US09867053B2
Techniques are described that provide for the collaborative co-existence of LTE-U base stations and access points associated with technologies, such as WiFi, that use unlicensed frequency spectrum. In one implementation, a LTE-U device may select a frequency block, in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, based on measured signal strengths and decoded Master Information Blocks (MIBs) that are broadcast in the unlicensed frequency spectrum. The LTE-U device may initiate communications via the selected frequency block by transmitting a MIB that includes a token identifier field that identifies the selected frequency block.
US09867050B1
A system and method of regulating access to a short-range wireless communications network using an ultrasonic audible signal includes: receiving a handheld wireless device identifier at a short-range wireless network from a handheld wireless device that is within a communication range of the short-range wireless network; determining that the handheld wireless device is authorized to access the short-range wireless network using the handheld wireless device identifier; and broadcasting an audio signal at an ultrasonic frequency through an audio system, wherein the audio signal includes information used by the handheld wireless device for authentication to the short-range wireless communications network in response.
US09867042B2
Disclosed is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising: an RFID functional portion configured to enable wireless communication between the RFID tag and an RFID reader; a data processing functional portion with asymmetric cryptographic capability; and a power source configured to power the data processing functional portion.
US09867041B2
The systems and methods can provide location privacy protection by incorporating temporal correlations of a user's locations. The method may include obtaining a first location of a user of a mobile user device. The method may further include determining one or more probable locations of the user for a time period from historical location information. The method may further include determining a reference location based on the first location and/or the one or more probable locations. The method may include determining a set of location(s) defining a bounded region based on the one or more probable locations and/or the reference location and privacy parameter(s) associated with the user. The method may include determining a second location from the bounded region and determining protected location information based on the reference location and the second location. The method may include communicating the protected location information.
US09867033B2
A disclosed service for managing mobile and wireless communication devices (MWCDs) includes enabling a server to generate a standard remote configuration command (RCC) and enabling a transmitter coupled to the server to transmit the RCC wirelessly. The RCC configures a feature on a first MWCD of a first supplier and a second MWCD of a second supplier. The RCC may disable one or more of a set of selected MWCD peripheral devices. For example, the RCC may disable an MWCD camera, an MWCD microphone, and/or an MWCD speaker. In some embodiments, the RCC transitions the MWCD to a restricted state in which the MWCD is unable to record multimedia content including audio and video content. In these embodiments, the RCC may configure one or more of the features on each of a set of MWCDs within a defined geographic region.
US09867031B2
A decrease is realized in network load caused by a change in selection of location registration device or an increase or decrease in the number of installations, on a circuit switching network side. A mobile communication system includes a mobile station, a packet switching station, and a plurality of location registration devices that perform location management of the mobile station. With respect to the mobile station, after one location registration device is already selected from among the plurality of location registration devices, when the mobile station performs location registration, an NRI (Network Resource Identifier) included in a TMSI (Temporary Mobile Station Identifier) is transmitted to the packet switching station. The packet switching station makes a request for location registration with respect to the one location registration device, based on the NRI.
US09867016B2
The invention addresses the problem of efficiently locating a target device such as a mobile phone, by directing the movement of moveable wireless beacons along a search pattern, using the target device as a moveable wireless beacon detection device. Preferably, the target device is equipped with a WiFi and/or Bluetooth radio and the moveable wireless beacons are WiFi-equipped and/or Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones in possession of first responders. To locate a target device, the WiFi and/or Bluetooth radios in the moveable wireless beacons are activated such that they transmit a unique identifier. As moveable wireless beacons report their locations and as the target device reports updated beacon detection information, movement directions are determined and sent to the moveable wireless beacons to coordinate an efficient search of the target device. Once at least one moveable wireless beacon is detected by the target mobile phone, updated movement directions are provided to the moveable wireless beacon to direct them toward the target device.
US09867007B1
A wireless communication network determines a fine distance between a wireless base station and User Equipment (UE). The wireless communication network comprises a wireless repeater chain that is coupled to the wireless base station and that serves the UE. The wireless base station determines Round Trip Delay (RTD) between the wireless base station and the UE. The wireless base station determines if the RTD indicates that the UE is beyond a wireless base station range. The wireless base station determines if the wireless base station serves a wireless repeater chain. If the UE is beyond the wireless base station range and the wireless base station serves a wireless repeater chain, then the wireless base station determines a number of repeater hops between itself and the UE. The wireless base station then determines the fine distance between itself and the UE based on the number of wireless repeater hops.
US09867002B2
A wireless communication device mounted on a mobile object, the mobile object including: a mobile communication unit that is able to connect to a mobile communication network; and a wireless network connection unit that provides a wireless network connection service based on the mobile communication network connected by the mobile communication unit, the wireless communication device includes: a satellite positioning unit configured to acquire position information on the wireless communication device based on a satellite positioning system; and a control unit configured to control a connection state of the wireless network connection service based on the position information acquired by the satellite positioning unit.
US09867001B2
A wireless communication device (WDEV) includes a communication interface and a processor, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV (s) and to generate and process signals associated with such communications. The WDEV supports first communications with a first other WDEV and supports second communications with a second other WDEV. The WDEV processes the first communications and the second communications to determine whether the first other WDEV and the second other WDEV are substantially co-located at a physical location. When not co-located, the WDEV processes the first communications and the second communications based on at least one of a ranging or a location protocol to determine location information of the WDEV. Alternatively, when co-located, the WDEV stores information that indicates co-location of the first other WDEV and the second other WDEV.
US09867000B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, via a first portable electronic device, contextual information and a geolocation relating to a first user in a network-based system and receiving, via a second portable electronic device, contextual information and a geolocation relating to a second user in the network-based system. A common element in the received contextual information relating to the first and second users is identified.In response to an identification of the common element, a boundary for a geofence is defined based on the geolocation of the first or second user. The geolocation of the first or second user is automatically monitored and the boundary of the geofence is dynamically adjusted based on the identified common element and a change in the geolocation of the first or second user. In one example, the boundary of the geofence is redefined to exclude at least one member from a population of the geofence.
US09866997B2
Systems and methods are provided for communicating virtual messages through a location-based message stream for different mobile device users. A geo-fenced area surrounding a desired geographic location for a virtual message stream is generated based on parameters received from a first user. The parameters include at least one message to be sent to one or more recipients via the message stream. When a mobile device of a second user located within the generated geo-fenced area is detected and the second user is determined to be one of the message recipients, the message from the message stream is transmitted to the detected mobile device of the second user.
US09866996B1
Embodiments of a method and system for improving delivery of content to a user device can include: determining a resource identifier comprising beacon data associated with a beacon, wherein the resource identifier is associated with a content identifier identifying the content; broadcasting the resource identifier from the beacon to the user device; processing a resource request from a verifying entity, the resource request associated with the resource identifier; and transmitting a response to the resource request based on the first content identifier.
US09866995B2
A method and system for providing audio information on geographical elements at a geo-location by receiving, at a server, geo-location coordinates of a mobile device; selecting audio files comprising information on the geographical elements located within a predetermined radius of the geo-location; sending the audio files to the mobile device; storing the audio files in a memory on the mobile device; and playing the audio files on the mobile device. The method and system may also periodically receive the geo-location coordinates of the mobile device and compare the received geo-location coordinates to previously received geo-location coordinates to determine if the device has moved to a different geo-location.
US09866991B2
A mobile device includes a Bluetooth transceiver, the Bluetooth transceiver being in an idle power state when not securely paired to a second Bluetooth transceiver of a peripheral device. The mobile device further includes an audio interface, the audio interface coupled to the Bluetooth transceiver, the audio interface configured to connect to a second audio interface of the peripheral device. The mobile device is configured to establish an out-of-band audio communication channel to the peripheral device by connecting the audio interface to the second audio interface, the mobile device configured to exchange Bluetooth authentication data with the peripheral device via the out-of-band audio communication channel in response to transitioning to an operating state, the mobile device configured to initialize the Bluetooth transceiver with the Bluetooth authentication data to establish an authenticated and cryptographically protected in-band Bluetooth communication channel allowing the mobile device to be securely paired with the peripheral device.
US09866981B2
A micro speaker is disclosed. The micro speaker includes a vibration system including a diaphragm and a voice coil for driving the diaphragm, the diaphragm including a conductive dome and a suspension surrounding the conductive dome; a magnetic circuit system including a lower plate, a first magnetic part on the lower plate, a second magnetic part on the lower plate, a pole plate attached to the first magnetic part, one of the first and second magnetic part being a permanent magnet for forming a magnetic gap. The conductive dome includes a number of units for forming capacitors together with the pole plate for outputting electrical signals according to vibrations of the diaphragm and for detecting real-time replacement of the diaphragm.
US09866979B2
A method centrally controls communication at a single venue. Information, at least at the venue, is provided to attendees at the venue for transmitting electronic signals to the central communication point. At least one electronic communication transmission from an attendee who has access to the central communication point is enabled to have at least part of the transmission broadcast at the venue or allow open communication from the attendee to be broadcast at the venue. The personal mobile communications device of an attendee is used as a microphone over wireless telephone networks or local wireless communication networks.
US09866976B2
According to an embodiment, a hearing aid system is disclosed. The system includes a first auditory unit and a second auditory unit, where each unit is configured to be worn by a user. The first auditory unit provides a first auditory perception to the user and utilizes a first working principle. The second auditory unit provides a second auditory perception to the user and utilizes a second working principle. The first auditory unit and/or the second auditory unit are configured to process a related parameter value, received from the user, for a parameter. The processing of the related parameter value results in obtaining an aligned auditory perception between the first auditory perception and the second auditory perception.
US09866972B2
Described herein is a MEMS acoustic transducer device provided with a micromechanical detection structure that detects acoustic-pressure waves and supplies a transduced electrical quantity, and with an integrated circuit operatively coupled to the micromechanical detection structure and having a reading module that generates at output an audio signal as a function of the transduced electrical quantity. The integrated circuit is further provided with a recognition module, which recognizes a sound activity event associated to the transduced electrical quantity. The MEMS acoustic transducer has an output that supplies at output a data signal that carries information regarding recognition of the sound activity event.
US09866971B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a thermal bimorph diaphragm and a MEMS speaker with thermal bimorphs, wherein the method comprises the steps of: thermally oxidizing a substrate to obtain an insulating layer thereon and providing a metal layer on the insulating layer; providing a sacrificial layer on the metal layer; providing a first thermal bimorph layer on the sacrificial layer; providing a second thermal bimorph layer on the first thermal bimorph layer; providing a metal connecting layer at the positions on the metal layer where the sacrificial layer is not provided; forming corresponding back holes on the substrate and the insulating layer and releasing the sacrificial layer; forming the thermal bimorph diaphragm which is warped with the first thermal bimorph layer and the second thermal bimorph layer after the sacrificial layer is released.
US09866965B2
Various aspects of a speaker system and a method for auto-configuration of the speaker system is disclosed herein. The speaker system includes an electronic device, which reproduce a first audio in a first speaker configuration. A first sound reproduction device is detected within a pre-defined range of the electronic device. Based on the detection, the first audio is communicated to the first sound reproduction device by the electronic device. The first speaker configuration is modified to a second speaker configuration to reproduce the communicated first audio at the first sound reproduction device.
US09866961B2
A multi-channel loudspeaker enclosure and display support stand incorporates left speaker system and right speaker system integrally in a winged center channel enclosure 16. The multi-channel “winged” loudspeaker system enclosure includes a plurality of loudspeaker drivers mounted within baffles defining a plurality of compartments or sub-enclosures. The loudspeaker system enclosure has “wings” projecting laterally from a central pedestal support. The wings define bottom surfaces which provide a virtually invisible location for down-firing left and right side mid-bass drivers 601, 620, 640 (see, e.g., FIG. 12). In the multi-channel “winged” loudspeaker system of the present invention, the center channel speaker units, left channel speaker units and right channel speaker units each include one or more speaker drivers configured and driven to provide superior acoustic summation with the down-firing midbass drivers and with an optional subwoofer placed in a separate enclosure configured as a pedestal support.
US09866958B2
An acoustic processor for a mobile device is described the mobile device comprising a speaker including a speaker membrane, the speaker membrane having a first speaker membrane side and second speaker membrane side opposite the first speaker membrane side, a mobile device housing for providing a first acoustic path between the first speaker membrane side and the exterior of the mobile device and a second acoustic path between the second speaker membrane side and the exterior of the mobile device, the acoustic processor being configured and arranged to sense a signal on an acoustic processor input, the signal being induced on at least one terminal of the speaker in response to acoustic waves process the induced signal to discriminate between acoustic waves from different directions; and output the processed signal on an acoustic processor output.
US09866957B2
There is provided a sound collection apparatus, including a directionality formation unit configured to form a directionality in a direction of a target area for input signals from a plurality of microphone arrays, a target area sound extraction unit configured to correct a delay between a target area and each of the microphone arrays, and a power of a target area sound component for an output from the directionality formation unit, suppress a non-target area sound by using each output after correction, and extract a target area sound, an area sound enhancement filter formation unit, and an area sound emphasis unit.
US09866947B2
The present invention discloses a headset, a terminal, and a method for processing an audio signal based on the headset and the terminal. The method for processing an audio signal includes: acquiring, by a first microphone of a headset in a call process, a first audio signal including a call voice and background noise, and acquiring, by a second microphone of the headset in the call process, a second audio signal including the background noise; and transmitting, by using an external plug of the headset, the first audio signal and the second audio signal to a noise reduction chip built in a terminal, so that the noise reduction chip performs noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the second audio signal.
US09866945B2
An accessory such as a wireless earbud may have an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. A housing for the earbud may have a main body portion and an extended portion that forms a stalk protruding from the main body portion. The earbud may have a speaker aligned with a speaker port in the main body portion. The antenna may have an elongated shape and may extend along the stalk. The stalk may have a plastic housing wall portion. The antenna may be formed from first and second metal traces on opposing sides of a printed circuit substrate. The first metal trace may form an antenna resonating element arm and may lie between the substrate and the plastic housing wall portion. The second metal trace may be a ground trace. A feed for the antenna may be located at a juncture between the main body portion and the stalk.
US09866940B2
A variety of different implementations of waterproof headphone designs are disclosed as well as techniques for producing the same. The disclosed headphones may include one or more features which increase the buoyancy of the headphones.
US09866933B2
A narrow profile speaker unit comprises at least one speaker outputting sound towards an internal surface and through a duct with an output terminus, such as a slot, having a narrow dimension, effectively changing the cross-section of the speaker's audio output wave. A pair of speakers may face one another, outputting sound towards a common output slot. Multiple pairs of speakers may be used to form an inline speaker unit for increased sound output. A slotted speaker unit may include multiple speakers facing the same direction, towards a groundplane or reflecting surface, and having parallel apertures for allowing sound radiation. The speaker units may be integral with or attached to electronic appliances such as desktop computers or flatscreen devices, or may be used in automobiles or other contexts.
US09866918B2
In some embodiments a wireless access point receives digital television content. The digital television content is transmitted in a wireless manner over a wireless network of the wireless access point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09866917B2
A method and system for providing a content notification for a set-top box is disclosed. An embodiment is disclosed that receives security information at a web portal and the security information has identification information for a user assigned to a set-top box, services a request to create a content notification preference for the set-top box at the web portal in response to successful entry of security information, determines media content received by the set-top box and the media content selected for display, determines the content notification preference associated with the set-top box, the content notification preference has a content notification rule to monitor media content received by the set-top box, and sends a content notification to a recipient based on the content notification preference.
US09866908B2
The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, pairing with a companion device; receiving a PDI (Profiles, Demographics, Interests) table via broadcast signals, wherein the PDI table includes plural PDI questions related to personal interests for interactive contents, wherein the PDI table includes an ID identifying the PDI table; obtaining an answer for at least one of the PDI questions; storing the obtained answer in the PDI table; and delivering the PDI table having the obtained answer to the paired companion device.
US09866907B2
A method of television advertisement tracking is described. The method may include identifying an electronic advertisement that is playing on a television. The method may also include storing an identifier of the advertisement in an electronic data storage. The method may include identifying, by the processing device, an activity of a user on a client device. The method may also include determining, by the processing device, an effectiveness score of the advertisement with respect to the user based on the activity of the user on the client device. The method may include storing the effectiveness score of the advertisement in association with the identifier of the advertisement.
US09866902B2
Viewers of a video content item may provide reaction videos, that show the viewer's reactions to a content item while the viewers view the content item. The reaction videos may be provided to a friend, or other member of a social circle of the viewers, when the friend views the content item. The reaction videos may be locked until the friend provides consent to have his or her reaction captured while watching the content.
US09866897B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a video recording reserving section configured to reserve video recording of a program in response to an operation performed by a user; and a comment posting section configured to post a comment on a predetermined website offering a predetermined webpage, the comment being supplemented with a uniform resource locator (URL) indicative of the program of which the video recording has been reserved on the information processing apparatus, the URL causing a video recording reservation screen for the program to be displayed when selected on a screen of the predetermined webpage displayed on another apparatus.
US09866892B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods for pairing information appliance devices, such as set-top boxes and/or set-back boxes (the “set-top/back boxes”), to wireless remote control devices. The systems, apparatus, and methods allow the pairing between a set-top/back box and a remote control device to be made to be stateless, thereby facilitating the arbitration of subsequent pairings of the remote control device with one or more set-top/back boxes on a communications network, by a server computer communicably coupled to the respective set-top/back boxes over the communications network.
US09866890B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for providing a linking service between a vehicle AVN system and a smartphone based on a virtualization framework. An apparatus for providing a linking service between a vehicle audio video navigation (AVN) system and a smartphone, includes a host operating system for managing an operation and a state of a host process and AVN application, and managing hardware resources included in the apparatus for the host process and AVN application, a guest operating system for managing an operation and a state of a guest process/the smartphone linkage application, and a hypervisor for emulating the hardware resources according to a control signal of the host operating system to allocate a virtualized hardware resource to the guest operating system. Therefore, the present disclosure has an advantage of continuously providing an existing AVN function irrespective of an error of a function of linking a vehicle AVN system and a smartphone.
US09866884B2
A method includes receiving a request associated with a secondary event orchestrator to schedule a secondary event to be concurrently broadcast with a primary video program. The secondary event is based on the primary video program. The method includes scheduling, by a processing device, the secondary event in an interactive media guide (IMG). The method also includes receiving requests or subscriptions for the secondary event from at least one user device based on the scheduled secondary event in the IMG, and providing support for the concurrent broadcast of the secondary event.
US09866875B2
Entropy encoding and entropy decoding of image data are respectively performed whereby context modeling is performed on a context unit of blocks of the image data based on a context model of a previously encoded or decoded block.
US09866864B2
A motion vector predictor candidate constructing unit performs prediction based on a motion vector of one of coded blocks neighboring a coding target block in the same picture as the coding target block, constructs a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates, and adds the motion vector predictor candidates to a motion vector predictor candidate list. A motion vector predictor candidate number limiting unit limits the number of motion vector predictor candidates added to the motion vector predictor candidate list to a maximum candidate number according to a size of a prediction block. A motion vector predictor selecting unit selects a motion vector predictor from the motion vector predictor candidate list. A coding unit codes information representing an index of the selected motion vector predictor in the motion vector predictor candidate list.
US09866863B1
A block of a video frame may be predicted and decoded using a local affine motion prediction scheme. At least three points within the video frame are selected, each point being adjacent to a respective corner of the current block to be encoded. For each point, a motion search is performed for a template block centered about the point within a reference frame to find a template reference block. The template reference block has a center point that forms an anchor point pair with the corresponding point adjacent to the current block. Using coordinates of the anchor point pairs, affine coefficients for an affine transformation are generated. Using the affine transformation, a prediction block for the current block is generated and used to encode the current block within a bitstream. Providing the local affine motion prediction scheme can improve the prediction of certain blocks with complex motion, increasing compression.
US09866862B2
Encoding or decoding a video signal includes determining multiple candidate motion vectors for a current block, the candidate motion vectors including a first motion vector used to predict a collocated block within a first frame. A reference frame identifier associated with the first motion vector can be compared to a reference buffer index of a reference frame used to predict the current block of a second frame. On the condition that the reference frame identifier is the same as the reference buffer index, the first motion vector is advanced ahead of remaining ones of the multiple candidate motion vectors.
US09866857B2
The entropy coding of a current part of a predetermined entropy slice is based on, not only, the respective probability estimations of the predetermined entropy slice as adapted using the previously coded part of the predetermined entropy slice, but also probability estimations as used in the entropy coding of a spatially neighboring, in entropy slice order preceding entropy slice at a neighboring part thereof. Thereby, the probability estimations used in entropy coding are adapted to the actual symbol statistics more closely, thereby lowering the coding efficiency decrease normally caused by lower-delay concepts. Temporal interrelationships are exploited additionally or alternatively.
US09866835B2
Devices and methods for obtaining borehole images at a surface installation while a borehole-imaging downhole tool is logging a borehole are provided. One such method may involve, while the downhole tool is disposed in the borehole, obtaining a first borehole image at a first depth of investigation using the borehole-imaging downhole tool. Compression electronics may compress the first borehole image to obtain a first compressed borehole image. Compressing the first borehole image may involve exploiting a symmetry characteristic of the first borehole image to increase compression efficiency or exploiting a similarity of the first borehole image with a second borehole image to increase compression efficiency, or both. The compressed borehole image then may be efficiently transmitted to the surface installation via a telemetry system.
US09866834B2
An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
US09866826B2
A multi-focal display represents a 3-dimensional scene by a series of 2-dimensional images located at different focal planes. The locations of the focal planes are selected based on an analysis of the three-dimensional scene to be rendered by the multi-focal display.
US09866815B2
Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for 3D object segmentation within an environment. Image frames are obtained from one or more depth cameras or at different times and planar segments are extracted from data obtained from the image frames. Candidate segments that comprise a non-planar object surface are identified from the extracted planar segments. In one aspect, certain extracted planar segments are identified as comprising a non-planar object surface, and are referred to as candidate segments. Confidence of preexisting candidate segments are adjusted in response to determining correspondence with a candidate segment. In one aspect, one or more preexisting candidate segments are determined to comprise a surface of a preexisting non-planar object hypothesis. Confidence in the non-planar object hypothesis is updated in response to determining correspondence with a candidate segment.
US09866813B2
Representation and coding of multi-view images are carried out through tapestry encoding. A tapestry comprises information on a tapestry image, a left-shift displacement map and a right-shift displacement map. Perspective images of a scene can be generated from the tapestry and the displacement maps. The tapestry image is generated from a leftmost view image, a rightmost view image, a disparity map and an occlusion map.
US09866812B2
A video data processing method and/device for display adaptive video playback are disclosed. The video data processing method includes receiving video data and dynamic range mastering information including dynamic range related information of the video data from a source device via an interface, and playing the received video data back. The dynamic range mastering information includes electro optical transfer function, EOTF, type information for identifying an EOTF used for the video data.
US09866805B2
A spectrally mosaiced digital image is provided with missing color data imputed for each pixel. Circuitry is provided that is configured to perform at least a portion of the calculations related to demosaicing a high dynamic range image.
US09866804B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal including signaling information. One embodiment of the present invention may provide a broadcast signal transmission method comprising the steps of: generating a media stream by encoding media data; generating signaling information signaling the media stream; multiplexing the generated media stream and the signaling information; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the multiplexed media stream and the signaling information. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the signaling information may include meta data on the media stream.
US09866796B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that generates image data containing a subject image; a part dividing unit that divides the subject image into a plurality of parts; a changed-image data generating unit; a display control unit that allows a display unit to display an avatar image; a touch panel that accepts a user operation that changes a positional relationship between a plurality of resions contained in the avatar image; a positional relationship storage unit that stores positional relationship information related to the positional relationship between the plurality of resions changed according to the user operation; and an imaging control unit that allows a recording unit to record the image data, based on the positional relationship information and a positional relationship between the plurality of parts.
US09866794B2
A method and assembly for sharing information in a conference space, the assembly comprising a display configuration including presentation surface area juxtaposed within the conference space for viewing by an audience, the surface area including at least first and second adjacent presentation sub-spaces, a processor programmed to perform the steps of presenting an interface on the surface area useable to generate session images within at least one of the sub-spaces, the interface including a panel section in which a separate panel icon for each of the session images created during a session is presented, the interface further including a separate space on the surface area associated with each of the sub-spaces, the interface facilitating selection and dragging of panel icons to locations associated with the sub-spaces to control the images presented in each of the sub-spaces, wherein, when a panel icon is dragged to a space, an image currently associated with the sub-space is replaced at the sub-space.
US09866780B1
An exemplary electronic light processing cell uses a photo sensor unit to provide an analog electrical output proportional to an amount of light impinging on the photo sensor. A noise source provides a noise output that is compared by a comparator, during a plurality of times during a frame of an image, with the analog electrical output to generate a binary digital output representative of each comparison. A digital counter counts the binary digital outputs during the frame and stores a count at the end of a frame where the value of the stored count is proportional the light impinging the photo sensor. The value of the stored count is adapted for use by an image processing unit to render an image.
US09866775B2
A digital double sampling method, a related complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, and a digital camera comprising the CMOS image sensor are disclosed. The method includes generating first digital data corresponding to an initial voltage level apparent in a pixel in response to a reset signal, inverting the first digital data, outputting a detection voltage corresponding to image data received from outside of the CMOS image sensor, and counting in synchronization with a clock signal, starting from an initial value equal to the inverted first digital data, and for an amount of time responsive to a voltage level of the detection voltage.
US09866768B1
Plant canopy images and temperature are acquired with a wireless computer vision instrument, and the temperature data are qualified and pixels within the image are classified. The instrument includes sensors for measuring plant radiation due to canopy temperature and an imaging sensor which collects data over four bands, a microprocessor to receive and store and process measured data from the sensors, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting data from the microprocessor to a remote receiver. The data are used to detect plant stress and canopy cover percentage and to qualify temperature data accordingly. The data from the sensors provide information for decision support algorithms related to the initiation of automatic irrigation scheduling as a function of crop canopy cover and water stress, the qualification of temperature data used in automatic irrigation scheduling algorithms, and the detection of diseased crops for the purpose of withholding irrigations when yield potential is compromised.
US09866765B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include capturing a scene that includes one or more images, through use of an array of more than one image sensor, selecting a particular portion of the scene that includes at least one image, wherein the selected particular portion is smaller than the scene, transmitting only the selected particular portion from the scene to a remote location, and de-emphasizing pixels from the scene that are not part of the selected particular portion of the scene. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US09866763B2
An auto-iris control method, including setting a target luminance value of an auto iris; collecting an image at a current moment and calculating a luminance value of the image collected at the current moment; comparing the target luminance value with the luminance value of the image collected at the current moment; comparing an absolute value of the luminance difference at the current moment with a preset luminance difference threshold, determining a status of the auto iris at the current moment, and using a corresponding proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm to calculate a direct current control voltage at the current moment; and adjusting an action of the auto iris according to the calculated direct current control voltage.
US09866754B2
An imaging device adapted to provide eye-tracking data by imaging at least one eye of a viewer, wherein: the imaging device is switchable between at least an active mode and a ready mode; the imaging device is configured, in the active mode, to use active eye illumination, which enables tracking of a corneal reflection, and to provide eye tracking data which include eye position and eye orientation; and the imaging device is configured, in the ready mode, to reduce an illumination intensity from a value the illumination intensity has in the active mode.
