurality of hollow hemispheres; affixing pairs of the plurality of hemispheres to one another to form a first plurality of spheres; treating each one of the plurality of hemispheres with an anti-ballistic treatment; inserting a filler material into each one of the plurality of hemispheres; and locking the first plurality of spheres into a predetermined configuration.
US09835414B2	Ballistic vest carrier cover system with pouches for hard armor panels Hard armor plate pouches incorporated in a ballistic vest carrier cover that has armor panel pockets with side openings and waist panels. The pouches are attached to the carrier cover outer layer inside the armor pockets with access through the outer layer. In one configuration, the pouch is a single fabric sheet attached to the outer layer around the sheet perimeter. In another configuration, the pouch is a bag that hangs freely in the pocket. The pouch is accessed via a lateral opening or a vertical opening in the outer layer that is closed by an openable fastener, such as a zipper, hook and loop fastener, or snaps. The vertical opening can be hidden behind a placket. Optionally, the waist panels have side pouches that have openings at the side or the top.
US09835412B1	Holographic sporting/combat optic with reticles recorded at different distances A holographic sporting/combat optic may be mounted to weapon. The holographic sporting/combat optic includes a laser diode, a holographic recording element and one or more optical components arranged in a housing. In response to a light beam incident thereon, the holographic recording element projects a composite, multidimensional reticle image into the optical viewing window. Of note, the holographic recording element has two or more reticle elements recorded thereon which form the composite reticle image. Each of the two or more reticle elements is captured at a different distance from the weapon during different exposures of the holographic recording element.
US09835410B2	Rotatable holster A mounting assembly for securing a holster to a user that permits a holstered weapon to be rotated from a normal, dominant-hand accessible position to a reversed position more easily accessible to a non-dominant hand. The assembly includes a first portion that is securable to a user and a second portion hingedly connected to the first portion in a manner allowing rotation about a generally upstanding axis. The second portion is rotatable between a normal position which enables the user to draw the weapon using a dominant hand and a reversed position in which the holster is rotated to enable the user to conveniently draw the weapon using an off-hand. The assembly includes provisions to restrain the second portion in one or more predetermined orientations, biasing mechanisms to rotate the second portion when released, and latching mechanism to prevent inadvertent or unintended rotation of a holstered weapon.
US09835407B2	Apparatus for changing between a two-point sling state and a one-point sling state The sling comprises at least one strap defining a loop. The loop is to be positioned over a user's first shoulder and under a user's second shoulder. A first attaching member couples a first part of the loop to a first part of a weapon. A cam buckle is coupled to a second part of the loop and is for adjusting the size of the loop when a first force acts on a lever of the cam buckle. A trigger snap hook is coupled to a third part of the loop and is for removably coupling the loop to a second part of a weapon. A gate of the trigger snap hook is configured to open when a second force acts on a trigger of the trigger snap hook. A linking member couples the trigger of the trigger snap hook to the lever of cam buckle.
US09835399B1	Monocore silencer with integral conical flash hider A muzzle end accessory for a firearm includes features to both suppress sounds and flashes associated with firing of the firearm. The features that provide sound and flash suppression may be formed, at least partially, in a core structure that is interior to the accessory and thus protected from damage by contact with external elements. The core structure may be of a unitary structure, promoting structural integrity and ease of manufacturing.
US09835398B2	Firearm trigger group module with pivoting element non-coaxial to assembly pin and method of installing a trigger group module Provided is a trigger group module for a firearm that includes a portion defining a trigger group receiving area having laterally spaced apart walls with at least two pairs of laterally opposed openings for receiving assembly pins. The trigger group module includes a module frame sized to be inserted into the trigger group receiving area and has assembly pin receiving openings positioned to align with the laterally opposed openings in the walls of the trigger group receiving area. A hammer member is pivotally supported by the module frame along a first substantially transverse axis. A trigger member is supported by the module frame along a second substantially transverse axis. At least one of the first and second substantially transverse axes is not coaxially aligned with an assembly pin receiving opening.
US09835393B2	Apparatus for circulating balls for cleaning a pipe line The present invention relates to an apparatus for circulating balls. An embodiment of the present invention includes: a circulation path for circulating balls and fluid, the circulation path comprising a cooling water tube of a heat exchange unit; a pump arranged in the circulation path for pumping the balls and fluid; and a counter for counting the time and the number of the balls in relation to the circulation of the balls.
