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US09893369B2	Managed access electrochemical energy generation system Described embodiments include a system and a method. A system includes a controllable electrochemical cell configured to output pulsed electric power. The controllable cell includes an electrolyte, and a first working electrode configured to transfer electrons to or from the electrolyte. The system includes a second working electrode configured to transfer electrons to or from the electrolyte. The system includes a gating electrode spaced-apart from the second working electrode and configured if biased relative to the second working electrode to modify an electric charge, field, or potential in the space between the electrolyte and the second working electrode. The system includes a control circuit configured to establish a nonlinear voltage-current property of the controllable cell in response to an externally originated trigger signal.
US09893356B2	Cathode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method of producing cathode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery The cathode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure mainly comprises a compound represented by a composition formula: LixNay(LiαNaβMn1−α−β)O2, where x, y, α, and β satisfy 0.75≦x≦1.0, 0
US09893337B2	Multi-phase electrolyte lithium batteries Electrode assemblies for use in electrochemical cells are provided. The negative electrode assembly includes negative electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the negative electrode. Such properties include reductive stability and ability to accommodate expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material. Similarly, the positive electrode assembly includes positive electrode active material and an electrolyte chosen specifically for its useful properties in the positive electrode. These properties include oxidative stability and the ability to prevent dissolution of transition metals used in the positive electrode active material. A third electrolyte can be used as separator between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. A cell is constructed with a cathode that includes a fluorinated electrolyte which does not penetrate into the solid-state polymer electrolyte separator between it and the lithium-based anode. Such an assembly improves charge transport properties without compromising the strength and durability of the separator.
US09893336B2	Biaxially stretched microporous film A biaxially stretched microporous film includes band-like polyethylene material having a film width of not less than 300 mm wherein distribution of physical properties in the film width direction and the thickness variation is less than 1.00 μm and air permeability variation is not greater than 50 seconds/100 mL. The polyethylene microporous film has excellent planarity and uniformity of physical properties required when used in a large-area configuration as a separator film of a lithium ion battery for automobiles or consumer electronics.
US09893335B2	Frame for portable electrical energy storage cells A portable electrical energy storage device is provided with a frame that includes a plurality of receptacles for receiving a portion of a portable electrical energy storage cell. A cap is provided over the plurality of receptacles and the portion of the portable electrical energy storage cells received in the frame. In some embodiments, a passageway extends between adjacent receptacles. Disposed within the passageway is a plug which exhibits more resistance to thermal energy migration than other portions of the frame that define the adjacent receptacles.
US09893334B2	Frame device for accommodating storage cells of an energy storage module The invention relates to a frame device (18) for accommodating storage cells (12) of an energy storage module (10), in particular a battery module, comprising—two plate-like closure elements (20) which form two ends (22, 24) of the frame device (18) that are opposite one another along an axis (14), —connection elements (30) which are arranged on mutually opposite sides (26, 28) of the frame device (18) and which extend from one end (22) to the other end (24) of the frame device (18) and mechanically connect the two closure elements (20) over a distance. For connection to the two closure elements (20), provision is made for each of the connection elements (30) to be provided at each of the ends thereof with a pin (42) which is oriented transversely to the axis (14) and which respectively engages in a cutout (40) in one of the closure elements (20) and is releasably fixed there by means of a respective latch-type securing element (32). The invention further relates to a corresponding energy storage module (10).
US09893330B2	Battery box body for light-fixture The invention discloses a battery box body for a light-fixture which comprises a battery box, wherein the battery box is provided with a battery compartment, a circuit board compartment as well as a battery cover and a circuit board cover which hermetically cover the battery compartment and the circuit board compartment in a matching manner, respectively. A recess capable of avoiding and accommodating a light-fixture is arranged in the outer wall of the battery box in an inwardly concave manner. The battery box structure can be matched and combined with a strip-like light-fixture in use, and the recess on the outer wall of the battery box structure can correspondingly accommodate the light-fixture, so that the battery box and the light-fixture are matched with each other and hung on the wall.
US09893319B2	Radiation-emitting organic component The invention relates to a radiation-emitting, organic component comprising a radiation-permeable carrier body (1) having a first surface (1a) on a top side of the carrier body (1), a radiation-permeable, structured layer (2) that is arranged on the first surface (1a) and covers same at least in places, a radiation-permeable first electrode (3) that is arranged on the side of the structured layer (2) facing away from the carrier body (1), a layer stack (10) that is arranged on the side of the first electrode (3) facing away from the structured layer (2) and comprises an organic, active region, and a second electrode (6), wherein the active region (10a) can be electrically contacted via the first electrode (3) and the second electrode (6), the structured layer (2) is different from the radiation-permeable carrier body (1), and the structured layer (2) comprises structures (2a) for refracting and/or scattering electromagnetic radiation generated in the active region (100) during operation.
US09893318B2	Organic light-emitting diode, array substrate and preparation method thereof, and display device The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode, an array substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The organic light-emitting diode comprises an anode, a cathode, a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the light-emitting layer, wherein the hole injection layer is provided therein with metal nanoparticles, and the frequency of a localized surface plasmon resonance of the metal nanoparticles is matched with the emission wavelength of the light-emitting layer. As the organic light-emitting diode is doped with metal nanoparticles in the hole injection layer and the resonance frequency of the localized surface plasmon of the metal nanoparticles is matched with the emission wavelength of the light-emitting layer, the metal nanoparticles are allowed to generate localized plasma resonance with photons, so that the light extraction efficiency of the organic light-emitting diode is enhanced.
US09893315B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a display device including a substrate, and a display unit disposed on the substrate. An encapsulating unit encapsulates the display unit. The encapsulating unit includes a barrier organic layer. The barrier organic layer includes a plurality of organic materials and a plurality of inorganic materials. The inorganic materials are arranged in free volumes between the organic materials.
US09893309B2	Organic electroluminescent display device and display apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose an organic electroluminescent display device and a display apparatus. The display device includes: a base substrate, and a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer and a second electrode arranged sequentially on the base substrate, the organic light emitting layer includes a first light emitting sub-layer and a second light emitting sub-layer arranged in stack, the first light emitting sub-layer having a coverage area less than that of the second light emitting sub-layer; a connecting layer is formed by an electron-transporting material and provided between the first light emitting sub-layer and the second light emitting sub-layer; and projection areas of a pattern of the connecting layer and the first light emitting sub-layer on the base substrate are overlapped with each other. It may suppress abnormal color of light from the organic light emitting layer and improve the luminescence efficiency of the display device.
US09893304B2	Organic metal complexes and organic electroluminescent devices comprising the same An organic metal complex and an organic electroluminescent device including the same are provided. The organic metal complex is represented by the formula of wherein Ar includes 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl or benzothienyl, and L includes acetylacetone, N,N-diisopropyl-benzamidinate or N,N-diisopropyl-diisopropyl-guanidinate. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes and an electroluminescent element disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the electroluminescent element includes the organic metal complex.
US09893301B2	Heterocyclic compounds and organic light-emitting devices including the same Heterocyclic compounds, synthetic methods for preparing the same, and organic light-emitting display devices comprising the same are described. The subject heterocyclic compounds may comprise an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring fused with a carbazole, dibenzothiophene, or dibenzofurane derivative, the compounds featuring rigid backbone structures with high glass transition temperatures and high melting points. The subject heterocyclic compounds may exhibit high electrical stability, improved charge transport ability, high heat resistance and improved light-emitting properties when used in organic light-emitting devices. Organic light-emitting display devices prepared according to the present invention exhibit lower driving voltages, increased luminescent efficiencies and longer lifetimes.
US09893298B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device comprises an emitting layer over an anode, the light emitting part having an emitting layer and an electron transporting layer, and a cathode on the light emitting part, wherein each of the emitting layer and the electron transporting layer includes a compound with the same core to facilitate electron transport from the electron transporting layer to the emitting layer.
US09893294B2	Organic small molecule semiconducting chromophores for use in organic electronic devices Small organic molecule semi-conducting chromophores containing a pyridalthiadiazole, pyridaloxadiazole, or pyridaltriazole core structure are disclosed. Such compounds can be used in organic heterojunction devices, such as organic small molecule solar cells and transistors.
US09893292B2	Materials for organic electroluminescence devices The present invention relates to novel materials which can be used in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, and are certain derivatives of fused aromatic systems.
US09893290B2	Composition and organic optoelectric device and display device A composition includes a first host compound including moieties represented by Chemical Formulae 1 to 3 that are sequentially bonded with each other, and a second host compound including at least one carbazole group with a substituent having hole characteristics,
US09893284B2	Method of manufacturing substrate of organic light-emitting display device A method of forming an organic material pattern film, the method including: forming partition walls on a first region of a first layer, the partition walls including a photosensitive compound including a resorcinarene, the resorcinarene including a perfluorocarbon group; forming a second layer including an organic material on a second region of the first layer, the second region being defined by the partition walls; removing the partition walls.
US09893283B2	Vapor deposition device, vapor deposition method, and organic electroluminescence element manufacturing method The present invention relates to a vapor deposition device for forming a film on a substrate, including: a vapor deposition chamber; a vapor deposition unit including a vapor deposition mask provided with an opening for pattern formation; and a transport mechanism that is configured to transfer at least one of the substrate and the vapor deposition unit relative to the other in a first direction perpendicular to the normal direction of the vapor deposition mask and that is configured to cause the substrate to rest temporarily at a resting position relative to the vapor deposition unit. The substrate includes a vapor-deposition-target region, and the region does not overlap the opening of the vapor deposition mask when the substrate is at the resting position. The vapor deposition chamber is provided with a first vent and a second vent.
US09893270B2	Method for manufacturing piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave element and piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave element A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave element by forming a sacrificial layer on a part of a primary surface of a substrate. A piezoelectric film sandwiched between a pair of electrodes is formed on the primary surface of the substrate so as to cover the sacrificial layer, the piezoelectric film being formed from scandium-containing aluminum nitride having a scandium atomic concentration with respect to the total number of scandium atoms and aluminum atoms of more than 24 atomic percent. An etching step of removing the sacrificial layer by etching is performed. Prior to the etching step, a protective film formed from aluminum nitride or scandium-containing aluminum nitride having a lower scandium atomic concentration than that of the piezoelectric film is provided so as to cover at least a part of a portion of the piezoelectric film located in a region in which the sacrificial layer is provided.
US09893268B2	Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric actuator, and electronic apparatus using the same Provided is a piezoelectric element containing no lead therein and having satisfactory and stable piezoelectric properties in a temperature range in which the piezoelectric element is used. In order to attain this, the piezoelectric element includes a substrate, a first electrode, a piezoelectric film, and a second electrode. The piezoelectric film contains barium zirconate titanate, manganese, and bismuth in a charge disproportionation state in which trivalent Bi and pentavalent Bi coexist. The piezoelectric film satisfies 0.02≦x≦0.13, where x is a mole ratio of zirconium to the sum of zirconium and titanium. A manganese content is 0.002 moles or more and 0.015 moles or less for 1 mole of barium zirconate titanate, and a bismuth content is 0.00042 moles or more and 0.00850 moles or less for 1 mole of barium zirconate titanate.
US09893266B2	Piezoelectric film element, and piezoelectric film device including piezoelectric film including alkali niobate-based perovskite structure A piezoelectric film element includes a substrate, and a piezoelectric film including an alkali niobate-based perovskite structure expressed in a composition formula (K1-xNax)NbO3 (0.4≦x≦0.7) formed on the substrate, the piezoelectric film including an etching cross section including a tapered inclined portion which is enlarged toward an outside. The inclined portion includes a slope angle made by a slope connecting an upper surface edge and a bottom surface edge of the piezoelectric film and a bottom surface of the piezoelectric film, and the slope angle is not greater than 70°.
US09893265B2	Crystal resonation device and production method therefor A crystal resonation device that includes a base plate, a cap, a joining material, and a crystal resonator. The cap is provided on the base plate. The cap forms a sealed space with the base plate. The joining material joins the base plate and the cap. The joining material contains a cured material of thermosetting resin. The crystal resonator is provided on the base plate in the sealed space. The joining material is located in an outer side portion of a wall of the cap joined to the joining material.
US09893261B1	Structurally embedded and inhospitable environment systems and devices having autonomous electrical power sources A method for producing an electrically-powered device and/or component that is embeddable in a solid structural component is provided. The electrically powered device includes an attached autonomous electrical power source in a form of a unique, environmentally-friendly structure that is configured to transform thermal energy at any temperature above absolute zero to an electric potential without any external stimulus including physical movement or deformation energy. The autonomous electrical power source component provides a mechanism for generating renewable energy as primary for the electrically-powered device and/or component once an integrated structure including the electrically-powered device is deployed in an environment that restricts future access to the electrical power source for servicing, recharge, replacement, replenishment or the like. The structure of the autonomous electrical power source component converts minimal thermal energy to a usable electrical power potential over a sustained period of time without external disturbance to the power source.
US09893254B1	Structure of high temperature resistant reflecting layer of light-emitting diode A structure is presented as a laminar structure having a first electrode, light-emitting diode epitaxial layer, silver reflecting layer, current barrier layer, metallic buffer layer, bonding layer, substrate and second electrode in turn, the silver reflecting layer covering the light-emitting diode epitaxial layer and having a bare region distributed as a pattern, the bare region being filled with a high temperature enduring reflecting material, the current barrier layer being patterned to be distributed over the silver reflecting layer in correspondence with the bare region, the metallic buffer layer separating the current barrier layer while covering the silver reflecting layer, whereby high temperature generated by the current barrier layer is sustained by the reflecting material to prevent the silver reflecting layer from cracking when being contacted with the high temperature of the current barrier layer and then ensure luminous efficiency of the light-emitting diode. Thus, the usage requirement is fulfilled.
US09893252B2	White LED, backlight module and liquid crystal display device A white LED, which includes a substrate, at least one monochromatic LED chip disposed on the substrate, a reflector cup disposed on the substrate and surrounding the monochromatic LED chip, an encapsulating colloid filled in the reflector cup to seal the monochromatic LED chip, and a first quantum dot structure and a second quantum dot structure sealed in the encapsulating colloid, and light generated by the monochromatic LED chip, light generated by exciting the first quantum dot structure and light generated by exciting the second quantum dot structure are mixed to form a white light. A backlight module having the white LED and a liquid crystal display device having the backlight module is also disclosed.
US09893250B1	Light emitting device having silicone resin-based sealing member A light emitting device includes at least one light emitting element including a plurality of semiconductor layers; and a light transmissive sealing member covering the at least one light emitting element. The light transmissive sealing member comprises a light transmissive sealing resin containing a silicone resin having a siloxane bond scaffold having methyl and phenyl groups as a principal ingredient. The light transmissive sealing resin has a refractive index in a range between 1.45 and 1.52, a durometer type D hardness at 25° C. specified by JIS K 6253 in a range between 20 and 70, and a DMA tan δ-based glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range between 20° C. and 70° C.
US09893248B2	Substrate for changing color of light emitting diode and method for producing same The present invention relates to a substrate for changing the color of a light emitting diode and a method for producing same and, more particularly, to a substrate for changing the color of a light emitting diode and a method for producing same, wherein the substrate may be hermetically sealed so that quantum dots (QD) contained inside may be completely protected from the outside and emission efficiency of the light emitting diode may be enhanced.
US09893239B2	Method of manufacturing light emitting device A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting element; and forming a protective film on a surface of the light emitting element, wherein the step of forming the protective film includes: (i) providing first quantity of oxygen at the surface of the light emitting element, (ii) combining a first quantity of a first metal with the first quantity of oxygen, (iii) combining a second quantity of oxygen with the first quantity of metal, (iv) combining a first quantity of a second metal, different from the first metal, with the second quantity of oxygen and first quantity of the first metal, and (v) combining a third quantity of oxygen with the first quantity of the second metal.
US09893233B2	Light emitting diode and manufacturing method therefor A light emitting diode and a manufacturing method therefore are provided. The light emitting diode includes at least: a first light emitting structure, formed on a substrate, in which a first n-GaN layer, a first active layer and a first p-GaN layer are sequentially layered; a first n-type electrode formed on one side of the upper part of the first n-GaN layer; a current diffusion layer, formed on the first light emitting structure, in which at least one hole is arranged; and a second light emitting structure in which a second p-GaN layer, which is formed in a region of a conductive layer in which at least one hole is arranged, and a second active layer and a second n-GaN layer, which are formed on the second p-GaN layer, are sequentially layered.
US09893232B2	Method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component and optoelectronic semiconductor component The invention provides an optoelectronic semiconductor component and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component (10), comprising the following steps: A) arranging at least one semiconductor chip (2) on a carrier (1), B) applying an electrically insulating photoresist (3) to a top side (1a) of the carrier (1) and to the semiconductor chip (2), C) curing the photoresist (3) with a baking step, D) patterning the photoresist (3) by exposure, F) developing the photoresist (3), wherein the photoresist (3) is removed at least from a radiation penetration surface (2b) of the semiconductor chip (2), G) again curing the photoresist (3) with a baking step, and H) applying an electrically conductive contact layer (4) to the photoresist (3), wherein the electrically conductive contact layer (4) is in places at a distance (A) from a marginal surface (3a) of the photoresist (3) which faces towards the semiconductor chip (2), wherein the marginal surface (3a) facing towards the semiconductor chip (2) is exposed in places.
US09893217B2	Radio frequency transparent photovoltaic cell A radio frequency transparent photovoltaic cell includes a back contact layer formed of an electrically conductive material, at least one aperture formed in the back contact layer, and at least one photovoltaic cell section disposed on the back contact layer. An airship includes one or more radio frequency antennas disposed in an interior of the airship. One or more radio frequency transparent photovoltaic cells are disposed on an outer surface of the airship.
US09893203B2	Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same One or more exemplary embodiments disclose a thin film transistor array panel and a manufacturing method thereof including a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, the gate line including a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, and the semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor, a data wire layer above the semiconductor layer, the data wire layer including a data line, a source electrode coupled to the data line, and a drain electrode facing the source electrode, and a metal phosphorus oxide layer configured to cover the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US09893202B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device has a first step including a step of forming an oxide semiconductor film, a second step including a step of forming a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film and a step of forming a gate electrode over the gate insulating film, a third step including a step of forming a nitride insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, a fourth step including a step of forming an oxide insulating film over the nitride insulating film, a fifth step including a step of forming an opening in the nitride insulating film and the oxide insulating film, and a sixth step including a step of forming source and drain electrodes over the oxide insulating film so as to cover the opening. In the third step, the nitride insulating film is formed through at least two steps: plasma treatment and deposition treatment. The two steps are each performed at a temperature higher than or equal to 150° C. and lower than 300° C.
US09893193B2	Thin-film transistor including a gate electrode with a side wall insulating layer and display device A method of fabricating a thin-film transistor includes: forming an oxide semiconductor layer above a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer above the oxide semiconductor layer; forming a gate electrode above the gate insulating layer; forming a cover layer on the gate electrode; forming a side wall insulating layer on a side wall portion of the gate electrode by heat treatment, after the forming of a cover layer; forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, after the forming of a side wall insulating layer; and forming, above the interlayer insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer.
US09893190B2	Fin FET and method of fabricating same A fin field effect transistor (fin FET) is formed using a bulk silicon substrate and sufficiently guarantees a top channel length formed under a gate, by forming a recess having a predetermined depth in a fin active region and then by forming the gate in an upper part of the recess. A device isolation film is formed to define a non-active region and a fin active region in a predetermined region of the substrate. In a portion of the device isolation film a first recess is formed, and in a portion of the fin active region a second recess having a depth shallower than the first recess is formed. A gate insulation layer is formed within the second recess, and a gate is formed in an upper part of the second recess. A source/drain region is formed in the fin active region of both sides of a gate electrode.
US09893189B2	Method for reducing contact resistance in semiconductor structures Semiconductor structures and methods reduce contact resistance, while retaining cost effectiveness for integration into the process flow by introducing a heavily-doped contact layer disposed between two adjacent layers. The heavily-doped contact layer may be formed through a solid-phase epitaxial regrowth method. The contact resistance may be tuned by adjusting dopant concentration and contact area configuration of the heavily-doped epitaxial contact layer.
US09893176B2	Silicon-carbide trench gate MOSFETs In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a silicon carbide (SiC) trench gate MOSFET with improved operation due, at least in part, to a reduced gate capacitance. In the SiC trench gate MOSFET, a thick gate oxide can be formed on a bottom surface of the gate trench and a built-in channel, having a vertical portion and a lateral portion, can be formed to electrically connect a vertical inversion-layer channel, such as in a channel stopper layer, to a vertical JFET channel region and a drift region.
US09893175B2	Integrated circuit with a power transistor and a driver circuit integrated in a common semiconductor body An integrated circuit includes a power transistor and a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes at least one drive transistor. The power transistor and the at least one drive transistor are integrated in a common semiconductor body. The power transistor includes at least one transistor cell with a source region, a body region, a drift region, a drain region, and a gate electrode adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric. The at least one drive transistor includes active device regions integrated in a well-like structure comprising dielectric sidewall layers.
US09893171B2	Fin field effect transistor fabrication and devices having inverted T-shaped gate A method of forming a fin field effect transistor (finFET), including forming a temporary gate structure having a sacrificial gate layer and a dummy gate layer on the sacrificial gate layer, forming a gate spacer layer on each sidewall of the temporary gate structure, forming a source/drain spacer layer on the outward-facing sidewall of each gate spacer layer, removing the dummy gate layer to expose the sacrificial gate layer, removing the sacrificial gate layer to form a plurality of recessed cavities, and forming a gate structure, where the gate structure occupies at least a portion of the plurality of recessed cavities.
US09893165B2	Method for manufacturing array substrate and manufacturing device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a manufacturing method for an array substrate and corresponding manufacturing device, which belong to the technical field of metal oxide semiconductor. The method comprises: forming an active layer, a gate insulating layer and a gate metal layer successively on a substrate; forming a gate pattern with a gate photoresist pattern on the substrate having the gate metal layer; altering a temperature of the gate photoresist pattern, so as to enable the width of the gate photoresist sub-pattern in the gate photoresist pattern to be changed; forming lightly doped drains (LDDs) at two sides of a preset area of the active layer sub-pattern in the active layer of the substrate having the changed gate photoresist pattern, the preset area being a projection area of the gate sub-pattern on the active layer sub-pattern, the length of each of the LDDs being (a−b)/2, wherein a is the width of the gate photoresist sub-pattern in the changed gate photoresist pattern, b is the width of the gate sub-pattern; stripping the changed gate photoresist pattern. The embodiment of the present invention mitigates or alleviates the problem of relatively low control flexibility and relatively poor feasibility to the LDD length, which improves the control flexibility and feasibility to the LDD length, and can be used for manufacturing an array substrate.
US09893156B2	Segmented field plate structure A device includes a transistor formed over a substrate. The transistor includes a source structure, a drain structure, and a gate structure. A dielectric layer is formed over the transistor, and a plurality of vias are electrically connected to the source structure. A metal layer is formed over the dielectric layer. The metal layer includes a field plate over the gate structure, a plurality of contact pads over each via, and a plurality of fingers interconnecting each one of the plurality of contact pads to the field plate.
US09893136B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate on which is included pixel columns extending in a column direction and adjacent to each other in a row direction, data lines extending in the column direction and adjacent to each other and between the pixel columns in the row direction, a power source line extending in the column direction, a scan line extending in the row direction, a switching transistor connected to the scan line and one of the data lines, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor, an OLED connected to the driving transistor, and a storage capacitor including a first storage capacitor plate and a second storage capacitor plate overlapping the first storage capacitor plate in a thickness direction, connected to the power source line, and having a portion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction.
US09893132B2	OLED display device and manufacture method thereof The present invention provides an OLED display device and a manufacture method thereof, and the OLED display device comprises a first substrate (100), a second substrate (200) spaced and oppositely located with the first substrate (100), a plurality of thin film transistors (101) located at an inner surface of the first substrate (100), a transparent anode (201) located at an inner surface of the second substrate (200), a plurality of partition walls (202) located on the transparent anode (201), transmission holes (203) formed among the partition walls (202), an organic layer (204) located on the transparent anode (201) and in the transmission holes (203), a metal cathode (205) located on the organic layer (204) and the partition walls (202), and the metal cathode (205) is electrically connected to a drain of the thin film transistor (101). The OLED display device possesses a high aperture ratio and high transmittance. The manufacture method of the OLED display device provided by the present invention can manufacture an OLED display device with a high aperture ratio and high transmittance, and promote the yield and the productivity.
US09893129B2	Method for fabricating COA array substrate, array substrate and display device A method for fabricating a COA array substrate, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The fabrication method comprises the following steps: forming a protection layer (12) on the TFT substrate (11); coating a photoresist layer (21) on the protection layer (12), the photoresist layer (12) functioning as a planarized layer (14), wherein the TFT substrate (11) comprises a substrate (111) and a TFT (112); forming a color filter receiving hole (32) in the photoresist layer (21) through a photolithography process; fabricating the color filter layer (31) in the color filter receiving hole (32). The above fabrication method can reduce the complexity and cost of conventional method for fabricating the array substrate.
US09893125B2	Organic light emitting diode display device including overlapping color filters Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device for preventing a dark spot (dead pixel). The OLED display device includes a white OLED disposed in each of a plurality of pixels, a driving circuit unit disposed in each of the plurality of pixels, a first color filter disposed between the white OLED and the driving circuit unit, and a second color filter or a third color filter configured to overlap the first color filter between the white OLED and the driving circuit unit.
US09893123B2	Image sensor including photoelectric conversion devices An image sensor includes a substrate comprising a first face and a second surface which faces the first surface and on which light is incident, a semiconductor photoelectric conversion device on the substrate, a gate electrode located between the first surface of the substrate and the semiconductor photoelectric conversion device and extending in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface, and an organic photoelectric conversion device stacked on the second surface of the substrate.
US09893121B2	Magnetic memory and method of manufacturing magnetic memory According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory includes a first metal layer including a first metal, a second metal layer on the first metal layer, the second metal layer including a second metal which is more easily oxidized than the first metal, the second metal layer having a first sidewall portion which contacts the first metal layer, and the second metal layer having a second sidewall portion above the first sidewall portion, the second sidewall portion which steps back from the first sidewall portion, a magnetoresistive element on the second metal layer, a third metal layer on the magnetoresistive element, and a first material which contacts a sidewall portion of the magnetoresistive element and the second sidewall portion of the second metal layer, the first material including an oxide of the second metal.
US09893120B2	Semiconductor structure and method of forming the same The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure includes a bottom electrode via (BEVA), a recap layer on the BEVA, and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer over the recap layer. The BEVA includes a lining layer over a bottom and a sidewall of a trench of the BEVA, and electroplated copper over the lining layer, filling the trench of the BEVA. The recap layer overlaps a top surface of the lining layer and a top surface of the electroplated copper.
US09893118B2	Light emitting device and method for fabricating the same A light emitting device that includes a conductive substrate, an insulating layer on the conductive substrate, a plurality of light emitting device cells on the insulating layer, a connection layer electrically interconnecting the light emitting device cells, a first contact section electrically connecting the conductive substrate with at least one light emitting device cell, and a second contact section on the at least one light emitting device cell.
US09893113B2	Radiation detection apparatus and radiation imaging system A radiation detection apparatus includes a planar detection unit which has a two-dimensional array of elements which obtain electrical signals based on radiation, and detects radiation upon irradiation, a driving circuit which drives switches for causing the elements to output the electrical signals, an obtaining circuit which obtains the electrical signals from the elements in accordance with the switches being driven, a support base on which the driving circuit and the obtaining circuit are arranged, and a conductive member having a part which is arranged in front of the detection unit when viewed from a radiation source which performs irradiation with radiation used for imaging and is electrically connected to ground of the driving circuit and ground of the obtaining circuit.
US09893110B2	Method of manufacturing solid-state image sensor, solid-state image sensor, and camera A method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor is provided. The method comprises preparing a structure which is covered by a protective film, depositing a first material by using a first color filter material on the protective film, forming a first color filter from the first material, depositing a second material by using a second color filter material after the forming the first color filter and forming a second color filter from the second material. An upper surface of the protective film has a concave portion. A part of the first material enters the concave portion in the depositing the first material, the first material is patterned so as to form a member in the concave portion from the first material in the forming the first color filter and the second material covers the member in the depositing the second material.
US09893100B2	Semiconductor optical device integrating photodiode with optical waveguide and method of forming the same A semiconductor optical device that integrates photodiodes (PDs) and optical waveguides coupling with the PDs and a method of forming the semiconductor optical device are disclosed. The optical waveguides in a portion in the lower cladding layer thereof provides a modified layer that forms a conduction barrier of the lower cladding layer. The modified layer is formed by converting the conduction type thereof or implanting protons therein. The modified layer prevents the electrical coupling between PDs through the waveguides.
US09893090B2	Array substrate and fabrication method thereof, and display device An array substrate and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises a gate line and a data line intersecting with each other. The data line and the gate line are formed in a same layer on a substrate, the data line is disconnected in a region of the gate line. A connection pattern is formed in the region of the gate line, the connection pattern is insulated from the gate line, and ends of the data line located on both sides of the gate line are electrically connected by the connection pattern.
US09893088B2	Thin film transistor device, method for manufacturing same and display device A thin film transistor device including: a substrate; a gate electrode; an electrode pair composed of a source electrode and a drain electrode; a channel layer; and a passivation layer. The channel layer is made of an oxide semiconductor. The passivation layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer layered one on top of another in this order with the first layer closest to the substrate. The first layer is made of one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride, the second layer is made of an Al compound, and the third layer is made of one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride.
US09893083B1	Elevationally-extending strings of memory cells individually comprising a programmable charge storage transistor and methods of processing silicon nitride-comprising materials A method comprises forming material to be etched over a substrate. An etch mask comprising a silicon nitride-comprising region is formed elevationally over the material. The etch mask comprises an elevationally-extending mask opening in the silicon nitride-comprising region that has a minimum horizontal open dimension that is greater in an elevationally-innermost portion of the region than in an elevationally-outermost portion of the region. The elevationally-outermost portion has a greater etch rate in at least one of HF and H3PO4 than does the elevationally-innermost portion. The etch mask is used as a mask while etching an elevationally-extending mask opening into the material. The silicon nitride-comprising region is exposed to at least one of HF and H3PO4 to increase the minimum horizontal open dimension in the elevationally-outermost portion to a greater degree than increase, if any, in the minimum horizontal open dimension in the elevationally-innermost portion. Other aspects and embodiments, including structure independent of method of manufacture, are disclosed.
US09893078B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a conducting layer and an insulating layer that are disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pillars that extend in a direction which crosses a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plate that is disposed between the plurality of pillars and extends in the same direction as the pillars. A surface of the plate, which faces the pillars, has convex portions and non-convex portions.
US09893069B2	Semiconductor device having buried gate structure and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a device isolation region defining an active region in a substrate, and gate structures buried in the active region of the substrate. At least one of the gate structures includes a gate trench, a gate insulating layer conformally formed on an inner wall of the gate trench, a gate barrier pattern conformally formed on the gate insulating layer disposed on a lower portion of the gate trench, a gate electrode pattern formed on the gate barrier pattern and filling the lower portion of the gate trench, an electrode protection layer conformally formed on the gate insulating layer disposed on an upper portion of the gate trench to be in contact with the gate barrier pattern and the gate electrode pattern, a buffer oxide layer conformally formed on the electrode protection layer, and a gate capping insulating layer formed on the buffer oxide layer to fill the upper portion of the gate trench.
US09893064B2	Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, first and second fin-type active areas which extend in a first direction on the substrate, first and second gate lines on the substrate that extend in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and first and second contact structures. The first and second gate lines intersect the first and second fin-type active areas, respectively. The first contact structure is on the first fin-type active area at a side of the first gate line and contacts the first gate line. The second contact structure is on the second fin-type active area at a side of the second gate line. The first contact structure includes a first lower contact including metal silicide and a first upper contact on the first lower contact. The second contact structure includes a second lower contact including metal silicide and a second upper contact on the second lower contact.
US09893060B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a core device, and an input/output (I/O) device. The core device is disposed on the substrate. The core device includes a first gate electrode having a bottom surface and at least one sidewall. The bottom surface of the first gate electrode and the sidewall of the first gate electrode intersect to form a first interior angle. The I/O device is disposed on the substrate. The I/O device includes a second gate electrode having a bottom surface and at least one sidewall. The bottom surface of the second gate electrode and the sidewall of the second gate electrode intersect to form a second interior angle greater than the first interior angle of the first gate electrode.
US09893052B2	FinFET-based ESD devices and methods for forming the same A semiconductor device includes semiconductor fins on semiconductor strips on a substrate. The semiconductor fins are parallel to each other. A gate stack is over the semiconductor fins, and a drain epitaxy semiconductor region is disposed laterally from a side of the gate stack and on the semiconductor strips. A first dielectric layer is over the substrate, and the first dielectric layer has a first metal layer. A second dielectric layer is over the first dielectric layer, and the second dielectric layer has a second metal layer. Vias extend from the second metal layer and through the first dielectric layer, and the vias are electrically coupled to the drain epitaxy semiconductor region.
