US09621130B2
A configurable generic filter hardware block and corresponding methods are provided. A configurable generic filter hardware block includes a plurality of multipliers; a plurality of adders; and one or more multiplexers. The, configurable generic filter hardware block is configured using a header data structure, and the header data structure includes a pointer to a memory location storing a plurality of input samples, a pointer to a memory location storing a plurality of output samples and a coefficient selection control value. The configurable generic filter hardware block is optionally invoked by a convolution instruction in one or more of a vector processor and a state machine. An exemplary Generic Filter Iteration loads input samples; selects coefficients; convolves the input samples and the selected coefficients and stores output samples. The header data structures are optionally stored sequentially in memory and processed in a single loop.
US09621116B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an active load circuit including a first transistor, a second transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, and a line. The third transistor is placed between the first transistor and the first reference node. The fourth transistor is placed between the second transistor and the first reference node. The seventh transistor is placed between the fifth transistor and the first reference node. The eighth transistor is placed between the sixth transistor and the first reference node. A line connecting a fifth node between the fifth transistor and the seventh transistor and a sixth node between the sixth transistor and the eighth transistor.
US09621106B2
An oscillation circuit includes a circuit for oscillation that oscillates a resonator, an output circuit that has a signal, output from the circuit for oscillation, input thereto to thereby output an oscillation signal, a connection terminal to which power is applied, a first wiring that connects from the connection terminal to the output circuit, and a second wiring that is connected to the first wiring through a connection node provided on the first wiring and connects from the connection node to the circuit for oscillation. The circuit for oscillation, the output circuit, the connection terminal, the first wiring, and the second wiring are provided on a semiconductor substrate. The length of a wiring extending from the connection terminal of the first wiring to the connection node is shorter than the length of the second wiring.
US09621090B2
A variable speed generator for producing AC electrical power includes an alternator powerable by rotational action to generate a first AC current, and a first rectifier which rectifies the first AC current from the alternator. The generator further includes a main exciter having a first field winding which receives the rectified first AC current, and having a first armature which produces in response a second AC current. The generator further includes a second rectifier which rectifies the second AC current from the first armature. The generator further includes a main generator having a second field winding which receives the rectified second AC current, and having a second armature which produces in response an output AC current. The second field winding is configured to provide a plurality of selectively activatable pole configurations which differ in the number of their poles, such that the frequency of the output AC current can be varied by switching between the pole configurations. The variable speed generator further includes a control arrangement for activating the selected pole configuration.
US09621085B2
A thrust compensation system of a dual-winding voice coil motor, which is used for driving the voice coil motor having secondary windings arranged between each pair of main windings, wherein the main windings are the main working windings of the voice coil motor and used for providing the output electromagnetic force required by the driving system of the voice coil motor; the secondary windings are compensation windings and used for providing the thrust ripple opposite to the main windings and compensating the thrust ripple of the main windings, so that the resultant force of the output thrust of the main windings and the secondary windings of the voice coil motor is constant. The scheme provided by this invention not only greatly reduces the thrust ripple of the servo system of the voice coil motor, but also realizes the ultra-high precision control of the servo drive system of the voice coil motor when the system is under low switching frequency, improves the stability of the system, reduces the system loss, and greatly reduces the cost of the drive controller.
US09621083B2
There are provided the control device for an AC rotating machine, and the AC rotating machine drive system and an electric power steering system including the control device for an AC rotating machine, which are capable of supplying high-frequency powers, on which high-frequency components corresponding to high-frequency signals input thereto are superimposed, to the AC rotating machine, and calculating a rotational position of the AC rotating machine based on a phase difference between an output torque high frequency contained in an output torque of the AC rotating machine and the high-frequency signals to estimate the rotational position of the AC rotating machine without being constrained by a rotational speed of the AC rotating machine, whether or not the AC rotating machine is electrically salient, and whether or not magnetic saturation has occurred.
US09621079B2
A construction machine includes: a swing structure; an electric motor that drives the swing structure; an operating device that outputs an operating signal according to an operating amount and an operating direction; an inverter device that controls the electric motor based on a control signal generated based on the operating signal; a position sensor that detects an actual speed of the electric motor; and a second controller that determines whether at least one of a first condition and a second condition is satisfied. The first condition is satisfied when a sign of a value computed by subtracting the actual speed from a target speed of the electric motor that defined by the control signal; and the second condition is satisfied when a difference between the target speed and the actual speed is greater than a first reference value, and when the acceleration is greater than a second reference value.
US09621068B2
In one embodiment, a method of driving a load can include: monitoring an AC input to a rectifier circuit in real-time, where the rectifier circuit can include first and second rectifier circuits, and controlling first and second controllable switches based on a state of the AC input is in a first state. For example, a first state can include the AC input being in a positive half cycle and increasing, or the AC input being in the positive half cycle and decreasing while being at least as high as a predetermined threshold value. The AC input can be used to supply power to a load circuit and an output capacitor via the first rectifier circuit when the AC input is in the first state, where the first rectifier circuit can include a first diode and the second controllable switch.
US09621061B2
The power supply apparatus for obtaining a direct current from an alternating voltage source includes a first DC/DC converter for outputting a first direct current and a second DC/DC converter for a second direct current lower than the first direct current from the first DC/DC converter, and the output voltage of the first DC/DC converter is changed to a lower direct current and the second DC/DC converter is driven in a continuously-conducting state.
US09621045B2
A multiphase regulator includes a plurality of output phases, each operable to deliver a phase current through a separate inductor to a load connected to the output phases via the inductors and an output capacitor. The multiphase regulator further includes a controller operable to regulate a voltage delivered to the load by adjusting the phase currents delivered to the load by the output phases, and monitor the phase currents delivered to the load by the output phases. The controller is further operable to determine if the monitored phase currents indicate any of the individual output phases, any of the individual inductors or the output capacitor are faulty, even if the total current delivered to the load is within specified limits.
US09621044B2
A control scheme and architecture for a power conversion circuit employs two bidirectional switches and a zero voltage switching (ZVS) scheme for the high-side switch. Methods of incorporating the control scheme into multiple power conversion circuit topologies are disclosed. Methods of device integration including co-packaging and monolithic fabrication are also disclosed.
US09621043B2
A preferred implementation of a switching converter with a versatile current sensor is achieved, by adding an integrator for instant sense current in the switching converter. The integrator calculates the average current of the switching converter and includes both positive and negative current sensing. The current sensor's response time is determined by the integrator coefficient and therefore not limited by the bandwidth of the current sensor. Performance degradation in the current sensor due to offset current is removed and the current sensor does not require a voltage reference or a current reference. High accuracy current monitoring and current sensing is achieved without an external sense device. The integrator of the current sensor serves to boost the gain of the switching converter.
US09621042B2
The invention relates to switch mode power supply modules and items of equipment powered by these modules. The power supply module comprises circuits for cyclically interrupting the switching operation, during a so-called switching operation interruption phase, if the load current of the module is less than a current threshold value and sustaining the switching operation, during a so-called switching operation phase, if the load current is greater than the load current threshold value and circuits for ending the switching operation interruption phase if the power supply voltage of the item of equipment is greater than a voltage threshold value. The item of equipment powered by the module comprises a capacitive element able to store energy from the module during the switching operation phase and to release the energy stored between the output terminals of the power supply module when it receives an activation signal.
US09621039B2
According to one embodiment, switching control section calculates a current control value based on a comparison result between a smoothed voltage of an output of a switching circuit and a target value, and controls a dead time of the switching circuit based on the current control value.
US09621037B2
A voltage regulator includes a switch coupled between an input voltage terminal and an energy storage element, a first output capacitor coupled to a first node defined between the switch and the energy storage element, the first capacitor being coupled to a first output voltage terminal, a charge pump circuit coupled to the first node and comprising a second output capacitor coupled between a second output voltage terminal and the first output voltage terminal, and a controller operable to selectively enable the switch to control voltages generated at the first and second output terminals.
US09621035B2
Provided are a control circuit for a switching regulator that can switch off a transistor that drives an inductor at high speed, an integrated circuit device, the switching regulator, an electronic device, and the like. A control circuit (100) includes a signal generation circuit (10) and an output circuit (20). The signal generation circuit (10) generates a control signal (SG) for a switching regulator. Upon receiving the control signal (SG), the output circuit (20) outputs a drive signal (GD) to a gate of an N-type transistor (30) that drives an inductor (40). The output circuit (20) outputs a voltage level lower than a source voltage of the N-type transistor (30) as an off-voltage level of the drive signal (GD) for switching off the N-type transistor (30).
US09621033B2
A charge pump comprises one or more pump stages for providing a negative boosted output voltage. Each of the one or more pump stages comprises a P-channel transistor formed in an isolated P-well and an N-channel transistor coupled in series with the P-channel transistor. Forming the P-channel transistor in the isolated P-well essentially eliminates a raised threshold voltage due to body effect.
US09621026B2
When a snubber capacitor is charged to at least a predetermined voltage, a protection circuit renders conductive a clamp diode provided on current paths to complete the charging of the snubber capacitor.
US09621021B2
The invention relates to the control of auxiliary power supply connected in parallel with a switch of a switching regulator. A switch and a diode are included within the connection to the auxiliary supply. The auxiliary supply switch enables a flow of current to the auxiliary supply when the auxiliary supply switch is on and the switch in parallel is off. The auxiliary diode prevents a reverse flow of current when the switch in parallel is on. The auxiliary power supply is suitable to supply of current in both stages of switching regulator operation, to configurations with a common node carrying either type of potential, steady or switching, provides supply of current at high efficiency in the switching stage of switching regulator operation, and provides high efficiency over a wide range of operating conditions of the switching regulator.
US09621018B2
One example of the invention relates to a power system. The power system can include a switching power converter configured to convert an input voltage to an output voltage for providing power at an output thereof to which a load is connectable. A measurement system can include measurement circuitry configured to measure an average of an accessible current in the power converter during both continuous and discontinuous modes of operation and derive an average measurement of another current in the power converter based on timing control signals used to control operation of the power converter.
US09621015B2
A linear vibration actuator for which the positional accuracy of coils in the casing can be easily increased. A linear vibration actuator (1) in which a magnet (13) and a weight (15) are fixed. The magnet (13) and the shaft (20) form a magnetic circuit within a casing (2) causing reciprocating motion of the weight (15) and magnet (13), via a coil (24) within a casing (2). The linear actuator (1) includes a shaft (20) provided within the casing (2) and made from a magnetic material. A coil (24) is supported by the shaft (20) includes first and second coil parts (22, 23) arranged parallel to an axial line L and wound in opposing directions. A ring-like magnet (13) surrounds the coil (24) and the shaft (20). A weight is fixed to the magnet. A plate spring (17) biases the magnet (13) and the weight (15) along the shaft (20).
US09621006B2
An electric motor comprising a housing, a stator which is fastened to the housing, a rotor which is arranged at an inside of the stator, a bearing which is attached to the housing to support a shaft of the rotor, a shield member which is attached to the bearing to prevent scattering of lubricant enclosed in the bearing, and a scatter preventing member which extends from the housing so as to be positioned between the bearing and an iron core of the rotor, and prevents scattering of component parts of the bearing to the inside of the housing.
US09621005B2
There is provided a rotor of a rotating electrical machine including a pair of field core bodies that are provided so as to enclose the field coil via the insulation bobbin around which the field coil is wound, in which a claw-shaped magnetic pole extending from an outer circumferential section of the field core body in an axial direction is provided on the field core body. The insulation bobbin has a plurality of flange sections extending from the base section of the claw-shaped magnetic pole along an inner surface of the claw-shaped magnetic pole of the field core body, and a plurality of thin portions are formed in the root section of the flange section at intervals in a circumferential direction.
US09621000B2
A permanent magnet rotor assembly includes a cylindrically shaped shaft having an outer surface, a plurality of permanent magnets constituting portions of annular segments and an outer retaining cylindrical sleeve surrounding the plurality of permanent magnets. The assembly further includes a cylindrical magnet housing mounted on the cylindrically shaped shaft for supporting the plurality of permanent magnets. The cylindrical magnet housing is formed of a magnetic material. The retaining cylindrical sleeve is preloaded by a resultant interference fit IF2 defined by the following formula IF2=−ØY+√{square root over (((ØY+IF1)^2+ØY^2−ØX^2))}, where ΦY is an external diameter of the plurality of permanent magnets, ΦX is an internal diameter of the cylindrical magnet housing, and IF1 is a primary interference fit between an external diameter of the cylindrically shaped shaft and the internal diameter of the cylindrical magnet housing.
US09620996B2
The disclosed system utilizes multiple wireless power receivers (antennas and or paths) for receiving power. The disclosed system includes a chip, such as an application specific chip (ASICs) connectable to multiple antennas and units to convert radio frequency (RF) power into direct current (DC) power. The disclosed system can also include antennas that are used to receiving power, communicate, and send a beacon signal. The disclosed system also comprises a mobile electronic device to receive wireless power using multiple antennas connected or coupled to multiple wireless power receivers.
US09620995B2
A wireless power transmission system according to the present disclosure includes: a pair of antennas, between which power is transmissible wirelessly by resonant magnetic coupling at a frequency f0, one of which is a series resonant circuit, and the other of which is a parallel resonant circuit; and a control section, which controls a transmission frequency according to the magnitude of the power being transmitted between the antennas. If the power transmitted between the antennas is greater than a reference value P1, the control section sets the transmission frequency to be a value that falls within a first level range that is higher than the frequency f0. But if the power is smaller than the reference value P1, then the control section sets the transmission frequency to be a value that falls within a second level range that is lower than the first level range.
US09620991B2
A power stealing circuit for stealing power to operate a control device is disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, power may be periodically or intermittently diverted from a power source to a power stealing block. When power is diverted to the power stealing block, the power stealing block may steal power from the power source and store the stolen power on a storage device. The storage device may then provide operating power to a control device. In some embodiments, the power stealing block may include a first path for charging the storage device when a switch is ON, and a second path for charging the storage device when the switch is off. The switch may be switched OFF when, for example, when the voltage provided by the rectifier is greater than a threshold voltage, the voltage detected on the storage device is greater than a threshold value, and/or when a control signal from a controller disables the switch.
US09620989B2
A plurality of battery pack accessories are presented. The accessories include a battery power gauge adapted to be applied to a battery pack and provides a visual indication of the state of the charge in the battery pack, a light adapted to the battery pack such that the battery pack can be used as a flashlight when needed, a connector (e.g., a Universal Serial bus (USB) connector) that can be used for charging the battery pack or to allow the battery pack to charge a device.
US09620980B2
The present disclosure provides a charging system, charging method, and charging control device. The charging system comprises a charger configured to be coupled to an external power source with its one end; a plurality of secondary batteries configured to be coupled to the charger, respectively; and a control device configured to be coupled to the charger and the plurality of secondary batteries, to control the charger to perform a charging operation on the plurality of secondary battery. According to the present disclosure, the secondary batteries having harmonics with identical frequencies and opposite phases are connected in parallel for charging, to reduce or eliminate the harmonic distortion generated by high order harmonics, and effectively reduce the value of THD.
US09620968B2
A power reserve apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power reserve apparatus comprises a first module including a first set of battery cells and a first inter-cell balance adjustment unit configured to use passive balancing to reduce voltage variance among the first set of battery cells. The power reserve apparatus also comprises a second module including a second set of battery cells and a second inter-cell balance adjustment unit configured to use passive balancing to reduce voltage variance among the second set of battery cells. The power reserve apparatus further comprises an inter-module balance adjustment unit configured to use active balancing to reduce voltage variance among the first and second modules.
US09620945B2
The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring system having a frame assembly that includes a frame opening at a central portion thereof. The frame opening provides access to the interior of the device wall box. At least one electrical wiring device is configured to snap into the frame opening such that the interior of the device wall box is completely enclosed by the frame assembly and the at least one electrical wiring device such that access to wiring disposed within the device wall box is substantially prevented. The at least one electrical wiring device includes at least one user-interface. An aesthetic overlay may be coupled to the frame assembly. The aesthetic overlay includes an overlay opening configured to accommodate the at least one user-interface such that the at least one user-interface is accessible to a user.
US09620937B1
An electrical enclosure apparatus includes a protective apparatus that permits forced-air cooling of the interior of the enclosure while resisting structures that are within in the interior from being blown out of the electrical enclosure as a result of an arc event or other event. The protective apparatus includes a flow apparatus formed from one or more blocks of ceramic material having formed therein a plurality of elongated flow channels. The flow apparatus is supported inside a duct with the use of a support apparatus. The ceramic material from which the flow apparatus is formed is configured to withstand the heat that may be experienced in an arc event and is additionally configured to be sufficiently rigid and tough to retain within the duct any structures within the enclosure from being blown out of the protective apparatus, thereby protecting personnel who may be in the area.
US09620921B2
A quantum cascade laser manufacturing method includes: a step of pressing a mother stamper against a resin film having flexibility to make a resin stamper 201 having a second groove pattern P2; a step of making a wafer with an active layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; a step of forming a resist film 304 on a surface on the active layer side of the wafer; a step of pressing the resin stamper against the resist film 304 by air pressure to form a third groove pattern P3 on the resist film 304; and a step of etching the wafer with the resist film 304 serving as a mask to form a diffraction grating on a surface of the wafer.
US09620919B2
A simplified process for producing a shield layer-cut electric wire that does not damage an insulating layer and a core wire and when cutting a shield layer.
US09620915B2
A cable TV coaxial video and network transmitter includes: a top cover having plural signal transmitting ports at peripheral positions thereof; plural connection guiding seats, wherein the bottom surfaces thereof are respectively protruded with a conductive pin; a bottom cover, combined with the top cover, and the interior thereof is installed with a printed circuit board; and plural insertion seats, fastened on the printed circuit board corresponding to the conductive pins, wherein one side of each of the insertion seats is formed with at least one connection leg, and the other side thereof is formed with an elastic clipping end having the interior formed with a pair of clamping segments, the contact length and the contact area between the pair of clamping segments and each of the conductive pins can be determined according to the dimension of the pair of clamping segments.
US09620908B2
Previously available elastomeric EMI gaskets provided for multiport RF connector assemblies have performance limiting drawbacks. Consequently, EM isolation provided by a previously available elastomeric EMI gasket is often inadequate. Various implementations disclosed herein include multiport RF connection arrangements that use a metal gasket arranged within at least a portion of an isolation space provided by a multiport RF connector. In some implementations, a multiport connection arrangement includes a substrate, a multiport RF connector and a fitted metal gasket. The substrate includes a first surface and a first plurality of connection ports. The multiport connector has a body that includes a second surface, a second plurality of connection ports, and includes an electromagnetic isolation boundary that defines an isolation space between at least two of the second plurality of connection ports terminating at the second surface. Mechanical fasteners are optional and are included to merely provide engagement, without substantial compressive force.
US09620903B2
A grounding type elbow connector includes an insulation plug having an electrically-conductive stud bolt, an insulation body, and an insulation rod that is detachably fitted into a through-hole of the insulation body. A grounding unit having a grounding rod and to which a grounding cable is connected is connected alone, or selectively coupled in a state a grounding inspection connection unit is connected, to the elbow connector after the insulation body is dissembled from the elbow connector.
US09620900B2
In a coaxial connector with a floating mechanism, a housing includes a housing base fixed to a support, a housing movable portion that is movable with a center contact relative to the housing base, and a floating spring one end of which is fixed to the housing base and the other end of which is fixed to the housing movable portion. The floating spring includes a support fixing portion fixed to the housing base, a floating fixing portion fixed to the housing movable portion, and an elastically deformable swing spring portion that couples the support fixing portion and the floating fixing portion.
US09620897B2
A connector includes a locking lever that locks a fitted state with an inlet, a release button that is provided to be movable in Z-direction positive and negative directions and rotates the locking lever by moving in the Z-direction negative direction to release the locking, a release restricting portion that is provided to be movable in X-direction positive and negative directions and to be movable to an abutting position where the release restricting portion abuts against the release button, thereby restricting the movement in the Z-direction negative direction of the release button at the abutting position to restrict the release of the locking, a solenoid as a moving portion that moves the release restricting portion in the X-direction negative direction, and a coil spring that presses the release restricting portion in the X-direction positive direction.
US09620894B2
Method, apparatus, and electrical cable for high-speed connections. The apparatus can include an electrical cable, a wire sorter, an electrical mating paddle, and a cable assembly. The wire sorter can be coupled to an end of the electrical cable, and configured to receive wires extending from the end of the electrical cable and position the wires relative to one another in a predetermined arrangement to yield sorted wires. The electrical mating paddle card can then be coupled to the sorted wires according to the predetermined arrangement. The cable assembly can be configured to house the wire sorter and at least a portion of the wires. Moreover, the cable assembly can include a hot-melt injection chamber configured to at least partially immobilize the wires relative to the cable assembly when hot-melt is injected into the hot-melt injection chamber.
US09620892B2
A multi-directional wiring routing device and method for operating thereof removably or permanently connects to a female housing of an electrical connector system. The multi-directional wiring routing device secures thereon and directs the wiring, at any desired routing direction, the wiring extending from the female housing. The wiring routing device includes an end portion having a substantially diamond-shape configuration portion, which is fitted into a corresponding substantially diamond-shape opening of the female housing of the electrical connector system. While maintaining the optimal performance of the electrical connector system, a bundle of wiring thereof can be neatly secured and efficiently routed towards any desired direction with the use of the multi-directional wiring routing device.
US09620879B2
A terminal comprises a base portion, a mating portion, an engaging portion and a fixed portion. The mating portion consists of a pair of elastic arms, the pair of elastic arms extend forwardly from the base portion in symmetry with each other and cooperatively define an insertion space, and the pair of elastic arms each have a side wall and two protrusions protruding toward the insertion space, the two side walls are opposite to each other and spaced apart from each other and each are formed with a buffer section close to an end edge and an extension section between the buffer section and the base portion, the two side walls each make a height of the buffer section lower than a height of the extension section, the protrusions of the each elastic arm are formed on the side wall and arranged along a front to rear direction and spaced apart from each other, the protrusion at the front is at least partially positioned in the buffer section and has a larger size than the protrusion at the rear. The engaging portion extends rearwardly from the base portion. The fixed portion protrudes from the base portion.
US09620872B2
The invention relates to a magnetic connector, in particular to a structure for placing a magnet therein. In order to make the design on the size of the magnet free from the restraint on the standard of connection surfaces, a magnetic connector structure is provided. The magnetic connector structure is provided with a connection surface, conductive terminals (2), an inner cavity and a magnet (6), the connection surface comprising a terminal area and a magnetic area, wherein the magnet (6) is arranged in an inner cavity (10), and a magnetic conductive block is further provided for conducting the magnetic force of the magnet (6) to the magnetic area.
US09620868B2
An electrical connection system (10) for connecting at least two electrical wires (W) together in a secure housing. A non-electrically conductive base (12) has a plurality of ports (16) corresponding to at least the number of wires being connected together with an end of each wire being inserted through a respective port. Exposed ends of the wires are then twisted together. A non-electrically conductive cap (14) is sized and shaped to align with and fit over a top of the base with the twisted together exposed ends of the wires fitting within the cap. The base and cap together form a shell in which the twisted together wires are securely enclosed.
US09620867B2
An antenna apparatus is configured to include first, second, third and fourth antennas. The first and fourth antennas are provided to be symmetrical with respect to a predetermined symmetry line on the grounding conductor, and the second and third antennas are arranged to be symmetrical with respect to the symmetry line so that the second and third feeding points are separated apart by a predetermined distance. A first antenna element of the first antenna and a fourth antenna element of the fourth antenna are formed to be substantially parallel to a Y-axis direction, and a second antenna element of the second antenna and a third antenna element of the third antenna are formed to be substantially parallel to an X-axis direction.
US09620860B2
An antenna arrangement 30 comprising a leaky cable 31 is disclosed. The leaky cable 31 includes subsections 32, 33, 34 and each subsection exhibits a longitudinal direction of extension L32, L33, L34 and a radiation pattern. The longitudinal directions of adjacent subsections are oriented in different directions to create a predetermined radiation pattern by superpositioning of the radiation pattern of each subsection. Additionally, a method of creating a predetermined radiation pattern of such an antenna arrangement 30 is described.
US09620857B2
An antenna structure includes a main antenna, a parasitic antenna, a matching circuit and a switching circuit. The main antenna includes a feeding strip and a first radiating strip coupled to the feeding strip. The parasitic antenna includes a grounding strip and a second radiating strip coupled to the grounding strip. The second radiating strip is positioned adjacent to and apart from the first radiating strip, and further configured to electromagnetically couple to and be parasitically fed by the first radiating strip. The parasitic antenna and main antenna cooperatively generate at least one high-frequency resonate mode and a low-frequency resonate mode. The matching circuit is electronically coupled to the feeding strip. The switching circuit is electronically coupled to the matching circuit, and configured to regulate an inductance value of the matching circuit output to the feeding strip, thereby regulating a central frequency of the low-frequency resonate mode.
US09620852B2
An antenna includes a grounding portion with a grounding feed point, a radiating plane and a coaxial cable. The grounding portion extends in a lengthwise direction defining two ends opposite to each other in the lengthwise direction. The radiating plane extends upwardly from a lengthwise edge of the grounding portion. The radiating plane includes a first arm extending from one end of the lengthwise edge and a second arm extending from the opposite end. The first arm defines a signal feed point and a first radiating portion while the second arm is defined as a second radiating portion. The coaxial cable includes a core linking to the signal feed point and a shielding layer linking to the grounding feed point. The second arm surrounds the first arm in the radiating plane.
US09620838B2
In a non-reciprocal circuit device, a first center conductor, a second center conductor, and a third center conductor are disposed on a ferrite, to which a direct current magnetic field is applied by a permanent magnet, so as to be insulated from one another and so as to intersect with one another. One end of the first center conductor defines a first port, one end of the second center conductor defines a second port, and one end of the third center conductor defines a third port. The first port is connected to a first terminal, the second port is connected to a second terminal, and the third port is connected to a third terminal. The other ends of the respective center conductors are connected to one another, which is connected to a ground. Capacitance elements are connected in parallel to the respective center conductors.
US09620829B2
A cooling device for a vehicle battery includes a cooling plate (22) comprising a first plate part (24) which faces towards the battery (10) and has a first wall thickness (d1), a second plate part (30) which has a second wall thickness (d2), and a multiplicity of depressions (32) formed in the second plate part (30). The cooling plate (22) includes a multiplicity of refrigerant ducts (34) with a first duct cross section, the refrigerant ducts being formed between the first and second plate parts (24, 30) in the depressions (32) of the second plate part (30). The cooling plate (22) also includes a distributor portion (42) and a collector portion which each have at least one connection (46) for a refrigerant feed line (56) and a refrigerant return line. The wall thickness (D) of the cooling plate (22) in the distributor portion (42) and/or collector portion (44) is greater than the wall thickness (d2) of the second plate part (30).
US09620826B2
Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery module comprising: a battery cell stack including a plurality of battery cells or unit modules electrically connected with each other; a first module case constructed in a structure to entirely surround one side end of the battery cell stack and to partially surround the upper and lower ends of the battery cell stack; a second module case coupled with the first module case, the second module case being constructed in a structure to entirely surround the other side end of the battery cell stack and to partially surround the upper and lower ends of the battery cell stack; a sensing member mounted to the first module case or the second module case; and a battery management system (BMS) mounted to the first module case or the second module case.
US09620823B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a battery system includes an electrochemical cell, a flexible sensor assembly attached to the cell, the flexible sensor assembly including an array of spin valve magnetic field sensors exhibiting an organic magneto resistance effect, and a battery management system operably connected to the flexible array, the battery management system including a memory with program instructions stored therein, and a processor operably connected to the memory and to the array, the processor configured to execute the program instructions to identify local changes in magnetic flux using input from the array of magnetic field sensors.
US09620820B2
A power storage device with reduced initial irreversible capacity is provided. The power storage device includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte solution. In the negative electrode active material layer, the content percentage of a carbon material with an R value of 1.1 or more is less than 2 wt %. The R value refers to a ratio of a peak intensity I1360 to a peak intensity I1580 (I1360/I1580). The peak intensity I1360 and the peak intensity I1580 are observed by Raman spectrometry at a Raman shift of 1360 cm−1 and a Raman shift of 1580 cm−1, respectively. The electrolyte solution contains a lithium ion and an ionic liquid composed of an organic cation and an anion.
US09620813B2
According to one embodiment, a solid electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing an active material, a negative electrode containing an active material, and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a lithium-ion conductive sulfide containing at least one element selected from a group consisting of Al, Si, Fe, Ni, and Zr, the total content of the element in the lithium-ion conductive sulfide is 0.03% by mass or more and 0.3% by mass or less.
US09620811B2
A solid electrolyte including an alkali metal element, phosphorous, sulfur and halogen as constituent components.
US09620795B2
Provided are a heat recovery apparatus based on a fuel cell and an operating method thereof. In the fuel cell-based heat recovery apparatus and the operating method thereof, hot water and steam may be generated by using heat generated while a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) operates to supply the generated hot water or steam to buildings, thereby reducing a rate of operation in cooling/heating equipment using electricity so as to reduce air-conditioning costs.
US09620789B2
Disclosed herein is a battery pack including secondary batteries which can be charged and discharged. The battery pack is configured such that secondary batteries having different sizes are stacked to form a stair-like structure having a width and a height.