US09835390B2	Unitary graphene material-based integrated finned heat sink A unitary graphene-based integrated heat sink comprising a heat collection member (base) and at least one heat dissipation member (e.g. fins) integral to the baser, wherein the base is configured to be in thermal contact with a heat source, collects heat therefrom, and dissipates heat through the fins. The unitary graphene material is obtained from heat-treating a graphene oxide gel at a temperature higher than 100° C., 500° C., 1,250° C., or 2,000° C., and contains chemically bonded graphene molecules having inter-graphene distance of 0.3354-0.4 nm (preferably <0.337 nm). The unitary graphene material is a graphene single crystal, a poly-crystal with incomplete grain boundaries, or a poly-crystal having large grain sizes (e.g. >mm or cm), exhibiting a degree of graphitization preferably from 1% to 100% and a Mosaic spread value less than 0.7 (preferably no greater than 0.4). The finned heat sink may also be made from a filler-reinforced graphene matrix composite.
US09835387B2	Fin structure for heat exchanger for automotive applications, in particular for agricultural and on-site machines A heat exchanger for heat exchange between air and a heat exchange medium includes a plurality of heat transfer conduits arranged parallel to each other as flow paths for the heat exchange medium and a plurality of fin members. The fin members are configured to provide: an air inlet end for air inflow, an air outlet end for air outflow, and an air flow path. The air flow path connects the air inlet end with the air outlet end and allows a heat exchange with the plurality of heat transfer conduits. Each fin member includes a plurality of undulation troughs coplanar with each other and connected together so as to define a water condensate flow path. Each water condensate flow path has a flat bottom which extends from the air inlet end to the air outlet end.
US09835384B2	Demand-based charging of a heat pipe A heat pipe includes one or more reservoirs of liquid that are closed at lower temperatures and open at higher temperatures. The opening of the reservoirs at higher temperatures caused by higher power levels dynamically increases the amount of liquid in the heat pipe, which increases performance of the heat pipe at higher power levels. As the heat pipe cools, the liquid condenses and flows back into the reservoirs. As the heat pipe continues to cool, the reservoirs close. The result is a heat pipe that is more efficient at lower power levels and still maintains high efficiency at higher power levels due to the demand-based charging of the liquid based on temperature.
US09835369B2	Vacuum insulated structure tubular cabinet construction A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an “O” shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.
US09835368B2	Refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus for use in a defrosting operation A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus performs, even during a heating operation under air conditions leading to formation of frost, a defrosting operation while simultaneously continuing the heating operation and improves comfort through heating by securing an appropriate amount of ventilation. A plurality of refrigeration cycles independently performs a heating operation and a defrosting operation. By controlling a ventilation damper of an indoor unit that is to perform a defrosting operation to increase the amount of ventilation, a prior ventilation operation for securing the time-averaged required amount of ventilation including the period in which the defrosting operation is being performed is performed before the defrosting operation, and after the prior ventilation is terminated, the defrosting operation is started.
US09835361B2	Solar-powered LiBr-water absorption air conditioning system using hybrid storage The solar-powered LiBr-water absorption air conditioning system using hybrid storage includes one or more solar collectors generating heat energy to drive the system. The solar collector communicates with a generator to heat an aqueous LiBr solution and release refrigerant through vaporization. The refrigerant feeds into a condenser to form a refrigerant condensate. The condensate feeds into an evaporator, which throttles the refrigerant and causes flash vaporization, resulting in cooling discharged into a load. The refrigerant from the evaporator feeds into an absorber containing a weak LiBr-water mixture from the generator to facilitate absorption of the refrigerant. A pump feeds the resultant aqueous LiBr solution back to the generator for another cycle. The hybrid storage includes a combination of heat storage tank, refrigerant storage tank, and/or a cold water tank coupled to the generator, condenser, and the evaporator to supplement driving or additional cooling during nighttime for continuous daily operation.
