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US09972804B2	Light emitting element, light emitting device, and electronic apparatus An organic EL element includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting function layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, an electron injection layer formed on the light emitting function layer, and a counter electrode that is formed on the electron injection layer and that has semi-transmissive reflectivity, in which the counter electrode contains a reductive material that reduces material of the electron injection layer and Ag with atomic ratio of 75% or more, and an adsorption layer is formed on the counter electrode.
US09972803B2	Carbazole-based compound and organic light emitting diode including the same A carbazole-based compound is represented by Formula 1 and may be used in the organic layer of an organic light-emitting diode. An organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer between the first and second electrodes. The organic layer includes an emission layer, and the carbazole-based compound of Formula 1 may be included in the emission.
US09972792B2	Electron transport layer and film having improved thermal stability Aspects of the invention provide a composition having a blend of an electron transport material and an organo alkali-metal salt wherein the salt has a glass transition greater than 115° C. The organo-alkali metal salt may be selected from the group consisting of lithium 2-(2-pyridyl)phenolate (LiPP), lithium 2-(2′,2″-bipyridine-6′-yl)phenolate (LiBPP), 2-(isoquinoline-10-yl)phenolate (LiIQP), and lithium 2-(2-phenylquinazolin-4-yl)phenolate and lithium 2-(4-phenylquinazolin-2-yl)phenolate. In a preferred embodiment, the organo-alkali metal salt is lithium 2-(2′,2″-bipyridine-6′-yl)phenolate (LiBPP). Aspects of the invention also provide films and devices having a film layer prepared from the composition.
US09972791B2	[2.2]paracyclophane-derived donor/acceptor-type molecules for OLED applications Disclosed are [2.2]paracyclophane-derivative compounds and related polymers that are useful as stable, efficient, blue-light emitting compounds for OLED applications.
US09972788B2	Fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound, organic thin film including compound and electronic device including organic thin film A fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound is represented by one of Chemical Formula 1, 2A and 2B.
US09972785B2	Spiro-type compound and organic light emitting element comprising same The present specification provides a compound having a spiro structure, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US09972783B2	High energy triarylamine compounds for hole transport materials This invention relates to triarylamine compounds and compositions including such compounds, that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a compound or composition. The triarylamine compound can be present as a hole transport material in a hole transport layer. The triarylamine compound can also be present in a photoactive layer in combination with an organometallic compound capable of electroluminescence having an emission maximum between 380 and 750 nm.
US09972776B2	Plasma processing method According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a plasma processing method for forming a pattern of a mask on a laminated film of a magnetic film and a metal oxide film, and the plasma processing method includes: plasma etching the magnetic film in a chamber; and after the plasma etching, plasma cleaning the chamber, wherein the plasma cleaning performs first plasma cleaning of plasma cleaning using a gas mixture of chlorine element-containing gas and boron trichloride gas, and after the first plasma cleaning, second plasma cleaning of removing boron remaining in the chamber.
US09972773B1	Method and system for providing magnetic junctions utilizing high crystallization temperature-containing insertion layer(s) A magnetic junction, a memory using the magnetic junction and method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction includes a pinned layer, a perpendicular enhancement layer (PEL), an insertion layer between the pinned layer and PEL, a free layer and a nonmagnetic spacer layer between the PEL and free layer. The insertion layer includes at least one magnetic material and at least one high crystallization temperature nonmagnetic material. The PEL is between the insertion layer and the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The free layer is switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The PEL and free and pinned layers each has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy greater than its out-of-plane demagnetization energy.
US09972768B2	Actuator structure and method An electromechanical polymer (EMP) transducer may include (a) one or more EMP layers each having a first operating characteristic; and (b) one or more EMP layers each having a second operating characteristic different from the first operating characteristic. The EMP transducer may include at least two EMP layers that are activated independently, and one or more EMP layers being configured to be a sensing layer. The sensing layer may sensitive to one or both of the operating characteristics (e.g., temperature, strain, pressure and their respective rates of change). Other operating characteristic may include resin type, modulus, film thicknesses, degrees of deformations, operating temperature ranges, a stretching ratio of the EMP layers, metallization patterns of electrodes, arrangements of active and inactive EMP layers, arrangements of irradiated EMP layers, arrangements of EMP layers acting as sensors, and arrangements of inactive layers of various degrees of stiffness.
US09972766B2	Piezoelectric transducer, ultrasonic probe, and piezoelectric transducer manufacturing method According to embodiment, a piezoelectric transducer includes a polarized single crystal piezoelectric body comprising a lead complex perovskite compound containing niobium oxide and at least one of magnesium oxide and indium oxide and including a first plane whose crystal orientation is [100] and a second plane which faces the first plane and whose crystal orientation is [100], and first electrode provided on the first plane side of the body and a second electrode provided on the second plane side of the body. A ratio of a second FWHM of diffracted X-rays at the Miller index (400) of the body to a first FWHM of diffracted X-rays at the miller index (400) of the body which is unpolarized or has undergone depolarization processing is not less than 0.22 and not more than 0.4.
US09972765B2	Method for producing an electronic structural element as a stack A method of forming an electronic structural element having a stack including first and second electrode layers arranged alternatively with material layers is disclosed. A stack is formed with the first electrode layers projecting beyond a first lateral side of the stack and the second electrode layers spaced radially inward from the first lateral side. A first contacting structure that contacts each first electrode layer is applied directly to the first side of the stack, which contacting structure embeds such the projecting first electrode layers in an electrically conductive manner. A second contacting structure is formed by exposing the first and second electrode layers at a second side of the stack, forming, by an additive method, a solvent-free insulating structure that electrically insulates the first electrode layers, and applying an electrically conductive material over the solvent-free insulating structure to form the second contacting structure that contacts each second electrode layer.
US09972763B2	Bi-stable MEMS cantilever heat harvester A bi-stable micro-electrical mechanical system (MEMS) heat harvester is provided. A bi-stable MEMS cantilever located between a hot temperature surface and a cold temperature surface, and is made up of a first MEMS material layer, having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A second MEMS material layer is in contact with the first MEMS material layer, and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion less than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. A tensioner, made from a material having a tensile stress greater than the stress of the first or second MEMS materials, is connected to the cantilever. The heat harvester also includes a mechanical-to-electrical power converter, which may be a piezoelectric device or an electret device. The bi-stable MEMS cantilever may include a thermal expander having a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the second coefficient of thermal expansion. The thermal expander is connected to the tensioner.
US09972762B2	Thermocouple ribbon and assembly A thermocouple ribbon features a pair of flat conductors and first and second layers of a polyimide film covering the conductors. The polyimide film preferably is coated with a fluoropolymer, such as fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP). During manufacture of the thermocouple ribbon, the first and second layers of polyimide film, with the pair of flat conductors positioned there between, are heated above the melting temperature of the FEP. The completed thermocouple ribbon is then cooled. A thermocouple connector may then be attached to a first end of the thermocouple ribbon, while a welded thermocouple junction may be formed at a second end of the thermocouple ribbon.
US09972758B2	Ultraviolet light emitting device An ultraviolet light emitting device having high quality and high reliability is provided by preventing deterioration of electrical characteristics which is associated with an ultraviolet light emission operation and caused by a sealing resin. The ultraviolet light emitting device is an ultraviolet light emitting device including: an ultraviolet light emitting element (2) composed of a nitride semiconductor; and an ultraviolet-transparent sealing resin (3) covering the ultraviolet light emitting element (2), wherein at least a specific portion (3a) of the sealing resin (3), which is in contact with pad electrodes (16) and (17) of the ultraviolet light emitting element (2), is a first type amorphous fluororesin, a terminal functional group of a polymer or a copolymer that forms the first type amorphous fluororesin is a COOH group or a COOR group which is a reactive terminal functional group bondable to a metal that forms the pad electrodes (16) and (17), and a light emission wavelength range in the ultraviolet light emitting element (2) exists on a longer-wavelength side as compared to the long-wavelength edge of an absorption wavelength range in the amorphous fluororesin.
US09972757B2	Surface-modified-metal-oxide-particle material, composition for sealing optical semiconductor element, and optical semiconductor device There is provided a surface-modified-metal-oxide-particle material including surface-modified-metal-oxide-particles obtained by performing surface modification on metal oxide particles with a surface-modifying material, in which the surface-modifying material includes a predetermined silicone compound, an average primary particle diameter of the metal oxide particles is 3 nm to nm, viscosity at 25° C. is 1000 Pa·s or less, and transmittance of light at a wavelength of 400 nm to 800 nm and a thickness of 1 mm is 60% or greater, a composition for sealing optical semiconductor element, and an optical semiconductor device using the same.
US09972754B2	Light emitting device including light transmissive member A light emitting device includes a light emitting element; a light-transmissive member that has a lower surface positioned inside a peripheral edge of an upper surface of the light emitting element in plan view, a first lateral surface extending from the lower surface and having at least one inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the upper surface of the light emitting element, and a second lateral surface positioned above and outside the first lateral surface; a light-transmissive adhesive member positioned inside the second lateral surface in plan view, wherein the adhesive member adheres the upper surface of the light emitting element and the lower surface of the light-transmissive member to each other and covers the first lateral surface; and a light-reflective member covering the second lateral surface.
US09972751B2	Method for manufacturing wavelength conversion member A method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member includes: forming a phosphor layer on a base body including phosphor particles and oxide particles affixed to surfaces of the phosphor particles; and forming a cover layer covering the surfaces of the phosphor particles and surfaces of the oxide particles continuously, and having a same oxide material as the oxide particles. A wavelength conversion member includes: a base body, a phosphor layer disposed on the base body and including phosphor particles and oxide particles affixed to surfaces of the phosphor particles; and a cover layer covering the surfaces of the phosphor particles and surfaces of the oxide particles continuously, and including a same oxide material as the oxide particles.
US09972750B2	Use of dielectric film to reduce resistivity of transparent conductive oxide in nanowire LEDs Various embodiments include methods of fabricating light emitting diode (LED) devices, such as nanowire LED devices, that include forming a layer of a transparent, electrically conductive material over at least a portion of a non-planar surface of an LED device, and depositing a layer of a dielectric material over at least a portion of the layer of transparent conductive material, wherein depositing the layer of dielectric material comprises at least one of: (a) depositing the layer using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, (b) depositing the layer at a temperature of 200° C. or more, and (c) depositing the layer using one or more chemically active precursors for the dielectric material.
US09972746B2	Substrate with lithium imide layer, LED with lithium imide layer and manufacturing method thereof A substrate with a lithium imide layer, a LED with a lithium imide layer and a manufacturing method of the LED are provided. The substrate includes a lithium niobate layer and a lithium imide layer. The lithium imide layer is formed on a surface of the lithium niobate layer.
US09972742B2	Method for forming a transparent conductive film with metal nanowires having high linearity Metal nanowires with high linearity can be produced using metal salts at a relatively low temperature. A transparent conductive film can be formed using the metal nanowires. Particularly, the transparent conductive film has high transmittance, low sheet resistance, and good thermal, chemical and mechanical stability. The transparent conductive film has a high electrical conductivity due to the high linearity of the metal nanowires. The metal nanowires take up 5% or less of the volume of the transparent conductive film, ensuring high transmittance of the transparent conductive film. Furthermore, the metal nanowires are useful as replacements for existing conductive materials, such as ITO, conductive polymers, carbon nanotubes and graphene. The metal nanowires can be applied to flexible substrates and other various substrates due to their good adhesion and high applicability to the substrates. Moreover, the metal nanowires can find application in various fields, such as displays and solar cell devices.
US09972741B2	Methods of forming thin-film photovoltaic devices with discontinuous passivation layers In various embodiments, photovoltaic devices incorporate discontinuous passivation layers (i) disposed between a thin-film absorber layer and a partner layer, (ii) disposed between the partner layer and a front contact layer, and/or (iii) disposed between a back contact layer and the thin-film absorber layer.
US09972735B2	Optocoupler having a semiconductor diode for each voltage source and a tunnel diode formed between each two successive voltage sources An optocoupler having a transmitter module and a receiver module that are galvanically isolated from each other and optically coupled with one another and are integrated in a common housing. The receiver module has a voltage source that has a number N of partial voltage sources mutually connected in series and constructed as semiconductor diodes. Each of the partial voltage sources has a semiconductor diode having a p-n junction, and the partial source voltages of the individual partial voltage sources each deviate by less than 20% from one another. Between each two successive partial voltage sources, a tunnel diode is formed and the partial voltage sources and the tunnel diodes are monolithically integrated together and jointly form a first stack having a top surface and a bottom surface, and the number N of the partial voltage sources is greater than or equal to three.
US09972731B2	Precursor for preparing light absorption layer of solar cells and method of preparing the same Disclosed are a precursor for preparing a light absorption layer of a solar cell including (a) an aggregate-phase composite including a first phase including a copper (Cu)-tin (Sn) bimetallic metal and a second phase including zinc (Zn)-containing chalcogenide, or including the first phase including a copper (Cu)-tin (Sn) bimetallic metal, the second phase including zinc (Zn)-containing chalcogenide and a third phase including copper (Cu)-containing chalcogenide; or (b) core-shell structured nanoparticles including a core including copper (Cu)-tin (Sn) bimetallic metal nanoparticles and a shell including zinc (Zn)-containing chalcogenide, or the zinc (Zn)-containing chalcogenide and copper (Cu)-containing chalcogenide; or (c) a mixture thereof, and a method of preparing the same.
US09972724B2	Acceleration sensor and mounting structure of acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate that includes a support substrate and a semiconductor layer; a first-direction movable electrode; a second-direction movable electrode; a first-direction fixed electrode; a second-direction fixed electrode; and a support member. The acceleration sensor is configured to detect acceleration in a first direction in the surface direction of the semiconductor substrate and acceleration in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and parallel to the surface direction. The first-direction movable electrode and the first-direction fixed electrode are provided such that an angle formed by an extended direction of the first-direction movable electrode and the first-direction fixed electrode and the second direction is sin−1(d/L)[deg], and the second-direction movable electrode and the second-direction fixed electrode are provided such that an angle formed by an extended direction of the second-direction movable electrode and the second-direction fixed electrode and the first direction is sin−1(d/L)[deg].
US09972710B2	Field effect transistor A field effect transistor includes a semiconductor stack including a channel provided on a border between a first nitride semiconductor and a second nitride semiconductor provided on the first nitride semiconductor in a stacking direction. A source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode are disposed on the semiconductor stack. The gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. At least one hole is provided to pass through the channel from the first nitride semiconductor to the second nitride semiconductor to provide channel paths from the gate electrode to the drain electrode. A minimum distance of the channel paths is longer than a minimum distance between the gate electrode and drain electrode viewed in the stacking direction. The insulating member is filled in the at least one hole and has a breakdown field strength higher than a breakdown field strength of the semiconductor stack.
US09972708B2	Double heterojunction field effect transistor with polarization compensated layer A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a relaxation layer, a channel layer, a polarization compensation layer, and a barrier layer. The relaxation layer is over the substrate and configured to reduce a total strain of the semiconductor device. The channel layer is over the relaxation layer. The polarization compensation layer is between the relaxation layer and the channel layer and configured to reduce a polarization between the relaxation layer and the channel layer. The barrier layer is over the relaxation layer and configured to polarize a junction between the barrier layer and the channel layer to induce a two-dimensional electron gas in the channel layer.
US09972707B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a main IGBT region in which an IGBT is provided, a main diode region in which a diode is provided, a sense IGBT region in which an IGBT is provided, and a sense diode region in which a diode is provided. A clearance between the body region and the anode region is longer than a product of electron mobility and electron lifetime in the n-type region between the body region and the anode region. A clearance between an end of the collector region on a sense diode region side and the body region is longer than a product of electron mobility and electron lifetime in the n-type region between the end and the body region.
US09972705B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a wafer that includes semiconductor elements, placing the wafer on a stage so that a second electrode is in contact with a place surface of the stage, and measuring an on-resistance of at least one of the semiconductor elements with a first measurement terminal and a second measurement terminal. The on-resistance is measured by contacting the first measurement terminal to a first electrode of one of the semiconductor elements to be measured while applying a control signal to a control electrode of the one of the semiconductor elements, contacting the second measurement terminal to a first electrode of another one of the semiconductor elements while applying the control signal to a control electrode of the another one of the semiconductor elements, and measuring a resistance between the first measurement terminal and the second measurement terminal.
US09972703B2	Transistor with charge enhanced field plate structure and method Transistors and methods of fabricating are described herein. These transistors include a field plate (108) and a charged dielectric layer (106) overlapping at least a portion of a gate electrode (102). The field plate (108) and charged dielectric layer (106) provide the ability to modulate the electric field or capacitance in the transistor. For example, the charged dielectric layer (106) provides the ability to control the capacitance between the gate electrode (102) and field plate (108). Modulating such capacitances or the electric field in transistors can facilitate improved performance. For example, controlling gate electrode (102) to field plate (108) capacitance can be used to improve device linearity and/or breakdown voltage. Such control over gate electrode (102) to field plate (108) capacitance or electric fields provides for high speed and/or high voltage transistor operation.
US09972698B1	Fabricating large area multi-tier nanostructures Methods for fabricating and replicating self-aligned multi-tier nanoscale structures for a variety of cross-sectional geometries. These methods can utilize a single lithography step whereby the need for alignment and overlay in the process is completely eliminated thereby enabling near-zero overlay error. Furthermore, techniques are developed to use these methods to fabricate self-aligned nanoscale multi-level/multi-height patterns with various shapes for master templates, replica templates and nanoimprint based pattern replication. Furthermore, the templates can be used to pattern multiple levels in a sacrificial polymer resist and achieve pattern transfer of the levels into a variety of substrates to form completed large area nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices using only one patterning step.
US09972695B2	Binary metal oxide based interlayer for high mobility channels A method of forming a gate stack that includes treating a semiconductor substrate with a wet etch chemistry to clean a surface of the semiconductor substrate and form an oxide containing interfacial layer, and converting the oxide containing interfacial layer to a binary alloy oxide based interlayer using a plasma deposition sequence including alternating a metal gas precursor and a nitrogen and/or hydrogen containing plasma. The method of forming the gate stack may further include forming a high-k dielectric layer atop the binary alloy oxide based interlayer.
US09972689B2	Semiconductor device having a surface with ripples According to one embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface, an insulation layer having a laterally varying thickness on the first surface, and a metal layer on the first surface. The insulation layer has ripples in its surface facing the metal layer. According to another embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and including at least one of a laterally varying thickness and an inclined first surface. The first surface of the semiconductor substrate has ripples.
US09972682B2	Low resistance source drain contact formation Techniques for forming Ga-doped source drain contacts in Ge-based transistors are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming Ga-doped source and drain contacts includes the steps of: depositing a dielectric over a transistor; depositing a dielectric over the transistor; forming contact trenches in the dielectric over, and extending down to, source and drain regions of the transistor; depositing an epitaxial material into the contact trenches; implanting gallium ions into the epitaxial material to form an amorphous gallium-doped layer; and annealing the amorphous gallium-doped layer under conditions sufficient to form a crystalline gallium-doped layer having a homogenous gallium concentration of greater than about 5×1020 at./cm3. Transistor devices are also provided utilizing the present Ga-doped source and drain contacts.
US09972674B2	Schottky barrier diode and manufacturing method thereof A technique stabilizing properties of SBDs is provided. An SBD is provided with a p-type contact region in contact with an anode electrode, and an n-type drift region in Schottky contact with the anode electrode. The p-type contact region includes a first p-type region having a corner portion, a second p-type region connected to the corner portion, and an edge filling portion located at a connection between the first p-type region and the second p-type region. First and second extended lines intersect at an acute angle, where the first extended line is a line extended from a contour of the first p-type region toward the connection and the second extended line is a line extended from a contour of the second p-type region toward the connection. An acute angle edge formed between the first extended line and the second extended line is filled with the edge filling portion.
US09972671B2	Metal resistors having varying resistivity A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a first metal resistor structure located on a portion of a dielectric-containing substrate. The first metal resistor structure includes, from bottom to top, a first nitridized dielectric surface layer portion having a first nitrogen content, a first metal portion, and a first dielectric capping layer portion. The semiconductor structure of the present application further includes a second metal resistor structure located on a second portion of the dielectric-containing substrate and spaced apart from the first metal resistor structure. The second metal resistor structure includes, from bottom to top, a second nitridized dielectric surface layer portion having a second nitrogen content that differs from the first nitrogen content, a second metal portion, and a second dielectric capping layer portion.
US09972670B2	Display device In a display device having driving circuits formed on the same substrate where pixels are formed, the lateral frame area of the display device is reduced. A gate signal line driving circuit is placed in parallel with a source signal line driving circuit, so that no driving circuits are provided in at least two opposing directions out of four directions with respect to a pixel region. With the above-described structure, the area the gate signal line driving circuit occupies in prior art is removed to reduce the width (side to side) of the display device. Therefore a display device that has a small frame area in the lateral direction can be provided.
US09972668B2	OLED display device and manufacture method thereof A method for manufacturing an OLED display device that includes pixel areas is provided. A first and a second substrates are provided. TFTs are arranged on the first substrate. A passivation layer is formed on the TFTs such that the passivation layer includes a concave area formed in a surface thereof to expose a part of a drain of each of the TFTs. A transparent anode is formed on the second substrate. Partition walls are arranged on the transparent anode to defined therebetween transmission holes respectively corresponding to the pixel areas. An organic layer is formed on the transparent anode and located in the transmission holes. A metal cathode is formed on the organic layer and the partition walls such that the metal cathode is receivable into the concave area and electrically engageable with the exposed part of the drain of each of the TFTs.
US09972664B2	Organic electroluminescent display panel An organic EL display panel including: a substrate; pixel electrodes that are arrayed in a matrix above the substrate; first organic functional layers that are on or above the pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence with the pixel electrodes, the first organic functional layers spaced apart from one another; a second organic functional layer that continuously covers the first organic functional layers; and a counter electrode that opposes the pixel electrodes and covers the second organic functional layer. In the organic EL display panel, the first organic functional layers each include a hole injection layer, and the second organic functional layer has greater electric resistance than each of the first organic functional layers and has a portion extending into an absence region, the absence region being a space between adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers.
US09972661B2	Organic light-emitting display device including thin-film solar cell and method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display device An organic light-emitting display device having an integrated thin-film solar cell includes a substrate, a display disposed in a first area on the substrate to display images and including a first thin-film layer, and a thin-film solar cell disposed in a second area on the substrate to receive sunlight and generate electricity to drive the display and including a second thin-film layer, in which the first thin-film layer and the second thin-film layer include the same thin-film layer extending from the first area to the second area.
US09972659B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same An electronic device may include a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include a trench formed in a substrate; a gate dielectric layer formed on a surface of the trench; a gate electrode which is formed on the gate dielectric layer, gap-fills a part of the trench, and contains dopants; a diffusion region which is formed to be in contact with the surface of the trench and to correspond to the gate electrode in the substrate; junction regions formed in the substrate at both sides of the trench; and a memory element coupled to a junction region in a side of the trench.
US09972657B2	Semiconductor light emitting element According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting element (110) includes a metal layer (40), a first to a fourth semiconductor layers (10a, 20a, 10b, 20b), a first and a second light emitting layers (30a, 30b), a first to a sixth electrodes (e1-e6), and a first inter-element interconnect section (12). The first semiconductor layer (10a) includes a first to a third regions (r1-r3). The second semiconductor layer (20a) is provided between the first region (r1) and the metal layer (40) and between the second region (r2) and the metal layer (40). The third semiconductor layer (10b) includes a fourth to a sixth regions (r4-r6). The fourth semiconductor layer (20b) is provided between the fourth region (r4) and the metal layer (40) and between the fifth region (r5) and the metal layer (40). The first inter-element interconnect section (12) is provided between the second electrode (e2) and the metal layer (40) and between the sixth electrode (e6) and the metal layer (40).
US09972655B2	Imaging device and method for driving the same An imaging device capable of obtaining image data with a small amount of X-ray irradiation is provided. The imaging device obtains an image using X-rays and includes a scintillator and a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix and overlapping with the scintillator. The use of a transistor with an extremely small off-state current in the pixel circuits enables leakage of electrical charges from a charge accumulation portion to be reduced as much as possible, and an accumulation operation to be performed substantially at the same time in all of the pixel circuits. The accumulation operation is synchronized with X-ray irradiation, so that the amount of X-ray irradiation can be reduced.
US09972636B2	Vertical memory devices having dummy channel regions A memory device includes a plurality of channel regions that each extend in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked on the substrate adjacent the channel regions, each of the gate electrodes extending different lengths, and a plurality of dummy channel regions adjacent first ends of the plurality of gate electrode layers, wherein the substrate includes a substrate insulating layer formed below the plurality of dummy channel regions.
US09972631B2	Memory device and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a memory device including a substrate and a gate structure. The gate structure is located on the substrate. The gate structure includes a stack gate and a selection gate aside the stack structure. A topmost surface of the selection gate is lower than a topmost surface of the stack gate.
US09972625B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a first N-channel type high withstanding-voltage MOS transistor and a second N-channel type high withstanding-voltage MOS transistor formed on an N-type semiconductor substrate, the first N-channel type high withstanding-voltage transistor including a third N-type low-concentration impurity region containing arsenic having a depth smaller than a P-type well region in a drain region within the P-type well region, and the second N-channel type high withstanding-voltage MOS transistor including a fourth N-type low-concentration impurity region that is adjacent to the P-type well region and has a bottom surface being in contact with the N-type semiconductor substrate. In this manner, the high withstanding-voltage NMOS transistors capable of operating at 30 V or higher are integrated on the N-type semiconductor substrate.
US09972621B1	Fin structure in sublitho dimension for high performance CMOS application A method of forming straight and narrow fins in the channel region and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming Si fins separated by STI regions; recessing the STI regions to reveal the Si fins; forming a nitride layer over the STI regions and the Si fins; forming an OPL over the nitride layer between the Si fins; recessing the OPL to expose portions of the nitride layer over the Si fins; removing exposed portions of the nitride layer; removing the OPL; forming an oxide layer over exposed portions of the Si fins; forming a dummy gate over the nitride layer and the oxide layer perpendicular to the Si fins and surrounded by an ILD; removing the dummy gate and the oxide layer forming a cavity; thinning the Si fins in the cavity; and forming a RMG in the cavity.
US09972620B2	Preventing shorting between source and/or drain contacts and gate Electrical shorting between source and/or drain contacts and a conductive gate of a FinFET-based semiconductor structure are prevented by forming the source and drain contacts in two parts, a bottom contact part extending up to a height of the gate cap and an upper contact part situated on at least part of the bottom contact part.
US09972618B2	Semiconductor device An IGBT includes an n-type drift layer, a p-type base layer and an n-type emitter layer formed on an upper surface of the n-type drift layer, and a p-type collector layer on a lower surface of the n-type drift layer. A FWD includes the n-type drift layer, a p-type anode layer formed on the upper surface of the n-type drift layer and an n-type cathode layer formed on the lower surface of the n-type drift layer. A p-type well is formed on the upper surface of the n-type drift layer in a wiring region and a termination region. A wiring is formed on the p-type well in the wiring region. The p-type well has a higher impurity concentration and is deeper than the p-type anode layer. The p-type well is not formed directly above the n-type cathode layer and is separate from a region directly above the n-type cathode layer.
US09972614B2	Overheat detection circuit and power supply apparatus Provided is an overheat detection circuit having a small circuit scale, low cost, and low electric power consumption. The overheat detection circuit implemented in a CMOS semiconductor device includes: a reference voltage circuit connected between a base and an emitter of a parasitic bipolar transistor; and a current detection circuit connected to the emitter of the parasitic bipolar transistor, in which the current detection circuit is configured to detect a flow of a current through the parasitic bipolar transistor to output an overheat detection signal.
US09972613B2	Semiconductor device including a phase change material A semiconductor device includes a transistor having a plurality of transistor cells in a semiconductor body. Each transistor cell includes a control terminal and first and second load terminals. The transistor further includes a phase change material exhibiting a solid-solid phase change at a phase transition temperature Tc between 150° C. and 400° C. The control terminals of the plurality of transistor cells are electrically connected to one another.
US09972609B2	Package-on-package devices with WLP components with dual RDLs for surface mount dies and methods therefor Package-on-package (“PoP”) devices with WLP (“WLP”) components with dual RDLs (“RDLs”) for surface mount dies and methods therefor. In a PoP, a first IC die surface mount coupled to an upper surface of a package substrate. Conductive lines are coupled to the upper surface of the package substrate in a fan-out region. A molding layer is formed over the upper surface of the package substrate. A first and a second WLP microelectronic component are located at a same level above an upper surface of the molding layer respectively surface mount coupled to sets of upper portions of the conductive lines. Each of the first and the second WLP microelectronic components have a second IC die located between a first RDL and a second RDL. A third and a fourth IC die are respectively surface mount coupled over the first and the second WLP microelectronic components.
US09972608B2	Light emitting diode device A light emitting diode device is provided. The light emitting diode device has a substrate, a plurality of metal pads, a plurality of LEDs and a first metal conductive wire. A plurality of first metal pads of the metal pads are disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and the LEDs are disposed on a part of the first metal pads. Each of the LEDs has at least one first electrode contact. The first electrode contact of each of the LEDs electrically connected to the first metal conductive wire has the same electrode contact polarity. Moreover, another light emitting diode device is also provided.
US09972607B2	Semiconductor device and method of integrating power module with interposer and opposing substrates A semiconductor device has an interposer including a plurality of conductive vias formed through the interposer. A first semiconductor die is disposed over the interposer. A second semiconductor die is disposed over a first substrate. The first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die are power semiconductor devices. The interposer is disposed over the second semiconductor die opposite the first substrate. A second substrate is disposed over the first semiconductor die opposite the interposer. The first substrate and second substrate provide heat dissipation from the first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die from opposite sides of the semiconductor device. A plurality of first and second interconnect pads is formed in a pattern over the first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die. The second interconnect pads have a different area than the first interconnect pads to aid with alignment when stacking the assembly.
US09972605B2	Method for fabricating fan-out wafer level package and fan-out wafer level package fabricated thereby A method for fabricating a fan-out wafer level package includes disposing a first semiconductor chip on a dummy substrate, forming a mold substrate on the first semiconductor chip and the dummy substrate, removing the dummy substrate to expose the first semiconductor chip, disposing a second semiconductor chip on the exposed first semiconductor chip, forming an insulating layer on the second semiconductor chip, the first semiconductor chip, and the mold substrate, and forming a plurality of redistribution lines that electrically connects the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip through the insulating layer.
US09972601B2	Integrated circuit package having wirebonded multi-die stack Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) package including a first die at least partially embedded in a first encapsulation layer and a second die at least partially embedded in a second encapsulation layer. The first die may have a first plurality of die-level interconnect structures disposed at a first side of the first encapsulation layer. The IC package may also include a plurality of electrical routing features at least partially embedded in the first encapsulation layer and configured to route electrical signals between a first and second side of the first encapsulation layer. The second side may be disposed opposite to the first side. The second die may have a second plurality of die-level interconnect structures that may be electrically coupled with at least a subset of the plurality of electrical routing features by bonding wires.
US09972596B2	Chip assemblage, press pack cell and method for operating a press pack cell One aspect of the invention relates to a chip assemblage. The latter comprises a number of semiconductor chips, each of which has a semiconductor body having an underside, and also a top side, which is spaced apart from the underside in a vertical direction. A top main electrode is arranged on the top side and a bottom main electrode is arranged on the underside. Moreover, each of the semiconductor chips has a control electrode, by means of which an electric current between the top main electrode and the bottom main electrode can be controlled. The semiconductor chips are connected to one another by a dielectric embedding compound to form a solid assemblage. The chip assemblage additionally comprises a common control terminal, and a common reference potential terminal. The common control terminal is electrically conductively connected to each of the control electrodes via a control electrode interconnection structure, and the common reference potential terminal is electrically conductively connected to each of the first main electrodes via a main electrode interconnection structure. Moreover, a dedicated, electrically conductive top compensation lamina is present for each of the semiconductor chips, said top compensation lamina being arranged on that side of the top main electrode which faces away from the semiconductor body and being cohesively and electrically conductively connected to the top main electrode.
US09972581B1	Routing design of dummy metal cap and redistribution line A package includes a first dielectric layer, a device die over and attached to the first dielectric layer, an active through-via and a dummy through-via, and an encapsulating material encapsulating the device die, the active through-via, and the dummy through-via. The package further includes a second dielectric layer over and contacting the device die, the active through-via, and the dummy through-via. An active metal cap is over and contacting the second dielectric layer and electrically coupling to the active through-via. The active metal cap overlaps the active through-via. A dummy metal cap is over and contacting the second dielectric layer. The dummy metal cap overlaps the dummy through-via. The dummy metal cap is separated into a first portion and a second portion by a gap. A redistribution line passes through the gap between the first portion and the second portion of the dummy metal cap.
US09972576B2	Semiconductor chip package comprising side wall marking The semiconductor chip package comprises a semiconductor chip, and an encapsulation body encapsulating the semiconductor chip, wherein the encapsulation body comprises a semiconductor chip; an encapsulation body encapsulating the semiconductor chip, wherein the encapsulation body comprises two opposing main faces and side faces which connect the two main faces with each other, wherein the side face have a smaller surface area than the main faces, respectively, and wherein a marking is provided on at least one of the side faces.
US09972573B2	Wafer-level packaged components and methods therefor Wafer-level packaged components are disclosed. In a wafer-level-packaged, an integrated circuit die has first contacts in an inner third region of a surface of the integrated circuit die. A redistribution layer has second contacts in an inner third region of a first surface of the redistribution layer and third contacts in an outer third region of a second surface of the redistribution layer opposite the first surface thereof. The second contacts of the redistribution layer are coupled for electrical conductivity to the first contacts of the integrated circuit die with the surface of the integrated circuit die face-to-face with the first surface of the redistribution layer. The third contacts are offset from the second contacts for being positioned in a fan-out region for association at least with the outer third region of the second surface of the redistribution layer, the third contacts being surface mount contacts.