US09620784B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lithium-ion battery that exhibits excellent long-term life properties, does not suffer from rapid capacity degradation, and exhibits excellent charging/discharging characteristics in low-temperature environments. The present invention is directed to a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, which comprises a negative electrode active material containing a graphite or an amorphous carbon, conductive additives containing a graphite, and a binder; and a lithium ion battery comprising this negative electrode. The negative electrode is characterized in that the negative electrode active material has a spherical or massive shape; the conductive additives have a platy shape; and part of an edge surface of the conductive additives contacts a surface of the negative electrode active material.
US09620783B2
Compositions and methods of making are provided for treated mesoporous metal oxide microspheres electrodes. The compositions include microspheres with an average diameter between about 200 nanometers and about 10 micrometers and mesopores on the surface and interior of the microspheres. The methods of making include forming a mesoporous metal oxide microsphere composition and treating the mesoporous metal oxide microspheres by at least annealing in a reducing atmosphere, doping with an aliovalent element, and coating with a coating composition.
US09620782B2
Wettability of positive and negative electrode active material layers is improved by having the ratio of the liquid absorption speed of an electrolyte to the positive and negative electrode active material layers in an appropriate range when an aqueous binder is used in the negative electrode active material layer. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a power generating element having a positive electrode active material layer on a surface of a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer containing an aqueous binder on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, and a separator, and Tc/Ta is in the range of 0.6 to 1.3 when Tc is the soak-in time of the electrolyte liquid into the positive electrode active material layer and Ta is the soak-in time of the electrolyte liquid into the negative electrode active material layer.
US09620772B2
A lithium-ion battery cathode material includes a composite of sulfur and porous carbon, and glass particles and/or glass ceramic particles that satisfy a composition represented by the following formula (1), LiaMbPcSd (1) wherein M is B, Zn, Si, Cu, Ga, or Ge, and a to d are the compositional ratio of each element, and satisfy a:b:c:d=1 to 12:0 to 0.2:1:2 to 9.
US09620771B2
A cathode active material including a lithium metal oxide composite having a first domain and a second domain and represented by Formula 1: x[Li2-y(M1)1-z(M2)y+zO3]-(1−x)[LiMeO2] Formula 1 wherein 0
US09620770B2
Disclosed is a nickel positive electrode for a fiber battery having a long life duration, and also being enabling a high output and high capacity to be attained. For this purpose, the nickel positive electrode for a fiber battery is obtained by coating a carbon fiber with nickel, then causing a cathodic polarization in a nickel nitrate bath using the nickel-coated carbon fiber as a cathode, and then immersing the precipitate, which was deposited on the surface of the carbon fiber by the cathodic polarization, in an aqueous caustic alkali solution.
US09620769B2
To provide a power storage device having excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics and a high charge/discharge capacity. The following electrode is used as an electrode of a power storage device: an electrode including a current collector and an active material layer provided over the current collector. The active material layer includes a plurality of whisker-like active material bodies. Each of the plurality of whisker-like active material bodies includes at least a core and an outer shell provided to cover the core. The outer shell is amorphous, and a portion between the current collector and the core of the active material bodies is amorphous. Note that a metal layer may be provided instead of the current collector, the active material bodies do not necessarily have to include the core, and a mixed layer may be provided between the current collector and the active material layer.
US09620760B2
A porous membrane for a secondary battery, including non-conductive particles and a binder for a porous membrane, wherein the non-conductive particle is a polymer particle having a core-shell structure, the non-conductive particle has a core portion having a glass transition point of 30° C. to 90° C., the non-conductive particle has a shell portion having a glass transition point higher than that of the core portion by 10° C. or higher, a thickness of the shell portion is 0.01% to 3.0% of a number average particle diameter of the non-conductive particles, and a number average particle diameter (A) of the non-conductive particle and a number average particle diameter (B) of the binder for a porous membrane satisfy (A)>(B).
US09620757B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes an oxide of titanium. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector including aluminum, a positive electrode layer including a nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide including lithium, and a passive film formed on the positive electrode current collector. A ratio p/n of a capacity p of the positive electrode to a capacity n of the negative electrode falls within the range from 1.1 to 1.8.
US09620755B2
A part has separator layers of resin laminated on each other with heat-resistant layers interposed among them and a sheath (laminated sheet) laid on each side of the laminated separator layers. The part is held, pressurized, and vibrated by a pressure vibrator and a jig receiver. The pressure vibrator and jig receiver are provided with projections that pressurize, vibrate, and break the heat-resistant layers, thereby melting and welding together the resin of the separator layers at the broken part.
US09620753B2
Provided is a battery, and more particularly, a battery in which a cutting unit is formed in a seating groove so that the cutting unit and a sub battery module do not contact each other in a normal operation state, such that the battery may be stably driven, and a pouch of the sub battery module may be cut by the cutting unit only in an abnormal operation state such as over-charging, over-discharging, exposure to a high temperature, an electric short circuit, or the like, to prevent ignition or explosion in advance, such that safety may be improved.
US09620745B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a battery shaped to be situated within a housing. The battery has a shape that substantially conforms to a shape of a cavity that is defined at least in part by a non-cylindrical curved portion of the housing. The battery includes a contoured conductive mesh formed by shaping a substantially planar conductive mesh to include at least one curved conductive mesh portion. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09620727B2
This document describes graphene-containing platelets and methods of exfoliating graphene from a surface. The method comprises facilitating exfoliation by treatment with proteins. In an embodiment, the proteins adhere to the surface of graphene and then the produced platelets may contain a graphene layer and a protein layer on the surface of the graphene layer. Electronic devices containing such platelets are also described.
US09620726B2
Junction field-effect transistors including inorganic channels and organic gate junctions are used in some applications for forming high resolution active matrix displays. Arrays of such junction field-effect transistors are electrically connected to thin film switching transistors and provide high drive currents for passive devices such as organic light emitting diodes.
US09620717B2
A composition comprising: a light emitting material; and a polymer compound having a constitutional sequence represented by the following formula (1) as a main chain: -[—(Y)n—Z—]m- (1) in the formula, Y represents a divalent group, in which two hydrogen atoms are removed from a structure represented by the following formula (Y-1) or (Y-2), Z represents a divalent group, in which two hydrogen atoms are removed from a structure represented by the following formula (Z-1), (Z-2), (Z-3), (Z-4), (Z-5), (Z-6), (Z-7), or (Z-8), m represents an integer of 4 to 10,000, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
US09620715B2
The present invention relates to a thermal transfer film comprising: a photothermal conversion layer; and a diffusion member formed on the upper surface of said photothermal conversion layer, wherein the diffusion member is a thermal transfer film having about 10% or more of the haze, and also relates to a method for manufacturing same, and to an organic electroluminescent device manufactured using said method.
US09620695B2
A method and structure for stabilizing an array of micro devices is disclosed. A stabilization layer includes an array of stabilization cavities and array of stabilization posts. Each stabilization cavity includes sidewalls surrounding a stabilization post. The array of micro devices is on the array of stabilization posts. Each micro device in the array of micro devices includes a bottom surface that is wider than a corresponding stabilization post directly underneath the bottom surface.
US09620691B2
Embodiments provide a light emitting device package including a first lead frame including a first contact area and a first exposed area, a second lead frame spaced apart from the first lead frame, the second lead frame including a second contact area and a second exposed area, a bottom portion located between the first contact area and the first exposed area, between the second contact area and the second exposed area, and between the first contact area and the second contact area, a light emitting device electrically connected to the first and second contact areas, and a package body having a cavity configured to expose the first and second contact areas, the first and second exposed areas, and the bottom portion, wherein the bottom portion has a thermal expansion coefficient greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the first and second lead frames.
US09620690B2
Disclosed is a lighting system including: a board; a wiring pattern that is provided on a surface of the board and has a wiring pad; a light emitting element that is provided on the wiring pattern and includes an electrode on a surface thereof opposite to a surface thereof provided on the wiring pattern; a surrounding wall member that is provided to surround the light emitting element; a wiring that connects the wiring pad and the electrode; and a sealing portion that is provided inside the surrounding wall member and covers the light emitting element and the wiring. Here, an angle that is formed by a segment that connects a central position of a portion of the board surrounded by the surrounding wall member and a position where the wiring is connected to the wiring pad, and the wiring is 0° to 45°, or 135° to 180°.
US09620688B2
A display device includes a micro-lens film which has a high fill-factor and a high luminance ratio and prevents generation of moiré. The display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) configured to generate light to supply light to the display panel, a light guide panel configured to guide light to the display panel, and a micro-lens film including a base film that concentrates and diffuses light emitted from the light guide panel, a lens unit at an upper surface of the base film, and a back-coating film at a lower surface of the base film. The lens unit includes unit block groups randomly arranged at the upper surface of the base film, each unit block group containing randomly arranged fixed-shape lenses having different sizes, and micro-beads randomly formed on surfaces of the fixed-shape lenses.
US09620677B2
A light emitting diode includes a conductive layer, an n-GaN layer on the conductive layer, an active layer on the n-GaN layer, a p-GaN layer on the active layer, and a p-electrode on the p-GaN layer. The conductive layer is an n-electrode.
US09620671B2
A nitride semiconductor light emitting element is provided with: a substrate; a buffer layer that is provided on the substrate; a base layer that is provided on the buffer layer; an n-side nitride semiconductor layer that is provided on the base layer; an MQW light emitting layer that is provided on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer; and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer that is provided on the MQW light emitting layer. An x-ray rocking curve half-value width ω (004) with respect to a (004) plane, i.e., the crystal plane of the nitride semiconductor, is 40 arcsec or less, or the x-ray rocking curve half-value width ω (102) with respect to a (102) plane is 130 arcsec or less, and the rate P (80)/P (25) between light output P (25) at 25° C. and light output P (80) at 80° C. with a same operating current is 95% or more.
US09620666B2
A diffusing agent composition including a condensation product and an impurity diffusion component. The condensation product is a reaction product resulting from hydrolysis of an alkoxysilane. The impurity diffusion component is a monoester or diester of phosphoric acid, or a mixture thereof.
US09620656B2
Method of encapsulating a semiconductor structure comprising providing a semiconductor structure comprising an opto-electric element located in a cavity formed between a substrate and a cap layer, the cap layer being made of a material transparent to light, and having a flat upper surface; forming at least one protrusion on the cap layer; bringing the at least one protrusion of the cap layer in contact with a tool having a flat surface region, and applying a opaque material to the semiconductor structure where it is not in contact with the tool; and removing the tool thereby providing an encapsulated optical semiconductor device having a transparent window integrally formed with the cap layer.
US09620649B1
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor protrusion, a source, a drain, an oxide semiconductor layer, a first O-barrier layer, a gate electrode, a second O-barrier layer, and an H-barrier layer. The oxide semiconductor protrusion is disposed on an oxide substrate. The source and the drain are respectively disposed on opposite ends of the oxide semiconductor protrusion. The oxide semiconductor layer is disposed on the oxide substrate and covers the oxide semiconductor protrusion, the source, and the drain. The first O-barrier layer is disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the first O-barrier layer and across the oxide semiconductor protrusion. The second O-barrier layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The H-barrier layer is disposed on the oxide substrate and covers the second O-barrier layer.
US09620648B2
The invention provides a thin film transistor, an array substrate and a display device. The thin film transistor comprises a conductive oxygen vacancy reducing layer for reducing oxygen vacancies in an active layer. The oxygen vacancy reducing layer is disposed between the active layer and a source and/or the active layer and a drain. With the oxygen vacancy reducing layer, the number of the oxygen vacancies in the active layer is decreased greatly, which improves transmission rate of carriers and simultaneously reduces value of subthreshold swing of the thin film transistor.
US09620642B2
Devices and methods for forming a device are presented. The method includes providing a substrate prepared with a device region. A fin is formed in the device region. The fin includes top and bottom portions. An isolation layer is formed on the substrate. The isolation layer has a top isolation surface disposed below a top fin surface, leaving an upper fin portion exposed. At least one isolation buffer is formed in the bottom fin portion, leaving the top fin portion crystalline, the top fin portion serves as a body of a fin type transistor. Source/drain (S/D) regions are formed in the top portions of the fin and a gate wrapping around the fin is provided.
US09620641B2
A semiconductor device is provided that includes a pedestal of an insulating material present over at least one layer of a semiconductor material, and at least one fin structure in contact with the pedestal of the insulating material. Source and drain region structures are present on opposing sides of the at least one fin structure. At least one of the source and drain region structures includes at least two epitaxial material layers. A first epitaxial material layer is in contact with the at least one layer of semiconductor material. A second epitaxial material layer is in contact with the at least one fin structure. The first epitaxial material layer is separated from the at least one fin structure by the second epitaxial material layer. A gate structure present on the at least one fin structure.
US09620635B2
An apparatus comprises a buried layer over a substrate, an epitaxial layer over the buried layer, a first trench extending through the epitaxial layer and partially through the buried layer, a second trench extending through the epitaxial layer and partially through the buried layer, a dielectric layer in a bottom portion of the first trench, a first gate region in an upper portion of the first trench, a second gate region in the second trench, wherein the second gate region is electrically coupled to the first gate region, a drain region in the epitaxial layer and a source region on an opposite side of the first trench from the drain region.
US09620632B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode, a lower electrode and a gate electrode. In the semiconductor substrate, a body region, a pillar region, and a barrier region are formed. The pillar region has an n-type impurity, is formed on a lateral side of the body region, and extends along a depth from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate to a lower end of the body region. The barrier region has an n-type impurity and is formed on a lower side of the body region and the pillar region. The barrier region is formed on the lower side of the pillar region. An n-type impurity concentration distribution in a depth direction in the pillar region and the barrier region has a maximum value in the pillar region. The n-type impurity concentration distribution has a folding point on a side deeper than the maximum value.
US09620624B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate, forming a first insulating film on the semiconductor layer, forming a metal layer on the first insulating film, forming a first portion and a second portion in the metal layer, implanting an impurity into the semiconductor layer by using the first portion and the second portion as masks, forming a gate electrode by reducing the second portion in addition to removing the first portion, and implanting an impurity into the semiconductor layer by using the gate electrode as a mask.
US09620623B2
When a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, and an oxide semiconductor film are stacked and a source and drain electrode layers are provided in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is manufactured, after the formation of the gate electrode layer or the source and drain electrode layers by an etching step, a step of removing a residue remaining by the etching step and existing on a surface of the gate electrode layer or a surface of the oxide semiconductor film and in the vicinity of the surface is performed. The surface density of the residue on the surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the gate electrode layer can be 1×1013 atoms/cm2 or lower.
US09620622B2
A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor includes chelating a molecular mask to a replacement metal gate in a field effect transistor. The method may further include forming a patterned dielectric layer on a bulk dielectric material and a gate dielectric barrier in one or more deposition steps. The method may include removing the molecular mask and exposing part of the gate dielectric barrier before depositing a dielectric cap that touches the gate dielectric barrier and the replacement metal gate.
US09620617B2
A structure having improved electrical signal isolation and linearity is disclosed. The structure includes a buried oxide (“BOX”) layer over a bulk semiconductor layer, a device layer over the buried oxide layer, a compensation implant region near an interface of the buried oxide layer and the bulk semiconductor layer, wherein the compensation implant region is configured to substantially eliminate a parasitic conduction layer near the buried oxide layer. The compensation implant region has a doping concentration of at least one order of magnitude higher than a doping concentration of the bulk semiconductor layer. The structure includes a deep trench extending through the device layer and the buried oxide layer, and a damaged implant region in the bulk semiconductor layer near the deep trench. The structure also includes at least one transistor in the device layer.
US09620615B2
An insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) manufacturing method comprises the following steps: providing a semiconductor substrate of a first conducting type, the semiconductor substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface (100); forming a field-stop layer of a second conducting type on the first major surface of the semiconductor substrate (200); growing an oxide layer on the field-stop layer (300); removing the oxide layer from the field-stop layer (400); forming an epitaxial layer on the field-stop layer from which the oxide layer has been removed; and then manufacturing an IGBT on the epitaxial layer (600). Before regular manufacturing of an IGBT, the surface defects of a substrate material are eliminated as many as possible before epitaxy is formed, and the quality of an epitaxial layer is improved, thereby improving the quality of the whole IGBT.
US09620612B2
An integrated circuit device includes a first transistor structure formed in a memory region (e.g., an embedded memory region) of a die. The first transistor structure includes a substrate (e.g., a planar substrate of a planar FET or a fin of a FinFET) and a first gate. The first gate includes a dipole layer proximate to the substrate and a barrier layer proximate to the dipole layer. The integrated circuit device further includes a second transistor structure formed in a logic device region of the die. The second transistor structure includes a second gate that includes an interface layer, a dielectric layer, and a cap layer. The dielectric layer is formed between the cap layer and the interface layer.
US09620611B1
An electrical contact structure (an MIS contact) includes one or more conductors (M-Layer), a semiconductor (S-Layer), and an interfacial dielectric layer (I-Layer) of less than 4 nm thickness disposed between and in contact with both the M-Layer and the S-Layer. The I-Layer is an oxide of a metal or a semiconductor. The conductor of the M-Layer that is adjacent to and in direct contact with the I-Layer is a metal oxide that is electrically conductive, chemically stable and unreactive at its interface with the I-Layer at temperatures up to 450° C. The electrical contact structure has a specific contact resistivity of less than or equal to approximately 10−5-10−7 Ω-cm2 when the doping in the semiconductor adjacent the MIS contact is greater than approximately 2×1019 cm−3 and less than approximately 10−8 Ω-cm2 when the doping in the semiconductor adjacent the MIS contact is greater than approximately 1020 cm−3.
US09620607B2
A gate all around (GAA) device structure, vertical gate all around (VGAA) device structure, horizontal gate all around (HGAA) device structure and fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure are provided. The VGAA device structure includes a substrate and an isolation structure formed in the substrate. The VGAA device structure also includes a first transistor structure formed on the substrate, and the first transistor structure includes a vertical structure. The vertical structure includes a source region, a channel region and a drain region, and the channel region is formed between the source region and the drain region. The channel region has a horizontal portion and a sloped portion sloping downward toward the isolation structure. The VGAA device structure further includes a gate stack structure wrapping around the channel region.
US09620603B2
Provided are improved semiconductor memory devices and methods for manufacturing such semiconductor memory devices. A method may incorporate the formation of a p-n junction in a conductive layer. The method may allow for the production of semiconductor memory devices of reduced size.
US09620595B2
A gate pad electrode and a source electrode are disposed, separately from one another, on the front surface of a super junction semiconductor substrate. A MOS gate structure formed of n source regions, p channel regions, p contact regions, a gate oxide film, and polysilicon gate electrodes is formed immediately below the source electrode. The p well regions are formed immediately below the gate pad electrode. The p channel regions are linked to the p well regions via extension portions. By making the width of the p well regions wider than the width of the p channel regions, it is possible to reduce a voltage drop caused by a reverse recovery current generated in a reverse recovery process of a body diode. Breakdown of a portion of a gate insulating film immediately below the center of the gate pad electrode and breakdown of the semiconductor device are thus prevented
US09620594B2
A memory device includes at least one memory cell. The memory cell includes first and second transistors, and first and second capacitors. The first transistor is coupled to a source line. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor and a bit line. The first capacitor is coupled to a word line and the second transistor. The second capacitor is coupled to the second transistor and an erase gate.
US09620592B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a p-doped layer including a doped III-V material on the substrate. An n-doped layer is formed on the p-doped layer, the n-doped layer including a doped III-V material. A contact interface layer is formed on the n-doped layer. The contact interface layer includes a II-VI material. A contact metal is formed on the contact interface layer to form an electronic device.
US09620576B2
Embodiments may disclose an organic light-emitting display device including a first substrate including a pixel area emitting light in a first direction, and a transmittance area that is adjacent to the pixel area and transmits external light; a second substrate facing the first substrate and encapsulating a pixel on the first substrate; an optical pattern array on the first substrate or the second substrate to correspond to the transmittance area, the optical pattern array being configured to transmit or block external light depending on the transmittance area according to a coded pattern; and a sensor array corresponding to the optical pattern array, the sensor array being arranged in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction in which the light is emitted, the second array receiving the external light passing through the optical pattern array.
US09620575B2
A double-sided display and a method for controlling the same are provided. The double-sided display includes a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of circuits. The pixel units are disposed on each of a front side and a back side of the double-sided display, and the pixel units on the front side are opposite to the pixel units on the back side in a one-to-one manner. A pixel unit on the front side and a pixel unit on the back side opposite to the pixel unit on the front side are controlled by an identical circuit. Each of the circuits includes a switching transistor. The switching transistor includes a first input terminal connected to a scan line, a second input terminal connected to a data line, and an output terminal connected to the opposite pixel units on the front side and the back side.
US09620568B2
The present invention provide a display substrate, a fabricating method thereof, and a display apparatus, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display substrate comprises a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels is divided into a plurality of light emitting units, each of the light emitting units comprises an anode, a cathode, a carrier transport layer, and a light emitting layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of light emitting units comprises a light emitting layer and at least one process auxiliary layer; the process auxiliary layer and the light emitting layer in other light emitting units are formed into an integral portion from a same material in a film forming process. Display resolution can be improved in the present invention.
US09620550B2
Backside illuminated image sensor structures are provided. The backside illuminated image sensor structure includes a device substrate having a frontside and a backside and pixels formed at the frontside of the substrate. The backside illuminated image sensor structure further includes a metal element formed in a dielectric layer over the backside of the substrate and a color filter layer formed over the dielectric layer. In addition, the metal element is configured to form a light blocking area in the device substrate and is made of copper.
US09620547B2
A high sensitivity image sensor comprises an epitaxial layer of silicon that is intrinsic or lightly p doped (such as a doping level less than about 1013 cm−3). CMOS or CCD circuits are fabricated on the front-side of the epitaxial layer. Epitaxial p and n type layers are grown on the backside of the epitaxial layer. A pure boron layer is deposited on the n-type epitaxial layer. Some boron is driven a few nm into the n-type epitaxial layer from the backside during the boron deposition process. An anti-reflection coating may be applied to the pure boron layer. During operation of the sensor a negative bias voltage of several tens to a few hundred volts is applied to the boron layer to accelerate photo-electrons away from the backside surface and create additional electrons by an avalanche effect. Grounded p-wells protect active circuits as needed from the reversed biased epitaxial layer.
US09620540B1
An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion element including a first impurity region and a second impurity region, wherein the first impurity region contacts a first surface of a substrate, wherein the second impurity region has conductivity complementary to the first impurity region and is formed in the substrate and below the first impurity region; a pillar formed over the photoelectric conversion element; a transfer gate formed over the photoelectric conversion element to surround the pillar; and a channel layer formed between the transfer gate and the pillar and contacting the photoelectric conversion element, wherein the channel layer contacts the first impurity region and has the same conductivity as the second impurity region.
US09620537B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a mask plate, the display substrate comprising a plurality of sub display substrates, each of the sub display substrates comprising a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprising a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a source-drain channel, wherein, from the center of the display substrate to the edge of the display substrate, the plurality of sub display substrates are arranged from large to small according to the overlapping area of the pixel electrode and the common electrode and/or the plurality of sub display substrates are arranged from small to large according to the width to length ratio of the source-drain channel of the sub display substrate. The present disclosure can avoid electrical badness of the sub display substrates located at the edges.
US09620530B2
A display device includes a substrate, a display region, a peripheral region, an insulating layer which is disposed on a gate signal line and a conductor, a conductive layer which is disposed on the insulating layer and crosses a plurality of gate signal lines and the conductor in the peripheral region, a first semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer and which is separated from the first semiconductor film. The conductive layer is connected to the plurality of gate signal lines via a plurality of diodes, and the plurality of gate signal lines are arranged in the display region and the peripheral region. A length of the conductor differs from a length of the gate signal line in the display region and the peripheral region.
US09620527B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate (10) and a gate line (11) and a data line (12) provided on the base, the gate line (11) and the data line (12) define a pixel unit, and in the pixel unit, a thin film transistor (13) is provided, the thin film transistor (13) includes a gate electrode (131), a gate insulation layer (132), an active layer (133), a source electrode (134) and a drain electrode (135). The gate insulation layer (132) includes a first gate insulation portion (1321) and a second gate insulation portion (1322), the gate electrode (131) is located between the first gate insulation portion (1321) and the second gate insulation portion (1322), and the second gate insulation portion (1322) is located between the gate electrode (131) and the active layer (133). The array substrate further includes a conductive pad (114), and a first via (15) corresponding to the conductive pad (114) is provided in the gate insulation layer (132) at both sides of the gate line (11), and the data line (12) is connected to the conductive pad (114) through the first via (15). The array substrate is capable of improving the definition, the resolution and the aperture ratio of a display device. A manufacturing method for an array substrate and a display device including such an array substrate are also disclosed.
US09620526B2
There is provided a bottom gate channel etched thin film transistor that can suppress initial Vth depletion and a Vth shift. A thin film transistor is formed, including a gate electrode interconnection disposed on a substrate, a gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor layer to be a channel layer, a stacked film of a source electrode interconnection and a first hard mask layer, a stacked film of a drain electrode interconnection and a second hard mask layer, and a protective insulating film.
US09620525B2
To reduce power consumption and suppress display degradation of a liquid crystal display device. To suppress display degradation due to an external factor such as temperature. A transistor whose channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a transistor provided in each pixel. Note that with the use of a high-purity oxide semiconductor layer, off-state current of the transistor at a room temperature can be 10 aA/μm or less and off-state current at 85° C. can be 100 aA/μm or less. Consequently, power consumption of a liquid crystal display device can be reduced and display degradation can be suppressed. Further, as described above, off-state current of the transistor at a temperature as high as 85° C. can be 100 aA/μm or less. Thus, display degradation of a liquid crystal display device due to an external factor such as temperature can be suppressed.
US09620513B2
A semiconductor device includes a cell structure; n first pad structures formed on one side of the cell structure and each configured to have a step form in which 2n layers form one stage; and n second pad structures formed on the other side of the cell structure each configured to have a step form in which 2n layers form one stage, wherein n is a natural number of 1 or higher, and the first pad structures and the second pad structures have asymmetrical step forms having different heights.
US09620511B2
A vertical semiconductor device includes a channel structure extending from a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a ground selection line, word lines, and a string selection line sequentially formed on a side surface of the channel structure in the first direction to be separated from one another. The channel structure includes a protruding region formed in a side wall portion of the channel structure between the ground selection line and the upper surface of the substrate, the protruding region protruding in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US09620509B1
An SRAM includes an SRAM array including a plurality of SRAM cells arranged in a matrix. Each of the SRAM cells includes six vertical field effect transistors. The SRAM array includes a plurality of groups of conductive regions extending in the column direction. Each of the plurality of groups of conductive regions includes a first to a fourth conductive region arranged in this order in the row direction, and the first to fourth conductive regions are separated by insulating regions from each other. The first, second and third conductive regions are coupled to sources of first conductive type VFETs, and the fourth conductive region is coupled to sources of second conductive type VFETs. The plurality of groups are arranged in the row direction such that the fourth conductive region of one group of conductive regions is adjacent to the first conductive region of adjacent one group of conductive regions.
US09620495B2
A semiconductor device is provided which comprises an ESD protection device. The structure of the semiconductor device comprises a p-doped isolated region in which a structure is manufactured which operates as a Silicon Controlled Rectifier which is coupled between an I/O pad and a reference voltage or ground voltage. The semiconductor device also comprises a pnp transistor which is coupled parallel to the Silicon Controlled Rectifier. The base of the transistor is coupled to the gate of the Silicon Controlled Rectifier. In an optional embodiment, the base and gate are also coupled to the I/O pad.
US09620485B2
Embodiments of the invention provides a light emitting device, which comprises a backplane, an encapsulating structure, and a light emitting structure and a scattering layer disposed between the backplane and the encapsulating structure; the scattering layer is located on the light exiting side of the light emitting structure; the light emitting structure is isolated into a plurality of light emitting units, the scattering layer is isolated into a plurality of scattering units, and the plurality of light emitting units correspond to the plurality of scattering units one to one; wherein each of the light emitting units comprises a first light emitting sub-unit, a second light emitting sub-unit and a third light emitting sub-unit. The embodiments of the invention may be used for a display device and a lighting lamp, thereby increasing the light emitting area and achieving uniform mixed emergent light.
US09620478B2
A micro device transfer head and head array are disclosed. In an embodiment, the micro device transfer head includes a base substrate, a mesa structure with sidewalls, an electrode formed over the mesa structure, and a dielectric layer covering the electrode. A voltage can be applied to the micro device transfer head and head array to pick up a micro device from a carrier substrate and release the micro device onto a receiving substrate.
US09620471B2
A power semiconductor package that includes a semiconductor die having at least two power electrodes and a conductive clip electrically and mechanically coupled to each power electrode.
US09620470B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a barrier metal film on a surface of at least one of a first electrode of a wiring board and a second electrode of a semiconductor element, providing a connection terminal between the first and second electrodes, the connection terminal being made of solder containing tin, bismuth and zinc, and bonding the connection terminal to the barrier metal film by heating the connection terminal and maintaining the temperature of the connection terminal at a constant temperature not lower than a melting point of the solder for a certain period of time.