US09835353B2	Energy recovery ventilator unit with offset and overlapping enthalpy wheels An energy recovery ventilator cabinet containing a plurality of enthalpy wheels. The enthalpy wheels are substantially perpendicular to a stream of forced air, allowing the air to pass through the wheels. The enthalpy wheels are also disposed such that portions overlap, allowing multiple enthalpy wheels to be disposed in a smaller space than if the enthalpy wheels were placed side by side. This arrangement has led to energy recovery effectiveness similar to that obtained by a larger, single enthalpy wheel, but has the advantage of using less space.
US09835330B2	Linear slide damper system A damper system comprises a damper blade having open and closed states. The damper blade is movable in a linear direction only between the open and closed states. The damper blade may fully overlap with a flue passage in the closed state, and the damper blade may lack any overlap with the flue passage in the open state. A portion of the damper blade may directly contact a switch activation arm in the open state, wherein the switch activation arm confirms the open state of the damper blade.
US09835322B1	Flow through extended surface troffer system A lighting apparatus includes a printed circuit board. A first light source and a second light source can be mounted on the printed circuit board. A first optical member can receive and redirect light from the first light source, and a second optical member can receive and redirect light from the second light source. A vent aperture can be defined in the printed circuit board, the vent aperture being positioned between the optical members. The apparatus can include first and second thermally conductive sheets thermally coupled to the printed circuit board, the first thermally conductive sheet disposed on a first back side of the first optical member, the second thermally conductive sheet disposed on a second back side of the second optical member. The apparatus can include a housing having a housing vent, the housing vent and the vent aperture defining a first convective path between the optical members.
US09835319B2	Sequential and coordinated flashing of electronic roadside flares with active energy conservation Electronic light emitting flares and related methods. Flares of the present invention include various features such as self-synchronization, remote control, motion-actuated or percussion-actuated features, dynamic shifting between side-emitting and top-emitting light emitters in response to changes in positional orientation (e.g., vertical vs. horizontal) of the flare; overrides to cause continued emission from side-emitting or top-emitting light emitters irrespective of changes in the flare's positional orientation; use of the flare(s) for illumination of traffic cones and other hazard marking or traffic safety objects or devices, group on/off features, frequency specificity to facilitate use of separate groups of flares in proximity to one another, selection and changing of flashing patterns and others.
US09835315B2	Connecting element for connecting at least two rails adapted for mounting semiconductor light sources A connecting element for connecting at least two rails adapted for mounting semiconductor light sources. The connecting element has a bottom wall and two side walls emerging from the bottom wall on opposite sides. The walls form a U-shaped profile. The connecting element is configured for accommodating at least one rail adapted for mounting semiconductor light sources in an accommodating area delimited by the bottom wall and the side walls, and the connecting element has latching elements arranged with a regular longitudinal pattern on at least one wall for latching with the accommodated rail.
US09835313B2	Optical unit for light-emitting structure, light-emitting structure, and light box including the light-emitting structure Various embodiments may relate to an optical unit for a light-emitting structure, a light-emitting structure, and a light box comprising the light-emitting structure. The optical unit includes a body and a light-blocking structure, wherein the body includes at least one reflective surface, wherein the light-blocking structure includes a first light-blocking structure and a second light-blocking structure, wherein the first light-blocking structure is formed in one piece with the body, and the second light-blocking structure is arranged in the first light-blocking structure, wherein the first light-blocking structure is arranged to at least partially surround the reflective surface, to block the light leaks from the reflective surface by the second light-blocking structure.
US09835312B2	End cap of LED tube light with thermal conductive ring LED tube light including light tube and end cap, in which end cap includes an insulating tubular part and a thermal conductive ring, thermal conductive ring fixedly arranged on outer circumferential surface of insulating tubular part, end cap sleeved over an end of light tube, and thermal conductive ring adhesively bonded to light tube is disclosed herein. Insulating tubular part has first and second tubular parts that are connected along axial direction of light tube, outer diameter of second tubular part is less than outer diameter of first tubular part, and thermal conductive ring is sleeved over second tubular part, in which outer surface of thermal conductive ring and outer circumferential surface of first tubular part are substantially flush with each other. End of second tubular part has notches, spatially arranged along circumferential direction thereof. Thermal conductive ring can be tubular metal ring, and insulating tubular part can be plastic.
