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US09854531B2	Integrated circuit system and integrated circuit An integrated circuit system includes a first integrated circuit for which signal modes set to a plurality of first I/O ports in the active mode are maintained in the sleep mode and a second integrated circuit for which a plurality of second I/O ports are placed in a floating state in the sleep mode, wherein the first integrated circuit transmits a first notification signal that indicates an operation mode to the second integrated circuit, wherein the second integrated circuit transmits a second notification signal that indicates an operation mode to the first integrated circuit, and wherein the signal modes of the plurality of first I/O ports and the plurality of second I/O ports are set such as to suppress steady currents persistently flowing between the first I/O ports and the second I/O ports, and to suppress through currents flowing.
US09854526B2	Sensor activated power reduction in voice activated mobile platform A method of controlling power consumption of a voice activation system in a mobile platform includes monitoring one or more sensors of the mobile platform. Next, it is determined whether a microphone of the mobile platform is concealed or obstructed in response to the monitoring of the one or more sensors. If so, the mobile platform transitions one or more components of the voice activation system from a normal power consumption power state to a low power consumption state.
US09854525B2	Method and apparatus for performing a handover in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network A method and an apparatus for performing a handover in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report to a source evolved Node B (eNB), and receives a handover command from the source eNB. The WTRU initiates reception and processing of a primary broadcast channel (P-BCH) at the target cell after receiving the handover command. The WTRU then sends a random access preamble to the target eNB, receives a random access response from the target eNB, and sends a handover complete message to the target eNB. The reception and processing of the P-BCH may be initiated immediately after receiving the handover command or after sending the handover complete message. The WTRU may apply default configuration or source cell configuration in the target cell until a target cell SFN and/or P-BCH information are acquired.
US09854522B2	System and method for semi-persistent and dynamic scheduling and discontinuous reception control Methods of combining semi-persistent resource allocation and dynamic resource allocation are provided. Packets, such as VoIP packets, are transmitted on the uplink and downlink using respective semi-persistent resources. For each mobile device, awake periods and sleep periods are defined. The semi-persistent resources are aligned with the awake periods so that most of the time the mobile device can turn off its wireless access radio during the sleep periods. In addition, signalling to request, and to allocate, resources for additional packets are transmitted during the awake periods, and the resources allocated for the additional packets are within the awake windows.
US09854521B2	Apparatus and method for cancelling interference in communication system supporting multi-user multiple-input multiple-output scheme A method of canceling interference by a signal receiving apparatus in a communication system supporting a multi-user Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) scheme and a signal receiving apparatus is provided. The method includes determining whether there is a need for using an interference cancellation scheme while performing a signal detecting operation; and performing the signal detecting operation using the interference cancellation scheme, or performing the signal detecting operation without using the interference cancellation scheme based on determining whether there is the need for using the interference cancellation scheme.
US09854517B2	Scheduling data in background services on mobile devices Systems and methods of scheduling data in background services on mobile devices are disclosed. An example method includes identifying data consumption patterns on a mobile device. The method also includes determining sensitivity of data arriving at the mobile device based on the data consumption patterns. The method also includes aggregating network access by background services on the mobile device according to a schedule based on the sensitivity of the data arriving at the mobile device.
US09854513B2	Method and network node for determining a recommended cell for a user equipment A cell is recommended to a first user equipment for selection during its cell selection process, wherein the recommendation is based on a performance parameter between the cell and a second user equipment, wherein the recommendation is based on a determined degree of similarity between the first user equipment and the second user equipment.
US09854499B2	System and methods for managing a user data path Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that determines each of a default downlink forwarding address of a first interface of a user plane and a currently used downlink forwarding address of the first interface of the user plane. One of an uplink user data packet comprising an origination address of a second interface of the user plane, a downlink user data packet comprising a destination address of the second interface of the user plane or both are received, by way of the user plane. One of the default downlink forwarding address, the currently used downlink forwarding address or both can be modified based on the uplink origination address, the destination address or both. Modification of the default downlink forwarding address, the currently used downlink forwarding address or both results in a redirection of an associated packet flow within the user plane. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09854496B2	Method of high-efficiency connected mode cell re-selection A novel and efficient connected mode cell reselection procedure is proposed to improve the mobility performance for user equipments (UEs) configured with extended connected mode Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle in LTE systems. A UE-centric mobility mechanism with which a UE performs cell reselection in RRC connected mode is proposed. The UE is allowed to select a target cell without handover signaling in the source cell and when needed to initiate signaling with the target cell, for which signal quality is much better. In this way, handover failures due to failed signaling in the source cell can be avoided. More specifically, the proposed mobility mechanism reduces signaling overhead and is inherently robust towards different DRX cycle settings, i.e., longer DRX cycles do not cause more failures, or more overhead, or more battery consumption.
US09854490B2	Rank indicator inheritance for subframe restricted channel state information reporting Generally, this disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for subframe restricted Channel State Information (CSI) reporting with Rank Indicator (RI) inheritance. A User Equipment (UE) device may include an RI generation module to generate RIs based on a received CSI configuration from an evolved Node B (eNB) of a serving cell of the UE. The UE may also include an RI Reference Process CSI generation module to generate a first Reference CSI including a first selected RI of the generated RIs, the first selection based on a first subframe set of the received CSI configuration, and to generate a second Reference CSI including a second selected RI of the generated RIs, the second selection based on a second subframe set of the received CSI configuration. The UE may further include a Linked Process CSI generation module to generate a linked CSI including an inherited RI from the first Reference CSI.
US09854489B2	Location processing in small cells implementing multiple air interfaces A heterogeneous network which supports multiple communication technologies (e.g., communication in accordance with multiple air interface standards) in a unified architecture can provide near-term solutions to capacity problems. Specifically, in one embodiment, a heterogeneous network that includes both macro-base cells and pico cells and that incorporates longer range wireless air interfaces (e.g., second, third, or fourth, generation wireless air interface standards) and shorter range wireless air interfaces (e.g., Wi-Fi) can be provided. Such a heterogeneous network can include the coordination of security, quality of service, assessment of mobility of user equipment, authentication, provisioning systems, and location information.
US09854487B2	Simplified call continuity A server device may identify an ongoing call associated with a received handover call. The handover call may have been placed via a first network, and the ongoing call may be associated with a second network. The server device may detect that the user device has performed a handover of the ongoing call from the second network to the first network; and may process the ongoing call via the first network based on the detecting. A user device may establish a first call via a first network; detect a handover condition associated with the first network; place, based on detecting the handover condition, a second call via a second network, the second call being placed while the first call is in progress; receive an instruction to perform a handover; and send and receive, based on receiving the instruction to perform the handover, call traffic via the second call.
US09854483B2	Methods and systems for X2 link management in wireless communication networks This disclosure relates generally to wireless communication networks, and more particularly to methods and systems for managing X2 links in wireless communication networks. In one embodiment, a method includes computing a set of configuration parameters associated with at least one Neighboring Base Station (NBS) using measurement reports received from a plurality of User Equipment (UEs). Thereafter, the method includes determining feasibility of setting up at least one X2 link between a Serving Base Station (SBS) and the at least one NBS based on at least one configuration parameter. Based on the feasibility, the at least one X2 link are created by performing one of activation of an X2 link and initiation of setup of an X2 link for each of the at least one X2 link. Finally, the method includes consolidating the at least one of X2 links based on associated current usage and associated predicted future usage.
US09854482B2	Controlling a delivery of voice communications over a cellular data network or a wireless network based on user's profile A method, system and computer program product for controlling the delivery of voice communications. A profile is created for the user of a mobile device that specifies the thresholds for switching between a cellular network and a wireless network to conduct voice communications as well as stores a list of contacts and associated security levels. If the signal strength of the cellular radio signal is below a threshold, then the mobile device detects one or more wireless networks that are in the area of the user of the mobile device. The profile of the user of the mobile device is then checked to determine if the mobile device is authorized to switch to one of the detected wireless networks to deliver voice communications based on a security level associated with the party communicating with the user. In this manner, the user is able to control the delivery of voice communications.
US09854480B2	Method for selecting long term evolution LTE network and device The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies and discloses a method for selecting an LTE network and a device, so as to ensure continuity of a PS service, avoid unnecessary inter-PLMN handover, and improve user experience. The method mainly includes: acquiring, by an MSC/VLR, an identity of an LTE PLMN in which UE is registered, where the MSC/VLR is an MSC/VLR after the UE falls back to a 2G/3G network because of performing a CS service; and sending, by the MSC/VLR, a notification message to the UE, where the notification message includes the identity of the LTE PLMN, which is used to indicate the LTE PLMN that the UE returns to, and the LTE PLMN is used as a registered PLMN in the 2G/3G network. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly used in a process of fallback to an LTE network after a CSFB service ends.
US09854475B2	Method and system for multiple carrier resource allocation in LTE-advanced networks A process for selecting an optimal individual user solution including an optimal rate allocation and associated price for a predetermined bandwidth of cellular network resources includes application of an iterative process and selection from multiple proposed user solutions. The inputs to the iterative process include at least an initial user bid, an initial network rate allocation, a generated user utility function and the cost data. The user utility function includes multiple application user functions. Optimal solution selection includes comparing each multiple proposed user rate allocation with the initial network rate allocation for the user and selecting the closest multiple proposed user rate allocation to the initial network rate allocation. The process may be applied to aggregated cellular carrier scenarios.
US09854463B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting split availability of cell in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting split availability of a cell in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) may transmit a split availability of a first cell, managed by the first eNB, to neighbor eNBs. The split availability of the first cell may indicate whether the first cell supports cell split operation or not. Alternatively, the split availability of the first cell may indicate whether the first eNB supports an active antenna system (AAS).
US09854462B2	Survivable mobile network system A method of establishing communication links during a failure within a mobile communications network includes detecting disruptions in communications between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile terminals. Survivability components are activated within the base station and the mobile terminal to operate in a survivability mode. The survivability mode enables communications and services to be provided by the surviving base stations to mobile terminals through activated survivability components. The alternate communication links may operate for as long as a disruption exists.
US09854459B2	Network-based alarming and network-based reconfiguration Techniques for supporting communication by base stations are disclosed. In an aspect of the present disclosure, for network-based alarming, a base station may notify a designated user equipment (UE) whenever certain trigger events occurred at the base station. The base station may send notification messages for detected trigger events to the UE for timely intervention. In another aspect of the present disclosure, for network-based reconfiguration, a base station for a small cell may be reconfigured by a network server based on performance metrics for base stations in a wireless system. The reconfiguration may improve the performance of the base station and possibly other base stations in the wireless system.
US09854456B2	Method and apparatus for managing multi-hop relay networks Various aspects of an approach for managing multi-hop networks are described herein for an apparatus associated with a network that includes detecting, by the apparatus, an event corresponding to a state of association of a first device with the network; updating at least one network parameter based on the detection of the event; and generating a notification based on the update of the at least one network parameter. Another aspect of the disclosed approach includes receiving, by the apparatus, a first notification corresponding to a state of association of a first device with the network, wherein the first notification comprises a first timestamp corresponding to the state of association of the first device; comparing the first timestamp with a second timestamp corresponding to a table stored by the apparatus; and, updating the table with the first timestamp if the first timestamp is more recent than the second timestamp.
US09854450B2	Enhanced data collection, processing, and analysis facilities A method and corresponding apparatus configured to collect raw data from a plurality of wireless devices. The raw data includes activity recorded when the wireless devices are at a selected topographic region. The raw data is combined to produce aggregated data representative of the activities of the individual wireless devices. Either the aggregated data or the raw data are selected for analysis depending on whether the raw data meets a threshold activity or subscriber density level. The selected data are analyzed to identify activity patterns of users of the wireless devices.
US09854446B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a signal to an unlicensed band of a base station in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting at least one of a preamble and a reservation signal, if it is determined through carrier sensing that the unlicensed band is available; and transmitting a PDSCH on the unlicensed band immediately after the transmission of at least one of the preamble and the reservation signal. the preamble enables a terminal to acquire reception synchronization for at least one of the reservation signal and the PDSCH.
US09854445B1	Domain-aware device protection via cross-validation among spatially-adjacent devices Protecting a mobile device is provided. A first set of IoT devices in a first domain at a first geographic location is established by communicating with respective members of the first set of IoT devices. Respective ones of the first set of IoT devices are identified within the first domain as registered to a user corresponding to a mobile device based on a list of registered devices generating a registered subset of IoT devices that includes the mobile device. It is determined that the mobile device is in an unsecure environment based on establishing proximity to unknown IoT devices that are not members of the registered subset of IoT devices. A self-protection mode of operation is launched on the mobile device in response to determining that the mobile device is in the unsecure environment based on establishing proximity to the unknown IoT devices.
US09854433B2	Apparatus, system, and method for detecting the presence and controlling the operation of mobile devices within a vehicle An apparatus, system, and method for determining the presence of a mobile device located in a predetermined detection zone within a vehicle are disclosed. A detection module receives a communication signal, determines that the communication signal was transmitted by a mobile device located within a predetermined detection zone within a vehicle, and a control module transmits a control signal to the mobile device located within the predetermined detection zone. The system further includes a monitoring logic to monitor a functional system of the vehicle activating the transmission of the control signal by the control module when the monitored functional system is activated and the detection module determines that the communication signal was transmitted by the mobile device located within the predetermined detection zone.
US09854429B2	Mobile terminal configuration method and system A method for configuring a mobile terminal and system are provided. The method includes: a mobile terminal sending local information to a server, wherein the local information comprises MSID, MDN and NAI information and expected target customer brand information predefined by the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal acquiring configuration information sent by the server, wherein the configuration information is brand information in the server, which is matched with the local information sent by the mobile terminal; and the mobile terminal acquiring a configuration parameter corresponding to the brand information according to the brand information, and completing configuration according to the configuration parameter.
US09854421B2	Transfer of emergency services session between disparate subsystems Methods and nodes for coordinating communication sessions are described herein. A method includes providing, by a control system, a signaling anchor point at a domain transfer function in a visited multimedia subsystem for an access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for a communication session between a user element and a public service access point and coordinating call signaling for the communication session via the access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg.
US09854418B1	Automatic friend connection within a social network A computer-implemented method for recommending a friend for a network utilizing a host site. The method includes obtaining, using a processor system, a first audio recording from a first user device associated with a first member having a first member profile affiliated with the host site and a second audio recording from a second user device associated with a second member having a second member profile affiliated with the host site. Determining if the first and second user are in proximity by comparing the first and second audio recordings; and based on a determination that the first and second users are in proximity, initiating steps for associating the first member profile with the second member profile via the host site.
US09854417B2	Provision of additional network addressable numbers on single mobile device with no calling number identifier A method and system are described for servicing a second line service (“SLS”) based communication request originating from a subscriber's telecommunications device (“TD”) even if the call signal does not include sufficient information to identify the phone number from which the subscriber initiated the call. The method involves associating the SLS phone number of the subscriber, the primary number of the subscriber and the primary number of a third party via a special relationship number.
US09854415B2	Call center A2P-to-P2P message routing conversion A method and system enables converting Application-to-Person (A2P) messaging to Person-to-Person (P2P) messaging. Customer replies to short code A2P messages are diverted to alternate destinations in an enterprise. Enterprise destinations include call center operations and data enabled devices in various departments in an enterprise. Information collected from the reply messages can be used to determine the appropriate destination and can be used to analyze support and marketing statistics.
US09854411B2	Initiating live presentation content sharing via radio frequency beacons Systems, methods, and modes are disclosed for sharing presentation content displayed on a meeting room display during a meeting. The system comprises one or more presentation gateways each associated with a network address and configured for receiving and transmitting presentation content to a meeting room display during a meeting. The system further comprises one or more RF beacons each associated with a presentation gateway and configured for broadcasting information. The system also comprises a portable electronic device that pairs with the presentation gateway to share presentation content by: receiving from at least one of the one or more RF beacons the broadcasted information, estimating a distance to the at least one of the one or more RF beacons according to a detected signal strength of the RF beacon broadcast, determining a location of the portable electronic device based on the distance to the at least one of the one or more RF beacons, identifying a presentation gateway network address based on the determined location, and pairing with a presentation gateway using the identified presentation gateway network address.
US09854395B2	Methods and systems for notifying user of destination by route guide A method of providing destination information to a user through a location-based service includes: determining whether the user has approached a destination along a guided route for the user based on mapped location information for the user, the destination being designated by the user; and activating a visual notification function associated with the destination when the user is determined to have approached the destination.
US09854391B2	Zero touch configuration support for universal serial bus modem on a network device Zero touch configuration support for a universal serial bus (USB) modem is described herein. For example, as described herein, an identifier of a modem connected to an access point may be determined. Location information corresponding to the access point may also be determined. Based on the identifier of the modem and the location information, the access point may select a particular configuration, for the modem, where the particular configuration is suitable for a geographical location associated with the location information.
US09854389B1	Transmitting notifications using a transmission number A first indications from a first beacon of one or more beacons at a first time is received. A transmission number is requested from a server device. The transmission number is received from the server device. Responsive to receiving the first indication from the first beacon, whether the first time is within the transmission number is determined. Responsive to determining the first time is within the transmission number, the first indication is transmitted to the server device.
US09854387B2	Mobile information terminal and image forming apparatus capable of carrying out near-field wireless communication, system, control method therefor, and storage medium A system which enables an image forming apparatus to give priority to executing a job sent from a mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal sets an operating mode of the image forming apparatus. When a near-field wireless communication is started by the mobile information terminal coming close to the image forming apparatus, information on the set operating mode is sent to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus provides operating mode shifting control based on the information on the operating mode sent from the mobile information terminal by the near-field wireless communication.
US09854378B2	Audio spatial rendering apparatus and method An audio spatial rendering apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, The audio spatial rendering apparatus includes a rendering unit for spatially rendering an audio stream so that the reproduced far-end sound is perceived by a listener as originating from at least one virtual spatial position, a real position obtaining unit for obtaining a real spatial position of a real sound source, a comparator for comparing the real spatial position with the at least one virtual spatial position; and an adjusting unit for, where the real spatial position is within a predetermined range around at least one virtual spatial position, or vice versa, adjusting the parameters of the rendering unit so that the at least one virtual spatial position is changed.
US09854377B2	Interpolation for decomposed representations of a sound field In general, techniques are described for performing an interpolation with respect to decomposed versions of a sound field. A device comprising one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The processors may be configured to obtain decomposed interpolated spherical harmonic coefficients for a time segment by, at least in part, performing an interpolation with respect to a first decomposition of a first plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients and a second decomposition of a second plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.
US09854369B2	Wireless system for hearing communication devices providing wireless stereo reception modes The present subject matter relates to the wireless stereo reception of first and second audio information by wireless hearing communication devices. One type of device which may employ the present subject matter is a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. Various forms and protocols of signal transmission are employed in varying embodiments. The present subject matter includes various communication modes such as eavesdropping modes and relaying modes.
US09854365B2	Loudspeaker motor and suspension system A loudspeaker includes a voice coil in a balanced state. In the loudspeaker, at least a first suspension element acts on a first side of the voice coil, and at least a second suspension element acts on a second side of the voice coil. The loudspeaker includes a symmetric magnet assembly. The voice coil aligns with the symmetric magnet assembly. The symmetric alignment contributes to the loudspeaker yielding substantially symmetric motor force (BL), suspension stiffness (K), and inductance (Le).
US09854345B2	In-ear headphone with cable exit positioned for improved stability An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning at an ear of a wearer. The earbud body extends along a first axis in a first direction. A nozzle extends from the earbud body for positioning at an ear canal of the ear, and for directing an audio output at the ear canal of the ear. A cable exit interface is at an edge of the earbud body along a second axis that extends in the first direction along a region proximal to an edge of the earbud body, the second axis offset from the first axis. A cable extends from the cable exit interface at the edge of the earbud body. The cable exit interface is constructed and arranged to impart a force on the nozzle in a direction of the ear canal in response to a force imparted on the cable in a direction away from the first axis and tangential to the second axis.
US09854339B2	Speaker system A speaker system including a speaker device and a cabinet. The cabinet is composed of; a front wall having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and is provided with a speaker device affixed thereto; a rear wall opposing to the front wall; and two pairs of side walls arranged between the front wall and the rear wall. A first duct communicating with the interior space of the cabinet is provided through the side wall of the cabinet. A first opening that makes the interior space of the cabinet communicated with a first opening is provided at an area that encompasses a center portion of the one side wall in the one pair of the side walls having the shorter mutual distance therebetween in the two pairs of the side walls.
US09854334B2	Method and device for managing transmissions of measurements periodically carried out by a sensor A method and device are provided for managing transmissions of a plurality of sets of measurements performed periodically by a measurement sensor capable of communicating with a collection device via a radio network. The method determines, according to a random distribution law, a date of transmission for each set of measurements of the plurality and transmits a message relating to at least one set of measurements, on one of the dates of transmission determined for the plurality.
US09854331B2	Interactive content acquisition using embedded codes Methods and devices are provided to embed a watermark message in a multimedia content to facilitate acquisition of associated information. One such method includes obtaining a server code that is assigned by a registrar entity and identifying a particular domain name that is registered to a registrant entity. Such a server code provides a mapping to an Internet address of a metadata server that includes information associated with the content. After obtaining one or more interval code, a watermark payload is formed that includes the server code and an interval code and embedded in the content. The identifies a particular segment of the content and upon distribution of such embedded content, a query based on the server code and one interval code allows metadata associated with the content to be acquired.
US09854320B2	Method and system for accessing TV programs and applications on smart TV A method for accessing TV programs and applications on a smart TV may include receiving a channel selection command from a user, and determining an index number corresponding to the channel selected by the user according to the command. The method may also include searching for a program resource or an application corresponding to the determined index number through a preset index table, and starting and displaying the identified program resource or application. A system for accessing TV programs and applications on a smart TV may change a channel management mode of conventional systems of smart TVs and set-top boxes, such that information of TV programs and applications can be displayed together and called conveniently. A user can conveniently and rapidly switch between programs and applications without the need to switch between TV channel and application interfaces.
US09854316B1	On-demand session initiation and management Methods and systems to provide and manage on-demand sessions are described herein. A request is received from a client to start an on-demand session. It is determined if there are sufficient resources to start the on-demand session for the client. The request is inserted into a queue if there aren't sufficient resources to start the on-demand session for the client. The on-demand sessions is started when there are sufficient resources available and it is the client's turn in the queue.
US09854315B1	Systems and methods for broadcast audience interaction and participation A broadcast audience interaction and feedback system may discover and activate a recording function of a portable device of a user to record audio and/or video of media content output by a media device in proximity to the user. The audio or video data may be used to identify the content by matching audio or video fingerprints or signatures of the data recorded by the portable device with separately generated signatures or fingerprints associated with the content. Additional entities may be automatically associated with the content via capturing of metadata or closed captioning data during the content, OCR of displayed text in the content, or detection of other such entities. In some implementations, the portable device may also capture feedback from the user, including cheering, applause, and laughter, as well as explicit questions or comments, voting choices, etc. The feedback may be identified, and queries generated or additional functions performed based on the identified feedback, the identified media content, and/or one or more entities associated with the identified media content.
US09854314B1	Methods and systems for receiving ratings from a third-party source of ratings Methods and systems are presented for selecting a preferred source of ratings (e.g., Metacritic.com) and integrating the ratings into the electronic program guide (EPG) such as displaying the ratings alongside program listings. By allowing the user to select the source of ratings, the media guidance application ensures that the ratings provided are meaningful to the user. The media guidance application retrieves the ratings from the source of ratings selected by the user and displays the retrieved ratings in the corresponding program listing so that the user may make an informed decision about his or her television viewing. The media guidance application may also incorporate the retrieved ratings into media guidance functions such as setting reminders, scheduling recordings, or recommending programs.
US09854313B2	Methods and systems for presenting information about media assets Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that presents information about a media asset by modifying graphical properties of a progress bar associated with the media asset. For example, based on one or more events in the media asset, the media guidance application may modify the dimensions of the progress bar to include textual descriptions, may modify a color, brightness, transparency, etc. of the progress bar, and/or may modify an animation of the progress bar or a graphic associated with the progress bar.
US09854300B2	Automatic channel changing auxiliary device and automatic channel changing method thereof A device providing an automatic channel changing function includes: a receiving unit, receiving recommended program data, first user data and second user data from a first AV playing device; a storage unit, storing reference data; a look-up unit, generating channel changing data according to the recommended program data, the first user data, the second user data and the reference data; and a transmitting unit, transmitting the channel changing data to a second AV playing device according to the second user data.
US09854292B1	Systems and methods for determining audience engagement based on user motion Systems and methods are described for measuring audience engagement for a media asset using user motion. For example, a media guidance application may receive movement logs from a plurality of user equipment. These movement logs may contain information indicating when each of the plurality of users moved, as detected by motion sensors, while the user equipment was generating for display a media asset. The movement logs may be analyzed to determine time periods during the media asset during which greater than a certain number of the plurality of users were moving. These time periods may in turn be used to infer how engaged the plurality of users were during the media asset or what portions of the media asset the plurality of users viewed. This data may be used to determine in what media assets, or portions thereof, supplemental video content should be inserted.
US09854290B2	System and method for data-driven ad-insertion in online video streams These teachings concern smart insertion of advertisements in a video, and specifically include selecting locations in a video to place such advertisements. For a specific video there is determined an integer number k of locations for advertisements when streaming the specific video to a specific user that requests the specific video. A set of advertisements is selected to deliver with the specific video, and user feedback is utilized to determine an integer number k of discrete locations within the specific video at which to place advertisements of the set. The specific video is electronically or optically delivered to the specific user, with the set of advertisements dispersed among the k discrete locations for rendering on a local display device.
US09854286B1	Systems and methods for optimizing the broadcast of multimedia A method for optimizing the broadcast of multimedia is described. Multimedia is broadcast to at least one multimedia user device. User information is received from the at least one multimedia user device. The user information relates to user behavior from the at least one multimedia user device. The user information is processed to select future multimedia to broadcast. The future multimedia is broadcast.
US09854282B2	System and method for enabling network based rate determination for adaptive video streaming In one example embodiment, a method of adaptive video streaming includes receiving, by a server, a request for a video segment from an end user device and determining, by the server, a plurality of variables, the plurality of variables including at least one of a download time of a previously requested video segment by the end user device, a fullness of a buffer at the end user device and a size of the buffer. The method further includes determining, by the server, a rate of the requested video segment based on one or more of the determined plurality of variables and sending, by the server, the requested video segment at the determined rate to the end user device.
US09854281B2	Systems and methods for media packaging The invention relates to a method for packaging media and data for transmission over a broadband communications network link for display at a terminal destination. Features of the method included creating desired media segments for transmission to the terminal destination and for creating targeting information, for example in whole or in part in the form of metadata, for transmission to the terminal destination. Other features include packaging the created media segments and the created targeting information in a single package and unpacking the single package for display of the targeted media at the terminal destination. In another aspect, the invention can provide a method for unpacking media and data for display at a terminal destination implementing, at the terminal destination, receiving a single package containing media segments and instructions regarding handling of the media segments, quickly unpacking the media segments and the instructions from the single package and, based on the unpacked instructions, assembling one or more of the media segments for display at the terminal destination.
US09854279B2	Transport stream packet header compression A demultiplexer 630 routes only one or more transport stream packets with a single packet identifier value to each physical layer pipe. A header compression unit 620 replaces the packet identifier of the transport stream packet with a short packet identifier of one bit length indicating at least whether the transport stream packet is a NULL packet.
US09854275B2	Quantization in video coding In an example, aspects of this disclosure relate to a method of coding video data that includes determining a quantization parameter (QP) for coding residual video data, where the QP is indexed to a quantizer step size. The method also includes determining a quantization scaling value for scaling the quantizer step size, and applying the quantization scaling value scaling to the quantizer step size. The method also includes coding the residual video data using the scaled quantizer step size.
US09854271B2	Hybrid video coding supporting intermediate view synthesis Hybrid video decoder supporting intermediate view synthesis of an intermediate view video from a first- and a second-view video which are predictively coded into a multi-view data signal with frames of the second-view video being spatially subdivided into sub-regions and the multi-view data signal having a prediction mode is provided, having: an extractor configured to respectively extract, from the multi-view data signal, for sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, a disparity vector and a prediction residual; a predictive reconstructor configured to reconstruct the sub-regions of the frames of the second-view video, by generating a prediction from a reconstructed version of a portion of frames of the first-view video using the disparity vectors and a prediction residual for the respective sub-regions; and an intermediate view synthesizer configured to reconstruct first portions of the intermediate view video.
US09854266B2	Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, picture encoding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program A candidate list construction unit selects a plurality of blocks each having one or two pieces of motion information containing at least information about a motion vector and information about a reference picture from a plurality of neighboring encoded blocks of an encoding target block and constructs a candidate list containing candidates of the motion information used for the motion compensation prediction from the motion information of the selected blocks. A selected candidate generator generates a new candidate of the motion information by combining the motion information of a first prediction list derived by the first motion information deriving unit and the motion information of the second prediction list derived by a second motion information deriving unit.
US09854253B2	Method for motion vector difference (MVD) and intra block copy vector difference (BVD) coding of screen content video data A method for motion vector difference (MVD) coding of screen content video data is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes determining an MVD between a predicted motion vector and a current motion vector and generating a binary string comprising n bins via binarizing the MVD. The method further includes determining whether an absolute value of the MVD is greater than a threshold value and encoding a subset of the n bins via an exponential Golomb code having an order that is greater than one in response to the absolute value of the MVD being greater than the threshold value.
US09854246B2	Video encoding optimization with extended spaces Embodiments of the present invention may provide a video coder. The video coder may include an encoder to perform coding operations on a video signal in a first format to generate coded video data, and a decoder to decode the coded video data. The video coder may also include an inverse format converter to convert the decoded video data to second format that is different than the first format and an estimator to generate a distortion metric using the decoded video data in the second format and the video signal in the second format. The encoder may adjust the coding operations based on the distortion metric.
US09854244B2	Coefficient coding harmonization in HEVC Coefficient coding for transform units (TUs) during high efficiency video coding (HEVC), and similar standards, toward simplifying design while enhancing efficiency. Elements of the invention include coefficient coding for TUs with up-right diagonal scans being modified, and selectively applying multi-level significance map coding.
US09854240B2	Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filter includes filters having different filtering strengths. The coding apparatus also includes a filter processing control unit for determining a filtering strength of the inter-pixel filter.
US09854227B2	Depth sensor A depth sensor comprises at least one imaging sensor, at least one multifocal lens, and a focus analyzer. The depth sensor analyzes the in-focus status of electromagnetic radiation, directed by the multifocal lens(es) onto sensing zone(s) of the imaging sensor(s) from spatial zone(s) in a measurement field, to detect the presence of object(s) in the spatial zone(s).
US09854225B2	Imaging unit including a chassis and heat transfer member An imaging unit includes a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object; a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the imaging devices; a chassis that holds the imaging devices; and a heat transfer member including a contacting portion configured to contact an installed member in a case where the imaging unit is installed on the installed member. The heat transfer member contacts the chassis or the circuit substrate, and heat conductivity of the heat transfer member is greater than the heat conductivity of the chassis.
US09854223B2	Stereoscopic moving picture generating apparatus and stereoscopic moving picture generating method A stereoscopic picture generating apparatus comprising: a storage unit to get stored with a first image containing partial images and a second image containing partial images corresponding respectively to the partial images contained in the first image; and an arithmetic unit to extract a first position defined as an existing position of a first partial image contained in the first image and a second position defined as an existing position of a second partial image contained in the first image, to calculate a first differential quantity defined as a difference between the first position and the second position, to calculate a third position defined as a new existing position of a third partial image contained in the second image that corresponds to the first partial image based on the first differential quantity, and to generate a third image based on the third position of the third partial image.
US09854220B2	Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes a content reproduction unit, a content part specification unit, a clustering unit, a class detection unit, a common class extraction unit, and a content retrieval unit. The content reproduction unit is configured to reproduce a reproduction content. The content part specification unit is configured to specify a plurality of content parts included in the reproduction content. The clustering unit is configured to classify the plurality of content parts into a plurality of clusters. The class detection unit is configured to detect a class from the plurality of content parts included in each of the plurality of clusters. The common class extraction unit is configured to extract a common class common to the plurality of clusters from the classes detected by the class detection unit. The content retrieval unit is configured to retrieve a content corresponding to the common class.
US09854204B2	Communication system and method for controlling the same A communication system includes, a first projection unit configured to project an image on a first projection surface, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object positioned in front of the first projection surface, a determination unit configured to determine a processing parameter for image processing to be performed on the object image captured by the imaging unit, based on a distance between the first projection surface and the object, a processing unit configured to perform the image processing on the object image based on the processing parameter determined by the determination unit, and a second projection unit configured to project the object image having undergone the image processing on a second projection surface.