US09972572B2	Semiconductor device having a barrier layer Provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, where the electrode contains aluminum, a barrier layer provided between the semiconductor substrate and the electrode. Here, the barrier layer includes a first titanium nitride layer, a first titanium layer, a second titanium nitride layer and a second titanium layer in a stated order with the first titanium nitride layer being positioned closest to the semiconductor substrate.
US09972560B2	Lead frame and semiconductor device A lead frame includes a first lead frame including a first lead; a second lead frame including a second lead, the second lead frame being stacked on the first lead frame so that a space is formed between the first lead frame and the second lead frame, and the second lead being bonded to the first lead; and a resin portion provided in the space formed between the first lead frame and the second lead frame, wherein each of the first lead and the second lead includes an embedded portion embedded in the resin portion, and a protruding portion protruded from the resin portion, and wherein the embedded portion of the first lead and the embedded portion of the second lead are bonded in the resin portion.
US09972559B2	Signal block and double-faced cooling power module using the same A signal block and a double-faced cooling power module that uses the signal block is provided. The signal block includes a plurality of signal clips that are formed in a ribbon shape to connect a first signal pad formed on a semiconductor chip and a second signal pad formed on a signal lead frame. An insulator fixes the position of the plurality of signal clips while spacing the signal clips apart from each other.
US09972556B2	Metal cored solder decal structure and process A system of producing metal cored solder structures on a substrate includes: a decal having a plurality of apertures, the apertures being tapered from a top surface to a bottom surface of the decal; a carrier configured for positioning beneath the bottom of the decal, the carrier having cavities in a top surface and the cavities located in alignment with the apertures of the decal; the decal being configured for positioning on the carrier having the decal bottom surface in contact with the carrier top surface to form feature cavities defined by the decal apertures and the carrier cavities, the feature cavities being shaped to receive a plurality of metal elements therein, the feature cavities configured for receiving molten solder being cooled in the cavities, the decal being separable from the carrier to partially expose metal core solder contacts; and receiving elements of a substrate being configured to receive the metal core solder contacts thereon, and the metal core solder contacts being exposed and positioned on the substrate.
US09972553B1	Packaging system with cleaning channel and method of making the same A packaging structure and method for surface mount integrated circuits reduces electrochemical migration (ECM) problems by including one or more cleaning channels to effectively and efficiently remove flux residue that may otherwise remain lodged in gaps between the surface mount package and the printed circuit board. A cleaning channel may be formed along a bottom surface of the surface mount package (i.e., the surface facing the printed circuit board), or along a portion of a top surface of the printed circuit board. In either case, the inclusion of a cleaning channel enlarges the gap between the bottom surface of the surface mount package and the printed circuit board and creates a path for contaminants to be flushed out during a cleaning process.
US09972544B2	Semiconductor device with conductive pattern on insulating line pattern on spacer on field insulating film in trench between fin patterns A semiconductor device including a first fin pattern and a second fin pattern, which are in parallel in a lengthwise direction; a first trench between the first fin pattern and the second fin pattern; a field insulating film partially filling the first trench, an upper surface of the field insulating film being lower than an upper surface of the first fin pattern and an upper surface of the second fin pattern; a spacer spaced apart from the first fin pattern and the second fin pattern, the spacer being on the field insulating film and defining a second trench, the second trench including an upper portion and an lower portion; an insulating line pattern on a sidewall of the lower portion of the second trench; and a conductive pattern filling an upper portion of the second trench and being on the insulating line pattern.
US09972540B2	Semiconductor device having multiple thickness oxides Method for fabricating semiconductor device comprising: forming a dummy gate on a first nitrided oxide layer and a non-nitrided oxide layer; nitridizing an exposed section of the non-nitrided oxide layer to form a second nitrided oxide layer; forming an interlayer dielectric on the first nitrided oxide layer and the second nitrided oxide layer; removing the dummy gate from the first nitrided oxide layer to form a first opening with the first nitrided oxide layer exposed in the first opening; removing the dummy gate from the non-nitrided oxide layer to form a second opening with a non-nitrided portion of oxide layer exposed in the second opening; removing the non-nitrided portion of the oxide layer; forming a first dielectric layer and first metal gate material in the first opening; and forming a second dielectric layer and second metal gate material in the second opening.
US09972530B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including copper interconnections Performance of a semiconductor device is improved. In one embodiment, for example, deposition time is increased from 4.6 sec to 6.9 sec. In other words, in one embodiment, thickness of a tantalum nitride film is increased by increasing the deposition time. Specifically, in one embodiment, deposition time is increased such that a tantalum nitride film provided on the bottom of a connection hole to be coupled to a wide interconnection has a thickness within a range from 5 to 10 nm.
US09972529B2	Method of forming metal interconnection A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a first conductive feature over a substrate, forming a dielectric layer over the first conductive feature, forming a via trench in the dielectric layer, forming a first barrier layer in the via trench. Therefore the first barrier has a first portion disposed over the dielectric layer and a second portion disposed over the first conductive feature, applying a thermal treatment to convert the first portion of the barrier layer to a second barrier layer and exposing the first conductive feature in the via trench while a portion of the second barrier layer is disposed over the dielectric layer.
US09972526B2	Method for forming conductive structure in semiconductor structure A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a mask layer over a substrate, forming a material layer over the mask layer, forming a first blocking structure and a second blocking structure in the material layer separated from each other, and forming a first opening and a second opening in the material layer aligned with the first blocking structure. The method further includes forming a first spacer on sidewalls of the first opening and a second spacer on sidewalls of the second opening, forming a third opening and a fourth opening in the material layer aligned with the second blocking structure, etching the mask layer through the first opening, the second opening, the third opening, and the fourth opening.
US09972523B2	Robot and control method of robot A robot includes robot arm including lower arm, upper arm and hand attached to tip end portion of upper arm such that the hand is rotatable around rotational axis thereof; lower arm drive unit which drive the lower arm to move the hand, upper arm drive unit which drives the upper arm to move the hand; hand drive unit which rotates the hand; hand angular position detecting section which detects angular position of the hand around the rotational axis; and control unit which controls upper arm drive unit, lower arm drive unit, and hand drive unit, wherein the hand includes a blade having a first contact/slide surface and second contact/slide surface which extend in a first direction, contact a teaching target and slide thereon, and first contact/slide surface and second contact/slide surface include a first characterizing portion and a second characterizing portion having bent points in the first direction, respectively.
US09972520B2	Aluminum nitride electrostatic chuck used in high temperature and high plasma power density semiconductor manufacturing process Disclosed is an aluminum nitride electrostatic chuck, comprising: a positioning electrostatic chuck and a carrier structure. The positioning electrostatic chuck includes a groove structure layer, a dielectric insulation layer, and a heat conduction layer. In the groove structure layer on the surface of the electrostatic chuck is provided with cooling gas channels, to facilitate control of the temperature distribution of a wafer. The electrostatic chuck is especially designed for use in a semiconductor manufacturing process of high temperature and high plasma power density. The dielectric insulation layer is provided with embedded electrodes, such that voltage conversion can be carried out to effect wafer absorption/release. The cooling gas channels are used to control temperature of the absorbed wafer, by means of heat conduction of aluminum nitride electrostatic chuck. Therefore, wafer temperature distribution is controlled through aspect ratio and geometry of cooling gas channel.
US09972509B2	Anti-plasma adhesive tape and manufacturing method An anti-plasma adhesive tape utilized for manufacturing a semiconductor package includes a substrate; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer is selected from a group composed of acrylic adhesive, light-curable resin and photoinitiator. The anti-plasma adhesive tape is attached to a backside of a lead frame of the semiconductor package before a plasma-cleaning process and removed from the lead frame after a molding process. After the anti-plasma adhesive tape is cured by irradiating an energy ray and removed from the lead frame, there is no residual adhesive left on a molding compound of the semiconductor package.
US09972500B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention is provided to improve quality or manufacturing throughput of a semiconductor device. A method includes supplying a source gas to a substrate in a process chamber; exhausting an inside of the process chamber; supplying a reaction gas to the substrate; and exhausting the inside of the process chamber, wherein the source gas and/or the reaction gas is supplied in temporally separated pulses in the supply of the source gas and/or in the supply of the reaction gas. Then, the source gas and/or the reaction gas is supplied in temporally separated pulses to form a film during a gas supply time determined by a concentration distribution of by-products formed on a surface of the substrate.
US09972495B1	Low-K dielectric spacer for a gate cut Structures including one or more field-effect transistors and methods for forming a structure that includes one or more field-effect transistors. A first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin are formed in which the second semiconductor fin is spaced from the first semiconductor fin. A semiconductor layer is formed that covers the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin. An opening is formed in the semiconductor layer that exposes the first semiconductor fin. A dielectric spacer is formed on at least one sidewall of the semiconductor layer bordering the opening.
US09972492B2	Method of doping substrate Provided is a method of doping a substrate. The method includes providing the substrate, providing a target material on the substrate, and implanting a dopant of the target material into the substrate by providing a laser beam to the target material.
US09972490B2	Plasma stabilization method and deposition method using the same A plasma stabilization method and a deposition method using the same are disclosed. The plasma stabilization method includes (a) supplying a source gas and (b) supplying a purge gas. The method may also include (c) supplying a reactive gas and (d) supplying plasma. The purge gas and the reactive gas are continuously supplied into a reactor during (a) through (d), and the plasma stabilization method is performed in a state where no substrate exists in the reactor.
US09972489B2	Composition and method for making picocrystalline artificial borane atoms Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of boron icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3≤w≤5, 2≤x≤4, 2≤y≤5 and 0≤z≤3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.
US09972487B2	Dielectric-metal stack for 3D flash memory application A method is provided for forming a stack of film layers for use in 3D memory devices. The method starts with providing a substrate in a processing chamber of a deposition reactor. Then one or more process gases suitable for forming a dielectric layer are supplied into the processing chamber of the deposition reactor forming a dielectric layer on the substrate. Then one or more process gases suitable for forming a metallic layer are supplied into the processing chamber of the deposition reactor forming a metallic layer on the dielectric layer. Then one or more process gases suitable for forming a metallic nitride adhesion layer are supplied into the processing chamber of the deposition reactor forming a metallic nitride adhesion layer on the metallic layer. The sequence is then repeated to form a desired number of layers.
US09972484B2	Plasma illumination device with microwave pump The present disclosure describes a plasma illumination device with microwave pumping, comprising: a hermetically sealed casing, a magnetron, a microwave resonator containing a rotatable electrodeless plasma lamp, a coaxial coupling line running parallel to the casing axis, for transmitting microwave power from the magnetron to the microwave resonator, at least one heat sink located on the inner walls of the casing and providing heat transfer through the casing to the external environment, and a light-transmitting hermetically sealed hollow cylinder fitted in a hermetically sealed way on the casing above the microwave resonator. This results in an illumination device with microwave pumping, which may be used to illuminate objects located in unfavorable environmental conditions, particularly those in which there is a high content of dust or other contaminants, or in an aqueous environment at great depths.
US09972482B2	Concentric APCI surface ionization ion source, ion guide, and method of use A concentric APCI surface ionization probe, supersonic sampling tube, and method for use of the concentric APCI surface ionization probe and supersonic sampling tube are described. In an embodiment, the concentric APCI surface ionization probe includes an outer tube, an inner capillary, and a voltage source coupled to the outer tube and the inner capillary. The inner capillary is housed within and concentric with the outer tube such that ionized gas (e.g., air) travels out of the outer tube, reacts with a sample, and the resulting analyte ions are sucked into the inner capillary. A supersonic sampling tube can include a tube coupled to a mass spectrometer and/or concentric APCI surface ionization probe, where the tube includes at least one de Laval nozzle.
US09972479B2	Target assembly A target assembly is provided which is capable of preventing abnormal discharging from being generated between a projected portion of a backing plate and a side surface of a target, and which is also capable of surely preventing a bonding material that bonds the target and the backing plate together from seeping to the outside. The backing plate has a projected portion which is projected outward beyond an outer peripheral end of the target, and an annular shield plate is disposed to lie opposite to the projected portion so as to enclose the target in a state in which the target assembly is assembled onto a sputtering apparatus (SM). That portion of the backing plate to which the target gets bonded is defined as a bonding portion, and this bonding portion is protruded relative to the projected portion.
US09972473B2	Envelope rotation type X-ray tube apparatus In an envelope rotation type X-ray tube apparatus, a cathode releases electrons, and the electrons released from the cathode are deflected by deflection coils. A target generates X-rays by being bombarded with the electrons deflected by the deflection coils. Here, a shield ring, while allowing passage through a ring interior of those of the electrons deflected by the deflection coils that head for an area of the target set beforehand, blocks electrons heading outward of the area. Consequently, the electrons are inhibited from bombarding on areas of the target outward of the area and an envelope. This can prevent damage to the envelope.
US09972471B2	Bimode image acquisition device with photocathode Image acquisition device comprising a photocathode, converting an incident flux of photons into a flux of electrons, a sensor, and a processor. The device according to the invention comprises a matrix of elementary filters, each associated with at least one pixel of the sensor, the matrix being disposed upstream of the photocathode. The matrix comprises primary color filters, and transparent filters, termed panchromatic filters. The processor is configured to: calculate a quantity, termed a useful quantity (F), for determining whether at least one zone of the sensor is in conditions of weak or strong illumination, the useful quantity being representative of a mean surface flux of photons or of electrons which is detected on a set of panchromatic pixels of the sensor; forming, only if the zone is in conditions of strong illumination, an image of the zone on the basis of the primary color pixels of this zone.
US09972470B2	Thermally responsive switch and method of manufacturing same A thermally responsive switch is provided with a sealed container having a housing and a cover plate secured to the housing; a couple of conductive thermal pins inserted into a couple of through holes provided on the cover plate and secured by an insulative filler; a stationary contact secured to one of the conductive thermal pins inside the container; a heater having one end connected to the other of the conductive terminal pins inside the container and the other end connected to the cover plate; a thermally responsive plate having one end connected to the housing and being configured to invert a direction of curvature thereof at a predetermined temperature; and a movable contact provided on the other end of the thermally responsive plate. The through holes are configured by cylindrical portions, only the cylindrical portions, the filler, and the conductive terminal pins being covered by an insulative resin.
US09972469B2	Carrier shaft for an electromechanical switching device and electromechanical switching device A carrier shaft with a modular structure for an electromechanical switching device of an embodiment includes at least one first carrier module, at least one second carrier module and at least one connecting module, arranged in a torsion-inhibiting manner between the at least one first carrier module and the at least one second carrier module. The connecting module includes a main body and at least one connecting device and the connecting device are arranged in the main body, the at least one first carrier module and the at least one second carrier module. Another embodiment relates to an electromechanical switching device with the carrier shaft.
US09972465B2	Silent keyboard A keyboard device includes an upper housing, a conductive membrane, a key top including a bottom surface and an actuator disposed on the bottom surface, a lower housing and a soft elastic element located on the conductive membrane, wherein the actuator penetrates the upper housing, and the soft elastic element has an engaging part to engage with the key top such that the key top is prevented from being separated from the soft elastic element when the key top rebounds.
US09972462B1	Mechanical switch structure A mechanical switch structure includes a keycap, a base plate formed with a guiding opening, a scissor unit disposed on the base plate, and a receiving housing. The receiving housing has a first accommodation and a second accommodation. A guiding unit is received in the first accommodation along a pressing direction of the keycap, and is formed with a hillside portion. A first elastic element provides the guiding unit with an elastic force. A resistance module has an abutting unit which is abutted against the hillside portion of the guiding unit, and a second elastic unit to provide the abutting unit with an elastic force toward the guiding unit. The hillside portion is undulate-shaped and faces the guiding unit. The abutting unit is abutted against the hillside portion so as to provide different resistances during a pressing stroke of the keycap.
US09972460B2	Connector and switch A connector includes a fixed contact, a movable contact that contacts with the fixed contact, a slide, a contact slide operated in association with a movement of the slide, a button that is pushed in accordance with the movement of the slide, the button including a lower portion, an upper portion, and a slant portion connecting the lower portion to an upper stage, and a card that moves the movable contact toward and away from the fixed contact in accordance with the movement of the button, wherein the contact slide contacts with the lower portion when the switch is in a turn-off state, contacts with the slant portion so as to push the button and cause the card to move the movable contact toward the fixed contact when the slide slides in one direction, and contacts with the upper portion when the switch is in a turn-on state.
US09972452B2	Rotary switch device A rotary switch device includes a fixed contact point part and a movable contact point part. The movable contact point part is rotated on the fixed contact point part so as to connect and disconnect the fixed contact point part and the movable contact point part. The fixed contact point part and the movable contact point part have contact surfaces which are band shapes and to which corrosion-resistant conductive processing is applied. A transient contact region, in which a contact point is moved from one end portion to the other end portion in a predetermined connection-operation angle from a contact start point with respect to the other of the fixed contact point part and the movable contact point part, is provided on each of the contact surfaces.
US09972450B2	Diatomaceous ionic gel separation layer for energy storage devices and printable composition therefor Representative embodiments provide a liquid or gel separator utilized to separate and space apart first and second conductors or electrodes of an energy storage device, such as a battery or a capacitor. A representative liquid or gel separator comprises a plurality of particles selected from the group consisting of: diatoms, diatomaceous frustules, diatomaceous fragments, diatomaceous remains, and mixtures thereof; a first, ionic liquid electrolyte; and a polymer or, in the printable composition, a polymer or a polymeric precursor. Another representative embodiment further comprises a second electrolyte different from the first electrolyte; the first and second electrolytes comprise zinc tetrafluoroborate salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidalzolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid; and the polymer comprises polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) or polyvinylidene fluoride (“PVFD”). Additional components, such as additional electrolytes and solvents, may also be included.
US09972449B2	Printable composition for an ionic gel separation layer for energy storage devices Representative embodiments provide a composition for printing a liquid or gel separator utilized to separate and space apart first and second conductors or electrodes of an energy storage device, such as a battery or a supercapacitor. A representative composition comprises a plurality of particles, typically having a size (in any dimension) between about 0.5 to about 50 microns; a first, ionic liquid electrolyte; and a polymer or polymeric precursor. In another representative embodiment, the plurality of particles comprise diatoms, diatomaceous frustules, and/or diatomaceous fragments or remains. Another representative embodiment further comprises a second electrolyte different from the first electrolyte; the plurality of particles are comprised of silicate glass; the first and second electrolytes comprise zinc tetrafluoroborate salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidalzolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid; and the polymer comprises polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) or polyvinylidene fluoride (“PVFD”). Additional components, such as additional electrolytes and solvents, may also be included.
US09972446B2	Electrode for power storage device, power storage device, and method for manufacturing electrode for power storage device An electrode for a power storage device includes carbon nanotubes, graphene, an ionic liquid, and a three-dimensional network metal porous body which holds the carbon nanotubes, the graphene, and the ionic liquid in pore portions, wherein a ratio of a total amount of the carbon nanotubes and the graphene to an amount of the ionic liquid is more than or equal to 10% by mass and less than or equal to 90% by mass, and a mass ratio between the carbon nanotubes and the graphene is within a range of 3:7 to 7:3.
US09972444B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor element for use in dry conditions A capacitor assembly that is capable of exhibiting good properties under dry conditions. The ability to perform under such conditions is due in part to the use of an intrinsically conductive polymer in the solid electrolyte that contains repeating units having the following formula (I): wherein, R is (CH2)a—O—(CH2)b; a is from 0 to 10; b is from 1 to 18; Z is an anion; and X is a cation.
US09972441B2	Layered ceramic capacitor Resolution means: The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an effective dielectric portion and cover layers. The effective dielectric portion includes dielectric ceramic layers and internal electrode layers that are alternately stacked. The cover layers are made of ceramic material and disposed on top and bottom surfaces of the effective dielectric portion. The cover layers include ceramic particles, which constitute the majority of the cover layers, and include glass particles. Some of the glass particles are present in gaps, which are formed between the ceramic particles.
US09972421B2	FEP modification to reduce skew in data communications cables A cable includes a first twisted pair of insulated conductors having a first lay length and a second twisted pair of insulated conductors having a second lay length, where the second lay length is longer than the first lay length. At least one jacket covers the pairs. An additive is added to the insulation of the conductors of the second twisted pair so that the dielectric constant of the insulation of the conductors of the second twisted pair is raised relative to the dielectric constant of the insulation of the conductors of the first twisted pair resulting in a reduced skew between the first and second twisted pairs.
US09972406B2	Modeling method for orthopedic casts A computer-implemented method for modeling an orthopedic cast, including scanning an injured limb to extract raw body data; determining, from the extracted raw body data, a target portion data of the injured limb, the determined data representing a fine cast surface for the orthopedic cast; patterning the fine cast surface to form a ventilation structure and a blank area thereon; forming an opening gap on the blank area for assembling and disassembling the orthopedic cast; and offsetting the cast surface in parallel to thicken the orthopedic cast.
US09972405B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells coupled to a word line; and a peripheral circuit configured to read first to kth page data from the memory cells by sequentially applying first to kth test voltages to the word line, where k is a natural number greater than 3, wherein the peripheral circuit is configured to gradually reduce times during which the first to kth test voltages are applied to the word line.
US09972401B2	Multi-port memory, semiconductor device, and memory macro-cell capable of performing test in a distributed state A multi-port memory includes a memory cell, first and second word lines, first and second bit lines, first and second address terminals, and an address control circuit. The address control circuit controls the first and second word lines independently of each other on the basis of address signals that are respectively supplied to the first and second address terminals in a normal operation mode, and activates both of the first and second word lines that are coupled to the same memory cell on the basis of the address signal that is supplied to one of the first and second address terminals in a disturb test mode.
US09972399B2	Memory device and method of operating the same Provided herein are a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device comprises a plurality of memory cells stacked along a pillar vertical to a substrate, a peripheral circuit configured to program and verifying memory cells coupled to a selected word line, among the memory cells, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit so that a pass voltage applied to unselected word lines is adjusted depending on a location of the selected word line when the memory cells are verified.
US09972391B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods to operate a memory Various embodiments, disclosed herein, include apparatus and methods to read a logic level in a selected memory cell in a selected string of a memory by sensing the logic level in response to a read current flowing through the selected string to a data line. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09972389B2	Method for operating semiconductor device Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device, a semiconductor device with a reduced circuit area, a memory element having favorable characteristics, a highly reliable memory element, or a memory element with increased storage capacity per unit volume. A semiconductor device includes a capacitor and a switching element. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric. The dielectric is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The switching element includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is electrically connected to the first electrode. The following steps are sequentially performed: a first step of turning on the switching element in a first period, a second step of turning off the switching element in a second period, and a third step of turning on the switching element in a third period.
US09972375B2	Sanitize-aware DRAM controller A controller for controlling a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) comprising a plurality of blocks. A block is one or more units of storage in the DRAM for which the DRAM controller can selectively enable or disable refreshing. The DRAM controller includes flags each for association with a block of the blocks of the DRAM. A sanitize controller determines a block is to be sanitized and in response sets a flag associated with the block and disables refreshing the block. In response to subsequently receiving a request to read data from a location in the block, if the flag is clear, the DRAM controller reads the location and returns data read from it. If the flag is set, the DRAM controller refrains from reading the DRAM and returns a value of zero.
US09972372B2	Signal shifting circuit, base chip, and semiconductor system including the same A signal shifting circuit may include a bank selection signal generation unit suitable for generating a bank selection signal synchronized with a first clock in response to a bank address and an internal write signal; and a shifting device suitable for generating a shifted bank selection signal by shifting the bank selection signal by a number of times according to latency information and for advancing a phase of the shifted bank selection signal whenever shifting the bank selection signal once or more so that the shifted bank selection signal is synchronized with a second clock having a phase leading a phase of the first clock.
US09972369B2	Memory buffer with data scrambling and error correction A method for operating a DRAM device. The method includes receiving in a memory buffer in a first memory module hosted by a computing system, a request for data stored in RAM of the first memory module from a host controller of the computing system. The method includes receiving with the memory buffer, the data associated with a RAM, in response to the request and formatting with the memory buffer, the data into a scrambled data in response to a pseudo-random process. The method includes initiating with the memory buffer, transfer of the scrambled data into an interface device.
US09972362B2	Controller for controlling the speed of a cooling device via varying speed steps, apparatus and methods There is disclosed a controller (120) for controlling the speed of a cooling device (118) in an electronic apparatus (100), an apparatus (100), a storage enclosure (102) and a method of configuring an apparatus (100). The controller (120) is constructed and arranged to determine a speed value for the cooling device (118) in accordance with a temperature input received from a temperature sensor (122) associated with the apparatus, the speed value being selected from a set of N speed values. The controller is arranged to control the speed of the cooling device in accordance with the selected speed value. The step between at least one pair of adjacent speed values in the set is different from the step between another pair of adjacent speed values in the set.
US09972347B1	Method for head stack assembly rework A method for head stack assembly (HSA) rework is disclosed. A first head gimbal assembly (HGA) includes a first suspension attached to an arm of the HSA, and a first flexure tail that terminates in a first bonding region that is bonded to a flexible printed circuit (FPC) of the HSA. The first HGA is removed by cutting the first bonding region from a remainder of the first flexure tail and detaching the first suspension from the arm. The first bonding region of the first flexure tail is left bonded to the FPC. A replacement HGA includes a replacement suspension and a replacement flexure tail that terminates in a second bonding region. The replacement HGA is installed on the HSA by attaching the replacement suspension to the arm, overlaying the second bonding region on the first bonding region, and bonding the second bonding region to the first bonding region.
US09972339B1	Neural network based beam selection A neural network model, such as a deep neural network (DNN), is trained using many speech examples to perform beam selection in a microphone array-based speech processing system. The DNN is trained using many different speech examples that are labeled with position or direction information relative to a training microphone array. The DNN may then be trained to recognize a direction of incoming speech so that at runtime the trained DNN may process input audio data from a microphone array and may output to a beam selector an indicator of the desired beam that may be selected for further processing. The DNN may be configured to output a beam index and/or coordinates (or other position data) corresponding to an estimated location of the detected speech. The DNN may also be configured to output acoustic unit data corresponding to speech units (for example corresponding to phonemes, senons, etc. such as those of a detected wakeword or other word).
US09972335B2	Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and program for adding long or short reverberation to an input audio based on audio tone being moderate or ordinary Provided is a signal processing apparatus including a feature detection unit configured to detect, from an input signal, a detection signal including at least one of audience-generated-sound likelihood and music likelihood, a reverberation adding unit configured to add long or short reverberations to the input signal based on a detected tone being moderate or ordinary tone respectively, and a vicinity-sound generation unit configured to generate vicinity sound based on the detection signal.
US09972330B2	Audio decoder for audio channel reconstruction A method performed by an audio decoder for reconstructing N audio channels from an audio signal containing M audio channels is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bitstream containing an encoded audio signal having M audio channels and a set of spatial parameters, the set of spatial parameters including an inter-channel intensity difference parameter and an inter-channel coherence parameter. The encoded audio bitstream is then decoded to obtain a decoded frequency domain representation of the M audio channels, and at least a portion of the frequency domain representation is decorrelated with an all-pass filter having a fractional delay. The all-pass filter is attenuated at locations of a transient. A matrixed version of the decorrelated signals are summed with a matrixed version of the decoded frequency domain representation to obtain N audio signals that collectively having N audio channels where M is less than N.
US09972329B2	Audio decoder for audio channel reconstruction A method performed by an audio decoder for reconstructing N audio channels from an audio signal containing M audio channels is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bitstream containing an encoded audio signal having M audio channels and a set of spatial parameters, the set of spatial parameters including an inter-channel intensity difference parameter and an inter-channel coherence parameter. The encoded audio bitstream is then decoded to obtain a decoded frequency domain representation of the M audio channels, and at least a portion of the frequency domain representation is decorrelated with an all-pass filter having a fractional delay. The all-pass filter is attenuated at locations of a transient. A matrixed version of the decorrelated signals are summed with a matrixed version of the decoded frequency domain representation to obtain N audio signals that collectively having N audio channels where M is less than N.
US09972321B2	Voice interfaces in process control systems Voice interfaces in process control systems are disclosed herein. One disclosed example method includes authenticating an RFID device, and, based on authenticating the RFID device, receiving voice instructions, where the voice instructions include settings data for a process control device of a process control system. The example method also includes determining, using a processor, the settings data based on the voice instructions, and storing the settings data.
US09972315B2	Speech processing device, speech processing method, and speech processing system A speech processing device includes a sound source localization unit configured to determine a sound source position from acquired speech, a reverberation suppression unit configured to suppress a reverberation component of the speech to generate dereverberated speech, a feature quantity calculation unit configured to calculate a feature quantity of the dereverberated speech, a feature quantity adjustment unit configured to multiply the feature quantity by an adjustment factor corresponding to the sound source position to calculate an adjusted feature quantity, and a speech recognition unit configured to perform speech recognition using the adjusted feature quantity.
US09972314B2	No loss-optimization for weighted transducer Techniques and architectures may be used to generate and perform a process using weighted finite-state transducers involving generic input search graphs. The process need not pursue theoretical optimality and instead search graphs may be optimized without an a priori optimization step. The process may result in an automatic speech recognition (ASR) decoder that is substantially faster than ASR decoders the include the optimization step.
US09972312B2	Digital assistant and associated methods for a transportation vehicle Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. For example, one method includes receiving a user input by a processor executable, digital assistant at a device on a transportation vehicle; determining by the digital assistant a relationship between words of the user input; using a trained dataset by the digital assistant to ascertain an intended action based on the user input; and providing a response by the digital assistant for the user input, where the response includes performing the intended action using another device on the transportation vehicle.
US09972299B2	Earphone active noise control A method of active noise reduction. The method comprises instructing a microphone electronically coupled by a client terminal to record a nonaural noise signal, instructing a circuit of the client terminal to record an aural noise signal using at least one electroacoustic transducer of an earphone, calculating a noise reduction signal based on a function combining nonaural noise signal and the aural noise signal, calculating a noise reduced signal based on a combination of a content signal prepared to be played by the at least one electroacoustic transducer and the noise reduction signal, and instructing the circuit to play the noise reduced signal via the at least one electroacoustic transducer. The nonaural noise signal and the aural noise signal are recorded at least partly simultaneously.
US09972289B2	Tune stabilizing device for a stringed instrument A tune stabilizing device comprising a string clamping means comprising a floating base plate and a clamping means adapted to cooperatively engage and releasably secure one or more instrument strings, a fine-tuning means, having a plurality of fine tuning screws in one-to-one correspondence with said instrument strings, whereby turning one of said screws presses on one of said strings, altering the tune of the string, and a deflection arresting means, capable of preventing said tune stabilizing device from deflecting away from the instrument strings when said fine tuning screws press against said strings.
US09972281B2	Method of compensating image to be displayed on display panel A method of compensating an image to be display on a display panel is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving a first input image and adjusting a contrast sensitivity of the first input image. The method also includes calculating a first derivative of luminance of a pixel included in the adjusted image, calculating a second derivative of the luminance of the pixel, and accumulating the first and second derivatives. The method further includes determining a burn-in causing boundary based at least in part on the accumulated first and second derivatives, receiving a second input image, and comparing the burn-in causing boundary to a boundary of the second input image to determine whether to apply burn-in compensation. The method finally includes compensating a portion of the second input image corresponding to the burn-in causing boundary based at least in part on an unsharpening filter.
US09972277B2	On-head detection with touch sensing and eye sensing Disclosed are methods and devices for varying functionality of a wearable computing device. An example device includes a first sensor and a second sensor. An example method includes, while a device is operating in a first state, receiving an indication of a touch input at the first sensor. The second sensor is configured in an idle mode based on the device operating in the first state. The method further includes, in response to receiving the indication of the touch input, triggering the second sensor to operate in an active mode and receiving data from the second sensor. The method further includes determining, based on the data, whether the device is being worn.
US09972259B2	Electronic display structure for adjusting common voltage An electronic display structure includes a scanning driver circuit for transmitting scan signals to a number of pixel display areas of a display panel, a data driver circuit for transmitting positive and negative display grayscale voltages to the pixel display areas and receiving feedback grayscale voltages corresponding to the display grayscale voltages, a switching circuit for electrically coupling the data driver circuit to or electrically uncoupling the data driver circuit from the pixel display areas, and a common voltage circuit configured to transmit a common voltage to each of the pixel display areas and adjust the common voltage in response to the feedback grayscale voltages. The positive and negative display grayscale voltages and the common voltage cooperatively induce an electric field for driving liquid crystals of a liquid crystal layer to rotate to display images.
US09972257B2	Polarity inversion driving method and apparatus for liquid crystal display panel, and liquid crystal display A polarity inversion driving method and apparatus for a liquid crystal display panel, and a liquid crystal display, is provided in order to solve the technical problem in the prior art that the interference strips are concentrated in one line, without increasing the power consumption of the liquid crystal display panel. The method comprises the steps of: generating N polarity control signals of different timings, wherein N is an integer and N≥2, and each polarity control signal is used to control a polarity voltage for sub-pixels in one or more columns of a liquid crystal display panel; and outputting the N polarity control signals to polarity control lines in the liquid crystal display panel, wherein each polarity control line corresponds to one polarity control signal.
US09972244B2	Display device and electronic apparatus having integrated video signal write and drive transistors A display device includes: a plurality of light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element having a light-emitting unit and a driving circuit for driving the light-emitting unit. The driving circuit at least includes (A) a drive transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode, (B) a video signal write transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode, and (C) a capacitive unit. In the drive transistor, (A-1) one of the source/drain regions is connected to the corresponding current supply line, (A-2) the other region of the source/drain regions is connected to the light-emitting unit and connected to one end of the capacitive unit, and forms a second node, and (A-3) the gate electrode is connected to the other region of the source/drain regions of the video signal write transistor and connected to the other end of the capacitive unit, and forms a first node.