US09893051B2	LED chip having ESD protection Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode chip having ESD protection. An exemplary embodiment provides a flip-chip type light emitting diode chip, which includes a light emitting diode part aligned on a substrate, and a reverse-parallel diode part disposed on the substrate and connected to the light emitting diode part. Within the flip-chip type light emitting diode chip, the light emitting diode part is placed together with reverse-parallel diode part, thereby providing a light emitting diode chip exhibiting strong resistance to electrostatic discharge.
US09893047B2	Manufacture of wafer—panel die package assembly technology Disclosed is a process, structure, equipment and apparatus directed to a low cost, high volume approach for the assembly of ultra small die to three-dimensional (3D) or 2.5D semiconductor packages.
US09893043B2	Method of manufacturing a chip package Chip packages and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a chip package includes: stacking a second chip on a first chip, wherein a first interconnect including a support structure and a bonding structure is disposed between the first chip and the second chip; bonding the first chip and the second chip via a thermal process applied to the bonding structure of the first interconnect; stacking a third chip on the second chip, wherein a second interconnect including a support structure and a bonding structure is disposed between the second chip and the third chip; bonding the second chip and the third chip via the thermal process applied to the bonding structure of the second interconnect; and reflowing the bond between the first and second chips and simultaneously reflowing the bond between the second and third chips.
US09893035B1	Stacked package structure and manufacturing method thereof A stacked package structure includes a first package structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first package structure includes a least one first die having a first active region disposed at a bottom of the first die; a first redistribution layer disposed on the top surface of the first die; and a plurality of first bumps disposed on the bottom surface of the first active region.
US09893025B2	High isolation wideband switch A high isolation wideband switch is disclosed. In one aspect, the switch includes an integrated circuit package having an integrated circuit die with a first plurality of leads that is positioned on a package substrate that has a second plurality of leads. The first leads of the integrated circuit die are connected to the second the leads of the package substrate via bond wires and a first electrical coupling occurs between the first leads and the integrated circuit die in response to an RF signal applied to the integrated circuit package. The bond wires have a second electrical coupling in response to the RF signal and the bond wires are arranged such that the second electrical coupling is matched to the first electrical coupling within a selected frequency band so as to reduce the overall electrical coupling of the integrated circuit package for RF signals within the selected frequency band.
US09893024B2	Light emitting device The present disclosure provides a light emitting device including a serially-connected LED array comprising a plurality of LED cells on a substrate. The serially-connected LED array includes a first LED cell, a second LED cell, and a serially-connected LED sub-array comprising at least three LED cells intervening between the first and second LED cell; and a plurality of conducting metals formed on the LED cells to electrically connect the plurality of LED cell in series; wherein among the LED sub-array which are continuously and sequentially connected by the conducting metals, each LED cell connects to a previous LED cell by a first connecting direction and connects to a next LED cell by a second connecting direction, the first connecting direction is not parallel to the second connecting direction.
US09893012B2	Advanced e-fuse structure with hybrid metal controlled microstructure A structure and method for fabricating an e-Fuse device in a semiconductor device is described. A method for fabricating an e-Fuse device includes providing a trench structure including an anode region, a cathode region and a fuse element which interconnects the anode and cathode regions in a dielectric material on a first surface of a substrate. The fuse element has a smaller cross section and a higher aspect ratio than the anode and cathode regions. An aspect ratio reducing layer is selectively formed in the anode and cathode regions of the trench while leaving the fuse element region of the trench substantially free of the aspect ratio reducing layer. The trench is filled with copper, both over the aspect ratio reducing layer in the anode and cathode regions and in the fuse element region. The copper is annealed to create a large grained copper structure in the anode and cathode regions and a fine grained copper structure in the fuse element. Another aspect of the invention is an e-Fuse device. The e-Fuse device includes an anode region, a cathode region and a fuse element which interconnects the anode and cathode regions in a dielectric material on a first surface of a substrate. The fuse element has a smaller cross section and a higher aspect ratio than the anode and cathode regions. The anode and cathode regions are comprised of a large grained copper layer and an aspect ratio reducing layer, and the fuse element is comprised of a fine grained copper structure.
US09893009B2	Duplicate layering and routing In some embodiments, a semiconductor arrangement comprises a stacked interconnect structure comprising a first interconnect structure and a second interconnect structure. The stacked interconnect structure has a relatively larger aspect ratio than the first interconnect structure or the second interconnect structure, which reduces resistivity and improves performance. In some embodiments, a duplicate interconnect path is inserted into a design layout for a semiconductor arrangement. The duplicated interconnect path provides an additional path between a first net and a second net connected by an interconnect path. Connecting the first net and the second net by the interconnect path and the duplicated interconnect path reduces resistivity and improves performance. In some embodiments, a semiconductor arrangement comprises cell pin operatively coupled to a duplicate cell pin. The cell pin and the duplicate cell pin are operatively coupled to a logic structure to reduce resistivity and improve performance.
US09893008B2	High voltage polymer dielectric capacitor isolation device An electronic isolation device is formed on a monolithic substrate and includes a plurality of passive isolation components. The isolation components are formed in three metal levels. The first metal level is separated from the monolithic substrate by an inorganic PMD layer. The second metal level is separated from the first metal level by a layer of silicon dioxide. The third metal level is separated from the second metal level by at least 20 microns of polyimide or PBO. The isolation components include bondpads on the third metal level for connections to other devices. A dielectric layer is formed over the third metal level, exposing the bondpads. The isolation device contains no transistors.
US09893001B2	Semiconductor device, corresponding methods of production and use and corresponding apparatus A semiconductor device includes a quadrilateral package with a first pair of opposed sides and a second pair of opposed sides. Both sides of the first pair of opposed sides are provided with electrical contact leads. Only one side of the second pair of opposed sides is provided with electrical contact leads. The side of the second pair of opposed sides without electrical contact leads is a leadless side. That side is not a molded side of the package, but rather is defined by a cut surface.
US09892996B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor device mounting structure A semiconductor device includes a plurality of die pad sections, a plurality of semiconductor chips, each of which is arranged in each of the die pad sections, a resin encapsulation portion having a recess portion for exposing at least a portion of the die pad sections, the resin encapsulation portion configured to cover the die pad sections and the semiconductor chips, and a heat radiation layer arranged in the recess portion. The heat radiation layer includes an elastic layer exposed toward a direction in which the recess portion is opened. The heat radiation layer directly faces at least a portion of the die pad sections. The elastic layer overlaps with at least a portion of the die pad sections when seen in a thickness direction of the heat radiation layer.
US09892994B2	Graphene based filler material of superior thermal conductivity for chip attachment in microstructure devices An integrated circuit chip attachment in a microstructure device is accomplished through the use of an adhesive-based material in which graphene flakes are incorporated. This results in superior thermal conductivity. The spatial orientation of the graphene flakes is controlled, for example by adhering polar molecules to the graphene flakes and exposing the flakes to an external force field, so that the graphene flakes have desired orientations under the integrated circuit chip, alongside of the integrated circuit chip and above the integrated circuit chip.
US09892987B2	Thermally enhanced semiconductor package with thermal additive and process for making the same The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package, which includes a module substrate, a thinned flip chip die over the substrate, a first mold compound component, and a thermally enhanced mold compound component. The first mold compound component resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned flip chip die, and extends above an upper surface of the thinned flip chip die to form a cavity over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die. The thermally enhanced mold compound component includes a lower portion filling a lower region of the cavity and residing over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die, and an upper portion filling an upper region of the cavity and residing over the lower portion. A first average thermal conductivity of the lower portion is at least 1.2 times greater than a second average thermal conductivity of the upper portion.
US09892986B2	Packaged wafer manufacturing method and device chip manufacturing method Disclosed herein is a packaged wafer manufacturing method including the steps of forming a groove along each division line on the front side of a wafer, each groove having a depth greater than the finished thickness of the wafer, next removing a chamfered portion from the outer circumference of the wafer to thereby form a step portion having a depth greater than the depth of each groove, next setting a die of a molding apparatus on the bottom surface of the step portion of the wafer in the condition where a space is defined between the die and the wafer, and next filling a mold resin into this space. Accordingly, the device area of the wafer is covered with the mold resin and each groove of the wafer is filled with the mold resin to thereby obtain a packaged wafer.
US09892985B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same One aspect of the present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit die, at least one conductive terminal disposed on the integrated circuit die, a frame positioned on the integrated circuit die, wherein the frame substantially exposes the at least one conductive terminal, and at least one conductive bump positioned in the frame, wherein the at least one conductive bump electrically connects the at least one conductive terminal.
US09892979B2	Non-destructive dielectric layer thickness and dopant measuring method A semiconductor device or article includes a substrate including a feature and divided into a feature region in which the feature is formed and a pad region in which the substrate is substantially unmodified, and a layer of interest applied over the substrate and feature. The pad and feature regions are irradiated and resulting photoelectron intensities are recorded and used to determine a thickness of the layer of interest over the feature. In addition, if the layer of interest includes an atomic species distinct from any in the substrate, an actual dose of the atomic species can be determined.
US09892977B2	FinFET and method of forming fin of the FinFET A method of generating a fin of a FinFET includes depositing a first hard mask layer on or above a first dummy gate and a second dummy gate, generating first spacers and second spacers by etching the first hard mask layer, removing only the first spacers, depositing a second hard mask layer, generating third spacers and fourth spacers by etching the second hard mask layer, removing the first dummy gate and the second dummy gate, generating first fins using the third spacers, and generating second fins using the second spacers and the fourth spacers.
US09892972B2	3D semiconductor device and structure A 3D semiconductor device including: a first structure including first single crystal transistors; a second structure including second single crystal transistors, the second structure overlaying the first single crystal transistors, where at least one of the second single crystal transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of the first single crystal transistors; and at least one thermal conducting path from at least one of the first single crystal transistors and second single crystal transistors to an external surface of the device.
US09892969B2	Process of forming an electronic device A process of forming an electronic device includes providing a substrate having a major surface; etching a portion of a the substrate to define a trench extending from the major surface, wherein the portion of the trench has a first width, W1, along the major surface and a second width, W2, at a bottom of the portion of the trench, and wherein the first width is greater than the second width; depositing a protective layer along side surfaces of the portion of the trench; etching the substrate to extend a depth of the trench after depositing the protective layer; and removing the protective layer.
US09892964B1	Gap-fill polymer for filling fine pattern gaps and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the same A gap-fill polymer for filling fine pattern gaps, which has a low dielectric constant (low-k) and excellent gap filling properties, may consist of a compound formed by condensation polymerization of a first oligomer represented by the formula 1 and a second oligomer represented by the formula 2.
US09892962B2	Wafer level chip scale package interconnects and methods of manufacture thereof A method of forming a wafer level chip scale package interconnect may include: forming a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) layer over a substrate; forming an interconnect over the PPI layer; and releasing a molding compound material over the substrate, the molding compound material flowing to laterally encapsulate a portion of the interconnect.
US09892956B1	Wafer positioning pedestal for semiconductor processing An assembly used in a process chamber for depositing a film on a wafer and including a pedestal extending from a central axis. An actuator is configured for controlling movement of the pedestal. A central shaft extends between the actuator and pedestal, the central shaft configured to move the pedestal along the central axis. A lift pad is configured to rest upon the pedestal and having a pad top surface configured to support a wafer placed thereon. A pad shaft extends between the actuator and the lift pad and controls movement of the lift pad. The pad shaft is positioned within the central shaft and is configured to separate the lift pad from the pedestal top surface by a process rotation displacement when the pedestal is in an upwards position. The pad shaft is configured to rotate relative to the pedestal top surface between first and second angular orientations.
US09892947B2	Sensor system for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus A chamber monitoring system may include a parallel architecture in which a single sensor control system is coupled to a number of different processing chamber control board sensor lines. In an illustrative embodiment, a single rotation sensor such as a tachometer may reside in a central control unit remote from the processing chambers such that rotation data may be processed by a single system and thereafter routed according to a variety of different network communication protocols to the main system controller, a factory interface, or both. In this and other embodiments, pull-up networks in the central control unit and the chamber control boards are matched so as to reduce electrical signal anomalies such as crowbar effects. The central control unit may be programmed via a main system controller to operate according to user defined parameters, which in turn may enable the system to differentiate between certain operating states.
US09892946B1	Processing apparatus and method A processing apparatus includes a spin coating chamber, an ultraviolet curing chamber, a transfer module and an enclosure. The transfer module is assigned with a plurality transfer destinations, in which two of the transfer destinations are respectively located within the spin coating chamber and the ultraviolet curing chamber. The transfer module, the spin coating chamber and the ultraviolet curing chamber are enclosed by the enclosure.
US09892940B2	Spray assembly and wet etching device having the same A spray assembly including a spray pipe with a bottom provided with a plurality of first through holes, each having a nozzle, wherein the nozzle includes a slider with an area larger than the first through hole, to cover the first through hole. The nozzle is connected to the slider and protrudes from the first through hole; the nozzle also includes a locking member to connect the slider to the spray pipe. The slider can move to adjust the position of the nozzle in the first through hole. There also provides a wet etching device including a spray unit, wherein the spray unit includes a plurality of spray assemblies as mentioned above, and a plurality of spray pipes in the plurality of spray assemblies are arranged in parallel with each other or approximately in parallel with each other.
US09892937B2	Encapsulated dies with enhanced thermal performance The present disclosure relates to enhancing the thermal performance of encapsulated flip chip dies. According to an exemplary process, a plurality of flip chip dies are attached on a top surface of a carrier, and a first mold compound is applied over the top surface of the carrier to encapsulate the plurality of flip chip dies. The first mold compound is thinned down to expose a substrate of each flip chip die and the substrate of each flip chip die is then substantially etched away to provide an etched flip chip die that has an exposed surface at the bottom of a cavity. Next, a second mold compound with high thermal conductivity is applied to substantially fill each cavity and the top surface of the second mold compound is planarized. Finally, the encapsulated etched flip chip dies can be marked, singulated, and tested as a module.
US09892931B2	Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method thereof In some embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus includes an ionizer. The ionizer is configured to dispatch a reactive ion on a surface. The apparatus also has an implanter and the implanter has an outlet releasing an accelerated charged particle on the surface.
US09892920B1	Low stress bonding of silicon or germanium parts A method includes providing a first part, a second part and a bonding material between the first part and the second part. The first part and the second part are made of a first material selected from a group consisting of silicon and germanium. The bonding material includes a second material that is different than the first material. The method includes arranging the first part, the bonding material, and the second part in a furnace; and creating a bonded part by heating the first part, the second part and the bonding material to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period followed by a predetermined solidification period. The predetermined temperature is greater than 1.5 times a eutectic temperature of an alloy including the first material and the second material and less than a melting temperature of the first material.
US09892919B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method A first nickel film is deposited inside a contact hole of an interlayer dielectric formed on an n+-type SiC substrate. Irradiation with a first laser is carried out, forming an Ohmic contact with a silicon carbide semiconductor. A second nickel film and a front surface electrode film are deposited on the first nickel film, forming a source electrode. The back surface of the n+-type SiC substrate is ground, and a third nickel film is formed on the ground back surface of the n+-type SiC substrate. Irradiation with a second laser is carried out, forming an Ohmic contact with the silicon carbide semiconductor. A fourth nickel film and a back surface electrode film are deposited on the third nickel film, forming a drain electrode. By so doing, it is possible to prevent electrical characteristic deterioration of a semiconductor device, and to prevent warping and cracking of a wafer.
US09892914B2	Orientation layer for directed self-assembly patterning process Disclosed is a method of forming a semiconductor device using a self-assembly (DSA) patterning process. The method includes forming a patterned feature over a substrate; applying an orientation material that includes a first polymer and a second polymer over the substrate, wherein the first polymer has a first activation energy and the second polymer has a second activation energy; baking the substrate at first temperature thereby forming a first orientation layer that includes the first polymer; baking the substrate at second temperature thereby forming a second orientation layer that includes the second polymer; and performing a directed self-assembly (DSA) process over the first and the second orientation layers.
US09892909B2	Film forming method and film forming apparatus A film forming method for forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate within a vacuum container includes a first process of supplying a gas of a silicon raw material to the substrate to cause the silicon raw material gas to be adsorbed onto the substrate, a second process of subsequently supplying an ammonia gas to the substrate in a non-plasma-converted state to cause the ammonia gas to be physically adsorbed onto the substrate, a third process of subsequently forming a reaction product layer by supplying active species obtained by plasma-converting a plasma-forming gas for forming plasma to the substrate, thereby causing ammonia physically adsorbed onto the substrate to react with the silicon raw material, and forming the silicon nitride film by depositing the reaction product layer by repeating multiple times a cycle including the first process, the second process and the third process.
US09892906B2	Lamp and headlighting arrangement for obtaining a color appearance in an automotive headlight A lamp 10 is described which may be used in an automotive headlight 12. The lamp 10 comprises at least one filament 20 within a transparent lamp vessel 16. A color filter portion 30 is provided through which light is emitted with a color change. The lamp vessel 16 further comprises a color transparent portion, through which light is emitted without a color change. The color transparent portion is arranged such that an illumination beam of light 40 is emitted through the color transparent portion to achieve a non-colored illumination. The color filter portion 30 is arranged such that only peripheral and/or scattered portions of light are emitted through the color filter portion to achieve a color appearance of the headlight 12 in operation of the lamp 10.
US09892904B2	Light-emitting device There is provided a light-emitting device capable of suppressing a decrease in a light emission amount. A light-emitting device including a container member including a ceramic package provided with a depressed portion serving as a discharge space, and a light transmitting member which is attached to the ceramic package via a joining layer formed of a joining material so as to close the depressed portion; an inert gas encapsulated inside the discharge space; and a couple of discharge electrodes which are disposed in the depressed portion of the ceramic package so as to be spaced from each other, the joining material including glass exhibiting a white color, and oxide ceramic powder.
US09892902B2	Ion radiation device and surface analyzer using said device Used as an ion beam guiding unit for introducing primary ions to the surface of the sample is an ion optical system of reflectron TOFMS for achieving time focusing including an orthogonal acceleration unit for accelerating the ions in the orthogonal direction, a flight space of a non-electric field, and an ion reflector for forming a reflecting electric field. A dual stage type is used as the ion reflector to superimpose the correction potential showing a predetermined non-linear potential distribution on the potential having a linear gradient of a uniform electric field at the side deeper than the second order focusing position that fulfills the Mamyrin solution, thereby correcting the temporal spread of ion packets emitted from the orthogonal acceleration unit until the deviation of third or higher order in energy, achieving high time focusing.
US09892899B2	Ion manipulation device for guiding or confining ions in an ion processing apparatus An ion manipulation device for guiding or confining ions in an ion processing apparatus. The device has a first circuit board, wherein at least one first electrode for manipulating the path of ions is mounted on a mounting surface of the first circuit board; a second circuit board, wherein at least one second electrode for manipulating the path of ions is mounted on a mounting surface of the second circuit board; at least one bridging electrode for manipulating the path of ions, wherein the at least one bridging electrode is mounted to both the mounting surface of the first circuit board and the mounting surface of the second circuit board, wherein the bridging electrode is configured to hold the first circuit board and the second circuit board apart from each other in a fixed spatial relationship in which the mounting surface of the second circuit board faces towards the mounting surface of the first circuit board.
US09892884B2	Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device An exposure apparatus comprising, a stage configured to receive a substrate, a mark array disposed on the stage and comprising a first mark and a second mark separated from each other by a first distance, a first beam irradiator configured to irradiate a first beam to the first mark, a second beam irradiator being separated from the first beam by a pitch greater than the first distance and configured to irradiate a second beam to the second mark, a detector disposed over the mark array and configured to receive a third beam reflected by the first mark and a fourth beam reflected by the second mark, and a controller configured to control the position of the stage using an output of the detector.
US09892882B1	Inverted magnetron with amplifying structure and associated systems and methods A magnetron characterized by a supporting cylinder, a field emission cathode, a slow wave structure, and a waveguide. The slow wave structure includes an anode block positioned coaxial with and surrounded by the field emission cathode. The anode block includes sixteen radially-projecting vane panels defining sixteen resonant cavities therebetween. Each of the resonant cavities may comprise a resonant channel portion positioned radially proximate to and axially coextensive with a center axis of the anode block. A void between the anode block and the field emission cathode, along with the resonant cavities, define an interaction region. The waveguide, comprising a cylinder characterized by an exterior layer surrounding an interior void, is capacitively coupled to the slow wave structure and configured to deliver radio frequency (RF) energy extracted from the interaction region by one (or, optionally, two) excitation rings mounted at a downstream end of the anode block.
US09892878B2	Safety switching apparatus for switching-on or switching-off a technical installation A safety switching apparatus for switching-on or switching-off a technical installation has a first input for receiving a first clock signal via a feed line, said first clock signal having a first clock frequency. A failsafe control/evaluation unit processes the first clock signal in a failsafe manner in order to generate an output signal for switching-on or switching-off the technical installation in response to the first clock signal. A clock reference provides a second clock signal having a second clock frequency. A current-increasing circuit having a switching element is arranged for selectively increasing an input current into the first input. The switching element is coupled to the clock reference and selectively activates or deactivates the current-increasing circuit in response to the second clock frequency.
US09892876B2	Tactile switch for a mobile electronic device A tactile switch on a mobile electronic device having a housing is provided. The tactile switch is comprised of a pressure sensitive interface on an exterior portion of the housing, a switch mechanism, and at least one pathway coupled to the pressure sensitive interface and extending from the pressure sensitive interface to the switch mechanism. The switch mechanism is at a remote location from the pressure sensitive interface. The pathway is formed in an interior portion of the housing. The tactile switch further includes a viscous fluid substantially filling the pathway. The tactile switch is configured such that when pressure is applied to the pressure sensitive interface, the viscous fluid exerts pressure on the switch mechanism, causing the switch to make an electrical contact.
US09892875B2	Gas circuit breaker An insulation rod cover is fitted to an end portion of a puffer shaft and the insulation rod cover is fitted to a circuit-breaker side coupling pin coupling between a puffer shaft and an insulation rod, thereby allowing the insulation rod cover to be held at a joint between the puffer shaft and the insulation rod. In a first half of a circuit-breaking operation, the insulation rod cover is positioned in the exhaust cylinder and the exhaust of the hot gas from the puffer shaft is suppressed to increase the pressure of an extinguishing gas to be sprayed onto the arc. In a last half of the circuit-breaking operation, the insulation rod cover is positioned in a guard cylinder to promote the exhaust of the hot gas from the puffer shaft as well as to suppress the flow of the hot gas into the insulation cylinder.
US09892872B2	Disconnecting switch and earthing switch for gas insulated switchgear Disclosed are a disconnecting switch and an earthing switch for a gas insulated switchgear capable of implementing three positions by a single operator and may have a stable interpolarity contact.According to the present invention, the size of a gas-insulated switchgear may be reduced by operating a disconnecting switch and an earthing switch by a single operator, and implementing three positions.
US09892856B2	Ceramic electronic component A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.
US09892853B2	Mid-K LTCC compositions and devices LTCC devices are produced from dielectric compositions comprising a mixture of precursor materials that, upon firing, forms a dielectric material comprising a matrix of titanates of alkaline earth metals, the matrix doped with at least one selected from rare-earth element, aluminum oxide, silicon oxide and bismuth oxide.
US09892851B2	DC-DC converter assembly, method of manufacturing a DC-DC converter assembly and method of manufacturing an output inductor for a DC-DC converter assembly A DC-DC converter assembly a power stage die of a DC-DC converter attached to a board, an output inductor attached to the board and electrically connected to an output of the power stage die, the output inductor accommodating the power stage die under the output inductor, a plurality of input capacitors attached to the board and electrically connected to input terminals of the power stage die, an output capacitor attached to the board and electrically connected to the output inductor, and a plurality of decoupling capacitors attached to the board and electrically connected to power terminals of the power stage die. A total footprint of the power stage die, the output inductor, the input capacitors, the output capacitor and the decoupling capacitors is at least a third of the combined surface area of the power stage die, the output inductor, the input capacitors, the output capacitor and the decoupling capacitors.
US09892848B2	Detection apparatus, power supply system, and method of controlling detection apparatus A detection apparatus includes: a measurement coil disposed in a vicinity of a power reception coil configured to receive power supplied through a magnetic field; a measurement section configured to measure a voltage of the measurement coil as a measurement coil voltage; and a foreign object detection section configured to obtain an electrical characteristic value of at least one of the power reception coil and the measurement coil on the basis of the measurement coil voltage, and to detect a foreign object in the magnetic field if the electrical characteristic value is lower than a predetermined lower limit threshold value.
US09892846B2	Wireless power transmitter, wireless power receiver and wireless power transmission method Disclosed is a wireless power transmitter. A wireless power transmitter includes a transmission coil for generating a magnetic field by receiving power from a power source, a transmission resonant coil for transmitting power to a receiving coil by using the magnetic field generated from the transmission coil by using resonance, a detection unit for detecting an approach of the receiving coil and a power regulator for adjusting an output of the power source, which supplies the power, based on the approach of the receiving coil detected by the detection unit.
US09892843B2	Laminated inductor One object is to provide a laminated inductor having a reduced thickness without reduction in the magnetic characteristic and the insulation quality. The laminated inductor includes a first magnetic layer, an internal conductor, second magnetic layers, third magnetic layers, and a pair of external electrodes. The first magnetic layer has a thickness of 4 to 19 μm, and includes three or more magnetic alloy particles arranged in the thickness direction and an oxide film binding the magnetic alloy particles together and containing Cr. The internal conductor includes a plurality of conductive patterned portions electrically connected to each other via the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layers are composed of magnetic alloy particles and disposed around the conductive patterned portions. The third magnetic layers are composed of magnetic alloy particles and disposed so as to be opposed to each other in thickness direction.
US09892835B2	Composite materials with magnetically aligned carbon nanoparticles and methods of preparation The present invention relates to magnetically aligned carbon nanoparticle composites and methods of preparing the same. The composites comprise carbon nanoparticles, host material, magnetically sensitive nanoparticles and surfactant. The composites may have enhanced mechanical, thermal, and/or electrical properties.
US09892830B2	Electronic component and production method therefor A production method for an electronic component using an exterior packaging material containing a silicone resin comprises a step of dipping an element into an exterior packaging material containing a silicone resin to which aluminum hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide and a nonpolar solvent are added, an additive amount of the aluminum hydroxide or the magnesium hydroxide being controlled to a range of 60 [wt. %] or more to less than 70 [wt. %], a step of drying the exterior packaging material formed on a surface of the element to evaporate the nonpolar solvent and cause a silicone resin component to appear on a surface of the exterior packaging material, and a curing step of curing the exterior packaging material.
US09892829B2	Fuel sender device for vehicle A fuel sender device for a vehicle may include a resistance substrate having a conductor part, a contact plate having a contact point contacting the conductor part, and a float unit moving up and down according to a variation of an oil surface and angularly rotating the contact plate, wherein the fuel sender device includes a variable contact point that allows the contact plate to variably contact the conductor part while moving up and down and rotating according to the variation of the oil surface.
US09892827B2	Methods and systems for fabricating high quality superconducting tapes An MOCVD system fabricates high quality superconductor tapes with variable thicknesses. The MOCVD system can include a gas flow chamber between two parallel channels in a housing. A substrate tape is heated and then passed through the MOCVD housing such that the gas flow is perpendicular to the tape's surface. Precursors are injected into the gas flow for deposition on the substrate tape. In this way, superconductor tapes can be fabricated with variable thicknesses, uniform precursor deposition, and high critical current densities.
US09892824B2	Method of manufacturing power cables A method for manufacturing power cables may include: providing at least one insulated conductor; and/or arranging a water barrier around the at least one insulated conductor. Arranging the water barrier may include: providing foil having opposite edges; wrapping the foil around the at least one insulated conductor until the edges of the foil overlap; fastening the overlapped edges of the foil to each other with bonding agent to form a corresponding foil seam; and/or depositing a metal coating on the foil at the seam by a thermal spray process. A power cable may include: at least one insulated conductor; at least one first water barrier surrounding the at least one insulated conductor, the at least one first water barrier being wrapped foil having edges overlapped and fastened by bonding agent, the overlapped edges and bonding agent forming a foil seam; and/or a thermal sprayed metal coating on the seam.
US09892815B2	Electrical conductors, electrically conductive structures, and electronic devices including the same An electrical conductor including a first conductive layer including a plurality of ruthenium oxide nanosheets, wherein the plurality of ruthenium oxide nanosheets include an electrical connection between contacting ruthenium oxide nanosheets and at least one of the plurality of ruthenium oxide nanosheets includes a plurality of metal clusters on a surface of the at least one ruthenium oxide nanosheet.
US09892813B1	Graphene/metal molecular level lamination (GMMLL) A laminated metal consisting of any metallic or semi-metallic base material onto which alternate layers of monocrystalline nickel and monolayer graphene are deposited. The base material can be any metal, such as alloys of steel, copper, aluminum, nickel, palladium, cobalt, platinum, or silicon. The finished material will have one or more layers of nickel/graphene on its surface. In the case of wire, the layers are coaxial to the core material.
US09892812B2	Fourier ptychographic x-ray imaging systems, devices, and methods Methods, systems, and devices of Fourier ptychographic X-ray imaging by capturing a plurality of variably-illuminated, low-resolution intensity X-ray images of a specimen and computationally reconstructing a high-resolution X-ray image of the specimen by iteratively updating overlapping regions in Fourier space with the variably-illuminated, low-resolution intensity X-ray images.
US09892807B2	Method, system, and apparatus for selectively transferring thermoelectrically generated electric power to nuclear reactor operation systems A method, system, and apparatus for the selective transfer of thermoelectrically generated electric power to operation systems of a nuclear reactor system including thermoelectrically converting nuclear reactor generated heat to electrical energy and selectively transferring the electrical energy to at least one operation system of the nuclear reactor system.
US09892804B2	Nuclear reactor control rod with SIC fiber reinforced structure A nuclear reactor control rod with SiC fiber reinforced structure comprises wing sections and a central joint section. Each of the wing sections is a flat plate spreading axially and radially, and includes storage tubes and a wing surface structural member. The storage tubes are arranged in parallel in a flat plane and contain a neutron absorbing member containing the neutron absorbing material. The wing surface structural member is formed by molding of SiC/SiC composite material as to cover surfaces of the storage tubes and formed to have an outward shape of a flat plate. The central joint section and storage tubes are made of SiC/SiC composite material. The central joint section bundles the wing sections together at center. The storage tubes are bundled together with fibers made of SiC or a textile made of SiC.
US09892803B2	Cache management request fusing A processor includes a plurality of processing cores and a cache memory shared by the plurality of processing cores. The cache memory comprises a size engine that receives a respective request from each of the plurality of processing cores to perform an operation associated with the cache memory. The size engine fuses the respective requests from two or more of the plurality of processing cores into a fused request. To perform the fused request the size engine performs a single instance of the operation and notifies each of the two or more of the plurality of processing cores that its respective request has been completed when the single instance of the operation is complete.
US09892799B1	Read voltage tracking method, memory storage device and memory control circuit unit A read voltage tracking method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of test read voltages corresponding to a plurality of voltage adjustment values, and obtaining an optimal read voltage according to the voltage adjustment values. The step of obtaining the test read voltages includes obtaining a second test read voltage by adjusting a first test read voltage according to a first voltage adjustment value, and obtaining a third test read voltage by adjusting the second test read voltage according to a second voltage adjustment value, and the first test read voltage is a preset test read voltage, the first voltage adjustment value is a preset voltage adjustment value, and the first voltage adjustment value is different from the second voltage adjustment value.
US09892798B2	Data protection for unexpected power loss A data storage device receives a write data command and data. The data is stored in a buffer of the data storage device. The data storage device issues a command complete status indication. After the command complete status indication is issued, the data are stored in a primary memory of the data storage device. The primary memory comprises a first type of non-volatile memory and the buffer comprises a second type of non-volatile memory that is different from the first type of non-volatile memory.
US09892791B2	Fast scan to detect bit line discharge time Systems and methods for reducing sensing time for sensing data states stored within a plurality of memory cells are described. In some cases, the ramping of a word line connected to the plurality of memory cells may be delayed until a threshold current corresponding with a particular number of erased memory cells of the plurality of memory cells has been met or exceeded. The threshold current may be compared with a summation of a first set of detection currents corresponding with a first set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells that have been sensed to be in a conducting state while the word line is set to a voltage level for sensing erased memory cells. The threshold current may be set based on a chip temperature and/or a particular number of bit errors that occurred during a prior sensing operation.
US09892785B2	Multistage set procedure for phase change memory Phase change material can be set with a multistage set process. Set control logic can heat a phase change semiconductor material (PM) to a first temperature for a first period of time. The first temperature is configured to promote nucleation of a crystalline state of the PM. The control logic can increase the temperature to a second temperature for a second period of time. The second temperature is configured to promote crystal growth within the PM. The nucleation and growth of the crystal set the PM to the crystalline state. The multistage ramping up of the temperature can improve the efficiency of the set process relative to traditional approaches.