US09854200B2	Video display device, video display method, and program A video display device includes a video obtaining unit that obtains a video represented in an input video format for displaying, at a predetermined frame frequency, frames each including an effective pixel region having n rows and m columns, p1 columns of a horizontal blanking period, and q1 rows of a vertical blanking period; a video format conversion unit that converts a format of the video to an output video format for displaying, at the predetermined frame frequency, frames each including the effective pixel region having n rows and m columns, p2 columns of the horizontal blanking period, and q2 rows of the vertical blanking period, where q2 is less than q1; and a display driver unit that displays the video row by row in a display unit at a horizontal scanning frequency in the output video format.
US09854196B2	Head-mounted electronic device and audio processing method A head-mounted electronic device and an audio processing method includes a fixing unit, by which the head-mounted electronic device can be worn on the wearer's head; a processing unit, provided in the fixing unit and configured to perform audio processing and output a first audio signal; a first bone conduction unit, provided on the inner side of the fixing unit, configured to generate vibrations according to the first audio signal, so that the wearer can hear the first audio through the generated vibration, wherein the inner side of the fixing unit is the side which is closer to the wearer's head when the head-mounted electronic device is worn on the wearer's head, and when the head-mounted electronic device is worn on the wearer's head, the first bone conduction unit contacts the wearer's head, so wearer can sense vibrations generated by the first bone conduction unit.
US09854195B2	Image capturing apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium An image capturing apparatus comprises a unit pixel including a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel, and a switching unit configured to switch between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel.
US09854193B2	High definition camera and method A high definition (HD) camera and a method for implementing the HD camera is described. A CMOS sensor of high frame rate captures frame images and provides light to N consecutive frame images with an interval of M consecutive frame images in the captured frame images using an auxiliary light source when the auxiliary light source is on. The auxiliary light source turns on and off according to a duty cycle. The M is 0 or a positive integer. The N is a positive integer. The mechanism has good light performances, reduced deformation of moving objects, and reduced costs.
US09854189B2	Imaging element and electronic apparatus with improved wiring layer configuration An imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion section and a wiring layer. The photoelectric conversion section is configured to photoelectrically convert light incident from a subject. The wiring layer is provided on an opposite side of the subject with respect to the photoelectric conversion section and includes a wire connected to an element that constitutes a pixel including the photoelectric conversion section. The wire includes a plurality of wires extending long in a predetermined direction. The plurality of wires are arranged in a direction almost perpendicular to the predetermined direction in the wiring layer. The wire is provided with a protrusion protruding in a direction different from the predetermined direction.
US09854180B2	Optical filtering for electronic devices In one embodiment, a camera includes an image sensor within a camera housing that converts light entering the camera housing through an optical filter into digital image data. The optical filter can have a variable opacity. A processor in communication with the image sensor identifies operation settings for the optical filter and adjusts an opacity level of the optical filter over an exposure period in accordance with the operation settings for the optical filter. In addition, the processor modifies values of the digital image data based at least on the operation settings for the optical filter.
US09854178B2	Image pickup apparatus with flicker detection and having plurality of unit pixel areas, control method therefor, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus which is capable of calculating light amount changing characteristics of an object with high accuracy and enlarging a dynamic range during photometric measurement. An image pickup device of the image pickup apparatus has a plurality of unit pixel areas arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and a first pixel and a second pixel are included in each of the unit pixel areas. When a flicker detection mode in which an image signal for use in calculating the light amount changing characteristics of the object is obtained is selected, a first accumulation period and a second accumulation period for the first pixels and the second pixels, respectively, are set such that a first barycentric position which is a barycentric position of the first accumulation period and a second barycentric position which is a barycentric position of the second accumulation period correspond to each other.
US09854177B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus combines images output from imaging units, and reduces such scenes that an image of a displaced subject is captured. The apparatus includes a driving unit that drives at least one imaging unit serving as a driving target among the imaging units, in predetermined driving modes, and a combining unit that combines pieces of image data acquired by the imaging units. The imaging units each include an imaging sensor in which photoelectric converters for converting light into an electrical signal are arranged in rows and columns. The driving unit divides a region for acquiring the image data into a plurality of regions each corresponding to a unit formed of one or more rows of the imaging sensor. The driving modes include a first driving mode in which the imaging unit serving as the driving target is sequentially switched for each exposure or readout of the unit.
US09854175B2	System optical magnification change without image quality deterioration of reduction In an implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a digital signal from an image acquisition sensor, the digital signal encoded with an initial resolution. A video image is constructed from the digital signal to display on a micro display of an optical system, an initial linear dimension of the video image smaller than a linear dimension of an active area of the micro display. A display of the video image is initiated on the micro display using monochrome sub-pixels configured to act as independent pixels for display of the video image. A magnification request is received for the video image on the micro display, and the video image is adjusted on the micro display by increasing a linear dimension of the video image on the micro display by combining groups of monochrome sub-pixels to collectively represent a single pixel of the video image at the initial resolution.
US09854172B2	Image stabilization apparatus and image pickup apparatus applied with image stabilization apparatus An image stabilization apparatus includes a fixed barrel member, a movable barrel member configured to hold an optical lens, a support member configured to movably support the movable barrel member with respect to the fixed barrel member within a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical lens and a drive unit configured to drive the movable barrel member with respect to the fixed barrel member, in which the fixed barrel member or the movable barrel member includes a support member disposing portion configured to rotatably accommodate the support member and limit an amount of movement of the support member within a plane and a small spatial region portion formed by notching part of the support member disposing portion so as to communicate with the support member disposing portion, an interior of the small spatial region portion being filled with a lubrication member.
US09854170B2	Rolling shutter blur reduction using motion data Embodiments relate to adjusting an image frame based on motion sensor data. An image frame including image data for a plurality of rows of the image frame is captured sequentially row-by-row. Motion sensor data corresponding to the image frame is also captured. Motion vectors describing motion between each row of the image frame are determined based on the motion sensor data. An image data translation is calculated for each row of image frame based on the motion vector for the row. The image frame is adjusted based on the image data translation for each row of the image frame to generate an adjusted image frame.
US09854168B2	One-pass video stabilization A device is disclosed comprising a memory configured for holding video and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory contains computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform operations to stabilize the video, the operations comprising buffering consecutive original video frames, determining transformation matrices from subsets of the original video frames, wherein the transformation matrices represent estimates of stable camera motion, using the transformation matrices to warp the original video frames and generate video that is stabilized relative to the original video frames, and adjusting a size of a subset of original video frames in response to detecting a condition.
US09854166B2	Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same, and reproduction apparatus and method of controlling the same An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an object to generate moving image data. A detection unit detects one of a shooting direction of the image pickup unit and an attitude of the image pickup apparatus. A storage unit temporarily stores moving image data generated by the image pickup unit. An instruction unit instructs operation to photograph a still image. A recording unit reads out the moving image data traced back by a predetermined time period from a time point when still image photographing is instructed by the instruction unit, from the storage unit, and records the read-out moving image data in a recording medium. The recording unit records, relatedly with the moving image data, information concerning the detected one of the shooting direction and the attitude of the image pickup apparatus.
US09854157B1	Camera with touch sensor integrated with lens window A camera comprises a camera body, an image sensor internal to the camera body for capturing images, a lens assembly, a display screen on an external face of the camera body, and a touch controller. The lens assembly comprises one or more lens elements to direct light to the image sensor. The one or more lens elements includes a lens window on the external face of the camera body that comprises a transparent integrated touch sensor to detect a position of a touch on the lens window and to generate a touch signal indicating the position of the touch. The touch controller processes the touch signal and updates a display on the display screen in response to the touch signal.
US09854154B2	Infrared recording device and infrared recording method An infrared recording device and infrared recording method in the invention relates to an infrared recording device and an application field of infrared detection. In the prior art, corresponding record between infrared files and object information is inconvenient. According to the infrared recording device and infrared recording method in the invention, based on prestored object information, special object information is designated, and the object information is record with the infrared file when recording. It is not necessary or is convenient to find and select the object information. Thereby, the present problems are solved.
US09854153B2	Imaging apparatus, and a method of controlling imaging apparatus using an imaging surface correction map for performing corrections An imaging apparatus receive light fluxes passing through and incident on different pupil regions of an imaging optical system and generates at least image data of one pair of subject images. Imaging surface correction information regarding a manufacturing error or optical characteristics of design of an imaging lens is transmitted from a lens control unit of the imaging lens to a system control unit of a camera body, and then the system control unit receives the imaging surface correction information. The system control unit performs a process of generating a defocus map based on a parallax between at least one pair of images and performs imaging surface correction through correction of the calculated defocus amount. In the imaging surface correction process, influences of the optical characteristics of the imaging lens and an inclination of an imaging surface of an image sensor are corrected, and thus a more accurate distance map is generated.
US09854145B2	Method for producing a camera module, and camera module, where functional units are formed on a common board In the case of a camera module (1) including at least two camera functional units (2, 3, 4, 5, 22) arranged one behind another in a stack arrangement, it is provided to form the camera functional units (2, 3, 4, 5, 22) on a common main body (11), wherein the camera functional units (2, 3, 4, 5, 22) are aligned with respect to one another in the use position by a folding or bending process.
US09854131B2	Image forming apparatus with personal setting synchronization and method for controlling same Personal settings for each user and each application are stored in personal setting holding units 311 and 310. When a personal setting is to be exported, synchronous control information indicating whether or not synchronization is to be performed for each personal setting is exported. In the case where the firmware version of an apparatus that is to import the information indicates synchronization of the personal setting, the personal setting is rewritten in accordance with the synchronous control information.
US09854130B2	Image reading apparatus and semiconductor device An image reading apparatus includes an image reading chip for reading an image. The image reading chip includes a plurality of pixel units which include a light receiving element which receives light from the image so as to perform photoelectric conversion, an analog circuit, a logic circuit, and a power source pad to which a power source voltage is supplied. The image reading chip has a shape which includes a first side and a second side shorter than the first side. A distance between the analog circuit and a median point of the first side is shorter than a distance between the logic circuit and the median point of the first side, and a distance between the analog circuit and the power source pad is shorter than a distance between the logic circuit and the power source pad.
US09854126B2	System and method for handling blank pages during document printing or copying A system is provided for marking intentionally blank pages in a document. The system includes a processor that processes a document in an electronic form; a blank page detection routine that is run by the processor, the blank page detection routine being configured to detect a blank plank page in the document; and a blank page indicating routine that is run by the processor, the blank page indicating routine being configured to indicate with an indication that the blank page is an intentionally blank page. The indication is configured to be read by a marking device such that the marking device marks the blank page as intentionally blank.
US09854120B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning apparatus includes a deflector for scanningly deflecting a beam; a scanning lens for imaging the beam deflected by the deflector on a surface; a casing for a light source, the deflector and the lens; and an elastic member urging the lens toward the casing along an optical axis. The lens is provided with an abutment at a beam emergent side of the lens, the abutment abutting to the casing, and is provided with a limiting portion at a side opposite from the emergent side, the limiting portion limiting movement in the opposite direction. The elastic member and the limiting portion limits the movement of the lens in the direction opposite to the direction of the lens. When the lens contacts a positioning portion of the casing, a gap is provided between the elastic member and the limiting portion with respect to the direction.
US09854116B2	Image processing apparatus configured to transmit image data and method for controlling an image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a destination of file transmission, a selection unit configured to select whether to require a user to input, at time of transmission, authentication information required for the file transmission for each destination registered by the registration unit, a transfer unit configured to transfer received image data, and a control unit configured to prevent a destination for which it is selected to require the user to input the authentication information at time of transmission from being set as a transfer destination of the image data.
US09854115B2	Document reading apparatus and a method for controlling a document reading apparatus It is possible to read a document at an optimal speed according to an operation mode selected by a user while improving productivity at a low cost, without forcing the user to perform a complicated operation for changing a document reading speed. A method for controlling a reading unit to read a document with a first reading resolution in a case where a reading resolution is the first reading resolution, to read a document with a second reading resolution in a case where the reading resolution is the second reading resolution smaller than the first reading resolution and a predetermined mode is not set, and to read a document with the first reading resolution in a case where the reading resolution is the second reading resolution smaller than the first reading resolution and the predetermined mode is set.
US09854112B2	Information display apparatus, information providing apparatus, and communication system A communication system includes an information display apparatus and an information providing apparatus which perform communication with each other. The information display apparatus transmits, through the network, an information transmission request for requesting transmission of specific information related to the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, receives the specific information transmitted, through the network, from the information providing apparatus to a plurality of apparatuses connected to the network by broadcast communication, as a response to the information transmission request, and controls a display unit to display the specific information received as the response to the information transmission request.
US09854109B2	Document output processing The invention relates to printing and other output of documents using data processors, and particularly to methods, apparatus, and computer programming useful for controlling output processes. In various aspects the invention provides systems, methods, and computer programming useful for minimizing the number of command inputs required from a user to complete printing or other output of multiple documents. In other aspects, the invention provides systems, methods, and computer programming useful for printing documents using content data received from users or other sources, together with previously-provided form data, according to predetermined formats.
US09854108B2	Printing management server, printing system, and printing management method A printing management server includes an identification information management unit that manages identification information uniquely associated with an email address assigned to a printer, a print request receiving unit that receives a print request that is a request to print content and that accompanies the identification information, and a print instructing unit that designates an email address, corresponding to the identification information accompanying the print request specified by the identification information management unit, to an email printing server that causes a printer corresponding to a designated email address to execute a print, and instructs the email printing server to cause the printer corresponding to the designated email address to print content included in the print request.
US09854107B2	Allocation apparatus for allocating information processing device to be managed, allocation method, program for allocation, and management system An allocation apparatus configured to allocate a plurality of information processing devices to two or more management apparatuses that perform distributed management of the plurality of information processing devices, the allocation apparatus includes: an allocation unit configured to allocate an address range on a network, allocatable to a plurality of information processing devices, to the two or more management apparatuses; and an acquisition unit configured to obtain, from each of the two or more management apparatuses, management information indicating a state of the information processing device whose address belongs to a range allocated to the management apparatus, wherein the allocation unit dynamically performs allocation of the address range on the network based on the management information that has been obtained by the acquisition unit.
US09854099B1	Call center call-back push notifications A method for creating a push notification at a call center includes: receiving a call from a caller device; receiving, from the caller device, caller identification information; receiving, from the caller device, an inquiry; generating an encrypted token including the caller identification information and the inquiry; and when an agent is available, sending a push notification to the caller device for connecting the caller to the agent, the push notification being associated with the encrypted token, and wherein the agent uses the caller identification information from the encrypted token when the agent is addressing the inquiry.
US09854093B2	Hospitality private branch exchange (PBX) system with dynamic rules for complementing mobile phones of currently checked in guests A PBX system complements the mobile phones of users. Custom incoming and outgoing call rules are dynamically activated for users when the users begin utilizing a facility having at least one phone number and a number of internal phones. A custom rule causes outgoing calls made from an internal phone used by a user to have a caller ID phone number of the user's personal mobile phone rather than the facility's phone number. Another custom rule causes incoming calls made to the facility's phone number that have a source caller ID phone number matching a phone number in the user's mobile phone address book to be automatically forwarded directly to an internal phone currently utilized by the user. The user may install an application on their mobile phone, and another custom rule causes incoming calls at the user's mobile phone to be twinned while the user is at the facility.
US09854092B1	Method and apparatus for changing a telephone number after entry A computerized system and related method for assisting a user with placing a telephonic call, comprising a user specifying an originally-specified telephone number to place an intended telephonic call, which telephone number, as originally-specified, for at least one particular reason, cannot be used to successfully complete the intended telephonic call; after specifying the originally-specified telephone number, later specifying later-specified telephone number elements, including the possible deleting, ignoring or changing of part of the originally-specified telephone number and/or related dialing elements; and causing the telephonic call to be successfully signaled using the originally-specified telephone number in combination with the later-specified telephone number elements, without the user having to re-specify the originally-specified telephone number; wherein: the originally-specified telephone number is stored in a redial memory, for purpose of the deleting, ignoring or changing and signaling, until the user initiates a brand new dialing effort to place a new telephonic call.
US09854088B2	Method to tag a phone call to communicate purpose of the call Phone calls may be tagged with the importance or the context of the call to be displayed along with the caller ID information on the display of a receiving phone. The context information is thus made available even before the call is answered to aid the user in determining whether or not to answer the call or how long thereafter it would be appropriate to wait before the call is returned.
US09854087B1	Contraband wireless communications device identification in controlled-environment facilities Systems and methods for identification of a controlled-environment facility resident in possession of a contraband communications device capture or otherwise accept managed access data and/or contraband communications device assessment data for contraband communications devices operating in the controlled-environment facility. Controlled-environment facility resident call data for each resident of the controlled-environment facility is gathered from the controlled-environment facility resident communications system. Correlations in the managed access data and/or assessment data with the controlled-environment facility resident communications system call data are analyzed to identify each resident of the controlled-environment facility in possession of a contraband communications device.
US09854079B2	Contact list availability prioritization A method for contact list prioritization according to predicted reachability includes loading a contact list of contacts and retrieving a reachability value for each corresponding contact in the contact list that has been computed for each corresponding contact according to usage data of each corresponding contact for an associated mobile telephone. Thereafter, contacts in the contact list that are determined to be most reachable according to a corresponding reachability value are displayed first.
US09854078B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a sound element on a rear side of the display panel; and a rear chassis configured to receive the display panel and protect the rear side of the display panel, and including a protruding portion protruding away from the rear side of the display panel and corresponding to the sound element. The sound element includes a pair of electrodes, and a vibration material layer between the electrodes.
US09854077B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of fabricating the same. The mobile terminal includes a frame made of a metal and provided within a terminal body, a printed circuit board spaced apart from one surface of the frame and having various electronic components mounted thereon, and a shield can disposed on the printed circuit board in a manner of facing the frame, and capable of shielding electromagnetic waves by covering the electronic components, wherein the shield can is provided with a ground unit that is formed at least one region and protruding toward the frame so as to be electrically connected to the frame.
US09854074B2	Case for electronic devices An external device for an electronic device includes a first cover portion configured to cover at least a portion of the electronic device, an insert coupled to the first cover portion, and a second cover portion coupled to the insert and covering at least a portion of the insert. At least an outer layer of the first cover portion or the second cover portion is made of a non-moldable material. The insert includes various mechanical structures and electrical circuits.
US09854072B1	Script-controlled egress packet modifier An egress packet modifier includes a script parser and a pipeline of processing stages. Rather than performing egress modifications using a processor that fetches and decodes and executes instructions in a classic processor fashion, and rather than storing a packet in memory and reading it out and modifying it and writing it back, the packet modifier pipeline processes the packet by passing parts of the packet through the pipeline. A processor identifies particular egress modifications to be performed by placing a script code at the beginning of the packet. The script parser then uses the code to identify a specific script of opcodes, where each opcode defines a modification. As a part passes through a stage, the stage can carry out the modification of such an opcode. As realized using current semiconductor fabrication process, the packet modifier can modify 200M packets/second at a sustained rate of up to 100 gigabits/second.
US09854069B2	Network security agent A network apparatus comprising: a packet payload compressor (PPC) operable to: receive a packet copied from a network, the packet comprising a source, destination, and a payload; extract a value of a field comprised in the payload; provide a computed value of the field based on the source and destination of the packet; compare the extracted value and the computed value; and compress the field if the extracted value is the same as the computed value, and a traffic shaper operable to transmit a compressed packet comprising the compressed field.
US09854064B2	Method of website optimisation A website optimization system is integrated with a website by applying generic code to the website, that being the only code needed to be applied to the native source code of the website to enable the website optimization system to optimize the website by altering one or more of: the data, functions or content assets of web pages in the website. Integration can be achieved on a one-time basis. The generic code can be placed into a website's page template or global page header, or manually to all pages in a website. The generic code can be just a single line of code, such as JavaScript® code. The generic code remains the same irrespective of any differences in the data, functions or content assets of the web pages. The generic code includes code for all commands that enable tracking of the actions that relate to the optimization objectives.
US09854062B2	Data relay apparatus and method, server apparatus, and data sending method A relay node includes interfaces, a request statistical table that stores therein information concerning a request in an entry generated for each chunk, a request statistics processor that records a reception time and sending source information concerning a request in the request statistical table, a target request determining unit that determines whether or not a currently received request is a target request, a delay amount determining unit that determines a delay amount for a received request, which is a target request, and a delay processing unit that delays forwarding a received request or content data for a delay amount.
US09854056B2	Managing system and managing method for transferring data between tenants An instruction to delete a first managing tenant among managing tenants in a system is accepted. Information included in management information of the first managing tenant and customer information unique to a customer managed by the first managing tenant is held as transfer information of the first managing tenant, and is managed using an access authority assigned to information of the customer. The held transfer information of the first managing tenant is transferred to the second management tenant when the second management tenant is determined to be a destination of the transfer from the first managing tenant.
US09854054B2	MSS headend caching strategies Systems and methods for caching data and generating responses to data requests are disclosed. A content delivery system for sending requested data to a client based on a client request in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a server for compiling data into a data cache, and a headend, coupled to the server, for obtaining the data, categorizing and storing the data in groups in an object cache, receiving a client request, picking data from the object cache and generating a response, and returning the response while caching the response in a response cache that is used to directly respond to future client requests.
US09854050B1	Providing electronic content based on sensor data Techniques are described for using sensor data derived from a monitoring system to drive personalized content. Sensor data captured by a monitoring system may be used to determine attributes of users of the monitoring system and/or attributes of a property monitored by the monitoring system. The determined attributes may be used to select content to present to users of the monitoring system. Content presentation may be made through the monitoring system and may be triggered based on events detected by the monitoring system.
US09854046B2	Method for registering at least one public address in an IMS network, and corresponding application The invention relates, in particular, to a method for registering at least one public address in an IMS network including a terminal that interacts with a security element. According to the invention, the security element includes an application that invites the user of the terminal, upon the occurrence of an event, to enter a public address, selected by the user, via the man/machine interface of the terminal, the application transmitting the public address, accompanied by at least one identifier of the security element, to a remote network via the terminal such that the remote network associates the public address with the identifier.
US09854039B2	Method and system for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for synchronizing a server and an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to synchronize a larger amount of data. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature can enable more effective synchronization of a user-level sharing entity database with a multi-user on-demand database service.
US09854031B2	Cloud service agent based on service level agreement(SLA) Provided is a cloud service agent based on a Service Level Agreement (SLA). The cloud service agent includes: a cloud service user manager configured to manage information on cloud service users; a cloud service manager configured to register cloud services provided by cloud service providers, and to generate and manage virtual cloud services based on the registered cloud services; a cloud service SLA broker configured to manage a matrix of an Service Level Agreement (SLA) of the cloud services, to measure a quality of the cloud services, and to provide information on the SLA or on the measured quality; and a cloud service executor configured to execute the virtual cloud services generated by the cloud service manager and to provide a result of the execution to the cloud service users.
US09854024B2	Display of operating status information of a client in a remote desktop session Example embodiments relate to the display of operating status information in a remote desktop session. In example embodiments, a client transmits operating status information to a server via a remote desktop session established with the server. In response, the client may receive graphics information including displayed status information inserted by the server based on the operating status information. Finally, the client may output the graphics information on an available display. Other embodiments relate to a corresponding server and processing performed in the server.
US09854023B2	Methods and systems for content access and distribution A method for disseminating content over an overlay network having a plurality of routers in communication with providers and consumers of content is disclosed. A router in the overlay network receives a content descriptor corresponding to a query for content from a node, and generates a subscriber interface list based on the query for the content. The subscriber interface list is transmitted to a plurality of subsequent routers in the overlay network, wherein a content identified by the subsequent routers that correspond to the query will be routed to the router based on the subscriber interface list. The router receives first and second documents corresponding to the query for the content from the node. If the second document is the duplicate, the router deletes the second document and transmits the first document to the node or if not the router transmits both the first and second documents to the node.
US09854018B2	System and method of media content streaming with a multiplexed representation In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a streaming media client includes electronically receiving, from a network, information regarding component access points of a first multiplexed representation of a streaming content. The first multiplexed representation of the streaming content includes a plurality of media components, and each component access point defines an independently coded access point for one of the plurality of media components. The method further includes selecting a first segment of the first multiplexed representation of the streaming content based on the information regarding the component access points, and requesting the selected first segment of the first multiplexed representation of the streaming content from the network.
US09854017B2	Resilience in the presence of missing media segments in dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP Systems, methods, and devices enabling scalability to be incorporated into a media presentation such that the media presentation at a client end may be continuous or at least substantially continuous in the presence of missing segment files. In an embodiment, the loss of one or more segment file may not require a media presentation interval associated with the missing segment file to be skipped at the client end. Systems, methods, and devices enable scalability in live streaming and/or on-demand presentations.
US09854016B2	Systems and methods for dynamic access to program features The multimedia client-server system provides a multimedia client program with a set of features and a server system that creates feature access information that determines which features are to be made available to a particular user. The server system may send the feature access information to the user such that the information is accessible to the multimedia client program. The multimedia client program may dynamically control the user's access to the program's feature set by using the feature access information to validate and verify the user. In addition, the feature access information may be accessible to the server system, such that the server system may periodically update the feature access information, such as, for example, when the user accesses the server system to download multimedia content.
US09854011B2	Analyzing reading metrics to generate action information Data reports are received from a plurality of clients including action reports and timing reports. Action reports describe actions performed by users of the clients at location within an eBook. Timing reports describe reading speeds of users of the clients. The data reports are analyzed to identify an action that is performed by the users of the clients at a location within the eBook frequently relative to other actions. Action information is generated for automatically performing the identified action at the location within the eBook. The action information is transmitted to a client. The client is configured to automatically perform the action at the location within the eBook. The reading location of a user of the client is determined based on the timing reports.
US09854001B1	Transparent policies A system enforces policies in connection with requests to access resources. Users are provided the ability to obtain information about the policies the system enforces. Some of the users have associated restrictions such that, when those users request information about the policies, the information provided is incomplete. The information provided may lack information about one or more policies that apply to the users.
US09853995B2	System and method for restricting pathways to harmful hosts in computer networks System and method for detecting malicious activity in a computer network that includes hosts and connectors between the hosts. Network pathways to a plurality of investigated hosts are explored. A graph is formed based on results of the exploring of the network pathways. The graph represents topology of explored portions of the computer network, including connectors (e.g., communication links) between the investigated hosts and intermediary hosts situated along explored pathways that include the investigated hosts, and an indication of a prevalence of connectors in pathways to each of the investigated hosts. The prevalence of connectors along pathways to each of the investigated hosts is compared against a threshold, and any suspicious host situated along pathways to a common investigated host that is associated with a connector having a low prevalence that is below the prevalence threshold is identified. An access restriction can be associated with the suspicious host.
US09853987B2	Method, apparatus and system for realizing security detection in heterogeneous network Provided are a method, apparatus and system for realizing security detection in a heterogeneous network. UE establishes cross-Evolved NodeB (eNB) double/multiple connections with a MeNB and a LPN in an access network which is a kind of heterogeneous network, the LPN is responsible for data distribution, and the distribution is layered by RB; the MeNB receives a report message from the LPN through a backhaul interface between the MeNB and the LPN, and the report message contains the data count sent/received between the LPN and the UE; and the MeNB transmits CP information with the UE to compare the data counts actually sent/received between the access network and the UE to detect whether there is insertion of an attacker or not. According to the present disclosure, the heterogeneous network is deployed with the MeNB and the LPN, so that joint transmission service is provided for the UE; and moreover, the security performance of the network is further improved, the present disclosure is applicable to various backhauls, and good joint transmission service can be securely and efficiently provided for the UE.
US09853984B2	Methods, systems, and products for identity verification Methods, systems, and products verify an identity claimed by a person. A signature, representing the presence of a device, is acquired. The signature is compared to a reference signature. Should the signature favorably compare to the reference signature, then the identity is verified.
US09853982B2	Image-based group profiles An image of users of an application may be received from a computing device on a home network. The image may comprise representations of a group of users. Recognition techniques may be applied to the image. Unclaimed profiles may be created for users who are not recognized. The unclaimed profiles may be utilized by applications prior to being claimed by a user or group. Access to the unclaimed profiles may be controlled based on the identity of the network gateway used in the transmission of the image used as the basis for forming the profile.
US09853970B2	Method, system and apparatus for secured wireless docking connection Examples are disclosed for techniques for wireless docking. According to some embodiments, a mobile device may scan for an available docking device, for example a device with one or more I/O devices such as a display. The mobile device may automatically establish a secure wireless link with the docking device, for example, if the docking device is known to the mobile device. However, I/O services to be provided by the docking device are not activated. Instead, the docking device will prompt a user for identification data. If the identification data passes verification, the I/O services may be activated. According to some embodiments, the identification data obtained by the docking device may also be used to wake the mobile device, to login to the mobile device, and/or to unlock the mobile device for user access.
US09853962B2	Flexible authentication framework A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be received at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries.
US09853957B2	DRM protected video streaming on game console with secret-less application Techniques are disclosed for secure playback of protected multimedia content on a game console using a secret-less application. An SSO model can be used for client authentication at a key server, which eliminates the need of storing or using any secret information in the client application. Further, an encrypted content key generated by a content packager using a public key can be deployed in the key URI of a playlist file, which is sent to the key server. The key server can be configured to decrypt the content key using a corresponding private key. Further, the content key and unencrypted samples are protected in the game console client application from debugging and replay attacks by using additional security checks at both the client and key server. By storing secret information remotely from the game console and using the SSO model, DRM policies can be enforced on an untrusted client application.
US09853929B2	Service compatibility check for messages Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided that can reduce problems associated with updates of various applications on various devices, including addition of new services for communicating with another device. A compatibility version (e.g., a minimum compatibility) for a first communication service on a first device can be checked against a compatibility version for communication service on a second device. A comparison of the compatibility versions can determine whether a message can be sent using the first communication service to the second device.
US09853927B2	Enforcing resource quota in mail transfer agent within multi-tenant environment An application such as a mail transfer agent (MTA) enforces a resource quota within a multi-tenant environment. An email associated with a tenant is managed based on decisions evaluating the email against a queue quota and an association between the email and an email storm. The email is also managed based on another decision evaluating the email against a processing quota. In addition, the email is managed based on a cross MTA aggregate of usage information associated with the first, second, and third decisions.
US09853920B2	Systems and methods for performing packet reorder processing A method for performing packet reorder processing is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at a packet receive buffer, a data packet, the packet receive buffer comprising a plurality of N-sized pages. The method also comprises storing the received data packet across a plurality of pages of the packet receive buffer. The method further comprises writing, at storage of each of the plurality of pages, a pointer to a next page in which a subsequent portion of the data packet is stored. The method also comprises transmitting the pointer to a ring buffer. The method further comprises calculating an offset to the ring based on a sequence number of the corresponding packet, and storing the pointer to a first page in the calculate offset of the ring buffer.
US09853916B2	Modular fabric internal datapath Described is an apparatus comprising one or more router circuitries. One or more of the circuitries may be a shared-bus router circuitry including a plurality of shared-bus ports and a shared-bus datapath, and one or more of the circuitries may be a crossbar router circuitry including a plurality of crossbar ports and a crossbar datapath. Also described are methods of making the apparatus, which may include: providing one or more design files modeling the apparatus, the shared-bus datapath, and the crossbar datapath; incorporating a configuration parameter for the datapath into the one or more design files; and setting an RTL configuration parameter to instantiate either the shared-bus backbone or the crossbar backbone. The methods may also include loading the one or more design files with a design tool and compiling the one or more design files with the design tool.
US09853907B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium An information terminal 10 successively receives a plurality of packets that configure distribution data from an information distribution server 20, and requests the information distribution server 20 to change a bit rate of the packets that configure the distribution data, if it is judged that congestion occurs in communication with the information distribution server 20 based on a change in time interval from transmission to reception of each of the successively received packets, and if it is judged that a packet loss rate, which is a rate of a loss packet corresponding to a loss included in the packets transmitted from the information distribution server 20 and calculated based on the successively received packets, is increased as compared with a value obtained by multiplying a packet loss rate before the packets that configure the distribution data are received, by a predetermined weight.
US09853896B2	Method, device, and virtual private network system for advertising routing information The present invention discloses a method for advertising routing information, and embodiments of the present invention further provide a virtual private network server device, an IP edge node device, and a client-based virtual private network system. In the technical solutions of the present invention, a virtual private network server first collects MAC address routing information of each site on a local virtual private network and then sends MAC address routing information of each site except a destination site in a unicast manner to a customer edge node that corresponds to each site on the virtual private network. This solves the problem that CE nodes in sites on the virtual private network cannot exchange routing information with each other by using a routing protocol because multicast packets are filtered by an access node of the data center network.