US09972238B2	Shift register and driving method therefor, gate drive circuit and display apparatus A shift register and a driving method therefor, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register comprises a trigger reset module, a pull-up module, a first capacitor and a pull-down module, and further comprises a denoising module. The pull-up module is used for pulling up a signal output from an output terminal of the shift register and a signal output from a transmission signal output terminal. The pull-down module is used for pulling down a signal output from the output terminal of the shift register and the signal output from the transmission signal output terminal. The denoising module is used for cutting off the connection path between the transmission signal output terminal and a second terminal of the first capacitor in a pull-down phase. The shift register, by providing the denoising module, makes it possible to prevent a coupling effect of the capacitor from making a transmission signal output from the transmission signal output terminal generate a sparkle noise or the like, when a voltage jump occurs at a pull-up node thereof, so that a shift transmission signal of the shift register is more stable, thereby making the signal output from the shift register more stable.
US09972234B2	Display device and method for processing data in display device A display device employing a field sequential system is realized, that can transfer video data for field sequential among a plurality of substrates through a general standard interface. In a display device including a first circuit substrate (10) having a signal processing circuit (100), and a second circuit substrate (20) having liquid crystal timing controllers (200), the signal processing circuit (100) is provided with a signal separation circuit (110) configured to separate an input image signal (DIN) for one frame period into first intermediate data on a field basis, and a rearrangement circuit (120) configured to convert the first intermediate data to second intermediate data having a format depending on a standardized interface, and to rearrange the second intermediate data so that data for a plurality of rows is simulatively put together as data for one row, by which field data is generated.
US09972230B1	Traffic display with viewing distance control A sign displays moving, still, or blank images. In one aspect the sign is mounted over a roadway for viewing by occupants of vehicular traffic and pedestrians. In another aspect the sign is mounted on a vehicle. An associated sensor senses the motion of traffic in the vicinity of the sign. When traffic moves at less than a predetermined speed, the sign displays moving or changing information. At greater speeds the display on the sign is either still or blank, so as to avoid distracting nearby drivers. An electronic system provides various aspects that augment sign operation such as GPS, reception of signage information for use in particular locations, advertiser billing information based on sign usage, and collection and reporting of demographics that aid advertisers in maximizing their impact.
US09972229B2	Display module mounting Display module mounting configurations and methods are disclosed. A frame for a video display module can comprise a first face configured for coupling with a light-emitting element circuit board and a second face configured for mounting to a support chassis and one or more first securing structures coupled to the second face, the one or more first securing structures being configured to mount or secure the frame to the support chassis. The frame can also include one or more security latches each comprising a latch body movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, each latch body configured to engage a first feature of the support chassis to prevent removal of the video display module when in the latched position.
US09972219B2	Postpartum uterus model The invention provides a simulator for training of personnel for immediate postpartum medical treatment, distinctive in that the simulator comprises a representation of an immediate postpartum stage uterus, a cervix, a vagina and a resilience member, the uterus is arranged at an angle to the vagina and the resilience member is arranged for allowing said angle to be straightened out by pressing horizontally forward on the uterus. The invention also provides a simulator for training of personnel for immediate postpartum medical treatment, distinctive in that the simulator comprises a representation of an immediate postpartum stage uterus, a cervix and a vagina, the uterus comprises a transparent top or intermediate layer allowing visual observation, and preferably a removable or foldable non-transparent top layer over the transparent layer.
US09972202B2	Driving support method, program, and driving support device A driving assistance method executed by a driving assistance device including a tri-axial accelerometer, an information presentation controller, and an information presentation section. The driving assistance method includes: a congestion warning sign information acquisition step for acquiring congestion warning sign information based on change in the acceleration; a multi-lane information acquisition step for acquiring information regarding whether or not the position of the driving assistance device is on a multiple lane travel path; a restriction information presentation step for presenting information indicating lane change restriction when the position is on the multiple lane travel path and congestion warning sign information indicates traffic flow tending toward congestion; and a non-restriction information presentation step for presenting information indicating non-restriction of lane change when the position is on the multiple lane travel path and congestion warning sign information does not indicate traffic flow tending toward congestion.
US09972201B2	Method and system for legal parking The various embodiments herein provide a system and method for a parking zone mapping, storing and alerting a user for a legal parking to avoid parking violations. The system comprises a location identifier, an accelerometer, a unified database, a data processing module and a display apparatus. The unified database resides in a central server. The unified database is synchronized with the location identifier. The data processing module is connected to the location identifier and the unified database through a communication medium. The data processing module is further connected to the accelerometer. The display apparatus is connected to the data processing module.
US09972194B2	System and method for take-over protection for a security system Systems and methods for take-over protection for a system are provided. Methods can include a module of the system storing, in a memory device of the module, a control panel identifier of a control panel of the system, the module requesting that the control panel communicates the control panel identifier to the module, the module receiving the control panel identifier from the control panel, the module comparing the control panel identifier received from the control panel with the control panel identifier stored in the memory device, and the module initiating communications with the control panel when the control panel identifier received from the control panel matches the control panel identifier stored in the memory device.
US09972191B2	User intervention based on learned behavior in a tracking device environment A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
US09972185B2	Digital fingerprint tracking Techniques are described for tracking intruders of a monitored property by the unique identifying characteristics or “digital fingerprints” of electronic devices carried by the intruders. A system detects an alarm event at a monitored property based on output from at least one sensor located at the monitored property. In response to detecting the alarm event at the monitored property, the system initiates a process to gather electronic identifiers for mobile electronic devices located within the monitored property at a time corresponding to the detected alarm event. The system determines electronic identifiers for the mobile electronic devices located within the monitored property at a time corresponding to the detected alarm event. The system stores in electronic storage, information indicating the determined electronic identifiers for the mobile electronic devices located within the monitored property at a time corresponding to the detected alarm event.
US09972182B2	Movement monitoring security devices and systems Motion sensing devices for computer security are provided. In various embodiments, a security device includes a sensor for receiving periodic signals from a mobile device, the sensor being for detecting movement of a computing device to which the security device is removably coupled. The security device can receive from the sensor messages indicative of the movement of the computing device. The security device can further determine if the computing device has been moved, using the sensor messages. The security device can be paired with the mobile device, the mobile device having an application. The security device can output a warning message to the mobile device, the warning message being outputted via the application, if the strength of the signals received is below a predetermined threshold. A decrease in the strength of the signals may be indicative of the computing device being moved.
US09972181B1	Chronological activity monitoring and review A computer-implemented method for monitoring activity at a location, provides receiving a first data signal and a second data signal, wherein the first and second data signals are related to activities detected at a location, and reproducing the first and second data signals in a chronology that indicates relative timing of receipt of the first and second data signals via a user interface. This may accelerate review and inspection of multiple data signals recorded over time, including data signals of various types. The coincidence of patterns in the data signals may be detected and brought to the user's attention for closer review, such as via transmission of a message or transmission of a segment of recorded data.
US09972171B2	Gaming system and method for providing a triggering event based on a collection of units from different games A gaming system including a secondary event configured to be triggered based on a designated quantity or threshold of events occurring in association with a play of a primary wagering game and/or one or more plays of one or more bonus games associated with the play of the primary wagering game. In certain embodiments, by identifying and tracking an occurrence of an event through one or more game states associated with the placement of a wager, the gaming system provides a persistence aspect to a collection game which is associated with one or more games tied to or otherwise resulting from a single wager placed.
US09972164B2	Decoration device and game machine A decoration device has a display panel having a cylindrical surface shape with curvature in a first direction on which a first pattern is provided, a light source to emit visible light, and a light guide plate with a diffusing surface opposes the display panel, the diffusing surface having a concave cylindrical surface shape, an exit surface opposing the diffusing surface having a convex cylindrical surface shape. The light guide plate is provided such that the first pattern is visible from the exit surface side. The light guide plate has a plurality of prisms that are formed in the diffusing surface and reflect the visible light that enters the light guide plate from the light source through an incident surface toward the exit surface. An angle between a reflecting surface of each prism and the diffusing surface increases as the distance of the prism from the incident surface increases.
US09972157B2	Paper sheet handling system and paper sheet handling method A paper sheet handling system includes a reception unit 11 configured to receive a plurality of paper sheets, a taking-in unit 10 configured to take in, one by one, the paper sheets received by the reception unit 11, a recognizing and counting unit 55 configured to recognize and count the paper sheets taken in by the taking-in unit 10, a handling unit configured to handle the paper sheets recognized by the recognizing and counting unit 55, the handling unit including stackers 60a to 60d, rejection units 61a and 61b, a bundling unit 250, a transport unit 70, and a cassette storing unit 300, and an operation/display unit 59 configured to input a confirmation signal for confirming count data on the paper sheets recognized by the recognizing and counting unit 55. The paper sheet handling system 100 is configured to accept the confirmation signal from the operation/display unit 59 on a condition that the last paper sheet is recognized by the recognizing and counting unit 55.
US09972155B2	Coin processing device A coin processing device includes a coin identification mechanism, a coin distribution mechanism, a plurality of coin tubes, and a coin delivery mechanism that delivers coins housed in the coin tubes by delivering operation of pulling out the coins using a payout slide. For a specific denomination, a two-coin delivering coin tube and one-coin delivering coin tubes are provided. Location information configured of variables indicating records of payment, distribution, and delivery is used to determine the coin tube when the coin distribution mechanism distributes coins of the specific denomination and to determine the coin tube when the coin delivery mechanism delivers the coins of the specific denomination. The coin processing device can increase speed in a process of delivering coins.
US09972149B2	Vision-based fare collection Systems and methods for implementing vision-based fare collection using one or more cameras positioned within a transit station. The system may determine that a user is approaching an entry point separating a non-restricted access area from a restricted access area. Using a camera and/or an RFID transceiver, the system may track the location of the user as the user approaches the entry point. The system may determine that the user is permitted to access the restricted access area, and may allow the user to access the restricted access area via the entry point upon the user being within a threshold distance from the entry point.
US09972145B2	Authenticating a user on behalf of another user based upon a unique body signature determined through bone conduction signals Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for spoofing bone conduction signals. According to one aspect, a device can compare a first unique body signature associated with a first user to a second unique body signature associated with a second user to determine a first unique effect of a first body of the first user on a signal and a second unique effect of a second body of the second user on the signal. The device can generate an authentication signal based upon the first unique effect and the second unique effect to include signal characteristics that, after propagating through the first body of the first user, are representative of the second unique body signature. The device can transmit the authentication signal through the first body of the first user to an authentication device that authenticates the first user on behalf of the second user.
US09972134B2	Adaptive smoothing based on user focus on a target object Techniques described herein dynamically adapt an amount of smoothing that is applied to signals of a device (e.g., positions and/or orientations of an input mechanism, positions and/or orientations of an output mechanism) based on a determined distance between an object and the device, or based on a determined distance between the object and another device (e.g., a head-mounted device). The object can comprise one of a virtual object presented on a display of the head-mounted device or a real-world object within a view of the user. The object can be considered a “target” object based on a determination that a user is focusing on, or targeting, the object. For example, the head-mounted device or other devices can sense data associated with an eye gaze of a user and can determine, based on the sensed data, that the user is looking at the target object.
US09972128B2	Methods and systems for generating polycubes and all-hexahedral meshes of an object A method for generating a polycube representation of an input object comprises: receiving an input volumetric representation of the input object; deforming the input volumetric representation to provide a deformed object representation; and extracting, by the processor, a polycube representation of the object from the deformed object representation. Deforming the input volumetric representation to provide the deformed object representation comprises effecting a tradeoff between competing objectives of: deforming the input volumetric representation in a manner which provides surfaces having normal vectors closely aligned with one of the six directions aligned with the set of global Cartesian axes; and deforming the input volumetric representation in a manner which provides low-distortion deformations. Deforming the input volumetric representation to provide the deformed object may be performed iteratively.
US09972125B2	Split tile map rendering To efficiently transmit image map data to a client device, a map server selects map data for rendering a digital map of a certain geographic area at the client device and generates multiple map image layers using the selected map data, each covering the geographic area. In particular, the map server generates (i) a first map image layer including a first type of geographic data and having a first resolution, and (ii) a second map image layer including a second type of geographic data and having a second resolution. The map server then transmits the multiple map image layers to the client device via a communication network for generating a single digital map of the geographic area.
US09972122B1	Method and system for rendering an object in a virtual view A computer-implemented system and method of rendering an object in a virtual view. The method comprises determining a variation of an occlusion measure of the object over time, the occlusion measure being an evaluation of an occlusion of the virtual view by the object, the variation of the occlusion measure determined based on a trajectory of the object. The method also comprises determining a transition effect for the object based on the variation of the occlusion measure, the transition effect being a visual effect, and applying the determined transition effect to render the object, the determined transition effect being applied according to a position of the object as the object moves along the trajectory.
US09972114B2	Augmented reality platform using captured footage from multiple angles This disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting visual information to simulate an appearance of an object and/or a person at an adjustable position and angle. The visual information may be captured by an image sensor. The object and/or the person may have been captured at multiple angles. A user may select at which particular position and angle the appearance will be superimposed and/or otherwise combined with the visual information.
US09972108B2	Mixed media reality recognition with image tracking An MMR system integrating image tracking and recognition comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a pre-processing server or MMR gateway, and an MMR matching unit, and may include an MMR publisher. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the pre-processing server or MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a recognition result. Image tracking information also is provided for determining relative locations of images to each other. The mobile device includes an image tracker for providing at least a portion of the image tracking information. The disclosure also includes methods for image tracking-assisted recognition, recognition of multiple images using a single image query, and improved image tracking using MMR recognition.
US09972097B2	Image processing device, method, and medium for calculating propagation speed and direction of object pulsations An image processing device includes a processor to detect motion of objects in an observation area on the basis of a captured image. The processor also calculates amounts of each detected motion, and calculates a propagation speed, a propagation direction, or both, of the motion for pulsations of the objects.
US09972096B2	Detection of obstructions A system and method for detecting obstructions. The system includes a camera coupled to a vehicle and configured to capture image data from a vehicle, and a computing device that includes a processor configured to: detect an edge of a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling; detect objects located proximate an edge of the roadway, based on the captured image data; determine a location of each detected object, based on the captured image data; calculate a distance between each detected object and the edge of the roadway; determine that at least one object of the detected objects is an obstruction, based on at least the calculated distance between each object of the at least one object and the edge of the roadway being below a threshold; and transmit a message to an external device, said message indicating the location of each detected object determined to be an obstruction.
US09972094B2	Foreground extracting method and apparatus A foreground extracting method is provided. The foreground extracting method includes: generating a plurality of sampling images; detecting contours from the sampling images to generate a plurality of contour images including a current frame and a previous frame; comparing first positions of a first plurality of pixels in a first decision-making area of the current frame with second positions of a second plurality of pixels in a second decision-making area of the previous frame; determining directions from the second positions to the first positions and distances between the first positions and the second positions; excluding, from the first decision-making area, at least one pixel of the first plurality of pixels in response to the distance of the at least one pixel being less than or equal to a preset critical magnitude.
US09972089B2	Contrast medium uptake time computation using magnetic resonance imaging A computing device determines a contrast medium uptake time using magnetic resonance imaging data. Image data constructed from data generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine of a subject is read. A representation computed from the read image data is presented on a display device. Baseline artery locations identified within the presented representation that are associated with a baseline artery are received. A first time-of-arrival (TOA) of contrast medium into the baseline artery is determined using the received baseline artery locations and the read image data. For a plurality of locations within the read image data excluding the baseline artery locations, a second TOA of the contrast medium into a respective location relative to the determined first TOA is determined using the read image data, and the determined second TOA is stored in association with the respective location to assist in lesion identification for the subject.
US09972088B2	Image processing apparatus and storage medium An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an image analysis unit that performs image analysis processing on a plurality of frame images constituting a base dynamic image to obtain an overall analysis value, a statistical analysis unit that performs statistical analysis processing on a diagnostic region using the overall analysis value to obtain a first analysis value, a reference statistical value generating unit that outputs a reference statistical value, and a display unit that displays the first analysis value and the reference statistical value together.
US09972086B2	Method of determining image quality in digital pathology system Disclosed is an image quality evaluation method for a digital pathology system according to the present invention. The image quality evaluation method includes receiving a digital slide image by an image quality evaluation unit; dividing the digital slide image into a plurality of blocks by the image quality evaluation unit; analyzing the plurality of blocks to extract a foreground; calculating a blur for the extracted foreground; calculating brightness distortion for the extracted foreground; calculating contrast distortion for the extracted foreground; and evaluating the overall quality of the digital slide image using the blur, the brightness distortion, and the contrast distortion by the image quality evaluation unit.
US09972085B2	Antinuclear antibody image analysis system, antinuclear antibody image analysis method, and antinuclear antibody image analysis program Luminance calculation means 81 calculates luminance of a cell nucleus extracted from an antinuclear antibody image of a designated dilution ratio. Titer prediction means 82 predicts an antinuclear antibody titer, using a staining pattern specified from a staining form of the cell nucleus and the luminance at at least one dilution ratio.
US09972080B2	Apparatus and method for food search service An apparatus for food search service includes a food region extractor configured to perform detection in regions in an image where food is present and extract a plurality of candidate regions; a candidate region refiner configured to cluster the candidate regions into groups according to a ratio of overlap between the candidate regions; and a search result generator configured to determine a position of a food region and a food item from the grouped candidate regions.
US09972078B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires image data represented by a color included in a first color gamut; and a conversion unit configured to convert colors of pixels of the image data into colors included in a second color gamut, wherein the conversion unit converts the color of the pixel, a brightness of which is included in a first brightness range, of the image data by a first conversion process, and converts the color of the pixel, the brightness of which is included in a second brightness range different from the first brightness range, of the first image data by a second conversion process.
US09972066B1	Systems and methods for providing variable image projection for spherical visual content Variable image projection for spherical visual content may be provided by obtaining visual information defining an image of the spherical visual content and a field of view for the spherical visual content. A location of a projection point may be determined based on the field of view. A two-dimensional projection of the spherical visual content may be determined by projecting pixels of the image within the field of view to the two-dimensional projection plane. Individuals pixels of the image may be projected along individual projection lines including the projection point and the individual pixel. Presentation of the two-dimensional projection of the spherical visual content may be effectuated.
US09972065B2	Resource layout randomization for GPU execution The embodiments disclosed herein relate to the field of graphics processing and, without limitation, the use of hardware and software in the memory layout of graphics items to prevent the malicious use of graphics resources. In greater particularity, embodiments of the disclosure provide varying software and hardware arrangements for transforming an allocated resource address that is deterministic and often visible to software in the system into an effective address that is neither deterministic nor visible to most software. For example, in an embodiment of the disclosure, software in the user-space of the operating system may use allocated addresses to map certain graphics resources for GPU access. When those allocated addresses are presented to the kernel, the addresses are transformed to effective addresses, which may be both randomized (e.g., not easily predictable from the allocated address) and/or obscured from the user space processes.
US09972064B1	Non-intrusive and low-power recording Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for capturing a display by storing graphical commands and generating video data using the graphical commands at a later point in time. For example, a device may store graphical commands while generating display data associated with the graphical commands. The device may modify the graphical commands to replace data included in the graphical commands with pointers to the data. Optionally, the device may transmit the graphical commands to a server. The device and/or server may identify the data referenced by the pointers, execute the graphical commands to generate display data and encode the display data to generate a video of the original display.
US09972062B2	Parallel flood-fill techniques and architecture Flood-fill techniques and architecture are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, the architecture comprises a hardware primitive with a software interface which collectively allow for both data-based and task-based parallelism in executing a flood-fill process. The hardware primitive is defined to do the flood-fill function and is scalable and may be implemented with a bitwise definition that can be tuned to meet power/performance targets, in some embodiments. In executing a flood-fill operation, and in accordance with an example embodiment, the software interface produces parallel threads and issues them to processing elements, such that each of the threads can run independently until done. Each processing element in turn accesses a flood-fill hardware primitive, each of which is configured to flood a seed inside an N×M image block. In some cases, processing element commands to the flood-fill hardware primitive(s) can be queued and acted upon pursuant to an arbitration scheme.
US09972061B2	Method and apparatus for generating anti-forgery image A method and an apparatus for generating an anti-forgery image are provided. The method includes: determining, according to a rule for setting bits, related parameters; determining a combination quantity of bits, according to the parameters; acquiring a width, height and code numeric value of the anti-forgery image to be generated and requesting a memory space for the anti-forgery image to be generated according to the width and height of the anti-forgery image to be generated; determining positions of the code points in the bits according to the parameters; determining the image cell's initial coordinate in the anti-forgery image to be generated according to a rule for setting coordinates; and drawing the image cell in the memory space according to the image cell's initial coordinate in the anti-forgery image to be generated, where the drawn image cell forms the anti-forgery image.
US09972057B2	Determining a user's rank in a social network In an embodiment, a technique is disclosed herein to determine a first group of users for which a particular user is a member and automatically generate a first ranking of users in the first group. For the particular user, automatically generate one or more first action recommendations to increase rank among the users in the first group. And to a device accessible by the particular user, automatically provide a particular ranking of the particular user from among the first ranking and the one or more first action recommendations.
US09972054B1	Accident fault determination for autonomous vehicles Methods and systems for determining fault for an accident involving a vehicle having one or more autonomous and/or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, performance data indicative of the performance of the features may be used to determine fault for a vehicle accident, such as a collision, by allocating fault for the accident between a vehicle operator, the autonomous operation features, or a third party. The allocation of fault may be used to determine an adjustment to an insurance policy and/or adjust coverage levels for an insurance policy. The allocation of fault may further be used to adjust risk levels or profiles associated with the autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features, which may be applied to other vehicles having the same or similar features.
US09972035B2	System and method for device valuation Described herein is a platform and method for providing a device valuation for an electronic device based on parameter values of the electronic device. The method may comprise obtaining a model information of the electronic device and identifying a base value of the electronic device. In some embodiments, a device specific performance evaluation may be executed on a hardware component contained with the electronic device. Upon execution of the performance evaluation, a set of parameter values may be generated using input collected with respect to the performance evaluation. A valuation of the electronic device may subsequently be generated based upon the base value and the set of parameter values.
US09972019B2	Systems and methods for using personas The present invention provides systems and methods for increasing 3rd party advertising on an interactive site, by assigning characteristics to portions of a website, and using those characteristics to personalize presentation of the website by according to personas of visitors. Persona characteristics can represent any distinguishing feature of interest, including for example, gender, marital status, occupation, interests, race, hobbies, business interests, religious interests, etc. In preferred embodiments a service company handles the creation and maintenance of visitors' personas. The company stores relevant information on the computers of users, and then cooperates with the website operator to access that stored information as needed. In a particularly preferred embodiment personalization can be used to assist in deciding what advertisements to display or not display on a website.
US09971996B2	System and method for processing closed loop cards at a merchant point of sale Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for redeeming a closed loop card/code funded with an amount of money. The system receives, at a merchant, an indication from a consumer of a desire to sell a closed loop account not issued by the merchant and receives a confirmation, via a computing device, of an amount of money in the closed loop account. The system presents the consumer with an offer to buy the closed loop account and receives from the consumer an acceptance of the offer. The system processes the closed loop account to yield a processed closed loop account such as by transferring the account to one of the merchant and an entity and applies a benefit to the consumer based on the processed closed loop account.
US09971994B2	Undo stack to explore past actions in business analytics A method for using an undo stack to explore past actions and apply new actions to previous states in a data view. The method includes detecting a change in an application data view. The application then displays an undo stack and stores the data change in the application data view to the undo stack. Upon detecting a selection of the undo stack entry for undo, the application returns the application data view to the state represented by the undo stack entry. The method further includes providing a user interface allowing a user to perform operations on undo stack entries. Responsive to the user utilizing the user interface and making selections, the application then adjusts the application data view state based on the performed actions.
US09971992B2	Fraud detection system automatic rule population engine Embodiments of the invention are directed to a fraud detection system that stores fraud detection rules and merchant profiles. The fraud detection system allows a user to designate fraud detection rules as core fraud detection rules, and the fraud detection system can automatically populate new merchant profiles with the user's core fraud detection rules.
US09971991B2	Automated, new spare parts forecasting and demand planning system A system may receive an identifier for a new model product and identify a stored parts list associated with the identifier. The system may determine a code for one or more parts included on the parts list and may compare the code for a part, of the one or more parts included on the parts list, with codes for parts included in old model products. The system may determine that the part included on the parts list is comparable to one of the parts included in the old model products if the code for the part included on the parts list matches the code for the one of the parts included in the old model products. The system may use data associated with the one of the parts included in the old model products to generate a new spare parts forecast.
US09971987B1	Out of order data management Systems and methods for providing updates to a data store are described. A data store may receive, process and distribute update information in a substantially orderless manner. This may include implementing an “eventually consistent” design pattern, in which all operations include an object identifier associated with one of the objects in the data store, an information attribute identifier, an initial state, and a final state. Examples may include comparing the initial state included in the update instruction to a current state of one of the objects. If the initial state and the current state are the same, the current state of the object may be modified to match the final state of the update instruction. If the initial state and the current state are not the same, the update instruction may be sent to a redrive queue, from which the update may be reprocessed at a later time.
US09971981B2	Supply chain management system An illustrative method for managing a supply chain is performed by a supply chain management server. The method comprises receiving information related to operations of a first supplier. The first supplier is responsible for providing a first product that satisfies criteria of a buyer. The method further includes determining a risk value that indicates a risk level of disruption of the operations of the first supplier and flagging the first supplier within a database of potential suppliers in response to determining that the determined risk value is greater than a risk tolerance threshold. The method also comprises notifying the buyer that the first supplier has been flagged and providing a list of recommended suppliers to the buyer. The recommended suppliers are each capable of providing a respective second product to the buyer. Each of the respective second products satisfies the criteria of the buyer.
US09971976B2	Robust selection of candidates Selecting candidates from a set of candidates by receiving a set of input parameters about a single aspect of the candidates and applying multiple scoring methods to those input parameters to compute a candidate score via each scoring method. A subset of zero or more candidates is then selected from the set of candidates by applying one or more selection criteria to the set of scores. There is not necessarily a value for every input parameter of every candidate.
US09971972B2	Predicting the next application that you are going to use on aviate In one embodiment, a current context of a mobile device may be ascertained, where the current context includes an indication of a last application opened via the mobile device, wherein the last application opened is one of a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device. A probability, for each of the plurality of applications, that a user of the mobile device will use the corresponding application under the current context may be determined, where the probability for at least a portion of the plurality of applications is determined by applying a computer-generated model to the current context, wherein the computer-generated model is associated with the mobile device. One or more of the plurality of the applications may be identified based, at least in part, upon the probability, for each one of the plurality of applications, that the user of the mobile device will use the corresponding application.
US09971969B2	Method for predicting a fault in an air-conditioning pack of an aircraft A method of predicting a fault in an air-conditioning pack of an aircraft is disclosed. The air-conditioning pack includes one or more sensors outputting data related to air-conditioning pack temperature, air-conditioning pack pressure, or air-conditioning pack valve or actuator positions. The method includes transmitting data from at least one of the sensors operably coupled to the air-conditioning pack, comparing the transmitted data to a predetermined threshold, and predicting a fault in the air-conditioning pack based thereon.
US09971966B2	Processing cell images using neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing cell images using neural networks. One of the methods includes obtaining data comprising an input image of one or more biological cells illuminated with an optical microscopy technique; processing the data using a stained cell neural network; and processing the one or more stained cell images using a cell characteristic neural network, wherein the cell characteristic neural network has been configured through training to receive the one or more stained cell images and to process the one or more stained cell images to generate a cell characteristic output that characterizes features of the biological cells that are stained in the one or more stained cell images.
US09971964B2	Tamper resistant tag The present invention concerns a smart tag for attachment to an object. The smart tag comprises an electronic system for contactless communication, a support to which at least part of the electronic system is fixed and at least one destruction component means configured to act on at least one element of the electronic system, when the smart tag is removed from said object, to demolish said at least one element of the electronic system. In at least one embodiment, the destruction component may be a demolisher movably mounted to pass through said support from a first position on one side of the support to a second position on the other side of the support.
US09971957B2	Terminal device, information processing device, object identifying method, program, and object identifying system A device, apparatus, and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a device may include an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information associated with the image to an information processing apparatus, such as a server. The server may be associated with a first feature quantity dictionary. The device also may include a receiving unit configured to receive a second feature quantity dictionary from the server in response to the transmission. The second feature quantity dictionary may include less information than the first feature quantity dictionary, and the server may generate the second feature quantity dictionary based on the image information and the first feature quantity dictionary. The device may include an identification unit configured to identify an object within the image using the second feature quantity dictionary.
US09971950B2	Interactive optical codes Optical codes can include scanning an optical code and a character surrounding the optical code with a computer. A uniform resource locator can be extracted from the optical code. The uniform resource locator can be modified by associating the character surrounding the optical code with the URL extracted from the optical code.
US09971940B1	Automatic learning of a video matching system Provided content is determined to contain an asset represented by reference content by comparing digital fingerprints of the provided content and the reference content. The fingerprints of the reference content and the provided content are generated using a convolutional neural network (CNN). The CNN is trained using a plurality of frame triplets including an anchor frame representing the reference content, a positive frame which is a transformation of the anchor frame, and a negative frame representing content that is not the reference content. The provided content is determined to contain the asset represented by the reference content based on a similarity measure between the generated fingerprints. If the provided content is determined to contain the asset represented by the reference content, a policy associated with the asset is enforced on the provided content.
US09971938B2	Camera module Camera module with switchable light filters includes a lens, a body, a movable tray, a first filter, a second filter, a gear and a protective cover. The lens is disposed in the body. The body defines a first through hole corresponding to the lens and includes a first surface. The movable tray is positioned on the first surface and is used for receiving the first filter and the second filter. The gear is arranged on the first surface by a rotating shaft, the gear is configured to engage with the movable tray to switch the first filter and the second filter. The protective cover is disposed on the body and partially covers the gear.
US09971926B2	Fingerprint sensor with controllable resolution There is provided a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, the capacitive fingerprint sensor comprising: a protective dielectric top layer to be touched by the finger; a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive sensing structures arranged underneath the top layer; readout circuitry coupled to each of the electrically conductive sensing structures to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure, the readout circuitry comprising a plurality of signal amplifiers arranged underneath the array of electrically conductive sensing structures, wherein a number of signal amplifiers is lower than a number of sensing structures; and selection circuitry coupling each of the sensing structures to at least one signal amplifier and configured to select a sensing structure to be coupled to a corresponding signal amplifier. There is also provided a method for controlling a fingerprint sensing device.
US09971918B2	Systems and methods for RFID-based access management of electronic devices Disclosed are systems and methods for preventing unauthorized persons from using an electronic device within a facility. In such an embodiment, the system may include a RFID tag having unique identification information associated with a wearer of the RFID tag. The RFID tag may be comprised in a non-removable item worn by the wearer, such as a bracelet. This system may also include an RFID reader associated with the electronic device and having an RFID coverage zone for detecting RFID tags within the coverage zone. A device management system may be connected to the reader and configured to determine whether a wearer in the coverage zone is authorized to use the electronic device based at least in part on detected RFID tag's unique identification information. In such an embodiment, the device management system is configured to activate the electronic device if it determines the authorized wearer is detected in the coverage zone.
US09971916B1	Transaction scheduling system for a wireless data communications network System and method for scheduling and coordinating transmission signals in a wireless data communications network, comprising a master node and at least one tag node. In some embodiments, the network may also include a slave node. The master node divides time into repeating time division blocks comprising a configuration window and at least one transaction window. During the configuration window, the master node provides operating parameters to the tag or slave nodes, including a time slot within the transaction window that is reserved for the tag or slave nodes to broadcast data to the master node. The transaction window is subdivided into multiple reserved time slots, and each slot is assigned to a specific tag or slave node. When a reserved time slot arrives, the tag or slave node will broadcast data signals to the master node. The master periodically adjusts the transmission schedule for each tag or slave node, as needed, to ensure that every tag or slave node continues to broadcast only during its reserved time slot, thereby reducing communication data collisions and optimizing the overall performance and throughput of the data communications network.
US09971912B2	Method, apparatus, and system for manageability and secure routing and endpoint access A solution is presented to securing endpoints without the need for a separate bus or communication path. The solution allows for controlling access to endpoints by utilizing a management protocol by overlapping with existing interconnect communication paths in a packet format and utilizing a PCI address BDF (Bus number, Device number, and Function number) for verification.
US09971902B2	Terminal device, method for protecting terminal device, and terminal management server A terminal device includes: a memory unit to store a lock program for locking the terminal device; a condition checking unit to determine whether the terminal device is in a state of a preset condition for terminal protection when the lock program is executed; a lock control unit to allow the terminal device to be locked by the lock program when the terminal device is determined to be in a state of the preset condition for terminal protection; and a information deleting unit to delete an unlock key for use in unlocking the locked terminal device from the memory unit after the terminal device is locked.
US09971897B2	Targeted security testing Source code of a plurality of web pages including script code is statically analyzed. A page including a potential vulnerability is identified based on the static analysis. A page not including a potential vulnerability is identified based on the static analysis. The web page including the potential vulnerability is dynamically analyzed using a set of test payloads. The page not including the potential vulnerability is dynamically analyzed using a subset of the set of test payloads, the subset including fewer test payloads than the set of test payloads.
US09971894B2	Methods and systems for secure and reliable identity-based computing The embodiments herein provide a secure computing resource set identification, evaluation, and management arrangement, employing in various embodiments some or all of the following highly reliable identity related means to establish, register, publish and securely employ user computing arrangement resources in satisfaction of user set target contextual purposes. Systems and methods may include, as applicable, software and hardware implementations for Identity Firewalls; Awareness Managers; Contextual Purpose Firewall Frameworks for situationally germane resource usage related security, provisioning, isolation, constraining, and operational management; liveness biometric, and assiduous environmental, evaluation and authentication techniques; Repute systems and methods assertion and fact ecosphere; standardized and interoperable contextual purpose related expression systems and methods; purpose related computing arrangement resource and related information management systems and methods, including situational contextual identity management systems and methods; and/or the like.