US09892783B2	Non-volatile memory device including memory cells having variable resistance values A non-volatile memory device comprises: a memory cell array that includes one or more memory groups each including memory cells, each of the memory cells having variable resistance value to hold a piece of data; a read circuit that, for each of the one or more memory groups, performs a read operation to obtain pieces of time information related to the memory cells in the memory group; and a data generation circuit that generates individual identification information on a basis of order of the memory cells in each of the one or more memory groups, the order corresponding to ascending order or descending order of the pieces of time information related to the memory cells in the memory group. The read circuit obtains each of the pieces of time information on a basis of a discharge phenomenon or charge phenomenon that depends on the resistance value of a corresponding one of the memory cells.
US09892781B2	Cell structure for dual-port static random access memory A dual port static random access memory cell includes a write port portion and a read port portion. The write port further includes a WPU1 and a WPU2; a WPD1 and a WPD2; and a WPG1 and a WPG2. The WPU1, WPU2, WPD1 and WPD2 are configured to form two cross-coupled inverters for data storage, wherein the WPG1 and WPG2 are connected to the two cross-coupled inverters for writing. The read port portion further includes a read pull down device (RPD) and a read pass gate device (RPG) connected to the two cross-coupled inverters for reading. Each of the WPU1 and WPU2 includes a single FinFET. Each of the WPD1, WPD2, WPG1, WPG2, RPD and RPG includes multiple FinFETs. The WPD1, WPD2, WPG1 and WPG2 include a same number of FinFETs. The RPD includes a number of FinFETs greater than a number of FinFETs in the RPG.
US09892780B1	Semiconductor memory device including output buffer An apparatus includes a first terminal configured to communicate data with an outside of the apparatus, a second terminal configured to receive a first power source potential, a third terminal configured to receive a second power source potential lower than the first power source potential, a fourth terminal configured to be coupled to a calibration resistor, an output buffer including first to third nodes coupled to the first to third terminals respectively, and a replica circuit including fourth and fifth nodes coupled to the second and third terminals respectively, and sixth node coupled to the fourth terminal.
US09892777B2	Cell-based reference voltage generation Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first ferroelectric memory cell may be initialized to a first state and a second ferroelectric memory cell may be initialized to a different state. Each state may have a corresponding digit line voltage. The digit lines of the first and second ferroelectric memory cells may be connected so that charge-sharing occurs between the two digit lines. The voltage resulting from the charge-sharing between the two digit lines may be used by other components as a reference voltage.
US09892776B2	Half density ferroelectric memory and operation Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A memory array may be operated in a half density mode, in which a subset of the memory cells is designated as reference memory cells. Each reference memory cell may be paired to an active memory cell and may act as a reference signal when sensing the active memory cell. Each pair of active and reference memory cells may be connected to a single access line. Sense components (e.g., sense amplifiers) associated with reference memory cells may be deactivated in half density mode. The entire memory array may be operated in half density mode, or a portion of the array may operate in half density mode and the remainder of the array may operate in full density mode.
US09892764B2	Multiple path configuration for power supply power of semiconductor chip modules A semiconductor chip includes a first circuit block configured to receive a first power supply voltage through a first power supply terminal of the semiconductor chip, a second circuit block configured to receive a second power supply voltage through a second power supply terminal of the semiconductor chip, and an alternative supply unit that is connected between the first power supply terminal and the first circuit block and receives the first power supply voltage through the first power supply terminal. The alternative supply circuit is configured to apply an alternative power supply voltage generated using the second power supply voltage to the first circuit block in response to a supply of the first power supply voltage being stopped.
US09892760B1	Apparatus and methods for embedding metadata into video stream Apparatus and methods for combining metadata with video into a video stream using a 32-bit aligned payload, that is computer storage efficient and human discernable. The metadata is stored in a track in a self-describing structure. Metadata track may be decoded using an identifier reference table that is substantially smaller than typical fourCC identifier tables. The combined metadata/video stream is compatible with a standard video stream convention and may be played using conventional media player applications that reads media files compliant with MP4/MOV container format. The proposed format may enable decoding of metadata during streaming, partitioning of combined video stream without loss of metadata. The proposed format and/or metadata protocol provides for temporal synchronization of metadata with video frames.
US09892755B1	Directing media content for playback Technology is described for directing media content to a target device. A media content directing request may be received from a source device indicating that the source device intends to direct media content to the target device that is available for media content playback. A list of available target devices for media content playback may be provided to the source device. A playback message may be received from the source device that includes a selection of the target device from the list of available target devices. Communication of the playback message to the target device may be facilitated to initiate playback of media content from a media content playback server as directed by the source device.
US09892751B1	Achieving fine motion between modules in a magnetic head An apparatus, according to one embodiment, includes a first module and a second module each having an array of transducers oriented orthogonal to an intended direction of tape travel thereacross, and an actuator configured to exert a force on one of the modules for causing a relative movement of the first module with respect to the second module for aligning the transducers of the first module with the transducers of the second module in a direction of tape travel thereacross. The first module is movable relative to the second module. Moreover, longitudinal axes of the arrays of the first and second modules are not pivotable from orthogonal to the intended direction of tape travel thereacross. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US09892749B2	Write head offset for shingled magnetic recording (SMR) disk drives Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for provisioning storage devices. An example method includes determining a write status of an adjacent track that is adjacent to a target track of a shingled magnetic recording (SMR) disk drive. The method may further include determining an offset for a write head based on the write status of the adjacent track and positioning the write head according to the offset.
US09892747B2	Current perpendicular-to-plane sensors having hard spacers An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a transducer structure having a lower shield and/or an upper shield. A current-perpendicular-to-plane sensor is positioned adjacent the shield(s). An electrical lead layer is positioned between the sensor and the upper or lower shield. The electrical lead layer is in electrical communication with the sensor. A spacer layer is positioned between the electrical lead layer and the upper or lower shield. A conductivity of the electrical lead layer is higher than a conductivity of the spacer layer.
US09892743B2	Security surveillance via three-dimensional audio space presentation Embodiments are directed to using a three-dimensional sound space to analyze security surveillance information. According to one embodiment, the three-dimensional sound space can comprise part of a security surveillance system in which sound sources related to security surveillance information can be presented and a user can efficiently navigate even a large number of sound sources in the three-dimensional sound space. Effective audio surveillance relies on the ability of the surveillance personnel to efficiently identify calls that need further analysis and calls that need no further analysis without introducing too many false negative or false positive conditions. Utilization of three-dimensional space described herein can increase the ease with which security analysts review audio content and identify relevant audio content that requires further analysis.
US09892741B2	Model based prediction in a critically sampled filterbank The present document relates to audio source coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to audio source coding systems which make use of linear prediction in combination with a filterbank. A method for estimating a first sample (615) of a first subband signal in a first subband of an audio signal is described. The first subband signal of the audio signal is determined using an analysis filterbank (612) comprising a plurality of analysis filters which provide a plurality of subband signals in a plurality of subbands from the audio signal, respectively. The method comprises determining a model parameter (613) of a signal model; determining a prediction coefficient to be applied to a previous sample (614) of a first decoded subband signals derived from the first subband signal, based on the signal model, based on the model parameter (613) and based on the analysis filterbank (612); wherein a time slot of the previous sample (614) is prior to a time slot of the first sample (615); and determining an estimate of the first sample (615) by applying the prediction coefficient to the previous sample (614).
US09892740B2	Speech audio encoding device, speech audio decoding device, speech audio encoding method, and speech audio decoding method A speech/audio coding apparatus is provided that includes a receiver that receives a time-domain speech input signal and a processor. The processor transforms a time-domain speech input signal into a frequency-domain spectrum, and divides a frequency region of the spectrum in an extended band into a plurality of bands. The processor also sets a limited band for each divided band in the current frame, when a difference between a first frequency with a first maximum amplitude in a spectrum of the divided band in a preceding frame and a second frequency with a second maximum amplitude in a spectrum of the divided band in a current frame is below a threshold. The processor further encodes the spectrum in the limited band within each divided band in the current frame, and does not encode a spectrum outside the limited band within each divided band in the current frame.
US09892737B2	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.
US09892732B1	Location based voice recognition system Systems and methods for providing location based voice recognition include receiving, through a first microphone, an audio signal from a first user that includes an audio command requesting a service that requires user authorization before access to at least a portion of the service is granted. The user authorization is based on voice recognition (e.g., voice authentication and/or voice identification) of the audio signal. The source location of the audio signal is determined and a user location of the first user is determined. If the source location of the audio signal correlates with the user location, voice recognition on the audio signal may be performed. The first user may be authorized to access the service based on the voice recognition performed on the audio signal.
US09892731B2	Methods for speech enhancement and speech recognition using neural networks The present invention relates to implementing a system and method to improve speech recognition and speech enhancement of noisy speech. The present invention discloses a way to improve the noise robustness of a speech recognition system by providing additional input to a Neural Network speech classifier. The additional information characterizes the noise environment of the speech. The present invention further discloses a speech separation system that uses the output of the neural network. The speech separation system employs models for the speech and for the distractor or noise. The neural network is used to identify the most likely combinations of speech and noise. Furthermore, a system for efficiently finding the most likely clean speech log-spectrum value is disclosed.
US09892729B2	Method and apparatus for controlling voice activation A method for controlling voice activation by a target keyword in a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input sound stream. When the input sound stream indicates speech, the voice activation unit is activated to detect the target keyword and at least one sound feature is extracted from the input sound stream. Further, the method includes deactivating the voice activation unit when the at least one sound feature indicates a non-target keyword.
US09892728B2	System and method for mobile automatic speech recognition A system and method of updating automatic speech recognition parameters on a mobile device are disclosed. The method comprises storing user account-specific adaptation data associated with ASR on a computing device associated with a wireless network, generating new ASR adaptation parameters based on transmitted information from the mobile device when a communication channel between the computing device and the mobile device becomes available and transmitting the new ASR adaptation data to the mobile device when a communication channel between the computing device and the mobile device becomes available. The new ASR adaptation data on the mobile device more accurately recognizes user utterances.
US09892722B1	Method to ensure a right-left balanced active noise cancellation headphone experience A method and computer program product for dynamically balancing the active noise cancellation value at a first and second earphone interface of a headphone device. The method enables determination of a first active noise cancellation value of an anti-noise output signal at a first interface. The method determines a second active noise cancellation value of the anti-noise output signal at a second interface. A comparison is made between the first active noise cancellation value and the second active noise cancellation value. In response to the first active noise cancellation value and the second active noise cancellation value being outside of a predetermined margin of each other, at least one adjustable parameter associated with the anti-noise output signal is dynamically adjusted to balance active noise cancellation values at the first and second headphone nterface.
US09892703B2	Output circuit, data driver, and display device A display device includes an output circuit including a differential amplifier circuit, an output amplifier circuit that includes a first transistor of the first conduction type coupled between the first supply terminal and the output terminal, and including a control terminal coupled to the differential amplifier circuit, a first control circuit, an input terminal, an output terminal, and first to third supply terminals to which first to third supply voltages are applied, wherein the third supply voltage is set to a voltage between the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage, or the second supply voltage, and wherein the first control circuit includes a third transistor and a first switch which are coupled in series between the first supply terminal and the control terminal of the first transistor.
US09892699B2	Driver with control unit accepting instruction information for giving instruction for display of frame region which surrounds image region A driver includes a display memory that stores display data, and a control unit that writes the display data in the display memory. The control unit accepts image region information for designating an image region in which an image corresponding to the display data is to be displayed within a display region of a display panel, and instruction information for giving an instruction to display of a frame region which surrounds the image region in the display region, and performs frame write processing for writing given tone data at an address of the display memory corresponding to the frame region, based on the image region information.
US09892697B2	Display apparatus and method of driving a display panel A display apparatus includes a display panel that includes a liquid crystal layer, a first pixel having the liquid crystal layer with a first thickness, a second pixel having a color filter and the liquid crystal layer with a second thickness. The display apparatus also includes a data generating unit configured to generate a first image signal corresponding to the first pixel and a second image signal corresponding to the second pixel in response to an input image signal, a data converting unit configured to convert a gradation value of the first image signal into a conversion gradation value of the first image signal according to refractive index anisotropy and the first thickness of the liquid crystal layer, and a driving unit configured to output to the first pixel a first data voltage corresponding to the compensation gradation value of the first image signal.
US09892690B2	Control circuit for backlight, a control method and a liquid crystal display device The disclosure shows a control circuit for backlight, a control method and a liquid crystal display device. The control circuit includes a display driving chip used to generate a video frame data enable signal and a first PWM signal; a pulse width modulation control circuit for receiving the video frame data enable signal and the first PWM signal, and modulating a duty ratio of the first PWM signal under the video frame data enable signal control to get a second PWM signal; a backlight driving chip for receiving the second PWM signal, and controlling brightness of the backlight based on the second PWM signal to increase brightness of the backlight during a frame data disable period of the video frame data enable signal. Decreasing brightness in liquid crystal display device caused by leakage characteristic of thin film transistor is solved through the disclosure to achieve consistent brightness.
US09892684B2	Pixel compensation circuit and method A pixel compensation circuit contains first controllable switch's control terminal is connected to first scan line, and first terminal to data line; driving switch's control terminal is connected to second terminals of first and third controllable switches, and second terminal to OLED's anode and fifth controllable switch's first terminal, cathode to ground; second controllable switch's control terminal is connected to lighting control terminal, and first terminal to a voltage terminal; second scan line is connected to control terminals of third to fifth controllable switches, first terminals of the third and second controllable switches are connected; driving switch's first terminal is connected to second controllable switch's second terminal and fourth controllable switch's first terminal, reference voltage terminal is connected to second terminals of fourth and fifth switches; driving switch's control terminal is connected to its first terminal through storage capacitor.
US09892671B2	Method and device for performing gamma correction for LCD panels A method of performing gamma correction for LCD panels includes: dividing the display area of a LCD panel to form n sub-areas of the display area; dividing all grey-scale images into n sets to form n sets of grey-scale images; displaying a first chosen grey-scale image of each set of grey-scale images on the corresponding sub-area of n sub-areas concurrently; detecting the brightness of the first chosen grey-scale image with a photosensor installed on the sub-area; examining if there is grey-scale image pending for detection in the set of grey scale images; extracting a gamma curve of the LCD panel; and correcting the gamma curve of the LCD panel.
US09892663B2	Intelligent label device and method Briefly, an intelligent label is associated with a good, and includes one or more permanent and irreversible electrochromic indicators that are used to report the condition of that good at selected points in the movement or usage of that good. These electrochromic indicators provide immediate visual information regarding the status of the good without need to interrogate or communicate with the electronics or processor on the intelligent label. In this way, anyone in the shipping or use chain for the good, including the end user consumer, can quickly understand whether the product is meeting shipping and quality standards. If a product fails to meet shipping or quality standards, the particular point where the product failed can be quickly and easily identified, and information can be used to assure the consumer remains safe, while providing essential information for improving the shipping process. It will be understood that the label may take many forms, such as a tag attached to the good, integrated into the packaging for the good, integrated into the good itself, or may even be an information area on a prepaid card for example. The label may also include, for example, print information regarding the good, usage or shipping rules, or address and coded information.
US09892657B2	Conditioner with sensors for nutritional substances Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
US09892654B2	Illustrated phonics board An illustrated phonics board is provided offering a simplified language learning system using visuals, and moving selectors that are easily manipulated to form simple words. To use, the operator chooses letters from three moving selectors to form a three letter word that shows within a target window. The art on the board provides readily available visual prompts, a quick reference to letters and their phonetic sounds for beginning readers.
US09892644B2	Vehicle drive assist system A vehicle drive assist system includes: a lane line recognizing unit that recognizes left and right lane lines defining a lane along which a vehicle equipped with the drive assist system travels; and a drive assist unit that sets lane departure determination thresholds along the left and right lane lines, and performs a drive assist operation based on a relative position of the vehicle to the lane departure determination threshold. The drive assist unit sets a left lane departure determination threshold on the basis of an inner edge of unmelted snow when a left lane line of a traveling lane is recognized based on a front-view image of the vehicle, captured by the lane line recognizing unit, but a right lane line which is covered with the unmelted snow cannot be recognized.
US09892642B1	Mobile device transport parking notification and movement tracking Tracking movements of mobile devices may provide insight into parking space availability for transports deemed to be associated with those mobile devices. One example method of operation may include identifying a transport speed of a particular transport vehicle is moving above a first threshold speed, identifying a first change in direction of the transport and confirming a new transport speed after the first change in direction is less than a second threshold speed. The method may also include initiating a monitoring event to track movement of the transport responsive to the first change in direction of the transport or the confirmed new transport speed.
US09892641B2	Regulatory information notifying device and method The regulatory sign or traffic information presented on a roadway is detected by capturing an image of ahead of a vehicle, and also the regulatory information is detected by receiving a signal transmitted from outside the vehicle. When the regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, that regulatory information is notified. When no regulatory information is detected from the signal transmitted from outside the vehicle, the regulatory information detected by capturing the image of ahead of the vehicle is notified.
US09892633B2	Reflection interference control Reflection interference control can comprise: determining, according to identification information comprised in a light signal from a reflection surface to a field of view of a user, that a reflection interference phenomenon exists on the reflection surface; and generating a control signal for lowering the level of the reflection interference. For example, by using the characteristic that a light source identifier is modulated in a light signal transmitted by a light source in the existing wireless optical communication, whether a reflection interference phenomenon exists can be determined according to identification information comprised in a light signal received by a field of view of a user from a reflection surface, and reflection interference is automatically controlled if it is determined that the reflection interference phenomenon exists, which is simple and quick and does not require user intervention.
US09892627B2	Systems and methods for reducing false alarms using the GPS location of a mobile device Systems and methods for reducing false alarms and providing a central station with information regarding occupants in a monitored region using a GPS location of a mobile device are provided. Some methods can include receiving a first signal indicative of a detected alarm condition in the monitored region, responsive to receiving the first signal, transmitting a second signal to the mobile device, receiving a third signal from the mobile device indicative of the GPS location of the mobile device, and based on a location of the monitored region and the third signal indicative of the GPS location of the mobile device, determining a likelihood of whether the detected alarm condition is real or false. Additionally or alternatively, some methods can include receiving the signal from the mobile device indicative of the GPS location of the mobile device at predetermined periodic time intervals and irrespective of the detected alarm condition in the monitored region.
US09892624B2	Portable device A portable device for increasing road traffic safety, detecting emergencies and emitting an alarm call for a person. The portable device includes a communication device, a position-determining system, an evaluation unit and a vibration generator. The portable device communicates, by way of the communication device, with at least one further communication device of at least one external system. The person is warned by the vibration generator of a dangerous situation determined by the evaluation unit in combination with the position-determining system and the communication device. The dangerous situation is a collision of the person wearing the portable device with the at least one external system that includes the at least one further communication device. This collision is determined by way of a behavior prediction algorithm. When the, or a further dangerous situation arises, the portable device emits an alarm call by way of the communication device.
US09892619B2	Feeding-bottle sterilization reminding device and feeding-bottle sterilization reminding method thereof Disclosed is a feeding-bottle sterilization reminding method, comprising the following steps: acquiring the temperature information of a current aqueous solution, and performing temperature compensation according to the temperature information; acquiring the resistance value of the aqueous solution after temperature compensation, and judging if the resistance value is within a preset threshold value, and if yes, reminding users to change water. The feeding-bottle sterilization reminding method provided in the invention is easy to operate, by collecting the water quality data in a real-time manner and comparing them with the database, and it will give a warning when the water quality is found unacceptable, to remind users to change water timely. In addition, a feeding-bottle sterilization reminding device is further disclosed in the invention.
US09892616B2	Electronic roundsling inspection, load monitoring and warning system An electronic overload inspection and warning system for a roundsling having a strand positioned within a plurality of core strands and a cover. The system includes a wireless sensor system mountable to the roundsling. The wireless sensor system includes at least one strain gauge electrically connected with a wireless transmitter. The strain gauge measures strain on the strand. The system also includes a wireless base station and a carrier element. The wireless base station includes a wireless receiver configured to wirelessly communicate with multiple deployed wireless sensor systems. The carrier element is secured to the strand. The strain gauge is secured to the carrier element.
US09892607B2	Firearm mounted firing alarm system A firearm mounted firing alert system for generating and transmitting alerts upon the discharge of a firearm to which it is attached. The firearm mounted firing alert system includes a device housing which includes an adhesive surface, a lighting element, a sensor set, a microcontroller, and a power source. The sensor set may embody a contact sensor for generating a contact alert whenever contact with the metallic surface of a firearm is lost, a vibration sensor for generating a vibration alert in response to a discharge vibration and a sound sensor for generating a sound alert in response to a discharge sound. Upon receiving these sensor alerts, the microcontroller transmits a notification over a networking interface to any device which has been preset to receive such notifications as well as cause the lighting element to illuminate.
US09892598B2	Gaming machine for running normal game and free game It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that offers wider applicability and more enjoyment. To this end, a slot machine 1 configured to run a normal game and a free game which develops from the normal game, includes a storage device storing a free game payout table and a normal game payout table, wherein a maximum payout obtainable in the normal game is higher than a maximum payout obtainable in the free game, and a chance of winning the maximum payout in the normal game is higher than a chance of winning the maximum payout in the free game.
US09892594B2	Gaming, system, method and device including a symbol changing or augmenting feature Gaming systems, devices and methods are set forth which provide for the selection and application of modifiers to game outcomes. The modifiers confer different functionalities to base game symbols or an augmenting functionality to alter or provide an outcome. Different sets of modifiers may be accessed randomly or under different conditions and events.
US09892589B2	System and method for cross platform persistent gaming sessions using a mobile device Various embodiments directed to systems and methods that enable cross platform persistent gaming sessions using a mobile device in a mobile device-enhanced system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method may include enabling a cross platform gaming session in a system that includes a gaming machine that presents a game, and a computing device distinct from the gaming machine, both in communication with one another. The method may include associating the computing device with the gaming machine. The computing device may have one or more displays. The method may include receiving, by the computing device, reformatted graphical data from the gaming machine. The method may include presenting the game on the one or more displays of the computing device using the reformatted graphical data.
US09892580B2	Operating electronic lock automatically based on user profile Examples of techniques for automatically operating an electronic lock based on a user profile of a user are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include receiving an indication of the user changing a state of the electronic lock. The method may further include storing information associated with the user changing the state of the electronic lock. The method may further include generating, by a processor, the user profile based on the information associated with the user changing the state of the electronic lock. The method may further include determining, by the processor, that the state of the electronic lock should be changed based on the user profile. The method may further include automatically changing the state of the electronic lock when it is determined to change the state of the electronic lock based on the user profile.
US09892578B1	Garage automatic open or close linked to vehicle gearshift A vehicular garage door operating assembly, a vehicle and a method of opening or closing a garage door. The assembly includes an electronic control unit, a receiver, a garage door remote control, and a gear status indicator. Upon receipt of at least a signal pertaining to a spatial position of the vehicle, a signal pertaining to a positional status of the garage door and a signal indicating that a change in vehicular gear selection, the garage door remote control selectively transmits an instruction signal for automatic opening or closing the garage door without manual intervention by the driver. In this way, when an egress maneuver by the vehicle relative to the garage is being initiated such as by a shift in gears, this is detected along with whether the vehicle is situated within the garage and whether the garage door is closed, the garage door may be automatically moved to an open position to permit egress of the vehicle from the garage. In one exemplary form, the garage door can be made to automatically open when the vehicle is situated within a garage and the vehicular gear selection is changed from PARK to REVERSE once the vehicle has been started.
US09892571B2	Data processing unit for aircraft undercarriage performance monitoring A data processing unit for monitoring the performance of at least one undercarriage which is used for braking and/or steering an aircraft, wherein the data processing unit is configured to: receive data representative of operating characteristics of the undercarriage(s) and use that data to calculate a maximum achievable braking force and/or yaw moment to be generated by the undercarriage(s). Also a method for monitoring the performance of at least one aircraft undercarriage which is used for braking and/or steering an aircraft, the method including: receiving data representative of operating characteristics of the undercarriage(s); and using that data to calculate a maximum achievable braking force and/or yaw moment to be generated by the undercarriage(s).
US09892568B2	Method and system for determining the likely operating cost for a particular type of vehicle over a defined period A method is disclosed for determining the cost of operating a vehicle over a defined period of time. The method proceeds by establishing, on a database, a schedule of anticipated future repairs for a plurality of vehicle types, the repair schedule including the cost of the repairs and the approximate mileage at which the anticipated future repair(s) are expected to become necessary. A processor, in communication with the database, receives information identifying a particular of vehicle, and the present mileage associated with that particular vehicle. Using the vehicle type information, the vehicle's present mileage information and the repair schedule, the processor then computes the approximate total future repair costs for maintaining the vehicle over a defined period of time.
US09892561B2	Method of hiding an object in an image or video and associated augmented reality process A method for generating a final image from an initial image including an object suitable to be worn by an individual. The presence of the object in the initial image is detected. A first layer is superposed on the initial image. The first layer includes a mask at least partially covering the object in the initial image. The appearance of at least one part of the mask is modified. The suppression of all or part of an object in an image or a video is enabled. Also, a process of augmented reality intended to be used by an individual wearing a vision device on the face, and a try-on device for a virtual object.
US09892554B2	Tessellation method A tessellation method is described which uses vertex tessellation factors. For a quad patch, the method involves comparing the vertex tessellation factors for each vertex of the quad patch to a threshold value and if none exceed the threshold, the quad is sub-divided into two or four triangles. If at least one of the four vertex tessellation factors exceeds the threshold, a recursive or iterative method is used which considers each vertex of the quad patch and determines how to further tessellate the patch dependent upon the value of the vertex tessellation factor of the selected vertex or dependent upon values of the vertex tessellation factors of the selected vertex and a neighbor vertex. A similar method is described for a triangle patch.
US09892553B2	Apparatus and method for providing image-based indoor map An apparatus and method for providing an image-based indoor map. The apparatus for providing an image-based indoor map includes an indoor map request reception unit for receiving an indoor map request for a building having multiple floors from a terminal of a user, an indoor map acquisition unit for acquiring an indoor map corresponding to the building in response to the indoor map request from an indoor map database (DB), and an indoor map provision unit for providing the terminal of the user with information about at least one of multiple image indoor maps, in which multiple floors and Levels of Detail (LoDs) of each image are taken into consideration, and Points of Interest (POIs) for respective multiple floors, based on the indoor map.
US09892551B2	Avionics display system The avionics display system is for displaying a scene in an aircraft cockpit. The avionics display system includes a central processing unit CPU, a graphics processing unit GPU operably coupled to the CPU, and a display. The GPU comprises at least one vertex shader, and the CPU is configured to provide vertex data representing at least one graphics primitive to the at least one vertex shader and to call the at least one vertex shader in order to render the at least one graphics primitive, representing at least a part of the scene, into a frame buffer. The display is operably coupled to the frame buffer and displays the scene. The system architecture of the avionics display system simplifies the coding process for the developer and also speeds up image processing in comparison to conventional systems.
US09892549B2	Adaptive rendering with linear predictions Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for rendering an image. Embodiments include selecting a plurality of positions within the image and constructing a respective linear prediction model for each selected position. A respective prediction window is determined for each constructed linear prediction model. Additionally, embodiments render the image using the linear prediction models using the constructed linear prediction models, where at least one of the constructed linear prediction models is used to predict values for two or more of a plurality of pixels of the image, and where a value for at least one of the plurality of pixels is determined based on two or more of the constructed linear prediction models.
US09892544B2	Method and apparatus for load balancing in a ray tracing architecture An apparatus and method for load balancing in a ray tracing architecture. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processing apparatus comprises: an intersection unit engine to test a plurality of rays against a plurality of primitives to identify a closest primitive that each ray intersects; an intersection unit queue to store work to be performed by the intersection unit engine; and an intersection unit offload engine to monitor the intersection unit queue to determine a pressure level on the intersection unit engine, the intersection unit offload engine to responsively offload some of the work in the intersection unit queue to intersection program code executed on one or more execution units of the graphics processor.
US09892541B2	Methods for a programmable primitive setup in a 3D graphics pipeline and apparatuses using the same A method for a programmable primitive setup in a 3D graphics pipeline is introduced to contain at least the following steps. Information about first and third primitives is obtained from a buffer. The information about all or a portion of the first primitives is packed and sent to an SS (Setup Shader) thread. Information about a second primitive to be clipped is packed and sent to a GBS (Guard-Band-clipping Shader) thread. The information about all or a portion of the third primitives is packed and sent to an AS (Attribute Shader) thread.
US09892537B2	Seamless compositing using a soft selection A healing component that heals foreground pixels with background pixels is provided. In some embodiments, the healing component is programmed or otherwise configured to respond to a single healing request by identifying a plurality of regions within a selected area and healing each region of the plurality of regions independently of other regions.
US09892531B2	Chart data-binding design time user experience with dynamic sample generation A method and system for providing charting data visualizations of associated data sets is described. The method includes rendering a graphical user interface that includes one or more data interface regions. The one or more data interface regions are configured to detect and analyze a data interface component encoded with and representing data attributes which are mapped and bound to elements of a chart data visualization. Upon detecting the receipt of the graphical data interface component into the one or more data interface regions, the graphical data interface component is analyzed to determine the data attributes and the mapping. Based on the analysis of the data attributes and the data set, a data chart is rendered on a display and dynamically updated based on user interaction with the charting data visualization.
US09892529B2	Constraint evaluation in directed acyclic graphs Systems and processes are described below relating to evaluating a dependency graph to render three-dimensional (3D) graphics using constraints. Two virtual 3D objects are accessed in a virtual 3D space. A constraint relationship request is received, which identifies the first object as a parent and the second object as a child. The technique verifies whether the graphs of the objects are compatible for being constrained to one another. The first object is evaluated to determine its translation, rotation, and scale. The second object is similarly evaluated based on the translation, rotation, and scale of the first object. An image is rendered depicting at least a portion of the first virtual 3D object and at least a portion of the second virtual 3D object.
US09892523B2	Methods and apparati for nondestructive detection of undissolved particles in a fluid The apparati, methods, and computer program products disclosed herein can be used to nondestructively detect undissolved particles, such as glass flakes and/or protein aggregates, in a fluid in a vessel, such as, but not limited to, a fluid that contains a drug.
US09892514B2	Post-manufacture camera calibration Some embodiments include a method of operating a calibration server for a camera module. The method can include: receiving, by the computing server, a first training image taken by the camera module in a mobile device and a corresponding image-context attribute from the mobile device; aggregating, by the computing device, the first training image into a set of contextually similar images based on the image-context attribute; computing a calibration parameter model based on the set of contextually similar images utilizing dimension reduction statistical analysis; and scheduling to update the calibration parameter model to configure an image processor to adjust a raw photograph of the camera module according to the calibration parameter model.
US09892512B2	Medical image processing device, operation method therefor, and endoscope system Disclosed is a medical image processing device for generating an image in which a difference in color between an abnormal part where a gastric mucosa is atrophied, and a normal part is enhanced.A B/G ratio is determined from B and G image signals, and a G/R ratio is determined from the G and R image signals. In a feature space formed from the B/G ratio and the G/R ratio, first processing is performed for moving the coordinates of a second range to a reference range including the origin in a state where the coordinates of first and third ranges are maintained. In order to make the first range and the third range distant from each other, second processing is performed for moving the first and third ranges. A first special image is generated based on the B/G ratio and the G/R ratio after the first and second processing.
US09892509B2	Visualization of projection X-ray image A system and method are provided for obtaining an improved visualization of bone objects comprised in a projection X-ray image. The projection X-ray image comprises bone objects which at least in part overlap. According to the system and method, a number of the bone objects are delineated by a contour, thereby obtaining a number of delineated bone objects. For each of the number of delineated bone object, a bone suppression technique is applied to the image to obtain respective bone image data individually showing the respective delineated bone object while suppressing shadows of obstructing objects. The bone image data generated for each of the number of delineated bone objects is used to generate an output image in which the bone objects do not overlap. An advantage of the system and method is that a non-overlapping, shadow-suppressed, presentation of the bone objects may be created from an X-ray image which was obtained by projectional radiography.
US09892508B2	Apparatus and method for treatment of diagnostic information relating to samples of microbiological material An apparatus including a processor; a viewing device operatively connected to the processor; a memory storing a software program that when executed on the processor causes the processor to perform the following operations: defining a user interface on the viewing device, retrieving and visualizing, in the user interface, a datum, or a plurality of data, relative to a same examination site; for retrieving a first image of a first support, of a first type, for microbiological culture, relative to a first microbiological sample coming from the examination site and enabling selective viewing of the first image in the user interface; retrieving a second image of a second support of a second and different type, for microbiological samples, relative to a second microbiological sample coming from the examination site and enabling selective viewing of the second image, to enable the user to make a combined use and evaluation, of the data and of the images.
