US09025766B2
Efficient hardware architecture for a S1 S-box for a ZUC cipher is described. One circuit includes a first circuit to map an 8-bit input data of a Galois field GF(256) for a 8-bit data path for a ZUC cipher non-linear function component into 4-bit data paths for the ZUC cipher non-linear function component. The circuit further includes other circuits coupled to the first circuit to execute the 4-bit data paths in GF(162) to determine the inverse of the 8-bit input data for the ZUC cipher non-linear function component in GF(162) and to map the inverse in GF(162) to the Galois field GF(256).
US09025760B1
An apparatus, method, and computer-program are provided to receive a request to connect a translator to a conference call holding area, and transmit a request to the translator for a personal identification number prior to connecting the translator to the conference call holding area. Upon verification of the person identification number, the translator is connected to the conference call holding area.
US09025757B2
A method, system and program product, the method comprising: determining a distribution of real agent performance from previous real agent performance data; determining a set of hypothetical agents with respective hypothetical agent performances APi ranging from a worst performance to a best performance; calculating for each of the set of hypothetical agents a posterior distribution taking into account actual results of a respective actual agent in multiple skills, using the distribution of real agent performance and the set of hypothetical agents with respective hypothetical agent performances APi, to obtain a total probability for each hypothetical agent of the set of the hypothetical agents; repeating calculating the posterior distribution steps for multiple of the hypothetical agents to obtain the respective total probabilities for the respective hypothetical agents; determining one hypothetical agent with a better value of total probability as the actual agent's most probable global performance. This method may also be applied to obtain caller global propensity.
US09025753B2
An approach is provided for offering communication services supported by a data network and a telephony network. A primary identifier is assigned to a user for access to the communication services, wherein the primary identifier is used by a party seeking to communicate with the user via one of the communication services. The primary identifier is mapped to one of a plurality of secondary identifiers corresponding to the respective communication services. The one secondary identifier is used by at least one of the data network and the telephony network to establish a communication session between the party and the user.
US09025751B2
The system and method establish a conference call between a plurality of communication devices. Each communication device may have one or more participants. The number of participants on each communication device is determined. The system and method get a profile for each participant in the conference call. The profile contains at least one parameter. A filtered list of participants in the conference call is generated based on at least one parameter in the profiles. The filtered list of participants is then presented to various participants in the conference call.
US09025749B1
A system, method, and computer readable medium for establishing communication between two devices comprises connecting, by a first computer, to an open source Private Branch Exchange (PBX) platform via a port, receiving a phone number sent by a first one of the two devices at the open source PBX platform, invoking an interface module by the open source PBX platform, where the interface module resides on the open source PBX platform, and building a Calling Name request by the interface module related to the received phone number.
US09025748B2
An aspect of the present invention enables users to avail specialized services using missed calls. In one embodiment, a missed call server on receiving an indication that a missed call has been placed by a user to a phone number, determines the specialized service corresponding to the phone number, and then sends a data to the service provider offering the determined service. The service provider then delivers the specialized service (sought to be availed) to the user. One of the specialized services is the delivery of content to the user. Thus, a user is enabled to access different contents by placing missed calls to the appropriate phone numbers.
US09025741B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method that involves receiving an indication that communications with a subscriber have been interrupted while engaged in voicemail processing, and recording a pointer to a last state of voicemail processing. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09025733B2
A method of testing a communication line includes applying a voltage as a function of time on the communication line. The function includes at least one ramp and at least one plateau. The method includes measuring a current flowing via the communication line, and calculating at least one electrical property of the communication line based on the voltage and the current.
US09025729B2
An FPD is provided with an ammeter for measuring current on a wired connection of a bias line that applies a bias voltage to pixels. A control circuit compares the measured value of the ammeter and a threshold value. When the measured value of the ammeter is equal to or larger than the threshold value, the control circuit judges that an emission of X-rays from an X-ray source is started. Until before the start of the X-ray irradiation is detected, the control circuit stops supplying electric power to a signal processing circuit, and turns on all TFTs. Once the start of the X-ray irradiation is detected, the control circuit turns off all the TFTs, and makes the FPD shift to a charge accumulation operation. Thereafter, the control circuit turns on a processing power source to start supplying the electric power to the signal processing circuit.
US09025727B2
A method, code and system for planning the treatment a lesion on or adjacent to the retina of an eye of a patient are disclosed. There is first established at least two beam paths along which x-radiation is to be directed at the retinal lesion. Based on the known spectral and intensity characteristics of the beam, a total treatment time for irradiation along each beam paths is determined. From the coordinates of the optic nerve in the aligned eye position, there is determined the extent and duration of eye movement away from the aligned patient-eye position in a direction that moves the patient's optic nerve toward the irradiation beam that will be allowed during treatment, while still maintaining the radiation dose at the patient optic nerve below a predetermined dose level.
US09025725B2
The apparatus includes: an X-ray source a multi slits element a first grating; a second grating; a driving section; a subject placing plate: and an X-ray detector, in which conversion elements to convert intensities of X-rays received thereby to electric signals, are arranged in a two-dimensional pattern so as to read the electric signals as image signals. The driving section moves the multi slits element relative to both the first grating and the second grating in a first direction orthogonal to a second direction of irradiating the X-rays, so that the X-ray detector repeats a processing for reading the electric signals converted from the intensities of X-rays received thereby, every time when the multi slits element moves at predetermined intervals so as to acquire the image signals representing Moire images captured at the predetermined intervals.
US09025720B2
A CRDS unlatching tool includes a support assembly and a latching assembly, wherein the support assembly is received within the latching assembly in a manner wherein the latching assembly is moveable relative to the support assembly. The support assembly has a plurality of latch fingers and at least one pin, each of the latch fingers being movable between a latched position wherein the latch finger is structured to engage and hold the CRDS an unlatched position wherein the latch finger is structured to not engage the CRDS. The latching assembly includes a first sleeve member and a second sleeve member, the second sleeve member having at least one slot, wherein the at least one pin is moveably received within the at least one slot. The latching assembly is movable from a latched state to an unlatched state wherein the latch fingers are actuated by the first sleeve member.
US09025715B1
A storage device configured to communicate with a host according to a serial communication standard. The storage device includes a receiver configured to receive host data from the host; a clock data recovery circuit configured to determine a first frequency of host data transmitted by a host; a phase locked loop configured to generate a local phase corresponding to a local clock signal; a frequency offset calculator configured to generate a frequency offset corresponding to the first frequency and a second frequency of the local clock signal; an accumulator configured to generate a phase offset corresponding to a difference between the local phase and a phase of the host data; an interpolator configured to generate a compensated local clock signal using the phase offset and the local phase; and a transmitter configured to transmit device data to the host using the compensated local clock signal.
US09025695B2
A network interface apparatus for wireless Ethernet is provided. The network interface apparatus includes: a Network Interface Card (NIC) control unit for converting a gigabit wired Ethernet signal into a Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) signal; a wireless network processing unit for converting the PCIe signal received from the NIC control unit into an analog signal; and an RF transmitting/receiving unit for converting the analog signal inputted from the wireless network processing unit into an RF signal of a 60 GHz frequency band to transmit the converted RF signal into a wireless terminal device.
US09025682B2
A communication is provided that schedules both Distributed Virtual Resource Blocks (DVRB) and Localized Virtual Resource Blocks (LVRB) in a same frequency channel, thereby obtaining the benefits of frequency selective scheduling while minimizing the uplink feedback overhead. In one embodiment of the invention, the communication system assigns one or more downlink Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) of multiple downlink Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) to each user equipment (UE) given an LVRB to produce at least one reserved PRB and multiple non-reserved PRBs and assigns a part of each PRB of the multiple non-reserved PRBs to a UE given a DVRB. In another embodiment of the invention, the communication system assigns PRBs pre-reserved for localized transmission to UEs scheduled for LVRBs and assigns parts of multiple PRBs pre-reserved for distributed transmission to each UE given a DVRB.
US09025680B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate transmitting at least two different types of information in a single signal, whereby the different types of information can be encoded and decoded independently. Thus, changes to one type of information does not affect a second type of information.
US09025674B2
An apparatus for reconstructing digital video data stream reconstructs a transport stream from a first data stream and a second data stream. Both of the first data stream and the second data stream comprise a plurality of packets, a plurality of input stream time reference (ISCR) values, and a plurality of deleted null packet (DNP) values. The apparatus includes a packet interval detector, that estimates a packet interval according to the first data stream or the second data stream; an alignment unit, that generates an alignment signal according to the ISCR values and the packet interval; an oscillator, coupled to the packet interval detector, that generates an output pulse signal; and a reconstruction controller, that reconstructs the transport stream from the first data stream and the second data stream and outputs the transport stream according to the alignment signal and the output pulse signal. The alignment unit includes a fine tuner for fine tuning a frequency of the output pulse signal according to the ISCR values and a local count.
US09025668B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for decoding motion information in merge mode for reconstructing a moving picture signal coded at a low data rate while maintaining a high quality of an image. The apparatus for decoding motion information in merge mode discloses the position of a merge mode candidate and the configuration of a candidate in order to predict motion information in merge mode efficiently. Furthermore, a merge candidate indicated by the merge index of a current block can be efficiently reconstructed irrespective of a network environment by adaptively generating a merge candidate based on the number of valid merge candidate.
US09025663B1
A method for encoding an intra prediction mode according to the present invention selects an intra prediction mode for a current block, determines the number of valid MPM candidates by checking the validity of MPM candidates of the current block, and if the number of valid MPM candidates is less than a previously set number, adds additional intra prediction modes as MPM candidates. MPM candidates can be adaptively added on the basis of the directionality of valid MPM candidates. Additionally, during the encoding of residual intra prediction modes, residual intra prediction modes are realigned on the basis of the directionality of valid MPM candidates. Accordingly, the present invention minimizes the information for encoding the intra prediction mode of the current block by adding MPM candidates or realigning the residual intra prediction modes on the basis of the directionality of valid MPM candidates.
US09025649B2
The embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for acquiring estimated values of transmitted signals, and a system-on-chip. The method comprises: in response to the sequence number N of a current OFDM symbol between sequence numbers N1 and N2 that are sequence numbers of two adjacent OFDM symbols containing pilots, for each RE within the Nth OFDM symbol, instantaneously acquiring a channel estimation value CNi of the RE by a linear interpolation method; extracting an FFT value of the ith RE from an FFT buffer unit, and based on a preset MIMO demodulation algorithm, performing computation on the CNi and the FFT value of the ith RE, thereby obtaining an estimated value of transmitted signals fro on the ith RE within the Nth OFDM symbol. The embodiments of the disclosure can save SOC memory, reduce SOC chip cost, and enhance SOC information processing performance.
US09025643B2
A communication apparatus communicates with another communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to receive serial data from a first communication apparatus that is serially connected to the communication apparatus; a modulation unit configured to modulate the serial data received by the first communication unit into data other than the serial data to generate transmission data; and a second communication unit configured to perform first unicast transmission which involves transmitting the transmission data by designating a second communication apparatus as a transmission destination and second unicast transmission which involves transmitting the transmission data by designating a third communication apparatus as a transmission destination.
US09025642B2
The present invention concerns a method for relaying symbols transferred by a source to a destination in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, the symbols being relayed by a relay, the relay receiving symbols, the symbols being representative of coded bits derived from information bits. The relay: receives symbols, successfully decodes the information bits from the symbols, determines a spectral efficiency to be used for transferring symbols from the number of coded bits transferred by the source prior the successful decoding of information bits, transfers symbols using a modulation that corresponds to the determined spectral efficiency.
US09025640B2
A method and apparatus is provided for intra-PIT signal decomposition of a signal received with RF front end hardware. The method begins by aligning a signal received by RF front end hardware into integer multiples of a duration of a pseudorandom noise code sequence. A search grid is computed based on an integer multiple of the aligned signal. A plurality of initial ray parameters associated with the computed search grid is coarsely estimated. Using the coarsely estimated plurality of initial ray parameters, a fine estimation of the plurality of initial ray parameters is initiated utilizing stochastic search and optimization techniques. A stopping criteria statistic is computed by comparing a peak power of the search grid with a noise power present in the search grid. Finally, in response to determining the stopping criteria statistic being less than a stopping criteria threshold, processing a next integer multiple of the aligned signal.
US09025638B2
A receiver circuit provides improved noise estimation processing by at least partially removing receiver frequency error bias. An initial noise estimate is compensated using an error term based on the observed receiver frequency error, and the resulting compensated noise estimate can be used to improve other signal processing in the receiver. For example, the receiver may use compensated noise estimates to generate signal quality estimates, e.g., Signal-to-Interference (SIR) estimates, having improved accuracy. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver may use the compensated noise estimates to generate RAKE combining weights having improved noise suppression characteristics. In an exemplary embodiment, the initial noise estimate is a noise correlation matrix generated from a received reference signal, e.g., pilot symbols, and the error term is an error matrix directly generated using he observed receiver frequency error and channel estimates taken from the reference signal.
US09025629B2
A laser driver circuit having a differential circuit and an output circuit includes a control circuit receiving a regulated supply voltage that also supplies the differential circuit as an input signal. The control circuit generates a feedback voltage across a first resistor to cause a first current to flow in the first resistor having a current value equal or proportional to the modulation current value. The laser driver circuit includes an operational amplifier receiving the feedback voltage and a reference voltage indicative of a desired modulation current value and to generate the regulated supply voltage. The control circuit and the operational amplifier form a feedback control loop to adjust the regulated supply voltage to regulate the feedback voltage to be equal to the reference voltage, thereby regulating the modulation current value to the desired modulation current value.
US09025628B2
A semiconductor laser includes: a first reflector that is provided in a gain region and has a sampled grating in which a plurality of segments are combined; and a second reflector that is optically connected to the first reflector and has a sampled grating in which a plurality of segments are combined, the plurality of segments of the first reflector having a short-segment region and a long-segment region, the long-segment region having an optical length that is larger than that of the short-segment region and being positioned closer to the second reflector than at least one of the short-segment region, the optical length of the long-segment region being larger than that of the short-segment region in a range of integral multiple (n≧1) plus-minus 25% of the optical length of the short-segment.
US09025627B2
A laser device 1 demultiplexes seed light L0 into a plurality of beams of laser light L1 and then continuously optically amplifies the plurality of beams of the laser light L1 with an amplifier 14. Therefore, its amplification factor can be set higher than that in the case of amplifying pulsed laser light. When producing multiplexed light L3 by multiplexing the beams of the amplified laser light L1 with a diffraction grating 16, respective phases of the beams of the laser light L1 are controlled such that an output peak of the multiplexed light L3 repeatedly appears at a converging position P1 at a predetermined time interval. This produces pulsed laser light at the converging position P1 from a plurality of beams of laser light L2 amplified at a high amplification factor. Hence, this laser device 1 can produce pulsed laser light with a high output.
US09025621B2
Systems and methods for distributing content over various mediums in a service provider network are disclosed. Such mediums may include an optical fiber and a cable line having a bandwidth less than that associated with the optical fiber. In certain embodiments herein, content may be distributed over the cable line, or relatively low bandwidth medium, according to characteristics of the optical fiber, or relatively high bandwidth medium. In one embodiment, data packets may be scheduled using first in first out (FIFO) scheduling for distribution over the cable line using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Using this approach, increased bandwidths may be achieved over cable lines. Additionally, certain embodiments herein are directed to maintaining a forward/reverse channel split, which may exist in a PON, over a cable line. Further, certain embodiments herein may relate to dynamic allocation of subcarriers in an OFDM signal in response to changes in quality of service.
US09025618B2
According to one embodiment there is provided a wireless communication device comprising a plurality of antennas and operable to transmit data on a plurality of subcarriers from one or more of said plurality of antennas over a communication channel, the device comprising a receiver configured to receive signals via each of said plurality of antennas, a processor configured to determine the number of subcarriers that can be allocated to one or more of said plurality of antennas for data transmission on the basis of received signal metrics associated with said received signals, and an antenna selector configured to select one or more of said plurality of antennas for transmitting data on said plurality of subcarriers based on said determination.
US09025604B2
Systems and methods are provided to support a large number of hosts while keeping the size of the FIB CAM low. Higher scalability may be achieved by consuming less FIB CAM space as hosts are added to a network. An L3 switching module may be provided capable of supporting a large number of virtual machines and/or hosts while maintaining a small FIB CAM size on a multiple device virtual switching system with device level aggregation.
US09025601B2
A method for adjusting the egress logical ports within a set of egress logical ports, the method comprising associating a plurality of operand values with a plurality of ingress logical ports and a plurality of egress logical ports, receiving a frame on one of the ingress logical ports, determining a proposed set of the egress logical ports to which to forward the frame, selecting an operator using content within the frame, performing a comparison operation comprising a first operand value, a second operand value, and the operator, modifying the proposed set of egress ports using the comparison operation, and transmitting the frame on the modified set of egress logical ports.
US09025590B2
Methods, apparatuses, and software can be used for providing power headroom reporting in a telecommunication system. A method can include configuring a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in uplink, wherein the power headroom report control element includes a bitmap indicating which power headroom reports are being reported. The method can further include receiving the power headroom report control element from the user equipment. The method additionally can include processing the received power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment.
US09025583B2
A system for the coexistence between a plurality of wireless communication modules sharing a single antenna is provided, including an antenna, first and second transceiving paths, and first and second wireless communications modules. The first transceiving path is coupled to the antenna. The second transceiving path is coupled to the first transceiving path. The first wireless communications module is coupled to the first transceiving path and transmits or receives a plurality of first wireless signals. The second wireless communications module is coupled to the second transceiving path and transmits or receives a plurality of second wireless signals, wherein signal strengths of the second wireless signals passing through the second transceiving path are attenuated by a certain level, and the attenuated second wireless signals are added to the first wireless signals when passing through the first transceiving path.
US09025581B2
A controller directing access points to default to a virtual cell service mode which allows seamless mobility for stations in motion around a wireless network is disclosed. Responsive to identifying a first station, the controller logic may dictate tighter controls for the first station by selecting a virtual port service mode. Some embodiments can also select a native cell service mode for devices due to a connection history of the station or a MAC OUI that is incompatible with virtual cell service mode. An initial service mode can be changed due to a condition. Also, the controller provides multiple BSSIDs to each access point.
US09025579B2
An apparatus comprising a connection manager in a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a cellular network via a cellular interface and with a short range wireless access network via a short range wireless access interface, wherein the connection manager is configured to enable the short range wireless access interface when a data connection request is detected and disable the short range wireless access interface when no more data connection requests are detected after expiration of a pre-determined time, and wherein the data connection request is at least partially delivered via the cellular interface while the short range wireless access interface is being set up and data connection is switched to the short range wireless access interface after completing short range wireless access interface setup.
US09025578B2
A distributed coordination of a wireless network operating on different channels is provided by dispatching a device on each ‘home’ channel to regularly visit other ‘foreign’ channels to propagate and listen to broadcast information on these channels. The information in the broadcast packets transmitted on the home channel is relayed to the devices on the foreign channels by the dispatched device, as a ‘proxy device’ that operates on behalf of the other devices in the home channel. In a preferred embodiment, various aspects of this proxy process are optimized to reduce overhead and delays. Each channel is configured to distinguish home devices from foreign devices, to avoid contention between home and foreign devices. Acquired beacon slots on foreign channels are reserved to facilitate returning proxy devices. At the home channel, an anchor device alerts other devices of the proxy device's temporary absence and preserves the proxy device's beacon slot on the home channel.
US09025574B2
An apparatus and method for feedback solutions that function in conjunction with CoMP transmissions. The feedback solutions are applicable to joint transmission (JT) as well as coordinated scheduling (CS) and coordinated beamforming (CB). Embodiments of the present disclosure are described herein in the context of a wireless network in compliance with LTE standards.
US09025559B2
A method performed by a base station. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting configuration information on an uplink channel allocated to a user equipment; and receiving signals based on the configuration information. The signals are transmitted by using a maximum power reduction (MPR) on maximum output power for transmission with non-contiguous resource allocation in a single component carrier. The MPR is determined according to: MPR=CEIL{MA, 0.5}, the CEIL being a function of rounding up by 0.5. The MA is determined according to: MA=(8.0−10.12*A) when 0
US09025554B2
A transmission path state estimation unit estimates a state of a transmission path to a wireless terminal based on a DRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) included in uplink user data received from the wireless terminal when a re-sending request is received after transmission of an SRS is stopped. A transmission unit forms directivity of a plurality of antennas based on the estimated state of the transmission path and transmits downlink user data.
US09025553B2
An apparatus configured to operate as a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC-AS) within an IP Multimedia Subsystem network, the apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a SIP INVITE originating from or sent via an access domain and for determining that the INVITE relates to a handover of a User Equipment (UE) currently served by the SCC-AS, to that access domain and for which a session with a peer UE is ongoing and the apparatus further comprises a message handler for determining if capabilities for the ongoing session, identified within said INVITE, have changed with respect to capabilities previously associated with the ongoing session and, if it is determined that capabilities have changed, for causing a SIP message to be sent to said peer UE, the message containing the changed capabilities.
US09025536B2
The described apparatus and methods provide communication services utilizing a combination of non-white space (NWS) and white space (WS) networks. For example, in an aspect, the described apparatus and methods receive, at a first base station (BS) and on a licensed frequency, a communication request for network access from a wireless access terminal (AT). The aspects also determine at least one available unlicensed frequency corresponding to a location of the wireless AT. Further, the aspects partition at least a portion of the network access for the wireless AT to be via the at least one available unlicensed frequency. Additionally, the aspects inform the wireless AT of the at least one available unlicensed frequency for use to obtain at least the portion of the network access. Additional aspects relate to NWS BS assisted handoffs of WS calls, dynamic caching of WS information, peer-to-peer WS communication, and WS BS venue-specific broadcasting.
US09025533B1
A system and method for dynamically assigning VLANs to devices for reliable, high performance and low support volume mechanism that allows service providers to affordably deploy dynamic per-unit VLAN assignment with zero operator intervention provisioning.
US09025524B2
A method and apparatus of transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal in a distributed antenna system (DAS) is disclosed. A method of receiving a synchronization signal in a mobile station of a distributed antenna system (DAS) comprises receiving a primary preamble from a base station through one of a plurality of distributed antennas, which is previously defined; and acquiring first synchronization using the primary preamble.
US09025515B2
Provided is a method for transmitting signals in a relay station. In detail, the method for transmitting signals in a relay station of a wireless communication system using a plurality of subframes including a plurality of OFDM symbols or SC-FDMA symbols comprises the steps of: receiving bitmap information on a backhaul downlink subframe from the relay station; obtaining control information on a subframe that is not used for a backhaul downlink; and repeatedly transmitting channel state information to the relay station on the basis of a virtual index indicating only a backhaul uplink subframe, wherein the backhaul uplink subframe is determined according to the control information and the bitmap information.
US09025511B2
The disclosure provides a method for controlling a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), which includes: a network side processes uplink feedback information from User Equipment (UE) and makes an Activation/Deactivation determination on an MBMS service according to the processing result; and the network side activates/deactivates the MBMS service according to the determination result. The disclosure also provides a system for controlling an MBMS service correspondingly. The disclosure can control the activation/deactivation of an MBMS service according to uplink feedback information from UE, thereby improving system efficiency.
US09025507B1
An association table associates each program stream of a plurality of program streams with a MAC domain, with a channel frequency and with a multicast address. If a subscriber device selects a content program different from a current program, a determination is made whether the new program is serviced by a different MAC domain than the one serving the current program. If the selected new program is not serviced by the same domain that is serving the current program stream(s), the current MAC domain is informed that the subscriber device is ending the session therewith, the new frequency is tuned by the subscriber device and new content is received immediately after the new frequency is tuned. The subscriber device registers with the new MAC domain after receipt of new content has begun.
US09025494B1
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) network device discovery techniques are disclosed. In some embodiments, IPv6 network device discovery includes determining a route entry (e.g., selecting a first route entry that is less than 126 bits and greater than 48 bits) of a route entry table of a seed device (e.g., a router, such as a well connected router); converting the route entry to an anycast address; and sending a probe to the anycast address. For example, using various techniques described herein, an Internet Control Messaging Protocol (ICMP) probe, for example, with incrementing hop count and the subnet-router anycast addresses as targets can be used to fully discover network devices on an IPv6 network.
US09025491B2
Wireless devices may utilize a communication stack to setup a data transmission session with other devices. The data transmission session may include a physical layer that permits wireless devices to perform operations such as discovery, pairing, and security setup. When a radio interface of a wireless device is insufficient to enable performing a data communication, a data transmission session may be established with at least one of a plurality of other physical layers to accommodate the data communication.
US09025482B2
A method for wireless communications is described. The method includes beginning a voice call using a voice services over adaptive multi-user channels on one slot receiver. Pilot signal knowledge is obtained. Interferers knowledge is also obtained. Error metrics are computed using the pilot signal knowledge and the interferers knowledge. The method further includes selecting between the voice services over adaptive multi-user channels on one slot receiver and a legacy receiver for the voice call based on the error metrics. Other aspects, embodiments and features are also claimed and described.
US09025474B2
In an embodiment, a communication device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a server, etc.) determines one or more current parameters associated with an operating environment of the first UE, and then excludes at least one communication mode from one or more available communication modes to produce a set of communication modes by which a second UE is recommended to contact the first UE. In another embodiment, the communication device selectively recommends communication groups to users of UEs with current operational capabilities similar to characteristics of the recommended communication groups. In another embodiment, a server determines that a threshold number or a threshold percentage of group-members of an existing communication group are friends with a set of users that do not yet belong to the existing communication group, and then recommends that the set of users join the existing communication group.
US09025465B2
To perform protection switching between tunnels in a network, Y.1731-based APS messages are often sent from a management system to nodes at the tunnels' end-points. If the management system is located near one node (local node) and far away from the other node (remote node), the APS message, which operates at the Ethernet service layer, travels to the remote node slower than traffic over the tunnels. This slower transmission time may prevent the remote node from performing a switch within a desired timeframe. The disclosed embodiments include a 1:1 bidirectional VLAN-based protection arrangement that accomplishes a 50 millisecond switching time without using Y.1731-based APS messages. The embodiments accomplish this by sending a switching command from the management system to the local node and modifying a message already traveling from the local node to the remote node to include a switching message that causes the remote node to perform the switch.
US09025464B2
A simple and effective pre-processing step to reduce the complexity of solving p-cycle network design problems involving pre-selecting candidate cycles based on their topological score (TS) and a priori efficiency (AE) is disclosed. The disclosure contains a case study that examines joint optimization of working routes with placement of p-cycles.
US09025459B2
A system and methods of using commodity switches and commodity servers to produce a load-balanced, highly-available network for a computing cloud are disclosed. The system comprises switches and servers. The switches are organized in tiers. The switches in the highest tier are connected to the servers via uplink switch ports. The switches in the lowest tier are connected to devices external to the system via downlink switch ports. A packet received from any downlink switch port is forwarded to one of the at least one link aggregation of uplink switch ports. A packet received from any uplink switch port is forwarded according to the first label in the packet. A server is configured to insert one or more labels in a packet to be sent out via the switches. A value in a label indicates the switch port to be selected to send out the packet received at a switch.
US09025453B2
A method of controlling a radio access network entity of a data unit communication network is described, said radio access network entity being involved in providing a transport service to a radio terminal of said data unit communication network, said transport service being characterized by a set of values associated with respective service quality parameters, said method comprising: monitoring (S30) a communication quality at the radio access level of a communication between said terminal and an access point of said radio access network, and setting (S31) a congestion indication marking in data units of said transport service if said communication quality fulfils a radio communication degradation condition.
US09025447B2
A service admission control method in a communication network comprising at least one group of at least one node per group, the method comprising the steps: Receive a service establishment attempt from one group; and admit the service in the network depending on the granularity of the network topology, the link topology and/or the partitioning of the link topology.
US09025443B2
Network equipment has multiple ports each performing transmission/reception of a frame, and a control unit that when the frame received through the port is an command of temporal suspension, temporarily suspends transmission of the frame from the port until a predetermined time elapses and after the predetermined time elapsed, alters the transmission bandwidth of each traffic about a communication path corresponding to the frame according to a variation of an interval at which the command of temporal suspension is received.
US09025442B2
According to one embodiment, a method for establishing a primary and redundant PW over disjoint bidirectional RSVP-TE LSPs include establishing a first bidirectional RSVP-TE LSP that includes a first upstream path and a first downstream path. The method includes transmitting a first label distribution protocol (LDP) label mapping message that includes a first transport path include field that causes the second PE router to use the first downstream path for the primary PW. The method includes establishing a second bidirectional RSVP-TE LSP that includes a second upstream path and a second downstream path. The method includes transmitting a second LDP label mapping message that includes a second transport path include field that causes the second PE router to use the second downstream path for the redundant PW.