US09620463B2
Ground shielding is achieved by a conductor shield having conductive surfaces that immediately surround individual chips within a fan-out wafer level package (FOWLP) module or device. Intra-module shielding between individual chips within the FOWLP module or device is achieved by electromagnetic or radio-signal (RF) isolation provided by the surfaces of the conductor shield immediately surrounding each of the chips. The conductor shield is directly connected to one or more grounded conductor portions of a FOWLP to ensure reliable grounding.
US09620461B2
A laminar structure of semiconductors comprises a silicon substrate, an epitaxial layer, a protective layer, a first layer and a second layer. The epitaxial layer is arranged above the silicon substrate and the protective layer is arranged below the silicon substrate. Thermal expansion coefficients of the epitaxial layer and the protective layer are both either greater than or less than that of the silicon substrate. The first layer is arranged between the silicon substrate and the protective layer; and the second layer is arranged between the silicon substrate and the epitaxial layer, wherein the band gap of the first layer and the second layer are both greater than 3 eV. By arranging the protective layer below the silicon substrate, stress generated between the silicon substrate and the epitaxial layer can be reduced to prevent occurrence of bending or crack. Therefore, yield can be promoted and costs can be reduced.
US09620456B2
Integrated circuits (1) on a wafer comprise a wafer substrate (2) and a plurality of integrated circuits (Ia, Ib, Ic) formed on the wafer substrate (2). Each integrated circuit (Ia, Ib, Ic) comprises an electric circuit (24) and some of the integrated circuits (Ib, Ic) comprise, in addition to their electric circuits (24), process control modules (3) as integral parts. The process control modules (3) are employed during dicing and pick-and-place to align the dicing/pick-and-place devices.
US09620447B2
To improve noise immunity of a semiconductor device. A wiring substrate of a semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer where a wire is formed to which signals are sent, and a second wiring layer that is mounted adjacent to the upper layer or the lower layer of the first wiring layer. The second wiring layer includes a conductor plane where an aperture section is formed at a position overlapped with a portion of the wire 23 in the thickness direction, and a conductor pattern that is mounted within the aperture section of the conductor plane. The conductor pattern includes a main pattern section (mesh pattern section) that is isolated from the conductor plane, and plural coupling sections that couple the main pattern section and the conductor plane.
US09620438B2
An electronic device includes an integrated circuit chip mounted to a heat slug. The heat slug has a peripheral region having first thickness along a first direction, the peripheral region surrounding a recess region (having a second, smaller, thickness along the first direction) that defines a chip mounting surface along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The recess region defines side borders and a nook extends into the heat slug along the side borders. An insulating body embeds the integrated circuit one chip and heat slug. Material of the insulating body fills the nook.
US09620436B2
Disclosed herein are technologies for forming a plurality of known good die (KGD)-light emitting diode (LED) components into a larger size optically coherent LED chips or devices. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09620430B2
A method includes bonding a first and a second package component on a top surface of a third package component, and dispensing a polymer. The polymer includes a first portion in a space between the first and the third package components, a second portion in a space between the second and the third package components, and a third portion in a gap between the first and the second package components. A curing step is then performed on the polymer. After the curing step, the third portion of the polymer is sawed to form a trench between the first and the second package components.
US09620418B2
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits having improved active regions are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes providing a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and including active regions and isolation regions formed in a low voltage device area and in a high voltage device area. The method includes selectively forming voids between the isolation regions and the active regions in the high voltage device area to expose active side surfaces. The method further includes oxidizing the upper surface and the active side surfaces to form a gate oxide layer over the low voltage device area and the high voltage device area.
US09620407B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to precision material modification of three dimensional (3D) features or advanced processing techniques. Directional ion implantation methods are utilized to selectively modify desired regions of a material layer to improve etch characteristics of the modified material. For example, a modified region of a material layer may exhibit improved etch selectivity relative to an unmodified region of the material layer. Methods described herein are useful for manufacturing 3D hardmasks which may be advantageously utilized in various integration schemes, such as fin isolation and gate-all-around, among others. Multiple directional ion implantation processes may also be utilized to form dopant gradient profiles within a modified layer to further influence etching processes.
US09620403B2
The present invention provides an adhesive sheet used in manufacture of a semiconductor device, containing a filler having an average particle size of 0.3 μm or less and an acrylic resin, wherein the content of the filler is in the range of 20 to 45% by weight with respect to the entire adhesive sheet, and the content of the acrylic resin is in the range of 40 to 70% by weight with respect to entire resin components.
US09620402B2
An alignment apparatus for aligning a wafer includes a mounting unit, an imaging unit, an elevation unit, and a controlling unit. The control unit outputs a control signal for controlling the elevation unit such that a luminance variation between the outer side and the inner side of the wafer obtained by the imaging unit becomes the same as a luminance variation obtained when the imaging unit is focused, for estimating a warpage state of the wafer based on an amount of relative movement of the imaging unit and the mounting unit with respect to a relative height position of the imaging unit and the mounting unit obtained when the imaging unit is focused on a reference wafer having no warpage, and for detecting the alignment mark of the wafer by the imaging unit by rotating the mounting unit in a state where the imaging unit is focused.
US09620399B2
A load port is provided with a table and a plate. The table is arranged on a side of a front wall of an atmospheric transfer unit for transferring a piece of material under processing and is adapted to mount on it a container with the piece of material received in the same. The plate serves to isolate an interior of the atmospheric transfer unit from an exterior of the atmospheric transfer unit. The load port includes an exhaust duct arranged on a rear side of the plate and a fan arranged in a lower extremity of the exhaust duct. By the exhaust duct and the fan, an internal atmosphere of the atmospheric transfer unit can be exhausted into the atmosphere.
US09620398B2
An apparatus for handling or transferring a semiconductor component. The apparatus comprises a first structure and a second structure coupled thereto. The first structure and the second structure define a vacuum chamber therebetween. The second structure comprises at least one module coupled thereto. Each module comprises a passageway defined therethrough. Vacuum is applied through the passageway for facilitating pick up of the semiconductor component at a first position and for securing the semiconductor component to the module during displacement of the module from the first position to a second position. The apparatus comprises a plunger. Displacement of the plunger from a retracted position to an extended position impedes fluid communication between the passageway of the module and the chamber. Displacement of the plunger to the extended position further causes purging of air through the passageway of the module to thereby detach the semiconductor component from the module. A method for transferring the semiconductor component using the apparatus is also provided by the present invention.
US09620396B1
Disclosed is a process of annealing through silicon vias (TSVs) or other deeply buried metallic interconnects using a back side laser annealing process. The process provides several advantages including sufficient grain growth and strain relief of the metal such that subsequent thermal processes do not cause further grain growth; shorter anneal times thereby reducing cycle time of 3D device fabrication; and reduced pattern sensitivity of laser absorption.
US09620394B2
In one embodiment, a cleaning member has an annular part and an opening positioned radially inside the annular part, and can be moved up and down between a first position and a second position relative to a cleaning nozzle. For cleaning of the back surface of the wafer, the cleaning member is placed at its first position that allows a cleaning liquid to reach the back surface of the substrate through the opening of the cleaning member. For cleaning of the cup structure, the cleaning member placed at its second position higher than the first position is being rotated, and a cleaning liquid discharged from the cleaning nozzle collides with an annular part of the cleaning member and is guided to the inner surface of a cup structure.
US09620388B2
A method of making an integrated circuit package. A leadframe having a die attach paddle surrounded by lead portions is formed. Middle channels underlying in said die attach paddle portion in a region thereof adapted to receive a first die are formed.
US09620386B2
A method of fabricating a gate structure includes depositing a high dielectric constant (high-k) dielectric layer over a substrate. The method further includes performing a multi-stage preheat high-temperature anneal. Performing the multi-stage preheat high-temperature anneal includes performing a first stage preheat at a temperature in a range from about 400° C. to about 600° C., performing a second stage preheat at a temperature in a range from about 700° C. to about 900° C., and performing a high temperature anneal at a peak temperature in a range from 875° C. to about 1200° C.
US09620378B1
A composition comprises: a compound having one partial structure represented by formula (1), and a solvent. n1 and n2 are each independently an integer of 0 to 2; and k1 and k2 are each independently an integer of 0 to 9. The compound preferably has an intermolecular bond-forming group. The compound is preferably represented by formula (2). Z represents the partial structure represented by the formula (1); Ar1 and Ar2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted arenediyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; Ar3 and Ar4 represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and p1 and p2 are each independently an integer of 0 to 3.
US09620377B2
Various embodiments herein relate to methods, apparatus and systems for forming a recessed feature in a dielectric-containing stack on a semiconductor substrate. Separate etching and deposition operations are employed in a cyclic manner. Each etching operation partially etches the feature. Each deposition operation forms a protective coating (e.g., a metal-containing coating) on the sidewalls of the feature to prevent lateral etch of the dielectric material during the etching operations. The protective coating may be deposited using methods that result in formation of the protective coating along substantially the entire length of the sidewalls. The protective coating may be deposited using particular reaction mechanisms that result in substantially complete sidewall coating. Metal-containing coatings have been shown to provide particularly good resistance to lateral etch during the etching operation. In some cases, a bilayer approach may be used to deposit the protective coating on sidewalls of partially etched features.
US09620369B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, wherein the method comprises steps as follows: A dummy gate with a poly-silicon gate electrode and a passive device having a poly-silicon element layer are firstly provided. A hard mask layer is then formed on the dummy gate and the passive device. Next, a first etching process is performed to remove a portion of the hard mask layer to expose a portion of the poly-silicon element layer. Subsequently, an inner layer dielectric (ILD) is formed on the dummy gate and the poly-silicon element layer, and the ILD is flattened by using the hard mask layer as a polishing stop layer. Thereafter, a second etching process is performed to remove the poly-silicon gate electrode, and a metal gate electrode is formed on the location where the poly-silicon gate electrode was initially disposed.
US09620365B2
Sub-50-nm structures are formed using sequential top-down and bottom up lithographies in conjunction with selective etching. The preferred rendition of the method involves: (a) rough lithographic patterning, (b) size/shape selected nanostructure deposition, (c) resist reflow around the nanostructures, and (d) selective removal/etching of the nanostructure.
US09620364B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a molding layer and a supporter layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a multiple mask layer including a first mask layer and a second mask layer formed on the first mask layer, on the supporter layer. The first mask layer is formed of a material having an etch selectivity with respect to the molding layer and the second mask layer is formed of a material having an etch selectivity with respect to the supporter layer. The method includes forming a first mask pattern and a second mask pattern formed on the first mask pattern by patterning the multiple mask layer, etching the supporter layer by performing a first etching process using the second mask pattern as an etch mask, etching the molding layer, and forming a hole by performing a second etching process using the first mask pattern as an etch mask.
US09620355B2
A wafer processing method includes a wafer holding step of holding a wafer having devices formed on the front side, a protective film forming step of forming a water-soluble protective film on the front side of the wafer, a laser beam applying step of applying a laser beam to the wafer along streets, a cleaning step of cleaning the wafer to then remove the protective film, and a foreign matter removing step of removing foreign matter from the wafer when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after cleaning. This period of time is set as a period of time until a phosphorus containing reaction product produced at a laser processed portion is evaporated to react with water in the air, thereby producing the foreign matter containing phosphorus on bumps formed on each device.
US09620354B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate. An impurity diffusion ingredient can be diffused well and uniformly from a coating film into a semiconductor substrate by forming a coating film having a thickness of not more than 30 nm on a surface of a semiconductor substrate with a diffusion agent composition containing an impurity diffusion ingredient and a silicon compound that can be hydrolyzed to produce a silanol group.
US09620349B2
An ICR cell (01) operates with a duplexer (08), which is an integral part of a transmission and receiving device (09) of an FT-ICR mass spectrometry device. The device transmits a transmitter (03) voltage to at least one electrode (11) of the ICR cell during an ion excitation phase and protects a preamplifier (04) from overvoltage. An ion received signal passes through a reception path (12) to the preamplifier during an ion detection phase. The duplexer has at least one active serial switch (07) with two switchable states, each with different series impedances, which is inserted in the reception path (12). As a result, a duplexer for an ICR cell of an FT-ICR mass spectrometry device is provided in which at least one electrode can be used for both ion excitation and for subsequent ion detection.
US09620344B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples.
US09620343B1
A system includes a first aerosolization device (e.g., a nebulizer and a spray chamber/desolvation device in fluid communication with the nebulizer) configured to furnish a first aerosol, and a second aerosolization device (e.g., a second nebulizer and a second spray chamber/desolvation device in fluid communication with the second nebulizer) configured to furnish a second aerosol. The first aerosolization device is balanced with the second aerosolization device. The system also includes an output coupled with the first aerosolization device and the second aerosolization device. The output is configured to supply at least one of the first aerosol or the second aerosol (e.g., to a torch). The system further includes a selection device coupling the first aerosolization device and the second aerosolization device to the output. The selection device is configured to selectively provide at least one of the first aerosol or the second aerosol to the output.
US09620342B2
Systems and methods are provided for interlacing ramped mass spectrometer parameter values during data acquisition. Ions from a sample are acquired within a cycle time, Ct, using a mass spectrometer. Within each Ct, two or more scans of the acquired ions are performed using two or more ramped values for a parameter of the mass spectrometer. When it is determined that scans for a desired range of ramped parameter values cannot be performed within Ct, the desired range of ramped values is divided into at least two interlaced groups of ramped values. The mass spectrometer is instructed to perform scans for each of the interlaced groups within two or more cycle times. Spectra from the scans for each of the at least two interlaced groups are combined. The ramped parameter values of the combined spectra have the desired range and the desired effective step size.
US09620340B2
This disclosure describes a non-dissipative snubber circuit configured to boost a voltage applied to a load after the load's impedance rises rapidly. The voltage boost can thereby cause more rapid current ramping after a decrease in power delivery to the load which results from the load impedance rise. In particular, the snubber can comprise a combination of a unidirectional switch, a voltage multiplier, and a current limiter. In some cases, these components can be a diode, voltage doubler, and an inductor, respectively.
US09620334B2
A method for achieving an etch rate is described. The method includes receiving a calculated variable associated with processing a work piece in a plasma chamber. The method further includes propagating the calculated variable through a model to generate a value of the calculated variable at an output of the model, identifying a calculated processing rate associated with the value, and identifying based on the calculated processing rate a pre-determined processing rate. The method also includes identifying a pre-determined variable to be achieved at the output based on the pre-determined processing rate and identifying a characteristics associated with a real and imaginary portions of the pre-determined variable. The method includes controlling variable circuit components to achieve the characteristics to further achieve the pre-determined variable.
US09620332B1
The present application discloses methods, systems and devices for using charged particle beam tools to inspect and perform lithography on a substrate using a combination of vectoring to move a beam to features to be imaged, and raster scanning to obtain an image of the feature(s). The inventors have discovered that it is highly advantageous to use an extra step, a fast raster scan to image the substrate at a lower resolution, to determine which features receive priority for inspection; this extra step can reduce total inspection time, enhance inspection results, and improve beam alignment and manufacturing yield. Using multiple beam-producing columns, with multiple control computers local to the columns, provides various synergies. Preferably, miniature, non-magnetic, electrostatically-driven columns are used.
US09620329B1
An electrostatic multipole device for influencing a charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis is described. The multipole device includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, and a high-resistance layer which extends at least partially around the optical axis and is configured to allow a current flow between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact, wherein the first electrical contact contacts the high-resistance layer at a first circumferential position and is configured to provide a first potential to the first circumferential position, and wherein the second electrical contact contacts the high-resistance layer at a second circumferential position at an angular distance from the first circumferential position and is configured to provide a second potential to the second circumferential position. Further, an electrostatic multipole arrangement including two or more such multipole devices and a charged particle beam device are described.
US09620328B1
A multipole device for influencing a charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis is described. The multipole device includes: an electrostatic deflector with at least two deflector electrodes for deflecting the charged particle beam by a deflection angle, wherein the deflector electrodes extend over a first length along the optical axis; and an electrostatic corrector comprising at least four corrector electrodes to compensate for an aberration of the charged particle beam, wherein the corrector electrodes extend over a second length along the optical axis, which is shorter than the first length. A distance between a projection of the deflector electrodes on the optical axis and a projection of the corrector electrodes on the optical axis may be smaller than the first length so that, during operation of the multipole device, first fringe fields generated by the deflector electrodes and second fringe fields generated by the corrector electrodes may spatially overlap, wherein the electrostatic corrector may be configured to compensate for an aberration of the charged particle beam caused by the electrostatic deflector.
US09620326B2
An apparatus for extending the useful life of an ion source, comprising an arc chamber containing a plurality of cathodes to be used sequentially and a plurality of repellers to protect cathodes when not in use. The arc chamber includes an arc chamber housing defining a reaction cavity, gas injection openings, a plurality of cathodes, and at least one repeller element. A method for extending the useful life of an ion source includes providing power to a first cathode of an arc chamber in an ion source, operating the first cathode, detecting a failure or degradation in performance of the first cathode, energizing a second cathode, and continuing operation of the arc chamber with the second cathode.
US09620317B1
A switch having a spring-biased actuator button that moves in an axial direction is mounted in a hermetically sealed cavity defined in a one-piece housing, which also houses a tripping magnet and restricts the tripping magnet to linear movement along the axis of the actuator button.
US09620314B2
Disclosed is a supporting structure of a closing resistor unit for a circuit breaker which connects the closing resistor unit to the fixed portion through the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate to allow the closing resistor unit to move back and forth with respect to the fixed portion through the first supporting plate and to move up and down with respect to the fixed portion through the second supporting plate, whereby the closing resistor unit or its joints may be prevented from being damaged from impact.
US09620294B2
A wet electrolytic capacitor is provided. The capacitor includes a planar anode formed from a pressed and sintered powder, a cathode that includes a metal substrate that is coated with an electrochemically-active material, and a working electrolyte in communication with the planar anode and cathode. The planar anode has a recessed portion formed in at least one of its surfaces. The capacitor also includes at least one restraint that is in contact with the recessed portion and has a shape that generally corresponds with a shape of the recessed portion. The recessed portion of the planar anode allows for stabilization of the planar anode with via a restraint without increasing the dimensions of the capacitor.
US09620293B2
A wet electrolytic capacitor is provided that includes an anode, an anode lead, an electrolyte, a casing having a wall that defines an anode lead orifice, and a sealing assembly. The sealing assembly is connected to the casing at the anode lead orifice, and a portion of the anode lead extends through it. The sealing assembly includes an isolation tube, a metal plate, and an elastomeric ring. The tube receives the anode lead and has a first portion extending through the anode lead orifice and a second portion located in an interior of the casing. The plate is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the wall, covers the anode lead orifice, and contains an orifice through which the first portion of the tube extends. The ring is positioned adjacent to an interior surface of the wall and contains an orifice through which the second portion of the tube extends.
US09620273B2
A magnet system generates a highly stable magnetic field at a sample location. The magnet system has a magnet cryostat housing a first superconducting magnet coil and a second magnet coil co-axial to the first magnet coil. The second magnet coil is short-circuited in a superconducting persistent mode during operation of the magnet system. An external power supply during operation supplies current to the first magnet coil via a current lead thereby generating a first magnetic field at the sample location that fluctuates according to the current noise of the power supply, wherein the second magnet coil is positioned and dimensioned in a way that it inductively couples to the first magnet coil such that it generates at the sample location a second magnetic field that compensates the fluctuations of the first magnetic field.
US09620272B2
A permanent current switch device of a refrigerator cooling-type superconducting magnet includes a superconducting coil cooled by solid thermal conduction and a permanent current switch. A heat transfer member is thermally connected to a cooling stage and is structured to be inserted into and removable from a former of the permanent current switch. Due to differences in thermal expansion between the heat transfer member and the former, a permanent current mode can be stably maintained.
US09620271B2
An actuator has an electrically conductive coil which has a longitudinal axis and a plurality of turns and a magnet arranged at a distance from the turns in radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis. The coil is partially covered by a central region of a first conducting element on a side which faces away from the magnet and the magnet is partially covered by a mid region of a second conducting element on a side facing away from the turns of the coil. The first conducting element projects beyond the coil and the second conducting element projects beyond the magnet in the direction of the longitudinal axis and there each have collar-like projections. The coil has a first winding turns region and a second winding turns region.
US09620269B2
A method and an equipment for processing NdFeB rare earth permanent magnetic alloy with a hydrogen pulverization are provided. The method includes steps of: providing a continuous hydrogen pulverization equipment; while driving by a transmission device, passing a charging box loaded with rare earth permanent magnetic alloy flakes orderly through a hydrogen absorption chamber, having a temperature of 50-350° C. for absorbing hydrogen, a heating and dehydrogenating chamber, having a temperature of 600-900° C. for dehydrogenating, and a cooling chamber of the continuous hydrogen pulverization equipment; receiving the charging box by a discharging chamber through a discharging valve; pouring out the alloy flakes after the hydrogen pulverization into a storage tank at a lower part of the discharging chamber; sealing up the storage tank under a protection of nitrogen; and, moving the charging box out through a discharging door of the discharging chamber and re-loading, for repeating the previous steps.
US09620260B2
An insulating coated wire includes a center conductor and an insulating coating. The insulating coating has a bending auxiliary section in which the thickness of the insulating coating is smaller than that of the other portion, and that has a shape in which at least a part thereof protrudes outward in the radial direction. The bending auxiliary section has a shape that facilitates bending of the insulating coated wire by elongation deformation thereof. This insulating coated wire can be manufactured by arranging, on the circumference of an insulating coated wire material, a metal mold that has the inner surface including the section having a shape protruding outward in the radial direction, and forming the bending auxiliary section in the shape along the inner surface of the metal mold by heating the insulating coating within the metal mold and generating a pressure difference between inside and outside of the insulating coating.
US09620253B2
A riser cone has a lower end sized to engage a cylindrical lower riser section of a nuclear reactor and an upper end sized to engage a cylindrical upper riser section of the nuclear reactor. The riser cone defines a compression sealing ring that is compressed between the lower riser section and the upper riser section in the assembled nuclear reactor. In some embodiments the riser cone comprises: a lower element defining the lower end of the riser cone; an upper element defining the upper end of the riser cone; and a compliance spring compressed between the lower element and the upper element. In some embodiments the riser cone comprises a frustoconical compression sealing ring accommodating a reduced diameter of the upper riser section as compared with the diameter of the lower riser section.
US09620251B2
A new interface between the cladding and the stack of pellets in a nuclear control rod. According to the invention, an interface joint made of a material transparent to neutrons, in the form of a structure with a high thermal conductivity and open pores, adapted to deform by compression across its thickness, is inserted between the cladding and the stack of pellets made of B4C neutron absorber material over at least the height of the stack. The invention also relates to associated production methods.
US09620250B2
A spacer grid includes interlocked straps comprising metal sheets or plates welded together to define a spacer grid having a top and bottom. The interlocked straps define a plurality of cells comprising vertical passages connecting the top and bottom of the spacer grid. The cells include: upper dimples proximate to the top of the spacer grid and distal from the mid-plane of the spacer grid; lower dimples proximate to the bottom of the spacer grid and distal from the mid-plane of the spacer grid; cantilevered upper springs having fuel rod engagement surfaces proximate to the top of the spacer grid and distal from the mid-plane of the spacer grid; and cantilevered lower springs having fuel rod engagement surfaces proximate to the bottom of the spacer grid and distal from the mid-plane of the spacer grid.
US09620248B2
The invention relates to the use of Dispersion Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated (DCM) nuclear fuel as a meltdown-proof, accident-tolerant fuel to replace uranium dioxide fuel in existing light water reactors (LWRs). The safety qualities of the DCM fuel are obtained by the combination of three strong barriers to fission product release (ceramic coatings around the fuel kernels), highly dense inert ceramic matrix around the coated fuel particles and metallic or ceramic cladding around the fuel pellets.
US09620244B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, program products, and systems for testing a memory cell arrangement. Embodiments of the present invention can determine categories of memory fail conditions by checking memory cells of with a sequence of test parameter configurations for a malfunction using test parameters, storing for test parameter configurations for which a malfunction is detected, and assigning the respective test parameter configuration with a bit fail count comprising the number of malfunctioning memory cells. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to create a relational data structure representing test parameter configurations and can combine one or more test parameter configurations and can create a representation of the bit fail counts of the respective test parameter configurations.
US09620242B1
Apparatuses and methods are provided using a plurality of interrupted IC operations to detect various conditions or changes of interest to integrated circuit (IC) elements (e.g., memory cells of NAND Flash memories or floating gate transistor) such as program/erase stress, total ionizing dose, and heavy ion exposure which modify normal IC element bit state changes. An exemplary method can include controlling a plurality of selected IC elements to execute a series of PROGRAM or ERASE operations on all of the plurality of selected elements that are each interrupted or halted before a normal or first time period required for the PROGRAM or ERASE operation has elapsed. An exemplary system records a number of interrupted operations required to cause a state change in each of the plurality of selected IC elements. Embodiments of the invention enable detection of stresses far below at least some thresholds for IC element or bit cell failure.
US09620241B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a shift register unit may include: a first control module, configured to transmit a start signal to a first node; a second control module, configured to pull a potential of a second node to a potential different from a potential of the first node, under a control of a first clock signal; a carry output module, configured to output a carry signal according to the potential of the first node and the potential of the second node; and a shift output module, configured to output a shift signal according to the potential of the first node and the potential of the second node.
US09620237B2
A semiconductor device and search circuit for and method of searching for a count of erasures in a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor memory in which data erasure is performed in units of blocks. A block management memory stores, corresponding to each of the blocks, a piece of erasure count data representing a count of erasures of data performed in the block. An erasure count search circuit successively reads the pieces of erasure count data from the block management memory so as to search for a block corresponding to a piece of erasure count data representing an intended erasure count from among the pieces of erasure count data read from the block management memory. The circuit also outputs an address of the searched block as an erasure count address.
US09620235B2
A self-timer for a sense amplifier in a memory device is disclosed.
US09620228B1
A monotonically increasing persistent counter is described that is persistent across reboots of a system in which it is incorporated. The described counter employs an event counter module that counts events that are generated by various event generators within the system. One type of event that can be counted by the described counter is a state change. In various implementations, the event counter module, when employed as a state change counter module, includes a state change counter that counts state changes, and a journal mode component which provides journaling functionality which makes it possible to accommodate large numbers of state changes while, at the same time, recover the counter in the event of a system failure. In at least some embodiments, one or both of the state change counter and the journal mode component are implemented using NOR flash memory.
US09620226B1
A data storage device includes a solid-state memory including memory cells and a controller configured to perform a first programming scheme that programs a first subset of the cells to a first voltage state using a first target voltage, programs a second subset to a second voltage state using a second target voltage higher than the first target voltage, programs a third subset to a third voltage state using a third target voltage higher than the second target voltage, and programs a fourth subset to a fourth voltage state using a fourth target voltage higher than the third target voltage. A difference in voltage between the fourth target voltage and the third target voltage may be greater or less than a difference in voltage between the third target voltage and the second target voltage and/or a difference in voltage between the second target voltage and the first target voltage.
US09620217B2
A method is provided for operating a NAND array that includes a plurality of blocks of memory cells. A block of memory cells in the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of NAND strings having channel lines between first string select switches and second string select switches. The plurality of NAND strings shares a set of word lines between the first and second string select switches. A channel-side erase voltage is applied to the channel lines through the first string select switches in a selected block. Word line-side erase voltages are applied to a selected subset including more than one member of the set of word lines shared by NAND strings in the selected block to induce tunneling in memory cells coupled to the selected subset, while tunneling is inhibited in memory cells coupled to an unselected subset including more than one member of the set of word lines.
US09620214B2
An entry including multiple bits of unit cells each storing data bit is coupled to a match line. The match line is supplied with a charging current having a restricted current value smaller than a match line current flowing in a one-bit miss state in one entry, but larger than a match line current flowing in an all-bit match state in one entry. A precharge voltage level of a match line is restricted to a voltage level of half a power supply voltage or smaller. Power consumption in a search cycle of a content addressable memory can be reduced, and a search operation speed can be increased.
US09620204B2
A computer readable memory includes a circuit layer, a multilayer memory stacked over the circuit layer to form a memory box, the memory box comprising a bottom surface interfacing with the circuit layer and four side surfaces, and a first switching crossbar array disposed on a first side of the memory box. A plurality of vias connects the circuit layer to the first switching crossbar layer. The first switching crossbar array accepts signals from the plurality of vias and selectively connects a crossbar in the multilayer memory to the circuit layer. A method for addressing multilayer memory is also provided.
US09620202B2
Channel information and channel conditions that are determined by an Offline Tracking process are used to determine whether or not an adjustment to the read reference voltage can be avoided altogether without detrimentally affecting performance, or, alternatively, to determine a precision with which a read reference voltage adjustment should be made. If it is determined based on the channel conditions that a read reference voltage adjustment can be avoided altogether, read performance is improved by reducing the probability that a read reference voltage adjustment needs to be made during normal read operations. If it is determined based on the channel conditions that a read reference voltage adjustment needs to be made with a particular precision, the read reference voltage is adjusted with that precision. This latter approach is advantageous in that a determination that the precision with which the adjustments can be made is relatively low leads to fewer adjustments having to be made during normal read operations.