US09866747B2
There are provided an optical displacement measurement system, an imaging condition optimization method, and an imaging condition optimization program which facilitate setting of an optimal imaging condition. States of a plurality of imaging parameters for setting an imaging condition are set by an imaging setting unit. When the set state of any of the plurality of imaging parameters is changed, a plurality of pieces captured image data according to respective imaging conditions are generated by a light receiving unit. Profile data indicating a profile shape is generated by a profile generation unit based on each piece of generated captured image data. Based on each piece of generated profile data or captured image data corresponding to the profile data, a degree of reliability of a profile shape indicated by the profile data is calculated by a reliability calculation unit.
US09866739B2
Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving image data captured by an imager array including a plurality of focal planes are described. One embodiment of the invention includes capturing image data using a plurality of active focal planes in a camera module, where an image is formed on each active focal plane by a separate lens stack, generating lines of image data by interleaving the image data captured by the plurality of active focal planes, and transmitting the lines of image data and the additional data.
US09866732B2
Syncing a personal device to a timecode generator can include acquiring media data with a personal device, receiving, using a timecode module, timecode data over an RF network, transmitting a timecode package including the timecode data to the personal device, decoding the timecode package to obtain the timecode data, and embedding the timecode data into a media stream including the acquired media data.
US09866725B2
An image processing system comprises a generating unit that reads documents and generates a read image including document images; an extracting unit that extracts each of the document images; a character recognizing unit that performs character recognition processing on each the document images; a determining unit that determines whether first information and second information have a pair relationship, the first information being any one of recognition results obtained on one side of the document images, and the second information being any one of recognition results obtained on the other side of the document images; and a registering unit that registers pieces of information for the recognition results corresponding to the one side and to the other side respectively including the first information and the second information which are determined that both pieces of information have the pair relationship, as information for a piece of the documents, in a storage unit.
US09866724B2
Techniques disclosed herein provide an approach using pixel perturbation to transmit information. In one embodiment, a pixel perturbation engine perturbs pixels of an image to encode meta-information therein. In particular, the perturbation engine may perform controlled perturbation of pixel bits which are unlikely to affect visual quality are perturbed, such as perturbing the least significant bits in one or more channels of a RGB or YUV image. Higher order bits may also be perturbed in color channels such as the blue or UV channels that the human eye is less sensitive to. To mitigate loss of information, the information may be encoded using error correcting codes. After the image having meta-information encoded therein is transmitted to a client device, the meta-information may be recovered and used to determine performance of the virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) system.
US09866721B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory, an electronic file obtaining unit, an attribute information obtaining unit, and a display. The memory stores server information in which servers are associated with confidentiality information and charge information. The electronic file obtaining unit obtains an electronic file. The attribute information obtaining unit obtains attribute information including confidentiality information about the electronic file. The display displays, in accordance with the server information and the attribute information, a server satisfying a confidentiality level that is adequate to save the electronic file and the charge information about the server.
US09866703B2
Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for aiding emergency response. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of data corresponding to a geographic location from a plurality of data sources. The method further includes aggregating, by the processor, the plurality of data. The method still further includes determining, by the processor, a first profile and a second profile based on the aggregated plurality of data. The method can conclude with transmitting, by the processor, the first profile to a plurality of user equipments and the second profile to at least one user equipment, wherein the at least one user equipment is different from the plurality of user equipments.
US09866700B2
Conference systems are used for example in discussions and usually comprise a plurality of delegate units with microphones, whereby in a discussion each discussion participant uses his own delegate unit. Usually the delegate units have a switch or the like, that allows the participant in front of the delegate unit to request, that his microphone is activated, so that the speech of the participant is input in the conference system and amplified by the conference system. A conference system comprising (1) a plurality of delegate units (2), each delegate unit (2) having a microphone (5) for receiving an audio signal from a surrounding, a central service module (3) handling a plurality of contribution channels, whereby the audio output of the contribution channels contribute to an amplified audio output of the conference system (1) is proposed, whereby each delegate unit (2) is adapted to send a request for a contribution channel commit to the central service module (3), whereby the central service module (2) is adapted to grant the request and to allocate a contribution channel to the requesting delegate unit (2), thus setting the requesting delegate unit i in an active state A, whereby the delegate unit (2) is adapted to trigger the request by voice activation, whereby the request is triggered in case at least a first trigger condition is fulfilled defining that the audio signal level of one of the delegate units (2) as a possible requesting delegate unit i is higher than an individual test value for each other delegate unit (2) in the active state A, whereby the individual test value is an estimated audio signal level of the possible requesting unit i resulting from an audio or speech signal provided to the other active delegate units (2).
US09866698B2
A request to establish a voice communications session between a user of a telephonic device and an interactive voice response (IVR) system of a call handling system is received by a dynamic call control engine. A resource requirement for the voice communications session is determined. Resource usage data for multiple call handling systems is accessed by the dynamic call control engine. A particular call handling system from among the multiple call handling systems is selected based on the resource usage data and the resource requirement. A connection to be set up between the telephonic device and the particular call handling system to allow the user of the telephonic device to participate in the voice communications session with an IVR system of the particular call handling system is enabled.
US09866694B2
A system may provide state awareness across communication channels and statefully transition a user between a source channel and a destination channel. A method may include storing a unique identifier associated with the user and data associated with the user, retrieving the data associated with the user based upon the user identifier and in response to the user entering the destination channel that is different from the source channel, and populating the data associated with the user in the destination channel. The destination channel may include a display of a customer service representative, and the populating may occur automatically. Furthermore, the method may include placing a call to a telephone number associated with the user in response to at least one of: the user answering a requisite number of questions in the source channel and the user requesting a transition to a voice destination channel.
US09866683B1
There is a growing problem in correctional facility telecommunications systems in which parties on a voice call may connect inmate callers with restricted parties. Prison communication systems monitor calls to prevent such activity, but in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environments such systems may fail to detect this activity. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for using SIP messages common in VoIP environments to detect illicit activity initiated by a party on a voice call within a controlled environment. Scenarios are detected in which a called party connects an inmate caller to a restricted party via three-way call conferencing, call forwarding, or other call features. Corrective actions are then taken when such activity is detected, such as call blocking or alerting officials illicit activity is occurring.
US09866673B2
Systems and methods are configured to detect the occurrence of accidents, and to collect, process, and distribute accident related data. The accident related information may include location information, accident image information, and/or other information. Optionally, upon detection of an accident, emergency contacts of a user involved in the accident may be automatically notified of the accident. Data may be imaged using a camera of a mobile device, barcode locations may be identified, and barcodes may be decoded.
US09866671B1
A set of wearable devices, each paired with a companion device, are configured to cumulatively maintain data about physical activities even though a user may switch between wearing them over a period of time. For example, a streak of workouts over many days can be maintained while the user switches between two watches over that period of time.
US09866670B2
A portable device is configured to provide geographic information to a head unit of a vehicle equipped with a display device. One or more processors determine a user context related to a geographic location and detect that the portable device has been communicatively coupled to the head unit of a vehicle. The one or more processors transmit to the head unit, without an express user command, a request that the head unit accept data from the portable device for output via the display device. In response to receiving an indication that that the request has been granted, the one or more processors cause information related to the geographic location to be displayed via the display device, without an express user input at the portable device.
US09866665B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a communication system, comprising the steps: Providing a chip card, in particular a SIM card, in a communication device of a motor vehicle, said chip card including a user identification for dialing into at least one mobile communication network; storing a device identification of a mobile phone in the communication device of the motor vehicle; establishing a mobile communication link between the mobile phone and the communication device of the motor vehicle using the user identification stored on the chip card if a predetermined activation action has been detected on the mobile phone and it has been determined that the device identification of the mobile phone is stored in the communication device of the motor vehicle. The invention furthermore relates to a communication system.
US09866661B2
Provided is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a display unit outputting an image, a front case seated on a front surface of the display unit, a rear case disposed at a rear side of the front case, and a leaf spring disposed between the front case and the rear case to provide an elastic force to the front case, thereby changing a curvature of the front case.
US09866659B2
A waterproof presskey structure includes a shell, a button or presskey, and an elastic element. The elastic element and the shell can be assembled together with gum, the presskey is movably assembled to the shell and matches with the elastic element. The elastic element comprises a tubular structure having an elastic wall. The elastic wall is arched, and the elastic wall projects out towards within the tubular structure. For the arched elastic wall stretches under pressure from the button or presskey, an assembly of the elastic element and other parts is not affected, the elastic element cannot be separated from the shell due to the gum failing, and water resistance between the presskey and the shell is increased.
US09866655B2
Described herein are—among other things—systems, methods, and apparatus for accelerating and increasing the reliability of content delivery by serving objects redundantly over multiple paths from multiple servers. In preferred embodiments, the decision to use such multipath delivery is made on the server side. A content server can modify or generate a given web page so as to invoke multipath, e.g., by injecting markup language directives and/or script instructions that will cause the client device to make multiple requests for a given object on the page. Preferably the multiple requests are made to separate content servers in separate points of presence. The teachings hereof may be advantageously implemented, without limitation, in intermediary servers such as caching proxy servers and/or in origin servers.
US09866640B2
An enterprise software system access manager saves cookies for users' sessions on client devices but creates server-side sessions on the fly when needed for the users to access certain features, when there is a constraint on the client device, or due to application policies. The server-side session objects can have references to the client-side cookies and can have key-value pairs added to them instead of the associated cookie.
US09866639B2
According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus communicates with a partner apparatus through a network. The communication apparatus comprises a protocol analyzing unit that analyzes a transmission frame or a reception frame, the transmission frame being generated by an external CPU and being transmitted to the partner apparatus, the reception frame being received from the partner apparatus. The communication apparatus comprises a connection information managing unit that allocates a storage area in which connection information is stored, in a predetermined storing apparatus that can be accessed by the CPU, when a connection establishment request is detected from the transmission frame or the reception frame as a result of the analysis by the protocol analyzing unit, the connection information being used while being shared with the CPU. The protocol analyzing unit notifies the CPU of information indicating the storage area allocated by the connection information managing unit.
US09866638B2
Mechanisms for allowing allow multi-session capability and session-return enabling stateful web applications include providing a start URL of a requested portal page with an “External Session ID” (ESID). The ESID is an argument that is different between the two instances of the application (on the same page), and leads to different/independent sessions in the server. When a user returns to the same page, the ESIDs are passed again with the individual application requests, and the server can then logically reconnect to the proper session and allow the user to continue. The ESID can be used to return to an application after the user has previously left to go to another application and then desires to come back, or even when the user closed the browser and restarts the application later.
US09866635B2
A cloud gateway device facilitates collection of industrial data from one or more data sources on the plant floor and migration of the collected data to a cloud platform for storage and processing. The cloud gateway device collects historical, live, and/or alarm data directly from industrial devices networked to the gateway device, formats and encapsulates the data with customer-specific header information, and sends the resulting data packets to a cloud platform for processing by cloud-level analytics services. To keep local memory requirements low, the cloud gateway device supports store-and-forward functionality in the event of a communication loss to the cloud platform, whereby the collected industrial data is redirected to an external data storage repository until communication to the cloud platform is reestablished.
US09866633B1
Embodiments described herein can avoid such speed degradations caused by performance monitoring. According to one embodiment, a media drive monitoring device can issue a command that does not penetrate reservations at the drive. If the drive is reserved, the drive will return a reservation conflict (“RC”) or other status indicating the previous reservation. The monitoring device can continue to issue the command to the drive until the drive responds in a manner that indicates that it is no longer reserved. The monitoring appliance can then issue a command to collect information from the drive (e.g., the Log Sense command or other command).
US09866627B2
In a first enterprise joined in a distributed, federated network of second enterprises, a system is provided for managing data flow between enterprises, the system including a data management server in the first enterprise having access to sets of rules for managing data flow to and from the first enterprise, a first data interface in the first enterprise dedicated to data transfer to a paired second dedicated data interface at a neighboring second enterprise in the federation, wherein the first data interface manages data sent to the second interface and/or data incoming from the second interface according to the sets of rules for managing data flow.
US09866623B2
The invention relates to communication between computers such as servers within a content distribution network, where the communication is carried over the Internet in which bandwidth usage and cost are of concern, and particularly to a system and method for optimizing inter-node communication in a content distribution network. The method includes: generating a mutable warm dictionary for a specific domain according to a current inter-node communication; generating a fixed warm dictionary for the specific domain from the mutable warm dictionary; and performing the next inter-node communication for the specific domain according to the fixed warm dictionary.
US09866620B2
A method of transferring files in a data-processing network using a current node within the network includes reading an outbound content and outbound characteristics of an outbound file. An outbound message is created having outbound strings including a first set of the outbound strings representing the outbound characteristics and a second set of the outbound strings representing the outbound content. The outbound message is sent to a receiver node within the network. An inbound message is received from a sender node within the network. The inbound message has inbound strings including a first set of the inbound strings representing inbound characteristics and a second set of the inbound strings representing inbound content. An inbound file having the inbound content is stored, and the inbound characteristics are applied to the inbound file.
US09866619B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for transmitting a hierarchical data file from a first computer device to a second computer device. The first computer device receives a request for transmitting a first hierarchical data file. The first computer device modifies the first hierarchical data file based on a rule based filter. The first computer device receives from the second computer device a list of unique variables whose contents differ from contents in an existing file on the second computer device. The first computer device sends to the second computer device the contents of the unique variables. The contents of the unique variables are saved on the second computer device in a second hierarchical data file. The second hierarchical data file comprises pointers linking to contents of variables that are not the unique variables in the existing file.
US09866609B2
Apparatus and methods for transfer and management of protected content in a network. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises server and renderer devices including, for example, consumer premise equipment (CPE) having a content handler application adapted to run thereon. The content handler directs requests for content, directs searches of a device's storage, and directs transfers of content into the device as well as within the device. The content handler may, in another embodiment, be adapted to include a scheduler entity which maintains a schedule of upcoming content, and is adapted to maintain and manage requests for the upcoming content by reserving tuner resources. The content handler may be further adapted to implement authentication and authorization procedures.
US09866608B2
In one example, a device includes one or more processors configured to determine that a manifest file for media content indicates that the media content includes a first period and a second period, that the manifest file indicates that the first and second periods are continuous, and that advertisement media data is available for insertion between the first and second periods, select a first adaptation set in the first period based at least in part on characteristics signaled for the first adaptation set, retrieve media data of the first adaptation set based on the selection of the first adaptation set, retrieve the advertisement media data, and retrieve media data of a second adaptation set in the second period that the manifest file indicates is associated with the first adaptation set based on the selection of the first adaptation set and store the retrieved media data to a memory.
US09866600B2
According to the present invention, even while a chat opening process is in progress, users can join chats by means of a simple procedure from a video game machine. Once a chat has been opened, an invitation signal can further be transmitted to other chat guests. A video game machine of an expected guest receiving the invitation signal displays a screen prompting the guest to enter the chat room, and the expected guest can join the chat by transmitting an enter room signal to a database. At this time, a chat answer signal indicating that the expected guest accepts the invitation from a chairman is transmitted from the expected guest to the chairman.
US09866597B2
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for initiating a communication session when a user indicates she or he is available to participate in the communication session. In one example, a method includes receiving, by a first communication device, an indication that a user is available to participate in a communication session that enables communication between different communication devices. Responsive to receiving the at least one signal, the communication session may be initiated in an inactive mode at the first communication device. The first communication device may receive a request from a second communication device to participate in the communication session. Responsive to receiving the request, the communication session may be switched from the inactive mode to an active mode.
US09866590B2
An information processing apparatus includes a policy acquisition unit configured to acquire a policy on disclosure of information on a target user; a collection unit configured to collect attributes that may be related to the target user from public information disclosed on a network to create an attribute set related to the target user; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the attribute set satisfies the policy.
US09866589B1
A client device identifies an action being performed using a first application in the client device. The client device identifies that the first application is not authorized to be used to perform the action. In response, the client device identifies a second application that is authorized to perform the action. The client device also facilitates the second application being used to perform the action.
US09866580B2
A first collection including a first feature vector and a Q&A feature vector is constructed. A second collection is constructed from the first collection by inserting noise in at least one of the vectors. A third collection is constructed by crossing over at least one the vectors of the second collection with a corresponding vector of a fourth collection, migrating at least one of the vectors of the second collection with a corresponding vector of a fifth collection, or both. Using a forecasting configuration, a vector of the third collection is aged to generate a changed feature vector, the changed feature vector containing feature values expected at a future time. The changed feature vector is input into a trained neural network to predict a probability of the cyber-attack occurring at the future time.
US09866574B1
Protected data type classes are provided for performing operations on protected data types. A fact manifest is generated for a software package that utilizes the classes at build time. The fact manifest describes the protected data types used by the software package. The fact manifest can be used to deploy the software package only to hosts that are authorized to handle the specified protected data types. The fact manifest can also be utilized to create a protected data type usage graph that identifies the hosts that handle protected data, the type of protected data handled, and the network connections between the hosts. The protected data type classes can also generate data at runtime identifying the runtime usage of protected data. The protected data type usage graph can also specify the runtime usage of protected data by the hosts.
US09866572B2
Monitoring use of a sensor of a computing device. A sensor obtains information from an environment of the computing device. A co-processor provides functionality for the sensor, and at least one channel connects the co-processor to a central processing unit (CPU) of the computing device. Sensor data transmission is monitored over the at least one channel to determine when a transmission of data changes from a low data transmission mode to a high data transmission mode, and an alert is activated when the transmission of data is in the high data transmission mode.
US09866570B2
An on-vehicle communication system, performing message authentication using transmitter and receiver codes that are message authentication codes respectively generated by a communication data transmitter and receiver, includes a first ECU, connected to an on-vehicle network, configured to have, among mutually different first and second encryption keys, only the first one and verify, by using the receiver code generated using the first one, the transmitter code assigned to the communication data received; a second ECU, connected to the on-vehicle network, configured to have at least the first one and transmit communication data to which the transmitter code generated using the first one is assigned; and a third ECU connected to the on-vehicle network and a network outside a vehicle, configured to have only the second one among the first and second ones and generate the transmitter or receiver codes using the second one when making communication over the on-vehicle network.
US09866560B2
Technologies are generally disclosed for methods and systems for providing secure document storage and retrieval services. In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving an exclusive address at which to send secure links, receiving a request to store a document, storing the document with a remote storage service, receiving location information from the remote storage service, transmitting the location information at which the document is stored to the exclusive address, and updating the location information dynamically.
US09866559B2
A method for opening a session of a first machine using a session checking service for the first machine and a second machine, including a security service, includes receiving a request to open a session on the first machine, the request including a user identification information item; verifying that the identification information item is associated with an identification data item of the second machine in a repository; checking that the user has the right to open the session on the first machine; if the verification and check are positive, sending a session status modification request of the second machine to the security service of the second machine; if the session status of the second machine is modified, sending a request to authorize opening of the session to the first machine; and storing the identification information item associated with an identifying data item of the first machine in the repository.
US09866557B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by an AAA server (103) for enabling authorization of a wireless device (101) to access a first network (100a) while simultaneously accessing a second network (100b) which the wireless device (101) is currently accessing. The AAA server (103) determines that the wireless device (101) requests access to the first network (100a). The AAA server (103) transmits, to a HLR (105), information associated with the first network (100a). The AAA server (103) receives, from the HLR (105), network profile data associated with the wireless device (101). Based on the received information, the AAA server (103) authorizes the wireless device (101) to access the first network (100a).
US09866552B2
Provided is a method for managing a software defined network using a software control layer to regulate a geo-fenced volume. The software control layer can use a Global Positioning System (GPS) including a range of latitudes, a range of longitudes and a range of altitudes. A resource within the geo-fenced volume can be assigned a location using the GPS coordinates. The resource can be managed by external applications that are operating through the software control layer. To determine an access of a device to the geo-fenced volume, the GPS coordinates, are gathered as a geographical location of the device. A user profile can be accessed to determine an access path of the user. Depending on the geographical location of the device a first condition can be generated based on the device being within the geo-fenced volume. A network permission can be granted to the device based on the first condition.
US09866541B2
A communication unit and a controller are included, the communication unit being configured to communicate with a communication apparatus using a first communication procedure in which authentication of the communication apparatus is performed in order to retain a communication session with the communication apparatus and using a second communication procedure that does not require authentication of the communication apparatus in order to communicate with the communication apparatus, the controller being configured to perform, using the first communication procedure and the second communication procedure, control under which it is determined whether a communication session with the communication apparatus is to be retained and perform control under which a limit is put on retaining of the communication session with the communication apparatus through the second communication procedure in a case where the communication apparatus is not authenticated as a certain communication apparatus through the first communication procedure.
US09866538B2
A data decryption circuit for decrypting a current encrypted data packet is provided. The current encrypted data packet includes a header and a payload. The data decryption circuit includes an operation unit and a decryption calculation unit. The operation unit generates first data according to the header and a pseudo-random number, second data according to a session key and a constant, and length information and start position information of the payload according to the header. The operation unit generates the first data, the second data, the length information and the start position information by executing a program code. The decryption calculation circuit, coupled to the operation unit, generates a decryption key according to the first and second data, retrieves the payload from the current encrypted data packet according to the start position information and the length information, and decrypts the payload by the decryption key.
US09866536B2
A method, system, and computer-readable memory containing instructions include requesting a tokenizing authority to provide a tokenized string that represents a domain name, using the tokenized domain name string to perform a lookup against a database of registered tokenized domain name strings, determining whether the tokenized domain name string exists in the database, and returning results based on the existence of tokenized domain name strings and optionally variants thereof. The method, system, and computer-readable memory may further include returning an encryption key corresponding to an encrypted record of information related to the domain name corresponding to the tokenized domain name string.
US09866534B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for securely sharing user-generated content using DRM principles, and for tracking statistics of content viewing. In this way, a user can generate protected content that can still be shared among friends on, e.g., a social network.
US09866518B1
A communication system to facilitate introduction and communication of two of the user's acquaintances, regardless of which contact information the user has on file for each individual. The system improves upon the current existing forms of contact lists and communication which require an individual to introduce people either in person or through one consistent form of media which both acquaintances must have. The application itself is also able to format the messages and covert them so that each individual receives the message in the form that they prefer to be contacted. Likewise, the two individuals can continue to communicate with each other using the introducer's original chain without having to download the application themselves.
US09866510B2
A server system can provide coordinated event-based notifications to a target user across multiple notification channels. The selection of channels for a particular notification can be based on the type of event underlying the notification, user preferences related to delivery of notifications, and the like. The sending of notifications in different channels can be coordinated so that notifications in different channels are sent at different times, and sending of any given notification can be made to depend on whether the notification (or the underlying event) has already been acted on, as well as on user preferences related to delivery of notification. Some notifications can be sent without delay and/or unconditionally.
US09866508B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for aggregating and presenting recent activities for online synchronized content management system are disclosed. The system can identify recent events that are associated with a user account in a content management system. The recent events may refer to events or activities that have occurred within a threshold time duration in the past, across one or more client devices that are associated with the user account. The recent events may be about creating, modifying, viewing, accessing, renaming, deleting, or sharing of content. The system can aggregate two or more events in those recent events into one aggregated event when they meet a criterion, such as folder location similarity, time proximity, file type similarity, file name similarity, geographic proximity, user preference, etc. The system can then present the aggregated recent events at one of the client devices.
US09866504B2
A method for identifying at least one participant involved in an electronic communication who is in need of technical assistance is provided. The method may include monitoring the electronic communication according to a plurality of predetermined conditions. The method may also include determining if the plurality of predetermined conditions is satisfied. The method may further include identifying the at least one participant who is in need of technical assistance based on the plurality of predetermined conditions being satisfied. The method may also include flagging the identified at least one participant for at least one follow-up action.
US09866499B2
This invention presents a digital network system able to concurrently provide multimode internetworking connectivity session over a plurality of disparate network systems, from User Premise Device (UPD) to NSP, CSP or ASP network gateways, and providing a plurality of internetwork environment. The invention also provide the methods for the support of the following internetworking connectivity services, concurrently:—a) public and shared-media Internet services; b) MPLS-enabled and IP-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) services; c) hybrid network system connection sessions among disparate connection-oriented and connectionless network systems; and d) end-to-end, connection-oriented, and circuit-switching connection sessions for VDMI-based application services through digital transceiver, be it xDSL or VCC-based land-line or wireless medium.
US09866496B2
The embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for pairing delivery group machines with one or more server farms in computing networks. The methods and apparatus can allocate machines in a delivery group across one or more server farms in a manner that maximizes efficiency through better computer resource usage. The methods and apparatuses select a server farm having a largest available capacity, and allocate machines from a delivery group to the server farm. If the quantity of delivery group machines exceeds the server farm capacity, the remaining machines are allocated to a second server farm. The methods and appliances also provide for de-allocating server farms, by selecting a server farm with the least allocated capacity, and de-allocating one or more delivery group machines from the selected server farm to reduce the number of utilized server farms.
US09866492B2
A method for localized congestion exposure within a local loop in a cellular network that is performed by a localized congestion exposure receiver node of the local loop. The method includes receiving downlink packets destined for a downstream user device. The downlink packets have headers that indicate a level of congestion experienced by the downlink packets. The headers also indicate a level of expected downstream congestion declared by an upstream node. The method also includes forwarding the downlink packets to the downstream user device through a wireless connection. The method further includes sending packets upstream that have feedback indicative of the level of congestion experienced by the downlink packets and any congestion experienced within the localized congestion exposure receiver node.
US09866481B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide approaches (e.g., online methods) to analyze end-to-end performance issues in a multi-tier enterprise storage system (ESS), such as a storage cloud, where data may be distributed across multiple storage components. Specifically, performance and configuration data from different storage components (e.g., nodes) is collected and analyzed to identify nodes that are becoming (or may become) performance bottlenecks. In a typical embodiment, a set of components distributed among a set of tiers of an ESS is identified. For each component, a total capacity and a current load are determined. Based on these values, a utilization of each component is determined. Comparison of the utilization with a predetermined threshold and/or analysis of historical data allows one or more components causing a bottleneck to be identified.
US09866480B1
A novel hash range lookup command is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes (a) providing access to a hash table that includes hash buckets having hash entry fields; (b) receiving a novel hash lookup command; (c) using the hash lookup command to determine hash command parameters, a hashed index value, and a flow key value; (d) using the hash command parameters and the hashed index value to generate hash values (addresses) to access entry fields in a selectable number of hash buckets; (e) comparing bits of the entry value in the entry field to bits of the flow key value; (f) repeating (d) through (e) until a match is determined or until the selectable number of hash buckets and entries have been accessed; and (g) returning either an address of the entry field containing the match or a result associated with the entry field containing the match.
US09866477B2
A system and method are provided that support a routing using a tree-like or graph topology that supports multiple links per node, where each link is designated as an Up, Down, or Lateral link, or both, within the topology. The system may use a segmented MAC architecture which may have a method of re-purposing MAC IP addresses for inside MACs and outside MACs, and leveraging what would normally be the physical signaling for the MAC to feed into the switch.