US09971884B1	Providing credentials in an automated machine-to-machine communication system environment The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for securing an asset-to-asset cloud communication environment. The disclosed embodiments may involve identifying an asset spun up in the cloud communication environment based on a notification identifying the spun up asset, determining that the spun up asset will require authorization to achieve at least some secure communication functionality with a different asset in the cloud communication environment, automatically authenticating the spun up asset based on authentication information from a trusted source to the spun up asset, automatically determining, based on the authenticating, whether the spun up asset is authorized to perform secure communication functionality with at least one different asset, and automatically performing a control action, based on the authenticating, to enable the spun up asset to perform the secure communication functionality with the at least one different asset.
US09971883B2	Information processing device to install applications using installation screen associated with a user An information processing device includes: an authentication unit configured to compare, when receiving first user information used for authentication processing of determining whether a user has authority to use the information processing device, the first user information with second user information identifying users having the authority to use the information processing device, and execute the authentication processing; a first storage unit storing first association information in which installation screen information identifying an installation screen for installation of an application is associated with each piece of the second user information; and a second display unit configured to generate, based on a command associated with an application selected by a user among an application displayed by a first display unit, an installation screen identified by installation screen information which is associated with second user information identifying the user, and display the installation screen.
US09971881B1	License-based access control of computing resources The disclosure is directed to an access permission system that manages provisioning of access to an electronic resource through various types of access permissions. The access permission system provisions access by provisioning a license entitlement of a specified type. A provisioning optimization technique determines a combination of different types of license entitlements to be provisioned according to an optimization criterion associated with an attribute of a license entitlement. For example, the optimization criterion can based on a “unit cost” associated with a license entitlement, and the provisioning optimization technique can determine various types of license entitlements to be obtained (and therefore to be provisioned) in order to minimize a total cost of the license incurred in satisfying the consumption demand requests.
US09971877B1	Managing plan problems across planning cycles A method for managing plan problems across planning cycles includes accessing a first plan generated in a first planning session of a first planning cycle, identifying one or more first plan problems reflected in the first plan, and storing and persisting plan problem data associated with the one or more first plan problems for access in one or more successive planning cycles. The method includes accessing a second plan generated in a second planning session of a second planning cycle subsequent to the first planning cycle, identifying one or more second plan problems reflected in the second plan, and comparing the one or more first plan problems identified for the first planning cycle with the one or more second plan problems identified for the second planning cycle. The method includes determining, for each second plan problem identified for the second planning cycle, whether the second plan problem corresponds to any first plan problem identified for the first planning cycle. The method includes updating the plan problem data for the corresponding first plan problem to reflect the identification of the second plan problem for the second planning cycle if a second plan problem identified for the second planning cycle corresponds to a first plan problem identified for the first planning cycle. The method includes storing and persisting plan problem data associated with the new plan problem for access in one or more successive planning cycles if a second plan problem identified for the second planning cycle is a new plan problem not corresponding to a first plan problem identified for the first planning cycle.
US09971873B2	Connecting consumers with service providers A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the set of attributes is identified; and a communication channel is provided to establish a communication between the consumer of services and the identified service provider.
US09971870B2	Systems and methods for managing and distributing user profiles for surgical systems A medical system is presented, where the system includes a medical profile directory configured to maintain a set of medical system profiles, a medical profile manager configured to update and maintain medical system profiles within the medical profile directory, and a server configured to interface with the medical profile manager to facilitate medical system profile maintenance. The server is configured to transmit information from at least one medical system profile to a surgical system, thereby enabling the surgical system to employ a current operational parameter within the medical system profile desired by a user.
US09971863B2	Rule checking for multiple patterning technology A method is disclosed that includes determining whether there is a conflict graph representing that each spacing between any two of at least five adjacent patterns of multiple-patterning patterns of a layout of an integrated circuit (IC) is less than a threshold spacing, and if there is the conflict graph, modifying the multiple-patterning patterns to exclude patterns represented by the conflict graph, for fabrication of the IC.
US09971860B2	Allocating plurality of RAMs to FPGA block RAM A design apparatus includes a processing unit configured to allocate a plurality of RAMs to a FPGA block RAM in at least one of a word direction and a bit direction thereof, and to generate a description, in a hardware description language, of a control circuit that controls input and output signals of each of the plurality of RAMs so as to allow each of the plurality of RAMs to be accessed as a single RAM.
US09971858B1	Method and apparatus for performing register retiming in the presence of false path timing analysis exceptions A method for designing a system on a target device includes identifying a timing exception for a portion of a signal path. An area on the target device that includes components affected by the timing exception. Register retiming is performed where pipeline registers are added at boundaries of the area.
US09971856B2	CFD modeling of a bounded domain with viscous region partitioning A hybrid computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach is provided for modeling a bounded domain by processing the domain to automatically locate a viscous region(s) by: dividing the domain into cells and determining flow characteristic values for cells; defining characteristic cutoff values using multiple cutoff percentiles of cells and the flow characteristic values, and defining ranges between cutoff values, and respective χ values, where one χ value is a highest χ value R; assigning χ values to cells based on the determined flow characteristic values in comparison to the cutoffs; selectively increasing the assigned χ value of a cell(s) sharing a border with a seed cell having χ value R; identifying a viscous region where multiple contiguous cells have assigned χ values equal or above a threshold; evaluating the viscous region(s) by performing viscous domain solve; and providing a model of the domain using results of the viscous domain solve.
US09971854B1	Computer aided systems and methods for creating custom products A computer-aided design system enables physical articles to be customized via printing or embroidering. A user interface may be generated that includes an image of a model of an article of manufacture and user customizable design areas that are graphically indicated on the image corresponding to the model. A design area selection may be received. In response to an add design element instruction and design element specification, the specified design element is rendered in the selected design area on the model image. Customization permissions associated with the selected design area are accessed, and using the customization permissions, a first set of design element edit tools are selected and rendered. User edits to the design element may be received and rendered in real time. Manufacturing instructions may be transmitted to a printing system.
US09971848B2	Rich formatting of annotated clinical documentation, and related methods and apparatus Systems and methods for producing and presenting annotations of clinical documents in a rich format are described, for instance for use with medical billing procedures. An initial XHTML document documenting a medical patient encounter and having rich formatting is used to generate a plain text document. A clinical language understanding system generates annotations, such as medical codes, which are used to annotate the XHTML document. The annotated XHTML document is then presented to a user, thus displaying for the user the annotations while retaining the rich formatting of the initial XHTML document.
US09971845B2	File management method and device The invention discloses a file management method comprising: receiving an instruction input by a user, and determining the type of an object corresponding to the instruction; loading a corresponding browser window according to the determined type of the object; and displaying content of the object in the browser window. The invention discloses a data transmission device for bidirectional data transmission between a network side and a local client. The invention discloses a file display device for a browser supporting multi-page display comprising: a tab generation module configured to generate a corresponding tab according to content displayed by a page when the browser opens the page, wherein the content displayed by the page comprises a local file and/or a network file; and a display module configured to, for each page, display content of the page and a corresponding tab in an interface of the browser.
US09971844B2	Adaptive image loading Adaptive loading of images is described. In some implementations, the process of loading of images by a computing device can be adapted to account for image size, image load times and/or user behavior. In some implementations, the process of preloading of images can be adapted to account for image size and/or user behavior. In some implementations, presentation of an image loading indicator can be adapted to account for image size and/or amount of time required to load an image.
US09971840B2	Systems and methods for discovering and monitoring devices using search patterns for object identifiers and values The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of managing remote devices. The system can include a server with memory, a detection module, and a collection module. The memory can store a management information base (MIB) having a hierarchical tree of object identifiers and corresponding object values. The detection module can query devices and receive a first object identifier and its first object value, which can vary from those in the MIB; and use patterns to match the first object identifier and object value; and generate an identification of the device from the matches. The collection module can use the identification to select a collection template, which can indicate a subtree of the MIB and a collection pattern; traverse the subtree and identify a second object identifier that matches the collection pattern, and its second object value; and associate the second object value with the first object value.
US09971839B1	Personalizing search queries based on user membership in social network communities Methods and systems for improving user search experience with a search engine by providing a way for associated users to personalize search queries and/or search results based on users' information gathered from a social network. Search personalization can be achieved through the tailoring of search methodologies or the ranking or ordering of search results in accordance with information gathered for each user.
US09971838B2	Mitigating subjectively disturbing content through the use of context-based data gravity wells A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product mitigate subjectively disturbing content. A context-based data gravity wells membrane supports one or more gravity wells, which hold subjectively disturbing synthetic context-based objects made up of a non-contextual data object, a first context object, and a second context object. The first context object defines the non-contextual data object, and the second context object describes how subjectively disturbing content generated by combining the non-contextual data object and the first context object is according to predefined parameters described by the second context object. New content is passed across the context-based data gravity wells membrane. Subjectively disturbing content from the new content is trapped by the context-based data gravity well in response to a non-contextual data object and context objects from the new content matching those of the context-based data gravity well, thereby reducing a level of subjective discomfort imposed by the new content.
US09971836B2	Group forming method, data collecting method and data collecting apparatus A data collecting method performs a process to collect data open to public by investigation targets of which an attribute varies with respect to passage of time. The method is performed by a computer by executing a program to perform a process including: creating a keyword for searching the data of the investigation targets having a first attribute that lacks with respect to a population of the investigation targets based on a distribution of a second attribute different from the first attribute; estimating the first attribute of the investigation targets of data that is collected using the keyword; and replenishing the investigation targets to be replenished in the population by the investigation targets that are estimated as having the lacking first attribute.
US09971834B2	Recommendation system and method for search input The present invention discloses a recommendation system and method for search input. It relates to the field of search engine. The system comprises: a keyword acquisition unit configured to obtain a keyword according to a user input; a search tree storage unit configured to store Chinese characters in a tree data structure, wherein each data node in the tree stores one Chinese character and the address information of the recommended word(s) containing the Chinese character; a recommended word database configured to store the recommended words; an address acquisition unit configured to query the search tree storage unit according to the search keyword to acquire the address information of the recommended word(s); and a suggesting unit configured to query the recommended word database according to the address information to acquire the recommended word(s) and then suggest the recommended word(s) to the user.
US09971832B2	Methods and apparatus to generate signatures representative of media Example signature generation methods disclosed herein include transforming a block of signal samples from a time-domain representation to a frequency-domain representation including multiple frequency bands. Disclosed example signature generation methods also include fitting a signature function to at least a subset of the frequency bands. Disclosed example signature generation methods further include generating a set of signature values representative of the block of signal samples, the signature values generated based on a set of angles calculated using the signature function.
US09971830B2	Recommending users to add to groups in a social networking system Based on information associated with users, a social networking system recommends one or more groups for a target user to join or to create. Characteristics of the target user, characteristics of users connected to the target user, characteristics of candidate groups in the social networking system may be used to identify groups for recommendation. The social networking system may provide questions to the target user and recommend a group to the target user based on received answers to the questions. For example, the answers to the provided question identify one or more characteristics of the target user, which are used to select a group for recommendation. Additionally, the social networking system may recommend additional users for the target user to add or invite to a group based on characteristics of the target user, the additional users, and/or the group.
US09971827B2	Subscription for integrating external data from external system Technologies are described herein for integrating external data from an external system into a client system. A subscription filed is selected. The subscription filed may include a read method and a query method. The read method may define fields of a client cache operating on the client system. The query method may be executed to retrieve, from the external system, field values corresponding to at least a subset of the fields. Upon executing the query method, the read method may also be executed to retrieve, from the external system, additional field values corresponding to a remaining subset of the fields that were not retrieved by executing the query method. The client cache is populated with the field values and the additional field values according to the fields.
US09971826B1	Methods and apparatus for a distributed shared memory for device synchronization In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory having an instance of a distributed shared memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to instantiate a first instance of a front-end application and receive, at the first instance of the front-end application, and input signal associated with a state of the first instance of the front-end application. The processor is configured to insert a value into a field data structure defined in the instance of the distributed shared memory and associated with an event source configured through a second instance of the distributed shared memory. The processor is configured to generate an event object indicative of the value inserted into the field data structure and send a signal to update the second instance of the front-end application.
US09971823B2	Dynamic replica failure detection and healing Detecting replica faults within a replica group and dynamically scheduling replica healing operations are described. Status metadata for one or more replica groups may be accessed. Based, at least in part, the status data a number of available replicas for at least one replica group may be determined to incompliant with a healthy state definition for the replica group. One or more healing operations to restore the number of available replicas for the at least one replica group to the respective healthy state definition may be dynamically scheduled. In some embodiments, one or more resource constraints for performing healing operations and one or more resource requirements for each of the one or more healing operations may be used to order the one or more healing operations.
US09971814B1	Monitoring and analysis of social network traffic A method of monitoring network traffic includes providing a processor and obtaining a list including a plurality of words. Each word having at least one metric associated therewith. The method also includes querying network traffic to obtain a set of messages including one or more of the plurality of words. The method further includes scoring, using the processor, the messages in the set of messages and displaying the messages, ranked by score, in a user interface.
US09971813B2	Categorizing objects, such as documents and/or clusters, with respect to a taxonomy and data structures derived from such categorization A Website may be automatically categorized by accepting Website information, determining a set of scored clusters for the Website using the Website information, and determining at least one category of a predefined taxonomy using at least some of the set of clusters.
US09971808B2	Fast query processing in columnar databases with GPUs According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for processing a query associated with a database is provided. The method may include receiving the query. The method may include estimating a number of groups. The method may include copying a plurality of data from the database to graphics processing unit (GPU) memory. The method may include creating a hash table in GPU memory. The method may include determining if a group associated with the database is present in the hash table. The method may include adding the group to the hash table based on determining that the group is not present in the hash table. The method may include aggregating a value associated with the group in the hash table based on determining that the group is present in the hash table. The method may include determining a plurality of results. The method may then include retrieving the plurality of results.
US09971800B2	Compressing indices in a video stream In one embodiment a system, apparatus, and method for optimizing index value lengths when indexing data items in an array of data items is described, the method including producing, at a first processor, an ordered series of index values, sending the ordered series of index values to an indexing processor, receiving, at the indexing processor, a data object including the array of data items, associating, at the indexing processor, a first part of one of the index values with a first one data item of the array of data items, associating, at the indexing processor, a second part of the one of the index values with a next one data item of the array of data items, repeating the steps of associating a first part of one of the index values and associating a second part of the one of the index values until all of the data items in the array of data items are indexed.
US09971799B2	Storage device for storing directory entries, directory entry lookup apparatus and method, and storage medium storing directory entry lookup program A storage device, a directory entry lookup method for the storage device, and a host running the method can provide a quick directory entry lookup. The host includes an interface for exchanging data with the storage device which stores a multi-level hash table comprising directory entries of each directory, and a file system module receiving a file lookup command designating a target directory and a target filename, calculating a hash value which reflects the target filename and a lookup level, and searching for a directory entry which comprises the target filename in a bucket corresponding to the hash value from among buckets at the lookup level which are included in a multi-level hash table of the target directory. If the search for the directory entry fails, the file system module increases the lookup level and again calculates the hash value and searches for the directory entry for the target filename.
US09971794B2	Converting data objects from multi- to single-source database environment Embodiments relate to converting data object(s) from a multi-source database environment into a single-source database environment. Such a conversion may be desirable to increase performance and/or reduce consumption of processing resources. An engine is configured to receive a multi-source database universe from a repository. The engine analyzes that universe to identify details thereof for conversion, e.g., connections, tables, views, alias tables, etc. A new single-source connection is registered, and then the single-source universe is re-generated through a universe conversion algorithm, an automatic function mapping algorithm, and a query generation algorithm. Embodiments avoid labor intensive manual re-creation of the universe, and may be implemented as an automatic conversion wizard also updating dependent report queries per new single-source query patterns. Particular embodiments converting from multi-source database environment available from SAP AG, may utilize a Software Design Kit (SDK) to create a migration plug-in as part of an Information Design Tool (IDT).
US09971788B2	Unified file and object data storage A server computing device receives, from a client computing device, a request to perform an operation on an object. The server computing device identifies a file, that corresponds to the object, in a network attached storage file system in a local area network. The server computing device mounts, via the local area network, the network attached storage file system to perform the operation using the file that corresponds to the object. The computer device sends a response indicating performance of the operation to the client computing device.
US09971787B2	Unified file and object data storage A server computing device receives, from a client computing device, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request to perform an operation on an object. The server computing device identifies a file, that corresponds to the object, in a network attached storage file system in a local area network. The server computing device mounts, via the local area network, the network attached storage file system to perform the operation using the file that corresponds to the object. The computer device sends a HTTP response indicating performance of the operation to the client computing device.
US09971783B2	Data de-duplication for disk image files The invention relates to a data processing system including at least two disk emulators operating in parallel. Each of the at least two disk emulators emulates a disk subsystem and is associated with a respective file in a file system for any data stored on a physical disk. The data processing system further includes a de-duplicator for de-duplicating the data stored in the respective files associated with the at least two disk emulators. The de-duplicator operates in parallel to the disk emulators and is associated with an additional disk emulator emulating an additional disk subsystem. The additional disk emulator is associated with an additional file in a file system configured to store data shared between the respective disk subsystems emulated by the at least two disk emulators.
US09971772B2	Method and system for voice based media search Voice-based input is used to operate a media device and/or to search for media content. Voice input is received by a media device via one or more audio input devices and is translated into a textual representation of the voice input. The textual representation of the voice input is used to search one or more cache mappings between input commands and one or more associated device actions and/or media content queries. One or more natural language processing techniques may be applied to the translated text and the resulting text may be transmitted as a query to a media search service. A media search service returns results comprising one or more content item listings and the results may be presented on a display to a user.
US09971770B2	Inverted indexing Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for inverted indexing. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to add a new document identifier (doc ID) to an inverted index. A memory block corresponding to where the doc ID is to be added is determined or located, and the available space remaining in the memory block is determined. If the memory block has available space, the doc ID is added to the memory block.
US09971769B2	Method and system for providing translated result Methods and/or systems for providing a translation result based on various semantic categories may be provided. A translation result providing method using a computer may include generating translations by translating a source sentence of a source language into a target language, and classifying the translations into semantic categories, respectively, and providing the classified translations to the user terminal.
US09971768B2	Image capture system for a vehicle using translation of different languages A system for use in a vehicle having a selected vehicle language, the system comprising image capture means for capturing an image scene external to the vehicle, wherein the image scene includes one or more information indicator including text in a country language other than the selected vehicle language. A means is provided for outputting a vehicle language signal representative of the selected vehicle language to an off-board server; and a means is provided for outputting a country language signal to the off-board server which is representative of the country language. A means is also provided for outputting the text to the off-board server for translation from the country language into the vehicle language; together with means for receiving a translated text output from the off-board server which is representative of the translated text. A means is provided for communicating the translated text output to the vehicle user. In an alternative arrangement the system carries a translator on-board the vehicle for translation of the text from the country language into the vehicle language, so that translation occurs on-board the vehicle and not off-board the vehicle.
US09971767B1	Context-aware translation memory to facilitate more accurate translation A method for context-aware translation is provided. The present invention may include receiving a program integrated information file (PII) associated with a graphical user interface object of with a software product. The present invention may also include indexing each element string within the PII file. The present invention may further include generating a base language general availability build of the graphical user interface object using the PII file. The present invention may also include retrieving a document object model (DOM) of each element within the base language general availability build. The present invention may further include creating a string relation table for the base language general availability build using the DOM for each element and each indexed element string within the PII file. The present invention may also include generating a string relation translation memory table for at least one language.
US09971760B2	Parallelizing semantically split documents for processing In an approach for parallelizing document processing in an information handling system, a processor receives a document, wherein the document includes text content. A processor extracts information from the text content, utilizing natural language processing and semantic analysis, to form tokenized semantic partitions, comprising a plurality of sub-documents. A processor schedules a plurality of concurrently executing threads to process the plurality of sub-documents.
US09971759B2	Method and system for improved language identification using language tags Disclosed herein is an ability to identify a supported language. A current language tag including one or more subtags, each subtag providing language identification information. In response to determining that a language referenced by the current language tag is not a supported language, accessing a stored set of mappings including one or more mappings, each mapping associating a first language tag with a second language tag, determining whether or not a mapping in the set of mappings includes the current language tag as one of the first and second language tags and a new language tag as the other of the first and second language tags, and using the new language tag as the current language tag to identify the supported language.
US09971755B2	Selecting additional supplemental content for presentation in conjunction with a content item presented via a digital magazine A digital magazine server provides a digital magazine including content items to a client device for presentation to a user. To increase user interaction with the digital magazine, the digital magazine server identifies a content item in the digital magazine and determines one or more topics associated with the identified content item. From the one or more topics, the digital magazine server identifies a topic and obtains candidate content items that are also associated with the identified topic. A candidate content item is selected from the candidate content item and the selected candidate content item is presented in conjunction with the identified content item.
US09971754B2	Method for associating third party content with online document signing Techniques for electronic signature process management are described. Some embodiments provide an electronic signature service (“ESS”) configured to associate third-party content with electronic signature documents by way of dynamic form fields. A dynamic form field is associated with a data store and an electronic signature document. The ESS may automatically populate the dynamic form field with data obtained from the associated data store. If a signer changes the data of the dynamic form field, the ESS may write back the changed data to the data store.
US09971752B2	Systems and methods for resolving privileged edits within suggested edits Systems and methods are disclosed herein for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document. The first edit and the second edit in the electronic document are received, and a shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document is identified. The second edit is determined to be privileged relative to the first edit by determining that the first edit is made by a first user with a first set of permissions and the second edit is made by a second user with a second set of permissions larger than the first set of permissions. When the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, the second edit is incorporated into the first edit.
US09971750B2	Controlling access to documents by parties Illustrative embodiments disclose a computer process controlling access to one or more documents by one or more parties, the parties organized over one or more organizations. In response to a party associated with a first organization attempting to access documents, determining an access level associated with the party as a first access level, a second access level, a third access level, or a fourth access level. The first, second, third and fourth access levels are ordered from the first access level to the fourth access level such that the first access level provides a greatest degree of access to the documents and the fourth access level provides a least degree of access to the documents. In response to determining the access level associated with the party, permitting the party to access the documents, or preventing the party from accessing the documents, according to the access level associated with the party.
US09971748B2	Method and apparatus for outputting digital content A method is provided comprising: retrieving a markup language file associated with a document, the markup language file including an identifier for retrieving a content item that is part of the document; parsing the markup language file into a first plurality of objects, the first plurality of objects including a first object associated with the content item; assigning a respective layout level to each one of the first plurality of objects; and outputting the document in accordance with a first layout level by: (i) retrieving the content item from a remote source in response to the layout level of the first object matching the first layout level, and (ii) rendering one or more objects from the first plurality based the one or more objects' respective layout levels matching the first layout level.
US09971743B2	Content generation and transmission with user-directed restructuring As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, media content from disparate content providers is restructured into one or more renditions having an article-oriented structure. Linking data is generated to link respective portions of each rendition with media content in the respective sets of media content. Users are allowed to access information characterizing the renditions in the article-oriented structure, and user inputs pertaining to the information characterizing the media content sets is collected. Portions of each rendition are transmitted to remote users based on the user inputs, authorization data, linking data and characteristics of the remote users' access.
US09971742B2	Semantic distance-based assignment of data elements to visualization edges Embodiments provide a visual analyzer system that can update an existing visualization upon receiving a user request to modify a dimension of data being presented by the visualization. Embodiments may provide an updated visualization, possibly of a different visualization type and/or with pre-existing dimensions mapped to different edges, without requiring any user specification of which dimensions to be mapped to which edges of the visualization. The system can determine configurations for the various visualization types and compute, for each configuration, a visualization score. Based on the scores, the system can select a configuration and render the updated visualization on a graphical user interface (GUI) to the user. Further, in response to user specification to change a representation of data from one visualization type to another, embodiments may determine an effective and intuitive manner in which to present the same set of data in the visualization of the other type.
US09971731B2	Asynchronous transceiver for on-vehicle electronic device An on-vehicle electronic device has a generating unit configured to generate a first clock for data communication with another on-vehicle electronic device through a CXPI communication network; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust a duty width of the first clock.
US09971718B2	Differential amplitude detector An example embodiment includes an idle state detection circuit. The idle state detection circuit includes a bias current loop, a rectifying circuit loop, a voltage translating loop, and a filter circuit. The bias current loop provides a rectifying diode a forward current such that the rectifying diode detects an alternating current (AC) signal received from a transmitter via one or more transmission nodes. The rectifying circuit loop stores differential peak to peak amplitude information representative of a peak to peak amplitude of the AC signal in a first capacitor that is electrically coupled to a cathode side of the rectifying diode. The voltage translating loop converts the differential peak to peak amplitude information stored at the first capacitor to a single-end voltage signal across a first resistor that is electrically coupled to the cathode side of the rectifying diode. The filter circuit filters an AC component of the single-end voltage signal.
US09971707B2	Protection key management and prefixing in virtual address space legacy emulation system A system is described to provide protection key access control in a system whose operating system and processor were not designed to provide a protection key memory access control mechanism. Such a system can be applied to an emulator or to enable a system that executes native applications to be interoperable with a legacy system that employs protection key memory access control.
US09971696B2	File-based client side cache A file-system filter driver is attached to each cache volume containing a cache and a source volume containing a source file. The file-system filter driver intercepts requests and may redirect the requests to the cache. The redirection may be based on metadata information corresponding to the file or folder associated with a given request. Redirection to the cache prevents an application or user from directly accessing or modifying the source volume, which may be shared among multiple client devices. Redirecting requests to the cache also permits user-specific modifications to be stored in the cache. A merged view of the source volume and the cache may then be presented to the user or an application, reflecting the user-specific modifications without affecting the source volume.
US09971685B2	Wear leveling based on a swapping operation between sets of physical block addresses of a non-volatile memory A first set representing a first plurality of physical block addresses of a non-volatile memory and a second set representing a second plurality of physical block addresses of the non-volatile memory may be identified. In response to a request to perform a wear leveling operation, first data from a first physical block address of the first set may be swapped with second data from a first physical block address of the second set. A second physical block address of the first set that is adjacent to the first physical block address of the first set may be identified. Third data from the second physical block address of the first set may be swapped with fourth data from a second physical block address of the second set that is adjacent to the first physical block of the second set.
US09971680B2	Semiconductor device and electronic device A semiconductor device including a register controller and a processor which includes a register is provided. The register includes a first circuit and a second circuit which includes a plurality of memory portions. The first circuit and the plurality of memory portions can store data by an arithmetic process of the processor. Which of the plurality of memory portions the data is stored in depends on a routine by which the data is processed. The register controller switches the routine in response to an interrupt signal. The register controller can make any one of the plurality of memory portions which corresponds to the routine store the data in the first circuit every time the routine is switched. The register controller can make data stored in any one of the plurality of memory portions which corresponds to the routine be stored in the first circuit every time the routine is switched.
US09971676B2	Systems and methods for state based test case generation for software validation Systems and methods for state based test case generation for software validation are disclosed. One embodiment includes determining a first input and a first input type for a program block of vehicle software for creating a test case, wherein the first input type includes a state based input, determining permutations of values for the first input, based on the first input type, and running the test case with the state based input, wherein running the test case comprises applying the permutations of values for the first input to the program block. Some embodiments include determining, by a test computing device, whether the test case meets a predetermined level of modified condition/decision coverage (MC/DC) and providing an indication of whether the test case meets the predetermined level of MC/DC.
US09971668B1	Method for identifying the performance bounds of a transmit-receive module A method for identifying performance bounds of a transmit-receive (T/R) module over a bandwidth ƒb when connected to an antenna, a transmitter, and a receiver all with known reflectance within the bandwidth ƒb; measuring a raw T/R module point representing isolation and insertion loss of the T/R module when connected to the antenna, the transmitter, and the receiver without a matching circuit; plotting the raw T/R module point on a performance image graph; using a mathematical representation of a multiport matching circuit that contains no gyrators and comprises a fixed number of capacitors and inductors to approximate a Pareto front comprised of a plurality of Pareto points; and connecting each Pareto point to the raw T/R module point on the performance image graph such that the performance image becomes a visual representation of the performance bounds of a class of multiport matching circuits having capacitors and inductors.
US09971667B1	Equipment sound monitoring system and method A system and method is provided for local collection of sound data from industrial equipment and comparative analysis of the data. A sound detection device includes transducers resiliently mounted to continuously collect sound signals perpendicular to the electromechanical device. A shrouding material situated between the transducers and the electromechanical device dampens physical vibration to the transducers to peak amplitude of ≤0.3 microvolts, and returns the transducers to a zero-degree angle of reference from a mounting position of the sound detection device by means of elastic retention. Digital sound data is transmitted to a remote server, which analyzes the data wherein comparative models of baseline data are associated with an operative status of the electromechanical device. Variations between the collected data and the baseline data may be associated with failure or substandard operation of the electromechanical device, wherein alerts are accordingly generated to notify a respective client user.
US09971663B2	Method and apparatus for multiple memory shared collar architecture A method and apparatus for reducing memory built-in self-test (MBIST) area by optimizing the number of interfaces required for testing a given set of memories is provided. The method begins when memories of a same configuration are grouped together. One memory is then selected from each of the groups. MBIST insertion is then performed for a selected group of memories, and the selected group of memories contains memories of different configurations. Control logic is used to select each group of memories separately. The memory group under test may also be selected using programmable user bits. An apparatus is also provided. The apparatus includes: a controller, at least one memory interface in communication with the controller, at least one control logic cloud in communication with the at least one memory interface; and at least one bit bus.
US09971661B2	Redundant system, method for redundant system, method for controlling node of redundant system and computer readable storage medium When the redundant system operates the second node in place of the first node in the primary system and transmits, to the secondary system, data update information generated according to a data update in the second node, the fourth node the data update information generated according to the data update in the second node from the second node using the second inter-system transfer path. The fourth node changes by changing a direction of the second intra-system transfer, a configuration by which the data update information acquired by the fourth node is acquired by the third node using the second inter-system transfer path.
US09971659B1	Memory programming providing corruption protection Systems and methods are disclosed for programming non-volatile storage. Methods involve identifying boot loader code stored in a first partition of a non-volatile storage, the boot loader code being marked as active, executing the boot loader code using one or more processors of the computing system, loading a firmware image to a second partition of the non-volatile storage, the second partition being separate from the first partition, and marking the firmware image as active. Methods further involve detecting a power loss event and, following a power cycle, determining that the firmware image is stored in the second partition and has been marked as active, and, in response to said determination, making a copy of the firmware image and storing the copy in the first partition.
US09971650B2	Parallel data collection and recovery for failing virtual computer processing system Techniques for parallel data collection and recovery for a failing virtual processing system are disclosed. According to aspects of the present disclosure, an example method includes: detecting that the virtual processing system experiences an irreparable error; saving, by each of a plurality of processors of the physical processing system, a corresponding context and data stored in an allocated portion of a memory of the physical processing system to a data store; selecting one of the plurality of processors as a recovery processor; initializing, by the recovery processor, a pre-determined reserved portion of the memory; initiating, by the recovery processor, a new instance of the virtual processing system on the reserved portion of the memory while each remaining processor of the plurality of processors continues the saving; and dynamically adding each remaining processor of the plurality of processors to the new instance of the virtual processing system.
US09971644B2	Serial I/O functional tester One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a functional test controller. The functional test controller includes controller logic to receive communication protocol-specific data comprising a packet header from a tester; a protocol buffer to store the packet header; and a pseudorandom bit sequence (PRBS) generator to generate a PRBS. The controller logic is to combine the packet header and the PRBS into a packet and to provide the packet to an input/output (I/O) controller under test.
US09971640B2	Method for error logging Error data is read from error registers and written into a buffer. A computing node uses a BIOS to read the error data, rearm the error register and write the data into a memory mapped buffer. A hub chip supports creation of a shared memory system of computing nodes. A management controller in the computing node extracts error data from the buffer. The error data preferably consists essentially of the error register identifiers and the contents of the error registers. A system management node receives the error data from the management controllers in the computing nodes. The system management node may be coupled to but separate from the computing nodes.
US09971631B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling pipeline of multiprocessor-based motion control software According to the present invention, a method comprising: (a) calculating, by an admission control program, a parameter for scheduling a pipeline using a maximum allowable period and an execution time for each of N motion tasks, wherein the parameter includes an optimal periodic value, a task offset and an input/output offset for each of the N tasks; (b) generating, by a coordinator program, N motion tasks, wherein one of the N motion tasks is determined to be a reference task, and the other is determined to be a non-reference task; (c) allowing, by the reference task and the non-reference task, an operating system to generate a task wakeup timer and an input/output (I/O) initiating timer; and (d) setting, by the non-reference task, a task offset and an input/output offset for an own timer on the basis of the task wakeup timer of the reference task.
US09971628B2	Salvaging hardware transactions A transactional memory system salvages a partially executed hardware transaction. A processor of the transactional memory system determines information about an about-to-fail handler for transactional execution of a code region of a hardware transaction. The processor then executes the about-to-fail handler using the information about the about-to-fail handler, the about-to-fail handler determining whether the hardware transaction is to be salvaged or to be aborted.
US09971626B2	Coherence protocol augmentation to indicate transaction status Embodiments relate to implementing a coherence protocol. An aspect includes sending a request for data to a remote processor and receiving by a processor a response from the remote processor. The response has a transaction status of a remote transaction on the remote processor. The processor adds the transaction status of the remote transaction on the remote processor in a local transaction interference tracking table.
US09971618B2	System and method to reconfigure a virtual machine image suitable for cloud deployment A system and method for reconfiguring a virtual server image suitable for cloud deployment. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises providing a virtual server image, which can be executed on one or a plurality of hypervisors, and which contains a bootable part of a virtual machine, a non-bootable part of the virtual machine, a software application code for a software application, and a software application data for the software application. Information in a virtual server image patch can be used to reconfigure the contents of the virtual server image from its original content to a reconfigured content, to create a reconfigured virtual server image. In a particular embodiment, the virtual machine can be a Java Virtual Machine.