US09853892B2	Control method, information processing device, and communication system A control method executed by an information processing device including a memory configured to store information on a plurality of temporary routes set for each kind of service, the control method includes receiving a routing request from a switch among a plurality of switches; extracting, from the memory, a temporary route corresponding to a service related to the routing request when it is determined that processing congestion of the information processing device occurs; setting the extracted temporary route for one or more related switches among the plurality of switches; determining a route corresponding to the service, based on a predetermined condition of the service, when it is determined that the processing congestion of the information processing device has subsided; and setting the determined route for the one or more related switches among the plurality of switches.
US09853883B2	Device mobility in a mesh network In one embodiment, a device in a network receives a notification from a neighbor of the device indicative of a child node of the device requesting a parent change from the device to the neighbor. The device updates an existing routing path from the device to the child node to be routed through the neighbor, in response to receiving the notification from the neighbor. The device receives an instruction to remove the updated routing path from the device to the child node through the neighbor. The device removes the updated routing path from the device to the child node, in response to receiving the instruction to remove the updated routing path.
US09853875B1	Methods, systems, and media for detecting the presence of a digital media device on a network Methods, systems, and media for detecting the presence of a digital media device on a network are provided. In some embodiments, methods for detecting a presence of a particular type of digital media device is provided, the methods comprising: identifying cached device details for devices previously associated with the network; performing a simple device discovery protocol (SSDP) on the network, and substantially concurrently sending a unicast message to an address associated with the identified cached digital media device using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP); and indicating the presence of a digital media device on the network in response to either (i) receiving a response to the unicast message, or (ii) determining that a type of a device discovered using SSDP is the same as the particular device type.
US09853874B2	Flow-specific failure detection in SDN networks Techniques for performing flow-specific failure detection in SDN networks are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system (e.g., an SDN controller) can determine a flow to be monitored in a network. The computer system can then transmit first and second messages to first and second network devices in the network respectively, where the first network device is an upstream device in the flow, where the second network device is a downstream device in the flow, and where the first and second messages instruct the first and second network devices to collect local data rate information for the flow.
US09853873B2	Diagnosis and throughput measurement of fibre channel ports in a storage area network environment An example method for diagnosis and throughput measurement of FC ports in a SAN environment is provided and includes generating, by a control processor at a generator in the SAN, a control packet requesting a link test to be performed with a reflector in the SAN, sending the control packet to the reflector through a media access controller (MAC) of the generator, receiving, at the MAC of the generator, an acknowledgement from the reflector indicating ability to perform the requested link test, generating, at the MAC of the generator, a test data packet for the link test, performing the link test with the reflector, and analyzing, at the generator, network parameters based on results of the link test.
US09853868B2	Type-to-type analysis for cloud computing technical components Cloud computing has emerged as an extremely popular implementation option for a wide range of computing services. However, provisioning services into the cloud is an extremely difficult technical challenge. This is due in part to the regular emergence of new cloud service providers, as well as the routine changing and reconfiguration of the disparate computing platforms, services, assets, supported technical components, and other features offered by the service providers. An analysis architecture determines how to map a particular technical component into the execution environment of any particular service provider.
US09853866B2	Efficient parallel processing of a network with conflict constraints between nodes According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for parallel processing a network of nodes having at least one ordering constraint and at least one conflict constraint is provided. The method may include breaking a plurality of loops caused by the at least one ordering constraint. The method may also include determining a node order based on the at least one ordering constraint. The method may then include determining a conflict order based on the at least one conflict constraint, whereby no new loops are created in the network. The method may further include performing parallel processing of the network of nodes based on the node order and the conflict order.
US09853858B2	Communication device A communication device including a registration unit that registers an IP address of the communication device and a method information including a first method information indicating a first setting method for setting a dynamic IP address and a second method information indicating a second setting method for setting a static IP address. The registration unit includes a change unit that changes registered contents of a memory in accordance with a user's instruction. When the first method information and a first IP address are registered in the memory, the change unit does not change the method information in the memory from the first method information to the second method information in a case where a method change instruction for changing the first setting method to the second setting method is given by the user under a state where the first IP address has not been changed to another IP address.
US09853855B2	Stand-by controller assisted failover Methods and systems for standby controller aided failover are provided. According to one embodiment, an active control channel and an active data channel are established by an active controller with a managed device via a management protocol. A standby control channel and a standby data channel are established by a standby controller with the managed device via the management protocol. A keep-alive message is periodically sent by the standby controller to the active controller. When a response to the keep-alive message is not received by the standby controller within a predefined time, failover from the active controller to the standby controller is initiated by: (i) taking over for the active controller; and (ii) notifying the managed device to direct subsequent management protocol messages to the standby controller via the standby control channel.
US09853854B1	Node-protection and path attribute collection with remote loop free alternates An example method includes selecting, by a network device, a remote LFA next hop as an alternate next hop for forwarding network traffic from the network device to a destination, wherein the selected remote LFA next hop provides node protection to a primary next hop node on the shortest path from the network device to the destination. The method includes, for each candidate remote LFA next hop, performing a forward shortest path first (SPF) computation having the respective candidate remote LFA next hop as a root to compute a path segment between the respective candidate remote LFA next hop and the destination, wherein each of the candidate remote LFA next hops is the egress of a respective potential repair tunnel between the network device and candidate remote LFA next hop, and selecting the remote LFA next hop based at least in part on the computed path segments.
US09853848B2	Reconfiguration of active component carrier set in multi-carrier wireless systems In a multi-carrier wireless system, potential problems from reconfiguring mobile station resources to accommodate changes in component-carrier configuration are mitigated by inserting a guard period each time the configuration of component carriers changes, so that transceiver reconfiguration can be carried out without interfering with ongoing transmission. A base station is configured to transmit data to a mobile station according to a first configuration of two or more component carriers, to determine that a change of configuration to a second component-carrier configuration is required, and to signal the change of configuration to the mobile station, using the first configuration of component carriers. The base station then refrains from transmitting data to the mobile station during a pre-determined guard interval of at least one transmission-time interval subsequent to the signaling of the change of configuration. After the guard interval, data is transmitted to the mobile station according to the second component-carrier configuration.
US09853842B2	Continuous time linear equalization for current-mode logic with transformer The present invention is directed to data communication systems and methods. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a CML that uses one or more equalization modules to apply equalization via secondary windings of transformers that are coupled, directly or indirectly, to the CML outputs. The equalization modules comprises a DAC component that generates switching signals based on control signals received from an external equalization module. The equalization module also includes switchable resistors and/or capacitors. The switching signals are used to select switchable resistors and/or capacitors. By switching resistors and/or capacitors at the equalization module, the outputs of the CML are equalized. There are other embodiments as well.
US09853837B2	High bit-rate magnetic communication A magnetic communications transmitter includes a magnetic field generator and a controller. The magnetic field generator is configured to generate a magnetic field. The controller is configured to control the magnetic field generator by controlling an electrical current supplied to the magnetic field generator, and causing the magnetic field generator to generate an optimized variable amplitude triangular waveform.
US09853833B2	Individual virtual private local area network service conversion to a different virtual private network service In one embodiment, a plurality of virtual private local area network services (VPLSs) are operated among a plurality of packet switching devices, with the plurality of VPLSs including a first VPLS and a different second VPLS. In response to a conversion declaration including a particular Service Instance VLAN ID (I-SID), the first VPLS corresponding to the particular I-SID is converted to a different type of virtual private network (VPN) service, while continuing to operate the different second VPLS which is not related to the particular I-SID. In one embodiment, the different type of VPN service is Provider Backbone Bridging Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN). In one embodiment, the conversion declaration is a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) of Route Type 3 Inclusive Multicast Ethernet Tag (IMET) route.
US09853831B2	Communication module A control module for use within a control network, the control module comprising: interface circuitry for enabling communication with an external device; communication means configured to communicate with the external device over the control network by communication with the interface circuitry; coupling means configured to mechanically couple the control module to an adjacent control module and provide a data connection between the communication means and the adjacent module; and an electrical isolation in the data connection between the communication means and the coupling means.
US09853829B2	Intelligent wireless router and wireless communication system The disclosure provides an intelligent wireless router and a wireless communication system. The intelligent wireless router comprises a setting unit receiving initial setting information, connection setting information and device control information input from outside; a processing unit conducting initial setting on the intelligent wireless router according to the initial setting information, establishing or disconnecting wireless connection among a plurality of designated WIFI wireless terminals according to connection setting information, and controlling running states of the wireless terminals according to the device control information; a WIFI wireless communication unit establishing or disconnecting the wireless connection among the plurality of designated wireless terminals under the control of the processing unit, sending the device control information to the designated wireless terminals, and forwards a file among a plurality of wireless terminals; and a storage unit storing the setting information and the file to be forwarded.
US09853826B2	Establishing groups of internet of things (IOT) devices and enabling communication among the groups of IOT devices The disclosure generally relates to enabling communication among one or more Internet of Things (IoT) device groups. In particular, various heterogeneous IoT devices that may need to interact with one another in different ways may be organized into IoT device groups to support efficient interaction among the IoT devices. For example, pre-defined IoT device groups may be formed organize certain IoT devices that perform similar activities and certain IoT devices may be dynamically allocated to ad-hoc IoT device groups for certain contexts (e.g., the ad-hoc IoT device groups may include IoT devices that can implement a desired function and therefore be dynamically formed to implement the desired function). Furthermore, the IoT groups may communicate hierarchically, wherein messages may be exchanged among IoT group owners or ranking members to support efficient communication between different IoT groups.
US09853824B2	Injecting content in collaboration sessions A method, computer program product, and system for injecting content in collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise receiving, via one or more computing devices, a request from a third party to inject content into a collaboration session between two or more users. The method may further comprise monitoring, via the one or more computing devices, one or more communication platforms to detect a qualifying event associated with the request from the third party to inject the content into the collaboration session between the two or more users. The method may additionally comprise, in response, at least in part, to detecting the qualifying event associated with the request from the third party to inject the content into the collaboration session between the two or more users, injecting, via the one or more computing devices, the content into the collaboration session between the two or more users.
US09853817B2	Generating enhanced digital signatures for artifacts A system comprises a memory, interface, and processor. The system is operable to store a plurality of attestations, where at least one of the plurality of attestations comprise a reason statement for signing an artifact. The system is further operable to display at least one of the plurality of attestations and receive a first selection of a first attestation. The system generates an expanded artifact by concatenating the artifact and the first attestation. The system creates a first digital signature based on the expanded artifact creates a first enhanced digital signature by applying the first digital signature and the first attestation. Further, the system stores the first enhanced digital signature.
US09853808B2	User equipment, initial cell searching method and apparatus thereof An initial cell searching method includes: receiving at least one frame data sequence including synchronization channel signals; performing a correlation process between all synchronization sequences stored in user equipment and the received at least one data sequence to obtain correlation sequences, and calculating correlation power sequences corresponding to each of the correlation sequences; searching a highest peak and a secondary peak for each of the correlation power sequences, and recording the highest peak and corresponding position and the secondary peak and corresponding position; and determining a target cell ID based on a first target sequence. which corresponds to a synchronization sequence corresponding to a correlation power sequence of which a relative distance between the corresponding position of the highest peak and the corresponding position of the secondary peak meets a condition, and the highest peak of the correlation power sequence has a maximum peak value among highest peaks of all the correlation power sequences.
US09853805B1	Buffered equidistant data acquisition for control applications A method for configuring a transfer of signals associated with an iterative and synchronized, time-based data acquisition (DAQ) operation between at least one input device and at least one output device is disclosed herein. The method includes requesting and receiving signal data samples (SDSs) from the at least one input device. A series of the SDSs are mapped to a buffer. The time indicators of SDSs are compared to confirm that SDSs are incrementally-next in time relative one another. A missing signal data sample is retransmitted if necessary. The series of SDSs is remapped in the buffer as necessary to arrange the series in time sequence. The method also includes transmitting in real time at least a portion of the present signal data sample to an output device prior to receiving the missing signal data sample.
US09853804B2	Digital accessory interface A method for transferring data over a half-duplex wired communications link, comprises, in each of a plurality of frames: transferring a synchronization data pattern in a first direction; transferring first payload data in the first direction; transferring second payload data in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and transferring control data, wherein the format of the frame is such that, irrespective of whether the control data is transferred in the first direction or in the second direction, there is only one pair of reversals of a direction of data transfer in each frame.
US09853800B2	Method and radio node for controlling change of communication mode Method and radio node (500) for controlling a change of communication mode between transmit mode and receive mode according to a Time Division Duplex, TDD, scheme. The radio node has at least two parallel branches (504, 06) for transmission and reception of radio signals, wherein the branches currently operate in a first communication mode. The radio node obtains one or more indication signals (S1A, S1B) generated by one or more of the branches to indicate that the first mode has been turned off. When it is determined that the first communication mode has not been turned off in a faulty branch, e.g. by not receiving an indication signal in time from that branch, the first mode is disabled in the faulty branch, and/or the faulty branch is reported to a supervision center (510). Thereby, it can be discovered when one of the branches is misaligned or otherwise faulty and suitable actions can be taken for repairing or replacing the faulty branch.
US09853790B2	Nodes and methods for allocating reference signal parameters to user equipments Embodiments described relate to a Resource Partitioning Node (RPN) associated with scheduling nodes and a method performed by the RPN for allocating reference demodulation reference signal (DMRS) parameters to user equipments (UE). The method comprises assigning a first partition of at least one type of DMRS parameters to the at least one UE of the first scheduling node and a second partition of the same type of DMRS parameters to the at least one UE of the second scheduling node, and signaling, to the first and the second scheduling node, the respective partition of the at least one type of DMRS parameter to be used by the respective at least one UE. A scheduling node and a method thereof are also described.
US09853783B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in distributed antenna system An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) is provided. A method for determining an initial state in a DAS includes receiving a value through high-level signalling and determining an initial state based on the value, in which the value includes a value in which is set an initial state of a scrambling sequence, which differs according to a transmission point.
US09853782B2	Efficient signaling of common reference signal shifts and physical downlink control channel region mismatch in coordinated multipoint transmission Information about a set of cells potentially taking part in coordinated multipoint transmission is obtained, information about at least one of reference signal configuration and data region size configuration for each of the set of cells is obtained, further an indication of which of the reference signals configuration and the data region size configuration should be assumed in resource mapping for data is obtained, and data according to the resource mapping is received. Information about at least one of reference signal configuration and data region size configuration for each cell of a set of cells potentially taking part in coordinated multipoint transmission is provided, and an indication of which of the reference signals configuration and the data region size configuration should be assumed in resource mapping for data is provided.
US09853781B2	Method and apparatus for resource aggregation in wireless communications Methods and apparatus for cell aggregation are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect information regarding a predefined maximum number of cells that can be aggregated by a communication device on a single carrier resource is sent by the communication device. Said Information is received by a network node where after control on cell aggregation can be based on the information, and the communication device can support cell aggregation on the single carrier resource up to said maximum number of cells.
US09853773B2	Method, apparatus and system for transmitting information bits A method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting information bits, where the method for transmitting information bits includes: dividing the information bits to be transmitted into at least two groups; encoding the information bits to be transmitted in each group; modulating the coded bits obtained by the encoding to obtain modulation symbols, in which each modulation symbol is obtained by using the modulation of the coded bits in the same group; and mapping and transmitting the modulation symbols. In this way, the receiving end easily reduces the algorithm complexity, thereby ensuring the performance of the receiving end.
US09853757B2	Satellite signal frequency translation and stacking An outdoor satellite receiving unit (ODU) receives several independent satellite signals, selects two signals with a switch matrix, downconverts the two signals to a bandstacked signal with a high and a low band signal, and outputs the bandstacked signal on the same cable to receiver units. Several satellite signals can be selected in groups of two or more and output to independent receiver units. Signal selecting is performed at the received radio frequency (RF) and bandstacking is performed with a single downconversion step to an intermediate frequency (IF). Channel stacking on the same cable of more than two channels from several satellites can be achieved by using frequency agile downconverters and bandpass filters prior to combining at the IF output. A slow transitioning switch minimizes signal disturbances when switching and maintains input impedance at a constant value.
US09853751B2	Method of estimating the frequency response of multipath channels In a digital communication system there is provided a method for OFDM channel estimation that jointly considers the effects of coarse timing error and multipath propagation. The method uses an iterative channel estimation technique, which considers the practical scenario of fractional timing error and non-sample space echo delays. The method does not require channel state information such as second-order statistic of the channel impulse responses or the noise power. Moreover, timing error can be conveniently obtained with the proposed technique. Simulation shows that, when comparing OFDM channel estimation techniques under DOCSIS 3.1 realistic channel conditions, the proposed algorithm significantly outperforms conventional methods.
US09853741B2	Fiber optic encryption A fiber optic encryption method is provided. The method includes transmitting an initial security key to a laser receiver apparatus over an out of band (OOB) signaling channel of a plurality of channels of a laser transmitter apparatus. The OOB signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure OOB signaling channel. A secure bundle is generated. The secure bundle includes the secure OOB signaling channel and a group of channels and associated transmission frequencies. Data is transmitted via the secure bundle and it is determined if any channels do not transmit the data.
US09853740B1	Adaptive communications focal plane array Adaptive communications focal plane arrays that may be implemented in, e.g., a specially-configured camera that can be utilized to receive and/or process information in the form of optical beams are presented. A specialized focal plane array (FPA) having a plurality of optical detectors is utilized, where one or more optical detectors are suppressed such that data is not allowed to be output from the one or more suppressed optical detectors, and only a significantly smaller number or subset of optical detectors receiving optical beams are allowed to output data. In this way, the rate at which data is to be output by an adaptive communications FPA (ACFPA) can be significantly reduced.
US09853729B2	Inter-vehicle communication system The present disclosure provides an inter-vehicle communication system configured to detect a vehicle as a communication target of DSRC to properly establish an automatic driving system. In the inter-vehicle communication system configured to perform communication between a plurality of vehicles using DSRC, each of vehicles includes an identification code (ID) of the vehicle in information to be transmitted by a DSRC unit. Each vehicle includes: an individual communication unit (optical communication unit) for optical communication, which is configured to transmit/receive IDs of vehicles through communication between individual vehicles; and a unit configured to detect information having a corresponding ID by collating the ID received by the individual communication unit with the ID included in the information received by the DSRC unit. Through ID collation, a communication counterpart vehicle of DSRC is detected.
US09853727B2	System and method for intensity monitoring A detection system for monitoring the intensity of a stream of modulated pulses, the system comprising a controller configured to provide a control signal to a component outputting modulated pulses the control signal controlling the level of modulation for each pulse exiting the component and a detector configured to measure the intensity of the pulses in the stream of pulses exiting the component outputting modulated pulses, wherein the detector comprises a gated detector, the controller being configured to send a gating signal to said detector, wherein said gating signal varies the gain of the detector with the control signal, such that pulses with a selected modulation level can be detected.
US09853718B2	Dynamically adjusting the transmission mode in a satellite communication system A system and method for transmitting a data stream between a server and a user terminal, comprises at least one satellite gateway associated with a satellite router communicating with at least one satellite terminal associated with a terminal router, wherein the terminal router is configured, when it receives a stream request from a user terminal, to search for it in its memory resources and, if appropriate, transmit it to the user terminal, the satellite router is configured to transmit the request to the server, estimate a popularity of the stream and transmit a message of correspondence between the stream and broadcasting parameters then convert the stream into a point-to-multipoint stream adapted to the broadcasting parameters, the terminal router is configured to convert point-to-multipoint streams into point-to-point streams and transmit them to the user terminals.
US09853717B2	Half-duplex communications for a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) operating on a continuous stream A method and apparatus for providing half-duplex communications for a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) operating on a continuous received stream is disclosed. The method includes: decoding the continuous received stream to establish synchronization with the continuous received stream; locating, in the continuous received stream, a time plan including a receiving timeslot and a transmitting timeslot; demodulating the continuous received stream by adapting to a timing and frequency variation of the continuous received stream in the receiving timeslot, freewheeling the adapting of the continuous received stream during the transmitting timeslot, and resuming the adapting of the continuous received stream when the transmitting timeslot ends; stopping a receiving of the continuous received stream during the transmitting timeslot; and transmitting from the VSAT during the transmitting timeslot. The freewheeling includes saving a signal acquisition parameter at the start of the transmitting timeslot and restoring the saved signal acquisition parameter at the end of the transmitting timeslot.
US09853715B2	Broadband access system via drone/UAV platforms The present disclosure describes the system and methods for providing broadband internet access to homes and enterprises using a network of aerial platforms such as drones/UAVs/balloons. The drone communication system is composed of an antenna sub-system, a radio sub-system and a data switching sub-system. Drones form and point beams toward ground terminals in different areas in a space division multiple access scheme. Ground terminals are composed of an antenna sub-system and a radio sub-system. Ground terminals search for the drone from which they receive the strongest signals. Drone and ground terminals comprise of methods and systems to calibrate receive and transmit antenna elements. Drone radio sub-system keeps track of the drone's position and orientation changes and adjust drone's antenna beam accordingly to point to the same location on the ground as the drone moves. Depending on the changes in drone's position and orientation, the drone radio sub-system may switch the antenna aperture and/or the antenna fixture that is used to form a beam toward a specific ground terminal. Drones communicate with the terminals using a space and time division multiple access scheme.
US09853713B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) beam pointing and data rate optimization for high throughput broadband access Systems and methods configured to form and manage different types of beams toward target ground terminals to “optimally” communicate with the terminals. In one set of embodiments, the UAV generates a set of beams to cover cells on the ground, the beams are divided into groups, and the UAV communications system deterministically and sequentially turns a subset of the beams on/off to reduce cross-beam interference and increase system throughput. In another embodiment, in order to increase throughput, the UAV communications system determines the highest data rate on the downlink and uplink that are decodable at the receiver given the received signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) while maintaining a low packet error rate. Systems and methods are described to determine the UAV antenna pattern toward different terminals needed for SINR calculation and data rate determination.
US09853712B2	Broadband access system via drone/UAV platforms The present disclosure describes the system and methods for providing broadband internet access to homes and enterprises using a network of drones/UAVs. The drone communication system is composed of an antenna sub-system, a radio sub-system and a data switching sub-system. Drones form and point beams toward ground terminals in different areas in a space division multiple access scheme. Ground terminals are composed of an antenna sub-system and a radio sub-system. Ground terminals search for the drone from which they receive the strongest signals. Drone and ground terminals comprise of methods and systems to calibrate receive and transmit antenna elements. Drone radio sub-system keeps track of the drone's position and orientation changes and adjust drone's antenna beam accordingly to point to the same location on the ground as the drone moves. Depending on the changes in drone's position and orientation, the drone radio sub-system may switch the antenna aperture and/or the antenna fixture that is used to form a beam toward a specific ground terminal. Drones communicate with the terminals using a space and time division multiple access scheme.
US09853709B2	Repeater operation method and apparatus in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, a repeater operation method and apparatus are disclosed. A method for supporting a repeater by a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include the steps of: determining whether a relay communication about a target user equipment (UE) is required; and transmitting the repeater activation message to one or more repeater candidates. The activation message may include one or more parameters among an activation cycle, location, or a signal strength threshold for the one or more repeater candidates. A repeater satisfying the condition given by the one or more parameters from among the one or more repeater candidates can be activated as a repeater for the target UE.
US09853703B2	Codebook sub-sampling for CSI feedback on PUCCH for 4Tx MIMO Channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is disclosed. User equipment transmits a CSI feedback signal via a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH). If the UE is configured in a first feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report jointly coding a Rank Indicator (RI) and a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI1), and a second report coding Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI2). If the UE is configured in a second feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report coding RI, and a second report coding CQI, PMI1 and PMI2. The jointly coded RI and PMI1 employs codebook sub-sampling, and the jointly coding PMI1, PMI2 and CQI employs codebook sub-sampling.
US09853695B2	Transmitting magnetic field through metal chassis using fractal surfaces Described herein are techniques related one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for reducing induced currents in a apparatus chassis. For example, a fractal slot is constructed in the apparatus chassis to reduce the induced currents, and enhance passage of magnetic fields through the apparatus chassis. In this example, the fractal slot may include a no-self loop fractal space filling curve shape to provide high impedance to the induced currents.
US09853685B2	Tunable duplexer arrangement configured for TDD operation RF duplexing and methods of operating the same are described herein. In one embodiment, an RF duplexing system may include a control circuit and a duplexer with a first tunable RF filter and second tunable RF filter. The control circuit is operable in a full duplexing transmission mode and a half duplexing transmission mode. The control circuit tunes the first tunable RF filter in the full duplexing transmission mode so that the first tunable RF filter defines a transmission passband and tune the second tunable RF filter so that the second tunable RF filter defines a receive passband. Also, the control circuit tunes one of the tunable RF filters so that the tunable RF filter defines the passband while the other tunable RF filter enhances the passband. In this manner, the tunable RF filters in the duplexer are both utilized to get better performance during the half duplexing mode.
US09853684B2	High radiation efficiency antenna systems A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication device including a matching network for impedance tuning and pairs of antennas that can be utilized as primary and diversity antennas, respectively, and can provide high radiation efficiency. An RF switch can be utilized for re-configuring the primary and diversity antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09853673B2	Cradle device including a locker and a push up member and cradle set A cradle device removably stores a terminal device having a first recess. This cradle device includes a second recess, a locker, and a push up member. The second recess is capable of storing at least a part of the terminal device, the part including the first recess. The locker is formed to be engageable with the first recess of the terminal device, and the locker being engaged with the first recess, which is stored in the second recess, of the terminal device to hold the terminal device. The push up member is connected to the locker, and pushes up the locker engaged with the first recess to push up the terminal device from the second recess with the state in which the terminal device is held by the locker.
US09853672B2	Mobile terminal Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a differentiated structure from the conventional one. The mobile terminal includes a neck band unit configured to be wearable on a user's neck, and having a main power supply unit; and a glass unit having a frame configured to be wearable on a user's head, having an input/output module installed at the frame, and electrically-connectable to the neck band unit so as to be provided with power from the main power supply unit, wherein the neck band unit is provided with accommodation recesses formed such that at least part thereof corresponds to the frame, and wherein the glass unit is coupled to the neck band unit when two ends thereof are inserted into the accommodation recesses, respectively, and wherein the glass unit is separated from the neck band unit when the two ends thereof are withdrawn from the accommodation recesses, respectively.
US09853664B2	Radio frequency power amplification system, radio frequency power amplification method, transmitter, and base station A apparatus for radio frequency power amplification, a radio frequency power amplification method, a transmitter, and a base station that can reduce nonlinear signal distortion factors are disclosed. The radio frequency power amplification system includes: a radio frequency signal generation circuit, configured to process a baseband digital signal, to obtain an original radio frequency signal; a radio frequency signal processing circuit, configured to process the original radio frequency signal, to obtain N processed radio frequency signals, where N is greater than or equal to 2; a power amplifier, configured to perform power amplification on each of the N processed radio frequency signals, to obtain N amplified radio frequency signals; and a combiner, configured to combine the N amplified radio frequency signals.
US09853663B2	Method and apparatus for managing operations of a communication device A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to provision a matching network that controls one or more operational characteristics of one of a receiver portion and a transmitter portion of the communication device according to a profile describing one or more characteristics of a communication system from which the communication device operates. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09853660B1	Techniques for parallel data compression Techniques and apparatus for parallel data compression are described. An apparatus to provide parallel data compression may include at least one memory and logic for a compression component, at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory, the logic to provide at least one data input sequence to a plurality of compression components, determine compression information for the plurality of compression components, and perform a compression process on the at least one data input sequence via the plurality of compression components to generate at least one data output sequence, the plurality of compression components to perform the compression process in parallel based on the compression information.
US09853650B1	Method and apparatus of frequency synthesis An apparatus having a digitally controlled timing adjustment circuit configured to receive a first clock and a second clock and output a third clock and a fourth clock in accordance with a noise cancellation signal and a gain control signal, an analog phase detector configured to receive the third clock and the fourth clock and output an analog timing error signal, a filtering circuit configure to receive the analog timing error signal and output an oscillator control signal, a controllable oscillator configured to receive the oscillator control signal and output a fifth clock, a clock divider configured to receive the fifth clock and output the second clock in accordance with a division factor, a modulator configured to receive a clock multiplication factor and output the division factor and the noise cancellation signal, wherein a mean value of the division factor is equal to the clock multiplication factor, a digital phase detector configured to receive the third clock and the fourth clock and output a digital timing error signal, wherein the digital phase detector is self-calibrated so that a mean value of the digital timing error signal is zero, and a correlation circuit configured to receive the timing error signal and the noise cancellation signal and output the gain control signal.
US09853646B2	System, method and apparatus for phase hits and microphonics cancellation A system and method for system, method and apparatus for phase hits and microphonics cancellation. In addition to a first RF synthesizer source, a device also includes a second stable reference signal source that operates at a lower frequency as compared to the RF synthesizer source. The second stable reference signal source is selected with good phase noise characteristics and can be used to correct phase error events.
US09853642B1	Data-dependent current compensation in a voltage-mode driver An example output driver includes a plurality of output circuits coupled in parallel between a first voltage supply node and a second voltage supply node. Each of the plurality of output circuits includes a differential input that is coupled to receive a logic signal of a plurality of logic signals and a differential output that is coupled to a common output node. The output driver further includes voltage regulator(s), coupled to the voltage supply node(s), and a current compensation circuit. The current compensation circuit includes a switch coupled in series with a current source, where the switch and the current source are coupled between the first voltage supply node and the second voltage supply node. An event detector is coupled to the switch to supply an enable signal and to control state of the enable signal based on presence of a pattern in the plurality of logic signals.
US09853633B1	Systems and methods involving lock-loop circuits, clock signal alignment, phase-averaging feedback clock circuitry Systems and methods associated with reducing clock skew are disclosed. In some exemplary embodiments, there is provided circuitry associated with lock loop circuits such as a phase lock loop (PLL). Such circuitry may comprise output clock tree circuitry and phase averaging circuitry. In other exemplary embodiments, there is provided circuitry associated with delay lock loop (DLL) circuits. Such circuitry may comprise output clock tree circuitry and/or phase averaging circuitry.
US09853630B2	Skew-tolerant flip-flop A flip-flop includes a master latch configured to receive a data signal and a scan input signal. The master latch provides one of the data signal or the scan input signal to a slave latch based on a scan enable signal. The flip-flop includes circuitry configured to generate clock signals based on one or both of an input clock signal and the scan enable signal. A first clock signal is provided to the master latch and a second clock signal is provided to the slave latch. The first clock signal does not include edge transitions that occur at same times as edge transitions of the second clock signal when the scan enable signal has a first logic level. The first clock signal includes edge transitions that occur at same times as edge transitions of the second clock signal when the scan enable signal has a second logic level.
US09853629B2	Oscillator circuit An oscillator circuit may include a multivibrator for generating an oscillator signal, a supply circuit having a first, second and third current path, and a current mirror for mirroring a current through the second current path into the first current path, the third current path and a current path of the multivibrator. A first transistor in the first current path is operated in weak inversion and saturation on the basis of a first gate voltage. A second transistor in the second current path may be operated in weak inversion and saturation on the basis of the first gate voltage. A third transistor in the second current path may be operated in strong inversion and in the linear region on the basis of a second gate voltage. A fourth transistor in the third current path may be operated in strong inversion and in saturation on the basis of the second gate voltage.
US09853625B2	Acoustic wave device, transceiver device, and mobile communication device An acoustic wave device includes: an acoustic wave chip including an acoustic wave element formed therein; a multilayered substrate including the acoustic wave chip mounted on an upper surface thereof; a first ground terminal formed on a lower surface of the multilayered substrate and electrically coupled to a ground electrode of the acoustic wave chip; a second ground terminal formed on the lower surface; a signal terminal formed on the lower surface and electrically coupled to a signal electrode of the acoustic wave chip; and a shield layer formed at least on the upper surface, on the lower surface, or between the lower surface and the upper surface of the multilayered substrate so as to overlap with at least a part of the acoustic wave chip, not electrically coupled to the first ground terminal in the multilayered substrate, and electrically coupled to the second ground terminal.
US09853616B2	Low noise variable gain amplifier utilizing variable feedback techniques with constant input/output impedance Variable feedback architecture and control techniques for variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) concurrently maintain, across a wide range of VGA gain settings, minimal input and output impedance variations, a low noise figure, low rates of change in noise figure, high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), high quality of service (QoS), low distortion, high and relatively constant output third order intercept point (i.e., IP3 or TOI). Variable feedback counteracts impedance variations caused by gain variations. Compared to conventional high performance VGAs, noise figure is lower (e.g. 3 dB lower at maximum gain and 12 dB lower at minimum gain) and relatively constant, IP3 is higher and relatively constant, small signal third order intermodulation signal (IM3) tone slope is relatively constant and input and output impedances are relatively constant. As gain decreases, the noise figure advantage is nearly dB per dB compared to conventional high performance VGAs.