US09892505B2	Method and device for determining vital parameters The Invention relates to a method for determining vital parameters of a human body by means of a device (10) with at least one optical recording unit (11) and a computinig unit (12), said method comprising the following steps: recording a sequence of Individual image data of a single limited area of the skin (30) of the human body by means of the optical recording unit (11); evaluating the image data, including determining a pulse wave transit time; and determining vital parameters of the human body from the image data by means of the computing unit (12). The invention further relates to a method for authenticating a person and to a method for identifying a reaction of a person.
US09892500B2	Method for grouping region of interest of mask pattern and measuring critical dimension of mask pattern using the same A method for measuring a critical dimension of a mask pattern, including generating a mask pattern using an optically proximity-corrected (OPC) mask design including at least one block; measuring a first critical dimension of a target-region of interest (target-ROI) including neighboring blocks having a same critical dimension (CD), in the mask pattern; determining a group region of interest including the target-ROI and at least one neighboring block adjacent to the target-ROI; measuring second CDs of the neighboring blocks of the group region of interest; and correcting a measuring value of the first CD using a measuring value of the second CDs.
US09892495B2	Image processing device, imaging device, image processing method, and image processing program Disclosed are an image processing device, an imaging device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of, when recovering a deteriorated image due to a point spread function of an optical system, effectively performing phase recovery and suppressing the occurrence of artifact due to frequency recovery processing. The image processing device includes a phase recovery processing unit which subjects image data acquired from an imaging element by capturing an object image using an optical system to phase recovery processing using a phase recovery filter based on a point spread function of the optical system, a gradation correction processing unit which subjects image data subjected to the phase recovery processing to nonlinear gradation correction, and a frequency recovery processing unit which subjects image data subjected to the gradation correction to frequency recovery processing using a frequency recovery filter based on the point spread function of the optical system.
US09892494B2	Region-of-interest biased tone mapping Methods, devices and computer readable instructions to generate region-of-interest (ROI) tone curves are disclosed. One method includes obtaining a statistic for an entire image such as, for example, a luminance statistic. The same statistic may then be found for a specified ROI of the image. A weighted combination of the statistic of the entire image and the statistic of the ROI yields a combined statistic which may then be converted to a ROI-biased tone curve. The weight used to combine the two statistics may be selected to emphasize or de-emphasize the role of the ROI's statistic in the final tone curve.
US09892492B2	Image processing device, imaging apparatus, parameter generating method, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program A restoration processing section 38 performs restoration processing using a restoration filter based on a point spread function for image data. An outline enhancement processing section 39 performs sharpening processing using a sharpening filter for image data. A sharpness restoration control section 37 acquires a total sharpness restoration rate based on the restoration rate (restoration strength magnification U) of the image data based on the restoration processing and the sharpening rate (sharpening strength magnification V) of the image data based on the sharpening processing, acquires one of the restoration rate and the sharpening rate, and calculates the other one of the restoration rate and the sharpening rate based on the total sharpness restoration rate.
US09892483B2	Timing controller, display system including the same, and method of use thereof A timing controller capable of communicating with a host via a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) interface and communicating with a display via a display interface, includes a detection circuit that detects whether at least one of the MIPI interface and the timing controller is operating normally, and generates a detection signal, and an interrupt generation circuit that transmits the detection signal as an interrupt to the host via an exclusive line.
US09892478B2	Digital watermarking applications In one aspect, assembly of multi-part food packaging is checked by reference to payloads of steganographically-encoded digital watermarks printed across plural components of the packaging. Marking all surfaces of the packaging components allows arbitrary orientation of feed stock in assembly equipment, and wide latitude in placement of inspection cameras along the packaging line. In another aspect, a scanner at a retail checkout station is alert to any gap detected in steganographic encoding on retail product packaging and, if found, alerts an operator to possible presence of an adhesive label with a misleading barcode. A great variety of others features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09892477B2	Data processing systems and methods for implementing audit schedules for privacy campaigns Data processing systems and methods for retrieving data regarding a plurality of data privacy campaigns and for using that data to assess a relative risk associated with the data privacy campaign. In various embodiments, the system may be adapted to: (1) display one or more visual summaries of one or more data flow diagrams that visually depicts key features of the data flow, such as whether data is confidential and/or encrypted; (2) allow for multiple users to be assigned responsibility for populating different respective questions that are required to define the data flow; (3) automatically assess and display a relative risk associated with each campaign; and (4) automatically set, monitor, and facilitate the timely completion of an audit schedule for each campaign.
US09892440B2	Method of comparing product-identifying serial codes A process for protecting against fraudulent transactions entails comparing a first serial code with a second serial code, as well as comparing a first user identification with a second user identification. An additional comparison between a first stock keeping unit code and a second stock keeping unit code can also be made. If any of the compared data items do not match, then a notice of denial is issued for the transaction. Exceptions can be made, for example by comparing a first listing timestamp with a second listing timestamp to determine that a second transaction is occurring within a defined time period such as a return period. Data is recognized by an optical reader utilizing optical character recognition, with read data being saved to a data record. Serial codes can be directly printed on products or instead applied as a tamper evident sticker.
US09892439B2	Utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.
US09892435B2	Computational systems and methods for health services planning and matching Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one attribute of an individual; accepting sensor data about the individual; presenting a set of health care options at least partially based on the accepting sensor data about the individual; and providing a matching system for procurement of at least one selected health service option.
US09892434B2	System and method for generating and storing digital receipts for electronic shopping A system and a method are provided for generating a digital receipt for purchases made utilizing a digital wallet or with other payment procedures. The digital receipt is stored in the cloud in a digital receipts repository for later retrieval. The digital receipt can be standardized to facilitate data processing of the data contained in data fields of the digital receipt. The data fields are text/field searchable and actionable so that the receipts and the data therein can be viewed in any manner desired by the user of the digital wallet. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium can store instructions of a program, which when executed by a computer system, enables the recall of the digital receipt from the repository.
US09892423B2	Systems and methods for fraud detection based on image analysis Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to receive an advertisement including an image. A fraud assessment value for the advertisement can be determined. An image assessment value for the image can be determined. The fraud assessment value and a threshold value for fraud assessment can be compared. The image assessment value and a threshold value for image assessment can be compared. Fraud associated with the advertisement can be determined based on comparison of the fraud assessment value and the threshold value for fraud assessment and comparison of the image assessment value and the threshold value for image assessment.
US09892415B2	Automatic merchant-identification systems and methods Merchant accounts associated with sales of counterfeit or other prohibited goods may be automatically discovered by identifying websites that have traits characteristic of those that sell prohibited goods. Automated browsing sessions are established with the respective websites, in which communication traffic, page identifiers, and page contents are captured for analysis. During each of the automated sessions, a website is automatically navigated to locate and visit a payment-processing page associated with a known payment processor. The captured data from the session is analyzed to identify a merchant account established with the payment processor for receiving proceeds from sales of prohibited goods. In some cases, the captured data is analyzed to identify a common merchant and/or page identifier that was encountered in multiple sessions. Multiple otherwise unrelated websites may thereby be grouped together as being likely associated with a common merchant account.
US09892413B2	Multi factor authentication rule-based intelligent bank cards System, method, and computer program product to implement four factor authentication rule-based intelligent bank cards, by receiving valid authentication information for a card associated with an account, verifying that a captured image of a person presenting the card matches an image of an authorized user of the account, analyzing the captured image to detect an emotion of the person, and performing a predefined operation to control access to the account upon determining that the detected emotion satisfies an emotion rule associated with the account.
US09892410B2	System and method for issuing prepaid negotiable instruments Pre-paid negotiable instruments are issued in response to a request at a host system from the holder of a stored-value account. The request is made through an IVR system or a web interface, and the host allocates funds from the account and provides a balance remaining after the negotiable instrument is issued. The instrument is printed with a transaction number or other identifier at an issuing system, and is then sent to the account holder. The account holder activates the instrument after receipt. The payee receives the instrument and authorizes the instrument by providing the transaction number or identifier to the host. When authorized, payment is guaranteed to the payee from the issuer.
US09892408B2	Transaction system and method performed by using peripheral device A transaction system and method of performing a transaction by using a peripheral device are provided. The method includes receiving transaction information from an external device, searching for a peripheral device when the transaction information is received, and performing the transaction with a transaction server by using information received from the searched peripheral device and the transaction information.
US09892401B2	Transaction completion using identity aggregator A transaction processing server acts as an identity aggregator and enables transactions between a user computing device and plurality of merchant servers. The transaction processing server receives a request from the user computing device to conduct the financial transaction with a merchant server. The transaction processing server determines a plurality of user identifiers identifying a user account associated with the user computing device at each of a plurality of online systems, where a first identifier is a transaction processing server identifier identifying a user account at the transaction processing server and a second identifier is a merchant identifier identifying a user account at the merchant server. Financial information is retrieved using the plurality of user identifiers. The transaction processing server transmits the merchant identifier and the financial information of the user to the merchant server, which conducts the transaction with the user computing device using the financial information.
US09892400B1	Invitation management based on existing contacts Technology is disclosed for generating and sending invitations to recipients who have not enrolled in or associated with a convenient money transfer service that does not require any account login and/or creation activities. The disclosed technology enables a sender to transfer a specified amount of currency to one or more recipients through a payment application. The system verifies, based on the sender's existing contact information, whether the recipients have existing accounts associated with the payment application. The system then generates an invitation list. The system relies on the invitation list to send invitations to those recipients who haven't been associated with the payment application to download the payment application, enroll in payment service associated with the payment application, and/or associate their payment information with the payment application. The technology enables the sender to manually select recipients from a provided candidate list of contacts so as to initiate an invitation process.
US09892393B2	System and method for the distribution of software products A system and method for selling software products over a network. The system includes a server computer with access to software products. The system is configured to allow a user to purchase a subscription for the periodic acquisition of selected software products. In one embodiment, as part of the subscription, the user pays an amount during selected billing intervals. In return, the system issues to the user a number of credits for downloading at no additional charge at least one of the software products during a credit interval, which may be equal in length to the billing interval. In one embodiment, the system debits a number of credits in response to fulfilling a user's purchase request. The system may be also configured to deduct credits that are not used within selected credit intervals.
US09892392B2	System and method for the distribution of software products A system and method for selling software products over a network. The system includes a server computer with access to software products. The system is configured to allow a user to purchase a subscription for the periodic acquisition of selected software products. In one embodiment, as part of the subscription, the user pays an amount during selected billing intervals. In return, the system issues to the user a number of credits for downloading at no additional charge at least one of the software products during a credit interval, which may be equal in length to the billing interval. In one embodiment, the system debits a number of credits in response to fulfilling a user's purchase request. The system may be also configured to deduct credits that are not used within selected credit intervals.
US09892387B2	Sensory feedback indicators for transactional processes A method for providing web transaction feedback includes a client device receiving a response indicating a success or a failure of a user operation pertaining to a potential web transaction. The client device then provides a web transaction feedback to the user using a human interface element capable of causing the client device to perform a set of motions and/or emit a range of temperatures. The set of motions is comprised of at least a first sub-set of the set of motions indicating the success of the user operation and at least a second sub-set of the set of motions indicating the failure of the user operation. The range of temperatures is comprised of at least a first temperature of the range of temperatures indicating the success of the user operation and at least a second temperature of the range of temperatures indicating the failure of the user operation.
US09892381B2	Representing new messages on a communication device There is provided a method of representing new email messages on a communication device having a display. This method comprises setting a new message flag when an email message is received by the device; and displaying a new message indicator on the display when the new message flag is set. The new message indicator can be displayed on a home screen on the display. The new message flag can be unset when a messages screen is selected on the device. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory.
US09892378B2	Devices, systems and methods for tracking and auditing shipment items Devices, systems and methods for tracking and auditing shipment items are provided by capturing video of the shipment items handled in a facility. In certain embodiments, tracking devices are disclosed that can be integrated in a platform for material handling vehicle and manufacturing systems. In certain embodiments, tracking devices can provide tracking and auditing of shipment items by using a method of capturing video of shipment items as they are being handled. In certain embodiments, tracking devices can be coupled to video cameras. The video to be captured may be determined based on the information collected and/or commands received in relation to the items. In some embodiments, the method can create metadata and associate video and item information for shipment items handled in a facility. The video and metadata can be accessed through a communication network at a later time for tracking, auditing and other purposes.
US09892374B2	System for virtual event planning A system for virtual event planning is disclosed. The system comprises a processor and memory that further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a user interface module for generating and/or accessing a virtual event, a virtual production facility for virtually customizing and displaying the contribution of one or more contributors and/or participants of the virtual event, and an interaction module for providing user controlled interaction between the one or more contributors and/or participants.
US09892364B2	Method for virtualization of a brain-like computing system The invention discloses the technology of brain-like computing virtualization. Brain-like computing means the computing technology to mimic human brain and generate human intelligence automatically with computer software. Here the unconscious engine and conscious engine are used to define human left and right brain, while the virtualization technology is used for software to run on future hardware, such as quantum computer and molecular computer. The applied domain areas include quantum gate and adiabatic quantum simulation, brain-like autonomic computing, traditional multi-core-cluster performance service, software development/service delivery systems, and mission-critical business continuity/disaster recovery.
US09892363B2	Methods and systems for sensor-based driving data collection A system for collecting vehicle data includes a mobile device comprising a plurality of sensors, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform operations including obtaining a plurality of movement measurements from at least one of the plurality of sensors in the mobile device, determining a plurality of transportation modes using the plurality of movement measurements, and determining a mode transition using the plurality of transportation modes. The operations also include determining a transition probability using the mode transition. The operations further include creating a transition model using the transition probabilities, determining that the transition model indicates that a probability that the second transportation mode comprises driving is above a threshold, obtaining a plurality of driving movement measurements from at least one of the plurality of sensors, and determining the vehicle data using the driving movement measurements.
US09892353B1	Wireless identifier based real time item movement tracking Features are disclosed for collecting wireless identifier signals such as from RFID tags to accurately determine the location of items associated with the wireless identifier. Carefully coordinating when to begin and end collection of the signals and analysis of the signals and signal characteristics (e.g., received signal strength) allow a carried item to be identified and its location determined. Additional features are described to further validate the location of the item.
US09892352B2	Systems and methods for predicting, identifying, and/or confirming presence of objects in a predefined space or otherwise associated with a container Systems and methods for predicting, identifying, and/or confirming the presence of an object in a predefined space include communication between the object and a sensor having a detection range. The detection range of the sensor is limited to a predefined space or direction that may be less than its maximum detection range.
US09892345B2	System and method for creating a preference profile from shared images A method includes obtaining from an online social media site a plurality of instances of images of objects associated with a person; analyzing with a data processor the plurality of instances of the images with a plurality of predetermined style classifiers to obtain a score for each image for each style classifier; and determining with the data processor, based on the obtained scores, a likely preference of the person for a particular style of object. The plurality of instances of images of objects associated with the person can be images that were posted, shared or pinned by person, and images that the person expressed a preference for. In a non-limiting embodiment the object is clothing, and the style can include a fashion style or fashion genre including color preferences. A system and a computer program product to perform the method are also disclosed.
US09892341B2	Rendering of medical images using user-defined rules Systems and methods that allow transfer and display rules to be defined based on one or more of several attributes, such as a particular user, site, device, and/or image/series characteristic, as well as whether individual images and/or image series are classified as thin slices and/or based on other characteristics, and applied to medical images in order to determine which images and/or image data are analyzed, downloaded, viewed, stored, rendered, processed, and/or any number of other actions that might be performed with respect to medical image data. The system and methods may include image analysis, image rendering, image transformation, image enhancement, and/or other aspects to enable efficient and customized review of medical images.
US09892337B1	Method and apparatus for receiving a refinancing offer from an image Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a refinancing offer in response to the transmission.
US09892334B2	Optical coherence tomography array based subdermal imaging device The invention teaches a multiple reference optical coherence tomography scanner that provides a subdermal fingerprint scan, covers an area of approximately 16 mm-17 mm×10 mm in less than a second, and fits into a slim profile of less than 6 mm in thickness, thereby fitting within the slim consumer electronics such as the iPhone and similar consumer electronics. Various embodiments are taught.
US09892330B2	Night-time front vehicle detection and location measurement system using single multi-exposure camera and method therefor The present application relates to a system for location measurement and night-time forward vehicle detection using a single multi-exposure camera and method thereof which use a long exposure and short exposure frame images among four exposure methods of a multi-exposure camera and applies a binarization method which use a local adaptive threshold value, and also applies a BLOB (Binary Large Objects) matching method which detects an identical candidate BLOB from a different exposure frame image thereby, enables further accurate detection and location measurement of a forward vehicle during night-time drive.
US09892328B2	Hazard detection from a camera in a scene with moving shadows Computerized methods are performable by a driver assistance system while the host vehicle is moving. The driver assistance system includes a camera connectible to a processor. First and second image frames are captured from the field of view of the camera. Corresponding image points of the road are tracked from the first image frame to the second image frame. Image motion between the corresponding image points of the road is processed to detect a hazard in the road. The corresponding image points are determined to be of a moving shadow cast on the road to avoid a false positive detection of a hazard in the road or the corresponding image points are determined not to be of a moving shadow cast on the road to verify detection of a hazard in the road.
US09892326B2	Object detection in crowded scenes using context-driven label propagation A computer implemented method for detecting an object in a crowded scene utilizing an image capturing device. The method includes receiving an image of a predetermined area. From the image, the existence of selected portions as representing an entity of a selected class is determined. Each selected portion is assigned an initial confidence value that the selected portion is an entity representative of a selected class. Each selected portion is evaluated with each other to determine a context confidence value. The context confidence value and initial confidence value are utilized to determine which of the one or more selected portions are entities of a selected class.
US09892315B2	Systems and methods for detection of behavior correlated with outside distractions in examinations Techniques for behavior detection in electronic examinations may be realized as a method including: collecting sensor data of an examinee taking an electronic examination, the sensor data including visual image data of the examinee taken over time; automatically detecting from the collected sensor data a pattern of behavior correlated with potential misconduct; and providing an alert to an administrator of the electronic examination based on the detected pattern of behavior. The techniques may further be realized as a system configured to collect visual image data of the examinee and one or more processors configured to carry out the method.
US09892314B2	Method and device for determining associated user A method and device for determining an associated user are provided. The method includes: acquiring a face album including face sets of multiple users; determining a target user in the face album; selecting, from the face album, at least one associated-user candidate of the target user; acquiring attribute information of the at least one associated-user candidate, and determining an associated user of the target user according to the attribute information; and setting tag information for the associated user.
US09892311B2	Detecting unauthorized visitors An unauthorized visitor system collects an image of a person detected in a room of a patient. The system identifies reference points on the person's face, for example, points along the cheeks, jowls, and/or brow. The system may compare the reference points to reference points of images associated with registered visitors. The system then determines, based on the comparison, if the person is a registered visitor. One or more designated recipients may be alerted if the person is not a registered visitor or if the person breaches a patient identification zone established around a particular patient. The system may also register the person in a database of visitors.
US09892306B2	Device and method for the direct optical recording of live skin areas A device and method for direct optical recording of live skin areas, particularly of fingerprints or handprints, is disclosed. A novel possibility for direct optical recording of human skin prints with forensic quality where interference through ambient light is excluded is achieved in that, from a skin area to be recorded, image data of a calibration image generated under homogeneous illumination from an areal source and ambient light that may be present are read out from the sensor array, an adapted illumination pattern is calculated by means of the stored calibration image such that, through application of the adapted illumination pattern, a two-dimensionally structured illumination pattern is generated to minimize the influence of the ambient light and to homogenize the illumination at least of the deposited skin print, wherein an illumination array is controlled in individual light-emitting elements or in groups of light-emitting elements with the calculated illumination pattern.
US09892296B2	Method and system for autonomous vehicles A method and system for facilitating cost effective, reliable, system redundant, self-driving vehicles involves the employment of specialized lane marking components that permit unprecedented sensor feedback, and in particular, a system and method that enables accurate lane marking recognition despite adverse weather conditions, which presently pose problems experienced by self-driving systems that rely upon vision based camera systems.
US09892289B2	Reading RFID tags in defined spatial locations Devices, methods, and software are disclosed for reading RFID tags located in defined spatial locations. In one illustrative embodiment, a system can comprise a processor, a memory, and an RFID reading device including at least one radio frequency (RF) antenna. The system can be configured to read a first plurality of RFID tags attached to items disposed within a first spatial zone and read a second plurality of RFID tags attached to items disposed within a second spatial zone. The system can be further configured to produce a list of identifiers of RFID tags which belong to the second plurality of RFID tags and do not belong to the first plurality of RFID tags. In some embodiments, the system can be further configured, responsive to successfully decoding decodable indicia attached to an item, to match the item to an RFID tag belonging to the list.
US09892288B2	Process for manufacturing decorative multilayer coatings method of use thereof A process for optimizing the manufacture of decorative multilayer coatings for attachment to surfaces, including using a roll-to-roll printer to print a decorative layer on a surface of a film layer, wherein the decorative layer includes cutting lines and a first indication, using a curable roller coater to coat a layer on the surface above the print layer, using a laminator to laminate a mask over the print layer, using a cutter to cut the print layer into a cut print, and entering the cut print layer into a line printer to read the first indication and print a second indication on the cut print.
US09892286B2	Shape actuation encapsulant of a cryptographic module To provide for a physical security mechanism that forms a complete envelope of protection around the cryptographic module to detect and respond to an unauthorized attempt at physical access, a tamper sensing encapsulant generally encapsulates the cryptographic module. The tamper sensing encapsulant includes a first shape actuation layer associated with an electrically conductive first trace element and a second shape actuation layer associated with an electrically conductive second trace element. The first shape actuation layer is positioned against the second shape actuation layer such that the first trace element and the second trace element do not physically touch at an operating temperature of the cryptographic module and do physically touch when the first shape actuation layer and the second shape actuation layer are thermally loaded. Upon first trace element and the second trace element touching, a circuit is formed that disables the cryptographic module.
US09892283B2	Decryption of encrypted instructions using keys selected on basis of instruction fetch address A microprocessor and method are provided for securely decrypting and executing encrypted instructions within a microprocessor. A plurality of master keys are stored in a secure memory. Encrypted instructions are fetched from an instruction cache. A set of one or more master keys are selected from the secure memory based upon an encrypted instruction fetch address. The selected set of master keys or a decryption key derived therefrom is used to decrypt the encrypted instructions fetched from the instruction cache. The decrypted instructions are then securely executed within the microprocessor. In one implementation, the master keys are intervolved with each other to produce a new decryption key with every fetch quantum. Moreover, a new set of master keys is selected with every new block of instructions.
US09892279B2	Creating an access control policy based on consumer privacy preferences A system for generating an access control policy comprises a user interface (1) for enabling a user to indicate a topic (10) and a set of permissions (15). A document analyzer (2) analyzes the content of a plurality of documents (11) to find a set of documents (13) relating to the topic (10). A property finder (5) analyzes the content of a plurality of documents (11) to find at least one distinguishing property (12) of documents relating to the topic (10). A document selector (6) selects the set of documents (13), based on the distinguishing property (12). An associating subsystem (3) associates the set of permissions (15) with the set of documents (13) to obtain an access control policy (4).
US09892278B2	Focused personal identifying information redaction Personal information is retrieved from at least one data source and personal information associated with a first individual is identified. A document is generated that is a version of a first document, wherein the personal information associated with the first individual cannot be discerned.
US09892277B2	Device and method for encoding data column A device and a method for encoding a data column are disclosed. A schema inquiry unit inquires into a schema of an original table which is a data table for performing encoding in a database in which a plurality of data tables are stored. A backup performing unit generates schema information of a backup table on the basis of the schema of the original table, generates a backup table by using the schema information of the backup table so as to copy data of the original table into the backup table, changes the original table by adding a backup column to the original table, and inactivates constraint conditions included in the changed original table so as to copy original columns included in the changed original table into the backup column. An encoding unit encodes data of an encoding target column, a column in which encoding is to be performed in the changed original table, and enters the data in each field of the original columns of the changed original table. Then, when the encoding for the data of the encoding target column is completed, the backup performing unit deletes the backup column from the changed original table and activates the constraint conditions.
US09892272B2	System and method for encapsulating and enabling protection through diverse variations in software libraries A flexible software library in which the software modules are defined as an abstract intermediate representation. The flexible library allows security transformation and performance attribute selections to be made by the end-user, rather than the library creator. Furthermore, since the flexible library contains an abstract representation of the software modules, the library can also be provisioned to contain an arbitrary number of named instances, representing specific sets of values for security and performance decisions, along with the corresponding native object-code resulting from those decisions. This permits distribution of software modules in a completely platform-independent manner while avoiding the disclosure of proprietary information, such as source-files.
US09892264B2	System and method for dynamic security provisioning of computing resources The present invention facilitates the dynamic provisioning of computing and data assets in a commodity computing environment. The invention provides a system and method for dynamically provisioning and de-provisioning computing resources based on multi-dimensional decision criteria. By employing specialized computing components configured to assess an asset and requestor of an asset, a provisioning engine is able to transform the input from the computing components into a specific configuration of computing resource provisioning and security controls. According to the rules and policies applying to a security domain, the provisioning engine may dynamically allocate computing resources in a manner that is both safe and efficient for the asset.
US09892259B2	Security protection system and method A security protection system is provided. The system includes: a vulnerability identification device, to collect patch file information, identify a vulnerability of a to-be-fixed object corresponding to the patch file information and generate vulnerability protection information according to the vulnerability; and a vulnerability protection device, to protect the vulnerability of the to-be-fixed object corresponding to the patch file information according to the vulnerability protection information. A security protection method is provided in the present disclosure. The present disclosure may provide effective protection to the computer actively and timely and protect the vulnerability of the computer from illegal utilization.
US09892249B2	Methods and devices for authorizing operation A system for authorizing an operation is provided. The system may acquire motion data collected by a wearable device. A mobile terminal may determine whether the motion data matches with a physical motion for verification. If the motion data matches with the physical motion for verification, the mobile terminal may be authorized to perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the physical motion for verification. Thus, a user's identity may be verified based on the wearable device that collects motion data.
US09892243B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus comprises: storage unit that stores a first converted value converted by a one-way function in association with user identification information; input unit that receives, from a user, input of the user identification information and authentication information; holding unit that holds the authentication information input by the user; authentication unit that executes user authentication by converting, by the one-way function, the authentication information input by the user into a second converted value and checking the second converted value against the first converted value stored in the storage unit in association with the user identification information input by the user; and control unit that, based on success of the user authentication, causes the storage unit to store the authentication information held by the holding unit in place of the first converted value stored in the storage unit.
US09892238B2	System and method for monitoring a process A system for monitoring a process determined by a set of process data in a multidimensional process data domain pertaining to process input-output data, the system comprising: means for acquiring a plurality of historic process data sets; means for obtaining a transformation from the multidimensional process data domain to a model data domain of lower dimension by performing multivariate data analysis; and means for transforming a current process data set to a model data set to monitor the process.
US09892233B2	Visualization of a functional sequence of a medical apparatus Visualization of a functional sequence of a medical apparatus includes accepting a mathematical model describing at least the medical apparatus, and accepting a log file. The log file includes at least one value of at least one electrical signal of the medical apparatus during the functional sequence. At least one state variable of the medical apparatus is determined as a function of the mathematical model and the log file, and the at least one state variable of the medical apparatus is visualized.
US09892231B2	Automated assertion reuse for improved record linkage in distributed and autonomous healthcare environments with heterogeneous trust models An assertion acceptance value matrix (300) indicates the reliability of assertions, particularly assertions or decisions whether records match or do not match, made by other medical institutions in a federation of medical institutions with different patient record systems and some common patients. Records from different institutions with a high likelihood of matching or not matching are automatically matched or not matched. Those that are ambiguous are manually reviewed. The assertion acceptance value matrix is used to reduce or expedite the manual review.
US09892228B2	Systems and methods for generating orthotic device models from user-based data capture A method for generating an orthotic device is disclosed. The method includes receiving data from a client device of a patient, the data comprising patient information and image data representative of a body part of the patient. The method further includes generating, based on the image data, three-dimensional model data representative of the body part, and generating parametric CAD model data of the orthotic device based on the three-dimensional model data and the patient information. The parametric CAD model data is transmitted to a three-dimensional printer, wherein the three-dimensional printer is to generate the orthotic device based on the parametric CAD model data.
US09892224B2	Method of forming masks A method of forming a set of masks for manufacturing an integrated circuit includes determining a presence of a first via layout pattern and a power rail layout pattern in an original layout design. The first via layout pattern and the power rail layout pattern overlap each other. The first via layout pattern is part of a first cell layout of the original layout design. The power rail layout pattern is shared by the first cell layout and a second cell layout of the original layout design. The method further includes modifying the original layout design to become a modified layout design and forming the set of masks based on the modified layout design. The modifying the original layout design includes, if the first via layout pattern and the power rail are present in the original layout design, replacing the first via layout pattern with an enlarged via layout pattern.
US09892216B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and program product for simulating processes with parent-child and sibling relationships An information processing apparatus includes a simulator configured to simulate a process to be executed by an apparatus based on an operation procedure defined in first definition information, and one or more status changers each configured to detect arrival of a time specified in second definition information by monitoring an event generated based on the simulated process, and to change a status of the simulator to a status specified in the second definition information based on the detected time. In the information processing apparatus, the simulator simulates a process to be executed by the apparatus in accordance with a request from a program to cause the apparatus to execute the process in the status changed by the status changer.
US09892211B2	Searchable code processing system and method In a searchable cipher system, the security of ciphertext, the optimization of the size of ciphertext and the optimization of the network traffic are not examined enough. A registration client deposits encrypted data acquired by compressing the size of a search tag created for a search by a stochastic encryption using a mask by a hash value and an output value of a homomorphic function in a server, a search client similarly stochastically encrypts a search keyword and transmits it to the management server as a search keyword acquired by encrypting only a part of the encrypted data, the search client requests the management server to search data to be searched without making the management server release a mask by random numbers of the encrypted data and the encrypted keyword, the search client detects a wrong search in a search result, and decrypts the search result.
US09892195B2	Providing information via a network An efficient method and system is provided for promptly providing recommended information on a product or service giving consideration to a site user trend. It comprises a recommended information providing server for managing information on users and user terminals used by users to access the recommended information providing server. The recommended information providing server has an information management section for managing transmission network information for specifying a channel for transmitting information among the plurality of user terminals. The transmission network information includes settings of users similar in trends to a target user as virtual users. Upon receiving event information (e.g., purchase of product A) from a user terminal of a user set as a virtual user, the recommended information providing server references the transmission network information, specifies a destination (target user) of the recommended information, and sends the recommended information to a user terminal of the destination via a user agent section.
US09892191B2	Complex query handling Processing a query for a database includes: receiving a portion of a query from a client device in a server implemented by at least one processor, the portion of the query comprising an incomplete component; determining that the incomplete component is one of multiple predefined types with the server; providing the incomplete component to an auto-complete function specific to the determined type of the incomplete component; receiving in the server a suggestion for completing the query from the auto-complete function, the suggestion being specific to the type of the incomplete component; and providing the suggestion from the server to the client device.
US09892190B1	Search suggestions based on native application history Methods, systems, and apparatus, for automatically generating search suggestions based on history data for multiple native application on a user device.
US09892183B2	Computer system, computer system management method, and program A computer system, comprising a plurality of computers coupled to one another via a network, the computer system being configured to execute a task using a database constructed from the plurality of computers, the plurality of computers including a first computer and a second computer, the second computer being configured to execute: data replication for receiving the recovery request, for reading data, and for transmitting the read data to the first computer as first replicated data; and update processing for determining, in a case where a command to update the data is received in a recovery state, the sequence number of the update command, for updating predetermined data, and for transmitting the updated predetermined data as second replicated data, the first computer or the second computer being configured to control a write order of the first replicated data and the second replicated data by the first computer.
US09892182B2	Automatic repair of corrupted blocks in a database A distributed data warehouse system maintains data blocks on behalf of clients, and stores primary and secondary copies of data blocks on different disks or nodes in a cluster. The data warehouse system may back up data blocks in a key-value backup storage system. In response to a query targeting a data block previously stored in the cluster, the data warehouse system may determine whether a consistent, uncorrupted copy of the data block is available in the cluster (e.g., by applying a consistency check). If not (e.g., if a disk or node failed), the data warehouse system may automatically initiate an operation to restore the data block from the backup storage system, using a unique identifier of the data block to access a backup copy. The target data may be returned in a query response prior to restoring primary and secondary copies of the data block in the cluster.
US09892176B2	Method and apparatus for providing a smart address finder An approach is provided for parsing one or more communications to determine location details and to make those details available to one or more applications that can enable a user to determine how and when to get to a particular location. A parsing platform causes, at least in part, a parsing of one or more communications to determine one or more indicators of at least one location, wherein the one or more communications are associated with at least one application. The parsing platform causes a storage of the one or more indicators in at least one database based, at least in part, on the at least one application. The parsing platform further causes, at least in part, a granting of access to the at least one database to at least one other application for determining the at least one location based, at least in part, on the one or more indicators.