US09025438B1
A system and method for communication failover is disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow voice communications (both inbound and outbound) that are normally carried by VoIP to be automatically switched over to a PSTN in the event of a failure of the VoIP communication network.
US09025434B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology that automatically mitigates datacenter failures, instead of relying on human intervention to diagnose and repair the network. Via a mitigation pipeline, when a network failure is detected, a candidate set of components that are likely to be the cause of the failure is identified, with mitigation actions iteratively targeting each component to attempt to alleviate the problem. The impact to the network is estimated to ensure that the redundancy present in the network will be able to handle the mitigation action without adverse disruption to the network.
US09025420B1
A method of storing data includes providing a write signal for a write head of a hard disk drive, generating a transition pulse signal derived from the write signal using a transition pulse generator, and generating a logic signal to drive a thermal source associated with the write head of the hard disk drive. The logic signal includes the logical summation of a cyclical base pulse signal and the transition pulse signal.
US09025415B2
An audio source localization apparatus receives signals from a microphone array (101), and a reference processor (105) generates at least three reference beams with different directional properties. An estimation processor (107) which generates simultaneous direction estimates for two sound sources, comprises a circuit (401) combining signals of the at least three reference beams with a beam shape parameter reflecting a shape of an audio beamform and a beam direction parameter reflecting a direction of an audio beamform for the combined signal. A cost processor (403) generates a cost measure indicative of an energy of the combined signal and a minimization processor (405) estimates values of the beam shape parameter and the beam direction parameter which correspond to a local minimum of the cost measure. A direction processor (407) then determines simultaneous direction estimates for two sound sources from the determined parameter values. Improved direction estimation for two simultaneous sound sources may be achieved.
US09025413B2
Seismic data recorded in a marine streamer are obtained, sorted as a common receiver gather. A complex Laplace frequency parameter is used to transform the seismic data from a space-time domain to a spectral domain. An iterative conjugate gradient scheme, using a physically-based preconditioner, is applied to the transformed seismic data, to provide a least squares solution to a normal set of equations for a source deghosting system of equations. The solution is inverse-transformed back to a space-time domain to provide source deghosted seismic data, which is useful for imaging the earth's subsurface.
US09025404B1
A semiconductor device with reduced leakage current and a method of manufacturing these reduced leakage current semiconductor devices are disclosed. The reduced leakage current semiconductor devices may be used for both static circuits and dynamic circuits. The reduced leakage current semiconductor devices reduce leakage current in the device when the node is not transitioning which occurs more than 95% of the time.
US09025383B2
A method is provided for programming a nonvolatile memory device, which includes multiple memory cells connected in series in a direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate. The method includes programming a first memory cell of the multiple memory cells, and programming a second memory cell of the multiple memory cells after the first memory cell is programmed, the second memory cell being closer to the substrate than the first memory cell. A diameter of a channel hole of the first memory cell is larger than a diameter of a channel hole of the second memory cell.
US09025375B2
Technology is described that supports reduced program disturb of nonvolatile memory. A three/two dimensional NAND array includes a plurality of pages, which are divided into a plurality of page groups. Access is allowed to memory cells within a first page group of a plurality of page groups in an erase block of the three dimensional NAND array, while access is minimized to memory cells within a second page group of the plurality of page groups in the erase block of the three/two dimensional NAND array. Pages in the same page group are physically nonadjacent with each other in the three/two dimensional NAND array.
US09025369B2
According to one embodiment, a phase change memory includes a memory cell, a select transistor, and a memory cell array. The memory cell includes a chalcogenide wiring, resistance wirings and a cell transistor. The chalcogenide wiring becomes a heater. One end of a plurality of memory cells with sources and drains connected in series is connected to a source of the select transistor. The bit line is connected a drain of the select transistor. The memory cell array is obtained by forming a memory cell string.
US09025362B2
There is disclosed a memory element including a memory layer that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face; a magnetization-fixed layer that has a magnetization that is perpendicular to the film face; and an insulating layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer, wherein an electron that is spin-polarized is injected in a lamination direction of a layered structure, and thereby the magnetization direction of the memory layer varies and a recording of information is performed, a magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the memory layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the memory layer, and in regard to the insulating layer and the other side layer with which the memory layer comes into contact at a side opposite to the insulating layer, at least an interface that comes into contact with the memory layer is formed of an oxide film.
US09025360B2
Programming a resistive memory structure at a temperature well above the operating temperature can create a defect distribution with higher stability, leading to a potential improvement of the retention time. The programming temperature can be up to 100 C above the operating temperature. The memory chip can include embedded heaters in the chip package, allowing for heating the memory cells before the programming operations.
US09025349B2
A power system and a starting method thereof includes a power output circuit, a loop circuit, a soft start circuit, and a constant-current source that supplies power to the soft start circuit. The loop circuit includes a loop circuit capacitor. The power system further includes a precharge circuit that charges the loop circuit capacitor, and the precharge circuit charges the loop circuit capacitor when the soft start circuit charges the power output circuit.
US09025345B2
A high-efficiency power supply apparatus is provided in light of the reduction of the switching loss. The power supply apparatus connected between the AC power supply and the DC load converts the AC power supplied from the AC power supply to the DC power and supplies it to the DC load. The power supply apparatus comprises the first switching circuit for outputting the switched positive and negative voltages to the primary winding of the transformer, a second switching circuit for supplying the DC power induced in the secondary winding of the transformer and switched to the DC load connected to the second AC terminals, a resonance inductor serial-connected to the primary winding, and a control unit for controlling the switching operations performed by the first and second switching circuits. The control unit substantially short-circuits the second AC terminals by controlling the switching operations performed by the second switching circuit.
US09025343B2
A telecommunication distribution box includes a housing and an electrical component mounted in the housing. A cover plate is movably connected to the housing and is movable between open and closed positions. A lip extends outwardly from the cover plate. The lip covers the electrical component when the cover plate is in the closed position to prevent accessing and removing the electrical component.
US09025336B2
A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.
US09025333B1
A new multifunctional, thermoelastic cellular structure is described. The new structure provides tunable thermal transport behaviors particularly important for thermal switching. In its simplest example embodiment of a single or unit cell, opposing bimetallic elements bend in response to temperature changes and, below a tunable switching temperature, are separated in an open or insulating position and, at and above the switching temperature, bend to come into contact in a closed or conducting position. Multiple cells are combined in different lattice arrays to create structures that are both switchable and load bearing. The cells can be switched by both temperature and other external fields.
US09025332B2
A method is provided which includes providing a cooling apparatus for an electronics rack which includes a door assembly configured to couple to an air inlet side of the electronics rack. The door assembly includes: one or more airflow openings facilitating passage of airflow through the door assembly and into the electronics rack; one or more air-to-coolant heat exchangers disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening(s) passes across the heat exchanger(s), which is configured to extract heat from airflow passing thereacross; and one or more airflow redistributors disposed in a direction of airflow through the airflow opening(s) downstream of, and at least partially aligned to, the heat exchanger(s). The airflow redistributor(s) facilitates redistribution of the airflow passing across the air-to-liquid heat exchanger(s) to a desired airflow pattern at the air inlet side of the electronics rack, such as a uniform airflow distribution across the air inlet side of the rack.
US09025330B2
A cabinet for housing and cooling electronic components with internally circulating air that is cooled at each of a plurality of equipment shelves.
US09025321B2
Provided is a portable electronic device, including a first case, a first fixed magnetic part, a movable magnetic part, a second case, and a second fixed magnetic part. The first case has a bottom plate and a first engagement surface, and an angle is formed between the bottom plate and the first engagement surface. The first fixed magnetic part is disposed on the bottom plate, and the first fixed magnetic part and the first engagement surface form an accommodating space. The movable magnetic part is movably disposed in the accommodating space. The second case is rotatably connected to the first case and has a second engagement surface. The second fixed magnetic part is disposed at the second engagement surface. When the second engagement surface is held to the first engagement surface, the movable magnetic part is attracted by the second fixed magnetic part and adsorbed to it.
US09025306B2
Provided is a laminated capacitor that achieves low impedance in a wide band. The laminated capacitor 1 includes an element assembly 2, terminal electrodes 3, 4, internal electrodes 7, 8 that are connected to the terminal electrodes 3, 4, and an internal electrode 9 that is not connected to the terminal electrodes 3, 4. In the laminated capacitor 1, an interval between each of the first electrode parts 3a, 4a of the first and second terminal electrodes 3, 4 and the internal electrode 9 is smaller than an interval between the internal electrode 9 and the internal electrode 7 or the internal electrode 8 located adjacent to the internal electrode 9.
US09025303B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for an ion generator device that includes a base, a first and second pair of spaced-apart, opposed sidewalls projecting from the base to collectively form an interior storage compartment and to define an upper edge, a top portion engaged to the upper edge, at least one high voltage wire extending from the device, and a power supply for providing a voltage to the high voltage wire for producing ions.
US09025299B2
An improved triggered arc flash arrester includes a shield apparatus disposed within an interior of an evacuated envelope and includes a first shield element and a second shield element. A plurality of conductors are partially disposed within the interior and are separated from one another by a gap. A first element of the shield apparatus is situated adjacent the envelope and is structured to protect the envelope from damage due to the high temperature plasma that results from an arc across the gap. A second element of the shield apparatus is interposed between the gap and at least a portion of the first element and is structured to protect the at least portion of the first element from damage due to an arc across the gap.
US09025289B1
A low-cost ESD protection device for high-voltage open-drain pad is disclosed, which has a first high-voltage (HV) NMOSFET coupled to a high-voltage (HV) open drain pad, a ground pad, a HV block unit and an ESD clamp unit and a low-voltage (LV) bias unit coupled to the first HV NMOSFET, a low-voltage (LV) trigger, the ESD clamp unit and the ground pad. The LV trigger is coupled to the HV block unit. The HV block unit blocks a high voltage from the HV open drain pad diode during normal operation and generates a trigger signal to the LV trigger when an ESD event is applied to the HV open drain pad. Then, the LV trigger turns on the ESD clamp unit to discharge an ESD current and switches the LV bias unit to turn off the first HV NMOSFET.
US09025287B2
An arc fault detection circuit includes a current sensing circuit coupled to a line conductor carrying a current. The current sensing circuit operates to sense current and output data indicative of the sensed current. A processing circuit implements a frequency transform algorithm to transform the output data to frequency data in a low frequency range and with a high spectral resolution where a minimum short time observation window is concerned. The processing circuit identifies an arc fault condition on the line conductor by identifying differences in said frequency data between at least two subsequent observation windows and identifying characteristics which exceed thresholds.
US09025278B1
The tool-less hard disk carrier is provided and configured to accommodate a hard disk. The hard disk has a first screw hole and a second screw hole respectively located at two sides of the hard disk. The tool-less hard disk carrier includes a housing, a moving part, a first pin, and a second pin. The housing includes a first sidewall and a bottom board connected to each other. The moving part has a sliding portion and an abutting portion connected to each other. The sliding portion is slidably engaged with the bottom board. The abutting portion is bent relative to the sliding portion to face the first sidewall. The abutting portion and the housing define an accommodating space, and the accommodating space is configured to accommodate the hard disk.
US09025275B1
Utilities that increase the volume of media elements that can be simultaneously loaded and/or unloaded into or from a storage library, facilitate mounting of media element magazines into a storage library, and limit access to an interior of a storage library by users during operation of robotics assemblies of the storage library. One disclosed utility includes a cartridge access port for use with a storage library that has a storage container that is pivotable (e.g., swingable) between at least first and second positions. In the first position, the storage container is adjacent an opening in the housing of the library for loading and unloading of media elements by a user into or from the container via the opening. After the storage container has swung into the second position, the storage container is spaced from the opening and faces the interior of the library for access by a robotics assembly.
US09025271B2
A storage system includes a plurality of tape drives connected to a host, and a buffer configured to temporarily hold data read from the drives. A mechanism loads a plurality of media on which a file has been written to the plurality of drives so as to mount the plurality of media in the plurality of drives and divides the file into a plurality of data portions in an order. The mechanism determines a medium that takes the shortest time to move from a current position of a read head of a corresponding drive to a beginning position of the file and one or more media from which following data portions of the beginning data portion are to be read. The mechanism executes reading of the following data portions from the next media and temporarily holding of the read following data portions in the buffer of the storage system while reading the beginning data portion of the file from the first medium to the host.
US09025255B2
A zoom lens includes first, second, third, and fourth lens groups respectively having positive, negative, negative, and positive powers. The first lens group includes an 11 lens group having a negative power, which is fixed during focusing operations, a lens group having a positive power, which moves during focusing operations, and a lens group having a positive power, which is fixed during focusing operations. The 11 lens group includes two negative meniscus lenses having concave surfaces toward an image side, and a cemented lens constituted by a biconcave lens toward an object side and a biconvex lens toward the image side. A distance D4 between the second meniscus lens and the cemented lens and the focal distance f1 of the first lens group satisfy the relationship: 0.60
US09025253B2
An optical device, includes a light-transmitting substrate (20) having an input aperture and first and second major surfaces (26, 32) parallel to each other and edges, one partially reflecting surface located in the substrate which is non-parallel to the major surfaces of the substrate and an external optical arrangement having an output aperture for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection. The optical arrangement for coupling light having an output aperture optically attached to the input aperture of the substrate with the part of the substrate located next to the substrate input aperture, being substantially transparent.
US09025243B2
The present invention can realize stable focus tracking in the AF control of a microscope by calculating an evaluation function based on a light intensity signal received in two regions and adjusting the slope of the evaluation function to be constant.
US09025240B2
A peak value detector detects power of an output light pulse which is output from the light amplifying fiber. A light receiving element receives a group of light pulses including a plurality of pulses and converts the group of light pulses into a current signal. The current/voltage converter circuit converts the current output from the light receiving element to voltage. The integration circuit integrates the voltage output from the current/voltage converter circuit. A programmable gain amplifier (PGA) amplifies the signal output from the integration circuit and provides the signal for the A/D converter circuit. The gain of the PGA is set by a gain setting signal from the signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit adjusts the gain of the PGA so that the gain increases as the repetition frequency of the group of pulses increases.
US09025236B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an electrophoretic display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein electrophoretic liquid is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate; at an inner surface of the second substrate, there are formed with a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities accommodating one full-color display ball therein; at least two magnetic elements are disposed on the inner surface of the cavity, and one magnetic element is disposed at each of two poles of the full-color display ball. The electrophoretic display device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can achieve better color display.
US09025234B2
The present invention is directed to luminance enhancement structure for reflective display devices. The luminance enhancement structure comprises columns and grooves, wherein said grooves have a triangular cross-section and the pitches of the structure vary. The structure not only can enhance the brightness of a display device, but also can reduce the Moiré effect of the display device.
US09025227B2
A solar light concentration plate comprises a plurality of holograms diffracting incident light wherein each of the plurality of the holograms has a thickness, at least one intermediate light guide plate disposed between the plurality of the holograms, and a pair of external light guide plates disposed on outer surfaces of outermost holograms of the plurality of the holograms, wherein at least one of the pair of the external light guide plates has an inner surface and an outer surface inclined relative to the inner surface.
US09025220B2
A self-contained mobile optical scanning system having an image scanner contained within a hollow inside space defined by mated engagement of an upper housing and a lower housing having corresponding upper and lower transparent windows having reduced margins and a scanning control interface rotatable through the enclosed space which allows scanning through the upper transparent window in either the upright or inverted condition by alignment of viewable indicator marks and overlap indicators in relation to an article which allows stitched alignment of a plurality of scanning cycles to generate images embeddable with metadata or data files.
US09025219B2
An image reading device includes a reading unit provided with an image sensor and configured to read a manuscript placed on a contact glass, a manuscript sensor whose output level varies depending on whether the manuscript is detected, and a moving mechanism configured to move the manuscript sensor from a predetermined reference position in an oblique direction with respect to a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction such that a detection zone of the manuscript sensor passes through a side of the manuscript parallel to the sub scanning direction and a side of the manuscript parallel to the main scanning direction. A recognizing unit is also included that is configured to recognize lengths in the main scanning direction and the sub scanning direction of the manuscript, based on a displacement of the manuscript sensor from the reference position.
US09025213B1
A document processing system allows specifying disposition of a paper document at the time a reservation for the document is created in the document processing system. A default disposition policy for the paper document can be selected, a different defined disposition policy can be selected, or a new disposition policy can be created. Quality assurance processing after scanning assures all needed processing is performed for the paper document and the corresponding electronic document. Once the quality assurance processing is complete, the disposition of the paper document is scheduled according to the specified disposition policy for the paper document.
US09025209B2
An image forming apparatus has a control unit configured to: after an image is formed in a color mode, if an integrated supply amount is larger than or equal to a reference supply amount, cause a supply image with a first amount of developer, otherwise, cause a supply image with a second amount of developer larger that the first amount; and, after an image is formed in the monochrome mode, cause a supply image with a third amount of developer smaller than the first amount, and, to make an interval between recording materials when the supply image with the third amount is formed shorter than an interval between recording materials when the supply image with the first amount or larger is formed.
US09025202B2
In a case where a first identifier that is communicated between the printing apparatus and the information processing apparatus to specify a type of a printing medium that is used in the printing apparatus, and a second identifier unique to each of a plurality of types of printing media are set in both the printing apparatus and the information processing apparatus, the second identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus is obtained. Based on the second identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus, the first identifier set in each of the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus is determined, such that the types of printing medium corresponding to the first identifier set in the information processing apparatus and the printing apparatus match, and a different first identifier is set regarding a printing medium of a different type.
US09025198B2
An image forming apparatus includes a base value setting unit and a correction value calculating unit. The base value setting unit sets a base value of an image process condition on the basis of the area ratio of an image to be formed. The correction value calculating unit calculates a correction value obtained by correcting the base value set by the base value setting unit on the basis of at least the pattern of the image. The image is formed based on the correction value calculated by the correction value calculating unit.
US09025196B2
A printing system includes a screen printing unit as a printing processor of a non-digital system and an ink jet printing device as a printing processor of a digital system. Holes as reference marks formed in a three-dimensional shape are provided on a placement table which is used commonly in the screen printing unit and the ink jet printing device. Positioning of printing positions is performed with reference to the same holes on both of the screen printing unit and the ink jet printing device.
US09025193B2
A disclosed information processing apparatus is capable of acquiring, from a device connected to the information processing apparatus, configuration information concerning the device for a setup corresponding to the device according to the configuration information. The information processing apparatus includes a function file storage configured to hold a function file describing a function of the device; a device classifying unit configured to classify the device into a category according to the configuration information acquired from the device; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the device, information concerning the function described in the function file corresponding to the category into which the device is classified by the device classifying unit; and a display unit configured to display a setup page used for the setup corresponding to the device, according to the information acquired by the information acquiring unit.
US09025186B2
A print control device includes an output unit, an adding unit, and a transmitting unit. The output unit outputs generated print data to a printing mechanism. The generated print data is generated as a result of unit print data, which includes page data of at least one page, being copied; and includes pieces of the unit print data. The adding unit adds blank page data between one piece of unit print data and another piece of unit print data to be printed next in line to the one piece of unit print data. The transmitting unit transmits, to the printing mechanism, information for causing an additional image to be formed on a medium when an image based on the page data is printed on the medium, and information for causing the additional image not to be formed on a blank page formed based on the added blank page data.
US09025180B2
A system and method are disclosed having different multi-functional devices that are in communication with a portable device such as a mobile phone, laptop or the like. A scanned document or image is received from one of the multi-functional devices as well as one or more destination addresses. The scanned document is communicated to a cloud computing server that generates at least one confirmation code or token in response and communicates the confirmation code to the portable device. Upon receiving the confirmation code at a second multi-functional device, the system prints a hardcopy of the scanned image.
US09025179B2
A print job to undergo print processing is selected from a list of held print jobs. A printing medium type set in the selected print job is selected from a list of feedable printing medium types. At this time, the printing medium type set in the selected print job is displayed preferentially to other printing medium types.
US09025176B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a receiving unit configured to receive a job from an external apparatus; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the basis of the job received by the receiving unit; and a control device. The control device configured to perform: an establishing process of establishing an allowance status in which the image processing apparatus is allowed to be designated as a job input destination from a user, with respect to the external apparatus; and a restricting process of restricting the image processing apparatus from being in the allowance status in a case where the image processing apparatus is in a restriction status in which the image processing is restricted.
US09025173B2
An image display apparatus includes: a display device configured to display a plurality of images. At least one common setting is provided in common for the images, and an individual setting is allowed to be set individually for each image. A controller controls the display device to display the at least one common setting when the images displayed on the display device are being scrolled. When the images displayed on the display device are not being scrolled, the controller controls the display device to display at least one individual setting and at least one image of the images such that each of the at least one individual setting is displayed in association with a corresponding one of the at least one image.
US09025172B2
A printing setting apparatus for generating printing setting information described in one data format included in plural types of data formats and submitting a printing job to an image forming apparatus capable of executing a printing job based on printing setting information described in said plural types of data formats, comprising: an operation acceptor for accepting a user's operation for input; a generator for making printing setting based on control information received by said operation acceptor and generating printing setting information described in said one data format based on said printing setting; a converter for converting said printing setting information described in said one data format into printing setting information described in another data format included in said plural types of data formats; and an output part for outputting said printing setting information which is generated by said converter and described in said another data format.
US09025170B2
A reading unit reads a first side of a printed material having first image data printed on the first side and second image data printed on a second side, the second side being a back side of the first side, in order to obtain image data. A density determination unit determines whether a density of the second image data exceeds a predetermined density. A comparison unit compares a density of the image data obtained by the reading unit and a density of the first image data, and produces a comparison result. A determination unit, in a case when a density difference between the density of the image data and the density of the first image data exceeds a threshold as the comparison result of the comparison unit, determines that the printed material includes a defect portion.
US09025169B2
An image forming apparatus includes a power receiving unit, a power supply unit, an image forming unit, an execution control unit, a switching command receiving unit, a storage unit, and a power shutdown detection unit. The execution control unit executes, when started, a mode which is indicated by start mode information stored in the storage unit. The execution control unit causes the storage unit to store information indicating the standby mode as the start mode information if power shutdown is not detected when the standby mode is started, and causes the storage unit to store information indicating the execution mode as the start mode information if power shutdown is not detected when the execution mode is started.
US09025164B2
The invention relates to a method for ascertaining material characteristics of an object, in particular optical properties of preferably semi-transparent objects. The aim of the invention is to obtain material characteristics without complex measuring methods. This is achieved in that spectrally resolved data from measured data of the object are calculated with spectrally resolved data of a reference body in order to ascertain the material characteristics, the measured data being ascertained with a confocal 3D measuring system.
US09025163B2
An apparatus and method for detecting refractive index variations in a sample is disclosed. The apparatus includes a multi frequency laser source configured to generate a mixed laser beam having at least two optical frequencies. A sinusoidal function generator is configured to modulate the optical frequencies to generate a chirp-modulated mixed laser beam. The chirp-modulated mixed laser beam being configured to pass through the sample. A detector is configured to detect the chirp-modulated mixed beam. A signal processer is configured to process the detected chirp-modulated mixed beam to measure refractive index variations in the sample.
US09025156B2
Provided is a small, highly accurate Fourier spectrometer which enables highly accurate detection of an optical path difference in an interferometer. An element for changing to a narrow band is provided to return reflected light to a second light source (4), and the wavelength of light emitted by the second light source is locked, whereby the position of a movable mirror (8) is measured highly accurately and an optical path length (1) and an optical path length (2) match highly accurately.
US09025148B2
An alignment mark determines alignment of a first and a second exposure on a substrate on a macro level and a micro level. The alignment mark includes a first alignment pattern projected during the first exposure and a second alignment pattern projected during the second exposure. The alignment mark includes a first sub-mark at least partially defined by the first alignment pattern and a second sub-mark at least partially defined by the second alignment pattern. Relative positions of the first and second sub-marks on the substrate are representative for alignment of the first and second exposures on the macro level. At least one sub-mark is defined by image lines of the first alignment pattern and the second alignment pattern, and wherein relative positions of image lines of the first alignment pattern and image lines of the second alignment pattern of the at least one sub-mark are representative for alignment of the first and second exposures on the micro level.
US09025147B1
A method for detecting ultra-fine features of an integrated circuit (IC) on a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The semiconductor substrate comprises an IC fabricated by 22 nanometer or smaller scale semiconductor micro-fabrication process. The integrated circuit includes circuit features parallel to a circuit horizontal direction or a circuit vertical direction. The method includes focusing an incident light to produce a focused light spot on a portion of the IC. The incident light is linearly polarized in a linear polarization substantially parallel to the circuit horizontal direction. The method includes detecting reflected light from the portion of the IC, producing a relative movement between the focused light spot and the IC to allow the focused light to illuminate different portions of the IC, obtaining an image of the IC using signals of the reflected light detected from different locations of the integrated circuit, and detecting IC features in the image.
US09025145B2
The invention relates to a flow cytometer system and method to apply a gain to data measurements to improve the display of the data measurements. The method for applying a gain to data detected in a flow cytometer, involves obtaining measurements from a detector in a flow cytometer, applying a gain to the measurements to produce shifted measurements to allow for improved display of the shifted measurements while maintaining the relationship between data points of the shifted measurements and displaying the shifted measurements on a display.
US09025139B2
A first photoelectric conversion element, which detects light and converts the light into photoelectrons has: one first MOS diode having a first electrode formed on a semiconductor base body with an insulator therebetween; and a plurality of second MOS diodes, each of which has a second electrode formed on the semiconductor base body with the insulator therebetween. The first electrode of the first MOS diode has, when viewed from the upper surface, a comb-like shape wherein a plurality of branch portions are branched from one electrode portion. Each second electrode of each of the second MOS diodes is, when viewed from the upper surface, separated from the first electrode, and is disposed to nest between the branch portions of the first electrode.
US09025138B2
Method for suppressing an echo signal in a range finder device, which has at least one light-sensitive receiver and at least one laser light source as transmitter, characterized in that at least one counter signal corresponding to the echo signal is generated and which counter signal is super-imposed to a signal generated by the transmitter.
US09025133B2
In a laser interference lithography apparatus, a laser source provides a first laser beam, and an optics assembly is optically coupled to the laser source and receives and processes the first laser beam into one or multiple second laser beams. An exposure stage carries a to-be-exposed object. The fiber assembly receives and processes the second laser beam(s) into one or multiple single mode and stable coherent third laser beams without spatial noise. An interference pattern is generated on the to-be-exposed object using the third laser beam(s). The apparatus is configured without a pin hole spatial filter and a beam expander being disposed on an optical path from an output end of the laser source to the exposure stage.
US09025128B2
The present disclosure relates to an actuator for projection exposure systems that include a magnet. The magnet is encapsulated and/or supported in a magnet holding plate that is produced by microtechnical production methods so that a moving manipulator surface is held in the magnet holding plate via monolithic or bonded connections without additional connecting material so that there is a secure connection.
US09025120B2
A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes a first substrate, a plurality of pixels, a second substrate, a plurality of floating electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer. The pixels are arranged in an array on the first substrate, and each of the pixels includes a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein a space is maintained between the first electrode and the second electrode. The floating electrodes are disposed on the second substrate and above the spaces. The liquid crystal layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer is optically isotropic when the first electrode and the second electrode have no voltage difference; and the liquid crystal layer is optically anisotropic when the first electrode and the second electrode have a voltage difference therebetween.
US09025116B2
A liquid-crystal display device makes it possible to attach an optical element to a liquid-crystal display panel with high positional accuracy while avoiding or minimizing the enlargement of the picture-frame region (i.e., the non-display region) induced by the formation of markers on the panel and the increase of the fabrication cost. The panel comprises a main substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal enclosed in a gap between the main and opposite substrates, wherein a polarizer plate is attached at least to the opposite substrate. Markers for attaching an optical element to the panel are formed at positions that overlap with the polarizer plate in a non-display region on the main or opposite substrate. Alignment direction regulators regulate the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules to a predetermined direction in the vicinities of the markers, allowing light to pass through at least the opposite substrate.
US09025114B2
Disclosed herein is a display device including a reflection type image display portion having a sheet-like anisotropic scattering member. In an area, in an in-plane direction, of the anisotropic scattering member, a low-refractive index area and a high-refractive index area are disposed in a mixture style. The anisotropic scattering member is disposed in such a way that a light is scattered when an outside light is made incident from a surface side on which a degree of a change in a refractive index in a vicinity of a boundary between the low-refractive index area and the high-refractive index area is relatively large, and is emitted from a surface side on which the degree of the change in the refractive index in the vicinity of the boundary between the low-refractive index area and the high-refractive index area is relatively small.