US09620195B1
A memory device may include a plurality of memory banks; a setting circuit capable of setting at least one of an advanced refresh mode and a piled refresh mode; and a refresh control unit capable of controlling the plurality of memory banks into a plurality of groups and for activating the plurality of groups to be refreshed at different times when a refresh command is applied, wherein the refresh control unit divides the memory banks into first groups determined based on the piled refresh mode and refreshes the first groups once, while, in the advanced refresh mode, the refresh control unit divides the memory banks into second groups determined based on the piled refresh mode and additional setting information and refresh the second groups a first number of times, which is more than two and determined based on the additional setting information.
US09620186B2
A semiconductor storage device with a novel structure, which can retain stored data even when power is not supplied (i.e., is non-volatile) and has no limitation on the number of write cycles. The semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged in matrix, a decoder configured to select a memory cell to operate among the plurality of memory cells in accordance with a control signal, and a control circuit configured to select whether to output the control signal to the decoder. In each of the plurality of memory cells, data is held by turning off a selection transistor whose channel region is formed with an oxide semiconductor.
US09620185B1
A voltage supply device includes a bias generator, a control signal generator and a cell switching circuit. The bias generator divides a first supply voltage to output a plurality of divided supply voltages. The control signal generator receives the plurality of divided supply voltages to generate a plurality of control signals. The cell switching circuit receives the plurality of control signals to provide nonvolatile memory cells with one or more of a ground voltage, the first supply voltage, or a second supply voltage different from the first supply voltage. Each of the bias generator, the control signal generator and the cell switching circuit is implemented with medium voltage MOS transistors having a breakdown voltage of from approximately 7 volts to approximately 15 volts.
US09620182B2
In a memory system where multiple memory chips communicate their ready/busy status on a shared bus line, a pulse mechanism is used for the individual memory chips to indicate their ready/busy status to the controller. In one example, the controller assigns pulse durations of differing lengths to the memory dies to allow the controller to distinguish between them. Techniques for dealing with bus collisions between the pulses of different chips are also described.
US09620179B2
A sense amplifier for sensing a line of a semiconductor device comprises a p-channel pull-up transistor for charging the line, an inverter, and a pull-up controller. The p-channel pull-up transistor and the inverter are coupled to the line. The inverter inverts a line voltage of the line. The pull-up controller is coupled to the gate of the p-channel pull-up transistor and operates the p-channel pull-up transistor as a function of the inverted line voltage.
US09620177B2
An internal power supply circuit supplies a power supply voltage to an internal circuit of a semiconductor device via an internal power supply line. The internal power supply circuit includes a reference potential generating circuit that is configured to generate a plurality of reference potentials having different temperature dependencies from each other, an internal voltage generating circuit that generates the power supply voltage with reference to a reference potential generated by the reference potential generating circuit, and a control circuit that selects a reference potential to be generated by the reference potential generating circuit.
US09620173B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to an automated, intelligent visualization of data through text and graphics for connecting a wide range of data sources to graphics visualization software and automating its presentation, including building on a standard template driven system for generating graphics from data. Some of these building mechanisms include: Service Handlers, which are plugin components with their own process for converting the data into something uniform, Input Behaviors, which define actions and data to deliver from a service, a system for matching templates to input behaviors by the set of variables in each and the rules for matching them, a Schedule Request mechanism, which connects the data from the service, via the input behavior mechanism, to the correct titles, and handles the assignment of data and then conducts the appropriate actions, and the use of handler defined queues for managing the order of things in parallel.
US09620170B2
A television receiver may detect during a primary recording of particular programming degradation of a received signal quality associated with the particular programming to at or below a predetermined threshold value. The television receiver may instantiate a secondary recording of the particular programming during the primary recording when the particular programming is accessible over at least one terrestrial network. The television receiver may query a computing system to acquire content associated with at least one gap in content within the primary recording present due to received signal quality. The television receiver may output during playback of the primary recording a notification to enable access to the secondary recording when content associated with the at least one gap in content within the primary recording is unavailable over the at least one terrestrial network.
US09620167B2
Methods and systems for creating and playing out animated video scenes. An animated scene is created by first receiving a selection of an asset element to be used in the scene. Next, a first marker position is received, a first marker is displayed at the marker position, and an association between the asset element and the first marker is established. This process is repeated for a second marker displayed at a second marker position. Thereafter, a movement path from the first marker position to the second marker position is established. The movement path includes a sequence of coordinates and associated times. Finally, the instructions that cause the asset element to move along the movement path are generated.
US09620164B2
Provided is a holographic data storage system characterized by including: a first polarizing beam splitter (PBS), wherein at least either of a first lens module and a second lens module transmits P-polarized light and reflects S-polarized light; a relay lens collecting light passing through the first PBS; a mirror reflecting the light collected through the relay lens back to the relay lens; and a quarter wave plate located between a second PBS beam splitter and the relay lens, converting transmitted linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light, and converting the circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light. By reducing the volume of the relay lens, it is possible to decrease the size of the holographic data storage system, and by decreasing the number of lenses, it is possible to lower manufacturing costs.
US09620157B2
As disclosed herein a method for encoding information on tape using write offset gaps. The method includes receiving a request to write a dataset on a tape medium using a plurality of head groups, and identifying information to be encoded when writing the dataset. The method further includes determining a head group offset pattern that encodes the information, and writing the dataset using the head group offset pattern. Also disclosed herein is a method for decoding information on tape using write offset gaps. The method includes reading a dataset from a tape medium using a plurality of head groups, and determining a head group offset pattern used to read the dataset. The method further includes decoding information encoded in the head group offset pattern to provide decoded information. A computer program product corresponding to the above method is also disclosed herein.
US09620153B1
A magnetic head includes a coil, a main pole, a write shield and first and second yokes. The first and second yokes are connected to the write shield. The coil includes a main coil portion for driving the main pole, a first sub-coil portion for driving the first yoke, and a second sub-coil portion for driving the second yoke. A magnetic field produced in the main pole by the main coil portion and a magnetic field produced in each of the first and second yokes by the first and second sub-coil portions are in directions opposite to each other.
US09620146B2
A multi-mode speech communication system is described that has different operating modes for different speech applications. A speech service compartment contains multiple system users, multiple input microphones that develop microphone input signals from the system users to the system, and multiple output loudspeakers that develop loudspeaker output signals from the system to the system users. A signal processing module is in communication with the speech applications and includes an input processing module and an output processing module. The input processing module processes the microphone input signals to produce a set user input signals for each speech application that are limited to currently active system users for that speech application. The output processing module processes application output communications from the speech applications to produce loudspeaker output signals to the system users, wherein for each different speech application, the loudspeaker output signals are directed only to system users currently active in that speech application. The signal processing module dynamically controls the processing of the microphone input signals and the loudspeaker output signals to respond to changes in currently active system users for each application.
US09620145B2
The technology described herein can be embodied in a method that includes receiving an audio signal encoding a portion of an utterance, and providing, to a first neural network, data corresponding to the audio signal. The method also includes generating, by a processor, data representing a transcription for the utterance based on an output of the first neural network. The first neural network is trained using features of multiple context-dependent states, the context-dependent states being derived from a plurality of context-independent states provided by a second neural network.
US09620142B2
Techniques for providing self-voice feedback in a communications headset include processing signals carrying near-end speech in parallel digital and analog signal processing paths to produce a combined gain-adjusted near-end signal carrying the near-end speech for output to transducers of the communications device.
US09620139B2
A method of coding/decoding of a digital audio signal comprising a succession of consecutive blocks of data, on the basis of a predictive filter. A modified predictive filter is used for the coding of at least one current block, the modified filter being constructed by the combination of: a rear filter calculated for a past block, preceding the current block, and enrichment parameters for the rear filter, which are determined as a function of the signal in the current block and comprising the coefficients of a modifying filter.
US09620132B2
The processing efficiency of a process used to decode frames of an enhanced AC-3 bit stream is improved by processing each audio block in a frame only once. Audio blocks of encoded data are decoded in block order rather than in channel order. Exemplary decoding processes for enhanced bit stream coding features such as adaptive hybrid transform processing and spectral extension are disclosed.
US09620131B2
Systems and methods for adjusting audio levels in a plurality of audio signals are disclosed. One or more input signals containing one or more audio signals are depacketized. The audio signals are analyzed to determine if audio levels of the signals correspond to a desired audio level for at least some of the signals. The audio levels of signals that do not correspond are adjusted. Packets that do not require adjustment and the resulting adjusted packets are combined to form one or more output signals corresponding to the one or more input signals.
US09620130B2
A system and method are provided for processing sound signals. The processing may include identifying individual harmonic sounds represented in sound signals, determining sound parameters of harmonic sounds, classifying harmonic sounds according to source, and/or other processing. The processing may include transforming the sound signals (or portions thereof) into a space which expresses a transform coefficient as a function of frequency and chirp rate. This may facilitate leveraging of the fact that the individual harmonics of a single harmonic sound may have a common pitch velocity (which is related to the chirp rate) across all of its harmonics in order to distinguish an the harmonic sound from other sounds (harmonic and/or non-harmonic) and/or noise.
US09620126B2
According to one of aspects, an electronic device includes a sound input module and a controller. The controller is configured to control a voice input through the sound input module to be activated when detecting occurrence of an event to be notified to a user.
US09620124B2
In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
US09620117B1
In one embodiment, a semantic classifier input and a corresponding label attributed to the semantic classifier input may be obtained. A determination may be made whether the corresponding label is correct based on logged interaction data. An entry of an adaptation corpus may be generated based on a result of the determination. Operation of the semantic classifier may be adapted based on the adaptation corpus.
US09620115B2
A method of operation of a content delivery system includes: receiving a command phrase based on determining an utterance type according to a travel context; determining a trigger match with a control unit based on the command phrase matching a trigger phrase; and stopping a prompt according to a prompt type based on the trigger match for controlling the prompt presented by a device.
US09620113B2
A conversational, natural language voice user interface may provide an integrated voice navigation services environment. The voice user interface may enable a user to make natural language requests relating to various navigation services, and further, may interact with the user in a cooperative, conversational dialogue to resolve the requests. Through dynamic awareness of context, available sources of information, domain knowledge, user behavior and preferences, and external systems and devices, among other things, the voice user interface may provide an integrated environment in which the user can speak conversationally, using natural language, to issue queries, commands, or other requests relating to the navigation services provided in the environment.
US09620110B2
An automated method is described for developing an automated speech input semantic classification system such as a call routing system. A set of semantic classifications is defined for classification of input speech utterances, where each semantic classification represents a specific semantic classification of the speech input. The semantic classification system is trained from training data from training data substantially without manually transcribed in-domain training data, and then operated to assign input speech utterances to the defined semantic classifications. Adaptation training data based on input speech utterances is collected with manually assigned semantic labels from at least one source of already collected language data. When the adaptation training data satisfies a pre-determined adaptation criteria, the semantic classification system is automatically retrained based on the adaptation training data.
US09620105B2
Systems and processes for analyzing audio input for efficient speech and music recognition are provided. In one example process, an audio input can be received. A determination can be made as to whether the audio input includes music. In addition, a determination can be made as to whether the audio input includes speech. In response to determining that the audio input includes music, an acoustic fingerprint representing a portion of the audio input that includes music is generated. In response to determining that the audio input includes speech rather than music, an end-point of a speech utterance of the audio input is identified.
US09620104B2
The method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. A first speech input including at least one word is received. A first phonetic representation of the at least one word is determined, the first phonetic representation comprising a first set of phonemes selected from a speech recognition phonetic alphabet. The first set of phonemes is mapped to a second set of phonemes to generate a second phonetic representation, where the second set of phonemes is selected from a speech synthesis phonetic alphabet. The second phonetic representation is stored in association with a text string corresponding to the at least one word.
US09620102B1
A stepped acoustic structure having multiple degrees of acoustic freedom for reducing noise generated from a source. Acoustic septum caps are anchored at the same depth within the cells of the stepped acoustic structure. The multiple degrees of acoustic freedom that is usually provided by locating the septum portions of the septum caps at different depths within the cells is obtained by placing steps within the cells which reduce the cross-sectional area of the cell. Depth control portions are optionally included in the septum caps so that the septum portions of different septum caps are located at different depths within the stepped acoustic structure. Various combinations of steps and depth control portions are used to provide an acoustic structure having multiple degrees of acoustic freedom even though the acoustic septum caps are anchored at the same depth within the structure.
US09620101B1
An audio amplifier circuit may include a power amplifier, a charge pump power supply, and a control circuit. The power amplifier may have an audio input for receiving an audio input signal, an audio output for providing the output signal, and a power supply input. The charge pump power supply may provide a power supply voltage to the power supply input. The charge pump power supply may have a select input for selecting an operating mode of the power supply. In a first operating mode, the power supply voltage may equal to a first voltage, and in a second operating mode, the power supply voltage may be substantially equal to a second voltage which is a rational fraction of the first voltage. The control circuit may generate the select input based on a magnitude of anti-noise generated by an adaptive noise cancellation system associated with the audio transducer.
US09620099B2
The ultrasonic transducer device in accordance with the present invention includes a body unit and a fixing member. The body unit includes a housing including a space which is in a front surface of the housing and is for receiving an ultrasonic transducer, and a clip part provided to a side surface of the housing. The fixing member includes a fixing plate including a fixing surface to be attached to a rear surface of an exterior panel of a vehicle, and a through hole to communicate to an opening in the exterior panel, and an interlocked part removably connected to the clip part so that the space faces the through hole. The clip part includes an interlocking part, and a spring part keeping the interlocking part in a position in which the interlocking part is physically connected to the interlocked part.
US09620092B2
Disclosed are ways to generate a melody. Currently, no algorithm exists for automatically composing a melody based on music lyrics. However, according to some recent studies, within a song, there usually exists a correlation between a song's notes and a song's lyrics wherein a melody can be generated based on such correlation. Disclosed herein, are systems, methods and algorithms that consider the correlation between a song's lyrics and a song's notes to compose a melody.
US09620091B1
A universal tuning knob for stringed instruments is presented. The invention consists of a knob with an elongated and threaded cylindrical shaft. The shaft includes a lumen sized to receive the machine head post of any stringed instrument. The outside perimeter of the knob is configured for grip. The threaded cylindrical shaft includes a slot on its side wall to receive and retain a bushing. The bushing includes a second slot that can be notched (i.e. sized) to fit and lock the machine head post of any stringed instrument. A sleeve lock with internal threads is threaded onto the threaded cylindrical shaft of the knob thereby retaining the bushing. An optional second lumen on the head of the knob is configured to receive a mounting screw.
US09620089B2
There is provided an image display device including a display control unit having a display combining unit that displays one or a plurality of pathological index cursors based on information relating to a pathological slide image.
US09620081B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for synchronizing backlight adjustments to frame updates in a display pipeline. A change in the ambient light is detected and as a result, backlight settings are adjusted. To offset a reduction in the backlight, the color intensity in the frames is increased. While the change in ambient light is detected asynchronously, the adjustment to the backlight settings and color intensity is synchronized to a frame update via a virtual channel for the auxiliary channel of the display interface.
US09620080B2
An underwater image projection system submerged in a body of water and projecting an image within said body of water is provided having an enclosure with a lens assembly. A projection element has a light source projecting an image within the body of water from the projection element with an at least one light source steering the image. A system controller is coupled to and controls the projected light source, the projected light source steering device and the further image steering device. A user inputs image data to the controller through the user input device and the controller interprets the image data into a set of image control variables and executes control of the projected light source and image source and further image steering device in coordination and projects the image through the projection element to project from underwater a static or animated image on an underwater surface of the body of water.
US09620062B2
There is provided a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistors, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, a storage capacitor and a light-emitting element, it can solve the problem that a large difference exists between the data output from the Integrated Circuit and the data actually written to the pixel circuit and avoid the effect that the inconsistency or drift of the threshold voltage (Vth) of the third transistor and the IR drop of the initial voltage (V_initial) have on the current flowing through the light-emitting element.
US09620061B2
The gate driver circuit is connected to a row of pixel units, each pixel unit includes a pixel driving module and a light-emitting device connected to each other, the pixel driving module including a driving transistor, a driving module and a compensating module, the compensating module being connected to a gate scanning signal, and the driving module being connected to a driving control signal and a driving voltage. The gate driver circuit includes a row pixel controlling unit configured to provide the gate scanning signal to the compensating module and provide the driving voltage to the driving module, so as to control the compensating module to compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor; and a driving control unit configured to provide the driving control signal to the driving module so as to control the driving module to drive the light-emitting device.
US09620057B2
In the method provided by the present disclosure, the driving voltage for the pixel circuit is dynamically adjusted in accordance with data voltages in each pixel row. Accordingly, as compared with a traditional method where a constant voltage is applied to the pixel circuit, the method provided therein is able to greatly reduce a dynamic loss and a temperature rise of an OLED pixel circuit and prolong the life of the OLED while reducing the driving cost.
US09620053B2
The present invention relates to a technique for outputting threshold voltages by properly changing the threshold voltages such that the threshold voltages can protect low-voltage driving elements within an analog to digital converter when the threshold voltages of an OLED display panel are sensed and outputted to the analog to digital converter. The present invention comprises: a sampling capacitor which samples threshold voltages sensed and inputted from an organic light-emitting diode on a display panel; a charge-sharing capacitor which charges and shares the threshold voltages sampled from the sampling capacitor, or solely charges the threshold voltages to bypass the threshold voltages; and a sample-and-hold unit which has a plurality of switches for performing switching operations for the sampling operation of the sampling capacitor and the charging and the sharing of the charge-sharing capacitor, and scales the threshold voltages to threshold voltage areas having a certain value or less.
US09620041B2
A driving method drives a display. The display includes a scan driving circuit, a data driving circuit, a plurality of first signal lines coupling with the scan driving circuit, and a plurality of second signal lines coupling with the data driving circuit. The first signal lines cross the second signal lines to form the pixel matrix. The driving method comprises to divide the pixel matrix into at least a first region and a second region, then, to drive the first region by a first frame rate, and to drive the second region by a second frame rate, wherein the first frame rate is leas than the second frame rate.
US09620032B2
The present application relates generally to a demonstration kit for various nozzles. The demonstration kit may include a spray assembly and a control assembly. The spray assembly may include a case having a base and a cover rotatably coupled to the base, a plurality of back wall panels configured to be secured to a sidewall of the base, a boom connected to an interior surface of the case, and one or more nozzles connected to the boom and repositionable along a length of the boom. The control assembly includes at least one pump that when in an operating orientation is fluidly connected to the one or more nozzles and a portable power supply in electrical communication with the at least one pump.
US09620023B2
A method for modeling aircraft performance including (a) introducing aircraft degradation coefficients in a nominal aircraft performance model of an aircraft and obtaining a degraded aircraft performance model, (b) calculating computed trajectory data in a trajectory computation infrastructure using as inputs aircraft intent which represents trajectory data, weather data, and the degraded aircraft performance model; (c) comparing the trajectory data with the computed trajectory data; (d) obtaining an enhanced aircraft performance model by considering the degraded aircraft performance model as the enhanced aircraft performance model, when the result of the comparison is less than a previously established threshold; and (e) modifying, when the result of the comparison is higher than the previously established threshold, the aircraft degradation coefficients and executing steps (a) to (e) of the method, until the result of the comparison is less than the previously established threshold.
US09620020B2
A method for detecting noncompliance with aviation regulations and operating procedures is disclosed herein. The method analyzes communication associated with a host aircraft to identify key information, stores the identified key information in a data storage device, and determines whether a particular aviation regulation or operating procedure applies to the host aircraft. After determining that a regulation or operating procedure applies, the stored key information is compared against reference information maintained in a database in association with the regulation or operating procedure. An alert is generated when the comparing detects a discrepancy between the stored key information and the reference information.
US09620016B2
A motor vehicle includes a distance sensor display for registering the distance of the motor vehicle from the surroundings of the motor vehicle, particularly when parking. The distance sensor display includes an optical display device with one or more light-emitting element and a control unit configured to optically display the distance registered by the distance sensor inside the motor vehicle fundamentally in the form of a notional line.
US09620013B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining lane position of vehicle through inter-vehicle communication, and more particularly an apparatus that determines lane location that personal vehicle is currently driving through using a lane information transferred from surrounding vehicles.
US09620011B2
Traffic signals include displays and controllers for displaying information relating to the general condition of the traffic signal. The information can include a time remaining in seconds until the next change in the general condition. Traffic signal systems are adaptable to facilitate passage of emergency vehicles through intersections, including traffic signal systems with flat panel screens. The displays can be flat panel screens displaying information in multiple information formats.
US09620008B2
The invention regards a method for assisting a driver of a vehicle by computationally predicting a future movement behavior of a target vehicle. The method comprises steps of acquiring data describing a traffic environment of a host vehicle, computing a plurality of future movement behavior alternatives for a target vehicle, by predicting movement behavior of the target vehicle based on the data describing the traffic environment. The prediction step calculates a probability that the target object will execute a movement behavior and information relating to future behavior of the target vehicle is output. The method estimates a global scene context and adapts the predicted behavior based on the estimated global scene context. The adaptation of the behavior prediction is performed by at least one of adapting indicator values in situation models employed by a context-based prediction, by adapting a result of the context-based prediction and adapting the overall prediction result.
US09620007B2
A method of generating expected average speeds of travel across one or more segments in the area covered by an electronic map, each segment representing a navigable segment in the area covered by the map and having associated therewith: an average speed of travel across that segment; segment data comprising at least one jam probability, the jam probability indicating the likelihood of a jam on that segment; and a jam speed indicative of the speed of travel on that segment when it is considered jammed. The method comprises using the segment data to predict whether a jam condition exists on at least one or each of the segments; and outputting the expected average speed of travel across these segments as: a) a first speed, where a jam condition is predicted to exist, the first speed being the jam speed for the relevant segment or a speed based thereon, or b) a second speed, where a jam condition is not predicted, the second speed being the average speed for the relevant segment or a speed based thereon.
US09620003B2
A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user.
US09620002B2
A method for selecting at least one device to be controlled by a radio frequency (RF) controller device is described. The method comprising arranging a plurality of controllable devices into a plurality of groups; determining at least one link quality value for at least one device associated with the plurality of groups; calculating a proximity factor for the plurality of groups of controllable devices based at least partly on the determined at least one link quality value; comparing proximity factors for the plurality of groups of and selecting the group of controllable devices comprising a favorable proximity factor to be controlled by the RF controller device.
US09620001B2
According to certain aspects, the invention allows a person to manage some of the functions of a cell phone without having to actually have the phone in her hands. For example, the invention allows the user to know of the incoming call and further allows the user to send a user-specified message to the caller and/or otherwise manage how the call should be handled through a remote device. In certain embodiments, the invention is comprised of: a decorative watch-like or bracelet-like case; a decorative wrist band; a vibrating incoming call indicator; a partial or full face display; touch screen input capability, accelerometer for wrist flick input capability, and/or side buttons for user inputs; a Bluetooth antenna; a Bluetooth transmitter and receiver; a rechargeable battery; a connector or wireless charging element; a display/general purpose control unit with firmware; and standard Bluetooth link and application software on an associated cellular phone.
US09620000B2
A method for balancing recognition accuracy and power consumption is provided. The method includes activating a plurality of sensors onboard a device for a first time period and calculating sensor readings by using a calculation function. The method also includes determining a plurality of sensor subsets of the plurality of sensors and calculating corresponding errors for the plurality of sensor subsets for the first time period. Further, the method includes calculating respective power consumption of running the sensor subsets of the plurality of sensors from the plurality of sensor subsets that produce the error below the user-defined error threshold and selecting a sensor subset with minimum power consumption from the sensor subsets as an optimal sensor subset. In addition, the method includes deactivating the plurality of sensors not in the optimal sensor subset and calculating and displaying sensor readings with the optimal sensor subset for a second time period.
US09619993B2
A system is provided that includes a control panel of a security system that protects a secured geographic area, wherein a controller enters a set-up mode in response to detecting entry of a code by an authorized user through a user interface and opening of an access door and wirelessly pairs a portable device carried by the authorized user with the control panel and registers the portable device with the controller while in the set-up mode, wherein, when operating in a normal operating mode, the controller detects the portable device and automatically forms a wireless control connection between the portable device and the control panel, and wherein the controller enters a log-on mode during set-up in response to connecting to the portable device and allows the authorized user to unlock the access door and enter a password at the controller, thereby enabling service and control from the portable device.
US09619992B2
A security system installation kit carries a coded designation of the characteristics of the components of the kit. An installer can use a wireless telephone, which is executing a scanning application, to sense or read the coded designation. The telephone can transmit the component parameters to an installation server. The server can transmit installation instructions back to the telephone. Those instructions can be visually or audibly presented to the installer facilitating the process. The installer, via the telephone and the server, can test the installed components for proper operation.
US09619989B1
An asset tracking system has a plurality of anchors. A tag communicates with the anchors as it is moved by a user being tracked by the system, and data based on communication between the tag and at least one of the anchors is transmitted to a server. The server determines a location of the tag based on the data and detects an occurrence of an event based on the location. The server also transmits to each of the anchors a tag alert message having a tag identifier identifying the tag and an event indicator associated with the occurrence of the event. At least one of the anchors transmits the tag identifier and the event indicator to the tag, which issues a warning to the user in response to tag alert message.
US09619988B2
A method comprises: receiving a signal from a first device that is part of a tag, the tag adapted to be affixed to a person or object, the receiving being performed by a processor within the tag; analyzing the signal within the processor to determine whether the person or object is performing a predetermined type of behavior; adjusting a variable rate of transmitting a monitoring signal from the tag, based on a result of the analyzing, the adjusting being controlled by the processor; and transmitting the monitoring signal from the tag to an external device separate from the tag at the adjusted variable rate.
US09619987B2
A floor covering includes: a surface layer having a plurality of conductive segments capable of being supplied with electrical power; an at least partially electrically insulating intermediate layer having a plurality of through-recesses distributed in a substantially regular manner so that the mean distance between a recess and the recess closest thereto is between approximately 5 and 20 cm; a base layer having a plurality of electrical contacts, of which at least some correspond to the recesses of the surface layer and are connected to an electronic controller; the surface, intermediate and base layers being superimposed in this order and positioned so that at least some of the conductive segments are arranged at least partially opposite a recess of the intermediate layer, and so that these conductive segments react to a pressure by approaching the electrical contacts which correspond to the base layer.
US09619983B1
A wireless tandem alarm having a first alarm configured for physical connection to an industrial machine having an electronic machine controller, and a second alarm configured for detachable connection to the first alarm or to the industrial machine. Each alarm has a housing, a piezoelectric transducer within the housing, a processor configured to drive the piezoelectric transducer in response to a control signal, and a wireless transceiver configured for relatively short-range, low-power communications. In the first alarm, the processor drives the piezoelectric transducer in response to a signal from the machine controller and, also responsive to the machine controller signal, transmits a control signal via the wireless transceiver. In the second alarm, the wireless transceiver receives the control signal from the first alarm and supplies it to the processor, which is configured drive the piezoelectric transducer in response. The alarms are configured to work in tandem, when attached to each other, to cooperatively produce a combination of sound characteristics not achievable with either alarm alone. The alarms are also configured to detect when they are detached from each other and to respond by changing one or more sound characteristics. When detached, the alarms are also capable of affecting the operation of each other via two-way wireless communications.
US09619981B2
A haptic actuator more improved performance in response speed, frequency band, etc according to touch of user by improving magnetic force structure, comprises a case having an accommodation space therein; a core fixedly mounted in the accommodation space; a first coil member and a second coil member mounted on the outside of the core to be vertically spaced apart each other; a center yoke disposed between the first coil member and the second coil member and mounted on the outside of the core; a magnet disposed on the outside of the center yoke; a weight fixedly mounted on the outside of the magnet; a first elastic member having an end fixed to the magnet and the weight, and an opposite end fixed to the upper of the case and elastically supporting the magnet and the weight.
US09619976B2
A method of processing a purchase transaction includes generating a transaction file containing a product code, which is transmitted from a user computing device when an image of a product code identifier is captured by the user computing device, a first user ID of the customer, and an indicator of whether or not the customer has opted in to receive electronic receipts. The method further includes generating an electronic receipt based on the transaction file, storing a conversion table containing the first and second user IDs of the customer, converting the first user ID contained in the transaction file to the second user ID based on the conversion table, when the indicator indicates that the customer has opted in, and storing the electronic receipt in association with the second user ID. The electronic receipt is transmitted in response to a request for electronic receipts associated with the second user ID.
US09619975B2
A terminal casing includes an one upper cover and one lower cover making a housing that can be closed by a removable hatch having a curvilinear profile. The hatch includes grooves distributed longitudinally on two parallel faces following the curvilinear profile. The lower cover includes tabs distributed longitudinally on two parallel faces in following the curvilinear profile, each tab cooperating with an associated groove. The tabs and the grooves are shaped to enable: through a translational motion followed by a rotational motion of the hatch, an insertion and a guidance of the tabs in the grooves of the hatch, when the hatch is inserted into the lower cover; and through a rotational motion followed by a translational motion of the hatch, a guidance of the tabs in the grooves of the hatch and a withdrawal of the tabs from the grooves when the hatch is withdrawn from the cove.
US09619974B2
A game outcome generator for a gaming machine is configured with first and second outcome generators. One of the two outcome generators is selected to generate a game outcome for each game. The first outcome generator selects a game result and then selects or generates game data which corresponds to the selected result, such as by selecting a result and associated game data from one or more templates of results and associated game data. The second outcome generator selects game data and then determines the result which corresponds to the selected game data. The game data may comprise slot symbols or reel stops and the results may comprise losing outcomes having no award or winning outcomes having awards of one or more credits.