US09892175B2	Data set preview technology A mechanism for providing a preview of a data set. The search system finds a data set relevant to the search query. For any given data set, the search system extracts only a sample of elements from the data set. The sample of elements provided to the requestor includes elements for which there is a match on the search query, and elements that have no hit, but are proximate to an element that has a hit. The user obtains a view constructed of the sample of elements provided by the search system. The user is also provided with navigation controls that correspond to the most search-relevant portions of the view. Controls associated with those portion(s) may then be selected to thereby move the preview of the data set so that the portion or corresponding hit for that portion is in view.
US09892173B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, processing method thereof, and recording medium for searching in a search folder set with a search condition Aspects of invention may allow an operator to recognize that a search corresponding to search conditions set in a search folder does not function when such case occurs. In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus may include a search unit that conducts a search that corresponds to each of one or a plurality of search conditions set in a search folder, and searches for at least one folder element of the search folder. The apparatus also includes a search status confirmation unit that confirms the search status for each search condition in the search unit, and a folder-content display unit (e.g., search folder display unit) that displays, when the search status confirmation unit confirms that the search corresponding to the one or plurality of search conditions set in the search folder does not function, information indicating a malfunction.
US09892172B2	Date and time handling Embodiments are provided for date and time handling. In some embodiments, a timestamp and a location of creation for a content item is received, a time zone offset is retrieved for the location, the timestamp is converted into a local date and time using the time zone offset, and the local date and time and the time zone offset are used to create a value for a temporal identifier, and the temporal identifier is stored for the content item.
US09892171B2	Personalized recommendation of a volatile item A system, method, and machine readable medium for creating a personalized recommendation of an item by creating a topic vector based on a plurality of search queries, at least one of a plurality of users associated with the search queries or a plurality of items associated with the search queries; interring a topical preference for a user based on a search query by the user; and recommending at least one item based on the topical preference and the topic vector.
US09892169B2	Embedded content suitability scoring Embedded content suitability scoring is provided. A plurality of containers of a document is identified. Each container includes a portion of content of the document. A source for a container of the plurality of containers of the document is identified by matching the content of the container to the content of the source. A suitability score for the container is determined based, at least in part, on the content of the container and the content of the source. A suitability category for the container is determined based, at least in part, on the suitability score. The document is presented along with markup of the container that is based, at least in part, on the suitability category.
US09892168B1	Tracking and prediction of societal event trends using amplified signals extracted from social media Described is a system for tracking and predicting social events. The system filters a time series of data obtained from a social media source. Enhanced filtered signals (EFS) are extracted from the filtered time series data based on an amplification signal obtained via a summation of signals relevant to a process of interest in the filtered time series data. A level of human social activity in the social media source is monitored by comparing the extracted EFS to an event database to detect an increase in a number of social activity events in the social media source compared to the event database.
US09892167B2	Methods and systems for generating cluster-based search results Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that intuitively and efficiently allows a user to navigate a large amount of media content on a variety of user devices. Specifically, the media guidance application may provide a user with cluster-based search results. The media guidance application may intelligently select the clusters presented to a user, and attributes of those clusters, in order to assist the user in navigating the available content.
US09892163B2	Optimal operator placement for distributed query processing Total global minimum costs can be determined for multiple sub-plans for completing a multi-operation database process to be performed in a distributed database management system that includes a plurality of nodes. The multiple sub-plans can include different distributions of node locations of a plurality of operators among the plurality of nodes. An optimal plan having a lowest total minimum global cost can be selected from the multiple sub-plans.
US09892153B2	Detecting lost writes Techniques are described that determine occurrences of lost write by comparing version identifiers of corresponding replica data blocks and checkpoints of data files that include the data blocks. A method determines lost writes that may have occurred among a first set of data blocks and a second set of data blocks. Each data block in the first set of data blocks corresponds to a respective data block in the second set that is a version of data blocks in the first set. The data blocks in the first set and the second set are associated with version identifiers. The second set of data blocks is associated with a second checkpoint for which any version of a data block in the second set associated a version identifier below the second checkpoint has been acknowledged to a database server as having been written to persistent storage. The method proceed to determining the lost writes by determining that a data block in the first set and a data block in the second set satisfy criteria, such as the version identifier of the first data block is between the version identifier of the second data block and the second checkpoint.
US09892150B2	Unified data management for database systems A database architecture includes at least an in-memory database and a disk-based database (also referred to as “hot” and “warm” data stores). In the database architecture, data can be partitioned (and re-partitioned) and/or moved within and among the in-memory and disk-based databases, based on query access patterns derived from received database queries. The partitions and inter-database movements can be based at least in part on clustered, dynamic data units that are defined using shared individual attribute values of data records, and updated based on the received queries.
US09892136B2	Method and system for scrubbing data within a data storage subsystem Various embodiments for scrubbing data within a data storage subsystem are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for scrubbing data of a storage element within a data storage subsystem, the method comprising: selecting a storage element from the plurality of storage events; determining that a quantity of active data has reached a predetermined quantity threshold; and temporarily suspending data modifications on a portion of the selected storage element while maintaining read access to the selected storage element in response to the determination.
US09892134B2	Output driven generation of a combined schema from a plurality of input data schemas A computational device receives a plurality of versions of an input data schema. At least one element is selected from the plurality of versions of the input data schema based on an expected result. A combined schema is generated based on the at least one selected element. The input data is processed according to the combined schema.
US09892129B2	Distributed file system and operating method of the same A distributed file system based on a torus network includes a plurality of metadata servers configured to store metadata of files, a plurality of data servers configured to divide data and store the divided data in a distributed manner, and at least one management server configured to manage the metadata servers and the data servers. The plurality of metadata servers, the plurality of data servers, and the at least one management server are disposed on first to nth planes each of which consists of a plurality of nodes, and the first plane is connected to a plurality of clients through a switch.
US09892128B2	Techniques for improving deduplication efficiency in a storage system with multiple storage nodes Techniques for selecting a storage node of a storage system to store data include applying a first function to at least some data chunks of an extent to provide respective first values for each of the at least some data chunks. A storage node, included within multiple storage nodes of a storage system, is selected to store the extent based on a majority vote derived from the respective first values.
US09892122B2	Method and apparatus for determining a range of files to be migrated A method for determining a range of files to be migrated is disclosed, comprising: comparing the source system environment to be migrated with a set of incremental target system environments, to discover the change files in each of the target system environments relative to the source system environment, wherein each target system environment in the set of incremental target system environments comprises software on which the migration target application depends, and the software contained in the different target system environments is incremental; classifying the change files into different change patterns according to the change types of the change files in each comparison and the different change types of the change files among multiple comparisons; and determining a range of files to be migrated according to the change pattern.
US09892116B2	Encoding configuration information of an apparatus into an optical code An exemplary apparatus and method are provided in which the apparatus is provided with encoding configuration information as an optical code. The optical code is displayed on a display of the apparatus. The optical code can be read from the display and configuration information derived from the optical code is sent to a database of configured apparatuses.
US09892115B2	Translation training with cross-lingual multi-media support An improved lecture support system integrates multi-media presentation materials with spoken content so that the listener can follow with both the speech and the supporting materials that accompany the presentation to provide additional understanding. Computer-based systems and methods are disclosed for translation of a spoken presentation (e.g., a lecture, a video) along with the accompanying presentation materials. The content of the presentation materials can be used to improve presentation translation, as it extracts supportive material from the presentation materials as they relate to the speech.
US09892112B1	Machine learning to determine analogy outcomes Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for use with an intelligent computer platform to decipher analogical phrases. The aspect of deciphering the phrase includes parsing a phrase into subcomponents, identifying a category for each parsed subcomponent and a syntactic structure of the phrase, and generating a list of definitions for each parsed subcomponent. Definitions in the list are ranked according to relevance and an outcome base is identified based on ranked relevancy, with the outcome being a definition with the highest relevance in the list. A corpus is searched for evidence of a pattern associated with the list. Each definition in the list is scored according to a weighted calculation based on congruence of corpus evidence with the pattern. An outcome is generated from the pattern that receives the highest score based on congruence with the corpus evidence.
US09892109B2	Automatically coding fact check results in a web page A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results.
US09892104B2	System for and method of annotation of digital content and creation of collections of annotations of digital content The present invention provides a system for and a method of collaborative annotation of digital content. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of annotating digital content is provided. An annotation related to a portion of a volume of digital content is created. The annotation is stored in computer-readable memory in a manner that maintains a logical connection between the annotation and the portion of the volume of the digital content. The annotation is created by a first user. A comment is created by a second user in response to the annotation. The comment is stored in computer-readable memory in a manner that maintains a logical connection between the comment and the annotation. The portion of the volume of the digital content is displayed together with at least an identification of the annotation and at least an identification of the comment.
US09892094B2	Electronic book pagination An electronic book can be paginated by reference to a print version of the same book. Pages of the print version are scanned to obtain text strings and page labels corresponding to each of the pages. The text strings are then compared to the electronic book to find the best matching positions within the electronic book. The matching positions within the electronic book are then associated with the page numbers of the pages from which the matching text strings were obtained. Autocorrelation can be used to determine matching positions.
US09892093B1	Apparatus of a hand-held device for exposing non-standard fonts in a network document to an operating system When a browsing computer navigates to a network document, such as a web page, the corresponding server also downloads computer readable formatting information necessary for the operating system of the browsing computer to render nonstandard characters within the network document. An installation module is also downloaded to the browsing computer. The installation module is loaded onto the browsing computer which in turn either permanently installs or temporarily exposes the operating system of the browsing computer to the computer readable formatting information. As a result, the operating system of the browsing computer is able to display the network document including the non-standard characters.
US09892086B2	High performance interconnect physical layer A serial data link is to be adapted during initialization of the link. Adaptation of the link is to include receiving a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) from a remote agent, analyzing the PRBS to identify characteristics of the data link, and generating metric data describing the characteristics.
US09892078B2	Information processing apparatus and control method of the information processing apparatus A core, PCIe devices, and a PCIe switch are provided. A PCIe bridge includes a device tree data that indicates the location of each of the PCIe devices with respect to the core via the PCIe switch and an action list in which a process causing one of the PCIe devices to perform when an event occurs in the one of the PCIe devices. If an event occurs in a specific PCIe device, the PCIe bridge acquires an event occurrence notification; specifies the location of the specific PCIe device from the device tree data on the basis of an event occurrence notification; extracts the process causing the specific PCIe device to perform from the action list; and sends an execution instruction of the extracted process to the specific PCIe device on the basis of the specified location.
US09892076B2	Mobile hardware fob with device ecosystem for modular I/O extension devices A fob device includes a portable housing below a size needed to accommodate an input/output component for providing access to a functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible. The fob device also includes a mobile processor, a wireless interface, a volatile memory, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface, and storage medium having instructions that when executed causes the fob to receive a pairing request from a modular extension device that can provide access to the full functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible, pair with the modular extension device, and provide interfaces to the modular extension device that are customized based on a form factor of the modular extension device.
US09892073B1	Bus addressing systems and methods using repurposed bits Systems and methods for dynamically assigning unique identifiers for devices on a bus using repurposed bits. Dynamically assigned unique identifiers can be dynamically assigned bus addresses. Exemplary methods do not require prior knowledge of the presence of devices on the network, accommodate networks with different numbers and types of devices, and allow for a node addresses as small as the number of devices on the network.
US09892071B2	Emulating a remote direct memory access (‘RDMA’) link between controllers in a storage array Emulating a remote direct memory access (‘RDMA’) link between controllers in a storage array, including: inserting, into a buffer utilized by a direct memory access (‘DMA’) engine of a first storage array controller, a data transfer descriptor describing data stored in memory of the first storage array controller and a location to write the data to memory of the second storage array controller; retrieving, in dependence upon the data transfer descriptor, the data stored in memory of the first storage array controller; and writing the data into the memory of the second storage array controller in dependence upon the data transfer descriptor.
US09892052B2	Hybrid tracking of transaction read and write sets Tracking a processor instruction is provided to limit a speculative mis-prediction. A non-speculative read set indication and/or write set indication are maintained for a transaction. In addition, a queue(s) of at least one address corresponding to a speculatively executed instruction is maintained. For a received request from a remote processor, a transaction resolution process takes place, and a resolution is performed if an address match in the queue is detected. The resolution includes to hold a response to the receive request until the speculative instruction is committed or flushed.
US09892047B2	Multi-channel cache memory A cache memory including: a plurality of parallel input ports configured to receive, in parallel, memory access requests wherein each parallel input port is operable to receive a memory access request for any one of a plurality of processing units; and a plurality of cache blocks wherein each cache block is configured to receive memory access requests from a unique one of the plurality of input ports such that there is a one-to-one mapping between the plurality of parallel input ports and the plurality of cache blocks and wherein each of the plurality of cache blocks is configured to serve a unique portion of an address space of the memory.
US09892046B2	Cache allocation based on quality-of-service information A cache memory device shared by a plurality of processors includes a cache memory configured to store some of data stored in a main memory and to be accessed by the plurality of processors. A cache controller stores quality-of-service (QoS) information of each of the plurality of processors and differently sets a size of a storage space of the cache memory to be managed by a target processor, based on the QoS information of the target processor.
US09892044B1	Methods to efficiently implement coarse granularity cache eviction A data processing system and methods for performing cache eviction are disclosed. An exemplary method includes maintaining a metadata set for each cache unit of a cache device at a sub-cache unit granularity, wherein the cache device comprises a plurality of cache units, each cache unit having a plurality of segments, wherein the cache device is accessible by a cache client at a segment granularity. The exemplary method further includes in response to determining that a cache eviction is to be performed, selecting a predetermined number of cache units from the plurality of cache units, determining a score for each of the selected cache units based on the respective metadata set maintained at the sub-cache unit granularity, and evicting one or more of the selected predetermined number of cache units based on their scores. The metadata may include, for example, last access time (LAT) metadata, an access count, and hotness metadata, and metadata may be maintained at a segment or a segment group granularity.
US09892034B2	Semiconductor device and operating method thereof A semiconductor device includes a mapping table that stores a corresponding relation between a logical address defined on a basis of regions and a physical address defined on a basis of extents, wherein one or more extents are dynamically allocated to one region.
US09892030B2	Method and apparatus for improving non-uniform memory access A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for improving non-uniform memory access are disclosed. For example, the method divides a plurality of stream processing jobs into a plurality of groups of stream processing jobs to match a topology of a non-uniform memory access platform. The method sets a parameter in an operating system kernel of the non-uniform memory access platform to favor an allocation of a local memory, and defines a plurality of processor sets. The method binds one of the plurality of groups to one of the plurality of processor sets, and run the one group of stream processing jobs on the one processor set.
US09892029B2	Apparatus and method for expanding the scope of systems management applications by runtime independence An apparatus for automatic conversion of existing systems management software applications to run in multiple middleware runtime frameworks by automating the unification of runtime framework ontologies and isolating runtime dependent code in the build process of system management applications through the introduction of a runtime dependency processor and performing runtime dependency analysis.
US09892024B2	Backward compatibility testing of software in a mode that disrupts timing A device may be run in a timing testing mode in which the device is configured to disrupt timing of processing that takes place on the one or more processors while running an application with the one or more processors. The application may be tested for errors while the device is running in the timing testing mode.
US09892021B2	Injection of code modifications in a two session debug scripting environment In one general aspect, a method can include receiving at least one set of correction instructions, validating the at least one set of correction instructions for use by a debugger when debugging an application program, and generating a debug script. The debug script can include text for automatically implementing the validated at least one set of correction instructions in the debugger when debugging an application program. The method can further include generating a plurality of data structures for use by the debug script based on the validated at least one set of correction instructions, and outputting the debug script to the debugger for use by the debugger when debugging the application program.
US09892013B2	Method and device for displaying incremental update progress A method and device for displaying incremental update progress. The method includes: drawing representation parts corresponding to a file package increment and a file package non-increment in one and the same geometric graph using a first color and a second color, respectively; and in a process of loading the file package increment, updating the first color of the representation part corresponding to the file package increment, until the first color of the representation part corresponding to the file package increment is completely changed into the second color.
US09892012B2	Detecting anomalous sensors Anomalous sensors are detected using an apparatus including a processor and one or more computer readable mediums collectively including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain a plurality of healthy sensor data, wherein each of the healthy sensor data includes a plurality of sensed values of a corresponding sensor among a plurality of sensors in normal operation, generate a healthy data distribution of at least two sensors among the plurality of sensors based on the plurality of healthy sensor data, and generate a function of a status probability distribution of the plurality of sensors with respect to time under the condition of sensor data with respect to time based on the healthy data distribution.
US09892008B2	Copy-on-read process in disaster recovery Systems, methods, and computer products for copy-on-read processes in disaster recovery include: making a disaster recovery storage volume available for read access before all data from a corresponding primary storage volume has been copied to a disaster recovery storage volume; maintaining a record of regions of the disaster recovery storage volume; in response to receiving a read request for data at the disaster recovery system: looking up the record of regions of the disaster recovery storage volume to determine available data for the read request; reading any available data from the disaster recovery storage volume; obtaining data unavailable at the disaster recovery storage volume from the corresponding primary storage volume; updating the disaster recovery storage volume with the obtained data; supplying the obtained data to the read request; and updating the record of regions of the disaster recovery storage volume for the regions of the obtained data.
US09891999B2	Exercise history information managing method and electronic device supporting the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor configured to record exercise history information relating to an exercise performed by a user of the electronic device, and a memory configured to store the exercise history information, wherein the processor is configured to record the exercise history information continuously if an exercise application of the electronic device is unintentionally terminated, and retrieve the stored exercise history information when the exercise application is restarted.
US09891996B2	Apparatus and method for recovering an information handling system from a non-operational state A method recovers an information handling system (IHS) from a non-operational state. The method includes determining if the non-operational state of the IHS has occurred. In response to determining that the non-operational state of the IHS has occurred, a basic input-output (BIOS) recovery device is identified as being coupled to an embedded controller. In response to identifying that the BIOS recovery device is coupled to the embedded controller, an IHS type is transmitted to the BIOS recovery device. The BIOS recovery device is signaled to determine if the BIOS recovery device contains a BIOS payload corresponding to the IHS type. In response to determining that the BIOS recovery device contains the BIOS payload corresponding to the IHS type, the BIOS recovery device is triggered to transmit the BIOS payload to the embedded controller. The IHS is triggered to restart using the new BIOS payload.
US09891995B2	Cooperative decentralized rebuild scanning A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method begins by receiving one or more list requests within a timeframe. The method continues by identifying one or more slice name ranges associated with the one or more list requests to produce active address ranges. The method continues by determining a scan address range based on the active address ranges utilizing a range selection approach. The method continues by generating a pillar width number of list requests for an associated set of distributed storage and task (DST) execution units based on the scan address range and sending the pillar width number of list requests to the associated set of DST execution units.
US09891994B1	Updated raid 6 implementation A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method of implementing a redundant array of independent disk (RAID) system wherein the RAID, the computer-executable method comprises storing data storage blocks arranged in a first plurality of data rows and a second plurality of data columns and storing parity data in defined parity blocks, wherein a portion of the defined parity blocks include column parity data.
US09891981B2	Information processing apparatus and switch failure detection method An information processing apparatus includes a storage device, an arithmetic processing unit, a first converting device, and a second converting device. The storage device outputs data in accordance with a memory access request. The arithmetic processing unit performs an arithmetic operation on the data. The first converting device converts a memory access request issued by the arithmetic processing unit to a memory access signal and sends to the storage device. The second converting device converts a memory access request issued by the arithmetic processing unit to a memory access signal, acquires the memory access signal sent by the first converting device, and compares the content of a memory access performed by using the converted memory access signal with the content of a memory access performed by using the acquired memory access signal, and determines whether the first converting device has failed.
US09891969B2	Method and apparatus for device state based encryption key An apparatus and a method for encrypting and decrypting data in a device are provided. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to transmit a data command from an application to an encryption driver that executes in a kernel space, determine if the application is authenticated to perform the data command based on an access policy, transmit, when the application is authenticated, a first key to a cryptographic library that executes in an application space, and perform the data command based on the first key after receiving a response via the cryptographic library. The first key is stored in an encryption driver in the kernel space and is not available to applications in the application space.
US09891966B2	Idempotent mode of executing commands triggered by complex event processing Systems and methods for enforcing the idempotent mode of executing commands triggered by complex event processing. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device of a command dispatching module associated with a first event processing node, an event processing command comprising a command identifier; and responsive to successfully storing the command identifier in a hash table employed for storing identifiers of executed commands, causing the event processing command to be executed.
US09891965B2	Multi-window control method and electronic device supporting the same A multi-window control method and an electronic device supporting the same is provided. The multi-window control method includes changing a size of at least one specific window among a plurality of windows, and altering a focus to the at least one specific window based on a changed size of the at least one specific window.
US09891959B2	Stage-aware performance modeling for computer cluster sizing A method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a computer cluster. Job information identifying a data processing job to be performed is received by a processor unit. The data processing job to be performed comprises a plurality of stages. Cluster information identifying a candidate computer cluster is also received by the processor unit. The processor unit identifies stage performance models for modeled stages that are similar to the plurality of stages. The processor unit predicts predicted stage performance times for performing the plurality of stages on the candidate computer cluster using the stage performance models and combines the predicted stage performance times for the plurality of stages to determine a predicted job performance time. The predicted job performance time may be used to configure the computer cluster.
US09891958B2	System and method for parallelizing grid search method facilitating determination of PK-PD parameters Disclosed is a system and method for parallelizing grid search technique facilitating determination of PK-PD parameters. The method may comprise determining number of grids. The method may further comprise creating grid points based upon the number of grids (N) and a number of parameters (p). The method may further comprise distributing the grid points amongst number of threads. The method may further comprise evaluating an objective function value corresponding to each grid point in order to compute an objective function value associated with each of the grid points. Further, the method may comprise identifying a grid point having minimum objective function value. The grid point having the least objective function value may indicate the estimated initial PK-PD parameters.
US09891952B1	Lazy persistent storage volume provisioning Methods and systems for provisioning persistent storage are disclosed. For example, a new isolated guest and associated persistent storage volume are requested to be created. The isolated guest is based on an image file in an image repository and is associated with metadata. An orchestrator obtains the image file. The orchestrator reserves the persistent storage volume by updating the system resource allocation database based on the metadata. The persistent storage volume is then created in the persistent storage based on the reservation of the persistent storage volume in the system resource allocation database. The orchestrator activates the constructed isolated guest and the isolated guest accesses the persistent storage volume.
US09891948B2	Information processing to shut down application based on start-up time and network access time There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit configured to determine, for each application, shift time length for each state shift while an application changes from a non-usable state to a usable state, and a control unit configured to shift a state of an application to the non-usable state, the application being specified on the basis of a result of the determination by the determination unit.
US09891946B2	Dynamic relocation of applications in a cloud application service model Software that performs the following steps is provided: (i) running an application on a first virtual machine on a first physical server, with the application including a first plurality of independently migratable elements, including a first independently migratable element that utilizes a first computing resource on the first virtual machine and a second independently migratable element that utilizes a second computing resource on the first virtual machine; and (ii) on condition that a first migration condition exists, migrating the first independently migratable element to a second virtual machine on a second physical server, such that the first independently migratable element is able to utilize a computing resource that is similar to the first computing resource on the second virtual machine on the second physical server while the second independently migratable element remains able to utilize the second computing resource on the first virtual machine on the first physical server.
US09891944B2	Steganographic message passing between a virtual machine and a hypervisor A computer-implemented method may include identifying a plurality of selected bits of usage data of a virtual machine. A desired message may be encoded, by a computer processor, as a steganographic message stored in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. Encoding the desired message may include manipulating one or more resources of the virtual machine to cause a change in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. The usage data may be provided to the hypervisor, and the steganographic message may be observable in the usage data.
US09891942B2	Maintaining virtual machines for cloud-based operators in a streaming application in a ready state A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application, and when the performance needs to be improved, the streams manager automatically requests virtual machines from a cloud manager. The cloud manager provisions one or more virtual machines in a cloud with the specified streams infrastructure and streams application components. The streams manager then modifies the flow graph so one or more portions of the streaming application are hosted by the virtual machines in the cloud. When performance of the streaming application indicates a virtual machine is no longer needed, the virtual machine is maintained and placed in a ready state so it can be quickly used as needed in the future without the overhead of deploying a new virtual machine.
US09891939B2	Application compatibility with library operating systems Application compatibility is facilitated by use of library operating systems. Library operating systems can encapsulate portions of an application likely to break application compatibility. An application can be bound to a compatible library operating system that operates over a host operating system. Furthermore, library operating system version can be greater than, equal, or less than the version of the host operating system. Consequently, both backward and forward compatibility is enabled.
US09891930B2	Rapid identification of object properties in an evolving domain model of an enterprise application on the cloud The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for identifying traits of an object. In one example, a set of traits is identified in an object-oriented system. A set of trait rules is identified. A trait data structure is generated. A set of classes in the object-oriented system is identified. For each class in the set of classes, a metadata structure is constructed. For each trait in the trait data structure, a trait rule in the trait computation rules structure is identified. The trait rule is applied to the particular metadata structure to generate a trait rule result. Whether the particular class has the particular trait is determined based on the trait rule result. In response to a determination that the particular class has the particular trait, the trait data structure is updated. The updated trait data structure indicates that the particular class has the particular trait.
US09891926B2	Heterogeneous core microarchitecture Embodiments relate to a heterogeneous core microarchitecture. An aspect includes binding, by an operating system that is executing on a processor comprising a core comprising a heterogeneous microarchitecture comprising two or more flows, a job that is being executed by the operating system to a flow of the two or more flows. Another aspect includes issuing an instruction corresponding to the job with a tag indicating the binding of the job to which the instruction corresponds. Yet another aspect includes executing the instruction by the flow in the core that is indicated by the tag.
US09891925B2	Allocation method, apparatus, and program for managing architectural registers and physical registers using mapping tables An allocation system and a method for allocating an architectural register in a system having one or more mapping tables. When the allocation system detects a plurality of available architectural registers to an allocation target virtual register, it identifies adjacent instructions to all instructions having the allocation target virtual register in its destination operand, counts the number of uses of the architectural register appearing in the destination operand for each architectural register, summing the number of uses for each architectural register for each entry group in one or more mapping tables having the same assignment rule for correlations with the architectural registers, calculating the total of the numbers of uses of entries for each entry group, and allocating the architectural register to the allocation target virtual register such that the total of the numbers of uses of entries for each entry group approaches uniformity.
US09891924B2	Method for implementing a reduced size register view data structure in a microprocessor A method for implementing a reduced size register view data structure in a microprocessor. The method includes receiving an incoming instruction sequence using a global front end; grouping the instructions to form instruction blocks; using a plurality of multiplexers to access ports of a scheduling array to store the instruction blocks as a series of chunks.
US09891915B2	Method and apparatus to increase the speed of the load access and data return speed path using early lower address bits A microprocessor implemented method for resolving dependencies for a load instruction in a load store queue (LSQ) is disclosed. The method comprises initiating a computation of a virtual address corresponding to the load instruction in a first clock cycle. It also comprises transmitting early calculated lower address bits of the virtual address to a load store queue (LSQ) in the same cycle as the initiating. Finally, it comprises performing a partial match in the LSQ responsive to and using the lower address bits to find a prior aliasing store, wherein the prior aliasing store stores to a same address as the load instruction.
US09891909B2	Dynamic reconnect of work processes in a zero downtime maintenance procedure The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for updating an application. At least one application instance of an application is managed. Each application instance is associated with a plurality of executing work processes connected with a first database schema. A bridge database schema is generated that is related to the first database schema. The bridge database schema represents a copy of the first database schema and is generated in response to initiation of an update to the application. In response to determining that the generation of the bridge database schema is complete, for each of the plurality of work processes, a commit work action performed by the particular work process is determined. In response to determining performance of the commit work action, the particular work process is connected to the bridge database schema.
US09891908B2	Updatable integrated-circuit radio An integrated-circuit radio communication device (1) comprises processing means (7), memory (13), and radio communication logic (17). The memory (13) stores (i) a boot-loader (22), (ii) a firmware module (23) in a firmware memory region, and (iii) a software application (27) in a software-application memory region. The firmware module (23) comprises instructions for controlling the radio communication logic (17) according to a predetermined radio protocol, and the software application (27) comprises instructions for invoking a radio-communication function of the firmware module (23). The boot-loader (22) or the firmware module (23) comprises instructions for using the radio communication logic (17) to receive a new firmware module (40), and the boot-loader (22) or the firmware module (23) comprises instructions for storing the new firmware module (40) in the software-application memory region such that at least a portion of the software application (27) is overwritten by the new firmware module (40). The boot-loader (22) comprises instructions for moving or copying the new firmware module (40) from the software-application memory region to the firmware memory region.
US09891907B2	Device component status detection and illustration apparatuses, methods, and systems Device component status detection and illustration apparatuses, methods, and systems determine and generate visualizations of updates timelines indicating device components associated with a remote connected device at different times. A device component status detection and illustration apparatus may include a memory and processor with instructions to: obtain device selection parameters, determine one or more remote connected devices that satisfy the device selection parameters, and identify a remote connected device selected from one or more remote connected devices by a user. The instructions may further be executed to generate visualizations of updates timelines associated with the remote connected device, including information regarding device components associated with the identified remote connected device as of selected update times. This allows the apparatus to present information regarding the status of a particular device at different points in time.
US09891899B2	Automatic reference counting In a method for enabling automatic reference counting, a segment of source code is replaced with an automatic reference counting implementation such that the source code executes an object destructor on demand irrespective of whether there are live references to an object, where a reference associates the object with a portion of memory, and where the object destructor marks the object as disposed without freeing the portion of memory associated with the object and without impacting validity of the reference to the object. The source code is executed with the automatic reference counting implementation, where the automatic reference counting collects a reference and removes the reference from being a live reference, and where marking of the object as disposed by the object destructor is executed on demand based on the source code irrespective of whether there are live references to the object and without impacting validity of the reference to the object.
US09891898B1	Low-level programming language plugin to augment high-level programming language setup of an SDN switch A method involves compiling a first amount of high-level programming language code (for example, P4) and a second amount of a low-level programming language code (for example, C) thereby obtaining a first section of native code and a second section of native code. The high-level programming language code at least in part defines how an SDN switch performs matching in a first condition. The low-level programming language code at least in part defines how the SDN switch performs matching in a second condition. The low-level code can be a type of plugin or patch for handling special packets. The sections of native code are loaded into the SDN switch such that a first processor (for example, x86 of the host) executes the first section of native code and such that a second processor (for example, ME of an NFP on the NIC) executes the second section of native code.
US09891896B2	Program code library searching and selection in a networked computing environment An approach for integrated development environment (IDE)-based program code library searching and selection in multiple programming languages in a networked computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, a search request (e.g., to locate a desired program code library) will be received in an IDE and parsed. The search request generally includes a set of annotations corresponding to at least one of: a primary program code language of the program code library, an alternate program code language of the program code library, or a method pair associated with the program code library. A search of at least one program code library repository will then be conducted based on the set of annotations, and a set of matching results will be generated. The set of matching results may include one or more program code libraries, and may be provided to a device hosting the IDE.
US09891895B2	User interaction models for disambiguation in programming-by-example Systems and methods for increasing user confidence in results that are produced by one or more programs that are generated by an underlying Programming-By-Example (PBE) system based on user input examples. A plurality of generated programs that have been generated using one or more user input examples that are indicative of an output that should be achieved to comply with a user determined result are received. The generated programs are narrowed based on one or more sub-expressions of the programs that are likely to cause the resultant program to comply with the user determined result. The one or more sub-expressions are exposed. Input that selects at least one of the one or more exposed sub-expressions to thereby identify the one of the generated programs that will result in the user determined result is received.
US09891888B2	Digital true random number generator based on S-boxes Various embodiments relate to a device including a digital component configured to output a plurality of parallel bits based on an input wherein the digital component is capable of occupying a metastable state between a time the input is changed and a time the output plurality of parallel bits changes based on the changed input, wherein the digital component outputs metastable bits while occupying the metastable state; and a synchronous sampling circuit configured to sample bits from the digital component in synchronization with a received clock signal pulse, wherein when the clock signal pulse occurs while the digital component occupies a metastable state, the synchronous sampling circuit samples metastable bits, and wherein the input into the digital component changes in a manner that is asynchronous with respect to the clock signal pulse. In various embodiments, the digital component is a substitution box (S-box).
US09891887B2	Subdivision of a fused compound arithmetic operation A microprocessor prepares a fused multiply-accumulate operation of a form ±A*B±C for execution by issuing first and second multiply-accumulate microinstructions to one or more instruction execution units to complete the fused multiply-accumulate operation. The first multiply-accumulate microinstruction causes an unrounded nonredundant result vector to be generated from a first accumulation of a selected one of (a) the partial products of A and B or (b) C with the partial products of A and B. The second multiply-accumulate microinstruction causes performance of a second accumulation of C with the unrounded nonredundant result vector, if the first accumulation did not include C. The second multiply-accumulate microinstruction also causes a final rounded result to be generated from the unrounded nonredundant result vector, wherein the final rounded result is a complete result of the fused multiply-accumulate operation.