US09853604B2	Amplifier circuit and method An amplifier arrangement comprises N amplifier stages, wherein N is an integer equal or greater than four. The amplifier arrangement comprises a cascade of quarter wavelength transmission lines coupled between an output of an amplifier of a first amplifier stage and an output node of the amplifier arrangement, wherein the cascade comprises N−1 quarter wavelength transmission lines. An amplifier of the Nth stage is coupled to the output node, and remaining amplifiers between the first and Nth stages coupled to successive junctions in the cascade of quarter wavelength transmission lines. The amplifier arrangement is further configured such that the amplifier of the Nth stage is coupled to the output node via a connecting quarter wavelength transmission line, and whereby each of the remaining amplifiers of the N−2 stages closest to the output node is coupled by a respective connecting quarter wavelength transmission line to a respective junction of the cascade of quarter wavelength transmission lines.
US09853603B2	Power amplifier for amplifying radio frequency signal Power amplifiers for amplifying a radio frequency signal are provided. The power amplifier may include an envelope tracking power supply, a carrier amplifier coupled with the envelope tracking power supply and configured to amplify the radio frequency signal, an input matching network configured to split the amplified radio frequency signal from the carrier amplifier such that one part of the amplified radio frequency signal passes along a peak amplifier path and another part of the amplified radio frequency signal passes along an impedance transformer path, a peak amplifier coupled with the envelope tracking power supply and configured to amplify the one part of the amplified radio frequency signal from the input matching network, an impedance transformer configured to perform impedance transformation on the other part of the amplified radio frequency signal from the input matching network, an output matching network configured to combine the output of the peak amplifier and the impedance transformer, wherein the peak amplifier is configured to be switched off in a lower power mode and switched on in a high power mode based at least in part on an input power level of the radio frequency signal. With the claimed solutions, more powerful and efficient power amplifiers that are capable of operating over broader frequency ranges may be achieved.
US09853598B2	Solar module frame A solar module frame includes two first borders and two second borders. At least one first border includes a first segment and a second segment, where one end of the first segment is connected to one end of the second border, and one end of the second segment is connected to one end of the other second border. The solar module frame includes at least one connection component. One end of the connection component is connected to the other end of the first segment, and the other end of the connection component is connected to the other end of the second segment. Each of the first segment, the second segment, and the connection component includes an external wall, a support wall, a first clamping wall, and a second clamping wall. Each of the first segment and the second segment includes an internal wall.
US09853597B2	Pivot-fit connection apparatus, system, and method for photovoltaic modules A system and method are disclosed for quickly and easily assembling PV modules into a PV array in a sturdy and durable manner. In examples of the present technology, the system includes various couplings having a first engaging portion adapted to engage a first PV module and a second engaging portion adapted to engage a second PV module. At least one of the engaging portions allows variable positioning of the engaged PV module along the engaging portion.
US09853595B1	Fixture for on-roof installation object and fixing structure of on-roof installation object A fixture includes a substitutive roof member that includes a base part, a base opening, a tubular wall that is erected from a peripheral edge of the base opening, a top face that extends inwardly from a top end of the tubular wall and forms a top face opening, and a pair of guide surfaces that each extend downward from peripheral sides of the top face opening, the substitutive roof member being made of a metal; and a mounting base that includes a pair of planar bottom plates that is provided in such a size as to pass through the top face opening, a pair of rising walls that are each erected from inner sides of the bottom plates, a connection part that connects upper sides of the rising walls, and a fixing member mounting part that is exposed at the connection part for mounting a bolt.
US09853591B2	Inverter control device An inverter control device for controlling a rotating electric machine drive device that includes an inverter and a DC link capacitor, the inverter being connected to a DC power supply via a contactor, being connected to an alternating current rotating electric machine, and performing power conversion between direct current and three-phase alternating current, an arm for each alternating current phase being formed by a series circuit including an upper side switching element and a lower side switching element, and the DC link capacitor smoothing a DC link voltage, which is a DC-side voltage of the inverter, the inverter control device performing switching control on the switching elements that form the inverter.
US09853565B2	Maximized power in a photovoltaic distributed power system A power harvesting system including multiple parallel-connected photovoltaic strings, each photovoltaic string includes a series-connection of photovoltaic panels. Multiple voltage-compensation circuits may be connected in series respectively with the photovoltaic strings. The voltage-compensation circuits may be configured to provide respective compensation voltages to the photovoltaic strings to maximize power harvested from the photovoltaic strings. The voltage-compensation circuits may be include respective inputs which may be connected to a source of power and respective outputs which may be connected in series with the photovoltaic strings.
US09853560B2	Congruent power and timing signals for device Congruent power and timing signals in a single electronic device. In an embodiment, a circuit may include just one isolation transformer operable to generate a power signal and a timing signal. On the secondary side, two branches may extract both a power signal and a clock signal for use in the circuit on the isolated secondary side. The first branch may be coupled to the transformer and operable to manipulate the signal into a power signal, such as a 5V DC signal. Likewise, the second circuit branch is operable to manipulate the signal into a clock signal, such as a 5 V signal with a frequency of 1 MHz. By extracting both a power supply signal and a clock signal from the same isolation transformer on the secondary side, valuable space may be saved on an integrated circuit device with only having a single winding for a single isolation transformer.
US09853554B2	Flyback converter and control circuit with standby mode The present invention provides a power converter, and a control circuit and a standby power saving method thereof. The power converter provides an output voltage from an output terminal through an enable switch circuit to a power receiver. A detection signal shows whether a voltage at a signal transmission pin of the power converter is in a predetermined range, if not, the enable switch circuit is turned OFF. The power converter adjusts a feedback signal according to the detection signal or according to the detection signal and the output voltage, so as to adjust the output voltage to be lower than a normal operation level in a normal operation mode, to save power in a standby mode.
US09853552B2	Programming controller parameters through external terminals of a power converter A method of operating a power converter includes applying a first signal sequence to one or more terminals of the power converter to unlock a controller of the power converter and cause the controller to enter a programming mode, applying a second signal sequence to the one or more terminals of the power converter to program a controller parameter of the power converter, and applying a third signal sequence to the one or more terminals to lock the controller of the power converter and cause the power converter to enter a locked mode. The one or more terminals of the power converter includes one or more input terminals of the power converter that converter are adapted to be coupled to a programmable ac or dc supply, or one or more output terminals of the power converter that are adapted to be coupled to a programmable electronic load.
US09853551B2	Isolated DC-DC power conversion circuit A power transfer system includes DC-DC power conversion circuitry that has a first switch and a second switch on either side of a first transformer and a first capacitor and a second capacitor on either side of a second transformer that is connected in parallel with the first transformer. Primary secondary sides of the DC-DC power conversion circuitry are aligned based a direction of power transfer. A quantity of power transfer through the DC-DC power conversion circuitry is determined based on power and voltage characteristics of electrical components. A duty cycle and a switching frequency for the first switch or second switch is determined based on the quantity of power to be transferred. The primary and secondary switches are controlled using switching.
US09853547B2	Methods and apparatus for adaptive timing for zero voltage transition power converters An example apparatus includes a first switch having a control terminal, coupled to a voltage source and coupled to a switch node; a second switch having a control terminal, coupled to the switch node and to a voltage reference; a first inductor coupled to the switch node and to a load; a third switch having a control terminal, coupled to the voltage source and to an auxiliary node; a fourth switch having a control terminal, coupled to the auxiliary node and to the voltage reference; a second inductor coupled to the switch node and the auxiliary node; a fifth switch having a control terminal, coupled to the switch node and to the auxiliary node; and timing circuitry configured to output signals to the control terminals of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch and the fifth switch to supply current to the load.
US09853544B2	Switching overlap avoidance system for controlling power supply system A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a power supply system to avoid an over-voltage event across one or more switching devices of the power supply system, the controlling step based on switching overlap information that includes instructions for either advancing or retarding a switching signal associated with at least one of the switching devices.
US09853542B2	Constant-voltage and constant-current buck converter and control circuit A control circuit is provided for a buck converter that includes at least an inductor coupled to an output of the buck converter. The control circuit includes a power switch configured for coupling to a line voltage and configured for charging the inductor, an input line voltage sampling circuit, and a constant-voltage (CV) and constant-current (CC) control module coupled to the power switch. During a charging period of the inductor, the CV and CC control module is configured to control the power switch to provide a constant output current by maintaining a constant peak inductor current, even when the input line voltage changes. During a discharging period of the inductor, the CV and CC control module is configured to monitor the sensed output voltage to control the power switch to provide a constant output voltage.
US09853541B2	Switched-capacitor DC-to-DC converters and methods of fabricating the same A switched-capacitor DC-to-DC converter includes a logic cell and a capacitor cell vertically overlapping with the logic cell. The logic cell has a plurality of active elements disposed over a first substrate. The capacitor cell has a capacitor over a second substrate. A first interlayer insulation layer disposed over the first substrate is bonded to a second interlayer insulation layer disposed over the second substrate. A first through via connected to any one of interconnection patterns of the logic cell and a second through via connected to a lower electrode pattern of the capacitor cell are connected to each other through a first external circuit pattern. A third through via connected to an upper electrode pattern of the capacitor cell and a fourth through via connected to another one of the interconnection patterns of the logic cell are connected to each other through a second external circuit pattern.
US09853540B2	Power supply circuit A power supply circuit is intended to suppress power consumption when a load is not driven and to shorten a required time to be taken until a boosted voltage to be supplied to a high-side MOS transistor is stabilized when the load is changed from a deactivated state to an activated state.The power supply circuit (power supply circuit 3) supplying power to a load driving circuit (motor driving circuit 2) that drives a load by controlling a high-side MOS transistor M1 on the basis of an input load control signal includes a booster circuit (charge pump 23) configured to boost a voltage of input power and supplies the power of which the voltage is boosted as power for driving the high-side MOS transistor. The booster circuit has power supply capability which varies depending on the load control signal.
US09853530B2	Linear motor unit A linear motor unit includes at least one first linear motor in which an armature is disposed spaced from a shaft guide supporting section which is provided at a distal end of a frame, and a shaft guide is disposed on a proximal side of the shaft guide supporting section; and at least one second linear motor in which an armature is disposed in contact with the proximal side the shaft guide supporting section which is provided at the distal end of the frame, and the shaft guide is disposed on the distal side of the shaft guide supporting section, wherein the first linear motors and the second linear motors are alternatively arranged in a width direction of the frame with the respective shaft guides of the linear motors aligned with each other, the shaft guide is rotated by a rotary motor.
US09853523B2	Wheel motor cooling system with equally divided flow An electric wheel motor cooling system includes first and second electric wheel motors and gear reducers which use hydraulic fluid for cooling and lubrication. Each of the electric wheel motor housings includes a sump and a scavenge pump for return of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. A remotely located hydraulic pump interconnected with the hydraulic fluid reservoir supplies and powers first and second locally located hydraulic motors which supply the electric motors and gears with an equal flow of lubricating and cooling oil. The first and second hydraulic motors, in turn, drive a common output shaft which, in turn, drives first and second scavenge pumps. The first and second scavenge pumps have a higher fluid flow rate than the hydraulic motors ensuring that oil is removed from the first and second electric wheel motor housings thus eliminating any churning losses of the motors or gears.
US09853522B2	Electrical rotating machine having a cooling fan and exhaust ports A cooling fan is provided at an axial end portion of a rotor. The cooling fan generates a cooling air when rotated integrally with the rotor. On a stator core arranged at a position on a radially outer side of the rotor, a plurality of stator coils are arrayed in a circumferential direction of the stator core. Each stator coil includes a coil end that protrudes from an axial end surface of the stator core. A front housing covering the cooling fan includes: an exhaust port for passing the cooling air therethrough, at least part of the exhaust port being located at a position on a radially outer side of the coil end; and a recess portion opposed to the coil end in an axial direction.
US09853521B2	Actuator incorporating a casing having a motor mounting structure An actuator includes an electric motor having a shaft, an output member coupled to the shaft, a casing having a wall, a mounting structure, and a tubular body sleeved around the shaft and coupling the mounting structure to the wall. The motor is mounted to the casing via the mounting structure.
US09853513B2	Insulation cover of resolver and method for winding coil of insulation cover of resolver The present description relates to an insulation cover of a resolver and a method for winding a coil of the insulation cover, which has a slack part formed on a coil by: a slit part formed on a body part so as to correspond to a terminal pin when winding the coil on the terminal pin of a terminal part formed at one side of the insulation cover; and a winding guide part protrudingly formed on a winder so as to correspond to the slit part such that the coil is inserted into or withdrawn from the slit part, relieves the tension, applied to the coil, by the slack part so as to minimize a break in the coil according to the thermal deformation or the deterioration of the coil, has a compact structure, is easily manufactured and reduces manufacturing costs.
US09853503B2	Wireless power feeding system In a case where a power transmission device operating as a master disappears, a wireless power feeding system selects a power transmission device to operate as a master instead based on predetermined priority levels.
US09853500B2	Power supply apparatus, method, and recording medium A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to a power receiving device, a first communication unit configured to perform short-range wireless communication and include a first communication mode and a second communication mode, a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication, a selection unit configured to select the first communication mode or the second communication mode as a communication mode of the first communication unit in accordance with whether the power supply apparatus is in a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode, and a control unit configured to control the communication performed by the first communication unit in accordance with the communication mode of the first communication unit selected by the selection unit.
US09853499B2	Wireless power harvesting along multiple paths in a reverberent cavity An apparatus comprises a structure including a cavity that, when excited with electromagnetic energy, produces an electric field having randomized distribution of field amplitude and polarity. The apparatus further comprises a sensor within the cavity. The sensor has a plurality of antennas for wirelessly harvesting operating power along different paths within the cavity.
US09853496B2	Backup power supply control According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system comprising an input configured to receive input AC power, an output configured to provide output AC power to a load, a DC power source coupled to a DC bus, an inverter having an input coupled to the DC bus and an output coupled to the output of the UPS system, the inverter configured to receive DC power at the input from the DC bus and provide AC power having a voltage to the output, and a controller coupled to the output of the inverter and configured to operate the inverter based on an average voltage of the AC power at the output of the inverter.
US09853494B2	Active engine cool down time delay for automatic transfer switch controllers A system for providing backup power to a facility includes a generator and a controller. The controller is configured to operate the generator until a condition is met, determine a load history that occurs while operating the generator until the condition is met, determine a cool-down time based on the determined load history, and run the generator to the point when the condition is met and in an unloaded condition for the cool-down time.
US09853492B2	Automatic transfer switch module An automatic transfer switch module includes an automatic transfer switch. The automatic transfer switch may receive a first power from a first power source and a second power from a second power source. The automatic transfer switch may selectively provide one of the first power and the second power to a power supply module.
US09853480B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for wireless charging for PC platforms and peripherals Disclosed is a wireless charging device for charging electronic devices placed within proximity of the transmitter of the wireless charging device. The wireless charging device includes an inductive coupler, a reflected power detector, a power source and a power control system. The inductive coupler is configured to charge at least one electronic device present in the charging area. The inductive coupler takes power form the power source. The inductive coupler is also capable of communicating with electronic devices being charged to exchange a set of information. In addition to notebook PCs, this solution can be extended to desktop and tablet PCs, slates and office furniture as pervasive means of wireless charging multiple devices.
US09853478B2	Low power detection of wireless power devices Exemplary embodiments are directed to detection and validation of wirelessly chargeable devices positioned within a charging region of a wireless power transmitter. A device may include a wireless power transmitter configured detect a change in at least one parameter at the transmitter. The transmitter may further be configured to determine whether at least one valid chargeable device is positioned within a charging region of the transmitter upon detecting the change in the at least one parameter.
US09853477B2	Systems and methods of adaptive battery charging Systems and methods of charging battery power that can be selectively controlled by the overall voltage of a battery pack and specified voltages of battery cells within the battery pack, and that can selectively perform current-controlled and voltage-controlled battery charging (referred to herein as “adaptive battery cell charging”). The systems and methods employ a digital core for managing the charging of battery power provided by the battery pack. By using the overall voltage of the battery pack and specified voltages of battery cells to selectively control the charging of battery power, battery charging times can be reduced. By employing current/voltage sense amplifiers to monitor the battery pack voltage, the battery cell voltage(s), and a battery charging current, the effect of cable resistance to/from the battery pack can be reduced. By performing adaptive battery cell charging, battery charging times and battery stress can be reduced, while increasing battery charge/discharge life cycles.
US09853473B2	Battery pack assembly and method A battery pack assembly includes a first battery cell supplying electric current to an electronic load, a second battery cell supplying electric current to the electronic load, and a first switch operatively coupled with the first battery cell and the electronic load. The first switch stops conduction of the electric current to the electronic load responsive to an increase in electric demand of the electronic load above a designated threshold. A method of powering an electronic load using a battery pack assembly also is provided.
US09853472B2	Secondary battery charging device, method of charging in secondary battery charging device, photovoltaic generator, method of power generation in photovoltaic generator, photovoltaic-charged secondary battery system, electronic device, and electrical vehicle A battery charging device includes a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells connected in series, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change a series connection of the battery cells in response to a variation in output voltage of a solar battery.
US09853469B2	Charging system A charging system is provided, including a charging device and an electronic device. The charging device includes a housing, a metal connector, a power supply source electrically connected to the metal connector, a first magnetic member, and a second magnetic member. The electronic device includes a main body, a power storage member, an electronic contact electrically connected to the power storage member, and a third magnetic member. The third magnetic member has a first surface and a second surface adjacent to the first surface. When the electronic device is disposed on the charging device, the metal connector contacts the electronic contact, the first surface faces the first magnetic member, and the second surface faces the second magnetic member.
US09853460B2	Power conversion circuit, power transmission system, and power conversion system A power conversion circuit includes multiple input-side capacitors connected in series between input terminals; series circuits composed of high-side switching elements and low-side switching elements connected in parallel to the multiple input-side capacitors; and output-side capacitors connected between nodes and a node. The circuit further includes an output-side inductor connected to the node and a controller that alternately turns on and off the high-side switching elements and the low-side switching elements. Each of the low-side switching elements and the high-side switching elements is a MOSFET and causes current to flow from the low side to the high side using a body diode. Accordingly, there is provided a power conversion circuit that has high conversion efficiency and that is capable of realizing reduction in size, a power transmission system, and a power conversion system.
US09853452B2	Power control apparatus, power control method, program, and energy management system A power control apparatus includes: a direct current bus serving as a path for supplying direct current power; a first conversion apparatus that applies DC/DC conversion to direct current power from a power generator for generating power using natural energy, and outputs the resultant direct current power to the direct current bus; a second conversion apparatus that applies DC/DC conversion to the direct current power and charges a power storage unit with the resultant direct current power, and also applies DC/DC conversion to direct current power from the power storage unit and discharges the resultant direct current power to the direct current bus; a third conversion apparatus that applies DC/AC conversion to the direct current power from the direct current bus and supplies alternating current power to a power system and an alternating current load; and a controller that controls driving of the first to third conversion apparatuses.
US09853442B2	Protection device with directional zone selective interlock functionality A protection device, externally connectable to an existing circuit breaker with zone selective interlock functionality, enables a circuit breaker to implement directional zone selective interlock. The protection device includes a first input port and a first output port connectable to a circuit breaker, and second and third ports for connecting to a protection device of another circuit breaker and for transmitting interlock signals via an input bus and an output bus inside the EDP. A control unit is configured to enable one of the second and third ports as a second input port and the other as a second output port according to the direction of current currently flowing through the circuit breaker; and configured to forward an interlock signal from the first input port to the output bus and to forward an interlock signal on the input bus received from the second input port to the first output port.
US09853441B2	Voltage transient protection circuitry Disclosed are advances in the arts with novel and useful voltage transient protection circuitry in configurations which include a bridge circuit in combination with one or more voltage reference, load to ground circuit, and/or snub circuit such that the output node is held at a selected voltage level, preferably mid-rail, and potentially damaging transient voltages are avoided.
US09853437B2	Liquid-tight strain relief A liquid-tight strain relief includes a tubular-shaped bushing and a dome-shaped gland. The bushing includes a flange, a centrally-located aperture, a plurality of resilient outer fingers, and a plurality of resilient inner fingers extending from an inner wall into the aperture. The gland includes a head having a centrally-located membrane. The head is co-molded with and encapsulates the flange, resulting in a strain relief having a unitary construction. The strain relief is adapted to be inserted within an orifice of a work piece, and the outer fingers frictionally engage the work piece. A cable is inserted within the strain relief by piercing the membrane, which stretches and provides a seal against the cable. The cable is inserted through the aperture of the bushing and the resilient inner fingers flex outwardly to enable the cable to pass through, while engaging and digging into the cable to clasp it and provide strain relief.
US09853414B2	Connection structure for laser and laser assembly A connection structure for a laser and a laser assembly are provided. The connection structure for a laser includes a first insulation substrate, where the first insulation substrate includes a conductive path separately on an upper surface and a lower surface thereof. A second insulation substrate is disposed on the upper surface of the first insulation substrate. An upper surface of the second insulation substrate includes a conductive path. The conductive path on the upper surface of the second insulation substrate is electrically connected to the conductive path on the lower surface of the first insulation substrate via a through-hole. The connection structure for a laser and the laser assembly in the present disclosure are configured to supplying power to a laser.
US09853411B2	Pulsed bias current for gain switched semiconductor lasers for amplified spontaneous emission reduction Gain switched laser diode pulses are used as seed pulses for optical pulse generation. ASE is reduced by applying a prebias to the laser diodes at an amplitude less than that associated with a laser diode threshold. An electrical seed pulse having an amplitude larger than that associated with laser threshold is applied within about 10-100 ns of the prebias pulse. The resulting laser diode pulse can be amplified in a pumped, rare earth doped optical fiber, with reduced ASE.
US09853409B2	Self-adjusting crimping tool A self-adjusting pliers-type crimping tool includes a crimping arrangement having movable and fixed levers that are pivotally displaced from an open condition toward a fully closed condition, thereby to generate a first crimping force for crimping an electrical contact upon a bare conductor. When the levers are at an intermediate position, a predetermined compensating energy from a caged spring assembly is released and is applied to the crimping arrangement to complete the crimping process. The spring assembly may comprise a stack of spring washers, a helical spring arrangement, or a stack of resilient elastomeric blocks.
US09853401B2	Single-fastener mounting plate for electrical outlets A mounting plate for an electrical outlet includes a central region having a front surface, a rear surface, and an opening for accessing an outlet. A first mounting tab and a second mounting tab extend from the central region at an angle. The mounting plate may be used to attach an outlet to an outlet housing having a wiring compartment and a panel at least partially enclosing the wiring compartment. The panel has a front wall and an opening for receiving an outlet.
US09853398B2	Plug connector and electronic assembly A plug connector is adapted to be connected to a receptacle connector. The plug connector includes an insulation body, a plurality of terminals and a metal housing. The terminals are fixed in the insulation body. The metal housing wraps the insulation body and the terminals and has a mating end. The insulation body and the metal housing construct a slot, which is adapted to couple a tongue portion of the receptacle connector. These terminals extend to the slot. The insulation body extends outward to the mating end from internal of the metal housing to cover at least a part of the mating end. Moreover, an electronic assembly including an electronic apparatus and the plug connector is also provided.
US09853393B2	Electrical connector with improved waterproof performance An electrical connector comprises: an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion and a mating tongue. The mating tongue comprises a stepped portion extending from the base portion and a tongue portion extending from the stepped portion. The insulative housing defines an outer periphery. The stepped portion defines a front face. The base portion defines a rear face. The terminal defines a connecting portion buried in the base portion and the stepped portion, a contacting portion extending from the connecting portion. The insulative housing defines a sealing member filling in the periphery of the connecting portion. The sealing member not extends out the front face of the stepped portion, the rear face of the base portion and the out periphery of the insulative housing. It is favorable for improving the waterproof effect of the electric connector.
US09853382B2	Connector It is the object of the present invention to provide a connector 10 which provides a stable connection that is resistant to the rocking motion of a connecting object in insertion direction, longitudinal pitch direction, or the direction of the thickness of the connector, while maintaining the low-profile level so as to prevent the deflection of the connecting object even when the connector is mounted on a flexible board e.g., an FPC.
US09853377B2	Connecting member for electronic device and electronic device including the same A connecting member for electrically connecting a circuit board and a component in an electronic device is provided. The connecting member includes at least one bending part configured to comprise elasticity, a pad part connected to the bending part and configured to be attached to one surface of the circuit board, and a fixing part extending from the pad part and configured to fix the connecting member to the circuit board.
US09853371B2	Brazed ground terminal for non-ferrous vehicle components A method of manufacturing a grounding connection is disclosed that comprises assembling a non-ferrous grounding connector to a non-ferrous part, and melting brazing material between the grounding connector and the part to secure the grounding connector to the part. The step of assembling the connector to the part may be performed by clinching the connector to the part. The ground connector may comprise a nut secured to the vehicle body by a clinch joint and a deposit of braze metal applied to the nut at the location of the clinch joint. Alternatively, the ground connector for a vehicle body may comprise a nut defining an opening for receiving a fastener and a deposit of brazing material attaching the nut to the vehicle body.
US09853368B2	Electrical crimp terminal An electrical terminal includes a crimp barrel having an interior side and an exterior side. The interior side of the crimp barrel defines a channel that extends along a longitudinal axis. The crimp barrel is configured to mechanically hold and electrically connect to one or more electrical conductors of an electrical device received in the channel. The crimp barrel includes multiple primary serrations spaced apart along the longitudinal axis. The primary serrations are groove-shaped recesses formed along the interior side. Adjacent primary serrations are separated from one another by a band. The crimp barrel further includes at least one micro-serration on the band. Each micro-serration is a groove-shaped recess formed along the interior side that has a smaller size relative to the primary serrations.
US09853366B2	Crimp contact with improved contacting and crimp connection A crimp contact is disclosed. The crimp contact has a receptacle extending in a longitudinal direction up to a receptacle end, a crimp section extending along the receptacle and beyond the receptacle end to a front end, and a wing extending from the crimp section between the receptacle end and the front end transversely to the longitudinal direction, the wing having a conductor displacing member overlapping the receptacle in the longitudinal direction. The receptacle receives a conductor in the longitudinal direction. The crimp section encloses the conductor subsequent to crimping.
US09853363B2	Methods and apparatus to control mutual coupling between antennas A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for comparing a received signal from a first antenna to a reference signal transmitted by a second antenna, determining from the comparison one or more compensation parameters, and tuning a compensation circuit according to the one or more compensation parameters, where the one or more compensations parameters configure the compensation circuit to reduce mutual coupling between the first and second antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09853360B2	Inflatable radar signal device An inflatable RADAR signal device that is capable of rising above the surface of the water when deployed and that reflects RADAR emissions. The signal device is a self-contained, small, independent system that can withstand being present in a maritime environment, including being submerged in the water and/or being located on a vessel in the water, for an extended amount of time. The device includes a housing that houses one or more deflated balloons that are constructed of a material that, when inflated, rise above the level of the water and that reflect RADAR emissions. The device includes at least one gas cylinder for inflating the balloon(s), and a mechanism to trigger release of the balloon(s) from the housing including a mechanism to trigger release of the gas from the gas cylinder(s) to inflate the balloon(s).
US09853358B2	Air-filled patch antenna Disclosed is an air-filled patch antenna, comprising: a ground plane; a patch arranged to be in parallel to the ground plane; four inherent metal legs extending from the patch perpendicularly, wherein each of distal ends of the four legs is electrically and mechanically connected to the ground plane; and a feeding structure configured to provide a signal interface to the antenna.
US09853356B2	Ground-based satellite antenna pointing system The present application includes systems and methods for determining pointing error of a satellite antenna. In one aspect a method for determining pointing error of a satellite antenna includes receiving, at a receiving station, a pointing error signal formed by the antenna and transmitted from a satellite, wherein the pointing error signal includes a first beacon (reference) signal and a modulated second beacon (error) signal. The receiving station may demodulate the received pointing error signal to recover the second beacon signal with respect to the first beacon signal, and based at least in part on the demodulated beacon signal, the receiving station may determine the pointing error of the satellite antenna.
US09853353B2	Space vehicle electromechanical system and helical antenna winding fixture A space vehicle electromechanical system may employ an architecture that enables convenient and practical testing, reset, and retesting of solar panel and antenna deployment on the ground. A helical antenna winding fixture may facilitate winding and binding of the helical antenna.
US09853349B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes an operation body, a frame and an antenna. The frame encloses a lateral side of the operation body. The antenna is disposed within the frame, and partially exposed outside the frame. The antenna is electrically connected with the operation body to provide a wireless communication function. A wireless communication interference source is disposed within the operation body, or the operation body contains a metallic material. Since the operation body is enclosed by the frame, the frame can protect operation body and prevent collision of the operation body. Moreover, since the antenna is located outside the operation body, the antenna is away from the interference source that is disposed within the operation body. Consequently, the wireless communication efficiency is enhanced, and the inner space of the operation body is saved.
US09853346B2	High capacity sector mount An antenna mount includes first and second tower mounting brackets. A first frame has first and second portions attached to the first and second tower mounting brackets, respectively. A second frame has third and fourth portions attached to the first and second tower mounting brackets, respectively. First and second equipment brackets are attached to the first frame, and third and fourth equipment brackets are attached to the second frame. Optionally, the first and second frames may each be formed as a one-piece continuous bent tube. Optionally, the first portion and the third portion are located side-by-side and clamped to the first tower bracket by a same first clamp, and the second portion and the fourth portion are located side-by-side and clamped to the second tower bracket by a same second clamp. Optionally, each equipment bracket has a frame face and an equipment face, wherein the frame face is orthogonal to the equipment face and extends in a direction which intersects a plane containing the equipment face at an angle of approximately 10 to 80 degrees.
US09853345B2	Radio frequency splitter A multichannel splitter formed from 1 to 2 splitters. An input terminal of a first 1 to 2 splitter defines an input of the multichannel splitter. The 1 to 2 splitters are electrically series-connected. First respective outputs of the 1 to 2 splitters define output terminals of the multichannel splitter.
US09853339B2	Dielectric waveguide input/output structure and dielectric waveguide filter using the same [Technical problem]A conventional dielectric waveguide input/output structure has a strength of coupling which is adjusted by a length of an input/output electrode. However, there is a limitation in an adjustable range of the coupling, which makes it impossible to have an input/output structure with wider bandwidth.[Solution to the technical problem]A dielectric waveguide input/output structure is provided, which comprises an input/output point provided near the center on one side of a bottom surface of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped dielectric body, wherein an outer periphery of the dielectric body is covered with an electrically conductive film, except for an L-shaped lateral part extending along an edge of the bottom surface from opposite sides of the input/output point and for a surrounding part of the input/output point in a lateral surface with which the input/output point is in contact.
US09853336B2	Battery pack assembly A battery pack assembly includes a tray and a battery disposed in the tray. The battery pack assembly also includes an absorption member disposed in the tray and configured to wick moisture out of the tray and away from the battery.
US09853333B2	Temperature sensor and method for detecting a temperature of a battery cell A temperature sensor is described for detecting a temperature of a battery cell. The temperature sensor has a first electrical conductor having a first end for connecting the first conductor to an element of the battery cell and having a second end for connecting the first conductor to a first input of a measuring device and a second electrical conductor having a first end for connecting the second conductor to the element of the battery cell and having a second end for connecting the second conductor to a second input of the measuring device.
US09853332B2	Continuous circuit and fuse protection in high voltage applications exposed to chemically harsh environments A battery pack, a device for sensing individual battery voltages in a battery pack and protecting the battery pack in the event of a circuit-breaking event, and a method for forming an encapsulant for the voltage-sensing circuit for use in a battery-powered automobile propulsion system. The battery pack includes numerous voltage sensing circuits with surface-mounted fuses and an encapsulant formed around each of the fuses. The encapsulant is robust enough to provide environmental isolation of the surface-mounted fuse such that the tendency of the fuse to form short-circuit connections to adjacent circuits is avoided under both normal battery pack operation and after a condition where the battery pack is compromised. The precursor to the encapsulant is made from a multiple layers of a traditional thin coating material or a single layer of a high-viscosity fluid to help maintain a minimum coating thickness around all exposed portions of the surface-mounted fuse, including the breech-prone corners.