US09866475B2
The present invention is directed towards forwarding network packets in a cluster network. A predetermined identifier may be inserted into a Media Access Control (MAC) ID field of an Ethernet header of a packet to distinguish various types of traffic. Newly received packets may be identified due to the absence of the identifier. The identifier may be added to the source MAC ID field of the Ethernet header of the packet, and the packet may be distributed to cluster nodes for processing via an inter-node communication bus. Thus, received packets with the identifier in the source MAC ID field may be identified as steered for processing by an internal node of the cluster. After processing the packet, the internal node may transmit the processed packets via the inter-node bus with a destination MAC ID including the identifier.
US09866473B2
In order to enable dynamic scaling of network services at the edge, novel systems and methods are provided to enable addition of add new nodes or removal of existing nodes while retaining the affinity of the flows through the stateful services. The methods provide a cluster of network nodes that can be dynamically resized to handle and process network traffic that utilizes stateful network services. The existing traffic flows through the edge continue to function during and after the changes to membership of the cluster. All nodes in the cluster operate in active-active mode, i.e., they are receiving and processing traffic flows, thereby maximizing the utilization of the available processing power.
US09866466B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for simulating real user issues in support environments. Simulating real user issues in support environments can include providing stored data related to a real user issue associated with an application to a support device having the ability to modify the application, the stored data can include network traffic associated with a user device in a live environment and inputs provided via the user device. Simulating real user issues in support environments can include causing the support device to simulate the real user issue using the stored data.
US09866465B2
According to an aspect of present invention provides method of controlling a packet transmission interval, method comprising, comparing a preset delay ratio with number of packets transmitted, transmitting packets until number of packets transmitted becomes equal to or greater than delay ratio, calculating a delay request time when number of packets transmitted becomes equal to or greater than delay ratio, generating a signal for suspending packet transmission during calculated delay request time, suspending packet transmission according to generated signal and calculating a gap time based on a difference between a time when suspension of packet transmission was terminated and packet transmission was started and updating the delay ratio using the calculated gap time and initializing the number of packets transmitted.
US09866459B1
Techniques are described for automatically migrating client devices away from unreliable origin stacks in ways that mitigate potentially negative impacts on the user experience. Multiple origin stacks are provisioned in parallel to provide encoded versions of the same broadcast content for streaming to client devices. Each of the origin stacks is monitored to ensure that it is operating correctly. When an origin stack fails or becomes unreliable, each of the client devices involved in a session corresponding to the unreliable stack is provided with the information it needs to establish a new session corresponding to another one of the stacks.
US09866456B2
A system and method for network health and management. Intelligent assessments of a current or new network configuration can be performed based on a health of the network that is derived using health messages that are indicative of the utilization of one or more forwarding tables in a plurality of network switches.
US09866453B2
A method includes receiving a first packet, the first packet being including a first packet identifier and a first error detection code, storing first information indicating the first packet identifier and second information indicating the first error detection code, receiving a second packet, the second packet being including a second packet identifier and a second error detection code, comparing the second packet identifier and the second error detection code with the first information and the second information, respectively, in response to a determination that the second packet identifier corresponds to the first information and the second error detection code corresponds to the second information, discarding the second packet, in response to a determination that at least one the second packet identifier and the second error detection code does not correspond to the first information and the second information, providing the first packet and the second packet for a packet analysis.
US09866439B2
A first setting information notification unit notifies a management apparatus via a relay apparatus of first setting information. A setting information generation unit generates third setting information from the first setting information and second setting information. For example, the setting information generation unit generates the third setting information by complementing the first setting information with the second setting information that is preliminarily stored in a setting information storage unit. A communication confirmation unit confirms communication based on the third setting information between a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. A second setting information notification unit notifies the relay apparatus, the first communication apparatus, and the second communication apparatus of the third setting information.
US09866438B2
A cable modem termination system (CMTS) may determine, for a plurality of cable modems served by the CMTS, a corresponding plurality of SNR-related metrics. The CMTS may assigning the modems among a plurality of service groups based on the SNR-related metrics. For any one of the modems, the CMTS may configure physical layer communication parameters to be used by the one of the modems based on a SNR-related metric of a service group to which the one of the modems is assigned. The physical layer communication parameters may include one or more of: transmit power, receive sensitivity, timeslot duration, modulation type, modulation order, forward error correction (FEC) type, and FEC code rate. The CMTS and the modems may communicate using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) over a plurality of subcarriers, and the physical layer communication parameters may be determined on a per-subcarrier basis.
US09866424B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a business services dashboard. In some embodiments, a method might comprise defining relationship(s) between at least one technology service and at least one business service provided by an enterprise, and receiving data associated with real-time technical events corresponding to changed conditions in one or more technology services utilizing at least one technology asset. Each defined relationship might indicate a dependence on the one or more technology services by one or more business services. The method might further comprise identifying, based on the defined relationship(s), one or more business events that impact the one or more business services of the enterprise, as a result of the changed condition. Business user views and technical user views might be generated and sent to user devices associated with respective business and technical group users. Corresponding system and apparatus may be provided.
US09866415B1
A method of operating frequency shift keying (FSK) demodulator for demodulating symbols includes providing current and previous buffered portions of an input signal to correlation circuits of the FSK demodulator, where each buffered portion persists for a symbol duration time period. The correlation circuits output first correlation metrics that indicate a likelihood of whether the buffered portions match a respective target pattern. The first correlation metrics are combined into a set of first correlation results, which are delayed by at least the symbol duration time period. The current and next buffered portions are provided to the correlation circuits, which output second correlation metrics that are combined into a set of second correlation results. The set of second correlation results are combined with the delayed set of first correlation results to produce a demodulation decision that indicates a most likely symbol value encoded in the current buffered portion.
US09866405B2
The present invention provides a method and system for preventing MAC address learning in Provider Backbone Bridge Network (PBBN). In one embodiment, this is accomplished by receiving data frames from at least one operator/client at the first PBB network which has to be communicating to the second PBB network, adding forward path learning information from the received data frames in the first PBB network and translating backbone MAC source address of the received data frame at the first PBB network by replacing the backbone MAC source address with a BEB backbone MAC address, thereby preventing of backbone MAC address learning of the first PBB network in the second PBB network.
US09866403B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can leverage femtocell network infrastructure in order to facilitate premises management or monitoring. In particular, the architecture can leverage the local presence of a home nodeB (HNB) located at a premises associated with a subscriber in order to aggregate, process and/or distribute various state information that can be collected at the premises.
US09866399B2
A meeting server receives a request to join an online conference session from a first device at a first location. The first device is associated with a user account. The meeting server then determines at least one second location corresponding to at least one second device also associated with the user account. Responsive to a determination that the second location is within a predetermined distance of the first location, the meeting server transmits a command to mute the second device.
US09866398B2
In various embodiments, methods and systems for managing wake-enabled transport connections of wake-enabled applications is provided. A set of ports is designated as a wake-enabled port set. An operating system (OS) of a computing device running applications plumbs the multiport wake pattern to the one or more network interface controllers (NIC) of the computing device. A wake-enabled application acquires a port from the wake-enabled port set. The OS makes a determination that the application is wake-enabled and as such, assigns a port, from the wake-enable port set, to the wake-enabled application. Upon receiving a packet at the NIC, a determination is made whether the packet corresponds to a wake-enabled transport connection based on comparing the packet to the multiport wake pattern. Upon matching the packet to the multiport wake pattern, the NIC communicates with the OS to wake a portion of the wake-enabled application associated with the wake-enabled transport connection.
US09866384B2
A system that performs encrypted media detection for real-time communications (“RTC”) establishes a tunnel by a tunneling server with a tunneling client of a user equipment (“UE”). The system receives a request from the UE to enable the encrypted media detection for the tunnel and sends a response back to the UE to indicate that the encrypted media detection is enabled for the tunnel. For each encrypted frame transmitted over the tunnel, the system stores corresponding data that includes at least one of a payload size, an inter-frame delay or a payload entropy. Based on stored corresponding data, the system determines if the encrypted frame includes an encrypted media data frame.
US09866383B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network establishes a trust relationship between the device and a key management service. The device receives keying information from the key management service based on the established trust relationship. The device applies a digital signature to media data for a conference using the keying information, whereby the device is designated as a speaker of the conference. The device provides the signed media data to one or more conference participant devices. The one or more conference participant devices use the signed media data to validate that the media data was signed by the designated speaker of the conference.
US09866380B2
Embodiments of a wireless device and methods for rekeying with reduced packet loss in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, during rekeying operations a new key for reception may be installed early (i.e., prior to receipt of a rekeying confirmation message). The use of the new key for transmission may be delayed until after receipt of the rekeying confirmation message. The early installation of the new key for reception may allow both the new key and old key to be active at the same time for use decrypting received packets to reduce packet loss during rekeying operations. The rekeying confirmation message may be the fourth message of a four-way handshake for rekeying. In some embodiments, two key identifiers may be alternated between four-way handshakes to prevent deletion of the old key.
US09866375B2
A key manager provides a way to separate out the management of encryption keys and policies from application domains. The key manager may create cipher objects that may be used by the domains to perform encryption or decryption, without exposing the keys or encryption/decryption algorithms to the domains. A master key managed by the key manager may be used to encrypt and decrypt the domain keys that are stored under the control of the key manager. The key manager supports the rekeying of both the master key and the domain keys based on policy. Multiple versions of domain keys may be supported, allowing domains to access data encrypted with a previous version of a domain key after a rekeying.
US09866370B2
Architecture for embedding a cryptographic engine in a processor is disclosed. An ASIC processor is embedded with a programmable processing core, such as an FPGA, with the key register and I/O registers remaining in fixed logic.
US09866368B1
In a mobile wireless communication system a client terminal needs to continuously maintain its receive and transmit operations in time alignment with the serving base station timing. A client terminal may initially achieve the timing alignment with the serving base station through the cell search procedure. Subsequently, as a client terminal may move toward or away from a serving base station, it may need to continuously track its timing to remain time aligned with the serving base station. In Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems, one of the commonly used methods for time tracking may be the Cyclic Prefix (CP) correlation. When the length of the CP is small, the reliability of the CP correlation may be low, especially when the signal quality is poor. A method and apparatus are disclosed that use the initial synchronization signals for time tracking for improved performance and reduced complexity.
US09866365B2
According to one embodiment of the present specification, a user terminal is provided. The user terminal can comprise: a tunable antenna capable of adjusting a band; a diplexer connected to the tunable antenna to synthesize and separate sub-carriers; one or more antenna switches connected to the diplexer to synthesize and separate low-band sub-carriers and middle-band and high-band sub-carriers; and a sub-carrier processing unit connected to the one or more antenna switches to synthesize and separate a plurality of low-band sub-carriers, a plurality of middle-band sub-carriers and a plurality of high-band sub-carriers. A low-noise amplifier can be connected to the sub-carrier processing unit in order to prevent an increase in a reception sensitivity loss and a noise index occurring on a reception path of the diplexer, the one or more antenna switches and the sub-carrier processing unit.
US09866358B2
Time tracking in current communication systems may be traditionally based on common reference signals (CRS). However, in certain communication systems, CRS-based time tracking may be impossible to implement due to an absence of CRS in certain subframes or carriers. CRS-based time tracking may also be inappropriate to implement in certain communication systems such as a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) system where control and data may arrive from different cells, and therefore, a UE may assume a wrong cell for CRS-based time tracking. Accordingly, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for wireless communication are provided in which additional UE specific reference signals (UE-RS) and/or channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) are made available to the UE so that the UE may have improved channel estimation and/or time tracking performance.
US09866356B2
A data distribution method and a data distribution device are described. The method includes parsing a GTPU message from a user terminal to obtain a Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) request message for requesting a resource, and determining whether the data request mode of the HTTP request message is an HTTP compression mode; when the determination result is that it is an HTTP compression mode, directly sending the HTTP request message to a server; otherwise, setting the data request mode of the HTTP request message as an HTTP compression mode and then sending the message to the server; setting the data format of an HTTP response message sent by the server as a data format fitting the data request mode of the HTTP request message and sending the response message to the user terminal. In this way, the consumption of backhaul bandwidth and the consumption of air interface bandwidth can be reduced significantly.
US09866352B2
A method for improving a Distance Measure Equipment (DME) interference resisting capability of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system are described in the present disclosure; at an LTE User Equipment (UE) side, the method includes that: a symbol level DME interference result is obtained, and a scheduling message is sent according to the obtained symbol level DME interference result or according to the obtained symbol level DME interference result and a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) scheduling situation of a current subframe; at an LTE evolved Node B (eNB) side, the method includes that: the received scheduling message is detected, and a subframe is scheduled according to the received scheduling message. The present disclosure also discloses a UE, an eNB and two computer storage media for improving the DME interference resisting capability of the LTE system.
US09866339B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes generating a first message having a plurality of fields according to a precision time protocol, encapsulating one or more fields of the first message into a first encapsulation, preparing a first packet that includes the first message and the first encapsulation, and transmitting the first packet through a network.
US09866337B2
A method estimating number of occupants in a region includes receiving at one or more receiving unit a signal or signals transmitted from one or more transmitting units, wherein the transmitting units are not associated with the one or more occupants located in the region. In addition, the method includes measuring one or more attributes of the received signal for a duration of time and calculating an occupancy estimate based, at least in part, on the measured attribute of the received signal.
US09866323B2
Optical wireless communication techniques are described and claimed. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to method and apparatus to provide optical signaling with visible light having variable pulse position modulation (VPPM). The optical signal includes a Start Frame Delimiter (SFD) which indicates beginning of an asynchronous optical signaling. The VPPM signaling includes a lower frequency time varying amplitude component that when subsampled by a low frame rate camera results in alias induced flicker or blinking. Such signals are quickly recognizable as signals with modulated data. In another embodiment, the disclosure provides a system, device and method for decoding a Start Frame Delimiter (SFD) to indicate arrival of incoming VPPM optical data.
US09866321B2
Provided is a data transmission system for automated material handling system in that, in the automated material handling system for transferring the products in course of manufacturing in the semiconductor manufacturing process or the liquid crystal display manufacturing process etc. to each manufacturing station, it switches the communication between the unmanned automatic transfer vehicle and the manufacturing station to the optical communication or the RF communication in readiness for the communication failure between the unmanned automatic transfer vehicle for master and the manufacturing station for slave, it transmits various input and output state data including the communication log data to the higher control system for master or the management computer system of slave/wireless data transmitter-receiver for slave by means of the master and/or slave device through the wire and wireless transmission and reception communication, thereby quickly coping with the operation error through the data analysis.
US09866318B2
A method includes monitoring a power value of output light of the laser and a power value of reflected light, obtaining an insertion loss value according to the power value of the output light, the power value of the reflected light, and a parameter of a Faraday rotation reflector, obtaining a bias current value according to the insertion loss value, and adjusting the power value of the output light of the laser using the bias current value. The insertion loss value is obtained by detecting the power value of the reflected light obtained after the output light of the laser is reflected. Because the insertion loss value is a power loss value, of the output light of the laser, on a one-way link between the laser and the Faraday rotation mirror.
US09866307B2
A method and device for transmitting data symbols using an antenna correlation in a wireless access system supporting multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) operations. The method includes: receiving, from a receiving end, grouping information of a plurality of antennas for supporting the MIMO operations, where the grouping information includes information on the two selected antenna subgroups; selecting two antennas of which a correlation is highest from the two selected antenna subgroups respectively for transmitting the data symbols; and transmitting different data symbols through each of the two selected antennas of the two selected antenna subgroups on an identical time frequency resource. Here, antennas with a highest correlation are grouped into two or more antenna subgroups. Also, two antenna subgroups, of which a correlation is lowest from the two or more antenna subgroups, are selected among the two or more antenna subgroups by the receiving end.
US09866306B2
A transmission method for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal in the same frequency at the same time. Each signal has been modulated according to a different modulation scheme. The transmission method applies precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix, applies different power change to each signal, and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US09866298B2
A parameter determination method and a MIMO receiver are disclosed, wherein the parameter determination method estimates a channel correlation with respect to a plurality of REs using information about channels of the plurality of REs included in a resource region allocated by a MIMO transmitter; determines a downlink signal rank taking account of the channel correlation; and transmits information about the determined rank to the MIMO transmitter.
US09866290B2
The embodiments provide a method implemented by a first station (STA) for transmitting a frame to an Access Point (AP) as part of an uplink multi-user simultaneous transmission. The method avoids unintentional beamforming at the AP. The method includes receiving a first frame from the AP, where the first frame includes scheduling information for scheduling a simultaneous uplink transmission for the first STA and one or more other STAs, generating a second frame having a common part and a user-specific part, where the second frame is to be transmitted simultaneously with other frames according to the scheduling information, determining a cyclic shift value to be applied to the common part, where the cyclic shift value is determined to be different from one or more cyclic shift values to be applied by each of the other STAs, applying the cyclic shift value to the common part and transmitting the second frame to the AP.
US09866286B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure support a head-mounted display (HMD) wirelessly coupled to a console. The HMD includes a positional tracking system, a beam controller and a transceiver. The positional tracking system tracks position of the HMD and generates positional information describing the tracked position of the HMD. The transceiver communicates with a console via a wireless channel, in accordance with communication instructions, the communication instructions causing the transceiver to communicate over one directional beam of a plurality of directional beams. The beam controller determines a change in the positional information. Based on the change to the positional information, the beam controller determines a directional beam of the plurality of directional beams. The beam controller further generates the communication instructions identifying the determined directional beam, and provides the communication instructions to the transceiver.
US09866281B2
The present invention relates to a wireless power transmission apparatus and a method therefor. The present invention provides a wireless power transmission apparatus including: a power transmission module; a first communication module; a second communication module; and a controller for searching out a first wireless power reception device performing wireless power transmission/reception, transmitting a second magnetic field signal of a second frequency band through the power transmission module, sensing a second response signal to the second magnetic field signal through the second communication module, and searching out a second wireless power reception device performing wireless power transmission/reception by means of the second frequency band according to whether the second response signal is received.
US09866280B2
A mobile communication device having a wireless power receiver and wireless communications unit, in which inductors of the communications unit and the power receiver are in close proximity to each other, is provided. The mobile communication device includes a wireless communications unit including a first inductor configured to transmit and receive data via inductive coupling, and a wireless power receiver. The wireless power receiver includes a second inductor which is disposed above the first inductor and receives power via inductive coupling, a ferrite shield disposed between the first inductor and the second inductor, and a compensator disposed between the first inductor and the ferrite shield. Compensator is adapted to compensate for variations in the inductance of the first inductor caused by the ferrite shield.
US09866273B2
Disclosed are a network access device and method for improving data transmission efficiency without replacement of a home network or additional pairing. A network access device is connected to a control server through an external wideband network and connected to at least one end point through at least one cable. Such a network access devices includes an interface module configured to couple with the network, at least one domain master connected to the at least one end point, an adaptation module configured to convert G.hn signals to Ethernet signals between the domain master and the interface module, and a processor configured to control the interface module and the at least one domain master. The processor communicates with the control server through an external wideband network to check status of the home network and provisions the home network in real time.
US09866265B2
A high frequency circuit module is provided with: a multilayer circuit substrate; a first high frequency switch that switches connection of an antenna; a transmission filter; and reception filters. Either the transmission filter or the reception filters, or both, and the first high frequency switch are embedded in the multilayer circuit substrate, and ground conductors are formed in a conductive layer facing embedded electronic components.
US09866258B2
The invention is a universal receiver that addresses the problem of collecting consumption data from multiple types of utility metering wireless devices that use different and often proprietary protocols where such parameters are unknown to the system owner. The universal receiver automatically detects unknown AMR/AMI broadcasts utilizing know parameters for typical AMR/AMI signals and executing a decoding algorithm that includes series of RF parameter detection, signal characterization, signal decoding, and data qualifying techniques with minimal or no involvement needed by a user.
US09866255B1
The smart phone case and wallet is a protective case that is able to protect a smart phone or other electronic device while doubling as a wallet. The smart phone case and wallet is constructed of a first member and a second member that attach to one another via a hinge. The smart phone case and wallet includes a strap that extends from a side of the second member, and which includes a locking armature on a distal end. The locking armature is able to be inserted into a locking receptacle provided on an outer surface of the first member in order to lock the protective case in a closed position. The first member includes a wallet compartment provided on an inner surface of the first member as well as a wallet flap. The wallet flap is sandwiched between the first member and the second member in order to compartmentalize the portion dedicated to a protective case from the portion dedicated to a wallet.
US09866251B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for initiating execution of actions and for communicating information to a user, and more particularly, to initiating execution of predefined actions in wearable devices and communication devices based on gestures made with the wearable devices and/or heat applied to a surface of the wearable devices. According to an aspect, the method relates to, in the wearable device, detecting a first, in the first wearable device predefined, gesture of the first wearable device, broadcasting a first signal comprising information associated with the first gesture, receiving, from a second wearable device, a second signal comprising information associated with a second gesture and initiating execution of a, in the first wearable device predefined, first action based on the first signal and the second signal.
US09866250B2
An apparatus for satisfying Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) compliance criteria including a first capacitance sensor, a second capacitance sensor, a memory, and a processor. The memory is configured to store pre-established proximity regions that include a free space region of proximity based on baseline capacitance measurements obtained from the sensors when no human body is proximate a wireless device and a first region of proximity based on initial capacitance measurements obtained from the sensors when the human body is spaced apart from the wireless device by a first predetermined separation distance. The processor is configured to instruct a radio frequency (RF) transmitter to operate at a first output power when subsequent capacitance measurements received from the sensors are within the free space region of proximity and at a second output power, less than the first output power when the subsequent capacitance measurements are within the first region of proximity.
US09866244B2
Multi-output electromagnetic couplers configured to detect multiple frequencies simultaneously, and devices and systems including same. In one example a multi-output electromagnetic coupler includes a main coupler transmission line extending between and electrically connecting an input port and an output port, a first coupled line section configured to couple electromagnetic power in a first frequency band from the main coupler transmission line to provide a first coupled output signal at a first coupled port, and a second coupled line section configured to couple electromagnetic power in a second frequency band from the main coupler transmission line to provide a second coupled output signal at a second coupled port simultaneously with the first coupled output signal being provided at the first coupled port.
US09866243B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a forward error correction codeword synchronization method, device, and system. The method is: sending, by a central office device, synchronization information of an FEC codeword to a terminal device by using a management channel, where the information includes information about an agreed location of an FEC codeword, and the information about the agreed location of the first FEC codeword indicates a location that is of the first FEC codeword and is corresponding to data at an agreed location of an agreed time-frequency resource block; and receiving, by the terminal device, the synchronization information that is of the FEC codeword and is sent by the central office device, and adjusting a status parameter of an encoder or a decoder according to the information, so as to complete codeword synchronization. The embodiments of the present invention are used for FEC codeword synchronization.
US09866238B1
An incremental analog to digital converter for digitizing an analog voltage including an Mth order delta sigma modulator, an Mth order digital decimation filter, a controller, and a digital combiner. The controller operates the modulator to convert the analog voltage into multiple digital samples, and operates the digital decimation filter to convert the digital samples into a preliminary digital output value. The controller further operates the delta sigma modulator during a residue phase for M clock cycles in which the modulator provides a digital residue value. The digital combiner combines the preliminary digital output value with the digital residue value to provide an initial digital output value. For an Mth order system, only M additional cycles are needed to extract the residual value to increase the resolution of the digital output by an amount based on the resolution of a modulator quantizer.
US09866231B2
In an example, the present invention provides an analog to digital converter device for a high speed data transmission from 1 GS-s to 100 GS-s, although there can be other variations. In an example, the device has an input receiver device coupled to a transimpedance amplifier. In an example, the transimpedance amplifier is coupled to an input stream of data at 10 GHz to 100 GHz, or other variations.
US09866227B1
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods using an integrator in a loop filter of a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) located on a feedback path of the ADC, the DAC including output nodes coupled to input nodes of the integrator, and a comparator including input nodes to receive signals from output nodes of the integrator, and an output node to provide information during calibration of the DAC.
US09866226B2
An analog-to-digital conversion system includes a first processor, a bank of N analog-to-digital converters, and a second processor. The first processor receives M input signal streams, performs a wave-front multiplexing transform that includes a first set of wave-front vectors on the M input signal streams in analog domain and outputs concurrently N mixed signal streams, M and N being integers and N≧M>1. The N analog-to-digital converters convert the N mixed signal streams from analog format to digital format and output concurrently N digital data streams. The second processor receives the N digital data streams, performs a wave-front de-multiplexing transform that includes a second set of wave-front vectors on the N digital data streams in digital domain and outputs concurrently N output data streams such that the N output data streams include M output data streams that correspond respectively to the M input signal streams.
US09866225B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) in a digital phase-locked loop (PLL) and a control loop. The DCO can generate an output signal having a frequency based on a value of a digital information. The control loop can adjust a value of a supply voltage of the DCO based on the value the digital information. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09866223B2
A clock recovery circuit includes an oscillator to generate a clock signal. The oscillator varies a frequency of the clock signal as a function of a control signal. The clock recovery circuit has a phase tracking control loop to determine the phase error between the reference signal and the clock signal, and vary the control signal as a function of the phase error. The phase tracking control loop has a linear region for phase errors in the range between −π and +π, thereby creating a cycle slippage event when the phase error exceed said range. The clock recovery circuit includes a cycle-slippage detector which determines whether the phase error reaches or approaches +π or −π. In case the phase error reaches or approaches +π or −π, the cycle-slippage detector acts on the control signal in an effort to avoid that said phase tracking control loop leaves said linear region.
US09866222B2
An embodiment method for voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) control includes detecting a first VCO output signal of a first VCO. The first VCO output signal has a first VCO output frequency. The method also includes determining a first down-scaled signal in accordance with the first VCO output signal. The first down-scaled signal has a first down-scaled frequency that is reduced by a fixed ratio relative to a current value of the first VCO output frequency. The method also includes modifying the first VCO output frequency using a first phase lock loop (PLL) in accordance with the first down-scaled signal and an oscillating reference signal, and detecting a second VCO output signal of a second VCO. The second VCO output signal has a second VCO output frequency. The method also includes modifying the second VCO output frequency in accordance with the second VCO output signal and the first down-scaled signal.
US09866221B2
Embodiments are directed to a system for synchronizing switching events. The system includes a controller, a clock generator communicatively coupled to the controller and a delay chain communicatively coupled to the controller. The delay chain is configured to perform a plurality of delay chain switching events in response to an input to the delay chain. The controller is configured to initiate a synchronization phase that includes enabling the clock generator to provide as an input to the delay chain a clock generator output at a synchronization frequency, wherein the clock generator output passing through the delay chain synchronizes the plurality of delay chain switching events to occur at the synchronization frequency resulting in a frequency of an output of the delay chain being synchronized to the synchronization frequency of the clock generator output.
US09866220B2
A timing method and a timing device are disclosed. A Gray code count output may be obtained by performing a Gray code count on a basic clock. Then m number of sub-clocks may be obtained by separately performing a phase shift on a least significant bit output of the Gray code count output, where a phase difference φ between each of the m number of sub-clocks and the least significant bit output may satisfy: φ=n×α and φ≠90°, 180° may be divisible by α with no remainder, and n may be an integer greater than 0 and less than 180°/α. If 90° is divisible by α with no remainder, m=180/α−2; and if 90° is divisible by α with a remainder, m=180/α−1. When a predetermined event occurs, a timing result of the predetermined event may be obtained according to the Gray code count output value, outputs of the m number of sub-clocks, a period of the basic clock, and the α.