US09891886B2	Split-path heuristic for performing a fused FMA operation A microprocessor performs a fused multiply-accumulate operation of a form ±A*B±C. An evaluation is made to detect whether values of A, B, and/or C meet a sufficient condition for performing a joint accumulation of C with partial products of A and B. If so, a joint accumulation of C is done with partial products of A and B and result of the joint accumulation is rounded. If not, then a primary accumulation is done of the partial products of A and B. This generates an unrounded non-redundant result of the primary accumulation. The unrounded result is then truncated to generate an unrounded non-redundant intermediate result vector that excludes one or more least significant bits of the unrounded non-redundant result. A secondary accumulation is then performed, adding or subtracting C to the unrounded non-redundant intermediate result vector. Finally, the result of the secondary accumulation is rounded.
US09891883B2	Methods and system for cue detection from audio input, low-power data processing and related arrangements Methods and arrangements involving electronic devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, wearable devices, etc., are disclosed. One arrangement involves a low-power processing technique for discerning cues from audio input. Another involves a technique for detecting audio activity based on the Kullback-Liebler divergence (KLD) (or a modified version thereof) of the audio input. Still other arrangements concern techniques for managing the manner in which policies are embodied on an electronic device. Others relate to distributed computing techniques. A great variety of other features are also detailed.
US09891882B2	Methods and systems for conveying encrypted data to a communication device An embodiment takes the form of an accessory for attachment to a communication device, the accessory comprising a microphone disposed on the accessory to detect sound, a cryptographic module disposed on the accessory in communication with the microphone to generate encrypted audio data based on the detected sound, a communication interface disposed on the accessory in communication with the cryptographic module configured to convey the encrypted audio data to the communication device, and an audio-sensor inhibitor arranged to be positioned adjacent to a communication-device audio sensor.
US09891880B2	Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a control device, cause the control device to perform functions. The functions comprise configuring a first playback device associated with a first user-account to (i) play media content from a playback queue comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location and (ii) enable one or more other user-accounts associated with other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue. The functions further comprise receiving an indication that a second user-account associated with a second playback device has subscribed to the playback queue. The functions further comprise in response to receiving the indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue. An example control device and an example method, both related to the example non-transitory computer-readable medium, are also disclosed herein.
US09891872B2	Printer driver program installed on both terminal and server A printer driver is installed on a client PC. The printer driver acquires a first time stamp from a server, and determines whether the first time stamp and a second time stamp stored in the client PC are identical. When the first time stamp and the second time stamp are different, the printer driver acquires device option information of a MFP. When the first time stamp and the second time stamp are different, the printer driver updates content of the second time stamp to content of the first time stamp.
US09891864B2	Non-volatile memory module architecture to support memory error correction Apparatus and methods are provided for operating a non-volatile memory module. In an example, a method can include filling a first plurality of pages of a first non-volatile memory with first data from a first data lane that includes a first volatile memory device, and filling a second plurality of pages of the first non-volatile memory device with second data from a second data lane that includes a second volatile memory device. In certain examples, the first plurality of pages does not include data from the second data lane.
US09891862B2	Forensic data acquisition apparatus and method for guaranteeing integrity of flash memory in smart device Forensic data acquisition apparatus and method. The forensic data acquisition apparatus according to an embodiment includes a command analysis unit for activating a boot loader and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) module of a smart device and analyzing a format of a flash memory read command based on results of analysis of the boot loader, a partition information analysis unit for analyzing partition information of flash memory in compliance with the flash memory read command, and a data acquisition unit for generating a dump image by dumping data stored in the flash memory based on the flash memory read command and the partition information, and for acquiring forensic data based on the dump image.
US09891856B2	Memory address remapping system, device and method of performing address remapping operation A memory system includes an address remapping circuit and a first set of memory devices. The address remapping circuit includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving a plurality of chip selection signals and a plurality of chip identification signals. The address remapping circuit receives input signals corresponding to a portion of the plurality of chip selection signals and the plurality of chip identification signals through corresponding input terminals of the plurality of input terminals and generates a plurality of internal chip selection signals based on the input signals and a remapping control signal. Each of the first set of memory devices is configured to be selected in response to a corresponding internal chip selection signal of the plurality of internal chip selection signals.
US09891854B2	Memory management method A method for managing main memory including DRAM and NVRAM in a computer depending on the operation state of the computer is provided. The method includes: (a) upon start of the computer, loading a program and the like into the DRAM, and loading predetermined read-only data and the like into the NVRAM; (b) in a state transition from a normal operation to a suspend state, moving data in the DRAM to the NVRAM; (c) in a state transition from the suspend state to the normal operation, reading data from the NVRAM for program execution; (d) in the case where a data write to the NVRAM occurs, stopping the data write, and moving data in a data area of the NVRAM subjected to the data write, to the DRAM; and (e) performing the data write to the DRAM to which the data has been moved.
US09891850B2	Method for backing up data on tape A method for backing up data on a tape in a file system is provided. This method includes the steps of: copying the data area in the first data area, excluding the third data area, as well as in the second data area to the tape as a single, contiguous fourth area; copying the second data area to a position corresponding to the replacement of the third data area; storing index information for identifying the fourth data area to the tape; copying the third data area to the tape as a fifth data area separate from the fourth data area; and storing on the tape the index information for identifying the data area in the fourth data area excluding the second data area, and the index information for identifying the fifth data area.
US09891841B2	Storage system including a plurality of memory nodes connected through first and second groups of interfaces A storage system includes a memory unit group that includes a first memory unit and a plurality of second memory units, and the first memory unit is connected to the plurality of second memory units so that data can be transmitted between the first memory unit and the second memory units. The plurality of second memory units is mounted on a same first substrate. One second memory unit of the plurality of second memory units cooperates with the first memory unit and does not cooperate with the other second memory units of the plurality of second memory units.
US09891839B2	System and method for achieving high performance data flow among user space processes in storage systems Fault isolation capabilities made available by user space can be provided for a embedded network storage system without sacrificing efficiency. By giving user space processes direct access to specific devices (e.g., network interface cards and storage adapters), processes in a user space can initiate Input/Output requests without issuing system calls (and entering kernel mode). The multiple user spaces processes can initiate requests serviced by a user space device driver by sharing a read-only address space that maps the entire physical memory one-to-one. In addition, a user space process can initiate communication with another user space process by use of transmit and receive queues similar to transmit and receiver queues used by hardware devices. And, a mechanism of ensuring that virtual addresses that work in one address space reference the same physical page in another address space is used.
US09891838B2	Method of operating a memory system having a meta data manager A method of operating a memory system including a nonvolatile memory, having a meta data region and a user data region, and a memory controller having a meta data manager. The method includes programming data to a memory block of the user data region and, by operation of the meta data manager, generating a meta log based on the programming. The meta log is stored to the memory controller. Upon a power-off operation, selectively storing the meta log to the meta data region of the nonvolatile memory based on status information of the nonvolatile memory.
US09891826B1	Discard command support in parity based redundant array of flash memory disk A Discard command is received which includes an address on a specific SSD of a plurality of SSDs configured as a RAID device, wherein the Discard command is associated with data associated with the address. In response to receiving the Discard command, a trim metadata flag is set in an entry associated with the address in a mapping table, wherein a trim metadata flag that is set indicates that a Discard command was received for a corresponding address.
US09891811B2	Devices and methods for navigating between user interfaces A method includes: displaying a first view of a first application; detecting a first portion of a first input; if the first portion of the first input meets application-switching criteria, concurrently displaying portions of the first application view and a second application view; while concurrently displaying the portions of the application views, detecting a second portion of the first input; if the second portion of the first input meets first-view display criteria (liftoff of contact detected in a first region), ceasing to display the portion of the second application view and displaying the first application view; and if the second portion of the first input meets multi-view display criteria (liftoff of contact detected in a second region), maintaining concurrent display of a portion of the first application view and a portion of the second application view on the display after detecting the liftoff of the contact.
US09891810B2	Collaboration for network-shared documents Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating collaboration among users for network-shared documents. A computing environment can identify that a particular identifier was used in a communication regarding a file being accessible on various client devices. A suitable task to perform in association with at least one of the plurality of client devices can be identified based on the identifier and a determination can be made whether performance of the task would comply with at least one compliance rule. In response to the performance of the task complying with the at least one compliance rule, the task can be performed.
US09891804B2	Selection and display of biomarker expressions Embodiments provide a user interface including an image panel for displaying a field of view corresponding to an image, or a portion of an image, of a biological specimen, and a biomarker panel for displaying thumbnail images for simultaneously viewing different aspects of a region within the field of view. Upon selection or update of the selected region of the field of view, the thumbnail images may be accordingly updated automatically to display the newly selected region. The image panel may include an interest region selection component for delineating a region within the field of view. The interest region selection component may be overlaid over a portion of the field of view displayed in the image panel, and may be used by a user to select or update the region within the field of view displayed in the biomarker panel. Images of interest may be saved to an electronic record.
US09891803B2	Simplified projection of content from computer or mobile devices into appropriate videoconferences In one general aspect, a method can include displaying, on a display device included in a computing device, content in an application executing on the computing device, and determining that the computing device is proximate to a videoconferencing system. The method can further include displaying, in a user interface on the display device, at least one identifier associated with a videoconference, receiving a selection of the at least one identifier, and initiating the videoconference on the videoconferencing system in response to receiving the selection of the at least one identifier. The videoconference on the videoconferencing system can be initiated such that the content is provided for display on a display device included in the videoconferencing system.
US09891793B2	Display position offset A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a user option selected at a touchscreen. The method includes the steps of determining an observation position of a user of a touchscreen, determining an offset responsive to a difference between the observation position and an expected observation position and determining a user option selected at the touchscreen responsive to the offset.
US09891791B1	Generating an interactive graph from a building information model Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating presentations of views of building entities according to an interaction graph. One of the methods includes processing building information model data to identify a plurality of building entities, wherein each building entity represents a respective feature of a building modeled by the data. Relationships between different respective pairs of the building entities are determined. The relationships are traversed according to simulated user interactions with respective presentations of a plurality of the building entities. At each subsequent building entity encountered by traversing the plurality of relationships, a respective presentation of a view of the building entity is generated, wherein the respective presentation includes one or more selectable references to one or more other views of one or more other building entities corresponding to one of the determined relationships between the building entities.
US09891777B2	Method for manufacturing touch-panel conductive sheet, and touch-panel conductive sheet An object of the invention is to provide a method for more easily manufacturing a touch-panel conductive sheet in which end portions of lead-out wires are collected on one surface side of a substrate with high productivity, and a touch-panel conductive sheet. The method for manufacturing a touch-panel conductive sheet of the invention includes: forming, on a rear surface of a substrate, first detection electrodes and rear surface-side wires of which one ends are electrically connected to the first detection electrodes and the other ends have first pad portions, and on a front surface of the substrate, second detection electrodes, second lead-out wires which are electrically connected to the second detection electrodes, and second pad portions which are arranged at positions opposed to the first pad portions via the substrate; forming through holes penetrating the first pad portions, the substrate, and the second pad portions; and producing through wires which electrically connect the first pad portions and the second pad portions by filling the through holes with a conductive material to form first lead-out wires which include the rear surface-side wires and the through wires and are electrically connected to the first detection electrodes.
US09891775B2	Touch-sensitive display device with metal electrodes in a mesh pattern Disclosed herein is a touch-sensitive display device comprising: a first set of metal electrodes including a first metal electrode; a second set of metal electrodes including a second metal electrode and a third metal electrode, the first metal electrode located between the second metal electrode and the third metal electrode such that the second metal electrode is physically separated from the third metal electrode; a first set of touch electrodes including a first touch electrode that is connected to the first metal electrode; a second set of touch electrodes including a second touch electrode and a third touch electrode, the second touch electrode connected to the second metal electrode and the third touch electrode connected to the third metal electrode; an insulation film having a plurality of contact holes; and a connection electrode electrically connecting the second metal electrode to the third metal electrode through the plurality of contact holes.
US09891768B2	Touch panel, its manufacturing method and touch display device The present disclosure provides a touch panel, its manufacturing method and a touch display panel. A bridging point member of a bridging line, through which sensing electrodes in the touch panel are electrically connected to each other, is provided with at least one via-hole, so as to provide the bridging point member with a hollowed-out pattern.
US09891767B2	In-cell touch panel and display device An in-cell touch panel and a display device are disclosed. The in-cell touch panel includes: an array substrate provided with top-gate thin-film transistors (TFTs); a plurality of mutually independent self-capacitance electrodes arranged in a same layer and disposed on a layer provided with the top-gate TFTs; a touch detection chip configured to determine a touch position in a touch period; and a plurality of wirings disposed beneath the layer provided with the top-gate TFTs and configured to connect the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip. Orthographic projections of patterns of the wirings on the array substrate shield patterns of active layers of the top-gate TFTs. The in-cell touch panel can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the productivity.
US09891762B2	Touch screen device and method for driving the same A touch screen device includes a touch screen panel including Tx lines, Rx lines, and touch sensors formed at crossings of the Tx lines and Rx lines; a Tx driving circuit for supplying a driving pulse to the Tx lines; and an Rx driving circuit for sampling charge variations of the touch sensors, which are received through the Rx lines, and converting the received charge variations into touch raw data, wherein the Rx driving circuit includes: a noise filter that removes noise of signals received from the Rx line; an integrator that accumulates the charge variations passing through the noise filter; a sampling circuit that samples the accumulated charge variation of the integrator; and an analog to digital converter that converts the charge variation sampled by the sampling circuit into the touch raw data, the noise filter being a biquad bandpass filter including variable resistors and variable capacitors.
US09891754B2	Method for controlling display and device using the same Disclosed is a method for controlling a display and a display using the same. The method includes: detecting the approach of a user's hand to the display unit, determining a user's input hand shape; and displaying a display screen corresponds to the determined user's input hand shape. Through the present invention, a user may render a higher menu list and a lower menu list to be displayed on one screen, and may control display screen shift direction and speed, merely by performing a finger extending and folding action. Further, the user may control the size of a display screen by inputting the finger extending and folding action.
US09891747B2	Multi-touch sensitive display device and method for assigning touch identification therein A disclosed method for assigning a touch identification in a multi-touch sensitive display device is includes applying a touch driving signal to touch sensors of a touch screen and generating raw touch data, detecting touch points based on the raw touch data and respectively assigning temporary identifications (IDs) to the touch points, grouping the touch points based on a difference in distances between the touch points to form touch groups, and forming adaptive touch groups respectively based on the touch groups. The method also includes setting a comparison block including one or more of the adaptive touch groups contacting or overlapping each other, and matching the temporary ID assigned to one of the touch points within the comparison block in the current frame to one of a plurality of touch IDs within the comparison block in a previous frame.
US09891741B2	Controller for interfacing with an interactive application A controller for interfacing with an interactive application includes an interface region disposed on a surface of a body of the controller. The interface region includes a plurality of interface elements for providing input to the interactive application. One of the interface elements is an input surface that is defined by an indentation and is configured to receive touch input. Plurality of sensors disposed under the input surface detects movement of a finger of a user. Processing circuitry is used to analyze the movement of the finger of the user over the input surface and transmit signals that are used by the interactive application to drive interaction in the interactive application.
US09891736B2	Vibrating device and electronic device using same In an embodiment, a surface of a smartphone 10 is covered with a transparent protective panel 22 supported by rims 16 of a housing 12, and a display device 18 and touch panel 20 are placed in a storage part 14 of the housing 12. The protective panel 22 is constituted by joining a glass plate 22A and resin plate 22B together, and concave parts 30A, 30B are provided on the joining surface side of the resin plate 22B, with piezoelectric vibrating elements 40 placed therein and joined to the glass plate 22A, wherein vibration is transmitted to the surface of the protective panel 22 as surface acoustic waves, demonstrating a haptic function, and also, audible vibration is generated because the modulus of elasticity of the resin plate 22B is lower than that of the glass plate 22A, achieving an operation as a speaker (or receiver).
US09891732B2	Selective rejection of touch contacts in an edge region of a touch surface The selective rejection of touch contacts in an edge region of a touch sensor panel is disclosed. In addition, by providing certain exceptions to the rejection of edge contacts, the functionality of the touch sensor panel can be maximized. Contacts in edge bands around the perimeter of a touch sensor panel can be ignored. However, if a contact in the edge band moves beyond a threshold distance or speed, it can be recognized as part of a gesture. To accommodate different finger sizes, the size of the edge band can be modified based on the identification of the finger or thumb. Furthermore, if contacts in the center region of a touch sensor panel track the movement of contacts in the edge band, the contacts in the edge band can be recognized as part of a gesture.
US09891730B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method therefor, and non-transitory storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive an update instruction to update at least a part of an image displayed on a display screen, an estimating unit configured to estimate a target position on the display screen before a user operation determines the target position, and a display control unit configured to, after the estimating unit estimates the target position, display an object displayed at the target position on the display screen at the estimated target position before an image displayed on the display screen is updated in response to the update instruction received by the receiving unit.
US09891728B2	Device having touch panel, radar apparatus, plotter apparatus, ship network system, symbol specifying method and symbol specifying program A touch panel device displays a nautical chart and symbols indicating waypoints arranged on the nautical chart. The touch panel device detects touch operations at two or more positions on the display screen and touched positions thereof. The touch panel device creates an area on the display screen based on the two or more detected touched positions, specifies one or more of the symbols located within the created area, and performs cut processing and the like on the one or more of the symbols.
US09891727B2	Simulating multi-touch events on a browser system Technology provided here facilitates simulating multi-touch events on a browser system. In one example, a browser system receives low-level touch events from a touch-input system. The browser system generates script-callbacks from the low-level touch events. The browser system converts the script-callbacks into compliant touch events that are compliant with a multi-touch browser standard. The browser system then sends the compliant touch events to a web application. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09891714B2	Audio enhanced simulation of high bandwidth haptic effects A system generates haptic effects using at least one actuator and at least one speaker. The system receives a high definition (“HD”) haptic effect signal and a corresponding audio signal if audio is to be played. The system generates a standard definition (“SD”) haptic effect signal based at least on the HD haptic effect signal, and generates an audio based haptic effect signal based at least on the HD haptic effect signal. The system mixes the audio signal and the audio based haptic effect signal, and then substantially simultaneously plays the SD haptic effect signal on the actuator and plays the mixed signal on the speaker.
US09891713B2	User input processing method and apparatus using vision sensor A method and apparatus for processing a user input are provided. The method includes: determining a type of the user input based on a change amount of an input image; and processing the user input based on the determined type.
US09891712B2	User-defined virtual interaction space and manipulation of virtual cameras with vectors The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
US09891711B1	Human machine interface with haptic response based on phased array LIDAR A device and a method for a human machine interface (HMI). The HMI device includes a dome having a hemispherical shape, a base attached to the dome forming an inverted cup like structure with a hollow interior, a chip scale lidar attached on the base and positioned to scan for a motion of an object external to the dome, at least one haptic device attached to the base and connected to the dome, and an HMI controller configured to send and receive signal from the chip scale lidar, detect and recognize a gesture based on the signal from the chip scale lidar, and activate or deactivate the at least one haptic device.
US09891704B2	Augmented reality with direct user interaction Augmented reality with direct user interaction is described. In one example, an augmented reality system comprises a user-interaction region, a camera that captures images of an object in the user-interaction region, and a partially transparent display device which combines a virtual environment with a view of the user-interaction region, so that both are visible at the same time to a user. A processor receives the images, tracks the object's movement, calculates a corresponding movement within the virtual environment, and updates the virtual environment based on the corresponding movement. In another example, a method of direct interaction in an augmented reality system comprises generating a virtual representation of the object having the corresponding movement, and updating the virtual environment so that the virtual representation interacts with virtual objects in the virtual environment. From the user's perspective, the object directly interacts with the virtual objects.
US09891692B2	Apparatus and method of controlling power consumption of graphic processing unit (GPU) resources A power consumption control apparatus includes a resource selecting unit configured to select resources, whose power consumption levels are to be determined, from among resources of a graphic processing unit (GPU), a resource use information acquiring unit configured to determine whether the selected resources are used from a code block which is all or part of a program executed using the GPU, and a power consumption controlling unit configured to determine a power consumption level of the selected resource based on a determination result of the resource information acquiring unit and to control the power consumption level of the selected resources based on a determined power consumption level of the selected resources.
US09891691B2	Reducing pin count requirements for implementation of interconnect idle states Methods and apparatus relating to reducing pin count requirements for implementation of interconnect idle state(s) are described. In one embodiment, logic receives a general purpose input signal on a signal pin of an Input/Output (I/O) complex logic in response to a control signal. An I/O device (e.g., coupled to the I/O complex logic) enters a low power consumption state in response to the control signal. The logic receives a wake signal on the signal pin of the I/O complex logic and the I/O device exits the low power consumption state in response to the wake signal. Other embodiments are also claimed and disclosed.
US09891687B2	Image forming apparatus, system-on-chip (SoC) unit, and driving method thereof An image forming apparatus is connected to a host device including first and second power domains which are separately supplied with power and includes first and second memories to be disposed in the second power domain, a main controller disposed in the first power domain and to perform a control operation using the first memory in a normal mode, and a sub-controller disposed in the second power domain and perform a control operation using the second memory in a power-saving mode, where when the normal mode is changed to the power-saving mode a power supply to the first power domain is shut off, the first memory operates in a self-refresh mode, and the main controller copies central processing unit (CPU) context information into a context storage unit, and when the power-saving mode is changed to the normal mode, the main controller is booted using the CPU context information stored in the context storage unit.
US09891685B1	Reconfigurable backup battery unit A backup battery unit that can be reconfigured to provide different currents and/or voltages depending upon load conditions. The backup battery unit can be reconfigured, for example, between a configuration in which battery cells for the battery unit are wired in series to a configuration where the battery cells are wired in parallel. Additional embodiments are directed to a backup battery unit that can isolate a battery cell and remove the cell from a circuit for the battery while the battery is under load or being charged. The isolated cell can then be serviced or tested.
US09891678B2	Systems and methods for remotely resetting management controller via power over ethernet switch In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system, and one or more logic devices. The one or more logic devices may be configured to monitor a power-over-Ethernet input of a network interface communicatively coupled to the one or more logic devices in order to detect an indication at the power-over-Ethernet input of a request to remotely reset the management controller and, responsive to determining presence of the indication at the power-over-Ethernet input of the request to remotely reset the management controller, cause a reset of the management controller.
US09891675B2	Systems and methods for packaging high density SSDs In various embodiments, a high-density solid-state storage unit includes a base section and a cassette section having plurality of flash cards. The cassette section can be removably attached to the base section to provide security of data stored on the plurality of flash cards. The cassette section provides for physical security of the flash cards in part through packaging of the enclosure and energy transfer to the base station. The cassette section further provides for security of the data stored on the flash cards in part through a trusted platform module (TPM) embodied as a removable module connected to a universal serial bus (USB) style connector.
US09891670B2	Foldable display A foldable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the foldable display includes a foldable display panel and a folding adjustment part configured to adjust a folding configuration of the foldable display panel. The foldable display also includes a folding sensor configured to sense the folding configuration, a rear surface touch sensor configured to sense a touch input applied to a rear surface of the foldable display panel, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect first and second touch inputs applied to different portions of the rear surface and control the folding adjustment part so as to switch the folding configuration of the foldable display panel when the controller detects that the first touch input moves in a first direction and the second touch input moves in a second direction different from the first direction.
US09891668B2	Information processing device An electronic device includes: a case; a switch; an operation button; a press portion that projects out from a length direction central portion of a button back face on a switch side of the operation button; a bearing portion that is provided along a length direction of the operation button inside the case, and that faces the button back face; and a stopper rib that projects out from the button back face, that is disposed along the length direction of the operation button at one side in a transverse direction of the operation button relative to the press portion, that faces the bearing portion, and that has a projection length from the button back face at a length direction end portion side of the operation button that is shorter than a projection length from the button back face at a length direction central portion of the operation button.
US09891664B2	Electronic device having standing unit Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a standing unit capable of obliquely supporting the main body. The electronic device may include: a main body that includes a first surface on which a display is disposed and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; a standing unit received in the second surface of the main body so as to be concealed from the outside or extracted from the second surface of the main body so as to obliquely support the main body; and a cover disposed on the second surface of the main body to operate in conjunction with the standing unit, the cover being configured to allow the received standing unit to be hidden and to obliquely support the main body together with the standing unit, and the standing unit may be received in, or extracted from, the second surface by rotational, tensile, and compressive operations.
US09891663B2	User terminal device and displaying method thereof A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area along a first folding line corresponding to the first hinge and a second folding line corresponding to the second hinge and a controller configured to, in response to the first bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the first folding line being detected, control the display to display an execution screen of the application including a first function and a second function, related to the first function, in the first display area and the second display area, and in response to a second bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the second folding line being detected, control the display to display an execution screen of the application including the first function, the second function, and a third function, related to the second function, in the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area.
US09891657B2	Electroconductive film, and touch panel and display device provided with same An electroconductive film is provided on a display unit and has at least two wiring layers that are disposed on both sides of a transparent substrate or each disposed on either side of each of the at least two transparent substrates in a laminate form and are regularly arranged. A wiring pattern of the wiring layers is superimposed onto a pixel array pattern of the display unit, the wiring pattern of a lower layer being displaced in phase in relation to an upper layer. The electroconductive film satisfies: fm1≦fm2, when a first lowest frequency (fm1) is the lowest frequency of the moire spatial frequency, and a second lowest frequency (fm2) is the lowest frequency of the moire spatial frequency.
US09891654B2	Secure clock switch circuit An integrated circuit (IC) having a clock switch that switches the system clock between an internal clock and an external clock based on whether or not the IC has finished downloading device configuration at boot and on whether or not the internal clock is functional. Further restrictions on the use of the external clock are imposed by the clock switch based on a life-cycle state of the IC. The use of the clock switch makes it significantly more difficult for the clock to be tampered with, thereby protecting the security settings of the IC and/or preventing unauthorized access to secure data stored on the IC using an external-clock-based security attack.
US09891647B2	Bandgap reference circuit and power supply circuit A bandgap reference circuit includes a first temperature correction circuit that is connected between a power supply terminal and a node between a first resistor and a second resistor. The first temperature correction circuit includes a first transistor that is connected between the first power supply terminal and the node between the first resistor and the second resistor, a control terminal of the first transistor being connected at a junction where the end of a first bipolar transistor connects together with a third resistor, and a fourth resistor that is connected in series between the first transistor and the first power supply terminal.
US09891643B2	Circuit to improve load transient behavior of voltage regulators and load switches A method to adjust the load transient regulation of a low drop-out (LDO)/load switch linear voltage regulator (LVR) with an n-type pass element having an open loop transfer function, including determining during a load transient event if the gate of the pass—element goes lower than a scaled value of the output voltage or a constant voltage level, generating a control signal that controls a current sink block if the gate voltage of the pass element is lower than the output voltage, and enabling a current sink block that is controlled by the control signal and connecting the output of the current sink block to the output of the LVR.
US09891637B2	Method for powering a module incorporated within a system-on-a-chip and corresponding electronic device A module incorporated within a system-on-a-chip operating in a steady-state power supply phase is powered by supplying to the module a regulated power supply voltage obtained from a feedback control loop. The receives a main power supply voltage and a negative feedback voltage. The negative feedback voltage is generated inside the system-on-a-chip starting from an effective supply voltage of the module and from a setpoint signal corresponding to a desired regulated power supply voltage.
US09891636B2	Controlling device and method for HVAC system The present disclosure discloses a controlling device and method for a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning system. The controlling device includes a building heat load module, a data collecting module, an optimization module, and a controller. A building heat load model is established according to building envelope data. Field information data and setup data are collected. The building heat load model, the field information data, and the setup data are integrated to produce optimal setup data by optimal computation. According to the optimal setup data, the HVAC system proceeds to modulate room temperature, room humidity, or gas concentration to achieve functions of maintaining indoor thermal comfort and energy conservation.
US09891629B2	Autonomous robotic agricultural machine and system thereof An autonomously robotic machine for performing one or more agricultural operations. The machine includes a frame having a length and an adjustable width. A plurality of ground-engaging mechanisms are coupled to the frame for propelling the machine in a direction of travel. The machine includes a controller, a power-generating device, and a generator. The controller controls the machine, and the generator receives mechanical power from the power-generating device and produces electrical power. A docking assembly is coupled to the frame. The docking assembly includes a power unit and at least one coupler for coupling to any one of a plurality of agricultural implements.
US09891627B2	Work machine control system, work machine, work machine management system, and method for controlling work machine A method for controlling a work machine, includes: detecting an area present ahead in a traveling direction of a work machine, in which a target traveling speed of the work machine is constant and is lower than a traveling speed at a current point of time; when the area is detected, obtaining a corrected value for correcting the accelerating instruction value; adding the corrected value and an accelerating instruction value for controlling a traveling speed of the work machine obtained based on the target traveling speed to obtain a corrected accelerating instruction value; and outputting the corrected accelerating instruction value to a drive device configured to drive a traveling device in the work machine.
US09891619B2	Device for checking the construction of an extruder screw A device for checking the construction of an extruder screw having a shaft and screw elements that are to be pushed or have been pushed one after the other onto the shaft in a defined sequence. Each screw element has an element-specific external geometry. A recording device being provided for determining information concerning the sequence of the screw elements that are to be pushed on or have been pushed on and for comparing the information determined with target information, which directly or indirectly describes the target sequence.
US09891618B2	Program correcting device and program correcting method of industrial robot A program correcting device comprises an executing part which executes a simulation of operation of the robot based on an operating program, a calculating part which calculates a variation with time of a TCP speed from the simulation results, an evaluating part which evaluates a pattern of the calculated variation with time if a minimum value of the TCP speed during the calculated variation with time is a predetermined lower limit value or less, a selecting part which selects a correction scheme of the operating program for increasing the minimum value of the TCP speed from a plurality of correction schemes, in accordance with the evaluation results of the pattern of the variation with time, and a correcting part which corrects the operating program in accordance with the selected correction scheme.
US09891614B2	Online real-time control method for product manufacturing process The invention provides an online real-time control method for a product manufacturing process and includes: (A) establishing a monitoring equation for estimating a product attribute in view of production line parameters corresponding to respective steps in a manufacturing process of a product; (B) when each of the steps is finished, updating the calculation result according to an online feedback value(s) of the production line parameter(s) corresponding to the finished step; (C) when the updated calculation result in the step (B) indicates that the quality of the product does not meet a required quality specification, adjusting the production line parameter(s) corresponding to the step(s) after the finished step to make the quality of the product meet the required quality specification. According to the method, a key attribute(s) of the display device can be kept within an acceptable specification by adjusting the production line parameter(s) of subsequent step(s).
US09891608B2	Portable human-machine interface device Systems, methods, and software to facilitate management of industrial operations are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a portable HMI device is connected to a display system via a video interface, wherein the video interface provides interchangeability between a plurality of different display systems. A plurality of applications is stored in the portable HMI device. A remote navigation interface of the portable HMI device receives a selection transmitted from a remote navigation device, wherein the selection is associated with an industrial operation application of the applications displayed on the display system. The portable HMI device processes the selection of the industrial operation application and responsively executes the industrial operation application to communicate with an application server. A communication interface of the portable HMI device receives industrial operation data associated with the industrial operation application transmitted from the application server over a communication network for display on the display system.
US09891600B2	Upgradable home awareness system A group of unsupervised detectors or control units in wireless communication with a user can be upgraded for the user with the addition of hardware and/or downloadable software to provide communications and information to a supervisory station. Supervisory station services can be implemented locally or via cloud based computer services. A displaced dealer can be contacted using codes carried by the detectors or the control units for installation or activation of additional services.
US09891598B2	Watch type terminal There is disclosed a watch type terminal including a frame in which electronic components are mounted, a case configured to cover a lateral area of the frame, a display unit located in a front side of the case, a metal ring arranged in an edge area of a front side of the display unit, a window provided in a front side of the metal ring and configured to cover the display unit, a clock hand installed between the window and the display unit, a driving unit provided in a back side of the display unit, connected to one end of the clock hand through the display unit, and configured to vary the position of the clock hand, and a controller implemented to control the display unit, so that the user may see and tells the time even in case the display unit is turned off and the external design is improved. Even when the display unit is deactivated, the user may be provided with time information.
US09891594B2	Heterogeneous sampling delay line-based time to digital converter A delay line-based time to digital converter includes: a coarse counter for counting a pulse of a timing clock and measuring a time when an edge of an input signal is detected; a fine time interpolator including a plurality of first delay elements and a plurality of second delay elements, a delay line with the input signal as an input, and a flip-flop unit with outputs of the first delay element or outputs of the second delay elements as inputs and the timing clock as an operation frequency; and a timestamp generator for receiving a digital value on a time measured by the coarse counter and the fine time interpolator, and generating a timestamp on the input signal by using the received digital value.
US09891590B2	Reverse battery protection device and operating method thereof A wearable device includes: a touch screen; an acceleration sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal; an optical sensor using a light source and configured to generate a touch interrupt signal; and a control unit configured to detect a wearing state of the wearable device, the wearing state of the wearable device including a not-wearing state for the wearable device, a wrist wearing state, and a hand gripping state on the basis of the acceleration signal and the touch interrupt signal, and to execute a function corresponding to the wearing state of the wearable device.