US09853310B2	Distribution of electrolytes in a flow battery A method of determining a distribution of electrolytes in a flow battery includes providing a flow battery with a fixed amount of fluid electrolyte having a common electrochemically active specie, a portion of the fluid electrolyte serving as an anolyte and a remainder of the fluid electrolyte serving as a catholyte. An average oxidation state of the common electrochemically active specie is determined in the anolyte and the catholyte and, responsive to the determined average oxidation state, a molar ratio of the common electrochemically active specie between the anolyte and the catholyte is adjusted to increase an energy discharge capacity of the flow battery for the determined average oxidation state.
US09853306B2	System and method for optimizing efficiency and power output from a vanadium redox battery energy storage system An energy storage system includes a vanadium redox battery that interfaces with a control system to optimize performance and efficiency. The control system calculates optimal pump speeds, electrolyte temperature ranges, and charge and discharge rates. The control system instructs the vanadium redox battery to operate in accordance with the prescribed parameters. The control system further calculates optimal temperature ranges and charge and discharge rates for the vanadium redox battery.
US09853305B2	Composite membrane and moisture adjustment module using same A composite membrane and moisture adjustment module using the same is disclosed. The composite membrane includes a moisture-permeable resin layer interposed between porous membranes that constitute a pair; and the mean thickness of the moisture-permeable resin layer is 5 μm or less.
US09853304B2	Fuel cell system and control method for the same A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an air supplier, an air passage connected to the fuel cell, air supplied from the air supplier flowing in the air passage, a bleed passage branched off from the air passage on a side upstream of the fuel cell and joining the air passage on a side downstream of the fuel cell, part of the air supplied by the air supplier flowing in the bleed passage in such a manner as to circumvent the fuel cell, a bleed valve provided in the bleed passage, the bleed valve regulating the amount of air flowing in the bleed passage, an air supplier control unit which controls the air supplier to supply a predetermined amount of air, a wetness reduction determination unit which determines whether or not it is necessary to reduce a degree of wetness of the fuel cell, and a bleed amount control unit which reduces an opening of the bleed valve when the degree of wetness of the fuel cell needs to be reduced.
US09853301B2	Thermal conditioning fluids for an underwater cryogenic storage vessel Technologies are described herein for conditioning fluids stored in an underwater cryogenic storage vessel designed for use in a fuel system of an underwater vehicle. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a fuel system includes a fuel cell and a storage vessel, which stores a first fluid that is supplied to the fuel cell and a second fluid that is produced by the fuel cell. The fuel system also includes a thermal conditioning module that receives the first fluid from the storage vessel and receives the second fluid from the fuel cell. The first fluid stored in the storage vessel is conditioned by absorbing heat from the second fluid, such that the fuel cell receives the conditioned first fluid. The second fluid received from the fuel cell is in gaseous state and is converted to a liquid. The liquid second fluid is stored in the storage vessel.
US09853298B2	Corrosion resistant barrier layer for a solid oxide fuel cell stack and method of making thereof A method of forming diffusion barrier layer includes providing an interconnect for a fuel cell stack, forming a glass barrier precursor layer over a Mn and/or Co containing electrically conductive contact layer on the interconnect, and heating the barrier precursor layer to precipitate crystals in the barrier precursor layer to convert the barrier precursor layer to a glass ceramic barrier layer.
US09853296B2	Heat exchanger for a battery unit The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a battery unit, comprising coolant-conducting tubes which end at both sides in in each case one collector, wherein each collector is connected to at least one tube and a potential equalization element for electrical potential equalization connects at least one collector to a housing of the battery. To produce potential equalization between the heat exchanger and a battery housing in as inexpensive a manner as possible, the potential equalization element and the collector are formed in one piece.
US09853290B2	Composition for forming secondary battery electrode, secondary battery electrode, and secondary battery The present invention addresses the problem of providing an electrode-forming composition, which is used for the purpose of producing a secondary battery that has excellent charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and which exhibits excellent dispersibility of an active material and a conductive assistant. The problem is solved by a composition for forming a secondary battery electrode, which contains (A) an electrode active material and/or (B) a carbon material that serves as a conductive assistant, (C) an amphoteric resin-type dispersant that is obtained by neutralizing at least some carboxyl groups in a copolymer containing aromatic rings, carboxyl groups and amino groups with a basic compound, and (D) an aqueous liquid medium.
US09853288B2	Lithium secondary battery Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery including (i) a cathode active material including a lithium metal phosphate according to Formula 1 below; and (ii) an anode active material including amorphous carbon, Li1+aM(PO4−b)Xb (1) wherein M is at least one selected from metals of Groups II to XII, X is at least one selected from F, S and N, −0.5≦a≦+0.5, and 0≦b≦0.1.
US09853287B2	Electrolyte materials for use in electrochemical cells Electrolyte materials for use in electrochemical cells, electrochemical cells comprising the same, and methods of making such materials and cells, are generally described. In some embodiments, the materials, processes, and uses described herein relate to electrochemical cells comprising sulfur and lithium such as, for example, lithium sulfur batteries. The electrolyte can comprise a polymeric material and, in some cases, an absorbed auxiliary material. For example, the electrolyte material can be capable of forming a gel, and the auxiliary material can comprise an electrolyte solvent. In some instances, the electrolyte material can comprise at least one organic (co)polymer selected from polyethersulfones, polyvinylalcohols (PVOH) and branched polyimides (HPI). The non-fluid material in the electrolyte, when configured for use, can, alone or in combination with the optional absorbed auxiliary material, have a yield strength greater than that of lithium metal, in some embodiments.
US09853283B2	Rechargeable alkaline metal and alkaline earth electrodes having controlled dendritic growth and methods for making and using the same A device for extending the life of a battery, including an electrode having a metal portion, wherein the metal portion is selected from the group including lithium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and combinations thereof, an electrolyte permeable membrane, and a metal dendrite seeding material disposed between the electrode and the membrane. The electrode, the membrane and the metal dendrite seeding material are positioned in an electrolyte matrix. At least one dendrite extends from the electrode toward the electrolyte permeable membrane combines with at least one dendrite extending from the dendrite seeding material.
US09853276B2	Battery pack Disclosed herein is a battery pack which includes a plurality of battery modules housed in a housing. The battery modules are connected in series to each other via connecting members that connects external terminals of the battery modules to each other. The battery modules are classified into groups, each being comprised of at least two of the battery modules, two terminal ones of which have a potential difference of at most V or less between themselves. A first connecting member connects the external terminals of the battery modules to each other between two adjacent ones of the groups. A second connecting member connects the external terminals of the battery modules to each other within an identical one of the groups. If water penetrates into the housing, the first connecting member is electrically cut off, preferentially relative to the second connecting member.
US09853272B2	Laminated polyolefin microporous membrane including propylene-α-olefin copolymer and method of producing the same The disclosure provides a laminated polyolefin microporous membrane having propylene-α-olefin copolymer and methods of producing the same. The laminated polyolefin microporous membrane has a two-type three layer structure in which first polyolefin microporous layers are surface layers and a second polyolefin microporous layer is an intermediate layer which is different from the first polyolefin microporous layer.
US09853268B2	Separator and electrochemical device having the same The present invention refers to a method of preparing a separator, a separator prepared therefrom and an electrochemical device having the separator. The method of preparing a separator according to the present invention comprises providing a planar and porous substrate having multiple pores; and coating a first slurry on at least one surface of the porous substrate through a slot section to form a porous coating layer, while continuously coating a second slurry on the porous coating layer through a slide section adjacent to the slot section to form a layer for adhesion with an electrode, the first slurry comprising inorganic particles, a first binder polymer and a first solvent, and the second slurry comprising a second binder polymer and a second solvent.
US09853264B2	Electric storage device An electric storage device includes first storage modules, a second storage module, an attachment part, and a holding frame. The first storage modules includes one first storage module and another first storage module. The attachment part has an attachment surface on which the first storage modules are mounted. The holding frame is disposed between the one first storage module and the second storage module to hold the second storage module. The holding frame includes a first frame member and a second frame member. The first frame member has a first bottom portion connected to the attachment surface. The second frame member has a second bottom portion connected to the attachment surface such that the second bottom portion is disposed between the attachment surface and a lower part of the another first storage module.
US09853260B2	Method for preventing erroneous loading of component-to-be-loaded on main body side apparatus, component-to-be-loaded and battery pack A battery of the type having a length, a width, a thickness, a top and bottom and sides. Three electric terminals are separated by ribs, with a third rib spaced from the other two, and with the first rib being wider than the third rib. The top has concave portions separated from each other, disposed at respective sides of the battery and each opening to outside the battery.
US09853248B2	Organic light-emitting illumination apparatus with reflector An organic light-emitting illumination apparatus that may be easily manufactured and may provide high-brightness illumination, and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting illumination apparatus includes: a first flexible substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first flexible substrate and configured to transmit light; an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode and including a light emission layer; a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer and configured to transmit light; a second flexible substrate disposed on the second electrode; and a reflector interposed between the second flexible substrate and the second electrode to correspond to a first region of the second flexible substrate.
US09853234B2	Organic EL device and method for producing the same An organic EL device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate; an organic light emitting portion including a first electrode, an organic layer and a second electrode; a sealing member surrounding the organic light emitting portion; a first electrode extraction portion; a second electrode extraction portion; an insulating layer that electrically insulates the first electrode and the second electrode; and a connecting portion that electrically connects the second electrode extraction portion and the second electrode. The insulating layer includes: a first insulating portion provided between the first electrode extraction portion and the organic layer; and a second insulating portion that is provided between the second electrode extraction portion and the organic layer and covered with the connecting portion. A distance between the sealing member and the first insulating portion is longer than a distance between the sealing member and the second insulating portion.
US09853230B2	Printable nanoparticle conductor ink with improved charge injection A transistor has a substrate, source and drain electrodes on the substrate, the source and drain electrodes formed of a conductor ink having silver nanoparticles with integrated dipolar surfactants, an organic semiconductor forming a channel between the source and drain electrodes, the organic semiconductor in contact with the source and drain electrodes, a gate dielectric layer having a first surface in contact with the organic semiconductor, and a gate electrode in contact with a second surface of the gate dielectric layer, the gate electrode formed of silver nanoparticles with integrated dipolar surfactants.
US09853228B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US09853219B2	Resistance-switching device having conductive fiber, fabric type resistance-switching device array having the same, memory and sensor having the device or the array Provided is a resistance-switching device. The resistance-switching device includes a first wiring including an aluminum oxide surface layer, and a second wiring including a carbon-containing surface layer in contact with the aluminum oxide surface layer. Electrochemical reaction products according to a reaction of aluminum oxide and carbon are generated or destroyed at a contact interface between the aluminum oxide surface layer and the carbon-containing surface layer according to a voltage or a current applied to the first wiring and the second wiring, and low resistance and high resistance are provided between the first wiring and the second wiring by the generation or destruction of the electrochemical reaction products.
US09853215B1	Resistance switching memory device and method of manufacturing the same A resistance switching memory device is provided, including an insulating layer having a top surface, a bottom electrode embedded in the insulating layer, a resistance switching layer disposed on the bottom electrode, and a top electrode formed on the resistance switching layer and covering the resistance switching layer. Also, the bottom electrode has an upper portion protruding from the top surface of the insulating layer, and the upper portion has round corners at edges.
US09853204B2	MEMS component and method for encapsulating MEMS components A MEMS component includes, on a substrate, component structures, contact areas connected to the component structures, metallic column structures seated on the contact areas, and metallic frame structures surrounding the component structures. A cured resist layer is seated on frame structure and column structures such that a cavity is enclosed between substrate, frame structure and resist layer. A structured metallization is provided directly on the resist layer or on a carrier layer seated on the resist layer. The structured metallization includes at least external contacts of the component and being electrically conductively connected both to metallic structures and to the contact areas of the component structures.
US09853200B2	(Zr,Hf)3Ni3Sb4-based n-type thermoelectric conversion material An n-type thermoelectric conversion material expressed in a chemical formula X3-xX′xT3-yCuySb4 (0≦x<3, 0≦y<3.0, and x+y>0), the X includes one or more element(s) of Zr and Hf, the X′ includes one or more element(s) of Nb and Ta, and the T includes one or more element(s) selected from Ni, Pd, and Pt, while including at least Ni, the n-type thermoelectric conversion material expressed in the chemical formula X3-xX′xT3-yCuySb4 has symmetry of a cubic crystal belonging to a space group I-43d.
US09853199B1	Laminate sub-mounts for LED surface mount package An LED package is described that acts as a sub-mount between a printed circuit board and a diode. The sub-mount includes a laminate to thermally isolate the diode, for example an LED, from the PCB while providing a thermal heat dissipative sink for the diode.
US09853198B2	Optoelectronic component and method of producing same An optoelectronic component includes a housing including a plastic material and a first lead frame section at least partly embedded in the plastic material, a first recess and a second recess, wherein a first upper section of an upper side of the first lead frame section is not covered by the plastic material in the first recess, a second upper section of the upper side of the first lead frame section is not covered by the plastic material in the second recess, the first recess and the second recess are separated from one another by a section of the plastic material, an optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged in the first recess, and no optoelectronic semiconductor chips is arranged in the second recess.
US09853189B2	Backlight module with MJT LED and backlight unit including the same Embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module using MJT LEDs and a backlight unit including the same. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module, which includes MJT LEDs configured to increase an effective light emitting area of each of light emitting cells and optical members capable of uniformly dispersing light emitted from the MJT LEDs. In addition, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight unit using the backlight module, thereby reducing the number of LEDs constituting the backlight unit while allowing operation at low current.
US09853178B2	Selective emitter solar cell A manufacturing method of selective emitter solar cell can include, forming an emitter layer positioned on a light receiving surface of the substrate having a first conductive type, the emitter layer having a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type, forming a first emitter portion having a first impurity concentration and a second emitter portion having a second impurity concentration higher than the first impurity concentration on the emitter layer using a etch stop mask or a mask pattern, and forming a plurality of first electrodes connected to the second emitter portion, wherein the second emitter portion includes a first region that contacts the first electrodes and overlaps the first electrodes and a second region that is positioned around the first region and does not overlap the first electrodes, and the line width of the second region is more than the line width of each first electrode and less than four times the line width of each first electrode.
US09853170B2	Solar cell module manufacturing method A solar cell module manufacturing method includes: applying, when applying the adhesive in a narrow and long manner in a predetermined direction on a surface of the solar cell, the adhesive such that the thickness of the adhesive from the surface has a predetermined thickness at a central portion of the solar cell and such that the thickness from the surface becomes thinner gradually in a direction from the central portion of the solar cell toward an outer edge portion of the solar cell at an end portion of the solar cell.
US09853169B1	Stacked capacitor structure A stacked capacitor structure includes a MOS varactor and a stacked capacitor. The stacked capacitor is electrically connected to the MOS varactor. The MOS varactor includes a substrate, a gate, a first source/drain and a second source/drain. The substrate has a well, and the gate is positioned over the well. The first source/drain and the second source/drain are formed in the well and positioned at opposing sides of the gate. The stacked capacitor includes a plurality of metal layers. The metal layers are spaced from each other, stacked above the gate, and positioned below an inductive element.
US09853158B2	Method and structure for multigate FinFet device epi-extension junction control by hydrogen treatment Embodiments are directed to forming a structure comprising at least one fin, a gate, and a spacer, applying an annealing process to the structure to create a gap between the at least one fin and the spacer, and growing an epitaxial semiconductor layer in the gap between the spacer and the at least one fin.
US09853153B2	Method of manufacturing fin field effect transistor The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a fin field effect transistor, comprising: providing an SOI substrate comprising a substrate layer (100), a BOX layer (120) and an SOI layer (130); forming a basic fin structure from an SOI layer; forming source/drain regions (110) on both sides of the basic fin structure; forming a fin structure between the source/drain regions (110) from a basic fin structure; and forming a gate stack across the fin structure. The method of manufacturing a fin field effect transistor provided in the present invention can integrate a high-k gate dielectric layer, a metal gate, and stressed source/drain regions into the fin field effect transistor to enhance the performance of the semiconductor device.
US09853145B1	High-voltage semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same High-voltage semiconductor devices are provided. The high-voltage semiconductor device includes a substrate and an isolation structure in the substrate. The high-voltage semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed on the substrate, wherein the gate structure is separated from the isolation structure by a distance. The high-voltage semiconductor device also includes a metal electrode disposed on the gate structure, wherein the metal electrode extends to directly above the isolation structure. The high-voltage semiconductor device further includes an interconnection structure including the lowest metal layer, wherein the metal electrode is between the lowest metal layer and the gate structure. Methods of manufacturing the high-voltage semiconductor device are also provided.
US09853143B2	Closed cell lateral MOSFET using silicide source and body regions with self-aligned contacts A closed cell lateral MOSFET device includes minimally sized source/body contacts formed in source cells with silicided source and body diffusion regions formed therein. In this manner, the cell pitch of the cellular transistor array is kept small while the ruggedness of the transistor is ensured. In other embodiments, a closed cell lateral MOSFET device is formed using silicided source and body diffusion regions and self-aligned contacts or borderless contacts as the source/body contacts. The polysilicon gate mesh can be formed using minimum polysilicon-to-polysilicon spacing to minimize the cell pitch of the cellular transistor array.
US09853141B2	Semiconductor device with front and rear surface electrodes on a substrate having element and circumferential regions, an insulating gate type switching element in the element region being configured to switch between the front and rear surface electrodes Higher voltage resistance is accomplished by expanding a depletion layer more quickly within a circumferential region. A semiconductor device includes an element region, in which an insulated gate type switching element is provided, and the circumferential region. A first trench and a second trench spaced apart from the first trench are provided in the front surface in the circumferential region. Insulating films are provided in the first trench and the second trench. A fourth region of the second conductivity type is provided so as to extend from a bottom surface of the first trench to a bottom surface of the second trench. A fifth region of the first conductivity type continuous from the third region is provided under the fourth region.
US09853140B2	Adaptive charge balanced MOSFET techniques An adaptive charge balanced MOSFET device includes a field plate stacks, a gate structure, a source region, a drift region and a body region. The gate structure includes a gate region surrounded by a gate insulator region. The field plate stack includes a plurality of field plate insulator regions, a plurality of field plate regions, and a field ring region. The plurality of field plates are separated from each other by respective field plate insulators. The body region is disposed between the gate structure, the source region, the drift region and the field ring region. Each of two or more field plates are coupled to the field ring.
US09853129B2	Forming non-line-of-sight source drain extension in an nMOS finFET using n-doped selective epitaxial growth A finFET device includes an n-doped source and/or drain extension that is disposed between a gate spacer of the finFET and a bulk semiconductor portion of the semiconductor substrate on which the n-doped source or drain extension is disposed. The n-doped source or drain extension is formed by a selective epitaxial growth (SEG) process in a cavity formed proximate the gate spacer.
US09853122B2	Semiconductor device fabrication method and semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first semiconductor region at a front surface of a substrate, the first semiconductor region including an active element that regulates current flowing in a thickness direction of the substrate; grinding a rear surface of the substrate; after the grinding, performing a first etching that etches the rear surface of the substrate with a chemical solution including phosphorus; after the first etching, performing a second etching that etches the rear surface with an etching method with a lower etching rate than the first etching; and after the second etching, forming a second semiconductor region through which the current is to flow, by implanting impurities from the rear surface of the substrate.
US09853117B2	Spacer chamfering gate stack scheme A method of forming a gate structure for a semiconductor device that includes forming first spacers on the sidewalls of replacement gate structures that are present on a fin structure, wherein an upper surface of the first spacers is offset from an upper surface of the replacement gate structure, and forming at least second spacers on the first spacers and the exposed surfaces of the replacement gate structure. The method may further include substituting the replacement gate structure with a functional gate structure having a first width portion in a first space between adjacent first spacers, and a second width portion having a second width in a second space between adjacent second spacers, wherein the second width is greater than the first width.
US09853116B2	Partial sacrificial dummy gate with CMOS device with high-k metal gate A gate structure in a semiconductor device includes: a gate stack formed on a substrate with three sections, a bottom portion, a top portion, and a sacrificial cap layer over the top portion; gate spacers, source and drain regions, a nitride encapsulation over top and sidewalls of the gate stack after removal of the sacrificial cap layer, an organic planarizing layer over the nitride encapsulation, planarizing the encapsulation, and silicidation performed over the source and drain regions and the bottom portion after removal of the nitride encapsulation, the organic planarizing layer, and the top portion of the gate stack.
US09853114B1	Field effect transistor with stacked nanowire-like channels and methods of manufacturing the same A field effect transistor (FET) for an nFET and/or a pFET device including a fin having a stack of nanowire-like channel regions. The stack includes at least a first nanowire-like channel region and a second nanowire-like channel region stacked on the first nanowire-like channel region. The FET includes source and drain electrodes on opposite sides of the fin. The FET also includes a dielectric separation region including SiGe between the first and second nanowire-like channel regions extending completely from a surface of the second channel region facing the first channel region to a surface of the first channel region facing the second channel region. The FET includes a gate stack extending along a pair of sidewalls of the stack. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer and a metal layer on the gate dielectric layer. The metal layer does not extend between the first and second nanowire-like channel regions.
US09853112B2	Device and method to connect gate regions separated using a gate cut A method of fabrication of a device includes performing a gate cut to cut a gate line to create a first gate region and a second gate region. The method further includes depositing a conductive material to form a conductive jumper structure to connect the first gate region and the second gate region.
US09853107B2	Selective epitaxially grown III-V materials based devices An embodiment includes a III-V material based device, comprising: a first III-V material based buffer layer on a silicon substrate; a second III-V material based buffer layer on the first III-V material based buffer layer, the second III-V material including aluminum; and a III-V material based device channel layer on the second III-V material based buffer layer. Another embodiment includes the above subject matter and the first and second III-V material based buffer layers each have a lattice parameter equal to the III-V material based device channel layer. Other embodiments are included herein.
US09853103B2	Pinched doped well for a junction field effect transistor (JFET) isolated from the substrate A JFET structure may be formed such that the channel region is isolated from the substrate to reduce parasitic capacitance. For example, instead of using a deep well as part of a gate structure for the JFET, the deep well may be used as an isolation region from the surrounding substrate. As a result, the channel in the JFET may be pinched laterally between doped regions located between the source and the drain of the JFET. In other example embodiments, the channel may be pinched vertically and the isolation between the JFET structure and the substrate is maintained. A JFET structure with improved isolation from the substrate may be employed in some embodiments as a low-noise amplifier. In particular, the low-noise amplifier may be coupled to small signal devices, such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based microphones.
US09853100B1	High voltage device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a high voltage device and manufacturing method thereof. The high voltage device includes: a semiconductor substrate, an isolation structure, a gate, a body region, a well, a source, a drain and a lightly doped diffusion (LDD) region. The isolation structure is formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, for defining a device region, The LDD region is formed on the well in the device region. In a lateral direction, the LDD region is located between the gate and the drain, and the LDD region is not in direct contact with the drain.
US09853093B2	Organic light emitting diode device An OLED display includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a pixel defining layer having a first aperture exposing the first electrode, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, a black matrix disposed on the second substrate and having a second aperture, and a lens disposed to cover at least a part of the second aperture and protruding toward the first substrate.
US09853092B2	OLED display device having touch sensor and method of manufacturing the same An OLED display device having a touch sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes a base layer; a plurality of first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction on a first surface of the base layer; a plurality of second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction on a second surface of the base layer; a plurality of first routing wires connected to the first touch electrodes on the first surface of the base layer, respectively; a plurality of second routing wires separated from the plurality of first routing wires and formed on the first surface of the base layer; and a plurality of third routing wires connected to the second routing wires respectively via holes, and formed on the second surface of the base layer. The base layer is one of a barrier layer, an anti-scratch layer, and a circular polarization layer.
US09853091B2	Side bottom contact RRAM structure The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuits device having an RRAM cell, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit device has a lower metal interconnect line disposed within a lower inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer and an upper metal interconnect line disposed within an upper inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer. The integrated circuit device also has a memory cell array disposed between the lower metal interconnect line and the upper metal interconnect line, including memory cells arranged in rows and columns, the memory cells respectively includes a bottom electrode and a top electrode separated by a RRAM dielectric having a variable resistance. A bottom contact structure is disposed on the lower metal interconnect line and along sidewalls of the bottom electrode, electrically coupling the lower metal interconnect line and the bottom electrode.
US09853066B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof An oxide semiconductor layer which is intrinsic or substantially intrinsic and includes a crystalline region in a surface portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is used for the transistors. An intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor from which an impurity which is to be an electron donor (donor) is removed from an oxide semiconductor and which has a larger energy gap than a silicon semiconductor is used. Electrical characteristics of the transistors can be controlled by controlling the potential of a pair of conductive films which are provided on opposite sides from each other with respect to the oxide semiconductor layer, each with an insulating film arranged therebetween, so that the position of a channel formed in the oxide semiconductor layer is determined.
US09853064B2	Manufacture method of via hole, manufacture method of display panel, and display panel A manufacture method of a via hole for a display panel, a manufacture method of a display panel, and a display panel are provided. During forming the via hole, a top film layer in an area to be formed with a via hole over a circuit pattern is etched under a first etching condition according to a slope angle as required; and a remaining portion in the area to be formed with a via hole is etched under a second etching condition according to a selection ratio as required, so as to form the via hole finally. A problem in one-step etching process that the slope angle and the selection ratio cannot be set flexibly is avoided.
US09853063B2	Display device Even when a light shielding film is provided between a transistor and a substrate, a threshold voltage of the transistor can be prevented or suppressed from being shifted. A display device includes light shielding films provided between a substrate and a semiconductor layer of a transistor including a gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a source region and a drain region. Both of the light shielding films overlap the semiconductor layer when seen in a plan view, and are spaced apart from each other in a direction.
US09853058B2	Thin film transistor array panel and display device including the same Embodiments of the present invention relate to a thin film transistor array panel and a display device including the same. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a thin film transistor array panel and a display device including the same, including: an insulation substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface; a light blocking member disposed on or facing the upper surface of the insulation substrate and defining a plurality of openings; and a thin film transistor disposed on the upper surface of the insulation substrate. The insulation substrate may include a plurality of recesses formed in the opening in the lower surface of the insulation substrate, each recess positioned to correspond to one of the openings.
US09853055B2	Method to improve crystalline regrowth The migration of dislocations into pristine single crystal material during crystal growth of an adjacent conductive strap is inhibited by a conductive barrier formed at the interface between the layers. The conductive barrier may be formed by implanting carbon impurities or depositing Si:C layer that inhibits dislocation movement across the barrier layer, or by forming a passivation layer by annealing in vacuum prior to deposition of amorphous Si to prevent polycrystalline nucleation at the surface of single crystalline Si, or by implanting nucleation promoting species to enhance the nucleation of polycrystalline Si away from single crystalline Si.
US09853054B2	Extremely thin silicon-on-insulator silicon germanium device without edge strain relaxation A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a strained silicon germanium layer on top of a substrate. At least one patterned hard mask layer is formed on and in contact with at least a first portion of the strained silicon germanium layer. At least a first exposed portion and a second exposed portion of the strained silicon germanium layer are oxidized. The oxidizing process forms a first oxide region and a second oxide region within the first and second exposed portions, respectively, of the strained silicon germanium.
US09853052B1	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, the circuit portion includes a transistor provided at a region separated from the first stacked portion in the substrate. The second stacked portion is provided above the circuit portion. The second stacked portion includes a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers. The first layers and the second layers include a first layer and a second layer stacked alternately. An insulating layer is provided above the circuit portion and provided above the substrate between the first stacked portion and the second stacked portion. A height of an uppermost first layer of the second stacked portion from a surface of the substrate is substantially equal to a height of an uppermost electrode layer of the first stacked portion from the surface of the substrate, or is higher than the height of the uppermost electrode layer.
US09853043B2	Method of making a multilevel memory stack structure using a cavity containing a sacrificial fill material A method of forming a three-dimensional memory device, includes forming a lower stack structure of insulating and first sacrificial material layers over a substrate, forming first memory openings through the lower stack structure and filling the first memory openings with a sacrificial fill material, replacing the first sacrificial material layers with first electrically conductive layers, forming an upper stack structure of insulating and second sacrificial material layers over the lower stack structure after replacing the first sacrificial material layers, forming second memory openings through the upper stack structure in areas overlying the first memory openings, replacing the second sacrificial material layers with second electrically conductive layers, removing the sacrificial fill material from the first memory openings underneath the second memory openings to form inter-stack memory openings after replacing the second sacrificial material layers, and forming memory stack structures within the inter-stack memory openings.
US09853037B2	Integrated assemblies Some embodiments include an integrated assembly with a semiconductor channel material having a boundary region where a more-heavily-doped region interfaces with a less-heavily-doped region. The more-heavily-doped region and the less-heavily-doped region have majority carriers of the same conductivity type. The integrated assembly includes a gating structure adjacent the semiconductor channel material and having a gating region and an interconnecting region of a common and continuous material. The gating region has a length extending along a segment of the more-heavily-doped region, a segment of the less-heavily-doped region, and the boundary region. The interconnecting region extends laterally outward from the gating region on a side opposite the semiconductor channel region, and is narrower than the length of the gating region. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US09853036B2	Asymmetric dense floating gate nonvolatile memory with decoupled capacitor A nonvolatile memory (“NVM”) bitcell with one or more active regions capacitively coupled to the floating gate but that are separated from both the source and the drain. The inclusion of capacitors separated from the source and drain allows for improved control over the voltage of the floating gate. This in turn allows CHEI (or IHEI) to be performed with much higher efficiency than in existing bitcells, thereby the need for a charge pump to provide current to the bitcell, ultimately decreasing the total size of the bitcell. The bitcells may be constructed in pairs, further reducing the space requirements of the each bitcell, thereby mitigating the space requirements of the separate capacitor/s. The bitcell may also be operated by CHEI (or IHEI) and separately by BTBT depending upon the voltages applied at the source, drain, and capacitor/s.
US09853032B2	Semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a plurality of storage nodes on the substrate and extending in a vertical direction relative to the substrate. A lower support pattern is in contact with the storage nodes between a bottom and a top of the storage nodes, the lower support pattern spaced apart from the substrate in the vertical direction, and the lower support pattern having a first maximum thickness in the vertical direction. An upper support pattern is in contact with the storage nodes above the lower support pattern relative to the substrate, the upper support pattern spaced apart from the lower support pattern in the vertical direction, and the lower support pattern having a second maximum thickness in the vertical direction that is greater than the first maximum thickness of the lower support pattern.
US09853030B2	Fin field effect transistor Various embodiments provide semiconductor devices and methods for forming the same. A first fin and a second fin are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and has a top surface lower than a top surface of both of the first fin and the second fin. A gate structure is formed on the first dielectric layer and covering across a first portion of each of the first fin and the second fin. A second portion of the first fin on both sides of the gate structure is removed, forming a first recess. A first semiconductor layer is formed in the first recess. A second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer and the first semiconductor layer, and exposes a top surface of the second fin. A second semiconductor layer is formed on the exposed top surface of the second fin.
US09853029B2	Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first-fin-type active region, a second-fin-type active region, and an inter-region stepped portion. The first-fin-type active region protrudes from a substrate in a first region of the substrate and has a first width in a first direction. The second-fin-type active region protrudes from the substrate in a second region of the substrate and has a second width in the first direction. The second width is less than the first width. The inter-region stepped portion is formed at an interface between the first region and the second region on a bottom surface, which is a portion of the substrate between the first-fin-type active region and the second-fin-type active region.
US09853024B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device having a low on-voltage of IGBT and a small reverse recovery current of the diode is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a gate trench and a dummy trench. The semiconductor substrate includes emitter, body, barrier and pillar regions between the gate trench and the dummy trench. The emitter region is an n-type region being in contact with the gate insulating film and exposed on a front surface. The body region is a p-type region being in contact with the gate insulating film at a rear surface side of the emitter region. The barrier region is an n-type region being in contact with the gate insulating film at a rear surface side of the body region and in contact with the dummy insulating film. The pillar region is an n-type region connected to the front surface electrode and the barrier region.
US09853019B2	Integrated circuit device body bias circuits and methods A system having an integrated circuit (IC) device can include a die formed on a semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of first wells formed therein, the first wells being doped to at least a first conductivity type; a global network configured to supply a first global body bias voltage to the first wells; and a first bias circuit corresponding to each first well and configured to generate a first local body bias for its well having a smaller setting voltage than the first global body bias voltage; wherein at least one of the first wells is coupled to a transistor having a strong body coefficient formed therein, which transistor may be a transistor having a highly doped region formed below a substantially undoped channel, the highly doped region having a dopant concentration greater than that the corresponding well.