US09866217B2
A voltage level shift circuit comprises a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors. A first transistor of the second pair of transistors is coupled with an input signal terminal. A second transistor of the transistors of the second pair of transistors is coupled with an inverted input signal terminal. The transistors of the second pair of transistors are cross-coupled with the transistors of the first pair of transistors. The voltage level shift circuit also comprises a third pair of transistors. The transistors of the third pair of transistors are coupled with the transistors of the first pair of transistors and the transistors of the second pair of transistors. A first transistor of the third pair of transistors is directly coupled with an output signal terminal and second transistor of the third pair of transistors is directly coupled with an inverted output signal terminal.
US09866216B1
A circuit includes a biasing circuit that includes a diode stack coupled to a first node. The biasing circuit can output a biasing signal on the first node. The biasing circuit also includes a transistor, a timer component and a current source. An input of the timer component is coupled to receive an isolation signal. The current source is configured to inject current for a period of time into the diode stack in response to a transition of the ISO signal between a first voltage and a second voltage. The biasing circuit also is configured to output a signal to a level shifter to hold an output of the level shifter in a known state for a specified amount of time after power-up of the circuit for proper operation of the level shifter.
US09866214B2
This invention provides a composite device and a switching power supply. The composite device integrates therein a first enhancement-mode MOS device and a depletion-mode MOS device, and comprises: an epitaxial region of a first doping type; a first well region and a second well region formed in parallel on the front side of the epitaxial region; a first doped region of the first doping type formed within the first well region; a gate of the first enhancement-mode MOS device; a second doped region of the first doping type formed within the second well region; a channel region of the first doping type, wherein the channel region extends from a boundary of the second well region to a boundary of the second doped region; and a gate of the depletion-mode MOS device. The switching power supply includes the composite device above. This invention can decrease the process complexity, reduce the chip area and cost, and may be applicable to high power scenarios.
US09866212B2
An RF switch to controllably withstand an applied RF voltage Vsw, or a method of fabricating such a switch, which includes a string of series-connected constituent FETs with a node of the string between each pair of adjacent FETs. The method includes controlling capacitances between different nodes of the string to effectively tune the string capacitively, which will reduce the variance in the RF switch voltage distributed across each constituent FET, thereby enhancing switch breakdown voltage. Capacitances are controlled, for example, by disposing capacitive features between nodes of the string, and/or by varying design parameters of different constituent FETs. For each node, a sum of products of each significant capacitor by a proportion of Vsw appearing across it may be controlled to approximately zero.
US09866211B2
The invention relates to a surge protection device for a semiconductor switch with an improved response behavior. The protection device comprises a dynamic component together with a static component and a capability to analyze switch operations on the semiconductor switch. The dynamic component of the surge protection device activates in the event of a low surge, but is time-limited, however, with respect to the response behavior. Furthermore, the response of the dynamic component of the surge protection device can also be limited such that a response occurs only after switch operations on the semiconductor switch.
US09866205B2
A device is disclosed that includes a level shifter and a selector. The level shifter includes a first current limiter. The level shifter is configured to generate a first output signal at a first terminal of the first current limiter, and to generate a second output signal at a second terminal of the first current limiter according to a first input signal. The selector configured to selectively transmit one of the first output signal and the second output signal according to the first input signal.
US09866203B1
High reliability impedance tuners used in high power measurements suffer fast heating and consequently thermal expansion of the central conductor, which has a very small mass and is thermally isolated from the tuner housing. This leads to false measurements or catastrophic tuner failure (short) of either the DUT or the tuner. A method is introduced for allowing the center conductor to expand linearly without deforming and risking loss of accuracy first and catastrophic failure later. Practical tests have shown significant thermal behavior improvement.
US09866198B2
A resonator element includes a substrate that vibrates in a thickness shear vibration, a first excitation electrode that is provided on one main surface of the substrate and has a shape in which at least three corners of a virtual quadrangle are cut out, and a second excitation electrode that is provided on the other main surface of the substrate, and a ratio (S2/S1) of an area S1 of the virtual quadrangle and an area S2 of the first excitation electrode satisfies a relationship of 69.2%≦(S2/S1)≦80.1%.
US09866196B2
A quasi-differential amplifier with an input port and an output port. The amplifier has a phase shifter network with a first port connected to the input port, a second port, and a third port. A first amplifier has an input connected to the second port of the phase shifter network, and an output, and a second amplifier has an input connected to the third port of the phase shifter network, and an output. A balun circuit includes a first differential port connected to an output of the first amplifier, a second differential port connected to an output of the second amplifier, and a single-ended port. An output matching network is connected to the single-ended port of the balun circuit and to the output port.
US09866195B2
A stray capacitance is generated between an antenna element and a ground electrode. A capacitance detection circuit detects the stray capacitance. An antenna matching circuit, is provided along a wireless communication signal path, which is a transmission path between the antenna element and a feeder circuit. A feedback control circuit transmits a control signal to the variable matching circuit on the basis of a detection result of the capacitance detection circuit in accordance with the stray capacitance. The capacitance detection circuit includes a constant current source and a timing circuit to measure the time taken to charge the antenna from the constant current source and for the voltage to reach a predetermined voltage.
US09866192B2
Filter component having a windingless magnetic toroidal core with an opening, a toroidal core housing in which the toroidal core is fastened using a snap-on mechanism, wherein the filter component is designed such that a conductor can be run windinglessly through the opening of the toroidal core fastened in the toroidal core housing.
US09866184B1
Degenerated transimpedance amplifier with wire-bonded photodiode for reducing group delay distortion
An integrated circuit includes a degeneration network configured to improve group delay across one or more variations, wherein the degeneration network includes a transimpedance amplifier with one or more degeneration inductors. The transimpedance amplifier further includes one or more transistors, and the one or more degeneration inductors are connected after at least one emitter of the one or more transistors.
US09866182B2
A circuit has a magnetic device to produce a pre-distorted signal from a sinusoidal input signal. The magnetic device has physical attributes selected to produce characteristics of the pre-distorted signal. A power amplifier is coupled to the magnetic device. The power amplifier processes the pre-distorted signal to produce an output signal with reduced nonlinear behavior associated with the power amplifier.
US09866181B2
Embodiments for a power amplifier that can increase a low-frequency resonance frequency are provided. The power amplifier includes a power amplifying transistor die, a first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor, a direct current decoupling capacitor, and an output matching network, where: a drain of the power amplifying transistor die is connected to a first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor by using a bonding wire, and a second end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is grounded; the drain of the power amplifying transistor die is directly connected to the output matching network by using a bonding wire; a source of the power amplifying transistor die is grounded; the first end of the first metal oxide semiconductor capacitor is connected to one end of the direct current decoupling capacitor by using a bonding wire; and the other end of the direct current decoupling capacitor is grounded.
US09866177B2
An embodiment described herein includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) including a plurality of separate input terminals, a plurality of transistors, and an output network coupled to a first reference terminal and a single output of the LNA. Each transistor includes a conduction path and a control terminal coupled to one of the plurality of separate input terminals. The output network is also coupled to the conduction path of each of the plurality of transistors.
US09866175B1
An apparatus includes multiple field effect transistors and multiple wires. An input wire may be configured to transfer an input signal along an axis. The field effect transistors may be configured to generate a pair of intermediate signals by amplifying the input signal. Multiple gates of the field effect transistors may be configured to receive the input signal. A topology of the gates may be rotated to be perpendicular to the axis. The field effect transistors may be located in two rows mirrored about the axis. Intermediate wires may be configured to transfer the intermediate signals parallel to the axis. A collection wire may be configured to transfer the intermediate signals toward each other and generate an output signal by combining the intermediate signals. An output wire may be configured to transfer the output signal parallel to the axis and away from the field effect transistors.
US09866174B2
A dynamic rotary traveling wave oscillator circuit includes plurality of multi-output spot-advancing blocks (MOSABs) forming a main-loop and a plurality of multi-input spot-advancing blocks (MISABs) forming a sub-loop. Depending on a desired division ratio, a connection connects blocks on the MOSABs and MISABs to create the desired division ratio.
US09866168B2
Provided are flexible photovoltaic modules having flaps for supporting junction boxes. Junction boxes are used for making electrical connections to photovoltaic cells sealed inside the modules. A flap may be formed by one or two flexible sealing sheets extending beyond the boundary of the photovoltaic cells. A junction box is attached to the front surface of the flap. In certain embodiments, a flap is formed by one sealing sheet, such as a back side sheet. Materials of the back side sheet may be different from materials of the front side sheet and be selected to ensure support to the junction box. Additional support to the junction box may be provided by extending one of its edges in between the two sealing sheets. This edge extension or other features may be used for mechanical protection of electrical leads extending between the junction box and photovoltaic cells.
US09866151B2
An electrostatic chuck that enables high speed and high quality processing of a plate to be processed, and in which the weight of a base member is reduced and the strength thereof increased so as to maintain the flatness of the base member and prevent the plate to be processed from falling; a glass substrate processing method; and said glass substrate. An electrostatic chuck (1) provided with a base member (2) and an electrostatic suction layer (3). The base member (2) is formed by a lower-surface plate (20), side-surface plates (21-24), and an upper-surface plate (25), and has a part (4) for a plurality of individual structures configured therein. The part (4) for a plurality of individual structures has a honeycomb structure that is caused by regular hexagonal tubes (40) and enables the weight of the base member (2) to be reduced and the strength thereof increased.
US09866150B2
A magneto-caloric power generation equipment comprising at least one magneto-caloric power generation unit; the magneto-caloric power generation unit comprises two supports provided in a correspondingly connected manner; a rotor, a stator and a heating and cooling device; the supports are provided with an axle seat A, the rotor is provided with an axle seat B, an accommodating space is provided between the two supports, and the rotor is provided in the accommodating space; the rotor comprises an annular support, wherein both sides of the annular support are provided with an even number groups of hard magnet fixing grooves; the hard magnet fixing grooves of two sides of the annular support are provided in a staggered manner, and an annular accommodating groove is formed in the even groups of hard magnet fixing grooves on the same side of the annular support.
US09866149B2
A system that includes an actuator amplification apparatus and a push pull actuator disposed on or within the actuator amplification apparatus. The actuator amplification apparatus is configured to receive a push pull actuator. The actuator amplification apparatus includes a body fixture configured to attach the actuator amplification apparatus to a fixed mass, an output interface to attach the actuator amplification apparatus to a moving mass, and an integral amplification mechanism. The integral amplification mechanism of the actuator amplification apparatus amplifies a force output by the push pull actuator to the moving mass. The integral amplification mechanism includes a plurality of linkages or an integral lever arm. The actuator amplification apparatus may include stabilizers configured to limit movement of the push pull actuator. In an embodiment, the fixed mass is a dashboard frame of an automobile and the moving mass is a floating haptic touch screen assembly.
US09866146B2
A DC/DC flyback converter that exhibits reduced switch and transformer voltage stresses in comparison to known flyback converters. The flyback converter also employs soft switching. Embodiments of such flyback converters may be used, without limitation, in electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. A front-stage of the flyback converter comprises a DC/AC step-down circuit that may be separately used for various purposes.
US09866139B2
A bidirectional inductive power transfer (IPT) power converter comprising a cycloconverter, coupled to an AC port, and a resonant circuit, coupled to the cycloconverter, for storing energy and coupling energy to an IPT port.
US09866128B2
A semiconductor device including a first filter, a second filter, a first comparison circuit, a second comparison circuit and an AND circuit. The first filter generates a first output signal by performing first filtering processing on an input signal of the semiconductor device, the first filter having a first time constant. The second filter generates a second output signal by performing second filtering processing on the first output signal, the second filter having a second time constant different from the first time constant. The first comparison circuit compares the first output signal with a first threshold voltage, to thereby output a first level signal. The second comparison circuit compares the second output signal with a second threshold voltage, to thereby output a second level signal. The AND circuit performs an AND operation on the first and second level signals.
US09866127B2
An electrical power converting device includes: a converter circuit part that includes a switching circuit and a transformer and converts a voltage between a voltage on a high voltage power source side and a voltage on a low voltage power source side in an unidirectional or bidirectional manner; a filter circuit part that is connected to a low-voltage side of the converter circuit part and includes an inductor and a capacitor; a control circuit board on which a control part is mounted, the control part controlling the switching circuit; and a metal housing in which an interior space of the housing is divided into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space by a partition wall including a cooling liquid flow path, wherein the converter circuit part is arranged in the first accommodation space, and the filter circuit and the control circuit board are arranged in the second accommodation space.
US09866120B2
A power conversion device including: an energy storage unit which receives and stores voltage of a self-power-feeding device; and a bypass unit drive device which, when voltage of the self-power-feeding device becomes smaller than a predetermined lower limit value, causes a bypass unit to perform short-circuiting operation by power stored in the energy storage unit. Thus, by appropriately setting the above voltage lower limit value as a threshold value for the short-circuiting operation, it becomes possible to swiftly and reliably perform short-circuiting protection operation even if a cell converter has failed, thus it is possible to always safely continue the operation of the power conversion device.
US09866113B1
Methods and apparatus for flying capacitor balancing in multilevel converters are disclosed. Example flying capacitor balancing circuitry can include voltage difference sense and control circuitry and duty cycle timing adjustment circuitry. The voltage difference sense and control circuitry can generate a compensation control signal for the duty cycle timing adjustment circuitry.
US09866099B1
A power converter includes a high side device, a low side device connected to the high side device at a switch node, an inductor connected to the high side device and the low side device at the switch node, and a high side driver. The high side driver is configured to drive a gate of the high side device at a first current for a first period of time. In response to the first period of time ending, the high side driver is configured to step down the first current for a second period of time. In response to the second period of time ending, the high side driver is configured to drive the gate of the high side device at the first current.
US09866098B2
A photovoltaic power generation system, having a photovoltaic panel, which has a direct current (DC) output and a micro-inverter with input terminals and output terminals. The input terminals are adapted for connection to the DC output. The micro-inverter is configured for converting an input DC power received at the input terminals to an output alternating current (AC) power at the output terminals. A bypass current path between the output terminals may be adapted for passing current produced externally to the micro-inverter. The micro-inverter is configured to output an alternating current voltage significantly less than a grid voltage.
US09866097B2
A number of configurations of a high speed electromagnetic turbine (1300) are discussed. The turbine (1300) includes a housing (1301) includes at least superconducting coil (1307) for the generation of a magnetic field, the coil being retained within a cryogenic envelope of a cryogenic body (1306). The turbine (1300) includes also includes rotor assembly including one or more rotors (13091), (13092), (13093), (13094), (13095) and (13096) positioned on shaft (1310). The rotor being received within the bore (1308) formed between the interior walls of the body (1306) such that it is immersed in the magnetic field. As the current is passed through the rotor assembly the induced force due to the interaction of the current with the magnetic is translated into a torque on the shaft (1310).
US09866091B2
A motor apparatus for a vehicle includes a motor unit, an inverter unit, a case, and a pump. The case has a motor space accommodating the motor unit, two or more inverter spaces each accommodating the inverter unit, and a cooling passage. The inverter spaces are provided adjacent to the motor space via respective walls, and each accommodating at least one of the capacitor, the power converter, and the control circuit. The cooling passage includes a first cooling part configured to cool the power converter and a second cooling part configured to cool the capacitor. A length of the cooling passage from a discharging part of the pump to the first cooling part is made shorter than a length of the cooling passage from the discharging part to the second cooling part.
US09866088B1
A generator and clutch assembly is disclosed for use in a vehicle and includes a rotatable input, an electric generator in a generator housing, a clutch rotor by driven by the rotatable input, and an electric clutch and brake assembly which may be integrated with the generator housing. A field coil may be mounted to an external surface of the generator housing. The generator and clutch may be offset and connected by means of a transfer system having a transfer housing, wherein a field coil is mounted to an external surface of the transfer housing.
US09866085B2
A wedge for use in an electric machine has a central leg and arms extending in both circumferential directions. The wedge has a radially outer full surface defining a cylindrical aperture through an axial length, and ledge surfaces at each axial end of the full surface. A curved merging portion on an outer surface of the arms merges into a curved contact surface. A rotor, a machine and a method are also disclosed.
US09866081B2
A motor rotor assembly including: a rotor core, a plurality of permanent magnets, and end plates. The permanent magnets are disposed on the rotor core, and the end plates are disposed at two end surfaces of the rotor core, respectively. A plurality of grooves is disposed at the outer edge of the top surface of the end plates, a plurality of convex columns protrudes from the bottom wall of the end plates.
US09866075B2
A system incorporating safety features, for optical power transmission to receivers, comprising an optical resonator having end reflectors and a gain medium, a driver supplying power to the gain medium, and controlling its small signal gain, a beam steering apparatus and a controller to control at least the beam steering apparatus and the driver. The controller responds to a safety risk occurring in the system, by outputting a command to change at least some of the small signal gain of the gain medium, the radiance of the optical beam, the power supplied by the driver, the scan speed or the scan direction and position of the beam steering apparatus, or to register the scan pose which defines the location of said optical-to-electrical power converter. The controller may also ensure a high overall radiance efficiency, and may warn of transmitted power not received by a targeted receiver.
US09866074B2
The disclosed technology relates to wireless communication and wireless power transmission. In some implementations, the disclosed technology is directed to an integrated circuit having a transmitter that transmits radio frequency (RF) based wireless power and receives signals for detecting the location of a client device. The disclosed technology is also directed to an integrated circuit for a client device that receives power from the transmitter and transmits beacon signals, which the transmitter can use to locate the client device.
US09866066B2
Wireless power transmission (WPT) systems are provided. According to an embodiment, the WPT system uses one or more power transmitting coils and a receiver for electromagnetically coupled wireless power transfer. The electrodynamic receiver can be in the form of an electrodynamic transducer where a magnet is allowed to oscillate near a receiving coil to induce a voltage in the receiving coil, a piezoelectric transducer where the magnet causes a vibrating structure with a piezoelectric layer to move, an electrostatic transducer where movement of the magnet causes a capacitor plate to move, or a combination thereof. An alternating magnetic field from the transmitting coil(s) excites the magnet in the receiver into mechanical resonance. The vibrating magnet then functions similar to an energy harvester to induce voltage/current on an internal coil, piezoelectric material, or variable capacitor. Embodiments utilize magnetic coupling and electromechanical resonance for safe, spatially distributed, low-frequency power delivery to portable devices.
US09866064B2
An apparatus and method for continuously monitoring substation disconnects and transmission line switches to detect improper closing of the disconnects or switches is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing an apparatus adapted to measure, process, and transmit data associated with a disconnect or switch. The method further includes the steps of positioning the apparatus on or in close proximity to the disconnect or switch, using the apparatus to collect data of the disconnect or switch and processing the data for transmission to a remote receiver, and transmitting the processed data to a remote receiver.
US09866063B2
Fault-tolerant power distribution systems for modular power plants are discussed. The systems enable the transmission of a portion of the power generated by a modular power plant to remote consumers. The systems also enable the local distribution of another portion of the generated power within the power plant. The various fault-tolerant systems enable the plant to continuously, and without degradation or disruption, transmit power to remote consumers and distribute power within in the power plant in the event of one or more faults within the distribution system. The various embodiments include redundant power-transmission paths, power-distribution module feeds, switchgear, and other hardware components. Such redundant transmission paths and hardware enable the systems to continuously, and without degradation or disruption, transmit power to remote consumers and locally distribute power to the power plant when one or more faults occur within one or more of the redundant power-transmission paths and/or hardware components.
US09866059B2
The wireless power transmission device is a wireless power transmission device which wirelessly transmits electric power between a power-transmitting coil and a power-receiving coil, and which includes: a metal member; a power supply unit which supplies the electric power to the power-transmitting coil; a measurement unit which measures a relative position of the power-receiving coil with respect to the power-transmitting coil; and a control unit which controls the power supply unit. The control unit adjusts the electric power based on the relative position measured by the measurement unit, so that an amount of induced current flowing through the metal member is decreased.
US09866055B2
Techniques are described herein for detecting one of multiple (e.g., at least three) charger types that may be connected to a portable device. In response to detecting a charging device (e.g., a charger) of a particular charger type, the portable device is configured to charge its battery by drawing the maximum voltage and/or current that is/are allowed by the particular charger type. In an example embodiment, a portable device detects a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection to a charging device and determines whether the charging device conforms to a first, second, or third charger type based on voltages on data lines of the USB connection. The portable device then charges its battery at maximum charging power available from the charging device according to the third charger type.
US09866052B2
Even after the battery reaches the last stage of the end of life, the use can be continued. A charging system includes battery pack and charger. During the charge of lithium-ion secondary battery, charge control unit calculates the full charge capacity maintaining rate, sets a first charge current value on the basis of the full charge capacity maintaining rate, and charges the battery. When lithium-ion secondary battery reaches the last stage of the end of life, charge control unit sets a second charge current value lower than the first charge current value set based on the full charge capacity maintaining rate, and charges the battery.
US09866049B2
A battery warm up system according to the present disclosure includes an open signal receiving unit to receive a door open signal for opening a door of a vehicle, a temperature measuring unit to measure a temperature of a battery pack connected to a starter of the vehicle, a control unit to output a forced discharging start signal by referring to information associated with the temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit when the door open signal is received by the open signal receiving unit, and a forced discharging circuit unit to force a plurality of battery modules constituting the battery pack to be discharged in response to the forced discharging start signal.
US09866038B2
A power transmission apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. A power reception apparatus includes capacitors connected in series between an active electrode and a passive electrode. When a capacitance between the active electrodes is represented by Caa, a capacitance between the passive electrodes is represented by Cpp, and reactances of the capacitors are represented by X1, X2, X3, and X4; the active electrodes, the passive electrodes and the capacitors are configured such that Cpp/Caa=X1/X2=X3/X4 and Cpp≧Caa are satisfied. Thus, a wireless power transmission system capable of stabilizing an operation of a load circuit in the power reception apparatus is provided.
US09866035B2
A rotatable coupling includes an input housing rotatably coupled to an output housing by a tube fixed to the output housing and on which tube the input housing rotates. The coupling includes two magnetic flux concentrators disposed about the tube and defining therebetween an annular cavity, a first concentrator fixed to the input housing and a second concentrator fixed to the output housing, such that relative rotation of the housings causes relative rotation of the concentrators on either side of the annular cavity. The coupling includes concentric coils disposed within the annular cavity that permit power transfer across the coupling, a first coil fixed to the input housing and a second coil fixed to the output housing; an emitter fixed to the input housing; and a receiver fixed to the output housing and positioned to receive the signals from the emitter during the relative rotation of the housings.
US09866034B2
This power transfer unit includes a power supply portion and a control portion, and the control portion acquires proper voltage ranges of a plurality of receivers and sets a supply voltage value in a common range among the proper voltage ranges.
US09866031B2
According to one embodiment, a power control apparatus includes a receiving unit, an environment-data acquiring unit, and a calculation unit. The receiving unit receives, from a power supplying side, a power-consumption reduction request for reducing power consumption at a power demanding side. The environmental data acquiring unit acquires, from the power demanding side, environmental data representing environmental state of the power demanding side. The calculating unit calculates a power-reduction value based on the environmental data, in response to the power-consumption reduction request.
US09866030B2
A photovoltaic system includes solar cells and photovoltaic inverters configured to convert direct current generated by the solar cells to alternating current. Grid voltage at the point of interconnection (POI) of the photovoltaic system and the power grid is measured and compared to a setpoint. A control signal is generated based on the measured grid voltage. The control signal is provided to the photovoltaic inverters. The control signal is adjusted to cause the photovoltaic inverters to generate or absorb reactive power to respond to transient grid voltage changes.
US09866028B2
A power control apparatus includes: a first conversion apparatus that applies DC/DC conversion to direct current power from a power generator for generating power using natural energy, and outputs the resultant power; a second conversion apparatus that applies DC/DC conversion to the power output from the first conversion apparatus and charges a power storage unit with the resultant power, and also applies DC/DC conversion to power from the power storage unit and discharges the resultant power; a third conversion apparatus that supplies alternating current power to a power system and an alternating current load by applying DC/AC conversion to the power output from the first conversion apparatus and/or the power discharged by the second conversion apparatus; and a controller that causes the second conversion apparatus to perform the discharge so that the power output from the third conversion apparatus is higher than power consumed by the alternating current load.
US09866026B2
A method of managing electric power for managing power, within a group, said power is to be used by a first user with a power storage system and a second user without the power storage system, the method including: (a) collecting data regarding load power of the first user and the second user and calculating total load power within the group; (b) determining whether the total load power is equal to or greater than a peak cut power; (c) determining whether a value of [total load power−peak cut power] is smaller than the load power of the first user when determination in the step (b) is Yes; and (d) causing the power storage system to discharge at the value of [total load power−peak cut power], when determination in the step (c) is Yes.
US09866021B2
A load power device includes a power input, at least one power output for at least one load, a plurality of sensors structured to sense voltage and current at the at least one power output, and a processor. The processor provides: (a) load identification based upon the sensed voltage and current, and (b) load control and management based upon the load identification.
US09866016B2
Power converters are provided that convert alternating current (AC) power to direct current (DC) power. A power converter may have multiple ports. Each port may have an associated connector with multiple power and data terminals. When an electronic device is connected to a given port, the electronic device draws DC power from the power converter. To ensure that the capacity of the power converter is not exceeded when multiple devices are connected to the ports of the power converter, the power converter may actively monitor its ports for active loads. Load detection circuitry can determine what number of ports are active. Control circuitry can compute a per-port available DC power level based on the number of active ports and can provide this information to connected devices.
US09866014B2
In an embodiment, an electronic device comprises a shared electrical over-stress (EOS) protection circuit. The shared EOS protection circuit may be coupled between a power input terminal and ground terminal to provide an EOS current path from the power input terminal to the ground terminal, and coupled between the output terminal and the ground terminal to provide an EOS current path from the output terminal to the ground terminal. The electronic device may also include a power interruption mitigation circuit to provide power to the electronic device during interruptions or fluctuations in external power.
US09866012B2
A system and method for reporting and control in an electrical power distribution grid including a plurality of sensor devices forming a sensor network are disclosed. Each sensor device monitors and measures attributes of line current for an associated electrical power distribution line at a selected location. Control sensor devices will have control capabilities in addition to its monitoring and measurement capabilities. The sensor devices can detect a fault in a branch of the power grid and send control and fault detected messages to an adjacent upstream sensor on a wireless network comprising a plurality of contention access and contention free time slots wherein a number of the contention free time slots is equal to or greater than a number of sensors in the plurality of sensors.
US09866002B2
A recessed support, preferably in a recessed box, for hidden sockets, comprises a front face from which a recessed compartment extends which is destined to house electric plugs inserted in the sockets and which has an inclined lateral wall on which at least an electrical socket is afforded. A slidable cover is associated to the front face, which is constrained to the body of the support by guide and sliding means so as to be slidable between a closed position for covering the compartment and an open position which uncovers the compartment. Also present are a first and a second blocking screw of the socket to the inclined lateral wall; both the first and the second blocking screw in turn comprise: a stem having at least a threaded portion; a screwing head having a transversal dimension that is greater than the stem; the stem being interposed between the cover in the closed position and the head.
US09865992B2
One embodiment is a wide stripe semiconductor waveguide, which is cleaved at a Talbot length thereof, the wide stripe semiconductor waveguide having facets with mirror coatings. A system provides for selective pumping the wide stripe semiconductor waveguide to create and support a Talbot mode. In embodiments according to the present method and apparatus the gain is patterned so that a single unique pattern actually has the highest gain and hence it is the distribution that oscillates.