US09891586B2	Near-eye device A near-eye device includes a spatial light modulator and a beam combiner. The spatial light modulator includes an array of phase modulating elements arranged to apply a phase delay distribution to incident light. The beam combiner includes a first optical input arranged to receive spatially modulated light from the spatial light modulator and a second optical input having a field of view of the real world.
US09891584B2	Coherent diffractive imaging with arbitrary angle of incidence Apparatus and methods for coherent diffractive imaging with arbitrary angle of illumination incidence utilize a method of fast remapping of a detected diffraction intensity pattern from a detector pixel array (initial grid) to a uniform spatial frequency grid (final grid) chosen to allow for FFT on the remapped pattern. This is accomplished by remapping the initial grid to an intermediate grid chosen to result in a final grid that is linear in spatial frequency. The initial grid is remapped (generally by interpolation) to the intermediate grid that is calculated to correspond to the final grid. In general, the initial grid (x,y) is uniform in space, the intermediate grid ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)}) is non-uniform in spatial frequency, and the final grid ({tilde over (f)}x,{tilde over (f)}y) is uniform in spatial frequency.
US09891578B2	Cleaner blade sealing in an electrophotographic image forming device A cleaner assembly according to one embodiment includes a cleaner blade that extends upward in a cantilevered manner and that includes a cleaning edge for contacting a surface to remove toner from the surface. A waste toner sump is positioned adjacent to a rear side of the cleaner blade for storing toner removed from the surface by the cleaner blade. A film seal extends in a cantilevered manner toward the rear side of the cleaner blade and contacts the rear side of the cleaner blade along a longitudinal length of the cleaner blade. A foam seal is positioned between the rear side of the cleaner blade and the wall below the contact between the rear side of the cleaner blade and the film seal. The foam seal extends along the longitudinal length of the cleaner blade.
US09891569B2	Image forming system controlling formation of a proof image An image forming system includes: a sheet feeding unit configured to feed continuous paper into an image forming unit; a winding unit configured to wind up the continuous paper; the image forming unit configured to perform image formation on the continuous paper being conveyed from the sheet feeding unit to the winding unit; and a processor configured to perform control to form a proof image in a second job immediately after completion of a first job and put the second job into a standby state, when a setting is made for formation of the proof image for checking a predetermined page in the second job after completion of the first job but before execution of the second job.
US09891567B2	Image forming apparatus An embodiment of an image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit including a photosensitive drum and a fur brush for cleaning toner on the photosensitive drum and a second image forming unit including a photosensitive drum and a fur brush for cleaning toner on the photosensitive drum. In at least one embodiment for image formation, the fur brush in the first image forming unit and the fur brush in the second image forming unit start at different timings.
US09891562B2	Image forming apparatus and conveyance control method An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing section configured to fix a toner image formed on a recording medium to the recording medium by conveying the recording medium while heating and pressing the recording medium at a fixing nip; a conveyance section configured to convey the recording medium toward the fixing nip while sandwiching the recording medium; and a control section configured to control the fixing section such that, at a timing after an image formation operation on the recording medium is stopped during the image formation operation, conveyance of the recording medium in the fixing section is stopped before the conveyance of the recording medium in the conveyance section is stopped, and that a timing of stopping the conveyance of the recording medium in the fixing section is changed in accordance with a type of the recording medium.
US09891556B2	Wet type developing device A wet type developing device including a developing roller and an anilox roller, the wet type developing device includes: a dual purpose roller being opposite to the surface of the anilox roller, leaving a gap therebetween, upstream of a region of contact between the surfaces of the anilox roller and the developing roller and being in contact with the surface of the developing roller upstream of the region of contact between the surfaces of the anilox roller and the developing roller and being rotationally driven. A surface part of the dual purpose roller is made of a porous member that has flexibility and elasticity.
US09891552B2	Image forming apparatus performing toner purge processing The image forming apparatus prevents a transfer roller from slipping when discharge processing for supplying toner to a contact portion between a photosensitive drum and a cleaning blade is performed. The developing unit performs transfer operation to form band-like toner images on a photosensitive drum to supply a predetermined amount of toner to a contact portion between the photosensitive drum and a cleaning blade without causing the transfer roller to perform transfer operation, so that the predetermined amount of toner is supplied in a plurality of batches.
US09891543B2	Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, and toner cartridge An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles and an external additive that includes silica particles having a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95% and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 to 0.40 and fatty acid metal salt particles.
US09891540B2	Measuring method, measurement apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A measurement apparatus including an optical system to provide illumination radiation into a spot on a periodic structure and to receive radiation redirected by the periodic structure, the optical system including a first stop to block zero order radiation from the periodic structure and allow non-zero order radiation to pass, and a second stop to block zero order radiation passing the first stop and to allow the non-zero order radiation to pass, and a radiation detector, downstream of the optical system, to receive the non-zero order radiation.
US09891538B2	Adaptive sampling for process window determination Methods and systems for determining a process window for a process performed on a specimen are provided. In general, the embodiments preferentially sample locations in an instance of at least a portion of a device formed on a specimen at a value of a parameter of a process performed on the specimen that is closest to an edge of a determined process window for the process. If defects are detected at the sampled locations, then the sampling may be performed again but for a different instance of the device formed at a value of the parameter that is closer to nominal than the previously used value. When no defects are detected at the sampled locations, then the sampling may be ended, and the determined process window may be modified based on the value of the parameter corresponding to the instance of the device in which no defects were detected.
US09891537B2	Maskless lithographic apparatus measuring accumulated amount of light Maskless lithographic apparatus measuring accumulated amount of light is provided. The maskless lithographic apparatus includes a light source which emits light, a stage on which a substrate is disposed, an optical system which converts the light into a beam spot array including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows and irradiates the beam spot array onto the stage, a slit to which the beam spot array is irradiated and which passes an nth (n is a natural number) row of the beam spot array, an optical sensor which senses the nth row of the beam spot array which has passed through the slit, and a measuring unit which measures an accumulated amount of light in the nth row of the beam spot array sensed by the optical sensor.
US09891531B2	Exposure apparatus and exposure method, and device manufacturing method In corner sections of first to fourth quadrants whose origin point is a center of an upper surface of a stage, three each of two-dimensional heads are provided. The three each of two-dimensional heads include one first head and two second heads. The stage is driven, while measuring a position of the stage using three first heads that face a two-dimensional grating of a scale plate provided above the stage from the four first heads, and during the driving, difference data of measurement values of the two second heads with respect to the first head in a measurement direction are taken in for head groups to which the three first heads belong, respectively, and using the difference data, grid errors are calibrated.
US09891520B2	Use of surfactants having at least three short-chain perfluorinated groups in formulations for photo mask cleaning In a method for cleaning photo masks having patterns with smallest line-space dimensions below 200 nm, a surfactant composition A is used, wherein A contains at least three short-chain perfluorinated groups Rf selected from the group consisting of trifluoromethyl, pentafluoroethyl, 1-heptafluoropropyl, 2-heptafluoropropyl, and pentafluorosulfanyl and wherein A exhibits, at a 1% by weight aqueous solution, a static surface tension below 25 mN/m.
US09891509B2	Projector holder A method and apparatus for mounting a projector holder to or placing a projector holder on an object for displaying an image onto a surface is disclosed. The projector holder includes a body within which a projector is at least partially disposed. The body includes one or more pliable appendages that are adapted to be manipulated and deformed from a first configuration to a second configuration. In some embodiments, the body is formed in the shape of an animal.
US09891505B1	Panoramic camera stabilizer The invention relates to photographic equipment field and provides a panoramic camera stabilizer suitable for panoramic camera to shoot steadily from any angle, which comprises a fixing assembly, a rotating component and a handle. The fixing assembly is connected with and arranged above the rotating component for mounting a panoramic camera, the rotating component is connected to handle end and comprises a first adjustment mechanism for adjusting pitching angle of the fixing assembly, a second adjustment mechanism for adjusting rolling angle of the fixing assembly, and a third adjustment mechanism for adjusting yawing angle of the fixing assembly. The fixing assembly is arranged at upper part of the stabilizer, thereby avoiding blocking camera lens. Due to multi-direction adjustable rotating component, the panoramic camera may capture images at any angle. By adjusting gravity center through the counterweight and fixing assembly, cameras in different sizes and weights may be mounted.
US09891481B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device, which display substrate including a base substrate a plurality rows of subpixel units formed on the base substrate. Each of the subpixel units is of a parallelogram shape including first sides parallel to the row direction and second sides inclined with respect to vertical direction, wherein the vertical direction is perpendicular to the row direction, second sides of subpixel units in the same row have consistent incline direction, and second sides of subpixel units in adjacent two rows have opposite incline directions. With the display substrate provided in the present disclosure, a display mode of two-pixels-two-domains pixel structure may be implemented by designing subpixel units in the display substrate as parallelograms and making subpixel units in adjacent two rows to have opposite incline directions, which allows to effectively increase viewing angle and reduce color shift while the display substrate is used for virtual display.
US09891477B2	Method for manufacturing HVA pixel electrode and array substitute The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing a HVA pixel electrode and an array substrate. The method comprises: a first metal material is deposited on a substrate, and a first conductive metal layer is formed through etching; a first insulating material and a semiconductor material are deposited on a first conductive metal layer, and an intermediate layer is formed through etching; a second insulating material is deposited on the intermediate layer, and a second conductive metal layer is formed through etching; the second conductive metal layer and an exposed part of the intermediate layer are coated with a second insulating material, and contact holes and a three-dimensional insulating structure are formed through etching; the surface of the insulating structure and the exposed parts of other layers are coated with a transparent conductive material, and a transparent conductive layer is formed through etching. A photomasking procedure is saved, and manufacturing cost is saved. The manufacturing time of array substrate can be shortened, the production capacity can be improved, and the penetration of liquid crystal display panel can be improved.
US09891466B2	Liquid crystal display panel and fabrication method thereof A display panel includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate arranged opposite to the first transparent substrate, and multiple sub-regions arranged in an array, including a first sub-region and an adjacent second sub-region. The display panel also includes a first organic film layer configured on the first transparent substrate and a second organic film layer configured on the second transparent substrate. The first organic film layer and the second organic film layer comprise a polymer doped with a dichroic organic dye. The display panel also includes a first alignment layer configured on the surface of the first transparent substrate facing the second transparent substrate, and a second alignment layer configured on the surface of the second transparent substrate facing the first transparent substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate.
US09891461B2	Display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device The present invention provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel comprises a base substrate, an opposite substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of original sub-pixels on at least part of which conversion sub-pixels are provided, and an upper water layer is provided on each of the conversion sub-pixels. The conversion sub-pixel is configured to, when an electric field is generated between the first and second electrodes, shrink to one side of the original sub-pixel so that the upper water layer covers the original sub-pixel from above, and, when no electric field is generated between the first and second electrodes, cover the original sub-pixel located under the conversion sub-pixel from above.
US09891459B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device that is not influenced by a noise in obtaining positional information can be provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode with a first insulating film interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode and the common electrode partly overlap with each other. The liquid crystal display device further includes a second substrate provided with a pair of electrodes, a resin film covering the pair of electrodes, and a conductive film on the resin film. The pair of electrodes partly overlap with each other with a second insulating film interposed therebetween. The liquid crystal display device further includes a liquid crystal layer between the conductive film on the second substrate side and the pixel electrode and the common electrode on the first substrate side. A predetermined potential is supplied to the conductive film.
US09891458B2	Input-capable display device An input-cable display device is provided including a first substrate on which a pair of electrodes that drive a liquid crystal layer are provided; a second substrate wherein the liquid crystal layer is formed within an inner surface of the second substrate between the first substrate and the second substrate; a detection electrode and a dielectric film that are laminated on an outer surface of the second substrate; a detector; a light shielding film; and a color filter layer, wherein the pair of electrodes provided on the first substrate comprises a pixel electrode and a common electrode, and the light shielding film and the color filter layer are laminated on the inner surface of the second substrate.
US09891453B2	Integratable planar waveguide type non-reciprocal polarization rotator The present invention describes a planar waveguide-type integrated non-reciprocal polarization rotator. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the planar waveguide-type non-reciprocal 90° polarization rotator includes optical waveguide-type input and output ports, a reciprocal 45° polarization rotator based on an asymmetric optical waveguide structure, a non-reciprocal 45° polarization rotator based on an optical waveguide with a clad layer of magneto-optic material, and a phase compensator placed between the above reciprocal 45° polarization rotator and non-reciprocal 45° polarization rotator compensating the phase difference between two polarization modes.
US09891452B2	Magneto-optical material, method for producing same and magneto-optical device Provided is a magneto-optical material which does not absorb fiber laser light in a wavelength range of 0.9-1.1 μm and does not cause a thermal lens, while having a larger Verdet constant than TGG crystals, and which is suitable for constituting a magneto-optical device such as an optical isolator. This magneto-optical material is formed of a single crystal of a rare earth oxysulfide that is represented by formula (1) or a transparent ceramic which contains, as a main component, a rare earth oxysulfide that is represented by formula (1), and this magneto-optical material has a Verdet constant of 0.14 min/(Oe·cm) or more at the wavelength of 1,064 nm. (TbxR1-x)2O2S (1) (In the formula, x is 0.3 or more but less than 1; and R represents at least one rare earth element that is selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lutetium, gadolinium, holmium, scandium, ytterbium, europium and dysprosium.)
US09891450B2	Integrated electro-optic modulator An E/O phase modulator may include a waveguide having an insulating substrate, a single-crystal silicon strip and a polysilicon strip of a same thickness and doped with opposite conductivity types above the insulating substrate, and an insulating interface layer between the single-crystal silicon strip and polysilicon strip. Each of the single-crystal silicon strip and polysilicon strip may be laterally continued by a respective extension, and a respective electrical contact coupled to each extension.
US09891448B2	Tinted polarized lenses having selective frequency filtering A tinted polarized lens for attenuating ambient light reducing glare and improving color discrimination for a user is disclosed. In some embodiments, the lens has uniform transmittance across the visible spectrum with selective filtering of light at 480 nm and 580 nm. In some embodiments, the lens may reduce light in the blue region of the spectrum while maintaining color discrimination. In some embodiments, the level of attenuation provided by the lens may vary based on the intensity of light present while maintaining selective filtering at 480 nm and 580 nm.
US09891443B2	Optical device An optical device may include a movable part including a lens; a holding part to hold the movable part; and a drive mechanism to drive the movable part. The holding part may include a case body. The drive mechanism may include a plurality of drive magnets; a plurality of sheet-shaped coils including a coil part; and a flexible printed circuit board including a coil attaching part. A plurality of the sheet-shaped coils may be attached to one face of the coil attaching part. A thickness of the coil attaching part is thinner than the sheet-shaped coil. A width of the coil attaching part may be narrower than a width of the sheet-shaped coil.
US09891440B2	Infrared interactive remote control device and projection system using same Provided are infrared interactive remote control devices and projection systems using same, which can distinguish an indication state and an interactive control state. A pattern disc rotatable around a rotating shaft is provided in the infrared interactive remote control device. In a normal state, a visible light source works independently, and indication pattern holes in the pattern disc are positioned on an optical path to allow visible light to pass through, so that indication light spots corresponding to the indication pattern holes are formed. When a control button is pressed down, the visible light source and an infrared light source work together, and the pattern disc is driven to rotate, so that the control pattern holes are positioned on the optical path to allow the visible light to pass through, and control light spots corresponding to the control pattern holes are formed to indicate an interactive control state.
US09891428B2	Optical measurement system, measurement method for errors of rotating platform, and two dimensional sine wave annulus grating An optical measurement system including a two-dimensional sine wave annuls grating and a measurement unit is provided. The two-dimensional sine wave annuls grating includes a rotary shaft and a plurality of sine wave structures surrounding the rotary shaft and continuously arranged. The measurement unit is adapted to output a light beam towards the two-dimensional sine wave annuls grating, wherein each of the sine wave structures is adapted to reflect the light beam from the two-dimensional sine wave annuls grating back to the measurement unit. A measurement method for errors of a rotating platform and a two-dimensional sine wave annuls grating are also provided.
US09891427B2	Variable modulation of radiation and components Various embodiments include systems and methods to provide selectable variable gain to signals in measurements using incident radiation. The selectable variable gain may be used to normalize signals modulated in measurements using incident radiation. The selectable variable gain may be attained using a number of different techniques or various combinations of these techniques. These techniques may include modulating a modulator having modulating elements in which at least one modulating element acts on incident radiation differently from another modulating element of the modulator, modulating the use of electronic components in electronic circuitry of a detector, modulating a source of radiation or combinations thereof. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09891424B2	Actuator drive system, optical module, and electronic apparatus An actuator drive system includes electrostatic actuators and a voltage controller that applies drive voltages to the electrostatic actuators, and the voltage controller includes a digital control device that splits an 8-bit drive variable corresponding to an overall displacement amount provided by the electrostatic actuators into 4-bit individual drive variables, a first DAC that produces a first drive voltage signal based on a first individual drive variable, and a second DAC that produces a second drive voltage signal based on a second individual drive variable.
US09891422B2	Digital confocal optical profile microscopy Various embodiments of microscopy systems, devices, and associated methods of analysis are described herein. In one embodiment, a method of operating a microscope includes acquiring a profile of a light signal from a sample with a photo detector without passing the light signal through a physical pinhole. The method also includes determining a parameter of the sample based on generally the entire acquired profile of the light signal.
US09891418B2	Apparatus for imaging a sample surface The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging surface area of a sample having a surface topography with the aid of confocal microscopy, such as confocal Raman and/or fluorescence microscopy. The apparatus comprises a surface topography sensor that provides values for the surface topography. The surface topography values allow for the surface to be maintained in the confocal plane during scanning.
US09891413B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features a low F-value, low-profile design and a wide field of view. Designed for a solid-state image sensor, the imaging lens includes constituent lenses arranged in order from an object side to an image side: a first positive refractive power lens; a second negative refractive power lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis; and a seventh negative refractive power lens.
US09891407B2	Lens driving module A lens driving module for driving a lens along an optical axis is provided. The lens driving module includes a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape through which the optical axis passes through and including coils, a rotator having a hollow shape through which the optical axis passes, mounted on an outer side of the stator, capable of rotating with respect to the stator with the optical axis as a center line, and including magnets facing the coils, and at least one of rotation connecting members connecting the rotator to the stator such that the rotator may rotate with respect to the stator to maintain a gap between the coils and the magnets.
US09891401B2	Mid-span drop cable clamp and method A mid-span clamp includes an elongate base that defines a cable channel on a top side. The clamp includes a first pressure block connected to the base by a first control arm. The first pressure block includes a clamping surface and a top surface. The top surface includes a cleat. The clamp includes a second pressure block connected to the base by a second control arm. The second pressure block also includes a clamping surface and a top surface. The top surface includes a cleat. The clamp has an open position and a closed position. In the open position, a cable passageway is defined between the clamping surfaces of the first and second pressure blocks and the cable channel of the base. In the closed position, the clamping surfaces of the first and second pressure blocks close the cable passageway. The clamp is biased in the closed position.
US09891400B2	Pivotable cover for sliding tray and sliding tray including the cover A sliding tray is configured to support one or more optical communications modules and includes a body portion having one or more mounting locations for the one or more optical communications modules, a trough projecting from the body portion and configured to support optical fibers connected to the one or more optical communications modules, and a cover pivotably connected to the tray for selectively covering the trough.
US09891385B2	Integrated lens with multiple optical structures and vent hole An integrated lens with integrated functional optical surfaces for use in optical communication is disclosed. The integrated lens includes first and second cavities and a fiber adapter. The device also includes integrated first and second lenses. The first cavity houses one or more optical transmitting and/or receiving devices. The second cavity has a first optical surface and an optional second optical surface. The fiber adapter has the second lens. The integrated lens enables a small size, a light weight, high coupling and a high transmission efficiency, and can be produced by injection molding using a single mold. The integrated lens is applicable to optical signal coupling, fiber connections, optical modules, and optical or optoelectronic communication.
US09891371B2	Light guide illumination device for direct-indirect illumination An illumination device includes light-emitting elements (LEEs); a light guide extending in a forward direction from a first end to a second end, the light guide being positioned to receive at the first end light emitted by the LEEs and to guide the received light to the second end; and an optical extractor coupled to the second end to receive the guided light. The optical extractor is formed from a transparent, solid material and includes a first output surface including a transmissive portion arranged and shaped to transmit a first portion of the guided light to the ambient in a forward angular range and a reflective portion arranged and shaped to reflect via TIR all the guided light incident on the reflective portion; and a second output surface arranged to transmit, to the ambient in a backward angular range, light reflected by the reflective portion of the first output surface.
US09891369B2	Equipment part having luminous visible side An equipment part may comprise a carrier, a composite film, and a light source. The composite film may be disposed on the carrier and may form a visible side of the equipment part. The composite film may comprise a light-conducting layer into which the light rays emitted by the light source are coupled. A scatter layer may be disposed on a side of the light-conducting layer facing the carrier, with the light rays coupled into the light-conducting layer emitting through said scatter layer. The composite film may comprise a first and a second paint layer, where the first paint layer may be disposed on a side of the scatter layer facing the carrier, and the second paint layer may be disposed on a side of the light-conducting layer facing away from the carrier. The equipment part may be produced via a method for production of such an equipment part.
US09891349B2	Optical articles and methods for preparation of same Provided is a transparent, non-elastomeric optical article prepared by (1) combining to form a reaction mixture (a) a polyisocyanate component; and (b) an active hydrogen component including (b1) a first component free of amino groups including at least one first polyol; and (b2) a second component containing (i) a second polyol and/or a polythiol and (ii) a compound containing both amine and hydroxyl functional groups; (2) introducing the reaction mixture to a mold at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a thermoset polymerizate; and (3) releasing the polymerizate from the mold to yield a transparent, non-elastomeric optical article. Also provided is a method for preparing a transparent optical film. Optical films and articles prepared by the methods also are provided.
US09891345B2	Using lightning data to generate proxy reflectivity data Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for generating proxy reflectivity data associated with lightning activity. A computing device receives data associated with lightning activity for one or more geographical areas. The computing device determines the logarithmic scale of the combined in-cloud and cloud-to-ground flash rate (dBR) for one or more grids of lightning activity based on the received data. The computing device generates proxy reflectivity data based on the dBR of the grids.
US09891341B2	Gravity gradiometer system with spherical air bearing based platform A non-contacting spherical air bearing-based stable platform for use by a gravity gradiometer instrument (GGI) is provided by attaching a spherical ball-shaped bearing to a rotational stage of the GGI and integrating a concave spherical cup in the linear stage and mounting base assembly of the GGI which is fixedly attached to a host vehicle or platform. The spherical cup supports the spherical ball-shaped bearing on a thin cushion of air provided by a source of compressed air or gas at the concave surface of the spherical cup. The spherical ball-shaped bearing is supported, providing three degrees of rotational freedom of motion without the need for slip rings, flex capsules, races, or mechanical bearings, thereby reducing or eliminating gradient disturbance signals owing to parasitic torques and jitter in the output of the accelerometers of the GGI.
US09891333B2	Touch down monitoring of an ocean bottom seismic node Apparatuses, systems, and methods for guiding and/or positioning a plurality of seismic nodes on or near the seabed by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) or a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). In one embodiment, an underwater vehicle is configured to monitor the deployment of cable connected to a plurality of seismic nodes, including the touchdown monitoring, positioning, and guiding of deployed autonomous seismic nodes or ocean bottom cable. The underwater vehicle may comprise a propulsion system configured to steer and propel the vehicle in a body of water, a tracking system configured to automatically track the cable and/or attached seismic nodes, and a guidance system configured to communicate with a surface vessel node data in real time or near real time for active guidance and/or positioning of the deployment cable.
US09891330B2	Cable load transfer apparatus and methods for seismic data acquisition A connector for a cable having a core stress member surrounded by a secondary stress member may include a connector body, a wedge, a retainer, a molded body, and a collar. The connector body may have at least one flow channel formed on an inner surface of the distal end and at least one radial hole providing fluid communication to the at least one flow channel. The wedge is disposed in a pocket of the connector body and is attachable to the core stress member. The molded body surrounds the distal end, fills the at least one flow channel, and attaches to the secondary stress member. The collar may at least partially enclose the connector body.
US09891327B2	Structure, method for manufacturing the same, and image pickup apparatus including the structure The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a structure, including the steps of forming a recessed section in a first surface of a substrate; filling the recessed section with metal to form a metal structure; exposing the metal structure from the substrate; and applying resin onto the exposed metal structure and solidifying the resin to form a resin layer.
US09891325B2	Detection and correction of anomalous measurements and ambiguity resolution in a global navigation satellite system receiver A global navigation system includes a first navigation receiver located in a rover and a second navigation receiver located in a base station. Single differences of measurements of satellite signals received at the two receivers are calculated and compared to single differences derived from an observation model. Anomalous measurements are detected and removed prior to performing computations for determining the output position of the rover and resolving integer ambiguities. Detection criteria are based on the residuals between the calculated and the derived single differences. For resolving integer ambiguities, computations based on Cholesky information Kalman filters and Householder transformations are advantageously applied. Changes in the state of the satellite constellation from one epoch to another are included in the computations.
US09891323B2	GNSS signal processing method, positioning method, GNSS signal processing program, positioning program, GNSS signal processing device, positioning apparatus and mobile terminal A demodulation unit for a GNSS signal processing device includes an operator that selects an error detecting method based on signs of early and late differential values and calculates an error detection value. A code phase range where an error detection value is not 0 is wide with a first error detecting method, and is narrow with a second. Immediately after capturing a GNSS signal, a code phase difference between the GNSS signal and a prompt replica signal is large, and signs of the early differential value and the late differential value are different from each other. In this case, the first method is used. As the code phase is driven, the code phase difference between the GNSS signal and the prompt replica signal becomes smaller, and the signs of the early differential value and the late differential value become the same. In this case, the second method is used.
US09891321B2	Method and arrangement for developing a three dimensional model of an environment The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for developing a 3D model of an environment. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of overlapping images of the environment, each image associated of navigation data, providing distance information, said LIDAR information comprising a distance value and navigation data from a plurality of distance measurements, and developing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images and the distance information. The step of developing the 3D model comprises the steps of providing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images; and updating the 3D model with the distance information using an iterative process.
US09891314B2	Ultra wide band detectors An ultra-wide band microwave based personnel/passenger screening system, and in particular, a system for material specific detection, uses non-ionizing radiation in which focused beams of low intensity microwave radiation are projected in rapid succession at an individual as they walk through a portal.
US09891311B2	Method of secure RF ranging under strong multipath reflections A receiver, including: a tuner receiving an input signal; a signal processor configured to process the input signal; an automatic gain control (AGC) controller configured to: initialize the receiver in a low gain state; determine the presence of a signal; and increase the receiver gain to determine if a weak signal is present prior to a strong signal.
US09891302B2	Method for quantifying isotropic diffusion and/or anisotropic diffusion in a sample According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for quantifying isotropic diffusion and/or anisotropic diffusion in a sample, the method comprising: performing diffusion weighted magnetic resonance measurements on the sample using diffusion encoding magnetic gradient pulse sequences Gi=1. . . m, wherein each magnetic gradient pulse sequence Gi is generated such that a diffusion encoding tensor bi for the magnetic gradient pulse sequence Gi has one to three non-zero eigenvalues, where bi=Formula (I), qi(t) is proportional to Formula (II) and t is an echo time. The method further comprises collecting data representing magnetic resonance echo signals resulting from the measurements on the sample, wherein at least a subset of the data represents echo signals being acquired with a set of magnetic gradient pulse sequences causing anisotropic diffusion weighting, and wherein the diffusion encoding tensor for each gradient pulse sequence of the set of magnetic gradient pulse sequences has three non-zero eigenvalues, at least one of the three eigenvalues being different from the other two eigenvalues. The method further comprises calculating a degree of isotropic diffusion and/or a degree of anisotropic diffusion using the data.
US09891300B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance data In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance data acquisition, data are acquired according to a single-slab three-dimensional turbo or fast spin-echo pulse sequence, wherein the inner volume selection in the phase-encoding direction takes place by radiating a pair of adiabatic RF pulses, instead of the single refocusing RF pulse that is conventional. The radiation of the adiabatic RF pulses allows a high RF pulse bandwidth to be achieved, for a given limit on the peak radio-frequency field strength. Such a high RF pulse bandwidth reduces off-resonance-related artifacts.
US09891298B2	Automatic current switching of current leads for superconducting magnets The invention provides for magnetic resonance imaging system (600) comprising a superconducting magnet (100) with a first current lead (108) and a second current lead (110) for connecting to a current ramping system (624). The magnet further comprises a vacuum vessel (104) penetrated by the first current lead and the second current lead. The magnet further comprises a magnet circuit (106) within the vacuum vessel. The magnet circuit has a first magnet circuit connection (132) and a second magnet circuit connection (134). The magnet further comprises a first switch (120) between the first magnet connection and the first current lead and a second switch (122) between the second magnet connection and the second current lead. The magnet further comprises a first current shunt (128) connected across the first switch and a second current shunt (130) connected across the second switch. The magnet further comprises a first rigid coil loop (124) operable to actuate the first switch. The first rigid coil loop forms a portion of the first electrical connection. The magnet further comprises a second rigid coil loop (126) operable to actuate the second switch. The second rigid coil loop forms a portion of the second electrical connection.
US09891294B2	Graphene-based magnetic hall sensor for fluid flow analysis at nanoscale level A method of detecting a particle comprises magnetizing a particle using an AC magnetic field; generating an AC voltage in a sensing device having a conductive substantially 2-dimensional lattice structure from the magnetized particle; superimposing a DC magnetic field on the generated AC voltage in the sensing device; and measuring an AC Hall voltage at the sensing device.
US09891286B2	Method and circuit arrangement for determining the Coulombic efficiency of battery modules The disclosure describes a method for determining a coulombic efficiency of battery modules of a rechargeable battery using a circuit arrangement connected to the battery modules and that has a plurality of switching modules for selectively connecting every single one of the battery modules in a common current path or for alternatively isolating every single one of the battery modules from the common current path and from at least one power semiconductor element, which can be operated in linear mode, for regulating the current that flows through the current path. The switching modules are used to select at least one of the battery modules and to connect it in the current path while all other battery modules are isolated from the current path by the switching modules. The selected battery module is subjected to at least one discharge process and at least one charging process via the current path.
US09891283B2	Multi-bit flip-flops and scan chain circuits A multi-bit flip-flop includes a plurality of multi-bit flip-flop blocks that share a clock signal. Each of the multi-bit flip-flop blocks includes a single inverter and a plurality of flip-flops. The single inverter generates an inverted clock signal by inverting the clock signal. Each of the flip-flops includes a master latch part and a slave latch part and operates the master latch part and the slave latch part based on the clock signal and the inverted clock signal. Here, the flip-flops are triggered at rising edges of the clock signal. Thus, the multi-bit flip-flop operating as a master-slave flip-flop may minimize (or, reduce) power consumption occurring in a clock path through which the clock signal is transmitted.
US09891277B2	Secure low voltage testing An integrated circuit includes a normal voltage detector configured to detect a normal voltage at which the integrated circuit being fully functional. A first voltage detector detects a first voltage that is less than the normal voltage. A second voltage detector detects a second voltage that is less than the first voltage. A reset module is coupled to a supply voltage, the normal voltage detector, the first voltage detector, and the second voltage detector. The reset module includes test logic to, when the supply voltage rises to the first voltage from the second voltage, perform a pass/fail test when the integrated circuit is in a pass/fail test mode, and perform a power up reset when the integrated circuit in not in the pass/fail test mode.
US09891274B2	Device test method A device test method performed in a substrate test apparatus which includes a mounting table for mounting thereon a substrate on which a device having an electrode is formed, the mounting table being movable by a X-direction motor and a Y-direction motor, and a probe card arranged to face the mounting table. A measuring electrode is arranged to correspond to the electrode of the device, the probe card has a probe that is engageable with the measuring electrode, and the X-direction motor or Y-direction motor generates torque to keep the mounting table from moving when measuring an electrical characteristic of the device. In the device test method, after the probe is engaged with the measuring electrode, when measuring an electrical characteristic of the device, the maximum value of the torque generated by the X-direction motor or Y-direction motor is limited to a predetermined value or less.
US09891272B2	Module testing utilizing wafer probe test equipment A module plate is provided for use with a wafer handler and testing mechanism. The module plate has a diameter equivalent to an integrated circuit wafer and a height equivalent to or less than a height of a module lid associated with each module in a plurality of modules associated with the module plate. The module plate has a plurality of cutouts in the module plate that have a width equivalent to a width of the module lid and at least a length equivalent to a length of the module lid. The height of the module plate is such that, when a test head contacts a module base of each module in a plurality of modules, the module lid contacts a chuck on which the module plate resides during testing of the module thereby providing resistance in order to accurately test the module.