US09619966B2
Wagering games include promotional events and promotional awards, such as the award of free or reduced cost goods and services. Promotional awards may be reward by the receipt of property logo symbols during game play. Promotional awards rewarded at one casino may be redeemable only at a second casino. Promotional awards may be rewarded based upon game play metrics of identified or anonymous players.
US09619963B2
In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods for facilitating a game (e.g., a wagering game playable online) provide for outputting an interface for a wagering game, the interface comprising a plurality of areas among which a game element may move, wherein at least a subset of the areas comprise wagering opportunities which are available for activation, and wherein each area of the subset of the areas which comprises a wagering opportunity is occupied by a game symbol which represents the wagering opportunity. Upon determining that the game element has been moved into an area of the interface comprising a wagering opportunity the wagering opportunity may be activated (e.g., a wager may be deducted and a result determined).
US09619961B2
A wagering game system and its operations include, for example, detecting, by at least one of one or more electronic processing units of the wagering game system, a first game condition in a wagering game presented via an autostereoscopic display device of the wagering game system. The wagering game includes game symbols used for presentation of wagering game outcomes for the wagering game. The operations can further include determining, based on the first game condition, a first significance level from a plurality of significance levels associated with a first of the game symbols. The operations can further include presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the first of the game symbols with a first autostereoscopic depth level that corresponds to the first significance level.
US09619958B2
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically directing control of at least partial treatment of the one or more portions of the one or more ingestible substrate structures according to the treatment instructional information regarding the one or more subsequent ingestible substrate structure duct operations including flowing one or more fluids through one or more ducts to treat at least in part the one or more portions of the one or more ingestible substrate structures to form at least in part the one or more selected ingestible products subsequent to and based at least in part upon the electronically receiving the user status information and the electronically receiving the selection information. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US09619957B2
A readily reconfigurable cash dispensing system for providing change, such as coins of different values and bills or currency of different denominations needed by a retail store, grocery store, busy convenience store, or the like. A tray or trays for storing and delivering multiple rolls of coins or bills of a first value, as well as, a tray or trays for storing and delivering stacks of bills are described herein. A bill acceptor may be employed to accept bills used to purchase rolls of coins and stacks of bills, and a system controller can sense restocking and dispensing events to maintain an accurate inventory of cash in the bill acceptor, as well as, the total cash stored in the form of coin rolls or rolls bills, as well as, bill stacks.
US09619947B2
A method is provided for operating a first motor vehicle, at least one characteristic relevant to the operation of the first motor vehicle being ascertained and at least one component of the first motor vehicle being actuated on the basis of the at least one characteristic. The at least one characteristic is ascertained in at least one second motor vehicle. An arrangement for implementing such a method is also provided.
US09619944B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method, a system, and a mobile device that incorporates augmented reality technology and digital modeling processes. By incorporating the augmented reality technology, a 3D digital model of internal elements concealed behind an external element can be visualized on a live view, aligned to the orientation and scale of the scene displayed on the mobile device. In an embodiment, a marker can be placed on the external element. The 3D digital model of the internal elements can be retrieved by the mobile device and overlaid in relation to the marker position, orientation, and size so that it is seen at a calculated distance in depth behind the external element as they would exist hidden behind the external element in the real environment.
US09619938B2
Specification of a point of interest is received. After then, a distance of movement on a path from an initial viewpoint is obtained based on an operation amount obtained at an operation unit, such as a mouse. View line vectors are set by sequentially changing the view line vectors from an initial view line vector with its start point located at the initial viewpoint to a shortest view line vector connecting a point of interest and a viewpoint at a shortest distance by moving, along the path, a viewpoint of a virtual endoscope on the path from the initial viewpoint closer to the point of interest and by changing the direction of a view line of the virtual endoscope closer to a direction toward the point of interest. Virtual endoscopic images are sequentially generated based on the set view line vectors, and the generated virtual endoscopic images are sequentially displayed.
US09619936B2
A method and apparatus for quickly generating a natural appearing terrain image. The method according to an exemplary embodiment may include generating a new terrain image through a patch-based synthesis from one or more virtual noise-based terrain models and one or more realistic terrain models; and processing blending of a boundary between synthesized terrain images in the newly generated terrain image.
US09619934B2
A method for estimating values for a set of parameters of an imaging system is presented. At least two pictures having an overlapping area are taken with the imaging system from different positions. Pulses are sent out to the area, the reflected pulses are detected and distances between a sender of the pulses and the respective point where the pulses were reflected are calculated based on the travel time of the pulses. First information about the area is calculated based on the pictures. Second information related to the calculated distances to the area is also calculated. Values for quantities contained in the first and second information are compared. If the value for a quantity obtained from the first information differs from the value obtained from the second information, values and/or an error estimate for the set of parameters of the imaging system is calculated based on the difference.
US09619927B2
For visualization of objects along a length of street, a user selection of a street is received. The selected street is displayed in an above-street view. At least a first plurality of street view images are concurrently displayed for objects along at least a first side of the selected street.
US09619926B2
A method for generating a 3D representation of a user interface in a vehicle, in which a scene, in particular a moving scene, containing at least one 3D object is rendered by a computing device inside the vehicle in order to determine the 3D representation.
US09619923B2
A new hardware architecture defines an indexing and encoding method for accelerating incoherent ray traversal. Accelerating multiple ray traversal may be accomplished by organizing the rays for minimal movement of data, hiding latency due to external memory access, and performing adaptive binning. Rays may be binned into coarse grain and fine grain spatial bins, independent of direction.
US09619921B2
Provided are methods and apparatuses of performing ray tracing for rendering an image. The method includes performing, at a ray tracing core, a first intersection test based on a traversal of an acceleration structure using a generated primary ray, generating at least one type of secondary ray based on the first intersection test, classifying the generated secondary rays and storing identification information indicating a starting point and a direction of the secondary rays, and performing a second intersection test and shading using the stored identification information.
US09619915B2
A method and apparatus for converting an animated sequence of images into a document page is described. In some embodiments, the method includes accessing a first file comprising a plurality of images and attribute data associated with displaying the plurality of images, creating a second file using data from the first file and for at least one of the plurality of images, creating a content partition on a corresponding document page of the second file using the attribute data.
US09619912B2
A method includes receiving an input signal. The input signal includes a request to transition from a start window to an auxiliary window. The start window is identified. The start application is initially in an active state. The auxiliary window is identified. The auxiliary window is initially in an inactive state. A start window overlay is determined based on the start window. The start window overlay includes a visual copy of the start window. An auxiliary window overlay is determined based on the auxiliary window. The method includes transitioning from the start window to the auxiliary window in an active state based on the start window overlay and the auxiliary window overlay.
US09619903B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for the determining a rate of change of one or more analyte concentrations in a target using non invasive non contact imaging techniques such as OCT. Generally, OCT data is acquired and optical information is extracted from OCT scans to quantitatively determine both a flow rate of fluid in the target and a concentration of one or more analytes. Both calculations can provide a means to determine a change in rate of an analyte over time. Example methods and systems of the disclosure may be used in assessing metabolism of a tissue, where oxygen is the analyte detected, or other functional states, and be generally used for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease.
US09619896B2
An estimation method executed by a computer includes: extracting, from an image, a plurality of characteristic points satisfying a certain requirement regarding changes in gray levels between the plurality of characteristic points and surrounding points; identifying, as map points from the plurality of characteristic points, characteristic points existing on planes, by excluding corners of an object depicted on the image; extracting, from another image, another plurality of characteristic points satisfying the certain requirement; executing matching of the another plurality of characteristic points with the map points based on a region including the map points; and estimating, based on results of the matching, a position and an orientation of an imaging device while the another image is captured.
US09619893B2
A contrast calculating unit calculates a contrast of a high frequency component and a contrast of a low frequency component of a transformed radiographic image at an analysis point set by an analysis point setting unit. A ratio calculating unit calculates a ratio of the contrast of the high frequency component to the contrast of the low frequency component. A determining unit determines whether or not there is a body motion during an imaging operation to take the radiographic image based on the ratio. A display control unit displays a result of the determination on a display unit.
US09619892B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for extracting a movement path, the movement path extracting apparatus including an image receiver to receive an image from a camera group in which a mutual positional relationship among cameras is fixed, a geographic coordinates receiver to receive geographic coordinates of a moving object on which the camera group is fixed, and a movement path extractor to extract a movement path of the camera group based on a direction and a position of a reference camera of the camera group using the image and the geographic coordinates.
US09619888B2
A method for defining a region of interest in a radiation image of a breast based on the result of shape analysis applied to a skin line estimate determined in the radiation image.
US09619881B2
A method and system for characterizing a cell population including a set of cell subpopulations, the method comprising: at a processing system, receiving image data corresponding to a set of images of the cell population captured at a set of time points; at the processing system, generating an analysis based upon processing the set of images according to: a cell stage classification module configured to automatically identify a cell class of each of the set of cell subpopulations, and a cell graph representation module configured to characterize geometric and spatial features of the set of cell subpopulations; from the analysis, determining a set of parameters characterizing the cell population; and generating an indication of quality of the cell population based upon a comparison between at least one parameter of the set of parameters and a set of reference values.
US09619879B2
An apparatus for detecting a lesion is provided. The apparatus includes an extracting unit configured to extract at least one tissue region from an image of tissue regions, a setting unit configured to set at least one of the at least one extracted tissue region as a lesion detection candidate region, and a detecting unit configured to detect a lesion from the lesion detection candidate region.
US09619873B2
An image processing device includes: a calculator that calculates a gray scale histogram for each color component of an image signal; a calculator that calculates, for each color component, a maximum and a minimum of classes having a frequency greater than zero in the gray scale histogram; a determiner that generates, for each color component, a histogram having classes each having an absolute difference value between the frequencies of adjacent classes in the gray scale histogram, and compares the absolute difference values in the histograms with a value to determine, from the presence or absence of an absolute difference value exceeding the value, an image type of the image; a generator that generates a gray scale correction curve from the calculated maximum and minimum for each color component; and a corrector that performs gray scale correction on the image signal using the gray scale correction curve.
US09619872B1
A method is described to increase the efficiency of the removal of defects from document images by reorienting the conceptual framework within which an image is filtered. Rather than arbitrarily applying a filter to an entire landscape of a document image, the disclosure describes a methodology by which a document image is separated into regions of darkness and regions of light, or viewed alternatively, regions of darkness and regions of lack of darkness. Filtering is then adaptively applied to each region to remove defects.
US09619868B2
An imaging device includes a first camera and a second camera and shoots the same object under different shooting conditions. A shot-image data acquirer of an image analyzer acquires data of two images simultaneously shot from the imaging device. A correcting section aligns the distributions of the luminance value between the two images by carrying out correction for either one of the two images. A correction table managing section switches and generates a correction table to be used according to the function implemented by the information processing device. A correction table storage stores the correction table showing the correspondence relationship between the luminance values before and after correction. A depth image generator performs stereo matching by using the two images and generates a depth image.
US09619860B2
In several embodiments, a graphics processor couples to a virtual machine monitor (VMM) to present a virtual graphics processor to one or more virtual machines. A mediator for the virtual graphics processor synchronously shadows modifications to a guest graphics translation table (GTT) of a virtual machine to a shadow GTT of the VMM using trap and emulate virtualization. If the mediator detects a frequency of modifications to the guest GTT that exceeds a threshold the mediator may then asynchronously shadow at least a portion of the guest GTT to the shadow GTT and rebuild the shadow GTT prior to submitting commands for the virtual graphics processor to the graphics processor.
US09619859B2
An apparatus may include a memory to store a set of triangle vertices in a triangle, a processor circuit coupled to the memory and a cache to cache a set of triangle vertex indices corresponding to triangle vertices most recently transmitted through a graphics pipeline. The apparatus may also include an autostrip vertex processing component operative on the processor circuit to receive from the memory the set of triangle vertices, compare an index for each vertex of the set of triangle vertices to determine matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices, and shift a single vertex index into the cache, the single vertex index corresponding to a vertex miss in which a given vertex of the set of triangle vertices does not match any vertex index of the set of cached triangle vertex indices when exactly two matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices are found.
US09619857B2
Technologies related to intermediary graphics rendition are generally described. In some examples, an intermediary computing device may store graphics models in a model store. A server computing device may generate and send a compositing flow to the intermediary computing device. The compositing flow may comprise model identifiers and model rendering information. The intermediary computing device may retrieve models identified in the compositing flow from the model store, and provide the identified models and model rendering information to a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for rendering. The GPU may render graphics for delivery via a network to a client device.
US09619854B1
Systems and techniques for recommending media content within a viewing session based on fingerprint matching are presented. A media component determines a portion of a consumed video that is consumed by a user during a viewing session. A fingerprint component determines a set of video sub-fingerprints associated with the portion of the consumed video and a set of other video sub-fingerprints associated with a video included in a set of recommended videos. A recommendation component filters the set of recommended videos to generate a filtered set of recommended videos based on a comparison between the set of video sub-fingerprints and the set of other video sub-fingerprints.
US09619851B1
A system and method for tagging, organizing and tracking evidence during an investigation has mobile communication devices that collect physical, photographic and interpretive evidence, such as materials from a crime scene, interviews with witnesses and an establishing shot of the crime scene or other areas or persons of interest for surveillance operations. The mobile devices can be in two-way communication with a central server computer which is in communication with other mobile devices. The mobile device users can enter descriptive information about the evidence into the mobile devices while other information pertaining to the evidence may be obtained from other sources and automatically provided to the users for their review and possible incorporation into the record. Each mobile device can store information in memory and communicate the information to the central server computer where it may then be made available to groups of mobile device users.
US09619849B2
A system and method integrating healthcare delivery to patients using data bridges that connect healthcare providers, patients, patient medical education, and patient monitoring devices is disclosed. The system incorporates a mobile user interface device (MUD) allowing user inputs or detected events from a variety of medical instrumentation devices (MID) to be controlled by a healthcare web server computer (HWS) over a computer communication network (CCN). Information retrieved from the MID and transmitted by the MUD to the HWS is then used by a patient healthcare monitor (PHM) process to populate a medical records database (MRD). MRD contents are then matched to patient healthcare plan (PHP) event/time triggers (ETT) that drive information from a provider content database (PCD) to the MUD through the HWS over the CCN. Healthcare provider update/control of the PHP/ETT/PCD allow integration of patient educational materials with patient health status monitoring.
US09619848B2
Techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to determine settings for an electrical distribution network using power flow heuristics. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a model reception component, a forecast component, and an optimization component. The model reception component may be operative to receive a model of an electrical distribution network having multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators, each of the multiple capacitor banks represented in the model by a model capacitor bank, each of the multiple voltage regulators represented in the model by a model voltage regulator, the electrical distribution network having a radial layout in which power flows from a source to multiple nodes in which each node is associated with one voltage regulator. The forecast reception component may be operative to receive a forecast for demand on the electrical distribution network. The optimization component may be operative to receive the model capacitor banks and model voltage regulators and determine one or more settings for the multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators that allow for providing power within predetermined limits while reducing power loss as compared to a power loss of the existing settings or reducing power usage as compared to a power usage of the existing settings, the one or more settings for the multiple voltage regulators determined according to a heuristic in which potential settings are iteratively determined for each of the model voltage regulators based on a least squares model of load flow analysis. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09619842B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing e-receipts to customers. Embodiments receive authorization from a customer for the customer to be enrolled in a point of transaction e-receipt communication program; receive transaction data corresponding to at least one transaction performed by the customer at a point of transaction of a merchant; and initiate communication, to the customer, of an e-receipt based at least in part on the received transaction data. Some embodiments receive authorization from a plurality of enrolling merchants for enrollment in the point of transaction e-receipt communication program; and build a cooperating merchant list comprising information corresponding to a plurality of cooperating merchants cooperating with a financial institution implementing the point of transaction e-receipt communication program.
US09619840B2
Techniques described herein relate to integrating processes of resource requests and corresponding backings. More specifically, backing data is assessed to identify a distribution to be used for resource-request processing.
US09619838B1
A system for object tracking may comprise a system for displaying consumer account information on a wireless device comprising at least one subsystem that receives transaction information regarding a purchase of the consumer, at least one subsystem that sends selected transaction information regarding the transaction to a wireless device, and at least one subsystem that displays on the wireless device account information based on the sent selected transaction information.
US09619836B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a recognition dictionary evaluation apparatus calculates, in response to the update of a recognition dictionary file, a recognition rate by item of each commodity according to feature amount data of the updated recognition dictionary file; evaluates the recognition dictionary file based on the calculated recognition rate by item of each commodity; detects, in a case in which the recognition dictionary file is evaluated to be improper, a low recognition commodity of which a correct recognition rate that a commodity is correctly recognized from all commodities is lower than a given level, and an incorrect recognition commodity of which an incorrect recognition rate is high within the recognition rate by item of the low recognition commodity; and notifies the items of the low recognition commodity and the incorrect recognition commodity.
US09619835B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for adding product customization offerings to a product catalog. One such embodiment comprises receiving a request to create a product customization attribute for a product entry in a product catalog; generating the product customization attribute from at least one option selected on a product customization attribute template specific to a product category associated with the product entry; and directing storage of the product customization attribute associated with the product catalog entry.
US09619832B2
A server receives an electronic shopping cart from a client device. The electronic shopping cart describes an item for purchase from a merchant. The server comparison-shops to determine a different merchant offering the same or comparable item for sale. The server sends a notification to the client device describing a lower price offered by the different merchant. The server may then receive an approval to replace the item selected for purchase from the merchant with the item offered by the different merchant.
US09619826B1
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for authenticating a customer in an online transaction. In one embodiment, a method includes initiating, in conjunction with an online transaction, an authentication query via a communication device associated with a customer in the online transaction, receiving customer authentication data from the communication device, sending the customer authentication data to a third-party authentication server to authenticate the customer using the customer authentication data, receiving a determination from the third-party authentication server whether the customer is authenticated, and allowing the online transaction to proceed in response to receiving the determination that the customer is authenticated.
US09619820B2
A system, method and computer program product for interfacing a decision engine and a marketing engine in order to provide vendor-related data in response to decision-related data is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system and method may include providing a decision engine on a user-accessible network; interfacing a marketing engine with the decision engine on the network; receiving a plurality of user inputs with the decision engine; processing decision-related data with the decision engine in accordance with the plurality of user inputs; sharing the decision-related data with the marketing engine; processing the decision-related data with the marketing engine; and transmitting vendor-related data via the network.
US09619810B1
A method for providing dynamically-assembled content targeted to a mobile service subscriber. The method comprises receiving, by a server computer, information about a mobile device that is connecting to the server computer; determining, by the server computer, a mobile service subscriber profile, based on the information; determining, by the server computer, a criteria for selecting content, based on the mobile service subscriber profile; dynamically assembling, by the server computer, content for the mobile service subscriber based on the criteria; providing the dynamically-assembled content to the mobile device; monitoring a response of the mobile service subscriber to receiving the content; and providing information of the response of the mobile service subscriber to a content provider.
US09619805B1
A fact generation engine generates facts in response to fact requests submitted by clients. The fact generation engine also predictively generates additional facts prior to receiving a request for the additional facts from a client. The fact generation engine might determine whether to predictively generate additional facts based upon a determined probability that a client will request the additional facts. The estimated cost of predictively generating additional facts might also be utilized to determine whether to predictively generate the facts.
US09619803B2
A merchant and a user register with a payment processing system, which establishes a facial template based on a user image. The user signs into a payment application via a user computing device, which receives an identifier from a merchant beacon device to transmit to the payment processing system. The payment processing system transmits facial templates to the merchant camera device for other users who are also signed in to the payment application in range of the merchant beacon device. The merchant camera device compares a captured facial image against the received facial templates to identify the user. A merchant POS device operator selects an account of the user. The merchant POS device transmits transaction details to the payment processing system, which processes the transaction with an issuer system. The payment processing system receives an approval of the transaction authorization request and transmits a receipt to the merchant POS device.
US09619796B2
The invention relates to an enabling card as well as a system and method for completing a financial transaction in a P.O.S. terminal comprising: a processor carried by the enabling card for establishing a connection with a mobile device; receiving secure information from a mobile device and generating a digital signal; a coil carried by the enabling card for generating a magnetic field in response to the digital signal to simulate the swipe of card in the P.O.S. terminal and complete the financial transaction.
US09619794B2
Provided are methods and systems for providing compensation for using a mobile payment service. The method may commence with receiving payment information associated with a user. The method may include generating a unique code encoding the payment information and providing the generated unique code to the user. The method may continue with receiving a deposit amount associated with a purchase related to the user. The purchase may be made via the mobile payment service. The method may further include receiving a notification about a further purchase of the user via the mobile payment service. The notification may include at least the unique code and a product barcode. The product barcode may be associated with the further purchase. The method may further include providing a compensation from the deposit amount to the user. The compensation may be associated with a payment amount associated with the further purchase.
US09619785B2
A control circuit detects an opportunity to send a message notwithstanding that no recipient is yet identified and identifies, without user input, a specific recipient from amongst a plurality of possible recipients of the message based, for example, on metadata regarding at least some of the possible recipients using one or more predetermined selection criteria. The control circuit can also determine a domain context for a message as corresponds to such an opportunity and use that domain context along with information corresponding to the message to query an invocation framework that cannot itself natively intuit domain context from the information. Received possible recipients can then be presented via a display to facilitate a user-based selection of one of the recipients.
US09619781B2
Disclosed herein is a conditioning system for nutritional substances. The conditioning system obtains information regarding the nutritional substance to be conditioned, the desired conditioning, and the desired properties, including nutritional content, of the conditioned nutritional substance, and dynamically controls the conditioning in response to this information optimize the organoleptic properties of the conditioned nutritional substance, while minimizing any detrimental changes to the nutritional content.
US09619773B2
A system and method of inserting instrumentation analytics into a business application program that is written in a web browser language is disclosed. The method includes receiving at an instrumentation server the business application program, parsing the business application program to generate an abstract syntax tree, examining the abstract syntax tree to identify function calls within the business application program, and inserting an instrumentation framework into the business application program to create a modified business application program, the instrumentation framework monitoring function calls during operation of the modified business application program. A system to implement the method and a computer-readable medium are disclosed.
US09619760B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatus for tracking and reporting food production information for food products. In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a hand-held device including a display and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation. The hand-held device includes at least one processor to determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; send the identification code to at least one remote server; receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including agricultural product information that is associated with the production of the food product; and display at least some of the received agricultural product information on the display in human readable form.
US09619759B2
A system and method for managing sports related information in real-time are provided. The system comprises a user interface module configured to receive data pertaining to one or more sports and sports related persons; a repository module configured to store the collected data; and a sports module configured to process the collected data to generate sports related information using predetermined algorithms, the generated information being stored in the repository module and being accessible via the user interface module. The sports module comprises a registration module configured to register one or more users; a validation module configured to validate information pertaining to users; a player information module configured to provide player information to users; a recommendation module configured to generate recommendations related to one or more players, teams or coaches; and a selection module configured to facilitate selection of at least one of players, teams and coaches.
US09619746B2
The invention concerns an electronic module (2) for a contactless smart card or dual contact and contactless smart card comprising at least a first antenna (3a), a second antenna (3b), a third antenna (3c) and a microelectronic chip (1), characterized in that: said microelectronic chip comprises a microprocessor, at least a first contact (P1), a second contact (P2), a third contact (P3), a fourth contact (P4), a first tuning capacitor (C1) connected between the first contact (P1) and the third contact (P3), a second capacitor (C2) connected between the second contact (P2) and the fourth contact (P4), said first and third contacts (P1, P3) being connected to the inputs/outputs of the microprocessor and being configured to transmit to said microprocessor a radio-frequency communication signal exchanged through the antennas, said first antenna (3a) is connected between the first contact (P1) and the third contact (P3) and is configured to be brought into resonance by said first capacitor (C1), said second antenna (3) is connected between the second contact (P2) and the fourth contact (P4) and is configured to be brought into resonance by said second capacitor (C2) in order to capture the energy transmitted by induction by a remote reader, said third antenna (3c) is connected in series with said second antenna (3) between the second contact (P2) and the fourth contact (P4) for transmitting the captured energy to the microelectronic chip (1) and coupled with the first antenna (3a) for transferring to the microelectronic chip (1) through the first antenna (3a) the energy captured by the second antenna (3b).
US09619745B1
This invention is a jewelry locket having an NFC chip which is capable of transmitting digital content to a smart phone by retrieving information from the NFC chip with the NFC chip housed within a metal jewelry structure having an internal compartment fixedly holding the NFC chip sufficiently away from the walls to permit wireless transmission between the chip and a smart phone.
US09619741B1
A processor of a card may detect variations (e.g., position, velocity, acceleration and direction) of a read head in relation to the card. Based on certain parameters (e.g., card length, initially detected read head position, and read head velocity) a processor of a card may adjust synchronization bit patterns that may synchronize communications between the card and a read head of a magnetic stripe reader. A processor of a card may generate a number of leading synchronization bits that is different than a number of trailing synchronization bits.
US09619739B2
Determination is made as to whether print setting information is designated for received print data, the print setting information being for designating a physical sheet size to be used for printing. When the print setting information is not designated and when specific character string information in the print data is set, a logical sheet size is set as the physical sheet size, and when specific character string information in the print data is not set, a default sheet size is set as the physical sheet size.
US09619731B2
Methods for dip determination from an image obtained by a down-hole imaging tool. For each pixel forming the image, a probability that a symmetry axis coincides with the pixel is determined. A probability map is then generated, depicting the determined probability of each pixel coinciding with the symmetry axis. The probability map and the image are then superposed to generate a mapped image. The symmetry axis is then estimated based on the mapped image. Image pixels coinciding with a boundary of the geologic feature are then selected in multiple depth zones, and a segment of a sinusoid is fitted to the selected image pixels within each depth zone. Dip within each of the depth zones is then determined based on the fitted sinusoid segments therein.
US09619727B2
An inspection device that performs pattern matching on a searched image performs matching between a template image of an inspection object and the searched image by using: a feature region extraction process unit that extracts a feature quantity from the template image acquired for learning; a feature quantity extraction process unit that extracts a feature quantity from the searched image acquired for learning; a mutual feature quantity calculation process unit that calculates a mutual feature quantity of the template image and the searched image from the feature quantity extracted from the template image and the feature quantity extracted from the searched image; a learning process unit that calculates, using a plurality of the mutual feature quantities, a discrimination boundary surface that determines matching success or failure; a process unit that calculates a plurality of the mutual feature quantities from an image acquired from the inspection object; and the plurality of mutual feature quantities and the discrimination boundary surface. Thus, an inspection device can be provided that outputs an accurate matching position in template matching even when there is a large apparent image discrepancy between the template and the searched image.
US09619725B2
Embodiments include a system configured to process location information for objects in a site comprising an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing a unique identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within the site.
US09619720B2
An imaging system for a vehicle is provided for distinguishing between tail lights of another vehicle and a flashing red stop light. The system includes an imager configured to image a forward external scene and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images; and a processor configured to receive and analyze the image data to identify red light sources and to further analyze each red light source to determine if the red light source is detected for a predetermined time period. If the red light source is not detected within a predetermined time period after it is detected, the processor determines that the red light source is a flashing red stop light. Otherwise, if the red light source is detected for a predetermined time period, the processor determines that the red light source may be a tail light of another vehicle.
US09619716B2
A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements arranged in a two dimensional array of rows and columns. The imaging array includes a plurality of sub-arrays comprising respective groupings of neighboring photosensing elements. An image processor is operable to perform a discrete cosine transformation of captured image data, and a Markov model compares at least one sub-array with a neighboring sub-array. The image processor is operable to adjust a classification of a sub-array responsive at least in part to the discrete cosine transformation and the Markov model.
US09619709B2
A method for locating markers in an image captured by a mobile device moving about an operating space. The method includes preprocessing an image to generate a set of image data, locating fixed features of markers by tracing edges of the fixed features, and extracting variable data payloads of each of the markers associated with the located fixed features. The fixed features of each of the markers may include a pair of parallel lines extending along opposite sides of a data area containing the variable data payload, and each of the lines extends a distance beyond each exposed end of the data area to avoid missing data when markers are not arranged orthogonally to the scan direction. The preprocessing involves rotating or skewing the image to provide rotated or skewed versions of the image to facilitate locating markers regardless of their angular orientation in the image.
US09619702B2
A handwriting recognition system converts word images on documents, such as document images of historical records, into computer searchable text. Word images (snippets) on the document are located, and have multiple word features identified. For each word image, a word feature vector is created representing multiple word features. Based on the similarity of word features (e.g., the distance between feature vectors), similar words are grouped together in clusters, and a centroid that has features most representative of words in the cluster is selected. A digitized text word is selected for each cluster based on review of a centroid in the cluster, and is assigned to all words in that cluster and is used as computer searchable text for those word images where they appear in documents. An analyst may review clusters to permit refinement of the parameters used for grouping words in clusters, including the adjustment of weights and other factors used for determining the distance between feature vectors.
US09619689B2
A biometric scanner having an electric field device and a method of using that scanner are disclosed. The electric field device (a) has no electric field generator or an electric field generator that is prevented from providing an electric field to a biometric object, such as a finger, and (b) has an electric field sensor array comprised of a plurality of electric field sensors. Capacitance readings from the sensor array are used to generate values that are attributed to locations corresponding to the sensors.