US09865991B2
Disclosed herein is a technology of effectively interrupting light reflected from a wavelength selective filter so as not to be fed back to a laser diode chip in a semiconductor laser package having a function of adjusting a relative intensity ratio of a signal of “1” and a signal of “0” using an optical filter. Since an optical interruption device according to the present invention may effectively interrupt a light feedback to the laser diode chip by adjusting characteristics of a 45 degree partial reflection mirror in an existing TO-can type laser device having the 45 degree partial reflection mirror and additionally disposing one λ/4 waveplate, unlike an optical isolator according to the related art using an existing Faraday rotator, the signals of “1” and “0” may be effectively adjusted in a TO-can type laser device having a small volume, thereby improving a function of communication.
US09865987B1
An optical second-harmonic generator (or spontaneous parametric down-converter) includes a microresonator formed of a nonlinear optical medium. The microresonator supports at least two modes that can be phase matched at different frequencies so that light can be converted between them: A first resonant mode having substantially radial polarization and a second resonant mode having substantially vertical polarization. The first and second modes have the same radial order. The thickness of the nonlinear medium is less than one-half the pump wavelength within the medium.
US09865986B2
A beam combining and pulse stacking technique is provided that enhances laser pulse energy by coherent stacking pulse bursts (i.e. non-periodic pulsed signals) in time domain. This energy enhancement is achieved by using various configurations of Fabry-Perot, Gires-Tournois and other types of resonant cavities, so that a multiple-pulse burst incident at either a single input or multiple inputs of the system produces an output with a solitary pulse, which contains the summed energy of the incident multiple pulses from all beams. This disclosure provides a substantial improvement over conventional coherent-combining methods in that it achieves very high pulse energies using a relatively small number of combined laser systems, thus providing with orders of magnitude reduction in system size, complexity, and cost compared to current combining approaches.
US09865985B1
A system and method for tuning and infrared source laser in the Mid-IR wavelength range. The system and method comprising, at least, a plurality of individually tunable emitters, each emitter emitting a beam having a unique wavelength, a grating, a mirror positioned after the grating to receive at least one refracted order of light of at least one beam and to redirect the beam back towards the grating, and a micro-electro-mechanical systems device containing a plurality of adjustable micro-mirrors.
US09865982B1
A mode-locked laser has optical components integrated into a single apparatus and interrelated via optical free-space coupling. The laser optical cavity path is reduced to less than ten meters, primarily composed of optical gain fiber. A Fabry-Perot filter is matched to the laser pulse repetition frequency. Utilizing a Fabry-Perot filter within the laser optical cavity suppresses supermode spurs in the phase noise spectrum; thereby reducing total timing jitter.
US09865981B2
Packaging for a fiber laser includes a conduit surrounding the fiber laser and a thermally conductive compound filling a gap between the fiber laser and the conduit setting the fiber laser within the conduit. The fiber laser may have a substantially circular first cross section having a first diameter and the conduit may have a substantially circular second cross section having a second diameter larger than the first diameter of the fiber laser. The conduit may have a splice window cut out from a wall of the conduit and optical potting compound may fix a portion of the fiber laser under the splice window.
US09865980B2
A multi-node server platform including a cubby chassis and at least one multi-server sled. The cubby chassis includes partitions defining a plurality of sled positions. The multi-server sled includes a chassis having a vertical sidewall and a horizontal bottom wall with an open top and an open side. A side-plane PCB is mounted to the vertical sidewall and a plurality of dividers are attached to the bottom wall and oriented perpendicular to the side-plane PCB. One or more server cards are connected to the side-plane PCB and are supported the plurality of dividers. The server cards include a server PCB having a first side facing the bottom wall and an outward facing second side enclosing the open top of the sled chassis. A cover is coupled to the horizontal bottom wall to enclose the open side of the sled chassis and help direct airflow across the server cards.
US09865972B2
A connector assembly including a connector body with a spring clip including a first free end for engaging a side wall of an electrical box upon installation. During insertion of the connector body the first free end is deformed so as to permit further insertion. Once the connector body is fully inserted, the spring clip cooperates with a lug on the connector body to hold the connector assembly onto the electrical box.
US09865954B2
A plug connection having a first plug with a first contact piece and a second plug with a second contact piece. In the plugged state of the plug connection, the contact pieces are axially in contact with one another in a spring-biased manner. The first contact piece has a three-dimensionally curved end face, while the second contact piece has a flaring depression in the end face thereof such that an annular contact zone is formed between the contact pieces.
US09865951B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a fastener and a first sealing ring. The insulative housing has a rear section extending backwardly. The rear section has a rear space and a first peripheral wall around the rear space. Each contact has a connecting leg extending into the rear space. The fastener has a mating section to engage with the rear section and a board receiving chamber extending therethrough along a front to back direction. The fastener has a fixed position on the insulative housing, and as moving the fastener to the fixed position, the connecting legs are pressed into the board receiving chamber for electrically connecting with the flexible printed circuit board, and the first sealing ring is sealed around the junction of the contacts and the flexible printed circuit board.
US09865940B2
A direct plug-in compression spring terminal includes a bus bar for contacting an electrical conductor, and a clamping spring for fastening the electrical conductor in the direct plug-in compression spring terminal, wherein the clamping spring has a clamping arm that can be pivoted in a clamping direction about a clamping axis, and an actuating device for pivoting the clamping bar. In an open state, in which the electrical conductor can be inserted into the direct plug-in compression spring terminal, the clamping arm is pivoted against the clamping direction against a restoring force of the clamping spring. In a clamping state, in which the electrical conductor is clamping in the direct plug-in compression spring terminal, the clamping arm is pivoted in the clamping direction by the restoring force of the clamping spring. In the open state, the actuating device is locked in the direct plug-in compression spring terminal and additionally clamped to the clamping arm.
US09865934B2
A phased array antenna comprising a dielectric superstrate material, a ground plane material, a plurality of dipole structures located between the superstrate and ground plane materials, and a plurality of balun and matching networks in electrical communication with the plurality of dipole structures, wherein the phased array antenna is adapted to achieve a bandwidth of at least about 7:1.
US09865932B2
A cell that configures an electromagnetic band-gap structure, comprises a first flat conductor and a second flat conductor arranged opposing each other, a first coupling conductor that is positioned between the first flat conductor and the second flat conductor, is that electrically connected to the first flat conductor, and that has an end that is not connected to the second flat conductor, a second coupling conductor electrically connected to the first flat conductor and the second flat conductor, and a first conductor strip electrically connected to an end of the first coupling conductor and the second coupling conductor.
US09865927B2
An example computing system may include a proximity sensor including a sensor pad with a tail and an antenna to capacitively couple to the tail to increase a bandwidth of the antenna.
US09865921B2
There is disclosed a directional multi-band antenna comprising: a primary reflector, at least one secondary reflector, a multi-layer dielectric layer selectively reflective or transmissive of incident radiation according to wavelength, the layer being provided at the surface of either the primary or the secondary reflector, an RF unit comprising a collocated sensor and transmitter, an Optical unit comprising a collocated sensor and transmitter, arranged such that the primary reflector is for passing signals between the secondary reflector and the environment, the secondary reflector is firstly for passing signals between the primary reflector and the RF unit, and secondly for passing signals between the primary reflector and the Optical unit and arranged such that the antenna is operable to transmit or receive, RF or Optical signals, along a common beam axis.
US09865918B2
A radome includes a shell defining an internal volume. A track is coupled to the shell, and the track allows the shell to move axially between an open position and a closed position. A support structure is coupled to the shell, and the support structure moves from a collapsed position to an expanded position.
US09865917B2
A radiating system for transmitting and receiving signals in first and second frequency regions includes a radiating structure, a radiofrequency system, and an external port. The radiating structure has first and second isolated radiation boosters coupled to a ground plane layer. A first internal port of the radiating structure is between the first radiation booster and the ground plane layer, and a second internal port is between the second radiation booster and the ground plane layer. A distance between the two internal ports is less than 0.06 times a wavelength of the lowest frequency. The maximum size of the first and second radiation boosters is smaller than 1/30 times the wavelength of the lowest frequency. The radiofrequency system includes two ports connected respectively to the first and the second internal ports of the radiating structure, and a port connected to the external port of the radiating system.
US09865913B2
A communication terminal in which a card antenna module is loaded into a terminal casing including an antenna is operated such that a degree of coupling between a terminal-casing-side antenna and a module-side antenna is minimized and that a module-side antenna has a desired frequency characteristic. The communication terminal includes a terminal casing including a terminal-casing-side antenna, and a card antenna module loaded into the terminal casing. The card antenna module includes a coupling coil which is disposed at a position close to the terminal-casing-side antenna and which is coupled with the terminal-casing-side antenna via a magnetic field, and a module-side antenna which is disposed at a position more distant from the terminal-casing-side antenna than the coupling coil.
US09865912B2
A universal ceiling antenna mount may include a plate having a first side and a second side. The plate may include at least one antenna adapter hole, at least one mounting post attached to the second side of the plate, and at least one stem having a top open end and a bottom open end. The bottom open end of the stems may attach to the second side of the plate over the antenna adapter holes. A top plate having at least one hole and at least one mounting hole may sandwich a ceiling tile with the second side of the plate and be secured. At least one coaxial antenna cable may be connected to a top side of mount. At least one antenna may be connected to a bottom side of the mount.
US09865907B2
A 3-D “phase change heat exchange” structure and method are used in a rechargeable battery to dissipate heat from surfaces of the battery cells and lower the temperature inside the battery cells. The battery cells are placed inside an enclosure and spaced apart from each other with free spaces in between. A liquid to vapor phase change material (L-V PCM) is provided inside the enclosure. A hydrophilic thin film or wick or fiber structure is provided on the cell surfaces to help form a thin liquid layer of the L-V PCM over cell surfaces. During operation, the L-C PCM is evaporated at the cell surfaces and condenses back to a liquid either on the battery enclosure or in an external heat exchanger, and drips back on top of the cells. The designs extend the battery life and improve the battery performance significantly.
US09865901B2
A battery system and method for connecting a battery to the battery system are disclosed. In one aspect, the battery system includes at least one first battery, a second battery, a first switch configured to connect the second battery in parallel to the first battery and a second switch and a resistor connected in series and configured to connect the second battery in parallel to the first battery. The first switch and the second switch are connected in parallel. The battery system further includes a battery management system (BMS) configured to turn on the second switch so as to connect the second battery to the first battery. The BMS is further configured to turn off the second switch and turn on the first switch when the difference in voltage between the second battery and the first battery reaches a predetermined value.
US09865900B2
An energy storage device comprising: (A) an anode comprising graphite; and (B) an electrolyte composition comprising: (i) at least one carbonate solvent; (ii) an additive selected from CsPF6, RbPF6, Sr(PF6)2, Ba(PF6)2, or a mixture thereof; and (iii) a lithium salt.
US09865897B2
An electrochemical cell assembly (500) includes a first cell and a second cell. The first cell can include a first anode (503) and a first cathode (504), wound in a first jellyroll assembly (501) with a first jellyroll assembly exterior defined by the first cathode. The second cell can include a second anode (512) and a second cathode (513), wound in a second jellyroll assembly (502) with a second jellyroll assembly exterior defined by the second anode. The first cell and the second cell can be arranged in a housing with the first jellyroll assembly exterior adjacent to the second jellyroll assembly exterior to improve energy density. The first cell assembly and the second cell assembly can have different widths to create differently shaped cell assemblies.
US09865896B2
A solid oxide fuel or solid oxide electrolysis cell Stack assembly (203) has an improved, simple, cost reducing and robust compression System, housing and Single sided System interface with a flexible-interface-fixture (204) which is rigid enough to fix the at least one cell Stack in the housing when not in Operation, but flexible enough to allow for transfer of the compression force from the flexible compression mat (211) in the top closed end of the housing (201), through the at least one cell Stack and further towards the interface counterpart of the System when in Operation.
US09865895B2
An iron redox flow battery system, comprising a redox electrode, a plating electrolyte tank, a plating electrode, a redox electrolyte tank with additional acid additives that may be introduced into the electrolytes in response to electrolyte pH. The acid additives may act to suppress undesired chemical reactions that create losses within the battery and may be added in response to sensor indications of these reactions.
US09865883B2
Methods of preparing fuel cell electrodes having catalyst with high density catalyst support are provided. One method of fabricating a fuel cell electrode comprises adjusting an active catalyst particle loading to increase catalyst layer thickness to within a desired range.
US09865881B2
Provided is an electrode assembly including: a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector (NC) and a negative electrode active material layer (NAL) disposed on at least one surface of the NC; a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector (PC), a positive electrode active material layer (PAL) disposed on at least one surface of the PC, and an undercoat layer being disposed between the PC and the PAL and being higher in resistance value than the PC. The negative electrode and the positive electrode are stacked on each other. In at least one side of the thus stacked negative and positive electrodes, the NAL projects from an edge of the PAL in a direction in which the NC and PC extend, and the undercoat layer projects from an edge of the NAL in the direction.
US09865880B2
According to the invention there is provided a component including a rechargeable battery and a method of producing same. The component uses one of an acid and an alkaline chemistry and the battery has an anode structure, a cathode structure, and a separator structure which separates the anode from the cathode and contains an electrolyte. The anode structure and the cathode structure are each formed from a composite material which includes electrically conductive fibres and electrochemically active material in a binder matrix including less than 50% w/w of an elastomer binder and the battery is formed to be structurally inseparable from the rest of the component.
US09865871B2
Silicon oxide which is an oxide containing at least silicon, in which part of silicon is replaced by boron, aluminum, or gallium, is provided.
US09865867B2
The volume density or weight density of lithium ions that can be received and released in and from a positive electrode active material is increased to achieve high capacity and high energy density of a secondary battery. In a lithium manganese composite oxide, each particle includes a first region including a crystal with a layered rock-salt crystal structure and a second region including a crystal with a spinel crystal structure. The second region is in contact with the outside of the first region. The lithium manganese composite oxide has high structural stability and high capacity.
US09865863B2
The present invention relates to a safety apparatus and a protection method of a secondary battery, which can prevent explosion and fire of the secondary battery using a switch or a rupture switch attached on the outside of the secondary battery if a swelling degree of the secondary battery reaches a predetermined value when the secondary battery is swelled due to abnormal usage such as overcharge, short-circuit, reverse-connection and heat-exposure of large-capacity lithium polymer battery.
US09865859B2
A structure with suppressed thickness and high-density when battery cells of a thin-film-solid secondary battery are stacked. Adjacent battery cells are stacked such that negative electrodes are in contact with each other and positive electrodes are in contact with each other, and arranged such that a taking-out lead electrode smaller than negative or positive electrode surfaces are sandwiched between two negative electrodes in contact with each other or two positive electrodes in contact with each other, and the lead electrodes sandwiched between electrodes of different layers are arranged such that there is no region where all of the lead electrodes simultaneously overlap one another as viewed in a planar arrangement. There are a strip-shaped lead electrode and a linear lead electrode. Further, a conductive sheet forming the electrode is extended to also serve as the taking-out electrode, thereby making it possible to reduce the number of lead electrodes.
US09865858B2
A lithium ion secondary battery according to an embodiment of this disclosure includes: a positive electrode mixture layer provided on a main plane of a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode mixture layer provided on a main plane of a negative electrode current collector; and an insulator covering a region of a part of a surface of a gradually-decreasing portion included in the positive electrode mixture layer. The portion has thickness gradually decreasing toward a terminal of the positive electrode mixture layer; the surface of the portion has a tangent line in contact with the surface in at least two contact points, and has a depressed part between any adjacent two contact points on the tangent line; and an end of the insulator is positioned between the contact points closest to and farthest from the terminal of the positive electrode mixture layer along the tangent line.
US09865845B2
Disclosed is a case for a vehicle's battery pack. In an aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a stable and economic case for a battery pack including a plurality of secondary battery cells.
US09865833B2
An organic light-emitting device having a resonance structure includes a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate and facing each other; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first hole transport layer between the first electrode and the emission layer; and a second hole transport layer between the first hole transport layer and the emission layer. An electron mobility of the second hole transport layer is 5 times to 100 times greater than an electron mobility of the first hole transport layer, and a thickness of the second hole transport layer corresponds to a resonance distance of a wavelength of emission light of the emission layer.
US09865823B2
The present invention relates to an electrode layer comprising a porous film made of oxide semiconductor fine particles sensitized with a quinolinium dye having a fluorinated counteranion. Moreover the present invention relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising said electrode layer, a dye sensitized solar cell comprising said photoelectric conversion device and to novel quinolinium dyes having a fluorinated counteranion.
US09865822B2
A blue phosphorescence compound and an organic light emitting diode using the same are disclosed. The blue phosphorescence compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1 below: wherein ‘A’ and ‘B’ are symmetrically or asymmetrically substituted at positions of Nos. 2 and 7 or Nos. 3 and 6 of dibenzofuran core and are independently formed of an aromatic cyclic compound or a heterocyclic compound.
US09865810B2
Provided is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include: a substrate; a variable resistance element formed over the substrate; a top electrode formed over the variable resistance element; a barrier layer formed over the top electrode and including a groove; an interlayer dielectric layer formed over the substrate to have a layer structure in which the variable resistance element, the top electrode and the barrier layer are formed in the interlayer dielectric layer; and a metal wiring including a portion formed in the groove of the barrier layer.
US09865806B2
Electronic devices and systems having semiconductor memory are provided. In one implementation, for example, an electronic device may include a substrate; an under layer disposed over the substrate and including conductive hafnium silicate; a free layer disposed over the under layer and having a variable magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer disposed over the free layer; and a pinned layer disposed over the tunnel barrier layer and having a pinned magnetization direction, and wherein the free layer includes: a first ferromagnetic material; a second ferromagnetic material having a coercive force smaller than that of the first ferromagnetic material; and an amorphous spacer interposed between the first ferromagnetic material and the second ferromagnetic material.
US09865790B2
A thermoelectric material includes a composite having a first electrically conducting component and second low thermal conductivity component. The first component may include a semiconductor and the second component may include an inorganic oxide. The thermoelectric composite includes a network of the first component having nanoparticles of the second component dispersed in the network.
US09865782B2
A lens of an LED package structure includes a square-shaped base layer, a first light-guiding portion integrally connected to the base layer, a second light-guiding portion taperedly extended from the first light-guiding portion. The second light-guiding portion has an apex located away from the first light-guiding portion. The lens includes four side curved surfaces and four boundary curved surfaces connected to the apex. Four first projecting regions are defined by orthogonally projecting the four boundary curved surfaces onto the base layer, and the four first projecting regions are arranged on two diagonals of the base layer. Any two adjacent boundary curved surfaces are provided with one of the side curved surfaces there-between. Each boundary curved surface has a first radius of curvature (R1), a portion of each side curved surface arranged on the second light-guiding portion has a second radius of curvature (R2), wherein R1/R2=M√{square root over (2)} and M=0.8˜1.2.
US09865779B2
A method of manufacturing a package, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a resin compact having a recess, and including a pair of leads arranged at a bottom surface of the recess, a first resin body forming a lateral wall of the recess, and a second resin body arranged between the pair of leads; forming a reflective film entirely on at least the bottom surface of the recess and an inner surface of the lateral wall of the recess; and removing the reflective film formed on the pair of leads in the recess in the resin compact on which the reflective film has been formed.
US09865778B2
A light-emitting device discloses a light emitting structure layer including an active layer between first and second conductive semiconductor layers, a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer, a contact layer disposed under the second conductive semiconductor layer, a reflective layer disposed under the contact layer, a capping layer disposed under the reflective layer, and a conductive supporting member disposed under the capping layer. The reflective layer comprises a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the second conductive semiconductor layer and 90 or more times greater than the thickness of the contact layer.
US09865776B2
The invention relates to a method for separating regions of a semiconductor layer and for introducing an outcoupling structure into an upper side of the semiconductor layer, the outcoupling structure being provided to couple light out of the semiconductor layer. The upper side of the semiconductor layer is covered by a mask having first openings for introducing the outcoupling structure and at least a second opening, which is provided to introduce a separating trench into the semiconductor layer. With the aid of an etching method, the outcoupling structure is introduced into the upper side of the semiconductor layer in the region of the first openings and simultaneously a separating trench passing through the semiconductor layer is introduced into the semiconductor layer via the second opening, and a region of the semiconductor layer is separated.
US09865774B2
A method for producing a nitride semiconductor device. The method comprises providing a substrate made of a material other than a nitride semiconductor. The material has a hexagonal crystal structure. An upper face of the substrate has at least one flat section. The method further comprises growing a first nitride semiconductor layer on the upper face of the substrate. The first nitride semiconductor layer is made of monocrystalline AlN. The first nitride semiconductor layer has an upper face that is a +c plane. The first nitride semiconductor layer has a thickness in a range of 10 nm to 100 nm. The method further comprises growing a second nitride semiconductor layer on the upper face of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The second nitride semiconductor layer is made of InXAlYGa1-X-YN (0≦X, 0≦Y, X+Y<1). In an initial stage of growing the second nitride semiconductor layer, micronuclei are formed in multiple locations on the upper face of the first nitride semiconductor layer such that a plurality of upside-down hexagonal pyramid-shaped or upside-down hexagonal frustum-shaped recesses separate the micronuclei above the at least one flat section of the upper face of the substrate. After the initial stage of growing, further growth is performed to reduce a size of the recesses until the recesses are substantially eliminated. The further growth is performed such that the recesses are substantially eliminated before a thickness of the second nitride semiconductor layer grows to 800 nm. The second nitride semiconductor layer is grown to have an upper face with at least one flat section.
US09865762B2
The thin-film photoelectric conversion device of the present invention includes: a transparent electroconductive film having zinc oxide as a main component; a contact layer; a photoelectric conversion unit having a p-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer in this order; and a back electrode layer, in this order, on one main surface of a substrate. The contact layer has an intrinsic crystalline semiconductor layer and a p-type crystalline semiconductor layer in this order from the substrate side, and the intrinsic crystalline semiconductor layer of the contact layer and the transparent electroconductive film are in contact with each other. The p-type crystalline semiconductor layer of the contact layer is preferably a layer having as a main component a silicon alloy selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide; a silicon nitride; and silicon carbide.
US09865760B1
A solar energy collection device includes a solar converting station housing having a concentrator for aiding in focusing the energy onto a photovoltaic material. The photovoltaic material is applied to a series of cylindrically shaped power cells. A series of the power cells are rotationally assembled to the solar energy collection device. The power cells rotate about the cell axles, providing a cooling process for the photovoltaic material. The rotation can be provided via any number of means. The series of the power cells can be built in a removable assembly, providing a power pack for the end user.
US09865758B2
An interconnected arrangement of photovoltaic cells is achieved using laminating current collector electrodes. The electrodes comprise a pattern of conductive material extending over a first surface of sheetlike substrate material. The first surface comprises material having adhesive affinity for a selected conductive surface. Application of the electrode to the selected conductive surface brings the first surface of the sheetlike substrate into adhesive contact with the conductive surface and simultaneously brings the conductive surface into firm contact with the conductive material extending over first surface of the sheetlike substrate. Use of the laminating current collector electrodes allows facile and continuous production of expansive area interconnected photovoltaic arrays.
US09865749B1
A Merged P-i-N Schottky device in which the oppositely doped diffusions extend to a depth and have been spaced apart such that the device is capable of absorbing a reverse avalanche energy comparable to a Fast Recovery Epitaxial Diode having a comparatively deeper oppositely doped diffusion region.
US09865747B2
Bonded semiconductor device structures and device structure fabrication processes to obviate the need for SOI wafers in many device fabrication applications are disclosed. In some examples, an etch stop layer is formed in situ during fabrication of an active device structure on a bulk semiconductor wafer. The etch stop layer enables the active device structure to be separated from the bulk semiconductor wafer in a layer transfer process in which the active device structure is bonded to a handle wafer. These examples enable the production of high-performance and low-power semiconductor devices (e.g., fully or partially depleted channel transistors) while avoiding the high costs of SOI wafers. In some examples, the gate masks the etch stop layer implant in a self-aligned process to create a fully depleted channel under the gate and deeper implants in the source and drain regions without requiring a separate masking layer.
US09865746B2
A highly reliable semiconductor device having stable electrical characteristics is provided. Oxide films each containing one or more kinds of metal elements included in an oxide semiconductor film are formed in contact with an upper side and a lower side of the oxide semiconductor film where a channel is formed, whereby interface states are not easily generated at an upper interface and a lower interface of the oxide semiconductor film. A material which has a lower electron affinity than the oxide semiconductor film is used for the oxide films in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, whereby electrons flowing in the channel hardly move in the oxide films and mainly move in the oxide semiconductor film. Thus, even when an interface state exists between the oxide film and an insulating film formed on the outside of the oxide film, the state hardly influences the movement of electrons.
US09865742B2
It is an object to provide a semiconductor device typified by a display device having a favorable display quality, in which parasitic resistance generated in a connection portion between a semiconductor layer and an electrode is suppressed and an adverse effect such as voltage drop, a defect in signal wiring to a pixel, a defect in grayscale, and the like due to wiring resistance are prevented. In order to achieve the above object, a semiconductor device according to the present invention may have a structure where a wiring with low resistance is connected to a thin film transistor in which a source electrode and a drain electrode that include metal with high oxygen affinity are connected to an oxide semiconductor layer with a suppressed impurity concentration. In addition, the thin film transistor including the oxide semiconductor may be surrounded by insulating films to be sealed.
US09865738B2
A method of fabricating a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) is provided as follows. A fin structure is formed on a substrate. A gate pattern and a source/drain (S/D) electrode are formed on the fin structure. The gate pattern and the S/D electrode are spaced apart from each other. A blocking layer is on the fin structure to cover the gate pattern and the S/D electrode. A sacrificial pattern is formed on the blocking layer and between the gate pattern and S/D electrode. The sacrificial pattern has a first thickness and a first width. A capping layer is formed on the sacrificial layer. An air gap is formed by removing the sacrificial layer through the capping layer. The air gap is formed between the gate pattern and the S/D electrode and has the first thickness and the first width.
US09865729B1
A power transistor is provided with at least one transistor finger that lies within a semiconductor material. The gate oxide is segmented into a set of segments with thick field oxide between each segment in order to reduce gate capacitance and thereby improve a resistance times gate charge figure of merit.
US09865728B2
A switching device including a semiconductor substrate including a trench (gate electrode) extending in a mesh shape is provided, and the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate is covered by the interlayer insulating film. Within an element range a contact hole is provided in an interlayer insulating film above each cell region while within a surrounding range an entire upper surface of each cell region is covered by the interlayer insulating film. The first metal layer covers the interlayer insulating film, and has recesses above the contact holes. The insulating protective film covers an outer peripheral side portion of the first metal layer within the surrounding range. The second metal layer covers the first metal layer within an opening of the insulating protective film. Within the surrounding range, a second conductivity-type region extending to below lower ends of the trench and is electrically connected to the body region, is provided.