US09025109B2
A light guiding system, an edge-type backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The light guiding system includes an ambient light collection system facing toward ambient light for absorbing the ambient light, a plurality of light guiding devices, and a fluorescent film arranged between the light emitting ends and the light incident surface. Each of the plurality of light guiding devices includes a light emitting end and a light incident end. The light emitting ends are arranged close to a light incident surface of a light guiding plate, and the light incident ends are arranged close to the ambient light collection system. The absorbed ambient light enters the light incident ends and propagates toward the light emitting ends. By adopting the fluorescent film, the light beams from the light emitting ends are diffused such that brightness difference on the light incident surface is enhanced.
US09025103B2
A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.
US09025102B2
The present invention provides a drive circuit of liquid crystal panel, which includes a gate driver, a source driver, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The plurality of gate lines and data lines define a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes a thin-film transistor, a common electrode, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin-film transistor, and a correction capacitor. The thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the gate driver and the source driver respectively by means of the gate lines and the data lines. The common electrode and the pixel electrode constitute a liquid crystal capacitor. The thin-film transistor includes a gate terminal and a drain terminal. The correction capacitor is electrically connected between the gate terminal and the drain terminal for correcting a parasitic capacitor generated between the gate terminal ad the drain terminal due to structural characteristics.
US09025096B2
A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device includes: a first substrate, a thin film transistor formed in a first, non-transmissive region on the first substrate, including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a storage capacitor formed in a second, transmissive region on the first substrate, where a first electrode and a second electrode of the storage capacitor are made of a transparent conductive material.
US09025095B2
The invention relates to a polarization rotator with small polarization ellipticity. The rotator includes a first optical unit (401) and a second optical unit (402) on a common optical axis. The first optical unit (401) is formed by a rectilinear polarizer (205) and a first quarter-wave plate (210), where the polarization direction of the polarizer is a bisector of the neutral axes of the quarter-wave plate. The second optical unit (402) is formed by a variable-delay plate (220) and a second quarter-wave plate (230), where the neutral axes of the second quarter-wave plate are bisectors of the neutral variable-delay plate axes.
US09025094B2
A wavelength selective switch device includes an incidence part where wavelength multiplexed light made of light of a plurality of wavelengths enters, an exit part that includes a plurality of fiber that outputs light of a wavelength selected from a signal in which wavelength multiplexed light that entered from the incidence part enters, a polarization diversity part that separates incidence light that entered the incidence part according to polarization components of the incidence light to make first and second optical beams, a wavelength dispersion and synthesis element that spatially disperses incidence light according to a wavelength of the incidence light and multiplexes the spatially dispersed reflected light according to the wavelength, and a wavelength dispersion and synthesis element that spatially disperses incidence light according to a wavelength of the incidence light and multiplexes the spatially dispersed reflected light according to the wavelength.
US09025078B2
An image capture method includes performing light metering with respect to a subject in response to a first control signal, setting an ISO value and a shutter speed value based on result of the light metering, increasing the ISO value by a first amount and decreasing the shutter speed value by a second amount in response to a second control signal to capture a plurality of images, where the second amount is greater than the first amount, performing gamma correction with respect to the plurality of images to increase brightness of each image, and synthesizing the plurality of gamma corrected images to obtain a single image with improved brightness.
US09025077B2
Spatial resolution can be improved in multi-lens digital cameras. Each lens can have the same or similar field of view, but can be associated with different geometric distortions defining, for example, a magnification at various field of view portions. A final image can be generated based on an initial image captured by each lens. Luminance information from the magnified portions of the initial images can be combined to form final image luminance information. Chrominance information from the initial images can be combined to form final image chrominance information. The final image can be generated based on the final image luminance information and the final image chrominance information.
US09025072B2
Disclosed herein is a camera module having a selective focus adjustment function. The camera module includes a lens part containing a multiple of lenses, an image sensor converting an optical image transmitted through the lens part into an electric signal, and a main control part transferring the lens part driving signal to set a focusing area around the finger end part indicated by a finger in an image obtained from the optical image in a preview state. According to the proposed invention, a focusing region is set around the end part of a finger at the time of capturing an image when a user indicates a desired focusing setting area by a finger, so that the user can take the focus by selecting a desirable focus position freely at the time of photographing an image using a portable terminal having a camera module of the present invention.
US09025060B2
A solid-state image sensor which comprises a pixel group in which unit pixels each including a microlens and a plurality of photo-electric converters are arrayed two-dimensionally, wherein a shielding unit that shields part of all of a plurality of photo-electric converters corresponding to a single microlens is provided in a portion of the unit pixels.
US09025038B2
This invention provides an image free from camera shake by using a plurality of images captured by a camera array image capturing apparatus. A determination unit determines whether to execute a camera shake correction processing. A memory unit temporarily stores only a group of images determined by a determination unit to be camera shake corrected. A camera shake correcting unit synthesizes images to correct blurs in the images. A matching point searching unit determines matching pixels by checking pixel value similarity between images. A moving amount calculating unit, based on the result acquired by the matching point searching unit, calculates a moving amount of each pixel between images. A position correcting unit, based on the moving amount of each pixel calculated by the moving amount calculating unit, corrects the positions of the images. An image synthesizing unit synthesizes a group of images that are position-corrected by the position correcting unit.
US09025037B2
An event data recorder (EDR) is configured to operate in a driving mode and a parking mode. In the driving mode, the EDR is configured to perform high quality video recording using an image-capturing circuit. In the parking mode, the EDR is configured to periodically activate the image-capturing circuit for event detection and start to perform low quality video recording after detecting a specific event.
US09025036B2
A focus adjustment apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect feature information of an object, a plurality of signal generation units configured to accumulate charges to generate and output a pair of image signals respectively, and a focus detection unit configured to control charge storage of the plurality of signal generation units and detect a focus based on a phase difference between a pair of image signals output from a first signal generation unit corresponding to the feature information of the object detected by the object detection unit, wherein if reliability of detection by the object detection unit is a first level which is higher than a second level, the focus detection unit sets charge storage time of the first signal generation unit longer than that in a case of the second level.
US09025031B2
A surveillance unit (1) comprises a support pole (3) and apparatus (5) mounted on the support pole (3) for housing surveillance cameras (6,7) and infrared heat detectors (8) in a controlled environment. The apparatus (5) comprises a primary housing (10) defining a primary hollow interior region (11) supported on a main support platform (21) which is mounted on the support pole (3). A secondary housing (14) defining a secondary hollow interior region (15) is coupled to the primary housing (10) by a tubular coupling element (17) which defines a communicating passageway (18) for communicating the primary and secondary hollow interior region (11,15). The secondary housing (14) comprises a lower secondary shell (68) of polycarbonate material and an upper secondary shell (73) which form the secondary hollow interior region (15). A PTZ camera (7) is located in a central first chamber (87) of the secondary hollow interior region (15) and eight first cameras (6) are located in the secondary hollow interior region (15) spaced apart at 45° intervals around the central first chamber (87). Medium and low voltage panels (59,60) are located in the primary hollow interior region (11) for controlling and monitoring data from the cameras (6,7) and the infrared heat detectors (8). An air conditioning unit (31) located in the primary housing (10) controls the temperature of air within the primary and secondary hollow interior regions (11,15) in order to maintain a controlled temperature environment within the primary and secondary hollow interior regions (11,15). An electrically powered circulating fan (130) located in an air accommodating duct (120) which extends from the primary hollow interior region (11) into the secondary hollow interior region (15) through the communicating passageway (18) circulates air from the air conditioning unit (31) between the primary and secondary hollow interior regions (11,15).
US09025030B2
Improvements in a video system are presented that uses one or more camera(s) with a display system. The camera and display system operate together to allow a person to view the back or side of their head as they apply makeup or style their hair. The use of multiple cameras allows the person to view their hair, face or profile from different angles without requiring a single camera to be re-positioned or requiring the person to turn their head to view a particular area. The video system can blend the image from multiple cameras to achieve a view that is not from a single camera. The blending or morphing of the image allows the user the ability to obtain a view from nearly any angle without requiring them to move their head or adjust the camera angle.
US09025026B2
Provided is a monitoring camera apparatus that can pick up, when an image of a signal lamp of a traffic signal is picked up by a monitoring camera at night, an image of an image pickup region other than the signal lamp bright without saturating a red signal lamp.The monitoring camera apparatus includes signal controlling means including RGB ratio detecting means for detecting lighting, lighting/extinguishing times, the shape and the number, or signal lamp control signals of signal lamps of a traffic signal in the image pickup region and detecting ratios of RGB signals of the signal lamps, gain controlling means for controlling a gain of the RGB signals, and color mixture controlling means for controlling color mixtures of respective signal lamp colors. The signal controlling means detects ratios of RGB signal levels on the basis of lighting, lighting/extinguishing times, the shape and the number, or signal lamp control signals of respective signal lamps of green, yellow, and red, specifies the signal lamps as a red signal lighting region of a red signal lamp if R>G≈B, attenuates GB signals or reduces the GB signals to zero and reduces color mixture in the color signal lighting region with the color mixture controlling means, and makes it possible to display lighting of the red signal lamp as a red color on a monitor.
US09025021B2
System and methods for translating sports tracking data into statistics and performance measurements
A system for creating objective sports measurements and statistics of a sporting event. The system analyzes the continuous on-going motion of the players, the game object and the state of the game. Continuous on-going motion of the players and game object can be obtained through any of several technologies including cameras, IR sensors, RFID, etc. The state of the game includes at least the determination of when the competition is officially on versus paused. For sports that include a game clock, the detection of a running clock indicates that the competition is on, whereas a stopped clock indicates that the competition is paused. The combination of these three data sets, i.e., player locations, game object locations and the state of the game, are both necessary and sufficient for objectively determining key sports metrics including when the game object is in possession of a given player, which expands into the cycle of possession flow.
US09025020B2
Controlled amount of heat is injected into a stacked die using a light beam, and the propagated heat is measuring with LIT camera from the other side of the die. The thermal image obtained can be characterized so that it can be used to calibrate the phase shift from a given stack layer, or can be used to identify defects in the stacked die. The process can be repeated for each die in the stack to generate a reference for future testing. The thermal image can be investigated to detect faults, such as voids in vias, e.g., TSV.
US09025012B2
There is provided a display control device including an image adjustment unit for taking, in a case one object image among an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer includes a non-matching portion not matching an other object image, the non-matching portion as an adjustment target image that is a target of adjustment, and adjusting the adjustment target image to be an image less clear than a base image that is the adjustment target image before adjustment, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on an object image after adjustment that is the one object image that has been adjusted by the image adjustment unit and the other object image.
US09025011B2
A first image nonalignment amount, between a first type image and a second type image captured when the focusing lens is located at an in-focus position, of any subject, that is positioned a predetermined distance from the image capturing apparatus, is obtained. A second image nonalignment amount, between the first type image and the second type image obtained when the focusing lens is located at a predetermined reference position, of the subject is obtained. Then an image shift amount, for at least one of the first type image and the second type image captured when the focusing lens is located at the in-focus position, is determined, so that the difference between the first image nonalignment amount and the second image nonalignment amount falls within a predetermined range.
US09025004B2
A video optronic system, comprises a sensor with a supra-hemispheric lens and a matrix detector array, a unit for processing the sensed images, display means for the processed images. The matrix detector, having video rate, comprises: i. L×C pixels, with L and C>2000, each employing correlated double sampling and able to ensure a charge-voltage conversion, and ii. 2 C parallelized analog-digital conversion elements, each comprising a first ADC with output having low level and large gain and a second ADC with output having high level and low gain; the lens exhibits a focal length controlled by the angle of elevation, the focal length being longest in the equatorial plane, and has a numerical aperture lying between 0.9 and 1.6; and the processing unit comprises: i. means for correcting the non-uniformities, ii. means of weighted summation, of several neighboring pixels, iii. means for adapting and compressing the sensed image.
US09025000B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for initiating by a remote user a video conference through a streaming device of a first user. One embodiment is a computer-implemented method that includes the steps of activating the streaming device; granting the remote user access to a website for controlling the streaming device in response to activating the streaming device; authenticating the remote user; receiving a selection of video conference options from the remote user in response to the remote user being authenticated; generating an invitation for the first user to accept a video conference with the remote user; and initiating the video conference in response to the first user to accepting the invitation.
US09024995B2
A remote camera device is enabled to be used as a source of a video stream in a video call where the local endpoint host in the call, such as a TV, functions as a local endpoint proxy. The TV receives the video stream and transmits it to a remote endpoint host (the other end of the video call) using a conventional video call application. A TV without a camera is able to function as a local endpoint proxy in a video call with a remote device. In another scenario, the TV discovers and connects to a remote camera device. The remote camera, such as a cell phone, streams video to the TV which functions as a local endpoint proxy in the video call. The TV transmits the video to the device at the other end of the call.
US09024988B2
An apparatus and method for automatically calibrating a media sensor configured to detect advancing print media in a printing device. In some embodiments, the apparatus selects a first light intensity level and a second light intensity level greater than the first light intensity level. A light source unit, such as a light emitting diode or laser diode is activated to emit light at the second light intensity level. The light passes though print media, for example, a roll of self-adhesive labels, that is advanced along a print path of the printing device. The amount of light transmitted through the print media is measured as the print media advances. If the measured light increases, the light source unit is reactivated to emit light at the first light intensity level. In some embodiments, the apparatus identifies whether print media has changed or an out-of-stock condition exists.
US09024982B2
An image display device includes an image display panel configured of pixels made up of first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels being arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix shape, and a signal processing unit into which an input signal is input and from which an output signal based on an extension coefficient is output, and causes the signal processing unit to obtain a maximum value of luminosity with saturation S in the HSV color space enlarged by adding a fourth color, as a variable, and to obtain a reference extension coefficient based on the maximum value, and further to determine an extension coefficient at each pixel from the reference extension coefficient, an input signal correction coefficient based on the sub-pixel input signal values at each pixel, and an external light intensity correction coefficient based on external light intensity.
US09024976B2
A system includes, but is not limited to, a obtaining information module configured for obtaining user advisory information including information regarding one or more users each of two or more devices based at least in part upon physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of each of the two or more devices, and an output module configured for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more elements of the user advisory information.
US09024975B2
A system, method, and program product is provided that automatically allocates a display screen into two areas when the display screen is pivoted from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. A hypervisor receives a pivot request (e.g., from a user) to pivot the display screen from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. When the display screen is oriented in the landscape orientation, a primary operating system displays its data on the display screen. Upon reception of the pivot request, the hypervisor allocates the display screen into a primary display area and a secondary display area. The hypervisor then displays data originating from the primary operating system in the primary display area and displays data originating from a second operating system in the secondary display area.
US09024972B1
Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for receiving measurements from one or more inertial sensors (i.e. accelerometer and angular rate gyros) attached to a device with a camera or other environment capture capability. In one embodiment, the inertial measurements may be combined with pose estimates obtained from computer vision algorithms executing with real time camera images. Using such inertial measurements, a system may more quickly and efficiently obtain higher accuracy orientation estimates of the device with respect to an object known to be stationary in the environment.
US09024971B2
A user interface and method for identifying related information displayed in an ultrasound system are provided. A medical image display of the ultrasound system includes a first region configured to display a medical image having color coded portions and a second region configured to display non-image data related to the medical image displayed in the first region. The non-image data is color coded to associate the non-image data with the color coded portions of the medical image.
US09024970B2
One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for generating a map including path side data include storing path side data referenced to three-dimensional geographic coordinates. The path side data may be optical data or optical data modified based on one or more panoramic images. The path side data is combined with map data received from a map database. The map data includes nodes and segments. A processor rotates the path side data based on one of the segments. The rotation may be about the segment or about a featured identified in the optical data. The path side data overlaid on the map data is outputted to a display, a file, or another device.
US09024965B2
A method performed by a physical computing system for determining a layout of graphic objects (802) according to a layout density map (300) includes generating the layout density map (300), the layout density map (300) having low density regions (302) and high density regions (304); providing a set of candidate locations (402) within the layout density map (302), a number of the candidate locations (402) being equal to a number of the graphic objects (802), the candidate locations (402) being arranged away from the low density regions (302) and from other the candidate locations (402); and overlaying the layout density map (300) with the graphic objects (402), each graphic object (802) being disposed at one of the candidate locations (402).
US09024963B2
A computer-implemented method includes presenting one or more user interface controls configured to receive selection of a first color space, from a plurality of first color spaces corresponding to media encodings for recording cinema or video data, and a second color space, from a plurality of second color spaces corresponding to output devices, receiving the selection, combining a first transform corresponding to the first color space and a second transform corresponding to the second color space, in accordance with the selection, to form a combined transform, and providing the combined transform for use in previewing the cinema or video data in accordance with the output devices corresponding to the selection.
US09024962B2
According to this method, successive iterations are launched according to the following steps:—1) the reproduction color device is set according to settings,—2) reference input colors are calibrated putting calibrated input colors,—4) reproduction quality rating value are calculated,—5) a reproduction quality criterion is applied to decide or not to go for another iteration with different settings. This method allows the optimization of the settings according to color preferences.
US09024961B2
A method for color grading input video data for display on a target display comprises obtaining target display metadata indicative of a capability of the target display, obtaining input video data metadata indicative of image characteristics of the input video data, automatically determining initial values for parameters of a parameterized sigmoidal transfer function, at least one of the initial values based at least in part on at least one of the target display metadata and the input video data metadata and mapping the input video data to color-graded video data according to the parameterized transfer function specified using the initial values.
US09024960B2
An image display apparatus comprising pixels each one of which is composed of three subpixels, wherein each pair of the two subpixels is provided with a light source; a first polarizing filter which extracts a component of linearly polarized light from a light of the light source; a liquid crystal which rotates a polarization direction of the linearly polarized light; a polarizing filter which is provided corresponding to one of the subpixels and which extracts a polarized light component in a horizontal direction; a polarizing filter which is provided corresponding to the other of the subpixels and which extracts a polarized light component in a vertical direction; and a control unit which controls the output light amount of the light source and an angle of orientation of the liquid crystal.
US09024959B2
A method and system may include a chip having graphics rendering hardware, a cache and a processor to execute an application with texture allocation logic to receive notification of a page miss from the graphics rendering hardware. The logic can map the page miss to a tile of a texture image, store the tile as an entry to the cache, and map the entry to a virtual address space of a virtual image corresponding to the texture image. The system may also include off-chip memory to store the texture image.
US09024955B2
The system for displaying prioritized live thumbnail of process graphic views includes at least one real time data source 406 for providing live data information and at least one engineering information data source 409. Graphic File Monitor 401 is configured for monitoring change in graphic files repository 405 and Tag Extractor 407 is configured for extracting tags from graphic file for monitoring based on predefined rules. The system also includes Tag Monitor 402 for monitoring alarm status and/or data status changes of monitored tags and reading tag importance and alarm priority for monitored tags and View Ranker 408 for prioritizing the graphic views by ranking. Prioritized Thumbnail Presenter System 403 is used for displaying top most prioritized graphics that requires attention. Display system 404 is provided for displaying the prioritized live thumbnails and enlarged view of the process graphic views and update data into graphic objects displayed in graphic views.
US09024952B2
An insight that a user desires to obtain from graphically presenting and manipulating a data set may be identified. A graphical object may be selected for representation and analysis of the data set based on whether the graphical object is capable of revealing the desired insight. The selection may be made based visual characteristic(s) of the graphical object and parameters, such as a type, of data in the data set. Different graphical objects may be selected to gain different insights about the data set. For example, a bar chart may be selected to gain an insight such as a trend in the data. The selected graphical object may be provided as a suggestion on a user interface for potentially using the graphical object to represent the data. A graphical object may include visually interactive components for use within a graphical user interface. The interactive components may be used to receive user input indicating a change in representation of the data set so that appearance of visual characteristics of the graphical object is modified to reflect the change.
US09024949B2
An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to represent three-dimensional (3-D) object using signed distance functions. A bounding box containing an object is constructed in a 3-D coordinate system. The bounding box has at least a bounding plane. A ray is projected from a grid point on the bounding plane to the object with a pre-defined direction. The ray intersects a surface of the object at an intersection point. A parameterization value of the intersection point associated with the grid point is computed. The parameterization value corresponds to a distance from the grid point to the intersection point.
US09024944B2
Pixel structural designs on a display panel are disclosed. Each pixel on the display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels are arranged sequentially along a vertical direction and used for displaying different colors in a circle. The display panel in the disclosure can be switched between a two-dimensional mode and a three-dimensional mode. In the three-dimensional mode, parts of the sub-pixels are disabled for forming a shielding area. Other adjacent sub-pixels form a pixel displaying unit.
US09024943B2
A three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging method includes: longitudinally slicing a three-dimensional scene according to a physical depth of field to produce several two-dimensional layers; respectively displaying each two-dimensional layer on each different two-dimensional display window to form several two-dimensional pictures; polarizing light emitted from the two-dimensional display windows to transmit the light into human eyes, in such a manner that the human eyes are able to perceive the images of all the pictures, and splicing the images of all the two-dimensional pictures into an image of the original three-dimensional scene. The method realizes a three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging by simulating a real physical depth of field generated by human eyes perceiving a real three-dimensional stereoscopic image. Viewers are able to see a three-dimensional scene without wearing glasses. A three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging system and an imaging device thereof are further provided.
US09024939B2
A method and apparatus for applying a rotational transform to a portion of a three-dimensional representation of an appliance for a living body is disclosed. The representation is defined by an input plurality of coordinates stored in a processor circuit memory, the input plurality of coordinates representing a general shape of the appliance. The method involves applying the rotational transform to the portion of the representation of the appliance within the transform volume to produce an output plurality of coordinates representing a modified shape of the appliance such that the general shape of portions of the appliance outside the transform volume remain un-modified by the rotational transform, and storing the output plurality of coordinates in the processor circuit memory.
US09024938B2
Methods and apparatus for sweep-based freeform deformation of 3-D models may employ a set of intuitive parameters to bend, twist and scale a 3-D model along any direction. The parameters may include a first bend angle, a second bend angle, a twist angle, a scale factor, and a length. Sweep paths may be fitted to an input 3-D model. Each sweep path may be deformed by manipulating one or more parameters for the sweep path. The shape of the 3-D space surrounding each sweep path is deformed according to the sweep path deformations. Deformations in the 3-D space are applied to the 3-D model to deform the model. This allows freeform deformation of the 3-D model by manipulating only a few intuitive parameters. In addition, the sweep path origin and weight functions for each of the parameters may be adjusted by the user.
US09024929B2
A transistor connected to a power source for driving a light-emitting element driving transistor and a transistor setting to a predetermined voltage a source voltage of the light-emitting element driving transistor are commonly controlled by a control signal that takes one of three levels.
US09024923B2
The liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal display unit, and a backlight unit illuminating the liquid crystal display unit. The backlight unit includes first and second white light-emitting diodes that respectively emit white light, and first and second drive units that respectively supply a current to the first and second white light-emitting diodes. The first and second drive units are respectively configured to be able to adjust supply current to the first and second white light-emitting diodes. Chromaticities of the first and second white light-emitting diodes are of a relationship of being positioned opposite each other across a blackbody locus on an xy chromaticity diagram. The first and second white light-emitting diodes change over time so that, on the xy chromaticity diagram, an intersection point of the blackbody locus and a line that passes through the chromaticities of the first and second white light-emitting diodes becomes constant.
US09024921B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including: a substrate including a pixel area; a peripheral area enclosing the pixel area; a gate line; a data line; corresponding driving lines; a pixel electrode; an organic light emitting layer; a common electrode; and a getter formed at the peripheral area and partially overlapping the common electrode, wherein the driving lines overlapping the getter have a plurality of openings filled with the getter such that the getter amount may be increased, thereby increasing the moisture absorption amount.
US09024917B2
A light guide for illuminating a display screen, including a vertical cone-shaped entrance surface including an aperture for admitting light beams emitted by an LED, a folding mirror for reflecting the admitted light beams at an angle of approximately 90°, and for horizontally collimating the admitted light beams, a horizontal guide for guiding the reflected light beams to an exit surface, and an exit surface positioned above a perimeter of a display screen for directing the guided light towards a portion of the display screen, the exit surface being tilted vertically from the horizontal at a slight angle to direct the guided light beams towards the display, and being shaped horizontally as a concave lens to spread the guided light beams horizontally over an angular expanse of the display screen.
US09024905B2
A touch apparatus and touch method using the same. The apparatus includes: driving lines, sensing lines, a driving module, a sensing module, a determination module, and a detection module. The sensing lines are intersected with the driving lines to form intersection points. The driving module outputs pulse signals to the driving lines. The pulse signal includes at least three sub-periods in a period. The pulse signal has a sub-pulse signal in each of the sub-periods, and the sub-pulse signals respectively correspond to different phases. The sensing module receives the pulse signals from the sensing lines via the intersection points, and generates digital values corresponding to the sub-pulse signals of each pulse signal. The determination module determines whether the sub-pulse signals are interfered by noise according to the digital values. The detection module determines the position at which the touch event is triggered according to the sensing signals.
US09024904B2
An apparatus and method for improving input position and pressure detection in a pressure detection touch screen. The method includes detecting a touch input on a touch screen; generating compensated pressure information for compensating for inaccurate pressure information detected from the touch input, when the touch input is detected in an outer area on the touch screen; and generating compensated location information using the compensated pressure information.
US09024900B2
Provided are an electronic device wherein an application can be started up easily using text and so forth displayed in a display unit, and a method of controlling same. A start-up unit uses inputted text to start up an application which executes various functions. If text being displayed on the display unit has been selected as a result of a detection unit detecting that contact has been made to a region in which any of the text characters of the same text is displayed, an application control unit causes the display unit to display an application start-up display to which an application is associated.
US09024889B2
An information presenting device of present invention includes a conductive layer to which an AC voltage is applied, an insulating layer for covering the conductive layer and presenting a tactile sense when a part of a body of a user set to a ground potential is in contact with the insulating layer.
US09024879B2
A computer input device with switchable operation modes includes a body, a printed-circuit-board (PCB), a processor, and two switches. Two function buttons are disposed on the body to be pressed to move back and forth; the PCB is disposed in the body; the processor and the switches are disposed on the PCB and electrically connected with each other. The processor outputs control signals corresponding to a first operation mode or a second operation mode to a computer. While the switches are respectively triggered by the pressing of the function buttons, triggering signals are transmitted to the processor simultaneously, so that the processor switches the first operation mode to the second operation mode; or the processor switches the second operation mode to the first operation mode.
US09024874B2
Systems, methods and devices for capturing environmental image data and providing tactile feedback about the visual environment to a user. One or more image sensing devices are mounted on various appendages of a user and are used to sense the environment. The image data is sent to a computer vision system where it is processed in order to identify specific objects within the environment. When the computer vision system makes such an identification it may send a signal to a haptic stimulator mounted on a user's appendage or may be used to control an object in the environment.
US09024873B2
A control device includes a holder, a sleeve, a detecting module, and a positioning mechanism. The holder defines an accommodation chamber. The sleeve is sleeved onto the holder, wherein the sleeve is rotatable and movable on the holder. The detecting module is accommodated within the accommodation chamber for detecting a rotation and a translational movement of the sleeve. The positioning mechanism includes a positioning part and a transmission member. The positioning part is located at a side of the holder. The transmission member is connected with the holder and disposed on the positioning part. When the holder generates a first vertical displacement relative to the positioning part, the transmission member generates a second vertical displacement relative to the positioning part synchronously in response to the first vertical displacement of the holder.
US09024867B2
A character input device displays character input information on a display screen with a small area and allows a user to input a desired character by a simple operation even when it is necessary to select the desired character from plural characters to input the desired characters. In a character selection area, a circle is added to a character “NA” and characters in the “NA” series are selected. A ▾ mark is added to an upper part of the circle added to the character of “NA” and a Δ mark is added to a lower part of the circle. By pressing one of an upward and a downward directions of a cross key, the characters can be selected. If the upward direction of the cross key is pressed, the character “NI” is selected and displayed, instead of the character “NA”.
US09024866B2
Presented is a control system for augmenting a portable touch screen device (5) having integral processing capability. The control system includes an enclosure (1) configured for encasing the portable touch screen device, an internal docking connector (12) configured for communicatively mating with the portable touch screen device, and hard buttons (31, 32, and 33). At least one of the hard buttons is functionally configured for use with an application program running on the portable touch screen device. The control system includes further includes a processor (50, 51, 52, 53) configured for converting button actuations into a digital format, and a first facility for communicating the digital format to the portable touch screen device via the internal docking connector. The application program is configured such that, during operation, the application program communicates the status of the one hard button to at least one external device.