US09891257B2	Testing system and method using electromagnetic near field measurements A system, method and computer readable medium are provided. One system includes a transmit antenna, at least one receive antenna, and a controller configured to operate the transmit antenna and the at least one receive antenna to acquire coupled signal information from a device under test. The system also includes a processor configured to approximate a shape of a structure within the device under test using changes in resonance determined from the coupled reflected signal information and caused by different materials forming the structure.
US09891249B2	Broad-range current measurement using duty cycling An apparatus, method and integrated circuit for broad-range current measurement using duty cycling are disclosed. Embodiments of an apparatus for sensing current through a transistor device may include an interface configured to receive a current from the transistor device for sensing. Additionally, embodiments may include a sensor component coupled to the interface and configured to receive the current from the transistor device and to generate a responsive sensor voltage. Embodiments may also include a sense control circuit configured to control a duty cycle of the sensor component.
US09891246B2	Harmonic feedback atomic force microscopy Harmonic feedback atomic force microscopy (HF-AFM) includes regulating feedback in oscillating probe atomic force microscopy (AFM) based upon an extracted frequency component of a probe response signal. Feedback in conventional oscillating probe AFM uses the probe response signal as a whole (or at least a driven frequency component of the probe response signal). The extracted frequency of the extracted frequency component of HF-AFM generally is different from any substantially driven frequency that generates the probe oscillation and may be a harmonic of a driven frequency. The regulating may include responding to the strength or weakness of the extracted frequency component such that weakening (or strengthening) of the extracted frequency component contributes positively to a decrease (or an increase) in the average tip-sample distance and contributes negatively to an increase (or a decrease) in the average tip-sample distance.
US09891225B2	Compositions and methods for simultaneous detection of HCV antigen/antibody Compositions and processes are provided for the robust detection of hepatitis C virus in a sample. Compositions include amino acid sequences of HCV core region including or exclusive to residues 14-31 or 50-90 of the HCV core protein. Also provided are processes of detecting HCV in a sample whereby the provided peptides are optionally used alone or in conjunction with antibodies that do not recognize the peptides so that detection is independent of seroconversion in a subject. Using the compositions and processes, HCV can be detected in a sample prior to or following seroconversion leading to robust HCV detection and diagnosis.
US09891224B2	Biomarkers for aggressive prostate cancer The present invention relates to the field of biomarkers. More specifically, the present invention relates to biomarkers useful in diagnosing aggressive prostate cancer. In one embodiment, a method for identifying patients as having or likely to have aggressive prostate cancer comprises the steps of (a) obtaining a biological sample from the patient; (b) performing an assay on the biological sample to detect fucosylated fucosylated DPP-4, sTIE-2, sVEGFR-1, and FUT8; and (c) identifying the patient as having or likely to have aggressive prostate cancer if there is a statistically significant difference in the levels of fucosylated TIMP-1, fucosylated DPP-4, sTIE-2, sVEGFR-1 and FUT8.
US09891218B2	Immunoassay product and process The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus useful in conducting detection of compounds on blotting membranes. The device is comprised of several layers including a porous support layer below the blotting membrane(s), a flow distributor above the blotting membrane(s) and optionally a well on the flow distributor to contain the liquid to the desired area and to allow for lower starting volumes of such liquid. Preferably, the flow distributor is a non-binding or low binding hydrophilic porous membrane such as a 0.22 micron membrane and the support layer is a grid or sintered porous material. The distributor and support are held together to form an envelope around the membrane(s). The use of a hinge, clips and other such devices is preferred in doing so.
US09891211B2	Gamma 9 delta 2 T cell receptors The current invention provides methods to identify γ9δ2T-cell receptors (γ9δ2TCR) that mediate anti-tumor responses. Surprisingly, it was now found that the CDR3 regions of the γ9-T-cell receptor chain and the δ2-T-Cell receptor chain (δ2TCR chain) are of importance. Based on these findings, combinatorial-γδTCR-chain-exchange (CTE) is proposed as an efficient method for identifying γ9δ2TCRs that mediate anti-tumor responses. Using the method of the invention, specific sequences of the respective γ9TCR and δ2TCR chains were identified that mediate anti-tumor responses. Hence, the invention further provides for specific γ9δ2TCRs, or fragments thereof, that may be used e.g. in diagnostics or treatment of cancer. The invention further provides for nucleic acid sequences, genetic constructs and retroviral vectors that can be used to express the γ9δ2TCRs according to the invention.
US09891208B2	Concrete temperature stress testing machine system and concrete temperature stress testing method A concrete temperature stress testing machine system including: a concrete temperature stress testing machine and a walk-in environment simulation laboratory system; and the walk-in environment simulation laboratory system includes a walk-in environment simulation laboratory, a host control cabinet, a compressor set room, an environment room control cabinet and a computer. The concrete temperature stress testing machine achieves the temperature deformation self-compensation by using the combination of different proportions of invar and No. 45 steel, an embedded type directly measuring deformation technology of the concrete temperature stress testing is achieved by the fit between the upper and side embedded parts, the embedded rod and the extending rod. The concrete temperature stress testing machine system according to embodiments of the present disclosure may compensate the impact of the temperature deformation by itself and directly measure the true deformation of concrete, thereby having high accuracy, good long-term stability, easy operation and other advantages.
US09891207B2	Paper microfluidic devices for detection of improvised explosives Paper microfluidic devices for testing for explosives are provided, along with methods of fabricating and using the same. One or more channels are formed on a paper substrate, and a test spot is formed in at least one of the channels. The channels can be hydrophobic. A test reagent is provided in the test spot and tests for explosives.
US09891200B2	Metal coordination complex for detection of vapors and anions and process for the preparation thereof The present invention discloses novel multi-action copper complexes which are used for reversible vapochromic detection of polar solvents as well as anion sensing in both aqueous and non-aqueous media.
US09891195B2	Method for the production of a flame ionization detector and corresponding flame ionization detector A flame ionization detector having at least one combustion chamber, at least one conduit for directing a gas or gas mixture, and at least one electrode structure, and a process for forming the flame ionization detector by providing two or more green ceramic films, forming geometric structures in said green ceramic films, depositing at least a portion of an electrically conductive structure on at least one of said green ceramic films, stacking said green ceramic films, laminating said green ceramic films, and sintering said laminated green ceramic films to form said flame ionization detector.
US09891194B2	Acquisition of fragment ion mass spectra of ions separated by their mobility The invention provides a method for acquiring fragment ion spectra of substances in complex substance mixtures wherein a trapped ion mobility spectrometer (“TIMS”) is used as the ion mobility separator separation device. The fragment ion spectra may be used for the identification of high numbers of proteins in complex mixtures, or for a safe quantification of some substances, by their fragment ion mass spectra in a mass spectrometer with up-front substance separator. TIMS with parallel accumulation provides the unique possibility to prolong the ion accumulation duration to find more detectable ion species without decreasing the measuring capacity for fragment ion mass spectra. The high measurement capacity for fragment ion mass spectra permits the repeated measurement of low abundance ion species to improve the quality of the fragment ion spectra.
US09891192B2	System and method for flat panel detector gel and blot imaging A system and method for generating a digital image in fluorescence gel imaging is disclosed. The method includes providing a gel sample and placing the gel sample on a flat panel detector having array of photodiodes and transistors that collect light generated from the gel sample. The gel sample is illuminated using a light source integrated into the flat panel imaging system and light emitted by the gel sample responsive to an excitation of the gel sample by light provided by the light source is then collected, with the light emitted by the gel sample being collected by the array of photodiodes of the flat panel detector and converted to electric charges to generate light data. The light data is then processed to generate a digital image of the gel sample.
US09891190B2	Chemical coating of microwell for electrochemical detection device The described embodiments may provide a method of fabricating a chemical detection device. The method may comprise forming a microwell above a CMOS device. The microwell may comprise a bottom surface and sidewalls. The method may further comprise applying a first chemical to be selectively attached to the bottom surface of the microwell, forming a metal oxide layer on the sidewalls of the microwell, and applying a second chemical to be selectively attached to the sidewalls of the microwell. The second chemical may lack an affinity to the first chemical.
US09891186B2	Method for analyzing analyte concentration in a liquid sample A method for analyzing concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample applied to a biosensor includes: applying a voltage pulse to the liquid sample applied to the biosensor, the voltage pulse having a pulse width of not greater than 10−3 second; monitoring a response current, which is produced in response to the voltage pulse, within the pulse width via electrodes of the biosensor; and analyzing the response current that is correlated to the concentration of the analyte in the liquid sample.
US09891185B2	Small volume in vitro analyte sensor A sensor utilizing a non-leachable or diffusible redox mediator is described. The sensor includes a sample chamber to hold a sample in electrolytic contact with a working electrode, and in at least some instances, the sensor also contains a non-leachable or a diffusible second electron transfer agent. The sensor and/or the methods used produce a sensor signal in response to the analyte that can be distinguished from a background signal caused by the mediator. The invention can be used to determine the concentration of a biomolecule, such as glucose or lactate, in a biological fluid, such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. An enzyme capable of catalyzing the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the biomolecule is typically provided as a second electron transfer agent.
US09891183B2	Breach sensor One example discloses a breach sensor, comprising: a substrate including an integrated circuit; a passivation layer coupled to the substrate; a breach sensing element coupled to the circuit; wherein the breach sensing element is on a first side of the passivation layer and the substrate is on a second side of the passivation layer; a barrier configured to separate the breach sensing element from an ambient environment; wherein the breach sensing element is responsive to barrier damage.
US09891181B2	Measurement device for measuring a property of a flowing fluid A measurement device, in particular an electromagnetic flow meter, for measuring a flow, of a flowing fluid, comprising a measurement tube having an outer tube and a liner lining an inside of the outer tube, and a measurement structure for measuring a property of a fluid flowing through the lined measurement tube during measurement operation, capable of detecting abrasion of the liner. The liner consists of a thermally insulating material, in particular a rubber or a plastic material, structure are foreseen for measuring a temperature gradient (ΔT) across a measurement tube wall of the measurement tube, when the measurement tube wall is exposed to a temperature difference (ΔTL/A) between an ambient temperature (TA) and a fluid temperature (TL/A) of the fluid, and a detecting structure for detecting abrasion of the liner are foreseen, detecting abrasion in case a deviation between the measured temperature gradient (ΔT) and a predetermined reference temperature gradient (ΔTref(ΔTL/A)) representing a temperature gradient across a measurement tube wall exposed to the same or at least a similar temperature difference (ΔTL/A) of an identical measurement tube comprising an unimpaired liner exceeds a predetermined limit.
US09891175B2	System and method for oblique incidence scanning with 2D array of spots A system to generate multiple beam lines in an oblique angle multi-beam spot scanning wafer inspection system includes a beam scanning device configured to scan a beam of illumination, an objective lens oriented at an oblique angle relative to the surface of a sample and with an optical axis perpendicular to a first scanning direction on the sample, and one or more optical elements positioned between the objective lens and the beam scanning device. The one or more optical elements split the beam into two or more offset beams such that the two or more offset beams are separated in a least a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The one or more optical elements further modify the phase characteristics of the two or more offset beams such that the two or more offset beams are simultaneously in focus on the sample during a scan.
US09891174B2	Reactor, test apparatus, and test method Disclosed herein are a reactor, a test apparatus, and a test method, which measure, when a material included in a sample acts as an interfering material with respect to estimating a concentration of a target material, a concentration of the interfering material, and correct an estimated concentration of the target material based on the concentration of the interfering material, thereby improving the reliability and accuracy of the concentration of the target material. The reactor includes: a target material detecting chamber in which a first reagent that includes a first material that is activated by a target material is contained; a first material detecting chamber in which a second reagent that includes the target material is contained; an inlet hole into which a sample is injected; and a channel configured to connect the inlet hole, the target material detecting chamber, and the first material detecting chamber to each other.
US09891173B2	Method of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in air A method for detecting an element in a sample using molecular emission by double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy is provided. The method includes observing emissions from molecules including the element to be detected. The method is particularly useful for detecting halogens, whose elemental emissions are difficult to detect, rare earth elements and boron.
US09891171B2	Sensing module and sensing method A sensing module including a sample loading layer, a sensing layer and an optical resonance layer locating between the sample loading layer and the sensing layer is provided. The sample loading layer includes at least a sample loading depression, and the sample loading depression exposes part of the optical resonance layer, and the sample loading depression is adapted to load sample. A surface of the optical resonance layer has optical resonance structures, and the optical resonance structures are located beside bottom of the sample loading depression or below the bottom of the sample loading depression. The sensing layer is configured to receive light and turn it into electrical signals. A sensing method is also provided.
US09891164B2	Holmium oxide glasses as calibration standards for near infrared moisture sensors Near infrared moisture sensors using stable holmium oxide glass calibration standards that simulate different moistures levels in paper obviates problems associated with glass encased paper samples. Holmium oxide glass has a strong absorption at 1.93 microns which is close to absorption by paper. Standards can have varying thicknesses to simulate different moisture levels. Didymium glass can also be used with holmium oxide glass. The moisture sensor operates at reference and measurement infrared regions of 1.94 microns and 1.8 microns, respectively.
US09891158B2	Method for detecting particles The present invention concerns a method of detecting particles which move along a trajectory and which produce or at least influence electromagnetic radiation, an electrical field or a magnetic field, wherein the electromagnetic radiation, the electrical field or the magnetic field is detected, in which a structuring device is used, which either ensures that the particles along the trajectory produce or at least influence electromagnetic radiation, an electrical field or a magnetic field substantially only at non-periodic spatial spacings, or ensures that the electromagnetic radiation, the electrical or the magnetic field is detected substantially only at non-periodic spatial spacings along the trajectory. To provide a method of detecting particles which move along a trajectory and which produce or at least influence electromagnetic radiation, an electrical field or a magnetic field, it is proposed according to the invention that the detected signal S is processed by means of a mismatched filter F1 and if the signal DF1(S) filtered in that way fulfils a predefined threshold criterion a particle is detected and if the signal filtered in that way does not fulfill the predefined threshold criterion no particle is detected.
US09891150B2	Method for measuring or identifying a component of interest in a biological system A method for measuring or identifying a component of interest in a biological system is disclosed herein. The method includes positioning a fiber within the biological system, the fiber being at least partially coated with a polymeric extraction phase for adsorbing the component of interest from the biological system, the extraction phase being positioned within the biological system; adsorbing the component of interest onto the extraction phase; removing the fiber from the biological system; inserting the fiber into a nanospray needle; flowing solvent through the nanospray needle; desorbing the component of interest from the extraction phase into the solvent; and nanospraying the desorbed component of interest into an analytical instrument for measurement or identification.
US09891145B1	Cotton sampling system Apparatus for a cotton sampling system. The system includes a first station that provides a stream of samples to a main conveyor. The main conveyor routes the samples to a testing station that includes a sub-sampler, an automated cotton containment mechanism, an indexer, and an HVI. The conveyors include a shroud that moves samples over and under the conveyor. In this way samples that need to be retested pass to the testing station after failing the first test. The sub-sampler includes a walking beam mechanism to advance the samples into a fiber extraction mechanism. The automated cotton containment mechanism includes a gate valve and a diverter valve. The gate valve has a normal position configured to allow passage of cotton fibers, but blocking clumps. Upon detection of a clump, the diverter valve operates and the gate valve opens so that the clump is diverted to a waste receptacle.
US09891138B2	Pressure sensor A pressure sensor including a rod-shaped member, a tubular housing, a variable member and a pressure measuring element. The variable member is entirely disposed within the housing, is connected to the housing and the rod-shaped member, and deforms when the rod-shaped member is displaced relative to the housing along an axial direction. The variable member includes a first portion connected to the rod-shaped member, a second portion connected to the housing, and a bent portion which connects the first portion and the second portion to each other and has a bent shape. A portion of the second portion is a pressure receiving portion which displaces the rod-shaped member in the axial direction when receiving a pressure. The pressure receiving portion of the second portion has a substantially uniform thickness, and the thickness of the pressure receiving portion of the second portion is larger than that of the first portion.
US09891136B2	Methods to determine a bearing setting A method for determining a bearing setting of a bearing in a shaft assembly, in which the shaft assembly includes a housing and a shaft rotatable with respect to the housing, with the bearing including a first bearing part coupled to the shaft and a second bearing part coupled to the housing, includes positioning a first portion of a measuring device in direct or indirect contact with the housing and a second portion of the measuring device in direct or indirect contact with the shaft. The method also includes measuring with the measuring device a parameter indicative of an amount of contact between the first bearing part and the second bearing part.
US09891131B1	Blowout preventer test system The present disclosure provides a cooling system and method for a reciprocating mandrel in a blowout preventer test system that provides coolant to the mandrel through a majority of its stroke. The system includes an inner coolant tube and an outer coolant tube, with both tubes inserted into a mandrel inner bore. The inner coolant tube is fixed in position on a base and not attached to the mandrel. The outer coolant tube is fixed in position and attached to the mandrel. The outer coolant tube slidably and optionally sealingly engages the inner coolant tube throughout the mandrel stroke. Coolant can flow through the base, upward through an inner volume of the inner coolant tube, and into an inner volume of the outer coolant tube and out of coolant openings in the outer coolant tube to flow on the inner bore surfaces of the mandrel to cool the mandrel.
US09891118B2	Temperature sensor A temperature sensor includes a metal tube containing thermo-sensitive element and filled with an insulating filling material, and a housing to which the metal tube is fixed. The metal tube includes a small-diameter part and a large-diameter part. The distal end of the small-diameter part is located beyond a virtual line. The virtual line passes a center of a maximum virtual circle which is an inscribed circle that contacts at least three points on an inner surface of the pipe in a cross-section perpendicular to an axial direction of the pipe, and is perpendicular to a center axis line of the metal tube. The whole of the small-diameter part and the part of the large-diameter part filled with the filling material are located within a center virtual circle which is coaxial with the maximum virtual circle and has an inner diameter of ⅔ of that of the maximum virtual circle.
US09891117B2	Temperature sensor The temperature sensor includes an insulating film; a thin film thermistor portion which is formed on the surface of the insulating film with a thermistor material of TiAlN; the pair of interdigitated electrodes which have a plurality of comb portions and are pattern-formed on the thin film thermistor portion using a metal so as to face each other; and the pair of pattern electrodes which are pattern-formed on the surface of the insulating film and are connected to the pair of interdigitated electrodes, wherein at least a part of each of the pattern electrodes is formed of a conductive resin.
US09891112B1	Radiation detector A radiation detector and method and computer program product for detecting radiation. The detector comprises a waveguide structure, a sensing structure comprising a phase change material, an optical transmitter and optical receiver. The optical transmitter transmits an optical sensing signal for receipt at the optical receiver via the waveguide structure. The phase change material comprises a first phase state at a first temperature range and a second phase state at a second temperature range and transitions from the first phase state to the second phase state under exposure of the radiation. The sensing structure is arranged in an evanescent field area of the waveguide structure and provides for an evanescent field of the optical sensing signal a first complex refractive index in the first phase state and a second complex refractive index in the second phase state. The first complex refractive index is different from the second complex refractive index.
US09891111B2	Thermowell with infrared sensor A thermowell assembly for measuring a process temperature includes an elongate thermowell having a proximal end and a distal end. A bore extends between the two ends with the thermowell assembly configured to extend into a process fluid. An infrared sensor detects infrared radiation from the distal end through the bore of the thermowell and responsively provides a sensor output. A configuration is provided in which infrared radiation received by the infrared sensor from a wall of the bore is reduced and or radiation received from the distal end of the bore is increased.
US09891108B2	Spectroscopic method for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis The present invention relates to a method for detecting Alzheimer's disease in a subject. This method involves providing a sample from the subject, subjecting the sample to a spectroscopic analysis to produce a spectroscopic signature for the sample, determining whether the spectroscopic signature for the sample corresponds to an Alzheimer's disease spectroscopic signature, and identifying a subject as having Alzheimer's disease where the spectroscopic signature for the sample from that subject corresponds to the spectroscopic signature for Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring Alzheimer's disease progression in a subject, involving providing a sample from a subject with Alzheimer's disease, subjecting the sample to a spectroscopic analysis to produce a spectroscopic signature for the sample, comparing the spectroscopic signature for the sample to a prior spectroscopic signature from the subject or to a spectroscopic signature standard for a specific stage of Alzheimer's disease, and determining the progression of Alzheimer's disease in the subject based on said comparing.
US09891107B1	Combined temporal/hyperspectral imager The present disclosure provides an optical imaging system that defines an optical path. In an aspect, the optical imaging system includes a first optical sub-system configured to substantially image, at a focus plane, electromagnetic radiation emanating from an object plane, a slit element at the focus plane to extract a line image from the electromagnetic radiation, a second optical sub-system configured to collimate, at a center plane, the electromagnetic radiation from the slit element, a dispersive element at the center plane with variable dispersive properties, a third optical sub-system configured to image the collimated electromagnetic radiation from the center plane to an image plane, and a detecting element at the image plane. In one example, the slit element is mechanically movable into and out of the optical path.
US09891101B2	Information-reading component and information-reading device utilizing same An information-reading element may be provided, which can be made small, and allows the number of adjustment steps to be reduced, and an information-reading device may be provided. An information-reading element may be provided and equipped with a light-emitting element, which serves as a polarized light-emitting part for emitting polarized light as outgoing light, and a light-receiving element, which serves as a polarized light-receiving part for receiving the polarized light as returning light after the polarized light is reflected off a reflecting plate, said reflecting plate being a target object from which information is to be read, wherein the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element have different polarization characteristics from each other.
US09891096B2	Body weight scale with visual notification system and method An interactive body weight scale is presented. The body weight scale may have computing and data communication ability to track a user's weight by connecting to a number of different electronic devices. The body weight scale is capable of recording an audio message, converting the audio message to message text, and transmitting the message to a remote social network. The scale may also receive message responses from the remote network and play the messages back based on whether a particular message is a positive message. A scale use indicator provides a reminder for a user to use the body weight scale.
US09891081B2	Method for producing a sensor housing and corresponding sensor housing A method for producing a sensor housing comprises forming three seals including a first annular seal and a second annular seal connected to each other by a connecting web formed materially integral in a unipartite fashion with the first annular seal and the second annular seal, and positioning the first annular seal and the second annular seal on a housing shell of the sensor housing.
US09891075B2	Magnetic encoder To provide a magnetic encoder in which a base material has a ring-shaped body portion into which a rotation axis is inserted when a magnetic drum is mounted on a rotation axis, and an engagement convex portion provided so as to project over a whole circumference of an outer periphery of the body portion. The body portion has a centering track provided in a part of the outer periphery of the body portion over the whole circumference as a reference of circular runout tolerance on an outer periphery of a magnet. The engagement convex portion has a constricted portion projecting from the outer periphery of the body portion, and a cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction of the body portion from a tip end of the constricted portion. The magnet surrounds the engagement convex portion so as to wrap around to a gap between the cylindrical portion and the body portion, and exposes the centering track without covering the centering track.
US09891072B2	Method and apparatus for providing a map display based on velocity information An approach is provided for presenting comprehensible representation of travel segments based, at least in part, on velocity information. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of traffic information, velocity information, or a combination thereof for one or more travel segments, characteristic information for one or more vehicles, or a combination thereof to determine the one or more travel segments within a velocity threshold level. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a filtering of the one or more travel segments based, at least in part, on the velocity threshold level. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of at least one mapping user interface depicting one or more representations for the one or more travel segments within the velocity threshold level.
US09891058B2	Method and apparatus for providing navigation guidance via proximate devices An approach is provided for connecting a first device with a second device proximate to a navigation destination. The approach involves determining a destination associated with a first device and/or a first user of the first device. The approach also involves determining a second device, and/or a second user of the second device within a proximity threshold of the destination. The approach further involves causing a transmission of a navigation assistance request from the first device and/or the first user to the second device and/or the second user, wherein the request seeks navigation guidance information related to the destination and/or a point of interest associated with the destination from the second device and/or the second user.
US09891057B2	Information processing device, computer readable storage medium, and map data updating system A position measurement section of an on-board device measures a position of a vehicle. A travelling position identification section identifies a travelling position of the vehicle on map data based on the measured position of the vehicle and the map data. Then, a position error measurement section computes error information indicating the difference between the measured position of the vehicle and travelling position. Then, a communications section transmits the error information and the position information to a server. A communication section of the server receives the transmitted error information and position information. An error registration section stores the error information in an error database in association with the received position information. Then, for each respective item of position information, a priority level setting section sets a priority level corresponding to the position information based on the error information stored in the error database.
US09891056B2	Interactive venue assistant Methods and systems for assisting a user at an event and venue are described. A user is guided or navigated to different points of interest at a venue. The points of interest include seat locations or surrounding services and facilities, such as restaurants, shops, and restrooms. Advertisements and promotions associated with surrounding services may be displayed to the user. The user may be notified of the presence of friends and family at the same venue, and be provided with real-time information about the event.
US09891045B2	Method for determining a pivoting angle of a wheel unit mounted onto a snap-in inflation valve A method for determining a pivoting angle (α) of a wheel unit (12) mounted onto a snap-in inflation valve (10) includes the following three phases: observation of a curve representing the effect of gravity on the radial acceleration Ames of a wheel of the vehicle on a sensing axis Y′ which is related to the wheel unit and is not parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel, by spectrum analysis of the gravity curve at a sampling frequency Fs greater than an assumed rotation speed ω of the wheel, deduction of the actual rotation speed ω of the wheel, and determination of the pivoting angle α according to the formula cos ⁢ ⁢ α = A mes _ ω 2 ⁢ × R , where ω is the actual angular speed deduced from the observation of the curve, Ames is a mean value of the corrected radial acceleration, and R is a standardized radius of the wheel.
US09891042B2	Measurement method, measurement apparatus, measurement program and computer readable recording medium in which measurement program has been recorded A phase of a specific frequency is found by carrying out a two-dimensional Fourier transformation on an image of a two-dimensional grid image on the surface of an object taken by a camera, and the displacement of the surface of the object is measured from the phase. As a result, measurement that is strong against noise can be carried out without projecting a grid having a brightness distribution of precise cosine waves. In addition, the process is simple and the number of pixels used for the measurement is smaller than that in the sampling moire method. The displacement can be found at a high speed.
US09891028B2	Shooting game for multiple players with dynamic shot position recognition on a paper target The embodied invention is a method and equipment suitable for a shooting game with dynamic shot recognition and automatic scoring among multiple players firing at the same target. Each player's shot is scored based on a difference in the target's image from a prior image as viewed by a camera. The scoring target is aligned with the camera, and the output of the score change is displayed to the multiple shooters.
US09891020B2	Multi-platform ergonomic foregrip A foregrip for use with a firearm having a handguard mounting platform. The foregrip comprises a unitary body attachable to a handguard and configured with a front end, an intermediate section and a rear end. A front end designed to form a vertical engagement portion, an intermediate section designed to be partially curved engagement section and extending from the front end to the rear end, and a rear end designed to form a top portion and a lower portion. The top portion forming a first angled engagement portion, and the lower forming a second angled engagement portion. An attachment surface provides a method for mounting the foregrip onto a firearm handguard.
US09891008B2	Heat exchanger Each fin 30 is designed to have continuous lines of wave crests 34 and continuous lines of wave troughs 36 arranged at a preset angle in a specific angle range of 10 degrees to 60 degrees relative to the main stream of the air flow and symmetrically folded back about folding lines of a preset folding interval W along the main stream of the air flow. A ratio (a/p) of an amplitude ‘a’ of a waveform including one wave crest 34 and one adjacent wave trough 36 to a fin pitch ‘p’ satisfies a relation of 1.3×Re−0.5
US09891003B2	Combined heat and power system A CHP system includes a combustor as a heat source, a Rankine cycle apparatus, a second heat exchanger, and a thermal fluid flow path. The Rankine cycle apparatus includes, as an evaporator, a first heat exchanger that absorbs thermal energy from combustion gas (thermal fluid). The second heat exchanger absorbs thermal energy from the combustion gas and transfers the thermal energy to a heat medium. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are disposed in the thermal fluid flow path. The thermal fluid flow path includes a first flow path that allows the combustion gas to reach the first heat exchanger directly from the combustor and a second flow path that allows the combustion gas to reach the second heat exchanger directly from the combustor.
US09890998B2	Substrate heating apparatus A substrate heating apparatus includes: a heating chamber, as well as a heating unit and a suspension holding unit which are provided in the heating chamber. The heating unit is provided at the bottom of the heating chamber, and the suspension holding unit holds the substrate in suspension above the heating unit. The apparatus avoids collision and friction on the substrate, and ensures uniform heating of the substrate.
US09890992B2	Domestic appliance having a door leaf which includes a recessed handle A domestic appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, includes an interior chamber and an electronic control apparatus having an electronics system and being constructed to control at least one function of the domestic appliance during operation thereof. A door leaf for opening and closing the interior chamber has an inner face facing the interior chamber and an outer face facing away from the interior chamber. A recessed handle in the outer face includes a grip forming an indentation in the outer face. A lighting configuration has at least one lighting device, in particular an LED, to illuminate the recessed handle. At least a large part of the electronics system and the at least one lighting device form a common assembly disposed within the door leaf adjacent the indentation, so that the at least one lighting device can radiate light out of the indentation into the recessed handle.
US09890988B2	High temperature resistant shipping container A robust, durable, easy to use, reusable shipping container is disclosed that is capable of protecting contents from surrounding high temperatures up to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of at least three and a half hours. The container includes an inner chamber surrounded by an outer chamber. A phase change liquid (PCL) is sequestered in a porous support matrix contained in the inner chamber, while the outer chamber is filled with high temperature insulation, forming an outer barrier layer that is designed to reduce heat flux into the inner chamber.
US09890977B2	Flash tank economizer for two stage centrifugal water chillers A system comprises the integrated combination of: a condenser having a condenser water path leg extending from a water inlet to a water outlet; a first expansion device; a flash tank economizer; a second expansion device; an evaporator having an evaporator water path leg extending from a water inlet to a water outlet; and a refrigerant flowpath passing sequentially through the condenser, the first expansion device, the economizer, the second expansion device and the evaporator. The flash tank economizer comprises a horizontally elongate body having a first end and a second end. The economizer has an inlet conduit having an outlet. The economizer has a liquid outlet, a vapor outlet, and a medium between the outlet of the inlet conduit and the liquid outlet. A length of the refrigerant flowpath between the first expansion device and the outlet of the inlet conduit is at least 0.5 m.
US09890973B2	Turbo refrigerator In a turbo refrigerator in which: a gas-phase refrigerant from an evaporator is compressed by a turbo compressor and then condensed by a condenser; the obtained liquid-phase refrigerant is evaporated by the evaporator; and a cooling target is cooled down by evaporation heat of the liquid-phase refrigerant, the compressor is a back-to-back two-stage centrifugal type, and the condenser is provided at a position outside a compressor rear stage so as to overlap the compressor rear stage when viewed from each of an axial direction and a radial direction. With this, the pressure loss of a vapor refrigerant is eliminated, and the deterioration in efficiency can be suppressed. In addition, size reduction can be realized by space saving. Further, an evaporated refrigerant can be smoothly introduced to the condenser with a simple configuration.
US09890971B2	User control device with hinged mounting plate A thermostat includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display configured to display visual media and receive user inputs, processing electronics configured to operate the touch-sensitive display, and a mounting plate. The housing includes a base that has walls that define an internal volume. The housing also includes a display mount cantilevered upward from the top wall. The display mount includes a mounting surface perpendicular to the top wall of the base. The housing also includes a touch-sensitive display configured to display visual media and receive user inputs. The touch-sensitive display is attached to the mounting surface of the display mount. The processing electronics are positioned within the interior volume of the base. The mounting plate is configured for attaching the housing to a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the bottom wall by a hinge so that the housing may pivot between an open position and a closed position.
US09890969B2	Networked air quality monitoring Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuously monitoring residential air quality and providing a trend based analysis regarding various air pollutants are presented herein. The system comprises an air quality monitor located in a residential house, wherein the air quality monitor is configured to measure the level of an air pollutant. The system also includes a server that is communicatively coupled to the air quality monitor, wherein the server is configured to generate a unique environmental fingerprint associated with the residential house.
US09890968B2	Air conditioning control system An air conditioning control system adjusts a consumed energy amount of air conditioners installed in a property in an adjustment time period. The air conditioning control system includes a control apparatus and an assessment apparatus. The control apparatus performs adjustment control of the air conditioners so that the consumed energy amount is adjusted in the adjustment time period. The assessment apparatus adjusts, after the adjustment time period, a possible amount of a next adjustment control based on an environmental parameter of an air conditioned space.
US09890964B2	Coaxial ventilator A coaxial ventilator exchanges atmosphere between parts of a building that are at differing heights. The coaxial ventilator includes an outer conduit that extends from an upper end thereof downward to a lower end thereof. The outer conduit surrounds an inner conduit that extends substantially the entire length of the outer conduit. Both the outer and inner conduits are open at their respective upper ends and lower ends. Temperatures of atmosphere both surrounding and within the outer conduit and the inner conduit induce an exchange of atmosphere between the coaxial ventilator and surrounding atmosphere.

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