US09865722B2
A semiconductor device includes a GaN FET with an overvoltage clamping component electrically coupled to a drain node of the GaN FET and coupled in series to a voltage dropping component. The voltage dropping component is electrically coupled to a terminal which provides an off-state bias for the GaN FET. The overvoltage clamping component conducts insignificant current when a voltage at the drain node of the GaN FET is less than the breakdown voltage of the GaN FET and conducts significant current when the voltage rises above a safe voltage limit. The voltage dropping component is configured to provide a voltage drop which increases as current from the overvoltage clamping component increases. The semiconductor device is configured to turn on the GaN FET when the voltage drop across the voltage dropping component reaches a threshold value.
US09865720B2
A nitride semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device provides the GaN channel layer, the InAlN barrier layer on the GaN channel layer, and the n-type AlGaN layer on the InAlN barrier layer. The source and drain electrodes are formed on the n-type AlGaN layer, while, the gate electrode is formed directly on the InAlN barrier layer. The n-type AlGaN layer has the aluminum (Al) composition greater than 20% at the interface against the InAlN barrier layer, which is greater than the aluminum (Al) composition at the interface against the source electrode.
US09865716B2
A semiconductor device cell is disclosed. The semiconductor device cell includes a transistor gate having a gating surface and a contacting surface and a source region contacted by a source contact. The semiconductor device cell further includes a drain region contacted by a drain contact, wherein the drain contact is not situated opposite the source contact with respect to the gating surface of the transistor gate. Additional semiconductor device cells in which the gate contact is closer to the source contact than to the drain contact are disclosed.
US09865714B2
A lateral bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) device that includes an intrinsic III-V semiconductor material having a first band gap; and a base region present on the intrinsic III-V semiconductor material. The base region is composed of an III-V semiconductor material having a second band gap that is less than the first band gap. Emitter and collector regions present on opposing sides of the base region. The emitter and collector regions are composed of epitaxial III-V semiconductor material that is present on the intrinsic III-V semiconductor material.
US09865699B2
A semiconductor device including a graphene layer and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A method in which graphene is grown on a catalyst metal by a chemical vapor deposition or the like is known. However, the graphene cannot be used as a channel, since the graphene is in contact with the catalyst metal, which is conductive. There is disclosed a method in which a catalyst film (2) is formed over a substrate (1), a graphene layer (3) is grown originating from the catalyst film (2), an electrode (4) in contact with the graphene layer (3) is formed, and the catalyst film (2) is removed.
US09865696B2
A deposition technique for forming an oxynitride film is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor element is manufactured with the use of the oxynitride film. The oxynitride film is formed with the use of a sputtering target including an oxynitride containing indium, gallium, and zinc, which is obtained by sintering a mixture of at least one of indium nitride, gallium nitride, and zinc nitride as a raw material and at least one of indium oxide, gallium oxide, and zinc oxide in a nitrogen atmosphere. In this manner, the oxynitride film can contain nitrogen at a necessary concentration. The oxynitride film can be used for a gate, a source electrode, a drain electrode, or the like of a transistor.
US09865685B2
Semiconductor memory devices and methods of forming the semiconductor devices may be provided. The semiconductor memory devices may include a channel portion of an active pillar that may be formed of a semiconductor material having a charge mobility greater than a charge mobility of silicon. The semiconductor devices may also include a non-channel portion of the active pillar including a semiconductor material having a high silicon content.
US09865681B1
Multi-threshold voltage (Vt) nanowire devices are fabricated using a self-aligned methodology where gate cavities having a predetermined geometry are formed proximate to channel regions of respective devices. The gate cavities are then backfilled with a gate conductor. By locally defining the cavity geometry, the thickness of the gate conductor is constrained and hence the threshold voltage for each device can be defined using a single deposition process for the gate conductor layer. The self-aligned nature of the method obviates the need to control gate conductor layer thicknesses using deposition and/or etch processes.
US09865669B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a substrate; a scan line on the substrate, extending in a first direction, and configured to transmit a scan signal; a data line on the substrate, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and configured to transmit a data voltage; a common voltage line in the same layer as the data line and configured to transmit a common voltage; a first electrode on the data line and an assistance member on the common voltage line, the first electrode and the assistance member being separated from each other in the first direction or the second direction; a second electrode on the first electrode and the assistance member; and an organic emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The assistance member is separated from the data line in the first direction.
US09865662B2
A transparent organic light emitting display apparatus include a base substrate, a first electrode disposed on the base substrate, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, the second electrode including a first portion disposed on the first electrode and a second portion which is disposed adjacent to the first portion, an oxygen content of the second portion being different from that of the first portion, and a light emitting structure disposed between the first portion of the second electrode and the first electrode.
US09865659B2
A light emitting device comprising: a pair of electrodes; two or more light emitting elements disposed between the electrodes in a stacked arrangement, wherein a light emitting element comprises a layer comprising an emissive material; and a charge generation element disposed between adjacent light emitting elements in the stacked arrangement, the charge generation element comprising a first layer comprising an inorganic n-type semiconductor material, and a second layer comprising a hole injection material. A charge generation element is also disclosed.
US09865657B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of laminated photoelectric conversion sections; a reading section configured of a semiconductor region formed inside a semiconductor substrate and reading electric charge that has been subjected to photoelectric conversion in the photoelectric conversion sections; a charge accumulation section accumulating the electric charge read by the reading section; and a light shielding structure shielding, from light, a portion other than the reading section and the photoelectric conversion sections.
US09865653B2
A memory cell includes a substrate layer, with a plurality of silicided semiconductor fins stacked on the substrate layer and spaced apart from one another. A first metal liner layer is stacked on the plurality of silicided semiconductor fins and on the substrate layer. A plurality of first contact pillars are stacked on the first metal liner layer adjacent a different respective one of the plurality of silicided semiconductor fins. A configurable resistance structure covers portions of the first metal liner layer that are stacked on the substrate layer and portions of the first metal liner layer that are stacked on each of the plurality of silicided semiconductor fins. A metal fill layer is stacked on the configurable resistance structure. A plurality of second contact pillars ism stacked on the metal fill layer adjacent a space between a different pair of adjacent silicided semiconductor fins of the plurality thereof.
US09865650B2
Resistance elements, including Magnetic Tunnel Junction devices are configured as magnetoelectronic (ME) devices. These resistive devices are useable as circuit building blocks in reconfigurable processing systems, including as logic circuits, non-volatile switches and memory cells.
US09865644B2
With an image sensor in which the amplifier circuit is disposed at each pixel, there is such an issue that the threshold voltage of the transistor fluctuates so that the signal voltage fluctuates because a voltage is continuously applied between the source and the gate of the transistor at all times when using the amorphous thin film semiconductor as the transistor that constitutes an amplifier circuit. The gate-source potential of the TFT that constitutes the amplifier circuit is controlled so that the gate terminal voltage becomes smaller than the source terminal voltage in an integrating period where the pixels accumulate the signals, and controlled so that the gate terminal voltage becomes larger than the source terminal voltage in a readout period where the pixels output the signals.
US09865641B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a first chip including a pixel array in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions converting incident light into an electric signal are disposed; a second chip having an area in a plan view less than an area of the first chip in the plan view and electrically and physically connected to the first chip; and a support portion provided to cover an entire region which is not covered with the second chip in a surface of the first chip connected to the second chip and configured to support the first chip so that flatness of the first chip may be maintained.
US09865640B2
A backside illuminated semiconductor image sensor that includes a Fabry-Perot resonator tuned to absorb near infrared (NIR) radiation; wherein the Fabry-Perot resonator comprises a front reflector, a back reflector and an active Silicon layer between the front reflector and the back reflector.
US09865635B2
An image sensor and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The image sensor may include a substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a well impurity layer, a floating diffusion region, and a transfer gate. When viewed in a plan view, a lower portion of the transfer gate may include a first surface in contact with the device isolation layer, a second surface substantially perpendicular to the first surface, and a third surface connected to the first and second surfaces. The third surface may face the floating diffusion region. A first portion of a gate insulating layer may be adjacent to the third surface and thinner than a portion adjacent to the first surface or the second surface, and this may facilitate more efficient transfer of an electron from the photoelectric conversion layer to the floating diffusion region.
US09865625B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. TA connecting portion is provided within the overlapping region between the first signal line and the second signal line, is electrically conductive and directly contacts the second signal line. Thus, even when the upper second signal line is broken due to the large step difference within the overlapping region between the first signal line and the second signal line, the connecting portion electrically connected with the broken second signal line can still electrically connect and conduct the broken second signal line, thereby avoiding transmission of signal from being adversely affected by the broken signal line within the overlapping region.
US09865610B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a substrate, which includes a periphery region having a first substrate surface and a memory cell region having a second substrate surface. The second substrate surface is recessed within the substrate relative to the first substrate surface. A high k metal gate (HKMG) transistor is disposed on the first substrate surface and includes a HKMG gate. Two neighboring flash memory cells are disposed on the second substrate surface and include a pair of flash memory cell control gates. Top surfaces of the HKMG gate and flash memory cell control gates are co-planar.
US09865608B2
Method of forming a device including a floating gate electrode and a layer of ferroelectric material
A method disclosed herein includes providing a semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure comprising a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack, the gate stack comprising a gate insulation material over the substrate, a floating gate electrode material over the gate insulation material, a ferroelectric transistor dielectric over the floating gate electrode material and a top electrode material over the ferroelectric transistor dielectric, performing a first patterning process to remove portions of the top electrode material and the ferroelectric transistor dielectric and performing a second patterning process after the first patterning process to remove portions of the floating gate electrode material and the gate insulation material, wherein a projected area of an upper portion of the gate structure onto a plane that is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the substrate is smaller than a projected area of the lower portion of the gate structure onto the plane.
US09865605B2
A memory circuit includes a first column of memory cells arranged along a first direction, a first supply voltage line extending along the first direction in a first conductive layer of the memory circuit, a second supply voltage line, a first resistive device electrically connecting the first supply voltage line and the second supply voltage line, and a supply voltage source. Each memory cell of the first column of memory cells includes a supply voltage line segment. The first supply voltage line is made of at least the supply voltage line segments of the first column of memory cells. The supply voltage source is electrically coupled with first supply voltage line through one or more conductive paths, and the second supply voltage line and the first resistive device is in a lowest resistance path of the one or more conductive paths.
US09865603B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, at least one first elongated region of n-type or p-type, and at least one other second elongated region of the other of n-type or p-type, the first and second elongated regions crossing such that the first elongated region and the second elongated region intersect at a common area, and a shared gate structure over each common area.
US09865601B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a substrate, a first transistor and a first patterned conductive layer. The first transistor has a source region, a drain region in the substrate and a gate region on the substrate. The first patterned conductive layer is electrically connected to the drain region of the first transistor. The first patterned conductive layer includes a first section, a second section and a fusible device.
US09865599B2
A method of fabricating a CMOS integrated circuit (IC) includes implanting a first n-type dopant at a first masking level that exposes a p-region of a substrate surface having a first gate stack thereon to form NLDD regions for forming n-source/drain extension regions for at least a portion of a plurality of n-channel MOS (NMOS) transistors on the IC. A p-type dopant is implanted at a second masking level that exposes an n-region in the substrate surface having a second gate stack thereon to form PLDD regions for at least a portion of a plurality of p-channel MOS (PMOS) transistors on the IC. A second n-type dopant is retrograde implanted including through the first gate stack to form a deep nwell (DNwell) for the portion of NMOS transistors. A depth of the DNwell is shallower below the first gate stack as compared to under the NLDD regions.
US09865592B2
A semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor substrate and a shallow trench isolation (STI) feature over the substrate. The STI feature includes first and second portions. A top surface of the first portion is lower than a top surface of the second portion. The semiconductor structure further comprises fin active regions; conductive features on the fin active regions and the STI feature; and dielectric features separating the conductive features from the fin active regions. The semiconductor structure further comprises a first gate stack having a first one of the dielectric features and a first one of the conductive features overlying the first one of the dielectric features; and a second gate stack having a second one of the dielectric features and a second one of the conductive features overlying the second one of the dielectric features.
US09865581B2
A first insulating layer is formed on a substrate. An opening is formed in the first insulating layer. A barrier layer is formed on the first insulating layer and conforming to sidewalls of the first insulating layer in the opening, and a conductive layer is formed on the barrier layer. Chemical mechanical polishing is performed to expose the first insulating layer and leave a barrier layer pattern in the opening and a conductive layer pattern on the barrier layer pattern in the opening, wherein a portion of the conductive layer pattern protrudes above an upper surface of the insulating layer and an upper surface of the barrier layer pattern. A second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer, the barrier layer pattern and the conductive layer pattern and planarized to expose the conductive layer pattern. A second substrate may be bonded to the exposed conductive layer pattern.
US09865567B1
An example method of manufacturing a semiconductor assembly includes: forming first integrated circuit (IC) dies and dummy dies; forming an interposer wafer including a top side having first mounting sites for the first IC dies and second mounting sites for second IC dies; attaching the first IC dies to the interposer wafer at the first mounting sites and the dummy dies to the interposer wafer at the second mounting sites; processing a backside and the top side of the interposer wafer; removing the dummy dies from the top side of the interposer wafer to expose the second mounting sites; and attaching the second IC dies to the interposer wafer at the exposed second mounting sites.
US09865560B2
A method of forming a wire interconnect structure includes the steps of: (a) forming a wire bond at a bonding location on a substrate using a wire bonding tool; (b) extending a length of wire, continuous with the wire bond, to another location; (c) pressing a portion of the length of wire against the other location using the wire bonding tool; (d) moving the wire bonding tool, and the pressed portion of the length of wire, to a position above the wire bond; and (e) separating the length of wire from a wire supply at the pressed portion, thereby providing a wire interconnect structure bonded to the bonding location.
US09865557B1
An electrical contact upon an interposer and/or upon a processing device includes a minor axis and a major axis. The contact is positioned such that the major axis is generally aligned with the direction of expansion of the interposer and/or the processing device. The electrical contact may further be positioned within a power/ground or input/output (I/O) region of the interposer and/or processing device. The electrical contact may further be positioned within a center region that is surrounded by a perimeter region of the interposer and/or the processing device. The dimensions or aspect ratios of major and minor axes of neighboring electrical contacts within an electrical contact grid may differ relative thereto. Further, the angle of respective major and minor axes of neighboring electrical contacts within the electrical contact grid may differ relative thereto.
US09865542B2
In some embodiments, an interconnect structure includes first and second metal lines, and an end-to-end portion. The first metal line is formed in a first interconnect layer, extends in length substantially along a first direction and ends at a first end portion. The second metal line is formed in the first interconnect layer, starts from a second end portion, extends in length substantially along the first direction and is misaligned with the first metal line in the first direction. The end-to-end portion couples the first metal line to the second metal line, is formed in a second interconnect layer different from the first interconnect layer, and is overlapped with the first and second end portions. A width of the end-to-end portion at where the end-to-end portion is overlapped with the first end portion is wider than a width of the first end portion by at least about 10%.
US09865541B2
A memory device includes a substrate, and a peripheral circuit disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The peripheral circuit includes a first transistor. The memory device further includes a first wiring layer disposed on the peripheral circuit, a base layer disposed on the first wiring layer, a memory cell array disposed on the base layer, and a second wiring layer disposed on the memory cell array. The second wiring layer includes a first power wiring configured to supply a first voltage, a second power wiring configured to supply a second voltage, and a first wiring electrically connected to the first transistor. The first wiring is configured to be electrically connectable to either the first power wiring or the second power wiring.
US09865537B1
In described examples, an apparatus includes: an integrated circuit die having multiple terminals; the integrated circuit die positioned on a die pad portion of a leadframe having leads for external connections, at least some of the leads having an inner portion electrically coupled to at least one terminal of the integrated circuit die; a fuse element coupled between one of the leads of the leadframe and at least one terminal selected from the multiple terminals of the integrated circuit die; and encapsulation material surrounding the integrated circuit die and the leadframe to form a packaged integrated circuit including the integrated circuit die and the fuse element, and having a cavity in the encapsulation material surrounding the fuse element such that the fuse element is spaced from the encapsulation material.
US09865535B2
A semiconductor device includes a planar interconnection layer formed on a substrate and made of a semiconductor, a first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer formed on the interconnection layer, a semiconductor-metal compound layer formed so as to cover the entire upper surface of the interconnection layer except for a bottom portion of the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating film surrounding the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode surrounding the first gate insulating film, and a first gate line connected to the first gate electrode.
US09865525B2
Semiconductor method and device of forming a fan-out PoP device with PWB vertical interconnect units
A semiconductor device has a carrier with a die attach area. A semiconductor die is mounted to the die attach area with a back surface opposite the carrier. A modular interconnect unit is mounted over the carrier and around or in a peripheral region around the semiconductor die such that the modular interconnect unit is offset from the back surface of the semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the carrier, semiconductor die, and modular interconnect unit. A first portion of the encapsulant is removed to expose the semiconductor die and a second portion is removed to expose the modular interconnect unit. The carrier is removed. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and modular interconnect unit. The modular interconnect unit includes a vertical interconnect structures or bumps through the semiconductor device. The modular interconnect unit forms part of an interlocking pattern around the semiconductor die.
US09865524B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor die and a plurality of conductive vias formed in the semiconductor die. An insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor die while leaving the conductive vias exposed. An interconnect structure is formed over the insulating layer and conductive vias. The insulating layer is formed using electrografting or oxidation. An under bump metallization is formed over the conductive vias. A portion of the semiconductor die is removed to expose the conductive vias. The interconnect structure is formed over two or more of the conductive vias. A portion of the semiconductor die is removed to leave the conductive vias with a height greater than a height of the semiconductor die. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer. A portion of the second insulating layer is removed to expose the conductive via.
US09865520B2
A semiconductor device includes a mesa structure having vertical sidewalls, the mesa structure including an active area comprising a portion of its height. A stressed passivation liner is formed on the vertical sidewalls of the mesa structure and over the portion of the active area. The stressed passivation liner induces strain in the active area to permit tuning of performance parameters of the mesa structure.
US09865514B2
A through-silicon via (TSV) capacitive test structure and method of determining TSV depth based on capacitance is disclosed. The TSV capacitive test structure is formed from a plurality of TSV bars that are evenly spaced. A first group of bars are electrically connected to form a first capacitor node, and a second group of bars is electrically connected to form a second capacitor node. The capacitance is measured, and a TSV depth is computed, prior to backside thinning. The computed TSV depth may then be fed to downstream grinding and/or polishing tools to control the backside thinning process such that the semiconductor wafer is thinned such that the backside is flush with the TSV.
US09865501B2
Method and apparatus for reducing metal oxide surfaces to modified metal surfaces are disclosed. By exposing a metal oxide surface to a remote plasma, the metal oxide surface on a substrate can be reduced to pure metal and the metal reflowed. A remote plasma apparatus can treat the metal oxide surface as well as cool, load/unload, and move the substrate within a single standalone apparatus. The remote plasma apparatus includes a processing chamber and a controller configured to provide a substrate having a metal seed layer in a processing chamber, form a remote plasma of a reducing gas species where the remote plasma includes radicals, ions, and/or ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the reducing gas species, and expose a metal seed layer of the substrate to the remote plasma to reduce oxide of the metal seed layer to metal and to reflow the metal.
US09865499B2
A method for depositing a silicon-containing film is performed by causing a silicon-containing gas to adsorb on a first surface of a depression formed in a second surface of a substrate by supplying the silicon-containing gas to the substrate. A silicon component contained in the silicon-containing gas adsorbed on the first surface of the depression is partially etched by supplying an etching gas to the substrate. A silicon-containing film is deposited in the depression by supplying a reaction gas reactable with the silicon component to the substrate so as to produce a reaction product by causing the reaction gas to react with the silicon component left in the depression without being etched.
US09865490B2
The invention broadly relates to cyclic olefin polymer bonding compositions and release compositions, to be used independently or together, that enable thin wafer handling during microelectronics manufacturing, especially during a full-wafer mechanical debonding process. The release compositions comprise compositions made from siloxane polymers and copolymers blended in a polar solvent, and that are stable at room temperature for longer than one month. The cyclic olefin polymer bonding compositions provide high thermal stability, can be bonded to fully-treated carrier wafers, can be mechanically or laser debonded after high-temperature heat treatment, and are easily removed with an industrially-acceptable solvent. Wafers bonded according to the invention demonstrate lower overall post-grind stack TTV compared to other commercial bonding materials and can survive 200° C. PECVD processing.
US09865484B1
Semiconductor systems and methods may include methods of performing selective etches that include modifying a material on a semiconductor substrate. The substrate may have at least two exposed materials on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a low-power plasma within a processing chamber housing the semiconductor substrate. The low-power plasma may be a radio-frequency (“RF”) plasma, which may be at least partially formed by an RF bias power operating between about 10 W and about 100 W in embodiments. The RF bias power may also be pulsed at a frequency below about 5,000 Hz. The methods may also include etching one of the at least two exposed materials on the surface of the semiconductor substrate at a higher etch rate than a second of the at least two exposed materials on the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US09865477B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor fabrication apparatus in accordance with one embodiment. The apparatus includes a wafer stage that is operable to secure and rotate a wafer; a polish head configured to polish a backside surface of the wafer; an air bearing module configured to apply an air pressure to a front surface of the wafer; and an edge sealing unit configured to seal edges of the wafer.
US09865476B2
A method and apparatus for pulse electrochemical polishing a wafer are disclosed. The method comprises steps of: establishing a duty cycle table showing all points on the wafer, a removal thickness corresponding to every point and a duty cycle corresponding to the removal thickness; driving a wafer chuck holding and positioning the wafer to move at a preset speed so that a special point on the wafer is right above a nozzle ejecting charged electrolyte onto the wafer; looking up the duty cycle table and obtaining the removal thickness and the duty cycle corresponding to the special point; and applying a preset pulse power source to the wafer and the nozzle and the actual polishing power source for polishing the special point being equal to the duty cycle multiplying by the preset power source.
US09865469B2
A method for performing epitaxial lift-off allowing reuse of a III-V substrate to grow III-V devices is presented. A sample is received comprising a growth substrate with a top surface, a sacrificial layer on the top surface, and a device layer on the sacrificial layer. This substrate is supported inside a container and the container is filled with a wet etchant such that the wet etchant progressively etches away the sacrificial layer and the device layer lifts away from the growth substrate. While filling the container with the wet etchant, the sample is supported in the container such that the top surface of the growth substrate is non-parallel with an uppermost surface of the wet etchant. Performed in this manner, the lift-off process requires little individual setup of the sample, and is capable of batch processing and high throughput.
US09865461B2
The present invention relates to a liquid-phase process for producing structured silicon- and/or germanium-containing coatings by the application to a substrate of at least one coating composition, the partial activation of the resulting coating on the coated substrate, and oxidation of non-activated coating on the substrate, to the coats produced by the process and to their use.
US09865456B1
Methods of forming silicon nitride. Silicon nitride is formed on a substrate by atomic layer deposition at a temperature of less than or equal to about 275° C. The as-formed silicon nitride is exposed to a plasma. The silicon nitride may be formed as a portion of silicon nitride and at least one other portion of silicon nitride. The portion of silicon nitride and the at least one other portion of silicon nitride may be exposed to a plasma treatment. Methods of forming a semiconductor structure are also disclosed, as are semiconductor structures and silicon precursors.
US09865453B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of recess regions on an upper surface of a substrate, forming a first oxide layer in the recess regions, forming a polysilicon layer on the first oxide layer, forming a second oxide layer by oxidizing the polysilicon layer, and forming a gap-fill layer on the second oxide layer to fill the recess regions, wherein at least a portion of the polysilicon layer remains between the first oxide layer and the second oxide layer after forming the second oxide layer.
US09865450B2
In different embodiments, a low-pressure discharge lamp (1) is provided. The low-pressure discharge lamp has a discharge vessel (2) and a coating structure (7). The coating structure is formed on an inner face of the discharge vessel (2). The coating structure (7) has first fluorescent particles (34) which have at least one fluorescent substance that emits red light and the average particle size of which ranges from 0.5 μm to 1.9 μm, second fluorescent particles (36) which have at least one fluorescent substance that emits green light and the average particle size of which ranges from 0.6 μm to 2.8 μm or from 1 μm to 4 μm, and third fluorescent particles (38) which have at least one fluorescent substance that emits blue light and the average particle size of which ranges from 1 μm to 4 μm.
US09865445B2
To improve spatial and energy acceptance of multi-reflecting time-of-flight, open traps, and electrostatic trap analyzers, a novel ion mirror is disclosed. Incorporation of immersion lens between ion mirrors allows reaching the fifth order time per energy focusing simultaneously with the third order time per spatial focusing including energy-spatial cross terms. Preferably the analyzer has hollow cylindrical geometry for extended flight path. The time-of-flight analyzer preferably incorporates spatially modulated ion mirror field for isochronous ion focusing in the tangential direction.
US09865440B1
A sputtering apparatus includes a sputtering cathode and a target overlying the sputtering cathode. A shield overlies the target and forms an aperture configured to direct sputtering particles onto a substrate. The shield includes a lower shield portion overlying the target, a channel outlet overlying the lower shield portion, and an upper shield portion overlying the channel. In some embodiments the shield includes a first shield and a second shield. The first shield includes a front gas injection outlet. The second shield overlies the first shield and forms the aperture. In various embodiments, the second shield is operable to adjust plasma confinement between the first shield and the second shield.
US09865429B2
The present disclosure provides for various advantageous methods and apparatus of controlling electron emission. One of the broader forms of the present disclosure involves an electron emission element, comprising an electron emitter including an electron emission region disposed between a gate electrode and a cathode electrode. An anode is disposed above the electron emission region, and a voltage set is disposed above the anode. A first voltage applied between the gate electrode and the cathode electrode controls a quantity of electrons generated from the electron emission region. A second voltage applied to the anode extracts generated electrons. A third voltage applied to the voltage set controls a direction of electrons extracted through the anode.
US09865420B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact portion including a fixed contact; a movable contact portion including a movable contact that contacts the fixed contact; and an electromagnetic device that operates the movable contact portion so that the movable contact contacts the fixed contact, and includes an armature that adsorbs to a magnetic core surface of the electromagnetic device and operates the movable contact portion by rotating with respect to a fulcrum, a hinge spring that pushes a part of the armature at an opposite side of the magnetic core surface while interposing the fulcrum therebetween so that the armature moves away from the magnetic core surface, and a fixed member that fixes an end portion of the hinge spring while having outside of a side surface of the armature as a fixed position, and wherein the fixed member is configured to fix the end portion of the hinge spring by moving the hinge spring from an upper side to a lower side of the armature, when attaching the hinge spring.
US09865413B2
In a switching control device of a vehicle control device, when a vehicle is in a non-traveling condition, an operating method for a pressing operation, which is carried out with respect to a push switch in relation to a switching control for switching an operating state of a drive source of the vehicle or a power supply state to a vehicle mounted device of the vehicle, in a case that the operating state of the drive source of the vehicle or the power supply state to the vehicle mounted device of the vehicle is switched from off to on, differs from an operating method for a pressing operation in a case that the operating state or the power supply state is switched from on to off.
US09865406B2
A switch actuation device for use in connection with electrical switch mechanism having an actuatable structure. The device includes an actuation mechanism in operable communication with the actuatable structure for use in urging the actuatable structure of the electrical switch mechanism from a first position to a second position. An actuatable electrical switch arrangement is also disclosed.