US09619685B2
An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal can comprise a microprocessor communicatively coupled to a system bus, a memory, a communication interface, and a pluggable imaging assembly identified by a type identifier and configured to acquire an image comprising decodable indicia. The imaging assembly can comprise a two-dimensional image sensor configured to output an analog signal representative of the light reflected by an object located within the field of view of the imaging assembly. The EIR terminal can be configured to output, by processing the analog signal, the raw image data derived from the analog signal and/or a decoded message corresponding to the decodable indicia. The imaging assembly can be communicatively coupled to the system bus via an imaging assembly interface comprising a plurality of wires and a multi-pin connector. The imaging assembly interface can comprise one or more wires configured to carry the imaging assembly type identifier. The EIR terminal can be configured, responsive to receiving the type identifier via the one or more wires, to retrieve from the memory one or more imaging assembly configuration information items corresponding to the type identifier and/or to receive via the communication interface one or more imaging assembly configuration information items corresponding to the type identifier. The EIR terminal can be further configured to control the imaging assembly using the imaging assembly configuration information items.
US09619683B2
A method of reading RFID tags may include providing a device that can read barcodes and RFID tags. The barcodes may be attached to an object and respectively having a predetermined sequential read order. While reading the barcodes in the predetermined sequential read order, outputting an interrogation signal to RFID tags so that the RFID tags can be read while the barcode reader moves to sequentially read the barcodes in the predetermined sequential order.
US09619678B2
An RFID interrogation probe (1) comprises a ring shaped housing (2), having a maximum thickness (I) (measured along its cylindrical axis) which is less than the innermost diameter (di) of the housing, and a looped antenna (3) housed within the ring shaped housing.
US09619672B2
A processor capable of secure execution. The processor contains an execution unit and secure partition logic that secures a partition in memory. The processor also contains cryptographic logic coupled to the execution unit that encrypts and decrypts secure data and code.
US09619669B2
Various systems, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented methods of providing improved data privacy, anonymity, and security by enabling subjects to which data pertains to remain “dynamically anonymous,” i.e., anonymous for as long as is desired—and to the extent desired—are disclosed herein. This concept is also referred to herein as “anonosizing.” In some embodiments, the anonosizing of data may be implemented by encoding and decoding data under controlled conditions to support specific uses within designated authorized contexts. By anonosizing data controls via “identifying” and/or “associating” data elements within a population, data uses may be restricted to only those uses permissioned by a data subject or authorized third party. If new authorized data uses arise, all original data value and utility may be retained to support them—to the extent authorized by a data subject or authorized third party—but inappropriate, i.e., non-permissioned, uses of identifying information may be prevented.
US09619668B2
A device may correspond to a physical access controller in a distributed physical access control system. The device in a distributed system may include logic configured to detect a request from an application to access an application dataset, wherein the application dataset corresponds to a distributed dataset and determine whether the application dataset exists in the distributed system. The logic may be further configured to generate the application dataset in the distributed system, in response to determining that the application dataset does not exist in the distributed system, and send, to other devices in the distributed system, a request to join a dataset group that includes devices associated with the application dataset, in response to determining that the application dataset exists in the distributed system.
US09619667B2
The described embodiments relate to methods, systems, and products for providing data protection and encryption on a plurality of devices configured for electronic communication with a server. Specifically, the methods, systems, and products can automatically and securely synchronize a user's file encryption/decryption keys across a plurality of devices, authenticating the user on each device before receiving and processing information from the server necessary to recreate the user's file encryption/decryption keys.
US09619658B2
A homomorphically encrypted one instruction computation (“HEROIC”) computing system is described. The described HEROIC cloud computing system utilizes a homomorphic encryption scheme. The homomorphic encryption scheme allows for meaningful manipulation of encrypted data directly within the encrypted domain (i.e., without the need to first decrypt the data and then re-encrypt the data after processing). The HEROIC cloud computing system eliminates the need for the cloud computing processor to first decrypt data prior to processing thereby eliminating the need for the cryptographic keys to be provided to the provider of the cloud computing system.
US09619652B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for determining a risk score for an entity. These mechanisms and methods for determining a risk score for an entity can enable more effective monitoring of a system, can create more relevant data associated with the entity, etc.
US09619645B2
Embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for authentication for speech recognition. The method can include sensing an authentication device with a target device. One or more decoded voice commands can be processed after verification of the authentication device by the target device. Further, one or more decoded voice commands can be executed by the target device.
US09619639B2
A method for real time presence verification, comprising: capturing a first image of a machine-readable label by a first camera of a mobile device; automatically decoding the machine-readable label to extract a reference to a database entry in response to the capturing; automatically triggering at the mobile device a capturing of a second image by a second camera of the mobile device in response to at least one of the decoding and the capturing; and automatically forwarding the second image and at least one of the first image, the database entry, and the reference to a control network node for documentation of the second image in association with the database entry.
US09619632B2
The invention provides secure and private communication over a network, as well as persistent private storage and private access control to the stored information, which is accomplished by imposing mechanisms that separate a user's actions from their identity. The system provides (i) anonymous network browsing, in which event the anonymity system is unaware of both the user's identity and browsing activities, (ii) private network storage and retrieval of data such as passwords, profiles and files in a manner such that the data can be stored into the system and later retrieved without the system knowing the contents or owners of the data, and (iii) the ability of the user to control and manage access to the remotely stored data without the system knowing the contents, owners, or accessors of the data.
US09619626B2
A method and a user terminal for identifying exercise information of a user are provided. The method includes detecting air pressure information at a location of the user terminal; identifying a state of a topography at the location of the user terminal by using the detected air pressure information; analyzing vertical movement and horizontal movement of the user terminal to identify movement information of the user terminal; and identifying the exercise information of the user according to the identified movement information of the user terminal and the identified state of the topography at the location of the user terminal.
US09619620B2
The present invention discloses a health monitoring system and a data collection method of the health monitoring system. The health monitoring system includes an intelligent monitoring system and a micro-monitoring system, wherein the micro-monitoring system is configured to judge whether the intelligent monitoring system is completely started, and if it judges that the intelligent monitoring system is completely started, the micro-monitoring system transmits the human body data information collected by the collection device to the intelligent monitoring system; if it judges that the intelligent monitoring system is not completely started, the micro-monitoring system processes the human body data information collected by the collection device and transmits the processed human body data information to a display terminal. The health monitoring system can effectively solve the problem that the intelligent monitoring system fails to monitor the health indicators of a human body during a start process.
US09619615B2
A system for confidentially retrieving data from a person, such as by authorized personnel. One embodiment provides a data carrier item such as jewelry, having encrypted data imparted upon the item in manner that is only intelligible after being unencrypted. Such data can be encrypted and/or invisibly disposed such that the data is not identifiable by the public, but can be quickly and accurately retrieved by authorized personnel.
US09619610B1
Methods for control block size reduction of a controller of an integrated circuit (IC) device through intellectual property (IP) migration in the IC device are disclosed. A disclosed method includes receiving configuration data for the IC device and determining whether IP construction data is defined in the configuration data. The IP construction data contains instruction sets for implementing logical operations of a controller-based IP core in a core region of the IC device. Such data creates flexibility to configure the controller-based IP core in a core logic circuit as a soft IP core, when required. In this scenario, the controller-based IP core can be removed from the controller of the IC device during IC device fabrication. As a result, the footprint (e.g., area) of the controller of the IC device can be reduced, which subsequently increases cost-savings for the IC device fabrication.
US09619609B1
Design methods and systems disclosed use a process window-aware timing analysis of an integrated circuit (IC) chip design for improved accuracy. Specifically, a process distribution for the design is defined and divided into process windows. Timing parameter adjustment factors are assigned to the process windows. A timing analysis is performed in order to acquire an initial solution for a timing parameter (e.g., delay, slack or slew). For each specific process window, this initial solution is adjusted by the predetermined timing parameter adjustment factor assigned to that specific process window. The adjusted solutions for the different process windows account for process window-to-process window variations in the widths of distribution of a process parameter (e.g., leakage power) and can be used to predict whether IC chips manufactured according the IC chip design will meet established timing requirements (e.g., required arrival times (RATs)) regardless of where they fall within the process distribution.
US09619608B1
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for multi-user, at least partially concurrent, electronic circuit design. Embodiments may include recording, at a client computing device, a plurality of operations associated with an electronic circuit design, wherein the electronic circuit design is accessible by multiple users in an at least partially concurrent manner. Embodiments may also include generating a script based upon, at least in part, the recorded operations and displaying, at the client computing device, at least a portion of the generated script.
US09619599B2
A method of checking joule heating of an integrated circuit design, the method includes dividing the integrated circuit design into a plurality of windows, determining a power index of each window, adjusting the specification current value associated with each of the corresponding windows, and generating a current violation report, by a processor, of the integrated circuit. Each window includes one or more circuit elements. Each circuit element is associated with a corresponding current value. Each window is associated with a corresponding specification current value. Each power index is associated with a corresponding window. An amount of adjustment of the specification current value is a function of the power index of each corresponding window. The current violation report includes one or more entries. Each entry is associated with at least a corresponding window and one or more corresponding current values which exceed the corresponding adjusted specification current value.
US09619592B2
A method, apparatus, and program product generate an estimation of an incremental recovery for an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process performed on a naturally-fractured reservoir by classifying the naturally-fractured reservoir based upon a set of reservoir properties associated with the naturally-fractured reservoir, and generating an estimation of the incremental recovery for at least one EOR process based on the classification of the naturally-fractured reservoir.
US09619589B2
A method is provided of determining the coverage of at least one optical sensor in a three dimensional (3-D) area. The 3-D area is divided into cells. The field of view of the sensor in the 3-D area is determined and rays are projected from the sensor into the 3-D area within sensor's field of view. The intersections between the rays and the cells are determined and a visual display of the 3-D area is generated showing the coverage of the sensor, based on the intersections.
US09619587B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide techniques for decomposing 3D geometry into developable surface patches and cut patterns. In one embodiment, a decomposition application receives a triangulated 3D surface as input and determines approximately developable surface patches from the 3D surface using a variant of k-means clustering. Such approximately developable surface patches may have undesirable jagged boundaries, which the decomposition application may eliminate by generating a data structure separate from the mesh that contains patch boundaries and optimizing the patch boundaries or, alternatively, remeshing the mesh such that patch boundaries fall on mesh edges. The decomposition application may then flatten the patches into truly developable surfaces by re-triangulating the patches as ruled surfaces. The decomposition application may further flatten the ruled surfaces into 2D shapes and lay those shapes out on virtual sheets of material. A person, or machinery, may cut out those shapes from physical sheets of material based on the layout.
US09619584B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a content addressable memory (CAM) array, a first mask circuit and a first encoder. The CAM array has CAM entry lines to be compared with a search key. The CAM array is configured to output a match result indicative entry lines that match the search key. The first mask circuit is configured to selectively mask first one or more portions of the match result to generate a first masked match result indicative first entry lines among the entry lines that match the search key. The first encoder is configured to encode the first masked match result to identify a matching entry line in the first entry lines as a first search result.
US09619575B2
The invention provides a system and method for analyzing a collection of communication messages. The communication messages may be any one of a collection of electronic mail messages, voicemail messages, instant messaging dialogs and other forms of communications. The collections of communications, such as electronic mail messages, may be selected by a user and then subsequently processed to determine the identity of any of the user's contacts within the communications. The contacts may then be arranged in a relative priority arrangement whereby contacts which have been identified as engaging in prior reciprocal communications with the user are given higher priority. Higher priority may also be given to contacts which engage in more recent communications with the user. Specific contact relationships may be inferred from the communications depending on whether specific contacts are repeatedly mentioned within the communication messages.
US09619565B1
A search engine server system receives from a client system a search query and identifies a set of documents in accordance with the search query. A content snippet corresponding to content in a respective document of the identified set of documents is generated, the content snippet associated with at least one query term of the one or more query terms in the search query. A response to the search query is returned to the client system, the response including information identifying at least the respective document and including the content snippet. Generating the content snippet includes performing a first decompression operation on first token identifiers, from a compressed document repository, to provide a set of second token identifiers, and performing a second decompression operation on the set of second token identifiers to recover uncompressed content comprising a portion of the respective document.
US09619563B2
A web content search request including a search term is received at a searching/indexing device. A web search is performed based upon the search term. A markup language (ML) document returned via the web search including the search term is parsed. A location of the search term within the ML document is identified. A hypertext link to the identified location of the search term within the ML document is configured.
US09619550B1
A first work package defining a data analytic plan associated with a given data problem is obtained. The first work package is generated in accordance with an automated data analytics lifecycle and is implemented in a provisioned system. A second work package defining a revised data analytic plan is obtained. A set of differences between the first work package and the second work package is determined. Cost and time parameters, associated with modifying the provisioned system to implement the set of differences between the first work package and the second work package, are computed. The set of differences and the computed cost and time parameters are presented. The provisioned system is automatically re-configured in accordance with at least a portion of the set of differences and based on the computed cost and time parameters.
US09619544B2
A sequence of configuration-delta messages from a configuration manager of a replication graph established for replicating state information of an application is received at a particular node of the graph. Representations of the messages are stored in a local configuration change repository. Using the repository, the node identifies neighbor source nodes and destination nodes of the graph. Subsequent to receiving a particular configuration-delta message indicating that a neighbor source node has been removed from the graph, a different source node is identified by the particular node, and a request is sent to the different source node to transmit a set of state transition messages pertaining to the application.
US09619538B2
Techniques for data integration are provided. Source attributes for source data are interactively mapped to target attributes for target data. Rules define how records from the source data are merged, selected, and for duplication detection. The mappings and rules are recorded as a profile for the source data and processed against the source data to transform the source attributes to the target attributes.
US09619536B2
Approaches for data integration between multiple IT sources using automated data processing based on target metadata are provided. Specifically, an integration component is configured to load a mapped data set into a table with delta processing based on a configuration object containing, e.g., the source data location, target table name, and source to target mapping. The integration component uses the target metadata to validate data, identify changes, generate the necessary database programming language (e.g., structured query language (SQL)), and run the database programming language with data binding to perform the actual data updates. The integration component leverages the data target metadata to automate the processing of source data, thus providing a way to validate the data, and identify delta changes at the field level between the source and target. This significantly reduces the overall development effort, while providing consistency in record handling and error reporting.
US09619534B2
Systems and methods for updating data stored in a database, such as contact information. An input string is obtained through a search for timely material associated with the stored contact. The input string is parsed using probabilistic tendencies to extract entities corresponding to those stored with the contact. Secondary entities are used to assist in the identification of the primary entities. The contact is then updated (or added if new) using the extracted primary entities.
US09619523B2
Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.
US09619521B1
A segmentation annotation technique for media items is disclosed herein. Given a weakly labeled media item, spatiotemporal masks may be generated for each of the concepts with which it is labeled. Segments may be ranked by the likelihood that they correspond to a given concept. The ranked concept segments may be utilized to train a classifier that, in turn, may be used to classify untagged or new media items.
US09619520B2
A method and system for evaluating and sharing user-generated media files have been disclosed. The method and system is embodied in a contest/festival that entices visitors to return to the site to vote on their favorite videos by providing a plurality of phases in which the best performing media files are promoted based on voting scores. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises generating scores for each media file in four phases and calculating the total score for each of the four phases. The scores are calculated based on the number of views and votes from users for each media file. The votes are generated using questions, percentage of video viewed, comments, social distribution, and recommendations.
US09619516B2
A data extraction device generates, based on master information and an extraction condition, a determination result indicating whether the master information is an extraction target. When stream data is received, the data extraction device determined, using the determination result, whether the master information that is specified based on the received stream data is to be extracted.
US09619514B2
A query is received by a database server from a remote application server. The query is associated with a calculation scenario that defines a data flow model that includes one or more nodes that each define one or more operations for execution by a calculation engine on the database server. Thereafter, the database server instantiates a runtime model of the calculation scenario based on the nodes of the instantiated calculation scenario. Subsequently, one or more of the nodes are identified as being convertible into a relational database format. These nodes are then used to form a container node. An execution plan of the runtime model of the calculation scenario including the container node is built that is executed by the database server to result in a data set which is provided by the database server to the application server.
US09619512B2
Described is a memory searching system, including an indexing module and a searching module. The indexing module, provided with multiple indexed databases, acquires and records updated indexed data in an indexed database provided to the indexing module and synchronizes the searching module with the updated indexed data recorded in the indexed database provided to the indexing module. The searching module updates an indexed database in a memory with the updated indexed data received from the indexing module (the indexed database in the memory corresponds to the indexed database provided to the indexing module), and switches a pointer of the indexed database to the updated indexed database in the memory. Also described is a memory searching method, a real-time searching system and method, capable of better supporting real-time search and of updating indexed data in seconds in a realistic application, reducing the cost of hardware equipment and improving searching efficiency.
US09619507B2
Techniques are provided for more efficient multi-row atomic, consistent, isolated and durable (ACID)-compliant transactions with snapshot isolation semantics (or just “multi-row transactions” for short). In some embodiments, the techniques are implemented in a computing system that includes a client application, a lightweight in-memory lease-based lock service, a multi-row transaction orchestrator, and an underlying database system. The transaction orchestrator implements a read protocol and a write protocol that provides support to the client application for carrying out multi-row transactions against the underlying database system irrespective of whether the database system itself supports multi-row transactions. The transaction orchestrator explicitly maintains transaction-level locks obtained from the lease-based lock service as part of the transaction protocol. Further, the transaction orchestrator is tolerant to lock service failure and unavailability without compromising ACID-compliance and snapshot isolation guarantees to the client application.
US09619498B2
A indexing engine and method are provided for operating an indexing engine that parses and indexes data created by a set of users associated with a business entity on a database while interacting with a service associated to the database, the method comprising: monitoring the users' interactions with the database related to a creation of new data by one or more of the users over a predefined period of time when using the service; monitoring service availability during these interactions over the same predefined period of time; and changing an indexing frequency based on both parameters associated with the monitoring of the users' interactions and the service usage conditions.
US09619496B2
A method, computer readable medium and system are disclosed. The system includes one or more first interfaces communicatively coupled to a data storage device and one or more second interfaces communicatively coupled to a user interface, the control module being configured to share data, retrieved from the data storage device, across a plurality of virtual applications. The system further includes an application controller communicatively coupled to the control module, the application controller being configured to select at least one of the virtual applications based on information received via the at least one of the one or more second interfaces.
US09619487B2
A system and method to prioritize, filter, and normalize metadata from files being transferred from a file system to an object store repository. The metadata is associated with the file (object) when saved to the object store repository.
US09619481B2
A computer implemented method and apparatus for generating ordered user expert lists for a shared digital document. The method comprises accessing a digital document, wherein the digital document relates to one or more topics; generating a list of expert students, wherein the expert students have authored one or more annotations relating to a topic similar to a topic in the digital document; ordering the list of expert students according to a rank, wherein the rank identifies a level of expertise of the expert students; and presenting the ordered list of expert students, where the ordered list comprises a pre-defined number of expert students with a level of expertise meeting a predefined threshold.
US09619480B2
A content alignment system according to certain embodiments aligns a sliding window at the beginning of a data segment. The content alignment system performs a block alignment function on the data within the sliding window. A deduplication block is established if the output of the block alignment function meets a predetermined criteria. At least part of a gap is established if the output of the block alignment function does not meet the predetermined criteria. The predetermined criteria is changed if a threshold number of outputs fail to meet the predetermined criteria.
US09619477B1
A computer-implemented method for accelerating backup operations may include (1) identifying a volume of data that may be stored by a computing system attached to a network and that may be designated for a backup to a deduplicated data store, (2) monitoring traffic on the network for at least one data object destined for the volume of data, (3) copying the data object from the traffic on the network and (4) seeding the deduplicated data store with the data object before the backup to the deduplicated data store. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09619469B2
A method for browsing a collection of multimedia assets on a soft-copy display comprising: receiving a collection of multimedia assets, each multimedia asset having a set of associated metadata; defining an interest criterion; using a processor to analyze the metadata associated with the multimedia assets and rank the multimedia assets according to the interest criterion; displaying a portion of the multimedia assets on the soft-copy display according to the ranking; interactively user selecting a displayed multimedia asset using a user interface; updating the interest criterion based on the selected multimedia asset; using a processor to determine an updated ranking of the multimedia assets according to the updated interest criterion; and displaying a portion of the multimedia assets on the soft-copy display according to the updated ranking.
US09619465B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for accessing distributed models in automated machine processing, including using large language models in machine translation, speech recognition and other applications.
US09619464B2
A networked language translation system and method allowing access by a distributed network of human and machine translators that communicate electronically to provide for the translation of material. The system and method provide a way to aggregate the resources of a large number of intermittently available, mixed competency translators, human or machine, in order to provide high-quality translations.
US09619456B2
Some embodiments include a computer-implement method of producing a flexible sentence syntax to facilitate one or more computer applications to generate and publish sentence expressions. For example, the method can include providing a developer interface to define a flexible sentence syntax that controls one or more sentences publishable by an application service. A developer of the application service can customize the flexible sentence syntax including selecting at least one of selectable tokens that is associated with a specific sentence element to incorporate in the flexible sentence syntax. Based on the selected token, a computing device can generate and publish a target sentence according to the flexible sentence syntax on the application service's behalf.
US09619455B2
The invention includes a first process of inserting one row below each row of a column heading of an original table, inserting one column to the right of each column of a row heading, and entering a corresponding ID into each cell of the inserted row or column; a second process of inserting one row between the column heading and data portion, inserting one column between the row heading and data portion, and entering an ID of the dimension when inserted cells indicate a value of a dimension, entering no data when inserted cells indicate a measure, and entering an ID of a measure into a cell at the intersection of the inserted row and column when column headings and row headings indicate dimension's values; and a third process of identifying a dimension, value thereof, or measure corresponding to each cell of the data portion of the created template table.
US09619444B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, by a computing device, a selection of one or more presentation templates of a plurality of presentation templates for at least a portion of a web page, wherein the one or more presentation templates define, at least in part, a display format for one or more display types. At least a portion of the one or more display types is mapped to one or more content elements within a content type. At least the portion of the one or more presentation templates is rendered when the one or more content elements are requested, wherein rendering includes retrieving at least the portion of the one or more content elements from one or more of each content item to be rendered within each of the one or more presentation templates, wherein rendering further includes using the content type of the one or more content elements requested to dynamically map the one or more content elements defined in the one or more display types to the one or more presentation templates.
US09619437B2
A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news aggregator.
US09619435B2
Methods and apparatus for various embodiments of a text adjustment tool provide direct modification of typographic attributes of displayed text by translating indications of movement across a display, received via user input, into typographic attribute modifications. The text adjustment tool allows a user an intuitive method for modifying typographic attributes of displayed text without a user needing to access any menu windows or without even knowing which typographic attribute is being modified. The intuitive nature of the text adjustment tool is reflected by the fact that at no point during a modification of a typographic attribute of targeted text does a user's eyes ever need to leave the text being modified.
US09619429B1
A plurality of performance-based storage nodes and a plurality of capacity-based storage nodes of a data storage system in a network environment are allocated to one or more tiered resource pools such that the performance-based storage nodes and the capacity-based storage nodes allocated to each one of the one or more tiered resource pools are addressable via a given virtual address for each tiered resource pool. Access to the performance-based storage nodes and the capacity-based storage nodes in the one or more tiered resource pools by a plurality of compute nodes is managed transparent to the compute nodes via a given storage policy. At least portions of the compute nodes, the performance-based storage nodes, and the capacity-based storage nodes are operatively coupled via a plurality of network devices. One or more of the allocating and managing steps are automatically performed under control of at least one processing device.
US09619428B2
A graphics processing unit is disclosed, the graphics processing unit having a processor having one or more SIMD processing units, and a local data share corresponding to one of the one or more SIMD processing units, the local data share comprising one or more low latency accessible memory regions for each group of threads assigned to one or more execution wavefronts, and a global data share comprising one or more low latency memory regions for each group of threads.
US09619427B2
A finite state machine is provided that both serializes virtual GPIO signals and messaging signals and that deserializer virtual GPIO signals and the messaging signals. The finite state machine frames the serialized virtual GPIO signals and messaging signals into frames each demarcated by a start bit and an end bit.
US09619424B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for supporting unknown peripheral function protocols (PFP) with a wireless docking station. A wireless docking station may facilitate connections between a wireless dockee and peripherals employing both recognized and unrecognized PFPs. A docking station may request one or more service discovery parameters from a peripheral having an unrecognized PFP. The docking station may receive service discovery parameters in response, convey the received discovery parameters to a wireless dockee, and facilitate discovery and a connection between the device and the peripheral. The discovery parameters may include various identifiers related to peripheral function, identity, and location.
US09619418B2
An island-based network flow processor (IB-NFP) integrated circuit includes islands organized in rows. A configurable mesh event bus extends through the islands and is configured to form a local event ring. The configurable mesh event bus is configured with configuration information received via a configurable mesh control bus. The local event ring provides a communication path along which an event packet is communicated to each rectangular island along the local event ring. The local event ring involves event ring circuits and event ring segments. Upon each transition of a clock signal, an event packet moves through the ring from event ring segment to event ring segment. Event information and not packet data travels through the ring. The local event ring functions as a source-release ring in that only the event ring circuit that inserted the event packet onto the ring can delete the event packet from the ring.
US09619417B2
A managed Universal Serial Bus (USB) service capability is disclosed. The managed USB service capability is configured to use a mobile computing device (e.g., a smartphone or other suitable mobile computing device) to support a set of services for a computer (e.g., a desktop, a laptop, and the like) capable of connecting to the mobile computing device via a USB connection. The managed USB service capability enables local and/or remote control of the mobile computing device to operate in various USB device classes, such that the mobile computing device can provide various managed USB services for the computer via the peripheral connection. In this manner, the mobile computing device may be dynamically configured to operate as one or more of a network interface, a virtual private network (VPN) client, a smart card, a serial console, a mass-storage device, a booting device, and the like.
US09619415B2
An information handling system includes a processing node, an input/output (I/O) module coupled to the processing node via a high bandwidth interface, and a service processor coupled to the I/O module via a multi-master interface. A transaction between the processing node and the service processor that is targeted to a low pin count (LPC) bus is executed between the processing node and the service processor via the high bandwidth interface and the multi-master interface.
US09619407B2
A processor system (10) includes: a first memory controller (16) that controls writing/reading data to/from a first memory (60); a second memory controller (17) that controls writing/reading data to/from a second memory (70); a first processor (13) that inputs and outputs the data from and to the first memory through a bus (14); a second processor (11) that inputs and outputs processed data from and to the second memory through the bus; and a management unit 32 that deallocates an address range corresponding to the second memory from the first process and allocates the address range to the second processor.
US09619406B2
A method for handling multiple networked applications using a distributed server system is disclosed. The method can include providing at least one main processor and a plurality of offload processors connected to a memory bus; and operating a virtual switch respectively connected to the main processor and the plurality of offload processors using the memory bus, with the virtual switch receiving memory read/write data over the memory bus.
US09619405B2
A device has a protection unit for controlling access to a memory. Indirect memory access requests have control data indicative of a memory access control register to be written to provide indirect access to a target memory and requested address data indicative of at least one memory address of the target memory to be accessed. The protection unit contains protection data defining access rights of source units to access specified address ranges of the target memory, and a system bus interface interfacing to a source unit and a memory bus interface interfacing to the target memory via a controller. The protection unit has a control monitor for detecting an indirect memory access request, and an indirect address monitor for comparing requested address data to specified address ranges and subsequently grant the indirect memory access in accordance with access rights of the respective source unit.
US09619401B2
The translation of virtual guest addresses to host physical addresses in a virtualized computer system provides a compound page table that may simultaneously support nested-paging and shadow-paging for different memory regions. Memory regions with stable address mapping, for example, holding program code, may be treated using shadow-paging while memory regions with dynamic address mapping, for example, variable storage, may be treated using nested-paging thereby obtaining the benefits of both techniques.
US09619399B2
A computer system that is programmed with virtual memory accesses to physical memory employs multi-bit counters associated with its page table entries. When a page walker visits a page table entry, the multi-bit counter associated with that page table entry is incremented by one. The computer operating system uses the counts in the multi-bit counters of different page table entries to determine where large pages can be deployed effectively. In a virtualized computer system having a nested paging system, multi-bit counters associated with both its primary page table entries and its nested page table entries are used. These multi-bit counters are incremented during nested page walks. Subsequently, the guest operating systems and the virtual machine monitors use the counts in the appropriate multi-bit counters to determine where large pages can be deployed effectively.
US09619394B2
An apparatus includes an operand cache for storing operands from a register file for use by execution circuitry. In some embodiments, eviction priority for the operand cache is based on the status of entries (e.g., whether dirty or clean) and the retention priority of entries. In some embodiments, flushes are handled differently based on their retention priority (e.g., low-priority entries may be pre-emptively flushed). In some embodiments, timing for cache clean operations is specified on a per-instruction basis. Disclosed techniques may spread out write backs in time, facilitate cache clean operations, facilitate thread switching, extend the time operands are available in an operand cache, and/or improve the use of compiler hints, in some embodiments.