US09971602B2	Reconfigurable processing method with modes controlling the partitioning of clusters and cache slices A method of operating a processor core having multiple parallel instruction execution slices and coupled to multiple dispatch queues by a dispatch routing network provides flexible and efficient use of internal resources. The configuration of the execution slices is selectable so that capabilities of the processor core can be adjusted according to execution requirements for the instruction streams. Two or more execution slices can be combined as super-slices to handle wider data, wider operands and/or vector operations, according to one or more mode control signal that also serves as a configuration control signal. The mode control signal is also used to partition clusters of the execution slices within the processor core according to whether single-threaded or multi-threaded operation is selected, and additionally according to a number of hardware threads that are active.
US09971600B2	Techniques to wake-up dependent instructions for back-to-back issue in a microprocessor Techniques are disclosed for back-to-back issue of instructions in a processor. A first instruction is stored in a queue position in an issue queue. The issue queue stores instructions in a corresponding queue position. The first instruction includes a target instruction tag and at least a source instruction tag. The target instruction tag is stored in a table storing a plurality of target instruction tags associated with a corresponding instruction. Each stored target instruction tag specifies a logical register that stores a target operand. Upon determining, based on the source instruction tag associated with the first instruction and the target instruction tag associated with a second instruction, that the first instruction is dependent on the second instruction, a pointer to the first instruction is associated with the second instruction. The pointer is used to wake up the first instruction upon issue of the second instruction.
US09971595B1	Techniques for automated database deployment New techniques for automated database deployment are disclosed. Change SQL files intended for any target database are checked into a designated source code control repository. A pre-validation process is applied to the proposed changes and reports all errors therein, not just the first error found. A tracking mechanism may find and report changes that have been done against a database since the last deployment, including changes applied without following source control procedure. All recent SQL files since previous promotion can be automatically gathered and built into a master run book SQL for execution in a correct sequence. Backout SQL may also be automatically generated and validated. A pre-test or mock deployment may be performed during regular business hours against an automatically generated copy of the target database. With these techniques, deployments and maintenance of databases become more efficient, and failure rates and failover responses could be significantly improved.
US09971592B2	Method and apparatus for a workflow-based software purchase A computer implemented method and apparatus for a subscription workflow. The method comprises receiving an input indicative of features of a plurality of software products to enable performance of one or more workflows, wherein the input is indicative of features that are less than all of the features of each software product in the plurality of software products; and enabling the features from the plurality of software products to be utilized on a computer to perform the one or more workflows.
US09971583B2	Common deployment model In one implementation, a system for a common deployment model includes a content engine to embrace content from a number of deployment tools, a properties engine to associate a number of properties from the content to generate a component model for the number of deployment tools, a cost engine to associate the component model with a cost model, and a fulfillment engine to instantiate the component model with the associated cost model.
US09971580B2	Fast access and use of common data values relating to applications in parallel computing environments A mechanism is described for facilitating fast access and use of common data values relating to applications in parallel computing environments. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting a software application being hosted by a computing device, where the software application is further detected as accessing common data values. The method may further include determining whether access to the common data values is slow, and accessing an existing compiled program specific to the common data values at a database, if the access to the common data values is slow. The method may further include loading the existing compiled program to be executed by a processor at the computing device, where the existing compiled program to replace an originally compiled program.
US09971579B2	Processor and command processing method performed by same A command processing method and processor performing the method are provided. The method includes: determining a priority of a variable of a program based on a usage frequency of the variable; determining an address at which a value of the variable is stored in a memory based on the priority of the variable; and generating a command that relates to the variable based on a bit string length of the address.
US09971573B2	Computing platform and method thereof for searching, executing, and evaluating computational algorithms A method and system for evaluating computational algorithms are provided. The method comprises receiving a textual description of a computational algorithm; generating a software container based on the received textual description; instantiating a computing environment on a computing device, wherein the computing environment includes computing resources configured to support execution of the software container; executing the software container in the computing environment; and displaying, on a user device, results that are output in response to execution of the software container.
US09971567B2	Method and apparatus for randomizer The randomizer includes connection circuitry with a random connection layout to parallely couple each of a quantity of bits for each of a plurality of inputs of bit width n to multiple output bits of a respectively coupled output. Combinational circuitry combines at least a portion of each of the plurality of outputs associated with each of the plurality of inputs to create a single resultant output of random data having a bit width of the quantity n.
US09971566B2	Random number generating systems and related methods A method of identifying a memory cell state for use in random number generation (RNG) includes comparing at least one physical parameter of a memory cell with a threshold value of the physical parameter and identifying a relationship of the at least one physical parameter of the memory cell to the threshold value. A state of 0, 1, or X is associated to the memory cell based on the relationship of the at least one physical parameter to the threshold value. At least one state storage memory cell is programmed with a value corresponding with the associated 0, 1, or X state. The programmed value of the at least one state storage memory cell is included in an RNG data stream.
US09971558B2	Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes: an image reading unit configured to perform image reading; an interface to which an external memory is detachably attached; an input unit configured to receive an instruction of a user; a storage unit configured to store at least one of a reading driver of controlling the image reading unit and a reading driver-command of acquiring the reading driver from an external; and a control unit configured to: receive, from the input unit, a reading instruction of storing the image data, which is acquired by performing image reading, in the external memory attached to the interface, perform, when receiving the reading instruction of storing the image data, a reading driver-data storing process of storing both the image data and one of the reading driver and the reading driver-command in the external memory attached to the interface.
US09971557B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus according to the present invention transmits first data to an external information processing apparatus after receiving an instruction for printing from a user, downloads second data obtained by converting the first data from the external information processing apparatus, transmits the second data to an image forming apparatus, and performs a delete request of the second data held by the external information processing apparatus if the download performed by the communication unit is canceled by the user.
US09971554B2	Resolving print setting conflicts in an image forming system An information processing apparatus according to the present invention, starts initialization of a first module which performs conflict resolving processing for resolving a combination of invalid print settings, performs the conflict resolving processing by the first module if a print setting is changed on an application and initialization of the first module is completed, and calls the conflict resolving processing by a second module if an instruction to terminate the application is received and initialization of the first module is not completed.
US09971542B2	Infinite memory fabric streams and APIs Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing processing, memory, storage, network, and cloud computing to significantly improve the efficiency and performance of processing nodes. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention are directed to object memory fabric streams and application programming interfaces (APIs) that correspond to a method to implement a distributed object memory and to support hardware, software, and mixed implementations. The stream API may be defined from any point as two one-way streams in opposite directions. Advantageously, the stream API can be implemented with a variety topologies. The stream API may handle object coherency so that any device can then move or remotely execute arbitrary functions, since functions are within object meta-data, which is part of a coherent object address space.
US09971538B2	Load balancing and service differentiation within a dispersed storage network Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to determine appropriate resources for storing data. In various examples, a network control unit obtains status information relating to the DSN. The status information, which may be updated periodically, may include information relating to storage unit utilization, network loading and performance levels, data size indicators, access profiles specifying differentiated service levels, etc. Based on the status information, the network control unit maps each of a plurality of data classes to a plurality of sets of storage units, and generates network control information based on the mapping. The network control information, which may include routing instructions and storage set utilization information, is issued to a network routing unit for use in facilitating storage (e.g., via IP address translation) of differing classes of data in the sets of storage units in accordance with the mapping.
US09971530B1	Storage system and method for temperature throttling for block reading A storage system and method for temperature throttling for block reading are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory comprising a plurality of word lines and a controller in communication with the memory. The controller is configured to determine whether a temperature of the memory is above a first threshold temperature; and in response to determining that the temperature of the memory is above the first threshold temperature: apply a voltage to the plurality of word lines; and after the voltage has been applied, read one of the plurality of word lines. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
US09971529B1	Selective data replication Described are data replication techniques that may include receiving, on a host, a write operation that writes first data to a target location on a first logical device having storage provisioned on a first data storage system; determining, on the host and in accordance with one or more criteria, whether the first data is to be replicated on a second logical device on a second data storage system; and issuing the write operation from the host to the first data storage system, wherein the write operation denotes whether to disable replication of the first data to the second logical device on the second data storage system. Such techniques may include partitioning a single write operation into multiple write operations and setting an indicator in each of the multiple writes denoting whether remote replication of the write operation is enabled or disabled.
US09971518B2	Clock mode determination in a memory system A clock mode configuration circuit for a memory device is described. A memory system includes any number of memory devices serially connected to each other, where each memory device receives a clock signal. The clock signal can be provided either in parallel to all the memory devices or serially from memory device to memory device through a common clock input. The clock mode configuration circuit in each memory device is set to a parallel mode for receiving the parallel clock signal, and to a serial mode for receiving a source synchronous clock signal from a prior memory device. Depending on the set operating mode, the data input circuits will be configured for the corresponding data signal format, and the corresponding clock input circuits will be either enabled or disabled. The parallel mode and the serial mode is set by sensing a voltage level of a reference voltage provided to each memory device.
US09971511B2	Hybrid memory module and transaction-based memory interface A hybrid module includes one or more memory modules, each of which includes one or more memory devices and a memory controller, one or more storage modules, each of which includes one or more storage devices and a storage controller. A host interface of the hybrid module includes a main controller and provides an interface with the memory controller and the storage controller. A transaction-based memory interface provides an interface between the main controller and a host memory controller.
US09971510B2	Method for managing memory and associated microcontroller A microcontroller includes a processor, a memory, a working space management unit and a memory monitor. The memory has at least a working space, wherein the working space includes a plurality of blocks . The working space management unit is implemented by software, and is arranged for managing the working space of the first memory. The memory monitor is implemented by hardware circuit, and is arranged for monitoring the blocks, and recording monitoring results corresponding to the blocks of the first memory, wherein the recorded monitoring results comprise information about whether data of the blocks is modified or not.
US09971501B2	Method and system for providing adaptive arrangement and representation of user interface elements An approach is provided for rendering a representation of a three-dimensional object in a user interface. The approach includes determining an arrangement of one or more user interface elements based on user profile information, content information, contextual information, or a combination thereof. The approach also includes rendering a representation of a three-dimensional object in a user interface, wherein the representation includes one or more surface segments. The approach also includes associating the one or more user interface elements respectively with the one or more surface segments based on the arrangement. The user interaction input manipulates the representation of the three dimensional object within in a virtual three-dimensional space to expose the one or more user interface elements associated with the one or more surface segments that are visible in the user interface.
US09971500B2	Displaying options, assigning notification, ignoring messages, and simultaneous user interface displays in a messaging application An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and display can execute a messaging application. In the messaging application, swipe options can be displayed for messages and threads. Swipe options correspond to actions that can be taken on the messages or threads. Messages and threads can be associated with notification rules as well as be ignored. Composition interfaces and messages can be displayed simultaneously in the messaging application. The messaging application can display a conversation view of a message thread with a common header that can include subject information and names of participants in the threads. The messaging application allows for adding and removing participants to the conversation view. The messaging application allows for grouping search results from a search of messages using a search term. The grouping can be based on the location of the search term within the messages.
US09971496B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting a graphical user interface on an electronic device A method for adjusting a graphical user interface on an electronic device includes receiving, from a detection element positioned at a backside of an electronic device, first data generated when a hand is positioned at the backside of the electronic device. Further, a one-handed or two-handed operation of the electronic device is determined based on the first data. A displaying of a graphical user interface on the electronic device is adjusted when the one-handed operation is determined.
US09971494B2	Touch switch module A touch switch module according to one embodiment comprises a panel, a touch sensor and a control unit. The panel displays a slide bar. The control unit includes a slide velocity detection unit that detects a slide velocity which is a change over time in sliding when the touch moves along the slide bar and an operation information switching unit that compares the slide velocity with a predetermined threshold, that outputs first operation information as the operation information when the slide velocity is below the threshold, and that outputs second operation information that is different from the first operation information as the operation information when the slide velocity is equal to or higher than the threshold.
US09971492B2	Dynamic environment for object and attribute display and interaction Systems, interfaces, and methods for implementing the systems and interfaces include a dynamic environment generation subsystem that changes objects and subobjects based on locations of the motion sensors and/or the nature, time and/or location of sensed motion and include selection attractive movement as the selection protocol, where a selection object is used to discriminate between selectable objects and attract a target object toward the selection objects, where the direction and speed of the motion controls, discriminates, attracts, and activates the selected objects.
US09971486B2	Electronic apparatus and method for controlling display screen of electronic apparatus Apparatus and method are provided that are capable of controlling a display in response to reliable detection of a sliding movement operation of a pointer (e.g., a user's finger) that passes through an end of a display region. The apparatus and method utilize a position detection sensor, which is superposed on the display and configured to detect the pointer's position discretely and successively at a predetermined time interval. Based on a first position detected by the position detection sensor and a second position detected, at the predetermined time interval since the detection of the first position, by the position detection sensor, which together indicate a moving operation of the pointer, it is determined whether the moving operation of the pointer has crossed an end of the display region. If it is so determined, a passed end position of the display region is calculated based on the first and second positions.
US09971477B2	Method and apparatus for automatically switching displayed list based on categories A method and an apparatus for browsing an object list are disclosed. The method includes providing an object list, wherein the object list includes a first region and a second region, multiple first-level categories are displayed in the first region, and multiple second-level categories are displayed in the second region; obtaining a status of the object list, and determining whether the status of the object list meets a preset condition; and performing a switching control on a second-level category displayed in the second region based on a status of the second-level category displayed in the second region upon determining that the status of the object list meets the preset condition.
US09971476B1	System and method for cooperative sharing of resources of an environment A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a display of a computing device includes computer readable code means, the computer readable code means when executed by a processor device, being configured to provide an environment, the environment being configured to represent the resources on the display of the computing device, provide a first viewport to at least a portion of the environment on the display of the computing device, enable a resource to be added to the environment and be viewed within the first viewport and enable the resource to be acted upon within the first viewport.
US09971469B2	Method and system for presenting business intelligence information through infolets Disclosed is an improved method, system, and program product to implement an integrated enterprise application that provides a series of user interfaces to a user. The series of user interfaces may be configured to display multiple depths of information pertaining to one or more datasets. A first user interface of the series of user interfaces comprises a display component displaying a first depth information pertaining to a particular dataset. In response to the display component being selected, a second user interface is provided displaying a second depth information pertaining to the particular dataset. At least a portion of the first depth information is retrieved from a first enterprise application and at least a portion of the second depth information is retrieved from a second enterprise application.
US09971467B2	Touch sensing unit and electronic device having same An electronic device including: a first pattern part including first mesh lines in which a plurality of first cut line parts are defined; and a second pattern part spaced apart from the first pattern part in a first direction and including a plurality of second cut line parts in which a plurality of second cut line parts are defined. A first reference region is defined in the first pattern part; a second reference region having a same width and area as the first reference region in a second direction crossing the first direction is defined.
US09971466B2	Touch panel and touch electronic device A touch panel includes multiple common electrode blocks arranged in an array and multiple touch wires. Each of the touch wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the common electrode blocks and is insulated from other common electrode blocks that are insulated from the one of the touch wire. The other common electrode blocks are in the same layer with the touch wire. There is a gap in a common electrode block that is located at a path of the touch wire and that is insulated from the touch wire. The common electrode block that is electrically connected to the touch wire comprises a first and a second common electrode sub-blocks, both of which are adjacent to the gap. The first common electrode sub-block is connected to the second common electrode sub-block through at least one bridge electrode.
US09971460B2	Electrostatic capacitance-type input device An electrostatic capacitance-type input device includes a first member made of a non-conductive resin, a second member formed together with the first member and made of a conductive resin, a determination unit configured to determine the presence or absence of an input operation of an operator for the second member, based on a change in electrostatic capacitance of the second member, a circuit substrate in which the determination unit is mounted, the circuit substrate being fixed to an inner side portion of a cover member, and a conductive elastic member configured to lie between the second member and the circuit substrate and maintain an electrical connection between the second member and the circuit substrate using an elastic force.
US09971459B2	Touch sensitive module with integrated sensor and artwork A touch sensor panel including artwork formed on the touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel stackup can include a substrate, one or more underlying layers, one or more patterned transparent conductive layers, a passivation layer, artwork, and an adhesive layer. The artwork on the touch sensor panel can be formed by aligning to the touch sensor pattern or alignment marks. In some examples, the artwork can be formed on a discrete touch sensor panel, and the discrete touch sensor panel can be bonded to a cover glass or cover material. In some examples, the touch sensor panel can be a Dual-sided Indium Tin Oxide (DITO) stackup. In some examples, the drive lines and the sense lines of the touch sensor panel can be formed on separate substrates, and the substrates can be bonded together using an adhesive.
US09971449B2	Touch display panel having pressure detecting function, display device and driving method A touch display panel having a pressure detecting function, a display device and a driving method are provided. The touch display panel includes: an array substrate and a counter substrate that are arranged opposite to each other; a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on the counter substrate and a touch electrode wiring electrically connected to each of the touch electrodes; a plurality of pressure detecting electrodes disposed on the counter substrate or the array substrate and a pressure detecting electrode wiring electrically connected to each of the pressure detecting electrodes, wherein any one of the pressure detecting electrodes overlaps with at least one of the touch electrodes in a direction perpendicular to the counter substrate, and with respect to the pressure detecting electrode, the touch electrode is closer to a light exit side of the touch display panel.
US09971445B2	Image processing device, display unit, and electronic apparatus An image processing device includes an image processor. The image processor performs an image processing on an image signal on a basis of a result of detection of a contact condition in which a user makes contact with a display section. The image processing includes an enhancement processing performed on the image signal in accordance with the contact condition.
US09971443B2	System and method for timing input sensing, rendering, and display to minimize latency Disclosed are systems and methods for decreasing latency between an acquisition of touch data and processing of an associated rendering task in a touch sensitive device having a touch sensing system capable of producing touch data at a touch sampling rate and having a display system that displays frames at a refresh rate. In an embodiment, the system estimates at least one of (a) a period of time for sampling touch data from the touch sensing system, (b) a period of time for computing touch event data from sampled touch data, and (c) a period of time for rendering of a frame to a frame buffer. The system determines a period of time Tc for (a) sampling touch data from the touch sensing system, (b) computing touch event data from sampled touch data, and (c) rendering of a frame to a frame buffer, based at least in part on the estimate. The system determines a point in time Tr at which the display system will be refreshed from the frame buffer. A sampling start time is computed based at least in part upon Tr and Tc. Sampling of the touch sensing system is initiated to obtain sampled touch data at the sampling start time. Touch event data is computed from the sampled touch data, and a frame that reflects the touch event data is rendered to the frame buffer prior to the time Tr. The display is then refreshed from the frame buffer.
US09971427B2	Input device with a customizable contour Certain embodiments of the invention include an input device (e.g., a computer mouse) including a processor, a housing including a top side, the housing configured to support a user's hand, and a detachable cover plate configured to attach to the top side of the housing and support a user's hand. The cover plate can include a shape memory polymer (SMP) disposed thereon, where the SMP is pliable and operable to conform to the user's hand when a temperature of the SMP is at or above a threshold value. Furthermore, the SMP can be firm and non-conforming when the temperature of the SMP falls below the threshold value. A heating unit controlled by the processor can be configured to control the temperature of the shape memory polymer. The detachable cover plate can include the shape memory polymer disposed in areas configured to contact a user's palm and thumb.
US09971421B2	System and method for improved synchronization between devices A system and method for synchronizing two devices in communication with each other. When communication between the two devices is to be established, a synchronization process may be invoked. In an embodiment, a first device may initiate sending synchronization signals having rising edge and falling edge pairs. The second device may include a controller configured to receive the synchronization signals. However, noise may inhibit the ability of the controller to correctly receive and/or interpret the synchronization signals. Noise may cause detection components to falsely detect noise as a synchronization signal or may cause detection components to miss detection of an actual synchronization signal. A window generator may be used to generate comparison windows for the controller to detect synchronization signals. Further, the detection window duration and start times may be adjusted based on previously detected (or undetected) synchronization signals in order to compensate for noise overshadowing synchronization signals.
US09971420B2	Interchangeable input mechanisms for control devices Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.
US09971419B2	Interactive projector and method of correcting Z-coordinate of the same An interactive projector is provided with a projection section adapted to project an image on a screen surface, a detection section, and a correction section. The detection section detects presence or absence of contact of the pointing element with the screen surface based in a relationship between a difference between a Z-coordinate value of the pointing element and a Z-coordinate value of the screen surface, and a difference threshold value set in advance. The correction section corrects at least one of the Z-coordinate value of the screen surface, the Z-coordinate value of the pointing element, and the difference threshold value based on a history of the Z-coordinate value of the pointing element.
US09971406B2	Visually enhanced tactile feedback In an approach for visually enhancing tactile metadata, a computer receives an image on a first computing device. The computer selects an object from one or more objects depicted within the received image. The computer determines boundaries of the selected object. The computer assigns an object tag to the selected object within the determined boundaries, wherein the assigned object tag includes one or more keywords and terms describing the selected object. The computer assigns tactile metadata to the selected object within the determined boundaries based on one or more physical properties associated with the assigned object tag. The computer creates a visually enhanced image based on the assigned tactile metadata, wherein the assigned tactile metadata includes one or more physical properties associated with the assigned object tag capable of being represented visually.
US09971400B2	Device and method for eye tracking data trigger arrangement A system and method tracks a user's eye for a data trigger arrangement. The method includes obtaining first image data within a first vision field of a first data capturing sensor. The method includes determining a first area viewed by a user's eye as a function of the first image data. The method includes obtaining second image data within a second vision field of a second sensor. The method includes determining a second area captured within the second field of vision as a function of the second image data. The method includes determining disposition data of the first area within the second area. When a trigger command is captured, the method includes data capturing a machine readable representation of data (MRRoD) using the second sensor as a function of the disposition data.
US09971399B2	Watch type control device A watch type control device comprises: a band configured to surround at least a portion of a user's wrist; an IR module disposed on a side of the band facing the user's hand when the watch type control device is worn on the user's wrist, the user's hand and wrist being on the same side of the user's body; and a beam projector disposed on the band and configured to outwardly project a screen, wherein the IR module is configured to recognize a user's hand gesture and to initiate the execution of a program causing the beam projector to output on the screen a display corresponding to the program.
US09971398B2	Virtual encounters A virtual encounter system includes a humanoid robot having tactile sensors positioned along the exterior of the humanoid robot. The tactile sensors send tactile signals to a communications network. The virtual encounter system also includes a body suit having tactile actuators. The tactile actuators receive the tactile signals from the communications network.
US09971389B2	Per-phase current calibration method for a multi-phase voltage regulator An information handling system (IHS) performs current calibration of a multi-phase VR using leakage current as a reference current. The IHS includes a multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) module coupled to an output port of a power supply unit (PSU). The VR module includes: a multi-phase VR having an integrated power stage that provides pulse width modulation (PWM) functionality for controlling operating phases of VR current in the multi-phase VR; and a digital controller coupled to the multi-phase VR. The controller: enables a known, high accuracy operating phase as loading calibrator for offset training; records a leakage current value as a reference current; enables a first unknown, low accuracy operating phase; determines, for the unknown operating phase, an offset value that provides a specified target current accuracy; updates an offset register for the unknown operating phase with the corresponding offset value; and disables the unknown operating phase.
US09971386B2	Mobile virtual desktop A device includes a display screen a processor to render a display of a portion of a logical image on the screen. The logical image is larger than that which can be displayed on the display screen of the device. As the device is maneuvered through space, different portions of the logical image are displayed, and the user may interact with these portions as desired.
US09971383B2	Flexible screen assembly and terminal A flexible screen assembly and a terminal are provided. The flexible screen assembly may include a first sliding element, a second sliding element, and a flexible screen. The second sliding element is slidably connected to the first sliding element, and may be slid to a first state of being overlapped with the first sliding element, and to a second state of being unfolded with respect to the first sliding element. The flexible screen is connected to the first sliding element and the second sliding element. In the first state, a portion of the flexible screen covers the second sliding element, and another portion is received into the first sliding element or the second sliding element. In the second state, the flexible screen is unfolded on the first sliding element and the second sliding element.
US09971375B2	Piecewise correction of errors over temperature without using on-chip temperature sensor/comparators A temperature dependent correction circuit includes a first supply source, a second supply source, a rectifying circuit, and a reference. The first supply source is configured to supply a first signal that varies with temperature along a first constant or continuously variable slope. The second supply source is configured to supply a second signal that varies with temperature along a second constant or continuously variable slope. The rectifying circuit is configured to receive the first and second signal, rectify the first signal to produce a first rectified signal, and add the first rectified signal to the second signal to produce a correction signal. The reference is configured to receive the correction signal.
US09971368B2	Accurate hotspot detection through temperature sensors In one embodiment, a temperature management system comprises a plurality of temperature sensors on a chip, and a temperature manager. The temperature manager is configured to receive a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensors, to determine a plurality of power values based on the temperature readings, to determine a plurality of temperature values based on the determined power values, the determined temperature values corresponding to a plurality of different locations on the chip, and to estimate a temperature of a hotspot on the chip based on the determined temperature values.
US09971363B2	HVAC controller for a variable air volume (VAV) box An HVAC controller configured to control a VAV box including a damper may include a temperature sensor that is configured to sense a temperature proximate the HVAC controller and a touch screen user interface that is configured to display the sensed temperature and to enable a user to input a temperature set point. A controller may be operatively coupled to the touch screen user interface and the temperature sensor and may be configured to regulate operation of the VAV box in accordance with the sensed temperature and the temperature set point. The HVAC controller may be programmed with a test and balance procedure that is user-accessible via the touch screen user interface.
US09971362B2	Method for operating a pneumatically driven plant for handling workpieces and a system for handling workpieces A method for operating a pneumatically driven system for handling workpieces, comprising a plurality of pneumatic units that can be pneumatically operated or are used for pneumatic control, which have connections to pressure hoses and/or which are in fluid communication with each other by the use of pressure hoses, and comprising at least one control unit for driving at least one of the pneumatic units by the use of electrical signals and/or for receiving and evaluating electrical signals from at least one of the pneumatic units. The electrical signals are here transmitted between the control unit and at least one pneumatic unit via the pressure hoses, wherein an electric voltage is applied between at least two different pressure hoses that connect the control unit and the respective pneumatic unit.
US09971360B2	Positioner In a positioner, a driving signal IM is set to IMMIN (the minimum), a valve opening position A after the valve has then settled is stored, the driving signal IM is set to IMMAX (the maximum), a valve opening position B after the valve has then settled is stored, and the valve opening positions up until the opening of the valve arrives at the valve opening position B from the valve opening position A are stored together with the elapsed times as time series position information J1, where, based on this stored time series position information J1, the time for the opening of the valve to traverse between two prescribed valve opening positions that are established in the interval between the valve opening position A and the valve opening position B is calculated as a first response time Tup.
US09971353B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus related to electric vehicle parking and wireless charging Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for parking and wireless power transfer and communication of messages in a parking and charging system. In one aspect, an apparatus for parking a vehicle for receiving charging in a parking and charging system is provided. The apparatus includes an antenna configured to wirelessly receive information identifying a location of one or more charging stations. The apparatus further includes a user interface configured to display information identifying at least one of the one or more charging stations. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to cause a communication link to be established between the vehicle with and at least one identified charging station.
US09971348B1	Passenger profiles for autonomous vehicles Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing passenger profiles for autonomous vehicles. A passenger of the autonomous vehicle is identified. A passenger profile corresponding to the passenger and comprising a passenger preference is identified. The passenger preference is identified. A configuration setting of the autonomous vehicle corresponding to autonomous operation of the autonomous vehicle is then adjusted based at least in part on the passenger preference.
US09971345B2	Manufacturing process management support device There is a provided manufacturing process management support device that has an input means for inputting information indicative of the fact that work related to a manufacturing process is performed, and is capable of increasing the reliability of result information. A handy terminal 10 is used to input relevant information at the start of work for adjusting a machine that processes a processing target, at the completion of such adjustment work, and at the completion of processing work. The results of these inputs are supplied to a support tool execution server 50 through a factory result collection PC 20 and a progress server 30. The support tool execution server 50 calculates the percentage of inputs actually made and causes a display 52 to display the calculated percentage, thereby making it viewable by factory workers.
US09971343B2	Portable intelligent controlling system for machines A portable plug-and-play intelligent system for monitoring and controlling process variations of a workpiece of a machine is provided. The portable plug-and-play intelligent system includes one or more sensors, a controller, a work piece, a plug & play modular fixture with a motor, a database, a comparison unit, and a control unit. The one or more sensors collect real-time data of the workpiece from the machine. The controller processes the real-time data collected from the one or more sensors. The database stores the processed real-time data. The comparison unit compares the real-time data of the workpiece with predefined specifications of the workpiece to check whether the real-time data is accurate or not. The control unit triggers the motor to allow the plug-and-play modular fixture to adjust the parameter variables of the machine to the predefined specifications of the workpiece when the real-time data is not accurate.
US09971335B2	Hybrid dynamic tree data structure and accessibility mapping for computer numerical controlled machining path planning A method of modeling a solid shape in a volume of space may include segmenting the volume into a plurality of equal portions of a given first size, determining, with respect to each portion, a first fill status based on whether each respective portion includes material of the shape, segmenting selected portions of the volume, based on the first fill status, into equal portions of a given second size that is smaller than the first size, determining, with respect to each selected portion, a second fill status, segmenting second selected portions of the volume, based on the second fill status, into equal portions of a given third size that is smaller than the second size, determining, with respect to each second selected portion, a third fill status, and generating a hybrid dynamic tree data structure based on the based on the first, second and third fill statuses.
US09971324B2	Storage for real time process An automated event viewing method for storing data for a process automation system. The method includes assigning a plurality of collected process data values from a physical process to a stream, and writing the stream on non-transitory machine readable storage to obtain a stored data stream having an original sampling rate.
US09971323B2	Optimizing device and method An optimizing device is provided with a target value calculating portion 105 that includes a variable constraint setting portion, a slope constraint setting portion, and a solution calculating portion. The variable constraint setting portion sets constraints for the manipulated variables and control variables. The slope constraint setting portion sets constraints for the slopes for the control variables that include integrating systems. The constraint settings are changed in accordance with the possibility of control variables that include integrating systems going outside of upper and lower limits. The various types of constraints, models for control, and applied optimization evaluating functions that are set/calculated are passed to the solution calculating portion, and optimal target values for minimizing the evaluating function wherein all of the variables are within the constraints are calculated.
US09971320B2	Methods and systems for adaptive triggering of data collection A computing system may receive a map of features in an environment. The computing system may identify one or more regions of the map for data collection. The computing system may receive sensor data from a plurality of devices. The sensor data may be associated with one or more periods of time when the sensor data was collected by the plurality of devices. The computing system may determine a likelihood of one or more devices being within a portion of the environment that corresponds to the one or more regions of the map for data collection during a future period of time. The computing device may provide a request for given sensor data from the one or more devices based on the likelihood. The given sensor data may be associated with the future period of time.
US09971315B2	Electronic circuit with a current ripple filter An electronic circuit comprising an ACRF comprising an active component, an energy storage unit, an input port and an output port. The electronic circuit comprises a control unit to control the ACRF. A detector detects a short circuit at the input port or the absence of an energy supply at the input port. The control unit controls the ACRF to function as an ACRF if the detector detects a power supply connected to the input port or that there is no short circuit at the input port, and controls the ACRF to stop functioning as an ACRF and to discharge energy from its energy storage unit to its output port if the detector detects a short circuit at the input port or no power supply connected to the input port.
US09971308B2	Stone mounted on a spring element A crimping system (1) for a timepiece (6) or jewelry item comprising: a crimping support (3); a precious stone (2) mounted in or on the crimping support (3); and a flexible element (5) fastened to the crimping support (3) in such a way as to flexibly link the crimping support (3) to said item (6), such that the stone (2) can oscillate axially and radially relative to an axis of symmetry (15), following a movement of the item (6); the crimping system (1) further comprising a stop (18, 22) that is more rigid than the flexible element (5), the stop (18, 221, 241) being capable of cooperating with the crimping support (3), in such a way as to limit the range of axial and/or radial movement of the stone (2) when the latter oscillates. In particular, the crimping system (1) has the advantage, relative to the prior art, of allowing much easier and more reliable mounting of the stone (2) and of being better suited to the use of stones (2) of small dimensions.
US09971299B2	Developing cartridge provided with casing including pressure member A developing cartridge includes a casing and a developing roller. The casing has an accommodation chamber, first and second ribs, a handle, and first and second pressure members. The accommodation chamber has one end portion and another end portion in a first direction, and an outer surface. The developing roller is positioned at one side of the accommodation chamber in a second direction. The ribs, the handle, and the pressure members are positioned at another side of the accommodation chamber in the second direction. The ribs and the pressure members are positioned at the outer surface. The handle is positioned between the first rib and the second rib in the first direction. The first pressure member is positioned between the handle and the first rib in the first direction. The second pressure member is positioned between the handle and the second rib in the first direction.
US09971293B2	Image forming apparatus including optical sensor A toner detection unit includes an LED and a light receiving element that outputs a current in accordance with a received light amount. A current/voltage converter circuit converts the current outputted from the light receiving element into a voltage and outputs the voltage. A voltage amplifier circuit amplifies a difference between the voltage outputted from the converter circuit and a reference voltage and outputs the amplified difference as a voltage corresponding to the received light amount. A microcomputer measures the voltage outputted from the voltage amplifier circuit by causing the LED to emit light, under a measurement condition under which the reflected light is not incident on the light receiving element through an opening formed in a housing of the toner detection unit, and adjusts the reference voltage used in the voltage amplifier circuit based on the obtained measured voltage.