US09865404B2
An energy-storage device is formed from a first and a second yarn, each yarn including a plurality of nanowires including aluminum and/or a transition metal. An anode pad is in contact with the first yarn and a cathode pad is in contact with the second yarn. Alternatively, first and second metallic electrodes may be disposed substantially in parallel, with pluralities of nanowires including aluminum and/or a transition metal extending therefrom. In another embodiment, a supercapacitor may include a niobium yarn including a plurality of niobium nanowires. Each niobium nanowire may include at least (i) a first section comprising at least one of unoxidized niobium and niobium oxide; (ii) a second section comprises a niobium pentoxide layer; and (iii) a third section comprises a layer formed by coating the niobium nanowire in at least one of a conductive polymer and a liquid metal.
US09865402B2
An anode body for an electrolytic capacitor, prepared by sintering a tungsten powder to obtain a sintered body and subjecting the obtained sintered body to chemical conversion to form a dielectric layer comprising a tungsten trioxide compound on the surface of the sintered body, wherein the ratio of the hydration water in the tungsten trioxide compound becomes one molecule or less to 10 molecules of the tungsten trioxide compound. Use of the anode body of the present invention enables production of a tungsten capacitor, which is reduced in the capacitance change due to DC voltage (bias dependency).
US09865401B2
A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor with excellent ESR properties and a solid electrolytic capacitor. A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, wherein an anode body is obtained by forming a dielectric oxide film on the surface of a sintered body that is formed by sintering a molded body formed of a valve acting metal powder or on the surface of a roughened valve acting metal foil, and a solid electrolyte layer is formed on the surface of the anode body. This method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor is characterized by steps for forming a solid electrolyte layer including a protrusion forming process where protrusions formed of manganese dioxide and having an average diameter of 10˜102 nm are formed on the surface of the dielectric oxide coating film so that the protrusions are scattered about like islands and the surface coverage is 1˜20% and a conductive polymer layer forming process where a conductive polymer layer is formed on the surfaces of the projections and the dielectric oxide coating film.
US09865400B2
A capacitor that includes a conductive porous base material; a dielectric layer; and an electrode. The conductive porous base material, the dielectric layer, and the upper electrode are laminated together to constitute an effective part that accumulates charges in the dielectric layer when a voltage is applied between the conductive porous base material and the electrode. The conductive porous base material includes at least one groove having a width of 10 μm or more at ½ of a depth of the at least one groove.
US09865396B2
A capacitor includes: dielectric layers including a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and at least one intermediate dielectric layer laminated between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; first interlayer electrode and second interlayer electrode arranged alternately with each other between at least two layers among the dielectric layers; a first external electrode disposed on lateral surfaces of the dielectric layers and coupled to the first interlayer electrode; and a second external electrode disposed on lateral surfaces of the dielectric layers and coupled to the second interlayer electrode, wherein the intermediate dielectric layer includes first internal electrodes coupled to the first interlayer electrode, arranged in a plane direction of the intermediate dielectric layer and spaced apart from each other, and second internal electrodes coupled to the second interlayer electrode, arranged alternately with the first internal electrodes and spaced apart from the first internal electrodes.
US09865391B2
A wireless power repeater for relaying power transmission between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver according to the embodiment includes a position detector for detecting a position of the wireless power receiver, a repeater resonator unit including a plurality of repeater resonators, and a controller for operating a specific repeater resonator, which is located closest to an extension line of the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver, based on position information detected by the position detector.
US09865385B2
A linear solenoid has a coil, a plunger, a magnetic attractive core, and a magnetic delivery core. The coil generates a magnetic force when being energized. The plunger is supported to be movable in an axial direction on an inner side of the coil. The magnetic attractive core magnetically attracts the plunger in the axial direction by the magnetic force generated by the coil. The magnetic delivery core delivers a magnetic flux to an outer surface of the plunger. A shaft that is non-magnetic and extends in the axial direction is fixed on the inner side of the coil. The plunger has a shaft hole defined around an axial center of the plunger, and the shaft is inserted in the shaft hole. The plunger slides while being in contact with the shaft. One end of the shaft is fixed to the magnetically attractive core.
US09865383B2
A system for activating trapped field magnets in a superconducting material may include a superconducting material element and an electromagnet source disposed proximate the superconducting material element. The electromagnet source may be configured to produce a magnetic field pulse sufficient to activate the superconducting material element. The superconducting material element may be configured to retain a trapped magnetic field that is substantially equal to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field pulse.
US09865374B1
A multi-core cable includes a plurality of coaxial wires, each coaxial wire including a center conductor whose sectional area is 0.0006 mm2 to 0.25 mm2, a wrapping tape configured to cover all of the plurality of coaxial wires, and a sheath configured to cover the wrapping tape. The sheath is configured by a resin material coated with polyparaxylylene or fluorine resin in a thickness of 0.5 μm to 3.0 μm.
US09865369B2
The present invention relates to a transparent chemically functionalized graphene with high electrical conductivity and which is stable in air. It also relates to a method of manufacturing a conductive and transparent graphene-based material.
US09865365B2
Disclosed is a decay heat removal system for cooling the decay heat of a reactor core and the spent fuel. The decay heat removal system including: a first heat pipe which is placed in an upper plenum of the reactor vessel and arranged in upward and downward directions corresponding to a position of an insertion hole formed on a top of the nuclear fuel assemblies; a control rod drive mechanism which is connected to an upper portion of the first heat pipe and drives the first heat pipe to move up and down so that the first heat pipe can be selectively inserted in a control rod insertion hole of the reactor core arranged in the nuclear reactor vessel; and a second heat pipe which is coupled to and in close contact with a bottom surface of the reactor vessel and removes the decay heat generated in the reactor core.
US09865361B2
A memory diagnostic system comprises a test engine and a miscompare logic. The test engine provides test instructions with expected data to a memory under test (“MUT”). The MUT processes such test patterns and outputs the results of such test patterns as stored data. The miscompare logic has local miscompare logics and a global miscompare logic. Each of the local miscompare logics compares a predefined range of bits of the expected data with a corresponding predefined range of bits of the stored data. One or more miscompare flags are generated for one or more miscompares determined by the local miscompare logics. The global miscompare logic monitors the one or more miscompare flags. When a total number of the miscompare flags exceeds a threshold number, the global miscompare logic generates a pause signal to the local miscompare logics to capture a current state of the local miscompare logics.
US09865358B2
Provided is a flash memory device capable of restricting power consumption in an erase operation. The invention includes a plurality of wells, a power supply device, and a coupling device. The power supply device applies erase voltages to the wells for performing an erase operation. The coupling device performs selective coupling between the wells. When performing the erase operation on the wells, the power supply device applies the erase voltage to one of the wells, and applies the erase voltage to the other one of the wells after the coupling device electrically couples the one of the wells to the other one of the wells.
US09865353B1
There is provided a memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells and a controller configured to receive data to be stored in a set of memory cells and map a first portion of the data to a selection of memory cells to be programmed from the set of memory cells, wherein the number of cells to be programmed k is less than number of cells in the set n. The controller is further configured to map a second portion of the data to a plurality of voltage levels to be programmed into the memory cells to be programmed and store the first and second portions of the data in the set of memory cells by programming each memory cell of the selection of memory cells to be programmed to a respective voltage level of the plurality of voltage levels.
US09865352B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for program sequencing. An apparatus includes a block of non-volatile storage cells having a plurality of word lines. The word lines are organized into a monotonically increasing sequence. The apparatus includes a controller for the block. The controller is configured to program a set of storage cells of a word line to one or more storage states above a predetermined threshold and to program a set of storage cells of a previous word line adjacent to and before the word line in the sequence, to one or more storage states below the predetermined threshold after programming the set or storage cells of the word line to the one or more storage states above the predetermined threshold.
US09865350B2
A content addressable memory according to the present invention includes plural index generators, an output unit, and a controller. The plural index generators generates a signature of an input vector using plural hash functions, and to generate index corresponding to the input vector by searching registered information for a registered vector based on the signature. The output unit combines each output of the plural index generators to produce the index corresponding to the input vector. The controller configured to control an update of the registered information. Each of the plural index generators is configured to generate a first signal indicating whether the index generated based on the signature exists as the registered information to supply the first signal to the controller, to generate the regenerated vector of the index vector by using the index generated based on the signature, to generate a second signal indicating whether the regenerated vector matches the input vector, and to supply the second signal to the controller.
US09865338B2
A controller executes a first data conversion for write data to be written into a first page. The first data conversion includes increasing a ratio of a number of a first value to a total number of pieces of data. The controller executes a second data conversion for write data to be written into a second page. The second data conversion includes increasing a ratio of the number of the second value to the total number of pieces of data.
US09865333B2
A memory circuit includes a wordline, memory cells connected to the wordline and a wordline driver circuit including a p-channel pull-up transistor. The memory circuit further includes a read assist circuit including an n-channel pull-down transistor having a source-drain path connected between the wordline and a ground node and an n-channel diode-connected transistor having a source-drain path connected between a positive supply node and a gate terminal of the n-channel pull-down transistor. The n-channel diode-connected transistor is configured to apply a biasing voltage to the gate terminal of the n-channel pull-down transistor that is a relatively lower voltage for relatively lower temperatures and a relatively higher voltage for relatively higher temperatures.
US09865325B2
Provided is a memory device with a reduced layout area. The memory device includes a sense amplifier electrically connected to first and second wirings and positioned in a first layer, and first and second circuits positioned in a second layer over the first layer. The first circuit includes a first switch being turned on and off in accordance with a potential of a third wiring, and a first capacitor electrically connected to the first wiring via the first switch. The second circuit includes a second switch being turned on and off in accordance with a potential of a fourth wiring, and a second capacitor electrically connected to the second wiring via the second switch. The first wiring intersects the third wiring and does not intersect the fourth wiring in the second layer. The second wiring intersects the fourth wiring and does not intersect the third wiring in the second layer.
US09865321B2
We describe the manufacturing process for and structure of a CPP MTJ MRAM unit cell that utilizes transfer of spin angular momentum as a mechanism for changing the magnetic moment direction of a free layer. The cell is formed of a vertically or horizontally series connected sequence of N sub-cells, each sub-cell being an identical MTJ element. A statistical population of such multiple sub-cell unit cells has a variation of resistance that is less by a factor of N−1/2 than that of a population of single sub-cells. As a result, such unit cells have an improved read margin while not requiring an increase in the critical switching current.
US09865319B2
Provided is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory may include: an under layer including first and second metal layers and a barrier layer having a dual phase structure of different crystal structures and interposed between the first and second metal layers; a first magnetic layer positioned over the under layer and having a variable magnetization direction; a tunnel barrier layer positioned over the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer positioned over the tunnel barrier layer and having a pinned magnetization direction, and the under layer may further include a barrier layer having a dual phase structure between the first and second metal layers.
US09865317B2
Apparatuses for controlling latencies on input signal paths in semiconductor devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes: a clock input buffer that provides a reference clock signal and a system clock signal based on an external clock signal; a command decoder that latches command signals with the system clock signal and further provides a signal based on the command signals; and a command delay adjustment circuit including: a clock synchronizing circuit that receives the signal, latches the signal with the system clock signal and provides a clock-synchronized read signal responsive to a shift cycle parameter.
US09865306B2
A method to include an identifier as metadata associated with a captured image is provided. The method may include receiving, by a device, an image and a unique identifier associated with the image, wherein the received image is a frame associated with a video stream. The method may also include storing the unique identifier as metadata associated with the received image, whereby the metadata is linked to a specific frame in the video stream according to a plurality of parameters, and whereby the unique identifier is received from a unique ID reader which reads a tag attached to an object included in the image.
US09865302B1
Virtual video editing is disclosed. In some embodiments, a definition of a virtual clip of a source file is received from a user and saved for future playback of the virtual clip. The virtual clip is not encoded as a separate file. Rather, a portion of the source file specified in the definition of the virtual clip is played back when the virtual clip is played.
US09865296B1
A storage device performs a background operation involving seeking a read/write head between inner and outer diameters of a disk of the storage device. During the seeking, adjacent test tracks are written at a diameter between the inner and outer diameters of the disk. The adjacent test tracks are written using varying levels of laser power applied to the disk via the read/write head. An optimum value of the laser power is determined based on reading at least one of the adjacent test tracks.
US09865293B2
When waviness having a wavelength component of 10 to 500 μm in the circumferential direction of a main surface of a disk-shaped substrate is acquired and slopes are acquired from the waviness at an interval of 50 to 100 μm, the substrate being used in a magnetic disk on which recording or reading is performed using a DFH head, an average value of absolute values of the slopes is 0.45×10−4 or less. This magnetic-disk substrate is used in a magnetic disk and a magnetic-disk drive device.
US09865280B2
Systems and processes for structured dictation using intelligent automated assistants are provided. In one example process, a speech input representing a user request can be received. In addition, metadata associated with the speech input can be received. A text string corresponding to the speech input can be determined. The process can determine whether to perform natural language processing on the text string and whether the metadata identifies one or more domains corresponding to the user request. In response to the determination that natural language processing is to be performed on the text string and that the metadata identifies one or more domains corresponding to the user request, natural language processing of the text string can be constrained to the one or more domains. A result can be obtained based on the one or more domains and the result can be outputted from the electronic device.
US09865278B2
A frequency domain converter is configured to create a plurality of pieces of frequency domain information by individually converting a plurality of input audio signals, which is acquired at different positions, into frequency domain information. A relative value calculator is configured to calculate a relative value of time frequency components of at least one set of frequency domain information among the plurality of pieces of frequency domain information. A signal determiner is configured to determine whether or not each of the input audio signals includes an audio signal component, which is emitted from a predetermined position, based on whether or not the relative value is included in a range specified and based on a relative threshold value stored in a memory in advance.
US09865276B2
A processing unit of a voice processing apparatus first generates a target voice signal in a time domain by adjusting a fundamental frequency of a target voice signal to a fundamental frequency of an initial voice signal, so as to generate a spectrum of the target voice signal after pitch is adjusted. Second, the processing unit reallocates, along a frequency axis, the spectrum of the target voice characteristics by having the spectrum correspond to each of the fundamental frequencies of the initial voice signal. The processing unit then generates a converted spectrum by adjusting component values of the spectrum of the target voice characteristics, which spectrum has been reallocated, so as to correspond to the component values of the spectrum of the initial voice signal, and by adapting the component values of the spectrum of the initial voice signal to specific frequency bands of the spectrum of the target voice characteristics, with each specific frequency band including one of the harmonic frequencies corresponding to the fundamental frequency of the initial voice signal.
US09865270B2
An audio encoder comprises a multi-channel receiver which receives an M-channel audio signal where M>2. A down-mix processor down-mixes the M-channel audio signal to a first stereo signal and associated parametric data and a spatial processor modifies the first stereo signal to generate a second stereo signal in response to the associated parametric data and spatial parameter data for a binaural perceptual transfer function, such as a Head Related Transfer Function (HRTF). The second stereo signal is a binaural signal and may specifically be a (3D) virtual spatial signal. An output data stream comprising the encoded data and the associated parametric data is generated by an encode processor and an output processor. The HRTF processing may allow the generation of a (3D) virtual spatial signal by conventional stereo decoders. A multi-channel decoder may reverse the process of the spatial processor to generate an improved quality multi-channel signal.
US09865265B2
A speech recognition system for resolving impaired utterances can have a speech recognition engine configured to receive a plurality of representations of an utterance and concurrently to determine a plurality of highest-likelihood transcription candidates corresponding to each respective representation of the utterance. The recognition system can also have a selector configured to determine a most-likely accurate transcription from among the transcription candidates. As but one example, the plurality of representations of the utterance can be acquired by a microphone array, and beamforming techniques can generate independent streams of the utterance across various look directions using output from the microphone array.
US09865253B1
The present invention is a system and method for discriminating between human and synthetic speech. The method and system include memory for storing a speaker verification application, a communication network that receives from a client device a speech signal having one or more discriminating features, and a processor for executing instructions stored in memory. The execution of the instructions by the processor extracts the one or more discriminating features from the speech signal and classifies the speech signal as human or synthetic based on the extracted features.
US09865239B1
A first ferromagnetic piece of metal is attached to the inside surface of a stringed musical instrument such as an acoustic guitar, allowing an external magnetic mount to be attached to the musical instrument through the magnetic force of the magnetic mounts magnet on the first ferromagnetic piece of metal. One or more electronic device equipped with one or more ferromagnetic elements trapped, sandwiched, mounted on or made part of the device and/or a device protective case may then be softly, removably and firmly mounted to the outer surface of the instrument without chemically adhering to or disturbing the outer surface of the instrument through magnetic attachment to the magnetic mount. The inner-mounted ferromagnetic element may be attached permanently or removably to the inner surface of the instrument, so that the external magnetic mount may have its position adjusted for optimizing the position of the externally mounted device.
US09865236B1
The present invention is directed to a guitar pick or plectrum for use with a stringed musical instrument and which is constructed with generally two or three veneers which are adhered to each other such that each veneer is cross grain to each adjacently adhered veneer. In other embodiments, the tip portion of the plectrum has a gauge less than the grip portion of the plectrum.
US09865235B2
A musical instrument including a vibrating member, such as a string, and a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism can include a first clamping member and a second clamping member. The first clamping member and the second clamping member can move between a first, undamped position to a second, clamped position. The clamping mechanism divides the vibrating member into a first portion and a second portion when the clamping mechanism is in the second, clamped position.
US09865232B2
A source driving device includes a locking module, a controlling module and a decoding module. The locking module executes a locking process selectively in a first band or a second band according to a band setting signal in order to lock a first clock signal synchronized with a first display signal. The controlling module is coupled to the locking module for comparing a control voltage with a reference voltage in the locking process and generates the band setting signal accordingly. The decoding module is coupled to the locking module for generating a decoded signal according to the first display signal and the first clock signal.
US09865222B2
System and method for displaying digital content on a display device, including a display screen, a structural assembly, secured to the rear face of the display screen, and a processing controller within the structural assembly, including a memory, display processor, and power distribution and adaptation module. An external power assembly configured to connect to an external power supply, a connector cord configured to connect the power assembly and the power distribution and adaptation module, and a case for the display device, configured to couple to the display screen to provide structural rigidity during shipping, are also presented. An application is provided, configured to run on a computer with memory, processor, and user input device, and configured to communicate via the internet with the processing controller of the display device and a service cloud including a server, memory, and processor, to control the display of digital content on the display screen.
US09865220B2
The present disclosure discloses a gate driving circuit and a display device, to avoid power consumption arising from overlapping of voltages output by the output ends of gate drivers in the case that the gate driving circuit is configured with a plurality of clock signals. The gate driving circuit includes: a plurality of gate scan lines, and N stages of gate drivers connected in cascade. Each stage of gate drivers includes a reset end and an output end, which provides a gate scan signal to a corresponding gate scan lines. The output end of a m-th stage gate driver is connected provides a reset signal to the reset end of a (m−1)-th stage of gate drivers, N and m are positive integers, and m
US09865214B2
A shift register unit includes: a pull-up node control unit; a pull-down control node control unit connected with a first level output terminal, and configured to control an electrical potential at a pull-down control node to be a second level when an electrical potential at a pull-up node is a first level, and to control a pull-down control node to be connected with a first level output terminal when the electrical potential at the pull-up node is a third level; a pull-down node control unit; a gate driving signal output unit; and a carry signal output unit configured to control a carry signal output terminal to output a carry signal under the control of the pull-up node and the pull-down node. The carry signal output terminal provides an input signal to a shift register unit in an adjacent next stage.
US09865213B2
A scan driver circuit for driving scanning lines is proposed. The scan driver circuit includes a pull-down control module, a pull-down module, a recovering control module, a recovering module, a downlink module, a first bootstrap capacitor, a constant low voltage supply, and a constant high voltage supply. The present inventive scan driver circuit has advantages of simple structure and low power consumption.
US09865206B2
Provided are a liquid crystal display device and a driving method therefor that do not cause problems such as occurrence of flicker even when performing pause driving. When an off signal Soff instructing to turn off power is inputted, a polarity bias value W at the power-off is stored in a balance storage circuit. When the power is turned on again, the polarity bias value W is read from the balance storage circuit and provided to a balance control circuit. The balance control circuit starts insertion of a pause frame period to cancel out the polarity bias value W. By this, decrementing the polarity bias value W by “1” every insertion of a pause frame period is repeated. Then, at a point of time when the polarity bias value W becomes “0”, insertion of a pause frame period is ceased and normal pause driving is performed.
US09865203B2
A display apparatus includes pixels. A first pixel group of the pixels displays a first grayscale image on the basis of a first gamma curve during three sub-frame periods among consecutive first to fourth sub-frame periods and displays a second grayscale image based on of a second gamma curve during a remaining one sub-frame period of the first to fourth sub-frame periods. A second pixel group of the pixels displays a third grayscale image based on the first gamma curve during three sub-frame periods among the first to fourth sub-frame periods and displays a fourth grayscale image based on the second gamma curve during a remaining one sub-frame period of the first to fourth sub-frame periods. A sub-frame period in which the first pixel group displays the second grayscale image is different from a sub-frame period in which the second pixel group displays the fourth grayscale image.
US09865188B2
The image display device resolves inconsistency in the brightness of the image while effectively reducing local speckle noise that remains due to the laser scanning of which the scanning speed fluctuates. A waveform pattern (PT2) that includes an on period and an off period within the pixel displaying period (T2) is selected for the center pixel (P512). A waveform pattern (PT1) that includes an on period and an off period within the pixel displaying period (T1) that is longer than the pixel displaying period (T2) is selected for the side pixel (P1) or (P1023) that is scanned at a scanning speed slower than that for the center pixel (P512). Here, the on period in the waveform pattern (PT1) is segmented more than the on period in the waveform pattern (PT1), and the time ratio of the on period accounting for the waveform pattern (PT1) is smaller than the time ratio of the on period accounting for the waveform pattern (PT2).
US09865183B2
A labeling system that enables labels to be attached to medication dispensing products that lack adequate surface area for the labels. The labeling system utilizes a panel having a first planar surface with a geometric center. The first planar surface extends to a periphery having a polygonal shape. An opening is formed in the panel proximate the geometric center. The opening is sized to receive the medication dispenser. Labels are adhered to the first planar surface. The polygonal shape of the panel provides its periphery with a first number of flat side surfaces. The polygonal shape is a visual indicator, wherein the labels adhered to the first planar surface correspond in number to the flat side surfaces along the periphery.
US09865179B2
The Tactical Combat Casualty Care Trainer For Hyper-Realistic™ Emergency Medical Training (“TCCC”) of the present invention includes a tactical combat training device for the purpose of providing an emergency medical services provider hands-on training. The TCCC includes an artificial human skeleton having specific anatomical features which provide the trainee or provider with appropriate tactile response analogous to a real human patient, thereby increasing the fidelity of training and improving the skills necessary to conduct procedures such as cricothyrotomy, intrasosseous infusion, CPR and other medical services to human patients. The skeleton is covered by a realistic coating that simulates human skin, which adds to the TCCC's training value. The TCCC also includes a removable trachea module and training pucks located at the sternum as well as the left and right proximal humeral heads to simulate the use of infusion-type devices.
US09865171B2
A dispatch control system includes a data store with records of previously-attended geographical positions of a mobile unit indicating at least a duration of attendance. The dispatch control system is configured to calculate one or more stochastic characteristics for the durations of attendance representative of a variability of the durations of attendance at said past geographical positions, and generate data indicative of an order of attendance for the mobile unit based on travel and estimated durations of attendance. This data is re-ordered and volatility metrics for each set of modified data are determined. The set of volatility metrics is used to modify the data indicative of an order of attendance for the mobile unit. The dispatch control system is configured to transmit to the mobile unit data indicative of geographical positions corresponding to said modified generated data for use in generating routing instructions.
US09865164B2
A vehicle may traverse a portion of a vehicle transportation network, which may include a processor of the vehicle executing instructions to identify a first vehicle operation assistance information item, and, on a condition that an immanency for the first vehicle operation assistance information item is within a maximum relevant immanence and a utility metric for the first vehicle operation assistance information item indicates high utility, present a representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item by, on a condition that a first urgency identified based on the immanency indicates a warning urgency or an advisory urgency, controlling a primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of a graphical representation of the first vehicle operation assistance information item, and controlling a secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation.
US09865154B2
A security system includes a plurality of sensors installed at a premises to capture data from an environment in or around the premises, a memory configured to store data captured spanning at least a first period of time, and a processor configured to arm the plurality of sensors in an order determined based on a history of detected activity in the premises as indicated by the stored data.
US09865151B2
An observation system includes: a power supply unit having a battery; a sensor unit which detects a state of a structure on the basis of electricity from the power supply unit; a charging unit which charges the battery from renewable energy; and a processing unit which processes sensing information in one observation mode of a plurality of observation modes including at least a first observation mode and a second observation mode in which at least one of a sensor capability of the sensor unit and a load of computational processing using the sensing information is higher than in the first observation mode. The processing unit sets an observation mode on the basis of information for disaster occurrence estimation.
US09865148B2
Provided are a shopping party locator system and method. The system and method includes creating a shopping party for a group of customers entering a store, wherein creating the shopping party includes operating a shopping party application on a store computing system to take and store a photo of the group of customers and create a label for each member of the group of customers. The label of a member of the group of customers separated from the shopping party may be scanned by a scanning device. The label of any member of the shopping party may be scanned if a member is discovered missing. The system automatically notifies a designated caretaker and notifies all associates and customers in the store that the member is separated in order to find the separated person. Once found, the separated member's label may be scanned the identity verified.
US09865145B2
Systems (100) and methods (300) for selective device responsiveness using a plurality of control tags (132) affixed to a plurality of objects (102). The methods involve: receiving, by a plurality of control tags, a reporting command signal sent from an interrogation device via a communications link; and communicating a response to the reporting command signal from only those of the plurality of control tags which are (1) currently being moved, (2) have been moved within a first specified period of time, and/or (3) have a surrounding environment with at least one characteristic that has recently changed.
US09865138B2
Described are methods, systems, and media for adapting single player games of skill to a gaming environment. This game gaming comprises: accepting, through the gaming machine, initiation of play by a player; providing one or more games of video game skill, wherein a Playfield is chosen from a Playfield Selection Pool wherein the Playfield is set to have a Maximum Available Payout and games are chosen from that Playfield; evaluating and recording the results of the play of the said game session in the said Playfield; presenting a Paytable to the player, wherein the Paytable comprises one or more lines of payouts based on a player's play results; evaluating and distributing any payout earned according to the best play results and the Paytable; and managing the variance of Return To Player (RTP) of the Paytable, by adjusting selection weights of different Playfields presented to a player.
US09865137B1
A system, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a networked blackjack game that enables a plurality of players to wager on one or more dealers at different dealing stations dealing independent games simultaneously. A live video is captured on each dealing station and simulcast to player stations where players are playing at. Players can bet on any combination of the games that are being broadcast. Players at player stations can be playing in a tournament mode or in regular play using the same dealer stations. A touch screen display can be used at each dealer/dealing station in order to instruct the dealer as to which actions the dealer should take, such as dealing cards, etc.
US09865135B2
A system and method of selling pre-printed lottery tickets for random draw lotteries through the retailers POS without the use of additional lottery hardware. Pre-printed lottery tickets allow a consumer to purchase a lottery ticket for a subsequently occurring draw by including that ticket in their shopping basket. The pre-printed lottery ticket may be purchased as any other common product through the point of sale terminal. No specialized hardware such as lottery terminal, printer or dispensing device is necessary.