US09853014B2	Electronic component, electronic apparatus, and method of manufacturing electronic apparatus An electronic component includes a substrate configured to include a first portion that first thermal conductivity, and have a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a second portion configured to be formed inside the first portion, and have second thermal conductivity lower than the first thermal conductivity; a first terminal configured to be formed to correspond to the second portion on a side of the first surface; and a second terminal configured to be formed on a side of the second surface.
US09853008B2	Connecting techniques for stacked CMOS devices In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip having an inter-tier interconnecting structure having horizontal components, which is arranged within a semiconductor substrate and configured to electrically couple a first device tier to a second device tier. The integrated chip has a first device tier with a first semiconductor substrate. A first inter-tier interconnecting structure is disposed inside the first semiconductor substrate. The first inter-tier interconnecting structure has a first segment extending in a first direction and a second segment protruding outward from a sidewall of the first segment in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. A second device tier is electrically coupled to the first device tier by the first inter-tier interconnecting structure.
US09853004B2	Interconnections for a substrate associated with a backside reveal An apparatus relating generally to a substrate is disclosed. In this apparatus, a post extends from the substrate. The post includes a conductor member. An upper portion of the post extends above an upper surface of the substrate. An exterior surface of the post associated with the upper portion is in contact with a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and adjacent to the post to provide a dielectric collar for the post. An exterior surface of the dielectric collar is in contact with a conductor layer. The conductor layer is disposed adjacent to the dielectric collar to provide a metal collar for the post, where a top surface of each of the conductor member, the dielectric collar and the metal collar have formed thereon a bond structure for interconnection of the metal collar and the conductor member.
US09852996B2	Substrate and method for labeling signal lines thereof A substrate is disclosed. The substrate includes a transparent underlayer, a plurality of signal lines on the transparent underlayer, and a plurality of labels on the transparent underlayer. The plurality of labels respectively correspond to the plurality of signal lines in a one-to-one relationship and are configured to identify the corresponding signal lines, and one of at least two adjacent labels is a forward pattern label, and another one of the at least two adjacent labels is a reverse pattern label.
US09852990B1	Cobalt first layer advanced metallization for interconnects A method for fabricating an advanced metal conductor structure is described. A pattern in a dielectric layer is provided. The pattern includes a set of features in the dielectric for a set of metal conductor structures. An adhesion promoting layer is created over the patterned dielectric. A ruthenium layer is deposited over the adhesion promoting layer. Using a physical vapor deposition process, a cobalt layer is deposited over the ruthenium layer. A thermal anneal is performed which reflows the cobalt layer to fill the set of features to form a set of metal conductor structures. In another aspect of the invention, an integrated circuit device is formed using the method.
US09852989B1	Power grid of integrated circuit Power grids of an IC are provided. A power grid includes first power traces disposed in a first metal layer and parallel to a first direction, second power traces disposed in a second metal layer and parallel to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and third power traces disposed in the first metal layer parallel to the first direction. The first power traces arranged in the same straight line are separated from each other by a plurality of first gaps. The third power traces arranged in the same straight line are separated from each other by a plurality of second gaps. Each first gap is surrounded by the two adjacent third power traces. Each second gap is surrounded by the two adjacent first power traces. The first power traces are coupled to the third power traces via the second power traces.
US09852987B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate. The device further includes a first interconnect which includes a first layer provided on the substrate and formed of a first interconnect material, and a second layer provided on the first layer, formed of a second interconnect material different from the first interconnect material, and having a first lower face, and has a first width. The device further includes a second interconnect which includes a third layer provided on the substrate and formed of the first interconnect material, a fourth layer provided on the third layer, formed of the second interconnect material, and having a second lower face lower than the first lower face, and has a second width greater than the first width.
US09852985B1	Conductive terminal on integrated circuit A conductive terminal on an integrated circuit is provided. The conductive terminal includes a conductive pad, a dielectric layer, and a conductive via. The conductive pad is disposed on and electrically to the integrated circuit. The dielectric layer covers the integrated circuit and the conductive pad, the dielectric layer includes a plurality of contact openings arranged in array, and the conductive pad is partially exposed by the contact openings. The conductive via is disposed on the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive pad through the contact openings. The conductive via includes a plurality of convex portions arranged in array. The convex portions are distributed on a top surface of the conductive via, and the convex portions are corresponding to the contact openings.
US09852984B2	Cut first alternative for 2D self-aligned via A method of lithographically cutting a Mx line before the Mx line is lithographically defined by patterning and the resulting 2DSAV device are provided. Embodiments include forming an a-Si dummy metal layer over a SiO2 layer; forming a first softmask stack over the a-Si dummy metal layer; patterning a plurality of vias through the first softmask stack down to the SiO2 layer; removing the first soft mask stack; forming first and second etch stop layers over the a-Si dummy metal layer, the first etch stop layer formed in the plurality of vias; forming a-Si mandrels on the second etch stop layer; forming oxide spacers on opposite sides of each a-Si mandrel; removing the a-Si mandrels; forming a-Si dummy metal lines in the a-Si dummy metal layer below the oxide spacers; and forming a SiOC layer between the a-Si dummy metal lines.
US09852979B2	Conductive through-polymer vias for capacitative structures integrated with packaged semiconductor chips An electronic system comprising an electronic body (301) with terminal pads (310) and at least one capacitor embedded in the electronic body. The capacitor including an insulating and adhesive first polymeric film (302) covering the body surface except the terminal pads; a sheet (320) of high-density capacitive elements, the first capacitor terminal being a metal foil (321) attached to film (302), the second terminal a conductive polymeric compound (324), and the insulator a dielectric skin (323). Sheet (320) has sets of via holes: the first set holes reaching metal foil 321), the second set holes reaching the terminals (310), and the third set holes reaching the conductive polymeric compound (324). An insulating second polymeric film (303) lining the sidewalls of the holes and planarizing the sheet surface; and metal (432) filling the via holes between the polymeric sidewalls and forming conductive traces and attachment pads on the system surface.
US09852976B2	Semiconductor package and fabricating method thereof A semiconductor device structure and a method for making a semiconductor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various semiconductor package structures, and methods for making thereof, that comprise a thin fine-pitch redistribution structure.
US09852970B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a first wiring layer, a first insulation layer, and a second wiring layer. The first insulation layer covers an upper surface and a side surface of the first wiring layer and exposes a lower surface of the first wiring layer. The second wiring layer is stacked on at least one of a lower surface of the first insulation layer and the lower surface of the first wiring layer.
US09852968B2	Semiconductor device including a sealing region The semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate on which is mounted a main circuit part including a semiconductor chip, a printed substrate wherein a conductive connection member connected to the semiconductor chip is disposed on the surface opposing the insulating substrate, a first sealing member that seals so as to enclose the semiconductor chip between the opposing surfaces of the insulating substrate and printed substrate, and a second sealing member that covers the whole excepting a bottom portion of the insulating substrate, the semiconductor device having sealing region regulation rod portions disposed in an outer peripheral portion of a sealing region of the first sealing member and connected between the insulating substrate and printed substrate, wherein the heat resistance temperature of the first sealing member is set to be higher than the heat resistance temperature of the second sealing member.
US09852958B2	Container for housing electronic component and electronic device A container for housing an electronic component includes: a container body including a bottom plate and a polygonal side wall surrounding a central region of the bottom plate, the container body housing an electronic component inside a cavity defined by the bottom plate and the polygonal side wall; and an input-output terminal that penetrates through the polygonal side wall and is attached to two sides of the polygonal side wall, wherein a first side of the polygonal side wall is adjacent to a second side of the polygonal side wall, wherein the input-output terminal includes an insulator and a conductor, and wherein the conductor penetrates through the insulator and provides electrical continuity between an interior portion of the polygonal side wall and an exterior portion of the polygonal side wall.
US09852956B2	Extraction of resistance associated with laterally diffused dopant profiles in CMOS devices Various embodiments provide systems, computer program products and computer implemented methods. In some embodiments, a system includes a computer-implemented method of determining a laterally diffuse dopant profile in semiconductor structures by providing first and second semiconductor structures having plurality of gate array structures in a silicided region separated from each other by a first distance and second distance. A potential difference is applied across the plurality of gate array structures and resistances are determined. A linear-regression fit is performed on measured resistance versus the first distance and the second distance with an extrapolated x equals 0 and a y-intercept to determine a laterally diffused dopant-profile under the plurality of gate array structures based on a semiconductor device model.
US09852954B2	Methods of forming transistors with retrograde wells in CMOS applications and the resulting device structures One illustrative method disclosed herein includes performing a first plurality of epitaxial deposition processes to form a first plurality of semiconductor materials selectively above the N-active region while masking the P-active region, performing a second plurality of epitaxial deposition processes to form a second plurality of semiconductor materials selectively above the P-active region while masking the N-active region, forming an N-type transistor in and above the N-active region and forming a P-type transistor in and above the P-active region.
US09852948B2	Apparatus and method for processing a substrate A method of processing a substrate is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: providing a substrate body having a surface; placing a die on the surface, wherein the die acts as a catalyst; immersing the substrate body and the die in a reaction solution; and processing the substrate body via a chemical reaction occurring on the surface through the reaction solution and the catalyst.
US09852934B2	Semiconductor wafer transportation A wafer transportation pod includes a body, a main compartment enclosed by the body, the main compartment to provide a controlled environment, a holding device within the main compartment, the holding device to hold a plurality of semiconductor wafers, a top latching mechanism configured to connect to another pod or a carrier mechanism of an overhead hoist transfer (OHT) system, a bottom latching mechanism configured to connect to another pod, the bottom latching mechanism being similar to the latching mechanism on the carrier.
US09852933B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and recording medium A heating processing performed on an outer peripheral portion of a substrate can be optimized. A substrate processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a substrate; a rotation unit configured to rotate the holding unit; a processing liquid supply unit configured to supply a processing liquid onto the substrate held in the holding unit; and a heating device configured to heat an outer peripheral portion of the substrate held in the holding unit. Further, the heating device includes a discharge flow path through which a gas is discharged toward the outer peripheral portion of the substrate held in the holding unit; a branch flow path through which a gas is discharged toward a region other than the substrate held in the holding unit; and a heating unit configured to heat the discharge flow path and the branch flow path.
US09852931B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus has a cup part for receiving processing liquid such as pure water which is splashed from a substrate. The cup part is formed of electrical insulation material or semiconductor material. Hydrophilic treatment may be performed on an outer annular surface of the cup part and water may be held on the outer annular surface of the cup part while processing the substrate. With the disclosed apparatus, charged potential of the cup part generated by splashing of pure water can be suppressed, without greatly increasing the manufacturing cost of the substrate processing apparatus. As a result, it is possible to prevent electric discharge from occurring on the substrate due to induction charging of the substrate, in application of the processing liquid onto the substrate.
US09852927B2	Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS2 Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides have emerged as a promising material system for optoelectronic applications, but their primary figure-of-merit, the room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (QY) is extremely poor. The prototypical 2D material, MoS2 is reported to have a maximum QY of 0.6% which indicates a considerable defect density. We report on an air-stable solution-based chemical treatment by an organic superacid which uniformly enhances the photoluminescence and minority carrier lifetime of MoS2 monolayers by over two orders of magnitude. The treatment eliminates defect-mediated non-radiative recombination, thus resulting in a final QY of over 95% with a longest observed lifetime of 10.8±0.6 nanoseconds. Obtaining perfect optoelectronic monolayers opens the door for highly efficient light emitting diodes, lasers, and solar cells based on 2D materials.
US09852922B2	Plasma processing method A plasma etching method includes: mounting a target substrate on a first electrode which is provided to be parallel with a second electrode with a preset gap within a processing chamber, a base material of the second electrode containing silicon or SiC; generating plasma of a fluorocarbon-based etching gas in a processing space; applying a low frequency AC power or a high frequency AC power having a frequency, which an ion in the plasma is allowed to follow, to the second electrode; and increasing an effective voltage value of the AC power to enhance sputtering at the second electrode such that silicon sputtered from the base material reacts with fluorine radicals generated from the fluorocarbon-based etching gas to produce a reaction product of SiF4, to irradiate electrons generated near the second electrode to the target substrate and to increase a plasma potential near a sidewall of the processing chamber.
US09852921B2	Substrate treating apparatus and method of treating substrate A substrate treating apparatus and a method of treating a substrate, the apparatus including a substrate treater that treats a substrate using a chemical solution, the chemical solution including a phosphoric acid aqueous solution and a silicon compound; and a chemical solution supplier that supplies the chemical solution to the substrate treating unit, wherein the chemical solution supplier includes a concentration measurer that measures concentrations of the chemical solutions, the concentration measurer including a first concentration measurer that measures a water concentration of the chemical solution; and a second concentration measurer that measures a silicon concentration of the chemical solution.
US09852911B2	Field effect transistor A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode located over the semiconductor layer and connected to the semiconductor layer, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode and located over the semiconductor layer and connected to the semiconductor layer, an insulation film located over the semiconductor layer, and a third electrode interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and location over a portion of the insulation film. The insulation film includes a first layer located on the semiconductor layer and between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising silicon nitride, and a second layer located on the first layer and between the first electrode and the third electrode as well as between the second electrode and the third electrode, and comprising silicon nitride and an amount of oxygen larger than the first layer.
US09852901B2	Systems and methods for reducing backside deposition and mitigating thickness changes at substrate edges A substrate processing system for depositing film on a substrate includes a processing chamber defining a reaction volume and including a substrate support for supporting the substrate. A gas delivery system is configured to introduce process gas into the reaction volume of the processing chamber. A plasma generator is configured to selectively generate RF plasma in the reaction volume. A clamping system is configured to clamp the substrate to the substrate support during deposition of the film. A backside purging system is configured to supply a reactant gas to a backside edge of the substrate to purge the backside edge during the deposition of the film.
US09852898B2	Target for ultraviolet light generation, electron beam-excited ultraviolet light source, and production method for target for ultraviolet light generation A target for ultraviolet light generation comprises a substrate adapted to transmit ultraviolet light therethrough and a light-emitting layer, disposed on the substrate, for generating ultraviolet light in response to an electron beam. The light-emitting layer includes a powdery or granular oxide crystal containing Lu and Si doped with an activator (e.g., Pr:LPS and Pr:LSO crystals).
US09852892B1	Microwave supply apparatus, plasma processing apparatus, and plasma processing method A microwave supply apparatus includes a waveguide, a circulator, and a matcher, a first port of the circulator receives a microwave from an input end. First and second ends of the waveguide are coupled to second and third ports of the circulator, respectively. The matcher is provided between the input end and the first port of the circulator. The waveguide includes a rectangular waveguide having first and second walls facing each other, and third and fourth walls facing each other. A slot hole is formed in the first wall, and the slot hole is provided at a region deviated to the third wall side. The waveguide includes a first ridge portion provided therein. The first ridge portion faces the slot hole, is in contact with the second wall and third wall, and is separated from the first wall and fourth wall.
US09852890B2	Frequency tuning for pulsed radio frequency plasma processing This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for pulsed RF power delivery to a plasma load for plasma processing of a substrate. In order to maximize power delivery, a calibration phase using a dummy substrate or no substrate in the chamber, is used to ascertain a preferred fixed initial RF frequency for each pulse. This fixed initial RF frequency is then used at the start of each pulse during a processing phase, where a real substrate is used and processed in the chamber.
US09852889B1	Systems and methods for controlling directionality of ions in an edge region by using an electrode within a coupling ring Systems and methods for controlling directionality of ion flux at an edge region within a plasma chamber are described. One of the systems includes a radio frequency (RF) generator that is configured to generate an RF signal, an impedance matching circuit coupled to the RF generator for receiving the RF signal to generate a modified RF signal, and a plasma chamber. The plasma chamber includes an edge ring and a coupling ring located below the edge ring and coupled to the first impedance matching circuit to receive the modified RF signal. The coupling ring includes an electrode that generates a capacitance between the electrode and the edge ring to control the directionality of the ion flux upon receiving the modified RF signal.
US09852887B2	Ion source of an ion implanter An ion source uses at least one induction coil to generate ac magnetic field to couple rf/VHF power into a plasma within a vessel, where the excitation coil may be a single set of turns each turn having lobes or multiple separate sets of windings. The excitation coil is positioned outside and proximate that side of the vessel that is opposite to the extraction slit, and elongated parallel to the length dimension of the extraction slit. The conducting shield(s) positioned outside or integrated with the well of the vessel are used to block the capacitive coupling to the plasma and/or to collect any rf/VHF current may be coupled into the plasma. The conducting shield positioned between the vessel and the coil set can either shield the plasma from capacitive coupling from the excitation coils, or be tuned to have a higher rf/VHF voltage to ignite or clean the source.
US09852885B2	Charged particle beam writing method, and charged particle beam writing apparatus A charged particle beam writing method includes acquiring a pair of a reference dose and a backscatter coefficient for proximity effect correction using a first settling time, acquiring a first relation between a temperature rise amount and a critical dimension variation amount using a second settling time shorter than the first settling time, the backscatter coefficient and the reference dose acquired, calculating a temperature correction parameter depending on a temperature rise amount, for correcting a dose, by using the first relation, and a second relation on a dose and a pattern critical dimension in a case of using the first settling time, calculating a beam irradiation dose by the reference dose and a dose coefficient obtained from the backscatter coefficient of the pair acquired, and the temperature correction parameter, and writing a pattern with a beam based on the dose calculated using the second settling time.
US09852875B2	X-ray tube An X-ray tube includes a cathode, which is configured to generate an electron beam, and a round anode, which is configured to rotate such that the electron beam impinges on a rotating surface of the anode so as to emit at least one X-ray beam. An array of gas pipes is configured to direct gas onto the surface so as to cool the anode.
US09852873B2	Electron cyclotron resonance ion generator device An electron cyclotron resonance ion generator device includes a metal tube subjected to a first potential and pierced by a first cavity forming a plasma chamber intended to contain a plasma; a second cavity forming a waveguide configured to inject a high frequency wave into the plasma chamber, an extraction system including an upstream end connected to the plasma chamber and a downstream end configured to be connected to an ion transport line, the connecting flange being subjected to a second potential, a magnetic field generator, and a ceramic tube in contact with the metal tube, the ceramic tube surrounding the metal tube and at least a part of the extraction system.
US09852869B2	Switch module with a built-in structure of anti-surge and dual disconnection A switch module with a built-in structure of anti-surge and dual disconnection mainly comprises an overcurrent protection switch having plates and insulating elements for anti-surge and dual disconnection structure ingeniously built inside a heat-resisting housing. The switch module has a first connecting point and a second connecting point for operation. When overvoltage occurs, temperature of at least one metal oxide varistor would instantly rise up to a degree higher than the melting point thereof, melting at least one thermo-sensitive piece, loosening at least one spring element, displacing a pushing element and thus forcing the connecting points detaching from each other to turn off the switch and stop supplying electricity power; meanwhile, insulating elements would isolate conductive components such as thermo-sensitive pieces, spring elements and plates to further ensure a complete disconnection and more of electricity safety.
US09852866B2	Panel device A panel device includes a protective cover that has an insertion hole for an ON/OFF knob of a molded case circuit breaker and is formed to cover an exposed live part of the molded case circuit breaker and provided with an engaging part at a predetermined portion thereof; a cover support member that openably and closably supports this protective cover; and a cover locking member that engages with the engaging part when the protective cover is closed and restricts turning of the protective cover; wherein any one of the protective cover, the cover support member and the cover locking member is movably provided in conjunction with movement of the ON/OFF knob, and the engaging part and the cover locking member are engaged with each other or released from each other by the movement of the any one of those.
US09852865B2	Electrical switching arrangement with improved linear bearing An electrical switch comprising a solenoid assembly including a core casing having a first bearing site and a bearing bush having a second bearing site, an armature movably borne in a switching direction at the first bearing site, and an armature shaft fixed to and movable with the armature and movably borne in the switching direction at the second bearing site.
US09852859B2	Adjustable power rail multiplexing An integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed herein for adjustable power rail multiplexing. In an example aspect, an IC includes a first power rail, a second power rail, and a load power rail. The IC further includes multiple power-multiplexer (power-mux) tiles and adjustment circuitry. The multiple power-mux tiles are coupled in series in a chained arrangement and implemented to jointly perform a power-multiplexing operation. Each power-mux tile is implemented to switch between coupling the load power rail to the first power rail and coupling the load power rail to the second power rail. The adjustment circuitry is implemented to adjust at least one order in which the multiple power-mux tiles perform at least a portion of the power-multiplexing operation.
US09852853B2	Thermally fused spacers Example implementations relate to thermally fused spacers. In one example, keyboard membranes including thermally fused spacers include a first circuit including a first conductive trace and a first key contact of the keyboard membrane, where the first conductive trace is coupled to the first key contact, a second circuit including a second conductive trace and a second key contact of the keyboard membrane, where the second conductive trace is coupled to the second key contact, and wherein the second key contact is to couple to the first key contact, and a spacer formed of a layer of thermoplastic material, a first thermoplastic film, and a second thermoplastic film, where the spacer is fused via the first thermoplastic film to the first circuit and via the second thermoplastic film to the second circuit.
US09852842B2	Coil electronic component A coil electronic component includes a body having a coil part disposed therein and external electrodes connected to the coil part. The body includes a plurality of magnetic particles. In one example, a particle size distribution D50 of the magnetic particles in the body is 1 μm or less. In other examples, a particle size distribution D99 of the magnetic particles in the body is 1 μm or less; a particle size distribution ratio D99/D50 of the magnetic particles in the body is 1.5 or less; and/or a variation coefficient of the particle size of the magnetic particles in the body is 20% or less.
US09852837B2	Multi-winding high sensitivity current transformer A system includes a sensor configured to detect an electrical leakage current associated with an operation of an industrial machine. The sensor includes a core and a first winding encircling a first portion of the core. The first winding includes a first number of turns. The first winding is configured to obtain a set of electrical current measurements associated with the operation of the industrial machine. The sensor includes a second winding encircling a second portion of the core. The second winding includes a second number of turns. The second winding is configured to obtain the set of electrical current measurements associated with the operation of the industrial machine. The first winding and the second winding are each configured to generate respective outputs based on the set of electrical current measurements. The respective outputs are configured to be used to reduce the occurrence of a distortion of the set of electrical current measurements based on a temperature of the core.
US09852833B1	Magnetization alignment in a thin-film device We disclose a magnetic device having a pair of coplanar thin-film magnetic electrodes arranged on a substrate with a relatively small edge-to-edge separation. In an example embodiment, the magnetic electrodes have a substantially identical footprint that can be approximated by an ellipse, with the short axes of the ellipses being collinear and the edge-to-edge separation between the ellipses being smaller than the size of the short axis. In some embodiments, the magnetic electrodes may have relatively small tapers that extend toward each other from the ellipse edges in the constriction area between the electrodes. Some embodiments may also include an active element inserted into the gap between the tapers and electrical leads connected to the magnetic electrodes for passing electrical current through the active element. When subjected to an appropriate external magnetic field, the magnetic electrodes can advantageously be magnetized to controllably enter parallel and antiparallel magnetization states.
US09852828B2	Edge insulation structure for electrical cable A cable (2100) includes one or more conductor sets, one or more dielectric unitary blocks (2102) or reservoirs, first and second conductive shielding films (2108) disposed on opposite first and second sides of the conductor sets and the dielectric blocks (2102) or reservoirs, and an adhesive layer (2140). The shielding films (2108) include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in cross-section, the cover portions of the shielding films in combination substantially surround each conductor set and each unitary block (2102) or reservoir, and the pinched portions of the shielding films in combination form pinched portions of the cable on each side of the conductor set and on at least one side of the unitary block (2102) or the reservoir. The adhesive layer (2140) bonds the first shielding film to the second shielding film in the pinched portions of the cable.
US09852822B2	High-density subterranean storage system for nuclear fuel and radioactive waste An underground ventilated system for storing nuclear waste materials. The system includes a storage module having an outer shell defining an internal cavity and an inner shell. A majority of the height of the outer shell may be disposed below grade. The outer shell may include a hermetically sealed bottom. First and second canisters are positioned in lower and upper portions within the cavity respectively in vertically stacked relationship. A centering and spacing ring assembly is interspersed between the first and second canisters to transfer the weight of the upper second canister to the lower first canister. The assembly may include centering lugs which laterally restrain the first and second canisters in case of a seismic event. A natural convection driven ventilated air system cools the canisters to remove residual decay heat to the atmosphere. In one non-limiting embodiment, the shells are made of steel.
US09852821B2	Nuclear fuel assembly handling apparatus A fuel assembly handling tool that can be lowered onto the top nozzle of a fuel assembly, positively latch the top nozzle, unlatch from the top nozzle, and be raised off the top nozzle of the fuel assembly. The tool head, that interfaces with the top nozzle has load bearing grippers that latch onto the fuel assembly, that are located in a storage position up within the tool while the tool is lowered onto the fuel assembly. The gripper fingers are then lowered into position during the latching process, and are raised back to the storage position during the unlatching process. In the storage position, the gripping fingers are spaced above the fuel assembly top nozzle when the tool head is resting on the nozzle.
US09852816B2	Efficient compact fusion reactor An efficient compact nuclear fusion reactor for use as a neutron source or energy source is described. The reactor comprises a toroidal plasma chamber and a plasma confinement system arranged to generate a magnetic field for confining a plasma in the chamber. The plasma confinement system is configured so that a major radius of the confined plasma is 1.5 m or less. The reactor is constructed using high temperature superconducting toroidal magnets, which may be operated at low temperature (77K or lower) to provide enhanced performance. The toroidal magnetic field can be increased to 5 T or more giving significant increases in fusion output, so that neutron output is very efficient and the reactor can produce a net output of energy.
US09852813B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems to repair memory Methods, apparatus and systems pertain to performing READ, WRITE functions in a memory which is coupled to a repair controller. One such repair controller could receive a row address and a column address associated with the memory and store a first plurality of tag fields indicating a type of row/column repair to be performed for at least a portion of a row/column of memory cells, and a second plurality of tag fields to indicate a location of memory cells used to perform the row/column repair.
US09852811B2	Device and method for detecting controller signal errors in flash memory In accordance with the disclosure, there is provided a memory device configured to implement an error detection protocol. The memory device includes a memory array and a first input for receiving a control signal corresponding to a command cycle. The memory device also includes a second input for receiving an access control signal during a command cycle and for receiving an error detection signal during the command cycle, wherein the error detection signal includes information corresponding to the access control signal. The memory device further includes control logic configured to verify the correctness of the access control signal by a comparison with the error detection signal and perform an operation on the memory array during the command cycle when the correctness of the access control signal is verified.
US09852810B2	Optimizing fuseROM usage for memory repair A memory repair system in an integrated circuit (IC) that optimizes the fuseROM used for memory repair. The IC includes a plurality of memory wrappers. Each memory wrapper includes a memory block with a fuse register and a bypass register. The bypass register have a bypass data that indicates a defective memory wrapper of the plurality of memory wrappers. A fuseROM controller is coupled to the plurality of memory wrappers. A memory bypass chain links the bypass registers in the plurality of memory wrappers with the fuseROM controller. The fuseROM controller loads the bypass data in the memory bypass chain. A memory data chain links the fuse registers in the plurality of memory wrappers with the fuseROM controller. The memory data chain is re-configured to link the fuse registers in a set of defective memory wrappers of the plurality of memory wrappers responsive to the bypass data loaded in the memory bypass chain.
US09852804B2	Nonvolatile memory device, memory system, method of operating nonvolatile memory device, and method of operating memory system A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device that includes a three-dimensional (3D) memory cell array is provided as follows. A first read operation is performed on first memory cells connected to a first word line by using a first read voltage level. A read retry operation is, if the first read operation fails, performed on the first memory cells so that a read retry voltage level is set to a second read voltage level. A read offset table is determined based on a difference between the first read voltage level and the second read voltage level. The read offset table stores a plurality of read voltage offsets. A second read operation is performed on second memory cells connected to a second word line by using a third read voltage level determined using the read offset table.
US09852802B2	Memory system with multiple programming modes A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory device has a first program mode and a second program mode. The second program mode programs data to have a larger read margin than the first program mode. The memory controller controls the nonvolatile memory device to program the data according to the second program mode for a read reclaim operation.
US09852801B1	Method for determining a leakage current through an inter-gate dielectric structure of a flash memory cell A method for determining a leakage current through an inter-gate dielectric structure of a flash memory cell, the flash memory cell including a substrate including a channel region; a floating gate positioned above the channel region and separated from the channel region by a tunnel dielectric layer; a control gate positioned above the floating gate and separated from the floating gate electrode by the inter-gate dielectric structure; the method including programming the flash memory cell into an initial programmed state and applying biasing conditions to the programmed flash memory cell so as to obtain a zero electric field in the tunnel dielectric layer; measuring over time a change in a threshold voltage of the flash memory cell; and determining the leakage current from the change in the threshold voltage.
US09852798B2	Buffered automated flash controller connected directly to processor memory bus A mechanism is provided for buffer linking in a buffered solid state drive controller. Responsive to the buffered flash memory module receiving from a memory bus of a processor a memory command specifying a write operation, the mechanism initializes a first memory buffer in the buffered flash memory module. The mechanism associates the first memory buffer with an address of the write operation. The mechanism performs a compare operation to compare a previous and a next address with respect to an address associated with the first memory buffer with a plurality of buffers. The mechanism assigns a link tag to at least one buffer identified in the compare operation and the first memory buffer to form a linked buffer set. The mechanism writes to the first memory buffer based on the memory command. The mechanism builds at least one input/output command to persist contents of the linked buffer set and writes the contents of the linked buffer set to at least one solid state drive according to the at least one input/output command.
US09852789B2	Transient current-protected threshold switching devices systems and methods Threshold switching devices demonstrating transient current protection through both insulation and repair current mechanisms, including associated systems and methods, are provided and discussed.
US09852787B2	Semiconductor device, electronic component, and electronic device Provided is a semiconductor device having a memory cell array, which is capable of existing in three power-gating states depending on a non-access period to the memory cell array. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells which each have an SRAM and a nonvolatile memory portion having a transistor with an oxide semiconductor in a channel region. The three power-gating states includes: a first state in which a power-gating to the memory cell array is performed; a second state in which the power-gating is performed on the memory cell array and peripheral circuits which control the memory cell array; and a third state in which, in addition to the memory cell array and the peripheral circuits, a power supply voltage supplying circuit is subjected to the power gating.
US09852783B1	Metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor offset-cancelling (OC), zero-sensing (ZS) dead zone, current-latched sense amplifiers (SAs) (CLSAs) (OCZS-SAs) for sensing differential voltages Metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor offset-cancelling (OC), zero-sensing (ZS) dead zone, current-latched sense amplifiers (SAs) (CLSAs) (OCZS-SAs) for sensing differential voltages are provided. An OCZS-SA is configured to amplify received differential data and reference input voltages with a smaller sense amplifier offset voltage to provide larger sense margin between different storage states of memory bitcell(s). The OCZS-SA is configured to cancel out offset voltages of input and complement input transistors, and keep the input and complement input transistors in their activated state during sensing phases so that sensing is not performed in their “dead zones” when their gate-to-source voltage (Vgs) is below their respective threshold voltages. In other aspects, sense amplifier capacitors are configured to directly store the data and reference input voltages at gates of the input and complement input transistors during voltage capture phases to avoid additional layout area that would otherwise be consumed with additional sensing capacitor circuits.
US09852779B2	Dual-port DDR4-DIMMs of SDRAM and NVRAM for SSD-blades and multi-CPU servers A memory system is disclosed that includes a first FPGA controller coupled to a first SSD cluster, a first DDR4 DIMM and a second DDR4 DIMM. A second FPGA controller is coupled to a second SSD cluster, the first DDR4 DIMM and the second DDR4 DIMM, where the first and second FPGAs are operable to share access to the first and second DDR4 DIMMs and provide connectivity to a plurality of network resources. The dual-port design enables the use of existing SDRAM, MRAM and RRAM chips at low speed rates to reach DDR4 2.0 speed DIMM devices. The dual-port DDR4 DIMM comprises 1-to-2 data buffer splitters and a DDR3 or DDR2 to DDR4 bus adaptation/termination/relaying circuits to increase (e.g., double or quadruple) the chip speed of SDRAM, MRAM, and RRAM chips.
US09852778B2	Semiconductor device, memory device, and electronic device To provide a small, highly reliable memory device with a large storage capacity. A semiconductor device includes a circuit for retaining data and a circuit for reading data. The circuit for retaining data includes a transistor and a capacitor. The circuit for reading data is configured to supply a potential to the circuit for retaining data and read a potential from the circuit for retaining data. The circuit for retaining data and the circuit for reading data are provided in different layers, so that the semiconductor device with a large storage capacity is manufactured.