US09024864B2
A user interface with software tensing may be described. An apparatus may include a user interface module to display an index list, a software lens list, and an aperture box. The index list may represent a list of available options. The software lens list may display a sub-set of the list of available options that coincides with a position of the aperture box on the index list. The apparatus may also include a media lensing module to increase a size of an option in the software lens list when a pointer approaches or coincides with the option. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09024859B2
A display apparatus includes pixels, gate lines and data lines, a gate driver driving the gate lines, a data driver driving the data lines, and a timing controller controlling the gate and data drivers and applying a resolution control signal to the data driver. The data driver applies a first line data signal to the pixels connected to a first gate line of the gate lines from image data and a second line data signal to a second gate line of the gate lines based on the first line data signal in response to a shift start pulse signal when the resolution control signal indicates an up-scaling mode.
US09024858B2
The present invention divides a wire supplying a scan start signal to a gate driver into two wires, so as to avoid overlapping a clock signal line. In this way the clock signal is not delayed by interference, and a gate driving margin may continue uninterrupted, thereby uniformly outputting a gate-on voltage. In particular, if the clock signal line is connected to all stages in the gate driver and the clock signal line overlaps the scan start signal line, unsightly horizontal bands appear on the image and the parallel gate lines generate a very large parasitic capacitance. In contrast, the gate drivers in the present disclosure comprise clock signal lines which do not overlap the scan start signal lines. As benefits, interference resulting in horizontal banding is minimized and the power consumption may be reduced by about 10%.
US09024853B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal device drive circuit, which includes a gate driver, a source driver, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The gate lines and data lines define a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a thin-film transistor, a common electrode, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin-film transistor, a storage capacitor, and a timer switch. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the thin-film transistor. The common electrode and the pixel electrode constitute a liquid crystal capacitor. The storage capacitor is connected in parallel to the liquid crystal capacitor. The thin-film transistor includes a gate terminal and a source terminal. The gate terminal is electrically connected to the gate line via the timer switch. The thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the gate driver and the source driver respectively by the gate lines and the data lines.
US09024841B2
A display control device includes a position specifying unit, an image specifying unit and a controller. The position specifying unit specifies a position of a second apparatus on a display screen of a first apparatus. The image specifying unit specifies one of an image displayed on a display screen of the second apparatus and an image that is designated from among two or more images displayed on the display screen of the second apparatus. The controller controls such that a certain image according to the image specified by the image specifying unit is displayed at a certain position on the display screen of the first apparatus according to the position of the second apparatus specified by the position specifying unit.
US09024840B2
A wearable antenna assembly incorporates a coplanar waveguide feed in one of the arms of a two-arm spiral antenna. The antenna has relatively high impedance compared with the feed line from a suitable radio but the coplanar waveguide feed is simply modified to provide a quarter-wave transformer adjacent to the feed connection to the antenna and at least one further impedance transformation step on a tangential extension of the feed at the outer edge of the spiral antenna.
US09024838B2
A multi-throw antenna switch with off-state capacitance reduction is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of first stage switches connected to an antenna, and a plurality of second stage switches connected to the plurality of first stage switches, each first stage switch connected in series to one or more second stage switches to form a plurality of switchable signal paths connected to the antenna.
US09024835B2
An integral high frequency communication apparatus comprises a case, a waveguide apparatus having an extension portion, and a circuit board having a signal transmitting unit and a signal receiving unit. The transceiver module having two waveguide openings is retained in the case. The case has an opening through which the extension portion extends outside of the case. The integral high frequency communication apparatus can receive and transmit high frequency signals by the extension portion.
US09024830B2
An eyeglasses-type wireless communications device includes: left and right eyepiece sections; pads; endpieces; temples; and an antenna element for carrying out wireless communications, and the antenna element is disposed in a region along an outer edge(s) of the right eyepiece section and/or the left eyepiece section, the region including corresponding one(s) of the endpieces but excluding connecting parts of the eyepiece sections which parts are connected to the respectively corresponding pads.
US09024829B1
A CB antenna arrangement for use in a raised roof of a truck cab enables the CB antenna to be hidden from view while maintaining good performance. An LC circuit is mounted in the space between the headliner and the raised dielectric roof and is connected to one of the metallic pillars of the truck cab. A CB antenna is connected to the LC circuit, and is mounted to and extends along the inside surface parallel to the driver's side or the passenger's side. The LC circuit is configured to block signals outside the CB frequency range, and the metallic pillar provides a ground plane for the CB antenna.
US09024827B2
In an antenna apparatus, on an undersurface of a metal cover, a feeding coil module is disposed. In a casing, a printed circuit board is included. A ground conductor, a feeding pin, and a ground connection conductor are disposed on the printed circuit board. When the metal cover is mounted on the casing, the feeding pin is in contact with a connection portion of the feeding coil module and is electrically connected thereto. The ground connection conductor is in contact with the metal cover and connects the metal cover to the ground conductor. The ground connection conductor is disposed at either side of a slit outside an area in which the current density of an induced current flowing through the metal cover is in a range from a maximum value to approximately 80% of the maximum value or one side of the slit in the area.
US09024823B2
Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry coupled to an adjustable antenna. The adjustable antenna may contain conductive antenna structure such as conductive electronic device housing structures. Electrical components such as switches and resonant circuits may be used in configuring the antenna to operate in two or more different antenna modes at different respective communications bands. Control circuitry may be used in controlling the switches. The antenna may be configured to operate as an inverted-F antenna in one mode of operation and a slot antenna in a second mode of operation.
US09024816B2
A radar or sonar system amplifies the signal received by an antenna of the radar system or a transducer of the sonar system is amplified and then subject to linear demodulation by a linear receiver. There may be an anti-aliasing filter and an analog-to-digital converter between the amplifier and the linear receiver. The system may also have a digital signal processor with a network stack running in the processor. That processor may also have a network interface media access controller, where the system operates at different ranges, the modulator may produce pulses of two pulse patterns differing in pulse duration and inter-pulse spacing, those pulse patterns are introduced and used to form two radar images with the two images being derived from data acquired in a duration not more than twenty times larger than the larger inter-pulse spacing, or for a radar system, larger than one half of the antenna resolution time. One or more look-up tables may be used to control the amplifier. The radar system may generate digital output which comprises greater than eight levels of radar video.
US09024810B2
A method and apparatus for ranging finding of signal transmitting devices is provided. The method of signal reception is digitally based only and does not require receivers that are analog measurement devices. Ranging can be achieved using a single pulse emitting device operating in range spaced relation with a minimum of a single signal transmitter and a single digital receiver and processing circuitry. In general a plurality of transmitting pulsed emitters may be ranged and positioned virtually simultaneously in 3-dimensions (XYZ coordinates) using a configuration of a plurality of digital receivers arranged in any fixed 3-dimensional configuration. Applications may involve at least one single transmitter to receiver design to determine range, or at least one transmitted reflecting signal off from an object to determine range.
US09024809B2
The present invention relates to an object detection system and method for determining range and velocity of a target object by transmitting a frequency modulated continuous wave transmission signal and receiving transmission signal reflections of the transmission signal from the target object as a reception signal. Each modulation block of the transmission signal comprises a number of first type chirps, each first type chirp having a first slope, and a number of second type chirps, each second type chirp having a second slope different from the first slope. Two consecutive chirps of the same type have a frequency offset A mixed signal based on the transmission signal and the reception signal and using the first type chirps and the second type chirps is processed, in order to determine the range and velocity of the target object.
US09024805B1
Methods and systems of determining the altitude of an aircraft are provided. The method includes receiving data associated with aircraft position, a position of a first point and a second point on the runway, and an altitude of the first point and the second point, radar returns from the runway. The method includes determining a first range and second range between the aircraft, and the first point and the second point. The method includes determining a first angle and a second angle between the first point and second point, and the aircraft. The method includes determining a corrected angle. The method includes determining the altitude of the aircraft based on the corrected angle, the runway altitude of at least one of the first point and the second point, and at least one of the first range and the second range.
US09024800B2
A remote control for a wireless load control system, the remote control comprising: a housing having a front surface and an outer periphery defined by a length and a width; an actuator provided at the front surface of the housing; a wireless transmitter contained within the housing; and a controller contained within the housing and coupled to the wireless transmitter for causing transmission of a wireless signal in response to an actuation of the actuator, the wireless transmitter and the controller adapted to be powered by a battery contained within the housing; wherein the length and the width of the housing are slightly smaller than a length and a width of a standard opening of a faceplate, respectively, such that the outer periphery of the housing is adapted to be received within the standard opening of the faceplate when the housing and the faceplate are mounted to a vertical surface.
US09024791B2
An input device for an electronic apparatus including a printed circuit board with an opening in which a rotary wheel module is mounted. The construction enables the input device to be thinner.
US09024766B2
Methods and systems described herein include individual-use beverage containers including sensors and methods of their use. Beverage containers include: a vessel body configured to hold a beverage; and at least one sensor associated with the vessel body, the at least one sensor including a sensor configured to detect one or more substance in a fluid. Systems include: at least one beverage container including at least one sensor configured to detect one or more substance in fluid; and at least one external device including at least one port configured for communication with the at least one sensor. Methods include: detecting one or more substance within fluid with at least one sensor integral to a beverage container; and interfacing one or more of the at least one sensor with an external device.
US09024765B2
A method, system or computer usable program product for providing alerts of inefficiency of an environmental conditioning system including, responsive to a cycle initiation by the environmental conditioning system, measuring a difference between an intake temperature and an outlet temperature after a predetermined period of time, and responsive to the difference being below a minimum level, generating an alert.
US09024750B2
The subject matter discloses a method and system for calibrating an electronic monitoring device having a housing and a strap being connected to a first end and a second end of the housing. The method provides for calibrating a transmission power level for signals transmitted along the strap. Then, the signal is generated and transmitted along the strap from the first end of the housing to the second end of the housing. Calibrating the transmission power level for signals transmitted along the strap provides for minimizing the power level to a lowest transmission power level detectable by a receiver located in the housing or until the signal is lower than a predefined threshold.
US09024746B2
An automatic locking system for a medical treatment device helps to ensure that an assistant is present during treatment of a patient. Among the features disclosed biometric authentication to verify that a trained assistant is present, a presence detector to ensure the assistant is continuously present during treatment, and warning and recovery processes that allow intermittent lapses in the continuous presence of the assistant.
US09024744B2
A system and method for remote control of and notification by an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). The system including a remote device, such as a smart phone, having a software configured to remotely control the EVSE and remotely retrieve and receive information from the EVSE. The smart phone may identify and connect to a communication network, automatically identify the EVSE, connect to the EVSE, and send the EVSE instructions for various functions of the EVSE, including charging, vehicle control, and reporting functions. The EVSE may execute the instructions received and return a confirmation to the remote device. The remote device may present the confirmation to a user.
US09024738B2
According to one aspect, an electronic device that includes a vibrating element adapted to vibrate the electronic device, at least one sensor operable to detect the presence of an audible higher-order harmonic above a fundamental frequency when the vibrating element is active. The device also includes a processor operable to adjust the vibrating element to reduce the audible higher-order harmonic when the audible higher-order harmonic is detected.
US09024731B1
RFID readers transmit a Quiet Technology (QT) command to RFID tags causing at least one of the tags to transition between a private profile and a public profile. When a tag is inventoried in the private profile, it replies to the reader with contents from its private memory. When a tag is inventoried in the public profile, it replies to the reader with contents from its public memory, where the contents of the public memory may be a subset and/or modified version of the private memory contents, or entirely different altogether. The tag's profile can be switched again by another QT command from the reader, or following a loss of power at the tag. An access password and/or a short-range mechanism may be employed to allow only authorized readers to transition tag profiles or interrogate the private memory contents of tags in the public profile.
US09024725B2
An information processing system includes a reader/writer, a communication terminal, and a wireless IC tag. The communication terminal includes an electric field antenna including a coupling portion that defines a magnetic field antenna, and the antenna portion is housed in a pen-shaped casing. The antenna portion is coupled to an electric field antenna of the reader/writer through an electric field, and the coupling portion is coupled to the wireless IC tag through a magnetic field. The reader/writer communicates with the wireless IC tag as a result of the coupling portion being brought close to the wireless IC tag.
US09024715B2
In a power converting transformer, an I-core has a pair of fixing grooves provided at centers on opposite side surfaces of the I-core in a y-direction in an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, the fixing grooves extending through the I-core in the z-direction, and an E-core has a pair of fixing recess portions provided at x-direction centers of the y-direction opposite end portions of the base portion on a surface opposite from a surface of the base portion facing the I-core. The I-core and the E-core are pressed and fixed to each other by a fixing spring wrapped around the I-core and the E-core through the fixing grooves and the fixing recess portions. An x-direction length of the E-core is shorter than an x-direction length of the I-core, and a y-direction length of the E-core is shorter than or equal to a y-direction distance between the fixing grooves of the I-core.
US09024707B1
A composite electronic component may include: a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers, first and second main surfaces opposing each other, first and second side surfaces opposing each other, and first and second end surfaces opposing each other; an inductor part including a first internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body and exposed to the first end surface and second side surface and a second internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body and exposed to the second end surface and second side surface; first and second internal connection conductors disposed in the ceramic body; and first to fourth external electrodes disposed on outer portions of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes and the first and second internal connection conductors. The inductor part and the first and second internal connection conductors may be connected in parallel with each other.
US09024697B2
The invention relates to a method for operating control equipment (1) of a resonance circuit (2), wherein the control equipment (1) comprises at least two circuit elements (8, 9) connected in series, in particular each comprising a recovery diode (13, 14) connected in parallel, between which a connection (6) of the resonance circuit (2) is connected. According to the invention, the circuit elements (8, 9) are actuated as a function of the voltage detected at the connection (6). The invention further relates to control equipment (1) of a resonance circuit (2).
US09024693B2
A crystal-less clock generator (CLCG) and an operation method thereof are provided. The CLCG includes a first oscillation circuit, a second oscillation circuit, and a control circuit. The first oscillation circuit is controlled by a control signal for generating an output clock signal of the CLCG. The second oscillation circuit generates a reference clock signal. The control circuit is coupled to the first oscillation circuit for receiving the output clock signal and coupled to the second oscillation circuit for receiving the reference clock signal. The control circuit is used to generate the control signal for the first oscillation circuit according to the relationship between the output clock signal and the reference clock signal.
US09024682B2
A current generator includes first and second current generators and an output current generator. The first current generator has an output for providing a first current, the first current proportional to a difference between a first power supply voltage and a first gate-to-source voltage. The second current generator has an output for providing a second current, the second current proportional to a second gate-to-source voltage. The second gate-to-source voltage is approximately equal to the first gate-to-source voltage. The output current generator provides an output current proportional to a sum of said first current and said second current.
US09024675B2
There is provided a multi power supply type level shifter. The provided multi power supply type level shifter includes a first level shifter and a second level shifter in a two-stage architecture so as to selectively receive first to third power supplies and change a signal level, even when the first to third power supplies are applied in a different sequence from a normal power-on sequence. Output voltages are output without a change in level, and short-circuit currents are not generated in the first and second level shifters.
US09024667B1
A self-biased Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is provided. The self-biased PLL includes a bias current generator configured to generate a bias current Ib, wherein the bias current Ib includes one or more adjustable parameters for adjusting a loop bandwidth wn of the self-biased PLL. The one or more adjustable parameters in the bias current Ib includes at least one of a reference voltage Vref and a reference frequency Fref.
US09024664B2
A current-to-voltage converter which is used to receive an input current and to generate an output voltage accordingly comprises a current tracking bias circuit, a current-to-voltage unit, and a voltage clamp bias circuit. The current tracking bias circuit generates a first bias according to the input current. The current-to-voltage unit receives the first bias and the input current, and generates the output voltage according to the input current, wherein the first bias determines a range of the input current, the current-to-voltage unit has a first current control device, and the first current control device changes a current conduction level thereof in response to the first bias, such that a rising or falling speed of the output voltage is enhanced. The voltage clamp bias circuit clamps voltage levels of two ends where the voltage clamp bias circuit is connected to the current-to-voltage unit.
US09024662B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a main-interconnect to which supply voltage or reference voltage is applied; a plurality of sub-interconnects; a plurality of circuit cells configured to be connected to the plurality of sub-interconnects; a power supply switch cell configured to control, in accordance with an input control signal, connection and disconnection between the main-interconnect and the sub-interconnect to which a predetermined one of the circuit cells is connected, of the plurality of sub-interconnects; and an auxiliary interconnect configured to connect the plurality of sub-interconnects to each other.
US09024661B2
Apparatus for glitch-free switching between two clock sources on an integrated circuit. Clock gaters provide a clock from a single source that can be turned on and off without causing partial pulses to be created. Control circuitry going to the individual clock gaters provides the ability to shut all clocks off for a period of time equal to the longest clock period. By combining the clocks with an OR gate and gating all clocks off before switching from one clock to another, a glitch-free train of clock pulses can be created from individual clock inputs. Since clock glitches can cause erratic behavior in integrated circuits, this invention allows one to switch between different (unrelated) clocks without causing erratic behavior.
US09024651B2
A test apparatus for testing a semiconductor device includes a circuit board having a contact pattern on one side and an opening therethrough, and a probe card supporting a probe needle array. The probe needle array is insertable into the opening of the circuit board and is configured to probe a device under test. The probe needle array is in electrical contact with the contact pattern of the circuit board, to allow signals through the probe card and circuit board to a test equipment. A holder supports the probe card and other probe cards. The holder has multiple sides, each of which is supportable of a probe card having a probe needle array. The holder is rotatable to manipulate and position the probe needle arrays of the probe cards relative to a device under test. The holder allows disconnection and replacement of the probe needle arrays from the holder.
US09024645B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a plurality of drive electrodes made of conductive material, a plurality of sense electrodes made of conductive material, and a plurality of edges. Each of the drive electrodes and each of the sense electrodes are coupled to at least one track. The tracks are located along only one of the plurality of edges of the touch sensor.
US09024644B2
A waveform dividing method for a capacitive touch control device saves a first waveform in a direction, and then saves a multi-touch waveform in the direction when another object further touches the capacitive touch control device. If the multi-touch waveform is identified as having waveform overlapping, a second waveform is extracted from the difference between the multi-touch waveform and the first waveform. By calculating with the second waveform, accurate positioning of the objects on the capacitive touch control device can be achieved.
US09024639B2
The present application describes, among other things, a ground fault detection system. The system includes an optocoupler, a current sink, and a first voltage source connected in series. The first voltage source can connect to a negative terminal of a battery unit. Upon connection between a positive terminal of the battery unit and a first node at a ground zero reference level, current can flow through the optocoupler and the current sink to cause the optocoupler to output a ground fault detection signal.
US09024635B2
A device for performing chromatographic separations and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis has trapping means for holding a separated sample and to form a held separated sample and placing said held separated sample in said nuclear magnetic resonance assembly. One preferred trapping means forms a held separated sample and a passed separated sample. The passed separated sample is discharged from the device. Preferred trapping means comprise a trapping column or a separated sample loop.
US09024628B2
A steering system includes a steering shaft an electric motor that assists a steering component; a torque detection device that generates a first detection signal according to a steering torque; and a compensation sensor that generates a second detection signal according to a magnetic flux around the steering shaft and its surrounding structure. In the steering system, an output signal, in which an influence of the magnetic field around the steering shaft and its surrounding structure is reduced, is generated based on a signal correction computing equation based on information on correlation between the first detection signal and the second detection signal. Then, in the steering system, the electric motor is driven based on the output signal.
US09024626B2
The detecting device comprises a rotation member with a magnet portion which generates a magnetic field having different polarities arranged alternately in a circumferential direction, a case having a bearing, an angle calculating device and an elastic member which biases the rotation member so that the rotation member is rotated, keeping a constant inclined angle relative to a central axis line of the bearing or a phase difference between a rotation phase of the rotation member and a rotation phase of the bearing rotating about the central axis line thereof with an inclined angle relative to the rotation member is kept constant regardless of the change of the rotation angle of the rotation member.
US09024620B2
The polarity detection circuit includes a first diode with anode receiving a first phase of the AC power supply voltage and a second diode with anode receiving a second phase, opposite the first phase. The detection circuit further includes a constant-voltage power supply outputting a positive constant voltage. A first reference-voltage output circuit outputs a voltage corresponding to the constant voltage when the AC voltage of the first phase is positive, and outputs a voltage at a cathode of the second diode when the AC voltage of the first phase is negative. The detection circuit also includes a first signal output circuit that compares a first voltage, corresponding to a voltage at the cathode of the first diode, and a voltage output from the first reference-voltage output circuit and that outputs a signal indicative of polarity of the AC voltage having the first phase according to a comparison result.
US09024618B2
Self-heating electrometer for high pressure ion chamber for verification of temperature compensation
An apparatus and method for verifying the temperature compensation correction factor accuracy of an electrometer is provided. The electrometer includes an electrical amplifier to convert a current signal to a voltage signal. The electrometer also includes a compensation circuit to modify the voltage signal for temperature compensation. The electrometer further includes a heat producing device to induce a temperature change of the electrical amplifier and the compensation circuit. An environmental radiation monitor is also provided. The environmental radiation monitor includes a power supply, a high pressure ionization chamber, and the electrometer. The method includes providing an environmental radiation monitor, measuring the voltage signal at a first time, activating a heat producing device, measuring the voltage signal at a second time, and comparing the two measured values of the voltage signal.
US09024614B2
In a power supply device, the controller outputs a control signal specifying a voltage value. The voltage conversion unit converts a first voltage to a second voltage in response to a control signal specifying a voltage value output from the controller. The voltage conversion unit converts the first voltage to a start voltage, as the second voltage, in response to a first control signal specifying a start voltage value output from the controller and further converts the first voltage to a target voltage, as the second voltage, in response to a second control signal specifying a target voltage value output from the controller. A transition period of time is intervened between generation of the start voltage and generation of the target voltage during which the controller outputs a third control signal specifying the intermediate voltage value between the start voltage value and the target voltage value.
US09024610B2
A modulator with balanced slope compensation including a control network, a slope compensation network, an offset network and an adjust network. The control network receives a feedback signal indicative of an output voltage and provides a loop control signal. The slope compensation network develops a slope compensation signal. The offset network determines a DC offset of the slope compensation signal. The adjust network combines the DC offset, the slope compensation signal and the loop control signal to provide a balanced slope compensated control signal. The DC offset may be determined as a peak of the slope compensation signal. The slope compensation signal may be developed based on the output voltage and a pulse control signal, in which the pulse control signal is developed using the balanced slope compensated control signal.
US09024609B2
A power conversion system and method includes a DC-DC converter and an auxiliary circuit configured to ensure that a minimum input voltage is provided to the DC-DC converter during power interruption and for at least a predetermined hold-up time period. The auxiliary circuit includes an energy storage device, an auxiliary energy source for charging the energy storage device, and a clamping circuit to limit the energy stored by the energy storage device to a threshold voltage. A discharge time of the energy storage device from the threshold voltage to the minimum voltage thereby exceeds the predetermined hold-up time, but is only incrementally greater such that the size of the energy storage device is substantially reduced. The auxiliary energy source may typically be a current source, with the clamping circuit being control logic effective to disable the current source as a voltage across the storage device approaches the threshold.
US09024602B2
The regulator with low dropout voltage comprises an error amplifier and an output stage comprising an output transistor and a buffer circuit comprising an input connected to the output node of the error amplifier, an output connected to the output transistor, a follower amplifier connected between the input and the output of the buffer circuit. The buffer circuit furthermore comprises a transistor active load connected to the output of the follower amplifier and a negative feedback amplifier arranged in common gate configuration and connected between the output of the follower amplifier and the gate of the transistor of the active load.
US09024601B2
A voltage converting apparatus is disclosed. The voltage converting apparatus includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generating circuit, a power transistor, a first inductor, a second inductor and a feedback rectifier. The PWM signal generating circuit receives a feedback power to be an operating power and generates a PWM signal. A first terminal of the power transistor receives an input voltage, and a control terminal of the power transistor receives the PWM signal. The second inductor couples with a voltage on the first inductor and generates a coupling voltage. The feedback rectifier rectifies the coupling voltage to generate a feedback power.
US09024597B2
A constant-frequency current-mode-controlled boost converter circuit provides slope compensation of an inductor current, reduces reverse inductor current in light output load conditions, and reduces oscillation between a discontinuous current mode and a continuous current mode by enabling or disabling an inductor current threshold. The constant-frequency current-mode-controlled boost converter circuit is efficient and stable in light, medium, and heavy output load conditions.
US09024591B2
A most recent electrostatic capacitance value for a backup capacitor is measured periodically. Each time the most recent electrostatic capacitance value is measured, a charging voltage (a required charging voltage) that is required in order to cause a return operation of a valve from the setting opening at that time to an emergency opening/closing position (for example, the fully closed position) is calculated based on the electrostatic capacitance value that has been measured, and the terminal voltage of the backup capacitor is adjusted so as to become equal to the calculated required charging voltage.
US09024588B2
An emergency power supply device is provided to supply emergency power to a direct voltage circuit. The direct voltage circuit has a first potential tap and a second potential tap, comprising an energy storage unit. The energy storage unit has a plus pole and a minus pole, and one of the poles is connected to the first potential tap via a first connection. The other pole is connected to the second potential tap via a second connection. At least one of the connections has a directional electric current meter and at least one of the connections has an interrupter. The directional electric current meter can measure a flow of charging current. The interrupter can prevent a flow of charging current, and the interrupter can be controlled as a function of the flow of charging current that has been measured.
US09024585B2
A first line includes a switching element and is electrically coupled to a branch point and an external load which is electrically connectable to a battery parallel-operation circuit. A second line includes a resistive element, and is electrically coupled to the external load and the branch point. The first line and the second line are each provided in a plurality. The plural first lines are connected in parallel to one another, and the plural second lines are connected in parallel to one another. The branch points are electrically coupled respectively to plural external, connectable battery units.
US09024582B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for recharging medical devices implanted within the body are disclosed. An illustrative rechargeable system includes a charging device that includes an elongate shaft having a proximal section and a distal section. The distal section is configured to be delivered to a location within the body adjacent to the implanted medical device. The charging device includes a charging element configured to transmit charging energy to a receiver of the implanted medical device.
US09024581B2
A reduced plug-size charger plug for power conversion is disclosed utilizing a pair of blades that are slidably mounted into a charger housing, obviating the need for insertion molding. To promote and maintain electrical contact while minimizing package size and charger plug cost, a pair of spring contacts are provided for electrically connecting the blades with internal circuitry.
US09024575B2
An electrical powered vehicle includes a secondary self-resonant coil, a secondary coil, a rectifier, and a power storage device. The secondary self-resonant coil is configured to be magnetically coupled with a primary self-resonant coil of a power feeding device by magnetic field resonance, and allow reception of high frequency power from the primary self-resonant coil. The secondary coil is configured to allow reception of electric power from the secondary self-resonant coil by electromagnetic induction. The rectifier rectifies the electric power received by the secondary coil. The power storage device stores the electric power rectified by the rectifier.
US09024562B2
A motor constant calculating method for a PM motor according to the present invention includes a voltage applying step of applying an applied voltage including a DC component and a plurality of frequency components to a PM motor, a motor current detecting step of detecting a motor current flowing depending on the applied voltage applied in the voltage applying step, and a motor constant calculating step of calculating a motor constant of the PM motor based on the applied voltage and the motor current.
US09024561B2
The system and method disclose for the controlling of motor switching. The system includes a controller unit having a control signal generator, a memory device, a processing unit, a signal acquisition device, and an analog-to-digital converter. A power stage has a plurality of switches and receives a control signal from the control signal generator and a power signal from a power source. The power stage drives two windings of the set of three stator windings with a multi-state pulse and leaves one stator of the three stator windings undriven. The processing unit acquires a demodulated measured voltage on the undriven winding. The processing unit communicates with the power stage to change which two windings of the three stator windings are driven when the demodulated measured voltage surpasses a threshold.
US09024560B2
A method is disclosed for adjusting a voltage of a DC-voltage intermediate circuit in a battery system having a battery and a drive system. The battery is configured to output one selectable output voltage from n+1 different output voltages. In a first step of the method, an actual value of the voltage of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit is determined, and is then compared with the various output voltages of the battery. A first selected output voltage of the battery, which is the highest voltage of those output voltages of the battery which are less than the actual value of the voltage of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit, and a second selected output voltage of the battery, which is the lowest voltage of those output voltages of the battery which are higher than the actual value of the voltage of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit, are then selected.