US09619391B2
For on-demand migration of data in a distributed memory storage configuration, an identifier is transformed at a client into a transformed identifier. From a current configuration of a first plurality of servers operating on a server-side at a current time, a current server is identified at the client. From a previous configuration of a second plurality of servers operating on a server-side at a previous time, a previous server is identified at the client. A first request is sent to the current server to perform an operation using the identifier. A second request is sent to the previous server to perform the operation using the identifier. When a first data in response to the first request is invalid and a second data in response to the second request is valid, the second data is migrated to the current server in a migration request from the client to the current server.
US09619379B1
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a non-volatile memory (NVM). During a read operation, a sequence of signal samples is generated representing codewords stored in the NVM. The signal samples are buffered to generate buffered signal samples. The buffered signal samples are processed at a first frequency to detect a data sequence, and a bottleneck condition is detected associated with processing the buffered signal samples at the first frequency. When the bottleneck condition is detected, the buffered signal samples are processed at a second frequency higher than the first frequency to detect the data sequence.
US09619376B2
A deviance monitoring module is provided for examining various parameters of an operating system for deviance from a baseline behavior at specified intervals. A range of acceptable deviance values from a baseline behavior is set for parameters of an operating system. The parameters of the operating system are then monitored at specified intervals for deviance from the baseline behavior. In response to detecting that the deviance exceeds a predetermined threshold, the method triggers diagnostic data gathering on the parameters of the operating system according to an embodiment.
US09619375B2
An automatic software testing machine may be configured to provide an advanced symbolic execution approach to software testing that combines dynamic symbolic execution and static symbolic execution, leveraging the strengths of each and avoiding the vulnerabilities of each. One or more software testing machines within a software testing system may be configured to automatically and dynamically alternate between dynamic symbolic execution and static symbolic execution, based on partial control flow graphs of portions of the software code to be tested. In some example embodiments, a software testing machine begins with dynamic symbolic execution, but switches to static symbolic execution opportunistically. In static mode, instead of checking entire programs for verification, the software testing machine may only check one or more program fragments for testing purposes. Thus, the software testing machine may benefit from the strengths of both dynamic and static symbolic execution.
US09619371B2
A method for providing a plurality of customized remote environments for application performance testing is provided. The method may include identifying a plurality of client customizations associated with a client application. The method may also include identifying a plurality of client hardware configurations associated with the client application. The method may further include populating a plurality of upgraded versions of the client application. Additionally, the method may include provisioning at least one remote environment. The method may also include applying the plurality of client customizations of the client application to the plurality of upgraded versions of the at least one client application. The method may further include deploying the plurality of upgraded versions of the at least one client application on at least one environment, whereby the deployed plurality of upgraded versions has the applied identified plurality of client customizations of the at least one client application.
US09619366B1
According to example embodiments of the present invention, an object to be monitored is determined, the object being associated with a variable in a code snippet including a plurality of statements. The object is monitored in execution of the plurality of statements. If a plurality of updates of the object are detected in the execution of the plurality of statements, a snapshot associated with each of the updates of the object is created. The snapshot includes a current value of the object and a memory address for the current value of the object.
US09619358B1
Methods and systems for analyzing bus traffic in a target device, such as a system on-a-chip (SOC) comprises capturing a processor event and generating an interrupt based on a threshold associated with the processor event. Based on at least the interrupt, a instruction pointer associated with the processor event that generated the interrupt is identified. An instruction analyzer identifies a memory address of the instruction associated with the processor event that generated the interrupt. At least the processor event and a associated instruction information are collected by a sample collector and transferred to a host for performance profiling.
US09619357B2
Systems for reducing power consumption and power leakage in hybrid storage clusters is provided. More specifically, the system is for allocating an appropriate server amongst a plurality of servers in a network by identifying an application to be executed in a network, wherein the network comprises a plurality of servers configured to execute the applications, and each server further comprising a hybrid memory system; based on the application to be executed, dynamically identifying resources to execute the application based on the hybrid memory system available and the power consumption for executing the application; and dynamically allocating the application to the identified resource for execution.
US09619341B2
The present invention relates to a method for performing an image level copy of an information store. The present invention comprises performing a snapshot of an information store that indexes the contents of the information store, retrieving data associated with the contents of the information store from a file allocation table, copying the contents of the information store to a storage device based on the snapshot, and associating the retrieved data with the copied contents to provide file system information for the copied contents.
US09619327B2
An operation method of a flash memory system includes: obtaining first syndrome values to a codeword; obtaining locations of errors and the number of the locations of errors based on the first syndrome values; error-correcting the codeword by flipping bit values of error bits of the codeword based on the locations of errors to generate an error-corrected codeword; obtaining second syndrome values to the error-corrected codeword; determining whether an error is found in the error-corrected codeword based on the second syndrome values; changing the first syndrome values when it is determined that no error is found in the error-corrected codeword; and restoring the error-corrected codeword to the codeword by re-flipping the flipped bit values when it is determined that an error is found in the error-corrected codeword.
US09619309B2
A method of an aspect includes determining a different operational configuration for each of a plurality of different maximum failure rates. Each of the different maximum failure rates corresponds to a different task of a plurality of tasks. The method also includes enforcing a plurality of logic each executing a different task of the plurality of tasks to operate according to the different corresponding determined operational configuration. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are also disclosed.
US09619292B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at the cloud controller, a request message including a first request for a first cloud resource; identifying a set of potential devices for providing the first cloud resource; calculating a plurality of weight values corresponding to at least a portion of the set of potential devices for providing the first cloud resource, wherein the plurality of weight values are calculated based on a plurality of delta values associated with the at least a portion of the set of potential devices; selecting a device based on the plurality of weight values to provide the first cloud resource; and updating the delta value associated with the selected device.
US09619282B2
One aspect provides a method including: identifying a task to be scheduled for execution on an information handling device having two or more cores of different size; determining an appropriate scheduling of the task for execution on the two or more of cores of different size, wherein the appropriate scheduling of the task is determined via a core signature for the task; directing the task to an appropriate core for execution based on the appropriate scheduling determined; and executing the task on the appropriate core. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09619271B1
Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A triggering event is detected. The triggering event may be related to a resource utilization on a host of the shared pool of configurable computing resources. Based on a set of profile data, it is determined to perform an event response. The event response includes initiating a resource action or initiating an asset action. The resource action may include distributing a set of dynamically-assigned resources. The asset action corresponds to a set of assets (e.g., migrating a set of virtual machines). To change the resource utilization on the host, the event response is performed.
US09619267B2
A streams manager monitors performance of parallel portions of a streaming application implemented in multiple virtual machines (VMs). When the performance provided by the multiple VMs is no longer needed, one or more of the VMs can be torn down. The performance of the VMs is monitored. When the least performing VM can be torn down, it is torn down. When the least performing VM cannot be torn down, information regarding a better performing VM is gathered, and it is determined whether the least performing VM can be made more similar to the better performing VM. When the least performing VM can be made more similar to the better performing VM, the least performing VM is changed to improve its performance, and the better performing VM is torn down.
US09619266B2
A streams manager monitors performance of parallel portions of a streaming application implemented in multiple virtual machines (VMs). When the performance provided by the multiple VMs is no longer needed, one or more of the VMs can be torn down. The performance of the VMs is monitored. When the least performing VM can be torn down, it is torn down. When the least performing VM cannot be torn down, information regarding a better performing VM is gathered, and it is determined whether the least performing VM can be made more similar to the better performing VM. When the least performing VM can be made more similar to the better performing VM, the least performing VM is changed to improve its performance, and the better performing VM is torn down.
US09619264B1
A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for recovering from a crash of a system being replicated, the method comprising determining the amount of recovery time due to the crash of each of a set of hypervisors; wherein each of the hypervisors runs one or more data replication elements selected from the group consisting of a splitter and a replication appliance; wherein each of the splitters and replication appliances replicates one or more volumes, creating an assignment of the one or more volumes to the set of replication appliances and creating an assignment of one or more replication appliances to a set of hypervisors to minimize the amount of recovery time.
US09619262B2
Techniques for security auditing of cloud resources are provided. A virtual machine (VM) is captured and isolated when a session indicates that a session with the VM has terminated. Security checks are executed against the VM in the isolated environment. Results from the security checks are then reported.
US09619261B2
The current document is directed to methods and systems for efficiently executing OSL-virtualization containers within the execution environments provided by virtual machines that execute above traditional virtualization layers within large, virtualized, distributed computing systems. The currently disclosed methods and systems anticipate the need for additional virtual machines in order to meet anticipated demands for one or more computational resources by the containers. In addition, the methods and systems provision and launch virtual machines with computational-resource allocations that minimize overhead and computational-resource wastage. In one implementation, computational-resource utilization of ATMs and containers within the virtualized, distributed computer system are periodically monitored in order to estimate future demand for the computational resource and, when necessary, to launch additional virtual machines to meet the estimated future demand for the computational resource.
US09619257B1
A system for implementing storage for a virtualization environment, including a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes implements a virtualization environment, a plurality of storage devices that are accessed by virtual machines in the virtualization environment, and wherein the plurality of storage devices comprises a local storage device that is locally attached to one of the plurality of nodes, and in which the local storage device can be managed as part of a global storage space for the virtualization environment.
US09619238B2
Approaches are described for enabling a host computing device to store credentials and other security information useful for recovering the state of the host computing device in a secure store, such as a trusted platform module (TPM) on the host computing device. When recovering the host computing device in the event of a failure (e.g., power outage, network failure, etc.), the host computing device can obtain the necessary credentials from the secure store and use those credentials to boot various services, restore the state of the host and perform various other functions. In addition, the secure store (e.g., TPM) may provide boot firmware measurement and remote attestation of the host computing devices to other devices on a network, such as when the recovering host needs to communicate with the other devices on the network.
US09619237B2
Embodiments relate to speculative branch handling for transaction abort. An aspect includes detecting a beginning of a current execution of a transaction. Another aspect includes, based on detecting the beginning of the transaction, disabling speculative execution based on branch prediction of an initial branch instruction of the transaction, wherein the initial branch instruction branches to two possible paths, and wherein a first path of the two possible paths comprises an abort handler. Another aspect includes disabling updating of a history table for the initial branch instruction.
US09619226B2
Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing in a computer processor vector packed horizontal add or subtract of packed data elements in response to a single vector packed horizontal add or subtract instruction that includes a destination vector register operand, a source vector register operand, and an opcode are describes.
US09619223B2
Mechanisms are provided for performing a live update of an operating system. The mechanisms receive an update to an operating system and clone a root volume group associated with an operating system instance executing in a first logical partition of the data processing system to generate a cloned root volume group. The mechanisms apply the update to the cloned root volume group to generate an updated and cloned root volume group and boot a second logical partition of the data processing system using the updated and cloned root volume group. Moreover, the mechanisms migrate application instances and application data to the second logical partition.
US09619222B2
A method modifies an application program to create an augmented application program by including at least one call and a software library in the application program. The at least one call is to a method that forms part of the library. The method further includes, upon receiving a request from an augmented application program resident on the device, registering and authenticating the augmented application program and sending a policy file to the device that is configured to control use of only the augmented application program. Another method receives at a device an application program augmented to include the at least one call and software library. The method further includes launching the application program and sending a registration and authentication request to a server of an enterprise, and receiving from the server a policy file configured for controlling use by the device of only the registered and authenticated augmented application program.
US09619219B1
A system and method of deploying applications to networked computing environments is disclosed. Application packages and installation instructions are received by a deployment manager. The installation instructions include test instructions. Application packages are distributed in response to requests by developers and installation instructions executed on a target computing environment. Failure of an installation test provides an indication of issues with the application in the target environment. Records of failures received are stored for use by application developers.
US09619217B2
In a method for cloud deployment, programmer input in a programming language is received, the programmer input including i) a built-in function corresponding to making electronic objects accessible on a network, and ii) a parameter indicating an electronic object. The programmer input is evaluated to cause the electronic object to be stored on a server and made accessible via a network coupled to the server.
US09619210B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for parsing and compiling data system queries.
US09619209B1
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for dynamic source code generation. In some embodiments, data may be received. The data may include natural language and corresponding source code. Parsed natural language may be generated using the data to identify and analyze the natural language. Parsed source code may be generated using the data to identify and analyze the corresponding source code. Mappings between the parsed natural language and the parsed source code may be generated. The mappings may be transmitted.
US09619203B2
A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicles in a second road segment having similar properties to those of the first road segment, comparing the determined values of the first vehicle and the one or more second vehicles and providing an evaluation of the driving behavior of the first vehicle, responsive to the comparison.
US09619194B2
A method for searching for an image forming apparatus includes a first search method for searching for an image forming apparatus that is connected to a mobile terminal via a relay device for wireless connection, and a second search method for searching for an image forming apparatus that is wirelessly connectable to the mobile terminal without involving the relay device. The method includes executing a search using at least the first search method among the first search method and the second search method in a case where the mobile terminal and the relay device are wirelessly connected to each other, and executing a search using the second search method in a case where the mobile terminal and the relay device are not wirelessly connected to each other, in order to search for an image forming apparatus.
US09619193B2
An apparatus and method for a printing system is provided which determines whether image data input by execution of an input job is a blank and, in a case where the image data is determined to be a blank, the printing system records information indicating the determination of a blank as history information of the input job. Thus, in a case where image data input by execution of an input job is not output by execution of an output job, the user is able to easily confirm the cause of the output failure of the input image data.
US09619188B2
An image forming system according to an embodiment includes a data creation section that creates document data. A print instruction section sends instructions to print the document data. A printing mode determination section determines a printing mode of the document data based on property information of the document data. A selection section selects for printing the document data with one of a non-erasable image forming section and an erasable image forming section based on the determined printing mode.
US09619186B2
Example embodiments relate to providing cloud-based printing fluid subscription messages. in example embodiments, the system may then calculate a fulfillment trigger value based on a printing fluid fill level of a printing fluid storage unit and a printing fluid usage history of a remote printing device, where the fulfillment trigger value describes a printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers an order request for as replacement supply of printing fluid. Next, system may update a subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to an order triggered state and send the subscription fulfillment status to the remote printing device, where the remote printing device determines whether to display a printing fluid subscription message based on the subscription fulfillment status.
US09619185B2
A history information storage method making it possible to identify a user who gave a data transmission instruction from history information. A job processing apparatus is caused to execute a job. A generation step of generating history information, about the job in which information identifying a user included in a name of the job is set as information indicating the user who gave an instruction to execute the job, is generated in a generation step. The generated history information is stored in a storage step.
US09619183B2
A PrintTicket does not necessarily exist in each page of an XPS document. Regarding a page where no PrintTicket exists, the page is printed by referring to a PrintTicket in a higher hierarchical level. Here, when a plurality of XPS documents are combined, a user's intended print result may not be obtained when the PrintTicket in the higher hierarchical level to which the page refers changes before and after combining. Before a combining process is executed, print setting information of a page element is generated based on print setting information of an element in a higher hierarchical level than the page hierarchical level. A combined document is generated by combining a structured document including a page element to which the generated print setting information is added and another structured document including a page element to which the generated print setting information is added.
US09619175B2
A method of operating an eMMC system includes receiving a first command defining a first operation from the host, and storing the first command in a first command register among N command registers, and receiving a second command defining a second operation from the host, and storing the second command in a second command register among the N command registers, wherein the second command is received while the first operation is being performed.
US09619173B1
Described are techniques for updating checkpoint data during a copy process that copies data from a first device to a second device. A portion of data is copied from the first device to the second device. A first calculated value is determined in accordance with a plurality of factors. In accordance with the first calculated value and a threshold ratio, it is determined whether to update the checkpoint data denoting progress of the copying process that copies data from the first device to the second device. If it is determined to update the checkpoint data, first processing is performed that updates the checkpoint data.
US09619165B1
Systems, methods and/or devices are used to store metadata in a storage system. In one aspect, an indication of data to be stored by the storage system is received by a computing device including non-volatile memory and a tiered data structure. A leaf having a first leaf type is selected from the tiered data structure. Leaves of the first leaf type include locations of variable-length data stored in the non-volatile memory. At least one criterion is used to determine whether to convert the selected leaf to a converted leaf having a second leaf type. Leaves of the second type include locations of fixed-length data. In response to a determination to convert the selected leaf to a converted leaf, first location information is stored in the converted leaf. In response to a determination to not convert the selected leaf, second location information is stored in the second leaf.
US09619163B2
An apparatus, method, and computer program for maintaining access times in a data processing system, wherein the data processing system comprises a plurality of storage devices, the apparatus including: a receive component, for receiving a command or an availability message, wherein an availability message indicates whether the storage device is available; an evaluate component for evaluating a plurality of first relationships between the storage devices and a plurality of first values, wherein each of the first values indicates whether a related storage device is a redundant; a send component, for sending a power message to one or more of the storage devices; and an update component for updating a second relationship between the redundant storage device and a plurality of second values, wherein each of the second values indicates whether a related redundant storage device is available.
US09619162B1
Some embodiments of the invention relate to selecting a data protection scheme, such as, for example, mirroring or RAID, for a content unit based on power-related metadata associated with the content unit. The data protection strategy selected for a content unit may impact the amount of power that a storage system consumes.
US09619157B2
System and method for high speed data storage. An unmounted unformatted direct access storage device (DASD) may be opened via an operation system (OS) application programming interface (API). A maximum amount of storage space afforded by the DASD may be determined, and the DASD locked, thereby limiting write access to the DASD to a first application process and excluding writes to the DASD by any other application process. A single data type data stream is received, and stored on the DASD in linear fashion as it is received without using a file system architecture, metadata, indices, or keys associated with the data, including writing a block of the stream of data to the DASD and returning a next contiguous write location on the DASD in an iterative manner. The stored data are readable by multiple readers in a linear manner without using the file system architecture, metadata, indices, or keys.
US09619156B2
A storage device includes a host interface configured to communicate with a host device according to a first protocol through an input terminal, an output terminal, and a clock terminal. The input terminal is configured to receive an input signal from the host device according to the first protocol. The output terminal is configured to output an output signal to the host device according to the first protocol. The clock terminal configured to receive a clock signal from the host device according to the first protocol. The host interface is configured to communicate with the host device according to a second protocol through the clock terminal, the second protocol being different from the first protocol.
US09619155B2
Data address management systems, methods, devices and uses for minimizing interaction with data consumers' data on data storage devices, an embodiment comprising an external bus for communicatively interfacing the data storage system and data consumers; at least one storage medium components, each storage medium component comprising a plurality of storage locations having a unique storage location indicators; a translation layer module comprising a data address space having data addresses associable with storage location indicators; and a controller configured to store data in the storage locations and creating associations in the translation layer module between data addresses and the physical location indicators; wherein the data address space is accessible by the data consumer for addressing requests relating to data stored on the storage device and wherein the controller is configured to manipulate the arrangement of the data addresses in the data address space.
US09619139B2
According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen including a first icon and a second icon. The controller displays a sub icon associated with the second icon on the lock screen when a gesture in which the first icon and the second icon are superimposed is detected.
US09619126B2
An image processing device includes: an indication point acquiring section that acquires an indication point on a presentation material, which a presenter is pointing out with a pointer, through image processing on the presentation material taken by an image pickup device; an element layout changed material acquiring section that acquires an element layout changed material in which an layout of elements contained in the presentation material is changed; a changed indication point determining section that determines as a changed indication point a point on the element layout changed material corresponding to the indication point acquired by the indication point acquiring section; and a display image generating section generates an image in which an image of the element layout changed material is synthesized with a changed indication point indicating image showing the changed indication point and allows a display device to display the generated image.
US09619118B2
A wheel-based user interface provides navigation between categories and subcategories of applications. A first browse wheel contains a plurality of category regions, each corresponding to an application category. In response to a user selection of an application category received at the first browse wheel, a second browse wheel is displayed. The second browse wheel contains a plurality of subcategory regions, each corresponding to an application subcategory within the selected application category. In response to a user selection of an application subcategory received at the second browse wheel, an application search query is generated using the selected category and subcategory.
US09619114B2
A system to remotely configure an aftermarket interface module using a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is disclosed. The system includes a GUI adapted to display on a computer. The GUI permits a user to select a vehicle model, year and make to determine the functions of the OEM controls. In addition, the GUI permits a user to select an aftermarket electronics brand and model that the OEM controls will operate. The user selects a particular control signal configuration using the GUI for each of the OEM controls. An interface module is flash programmed with the particular control signal configuration. The interface module is connected to the OEM controls and the aftermarket electronics, where the interface module receives the OEM control signals and controls the aftermarket electronics using the particular control signal configuration.
US09619111B2
There is provided a content selection view in which the user can select a content intuitively and easily. When the user places a touch pen in touch with a touch panel in a position corresponding to a position P1 in a map and drags the touch pen along a locus to a position P2 with the touch pen being kept in touch with the touch panel, PD will judge that a grid is still an option. Thereafter, when the user takes the touch pen off the touch panel surface, the PD will select the grid corresponding to the position P2 where the touch pen has finally been in touch with the touch panel. The PD will output not only content data assigned to the selected grid but a sound corresponding to predetermined content data even while the grid is still an option. The present invention is applicable to a portable recorder/player.
US09619107B2
A method and system for displaying icons on a user interface of a smart device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a webpage address and checking security of the webpage linked to the webpage address. Further, the method includes displaying a first icon at a pre-determined position, the first icon indicating that the security check is in progress; obtaining a speed for loading the webpage and a speed for the security check; and adjusting icons displayed at the pre-determined position based on the speed for loading the webpage and the speed for the security check. The method and system consistent with the present disclosure may improve the user experience of smartphone users.
US09619105B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing three-dimensional (3D) gesture based interaction with a user interface rendered from a 3D object model based upon the viewpoint of a user. Gesture based interactive systems in accordance with many embodiments of the invention utilize a spatial model of how user interface objects, such as icons and a cursor, spatially relate to one another. The user interface model can be constructed as a 3D object model. With a 3D object model, the operating system can use depth information to render a user interface display appropriate to the requirements of a specific display technology. In many embodiments, head tracking is used to determine a viewpoint from which to render a user interface display from a 3D object model maintained by the operating system and the user interface can be updated in response to the detection of 3D gestures.
US09619104B2
Computerized methods and interactive input systems for manipulation of 3D objects are disclosed. An image of 3D object is displayed on a 2D interactive surface, and input is received and is interpreted for manipulating the 3D object. When the 3D object is selected, rotation control handles indicating available rotation directions are displayed. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing images of a 3D input space, recognizing at least one object in the images, and comparing the recognized objects in the images to determine a difference therebetween based on a difference threshold. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, the recognized objects are emerged and associated with digital content, or only one of the recognized objects is maintained and associated with digital content.
US09619101B2
A data processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls browsing document data to be displayed, the browsing document data being configured by plural browsing object data items, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, the position information being pointed by a pointing unit and indicating a position corresponding to the browsing document data displayed by the display control unit, a direction identification unit that identifies a direction pointed by the pointing unit, starting from the pointed position, based on a history of a motion by the pointing unit, and an attention data identification unit that identifies attention data indicating browsing object data that is focused, among the plural browsing object data items, based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and a direction identified by the direction identification unit.
US09619098B2
A display unit with a touch detection function includes: a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a direction, each of the touch detection electrodes being formed in a predetermined electrode pattern including electrode portion and opening portion and outputting a detection signal, based on a variation in capacitance due to an external proximity object; and a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer of the touch detection electrodes, a predetermined number of the display elements being arranged within a width dimension of a region corresponding to each of the touch detection electrodes. The predetermined electrode pattern corresponds to a layout pattern of the display elements.
US09619093B2
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method for a touch panel comprising: disposing an electrode layer extending from touch area of a substrate to periphery area of the substrate, wherein the periphery area surrounds the periphery of the touch area. The method further includes disposing an insulation layer in the periphery area of the substrate to form a shielding layer, making the shielding layer cover the overlapping electrode in the periphery area and making the electrode layer of the touch area and the overlapping electrode locate on the same layer of the substrate so as to avoid fluctuation of resistance value in the electrode layer due to height difference. Meanwhile, adopting the disposition method also maintains insulating performance of the shielding layer. The present disclosure also provides a touch panel made by the manufacturing method.
US09619092B2
A touch panel includes a cover substrate having an active area and an unactive area. A printing layer is provided on the unactive area, and a sensing electrode is provided on the active area with a wire electrode connected with the sensing electrode. The printing layer includes a first printing layer on the cover substrate and a second printing layer provided on the first printing layer. The second printing layer has a width different from a width of the first printing layer, and the wire electrode is interposed between the first and second printing layers.
US09619086B2
A display device with a touch screen and a method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving a display device including a touch screen including a plurality of sensing electrode lines and driving electrode lines and operating as an electromagnetic touch mode or a capacitive touch mode according to an input touch signal, the method includes: determining the input touch signal, controlling whether to connect pairs of sensing electrode lines among the sensing electrode lines, and controlling whether to connect pairs of driving electrode lines among the driving electrode lines, according to the touch signal.
US09619081B2
A system and method for correcting non-linear tracking of objects that may change size when moving on a large touch sensor having a relatively large space between electrodes by dynamic compensating on-the-fly by constantly calculating the size of a finger as measured by the touch sensor, and then scaling that measured size so that look-up tables may be used to compensate for any size finger in the X and Y axes.
US09619076B2
An electronic device displays a user interface in a first display state. The device detects a first portion of a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface, including detecting intensity of a respective contact of the gesture. In response to detecting the first portion of the gesture, the device displays an intermediate display state between the first display state and a second display state. In response to detecting the end of the gesture: if intensity of the respective contact had reached a predefined intensity threshold prior to the end of the gesture, the device displays the second display state; otherwise, the device redisplays the first display state. After displaying an animated transition between a first display state and a second state, the device, optionally, detects an increase of the contact intensity. In response, the device displays a continuation of the animation in accordance with the increasing intensity of the respective contact.
US09619070B2
A hybrid optical-physical touch screen is provided herein. The touch screen includes: an electronic panel display; one or more optical sensors coupled to the electronic panel display and configured to determine, a spatial location of a physical object on an X-Y plane near the electronic panel display; a plurality of physical touch sensors coupled to the electronic panel display and configured to determine, a physical touch event between the physical object and the electronic panel display; and a processor configured to compare the determined spatial location of the physical object with the determined physical touch event between the physical object and the display at a same time, and determine, based on predefined parameters, whether an intentional physical touch event between the physical object and the electronic panel display has occurred.
US09619067B2
A display signal drive circuit is configured to output a display signal having a signal level based on a common voltage to a display panel. A touch detection signal drive circuit is configured to output a touch detection signal having a signal level based on the common voltage to a touch panel in case that a composite panel is an in-cell type, and is configured to output a touch detection signal having a signal level based on a voltage level other than the common voltage to the touch panel in case that the composite panel is an on-cell type.
US09619063B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a touch display device. The array substrate comprises multiple data lines, multiple gate lines and multiple thin film transistors. The data lines and the gate lines intersect with each other in different planes to divide the array substrate into multiple pixel units, in each of which a thin film transistor is provided, wherein the array substrate further comprises multiple first touch sensing electrodes and multiple second touch sensing electrodes. The first touch sensing electrodes are provided below active regions of the thin film transistors and also serve as metal shielding layers for blocking light emitted by a backlight source. The first touch sensing electrodes and the second touch sensing electrodes intersect with each other in different planes, and capacitances are formed at intersections of the first touch sensing electrodes and the second touch sensing electrodes.
US09619057B2
The present invention discloses a touch panel and an electronic device. The touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a first conductive micropattern and a second conductive micropattern. The first conductive micropattern defines multiple traces in a plurality of first cells. The second conductive micropattern defines multiple traces in a plurality of second cells. The first conductive micropattern covers the second conductive micropattern, and the first cell overlaps the second cell. The first cell, the second cell and a corresponding area of the substrate in them are as a combination cell. The integral light transmittances between at least part of the combination cells are inconsistent. The present invention can have a low visibility of micropattern and can reduce manufacturing costs.
US09619056B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for determining a valid touch event on a touch sensitive device. At least two touch events are received from a touch interface. The at least two touch events are combined if a time difference between each of the at least two touch events is less than a time threshold and a proximity between each of the at least two touch events is less than a proximity threshold. A valid touch event is determined if a combined pressure indicator of a combined touch event is greater than a pressure threshold.
US09619046B2
A composer interface allows a user to provide input, such as text data, to the social networking system. To reduce the number of inputs for a user to provide to the social networking system, one or more phrase objects are presented to the user when providing input. A phrase object includes a group of objects that users have previously provided to the social networking system. The social networking system presents phrase objects to the user that match at least a portion of the received input. Context information associated with the input and associated with various phrase objects may be used to select the presented phrase objects. By selecting a presented phrase object, the user includes the selected phrase object in the input.
US09619045B1
Certain embodiments herein relate to determining a type of input device from which user input is received. Input devices, such as keyboards, scanners, card readers, other keypad devices, etc., may send information to a computing device. The information may include one or more characters or signals, each of which may be received by the computing device after a delay. Such a delay may be analyzed to determine a source or type of user input device. A threshold time may be established such that an identification and number of characters received before the threshold time is reached may be used to determine the source or type of an input device. In example embodiments, a distinction between a bar code scanner and a keyboard, among other types of input devices used in a product shipping application, may be determined.
US09619038B2
A method includes entering, by a portable electronic device, a low-power condition and while in the low-power condition, detecting an input. In response to detecting the input, a cover image is displayed. An application image is progressively revealed along with movement of a gesture while reducing display of the cover image.
US09619033B2
A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device.