US09852777B2	Hermetically-sealed hard disk drive cover perimeter adhesive seal A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) involves the inner surfaces of sidewalls of a second cover overlapping with and adhesively bonded with the outermost surfaces of sidewalls of an enclosure base. Matching angled sidewalls for the inner and outermost surfaces, and an adhesive bond that provides a hermetic seal in which a ratio of the height to the thickness of the adhesive bond is in a range of 50-100:1, may be utilized to provide a hermetic seal having a long, narrow diffusion path to inhibit diffusion of gas through the adhesive bond. The second cover may include preformed corner corrugations, and the base may include corner pockets in which corner pleats, formed with the corner corrugations by bending inward the cover sidewalls, are received within when the cover and base are bonded together.
US09852776B2	Application tune manifests and tune state recovery In accordance with one or more aspects, a request to run an application is received. The application has an associated tune manifest that identifies one or more resources that the application may use. The tune manifest is compared to a device resource record, and a check is made, based at least in part on the comparing, whether the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device. If the one or more resources identified in the tune manifest can be satisfied by the device, then the application is run; otherwise, a notification of a conflict between the application and the device is presented. Additionally, when the application exits, a device tune state that identifies a content source to which the device was tuned prior to running the application can be retrieved and the device restored to this device tune state.
US09852774B2	Methods and systems for performing playback operations based on the length of time a user is outside a viewing area Methods and systems are discussed herein for a media guidance application that automatically determines (e.g., without querying a user) whether or not to perform a playback operation (e.g., rewinding, returning to a previous chapter, continuing to play, etc.) on a media asset based on the amount of content that was missed by a user. For example, if a user missed only a small portion of content (e.g., was outside of a viewing area of the media asset for a short period of time), the media guidance application may determine that the media asset does not need to be rewound. However, if a user missed a large portion of content (e.g., was outside of a viewing area of the media asset for an extended period of time), the media guidance application may determine that the media asset does need to be rewound.
US09852769B2	Elastic cloud video editing and multimedia search Technologies for cloud-based media search and editing include a video editor configured to build a media query and associate the media query with a dynamic content slot of a media program. When generating video output based on the media program, the video editor transmits the media query to a cloud analytics server and receives 5 search results identifying one or more media clips produced by a number of mobile computing devices. The video editor may display a list of clips for selection by the user or may automatically include one of the clips in the output. The cloud analytics server transmits an acceptance policy defining criteria for acceptable media, based on the media query, to the mobile computing devices. The mobile computing devices configure 10 capture settings according to the acceptance policy and may display a user interface to assist the user in capturing acceptable media. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09852766B2	User interface for syncronizing audio with video data A method for recording voice samples for video rendered on an electronic device including a display unit and a microphone. The video includes image data and voice data, and the voice data has one or more time intervals when the voice data is to be rendered with corresponding image data. The method is executed by a processor of the electronic device and includes displaying on the GUI a videoplayer element and a graphical or progress element representing progress of the video, the progress element including one or more selectable elements, each being associated to a time interval of the voice data and positioned on the progress element according to the time interval. When a user selection is received on a first selectable element, the microphone records sound data while the video player element is simulataneously played. The image data corresponds to the time interval associated to the first selectable element.
US09852765B2	Graphical user interface, process, program, storage medium and computer system for arranging music The present invention relates to a graphical user interface for arranging music, comprising a first display section showing different tracks and a second display section showing a first channel strip and a second channel strip. Preferably, the second channel strip shows the output routing or the destination of a Send of the first channel strip. The present invention also relates to a process for arranging music using the graphical user interface described above. The process allows that the channel associated with the second channel strip is automatically created when the associated bus is addressed for the first time as a Send or output destination in the first channel strip.
US09852764B2	System and method for providing and interacting with coordinated presentations Disclosed is a system and method for generating a coordinated presentation. Content selected by a user is curated, and a plurality of images are captured for inclusion. A first data stream for the curated content and a second data stream for the captured images are received. A portion of a subject within each second data stream image is defined. An appearance of movement is tracked, and at least some of the plurality of images in the second data stream is modified. The respective content associated with the two data streams is integrated, including the modified at least some of the plurality of images, to generate the coordinated presentation that is capable of transmission to and receipt by one or more remote devices, and wherein the coordinated presentation is configured to enable interaction with at least a portion of the curated content at each of the one or more remote devices.
US09852762B2	User interface for video preview creation Providing a method for creating and displaying portions of videos called video previews. The video previews may be associated with a predefined duration of a video, such that the video preview is generated from a portion of the video. The video previews are configured to play a series of images associated with images from the portion of the video when the video preview is activated.
US09852759B2	Methods for serving interactive content to a user One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
US09852752B1	Plasmon generator with metallic waveguide blocker for TAMR A TAMR (thermal assisted magnetic recording) write head has a metal blocker formed against a distal end of a waveguide. The waveguide focuses optical radiation on an adjacent plasmon generator where it excites plasmon modes that heat the recording medium. Although the plasmon generator typically heats the recording medium using the plasmon near field to supply the required Joule heating, an unblocked waveguide would also send optical radiation to the medium and surrounding structures producing unwanted heating and device unreliability. The role of the blocker is to block the unwanted optical radiation and, thereby, to limit the heating to that supplied by the plasmon near field.
US09852745B1	Analyzing changes in vocal power within music content using frequency spectrums Technologies are described for identifying familiar or interesting parts of music content by analyzing changes in vocal power using frequency spectrums. For example, a frequency spectrum can be generated from digitized audio. Using the frequency spectrum, the harmonic content and percussive content can be separated. The vocal content can then be separated from the harmonic and/or percussive content. The vocal content can then be processed to identify surge points in the digitized audio. In some implementations, the vocal content is included in the harmonic content during the separation procedure and is then separated from the harmonic content.
US09852743B2	Automatic emphasis of spoken words Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed towards automatic emphasis of spoken words. In one embodiment, a process may begin by identifying, within an audio recording, a word that is to be emphasized. Once identified, contextual and lexical information relating to the emphasized word can be extracted from the audio recording. This contextual and lexical information can be utilized in conjunction with a predictive model to determine a set of emphasis parameters for the identified word. These emphasis parameters can then be applied to the identified word to cause the word to be emphasized. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09852739B2	Method and arrangement for controlling smoothing of stationary background noise In a method for coding of information for enhancing a background noise representation, voice activity of an input speech signal is determined. A noisiness parameter is determined for an inactive speech signal, wherein the noisiness parameter is based on a ratio of prediction gains of two Linear Predictive Coder (LPC) prediction filters with different orders. The noisiness parameter is quantized, and the quantized noisiness parameter is encoded for transmission.
US09852738B2	Method and apparatus for processing lost frame Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for recovering a lost frame in a received audio signal. The method for recovering a lost frame includes: determining an initial high-frequency band signal of a current lost frame; determining a gain of the current lost frame; determining gain adjustment information of the current lost frame; adjusting the gain of the current lost frame according to the gain adjustment information, to obtain an adjusted gain of the current lost frame; and adjusting the initial high-band signal according to the adjusted gain, to obtain a high-frequency band signal of the current lost frame. The method and the apparatus for recovering a lost frame provided in the embodiments of the present application can be used in an audio signal decoding process for low-loss recovery of a lost frame of the audio signal, resulting in improved performance of an audio signal decoder.
US09852737B2	Coding vectors decomposed from higher-order ambisonics audio signals In general, techniques are described for coding of vectors decomposed from higher order ambisonic coefficients. A device comprising a processor and a memory may perform the techniques. The processor may be configured to obtain from a bitstream data indicative of a plurality of weight values that represent a vector that is included in a decomposed version of the plurality of HOA coefficients. Each of the weight values may correspond to a respective one of a plurality of weights in a weighted sum of code vectors that represents the vector and that includes a set of code vectors. The processor may further be configured to reconstruct the vector based on the weight values and the code vectors. The memory may be configured to store the reconstructed vector.
US09852736B2	Multi-mode audio recognition and auxiliary data encoding and decoding Audio signal processing enhances audio watermark embedding and detecting processes. Audio signal processes include audio classification and adapting watermark embedding and detecting based on classification. Advances in audio watermark design include adaptive watermark signal structure data protocols, perceptual models, and insertion methods. Perceptual and robustness evaluation is integrated into audio watermark embedding to optimize audio quality relative the original signal, and to optimize robustness or data capacity. These methods are applied to audio segments in audio embedder and detector configurations to support real time operation. Feature extraction and matching are also used to adapt audio watermark embedding and detecting.
US09852735B2	Efficient coding of audio scenes comprising audio objects There is provided encoding and decoding methods for encoding and decoding of object based audio. An exemplary encoding method includes inter alia calculating M downmix signals by forming combinations of N audio objects, wherein M≦N, and calculating parameters which allow reconstruction of a set of audio objects formed on basis of the N audio objects from the M downmix signals. The calculation of the M downmix signals is made according to a criterion which is independent of any loudspeaker configuration.
US09852728B2	Process for improving pronunciation of proper nouns foreign to a target language text-to-speech system A system and method configured for use in a text-to-speech (TTS) system is provided. Embodiments may include identifying, using one or more processors, a word or phrase as a named entity and identifying a language of origin associated with the named entity. Embodiments may further include transliterating the named entity to a script associated with the language of origin. If the TTS system is operating in the language of origin, embodiments may include passing the transliterated script to the TTS system. If the TTS system is not operating in the language of origin, embodiments may include generating a phoneme sequence in the language of origin using a grapheme to phoneme (G2P) converter.
US09852725B2	Acoustic abatement system for air cooled heat exchanger A system configured to thermally regulate heat dissipation of a power plant system (e.g. steam turbine, gas turbine compressor, intercooler or other fluidic thermal source, etc.) and acoustically attenuate operation of an air cooled heat exchanger via sound reflection, sound absorption, sound diffraction, and/or active noise cancellation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a set of inner barriers; a base barrier disposed beneath the set of inner barriers; a set of outer barriers disposed about the base barrier and the set of inner barriers, the set of outer barriers including a top surface located above a bottom surface of the set of inner barriers; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to a power generation system and disposed within the set of inner barriers; and a set of fans disposed within the set of inner barriers and configured to form a flow of air through the set of inner barriers.
US09852721B2	Musical analysis platform A platform or system is disclosed for performing musical analysis to detect musical properties in received live or pre-recorded audio data. The analysis can include a synchronous analysis for generating estimated one or more transitory musical properties and an asynchronous analysis for generating one or more aggregate musical properties which can be applied to the transitory musical properties to generate confirmed musical properties, which can be stored as metadata associated with an audio file. In some cases, live audio data can be received, recorded, dynamically analyzed to provide realtime metadata (e.g., to a display), then the realtime metadata can be analyzed to provide confirmed, updated, or validated metadata. In some cases, initial analysis (e.g., dynamic analysis) can determine chord estimates, usable in further analysis (e.g., offline analysis) to estimate a musical key, which can then be applied to the chord estimates to determine the most likely chord estimates and determine chord progressions.
US09852706B2	Thin film transistor array substrate, display panel thereon, and method of testing single color image of display panel A TFT array substrate which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, has each pixel including sub-pixels in a 2×2 matrix. Two data lines are between neighboring columns of the sub-pixels and scan line is arranged between neighboring rows of the sub-pixels. The sub-pixels in same row can be electrically coupled to one scan line. The sub-pixels for the same color in one same column can be electrically coupled to the neighboring data line. The sub-pixels configured to display another same color in the same column can be electrically coupled to another neighboring same data line. Each two adjacent sub-pixels displaying a same color have opposite polarities.
US09852704B2	Liquid crystal display panel The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel, comprising a plurality of pixels disposed in an array formed by a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines in an orthogonal configuration, wherein the plurality of data lines comprise a first data line corresponding to each column of pixels; and at least one second data line corresponding to each column of pixels or corresponding to at least two adjacent columns of pixels in a group, said at least one second data line not being connected with any pixel in any column, and the sum of change of an input signal of said at least one second data line and that of a pixel driving signal of each column of pixels or of said at least two adjacent columns of pixels in a group being zero, so that a common electrode voltage would not deviate from a predetermined voltage. Therefore, according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the phenomenon that the common electrode voltage would deviate due to the couple effect of the data lines can be greatly reduced, thus the horizontal crosstalk resulted from the coupled common electrode voltage can be reduced.
US09852701B2	Display device with improved luminance A display device is provided. The display device includes a display unit having pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel including additive mixture subpixels and a luminance adjustment subpixel, and a signal control unit controlling a luminance at a maximum gray scale in the luminance adjustment subpixel depending on an external light illuminance.
US09852694B2	Display device and method of driving the same A method of driving a display device including a sensing line, a light-emitting element, a capacitor, and a driving transistor, the driving transistor comprising a control terminal that is connected to the capacitor, an input terminal, and an output terminal, the method including: connecting the control terminal and the output terminal; connecting the control terminal and the output terminal to a ground voltage and then disconnecting the control terminal and the output terminal from the ground voltage; sensing a first voltage of the control terminal through the sensing line; and calculating a threshold voltage of the driving transistor based on the first voltage.
US09852692B2	Control head with electroluminescent panel in land mobile radio An exemplary land mobile radio control head and method are provided. In one embodiment, the control head has the capability to utilize halo light of the control head to implement a multi-function indicator that communicates a state of the land mobile radio. In another embodiment, the control head has the capability to provide buffer images constructed from data received from the land mobile radio into a video stream for rendering on an electroluminescent display. In another embodiment, the control head provides the capability for a user to modify a configuration stored on the land mobile radio that defines one of several display modes to be utilized in generating data for use in forming images to be rendered on an electroluminescent display.
US09852682B2	Organic light-emitting display configured to correct image data and method of driving the same An organic light-emitting display includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to correct first image data having a first gray level, which is included in image data, to have a second gray level higher than the first gray level, wherein the controller is configured to correct the first image data at intervals of N frames, where N is an integer of one or more.
US09852679B2	Display driving device, display device and operating method thereof A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel arrangement areas, a data driving unit including a plurality of source drivers, and a timing controller configured to process data that is input from an external device and configured to generate output data. Each of the plurality of pixel arrangement areas includes a plurality of pixels arranged in areas in which a plurality of gate lines intersect a plurality of data lines. Each of the plurality of source drivers outputs display data to data lines of its corresponding pixels. The timing controller classifies the plurality of pixel arrangement areas based on a distance between the timing controller and each of the plurality of pixel arrangement areas, and transmits the output data to the data driving unit at at least two transmission speeds based on the classification.
US09852678B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of gate lines on a substrate, a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being coupled to one of the gate lines and to one of the data lines; a data driver configured to output data signals through a plurality of channel terminals; and a line selector configured to transmit the data signals to a plurality of data line blocks, each of the data line blocks including a plurality of data lines, wherein the line selector includes a plurality of thin-film transistors, and at least two of the thin-film transistors have different sizes.
US09852673B2	Noise removal circuit When an input signal maintains a first level throughout a predetermined judgment time, a noise removal circuit asserts an output signal. When the input signal transits from the second level to the first level, a first timer starts time measurement. When the input signal transits to the second level after time measurement by the first timer, a second timer measures time during which the input signal continues at the second level. A judgment unit is configured such that (i) it holds the measurement time obtained by the first timer when the input signal transits to the second level, (ii) when the measurement time obtained by the second timer and the measurement time of the first timer thus held satisfy a predetermined relation, the first timer is reset, and (iii) when the measurement time obtained by the first timer exceeds the judgment time, the output signal is asserted.
US09852672B2	Method and apparatus for controlling brightness in a portable terminal A method and an apparatus for controlling brightness in a portable terminal are provided. The method comprises measuring temperature according to a preset period, extracting a brightness value mapped to the measured temperature from a stored brightness table, and changing a brightness of the portable terminal to correspond to the extracted brightness value.
US09852671B2	Gray level control method and optical projection system The invention provides a gray level control method for outputting a total gray level during a total period, including: dividing the total period into M unit periods; alternatively outputting a gray level “0” or a selected gray level during each unit period; and integrating the gray levels output during the M unit periods to obtain the total gray level, wherein during each of N successive unit periods of the M unit periods the selected gray level is a first gray level, and during each of the remaining (M−N) unit periods the selected gray level is lower than the first gray level.
US09852667B2	Current-generated photo-luminescent hybrid sign A current-generated photo-luminescent hybrid sign is provided that includes one or more light emitting elements within a channel in the frame to evenly distribute light, while at the same time energizing a photo-luminescent glow material in case of power outage. A method of use of the sign is also provided.
US09852653B1	Touch activated eating utensil sleeve for controlling food consumption A diet aid comprises a removable sleeve, having a timing circuit with user-adjustable delay, visual cues, and a slot into which an ordinary eating utensil can be inserted, the insertion of the utensil energizing the circuit, with the delay cycle triggered automatically as the user places a bite of food to their mouth.
US09852646B2	Providing question answering responses to how-to procedural questions Selecting an instructional video is provided. It is determined that a query is requesting information on how to perform a procedure. A set of instructional videos are accessed corresponding to the information on how to perform the procedure. Information regarding a user of a client device that submitted the query is retrieved from at least one of a set of databases and a set of monitoring devices located on the user via a network. Physiological changes are predicted in the user's current cognitive state based on the information regarding the user retrieved from the set of databases and the set of monitoring devices. An instructional video is selected in the set of instructional videos corresponding to the information on how to perform the procedure based on the user's current cognitive state indicated in the retrieved information regarding the user of the client device.
US09852645B2	Global positioning system (“GPS”) independent navigation system for a self-guided aerial vehicle utilizing multiple optical sensors Disclosed is a Global Positioning System (“GPS”) independent navigation system (“GINS”) for a self-guided aerial vehicle (“SAV”). The SAV has a housing, where the housing has an outer surface, a length, a front-end, and a longitudinal axis along the length of the housing. The GINS includes a first optical sensor, a second optical sensor, a storage unit, and a comparator.
US09852642B2	Drone air traffic control and flight plan management One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a flight plan request for a drone. The flight plan request comprises a drone identity, departure information, and arrival information. The method further comprises constructing a modified flight plan for the drone based on the flight plan request, wherein the modified flight plan represents an approved, congestion reducing, and executable flight plan for the drone, and the modified flight plan comprises a sequence of four-dimensional (4D) cells representing a planned flight path for the drone. For each 4D cell of the modified flight plan, the method further comprises attempting to place an exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, and in response to a failure to place the exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, rerouting the modified flight plan around the 4D cell to a random neighboring 4D cell.
US09852641B2	System and method of controlling uninhabited airborne vehicle The present invention is to provide a system of controlling an uninhabited airborne vehicle and method of controlling an uninhabited airborne vehicle, which are capable of storing a flight route through which an airborne vehicle has flown to reproduce a flight of the uninhibited airborne vehicle. The system of controlling an uninhabited airborne vehicle by controlling a flight route of an uninhabited airborne vehicle, includes: a memory unit that stores a flight route through which an uninhabited airborne vehicle has flown; an acquisition unit that acquires the flight route stored in the memory unit; and a control unit that controls the flight route acquired by the acquisition unit to reproduce a flight of the uninhibited airborne vehicle.
US09852639B2	Generating a mission plan for capturing aerial images with an unmanned aerial vehicle Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a digital flight path within complex mission boundaries. In particular, in one or more embodiments, systems and methods generate flight legs that traverse a target site within mission boundaries. Moreover, one or more embodiments include systems and methods that utilize linking algorithms to connect the generated flight legs into a flight path. Moreover, one or more embodiments include systems and methods that generate a mission plan based on the flight path. In one or more embodiments, the generated mission plan enables a UAV to traverse a flight area within mission boundaries and capture aerial images with regard to the target site.
US09852633B2	Travel assist apparatus and travel assist method The present invention resides in a travel assist apparatus that performs assist of warning or support so that departure of a vehicle from a traveling lane is avoided, wherein a timing to the assist is to be performed is changed depending on a lane entering angle of an oncoming vehicle and a lane departure angle of a subject vehicle with respect to the traveling lane. Accordingly, the timing at which the assist is to be performed is changed depending on the lane entering angle of the oncoming vehicle and the lane departure angle of the subject vehicle with respect to the traveling lane. Therefore, it is possible to advance the timing at which the assist is to be performed as the possibilities is higher that the behaviors of the oncoming vehicle and the subject vehicle hinder the traveling of the subject vehicle.
US09852631B2	Mobile on-street parking occupancy detection A method, system, and apparatus for parking occupancy detection comprises collecting video of a blockface with at least one video recording module, identifying a number of possible parking spaces along the blockface in the collected video, defining, a region of interest for each of the possible parking spaces, detecting a time dependent occupancy of the defined regions of interest for each of the possible parking spaces, and reporting the time dependent occupancy. Drift correction of the recorded video and ground truth comparisons of occupancy determinations may be provided.
US09852622B2	Methods and systems for real-time advanced congestion identification and warning The present disclosure relates to a system and method for locating slow or stopped vehicles on a roadway and alerting drivers approaching the back of a queue, and in particular to intelligent transportation systems and traffic management.
US09852620B1	System and method for detecting sound and performing an action on the detected sound A system and method for sonically connecting special devices is provided. A plurality of devices is monitored. One or more sound profiles are maintained on each of the devices, wherein at least one of the sound profiles on each device is for a sound emitted by one other device in the plurality. A sound is detected on one of the devices and the detected sound is compared to one or more of the sound profiles stored on that device. A match is identified between the detected sound and one of the sound profiles. One or more response actions are performed based on the identified match.
US09852615B2	System and method for facilitating appliance control via a smart device A bridge device, in communication with a smart device, functions to command one or more controllable appliances in response to communications received from the smart device. The bridge device also includes input elements by which the bridge device can be used to directly command common functional operations of the one or more controllable appliances. In this manner, common functional operations, such as volume control, playback pause/resume control, etc., may be made readily available without necessitating the use of the smart device, while the more sophisticated GUI provided by the smart device remote control app may be advantageously utilized when more complex or less frequently used command functions are to be performed.
US09852614B2	Voice enabled remote control for a set-top box A remote control device includes a digital audio storage device, a talk button, and an optical distance measurer. The digital audio storage device is configured to continually record an audio input for a specific amount of time. The talk button is coupled to the digital audio storage device and is configured to initiate a transmission of the audio input to a set-top box device. The optical distance measurer is coupled to the talk button and is configured to automatically measure a distance to a user in response to the talk button being pressed.
US09852594B2	Electronic apparatus and method for determining states of door thereof An electronic apparatus attachable to a door and a method of determining door states. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor configured to measure an acceleration and an angular speed of the electronic apparatus, a processor configured to determine a state of the door by using the measured acceleration and angular speed, and a communicator configured to transmit the determined state of the door to an external apparatus.
US09852590B2	Spatialized haptic feedback based on dynamically scaled values A system provides haptic feedback based on media content. The system processes the media content into components including a first component and a second component. The system further determines a first priority value related to the first component and a second priority value related to the second component. The system further compares the first priority value with the second priority value. The system further generates a first control signal and a second control signal based on the comparison, where the first control signal is configured to cause a first haptic feedback to be output and the second control signal is configured to cause a second haptic feedback to be output that is the same or different than the first haptic feedback.
US09852586B2	System for playing multiplayer games A computer system for playing multiplayer games comprises a first gaming server which runs multiple instances of a first game and to which is connected a first plurality of players, there being a minimum number of players and a maximum number of players for any instance of the first game; and a second gaming server which runs multiple instances of a second game and to which is connected a second plurality of players, there being a minimum number of players and a maximum number of players for any instance of the second game. The first gaming server is in communication with the second gaming server and through the second gaming server makes available instances of the first game for players from said second plurality of players to join. Thus, separate gaming servers can pool instances of games and players.
US09852579B2	Gaming system and method modifying of one or more options provided to a player based on the player's previously-chosen options The present disclosure provides a gaming system and method modifying of one or more options provided to a player based on the player's previously chosen options. When a triggering event occurs, the gaming system displays an indication of each of a first plurality of options and enables the player to choose one of the first plurality of options. The gaming system stores player choice data representing the player's chosen one of the first plurality of options. Upon an occurrence of one or more modification events, the gaming system modifies the first plurality of options based at least in part on which of the first plurality of options were previously chosen by the player. Following a subsequent occurrence of the triggering event, the gaming system displays an indication of each of the modified first plurality of options and enables the player to choose one of the modified first plurality of options.
US09852566B2	Devices and methods for locking and unlocking mechanical equipment An electronic locking device for selectively locking a medical device includes an antenna configured to wirelessly receive information from an identification tag, wherein the identification tag comprises unlocked duration period data, a motor coupled to the antenna, and a locking pin coupled to the motor, wherein the motor is configured to transition the locking pin from a locked position to an unlocked position for a predetermined period of time prescribed by the unlocked duration period data in response to an unlocking signal received by the antenna from the identification tag, wherein the locking pin is configured to prevent usage of the medical device in the locked position and allow usage of the medical device in the unlocked position.
US09852555B2	Vehicle impact sensor and notification system The present disclosure involves systems, software, sensors, and applied solutions for detecting incidents associated with a vehicle, where sensors associated with the vehicle identify impacts or proximity alerts to other vehicles and objects and record information related to those detected incidents. The recorded information can be immediately communicated to interested parties of the person or entity (e.g., emergency responders, business contacts) associated with the vehicle, or alternatively, stored for inspection at the vehicle and reviewed at a destination along the vehicle's route. In one example method, operations include detecting an incident associated with a monitored vehicle, where detecting the incident comprises receiving an alert from at least one sensor associated with the vehicle, identifying a location of the vehicle in response to the detection, and storing a record of the detected incident, where the record includes the identified location of the vehicle and a time associated with the detected incident.
US09852554B2	Systems and methods for vehicle-to-vehicle communication Systems and method for vehicle-to-vehicle communication are provided. In one example, a vehicle system may include one or more sub-systems, an in-vehicle computing system, and an inter-vehicle communication system. The in-vehicle computing system may be configured to generate and/or update trust scores for the one or more sub-systems based on a functional safety classification of the one or more sub-systems. The trust scores may be transmitted to one or more other vehicles near the vehicle via the inter-vehicle communication system. The in-vehicle computing system may also receive trust scores from the one or more other vehicles. Based on the received trust scores, the in-vehicle computing system may adjust longitudinal and/or lateral control of the vehicle via one or more actuators.
US09852547B2	Path visualization for augmented reality display device based on received data and probabilistic analysis A computing device receives data regarding a destination, a current GPS location, map data of the current location and destination, and a direction and angle of view of an augmented reality display device. The computing device accesses social media content related to an area that includes the location and the destination, and analyzes the content to determine recent conditions and attributes associated with the location and destination area. The computing device determines a path from the location to the destination based on the map data, the current location and destination, and the social media content. The computing device sends information to display a virtual image of the path overlaid on a real-world view of the augmented reality display device, based on the direction of view and the incline level of view, of the augmented reality display device.
US09852544B2	Methods and systems for providing a preloader animation for image viewers Methods and systems for providing a preloader animation for image viewers is provided. An example method includes receiving an image of an object, determining an edge gradient value for pixels of the image, and selecting pixels representative of the object that have a respective edge gradient value above a threshold. The example method also includes determining a model of the object including an approximate outline of the object and structures internal to the outline that are oriented based on the selected pixels being coupling points between the structures, and providing instructions to display the model in an incremental manner so as to render given structures of the model over time.
US09852525B2	Method and apparatus for providing panorama image data A method and an apparatus for providing panoramic image data by reconstructing frame images captured by a panoramic imaging apparatus, are disclosed. In reconstruction of images with multiple image layers, sizes of images reconstructed with an image layer or images to be used for a reconstruction are scaled. An image is selected by analyzing sharpness. A panoramic image is provided by combining selected image. According to the present invention, parts having unclear focal planes may be completely removed in a panoramic image and it is possible to provide an image including only with focused regions.
US09852522B2	Image decoder, graphics processing system, image decoding method, and graphics processing method There is provided a graphics processing system that allows decompression of a compressed texture with high efficiency. The graphics processing system includes: a main memory; and a graphics processing unit, in which the graphics processing unit includes a run length decoding section adapted to run-length-decode a compressed texture, and a reciprocal spatial frequency conversion section adapted to restore the texture by performing reciprocal spatial frequency conversion on the run-length-decoded texture, and the main memory includes a texture pool adapted to partially cache the restored texture.
US09852519B2	Detection system A detection system including a light source, an image sensor and a processor is provided. The light source is configured to illuminate an object. The image sensor is configured to output a picture. The processor is configured to generate an IR picture and a color picture according to the picture captured by the image sensor, identify a skin-color object in the color picture and determine an object image in the IR picture according to the skin-color object.
US09852504B2	Automatic stent detection This invention relates generally to the detection of objects, such as stents, within intraluminal images using principal component analysis and/or regional covariance descriptors. In certain aspects, a training set of pre-defined intraluminal images known to contain an object is generated. The principal components of the training set can be calculated in order to form an object space. An unknown input intraluminal image can be obtained and projected onto the object space. From the projection, the object can be detected within the input intraluminal image. In another embodiment, a covariance matrix is formed for each pre-defined intraluminal image known to contain an object. An unknown input intraluminal image is obtained and a covariance matrix is computed for the input intraluminal image. The covariances of the input image and each image of the training set are compared in order to detect the presence of the object within the input intraluminal image.
US09852497B2	Per pixel mapping for image enhancement An aspect of the present invention proposes a solution to allow low-cost flat panel displays without light guides to maintain a high quality image display via enhancement of pixel data to account for non uniform brightness. According to one embodiment, each pixel of a display is mapped to the brightness (intensity) of illumination that reaches the pixel. Regional pixel gains are calculated and applied on a per pixel basis to compensate for the non-uniform brightness across the screen. According to such an embodiment, even low cost flat panel displays experiencing non-uniform brightness can be used to render high quality images.
US09852495B2	Morphological and geometric edge filters for edge enhancement in depth images A mechanism is described for facilitating three-dimensional (3D) depth imaging systems, and morphological and geometric filters for edge enhancement in depth images at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting an input digital image of an object, the digital image comprising data pixels contaminated by noise and confidence values corresponding to the data pixels, and computing a morphological filter by matching the confidence pixels in the input digital image with a set of matching templates, and using a set of masking templates to determine the data pixels and confidence pixels in the filtered image. The method further include computing an edge filter by performing computation of distances between the data pixels along a plurality of directions to determine an edge direction, and determining the data pixels and and the confidence pixels in a filtered image based on the edge direction. The method may further include applying at least one of the morphological filter and the edge filter to filter the digital image.
US09852493B2	Methods and systems for displaying a vertical profile for an aircraft procedure with nonuniform scaling Methods and systems are provided for presenting procedure information for a vertical profile on a display device associated with an aircraft. A method comprises displaying a first segment of the plurality of segments comprising a vertical profile with a first vertical scale and a first horizontal scale, wherein the first horizontal scale is based on a first distance associated with the first segment. The method further comprises displaying a second segment of the plurality of segments with the first vertical scale and a second horizontal scale, wherein the second horizontal scale is based on a second distance associated with the second segment. The first horizontal scale and the second horizontal scale are not equal. In this manner, the vertical profile has a nonuniform horizontal scale and a uniform vertical scale across segments.
US09852480B1	Data processing system for managing activities linked to multimedia content An Activity Management System, according to particular embodiments, is configured to provide a platform in which viewers may access multimedia content (e.g., one or more videos files, audio files, document files, image files, etc.). The Activity Management System is operable to present viewers with multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided in to segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with multimedia content, the user can provide one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, reactions, etc.) within a conversation area of a graphical user interface. The Activity Management System is operable to electronically link the activity provided by (e.g., submitted by, or associated with) the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system.
US09852479B2	Mechanism for reputation feedback based on real time interaction A method for confirming that a user interacted with a resource provider before allowing the user to submit feedback associated with the resource provider is disclosed. A social network provider can query entities that are aware of the user's interaction history before activating a feedback function. Also, non-sensitive information can be used to identify the user.
US09852478B2	Identifying influencers in computer networks Identifying influencers in a computer network by adjusting influence weights of corresponding participants of a computer network, where the influence weights relate to a topic, where each of the influence weights is adjusted in accordance with a predefined adjustment function, and where the predefined adjustment function uses a) the influence weight of any of the participants that disseminated content via the computer network, where the content relates to the participant whose influence weight is being adjusted, b) a participant topic similarity value of any of the participants that disseminated the content, where the participant topic similarity value relates to the topic, and c) a relationship topic similarity value of any relationship between the participants that disseminated the content and the participant whose influence weight is being adjusted, where the relationship topic similarity value relates to the topic, and then ranking the participants by their influence weights.