US09971292B2	Image forming apparatus that updates information An image forming apparatus includes a storage and a controller. When it is determined that a temperature detected by a temperature detector is equal to or higher than a reference temperature, the controller stops a wireless communication between an RFID tag and a reader/writer. In addition, when a predetermined condition for determining that the detected temperature is lower than the reference temperature is satisfied, the controller starts the wireless communication between the RFID tag and the reader/writer, and causes the reader/writer to update information stored in the RFID tag to update information that was stored in the storage between a time point when it was determined that the temperature detected by the temperature detector is equal to or higher than the reference temperature and a time point when the predetermined condition was satisfied.
US09971291B2	Media deskew using variable buckle based on printing characteristic A media path moves media sheets from a media supply, a print engine receives the media sheets from the media path, and a sensor detects a characteristic related to the media sheets. A drive nip continuously moves the media sheets, and a stall nip receives the media sheets from the drive nip. The stall nip is positioned less than the length of one of the media sheets from the drive nip. The stall nip alternately stops or moves the media sheets while the drive nip continuously moves the media sheets, as controlled by a controller, to cause the media sheets to buckle between the drive nip and the stall nip. The controller controls when to stop or move the media sheets to constantly vary the size of the buckle, and thereby make the buckle relatively larger for a first characteristic and make the buckle relatively smaller for a different characteristic.
US09971281B2	Developer container, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus Provided is a developer container, including: a conveyance member configured to convey a developer; a vibration member arranged along an inclined surface opposed to the conveyance member and configured to vibrate through contact with the conveyance member; and a protruding portion protruding from the inclined surface and configured to be held in contact with the vibration member, wherein the conveyance member is a flexible sheet-like member, wherein, under a state in which the vibration member is brought into contact with the protruding portion, a first gap and a second gap are formed between the vibration member and the inclined surface with the protruding portion as a boundary, and wherein at least a part of the first gap and the second gap is located in a region of a rotation locus of the conveyance member.
US09971279B2	Developer cartridge and developing unit provided with the same A developer cartridge assembled to a developing device defining therein a developing chamber. The developer cartridge includes a first accommodating portion, and a first agitator. The first accommodating portion accommodates therein a developing agent and is positioned beside the developing device. The first accommodating portion includes a first wall part neighboring the developing device. The first wall part is formed with a first through-hole and a second through-hole. The first through-hole is open diagonally downward from the first accommodating portion to the developing device. The second through-hole is open diagonally upward from the first accommodating portion to the developing device. The first through-hole and the second through-hole allow communication between an interior of the first accommodating portion and the developing chamber. The first agitator is rotatably disposed in the first accommodating portion and in sliding contact with the first wall part in a vertical direction.
US09971275B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, an exposure member, a rotatable developer carrying member, a voltage source, and a controller configured to control the voltage source so that when a thickness of the surface layer of the photosensitive member is a first thickness, a developing bias voltage including an oscillating portion having an oscillating voltage and a rest portion having a substantially constant voltage alternately repeated is outputted. When the thickness of the surface layer of the photosensitive member is a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, a developing bias voltage in which the rest portion is not included or is shorter than the rest portion when the thickness of the surface layer is the first thickness is outputted.
US09971274B2	Optical scanning device provided in electrophotographic image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus, and optical scanning method An optical scanning device includes a rotary polygon mirror, a plurality of light sources, a light detecting portion, an obtainment processing portion, an a switching processing portion. The rotary polygon mirror has a reflection surface that reflects incident light, and scans, in a scanning cycle, the light reflected on the reflection surface. The light sources emit, toward the reflection surface, a plurality of light beams. The light detecting portion detects a light amount of each light beam reflected on the reflection surface. The obtainment processing portion obtains a switching timing to switch a light emission amount of each of the light sources in the scanning cycle, based on light amounts of the light beams detected by the light detecting portion. The switching processing portion switches the light emission amount of each of the light sources based on the switching timing obtained by the obtainment processing portion.
US09971271B2	Charging roll for electrographic apparatus A charging roll includes a shaft, an elastic body layer formed around the shaft, and a surface layer formed around the elastic body layer. The surface layer contains a binder and roughness formation particles, and has projecting sections that project outward in the radial direction farther in the portions in which the roughness formation particles are present than in the portions in which the roughness formation particles are not present. The roughness formation particles are composed of porous silica particles, and the porous silica particles have an average particle size of 5 to 50 μm, an oil absorbency of 200 to 500 ml/100 g, and a pore size of 5 to 20 nm.
US09971267B2	Synergistic effects on blending multiple additives in UHMWPE Oxidation resistant crosslinked ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is described, wherein at least two different additives in the manufacture synergistically increase the oxidation resistance of crosslinked UHMWPE. This allows the manufacture of oxidation resistant crosslinked UHMWPE using lower levels of additives and/or lower levels of crosslinking irradiation or chemicals. The lower levels of additives and/or crosslinking produce crosslinked UHMWPE having desired physical properties not possible without the synergistic interaction of the additives. This crosslinked UHMWPE may be used in medical prostheses such as in bearing components having desired physical properties such as wear resistance and oxidation resistance not possible without the synergistic interaction of the additives.
US09971265B1	Toner compositions and processes Disclosed are toner compositions that contain a core of at least one bio-based amorphous polyester resin, at least one of a crystalline polyester resin, an optional colorant, and an optional wax, and where the core is coated with a polymeric shell.
US09971260B2	Toner, developing device, and process cartridge A toner is provided. The toner includes toner particles each including a binder resin and a release agent. From 20% to 80% by number of the toner particles satisfy the following formula (1) and (2): 2/3≤T/Dv≤1.5 (1) 1/3≤R/Dv≤1.0 (2) wherein Dv represents a volume average particle diameter of the toner particles; and T and R represent the longest cross-sectional diameters of each toner particle and the release agent contained therein, respectively, measured by observing cross-sections of the toner particles with scanning transmission electron microscope.
US09971259B2	Polyester resin, toner containing polyester resin, and method for manufacturing polyester resin To provide a crosslinked polyester resin by using environmentally friendly and low-cost raw materials while reducing the content of a bisphenol A-derived component.[Subject Matter][Solutions]To provide a polyester resin containing a trivalent or higher acid-derived component and a bisphenol A-alkylene oxide adduct-derived component. In such a polyester resin, the bisphenol A-alkylene oxide adduct-derived component is contained at 0.01˜0.35 mol relative to 1 mol of all the acid-derived components, and the ratio of acid value (mg KOH/g) to hydroxyl value (mg KOH/g) is set to be 1:3˜1:26.
US09971257B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a surface layer containing a charge generating material and a polyester resin is provided. The polyester resin contains a structure having a 12- or higher-membered cycloalkylene group.
US09971254B2	Sensor, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A sensor for use in lithographic apparatus of an immersion type and which, in use, comes into contact with the immersion liquid is arranged so that the thermal resistance of a first heat path from a transducer of the sensor to a temperature conditioning device is less than the thermal resistance of a second heat flow path from the transducer to the immersion liquid. Thus, heat flow is preferentially towards the temperature conditioning device and not the immersion liquid so that temperature-induced disturbance in the immersion liquid is reduced or minimized.
US09971252B2	Support table for a lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A support table for a lithographic apparatus, the support table having a support section and a conditioning system, wherein the support section, the conditioning system, or both, is configured such that heat transfer to or from a substrate supported on the support table, resulting from the operation of the conditioning system, is greater in a region of the substrate adjacent an edge of the substrate than it is in a region of the substrate that is at the center of the substrate.
US09971234B2	Cooling device and projector using the same A cooling device for an emitting module of a projector includes a base, a guiding portion installed on the base, and a latch portion installed on the base. The guiding portion includes a positioning plate secured on one side of the base and a guiding plate secured on the other side of the base. The positioning plate and the guiding plate are foldable relative to the base to be connected with each other and so define an inlet channel. Air flow can pass through the inlet channel to cool the emitting module. The latch portion is configured to form an outlet in different directions to adjust a direction and strength of the air flow.
US09971233B2	Projector and method of controlling projector A projector according to an aspect of the invention includes a discharge lamp having a light emitting tube and configured to emit light, a light modulation device configured to modulate the light emitted from the discharge lamp in accordance with an image signal, a projection optical system configured to project the light modulated by the light modulation device, a first detection section configured to detect ultraviolet light out of the light emitted from the discharge lamp, and a control section configured to determine a deterioration state of the light emitting tube based on a light intensity of the ultraviolet light detected by the first detection section.
US09971232B2	Bracket for terminal with camera module Provided is a bracket for a terminal with a camera module, which can photograph situations in which a user uses both hands while moving or acting. The bracket for the terminal with the camera module includes a hanger part having a bent shape so as to be hung around the neck of a user, a mounting part onto which the terminal is mounted, and a connection part connecting the hanger part and the mounting part.
US09971231B2	Diaphragm device and optical instrument A diaphragm device of the present invention includes: a base plate having an aperture portion; a first blade being placed on a plane of the base plate and supported by the base plate to be able to open and close the aperture portion; a second blade being placed on the same plane of the base plate as the first blade, and supported by the base plate to be able to open and close the aperture portion; and a drive ring being formed so as to surround the perimeter of the aperture portion, the driving ring being configured to drive the first blade and the second blade to open and close, wherein the first blade and the second blade perform mutually different actions based on an operation of the drive ring.
US09971225B2	Spot size converter, semiconductor optical device A spot size converter includes: a first semiconductor waveguide structure having a first width enabling single mode propagation; a second semiconductor waveguide structure having a second width greater than the first width, a second semiconductor waveguide structure including an end face for optically coupling with an external waveguide; a third semiconductor waveguide structure having a third width greater than the first and second widths, the third semiconductor waveguide structure being optically coupled to the second semiconductor waveguide structure; and a single tapered waveguide having a first end portion connected to the third semiconductor waveguide structure, and a second end portion connected to the first semiconductor waveguide structure, the single tapered waveguide having a width gradually changing in a direction from the first end portion to the second end portion.
US09971224B2	Electro-optical device To prevent damage in an electro-optical device that uses electrochromic material. The device includes electro-optical elements and a driving device that applies a driving voltage to the electro-optical elements. The driving device applies a first DC voltage of a positive polarity that cyclically repeats a first voltage and a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage, or a second DC voltage of a negative polarity that cyclically repeats a third voltage and a fourth voltage that is higher than the third voltage, to the electro-optical elements. According to the driving device, when the first DC voltage is applied to one and the second DC voltage is applied to the other electro-optical elements adjacent in the planar view, the first and the second DC voltages are supplied by time division so that the applied period of the first voltage and the third voltage do not overlap.
US09971221B2	Liquid crystal display panel, array substrate and manufacturing method for the same A manufacturing method for an array substrate is provided. A protrusion column is formed through a mask process of a color filter film and a mask process of a black matrix, and using the protrusion column to realize the function of a Sub PS so that a mask for manufacturing the Sub PS is not required in order to reduce the type and the number of the masks for manufacturing the PS, simplify the manufacturing process, and decrease the production cost. The present invention also provides an array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel adopting the above manufacturing method.
US09971218B2	Display device, display panel, array substrate and driving method thereof A display device, a display panel, an array substrate and a driving method thereof are provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, m number of gate electrode lines extending along a first direction, a plurality of data lines and m number of lead wires extending along a second direction. The plurality of pixel units are arranged in pixel columns along the second direction and m number of pixel rows along the first direction. Each pixel column is disposed between two adjacent data lines. Pixel units in an ith pixel row are connected to an ith gate electrode line, and the ith gate electrode line is connected to an ith lead wire, where i is a positive integer and 1≤i≤m. The pixel units in the ith pixel row are connected to different data lines far away from the ith lead wire, respectively.
US09971209B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line the first substrate, an insulating layer the gate line, and pixel electrodes the insulating layer, where the pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode neighboring to each other, each of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode includes a vertical stem part, a horizontal stem part, and fine branch parts extended from each horizontal stem part and each vertical stem part to both opposite sides in a diagonal direction, the fine branch parts of the first pixel electrode are alternately branched to the both opposite sides of the horizontal stem part and the vertical stem part, and the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode include an outer side part enclosing an edge of each pixel electrode.
US09971199B2	Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device The invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and an edge-lit backlight module. The liquid crystal display panel includes multiple pixel units arranged in an array and having equal areas. Each pixel unit includes sequentially arranged red sub-pixel, green sub-pixel and blue sub-pixel. Transmittances of blue light of the blue sub-pixels of the pixel units are gradually increased along a direction away from a side-type backlight source of the edge-lit backlight module. Therefore, the invention can increase transmittances of blue light of the blue sub-pixels, compensate the influence of color shift caused by blue light being absorbed in the backlight module and reduce color difference of the liquid crystal display panel.
US09971198B2	Photoluminescent panel, photoluminescent liquid crystal display device, and method of manufacturing the photoluminescent panel A photoluminescent panel includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate facing the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, and a color conversion layer disposed on the upper substrate. The color conversion layer includes a light excitation particle which absorbs light having a desired wavelength and emits excited light, and a scattering particle which scatters the excited light.
US09971197B2	Light source module, backlight assembly including the same, and display device including the light source module A light source module includes a printed circuit board including a wiring layer, an insulating coating layer disposed on the wiring layer, and a reflection adjustment pattern disposed on the insulating coating layer and having reflection characteristics which are different from reflection characteristics of the insulating coating layer, a light emitting chip mounted on the printed circuit board, and an optical lens arranged on an upper portion of the light emitting chip and fixed to the printed circuit board.
US09971194B2	Switchable window having low emissivity (low-e) coating as conductive layer and/or method of making the same A switchable window includes: first and second substrates (e.g., glass substrates); a liquid crystal inclusive layer (e.g., PDLC layer) disposed between at least the first and the second substrates; and a low-E coating provided between at least the liquid crystal inclusive layer and the first substrate. Voltage is applied to the liquid crystal inclusive layer via the low-E coating and a substantially transparent conductive coating which are on opposite sides of the liquid crystal inclusive layer. By adjusting voltage applied to at least part of the liquid crystal inclusive layer, the window is selectively switchable between at least first and second states with different visible light transmissions.
US09971190B2	Display device and electronic apparatus According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display surface on which pixels each including sub-pixels of a plurality of colors are two-dimensionally arrayed; a reflective member; a first substrate provided with the reflective member; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate; a color filter provided with filters of at least two colors corresponding to the sub-pixels; and a scattering member provided on the second substrate. A main viewing angle direction of the display device is a direction intersecting with the display surface. The color filter is formed such that a change in transmittance of the filters per pixel in the main viewing angle direction is smaller than a change in transmittance of the filters per pixel in a direction orthogonal to the main viewing angle direction in a direction parallel to the display surface.
US09971186B2	Display device The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and discloses a display device, which comprises a display panel and a backlight module, a shading tape being provided between the backlight module and the display panel along the edges of the display panel. In the edges of the display panel, a edge near the light strip and having a extending direction parallel to that of the light strip is a light incoming edge, and each end of the light incoming edge forms a light incoming corner with an end of an adjacent edge; the shading tape provided at each the light incoming corner, the shading tape provided at the main body of the light incoming edge, and the shading tape provided at the main body of the adjacent edge forming the light incoming corner with the light incoming edge are separate from each other; in the side, which faces the display panel, of the shading tape provided at the edges of the display panel, only the shading tape provided at the parts, except the light incoming corner, of the edges of the display panel is provided with an adhesive layer. A phenomenon of water ripple and light leakage does not easily occur at the portion of the display panel of the display device which corresponds to the light incoming corner.
US09971181B2	In-cell touch liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same An in-cell touch liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed in which color mixing among pixels can be prevented. The in-cell touch liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) arranged in a plurality of pixel areas; a source contact layer connected to a source electrode of the TFT and a drain contact layer connected to a drain electrode of the TFT; first and second passivation layers on the source contact layer and the drain contact layer; a common electrode on the second passivation layer; a third passivation layer on the common electrode; a conductive line to overlap the common electrode by passing through the third passivation layer; a fourth passivation layer on the third passivation layer and the conductive line; and a pixel electrode on the fourth passivation layer connected to the drain contact layer in a first contact hole.
US09971179B2	Display device with simplified appearance structure A display apparatus can include a display panel; a cabinet covering an edge portion and including a front part, and a side part; a light source package on a rear side of the display panel; a bottom cover on a rear side of the light source package; a panel guide for guiding mounting of the display panel; a main board on a rear side of the bottom cover; and a back cover covering the main board and coupled to the bottom cover, in which at least a portion of the cabinet is exposed to an outside of the display apparatus, and at least a portion of the cabinet contacts the panel guide, and the bottom cover includes a first portion covered by the back cover and a second portion that is not covered by the back cover and exposed to an outside of the display apparatus.
US09971178B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel and a frame that accommodates the display panel. The frame includes at least a first frame and a second frame. The first frame and the second frame are fixed to each other with a fastener. Each of the first frame and the second frame is provided with fastening holes for fixing the first frame and the second frame to each other at positions point symmetric about a center of the corresponding frame in a planar view. The first frame includes at least one first fitting portion. The second frame includes at least one second fitting portion to be fitted with the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are provided at a position point asymmetric about the center of the first frame and the second frame in a planar view, respectively.
US09971177B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel; a light source configured to supply light to the display panel; a bottom chassis comprising a lower portion, a support bent from the lower portion, and a hemming unit overlapping the support; and a mold frame coupled to the bottom chassis and comprising a protrusion, wherein the bottom chassis includes a coupling hole at the lower portion, the hemming unit is disposed on an upper surface of the mold frame, and the protrusion is inserted into the coupling hole.
US09971176B2	Liquid crystal display panel and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display panel includes first and second substrates, first pixel electrodes, second pixel electrodes, common electrodes, first auxiliary electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and the second substrates. The first pixel electrodes, the second pixel electrodes, and the common electrodes are disposed on the first substrate. The first auxiliary electrodes are disposed on the second substrate. One of the first pixel electrodes is not overlapping one of the first auxiliary electrodes in a vertical projection direction. A driving method of the liquid crystal display panel includes setting a first voltage difference in a wide viewing mode and a second voltage difference in a narrow viewing mode between the first auxiliary electrodes and the common electrodes and, respectively. The first voltage difference is less than the second voltage difference.
US09971174B2	System and method for providing active refraction feedback for devices with variable index of refraction A system for providing active refraction feedback for devices with a variable index of refraction includes a reference beam generator and an altered reference beam sensor. The reference beam generator is configured to generate a reference beam and to apply the reference beam to a variable-index-of-refraction (VIR) device. The VIR device is configured to generate an altered reference beam based on the reference beam and based on an index of refraction for the VIR device. The altered reference beam sensor is configured to detect the altered reference beam and to sense a characteristic of the altered reference beam corresponding to the index of refraction.
US09971169B1	Eyewear with conductive temple joint Apparatuses and systems for wearable devices such as eyewear are described. According to one embodiment, the wearable device includes a frame, a temple, onboard electronics components, and a coupling mechanism. The frame is configured to hold one or more optical elements. The temple is connected to the frame at an articulated joint such that the temple is disposable between a collapsed condition and a wearable condition in which the device is wearable by a user to hold the one or more optical elements within user view. The onboard electronics components comprise at least a pair of electronics components carried by the frame and the temple respectively. The coupling mechanism is incorporated in the articulated joint and that is configured to electrically connect the pair of electronics components across the articulated joint both when the temple is in the wearable condition and when the temple is in the collapsed condition.
US09971168B2	Optical system for imaging an object and method for the optical system A method for adjusting a position of a first image stabilization unit and/or a second image stabilization unit of an optical system is provided. The method comprises the steps of detecting a movement of the optical system by means of an angle-of-rotation sensor and determining a bending angle of a first hinge part relative to a second hinge part of a folding bridge of the optical system. Furthermore, a correction angle is determined based on the bending angle. The first image stabilization unit is rotated about the correction angle relative to a first housing and/or the second image stabilization unit is rotated about the correction angle relative to a second housing.
US09971167B2	Electronic appliance, and method for combining together laser light An electronic appliance has a first polarization convertible diffraction device which splits laser light emitted from a light source into a plurality of components of the laser light; a second polarization convertible diffraction device which combines together the plurality of components of the laser light into combined laser light; an optical path length adjuster which adjusts the optical path length difference between the plurality of components of the laser light along the path between the first and second polarization convertible diffraction devices; and an angle-of-incidence adjuster which adjusts, to predetermined angles, the angles of incidence at which the plurality of components of the laser light are respectively incident on the second polarization convertible diffraction device.
US09971162B2	Apparatuses and methods for making an object appear transparent A cloaking device includes cloaking region boundary planes oriented non-planar to each other, each of the cloaking region boundary planes having an outward facing mirror surface and an inward facing opaque surface. The cloaking device includes a cloaking region bounded at least partially by the inward facing opaque surfaces of the cloaking region boundary planes. Half mirrors are spaced apart from and generally parallel to the outward facing mirror surfaces such that a half mirror is spaced apart from and generally parallel to each outward facing mirror surface. Light from an object on an object-side of the cloaking device is directed around an article within the cloaking region and forms an image on an image-side of the cloaking device such the article appears transparent to an observer looking towards the object.
US09971160B2	Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same An image sensor including a color splitter and a method of manufacturing the image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion layer; a plurality of color filters disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer; a light transmission layer disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer and the plurality of color filters; and a color splitter that is disposed on the light transmission layer, comprises a top surface and a side surface exposed to ambient air, and is configured to transmit a portion of light incident on the color splitter toward a first pixel region and refract a remaining portion of the incident light toward second pixel regions adjacent to the first pixel region, according to a difference between a refractive index of the color splitter and a refractive index of the ambient air.
US09971157B2	Display control method and system for executing the display control method A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera, a character object, and a field in which the character object is movable, the field defining a peripheral direction and surrounding the virtual camera along the peripheral direction. The method includes defining a visual field of the virtual camera. The method includes displaying a visual-field image on a head-mounted display based on the visual field. The method includes detecting a movement input including a lateral-direction component, the lateral-direction being different from the peripheral direction. The method includes moving the character object in the field along the peripheral direction in response to the lateral-direction component of the movement input. The method includes detecting movement of the head-mounted display and changing a direction of the virtual camera based on detected movement of the head-mounted display. The method includes updating the visual-field image based on the direction of the virtual camera.
US09971148B2	Compact wedge prism beam steering A beam steering device includes a housing and a transceiver that emits and receives light beams through at least one opening in the housing. A rotator includes a cylindrical body rotatably mounted within the housing axially between the transceiver and the at least one opening. A wedge-shaped prism is secured within the body and includes a first surface extending perpendicular to the axis and a second surface extending transverse to the axis. An encoder member and a drive member are provided on an outer surface of the body. Sensors are mounted to the housing to sense the encoder member and provide an encoder signal indicative of a rotational position of the prism about the axis. At least one drive element is mounted to the housing and applies force to the drive member to rotate the body and prism about the axis for steering light beams propagating through the prism.
US09971147B2	Integrated micro-channel heatsink in DMD substrate for enhanced cooling capacity A DMD cooling apparatus and method includes a DMD chip configured on a substrate, and a heatsink located within and integrated into the substrate upon which the DMD is configured. A plurality of micro-channels can be formed on a backside of the substrate. The micro-channels are fabricated via microlithography in association with a fabrication of the DMD chip such that the heatsink integrated into the silicon substrate allows for direct heat removal from the substrate.
US09971146B2	Laser array sidelobe suppression A laser apparatus comprising an aperture module array including two or more aperture modules, each aperture module of the array being optically couple-able to a source of coherent electromagnetic radiation and configured to emit a beam of radiation received from the source. The apparatus emits a composite beam comprising beams emitted by the respective aperture modules and modulates at least one of the beams in power and phase relative to at least one other of the beams such that a desired non-uniform composite beam profile is provided.
US09971145B2	Mirror display and method of manufacturing the same A mirror display includes a light source, a light guide plate configured to guide light emitted from the light source, a first electrode layer spaced apart from the light guide plate and including at least one first hole, a first spacer provided between the light guide plate and the first electrode layer, a second electrode layer spaced apart from the first electrode layer and including at least one second hole not facing the first hole, and a substrate provided on the second electrode layer.
US09971144B1	Electrowetting display device with electrode and electrical connector arrangement An electrowetting display device comprises a first fluid, an array of electrowetting elements, each respectively comprising a portion of the first fluid, and a first support plate. The first support plate comprises a first region extending along a first edge of the first support plate and a second region extending along a second edge of the first support plate. The first and second regions are located outside the array of electrowetting elements, and the first region is non-overlapping the second region. A first electrode is located in the first region and an electrical component is located in the second region. A second support plate of the electrowetting display device includes a second electrode in electrical contact with a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid. An electrical connector connects the first electrode to the second electrode and a conductor connects the first electrode to the electrical component.
US09971141B2	Sighting telescope with optimized exit pupil Regarding a sighting telescope comprising an objective and a reversing system, a first and second image planes respectively being configured between the objective and the reversing system and on a reversing system's side facing away from the objective, where an intermediate image projected by the objective into to the first image plane is reproduced into the second image plane, the invention stipulates an optical unit situated on the reversing system's side away from the objective to make visible the intermediate image in the second image plane.
US09971140B2	Image capturing apparatus and focusing method thereof In the image capturing apparatus, the optical path difference producing member is disposed on the second optical path. Thereby, at the second imaging device, it is possible to suppress the amount of light on image pickup of an optical image which is focused at the front of an optical image made incident into the first imaging device (front focus) and on image pickup of an optical image which is focused at the rear thereof (rear focus) and also to secure the amount of light on image pickup by the first imaging device. Further, in the image capturing apparatus, based on a scanning velocity v of the stage and an interval d between the first imaging region and the second imaging region, a waiting time is set from image pickup at the first imaging region to image pickup at the second imaging region. As a result, light from the same position of the sample is made incident into the first imaging region and the second imaging region. Thus, it is possible to control a focus position at high accuracy.
US09971135B2	Light emitting diode digital micromirror device illuminator Described are optical systems for a digital micromirror device (DMD) illuminator. The optical systems include a LED array, a tapered non-imaging collection optic, a reflective stop and a telecentric lens system. The telecentric lens system is disposed along an optical axis defined between the tapered non-imaging collection optic and the reflective stop. The telecentric lens system is configured as a first half of a symmetric one to one imager for an object plane on the optical axis and as a second half of the symmetric one to one imager for optical energy reflected from the reflective aperture stop. The optical systems reclaim optical energy emitted by the LED array that does not initially pass through the reflective stop and provide an improved intensity distribution at the DMD. Reductions in stray light and the thermal loads on the illuminator and DMD are achieved relative to conventional illumination systems for DMDs.
US09971129B2	Optical lens assembly and electronic device An optical lens assembly, which has an optical axis, includes, at least one dual molded lens element having two plastic parts with different colors. The dual molded lens element includes a transparent portion and a light absorbing portion, wherein the transparent portion has an optical effective region. The dual molded lens element has an outer diameter surface connecting a first side surface and a second side surface of the dual molded lens element, the transparent portion is arranged from an optical effective region of the dual molded lens element to the outer diameter surface and surrounds the dual molded lens element, thus the transparent portion is a part of the outer diameter surface, and the light absorbing portion is located on one of the first side surface and the second side surface of the dual molded lens element.
US09971128B2	Camera lens A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US09971124B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens including a first lens element, an aperture stop, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis is provided. Each of the first to the fifth lens elements has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The object-side surface of the third lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The image-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex portion in the vicinity of the optical axis. The fifth lens element has refractive power.
US09971123B2	Top-contacted reflective sheet device The present invention relates to a top-contacted reflective sheet device, which is consisted of a base, a reflective sheet and a shaft group, and an angle adjustment module is further included. By the composition of above elements, a level and a flip angle of the reflective sheet is provided to be adjusted easily, and a top end of the reflective sheet could be fixed on a windshield of a vehicle to thereby remove shakes, so that a user may easily adjust the direction of the reflective sheet to obtain an optimal viewing angle, to thereby improve driving safety.
US09971107B2	Method and system for coupling a light source assembly to an optical integrated circuit Methods and systems for coupling a light source assembly to an optical integrated circuit are disclosed and may include a system comprising a laser source assembly having a laser, a rotator, and a mirror, where the laser source assembly is coupled to a die including an angled grating coupler and a waveguide. The system may generate an optical signal utilizing the laser, rotate the polarization of the optical signal utilizing the rotator, reflect the rotated optical signal onto the grating coupler on the die, and couple the optical signal to the waveguide, where an angle between a grating coupler axis that is parallel to the waveguide and a plane of incidence of the optical signal reflected to the angled grating coupler is non-zero. The angle between the grating coupler axis and the plane of incidence of the optical signal reflected to the angled grating coupler may be 45 degrees.
US09971105B2	Flexible printed circuit board and optical network allocation device comprising same A flexible printed circuit board and optical network allocation device comprising same. The flexible printed circuit board comprises a circuit board body (1), a plurality of protruding interfaces (101) on the circuit board body, an adhesive layer (2) covering the upper surface of the circuit board body (1), components (102), and an uplink interface (103) used for information interaction with the components (102) on the circuit board body (1). Each protruding interface (101) is provided with an electronic label read/write interface (1011) used for reading electronic label information on an optical fiber head and an indicator (1012). The adhesive layer (2) is provided with an open window region (201) in the middle. The components (102) are immobilized on the upper surface of the circuit board body (1) and located in the open window region (201) of the adhesive layer, and are connected to the electronic label read/write interface (1011), the indicator (1012), and the uplink interface (103) respectively, used for controlling and monitoring the read/write information of the electronic label read/write interface (1011) and controlling on/off of the indicator (1012).
US09971102B2	Fibre optic cable assembly A fiber optic cable assembly (1), including: at least one fiber optic connector (45a,45b) arranged for insertion into a receiving socket, said connector (45a,45b) including a leading end and a trailing end; at least one latch (55a,55b) for releasably locking the fiber optic connector (45a,45b) to the receiving socket, said latch (55a,55b) including a leading end (63a,63b) and a trailing end (65a,65b), wherein the latch (55a,55b) is cantilevered towards its trailing end (65a,65b); and a manually operable control (69) arranged for sliding movement, said control (69) being arranged to actuate the latch (55a,55b) in response to a user actuating the control (69).
US09971096B2	Passive fiber optic butt coupling using a semiconductor etched feature Embodiments herein include an optical system that passively aligns a fiber array connector (FAC) to a waveguide in a photonic chip. A substrate of the FAC is machined or etched to include multiple grooves along a common axis or plane to hold optical waveguides, or more specifically, the fibers of the optical cables in the FAC. To align the fibers to the photonic chip, one of the fibers is disposed in an alignment trench which has a width that is substantially the same as the diameter of the fiber. When the fiber registers with the alignment trench, the fiber is aligned with a waveguide disposed at the end of the trench. Because the pitch between the fibers can be precisely controlled, aligning one of the fibers using the alignment trench results in the other fibers becoming passively aligned to respective waveguides in the photonic chip.
US09971095B2	Free-space optical communication dual-fiber ferrule An optical communication terminal is configured to operate in two different complementary modes of full duplex communication. In one mode, the terminal transmits light having a first wavelength and receives light having a second wavelength along a common free space optical path. In the other mode, the terminal transmits light having the second wavelength and receives light having the first wavelength. The terminal includes a steering mirror that directs light to and from a dichroic element that creates different optical paths depending on wavelength, and also includes spatially separated emitters and detectors for the two wavelengths. A first complementary emitter/detector pair is used in one mode, and a second pair is used for the other mode. The system also includes at least two ferrules. Each ferrule operates with a single emitter/detector pair. The ferrules are designed to operate interchangeably with either emitter/detector pair.
US09971086B2	Backlight module and liquid crystal display A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. In the backlight module, a reflection sheet and a first optical film set are designed as an up-down engaged box structure, wherein the other elements of the backlight module are fixed inside the box, so as to form the whole of the backlight module. The backlight module has advantages: narrow frame, simple structure, low cost, high light utilization efficiency. The liquid crystal display has advantages such as a narrow frame.
US09971076B2	Quantum dot color filter and display apparatus including the same A quantum dot color filter includes a first pixel region, a second pixel region, a third pixel region, and a fourth pixel region. The first pixel region includes a first color conversion layer including quantum dots configured to convert incident light into light of a first color. The second pixel region includes a second color conversion layer including quantum dots configured to convert incident light into light of the first color, and a third color conversion layer including quantum dots configured to convert incident light into light of a second color. The third pixel region includes a fourth color conversion layer including quantum dots configured to convert incident light into light of the second color. The fourth pixel region includes a scattering material layer.
US09971069B2	Lens array and light source unit A lens array includes a flat plate-shaped base part, a plurality of lenses, a plurality of columnar light guiding parts and a plurality of light shielding parts. The lenses are formed on one surface of the base part. The columnar light guiding parts are formed on another surface of the base part at points corresponding to the lenses. The light shielding parts are formed at least on lateral surfaces of the light guiding parts.
US09971063B2	Broadband metamaterial apparatus, methods, systems, and computer readable media Broadband metamaterial apparatus, methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed, as well as exemplary embodiments that provide cloaking, beam steering, and beam focusing. In one exemplary implementation, a broadband interface structure has a front surface region and a back surface region. The broadband interface structure is arranged to provide electromagnetic energy characteristic of an apparent profile of the back surface region substantially different than an actual profile of the back surface region for electromagnetic energy received at the front surface region.
US09971062B2	System and method for high-resolution radio occultation measurement through the atmosphere A constellation of individual satellites are employed to concurrently collect occultation data from multiple GPSS originating signals that pass through atmospheric sections of interest. By coordinating the collection and processing of the data using state of the art receivers on a constellation of low earth orbit satellites and networked processing, highly accurate calculation of atmospheric conditions and related future weather events are possible.
US09971059B2	Detection of stowed state for device A method includes illuminating at least a portion of a display proximate an ambient light sensor of a device, detecting a first light measurement using the ambient light sensor responsive to the illuminating, and generating an asserted value for a proximity state of the device based on the light measurement exceeding a first predetermined threshold. A device includes a display, an ambient light sensor, and a processor coupled to the display and the ambient light sensor to illuminate at least a portion of the display proximate the ambient light sensor, detect a first light measurement using the ambient light sensor with the display illuminated, and generate an asserted value for a proximity state of the device based on the light measurement exceeding a first predetermined threshold.