US09024553B2
A control apparatus of an AC motor improves an electric current estimation accuracy of the AC motor, which includes a three phase motor with an electric current detector to detect an electric current detection value of one of the three phases (a sensor phase). The control apparatus includes an electric current estimation unit that repeatedly performs an inverted dq conversion and a dq conversion. The inverted dq conversion calculates an electric current estimate values for phases other than the sensor phase based on the d/q axis electric current estimate values of a previous cycle. The dq conversion calculates the d/q axis electric current estimate values of a current cycle in a rotation coordinate system of the AC motor based on the electric current estimate values calculated by the inverted dq conversion and the electric current detection value of the sensor phase detected by the electric current detector.
US09024543B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the illumination system in a temperature controlled environment, and to a control system for a temperature controlled environment having an illumination system. More specifically, the invention relates to a method wherein output of the illumination system causes a temperature response in the temperature controlled environment, the temperature response being detected by a sensor, the method comprising regulating the temperature adaptively based on the output of the illumination system and the associated temperature response. The control system for the temperature controlled environment, having an illumination system, comprises a sensor proximate to a casing of the temperature controlled environment and is adapted to control the illumination system, wherein output of the illumination system causes a temperature response in the temperature controlled environment, the temperature response being detected by the sensor, and the control system is adapted to regulate the temperature adaptively based on the output of the illumination system and the associated temperature response.
US09024539B2
A PFC LED driver capable of reducing flicker, including: a bridge rectifier, used to generate a full-wave-rectified line input voltage according to an AC power a single stage PFC constant average current converter, coupled with the bridge rectifier and used for forcing an input current to track the full-wave-rectified line input voltage and regulating an average value of an output current at a first preset value; and a peak current regulator, in series with an LED module to form a load for the output current to flow through, wherein the peak current regulator is used to regulate a peak of the output current at a second preset value, and the second preset value is higher than the first preset value.
US09024532B2
The present invention discloses a direct type LED backlight and a liquid crystal display thereof. The direct type LED backlight comprises a power converting circuit, which transfers an alternating current voltage generated from an external liquid crystal display into direct an current voltage and outputs it; multiple LED strings connected in parallel, wherein each LED string comprises a predetermined amount of LED connected in parallel, which receives a direct current from the power converting circuit; wherein, the predetermined amount is limited to that the direct current of the LED string emitting light normally is smaller than or equal to the direct current output from the power converting circuit. According to the direct type LED backlight of the present invention, it can avoid using a boost circuit in order to decrease circuit complexity and save costs.
US09024529B2
The color of an LED-based lamp can be tuned to a desired color or color temperature. The lamp can include two or more independently addressable groups of LEDs associated with different colors or color temperatures and a total-internal-reflection (TIR) color-mixing lens to produce light of a uniform color by mixing the light from the different groups of LEDs. The color of the output light is tuned by controllably dividing an input current among the groups of LEDs. Tuning can be performed once, e.g., during manufacture, and the lamp does not require active feedback components for maintaining color temperature.
US09024525B2
Organic luminescent display device and method of manufacturing at organic luminescent display device
An organic EL display device of the invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed above the first substrate and having a display area and a non-display area; and a light-emitting layer disposed between the display area and the first substrate, wherein a first alignment mark having the light-emitting layer is disposed between the non-display area and the first substrate, and a second alignment mark is disposed on the second substrate at a position corresponding to the first alignment mark.
US09024522B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a lower substrate having a display area displaying an image and a non-display area formed along an edge of the display area, the display area having a first thickness, at least a part of the non-display area having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness; and a protection member disposed at the lower side of the lower substrate, the protection member being disposed in the display area of the lower substrate.
US09024521B2
Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device, including: a lower electrode provided every first organic EL element for a blue color and every second organic EL element for another color on a substrate; a hole injection/transport layer provided every first and second organic EL elements; a second organic light emitting layer for another color provided on said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic EL element; a connection layer made of a low-molecular material and provided over an entire surface of said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic light emitting layer and said first organic EL element; a first organic light emitting layer for a blue color provided over an entire surface of said connection layer; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode provided over an entire surface of said organic light emitting layer in order.
US09024518B2
In a first aspect of the present invention, a light-emitting diode includes a light-emitting element with a p-n junction, a first light-transmitting member including a phosphor and sealing the light-emitting element, and first and second covers disposed on opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. It is disclosed that the first and second covers extend over edges of the opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. In a second aspect of the present invention, a first cover disposed on a first parallel surface of a first light-transmitting member can be greater in thickness than a second cover. In some embodiments, it is disclosed that a second light-transmitting member with higher diffusion coefficient than the first light-transmitting member is disposed in contact with a first perpendicular surface of the first light-transmitting member.
US09024511B2
The present inventive concept discloses an impact-type piezoelectric micro power generator. The impact-type piezoelectric micro power generator may comprise a base having a cavity and at least one stop area adjacent to the cavity; a frame fastened to the base; a vibrating body comprising a plurality of first vibrating beams extended from the frame toward a top of the cavity, an impact beam connected to between first tips of the plurality of first vibrating beams and extended onto the stop area, and a second vibrating beam extended from the impact beam to between the plurality of first vibrating beams, the second vibrating beam having a second tip; and a piezoelectric device disposed on one of a top and a bottom of the second vibrating beam and the impact beam, the piezoelectric device generating electric power according to impacts of the vibrating body to the stop area and bending of the impact beam and the second vibrating beam.
US09024506B2
A motor includes a base, a rotor unit and a driving unit. The base has opposite first and second surfaces. The rotor unit includes a magnet unit disposed on a rotatable magnet carrier to face the first surface of the base. The driving unit includes induction coils disposed on a circuit board, a sensor unit that is disposed on the circuit board and spaced apart from the induction coils and that defines a first reference line with the rotation axis, and a rotor positioning component disposed on the second surface of the base, extending along a second reference line, and capable of magnet attraction with the magnet unit for positioning the rotor unit relative to the sensor unit when the rotor unit stops rotating.
US09024501B2
Induction motors may have a rotor that includes a shaft and a plurality of rotor laminations. The plurality of rotor laminations may have a central bore sized to receive the shaft, and the shaft may have a laminated portion that extends throughout the central bore. In other embodiments, the plurality of rotor laminations may have a very small or no central bore, and the shaft may include first and second end pieces respectively attached on opposite sides of the plurality of rotor laminations. In some embodiments, the first and second end shaft pieces may be attached to the rotor laminations with a through bolt that passes through the rotor laminations via a central bore sized no larger than needed to receive the through bolt, allowing each of the rotor laminations to have a larger laminated surface area. Methods of assembling a rotor are also provided, as are other aspects.
US09024500B2
An insulator includes a main body, a latching portion, and a slot. The main body covers a portion of a stator core around which a coil is wound to insulate the stator core from the coil. The latching portion is disposed at an end of a portion of the main body around which the coil is wound to latch the coil onto the main body. The slot is formed so as to expose the coil at a portion of the latching portion on a side where cooling oil for cooling the coil is supplied to the coil.
US09024499B2
A rotating electric machine rotor is equipped with a rotor core and a pair of permanent magnets disposed in a V-shape that opens toward an outer periphery of the rotor core. The pair of permanent magnets is separated in an inner periphery direction of the rotor core, and the rotor core contains a gap formed by connecting between at least the separated permanent magnets.
US09024498B2
A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor core, a stator core, and at least one permanent magnet. The rotor core has an inner circumference portion and an outer circumference portion. The stator core is opposed to the outer circumference portion of the rotor core. The at least one permanent magnet radially extends inside the rotor core. The at least one permanent magnet has an incremental circumferential width in a direction from the inner circumference portion to the outer circumference portion of the rotor core.
US09024493B2
A magnetic bearing is disclosed that includes a sensing wire wrapped around one or more of the bearing coils and configured to measure the resistance to ground of each bearing coil. With the presence of contaminants such as liquids, a protective coating disposed about the bearing coils degrades over time, thereby reducing the resistance to ground of the bearing coils. The sensing wire transmits the detected resistance to ground of the bearing coils to an adjacent sensing device, which can provide an output that informs a user whether corrective action is required to prevent damage or failure of the magnetic bearing.
US09024492B2
A laser-welded joint structure between insulation frame and bearing cup of fan includes a base having a bearing cup and a stator having at least one insulation frame. The insulation frame includes a sleeve portion defining a bore axially extending therethrough. The sleeve portion is provided on an inner wall surface with at least one pressing section that radially projects into the bore to press a lower side against an upper end of the bearing cup and a bearing received therein. A portion of at least one lateral side of each pressing section that is in contact with the upper end of the bearing cup is melted by laser beam to form a laser-welded joint, so that the insulation frame and the bearing cup are integrally connected together at reduced manufacturing cost and have increased structural strength. A method of forming the laser-welded joint structure is also disclosed.
US09024491B2
An electromechanical actuator includes a first system and a second system. The first system includes a first motor and a first movable element capable of being moved back and forth in an axial direction of a rod. The second system includes a second motor and a second movable element capable of being moved back and forth in the axial direction of the rod. The electromechanical actuator is capable of adjusting a stroke length which is a distance between the first driving section set to or in the proximity of an end portion of the first movable element and the second driving section set to or in the proximity of an end portion of the second movable element. The first movable element and second movable element are configured for back and forth movement in the axial direction of the common rod.
US09024490B2
A central power supply member (S) for supplying power to windings of a stator of a motor has ring-shaped busbars (10) each including a power supply terminal (20) and connecting terminals (30) laminated and accommodated in a synthetic resin holder (50) while being insulated from each other. Power-supply side terminals (91) drawn out from a power supply are placed on the power supply terminals (20) of the busbars (10) and connected by tightening bolts (95). The holder (50) has terminal blocks (55) on which the power supply terminals (20) are placed and in which nuts (65) to be engaged with the bolts 95 are mounted with the rotation thereof prevented. Insertion grooves (88) as rotation preventing portions are formed in the rear surfaces of the terminal blocks (55) and receive bulges (27) formed on the lateral edges of vertical plates (22) of the power supply terminals (20).
US09024483B2
The invention relates to a device for the inductive transfer of electric energy from a stationary unit comprising at least one primary inductance to a vehicle that is adjacent to said unit and has at least one second inductance. The stationary unit or the vehicle has a device for detecting the presence of an object in a predetermined area that covers at least the area lying between the primary inductance and the second inductance during the inductive energy transfer. The detection device has at least one contactless sensor and an evaluation unit that is connected to the sensor. At least the sensor of the detection device is integrated into or mounted on the same housing as the primary or secondary coil of the energy transfer device. The sensor can be an ultrasonic sensor, radar sensor, infra-red sensor or an electric image sensor.
US09024482B2
A resonant power feeding system that can provide high power transmission efficiency between a power feeding device and a power reception device without dynamically controlling the oscillation frequency in accordance with the distance between the power feeding device and the power reception device. High power transmission efficiency between the power feeding device and the power reception device is obtained by addition of a structure for adjusting the matching condition to both the power reception device and the power feeding device. Specifically, a transmission-reception circuit and a matching circuit are provided in both the power reception device and the power feeding device, and wireless signals for adjusting the matching circuit are transmitted and received through a resonant coil. Thus, the power feeding device can efficiently supply power to the power reception device without adjusting the oscillation frequency.
US09024479B2
A switching converter includes an input end, N output ends, an inductor, a charging/discharging control unit, an energy distribution control unit and a logic control unit. The input end is utilized for receiving an input voltage. The N output ends are utilized for outputting N output voltages. The inductor is utilized for storing energy of the input voltage. The charging/discharging control unit and the energy distribution control unit are respectively utilized for generating a charging/discharging control signal and N energy distribution control signals to control a charging switch and N output switches according to the N output voltages, wherein the i-th distribution control signal is corresponding to the i-th output voltage signal to the N-th output voltage signal. The logic control unit is utilized for generating the charging switch control signal and N output switch control signals according to the charging/discharging control signal and the N energy distribution control signals.
US09024472B2
A power strip having two or more outlets include a sequence control module operable to sequentially activate and/or deactivate the outlets, thereby powering up or powering down each outlet separately. A pre-determined time delay, that can be set by a user, occurs between the activation and/or deactivation of the outlets. The power strip can include an off/off switch, and a foot switch operable to start the activation and/or deactivation. The foot switch can affix an electrical substrate, to which the sequence control module is attached, to the housing of the power strip.
US09024453B2
Interconnect packaging technology for direct-chip-attach, package-on-package, or first level and second level interconnect stack-ups with reduced Z-heights relative to ball technology. In embodiments, single or multi-layered interconnect structures are deposited in a manner that permits either or both of the electrical and mechanical properties of specific interconnects within a package to be tailored, for example based on function. Functional package interconnects may vary one of more of at least material layer composition, layer thickness, number of layers, or a number of materials to achieve a particular function, for example based on an application of the component(s) interconnected or an application of the assembly as a whole. In embodiments, parameters of the multi-layered laminated structures are varied dependent on the interconnect location within an area of a substrate, for example with structures having higher ductility at interconnect locations subject to higher stress.
US09024452B2
A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor package includes; a printed circuit board (PCB); a first semiconductor chip attached onto the PCB; an interposer that is attached onto the first semiconductor chip to cover a portion of the first semiconductor chip and comprises first connection pad units and second connection pad units that are electrically connected to each other, respectively, on an upper surface opposite to a surface of the interposer facing the first semiconductor chip; a second semiconductor chip attached onto the first semiconductor chip and the interposer as a flip chip type; a plurality of bonding wires that electrically connect the second connection pad units of the interposer to the PCB or the first semiconductor chip to the PCB; and a sealing member formed on the PCB to surround the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip, the interposer, and the bonding wires.
US09024435B2
A semiconductor device, a formation method thereof, and a package structure are provided. The semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor substrate in which a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is formed; a dielectric layer, provided on the semiconductor substrate and covering the MOSFET, wherein a plurality of interconnection structures are formed in the dielectric layer; and at least one heat dissipation path, embedded in the dielectric layer between the interconnection structures, for liquid or gas to circulate in the heat dissipation path, wherein openings of the heat dissipation path are exposed on the surface of the dielectric layer. The present invention can improve heat dissipation efficiency, and prevent chips from overheating.
US09024432B1
A surface mount package for a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone die is disclosed. The surface mount package features a substrate with metal pads for surface mounting the package to a device's printed circuit board and for making electrical connections between the microphone package and the device's circuit board. The surface mount microphone package has a sidewall spacer and a lid, and the MEMS microphone die is substrate-mounted and acoustically coupled to the acoustic port in the substrate. The substrate, the sidewall spacer, and the lid are joined together to form the MEMS microphone, and the substrate, the sidewall spacer, and the lid cooperate to form an acoustic chamber for the substrate-mounted MEMS microphone die.
US09024431B2
A system and method for forming a semiconductor die contact structure is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a top level metal contact, such as copper, with a thickness large enough to act as a buffer for underlying low-k, extremely low-k, or ultra low-k dielectric layers. A contact pad or post-passivation interconnect may be formed over the top level metal contact, and a copper pillar or solder bump may be formed to be in electrical connection with the top level metal contact.
US09024414B2
A semiconductor device in which a gettering layer is formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a method for forming the same are disclosed, resulting in increased reliability of the semiconductor substrate including the gettering layer. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a gettering layer formed of a first-type impurity and a second-type impurity in the semiconductor substrate so as to perform gettering of metal ion; and a deep-well region formed over the gettering layer in the semiconductor substrate.
US09024412B2
A first MOSFET is formed in a first region of a chip, and a second MOSFET is formed in a second region thereof. A first source terminal and a first gate terminal are formed in the first region. In the second region, a second source terminal and a second gate terminal are arranged so as to be aligned substantially parallel to a direction in which the first source terminal and the first gate terminal are aligned. A temperature detection diode is arranged between the first source terminal and the second source terminal. A first terminal and a second terminal of the temperature detection diode are aligned in a first direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the first source terminal and the first gate terminal are aligned or in a second direction substantially perpendicular thereto.
US09024405B2
A solid-state image sensor including an effective pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels including photodiodes formed on a semiconductor substrate are arranged, and a peripheral portion arranged around the effective pixel portion, includes a plurality of metal wiring layers arranged above the semiconductor substrate, and a planarizing film covering a patterned metal wiring layer that is a top layer among the plurality of metal wiring layers, wherein in the effective pixel portion, the plurality of metal wiring layers have openings configured to guide light to the photodiodes, and in the peripheral portion, an opening is provided in the top layer, and at least one metal wiring layer between the top layer and the semiconductor substrate has a pattern which blocks light incident on the photodiodes via the opening in the top layer.
US09024399B2
A perpendicular STT-MRAM comprises apparatus and a method of manufacturing a plurality of magnetoresistive memory element having local magnetic shielding. As an external perpendicular magnetic field exists, the permeable dielectric layers, the permeable bit line and the permeable bottom electrode are surrounding and have capability to absorb and channel most magnetic flux surrounding the MTJ element instead of penetrate through the MTJ element. Thus, magnetization of a recording layer can be less affected by the stray field during either writing or reading, standby operation.
US09024398B2
A spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STTMRAM) element comprises a reference layer, which can be a single layer structure or a synthetic multi-layer structure, formed on a substrate, with a fixed perpendicular magnetic component. A junction layer is formed on top of the reference layer and a free layer is formed on top of the junction layer with a perpendicular magnetic orientation, at substantially its center of the free layer and switchable. A tuning layer is formed on top of the free layer and a fixed layer is formed on top of the tuning layer, the fixed layer has a fixed perpendicular magnetic component opposite to that of the reference layer. The magnetic orientation of the free layer switches relative to that of the reference layer. The perpendicular magnetic components of the fixed layer and the reference layer substantially cancel each other and the free layer has an in-plane edge magnetization field.
US09024397B2
A micro-fabricated atomic clock structure is thermally insulated so that the atomic clock structure can operate with very little power in an environment where the external temperature can drop to −40° C., while at the same time maintaining the temperature required for the proper operation of the VCSEL and the gas within the vapor cell.
US09024393B2
A manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device formed thereon, the first semiconductor device having a first gate trench and the second semiconductor device having a second gate trench; sequentially forming a high dielectric constant (high-k) gate dielectric layer and a multiple metal layer on the substrate; forming a first work function metal layer in the first gate trench; performing a first pull back step to remove a portion of the first work function metal layer from the first gate trench; forming a second work function metal layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench; and performing a second pull back step to remove a portion of the second work function metal layer from the first gate trench and the second gate trench.
US09024391B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure embedded in the substrate, a stressor embedded in the substrate, and a conductive plug over and electrically coupled with the stressor. A same-material region is sandwiched by the STI structure and an entire sidewall of the stressor, and the same-material region is a continuous portion of the substrate.
US09024389B2
After formation of a semiconductor device on a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) layer, a first dielectric layer is formed over a recessed top surface of a shallow trench isolation structure. A second dielectric layer that can be etched selective to the first dielectric layer is deposited over the first dielectric layer. A contact via hole for a device component located in or on a top semiconductor layer is formed by an etch. During the etch, the second dielectric layer is removed selective to the first dielectric layer, thereby limiting overetch into the first dielectric layer. Due to the etch selectivity, a sufficient amount of the first dielectric layer is present between the bottom of the contact via hole and a bottom semiconductor layer, thus providing electrical isolation for the ETSOI device from the bottom semiconductor layer.
US09024369B2
A backside illumination image sensor structure comprises an image sensor formed adjacent to a first side of a semiconductor substrate, wherein an interconnect layer is formed over the first side of the semiconductor substrate, a backside illumination film formed over a second side of the semiconductor substrate, a metal shielding layer formed over the backside illumination film and a via embedded in the backside illumination film and coupled between the metal shielding layer and the semiconductor substrate.
US09024364B2
A semiconductor device in one embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a fin disposed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulator including a gate insulator disposed on a side surface of the fin, and a gate electrode disposed on the insulator that is disposed on side surfaces of the fin and an upper surface of the fin. The device further includes a plurality of epitaxial stripe shaped layers disposed horizontally on the side surface of the fin at different heights, and an interlayer dielectric disposed on the semiconductor substrate to cover the fin and applying a stress to the fin and the epitaxial layers. Any two adjacent epitaxial layers along the fin height direction determine a gap and the gaps between adjacent layers increase or decrease with increasing distance from the substrate.
US09024363B2
In a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a charge holding portion, a part of an element isolation region contacting with a semiconductor region constituting the charge holding portion extends from a reference surface including the light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion element into a semiconductor substrate at a level equal to or deeper than the depth of the semiconductor region in comparison with the semiconductor region.
US09024356B2
A semiconductor device includes a first compound semiconductor material and a second compound semiconductor material on the first compound semiconductor material. The second compound semiconductor material comprises a different material than the first compound semiconductor material such that the first compound semiconductor material has a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). The semiconductor device further includes a buried field plate disposed in the first compound semiconductor material and electrically connected to a terminal of the semiconductor device. The 2DEG is interposed between the buried field plate and the second compound semiconductor material.
US09024348B2
A light-emitting device includes an LED chip, and a case including a sidewall portion that surrounds the LED chip so as to reflect a light emitted from the LED chip. The case further includes a resin that includes a glass fiber and is integrally formed by injection molding. An average length of the glass fiber is greater than a thickness of the sidewall portion. The resin has a refractive index different from the glass fiber.
US09024345B2
Disclosed is a light emitting diode (LED) comprising a light emitting stacked structure and an electrode structure formed to have a pattern on the light emitting stacked structure. The electrode structure of the LED includes a cluster of reflectors disposed along the pattern on the light emitting stacked structure, and a pad material layer formed to entirely cover the reflectors.
US09024339B2
The present invention provides a light emitting diode which comprises a substrate, a light emitting layer including an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, and a wavelength conversion layer formed on the light emitting layer or on the back of the substrate. The wavelength conversion layer is formed of a Group III nitride semiconductor doped with rare earth elements. The rare earth elements include at least one of Tm, Er and Eu. According to a light emitting diode of the present invention, a desired color can be implemented in various ways by converting the wavelength of primary light emitted from a light emitting chip. Thus, the reliability and quality of products can be improved due to the uniform emission of light with a desired color. Further, since the existing semiconductor process can be utilized in the present invention, its fabrication process can be simplified, process cost and time can be reduced, and the compact products can be obtained.
US09024338B2
The present invention relates to the growing of nitride semiconductors, applicable for a multitude of semiconductor devices such as diodes, LEDs and transistors. According to the method of the invention nitride semiconductor nanowires are grown utilizing a CVD based selective area growth technique. A nitrogen source and a metal-organic source are present during the nanowire growth step and at least the nitrogen source flow rate is continuous during the nanowire growth step. The V/III-ratio utilized in the inventive method is significantly lower than the V/III-ratios commonly associated with the growth of nitride based semiconductor.
US09024337B2
A display panel includes: a mounting substrate including light-emitting elements that are mounted for each pixel on a wiring substrate, in which the light-emitting elements have different luminescence wavelengths from each other; and a counter substrate provided in opposition to a surface, of the mounting substrate, on which the pixels are disposed, and including a light-shielding layer and a light diffusion layer. The light-shielding layer is provided on a surface, of a light transmissive substrate, that faces the pixels and has apertures at respective positions that face the light-emitting elements. The light diffusion layer blocks up the apertures, is provided on a surface, of the light-shielding layer, that faces the pixels, is at least in contact with end edges of the respective apertures, and forms a gap together with the light-emitting elements between the light diffusion layer and the light-emitting elements.
US09024331B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting element (LC) provided with a substrate (110) having one surface on which plural hexagonal-pyramid-shaped protrusions (110b) are provided, a base layer (130) provided so as to be in contact with the surface on which the protrusions (110b) are provided, an n-type semiconductor layer (140) provided so as to be in contact with the base layer (130), a light emitting layer (150) provided so as to be in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer (140), and a p-type semiconductor layer (160) provided so as to be in contact with the light emitting layer (150). Each protrusion (110b) scatters light in lateral and oblique directions within the semiconductor light emitting element (LC). The protrusions are densely arranged on a substrate on which semiconductor layers are laminated, so that the light extraction efficiency is improved.
US09024329B2
A semiconductor device (A1) includes a first n-type semiconductor layer (11), a second n-type semiconductor layer (12), a p-type semiconductor layer (13), a trench (3), an insulating layer (5), a gate electrode (41), and an n-type semiconductor region (14). The p-type semiconductor layer (13) includes a channel region that is along the trench (3) and in contact with the second n-type semiconductor layer (12) and the n-type semiconductor region (14). The size of the channel region in the depth direction x is 0.1 to 0.5 μm. The channel region includes a high-concentration region where the peak impurity concentration is approximately 1×1018 cm−3. The semiconductor device A1 thus configured allows achieving desirable values of on-resistance, dielectric withstand voltage and threshold voltage.
US09024325B2
Provided is an epitaxial substrate for use in a semiconductor element, having excellent characteristics and capable of suitably suppressing diffusion of elements from a cap layer. An epitaxial substrate for use in a semiconductor element, in which a group of group-III nitride layers are laminated on a base substrate such that a (0001) crystal plane of the group of group-III nitride layers is substantially in parallel with a substrate surface of the base substrate, includes: a channel layer made of a first group-III nitride having a composition of Inx1Aly1Gaz1N (x1+y1+z1=1, z1>0); a barrier layer made of a second group-III nitride having a composition of Inx2Aly2N (x2+y2=1, x2>0, y2>0); an anti-diffusion layer made of AlN and having a thickness of 3 nm or more; and a cap layer made of a third group-III nitride having a composition of Inx3Aly3Gaz3N (x3+y3+z3=1, z3>0).
US09024324B2
A low leakage current transistor (2) is provided which includes a GaN-containing substrate (11-14) covered by a passivation surface layer (17) in which a T-gate electrode with sidewall extensions (20) is formed and coated with a multi-level passivation layer (30-32) which includes an intermediate etch stop layer (31) which is used to define a continuous multi-region field plate (33) having multiple distances between the bottom surface of the field plate 33 and the semiconductor substrate in the gate-drain region of the transistor.
US09024317B2
A semiconductor circuit capable of controlling and holding the threshold voltage of a transistor at an optimal level and a driving method thereof are disclosed. A storage device, a display device, or an electronic device including the semiconductor circuit is also provided. The semiconductor circuit comprises a diode and a first capacitor provided in a node to which a transistor to be controlled is connected through its back gate. This structure allows the application of desired voltage to the back gate so that the threshold voltage of the transistor is controlled at an optimal level and can be held for a long time. A second capacitor connected in parallel with the diode is optionally provided so that the voltage of the node can be changed temporarily.
US09024315B2
An integrated circuit product package configured to continuity testing is described. The integrated circuit product package includes a package substrate. The package substrate includes internal routing connections. The integrated circuit product package also includes a semiconductor die coupled to the package substrate. The semiconductor die includes input/output (I/O) pins and switches. The switches selectively coupled the I/O pins to facilitate a daisy chain connection. The daisy chain connection includes circuitry fabricated on the semiconductor die, more than two of the internal routing connections, more than two of the I/O pins and at least one switch.
US09024313B2
One object is to provide a semiconductor device with a structure which enables reduction in parasitic capacitance sufficiently between wirings. In a bottom-gate type thin film transistor including a stacked layer of a first layer which is a metal thin film oxidized partly or entirely and an oxide semiconductor layer, the following oxide insulating layers are formed together: an oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer which is over and in contact with a part of the oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer; and an oxide insulating layer which covers a peripheral portion and a side surface of the stacked oxide semiconductor layer.
US09024312B2
Disclosed is a substrate for a flexible device which, when a TFT is produced on a flexible substrate in which a metal layer and a polyimide layer are laminated, can suppress deterioration of the electrical performance of the TFT due to the surface irregularities of the metal foil surface and can suppress detachment or cracks of the TFT. Also disclosed is a substrate for a thin film element which has excellent surface smoothness and is capable of suppressing deterioration of the characteristics of thin film elements. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing substrates for thin film elements.
US09024311B2
The present invention provides a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer (4) for electrically connecting a signal electrode (6a) and a drain electrode (7a), the an oxide semiconductor layer being made from an oxide semiconductor; and a barrier layer (6b) made from at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mo, W, Nb, Ta, Cr, nitrides thereof, and alloys thereof, the barrier layer (6b) being in touch with the signal electrode (6a) and the oxide semiconductor layer (4) and separating the signal electrode (6a) from the oxide semiconductor layer (4). Because of this configuration, the thin film transistor can form and maintain an ohmic contact between the first electrode and the channel layer, thereby being a thin film transistor with good properties.
US09024301B2
Provided is an organic luminescent medium containing a specific diaminopyrene derivative and a specific anthracene derivative. Also provided are an organic electroluminescence device capable of emitting light having a short wavelength (such as blue light) with high luminous efficiency and having a long lifetime by having such constitution that the organic EL device contains one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the organic luminescent medium, and an organic luminescent medium that can be used in an organic thin film layer of the organic EL device.