US09852474B2	Computerized composite risk and benefits apparatus and method A computerized composite risk and benefit product provides a plan participant with a “bank” of coverage through a self-funded trust, which the bank amount set based on the actuarially determined contribution amount paid by the participant. All claims paid are charged against the bank, such that when the bank is exhausted the plan is terminated. The product provides a comprehensive coverage package but a relatively low contribution due to the low underwriting risk resulting from the maximum possible claim amount being capped. Therefore, a comprehensive plan may be provided to a participant at a lower contribution.
US09852470B1	Time period analysis tools for wealth management transactions Enhanced processes, methods, tools, strategies, and techniques are provided for more effectively and efficiently processing, managing, analyzing, and communicating wealth related data and other financial information within a computing environment. In various embodiments, the analysis tools provided herein have been designed to correspond visually with a mental model employed by many clients in managing their wealth.
US09852463B2	Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include a merchant device, a client device and a payment processing device. The merchant device is adapted to allow a merchant to provide items for purchase via the network. The client device is adapted to allow a user to access the merchant device via the network and view the items for purchase. The client device is adapted to provide a payment mechanism to the user. The user generates a purchase request for an item by selecting the one item, dragging the item to the payment mechanism, and dropping the item over the payment mechanism. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the purchase request from the client device via the network and authorize the user to purchase the item from the merchant based on information passed with the purchase request.
US09852460B2	Systems and methods to provide search results based on time to obtain Systems and methods for providing search results based on time obtain an item are discussed. In an example, a method can include receiving a search query, generating search results, calculating a time to obtain for each listing in the search results, and arranging the search results for display. The search query can include a current location of a mobile device. The search results can include a plurality of listings, with each listing including a location. The locations representing either a physical location proximate the current location or a delivery time to the current location. The search results can be arranged for display in various manners according to the calculated time to obtain for each result.
US09852457B2	Method and system to facilitate transactions between organization registrants and merchandise suppliers A registration system receives a registration to participate with an organization and a merchandise purchase order from a participant. The registration and merchandise order is processed in a single shopping cart transaction by the organization. Provision of merchandise and order fulfillment is performed by a merchandise supplier of the merchandise that ships the merchandise ordered directly to the participant. Merchandise supplier is compensated through a separate agreement with the organization.
US09852442B2	Method and apparatus for providing customized selection of audio content over the internet using declared and behavior profile information A method an apparatus is provided for providing selected media files, which are chosen from among a plurality of media files, to a user over a packet-switched network such as the Internet. The method begins by receiving over the packet-switched network a request from the user to receive media content. Next, a user profile associated with the user is retrieved from a database. The user profile reflects user preferences in media content to be received over the packet-switched network. The plurality of media files are ranked based at least in part on the user profile. At least one highly ranked media file is selected from among the ranked plurality of media files. At least one of the highly ranked media files is forwarded to the user over the packet-switched network.
US09852438B2	Systems and methods for peer-to-peer reward points transfer over mobile devices A computer-implemented method for transferring reward points between mobile computing devices is implemented by a first mobile computing device. The method includes receiving a first reward points balance associated with a first reward points account, detecting a second mobile computing device associated with a second reward points account wherein the second reward points account has a second reward points balance, initiating a transfer request from the first mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device, and sending a transfer command to a rewards program computer system wherein the transfer command instructs the rewards program computer system to transfer the at least one reward point between the first reward points account and the second reward points account.
US09852435B2	Telemetrics based location and tracking A population activity mapping method may include detecting a plurality of wireless mobile devices within a geographic region. Individual wireless mobile devices may include a processor, a user interface, a transmitter and a receiver. The detecting operation may be performed by use of a wireless access point, a GPS satellite, and/or a base station, and may be performed at least two different points in time. Input data may be provided based upon the detecting operation. A distance and speed at which the mobile devices travel within the geographic region may be discerned dependent upon the input data. The discerning operation is performed by at least one processor of a computer network. A time and/or location at which salable output is to be made available and/or an amount of salable output to be made available may be determined dependent upon the discerning operation.
US09852428B2	Business unit outsourcing model Tools for configuring enterprise applications. In an aspect, an enterprise application can be configured to account for relationships between multiple business units within an enterprise, including without limitation relationships between the business functions provided by various business units. In another aspect, the disclosed tools provide a framework for identifying and/or defining relationships between business units. The tools might also provide a user interface for a user to identify one or more business units and/or business functions and defines a relationship between them. Based on this definition, an enterprise application can be configured to account for this relationship.
US09852427B2	Systems and methods for sanction screening In some examples, a computerized sanction screening system may include an automated system for collection of sanction information, and a routine for analyzing additional available data related to sanction information entities. The system may also include an automated analysis summary routine for creating condensed information subsets or graphlets containing relevant information about sanction entities, some of which can be entities themselves, organized in a data retrieval system, such that an automated transaction system can check data from transactions and automatically identify and flag potentially sanctioned transactions. Then upon exceeding a preset contextual limit, a potential blocking warning is issued.
US09852424B2	Speaker recognition and denial of a transaction based on matching a known voice print One-to-many comparisons of callers' voice prints with known voice prints to identify any matches between them. When a customer communicates with a particular entity, such as a customer service center, the system makes a recording of the real-time call including both the customer's and agent's voices. The system segments the recording to extract at least a portion of the customer's voice to create a customer voice print, and it formats the segmented voice print for network transmission to a server. The server compares the customer's voice print with multiple known voice prints to determine any matches, meaning that the customer's voice print and one of the known voice prints are likely from the same person. The identification of any matches can be used for a variety of purposes, such as determining whether to authorize a transaction requested by the customer.
US09852420B2	Systems and methods for providing a transaction card package assembly including sample product or service A transaction card package assembly comprising at least one transaction card, at least one sample product, and a card holder, and methods and system for processing the same.
US09852417B2	QR code-enabled P2P payment systems and methods Systems and methods are provided for facilitating peer-to-peer payment transactions using mobile devices. According to certain embodiments, a financial account for providing funds for a payment transaction is determined. User input including a payment amount for the payment transaction is received and a QR code that represents the payment amount is generated. The QR code is displayed on the display of a mobile device for purposes of scanning and processing by a second mobile device.
US09852416B2	System and method for authorizing a payment transaction A method for authorizing a mobile payment transaction is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server, a request to authorize a payment transaction which originates from a point of sale (POS) module. In an embodiment, the request includes payment information of the payment transaction and location information of the POS module. When the request is received, an authorizing client device for the payment transaction is identified based on the payment information and a disposition of the request to authorize the payment transaction is determined based on whether the authorizing client device is located within a predetermined proximity to the POS module.
US09852408B2	Systems and methods for capturing mail for electronic bill presentment A system and method of identifying a mailpiece (230) in an electronic bill presentment system is provided. The system identifies the mailpiece based on an identification mark. A method of identifying the mailpiece comprises (450) the steps of scanning the mailpiece for the identification mark (940). The system receives registration information (210, 410) from a customer and sorts the mailpiece based on the identification mark (950).
US09852400B2	System and method for detecting quitting intention based on electronic-communication dynamics A quitting-intention estimating system facilitates detecting an entity's intention to quit an organization. During operation, the system obtains recent electronic-communication information associated with the entity under investigation, such as an employee of a corporation, or a volunteer of a non-profit organization. The system can determine the entity's quitting intention by determining a plurality of recent communication features from the electronic-communication information, for example, by using a variety of feature-extracting modules that extract the features from the entity's electronic communications. The system then computes a quitting-intention value for the entity under investigation, using a quitting-intention estimating function that takes the recent communication features as input. The quitting-intention estimating function detects a change in the entity's behavior from previous communication features, and generates a quitting-intention value which indicates a likelihood that the change in the entity's behavior corresponds to an intention to quit the organization.
US09852398B1	Systems and methods for managing data in remote huddle sessions Systems and methods for managing data in remote huddle collaboration are disclosed. The system for managing data may include one or more software modules which may employ one or more methods for uploading, downloading, and distributing data required in remote huddle sessions. Such method may allow storage of data in databases for a subsequent access when requested. Data may be indexed and may use tags and meta-tags for a fast search and storage. Method for managing data may allow users to set permissions for the data access in order to organize duties and set confidentiality during remote huddle collaboration. In addition, the system for managing data may employ a method for searching data available for other huddles, this method may use one or more search engines employing data mining.
US09852395B2	Systems and methods for managing barcode information The invention provides systems and methods for managing identifier labels for use in tracking one or more associated products in a supply chain.
US09852384B2	Web-based visual representation of a structured data solution Information from a business application system, such as an ERP system, may be published to a business application user-generated web page for display to an end user and for collecting information from an end user to make available for download into the business application system. The user-generated web page may be defined as a web-based visual representation of a structured data solution, which may define data, data presentation, and data binding metadata for enabling a solution scenario, such as vendor enrollment, sourcing, time entry, job listings, vendor-managed inventory, sales lead capture, purchase order/invoicing, service contract renewal, and customer support requests, and the like. Business application users may be enabled to connect with potential and existing customers, partners, and vendors from within the business application system via the web-based visual representation, and additionally, may capture interactions directly into the business application system without IT dependency.
US09852380B2	Computing personalized probabilistic familiarity based on known artifact data Software that uses personalized information pertaining to a user to determine how familiar (or “novel” or “surprising”) a new artifact will be to the user, by performing the following steps: (i) receiving the identity of a first user; (ii) receiving a first dataset pertaining to the first user; (iii) receiving the identity of a first artifact; and (iv) applying a probabilistic familiarity algorithm to the first dataset with respect to the first artifact to yield a probabilistic familiarity value for the first artifact with respect to the first user. The first dataset is received over a computer network, and the first dataset includes at least one piece of personalized information for the first user.
US09852372B1	Reservoir computing device using external-feedback laser system Various Reservoir Computing systems and a method performed by a Reservoir Computing system are provided. A Reservoir Computing system includes a laser for emitting light. The Reservoir Computing system further includes a mirror for reflecting external feedback light back to the laser. The Reservoir Computing system also includes a modulator for modulating the external feedback light reflected back to the laser. The Reservoir Computing system additionally includes a photo-detector for converting a laser output signal to an electrical signal. The Reservoir Computing system further includes an analog-to-digital converter for sampling the electrical signal. The Reservoir Computing system also includes a controller for applying a learning algorithm to the sampled electrical signal.
US09852368B1	Advanced loyalty applications for powered cards and devices Advanced loyalty applications are provided to improve the functionality of cards and devices. For example, a user interface may be placed on a card (e.g., a physical button) or a telephonic device (e.g., a virtual button on a capacitive touch screen). Manual input provided to this user interface may, for example, cause a non-merchant product (e.g., insurance) to be purchased with a merchant purchase. The product can be paid for with debit, credit, gift card balance, or points. A code indicative of a user's desire to purchase the product may be communicated to a payment card reader (e.g., to a magnetic stripe reader via a magnetic stripe communications device). A display may be provided next to a button to allow a user to scroll, or toggle by pressing the button repeatedly, through different products (which may be merchant or non-merchant products).
US09852367B2	Jewellery with tag A piece of jewellery, wherein the jewellery comprises at least one tag or chip programmed with at least a unique identification code, and a tag reader is configured to read the tag or chip when the tag reader and the piece of jewellery touch, or come into close contact and, display a message or content associated with the unique identification code.
US09852364B2	Face track recognition with multi-sample multi-view weighting In one embodiment, a method determines known features for existing face tracks that have identity labels and builds a database using these features. The face tracks may have multiple different views of a face. Multiple features from the multiple faces may be taken to build the face models. For an unlabeled face track without identity information, the method determines its sampled features and finds labeled nearest neighbor features with respect to multiple feature spaces from the face models. For each face in the unlabeled face track, the method decomposes the face as a linear combination of its neighbors from the known features from the face models. Then, the method determines weights for the known features to weight the coefficients of the known features. Particular embodiments use a non-linear weighting function to learn the weights that provides more accurate labels.
US09852359B2	System, method, and recording medium for efficient cohesive subgraph identification in entity collections for inlier and outlier detection A similarity detection system receiving a plurality of input entities, the system including a cohesive subgraph identification device configured to calculate, based on attributes of the plurality of input entities, a first parameter and a second parameter based on the first parameter, and further configured to identify a plurality of subgraphs from the second parameter and a subgraph correlation tracking and clustering device configured to determine a relationship between different subgraphs based on a similarity factor between the second parameter and the plurality of subgraphs.
US09852354B2	Method and apparatus for image scoring and analysis Methods and apparatuses for analyzing digital pathology images are provided. The methods and apparatuses may provide estimates of staining intensity and proportion score in regions of interest within an image. Digital pathology images may be scored according to these metrics. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein utilize various predetermined thresholds, parameters, and models to increase efficiency and permit accurate estimation of characteristics of a stained tissue sample.
US09852350B2	Character string recognition device The present disclosure prevents erroneous recognition of a character string that is not actually contained in a video. In the present disclosure, a rectangular region extraction section (12) extracts a rectangular region string from an image contained in a video created by an image capture section (10), the rectangular region being a unit region for recognition of a character string. A recognition determination section (14) determines the rectangular region to be “true” in a case where conditions (a) and (b) are met or determines the rectangular region to be “false” in a case where at least one of the conditions (a) and (b) is not met, the condition (a) being such that the rectangular region does not overlap, by a certain percentage or more, another rectangular region contained in another image in the video, the another image being an immediately previous target of translation processing, the another rectangular region containing an actually recognized character string, the condition (b) being such that the rectangular region overlaps only either a first end region or a second end region, the first end region having a predetermined width and being located in a first end of the image, the second end region having a predetermined width and being located in a second end of the image which second end is opposite the first end. A character string recognition section (18) performs a character string recognition for the rectangular region in a case where the rectangular region is determined to be “false” and skips the character string recognition for the rectangular region in a case where the rectangular region is determined to be “true.”
US09852338B2	Biometric imaging method and device It is an objective of the present invention to provide a biometric imaging device comprising an optical lens component for performing optical imaging (including static image and dynamic image) on a biometric of a region of interest; an image sensor for converting an optical image of said biometric into an electronic image (including static image and dynamic image); and a micromotor controller for acquiring, delivering, or analyzing image quality information of the electronic image, analyzing in real time the definition of the image according to the image quality information of the electronic image, and feeding back said information in real time so as to adjust the optical lens component to perform autofocus control of the biometric of the region of interest.
US09852328B2	Emotion recognition in video conferencing Methods and systems for videoconferencing include recognition of emotions related to one videoconference participant such as a customer. This ultimately enables another videoconference participant, such as a service provider or supervisor, to handle angry, annoyed, or distressed customers. One example method includes the steps of receiving a video that includes a sequence of images, detecting at least one object of interest (e.g., a face), locating feature reference points of the at least one object of interest, aligning a virtual face mesh to the at least one object of interest based on the feature reference points, finding over the sequence of images at least one deformation of the virtual face mesh that reflect face mimics, determining that the at least one deformation refers to a facial emotion selected from a plurality of reference facial emotions, and generating a communication bearing data associated with the facial emotion.
US09852320B2	System for tracking items stored in a safe A radio-frequency identification (“RFID”) system for tracking items stored in a safe. The RFID safe system may include at least a safe and an RFID system. An RFID antenna may be fixed inside the safe. For example, the RFID antenna may fixed on an inner surface of a door to the safe such that the RFID antenna sends and receives signals across multiple angles as the safe door opens and closes.
US09852316B2	System and method for bulk RFID tag encoding A method for bulk encoding of RFID tags. The method may include printing a plurality of unencoded RFID labels, coupling each of the plurality of unencoded RFID labels to each of a plurality of products, packaging like products from the plurality of products coupled with the unencoded RFID labels together in a container, scanning the container holding the products with an RFID antenna, and encoding each of the unencoded RFID labels coupled to each of the plurality of like products in a container simultaneously with identical information for each container.
US09852307B2	Method of access to a local service of a device communicating via a terminal A method of access to a local service of a device communicating via a terminal, the method comprising steps of: access to the service via an access terminal by a communicating device; reading by the access terminal of data of the communicating device, the data being personal data relating to the communicating device and/or third-party service data; writing by the access terminal of the data of the communicating device, the third-party data written being chosen from among a set of third-party service data, the choice of the third-party data to be written by the access terminal being dependent on the choosing criteria.
US09852298B2	Configuring a system In response to starting a system including a first non-volatile memory containing system boot code, and a second non-volatile memory, provisioning of the second non-volatile memory is performed. The provisioning includes checking that the second non-volatile memory is uninitialized, and in response to determining that the second non-volatile memory is uninitialized, the system boot code is copied from the first non-volatile memory to the second non-volatile memory.
US09852294B1	Systems and methods for detecting suspicious applications based on how entry-point functions are triggered The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting suspicious applications based on how entry-point functions are triggered may include (1) identifying an application that is capable of accessing a data-access Application Programming Interface (API) programmed to provide access to sensitive information located on a computing system and/or a data-transfer API programmed to send information outside of the computing system, (2) identifying an entry-point function of the application whose execution results in a call to the data-access API and/or the data-transfer API, (3) determining how the entry-point function is triggered, (4) determining whether the application is suspicious based on how the entry-point function is triggered, and (5) performing a security action based on whether the application is suspicious. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09852290B1	Systems and methods of analyzing a software component A particular method includes generating, at a device, a first digital identifier of a first software component. The method also includes performing a comparison of the first digital identifier to one or more second digital identifiers in a database. The method further includes generating first data indicating recommended procedures to analyze the first software component based on the comparison.
US09852288B2	Securing data on a computing system The present subject matter relates to securing data on a computing system. In an example, a request to execute an application instance of the application is received. After receiving the request a role to be associated with the application instance may be identified based on one of user inputs, an object-role mapping, and a set of rules. Further, the application is executable in a plurality of application instances and the role of the application instance is indicative of a nature of activity to be performed in the application instance. The identified role is then associated with the application instance. Based on the role, data pertaining to the application instance may be stored in a memory location allocated to the role of the application instance. Further, each role has a dedicated memory location.
US09852285B2	Digital identity The disclosure relates to a digital identity system for creating a computer stored digital identity. The system includes a network interface configured to send and receive electronic messages, persistent electronic storage, a profile management module executing on a processor configured to receive from an entity an electronic message comprising a data item, extract the data item from the electronic message and store the data item in a digital profile in the persistent electronic storage. The system also includes a credential creation module executing on a processor, a publication module executing on a processor, and a receipt generation module executing on a processor.
US09852278B2	Method and apparatus for controlling lock/unlock state of terminal through voice recognition A method for controlling a terminal through a voice input is provided. The method includes receiving a voice input when the terminal is in a state in which the terminal is locked and performing an operation corresponding to the voice input if the voice input corresponds to a preset command.
US09852276B2	System and methods for validating and managing user identities A system and associated methods for validating and managing user identities are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a central computing system is configured for receiving and processing data related to an at least one user and associated identity. A user account is established and associated with each user, the account containing at least one of a unique account identifier, an identity score representing a quality rating of the user based on the at least one identity, and an identity table containing details related to the at least one identity. In at least one embodiment, the computing system is capable of selectively validating the at least one identity, dynamically calculating the identity score associated with the at least one user, and even leveraging select unique identifying data to create a persistent multi-factor authentication process in conjunction with a mobile device associated with the at least one user.
US09852275B2	Security device, methods, and systems for continuous authentication Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for securing a computing device. One security device includes a processor, memory and a connector. The memory includes a computer program that, when executed by the processor, performs a method. The method includes operations for detecting that the connector is coupled to a second computing device, and for determining a user associated with the security computing device. In addition, the method includes operations for receiving periodic images from an image capture device coupled to the second computing device, and for performing continuous authentication operations to validate an identification of the user based on the periodic images. The user is disabled from using the second computing device after an authentication operation fails.
US09852265B1	System and method of medical device alarm management Systems and methods of medical device alarm management include receiving alarm data from a plurality of medical devices. The alarm data includes a plurality of alarms from the plurality of medical devices. A summary of the received alarms from the plurality of medical devices is visually presented. Upon receiving a selection of a medical device of the plurality of medical devices, an identification of each of the alarms from the selected medical device is visually presented. A frequency of each of the alarms from the selected medical device is visually presented.
US09852263B2	Feeding set and enteral feeding pump A feeding set for use with a peristaltic enteral feeding pump to deliver nutritional liquid fluid to a patient includes a container having nutritional liquid. A conduit assembly includes tubing placeable in fluid communication with the container and adapted for mounting on the enteral feeding pump. The tubing provides a fluid pathway for delivering the nutritional liquid from the container to a patient when the tubing is mounted on the enteral feeding pump. An identification member is mounted on the conduit assembly and has at least one characteristic of a nutritional liquid associated with the feeding set represented by the identification member. The identification member is positioned on the conduit assembly so as to permit automatic identification by the enteral feeding pump of the at least one characteristic of the nutritional liquid upon mounting the conduit assembly on the enteral feeding pump.
US09852255B2	Method and apparatus for implementing periphery devices on a programmable circuit using partial reconfiguration A programmable circuit includes a physical interface at an input output (IO) periphery of the programmable circuit. The programmable circuit also includes a partial reconfigurable (PR) module, at the IO periphery of the programmable circuit, to implement a sequencer unit operable to configure the physical interface during a first instance of the PR module, and a controller unit operable to translate commands to the physical interface during a second instance of the PR module.
US09852251B2	Manipulating parameterized cell devices in a custom layout design A system, apparatus and computer-implemented method for manipulating a parameterized cell device into a custom layout design. The method begins by receiving at least one parameterized cell representing a physical circuit from, for example, a database or configuration file. The parameterized cell has a plurality of configurable attributes. The method continues by adjusting one of the configurable attributes of the parameterized cell according to a capability associated with the one attribute. The attributes may include one or more of a parameter mapping capability, a port mapping capability, an abutment capability, a directional extension capability, a channel width capability, and a boundary layer capability. The method then calculates a new configuration for the parameterized cell based upon the adjustment, and applies the new configuration for the parameterized cell to a layout of the represented physical circuit.
US09852250B2	Memory optimization in VLSI design using generic memory models Memory optimization of integrated circuit (IC) design using generic memory models is presented. One method includes accessing a register transfer level (RTL) description for the IC design that includes generic memory interface calls to generic memory models for each memory instance. The generic memory call interface includes a set of memory parameters. The method also includes processing the RTL description of the IC design as a step in a design flow for the IC design by processing specific memory models for the memory instances, wherein the specific memory model for each memory instance is generated from the generic memory model using the memory parameters corresponding to the memory instance. The method can also include generating specific memory models (e.g., simulation model, timing model, and layout model) for each memory instance based on a given set of values of memory parameters for the memory instance.
US09852238B2	4D vizualization of building design and construction modeling with photographs A system and method are disclosed for, using structure-from-motion techniques, projecting a building information model (BIM) into images from photographs taken of a construction site, to generate a 3D point cloud model using the BIM and, when combined with scheduling constraints, facilitates 4D visualizations and progress monitoring. One of the images acts as an anchor image. Indications are received of first points in the anchor image that correspond to second points in the BIM. Calibration information for an anchor camera is calculated based on the indications and on metadata extracted from the anchor image, to register the anchor image in relation to the BIM. A homography transformation is determined between the images and the anchor camera using the calibration information, to register the rest of the images with the BIM, where some of those images are taken from different cameras and from different angles to the construction site.
US09852229B2	System, method and computer program product for navigating content on a single page In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page. These mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page can enable optimized navigation of displayed content, more efficient content processing and resource use, increased content display speed, etc.
US09852225B2	Associating features with entities, such as categories of web page documents, and/or weighting such features Features that may be used to represent relevance information (e.g., properties, characteristics, etc.) of an entity, such as a document or concept for example, may be associated with the document by accepting an identifier that identifies a document; obtaining search query information (and/or other serving parameter information) related to the document using the document identifier, determining features using the obtained query information (and/or other serving parameter information), and associating the features determined with the document. Weights of such features may be similarly determined. The weights may be determined using scores. The scores may be a function of one or more of whether the document was selected, a user dwell time on a selected document, whether or not a conversion occurred with respect to the document, etc. The document may be a Web page. The features may be n-grams. The relevance information of the document may be used to target the serving of advertisements with the document.
US09852208B2	Discovering communities and expertise of users using semantic analysis of resource access logs Generating communities of users and discovering the expertise of those users are provided. Identifications of a plurality of users that accessed resources via a network, types of actions performed by the plurality of users on the resources, and names of the resources accessed by the plurality of users are extracted from retrieved resource access logs. The plurality of users are grouped into a plurality of different sets of users based on which resources were accessed and which type of actions were performed by each particular user within the plurality of users. The communities of users are generated based on each different set of users having a similarity with regard to the resources that were accessed and the types of actions that were performed by a particular set of users.
US09852207B2	Method for transporting relational data A method for transporting relational data from one relational database to another such database. The data transported may be a subset of data in the entire database and the relations between the root of this data and other data entities are preserved in a way allowing their reconstruction in the target database. This preservation, itself further directed through configuration, is able to recreate new data identifiers without collision, yet also without requiring maintenance of the original identifiers.
US09852206B2	Computer relational database method and system having role based access control In a method of controlling access to secured data, a repository operatively coupled to one or more databases storing secure data is employed to intercept a user query of one database of the one or more databases. A user who generated the user query and a user role assigned to the user is automatically determined from the intercepted query. The intercepted query is parsed. Security information of the identified objects is looked up in a metamodel stored in the one or more databases. Based on the determined user role and the identified objects to be filtered out of the user query, an expression tree to filter out secure data is automatically built and the user query is modified by appending the expression tree to the user query. The modified query is applied to the one database.
US09852205B2	Time-sensitive cube A time-sensitive cube data system is disclosed in which time-sensitive and/or time-series data objects are output in response to a user's operations on a time-sensitive OLAP cube. The time-sensitive and/or time-series data objects output by the time-sensitive cube data system may be displayed to the user in any way that may be advantageous to the user's understanding. The time-series objects output by the time-sensitive cube data system are more helpful than a single snapshot, as a user is able to see data trends over time.
US09852197B2	ETL tool interface for remote mainframes Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for remote job submission. A computer receives a first job of a job stream. If the first job accesses a mainframe operating system, then the computer retrieves at least a return code threshold for the first job from a data store. If an option to build job control language is selected for the first job, then the computer generates job control language for the first job. The computer submits the first job to a job reader on the mainframe operating system using a file transfer protocol. The computer parses a retrieved output file to determine a return code for the first job.
US09852196B2	ETL tool interface for remote mainframes Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for remote job submission. A computer receives a first job of a job stream. If the first job accesses a mainframe operating system, then the computer retrieves at least a return code threshold for the first job from a data store. If an option to build job control language is selected for the first job, then the computer generates job control language for the first job. The computer submits the first job to a job reader on the mainframe operating system using a file transfer protocol. The computer parses a retrieved output file to determine a return code for the first job.
US09852187B2	Search system and methods with integration of user annotations from a trust network Computer systems and methods incorporate user annotations (metadata) regarding various pages or sites, including annotations by a querying user and by members of a trust network defined for the querying user into search and browsing of a corpus such as the World Wide Web. A trust network is defined for each user, and annotations by any member of a first user's trust network are made visible to the first user during search and/or browsing of the corpus. Users can also limit searches to content annotated by members of their trust networks or by members of a community selected by the user.
US09852186B2	Managing risk with continuous queries Techniques for managing risks with continuous queries are provided. In some examples, a selection of a data object enabled to provide a real-time stream of business event data may be received. The selection may be received by a user associated with the business event data. Additionally, a continuous query language query may be generated. The query may be configured to monitor the real-time stream of business event data for a first metric. In some examples, the a risk indicator associated with a second metric that affects the first metric may be identified. Output events of a pre-existing continuous query language query may be listened to. Further, a real-time visualization of the first metric and/or the second metric may be provided.
US09852185B2	Approximate distinct counting in a bounded memory A table is processed to determine an approximate NDV for a plurality of groups. For each row, a group based is identified based on one or more group-by columns. A hashed valued is generated by applying a uniform hash function to a value in an NDV column. The hashed value is assigned to a particular bucket based on the values at a first set of bit positions in a binary representation of the hashed value. A bit position value is determined based on for a remaining portion of the binary representation of the hashed value. The bit position value is based on a number of ordered bits in the hashed value that match a particular bit pattern. For each group identified, a maximum bit position (MBP) table is generated. The MBP table stores, for one or more buckets, the maximum bit position value determined for hashed values assigned to a particular bucket.
US09852178B2	Traversing a SPARQL query and translation to a semantic equivalent SQL In an approach for semantically translating data. Aspects of an embodiment of the present invention include an approach for semantically translating data, wherein the approach includes a processor selecting a first node. A processor identifies a parent node of the first node. A processor determines that a value of the first node is unknown. A processor responsive to determining that the value of the first node is unknown, annotates the first node to indicate that the first node is at least partially unknown. A processor identifies a common table expression of the first node. A processor determines that the common table expression of the first node matches, within a predetermined threshold, a common table expression of the second node. A processor merges information from the common table expression of the second node with the common table expression of the first node.
US09852170B2	Index masking based on insert contention ratio Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and computer system for masking indexes. The method may include masking the index if the index contention exceeds a defined threshold. The method may also include configuring the mask type for the index to insert the index without masking. In response to determining that the mask type for the index is configured to insert the index without masking, the index is masked according to a set of rules.
US09852164B2	Task handling in a multisystem environment Task patterns may exist in completed tasks within a task handling system. A task pattern may comprise task data and metadata and an action that the task handling system uses to complete the task. A task pattern may be identified and compared with task patterns in a database. If the identified task pattern matches a task in the database, a task pattern count for the task in the database can be incremented. If this incrementing results in the task pattern count exceeding a threshold, then the system can search for and identify other active tasks that match the task pattern. The appropriate action for the task pattern can be applied to each of the matched active tasks and each of the active tasks can then be closed.
US09852154B2	Methods for transferring reserves when moving virtual machines across systems According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving device information from a source system; building a virtual device on a host system based at least in part on the received device information; at least one of: transferring a reserve of a device stored on a storage device to a target system; and receiving results of transferring the reserve to the target system; determining if the reserve is held by the target system; recording the reserve if the reserve is held by the target system; and sending a notification that the reserve is not held by the target system if the reserve is not held by the target system. Other methods are also described according to various embodiments.
US09852138B2	Content fabric for a distributed file system A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for providing content services on a distributed file system is discussed. These services may be applied to files, data blocks, and/or metadata. A content fabric that resides within or sits along side the distributed file system may apply the services.
US09852134B2	Dynamic document collection and custom portal creation Aspects include creating a profile for a user from user account data and a user activity log, searching an indexed repository for keywords matching elements from the user account data and the user activity log, and retrieving documents from the indexed repository that are identified based on the searching. Aspects further include creating a custom portal for the user that includes the documents.
US09852133B2	Scalable, schemaless document query model Query models for document sets (such as XML documents or records in a relational database) typically involve a schema defining the structure of the documents. However, rigidly defined schemas often raise difficulties with document validation with even inconsequential structural variations. Additionally, queries developed against schema-constrained documents are often sensitive to structural details and variations that are not inconsequential to the query, resulting in inaccurate results and development complications, and that may break upon schema changes. Instead, query models for hierarchically structured documents that enable “twig” queries specifying only the structural details of document nodes that are relevant to the query (e.g., students in a student database having a sibling named “Lee” and a teacher named “Smith,” irrespective of unrelated structural details of the document). Such “twig” query models may enable a more natural query development, and continued accuracy of queries in the event of unrelated schema variations and changes.
US09852121B2	Automatic relationship detection for spreadsheet data items A system for automatically detecting relationships in spreadsheet data is disclosed. The system may be configured to analyze data items in the spreadsheet to determine whether two or more data items are unrelated. If the two or more data items are unrelated, then the system may notify a user of a need to define the relationship, and automatically defines the relationship for the two or more data items, or suggests the relationship to the user.
US09852108B2	Processor including first transistor and second transistor Disclosed is a semiconductor device including an insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode embedded in the insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with the insulating layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, a gate insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer. The upper surface of the surface of the insulating layer, which is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, has a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness of 1 nm or less. There is a difference in height between an upper surface of the insulating layer and each of an upper surface of the source electrode and an upper surface of the drain electrode. The difference in height is preferably 5 nm or more. This structure contributes to the suppression of defects of the semiconductor device and enables their miniaturization.
US09852095B2	Suspend and resume in a time shared coprocessor Multiple clients may attempt to utilize a coprocessor engine within a coprocessor simultaneously. However, each engine may accomplish the particular function for which it is designed for one client at a time. Therefore, to transition from performing coprocessor engine operations between clients, the coprocessor engine may be suspended from performing operations for a first client so that it may begin performing operations for a second client. Prior to such transition, the coprocessor engine saves metadata about its operation state at the time of the suspend. At a subsequent time, when operations for the first client are to resume, the operating state of the coprocessor engine is determined utilizing the metadata and operations for the first client resume.

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