US09971057B2	Look-ahead of the bit applications Various embodiments include apparatus and methods of operation with respect to well logging. Apparatus and methods can include a tool having an arrangement of spaced apart transmitter antennas and receiver antennas in transmitter-receiver antenna pairs to make shallow measurements and deep measurements. The signals acquired from the shallow measurements and deep measurements can be processed to provide a look-ahead signal in a drilling operation. The transmitter and receiver antennas can be oriented to cancel or substantially cancel out signals from layers between the transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna in response to the transmitter being operated downhole in a well. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09971056B2	Proximity sensor A first oscillation circuit in which a helical antenna is used as a part of an element for a resonance circuit and a second oscillation circuit in which a loop antenna is used as a part of an element for a resonance circuit are caused to oscillate at substantially the same frequency. When a human body approaches the helical antenna and the loop antenna, the frequency difference between the first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit increases. This frequency difference is extracted using a BPF.
US09971053B2	Using crossline measurement data for an action relating to survey of a target structure Methods and systems for survey operations are provided. In some embodiments, crossline measurement data measured by at least one survey receiver is received. Based at least in part on a characteristic of the crossline measurement data, an option from among a plurality of candidate options is selected, where the selected option is for use in an action relating to survey of a target structure.
US09971045B2	Memory with enhancement to perform radiation measurement Techniques are described that includes using a memory to store data within a system. The techniques include lowering a supply voltage applied to said memory and ceasing use of the memory to store data within the system. The techniques further include reading values from the memory with the supply voltage being lowered. The techniques further include determining a radiation level from an amount of corrupted ones of the values.
US09971043B2	Radiation detection apparatus, radiation imaging system, and manufacturing method A radiation detection apparatus includes a sensor base, a sensor substrate supported by the sensor base and configured to output signals from a plurality of pixels for radiation detection, a peripheral member arranged on a periphery of a side surface of the sensor substrate separately from the sensor substrate, supported by the sensor base, and configured not to output the signal for the radiation detection, and a scintillator layer configured to continuously cover the sensor substrate and the peripheral member.
US09971040B2	Portable detection apparatus and method A portable detection apparatus can include a housing, a first detector for detecting ionizing radiation from a first subject and a second detector within the housing for the detecting the background radiation. A shield within the housing can surround the first and second detectors and define a shield aperture around the first and second detectors for radiation from the subject to enter the housing. A radiation blocking member can substantially block at least a portion of the ionizing radiation from reaching the second detector, whereby radiation detected by the second detector comprises substantially only the background radiation. A processor module can be connected to the first and second detectors for determining the amount of ionizing radiation detected by the first detector attributable to secondary radiation.
US09971039B2	Apparatus and method of DRD panel operation using oxide TFTS A method of operating a digital radiographic detector having an array of imaging pixels, wherein a predetermined gate voltage is applied to the transistor gates in the array in a dark environment. The preselected gate voltage is maintained for a predetermined duration to increase a threshold voltage of the transistor.
US09971034B2	Rangefinder A rangefinder includes a display, an operator control element, a distance measuring apparatus, and a computation apparatus configured (i) to initiate a measurement by the distance measuring apparatus when the operator control element is operated, and (ii) to switch on at least the display when the operator control element is operated with the display switched off.
US09971010B2	Calibration apparatus and method for network analyzer Disclosed is a calibration apparatus for a network analyzer, including a communication portion configured to communicate with the network analyzer to input or output data necessary for calibration, a signal input portion configured to receive a signal notifying a start of the calibration input, at least one radio frequency (RF) port for being connected to the network analyzer, at least one adaptor configured to connect the RF port with the network analyzer, an impedance circuit portion connected to the RF port and configured to include at least one standard impedance, and a controller portion configured to generate calibration data using adaptor characteristic data corresponding to electrical characteristic of the adaptor, measurement data obtained by connecting each of such standard impedances with the network analyzer, and standard impedance characteristic data corresponding to the standard impedance.
US09971002B2	Local coil and magnetic resonance imaging system A local coil and a magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. The local coil includes an antenna part, an adjustment part and a transmission part. The antenna part includes a first capacitor connected in series for adjusting a frequency of the antenna part. The adjustment part includes a tuning/detuning diode and is connected in parallel to the first capacitor, and the tuning/detuning diode is used for adjusting tuning and detuning of the antenna part. The transmission part includes a radio-frequency transmission line that connects the antenna part and the adjustment part, and the transmission part provides a phase difference of an odd multiple of 180° between the antenna part and the tuning/detuning diode.
US09971001B2	Volume array coil with enforced uniform element currents for improved excitation homogeneity Each of the coils in a transmit coil array of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is electrically connected to a common voltage point by a transmission line. By controlling the electrical length of the transmission line connecting each of the coils to the common voltage point to an odd integer multiple of one quarter wavelength, the current delivered to each coil is independent of coil impedance. This principle of forced current excitation enables equal currents to be delivered to each coil of a magnetic resonance imaging transmit coil array regardless of the unique loading of the individual coils and mutual impedance between the coils.
US09970999B2	Nuclear magnetic resonance probe system One embodiment includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensor system. The system includes a pump laser configured to generate an optical pump beam at a first wavelength and a probe laser configured to generate an optical probe beam at a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength. The system also includes beam optics configured to direct the pump laser and the probe laser along orthogonal axes through a sensor cell comprising an alkali metal vapor. The system further includes detection optics that include a photodetector assembly configured to measure at least one characteristic associated with the optical probe beam leaving the sensor cell for measurement of a polarization vector of the alkali metal vapor. The detection optics can include at least one filter configured to filter light having the first wavelength and to pass light having the second wavelength to the photodetector assembly.
US09970984B2	Method and apparatus for identifying defects in a chemical sensor array In one implementation, a method for operating an apparatus is described. The method includes applying a bias voltage to place a transistor of a reference sensor in a known state. The reference sensor is in an array of sensors that further includes a chemical sensor coupled to a reaction region for receiving at least one reactant. The method further includes acquiring an output signal from the reference sensor in response to the applied bias voltage. The method further includes determining a defect associated with the array if the output signal does not correspond to the known state.
US09970983B2	Methods and devices for the computer-aided determination of deviation patterns during the production and/or testing of a multiplicity of dies and computer program products In various embodiments, a method for the computer-aided determination of deviation patterns during at least one of the production or testing of a multiplicity of dies is provided. The dies are uniquely identified. The method may include determining, for each die of the multiplicity of dies and for at least one measurement process of a plurality of measurement processes which are applied to at least one portion of the dies, a measurement value which was determined in the measurement process for the respective die; and carrying out a blind source separation using the measurement values, thereby determining the deviation patterns for the dies.
US09970979B2	MOS transistor saturation region detector This application relates to a circuit for determining whether a first transistor device is in a predetermined operation mode. The circuit comprises comprising: a second transistor device, wherein control terminals of the first and second transistor devices are connected, and one of input and output terminals of the first transistor device is connected to the other one of input and output terminals of the second transistor device, a buffer amplifier connected between the one of input and output terminals of the first transistor device and the other one of input and output terminals of the second transistor device, and circuitry for determining whether the first transistor device is in the predetermined operation mode based on an indication of a current flowing through the second transistor device. The application further relates to a method of determining whether a first transistor device is in a predetermined operation mode.
US09970978B1	TFT device for measuring contact resistance and measurement method for contact resistance A TFT device for measuring a contact resistance and a measurement method for a contact resistance are disclosed. The TFT includes an active layer, a gate electrode and a gate insulation layer. The active layer includes a channel and at least three doping regions. Two of the at least three doping regions is connected through a channel. To measure the contact resistance, two of the at least three doping regions are selected and used as testing points for measuring. The gate electrode is disposed to correspond to the channel. The gate insulation layer insulatively isolates the active layer from the gate electrode. Excellent uniformity can be achieved so that manufacturing, film forming quality, and interface property show similarity to the maximum degree. Accordingly, measurement accuracy is increased, and distribution region can be saved to thereby increase utilization of an experimental region.
US09970974B2	On-line status diagnosis device and on-line status diagnosis method for electric power utilities The present invention is to provide an on-line status diagnosis device for an electric power utilities, in which sampling and data transmission rates are differentiated according to a degree of risk of degradation status data. The on-line status diagnosis device includes a sensor for providing a degradation detection signal of the electric power utilities, a data acquisition unit (DAU) for acquiring and providing degradation detection data, and a communication unit for transmitting the degradation detection data to the outside. The DAU includes an analog-digital converter for acquiring degradation detection data as digital data by converting the degradation detection signal from the sensor into a digital signal, and a microcomputer for determining a degree of risk by comparing the degradation detection data with at least one predetermined risk determination reference value, and outputting a control signal to the analog-digital converter to change a sampling rate and a report rate.
US09970971B2	Flashlamp degradation monitoring system and method A method for monitoring degradation of a flashlamp including triggering the flashlamp to produce a light pulse, monitoring at least one parameter as a function of time to obtain a pulse waveform of the light pulse, comparing the pulse waveform to at least one reference pulse waveform to determine a difference therebetween, and flagging an end-of-lamp-life condition when the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09970970B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for sensing A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method comprises: providing a first input signal to a sensor; measuring a first output signal provided from the sensor in response to the first input signal and calculating capacitance of the sensor from the first measured output signal; providing a second input signal to the sensor; measuring the output signal provided from the sensor in response to the second input signal and calculating resistance of the sensor from the second measured output signal; wherein the first and second input signals are provided at different times.
US09970965B2	Direct current digital voltage display and polarity circuit tester A sensor hand held tool for simultaneously direct current voltage measurement and polarity includes a conductive probe extending from a transparent handle. The transparent handle includes an axial cavity which retains an elongate, flat panel, non-transparent, circuit board with circuitry for sensing, measurement and digital display of direct current voltage as well as simultaneously sensing and visually indicating polarity of a contact to which leads extending from the tool may be attached.
US09970961B2	Probe card for testing wafers with fine pitch circuit A probe card for circuit-testing with fine pitch circuit including a testing PCB, a probe head, and a silicon interposer substrate is provided. The probe head has a plurality of probes provided with a fine pitch arrangement and held inside. The silicon interposer substrate is used for conveying signals between said probes and said test PCB. The interconnection of said silicon interposer substrate is fully-filled formed by utilizing the through-silicon via semiconductor fabrication process. A plurality of upper terminals and a plurality of lower terminals are respectively array-arranged on the top surface and the bottom surface of said silicon interposer substrate. The pitch between the upper terminals is larger than the pitch between the lower terminals and the pitch between adjacent lower terminals is equal to the fine pitch of the arrangement of probes.
US09970960B2	Sliding rail type probe A probe having a sliding rail is provided and includes a probe head, a probe tail, an elastic element made of an elastic material and connected between the probe head and the probe tail, and a sliding rail assembly. The sliding rail assembly includes a slide rail and a position limit protrusion. The slide rail has a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is fixedly connected to the probe tail, and the free end extends to the probe head. The position limit protrusion is fixedly connected to the probe head, and has a sliding slot formed thereon through which the slide rail can pass. The sliding rail assembly is made of a conductive material, and a cross-section area of the slide rail is greater than a cross-section area of the elastic material of the elastic element.
US09970958B2	Method and system for compensating systematic non-linearities of a signal provided by a capacitive inertial sensor A method for compensating non-linearities of a read signal generated by a variable-capacitance inertial sensor including a first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode and a mobile electrode, which is spatially arranged between the first and second fixed electrodes and is capacitively coupled to the first and second fixed electrodes, said method comprising the steps of: acquiring the read signal; identifying a first linear component and at least one first nonlinear component of the read signal; a generating a compensated output signal by subtracting the first nonlinear component from the read signal.
US09970956B2	Inertial sensor A movable part rotates about a rotation axis, which passes through a support, when an inertial force in a detecting direction is applied to an inertial sensor. The movable part includes a first region and a second region displaced in a direction opposite to a direction of the first region when the inertial force is applied. A second substrate includes first and second detection electrodes opposed to the first and second regions, respectively. The first detection electrode and the second detection electrode are provided symmetrically with respect to the rotation axis. A cavity is provided symmetrically with respect to the rotation axis. In a direction perpendicular to the detecting direction and a direction in which the rotation axis extends, a length from the rotation axis to an end of the first region and a length from the rotation axis to an end of the second region are different.
US09970941B2	Methods and products for in vivo enzyme profiling The present invention relates to methods and products associated with in vivo enzyme profiling. In particular, the invention relates to methods of in vivo processing of exogenous molecules followed by detection of signature molecules as representative of the presence of active enzymes associated with diseases or conditions. The invention also relates to products, kits, and databases for use in the methods of the invention.
US09970940B2	Barrier layer for glucose sensor An optical glucose sensor for detecting and/or quantifying the amount of glucose in a sample comprising: a sensing region comprising a boronic acid receptor for binding to glucose and a fluorophore associated with said receptor; an optical waveguide for directing incident light onto the sensing region; and a glucose-permeable barrier layer comprising a semi-permeable membrane having pores and a hydrophilic polymer within the pores of the semi-permeable membrane, the barrier layer overlying at least a part of the sensing region; wherein the sensor is adapted so that glucose enters the sensing region of the sensor through the glucose-permeable barrier layer, and an ROS-quenching agent is present in the sensing region and/or the glucose-permeable barrier layer.
US09970938B2	Use of BUBR1 as a biomarker of drug response to furazanobenzimidazoles Use of BUBR1 as a biomarker for predicting the response to a compound, preferably resistance of a disease such as cancer in a subject, wherein the compound is a compound of general formula I wherein R represents phenyl, thienyl or pyridinyl wherein phenyl is optionally substituted by one or two substituents independently selected from alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-lower alkyl, acyloxy-lower alkyl, phenyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, hydroxy-lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy-lower alkoxy, phenyl-lower alkoxy, lower alkylcarbonyloxy, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, lower alkoxycarbonylamino, lower alkylcarbonylamino, substituted amino wherein the two substituents on nitrogen form together with the nitrogen heterocyclyl, lower alkylcarbonyl, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, cyano, halogen, and nitro; and wherein two adjacent substituents are methylenedioxy; and wherein pyridinyl is optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, amino or halogen; X represents a group C═Y, wherein Y stands for oxygen or nitrogen substituted by hydroxy or lower alkoxy; R1 represents hydrogen, lower alkylcarbonyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl or cyano-lower alkyl; R2, R3 and R6 represent hydrogen; R4 and R5, independently of each other, represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; or R4 and R5 together represent methylenedioxy; and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof; or wherein R represents phenyl or pyridinyl wherein phenyl is optionally substituted by one or two substituents independently selected from alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-lower alkyl, acyloxy-lower alkyl, phenyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, hydroxy-lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy-lower alkoxy, phenyl-lower alkoxy, lower alkylcarbonyloxy, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, lower alkoxycarbonylamino, lower alkylcarbonylamino, substituted amino wherein the two substituents on nitrogen form together with the nitrogen heterocyclyl, lower alkylcarbonyl, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, cyano, halogen, and nitro; and wherein two adjacent substituents are methylenedioxy; and wherein pyridinyl is optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, amino or halogen; X represents oxygen; R1 represents hydrogen, lower alkylcarbonyl, hydroxy-lower alkyl or cyano-lower alkyl; R2, R3 and R6 represent hydrogen; R4 and R5, independently of each other, represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; or R4 and R5 together represent methylenedioxy; and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof. Methods of treatment of neoplastic and autoimmune diseases with these compounds are also disclosed.
US09970932B2	Non-covalent patterned chemical features and use thereof in MALDI-based quality control The present application provides arrays for use in immunosignaturing and quality control of such arrays. Also disclosed are peptide arrays and uses thereof for diagnostics, therapeutics and research.
US09970926B1	Bacillus thuringiensis toxin receptors and uses thereof The invention relates to identification and characterization of recombinant DNA and polypeptides for specific Bt toxin receptors. In particular, the Bt toxin receptors of the invention include those derived from the Lepidopteran super family including the species Trichoplusiani ni, Pseudoplusia includens, Helicoverpa zea, and Spodoptera frugiperda. The receptors of the invention further include those derived from the Coleopteran super family and particularly from the species Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. The recombinant DNA and polypeptides so provided are useful in the identification and design of novel Bt toxin receptor ligands including novel or improved insecticidal toxins for use in a variety of agricultural applications. Materials and methods for identifying novel toxins are also disclosed herein. The invention also provides methods for selecting toxins to combine to control insect populations by manipulating Bt toxin receptor.
US09970925B2	In vivo reporter system A construct system for expressing a reporter protein, as well as a transgenic animal and a screening method employing the same, are provided. In certain embodiments, the construct system is a three component system in which expression of a reporter protein from a reporter construct is induced by a transcription factor that is produced using two other constructs, each producing a different part of the transcription factor. The parts of the transcription factor are ligated together. Expression of the reporter only occurs in tissues in which both of the parts of the transcription factor are produced.
US09970922B2	Observation apparatus With the object of preventing deterioration of or damage to a photodetector caused by excessive light by more reliably preventing the excessive light from entering the photodetector, a microscope of the present invention is provided with a high-sensitivity detector, such as an HPD, a GaAsP, an EM-CCD or the like, that detects observation light coming from a specimen, a box-shaped casing that has an opening that allows contained items to be placed therein and removed therefrom and that covers the high-sensitivity detector, a door that can close off the opening of the casing, a switch that restricts light detection by the high-sensitivity detector by turning on and off a drive voltage to be applied to the high-sensitivity detector, and an opening restricting mechanism that allows the opening of the casing in the closed state imposed by the door to be opened only when the light detection by the high-sensitivity detector is restricted by the switch.
US09970918B2	Portable device for detecting nutrition level of plant A portable device for detecting the nutrition level of a plant includes an outer casing and a detection circuit. The outer casing includes belt pulleys, a cam, upper and lower clamping plates. The detection circuit is arranged in the outer casing and realizes an electric signal processing function and a display function. The portable device for detecting the nutrition level of the plant has the following beneficial effects: the device can be used for analyzing whether nutrient elements in crops are deficient or excessive, which is taken as the basis for accurate fertilization, and the device has low detection cost, high real-time capability, small size and is portable.
US09970913B2	Multi-component sensing coating for pressure and temperature measurements An environment sensitive coating system is disclosed that includes a pressure sensitive component comprising a first portion of an oxygen sensitive light emitting material dispersed in an oxygen permeable binder; and a pressure reference component comprising a second portion of the oxygen sensitive light emitting material dispersed in an oxygen impermeable binder.
US09970910B2	Gas sensor and method of manufacturing gas sensor A gas sensor includes a gas sensor element that extends in an axial direction and that includes a detector, which detects a specific gas in a mixed gas; a metal shell that surrounds a periphery of the gas sensor element to hold the gas sensor element; a base that is disposed on a rear side of the metal shell and that covers a rear end portion of the gas sensor element, the base being made of a polymer material; and a metal tube that connects the metal shell and the base to each other and that includes a rear portion and a front portion, the rear portion being integrated with the base, the front portion forming an exposed portion that is exposed from the base. A part of the exposed portion of the tube is connected to the metal shell, and the base is disposed apart from the metal shell.
US09970906B2	Apparatus for analyzing active material of secondary battery and method of analyzing active material using the same An apparatus for analyzing an active material of a secondary battery may include: a first electrode; a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer, configured to provide a voltage having a polarity opposite to a polarity of the first electrode; and/or an insulating layer on the second electrode and including a through hole exposing a portion of the second electrode. A method of analyzing an active material of a secondary battery may include: disposing an active material in a through hole of a bulk acoustic resonator, in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, a second electrode, and an insulating layer are stacked; measuring a resonance frequency of the resonator by applying an electric signal to the first and second electrodes of the resonator; and/or measuring a weight of the active material in the through hole, based on the measured resonance frequency.
US09970901B2	Device for the nondestructive test of a part An eddy current testing to detect defects at the surface or at shallow depth in a blade root for an airplane engine fan is provided. The device includes a probe containing a sensor, the probe being hinge-mounted to the end of a handle, a guide presenting a reference surface, and a mechanism for adjusting the position of the guide parallel to an axis of the handle.
US09970886B2	Metrology tool stage configurations and operation methods Metrology tool stage configurations and respective methods are provided, which comprise a pivoted connection arranged to receive a wafer and enable rotation thereof about a pivot; a radial axis arranged to radially move the rotatable pivoted connection attached thereto; and optics having a stationary part configured to generate a collimated illumination beam. For example, the optics may be stationary and the radial axis may be centrally rotated to enable stage operation without requiring additional space for guiding systems. In another example, a part of the optics may be rotatable, when configured to receive illumination via a mechanically decoupled or empty region, receive power and control wirelessly and deliver data wirelessly. The disclosed configurations provide more compact and more robust stages which efficiently handle large wafers. Stage configurations may be horizontal or vertical, the latter further minimizing the tool's footprint.
US09970884B1	Apparatus and a method for inspecting a light transmissive optical component An apparatus for inspecting a light transmissive optical component comprises an image capturing module arranged on a first side of a support configured to hold a light transmissive optical component while it is being inspected. One or more first illuminating means are arranged on the first side of the support and adapted to illuminate from a first side of a light transmissive optical component held by the support. One or more second illuminating means are arranged on a second side of the support and adapted to illuminate from a second side of the light transmissive optical component held by the support, the second side of the support opposing the first side of said support. One or more third illuminating means arranged on the second side of the support and adapted to provide transmissive illumination at the second side of the light transmissive optical component held by the support, the third illuminating means comprises one or more of an illuminating surface and a light blocking surface selectively operable and are arranged to face and substantially align with the second illuminating means on the second side of the support.
US09970882B2	Light-emitting structure A light-emitting structure includes a base, a light-emitting assembly arranged on the base, a cover configured to be covered over the light-emitting assembly, and a coupling member configured to couple the cover to the base. The light-emitting assembly emits light onto a workpiece to be inspected by an image inspection device. The light-emitting assembly is circular, and a lens of the image inspection device is rotationally coupled to the base.
US09970872B2	Cell analyzer and cell analyzation method A cell analyzer includes: a measuring portion which measures cells that are nuclear stained; a displaying portion which displays a histogram of a fluorescence intensity by using a result of the measurement by the measuring portion; and a determining unit which obtains a number of strong-area cells that are distributed in an area where the fluorescence intensity is stronger than normal cells, and which determines a malignancy grade of cancer based on the number of strong-area cells and the histogram.
US09970851B2	Measuring head for nanoindentation instrument and measuring method A measuring head for a nano-indentation instrument, said nano-indentation instrument comprising a positioning system arranged to position a sample relative to the measuring head, the measuring head comprising: a measuring subsystem attached to a frame adapted to be connected to the nano-indentation instrument, the measuring subsystem comprising a first actuator and an indenter adapted to indent a surface of said sample under application of a force applied by the first actuator on the indenter, the measuring subsystem further comprising a force sensing system adapted to detect said force applied by the first actuator; a reference subsystem attached to said frame, the reference subsystem comprising a second actuator, a reference structure in operative connection with the second actuator, and a separation detector adapted to determine a predetermined separation of the reference structure and said surface of said sample.
US09970849B2	Method for separating target entities from a sample using a composition of mono-specific tetrameric antibody complexes coupled to a surface An improved method for the preparation of target specific surfaces and uses thereof is described. In particular, the surfaces are bound to mono-specific tetrameric antibody complexes prior to their addition to a sample containing target entities and separating them from non-target entities.
US09970845B2	Interrogating DOE integrity by reverse illumination Optical apparatus includes a primary radiation source, which emits first optical radiation along a first optical axis. A DOE includes at least an entrance surface, upon which the first optical radiation from the primary radiation source is incident, and an exit surface, through which one or more primary diffraction orders of the first optical radiation are emitted from the DOE. At least one secondary radiation source is configured to direct second optical radiation to impinge on the DOE along a second optical axis, which is non-parallel to the first optical axis, causing at least a part of the second optical radiation to be diffracted by the DOE such that one or more secondary diffraction orders of the second optical radiation are emitted through the entrance face of the DOE. At least one detector is configured to sense at least one of the secondary diffraction orders of the second optical radiation.
US09970843B2	Detecting structural integrity of a structural component Each of a plurality electronic circuit devices fixed to a structural component of a physical structure can be scanned a first time, using a radio frequency (RF) scanner to receive, from each of the plurality of electronic circuit devices, first data indicating a first measured electrical impedance of a respective conductor connected to the electronic circuit device and an identifier assigned to the electronic circuit device. For each of the plurality of electronic circuit devices, the first data indicating the first measured electrical impedance and the identifier assigned to the electronic circuit device can be stored to a first memory. The first data indicating the first measured electrical impedance and the identifier for each of the electronic devices can form a baseline measurement of the electronic circuit devices.
US09970837B2	Detector utilizing an adjustment screw and a bellows A detector that detects an alarm and/or fault condition with respect to a pressure of a medium is provided. The detector comprises a housing comprising an access tube configured to receive a medium and a bellows fixed to the housing comprising a cavity and a first contact surface. The detector also comprises an adjustment screw positioned within the cavity of the bellows, coupled to the housing via an insulation member, and comprising a second contact surface. The detector is further configured to detect a change in pressure of the medium based on whether the first contact surface and the first contact surface are in electrical communication.
US09970830B2	Approach to measuring strain effects using ring oscillators A ring oscillator system for characterizing substrate strain including, a substrate including a through-substrate-via, at least two ring oscillators, wherein a first ring oscillator is closer to the through-substrate-via than a second ring oscillator, and a logic difference circuit that is configured to receive an input from at least the first ring oscillator and the second ring oscillator, and detect a difference between the signal frequency of the first ring oscillator and the signal frequency of the second ring oscillator.
US09970826B2	Bipolar junction transistor voltage-drop-based temperature sensors Temperature sensors using bipolar junction transistors are provided. Examples of the disclosed sensors minimize effects of IR drop and have improved accuracy. An example temperature sensor includes a first branch coupled between a power supply and ground. The first branch includes a first transistor series-coupled with a second transistor via a first node and has a first temperature sensor output via the first node. The temperature sensor also includes a second branch coupled between the power supply and ground. The second branch includes a third transistor series-coupled with a fourth transistor via a second node and has a second temperature sensor output via the second node. The first through fourth transistors are diode-connected and can have an n-well structure or a deep n-well structure. The temperature sensor also includes a voltage sensor having an input coupled to the first temperature sensor output and the second temperature sensor output.
US09970821B2	Characterization of spectral emissivity via thermal conductive heating and in-situ radiance measurement using a low-e mirror A high SNR in-situ measurement of sample radiance in a low-temperature ambient environment is used to accurately characterize sample emissivity for transmissive, low-emissivity samples. A low-e mirror is positioned behind the sample such that the sample and low-e mirror overfill the field-of-view (FOV) of the radiometer. The sample is heated via thermal conduction in an open environment. Thermal conduction heats the sample without raising the background radiance appreciably. The low-e mirror presents both a low emission background against which to measure the sample radiance and reflects radiance from the back of the sample approximately doubling the measured signal. The low-e mirror exhibits a reflectance of at least 90% and preferably greater than 98% and an emissivity of at most 7.5% and preferably less than 2% over the spectral and temperature ranges at which the sample emissivity is characterized.
US09970808B2	Method for ascertaining a compensated flow and/or a compensated flow velocity, ultrasonic, flow measuring device and computer program product A method for ascertaining a compensated flow and/or a compensated flow velocity, wherein the compensation of a flow related measurement error occurs in the context of a flow measurement with a two path measuring of an ultrasonic, flow measuring device, comprising: an arrangement of at least two ultrasonic transducers pairs on a tube, or pipe, wherein the ultrasonic transducers are in a 180°, two path, one traverse, or a 90°, two path, two traverse arrangement, by means of an evaluation unit of a flow measuring device and/or a computer, characterized by steps as follows: a) feeding information relative to the type of a flow influencing, tube, or pipe, element into the evaluation unit and/or into the computer; b) feeding information relative to distance (xa-xd) of the arrangement of the ultrasonic transducer pairs from the flow influencing, tube, or pipe, element into the evaluation unit and/or into the computer; c) compensating a measurement error by means of a correction factor kD as a function of information from steps a) and b); and d) ascertaining a flow corrected by the correction factor kD and/or a flow velocity corrected by the correction factor kD, as well as an ultrasonic, flow measuring device and a computer program product.
US09970807B2	Climate control device with improved liquid level sensing Climate control devices and methods are disclosed. A climate control device includes a housing, an ultrasonic emitter, an ultrasonic receiver, and a controller. The housing defines a receptacle for receiving liquid. The ultrasonic emitter is positioned to emit an ultrasonic wave toward a surface of the liquid received in the receptacle. The ultrasonic receiver is positioned to receive the ultrasonic wave after the ultrasonic wave reflects off of the surface of the liquid. The controller is configured to provide a liquid level indication based on the ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic receiver. A climate control method includes receiving liquid in the receptacle, emitting an ultrasonic wave toward a surface of the liquid in the receptacle, receiving at least a portion of the ultrasonic wave after the ultrasonic wave reflects off of the surface of the liquid, and providing a liquid level indication based on the received ultrasonic wave.
US09970794B2	Flow sensor system with absorber A flow sensor sub-assembly for sensing flow of a fluidic medicament includes a flow tube having a flow tube inlet and a flow tube outlet, and an acoustical transmission rate. The medicament flows through the flow tube. A first piezo element is arranged at an upstream position of the flow tube and a second piezo element is arranged at a downstream position of the flow tube, such that the first piezo element and the second piezo element are mounted apart a pre-selected distance from each other. An absorber sheath encircles the flow tube. The absorber sheath has an upstream end and a downstream end. The absorber sheath is comprised of a material with an acoustical transmission rate different than the flow tube.
US09970791B2	Installation assembly for a thermometer An installation assembly for connecting a probe element to a wall of a container, comprising: a first mounting part and a second mounting part, wherein the first mounting part serves for attaching the assembly to the container wall and has a lead-through through which the probe element is insertable. The second mounting part serves for receiving and fastening the probe element, and the first and the second mounting part are flexibly connected to each other.
US09970787B2	Sine wave oscillator and inductive sensors A sine wave oscillator for an inductive sensor system is disclosed. The sine wave oscillator comprises a decoupler and a low-pass filter, wherein the decoupler is configured to provide a pulse width modulated signal as a decoupled signal at one output of the decoupler. One input of the low-pass filter is connected to the output of the decoupler. The low-pass filter is configured to provide a sinusoidal signal for the inductive sensor system by using the inverted signal at an output of the low-pass filter. The sine wave oscillator further comprises a microcontroller that is designed to provide the pulse width modulated signal with a predetermined frequency and a predetermined duty cycle at one pin of the microcontroller.
US09970784B2	Cable with sensor A cable with a sensor includes electrically insulated wires, a sheath for covering the electrically insulated wires together, a sensor, and a housing for sealing one end of the sheath, while receiving at least a portion of the sensor. The housing includes a receiving portion for receiving the at least portion of the sensor, a lead out portion for the sheath being drawn therefrom, and a curved cylinder section having a circular cross section. The curved cylinder section is provided between the receiving portion and the lead out portion, to hold the electrically insulated wires. The curved cylinder section is made of a molded resin formed in a circular cross sectional shape at right angles to a direction of extending of the electrically insulated wires. The electrically insulated wires are held in the middle of the circular cross section of the curved cylinder section.
US09970779B2	System and method for providing route guidance service for visually impaired people The present invention relates to a method for providing a route guidance service for visually impaired people, the method comprising the steps of: when a predetermined application is selected through a user input, transmitting a request for a route guidance service together with location information acquired through the GPS of a user terminal simultaneously with execution of the selected application; servicing, by a route guidance server, search path information corresponding to an input destination on the basis of the location information received from the user terminal according to the route guidance service request from the user terminal; broadcasting, by the user terminal, an inquiry signal through a Bluetooth device search request, identifying an earphone by a device which transmits a response signal to the broadcasted inquiry signal, and performing paging with the identified earphone; and recognizing a user's walking direction on the basis of the search path information through outputting a signal by gyro sensors attached to both sides of the earphone according to a user's movement, converting the recognized result into a guidance sound according to a route guidance service rule, and outputting the guidance sound to the earphone.
US09970777B2	Method and apparatus for recommending exercise routes An apparatus and method for recommending exercise routes are provided. The apparatus for recommending an exercise route includes a reference point receiver configured to receive at least two reference points that are displayable on a map based on map information, an exercise route generator configured to generate at least one geographical route between the reference points based on the map information, and generate a plurality of exercise routes by associating at least one type of exercise with the at least one geographical route with reference to exercise information comprising exercise amount data, exercise type data, and health care data, and a map generator configured to generate a map on which the plurality of exercise routes are presented together with expected amounts of calories expended on the respective exercise routes.
US09970768B2	Vehicle information/entertainment management system The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle information management system for use in a motor vehicle. The system incorporates a radio system which has a display system, and a remotely located processor-based inference engine. The inference engine automatically, wirelessly receives information inputs from the radio system in real time pertaining to at least one of a real time location of the vehicle and at least one of a destination of travel of the vehicle or a status of operation of the vehicle. The inference engine may analyzes the information inputs and determines new information, in real time, that is useful to the vehicle operator, and automatically transmits the new information wirelessly to the radio system for use by the user. The display system automatically displays the new information to the vehicle operator.
US09970767B2	Stabilization based path planning A method for controlling a mining truck travelling on a work site is disclosed. The method includes receiving payload information associated with a payload carried in a bed of the mining truck from sensors associated with the mining truck. The method further includes determining an imbalance of the payload based on the payload information. The method further includes receiving positioning data associated with the work site from a positioning system and determining an approaching terrain of the work site based on the positioning data. The method further includes planning a path for the mining truck based on the imbalance and the approaching terrain and controlling the mining truck based on the path.