US09024299B2
A method for manufacturing a dual work function semiconductor device and the device made thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes providing a gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming a metal layer over the gate dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a layer of gate filling material over the metal layer. The method further includes patterning the gate dielectric layer, the metal layer and the gate filling layer to form a first and a second gate stack. The method further includes removing the gate filling material only from the second gate stack thereby exposing the underlying metal layer. The method further includes converting the exposed metal layer into an metal oxide layer. The method further includes reforming the second gate stack with another gate filling material.
US09024296B2
Pixels in a focal plane array are defined by controlled variation of the Fermi energy at the surface of the detector array. Varying the chemical composition of the semiconductor at the detector surface produces a corresponding variation in the surface Fermi energy which produces a corresponding variation in the electric field and electrostatic potential in the bulk semiconductor below the surface. This defines pixels by having one Fermi energy at the surface of each pixel and a different Fermi energy at the surface between pixels. Fermi energy modulation can also be controlled by applying an electrostatic potential voltage V1 to the metal pad defining each pixel, and applying a different electrostatic potential voltage V2 to an interconnected metal grid covering the gaps between all the pixel metal pads. Methods obviate the need to etch deep trenches between pixels, resulting in a more manufacturable quasi-planar process without sacrificing performance.
US09024292B2
A monolithic semiconductor light emitting device is described. The device includes an n-type region, a p-type region, an active region of a multiple quantum well structure comprising a plurality of alternating barrier and active layers interposed between the n-type region and the p-type region. The device emits multiple single-wavelength spectral distributions of ultraviolet light each having a peak wavelength of between 210 nm and 400 nm and/or a broadband spectral output having a wavelength of between 210 nm and 400 nm. Methods of making the device and lamps comprising the device are also described.
US09024290B2
Vertical transistor phase change memory and methods of processing phase change memory are described herein. One or more methods include forming a dielectric on at least a portion of a vertical transistor, forming an electrode on the dielectric, and forming a vertical strip of phase change material on a portion of a side of the electrode and on a portion of a side of the dielectric extending along the electrode and the dielectric into contact with the vertical transistor.
US09024286B2
Generally, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to the fabrication of an RRAM cell using CMOS compatible processes. A resistance random access memory device is disclosed which includes a semiconducting substrate, a top electrode, at least one metal silicide bottom electrode formed at least partially in the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the at least one bottom electrode is positioned below the top electrode, and at least one insulating layer positioned between the top electrode and at least a portion of the at least one bottom electrode. A method of making a resistance random access memory device is disclosed that includes forming an isolation structure in a semiconducting substrate to thereby define an enclosed area, performing at least one ion implantation process to implant dopant atoms into the substrate within the enclosed area, after performing the at least one ion implantation process, forming a layer of refractory metal above at least portions of the substrate, and performing at least one heat treatment process to form at least one metal silicide bottom electrode at least partially in the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the at least one bottom electrode is positioned below at least a portion of a top electrode of the device.
US09024278B2
A quantum-yield measurement device 1A comprises a dark box 5; a light generation unit 6, having a light exit part 7, for generating the pumping light L1; a light detection unit 9, having a light entrance part 11, for detecting the light to be measured L2; an integrating sphere 14, having a light entrance opening 15 for the light L1 to enter and a light exit opening 16 for the light L2 to exit; and a movement mechanism 30 for moving a sample container 3, the part 7, and the part 11 such that the container 3 attains each of a first state of being located inside of the sphere 14 and a second state of being located outside of the sphere 14 and causing the part 7 and part 11 to oppose the opening 15 and opening 16, respectively, in the first state.
US09024277B2
An apparatus includes an enclosure including one or more ultraviolet lights configured to kill germs, the enclosure including a drawer for placing items into and removing items from the enclosure, wherein the enclosure is configured for insertion into an existing cabinet. The apparatus can include an adjustable width bracket, wherein the adjustable width bracket allows the enclosure to be secured against side surfaces within the existing cabinet. The apparatus can also include an adjustable depth bracket, wherein the adjustable depth bracket allows the enclosure to be secured against a back surface within the existing cabinet. The apparatus can also include a bottom bracket, wherein the bottom bracket allows the enclosure to be secured against a bottom surface of the existing surface. In one example, the enclosure is connected to an air filtration system.
US09024269B2
A digital X-ray detector includes a scintillator that is configured to absorb radiation emitted from an X-ray radiation source and to emit light photons in response to the absorbed radiation. The detector also includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) light imager that is configured to absorb the light photons emitted by the scintillator. The CMOS light imager includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is disposed opposite the second surface. The scintillator contacts the first surface of the CMOS light imager. The CMOS light imager further includes a CMOS pixel array with an array of CMOS pixels. Each individual CMOS pixel includes at least two row select transistors.
US09024265B2
A photosensor testing apparatus can be used to test photosensors. A light module can produce simulating light that corresponds to scintillating light of a scintillator or a derivative of the scintillating light. A photosensor under test can produce an output that can be analyzed. A particular photosensor can be determined to have a higher quantum efficiency, a higher signal-to-noise ratio, or another performance criterion and selected for use in a radiation detection apparatus having the scintillator that can produce the scintillating light. The photosensor testing apparatus can provide a more accurate way of selecting a photosensor as compared to only analyzing an emission spectrum and data sheets and other information for the photosensors under consideration.
US09024260B2
A terahertz wave generation element is provided, which includes: an optical waveguide including a core of electro-optic crystal; an optical coupler for extracting a terahertz wave generated from the optical waveguide when light propagates in the optical waveguide to a space; and a reflecting layer disposed on the opposite side to the optical coupler with respect to the core of the optical waveguide, so as to reflect the generated terahertz wave. According to the element, it is possible to provide a generation element that can generate a relatively high intensity terahertz wave efficiently by photoexcitation or generate a terahertz wave having a relatively narrow pulse width, so as to flexibly control waveform shaping of the generated terahertz wave.
US09024259B2
An apparatus for measuring parameters, such as moisture content or basis weight, of a fibrous web, e.g. paper or non-wovens, comprises optical elements and a wavelength selection device for selectively directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation comprising wavelengths in at least the mid infrared (MIR) spectral range through the web; an element, such as a beam stop, arranged in the path of electromagnetic radiation emerging from the web, for separating directly transmitted from scattered electromagnetic radiation; a collector for collecting the scattered radiation; and at least one detector for detecting the scattered radiation collected by the collector.
US09024251B2
An encoder includes a scale that includes a plurality of unit block patterns arranged in a position measuring direction with a period of a pitch. A pattern of the unit block pattern has a symmetrical shape with respect to a symmetry line perpendicular to the position measuring direction. Each unit block pattern includes a plurality of divided sections along a direction perpendicular to the position measuring direction. An area ratio of the pattern which is a value made by dividing an area of the pattern in each divided section by an area of the divided section is different between two adjacent divided sections. The pattern in each divided section has a rectangular shape defined by two parallel lines that extend in the position measuring direction and two parallel lines that extend in the direction perpendicular to the position measuring direction.
US09024243B2
An image sensor includes a plurality of self-resetting pixels including: a mechanism converting detected electromagnetic energy into a proportional electric current; an integrating capacitor including a mechanism for fast charging to a first electric level and for controlled discharging to a second electric level; a mechanism for comparing the controlled discharge; a loopback mechanism, allowing automatic repetition of fast charging and controlled discharging cycles and counting of number of cycles occurring during a determined integration time; a mechanism measuring a residual electric charge present in the integrating capacitor on completion of the integration period; and a calibration mechanism using the measurement mechanism to measure and compensate for operating and production dispersions specific to each pixel.
US09024240B2
An image sensor having a number of pixel zones delimited by isolation trenches, each pixel zone including a photodiode; a transfer gate associated with each of the pixel zones and arranged to transfer charge from the photodiode to a sensing node; and a read circuit for reading a voltage at one of the sensing nodes, the read circuitry including a number of transistors of which at least one is positioned at least partially over a pixel zone of the pixel zones.
US09024237B2
A microwave material fusing apparatus for fusing two or more layers of material is disclosed. The apparatus includes an end effector including a radiating strike plate and a non-radiating fusing arm. The radiating strike plate is adapted to receive microwave energy from a microwave energy source and configured to radiate microwave energy therefrom upon selective activation of the microwave energy source. The non-radiating fusing arm is disposed in substantial opposition to the radiating strike plate and includes a conductive tip on the distal end. The conductive tip of the non-radiating fusing arm is configured to compress material therebetween such that upon activation of the microwave energy source, microwave energy is transferred between the radiating strike plate and the conductive tip to fuse the material disposed therebetween.
US09024222B2
A push switch according to the present invention includes a case with a substantially-box shape, a cover, a manipulation member, a movable contact point, and a spring with a substantially-U-shape. The case with the substantially-box shape is provided with a common contact point and a fixed contact point in its inner bottom surface. The movable contact point is swayably placed on the common contact point and is extended in a leftward and rightward direction. The spring with the substantially-U-shape has one end hitched on a lower surface of the cover, the other end slidably placed on an upper surface of the movable contact point, and a center portion being in elastic contact with a lower surface of the manipulation member. This enables to make the entire push switch have a reduced height and to certainly connect and separate relatively-larger electric currents of about several amperes therethrough.
US09024221B2
An electric switch device for a machine tool has a switch-side contact element, that is held movably and is in contact, in a contact position, with a mating contact element so as to close a circuit. The switch-side contact element is a switching spring, which is acted upon by its internal stress to move into the out-of-contact position.
US09024220B2
A switching device assembly has an encapsulation housing. Movable active conductors are located inside the encapsulation housing. A drive unit with a gearbox is located outside of the encapsulation housing. The gearbox is part of a kinematic chain for moving an active conductor. The kinematic chain penetrates the encapsulation housing. In order to reverse the direction of a movement of the gearbox that can be transmitted, the gearbox is turned around a reversing axis and coupled into the kinematic chain.
US09024218B2
A device for the control of an electronic apparatus. The device includes an upper panel upon which a user may exert at least one control action, a lower support armature upon which the upper panel is vertically and movably mounted, a switching breaker configured to be triggered by the upper panel, and an articulated structure configured to hold the upper panel. An axis of actuation of the switching breaker may be arranged at the periphery of a contour of the upper panel, and the articulated structure may include several consecutive shafts, each of which is arranged along an associated edge of the contour of the upper actuation face of the upper panel.
US09024208B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location.
US09024198B2
A flexible circuit board with high connection reliability and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the flexible circuit board has a bent section formed thereon, can be deformed flexibly, and wherein a wiring layer will not be peeled off or ruptured even when deformation is repeated onto the flexible circuit board, heat is radiated from electronic parts, or minute wiring is formed on the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board is provided with an insulating film comprised of liquid crystal polymer, a wiring layer formed upon the insulating film, and an insulating layer comprised of liquid crystal polymer formed upon the wiring layer. The flexible circuit board has a bent section with a radius of curvature of R (mm) formed on at least one location thereof, and is made to be deformable in a state with the radius of curvature of the bent section maintained at R (mm).
US09024194B2
A section insulator for two aligned rigid conductor rails, wherein the section insulator forms a closed system in that, in the extension of each conductor rail, a conductive runner and an insulating runner rigidly connected to the conductive runner are connected to the opposing conductor rail. The lower side of the runners, facing the travel plane, is arranged in a contact plane. All of the runners are also height-adjustable in relation to the conductor rails.
US09024191B2
A strain relief for a coaxial cable and coaxial connector interconnection is provided as an injection moldable polymer material surrounding the interconnection. The injection moldable material fills a solder pre-form cavity between an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and an inner diameter of a bore of the connector body. Where the outer conductor is corrugated, the polymer material may be provided covering an exposed portion of the corrugations and/or filling portions of a corrugation trough between an outer jacket and the outer diameter of the outer conductor.
US09024190B2
This object aims to provide a wire cabling device which a case can be shared among a plurality of devices for cabling electric wires to a plurality of sliders provided on the right and left sides of an automobile. A wire cabling device (1) comprises electric wires (50) for connecting an electronic apparatus mounted onto the floor (2) of an automobile with an electronic apparatus mounted to a seat (3), a case (5) for housing the intermediate portions of the wires (50), a slider capable of moving in linkage with the seat (3) on a rail installed in the case (5) while holding the wires (50), and a regulation member (90) which is provided in the case (5) and regulates the cabling route of the wires (50) in the case (5) by defining the case (5). The case (5) is so formed as to have a predetermined tubular cross-section along the sliding direction of the seat (3) by roll-molding, and the regulation member (90) is formed independently from the case (5).
US09024185B2
An electrical box with a removable wall is disclosed. The removable wall comprises pre-designated areas that may be detached or bent, thereby converting the wall into a partition. The resulting partition may be used as a shield barrier between two compartments in a multi-gang box.
US09024183B2
A seal cover includes a cover main body (10) shaped to cover an opening of a case and to be attached to a surface of the case. A seal ring holder (20A) is on the underside of the cover main body (10) and is arranged to fit into the opening. A seal ring (25) is on the outer peripheral surface of the seal ring holder (20A) and closely contacts the inner peripheral surface of the opening. An interlock connector (40) projects from the seal ring holder (20A) for connecting to the waiting connector and sets an energizing circuit in an energized state or a non-energized state upon being connected to or separated from the waiting connector. The interlock connector (40) is mounted on the seal ring holder (20A) to be movable in a direction perpendicular to a connecting direction to the waiting connector.
US09024182B2
A line-jumper apparatus typically includes a first connector, a second connector, and a housing attached to the first connector and the second connector. In a closed position, the housing provides a low-resistance current path and a high-resistance current path between the first connector and the second connector. In an open position, the housing inhibits current from flowing between the first connector and the second connector. The housing is configured so that, when the housing is transitioned from the closed position to the open position, the low-resistance current path is opened before the high-resistance current path. The housing typically includes a safety mechanism that prevents the low-resistance current path from being opened unless the high-resistance current path is closed.
US09024159B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1CT7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1CT7 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1CT7 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1CT7 or a locus conversion of PH1CT7 with another maize variety.
US09024158B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH900059. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH900059, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH900059 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH900059.
US09024155B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV808014. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV808014, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV808014 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV808014 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV808014.
US09024153B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1KAN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KAN with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KAN through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1KAN or a locus conversion of PH1KAN with another maize variety.
US09024151B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV062333. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV062333, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV062333 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV062333 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV062333.
US09024149B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH409006. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH409006, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH409006 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH409006.
US09024145B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH508732. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH508732, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH508732 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH508732.
US09024139B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SVR 14866143 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVR 14866143 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09024138B1
A soybean cultivar designated 38141102 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 38141102, to the plants of soybean cultivar 38141102, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 38141102, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 38141102. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 38141102. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 38141102, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 38141102 with another soybean cultivar.
US09024137B1
A soybean cultivar designated S130088 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S130088, to the plants of soybean cultivar S130088, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S130088, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S130088. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S130088. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S130088, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S130088 with another soybean cultivar.
US09024128B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB41V13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB41V13, cells from soybean variety XB41V13, plants of soybean XB41V13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB41V13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB41V13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB41V13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB41V13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB41V13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB41V13 are further provided.
US09024126B2
A novel soybean variety, designated XB21Y13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB21Y13, cells from soybean variety XB21Y13, plants of soybean XB21Y13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB21Y13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB21Y13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB21Y13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB21Y13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB21Y13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB21Y13 are further provided.
US09024122B2
A novel soybean variety, designated XB17G13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB17G13, cells from soybean variety XB17G13, plants of soybean XB17G13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB17G13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB17G13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB17G13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB17G13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB17G13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB17G13 are further provided.
US09024116B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1035957. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1035957. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1035957 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1035957 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09024101B2
A method for controlling 2-isomer content in linear alkylbenzene obtained by alkylating benzene with olefins and catalyst used in the method.
US09024095B2
A method for preparing fuel components from crude tall oil. Feedstock containing tall oil including unsaturated fatty acids is introduced to a catalytic hydrodeoxygenation to convert unsaturated fatty acids, rosin acids and sterols to fuel components. Crude tall oil is purified in a purification by washing the crude tall oil with washing liquid and separating the purified crude tall oil from the washing liquid. The purified crude tall oil is introduced directly to the catalytic hydrodeoxygenation as a purified crude tall oil feedstock. An additional feedstock may be supplied to the catalytic hydrodeoxygenation.
US09024086B2
The present invention relates to catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises acidic sites and two or more metals. The catalyst has acidic sites on the surface and the balance favors Lewis acid sites.
US09024082B2
Recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid using an extractive distillation column. A diluted acid stream, comprising less than 30 wt. % acetic acid, is used as the extractive agent and is fed at a point above the crude feed stream. The column yields a residue that comprises ethanol, acetic acid, and water. The diluted acid stream may be separated from the residue and returned to the extractive distillation column.
US09024077B2
A fluorine-containing vinyl ether compound of the formula: CnF2n+1(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)b(CH2CH2)cOCH═CH2 is produced by subjecting a fluorine-containing alcohol of the formula: CnF2n+1(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)b(CH2CH2)cOH wherein n is an integer of 1 to 6, a is an integer of 1 to 4, b is an integer of 1 to 3, and c is an integer of 1 to 3, and 2-haloethyl vinyl ether of the formula: XCH2CH2OCH═CH2 to XCH2CH2OH-elimination reaction in the presence of a palladium-based catalyst and an aliphatic amine. The fluorine-containing vinyl ether compound contain a perfluoroalkyl group having 6 or less carbon atoms, which is said to have low bioaccumulation potential.
US09024072B2
A process for reductive amination of aliphatic cyanoaldehydes to aliphatic diamines comprising (1) providing a mixture of 1,3-cyanocyclohexane carboxaldehyde and/or 1,4-cyanocyclohexane carboxaldehyde; (2) contacting said mixture with a metal carbonate based solid bed or a weak base anion exchange resin bed at a temperature from 15 to 40 ° C. for a period of at least 1 minute; (3) thereby treating said mixture, wherein said treated mixture has a pH in the range of 6 to 9; (4) feeding said treated mixture, hydrogen, and ammonia into a continuous reductive amination reactor system; (6) contacting said treated mixture, hydrogen, and ammonia with each other in the presence of one or more heterogeneous metal based catalyst systems at a temperature from 80 ° C. to 160 ° C. and a pressure from 700 to 3500 psig; (7) thereby producing one or more cycloaliphatic diamines is provided.
US09024068B2
The invention concerns a new process for the preparation of crystalline form of agomelatine from a solution of agomelatine in a solvent, characterized in that the agomelatine is crystallized by instantaneous precipitation from said solution, at a temperature equal to or below −10° C.
US09024063B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing L-methionine productivity and organic acid productivity. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method which involves adding a mixture containing methyl mercaptan and dimethyl sulfide at a appropriate ratio to O-acetyl homoserine or O-succinyl homoserine and to an enzyme having an activity of converting methionine precursor into L-methionine, so as to perform an enzyme reaction, to thereby improve the conversion rate of L-methionine and organic acid from the L-methionine precursor, and thus increasing L-methionine yield as compared to conventional method.
US09024050B2
The present invention relates to a stable mixture comprising surface-modified particles which are obtained by reacting metal oxide or semimetal oxide particles with at least one compound selected from among silicon-comprising compounds bearing at least one metaloxy radical and optionally further alkoxy and/or hydroxy radical(s) and at least one solvent, at least one surface-active substance or a mixture thereof, a process for producing the mixture, the use of these particles in systems in which they are brought into contact with at least one solvent, where the mass ratio of solvent to modified particle is greater than 500, and also the use of these particles in agglomeration-deagglomeration cycles.
US09024049B2
Nickel(II) compositions for use in manufacturing nickel metal (Ni(0)) compositions, and specifically to methods of making basic nickel carbonates used to produce nickel metal compositions are disclosed. By varying the molar ratios of carbonates and bicarbonates to nickel salts, the methods provide basic nickel carbonates that produce superior nickel metal-containing solids that are well-suited to forming nickel-ligand complexes with phosphorus-containing ligands. The phosphorus-containing ligands can be monodentate or bidentate phosphorus-containing ligands.
US09024042B2
Compositions and methods for treating glaucoma are provided. In particular hydrophilic ester prodrugs and their use to reduce central corneal thickening is provided.
US09024036B2
Provided are a white-emitting monomolecular compound using excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) characteristics, and an organic electroluminescence device and a laser device comprising same. The white-emitting monomolecular compound according to the present invention is prepared by covalently bonding at least two types of molecules which produce different colors and have excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) characteristics. The white-emitting monomolecular compound according to the present invention achieves white luminescence irrespective of the concentration thereof and of the state of the materials thereof, and therefore can be used in a variety of fields including an organic electroluminescence device and a laser device.
US09024031B1
3-(3-chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by cyclizing 3-hydrazinopyridine.dihydrochloride with a dialkyl maleate to provide an alkyl 5-oxo-2-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrazolidine-3-carboxylate, by chlorinating to provide an alkyl 3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate, by oxidizing to provide an alkyl 3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate, by converting the ester to the carboxylic acid by hydrolysis to provide 3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid hydrochloride, and by removing the carboxylic acid by a decarboxylation reaction.
US09024029B2
The present invention relates to hydroxamate compounds which are inhibitors of histone deacetylase. More particularly, the present invention relates to benzimidazole containing compounds and methods for their preparation. These compounds may be useful as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders as well as other diseases involving, relating to or associated with dysregulation of histone deacetylase (HDAC).
US09024024B2
The present invention relates to quinazoline containing zinc-binding moiety based derivatives of Formula (IV) below. These compounds have enhanced and unexpected properties as inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) and are useful in the treatment of EGFR-TK related diseases and disorders such as cancer. These compounds may further act as HDAC inhibitors.
US09024014B2
This disclosure concerns a new family of phosphorus-containing compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof. Compositions containing such compounds and uses thereof are also provided.
US09024011B2
The present technology provides processes for cross-linking cellulose ethers under mild conditions. The processes include exposing a substantially dry cellulose ether film to a polyisocyanate to provide a cross-linked cellulose ether film, wherein the substantially dry cellulose ether film comprises alkoxide groups on the cellulose. The resulting cellulose ether films are highly cross-linked by polyurethane linkages and may be used as membranes in a variety of applications.
US09024005B2
The present invention relates to complexes of transcription factor decoys, their delivery to bacteria and their formulation. In particular, the present invention resides in an antibacterial complex comprising a nucleic acid sequence and one or more delivery moieties selected from quaternary amine compounds; bis-aminoalkanes and unsaturated derivatives thereof, wherein the amino component of the aminoalkane is an amino group forming part of a heterocyclic ring; and an antibacterial peptide.
US09023995B2
The present invention relates to anti-interleukin-36R (anti-IL-36R) binding compounds, in particular new anti-IL-36R antibodies and therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions for using the same.
US09023985B2
There is provided according to the invention an aqueous composition having pH between 4 and 7 comprising (i) glucagon at a concentration of 0.05% w/v or more and (ii) a cationic surfactant selected from benzalkonium salts and benzethonium salts as solubilizing agent in an amount sufficient to dissolve the glucagon in the composition.
US09023983B2
The invention is directed to an extruder (10), particularly for extruding a synthetic rubber product, which comprises a barrel (24), one or several extruder elements (12, 14), particularly one or several extruder screws and/or a kneader elements (14), arranged inside the barrel (24) for conveying the product, optionally an inlet port for feeding a stripping agent into the barrel (24) and an outlet port for removing volatile compounds from the product and, where applicable, the stripping agent. According to the invention a perforated die plate (26) is fixed to the barrel (24) in flow direction before the outlet port. Since the die plate (26) is not fixed to the extruder elements (12, 14) but to the barrel (24) a circumferential clearance between the die plate (26) and the barrel (24) is prevented so that no extruded material is passing the die plate (26) radially outside. Parts of the extruded material comprising a low surface area to volume ratio are prevented so that the evaporation of volatile compounds is facilitated.
US09023982B2
A method is provided for purifying a resin for photolithography wherein, from an insufficiently purified resin (also referred to as “crude resin”), low molecular weight impurities such as an unreacted monomer and a polymerization initiator, which cause a development defect of a resist pattern or deterioration of the storage stability of the resin for photolithography can be removed more effectively. The method for purifying a resin for photolithography includes an operation (a) wherein a slurry in which a resin is dispersed in a solution containing a good solvent and a poor solvent is stirred, and then an operation (b) wherein, to said slurry, a poor solvent is added to lower the ratio of the good solvent to the poor solvent, and then, the resin is separated from the solution.
US09023975B2
[Problem to be Solved]To provide a polyamide having a high melting point, which has excellent strength, toughness, and stability under heating.[Solution]This polyamide is obtained by polymerizing an (a) dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mol % of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and a (b) diamine comprising at least 50 mol % of a diamine having a pentamethylenediamine skeleton, wherein the polyamide has a cyclic amino end amount of 30 to 60μ equivalents/g.
US09023974B2
A polyimide demonstrates low coefficient of hygroscopic expansion and low water absorption coefficient when used as an insulation film. The polyimide is derived from a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride containing ester group expressed by the general formula below, and a polyester imide precursor: wherein R is independent and represents a straight or branched-chain alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms or straight or branched-chain alkoxyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is an integer of 0 to 4, and m is an integer of 2 to 4, but wherein, if m =2, n is an integer of 1 to 4.
US09023966B2
The present invention relates compositions and methods for enhanced oil recovery. The method is directed to employing a water-soluble The present invention relates compositions and methods for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The method is directed to employing a water-soluble functional polymeric surfactant (FPS), with a medium IFT value, preferably ranged from about 0.1 to about 15 dyne/cm between water phase containing polymeric surfactant and hydrocarbon phase, for recovery of hydrocarbons from subterranean formations. The FPS solution demonstrates a strong interaction with oil and the great potential to increase both volumetric sweep efficiency and microscopic displacement efficiency in EOR.
US09023964B2
The present invention relates to conjugated polymers. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a conjugated polymer including a repeating unit including a benzene ring conjugated with the polymer backbone, wherein the benzene ring is fused to two 5-membered rings, wherein each fused 5-membered ring includes N and at least one of O and S. In various embodiments, the present invention provides semiconductor devices including the polymer, and methods of making the polymer.
US09023959B2
Methods for the preparation of fluorided-chlorided silica-coated alumina activator-supports are disclosed. These activator-supports can be used in catalyst systems for the production of olefin-based polymers, such as polyethylene and polypropylene.
US09023957B2
The present invention generally relates to processes and methods of peptide and protein synthesis. The present invention also relates to specific compounds for use in such processes and methods. It is shown herein that peptides with a C-terminal tertiary N,N-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-amide (BMEA) undergo N-to-S acyl transfer at weakly acidic pH to form a transient thioester which can be captured for direct ligation with a cysteinyl peptide. These C-terminal BMEA peptides are easily prepared with standard Fmoc solid-phase synthesis protocols, thus giving a very convenient access to the thioester components for native chemical ligation.
US09023955B2
An abrasive product includes a plurality of abrasive particles and a resin cured with a polythiol group. A method of preparing the abrasive product includes contacting the plurality of abrasive particles with a curable composition that includes a resin and a polythiol group, and curing the curable composition to produce the abrasive product. A method of abrading a work surface includes applying an abrasive product to a work surface in an abrading motion to remove a portion of the work surface. A curable composition includes a formaldehyde resin and a polythiol group. A formaldehyde resin is crosslinked by a polythiol group. A method of crosslinking the formaldehyde resin includes reacting the polythiol group with the formaldehyde resin.
US09023951B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a water absorbent resin, by which a surface-crosslinked water absorbent resin having excellent physical properties can be efficiently obtained at low cost, while assuring high productivity. When the production scale is increased to a continuous production on a huge scale (for example, 1 t/hr or more), the physical properties are improved and stabilized (for example, standard deviation of the physical properties is reduced) by a surface-crosslinking treatment, and the absorption against pressure (AAP) and liquid permeability (SFC) are further improved. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-type water absorbent resin, which comprises: a step of preparing an aqueous monomer solution using an acrylic acid (salt); a step of continuously polymerizing the aqueous monomer solution; shedding step of a hydrous gel-like crosslinked polymer during or after the polymerization; a step of drying the thus-obtained particulate hydrous gel-like crosslinked polymer; and a surface treatment step in which a surface-crosslinking agent is added to and reacted with the dried water absorbent resin powder. In the surface treatment step, the continuous mixing apparatus for the surface treatment agent and the continuous heating device are connected and periodic shielding is performed between the mixing apparatus and the heating device.
US09023947B2
An adsorptive carrier includes one or more high-molecular-weight compounds each of which includes two or more aromatic ring-containing repeating units, the aromatic rings being covalently bound to each other via a structure represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 represents hydrogen or an organic group, and R2 represents an organic group.