US09619032B1
Providing accessibility path guidance on a display presented on a touch screen of a device with microfluidics. The fluid is selectively applied to a portion of the touch screen by a computer of the device to raise a portion of the touch screen. The computer loads a display on the touch screen which requires user input. The flow information regarding the display is fetched and a computer of the device detects that the user has touched the touch screen at a point. The computer uses microfluidics to create a physical ridge on the touch screen corresponding to a flow path connecting the point on the touch screen in which the user is currently touching to a touch point within an object field which requires user input. Once the user has reached the object field by following the physical ridge through touch, the physical ridge is removed.
US09619021B2
A control method of a head mounted display (HMD) is disclosed. The control method includes detecting a first route of a first moving object and a second route of a second moving object in front of the HMD, detecting a third route along which a user's eye gaze moves, setting the first moving object as a reference object if the detected first route identical with the detected third route, setting the second moving object as the reference object if the detected second route identical with the detected third route, and setting a focus of the camera unit on the set reference object based on a route of the set reference object and the detected third route.
US09619019B2
A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of images received from a plurality of sources on each of a first screen, a second screen, and a third screen of a display screen, a user interface configured to detect a user interaction, and a controller configured to control the display to move locations of the first to third screens in accordance with a detected rotation interaction in response to the rotation interaction being detected through the user interface.
US09619008B2
An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.
US09619006B2
A method and apparatus for selectively parking routers used for routing traffic in mesh interconnects. Various router parking (RP) algorithms are disclosed, including an aggressive RP algorithm where a minimum number of routers are kept active to ensure adequate network connectivity between active nodes and/or intercommunicating nodes, leading to a maximum reduction in static power consumption, and a conservative RP algorithm that favors network latency considerations over static power consumption while also reducing power. An adaptive RP algorithm is also disclosed that implements aspects of the aggressive and conservative RP algorithms to balance power consumption and latency considerations in response to ongoing node utilization and associated traffic. The techniques may be implemented in internal network structures, such as for single chip computers, as well as external network structures, such as computing clusters and massively parallel computer architectures. Performance modeling has demonstrated substantial power reduction may be obtained using the router parking techniques while maintaining Quality of Service performance objectives.
US09619002B2
In some implementations, a method includes analyzing an amount of data communicated by a set of network interfaces. The data communicated by the set of network interfaces is processed by a set of functional units and a set of queues includes the data communicated by the set of network interfaces. The method also includes activating a first functional unit of the set of functional units when a first size of a first queue of the set of queues is above a first threshold. The method further includes deactivating the first functional unit of the set of functional units when the first size of the first queue of the set of queues is below a second threshold. The method further includes causing the data to be forward to one or more active functional units via a data interconnect coupled to the set of network interfaces and the set of functional units.
US09619000B2
Disclosed is a board including a semiconductor device including a first terminal to receive a signal that sets a functionality of the device, a second terminal to supply a first value and a third terminal to supply a second value, a first connection member connected to the first to third terminals of the semiconductor device, and a second connection member adapted to be connected to the first connection member provided on a counterpart board, with at least two terminals of the second connection member connected together via a first connection circuit, wherein the first connection member of the board is connected to the second connection member of another counterpart board.
US09618998B2
Power consumption data for a server and temperature data from a location containing the server are received. It is determined that variation in the power consumption data exceeds a first threshold level. It is determined, in response to determining variation in the power consumption data exceeds the first threshold level, variation in the temperature data does not exceed a second threshold level. It is determined, in response to determining variation in the temperature data does not exceed a second threshold level, variation in the power consumption data follows a cyclic pattern. The server is identified as idle in response to determining the variation in the power consumption data follows the cyclic pattern.
US09618994B2
In one embodiment, a processor of a computing device executes a sequence of instructions that depends on one or more external operations. Software of the computing device determines a clocking policy for the processor during execution of the sequence of instructions. The clocking policy is based at least in part on a pattern of execution involving the sequence of instructions and the external operations, and the clocking policy modifies a clock speed of the processor. The software of the computing device applies the clocking policy to the processor during execution of at least a portion of the sequence of instructions.
US09618993B2
A method and system of managing power usage of devices including selectively executing a program application on a plurality of battery powered devices. Battery usage data is generated for a battery in one or more of the devices during execution of the work application. The battery usage data includes the run-time of the battery for the work application being executed. The data is aggregated and stored for the plurality of devices in memory. An application specific battery profile is generated using the stored battery usage data. The application specific battery profile is associated with the work application being run by the client devices.
US09618988B2
A method of managing a thermal budget, for at least a part of a processing system, is described. The method comprises, upon detection of a use case event, determining a thermal budget violation time window for a current use case scenario of the at least part of the processing system, and managing the thermal budget for the at least part of the processing system based at least partly on the determined thermal budget violation time window.
US09618986B2
A system for supplying cooling airflow across a plurality of wireless charging coils. More specifically in certain embodiments, the system includes a charging system which includes a partitioned airflow system for cooling a plurality of information handling systems. In certain embodiments the information handling systems comprise wireless powered information handling systems. In certain embodiments, the charging system includes a charging system housing as well as a plurality of charging transmit coils. The charging transmit coils interact with respective charging receive coils which are associated with respective information handling systems.
US09618966B2
A pulse-drive resonant clock with on-the fly mode changing provides robust operation in a resonant clock distribution network, in particular for processor circuits having a dynamically-varied operating frequency. The clock drivers for the resonant clock distribution network include a pulse width control circuit having selectable operating modes corresponding to multiple clocking modes of the resonant clock distribution network. The pulse width control circuit includes a delay line that has a selectable delay length to provide pulse enable signals that control the pulse widths of the clock drivers in a sector of the resonant clock distribution network. The delay line responds to a mode control signal so that at least one pulse width of the output is changed from a first pulse width to a second pulse width without generating half-cycles with a pulse width narrower than the first or second pulse width.
US09618963B2
Disclosed is a power management apparatus and a multi-source energy harvesting system using the apparatus, which manage power supplied by individual harvesting sources without wasting the power, thus efficiently distributing the power to a battery. The power management apparatus includes a plurality of comparison units configured to compare voltages of storage devices respectively connected to output terminals of a plurality of harvesting power sources with a preset threshold voltage. A control unit is configured to control an operation of the power management apparatus. A plurality of switching units are installed between the storage devices and a battery and are configured to be turned on/off in response to switching control signals output from the control unit and to form power transmission paths between corresponding storage devices and the battery. The control unit generates and provides the switching control signals based on output signals of the comparison units.
US09618961B2
An apparatus may, for example, include a first lever pivoting about a first axis. The apparatus may also include a second lever mounted with the first lever, pivoting about a second axis, and biased to a first position. The first lever can be configured to engage a braking system of a vehicle when the first lever is pivoted about the first axis and the second lever is in the first position. The second lever can be configured to be pivoted about the second axis to a second position. The first lever can be configured to disengage a reverse lockout system of the vehicle when the second lever is in the second position. The second lever can be configured to be pivoted about the second axis to a third position, which cases the first lever to engage a parking brake mechanism of the vehicle.
US09618960B2
The invention provides, in one aspect, a multifunctional operating device for operating a motor vehicle. The operating device includes a handle and an operating head fixed to the handle. The operating head includes a head housing, a circuit board with at least one switch element, and a support part, mounted inside the head housing, upon which the circuit board is mounted. The switch element is configured to emit an acoustic response when actuated. The head housing is formed as a resonance body for amplifying the acoustic response.
US09618940B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes receiving, by the UAV, flight information describing a job to perform an inspection of a rooftop. A particular altitude is ascended to, and an inspection of the rooftop is performed including obtaining sensor information describing the rooftop. Location information identifying a damaged area of the rooftop is received. The damaged area of the rooftop is traveled to. An inspection of the damaged area of the rooftop is performed including obtaining detailed sensor information describing the damaged area. A safe landing location is traveled to.
US09618939B2
A method and a system are provided for controlling an aircraft in the form of a multicopter which has a plurality of redundant rotors (4), preferably arranged in a common rotor plane, in order, on the one hand, to generate lift, and, on the other hand, also propulsion by inclining the at least one rotor plane, wherein the regulation of the position and the control of the multicopter are carried out by changing rotor rotational speeds as a function of pilot control instructions. The system is characterized in that the rotors (4) are connected to one another in terms of data technology via a failsafe network (8), and they communicate their respective operating state, in particular their rotor rotational speed, in the network (8), and in that the network contains a first multiplicity of redundant sensors which determine control-relevant data and make it available in the network, in particular inclination, acceleration, rotational speed and/or position in all three spatial axes of the multicopter.
US09618935B2
A remote controlling and lifesaving apparatus using a wearable device system within a car is provided. The remote controlling and lifesaving apparatus using a wearable device system within a car performs lifesaving according to biometric information of a passenger when a car accident occurs, and provides technology for measuring biometric information of the passenger through the wearable device system when the car accident occurs and performing rapid post management for the passenger based on the measured biometric information.
US09618928B2
A simulation apparatus of a numerical controller that controls a movable unit of a machine tool on the basis of a machining program sequentially generates, when the machining program includes a machining cycle command, a series of movement commands from designated work shape data and machining conditions, and stores the movement commands in a memory. The simulation apparatus displays the machining program and a moving image of the machining program in first and second areas of a display screen and displays the movement commands generated from the machining cycle command in a third area of the display screen.
US09618924B2
The system program includes, as an execution control process of the control program, an owner-side start process that starts execution of an owner-side control program; a copy process in which, when execution of the owner-side control program ends, a global variable that is rewritten by the owner-side control program is copied from a global variable area to a synchronous buffer corresponding to the global variable; and a referrer-side start process that starts execution of a referrer-side control program.
US09618922B2
A scheduler causes a microprocessor to start execution of a first control program after a communication circuit transmits output data and receives input data in a control cycle following a control circle in which execution of the first control program has ended, and causes execution of an unexecuted portion of the first control program in a control cycle following a control cycle in which execution of the first control cycle has not ended.
US09618921B2
A semiconductor electronic device structure includes an active area array disposed in a substrate, an isolation structure, a plurality of recessed gate structures, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of bit lines. The active area array a plurality of active area columns and a plurality of active area rows, defining an array of active areas. The substrate has two recesses formed at the central region thereof. Each recessed gate structure is respectively disposed in the recess. A protruding structure is formed on the substrate in each recess. A STI structure of the isolation structure is arranged between each pair of adjacent active area rows. Word lines are disposed in the substrate, each electrically connecting the gate structures there-under. Bit lines are disposed above the active areas, forming a crossing pattern with the word lines.
US09618913B2
A system includes a metering module that receives fluid through a fluid inlet. The metering module includes a rotating component driven by the fluid, an electric machine, and a controller. The fluid is received from the fluid inlet at an inlet flow rate, and the rotating component provides the fluid to an outlet of the rotating component at an outlet pressure. The electric machine is configured to generate electrical power in response to rotation of the rotating component. The controller is powered by the electrical power generated by the electric machine, and controls a rotational speed of the rotating component to control the outlet pressure.
US09618911B2
A method and apparatus for a computer-implemented adaptive automation module comprising an event recorder to store one or more events for a predetermined period, and a timeline pattern generator logic to create a timeline for the predetermined period. The module further comprising marker creator logic to generate a marker to abstract the timeline data from the event data for controlling a device.
US09618904B2
A watch case includes a case middle made of plastic or electroformed material and a crystal. The crystal or the case middle includes elbowed catches that are each insertable in a bayonet fitting in a recess of the case middle or the crystal. The case also includes a rotation stop angularly securing the case middle and the crystal in an angular position such that a part of each catch is frontally locked behind a holding surface of the case middle or of the crystal. The rotation stop is frontally snap-fitted on the case middle and/or the crystal by snap-fit fingers that cooperate with a complementary stop surface of the case middle and/or of the crystal.
US09618901B2
A sheet humidification apparatus includes a detect sensor that detects a position of a sheet which is being conveyed; a humidifier that changes a humidification amount and humidifies the sheet; and a controller that controls the humidifier such that a first region on a front end side of the sheet in a conveyance direction is humidified with a first humidification amount, and a second region of the sheet other than the first region is humidified with a second humidification amount larger than the first humidification amount in accordance with a position of the sheet detected by the detect sensor.
US09618889B2
A fixing device configured to fix an image on a recording material, includes: a rotary member including an electroconductive layer; a coil which has a spiral shaped portion and is disposed in the inside of the rotary member; and a core disposed in the spiral shaped portion; with magnetic resistance of the core being, with an area from one end to the other end of the maximum passage region of the image on the recording material regarding the generatrix direction, equal to or smaller than 30% of combined magnetic resistance made up of magnetic resistance of the electroconductive layer and magnetic resistance of a region between the electroconductive layer and the core.
US09618888B2
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and an opposed rotator disposed opposite the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A nip formation pad is disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The nip formation pad includes a base, a first thermal conductor sandwiched between the base and the fixing rotator and having a first thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the base, and a bulge projecting from the first thermal conductor toward the opposed rotator at a downstream end of the first thermal conductor in a recording medium conveyance direction.
US09618886B2
A nip formation assembly disposed opposite an opposed rotator via an endless belt includes a nip formation pad to press against the opposed rotator via the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the opposed rotator, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A fixing heater is disposed opposite at least a center span of the endless belt in an axial direction thereof where the recording medium is conveyed. The fixing heater heats the endless belt. A lateral end heater is mounted on the nip formation pad and disposed opposite a lateral end span of an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt in the axial direction thereof. The lateral end heater heats the endless belt.
US09618880B2
A developing device includes a developer storage chamber configured to store developer to be supplied to the development chamber, a partition configured to separate a development chamber and the developer storage chamber and having an opening allowing communication between the developer storage chamber and the development chamber, and a protruding portion configured to protrude toward the inside of the developer storage chamber from the partition on a downstream side of the opening in the rotation direction of a rotating shaft, and within one turn of rotation of the rotating shaft, a receiving member moves while contacting the protruding portion according to the rotation of the rotating shaft.
US09618877B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic latent image, a developer carrier for developing the electrostatic latent image of the image carrier with a developer, a developer regulating member that regulates a thickness of a layer of the developer held by the developer carrier, and a supply member that supplies the developer to the developer carrier. An absolute value of a voltage applied to the developer regulating member is larger than an absolute value of a voltage applied to the supply member.
US09618874B2
A write control apparatus is for receiving one page worth of image data and performing processes, and writing an image by exposing a photoconductor. The write control apparatus includes a write control unit including a process function unit for performing the processes; a computer for generating setting values of parameters used by the process function unit; and first and second memories for storing the setting values. When the computer sends a trigger signal to start image formation to the write control unit, the second memory stores one page worth of the setting values stored in the first memory, and the setting values of a desired page among a plurality of pages worth of the setting values stored in the second memory are applied to operations by the process function unit when the write control unit controlled by the computer writes an image of the desired page.
US09618860B2
A photoconductor and method of forming a photoconductor for an electrophotographic device comprising forming a charge generation material comprising a plurality of quantum dots, and forming an active region comprising one or more photoconductor layers comprising the charge generation material including the surface modified quantum dots.
US09618859B2
A lithographic apparatus component, such as a metrology system or an optical element (e.g., a mirror) is provided with a temperature control system for controlling deformation of the component. The control system includes channels provided close to a surface of the component through which a two phase cooling medium is supplied. The metrology system measures a position of at least a moveable item with respect to a reference position and includes a metrology frame connected to the reference position. An encoder is connected to the moveable item and constructed and arranged to measure a relative position of the encoder with respect to a reference grid. The reference grid may be provided directly on a surface of the metrology frame. A lithographic projection apparatus may have the metrology system for measuring a position of the substrate table with respect to the projection system.
US09618854B2
A liquid immersion device that has an mixing mechanism that mixes and dissolves a predetermined substance for adjusting specific resistance of the liquid, which is supplied onto a liquid repellent film on the surface of an object (member) of a projection optical system placed on the light emitting side of projection optical system, and an liquid immersion area is formed by supplying the liquid in which the predetermined liquid is dissolved onto the liquid repellent film.
US09618848B2
The disclosure herein describes methods for Photosensitized Chemically Amplified Resist Chemicals (PS-CAR) to pattern light sensitive films on a semiconductor substrate. In one embodiment, a two-step exposure process may generate higher acid concentration regions within a photoresist layer. The PS-CAR chemicals may include photoacid generators (PAGs) and photosensitizer elements that enhance the decomposition of the PAGs into acid. The first exposure may be a patterned EUV exposure that generates an initial amount of acid and photosensitizer. The second exposure may be a non-EUV flood exposure that excites the photosensitizer which increases the acid generation rate where the photosensitizer is located on the substrate. The distribution of energy during the exposures may be optimized by using certain characteristics (e.g., thickness, index of refraction, doping) of the photoresist layer, an underlying layer, and/or an overlying layer.
US09618841B2
The present invention relates to a Cu2Zn0.14Sn0.25Te2.34 nanocrystalline solution, its preparation method, a photosensitive resin solution, a method for forming black matrixes (BMs), and a color filter (CF) substrate. As the particle size of nanocrystallines in the nanocrystalline solution is small and light within the ultraviolet-visible light range can be absorbed, the BMs formed by utilization of the nanocrystalline solution can obtain good light shielding performance while having a small thickness. In the nanocrystalline solution, the particle size of the nanocrystallines dispersed in the nanocrystalline solution is 5 to 20 nm; the band gap of the nanocrystallines is 0.8 to 1.5 ev, and the grain surface of the nanocrystallines has organic functional groups.
US09618840B2
Polymer Pen Lithography materials that retain the simplicity characteristic for the fabrication of poly(dimethyl siloxane) tip arrays while preserving the control over feature dimensions and to understand the role of the mechanical properties of the different materials on Polymer Pen Lithography printing.
US09618835B2
In a liquid confinement structure of an immersion lithographic apparatus an elongate continuous opening forms an outlet for supplying liquid to a space beneath the projection system. The elongate slit forms a region of high shear and pressure gradient that deflects bubbles away from the image field.
US09618834B2
A polarization conversion element includes first light transmissive substrates and second light transmissive substrates each of which has a light incident surface and a light exiting surface and which are disposed alternately, polarization separation films, reflection films, and retardation plates. One of each of the polarization separation films and a plasma polymerization film is formed on a first surface of each of the first light transmissive substrate. Each of the reflection films is formed on a second surface of each of the first light transmissive substrate. An adhesive layer is formed on a first surface of each of the second light transmissive substrates. The other of each of the polarization separation films and the plasma polymerization films is formed on a second surface of each of the corresponding second light transmissive substrates.
US09618832B2
A projector suspension device for a projector comprises a base to be fixed to a surface on which the projector projects an image, a support member extending from the base and configured to support the projector, and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a tilt of the projector.
US09618828B2
A camera for use on vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles. The camera has a housing, at least one optical element disposed within the housing, a group of circuit boards disposed within the housing and including at least one circuit board. The group of circuit boards has at least one active circuit for executing a direct camera function. The camera further comprises at least one heating element adapted for heating the group of circuit boards, the optical elements, and/or the housing, wherein the at least one heating element is directly attached to one of the circuit boards of the group of circuit boards.
US09618825B2
A projector includes an electricity reception terminal to which electric power is supplied via an electricity feed terminal, a projection section that includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, an irradiation system, and a projection system and projects light, and a control section that switches a content to another whenever electric power supply to the electricity reception terminal is initiated and causes the projection section to project light carrying an image related to the content selected in the switching operation.
US09618824B2
Systems and methods may provide for an integrated miniature sensor that operates in the Terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The integrated miniature sensor may detect a remote target and operate in a non-contact, non-invasive manner. Numerous signal analysis techniques may be employed such as Doppler radar technology, absorption spectroscopy, and others when the integrated miniature sensor is used in biomedical, physiological and other settings where prolonged recording of bio-signals is needed.
US09618821B2
An optical modulator is disclosed, in which a MMI couplers are used for input signal splitting for branching into individual Mach-Zehnder interferometers, as well as for branching and combining from individual Mach-Zehnder waveguides. MMI couplers, splitters, and combiners may be cascaded and combined with single-mode Y-splitters and combiners to provide modulators of various types, including dual polarization, quadrature phase Mach-Zehnder interferometer base optical modulators.
US09618820B2
A variety of methods for integrating an organic photovoltaic-based SolarWindow™ module and electrochromic materials to create dynamic, variable transmittance, energy-saving windows and/or window films are described. Stand-alone or building integrated, independent or user-controllable, battery supported or building integrated, and insulated glass unit or aftermarket film implementations are all described, providing for a diversity of applications. Low-cost fabrication options also allow for economical production.
US09618819B2
A window assembly comprises a plurality of dynamic electrochromic zones formed on a single transparent substrate in which at least two electrochromic zones are independently controllable. In one exemplary embodiment, the window assembly comprises an Insulated Glass Unit (IGU), and at least one transparent substrate comprises a lite. In another exemplary embodiment, the IGU comprises at least two lites in which at least one lite comprises a plurality of independently controllable dynamic zones.
US09618809B2
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, including: preparing a substrate on which a switching element, laminating a conductive material layer and a conductive metal layer, forming a first photosensitive film pattern on the conductive metal layer, the first photosensitive film pattern comprising a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, forming a conductive metal pattern by etching the conductive metal layer using the first photosensitive film pattern as a mask, forming a second photosensitive film pattern that exposes a part of the conductive metal pattern by removing the first region of the first photosensitive film pattern, forming a common electrode by etching the conductive material layer by using the conductive metal pattern as a mask and forming an auxiliary electrode by etching the exposed conductive metal pattern using the second photosensitive film pattern as a mask.
US09618808B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first subpixel electrode disposed on a first substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the first subpixel electrode; a second subpixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer; and a common electrode disposed on a second substrate, the second substrate facing the first substrate. The first subpixel electrode is overlapped with a portion of the second subpixel electrode, and the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode are configured to receive substantially the same electric potential.
US09618806B2
A display device may include a transistor, which includes a first transistor electrode and a second transistor electrode. The display device may further include a pixel electrode, which is electrically connected to the second transistor electrode. The display device may further include a data line, which is electrically connected to the first transistor electrode, wherein the data line includes a bent structure. The display device may further include a light blocking member, which includes a light blocking portion, wherein the light blocking portion extends perpendicular to a section of the data line, and wherein the light blocking portion overlaps both the transistor and the bent structure without overlapping the section of the data line in a direction perpendicular to the light blocking member.
US09618796B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for aligning liquid crystals of a PSVA liquid crystal display device, including the steps of: providing a first voltage to a gate of a thin film transistor for enabling it in a turn-on state; applying a second voltage to the source of the thin film transistor, and applying a third voltage to a color filter side common electrode and an array side common electrode, so as to generate an alternating current voltage difference between the source and the color filter side common electrode, and enable the liquid crystal molecules to be arranged according to predefined direction angles; curing the liquid crystal molecules. The method may enable the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules to be ideal, which is advantageous to the subsequent process of tilt angles, so as to enhance the efficiency and effect of the liquid crystal display.
US09618792B2
A backlight unit including a plurality of light sources configured to emit primary light, and a quantum dot composite. The quantum dot composite includes quantum dot phosphors excited by primary light supplied from the plurality of light sources so as to emit secondary light having a different wavelength than the primary light, and scattering particles that are configured to scatter the primary light. The scattering particles include first scattering particles, and second scattering particles different from the first scattering particles in size and composed of particles each having a diameter in the range of 5 to 50 nm.
US09618787B2
A lens array substrate includes a substrate provided with a plurality of concave portions in a first face thereof. The lens layer includes a first lens layer, a second lens layer, and a third lens layer which are sequentially laminated from a substrate side by reflecting the shape of the concave portion therein. A refractive index of the first lens layer is larger than a refractive index of the second lens layer, and a refractive index of the third lens layer is smaller than the refractive index of the second lens layer and is larger than a refractive index of the substrate. The third lens layer, the second lens layer, and the first lens layer are sequentially exposed to the surface of the lens layer toward the end from the central portion of the concave portion.
US09618783B2
An improved Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) heating system is provided. Resistor meshes, in particular VCOM resistor heating meshes, in the pixel array improve capacity of the display heater (heating system) so that the display is heated faster from low temperatures. The resistor mesh design provides much lower resistance from one point in the pixel array to an edge than pixel-to-pixel horizontal VCOM resistance, thus reducing horizontal crosstalk. Further, the approach permits the display to be active during the warm-up process.
US09618761B2
A vision system for obtaining an image of a patterned retarder comprising first and second patterns having different optical axes is provided. The vision system comprises a camera, a ½ wavelength plate arranged in front of a lens of the camera, a rotatable ¼ wavelength plate arranged in front of the ½ wavelength plate.
US09618753B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a position controller, a projection unit, and a reflector. The projection unit emits light including image information. The projection unit is held by a holder. The position controller is interposed between the holder and the projection unit. The reflector reflects at least a portion of the light emitted from the projection unit. The reflector is held by the holder. A position of the reflector with respect to the holder is fixed. A relative arrangement of the projection unit and the reflector is changeable by the position controller.
US09618746B2
A wide field of view night vision system includes a head attachment apparatus configured to attach to a user's head and a night vision subsystem. The night vision subsystem includes one or more digital night vision image sensors attached to the head attachment apparatus. Each sensor receives input light and produces a digital image of the input light. A processor processes the digital image(s) to produce a wide-field image. The wide-field image spans at least 60 degrees of a user's horizontal field of view. A display and eyepiece attached to the head attachment apparatus receives and displays the wide-field image. The eyepiece is positionable between the display and the user's eye to image the wide-field image into the user's eye.
US09618742B1
Rotatable mirror assemblies and light detection and ranging systems containing rotatable mirror assemblies are described herein. An example rotatable mirror assembly may include (1) a housing having a top end, a bottom end, and a longitudinal axis intersecting the top and bottom ends, and (2) a set of reflective surfaces, where each reflective surface in the set is coupled to the top end of the housing and the bottom end of the housing such that each reflective surface possesses limited freedom of movement with respect to the housing.
US09618740B2
A micromirror for a micromirror device includes: a mirror side; and a back side which is directed away from the mirror side, at least one central area of the back side having at least one surface which is plane parallel to the mirror side, the back side being shaped in such a way that on two opposite sides of the central area, a side area having at least one side surface of the back side in each case, which is curved and/or oriented inclined toward the mirror side borders on the central area of the back side, and a height of the micromirror continuously decreasing starting from the central area along a cross section of the micromirror, which runs through the central area and the two side areas.
US09618734B2
A common optical components exposer lens set having a single non-spherical surface, comprising a common optical element set, comprising a first, second, and third lens arranged sequentially; a spherical reflecting mirror, arranged below the third spherical lens; and a planar reflecting lens, comprising a first and second planar reflecting, inclinedly arranged above the first lens, so that an equi-multiplication exposer lens set is formed by the spherical mirror set, so as to impinge a pattern on an object onto a photosensitive surface. As such, a single non-spherical surface and overlapping assembly, composed of three lenses having the single non-spherical surface and a spherical reflecting lens and two planar reflecting lenses overlapping together, in which two optical material types are arranged with respect to each other.
US09618732B2
A lens structure is provided. The lens structure comprises a first barrel and a second barrel. The first barrel comprises a first pin and a second pin. The second barrel comprises a continuous groove. Wherein in a wide-angle end, the first pin is located in the continuous groove and the second pin is located outside of the second barrel. Wherein in a telephoto end, the first pin is located outside of the second barrel and the second pin is located in the continuous groove.
US09618731B2
Provided is an optical system, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a front group having a negative refractive power; an aperture stop; and a rear group having a positive refractive power, in which: the front group consists of in order from the object side to the image side: a negative first lens (L1) having a concave surface facing the image side; a second lens (L2); and a third lens (L3); the rear group consists of, in order from the object side to the image side: a positive fourth lens (L4); and a negative cemented lens (L56), which is obtained by cementing a positive fifth lens (L5) and a negative sixth lens (L6); and a focal length f56 of the cemented lens (L56) and a focal length f of the optical system are each appropriately set.
US09618727B2
An imaging lens assembly is disclosed in the present disclosure. The imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a stop; a first lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a convex and meniscus shaped image-side surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region and being convex and meniscus shaped at a peripheral region, and an object side-surface being convex at the paraxial region; the image-side surface of the fourth lens having an inflection point; at least one of the image-side surfaces of three lenses being spherical; and the imaging lens assembly satisfying following condition: 2.4 < R 6 R 7 < 2.6 .
US09618723B2
An image capturing apparatus to which a lens unit having an optical imaging system is attachable, comprising: an image sensor configured to generate an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion on a light flux passing through the optical imaging system; a first calculation unit configured to obtain first control information for focus control by using a signal output from the image sensor; and a second calculation unit configured to obtain second control information for focus control without using a signal output from the image sensor, and transmit the second control information to the lens unit. The first calculation unit transmits the first control information to the lens unit without mediation of the second calculation unit.
US09618709B2
A technique for fabricating a hybrid optical source is described. During this fabrication technique, a III-V compound-semiconductor active gain medium is integrated with a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip (or wafer) using edge coupling to form a co-planar hybrid optical source. Using a backside etch-assisted cleaving technique, and a temporary transparent substrate with alignment markers, a III-V compound-semiconductor chip with proper edge polish and coating can be integrated with a processed SOI chip (or wafer) with accurate alignment. This fabrication technique may significantly reduce the alignment complexity when fabricating the hybrid optical source, and may enable wafer-scale integration.