US09835307B1	Retrofit LED light panel A retrofit panel for a ceiling-mounted light fixture. The panel may comprise a lens, screen, diffuser, or LED light screen. Anchor line assemblies and retainer arm assemblies extend from a perimeter guide track from which they extend. The anchor line assemblies engage one or more ports on the light fixture housing and hold the retrofit panel a maximum anchor distance from the housing. The retainer arm assemblies engage one or more openings on the light fixture housing and hold the retrofit panel flush with the light fixture housing or the ceiling if recess mounted. The retrofit panel can be easily installed in existing ceiling mounted light fixtures with minimal demolition.
US09835306B2	LED illumination apparatus An LED illumination apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a light source disposed on the substrate, a cover unit, wherein the cover unit is configured to cover the light source, which is disposed on the substrate, and a reflector which is configured to extend from the cover unit inside to the upper substrate, whereby a light generated by the light source illuminates an area below a bottom side of the substrate.
US09835296B2	Laser package having multiple emitters configured on a support member A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using nonpolar or semipolar gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided. In various embodiments, the laser device includes plural laser emitters emitting green or blue laser light, integrated a substrate.
US09835295B2	Efficient LED-based illumination modules with high color rendering index An illumination module includes a light mixing cavity with an interior surface area and window that are physically separated from an LED. A portion of the window is coated with a first wavelength converting material and a portion of the interior surface area is coated with a second wavelength converting material. The window may be coated with LuAG:Ce. The window may also be coated with a third wavelength converting material with a peak emission wavelength between 615-655 nm where the spectral response of light emitted from the window is within 20% of a blackbody radiator at the same CCT. The LED may emit a light that is converted by the light mixing cavity with a color conversion efficiency ratio greater than 130 lm/W where the light mixing cavity includes two photo-luminescent materials with a peak emission wavelengths between 508-528 nm and 615-655 nm.
US09835284B2	Multi-faceted appliance height-adjustment mechanism An appliance height-adjustment mechanism includes a support block having a plurality of supporting faces, a plurality of height-adjustment surfaces defined by at least a portion of the supporting faces of the support block, each height-adjustment surface being further defined by a lateral spacing flange extending perpendicularly from each height-adjustment surface and a plurality of support surfaces defined by at least a portion of the plurality of supporting faces, wherein each support surface corresponds to a cooperating height-adjustment surface of the plurality of height-adjustment surfaces, wherein the support block includes a plurality of support positions, and wherein each of the plurality of support positions is defined by one of the support surfaces being a respective base of the support block and the corresponding height-adjustment surface defining a dedicated appliance height above the respective base.
US09835278B2	Duct coupling apparatus and method of its use A duct coupling apparatus includes a collar portion having a first end and a second end, a flange disposed about the collar portion in a manner that divides the collar portion into an first side and a second side, and a retaining structure extending from a surface of the flange towards the second side of the collar portion. The retaining structure and the collar portion define therebetween an annular region for receipt of a sealing element, such as an o-ring or gasket. The retaining structure prevents the sealing element from extruding outwards and/or failing when under pressure.
US09835276B2	Quick-seal connecting component A quick-seal connecting component includes a first sealing ring, an expansion pipe and pipe joint with front and rear running through; the joint is assembled to a pipe in sealing engagement by the first sealing ring and the expansion pipe. The expansion pipe is sleeved on the outer wall of the pipe type joint. The first sealing ring is sleeved on the outer wall of the expansion pipe. The pipe type joint of the connecting component is assembled to the toilet pipe by the first sealing ring, the expansion pipe and the second sealing ring.
US09835267B2	Valve packing fugitive emission detection system In accordance with the resent invention, there is provided a fugitive emission detection system for use in conjunction with a valve having a packing deign which includes a primary packing and a secondary packing. The valve further includes a leak port which is disposed within the valve bonnet between the primary and secondary packings. The detection system is operative to maintain the leak port in a normally open state. As a result, any fluid leakage past the primary packing is normally sent to the detection system, as opposed to being applied to and thus pressurizing the secondary packing. In the event of that a prescribed level of fluid leakage beyond the primary packing is detected, the leak port will be closed. The closure of the leak port facilitates the pressurization of the secondary packing.

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