US09970761B2	Event location analysis system and measurement processing method An event location analysis system includes a first wireless terminal device. The first wireless terminal device includes a first measurement unit, a second measurement unit, and a first processor. The second measurement unit consumes larger amounts of power than the first measurement unit consumes. The first processor is configured to transmit a first notification signal upon detecting a first event on basis of a measurement value of the first measurement unit. The first processor is configured to start the second measurement unit upon receiving a second notification signal. The first processor is configured to activate a measurement operation of the first measurement unit and a measurement operation of the second measurement unit after the second measurement unit is started. The first processor is configured to stop the measurement operation of the second measurement unit after a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the second measurement unit.
US09970760B2	Removable end cap assembly for a level An end cap arrangement for a level, in which a frame of the level includes and end defining a recess and one or more engagement protrusions. The end cap arrangement includes an end cap body and a retainer that is movable between engaged and release positions. The retainer includes retainer structure that engages the engagement protrusions when the retainer is in the engaged position to prevent removal of the end cap body. The retainer also includes clearance structure that can be moved past the engagement protrusions to enable the end cap body to be removed from the level frame. The end cap arrangement may be used with either a box beam or I-beam level frame.
US09970758B2	High speed stereoscopic pavement surface scanning system and method There is disclosed a mobile pavement surface scanning system and method, In an embodiment, the system comprises one or more stereoscopic image capturing devices synchronised with one or more light sources mounted on the platform for illuminating a pavement surface, mounted on a mobile survey platform that provides a trigger mechanism to capture sequential image pairs of the illuminated pavement surface and a movement sensor that continuously measures the movement of the platform and a synchronization signal for time or distance synchronized image capture with accurate GPS positioning. One or more computers process the synchronized images captured stamps the images with one or more of time and distance data, GPS location and calculated 3D elevation for each point on the pavement surface using stereoscopic principles, and assesses the quality of the pavement surface to determine the level of pavement surface deterioration.
US09970721B1	Cam pin A cam pin having a cam pin shaft, wherein said shaft extends from a terminal end surface, along a longitudinal axis, to a shoulder; a firing pin aperture formed through said cam pin shaft; and a head, wherein said head extends from said shoulder, along said longitudinal axis, to a crown, wherein a surface of said crown is finished with a substantially smooth surface.
US09970703B2	Refrigerator and manufacturing method thereof A refrigerator and a manufacturing method thereof including processes of separately manufacturing partitions dividing a storage space into a plurality of storage chambers from a main body including an inner casing and an outer casing, coupling the partitions to an inner surface of the inner casing, filling a space between the inner casing and the partitions with an insulator, and filling the partitions with the insulator by filling a space between the inner casing and the outer casing with the insulator. Since the insulator uniformly fills the partitions dividing the storage space into the plurality of storage chambers, the partitions may possess improved insulating qualities.
US09970699B2	Combined refrigerator/freezer appliances with dampers having ice prevention treatments Combined refrigerator/freezer appliances with dampers having ice prevention treatments are disclosed. An example combined refrigerator/freezer appliance includes a cabinet having a first compartment and a second separate compartment, a refrigeration system including a compressor, a single evaporator and a condenser, the single evaporator being associated with the first compartment to lower temperatures of the first and second compartments, and a damper having a first position in which air is prevented from flowing from the first compartment to the second compartment, and a second position in which air is permitted to flow from the first compartment to the second compartment, wherein at least a portion of the damper is treated to prevent ice buildup from forming on the at least portion of the damper when the damper is in the first position.
US09970686B2	Balanced solar tracker clamp A solar tracker apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube.
US09970684B2	Optical selective film The present invention addresses the issue of providing an optical selective film that contributes to efficiently converting light into heat. This optical selective film is characterized in that: the optical selective film includes at least an Ag-containing layer, and an Ag diffusion prevention layer that is disposed adjacent to the Ag-containing layer; and the Ag diffusion prevention layer contains FeSix (X=1 to 2).
US09970681B2	Water heater appliance A water heater appliance includes a tank and a heated water conduit that extends from the tank. A mixing valve is coupled to the heated water conduit, and a mixed water conduit extends from the mixing valve. A thermal mass is positioned on the mixed water conduit, and a thermal safety sensor is positioned at the thermal mass.
US09970668B2	Integrated type air conditioning device An integrated type air conditioning device includes a first refrigeration cycle that is an evaporative cooling type, a second refrigeration cycle that is a vapor-compression type, a blower device, and a housing accommodating the first and second cycles. The first refrigeration cycle includes an evaporation heat exchanger, a condensation heat exchanger, and a first refrigerant pipe. The second refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a condenser, a decompression device, an evaporator, and a second refrigerant pipe. The housing is partitioned into an interior air passage and an exterior air passage. The evaporation heat exchanger and the evaporator are positioned in the interior air passage, the evaporation heat exchanger being located upstream of the evaporator with respect to an interior airflow in the interior air passage. The blower device is disposed in the interior air passage and is driven to generate the interior airflow in the interior air passage.
US09970660B2	Liner element for a combustor There is disclosed a liner element in the form of an impingement/effusion tile for a gas turbine combustor having a structural wall. The liner element has a unitary construction defining a cooling side and combustion side, and a plurality of effusion holes extending between a cooling side surface of the element and a combustion side surface of the element. The liner element is configured to be affixed to the structural wall of a combustor with its cooling side surface spaced from the structural wall to define a chamber between the cooling side surface and the structural wall, and the liner element further includes integrally formed and internally threaded protuberances on its cooling side, the protuberances being arranged to engage the structural wall.
US09970659B2	Damper for combustion oscillation damping in a gas turbine The invention relating to a A damper for combustion oscillation damping for a gas turbine, includes a resonator cavity with a box or cylinder shape, a neck in flow communication with the resonator cavity and a combustion chamber. The length Lneck of the neck is equal or greater than a maximum distance lmax that a hot gas ingested from the combustion chamber reaches in the neck. The maximum distance lmax is determined according to the following equation: l max = ∫ t 1 t 2 ⁢ U - p ^ ρ ⁢ ⁢ U ⁢ ⁢ ζ ⁢ sin ⁡ ( ω ⁢ ⁢ t ) ⁢ ⁢ d ⁢ ⁢ t . With the solution of the present invention, the damper used to damping combustion oscillation may prevent hot gas ingestion during normal operations by uniquely determining the dimensions of the neck connecting the resonator cavity and the combustion chamber.
US09970652B2	System and method of indirect lighting for a turntable display A system and method for creating a visual display on an outer surface of a turntable platter. The system and method includes providing a light source around and directed toward the periphery of the platter that includes a number of reflective nodes on its outer peripheral surface. The reflective nodes project a lighted display around the outer periphery of the platter thereby creating a visual effect.
US09970650B1	I-see system and method An apparatus for a user portable lighting system. In the system, multiple spaced apart lighting features arranged about a circumferential surface about the user in a substantially 360 degree field of user view to provide a hands-free lighting system.
US09970638B2	Circular aquarium lamp The invention discloses a circular aquarium lamp that comprises of a lamp body and a lamp bracket, wherein the bracket is connected with the body through a universal ball head. The body includes an upper and lower shell, an LED lamp panel and a heat-dissipating aluminum. The upper and lower shells are connected by a screw. The LED lamp panel and heat-dissipating aluminum are installed separately in a cavity that is formed between the upper and lower shell. The LED lamp panel is located under the heat-dissipating aluminum with a fan on top. A first rubber ring is set in between the LED lamp panel and a water-proof cover, whereas a second rubber ring is set in between the cover and a glass sheet. A control board is contained inside a circuit board shell which is installed in the lower shell.The radiator of this circular aquarium lamp has adopted a strong convective heat-dissipating design, thereby increasing greatly the cooling effects. Its fan will be turned on automatically when the temperature is relatively high, improving further the heat-dissipating performance. The lamp is of strong practicability and easy to popularize and use.
US09970637B2	Modular LED array grid and method for providing such modular LED array grid The invention provides a modular LED array grid (100) comprising a plurality of LED array grid modules (50), each LED array grid module (50) comprising one or more arrays (151) of adjacent electrically conductive wires (51) with one or more LEDs (10) electrically coupled to two adjacent electrically conductive wires (51), wherein two adjacent electrically conductive wires (51) of at least one of the one or more arrays (151) have a first distance (d1) at the one or more LEDs (10), and have one or more folds (52) which provide a second distance (d2) between the two adjacent electrically conductive wires (51) which is larger than the first distance (d1), wherein two or more of said array grid modules (50) are coupled to each other with one or more coupling parts (60) between one or more folds (52) of a first array (151(1)) and the conductive wire (51) of an adjacent second array (151(2)). This grid (100) may be obtainable by the method of the invention.
US09970629B2	Remote phosphor lighting devices and methods A lighting device and method generates monochromatic light from one or more light point sources. A phosphor body is spatially separated from the point light source(s) to receive the monochromatic light generated by the first point light source and provide a multi-wavelength light through luminescence. The multi-wavelength light is emitted from the phosphor body across a multi-dimensional surface. Optionally, a lens body can receive the multi-wavelength light from the multi-dimensional surface and both reflect and refract the multi-wavelength light in an exit distribution out of the lens body.
US09970625B2	Method of illuminating ornament A method of illuminating an ornament having a light emitting source, a battery power source and a control circuit energizing the light source at desired intensities over desired durations of time. Light from the right source travels through an ornament wall. The method repeats the steps of increasing the light intensity from a low to a high intensity during a rise time period; decreasing the light intensity to a low intensity during a fall time period which is not less than the rise time period; and, maintaining the low intensity of light during a remaining time period which is not less than the combined rise and fall time periods. The low intensity of light is less than one third the high intensity. The light intensity decreased and maintained briefly at zero intensity during an off time period between the remaining and rise time periods in an imperceptible manner.
US09970624B2	Lamp device for vehicle and lighting device for vehicle An adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a reference position of an optical axis of a projection lens of a lens unit has a reference axis perpendicular to the optical axis and disposed in a plane which intersects with a focal point of the projection lens. The lens unit moves in an extension direction of the reference axis in accordance with rotation of a second screw. An acting point of a force to move the lens unit is disposed in a plane formed by the optical axis and the reference axis.
US09970621B2	Lighting apparatus having electrodes that change the focal position on a wavelength conversion element, vehicle having the same and method of controlling the same The present disclosure aims to enhance controllability of a lighting apparatus and increase durability. A lighting apparatus includes a light source; a condenser that converges first light emitted from the light source onto a predetermined focal position of a wavelength conversion element as converged light; the wavelength conversion element that receives the converged light and emits second light at an emission point; and a projection lens that projects the second light as projection light. The lighting apparatus changes the focal position of the condenser lens to change the emission point of the second light to the projection lens, thereby being capable of projecting the second light in any direction.
US09970617B2	Copper clad laminate for vehicle LED lamp, printed circuit board including the same, and manufacturing method thereof A flexible copper-clad laminate for a vehicle LED lamp is provided and includes a copper-clad layer and a composite layer that are laminated. The composite layer includes a polyimide layer and thermoplastic polyimide layers. An outermost layer of the composite layer is formed as a thermoplastic polyimide layer. A total thickness of the thermoplastic polyimide layers and an entire thickness of the polyimide layer with respect to a total thickness of the composite layer is about 10 to 50% and 50 to 90%, respectively. The total thickness of the thermoplastic polyimide layers and the entire thickness of the polyimide layer with respect to the thickness of the composite layer is about 20 to 40% and 60 to 80%, respectively. A thickness of the copper-clad layer is about 30 to 80 μm, and the total thickness of the composite layer is about 10 to 15 μm.
US09970616B2	Lighting apparatus for vehicle A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a light source unit comprising at least two light sources emitting polarized beams in different directions, a filter configured to receive the emitted polarized beams, reflect one of the polarized beams, and transmit another of the polarized beams, and an emitter configured to receive the polarized beams from the filter, and emit the received polarized beams as light of a predetermined color.
US09970613B2	Lighting member, lighting device, and method for installing lighting member There is provided a lighting film according to one aspect of the invention including: a first substrate having optical transparency; a plurality of lighting units formed of a plurality of polygonal prism-shaped structures having optical transparency provided on a first surface of the first substrate; and gaps provided between the plurality of lighting units, in which the lighting unit is a polygon which has five vertexes in a sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction and has all of internal angles smaller than 180°, the lighting unit includes a first side which is one side of the polygon corresponding to a surface contacted with the first substrate, and a plurality of vertexes including a first vertex and a second vertex which are vertexes corresponding to both ends of the first side and a third vertex which is not positioned on the first side, a length of a perpendicular line of the first side passing the third vertex is longer than a length of a perpendicular line of the first side passing a vertex other than the third vertex among the plurality of vertexes, and a shape of the lighting unit is asymmetrical with a perpendicular line of the first side passing the third vertex as the center.
US09970597B2	Flexible printed circuit board, planar light source apparatus, display apparatus, and electronic device A flexible printed circuit board on which a first electronic component and a second electronic component are to be mounted adjacent to each other has a first land for soldering a terminal of the first electronic component on a side adjacent to the second electronic component, and a second land for soldering a terminal of the second electronic component on a side adjacent to the first electronic component. The first land and the second land are connected by a wire extending outside of an inter-land region that is an approximately belt-shaped region formed by connecting end portions in a width direction or end portions in a thickness direction of the first land and the second land in a straight line.
US09970588B2	Glass fiber board comprising inorganic binder and method for preparing the same The present invention provides a glass fiber board comprising a glass fiber and an inorganic binder, wherein the inorganic binder comprises an aluminum phosphate.The present invention provides a method for preparing the glass fiber board comprising (a) preparing an inorganic binder solution comprising an aluminum phosphate (b) applying the inorganic binder solution comprising the aluminum phosphate to a glass fiber; (c) compressing the glass fiber to which the inorganic binder solution comprising the aluminum phosphate is applied; and (d) drying the compressed glass fiber.
US09970585B2	C flange bracket This invention differs in design from other flange brackets in its shape and not limited in use as prescribed. The design of this invention differs from existing flange bracket designs in that it uses at least two bisecting section and a two piece assembly design. The “T” formed shape of the metal pieces offers a strength benefit by providing additional and distributed strength along and against the pipe flange. The application of operable fitted bolts tightened with operable nuts increases the strength of the bracket. The ability of the user to install this flange bracket is easily managed without having to cut the flanged pipes. With other repair systems metal pipes have to be cut; bracket installed then pipes reattached usually by welding the pipe or affixing a compression coupler; or with systems having interlaced flanged pieces do not provide the strength along and against a flanged pipe due to their flat construction.
US09970579B2	Pipe joint In a joint mechanism as a pipe joint, an indicator ring is disposed between an end of a tightening cap and an outer wall portion of a body. The indicator ring is made up from a flat section that abuts against the body, an inclined section on an outer circumferential side of the flat section, and a protrusion formed on an outer edge portion of the inclined section. The protrusion is formed in parallel along an outer circumferential surface of the tightening cap. When the tube is connected, the inclined section is pressed by the end of the tightening cap, whereby the inclined section becomes substantially coplanar with the flat section. Concurrently, the protrusion projects toward an outer circumferential side of the inclined section.
US09970571B2	Pressure control valve and control valve A pressure control valve capable of preventing or suppressing the occurrence of the flaw that a pilot valve element which receives hydraulic pressure from a hydraulic fluid vibrates and hits a pilot valve seat member producing strange noise when the pilot valve element is in an opening state without resulting in an increase in number of components and assembling man-hours, the pressure control valve is provided with a main valve part containing a main valve element and a valve housing that includes a main valve seat on which the main valve element is able to be seated and a pilot chamber in which the main valve element is put in a slidable manner, and a pilot valve part containing a pilot valve element and a pilot valve seat member that includes a pilot valve seat on which the pilot valve element is able to be seated, the pilot valve element moving apart from the pilot valve seat to open when pressure in the pilot chamber exceeds a predetermined pressure.
US09970570B2	Shut-off valve repair system A shut-off valve repair system includes a shut-off valve. The shut-off valve is fluidly coupled between a fluid supply and a plumbing fixture. Thus, the shut-off valve selectively restricts and allows a flow of a fluid to the plumbing fixture. A valve unit is selectively fluidly coupled to the shut-off valve when the shut-off valve fails. Thus, the valve unit selectively inhibits and allows the fluid to flow to the plumbing fixture.
US09970561B2	Frangible plug for use in a valve mechanism A frangible plug for use in a valve mechanism, the frangible plug including a first section having a first end and an opposing second section having a second end and a cylindrical sidewall extending between the first and second ends. Also including means for applying a force on the cylindrical sidewall of the frangible plug such that the first section fractures from the opposing second section, and wherein the means for applying a force on said cylindrical sidewall extends circumferentially around the outer circumference of the sidewall.
US09970560B2	Wheel and tire sealing system with fuse plug A sealing system is provided. The sealing system may include a wheel, a tire disposed about the wheel and defining a chamber between the wheel and the tire, and a first passage to the chamber through the wheel. A fuse plug may be disposed within the first passage. The fuse plug may comprise an annular body having a second passage defined by an inner wall. A groove may be formed circumferentially about an outer surface of the annular body. A seal ring may be configured to settle in the groove and sealably engage the first passage. A fusible material may be retained within the second passage defined by the inner wall.
US09970557B2	Multi-pilot variable pressure relay valve The improved hydraulic control valve includes a spool with a primary side piston having a rigid linkage with a secondary side piston. The primary side providing the ability to tap into an existing hydraulic system without altering the existing hydraulic system pressures or fluid volume. The secondary side piston and associated ports form a regulating assembly for control of the pressures of a hydraulic system and for providing feedback to the primary. The primary and secondary piston sizes may be stepped to create an appropriate amplification ratio for the required secondary brake system pressures in relation to the primary. Multiple secondary pilot signals and multiple primary pilot signals are also envisioned.
US09970550B2	Unitary face seal assembly A metal face seal assembly includes a casing with a first portion that rotates with respect to a second portion. Inside the casing is a face seal assembly with a first seal member that has a first sealing face that rotates with respect to a second seal member that has a second sealing face. At least one loader is provided that is compressible against the casing and exerts a biasing force against one of the first seal member and the second seal member to bias together the first seal face of the first seal member and the second seal face of the second seal member. The first portion and the second portion can each terminate with an annular ring that are separated by a gap for an installation ring positioned in the gap that is removable after installation of the metal face seal assembly.
US09970543B2	Shift by wire transmission shift control system with park release At least some implementations of a gear shift control system include first and second drive members, a drivetrain selectively driven by the first and second drive members and a retainer. The drivetrain includes a first input driven by the first drive member, a second input and an output coupled to and selectively driven by both the first input and the second input. The second drive member is coupled to the second input to drive the output through the second input during a second mode of operation to cause a transmission gear shift. The retainer is selectively coupled to the second input and movable between first and second positions to permit movement of the second input during the second mode of operation and prevent such movement during a first mode of operation.
US09970542B2	Shift fork having improved abrasion resistance A shift fork having an improved abrasion resistance includes two or more coating layers in which a molybdenum (Mo) sprayed coating layer and a copper (Cu) sprayed coating layer are alternately formed on a surface of a pad.
US09970541B2	Gear box for a working machine and a method for controlling a gear box A gear box for a working machine is arranged to be positioned in a first set of speed-changing gears and a second set of speed-changing gears. The gear box includes a gear box housing, an input shaft configured to receive torque, and an output shaft for supplying torque out, from the gear box, wherein the output shaft is connected to a planetary gear set of the gear box, a friction disc clutch arrangement which is arranged between a ring gear of the planetary gear set and the gear box housing for enabling connection of the ring gear to the gear box housing, and a control unit configured to controllably alternate the friction disc clutch arrangement between: an engaged state and an at least partially engaged state when the gear box is positioned in the first set of speed-changing gears, and between a disengaged state and an at least partially engaged state when the gear box is positioned in the second set of speed-changing gears. A corresponding method for controlling a gear box is also provided.
US09970530B2	Vehicle shifter position sensor assembly A transmission gear shifter arrangement includes a shift lever assembly and a position sensor assembly each associated with a shifter housing. The shift lever assembly is operably coupled to a vehicle transmission, and is selectively movable to gear select positions corresponding to respective transmission gears. The position sensor assembly includes a light source and light sensor, where the sensor is configured to selectively receive light emitted from the light source. When the shift lever assembly is in a predetermined one of the gear select positions, the shift lever assembly enables light emitted from the light source to reach the sensor thereby indicating that the shift lever assembly is in the predetermined one of the gear select positions, and when the shift lever assembly is not in the predetermined one of the gear select positions, the shift lever assembly prevents light emitted from the light source from reaching the sensor.
US09970528B2	Transmission system A transmission system for transmitting a change of speed between two rotating shafts, includes a planetary gear box having a sun gear arranged for rotation with a first shaft travelling at a first speed. Planet gears contained within a ring gear are arranged to orbit the sun gear when the sun gear rotates and the ring gear is in a fixed position. Each planet gear is mounted for rotation on a centrifugal carrier. An output carrier includes a body having arms and the arms are each aligned with an axis of rotation of a planet gear and held to the centrifugal carrier by one or more supports extending in a radial plane. An output shaft extends from the body in coaxial alignment with the input shaft. A connector which is stiff in a radial dimension but flexible under torsional load is arranged between the output carrier and the centrifugal carrier.
US09970522B2	Automatic transmission An automatic transmission where an engagement mode in which the forward engagement element is put in the engagement state is executed when the vehicle travels forward in the second mode in which the second engagement element is put in the engagement state and the first engagement element is put in a release state.
US09970520B2	Continuous variable transmission with uniform input-to-output ratio that is non-dependent on friction A continuously variable transmission (CVT) that does not depend on friction to transmit power. A constant and uniform output angular velocity can be achieved when the input angular velocity is constant and uniform by modifying the rate of change of angular displacement of the input disk using a set of non-circular gears. Co-axial input and output can also be achieved.
US09970511B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicles A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle is provided that realizes at least ten forward speeds to improve power delivery performance and fuel consumption due to multi-stages. In particular, the planetary gear train includes an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotational elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotational elements and a transmission housing.
US09970502B2	Annular spring system An annular spring assembly includes an annular spring, an annular first container including a first well and an annular second container including a second well. The first well and second well open towards one another and hold the annular spring therebetween. The second well is configured to telescopically receive the first well when the annular spring is compressed.
US09970499B2	Electric linear motion actuator and electric brake system The electric linear motion actuator includes an electric motor, a drive shaft configured to be rotated by the electric motor, a rotation-to-linear motion converting mechanism configured to convert the rotational motion of the drive shaft to the axial linear motion of an axially movably supported outer ring member, and an electric locking mechanism incorporated in a reduction gear mechanism in which the rotation of a rotor shaft of the electric motor is reduced in speed and transmitted to the drive shaft. When the electric locking mechanism is energized, the power transmission path shifts to the locked state in which power cannot be transmitted, and when the electric locking mechanism is de-energized thereafter, the power transmission path is kept in the locked state. The electric locking mechanism is built in a motor case of the electric motor so that the electric motor and the electric locking mechanism are unitized.
US09970487B2	Damper device A damper device is provided with a first rotating body, a second rotating body, a coil spring and a spring seat. The coil spring is interposed in a circumferential direction between the first and second rotating bodies. The resin spring seat includes a seat portion, an overhang portion and a pair of clamping protrusions. The overhang portion extends in the circumferential direction from an outer diameter end of the seat portion and covers an outer diameter side of the coil spring. The clamping protrusions protrude from the seat portion and sandwich an attaching portion of the one of the rotating bodies. The clamping protrusions are relatively turnable in a radial direction of the rotating bodies. The clamping protrusions have a low-rigidity portion on an outer diameter direction side of the spring central axis and a high-rigidity portion on an inner diameter direction side of the spring central axis.
US09970477B2	Assembly for ball and socket joints An assembly for a ball and socket joint forming a universal joint is disclosed as including a socket joint assembly comprising a first dual-ended sphere-receiving element and a second dual-ended sphere-receiving element joined together by a flush fitting joint.
US09970475B2	Wall-mountable assembly and method of use An assembly that is removably mountable to a wall, the assembly including a base plate and a mounting plate that is asymmetrically deflectably coupled to the base plate.
US09970474B2	Hook device An elastic cord terminating in a pair of hook devices, each hook device made from a continuous length of wire. The continuous length of wire at one end has a hook bend having a hook tip, and at the other end a cord attachment. The hook bend and the cord attachment are separated by a straight shank length of the continuous wire into which there is bent a closed finger loop. The finger loop is sized to receive therethrough at least the tip of a finger. The finger loop has a hook proximate surface that is separated longitudinally from the hook tip and toward the cord attachment by a selectable clearance distance.
US09970471B2	Direct tension indicator plate and assembly A direct tension indicator plate, washer assembly, and fastener assembly. The plate includes an annular array of circumferentially-spaced legs extending radially outwardly from a hub, wherein each leg includes a foot portion oriented at least partially in a circumferential direction. The washer assembly includes an indicator plate carried by a washer plate having an annular array of protuberances projecting from a surface, a portion of the indicator plate being carried on the protuberances. The fastener assembly includes a fastener having an axially facing surface positioned against an annular portion of an indicator plate to sandwich the annular portion between the axially facing surface and an array of protuberances of a washer plate, wherein, when the fastener is fastened against the washer plate placing the indicator plate in compression with the washer plate, the array of legs are displaced radially outwardly.
US09970467B2	Handheld power tool An expansion anchor including a bolt and an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt is provided, the bolt having: an expansion cone in the region of the front end of the bolt, which expansion cone radially enlarges the expansion sleeve when moved into same; a threaded section for introducing tensile forces into the bolt; a shoulder that limits a movement of the expansion sleeve away from the expansion cone; and at least one anti-rotation protrusion for inhibiting a rotation of the expansion sleeve in relation to the bolt, the protrusion originating at the shoulder and protruding radially outwards on the bolt. The axial length of the anti-rotation protrusion is smaller than the pitch of the threaded section arranged on the bolt.
US09970466B1	Turnbuckle lock A turnbuckle lock having a head piece attached to a connecting piece of a turnbuckle and a locking lever having an interior. The locking lever is constructed, preferably, of two panels defining the interior. A support element is attached at one end to the head piece and is attached rotatably at an opposite end to the locking lever. A locking pin is attached to a turnbuckle shaft and is positionable in the interior of the locking lever to allow or prevent rotation of the turnbuckle shaft. The locking lever is rotatable away from the locking pin to position the locking pin out of the interior of the locking lever, thereby unlocking the turnbuckle shaft. The locking lever is rotatable towards the locking pin to position the locking pin inside the interior of the locking lever, thereby locking the turnbuckle shaft. The turnbuckle can be locked and unlocked without the use of tools and without disconnecting it from the machines to which it is attached.
US09970463B2	Utility vehicle two speed drive motor control Disclosed are power machines, and drive systems for use thereon, as well as methods of controlling the displacement of a hydraulic drive motor. The drive system includes a drive pump capable of providing a hydraulic power output and a drive motor operably coupled to the drive pump that receives the hydraulic power output from the drive pump. The drive motor has an operating displacement that is variable between a minimum displacement and a maximum displacement and it provides a rotational output member. A shift actuator is operably coupled to the drive motor and it is configured to vary the displacement of the drive motor between the minimum displacement and the maximum displacement. A controller controls the shift actuator to cause the drive motor to provide infinitely variable displacement between the minimum and maximum displacements.
US09970462B2	Gas generator driven hydraulic pressure supply systems An exemplary system for supplying hydraulic pressure to an operational device includes two or more pressure supply devices connected in a pod, the pressure supply devices including an elongated body having an internal bore extending axially from a first end to a discharge end; a gas generator operationally connected at the first end; a piston movably disposed in the internal bore; a hydraulic fluid disposed in the internal bore between the piston and the discharge end, wherein a portion of the hydraulic fluid is exhausted under pressure through a discharge port in response to activation of the gas generator; the operational device in hydraulic connection with the discharge port to receive the exhausted hydraulic fluid.
US09970449B2	Expander-integrated compressor, refrigerator and operating method for refrigerator An expander-integrated compressor is provided and includes: a motor; a compressor connected to an output shaft of the motor; an expander connected to the output shaft of the motor; a non-contact bearing disposed between the compressor and the expander; a casing; and an extraction line being in communicated with a region between the compressor and the expander in the internal space of the casing and extracts, from the region, the leakage fluid from the compressor side toward the expander side in the casing and to send the leakage fluid to a fluid line connected to the intake side or the discharge side of the compressor outside the casing. The casing seals the region from outside of the casing, thus the flow of the at least a part of the leakage fluid through the extraction line is the only flow of fluid between the region and the outside of the casing.
US09970443B2	Fan frame and fan assembly with silencing structures A fan assembly and a fan frame thereof are disclosed. The fan assembly includes a fan frame and an impeller disposed in the fan frame. The fan frame has an air inlet end and an air outlet end, and includes a sidewall, a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion is disposed close to the air inlet end and connected to one end of the sidewall. The bottom portion is disposed close to the air outlet end and connected to the other end of the sidewall. The bottom portion has at least one silencing structure.
US09970442B2	Mold pump assembly A molten metal pump assembly (10) and method to fill complex molds with molten metal, such as aluminum. The pump assembly includes an elongated shaft (16) connecting a motor (14) to an impeller (22). The impeller is housed within a chamber (18) of a base member such that rotation of the impeller draws molten metal into the chamber at an inlet (48) and forces molten aluminum through an outlet (50). A first bearing (36) is adapted to support the rotation of the impeller at a first radial edge (32) and a second bearing (38) is adapted to support the rotation of the impeller at a second radial edge. A bypass gap (60) is interposed between the second bearing and the second radial edge. Molten metal leaks through the bypass gap at a predetermined rate to manipulate a flow rate and a head pressure of the molten metal such that precise control of the flow rate is achieved.
US09970435B2	Pulsation damper A high-pressure pump has an elastic member arranged in a damper chamber between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm. The elastic member is always in contact with both diaphragms while the high-pressure pump is operated. When the diaphragms are further vibrated due to a resonance under a situation where a frequency of the pressure pulsation of low-pressure fuel is in agreement with the characteristic frequency of the diaphragms, the elastic member restricts the deformation of the diaphragms. Therefore, the resonance of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm can be restricted.
US09970426B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a linear compressor An apparatus and method for controlling a linear compressor are provided. The apparatus and method may identify a kind of motor of a linear compressor, based on an output which may be measured by applying a test signal to the linear compressor, and may control the linear compressor depending on the identified kind of motor. The apparatus and method may diagnose whether the linear compressor has broken down, and thus, the kind of motor may be autonomously identified without a separate device or a measurement operation, control suitable for a characteristic or characteristics of the motor may be accurately and efficiently controlled, and maintenance, repair, and inspection of the linear compressor may be simply and easily performed.
US09970397B2	Fuel electro-injector for a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine A fuel electro-injector for a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, having an atomizer equipped with a nozzle and a valve needle defining a discharge section that is annular and has a width that continuously increases as the opening stroke of the valve needle proceeds. The opening stroke is directed outwards and is caused, in a proportional manner, by the operation of an electric actuator. The electro-injector has a high-pressure environment with an annular passageway around the lateral outer surface of the valve needle to supply fuel to the discharge section, and a low-pressure environment, which communicates with a fuel outlet and is separated from the high-pressure environment by a dynamic seal between the valve needle and the nozzle. The electro-injector is provided with a hydraulic connection between the electric actuator and the valve needle, with a pressure chamber axially delimited, on one side, by the valve needle and, in use, is filled with fuel that, once compressed, axially pushes the valve needle along the opening stroke. The hydraulic connection is placed in the low-pressure environment, so that the pressure chamber only communicates with this environment.
US09970390B2	Systems and methods for removing coking deposits in a fuel injection system Methods and systems are provided for reducing coking deposits in a fuel injection system. In one example, a method may comprise humidifying intake air of an intake system of an engine in response to a determination that fuel injector coking is occurring, or after a duration has passed since a most recent humidification event. A humidifying fluid, such as water, may be injected into the intake system to humidify the intake air, and the resulting humidified intake air may reduce and/or remove coking deposits on one or more direct fuel injectors of the fuel injection system.
US09970387B2	Variable area fan nozzle with bypass flow The exit area of a nozzle assembly is varied by translating a ring assembly located at a rear of the engine nacelle. The ring may be axially translatable along the axis of the engine. As the ring translates, the trailing edge of the ring defines a variable nozzle exit area. Translation of the ring creates an upstream exit at a leading edge of the ring assembly. The upstream exit can be used to bleed or otherwise spill flow excess from the engine bypass duct. As the engine operates in various flight conditions, the ring can be translated to obtain lower fan pressure ratios and thereby increase the efficiency of the engine. Fairings partially enclose actuator components for reduced drag.
US09970384B2	Steel piston with cooling gallery and method of construction thereof A piston and method of construction is provided. The piston includes a top part fixed to a bottom part. The top part has an uppermost surface with annular inner and outer upper joining surfaces depending therefrom. The bottom part has a pair of pin bosses with pin bores aligned with one another along a pin bore axis; a pair of upwardly extending annular inner and outer lower joining surfaces and a combustion bowl wall. Inner and outer weld joints fix the inner and outer upper and lower joining surfaces to one another. An annular cooling gallery is formed laterally between the upper and lower joining surfaces. The inner weld joint joining the top part to the bottom part is located within the combustion bowl wall and configured to minimized the compression height of the piston.
US09970374B2	Actuator/sensor device An actuator/sensor device (1) includes: at least one actuator (3) controlled by a control signal and at least one sensor (5) transmitting an acquisition signal, the actuator (3) and the sensor (5) being integrated into the same component; an actuator/sensor pin (8) connecting a terminal of the actuator (3) and an output of the sensor (5) to the same single electrical wire (9) external to the actuator/sensor device (1); and switching elements adapted to cause either the control signal in a control phase (19) or the sensor information in an acquisition phase (21) to be sent on the electrical wire (9).

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