US09023939B2
The invention provides a composition comprising at least one olefin multi-block interpolymer; at least one functionalized olefin-based polymer; and optionally at least one thermoplastic polyurethane. The invention also provides for articles prepared from the inventive compositions and for methods for making the same.
US09023938B2
Method for the production of an initial rubber composition, in the course of which the following steps are carried out in succession: A—a rubber matrix, reinforcing fillers, and other components if required, with the exception of the cross-linking system, are introduced into a mixing means of the internal mixer type, comprising a mixing chamber in which there are mounted rotors which are driven in rotation and have radial projections forming a gap (e) between themselves and the vessel, B—said components are mixed in the chamber until a uniform mixture is obtained, care being taken to ensure that the temperature of the mixture remains at or below 170° C., after which C—the rotation speed of the rotors is adjusted so as to bring the rubber composition to a dropping temperature in the range from 180° C. to 240° C., in a time of less than 600 seconds, and preferably less than 400 seconds, and D—when the dropping temperature has been reached, the initial rubber composition is removed from the internal mixer and the temperature of said composition is brought below 140° C. in less than 5 minutes.
US09023935B2
Polyolefin compositions suitable for injection moulded items e.g. for impact bumpers and car interiors comprising from 30% to 90% by weight of an heterophasic propylene polymer composition (A); and from 10% to 70% by weight of a multimodal ethylene/C6-C12 alpha olefin copolymer (B); having density from 0.850 to 0.920 g/cm3, total comonomer content from 6% to 30% by weight, Mw/Mn from 4 to 20; intrinsic viscosity in decalin at 135° C. from 1.0 to 4.0 dL/g, and comprising an HDPE fraction (HDPE % wt) up to 30% wt; further comprising up to 50% by weight of a filler (C) and optionally, in amount up to 10% by weight with respect to the overall composition, an impact modifier masterbatch component (D) consisting of a ultra-soft heterophasic copolymer component.
US09023924B2
This invention refers to a process for the preparation of a 1,3-butadiene and styrene copolymer, containing a random section in its main chain, followed by a block with a structure differentiated from the main chain, homopolymeric or copolymeric, functionalized, and the product obtained from this.
US09023923B2
Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising a polycarbonate composition, glass fibers, and a flame retardant that comprises a phenoxyphosphazene compound. Disclosed herein too are methods for manufacturing a flame retardant composition that comprises blending a polycarbonate composition, glass fibers and a flame retardant that comprises a phenoxyphosphazene compound.
US09023921B2
A method for inhibiting the crystal growth rate of an amide compound present in a molten polyolefin-based resin and a method for producing a polyolefin-based resin molded article are provided.A phenol compound is incorporated into an amide compound-containing polyolefin-based resin such that a weight ratio, amide compound:phenol compound, is 60:40 to 10:90.
US09023917B2
A carrier composition for filling a tooth root canal, comprising a cross-linkable material.
US09023913B2
The present invention is: a curable resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin (A), a curable monomer (B), and a photoinitiator (C), the thermoplastic resin (A) including an aromatic ring in its molecule, and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140° C. or more, and the photoinitiator (C) having an absorbance at 380 nm of 0.4 or more when measured in a 0.1 mass % acetonitrile solution; a curable resin formed article obtained by forming the curable resin composition; a cured resin formed article obtained by curing the curable resin formed article; a laminate comprising at least one layer that is formed of a cured resin obtained by curing the curable resin composition. The present invention provides: a cured resin formed article that exhibits excellent heat resistance, includes only a small amount of residual low-boiling-point substance (e.g., solvent and curable monomer), and has small in-plane retardation, a method for producing the same, a curable resin composition and a curable resin formed article that are useful as a raw material for producing the cured resin formed article, and a laminate that includes a layer formed of a cured resin.
US09023893B2
The invention relates to a combination comprising the renin inhibitor of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09023885B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating inflammatory-related diseases associated with pro-inflammatory cytokine expression and/or reduced expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines. The method typically comprises administration of one or more compounds selected from isoindigo, indigo, indirubin, or derivatives thereof, such as, Meisoindigo and NATURA. Preferably the pharmaceutical composition comprises one or more compounds selected from isoindigo, indigo, indirubin, or derivatives thereof, an anti-inflammatory agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US09023884B2
The present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphs, solvate pseudomorphs and amorphous form of 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile (fipronil). The present invention also provides methods for preparing the novel polymorphs, pseudomorphs and amorphous form, as well as insecticidal or pesticidal compositions comprising same, and methods of use thereof as pesticidal agents.
US09023882B2
5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof. In the formula (I), T represents nitro, cyano and the like; ring J represents aryl or heteroaryl; Q represents carboxy, 5-tetazolyl and the like; Y represents H, OH, NH2, halogen, haloalkyl and the like; X1 and X2 independently represent CR2 or N; R2 represents H, alkyl and the like; R1 represents halogen, cyano, haloalkyl, A-D-E-G-L-M, —N(-D-L-M)2 and the like, A represents a single bond, O, S and the like; D, G and M independently represent optionally substituted alkylene, cycloalkylene, heterocycloalkylene, arylene, heteroarylene and the like; E and L independently represent a single bond, O, S, COO, SO2 and the like.
US09023880B2
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting or reducing deregulated FLT3 tyrosine kinase activity or FLT3 tyrosine kinase expression in a subject with a proliferative disease by administering to the subject having or suspected to have the proliferative disease, a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the compound of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09023878B2
The disclosure relates to improving the aqueous solubility of 2-iminobiotin. In a particular aspect, the invention pertains to formulations suitable for administration of 2-iminobiotin to mammals suffering from disorders or conditions that benefit from said administration.
US09023877B2
This invention is directed to methods for treating and preventing influenza infection by inhibiting influenza virus HA maturation processes employing compounds of formula I. It is also directed to combinations for treating and preventing influenza infection comprising compounds of formula I and other agents.
US09023870B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising administration of said compounds. The compounds referred to are positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic acetylcholine α7 receptor.
US09023863B2
The present invention provides a foamable composition comprising water and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent comprises a fatty acid. The composition may further comprise a pharmaceutically active agent. The composition of the invention is also useful for the treatment of a dermatological disorder in a mammal by the topical administration of the composition.
US09023855B2
Compounds of formula (I): are useful as inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase.
US09023851B2
Compounds of the formula I in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of Syk, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
US09023850B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Z is O or S; A1, A2, A3 and A4 are independently N or CR1, provided that only one of A1, A2, A3 and A4 is N; and R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling a parasitic nematode comprising contacting the parasitic nematode or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US09023847B2
The invention provides novel substituted azaheterocyclic compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
US09023845B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating lysosomal disorders using a class of substituted imidazole derivatives or compounds.
US09023840B2
The present invention provides azetidinyl phenyl, pyridyl, or pyrazinyl carboxamide derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAKs) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09023832B2
The present invention provides novel compounds useful as proteasome inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
US09023822B2
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of ‘IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein’ (IQGAP), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of ‘IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein’ (IQGAP). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of IQGAP.
US09023820B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising therapeutic nucleic acids such as interfering RNA that target apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3) gene expression, lipid particles comprising one or more (e.g., a cocktail) of the therapeutic nucleic acids, methods of making the lipid particles, and methods of delivering and/or administering the lipid particles (e.g., for the treatment of lipid diseases or disorders such as atherosclerosis or a dyslipidemia such as hypertriglyceridemia or hypercholesterolemia).
US09023814B2
The present invention relates to a calixarene-based glycosylated compound (I) having the formula: (I) wherein D is independently selected in the group comprising a —CH2-group, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, a sulfinyl group or a sulfonyl group, E is independently selected in the group comprising a hydrogen, an alkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a nitrogen dioxide group, an azide group, an amino group, a guanidinium group, a halogen atom, a —CH2 R group wherein R is a hydroxyl, a halogen, an amino group, a N(alkyl)2 group, a NH(alkyl) group, or E represents a —CO—R′ wherein R′ is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or an amino, B represents a A-C group wherein A is independently selected in the group comprising an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a NH group or a (CH2)i group, i being an integer from 1 to 10, C is independently selected in the group comprising a hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, or C is a group of formula (II). The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition characterized in that it comprises the said calixarene-based glycosylated compound (I), in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents. The present invention also relates to the use of the said calixarene-based glycosylated compound (I) or the said pharmaceutical composition, for the manufacture of a drug intended to prevent or treat bacterial infections from pathogens that use lectins in the first steps of infection.
US09023813B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the synthesis, production, and use of pro-drug propofol analogs. This invention relates to a method for the production of a broad group of glycosylated propofol carbohydrate derivatives.
US09023810B2
The invention relates to the use of a compound comprising D-mannoheptulose and/or perseitol for producing a drug for treating and/or preventing diseases related to the modification of an innate and/or acquired immunity by increasing the production of antimicrobial peptides, preferably hBD-2 without inducing inflammatory reactions, irritation or intolerance. Said compound can also comprise a peptidic avocado extract an/or a peptidic lupin extract.
US09023804B2
HLA-binding peptides derived from prostate-associated antigenic molecules and methods of use thereof
Methods and compositions for immunotherapeutic treatment of prostate cancer are disclosed. More specifically methods of treating patients with prostate cancer comprising administering compositions comprising HLA-binding peptides derived from prostate-associated antigenic molecules, either with or without immunological adjuvants, are disclosed.
US09023795B2
Provided is a polypeptide having angiogenesis inhibiting activity. The polypeptide is derived from Placenta Growth Factor-1. Also provided are a derivative polypeptide of the polypeptide, a preparation method for polypeptide, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide.
US09023783B2
The present application relates to encapsulated, solid, water soluble benefit agents and products comprising such encapsulates, as well as processes for making and using such encapsulates and products comprising such encapsulates. In one aspect, the present application relates to a melamine formaldehyde and/or urea formaldehyde encapsulation process that offers as solution to the dissolution of solid, water soluble benefit agents during the process's emulsification step.
US09023770B2
A method of increasing the fracture complexity in a treatment zone of a subterranean formation is provided. The subterranean formation is characterized by having a matrix permeability less than 1.0 microDarcy. The method includes the step of pumping one or more fracturing fluids into a far-field region of a treatment zone of the subterranean formation at a rate and pressure above the fracture pressure of the treatment zone. A first fracturing fluid of the one or more fracturing fluids includes a first solid particulate, wherein: (a) the first solid particulate includes a particle size distribution for bridging the pore throats of a proppant pack previously formed or to be formed in the treatment zone; and (b) the first solid particulate comprises a degradable material. In an embodiment, the first solid particulate is in an insufficient amount in the first fracturing fluid to increase the packed volume fraction of any region of the proppant pack to greater than 73%. Similar methods using stepwise fracturing fluids and remedial fracturing treatments are provided.
US09023768B2
The invention relates to a method for the high throughput identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms by performing a complexity reduction on two or more samples to yield two or more libraries, sequencing at least part of the libraries, aligning the identified sequences and determining any putative single nucleotide polymorphisms, confirming any putative single nucleotide polymorphism, generating detection probes for the confirmed single nucleotide polymorphisms, subjection a test sample to the same complexity reduction to provide a test library and screen the test library for the presence or absence of the single nucleotide polymorphisms using the detection probe.
US09023761B2
The present invention discloses a method of inhibiting an ethylene response in a plant, comprising step of applying to at least one portion of the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of a H1-cyclopropene-1-propanoic acid salt (CPAS). A method of prolonging the life of a cut flower, comprising applying to the cut flower an effective life-prolonging amount of CPAS and a method for the production a CPAS, comprising steps of (i) preparing 4-bromo-4-pentenoic acid or derivatives thereof; (ii) producing 1-cyclopropene-1-propanoic acid; and (iii), converting this acid into its water soluble salt, especially its sodium salt are presented. Additionally, a new family of water soluble CPAS inhibitors for ethylene response in a plant is disclosed.
US09023760B2
A compound of the formula (1) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as a pesticides.
US09023733B2
The present disclosure relates to a method (10) for block-copolymer lithography. This method comprises the step of obtaining (12) a self-organizing block-copolymer layer comprising at least two polymer components having mutually different etching resistances, and the steps of applying at least once each of first plasma etching (14) of said self-organizing block-copolymer layer using a plasma formed from a substantially ashing gas, and second plasma etching (16) of said self-organizing block-copolymer layer using plasma formed from a pure inert gas or mixture of inert gases in order to selectively remove a first polymer phase. A corresponding intermediate product also is described.
US09023730B1
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In one example, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes generating an e-beam pattern for forming a DSA directing pattern on a semiconductor substrate. The DSA directing pattern is configured to guide a self-assembly material deposited thereon that undergoes directed self-assembly (DSA) to form a DSA pattern. Generating the e-beam pattern includes using a computing system, inputting a DSA target pattern. Using the computing system, the DSA target pattern, a DSA model, and an EBPC model, an output EBPCed pattern is produced for an e-beam writer to write on a resist layer that overlies the semiconductor substrate.
US09023728B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a metal silicide layer, the method includes forming a metal layer including impurities on a silicon layer by a vapor deposition method using a gas of a metal and a gas of the impurities, and forming a metal silicide layer including the impurities by chemically reacting the metal layer with the silicon layer. A thickness and a composition of the metal silicide layer are controlled by an amount of the impurities in the metal layer.
US09023725B2
A device and methods for forming the device are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate. A gate having a gate electrode and sidewall spacers are formed adjacent to sidewalls of the gate. A height HG of the gate is lower than a height HS of the sidewall spacers. A metal or metal alloy layer is deposited over the spacers, gate and the substrate. The substrate is processed to form metal silicide contact at least over the gate electrode. A top surface of the metal silicide contact over the gate electrode is about coplanar with a top of the sidewall spacer, and the difference between the height of the gate and spacers prevent formation of metal silicide filaments on top of the sidewall spacers.
US09023723B2
A method of fabricating a self-aligned buried wordline in a structure which contains a self-aligned buried bit line, where the overall structure which makes up a portion of a vertical channel DRAM. The materials and processes used enable self-alignment of elements of the buried wordline during the fabrication process. In addition, the materials and processes used enable for formation of individual DRAM cells which have a buried bit line width which is 16 nm or less and a perpendicular buried wordline width which is 24 nm or less.
US09023711B2
A method of forming a conductive material comprises forming at least one opening extending through an organic material and an insulative material underlying the organic material to expose at least a portion of a substrate and a conductive contact in the substrate. The method further comprises lining exposed surfaces of the insulative material, the conductive contact, and the at least a portion of the substrate in the at least one opening with a conductive material without forming the conductive material on the organic material.
US09023707B1
Methods of ONO integration into MOS flow are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises: (i) forming a pad dielectric layer above a MOS device region of a substrate; and (ii) forming a patterned dielectric stack above a non-volatile device region of the substrate, the patterned dielectric stack comprising a tunnel layer, a charge-trapping layer, and a sacrificial top layer, the charge-trapping layer comprising multiple layers including a first nitride layer formed on the tunnel layer and a second nitride layer, wherein the first nitride layer is oxygen rich relative to the second nitride layer. Other embodiments are also described.
US09023704B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a pre-isolation layer covering a fin formed on a substrate, the pre-isolation layer including a lower pre-isolation layer making contact with the fin and an upper pre-isolation layer not making contact with the fin, removing a portion of the upper pre-isolation layer by performing a first polishing process, and planarizing the pre-isolation layer such that an upper surface of the fin and an upper surface of the pre-isolation layer are coplanar by performing a second polishing process for removing the remaining portion of the upper pre-isolation layer.
US09023701B1
A method of forming a three-dimensional memory is provided. A stacked structure is patterned to form a comb structure including a bit line pad extending along a first direction and comb-teeth portions extending along a second direction. A charge storage layer is formed on top and sidewall of the comb structure. Bit lines and auxiliary gates are formed on the charge storage layer and extend along the first direction. Each bit line covers top and sidewall of partial comb-teeth portions. Auxiliary gates cover top and sidewall of edge regions of the bit line pad. The charge storage layer on top of the bit line pad is removed. The stacked structure of the bit line pad is patterned to form a stepped structure. An ion implantation is performed to the stepped structure, to form a doped region in the semiconductor layer below each step surface of the stepped structure.
US09023700B2
Methods and apparatus for selective one-step nitridation of semiconductor substrates is provided. Nitrogen is selectively incorporated in silicon regions of a semiconductor substrate having silicon regions and silicon oxide regions by use of a selective nitridation process. Nitrogen containing radicals may be directed toward the substrate by forming a nitrogen containing plasma and filtering or removing ions from the plasma, or a thermal nitridation process using selective precursors may be performed. A remote plasma generator may be coupled to a processing chamber, optionally including one or more ion filters, showerheads, and radical distributors, or an in situ plasma may be generated and one or more ion filters or shields disposed in the chamber between the plasma generation zone and the substrate support.
US09023683B2
A method is provided for forming an epoxy-based planarization layer overlying an organic semiconductor (OSC) film. Generally, the method forms a fluoropolymer passivation layer overlying the OSC layer. A photopatternable adhesion layer is formed overlying the fluoropolymer passivation layer, and patterned. A photopatternable planarization layer, comprising an epoxy-based organic resin, is formed overlying the photopatternable adhesion layer and patterned to expose the fluoropolymer passivation layer. Then, the fluoropolymer passivation layer is plasma etched to expose the OSC layer. More explicitly, the method can be used to fabricate a bottom gate or top gate organic thin-film transistor (OTFT). Top gate and bottom gate OTFT devices are also provided.
US09023662B2
A spintronic device and a method for making said spintronic device. The spintronic device includes an epitaxial crystalline ferromagnetic oxide formed directly on the semiconductor material thereby allowing spin-polarized current to be efficiently injected from the ferromagnetic oxide into the semiconductor material. A host crystal lattice includes multiple sets of stacked oxide layers of material A and B of a perovskite structure with a formula of ABO3. After an oxide layer of B is grown, magnetic ions are introduced to intermix with the B material, which may replace some of the ions of the B material. The process of growing additional stacked oxide layers of material A and B and introducing further magnetic ions after the deposition of the oxide layer of B continues until enough magnetic ions are sufficiently close to one another that they align in the same direction thereby forming a ferromagnetic oxide on the semiconductor material.
US09023647B2
An improved monocyte activation test is described that is better able to detect non-endotoxin pyrogens in medical products, in which a sample is incubated with a monocyte-containing reagent in an assay system comprising at least one surface comprising polypropylene. The invention also concerns assay systems for use in these tests that include at least one microtiter well having at least one interior surface comprising polypropylene and having a shape such that monocyte-containing reagent is concentrated in the well to provide greater cell to cell contact. The invention also relates to a diagnostic kit that can be used to test for the presence of non-endotoxin pyrogens in a sample.
US09023640B2
A portable system for real time detection of the presence of an infectious agent in a biological sample employs a reagent which detects the presence of a specific infectious agent in the sample, and emits a detectable signal when the reagent reacts with the sample and detects the presence of the infectious agent. A test cartridge has a reaction chamber for receiving the sample and the reagent. The reaction chamber has a predetermined internal geometry and at least one inner surface. Introducing the sample and the reagent into the test cartridge mixes the sample and the reagent. A testing unit receives the test cartridge, and includes a sensor for detecting an emitted detectable signal. The detection of the emitted detectable signal is indicative of the presence of the infectious agent in the sample.
US09023639B2
Provided is a nucleic acid amplifying apparatus having a uniform distribution of reaction temperature in a reaction space. The nucleic acid amplifying apparatus includes a substrate providing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) space, and a plurality of heating units disposed above or below the reaction space to transfer heat to the reaction space, wherein the heating unit includes a plurality of heating units arranged substantially in parallel with each other, and among the plurality of heating units, the heating units disposed adjacent outermost portions of the reaction space have the largest heat radiation quantity.
US09023634B2
Compositions and methods are provided for enzymes with altered properties that involve a systematic approach to mutagenesis and a screening assay that permits selection of the desired proteins. Embodiments of the method are particularly suited for modifying specific properties of restriction endonucleases such as star activity. The compositions includes restriction endonucleases with reduced star activity as defined by an overall fidelity index improvement factor.
US09023631B2
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded therefrom are provided. These include mutated PON enzymes with increased, modified or substantially the same substrate specificity as compared to respective wild-type PON. Also provided are kits and methods using these enzymes.
US09023626B2
The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of diacids of general formula ROOC—(CH2)n—(CH═CH)a—(CH2)mCOOR1 in which n and m are identical or different and each represent an integer such that their sum is between 6 and 15, a is an index of 0 or 1, and R and R1 are H or an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, from long-chain mono-unsaturated natural fatty acids or esters having at least 10 adjacent carbon atoms per molecule of the general formula CH3—(CH2)p—CH═CH—(CH2)q—COOR, p and q, being identical or different and representing indices between 2 and 11, wherein said method comprises the first step of oxidizing by fermentation said natural fatty acid or ester, using a microorganism, such as a bacterium, a yeast, or a fungus, into at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylate, the second step of submitting the product from the first step to a metathesis crossed with a compound of formula R2OOC—(CH2)x—CH═CH—R3, in which R2 is H or an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, x is 0 or 1 or 2, and R3 is H, CH3 or COOR2, in order to obtain the unsaturated compound of formula ROOC—(CH2)q—CH═CH—(CH2)x—COOR2, and the third optional step of converting the unsaturated compound into a saturated compound by hydrogenation of the double bond.
US09023623B2
The present invention provides a preparing method of an allicin injection and the low temperature continuous stirring ultrafiltration device thereof. Said preparing method consists of the following steps: extracting allicin; diluting the allicin with solvent precooled to 1-4 in a clean environment, adding nitrogen gas or argon gas, and then encapsulating the solution to obtain allicin injection with different specifications.
US09023620B2
The present invention relates to enzyme preparations consisting essentially of an enzyme which has cellulytic activity, which perform very well in industrial applications such as laundry compositions, for biopolishing of newly manufactured textiles, for providing an abraded look of cellulosic fabric or garment, and for treatment of paper pulp. Further, the invention relates to DNA constructs encoding such enzymes, a method for providing a gene encoding for such enzymes, a method of producing the enzymes, enzyme preparations containing such enzymes, and the use of these enzymes for a number of industrial applications.
US09023607B2
A method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease by detecting the presence of beta-amyloid in cells using a phototransistor device. Cells that potentially contain beta-amyloid are provided and labeled with a multi-protein that selectively binds to beta-amyloid if present and that includes streptavidin, biotin and polyethylene glycol connected in sequence with the streptavidin being bound to a magnetic bead and the polyethylene glycol being bound to the beta-amyloid, to provide labeled cells. A phototransistor device including a channel layer is provided and a difference in photocurrent determined corresponding to incident light measured before and after selectively fixing the labeled cells on a surface of the channel layer by applying an external magnetic field effective to attract the magnetic bead to the phototransistor device through a permanent magnet positioned below the channel. Any difference between the first and second photocurrents indicates the presence of, and optionally amount of, labeled beta-amyloid in the cells.
US09023602B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence of a cyst nematode in a sample comprising the steps of: providing a pair of bidirectional oligonucleotide primers or an oligonucleotide probe that hybridizes specifically, under stringent hybridization conditions, to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the SSU rRNA or LSU rRNA, or the complement or transcript thereof, of a sub genus-cluster of nematodes, said subgenus-cluster comprising cyst nematodes belonging to at least one species of nematode, and wherein said primers or probe do not hybridize to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the LSU rRNA, or the complement or transcript thereof, of cyst nematodes not part of said subgenus-cluster of cyst nematodes; providing a sample in which the presence of the cyst nematode is to be detected, and performing a nucleic acid detection assay on said sample using said pair of bidirectional oligonucleotide primers or said oligonucleotide probe.
US09023587B2
A polymer comprising recurring units (a) of styrene having an HFA group and an ester group adjacent thereto and recurring units (b) having a hydroxyl group is used as base resin to formulate a negative resist composition. The negative resist composition has a high dissolution contrast in alkaline developer, high sensitivity, high resolution, good pattern profile after exposure, and a suppressed acid diffusion rate.
US09023582B2
A photosensitive polymer includes a repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and the photosensitive polymer has a weight average molecule weight of from about 3,000 to about 50,000:
US09023577B2
A resist composition containing a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under the action of acid, and an acid generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, dissolved in an organic solvent (S) which contains an alcohol-based solvent, wherein the base component (A) contains a copolymer (A1) that exhibits increased polarity under the action of acid, and the copolymer (A1) is a copolymer in which a structural unit (a2), which is derived from an acrylate ester in which the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom on the α-position may be substituted with a substituent, and includes a lactone-containing cyclic group, is dispersed uniformly within the copolymer molecule.
US09023575B2
A toner is provided that can maintain high transferability even in long-term image output, can maintain high chargeability even in a high temperature and high humidity environment, and rarely causes fogging due to charging failure. The toner contains toner particles produced by a suspension polymerization method or a dissolution suspension method. The volume-average particle diameter (Dv) of silica particles is 50 nm or more and 800 nm or less. The mass loss rate due to heating of the silica particles from 105° C. to 200° C. is 0.60% or less. The hydrophobicity of the silica particles is 5% or more and less than 40%.
US09023572B2
A method for producing resin particles, including ejecting a liquid containing at least a resin in the form of droplets from a droplet ejecting unit having a plurality of holes provided in a part of a flow channel for feeding the liquid containing at least a resin, and drying and solidifying the ejected droplets so as to obtain the resin particles, while the ejected droplets are transported by a primary transport air flow flowing in the direction in which the droplets are ejected, wherein the ejected droplets are further transported by a secondary transport air flow which transports the ejected droplets in a different direction from a direction in which the primary transport air flow flows, and wherein a smaller angle of angles formed between a velocity vector of the primary transport air flow and a velocity vector of the secondary transport air flow is less than 120 degrees.
US09023567B2
A toner particle has a core and a shell surrounding the core, wherein the shell contains a polymerized charge enhanced spacer particle, which is a copolymer of a charge control agent and a monomer. A method of making toner particles includes forming a slurry by mixing together a first emulsion containing a resin, optionally a wax, optionally a colorant, optionally a surfactant, optionally a coagulant, and one or more additional optional additive, heating the slurry to form aggregated particles in the slurry, forming a second emulsion containing a monomer and a charge control agent, polymerizing the second emulsion to form a copolymer of the monomer and the charge control agent, and incorporating the copolymer into the toner particles, wherein the aggregated particles form a core of the toner particles.
US09023563B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical conductive substrate that has a thickness of from 0.4 mm to 0.6 mm and a Young's modulus of from 20 GPa to 80 GPa, and a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, wherein an elastic deformation ratio of a layer forming the outermost surface is from 0.35% to 0.47%.
US09023559B2
Disclosed is a positive photosensitive resin composition that includes (A) an alkali soluble resin; (B) a novolac resin including a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 6; (C) a photosensitive diazoquinone compound; (D) a silane compound; and (E) a solvent, a photosensitive resin film prepared by using the positive photosensitive resin composition, and a semiconductor device including the photosensitive resin film.
US09023558B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a photoresist composition and method of forming a color filter using the same. A photoresist composition according to an exemplary embodiment includes about 5% by weight to about 10% by weight of a binder resin, about 5% by weight to about 10% by weight of a monomer, about 1% by weight to about 15% by weight of a photo initiator configured to be activated a light having a peak wavelength from about 400 nm to about 410 nm, about 1% by weight to about 10% by weight of a pigment, about 0.01% by weight to about 1% by weight of a pigment dispersing agent, and a solvent.
US09023552B2
The membrane electrode assembly 100 has an electrolyte layer 10, a catalyst layer 20, and a member 15 impregnated with electrolyte which is arranged between the electrolyte layer 10 and the catalyst layer 20. At least part of the peripheral edge portion of the member 15 extends the outside the peripheral edge portions of the electrolyte layer and the catalyst layer 20. With this kind of constitution, it is possible to easily separate the electrolyte layer 10 or the catalyst layer 20 from the member 15 from the extended portion of the member 15. Consequently, it is possible to easily replace the electrolyte layer 10 and the catalyst layer 20.
US09023544B2
A fuel cell system (1A) comprises a casing (2) having a suction port (31) through which air is introduced from outside into an internal space thereof; a fuel cell (4) accommodated within the casing (2) and configured to generate electric power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas; an air supply unit (6) of a diaphragm type disposed within the casing (2) and configured to take in the air introduced through the suction port (31) and supply the air to the fuel cell (4); and a heating unit (30) disposed within the casing (2) and configured to heat the air in a space from the suction port (31) to the air supply unit (6).
US09023538B2
Electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell, containing sulfur dioxide and a conductive salt. Improved characteristics of a cell filled with the electrolyte are achieved in that the molar concentration of hydroxide groups in the electrolyte is at most 50 mmol per liter and the molar concentration of chlorosulfonate groups in the electrolyte is at most 350 mmol per liter.
US09023532B2
A positive active material composition for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive active composite material including a compound being reversibly capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, WO3, and a binder; and an aqueous binder, a positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including the positive active material composition, and a rechargeable lithium battery comprising the positive electrode including the positive active material composition.
US09023530B2
To improve high temperature storage characteristic of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery suitable for high input/output application, the structure of a positive electrode active material is optimized. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles, each formed of an aggregate of primary particles. A value (VPr) defined by the formula: VPr=(1−C/D)/(A2×B3) is not less than 0.0005 and not greater than 0.04, where an average particle size of the primary particles is A μm, an average particle size of the positive electrode active material is B μm, a tap density of the positive electrode active material is C g/ml, and a true specific gravity of the positive electrode active material is D g/ml.
US09023520B2
A lithium ion battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a microporous polymer separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a polymer having a chelating agent tethered thereto. The polymer is incorporated into the lithium ion battery such that the chelating agent complexes with metal cations in a manner sufficient to not affect movement of lithium ions across the microporous polymer separator during operation of the lithium ion battery.
US09023514B2
[Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached.[Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b. The sizes of the control terminal 12c, the plus terminal 12a, and the minus terminal 12b are increased in an order of the control terminal 12c, the plus terminal 12a, and the minus terminal 12b such that the control terminal 12c is formed to be the smallest. While being attachable to various electronic apparatuses, the pack main body can ensure a sufficient mechanical strength.
US09023507B2
Provided is a battery assembly that is lightweight while ensuring sufficient bonding strength that is required between frames, as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The battery assembly includes a plurality of cell units that are integrated together, each of the plurality of cell units including: a cell having a metal case; and a plastic frame that is integrally formed with an outer surface of the case, wherein the cell units are integrated together by having the frames of adjacent ones of the cell units joined together through surfaces thereof.
US09023499B2
A battery module includes: a plurality of connecting members electrically connecting electric terminals of adjacent electric cells; and a flexible flat cable formed by flatly encapsulating an outer circumference of a flat conductor with an insulating resin and joining the plurality of connecting members. Portions of the flexible flat cable to be disposed between adjacent connecting members are provided with folded portions formed by folding the flexible flat cable at folded lines. The folded lines extend in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the flexible flat cable.
US09023496B2
A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising a first polymer electrolyte and at least one manganese compound; and one or more electrode layers comprising a catalyst and at least one cerium compound. The membrane electrode assembly demonstrates an unexpected combination of durability and performance.
US09023494B2
A rechargeable battery pack includes a plurality of unit cells adjacent to each other along a first direction in a pouch, the pouch having a terrace portion at one side surface, and a vertical portion on and perpendicular to the terrace portion, a protection circuit module (PCM) electrically connected to the unit cells, the PCM including a concave groove, and the vertical portion of the pouch fitting into the concave groove, and an adhesion member connecting the PCM and the terrace portion of the pouch, the adhesion member including a separation portion configured to concavely separate and fit the vertical portion of the pouch.
US09023490B2
The invention provides organometallic complexes comprising an extended π-conjugated tridentate ligand having a platinum center in which chemical and/or physical properties of the complexes may be modified by changing the structure of the ligands. The complex finds use in devices incorporated into electroluminescent devices, flat panel displays, organic light emitting devices, polymer light emitting devices, transistors, serrors, and lasers.
US09023478B2
Methods involve a combination of polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) coating or silane self assembly on a substrate; microcontact printing; and conductive graphite particles, especially size controlled highly conductive exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets. The conductive graphite particles are coated with a charged polymer such as sulfonated polystyrene. The graphite particles are patterned using microcontact printing and intact pattern transfer on a substrate that has an oppositely-charged surface. The method allows for conductive organic patterning on both flat and curved surfaces and can be used in microelectronic device fabrication.
US09023475B2
The present invention relates to a method for spraying particulate solids onto a substrate, comprising the steps of: coating the substrate with a wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer, building up a gas pressure in a line, generating a pressure differential in the line, swirling and carrying along particulate solids in the line, ejecting swirled, particulate solids from the line onto the surface of the wet and/or adhesive synthetic resin layer of the substrate. The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably of up to ±0.3 g/m2, preferably of up to 0.1 g/m2.
US09023470B2
Polylactic acid resin expanded beads exhibiting excellent fusion bonding at the time of in-mold molding have such a crystal structure that gives a first time DSC curve when heated according to heat flux differential scanning calorimetry referenced in JIS K7122(1987) and a second time DSC curve when thereafter cooled and then again heated, the second time DSC curve having a fusion peak having a reference peak temperature and the first time DSC curve having at least one fusion peak with a peak temperature higher than the reference peak temperature and another at least one fusion peak with a peak temperature not lower temperature than the reference peak temperature.
US09023456B2
A screen has a plurality of rods arranged longitudinally around a central axis. The rods have first and second edges (e.g., inner and outer edges). Each of the first edges defines a profile that varies in lateral distances from the central axis along a longitudinal length of the rod. For example, the first edges can have an undulating profile of crests and troughs. With the plurality of rods disposed around the central axis, the profile produces a varied surface on the screen when a plurality of wraps from one or more wires is disposed laterally around rods. These one or more wires attach to the first edges of the rods and form a plurality of gaps.
US09023455B2
A composite part including a resin matrix and fibers reinforcing the resin matrix in a first portion of the matrix. A second portion of the resin matrix is substantially devoid of fibers. The fibers may be in the form of a woven mat that defines an opening. Alternatively, the fibers may be loose fibers that are deposited in a mold that includes predetermined areas that are shielded from the deposit of the loose fibers. A method of making the composite part is disclosed in which a woven mat having an opening is filled with resin. Another method is also disclosed in which loose fibers are shielded from being deposited in a portion of the mold that is subsequently filled with resin.
US09023452B2
Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites having enhanced a dynamic storage modulus, which correlates to low composite backface signature.
US09023451B2
Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites having enhanced flexural properties, which correlates to low composite backface signature. The composites are useful for the production of hard armor articles, including helmet armor.
US09023447B2
Adhesive tape consisting of a carrier having a top face and a bottom face, an adhesive layer and a liner, the carrier having a width BT based on the transverse direction, and also of an adhesive layer applied on the bottom face of the carrier, characterized in thatapplied on the open side of the adhesive layer is a sheetlike liner having a transverse-direction-based width BA, which is greater than or equal to the width BT,the liner having an offset relative to the carrier in transverse direction, with a width BVS.
US09023440B2
The invention provides a liquid crystal alignment film, a method for preparing the same and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. The alignment film comprises a polyimide obtained by reacting a compound as shown in Formula 2 or Formula 3 with an aromatic diamine as shown in Formula 1, wherein the R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R1′, R2′, R3′, R4′, R5′, R6′, R7′, or R8′ is H, an alkyl, an aralkyl or a haloalkyl, and the Ar is an aryl. The liquid crystal alignment film has a tactic spatial configuration, decreases the π-π attractive interaction between the polyimide backbones, allows the directional and homogenous alignment of the liquid crystal molecules on the surface of the polyimide, and thereby increases the contrast of the liquid crystal display.
US09023437B2
A ceramic material is applied to a part. The part is placed in a deposition chamber and a first electric potential is applied to the part. Components are evaporated for forming the material. The evaporated components are ionized. The first electric potential is modulated so as to draw the ionized component to the part. The modulation comprises maintaining at least an ion current density in a range of 2-1000 mA/cm2.
US09023433B2
A silsesquioxane resins useful in antireflective coatings wherein the silsesquioxane resin has the formula (PhSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)m(HSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)n(MeSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)o(RSiO(3-x)/2(OR′)x)p and a method of forming an antireflective coating on an electronic device comprising applying to an electronic device an antireflective coating composition comprising the silsesquioxane resin and a solvent, and removing the solvent and curing the silsesquioxane resin to form an antireflective coating on the electronic device.
US09023427B2
Atomic layer deposition of multi-component, preferably multi-component oxide, thin films. Provide herein is a method for depositing a multi-component oxide film by, for example, an ALD or PEALD process, wherein the process comprises at least two individual metal oxide deposition cycles. The method provided herein has particular advantages in producing multi-component oxide films having superior uniformity. A method is presented, for example, including depositing multi-component oxide films comprising components A−B−O by ALD comprising mixing two individual metal oxides deposition cycles A+O and B+O, wherein the subcycle order is selected in such way that as few as possible consecutive deposition subcycles for A+O or B+O are performed.
US09023426B2
A method for producing polycrystalline silicon rods by deposition from the gas phase on a thin rod, wherein one or a plurality of disks consisting of a material having a lower electrical resistivity than the polycrystalline silicon under deposition conditions are introduced above the electrodes and/or below the bridge of the rod pair.
US09023420B2
Organic electronic devices comprising a covalently bonded organic/inorganic composite layer. The composite layer may be formed by the reaction of a metal alkoxide with a charge transport compound having one or more hydroxyl groups. Examples of metal alkoxides that can be used include vanadium alkoxides, molybdenum alkoxides, titanium alkoxides, or silicon alkoxides. This composite layer can be used for any of the various charge conducting layers in an organic electronic device, including the hole injection layer.
US09023417B2
The disclosure relates to a novel use of a food composition for human use, having fewer than 1600 picomoles of polyamines, for the production of a medical food which is intended to combat a syndrome or pathology involving N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR2-B.
US09023414B2
A rapidly dissolving comestible solid is disclosed that includes a fondant formed from a super saturated solution having a bulk sweetener, a hydrocolloid, a texturizing agent, and water. Other ingredients may also be added, and in embodiments in which the solid is provided as a breath freshener, flavoring agents, cooling agents and/or other ingredients useful in conventional breath freshening products may be used. A method for making the comestible solid is also disclosed.
US09023411B2
A package for ready-prepared foods which comprises a dish adapted to contain food, said dish containing a rim flange, and a lid, heat-sealed to the rim flange, wherein the rim flange is provided with a plurality of ridges which extend around substantially the entire periphery of the dish defining a space between said ridges, said space being divided into a plurality of transverse ridges which extend across the space forming a plurality of sealing compartments which substantially eliminate sealing leakage.
US09023409B2
The invention provides methods of using hay, vegetable and/or fruit pulp, and a hydrocolloid for making animal food; and the food products produced using such methods; and the products then being dried through low-temperature dehydration. The animal food products are free of gluten, grains, legumes, nuts, animal-products, sweeteners, and fats.
US09023402B2
Several classes of in vivo carbon monoxide-releasing compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, such as chronic inflammatory, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, and of diseases with a strong inflammatory component, such as atherosclerosis, stroke, coronary disease, and Alzheimers disease. The in vivo carbon monoxide-releasing compounds can be attached to known drug vectors and/or known anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin.
US09023398B2
Provided is a method for increasing the solubility of a poorly-soluble substance used in pharmaceutical products, veterinary pharmaceutical products, quasi-drugs, cosmetic products, food products, agricultural chemicals, and the like, without using large amounts of additives. This is a method for improving aqueous solubility, which comprises coating the surface of the particle of a poorly-soluble substance used in pharmaceutical products, veterinary pharmaceutical products, quasi-drugs, cosmetic products, food products, agricultural chemicals, and the like, with microparticles of a calcium compound such as calcium phosphate or calcium carbonate.
US09023397B2
The present invention includes an oral pharmaceutical capsule comprising a shell, lanthanum carbonate or lanthanum carbonate hydrate, and a lubricant such as talc, wherein the shell encapsulates the lanthanum carbonate or its hydrate and the lubricant. Capsule shells comprise, for example, gelatin. The present invention also includes an oral pharmaceutical powder comprising lanthanum carbonate or lanthanum carbonate hydrate and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The oral pharmaceutical capsules and powders of the present invention can be administered to treat a patient at risk of or suffering from hyperphosphatemia, at risk of or suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD), at risk of or suffering from soft tissue calcification associated with CKD, or at risk of or suffering from secondary hyperparathyroidism.
US09023396B2
New pharmaceutical compositions based on grafted polysaccharides and methods of preparing such compositions are provided. Methods of using the compositions in medical imaging—for example in scintigraphy and in internal radiotherapy—are also provided.
US09023392B2
Methods for administering a dermatological agent to a subject are provided. In the subject methods an effective amount of a topical formulation of the dermatological agent is topically applied to a host. The topically applied formulation of dermatological agent is then occluded with a hydrogel patch, where a feature of the hydrogel patch is that it lacks a pharmaceutically active agent. Also provided are methods of treating a subject for a disease condition by administering a dermatological agent to the subject. Also provided are kits for use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications.
US09023388B2
A high-efficacy, long-acting formulation of silibinin, comprising silibinin solid dispersion, silibinin-loaded silica nanoparticles, slow-release matrix material and release enhancer, wherein the mass ratio of these components is silibinin solid dispersion:silibinin-loaded silica nanoparticles:slow-release matrix material:release enhancer=1:0.5˜1.25:0.1˜0.3:0.1˜0.3; the drug loading rate of the said silibinin-loaded silica nanoparticles is 51.29˜51.77%; the said silibinin solid dispersion contains povidone K30, soybean lecithin, acrylic resin IV, wherein the mass ratio between silibinin and other medical accessories is silibinin:povidone K30:soybean lecithin:acrylic resin IV=1:1˜3:0.3˜0.8:0.2˜0.5. Compared with the existing formulations, the half life of the high-efficacy, long-acting formulation of silibinin disclosed in this invention is 14.8 times longer while the mean residence time (MRT) of which is 4.52 times longer; when tested in vivo in Beagle dogs, this new formulation of silibinin presents a smoother concentration-time curve and reaches the continuous release for 72 hours. This invention discloses its preparation method.
US09023385B2
A method of treating a patient to improve liver functioning includes providing a drug composed of at least one of pharmaceutical 2-(4-morpholinoaniline)-6-cyclohexyl aminopurine and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and administering the drug to the patient in a manner and dosage effective to improve liver functioning. The 2-(4-morpholinoaniline)-6-cyclohexyl aminopurine can inhibit the activated hepatic stellate cells from synthesizing and expressing collagens and other extracellular matrix proteins including MMPs and TIMPs, and so it can inhibit liver fibrosis. In the liver, it can inhibit collagen synthesis and expression, and therefore reverse and treat hepatitis and liver cirrhosis effectively. Also discloses is a method for preparing drugs for treating infective hepatitis, non-infectious hepatitis, liver injury, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver fibrosis, and improving t liver functioning, in which the compound and/or salt thereof is used optionally or in combination with a target molecule or carrier comprising a vitamin A-coupled liposome.
US09023378B2
The invention relates to an implant for the human or animal body, which on its outer surface comprises at least one calcium salt that is soluble in a polar liquid. The invention also refers to various methods for the preparation of the preceding implant. The calcium ions contained on the surface of the implant provide said surface with four chemically and biologically advantageous properties: hydrophilicity, protection against atmospheric contamination, a pro-coagulant property and a pro-mineralizing property.
US09023376B2
A nanofiber-reinforced composition suited to applying to a wound site in a human body includes a carrier liquid and nanofibers dispersed therein in the carrier liquid. The viscosity of the composition is such that it is able to be applied through a tube yet adhere proximate the wound site to provide a barrier layer which assists in healing of the wound by spacing it from neighboring organs.
US09023375B2
The present invention provides a novel liquid animal repellant composition which is environmentally safe, non-toxic, long-lasting and efficacious against a wide variety of animals such as dogs, cats, raccoons, skunks, mice, rates, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc.
US09023374B2
Provided are novel compositions exhibiting highly effective antiviral, antimicrobial and/or antifungal activity. The compositions of the invention can be used for sanitizing and/or disinfecting surfaces, e.g., inanimate and/or animate surfaces. Preferred compositions include a synergistic combination of an alcohol, docusate, geraniol and, optionally, menthol. The invention provides compositions that have high antimicrobial activity, yet are mild, non-irritating, quick drying, non-sticky and not drying to the skin. Processes for manufacturing and using the compositions and products containing such compositions are also disclosed.
US09023372B2
The present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising a metallic core with a surface coating, wherein the coating comprises at least an excitable radiative molecule attached thereto or impregnated therein, and wherein the excitable molecule is positioned at a sufficient distance from metallic core to enhance emissions when excited. The nanoparticles are included in compositions that may be used for surface coatings, cosmetics, assays, flow velocity measurements and targeting of tissue.
US09023369B2
The invention relates to freeze-dried molded articles, containing ≧50% by wt. of one or more active substances, and ≦15% by wt. of one or more scaffold-forming agents, with proteins being excepted, as well as optionally one or more auxiliary substances, in each case based on the total composition of the freeze-dried molded article, whose 1% by wt. solution or suspension in water, at 20° C., has a pH value <7. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for manufacturing these freeze-dried molded articles, the combination of such freeze-dried molded articles in kit-of-parts arrangements together with aqueous solutions, as well as the use of the freeze-dried molded articles and the kit-of-parts combinations for pharmaceutical and cosmetic application.
US09023365B2
A recombinant transfer vector capable of expressing a foreign gene fused to a viral gene under the control of dual promoters and a recombinant baculovirus, and methods for production thereof, as well as pharmaceuticals comprising the recombinant baculovirus as an active ingredient.
US09023361B2
A mutant of a potentially therapeutic anti-CD40 antibody is provided which mutant has reduced ADCC and CDC activities designed to be optimized as a pharmaceutical agent. A mutant of an agonistic anti-CD40 antibody, comprising mutation and/or substitution of at least one amino acid in the constant region to reduce the ADCC and/or CDC activities therein, and a mutant of an antagonistic anti-CD40 antibody, comprising at least one mutation or substitution in the constant region to reduce the ADCC and/or CDC activities therein, both mutants having at least a hinge region derived from a human IgG2.
US09023357B2
Provided are a wide concentration range, especially high concentration anti-prolactin receptor antibody formulations that are substantially isosmotic and of low viscosity.
US09023352B2
Methods, compositions and kits are provided for treating a subject exposed to or at risk for exposure to a disease agent using a pharmaceutical composition including at least one recombinant heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein including two or multiple binding regions, such that the binding regions are not identical, and each binding region specifically binds a non-overlapping portion of the disease agent, thereby treating the subject for exposure to the disease agent. In a related embodiment, the heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein includes two or multiple binding regions that neutralize a plurality of disease agents. In certain embodiments, the disease agent includes a bacterium, a bacterial protein, a virus, a viral protein, a cancer cell, and a protein or molecule produced therefrom. In certain embodiments, the disease agent is a plurality of different disease agents.
US09023346B2
A method for treating acute ischemic stroke in a human comprises administering tenecteplase to the human in a total dose of about 0.05 to 0.5 mg/kg, given as (a) an initial bolus dose of about 0.015 to 0.15 mg/kg, followed by infusion of an amount equaling the total dose minus the initial dose over a period of about 50-90 minutes, or (b) a bolus. Also described are kits for carrying out this method.
US09023345B2
The present invention provides methods for improving gut health. In particular, the invention provides methods for improving gut health by improving the digestibility of dietary proteins, decreasing the flow of protein to the lower gastrointestinal tract, and/or decreasing the levels of Clostridium bacteria the upper intestinal tract of a subject. The methods comprise administering to the subject a supplement consisting essentially of at least one protease.
US09023341B2
The present invention relates to a novel injectable delivery system for stem cell therapy, which comprises a thermo-sensitive amphiphlic chitosan nanogel. Therefore, the invention provides a method for repairing a tissue damage of a subject using the amphiphlic chitosan nanogel served as a carrier for delivering the stem cells to the damaged tissue. This invention also provides a method for sustaining the growth of stem cells using the amphiphlic chitosan nanogel served as a niche or scaffold.
US09023338B2
Method of stimulating an immune response (e.g., to treat cancer) include administering to a patient a composition including dendritic cells that present cancer stem cell antigens. Compositions including cancer stem cell antigens are also provided herein.
US09023332B2
A hair treatment composition comprising: i) a polyacrylate cross polymer; and ii) an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: a) an acrylic group having a side-chain with at least 4 carbons (eg n-butyl acrylate or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate) and; b) a short side-chain acrylic such as methyl acrylate.
US09023329B2
Polyester oil structurants are obtainable by the reaction of a C4 to C10 Q dicarboxylic acid, a polyol and a C16 to C30, particularly a C20 to C24, monocarboxylic fatty acid. The structurants can be used to provide structure, particularly thickening and/or gelling, in oils of a wide range of polarity. Thickened oils can find application in a range of personal care and other applications.
US09023328B2
Composition particularly useful for caring for and/or making up keratin materials, in particular the skin, in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion containing water and: (i) at least one or more, in particular C7-C14, volatile linear alkane(s), and (ii) at least one emulsifying silicone elastomer.
US09023324B2
The invention relates to the use of siloxanes for emulsifiers for cosmetic compositions for skin care as well as cosmetic emulsions comprising such emulsifiers. The composition comprises an aminofunctional organopolysiloxane for W/O emulsions, O/W emulsions and multiple emulsions. The emulsions are formed easily, are very stable and needs not to add electrolytes.
US09023312B2
Process and apparatus is disclosed for providing a chemical reaction between calcium oxide containing grit particles to produce calcium hydroxide and heat, capturing the heat of hydration and using it to preheat water initially at ambient temperature, to rise to an elevated temperature to increase the amount of lime present in the water to a supersaturated lime suspension level, with the chemical reaction running to completion, followed by cooling. Heat from a water jacket may be used to raise the temperature in the lime slaker. A process and apparatus is also provided for dissolving scale on internal surfaces of a lime slaker, a lime aging tank, grit separation device and piping and dosing sub-systems, by adding acid into the system with rinse water. A pressurized delivery system that is substantially closed to atmosphere delivers treating dosing under sufficient pressure conditions to maintain a relatively constant back pressure, by means of valving.
US09023311B2
A ceramic powder that contains, as a main composition, barium titanate powder having a perovskite structure with an average particle size (median size) of 200 nm or smaller as measured by SEM observation, wherein the barium titanate powder is such that the percentage of barium titanate particles having twin defects in the barium titanate powder is 13% or more as measured by TEM observation and that its crystal lattice c/a is 1.0080 or more. The ceramic powder has a wide range of optimum sintering temperatures and thus offers excellent productivity and is particularly useful in the formation of thin dielectric layers of 1 μm or less.
US09023305B2
The invention relates to a strontium-82/rubidium-82 generator, comprising a column filled with a cationic exchanger loaded with strontium-82, and having an inlet and an outlet, and a liquid medium, wherein parts of the column, inlet and outlet coming into contact with the liquid medium are iron-free, preferably metal-free, to a method for producing rubidium-82, and to the obtained diagnostic agent.
US09023303B2
Some industrial or fabrication processes generate effluent gas streams that require scrubbing. Scrubbing may include the use of one or more gases to abate the effluents for safer release into the environment. Systems and methods described herein provide a liquid-enclosed reaction chamber where an extended reaction zone or more than one reaction zone is formed. By having an extended reaction zone or more than one reaction zone, the effluent gas stream and the products of upstream reaction zones can be more completely abated. The reaction zones are formed by adding one or more gas ports into the reaction chamber downstream of a main burner nozzle.
US09023298B2
An apparatus for reforming a hydrocarbon stream is presented. The apparatus involves changing the design of reformers and associated equipment to allow for increasing the processing temperatures in the reformers and heaters. The reformers are operated under different conditions to utilize advantages in the equilibriums, but require modifications to prevent increasing thermal cracking and to prevent increases in coking.
US09023293B2
A light-oil separator device includes a collector funnel having a downwardly directed stem portion having an outside diameter. The stem portion adapts to insert in an upward extending neck portion of a collection vessel. The neck portion includes an inner diameter that is greater than the outer diameter of the funnel stem. The neck also includes an oil port at a first height. The vessel includes a body having a hydrosol port at a lower portion of a body sidewall. This port connects to an evacuation tube having a proximal end and an S-shape. This conduit includes an air vent at a top portion at a second height lower than the first height, the air vent extends upward to a height higher than the first height. The S-shape conduit terminates with a downward facing end portion at its distal end.
US09023290B2
The invention relates to a container for a contact lens storage solution, in particular having contact lenses in said contact lens storage solution. The container has a vessel (14), which has a filling opening (20), and a first closing element (24), which can be attached to the vessel (14) and which closes the filling opening (20). The first closing element (24) has a gas supply channel (42) for a cleaning and/or sterilizing gas, which extends from at least one inlet (40) on an outer face of the first closing element (24) to at least one outlet (48) on an inner face of the first closing element (24) facing the interior of the vessel (14). On the outer face of the first closing element, said first closing element (24) has at least one venting opening (50) for the escape of gas from the vessel (14). The invention further relates to a container for a contact lens storage solution, which has a second closing element (26) which is arranged on the first closing element (24) and which closes the at least one inlet (40) of the gas supply channel (42) and the at least one venting opening (50) of the first closing element (24).
US09023281B2
Chemical indicator apparatuses containing one or more chemical indicators for use in monitoring the quality of water in an aquatic environment. The apparatuses are designed and configured to be submersible in the water that is being monitored. In some embodiments, each apparatus includes a plurality of immobilized-dye-based chemical indicators that undergo a physical change as levels of one or more constituents of the water change. Such indicators can be read by one or more suitable optical readers. These and other embodiments are designed and configured to be movable by a corresponding monitoring/measuring apparatus, for example, via a magnetically coupled drive. Also disclosed are a variety of features that can be used to provide a chemical indicator apparatus with additional functionalities.
US09023269B2
A method for producing a resin molding die (13) for molding a first substrate (2) having a flow path (2b) and a through-hole (2a), wherein a base die (10) having a concave part (10b) corresponding to the flow path (2b) and a through-hole (10a) corresponding to through-hole (2a) and deeper than the concave part (10b) is prepared, the base die (10) is subjected to electroforming with a first material and is then subjected to electroforming with a second material which is different from the first material, and a protruding part for forming through-hole (10a) by removing the first material that was electrodeposited on through-hole (10a) is formed. The first material has a smaller electroforming stress than the second material, the first material exerts a higher adhesiveness with regard to the base die than the second material, and the second material is harder than the first material.
US09023268B2
An imprinting method includes the steps of setting a room-temperature imprint resist-coated substrate and a mold having a transfer surface having a pattern of projections and recesses therein in an assembling jig, pressing the patterned surface of the mold against the resist surface of the substrate, and releasing the mold from the substrate to separate the substrate, the mold and the assembling jig from one another. The steps are performed in plural independent units in each of which one step is executed, and the mold and the substrate are paired with each other by the assembling jig and conveyed between the units in a range of from the alignment step to the separation step. An imprinting apparatus includes an alignment unit which performs the alignment step, a press unit performing the press step, and a separation unit performing the separation step, wherein conveyance devices are provided to convey the mold and substrate between units.
US09023257B2
A system/method allowing hydrophilicity alteration of a polymeric material (PM) is disclosed. The PM hydrophilicity alteration changes the PM characteristics by decreasing the PM refractive index, increasing the PM electrical conductivity, and increasing the PM weight. The system/method incorporates a laser radiation source that generates tightly focused laser pulses within a three-dimensional portion of the PM to affect these changes in PM properties. The system/method may be applied to the formation of customized intraocular lenses comprising material (PLM) wherein the lens created using the system/method is surgically positioned within the eye of the patient. The implanted lens refractive index may then be optionally altered in situ with laser pulses to change the optical properties of the implanted lens and thus achieve optimal corrected patient vision. This system/method permits numerous in situ modifications of an implanted lens as the patient's vision changes with age.
US09023242B2
Disclosed herein are green-emitting, garnet-based phosphors having the formula (Lu1-a-b-cYaTbbAc)3(Al1-dBd)5(O1-eCe)12:Ce,Eu, where A is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Sr, Ca, and Ba; B is selected from the group consisting of Ga and In; C is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and Br; and 0≦a≦1; 0≦b≦1; 0
US09023239B2
An ink for an organic light-emitting element includes a first solvent, a second solvent, and a functional material. The first and second solvents have equal or similar boiling points. The first solvent is such that an imitatively formed functional layer formed by replacing the second solvent with the first solvent, in a light-emitting region of an organic light-emitting element, is thicker at both end portions than at a central portion and the top surfaces of the end portions are positioned higher than the top surface of the central portion. The second solvent is such that an imitatively formed functional layer formed by replacing the first solvent with the second solvent, in a light-emitting region of an organic light-emitting element, is thicker at a central portion than at both end portions and the top surface of the central portion is positioned higher than the top surfaces of the end portions.