US09865125B2
Disclosed is a method for enabling a mobile augmented reality (AR) table betting system to facilitate game play with a table game and one or more players each using a mobile device. The method includes: enabling a player to register at an available betting spot on the table game using the player's mobile device; providing a dealer display that presents information to a dealer as game events occur on the player's associated mobile device; enabling a player to access funds from an electronic wallet associated with the player to place an initial bet at the table game; commencing game play at the table game; enabling a player to place an subsequent bet or game decision at the table game using the player's mobile device; in response to a winning table game outcome, transferring funds to the player; and in response to a losing table game outcome, transferring funds from the player.
US09865121B2
Gaming machines, gaming systems, modular gaming terminals, and methods for assembling modular gaming machines are disclosed. A gaming machine is presented which includes an input device for receiving wagers to play a wagering game, and a display module with a display device for displaying outcomes of the wagering game. The display device is coupled to a display module housing, which includes a male or a female mounting interface. The gaming machine also includes a core module with an electrical bus that electrically connects to the display device. A core housing, which stows the electrical bus and supports the display module, includes the other one of the male and female mounting interfaces. The female mounting interface receives the male mounting interface such that moving the male interface into the female interface automatically aligns the display module with the core module and removably attaches the core housing to the display housing.
US09865114B2
A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
US09865107B2
A method and an apparatus for performing authentication are provided. The method includes performing, by a first authentication unit in a first electronic device, authentication with respect to a second electronic device that requests authentication through a first communication mode and when the second electronic device is authenticated, transmitting first information used for controlling the first electronic device to the second electronic device through the first communication mode and transferring second information indicating that the second electronic device is authenticated to a second authentication unit in the first electronic device.
US09865104B1
A system and approach utilizing a multi-dimensional code on a card and a gesture applied to the card for a scan. The two-dimensional card may contain information about the card holder, other individuals, the facility or area at which access is desired, and a gesture relating to scanning the card. Appropriate information and a correct gesture applied to the card during a scan may enable a holder of the card to gain access to the facility or area. The gesture may legitimize the card holder.
US09865096B2
A computer-implemented method for medical device modeling includes accessing an electronic definition for a model of a three-dimensional item and an electronic definition of a three-dimensional spline relating to an internal anatomical volume; determining, with a computer-based finite element analysis system and using the electronic definitions, stresses created by the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, for different points along the three-dimensional spline; and displaying stress data generated by the finite element analysis system with a visualization system, the display of the stress data indicating levels of stress on portions of the three-dimensional item at particular locations along the three-dimensional spline.
US09865095B2
A data processing method for determining six parameters, corresponding to six degrees of freedom, of a contact position of a joint which connects two bones, comprising the steps of acquiring a 3D model of each bone, acquiring four of the six parameters as given parameters, selecting initial values for the two remaining parameters and varying the two remaining parameters virtually in order to achieve a virtual relative position between the two 3D models such that they are in contact with each other.
US09865093B1
A first display device determines a first device configuration of the first display device and a first context of a first AR application operating on the first display device. The first display device connects to a second display device and determines a second device configuration of the second display device and a second context of a second AR application operating on the second display device. The first display device generates a first collaboration configuration for the display device and a second collaboration configuration for the second display device. The first and second collaborations are based on the first device configuration, the first context, the second device configuration, and the second context. The second display device modifies an operation of the second AR application based on the second collaboration configuration. The first display device modifies an operation of the first AR application based on the first collaboration configuration.
US09865079B2
In generating a virtual endoscopic image, an interior of a lumen is made viewable even when the viewpoint position is changed. A virtual endoscopic image generation element generates a virtual endoscopic image by volume rendering based on three-dimensional data. An opacity curve setting element sets an opacity curve which defines the relationship between pixel values of the three-dimensional data and opacity values. A viewpoint position setting element sets a viewpoint position of a virtual endoscopic image. A movement amount determination element determines a movement amount of the opacity curve with respect to an opacity curve at a reference viewpoint position. When a virtual endoscopic image is generated by the virtual endoscopic image generation element, the opacity curve setting element sets an opacity curve obtained by moving the opacity curve by the determined movement amount in the virtual endoscopic image generation element.
US09865078B2
According to a method of processing an image, respective sampling rates of each tile included in a second frame is determined based on a corresponding rendering result of a first frame, and a pixel rendering process to implement rendering of pixels included in the second frame is selected by using geometric information of reference pixels of the second frame. The reference pixels of the second frame may be selected based on the respectively determined sampling rates.
US09865072B2
A method of transferring a facial expression from a subject to a computer-generated character and a system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for the same. The method can include receiving an input image depicting a face of a subject; matching a first facial model to the input image; generating a displacement map representing of finer-scale details not present in the first facial model using a regression function that estimates the shape of the finer-scale details. The displacement map can be combined with the first facial model to create a second facial model that includes the finer-scale details, and the second facial model can be rendered, if desired, to create a computer-generated image of the face of the subject that includes the finer-scale details.
US09865068B2
There is provided an image processing device including a recognition unit configured to recognize a plurality of users being present in an input image captured by an imaging device, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire display information to be displayed in association with each user recognized by the recognition unit, and an output image generation unit configured to generate an output image by overlaying the display information acquired by the information acquisition unit on the input image. The output image generation unit may determine which of first display information associated with a first user and second display information associated with a second user is to be overlaid on a front side on the basis of a parameter corresponding to a distance of each user from the imaging device.
US09865064B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a division unit configured to divide each of a plurality of frame images into a plurality of regions on a screen; a motion vector detection unit configured to detect a motion vector for each of the divided regions; a separation unit configured to separate a subject vector that indicates motion of a subject from a background vector that indicates motion of a background, based on a panning speed of the apparatus that was detected by a panning detection unit and the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit; and an identification unit configured to identify a subject region by weighting the subject vector based on information regarding a distance of the subject that was detected by a distance detection unit for each of the divided regions of the plurality of frame images.
US09865063B2
Image feature extraction includes extracting an cutout image that includes an object from an original image; filling borders of the cutout image with a single color as a background to generate a minimum square image; resizing the minimum square image into a resized square image having a first predetermined size; dividing the resized square image into sub-image blocks having a second predetermined size; computing luminosity derivatives of neighboring pixels in horizontal, vertical, positive 45°, and negative 45° directions for the sub-image blocks; obtaining a quintuplet characteristic vector for the sub-image block; and forming an image characteristic vector of the original image using the quintuplet characteristic vectors of the sub-image blocks.
US09865061B2
Disclosed is a method and system for constructing a 3D structure. The system of the present disclosure comprises an image capturing unit for capturing images of an object. The system comprises of a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and an accelerometer for determining extrinsic camera parameters, wherein the extrinsic camera parameters comprise a rotation and a translation of the images. Further the system determines an internal calibration matrix once. The system uses the extrinsic camera parameters and the internal calibration matrix for determining a fundamental matrix. The system extracts features of the images for establishing point correspondences between the images. Further, the point correspondences are filtered using the fundamental matrix for generating filtered point correspondences. The filtered point correspondences are triangulated for determining 3D points representing the 3D structure. Further, the 3D structure may be optimized for eliminating reprojection errors associated with the 3D structure.
US09865053B1
The disclosure concerns a method for extracting geographic distribution statistics from patient tissue samples assayed with a tissue-based test for the purpose of scoring the patient tissue samples and guiding treatment based on the score(s). The method described herein utilizes digital image analysis of an image of one or more tissue sections to extract object-based (e.g., cells) features to generate a data array representing said tissue numerically in image analysis feature space. The numerical representation of the image of the tissue section in image analysis feature space is further processed using one or more algorithm processes to extract sophisticated geographical distribution features of one or more object type or sub-type in the tissue. Statistics describing the geographic distribution features are summarized to generate a patient-specific diagnostic score, and this score can be evaluated to guide patient treatment decisions.
US09865047B1
Systems and methods for providing improved wafer geometry measurements are disclosed. A wafer geometry measurement system may utilize techniques that enable the wafer geometry measurement system to identify and reduce wafer surface errors caused by structures such as patterns on the wafers being measured. The wafer geometry measurement system may also utilize techniques that enable the wafer geometry measurement system to accurately reconstruct patterned wafer surfaces.
US09865039B2
A restoration filter generation device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires information showing a difference that depends on a color of an optical transfer function of an optical system; and a restoration filter generation unit that generates a restoration filter, which weakens restoration strength according to the difference that depends on the color of the optical transfer function on the basis of the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and makes the restoration strength of the restoration filter weaker than the restoration strength of an ideal filter decided assuming that the difference that depends on the color of the optical transfer function does not exist. As a result, the overcorrection is reduced.
US09865033B1
The display of images, such as panoramic images, in a limited display space can be aided through the use of motion-based control, whereby a user can rotate and/or translate a computing device in order to view different portions of the image, including translating or zooming within the image. Sensors can be used to determine the motion for adjusting the display. The same or other sensors can also assist a user in capturing such an image. For example, a compass can determine the relative orientation of the device and a gyroscope can determine rotation of the device, to determine an appropriate path of motion for the capture and any deviation from that path. The user can be provided with information enabling the user to follow the path with an appropriate device orientation.
US09865029B2
Contextual rendering systems, methods, and computer-readable media include circuitry configured to parse a graphics file into a plurality of graphics objects, determine whether one or more dynamic behavior attributes are present for each graphics object, extract at least one tag name for each graphics object having the one or more dynamic behavior attributes, assign an attribute weight to each dynamic behavior attribute, compute a sum of the attribute weights for each tag name-graphics object combination, rank each of the tag name-graphics object combinations according to the respective computed sum, and display a portion of a graphics view of one or more graphics objects for a first-ranked tag name-graphics object combination in context with other graphics objects.
US09865022B2
Provided is a method for selecting one of a plurality of convergence paths that may be drilled by a bottom hole assembly (BHA) comprising identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of geometric convergence paths, wherein each of the geometric convergence paths provides a convergence solution from a defined bottom hole assembly (BHA) location to a target drilling path of a well plan. An offset distance is calculated for drilling by the BHA each of the geometric convergence paths connecting the BHA location to the target drilling path. A drill path curvature associated with drilling each of the geometric convergence paths by the BHA is determined by the computer system. A time required for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths by the BHA is determined by the computer system. An optimal geometric convergence path of the plurality of geometric convergence paths is determined responsive to the offset distance for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths, the drill path curvature associated with each of the geometric convergence paths and the time required for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths. The determined optimal geometric convergence path is fed to a controller associated with a display of a drilling rig and used to control the display of the drilling rig to display the determined optimal geometric convergence path.
US09865010B2
A technique for effecting electronic commerce using a data network is described. The data network includes a plurality of subsystems which, together, form an integrated system for receiving customer orders for selected items via a data network, fulfilling the customer orders, and delivering the ordered products to the customers. Moreover, according to a specific embodiment, the integrated nature of the system architecture of the present invention allows the on-line merchant to provide a guarantee to the customer that the ordered items will be available to be delivered to the customer at the specified delivery date, time, and location.
US09865004B1
A system and method for advertisement impression volume estimation is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes identifying a plurality of advertisement placements for an advertisement campaign based on a campaign parameter and a specified performance level for a past advertisement campaign, determining a first plurality of advertisement impressions from the plurality of advertisement placements based on a target geographic region, and estimating a second plurality of advertisement impressions from the first plurality of advertisement impressions based on a discount rate.
US09865000B1
A service provider may obtain information about a plurality of items offered for acquisition by a merchant. The service provider may identify one or more items of the plurality of items that are the same as one or more respective items included in a catalog of items associated with the service provider. The items included in the catalog of items may be available for acquisition via the service provider. Additionally, the service provider may communicate with the merchant to offer services in relation to the items included in the service provider catalog of items that match the items offered by the merchant.
US09864996B2
Systems and methods include an input interface that receives registration information including a contact number input into a mobile device of a user, a call interface that transmits a call signal to a call center system, wherein the call signal comprises the call signal contact number that placed a call associated with the call signal and a communication interface that transmits the registration information to a profile database that stores the registration information as a profile for authenticating the mobile device user and identifying information from the mobile device of the user during the call. The call center system includes a call authentication processor that retrieves the user profile, an authentication interface that receives the identifying information, and an authentication processor that compares the identifying information with the user profile, and routes the call on an authenticated call path if the identifying information at least partially matches the user profile.
US09864994B2
Devices, systems, and methods for securely converting a user's existing static payment card data into dynamic card data that can be authenticated by card issuers or by a stand-in service provider, such as a payment network or processor without requiring the card issuers to make infrastructure changes. The dynamic data can be provisioned onto a magnetic secure transmission device (MST) either directly from a card issuer or using a swiper type device. Devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed for securely provisioning a dynamic card onto the MST by the card issuer. These dynamic cards may be used to transmit modified one-time-use card track data from the MST to a point of sale using a dynamic-CVV methodology to provide higher levels of security during a transaction.
US09864993B2
A payment authentication service authenticates the identity of a payer during online transactions. The authentication service of the present invention allows a card issuer to verify a cardholder's identity using a variety of authentication methods, such as the use of passwords. Also, the only system participant requiring a certificate is the issuing financial institution. One embodiment of the invention for authenticating the identity of a cardholder during an online transaction involves querying an access control server to determine if a cardholder is enrolled in the payment authentication service, requests a password from the cardholder, verifies the password, and notifies a merchant whether the cardholder's authenticity has been verified. In another aspect of the invention, a chip card and the authentication service independently generate cryptograms that must match in order for the service to verify that the correct chip card is being used by the cardholder.
US09864990B2
A virtual payment system for paying for goods, services and content ordered over an internetwork is disclosed. The virtual payment system includes a commerce gateway. Buyers and sellers becomes registered participants by applying for virtual payment buyer and seller accounts. Once an account is established with the commerce gateway, a digital certificate is stored on the registered participant's computer. A buyer can then order a product, i.e., goods, services or content from a seller and charge it to the virtual payment account. When the product is shipped, the seller notifies the commerce gateway, which applies the charges to the buyer's virtual payment account. The buyer can settle the charges using a prepaid account, a credit account, or by using reward points earned through use of the virtual payment account. A buyer may create sub-accounts.
US09864989B2
A secure, closed virtual payment system comprising registered buyers and sellers for ordering and paying for goods, services, and content over an internetwork is disclosed. A buyer becomes registered by applying for a virtual payment account. A seller becomes registered by applying for a seller account. A credit processing component (53) immediately evaluates the buyer's application and assigns a credit limit to the account. Once an account is established, a digital certificate is stored on the registered participant's computer. The buyer can then order goods, services, or content from a seller and charge it to the virtual payment account. When the product is shipped, the seller notifies a commerce gateway component (52), which, in turn, notifies the credit processing server, which applies the charges to the buyer's virtual payment account.
US09864984B2
Methods for operating a portable electronic device to conduct a mobile payment transaction at a merchant terminal are provided. The electronic device may verify that the current user of the device is indeed the authorized owner by requiring the current user to enter a passcode. If the user is able to provide the correct passcode, the device is only partly ready to conduct a mobile payment. In order for the user to fully activate the payment function, the user may have to supply a predetermined payment activation input such as a double button press that notifies the device that the user intends to perform a financial transaction in the immediate future. The device may subsequently activate a payment applet for a predetermined period of time during which the user may hold the device within a field of the merchant terminal to complete a near field communications based mobile payment transaction.
US09864982B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for sending payment requests to one or more persons or entities based on images in which the persons or entities appear. In one example, the process may include identifying an image associated with a payment request, the identified image containing at least one recipient associated with the payment request, and wherein the payment request includes a value, analyzing the identified image to identify the at least one potential recipient of the payment request, identifying contact information associated with the at least one identified recipient of the payment request, and sending the payment request to the at least one identified recipient of the payment request via a destination associated with the identified contact information.
US09864974B2
A method of arranging a serendipitous meeting is disclosed. It is determined that a first person of an organization is within a physical proximity to a second person of the organization. A discussion topic is identified, the discussion topic being relevant to a first task pertaining to the organization and a second task pertaining to the organization, the first task being associated with the first person and the second task being associated with the second person. At least one of the first person and the second person is notified of the identifying of the discussion topic while the first person is within the physical proximity to the second person.
US09864970B2
The present disclosure is directed at systems, methods, and apparatus for precisely inventorying items placed within a user-portable container. The system may comprise one or more interrogators configured to repeatedly send interrogation signals to detect tagged items placed within the portable container by a user. The system may also comprise one or more readers configured to detect response signals produced by the tagged items in response to the repeated interrogation signals. The system may also comprise a communication interface configured to provide information regarding the detected response signals to an adjunct processor configured to analyze the signals and determine whether they originate from items within the user-portable container, as well as to maintain an inventory of items within the portable container.
US09864966B2
A business intelligence document provides functionality for testing a hypothesis on aggregated data in a business intelligence document (e.g., a spreadsheet-like document), wherein one or more of the input data values and transformation properties are designated as constrained (e.g., invariant or constrained within a range, set, enumeration, or domain). The hypothesis, which is articulated as a data mining assertion, is input through the user interface of the business intelligence document (e.g., via an expression interface or properties of a row, column, or cell) and solved over the aggregated data. The solution is then presented through the user interface of the spreadsheet-like document, such as in a table, graph, histogram, etc.
US09864964B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores job information including execution order information of a plurality of jobs. With respect to each of the plurality of jobs, the processor calculates the number of preceding jobs that hand over processed data to the job and the number of succeeding jobs that take over the processed data from the job, on the basis of the job information. The processor generates a graph that selectively displays selected jobs from the plurality of jobs on the basis of the number of preceding jobs and the number of succeeding jobs.
US09864962B1
A pick rate planning system is utilized to determine pick rates needed for the picking of items in a materials handling facility. Critical pull times (“CPTs”) are determined which indicate times by which items must be picked from inventory. Multiple pick rates that overlap in time are made to have an overall total pick rate that is relatively constant, so as to avoid spikes or other undesirable fluctuations in the overall total pick rate, which improves labor planning. Pick rates for later CPTs are designated as being for that CPT or any earlier CPTs, and all of the pick rates are designated as minimum suggested pick rates. These designations provide the picking scheduler with greater flexibility that results in higher pick density and productivity.
US09864955B2
A wearable computing device is described that predicts, based on movement detected, over time, by the wearable computing device, one or more future periods of time during which the wearable computing device will not be used. Responsive to determining that the wearable computing device is not being used at a current time, the wearable computing device determines whether the current time coincides with at least one period of time from the one or more future periods of time. Responsive to determining that the current time coincides with the at least one period of time, the wearable computing device performs an operation.
US09864951B1
Features are disclosed for identifying randomized latent feature language modeling, such as a recurrent neural network language modeling (RNNLM). Sequences of item identifiers may be provided as the language for training the language model where the item identifiers are the words of the language. To avoid localization bias, the sequences may be randomized prior to or during the training process to provide more accurate prediction models.
US09864943B2
A wireless communication device includes a wireless IC device, a multilayer substrate including a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers, a resonant circuit that is connected to the wireless IC device and that includes a capacitance element provided in the multilayer substrate and an inductance element provided outside the multilayer substrate, and a radiation conductor connected to the resonant circuit.
US09864941B2
Magnetic core made of soft magnetic material with a data medium attached to, mounted on or integrated in the magnetic core, with data in machine-readable form being stored on the data medium, the data representing at least one magnetic parameter of the magnetic core or its corresponding electrical parameter, measured at at least two different temperatures.
US09864940B2
A system that includes a three-dimensional (3D) printing device, processor and computer-readable memory a 3D barcode and prints a three-dimensional object containing information embedded in the 3D barcode by: (i) receiving information to be embedded in the 3D barcode; (ii) determining a barcode symbology, wherein the barcode symbology includes at least one symbol character in a z-dimension; (iii) generating a build sequence that will cause the 3D-printing device to print the 3D barcode that embeds the received information in the 3D barcode in accordance with the barcode symbology; and (iv) using the build sequence to print the 3D object so that each symbol character of the symbology that is to appear in the z-dimension is printed as a physical representation in the z-direction on the 3D object.
US09864937B2
Provided is an image recording apparatus, including: a recording unit recording an image on a recording sheet; a conveying unit conveying a plurality of recording sheets in an overlapping state to the recording unit; and a setting unit setting an overlapping amount so that the image is prevented from being printed on a region of a predetermined range which includes a boundary between an overlapping portion, in which a subsequent sheet and a preceding sheet overlap each other, and a non-overlapping portion, in which the subsequent sheet and the preceding sheet do not overlap each other.
US09864934B2
The optical scanning device includes a storage unit configured to store information on a scanning time of laser light and an emitted position of the laser light in a sub-scanning direction, the laser light measured on a plane. A scanning time for forming one scanning line is set based on the information on the measured scanning time and the measured emitted position, which is stored in the storage unit, and a radius of a photosensitive drum. This allows a magnification error in a main scanning direction to be reduced with an inexpensive configuration while realizing downsizing of an apparatus.
US09864927B2
A method of detecting the structural elements within a scene sensed by at least one sensor within a locale, the method comprising: a) capturing data from the sensor, which data provides a first representation of the sensed scene at the current time; b) generating a second representation of the sensed scene where the second representation is generated from a prior model of the locale; and c) comparing the first and second representations with one another to determine which parts of the first representation represent structural elements of the locale.
US09864917B1
A system, device, and method for capturing avionics data are disclosed. The avionics data capturing system could include an indicating device(s), image capturing device(s), a processing unit (PU), and a user system(s). The PU may acquire image data captured by the image capturing device(s) such as a camera sensor and/or infrared sensor, where the image data may be representative of an image of an object image(s) of a vehicle component(s) being viewed by an occupant located in the vehicle; classify the object image(s) as a function of a contextual image classification algorithm; determine a location for each classified object image as a function of the classified reference scale image(s); generate output data representative of each classified object image; and provide the output data to the user system(s). When received, a user(s) of the user system(s) may be presented with information regarding the component(s) being viewed by the occupant.
US09864916B2
In a method for triggering a driver assistance function of a subject vehicle, image data of surroundings in front of the vehicle is generated by a camera and supplied to an analyzing unit. A driver assistance function is triggered upon detection of a brake light of an other vehicle in the image data. A geometric region of the detected other vehicle is determined as exhibiting the highest pixel brightness values and the color red. The geometric region is detected as a raised brake light of the other vehicle if the geometric region is positioned essentially in the middle of the horizontal structure of the other vehicle, or at least a predetermined height above the roadway, or at least a predetermined distance below a rear window of the other vehicle.
US09864915B2
An around-view monitoring (AVM) apparatus including a camera module for obtaining a plurality of video images from around a vehicle; a display unit for displaying an around-view video image; and a control unit for composing the plurality of video images to generate an around-view video image, detecting a first parking line and a second parking line from the around-view video image, tracking the detected first and second parking lines, and generating an imaginary parking line when any one of the first and second parking lines is not tracked to control the display unit to output the around-view video image.
US09864913B2
A device for safeguarding a monitoring area in which an automatically operating machine is arranged, having a camera system for monitoring the monitoring area, a configuration unit for defining at least one protection area within the monitoring area, and an analysis unit for triggering a safety-related function. The camera system supplies camera images of the protection area and the analysis unit analyzes whether a foreign object is present in the protection area or penetrates into the protection area. The analysis unit is configured to classify a foreign object, which is present in the protection area or penetrates into the protection area, by analysis of the camera images, to determine on the basis of one or more features characteristic of welding sparks whether the foreign object is a welding spark. The analysis unit triggers the safety-related function if the foreign object has not been recognized as a welding spark.
US09864910B2
A head mounted device (HMD) includes a transparent display, sensors to generate sensor data, and a processor. The processor identifies a threat condition based on a threat pattern and the sensor data, and generates a warning notification in response to the identified threat condition. The threat pattern includes preconfigured thresholds for the sensor data. The HMD displays AR content comprising the warning notification in the transparent display.
US09864908B2
A slow change detection system includes: an image acquisition unit adapted to acquire a photographed image including consecutive images of a monitored object; a reference image acquisition unit adapted to acquire a reference image corresponding to the photographed image of the monitored object; a reference image area extraction unit adapted to extract, from the reference image, a reference image area that is an area corresponding to a photographed area of the photographed image; a change detection unit adapted to acquire a change area that is an area of the photographed image which is different from the reference image area and acquire a slow change area by excluding, from the acquired change area, a sudden change area derived from a history of the change area; and a display control unit adapted to superimpose and display information indicating the slow change area on the photographed image.
US09864893B2
The present invention relates to an optical fingerprint sensor which can comprise: a backlight unit for irradiating light; an uneven surface layer onto which the light from the backlight unit is irradiated; and a photosensor unit arranged between the backlight unit and the uneven surface layer so as to detect the light irradiated from the backlight unit and reflected from a user's fingerprint coming into contact with the uneven surface layer.
US09864892B2
Decoding or encoding information in a two-dimensional barcode, the barcode comprising an orientation pattern and a payload data pattern both being compiled of first and second type elements. The decoding or encoding involves a two-dimensional transformation applying at least to the payload data pattern in connection with second information that forms together with first information the information encoded in the two-dimensional barcode.
US09864864B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for facilitating communication in an industrial control network. A system includes an industrial control network, one or more controller devices, one or more emulators, and an encryption relay processor. Each controller device can be operable to control one or more operational devices connected to the industrial control network. Each emulator can be configured to communicate with a respective controller device, and each emulator can be configured to reference a respective profile that includes information about security capabilities of the respective controller device. The encryption relay processor can be operable to facilitate communication to and from each emulator over the industrial control network. The encryption relay processor can execute a cryptographic function for a communication between the emulator and a node on the industrial control network when the respective controller device is incapable of performing the cryptographic function.
US09864861B2
A system is disclosed and includes a processor to automatically execute enclave initialization code within a host application at run time of the host application. The enclave initialization code includes marshaling code to create a secure enclave separate from the host application. The marshaling code is generated at build time of the host application. The system also includes a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) including a dedicated DRAM portion to store the secure enclave. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09864859B2
Technologies for bootstrapping virtual network functions in a network functions virtualization (NFV) network architecture include a virtual network function (VNF) bootstrap service (VBS) in secure network communication with a VBS agent of a VNF instance. The VBS agent is configured to execute a secure VNF bootstrap capture protocol in the NFV network architecture. Accordingly, the VBS agent can be configured to register with the VBS via secure communications transmitted between the VBS and the VBS agent. The secure communications include transmitting a security quote from a TEE of a platform on which the VNF instance is instantiated and a security credential request to the VBS, as well as receiving a security credential in response to validating the security quote and the security credential request. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09864858B2
Technologies for managing security threats on a computing system include detecting a security threat to the computing system, determining a plurality of mitigation scenarios to employ on the computing system to mitigate the security threat, and implementing the plurality of mitigation scenarios. Each mitigation scenario includes one or more threat mitigation actions to be taken by the computing system, one or more response systems of the computing system to perform the threat mitigation actions, and a temporal sequence in which the threat mitigation actions are to be taken. The results of each mitigation scenario is evaluated and a validated mitigation scenario is determined based on the results. A user of the computing device may be subsequently trained or habituated to mitigate the security threat by requesting interaction from the user during the implementation of the validated mitigation scenario in response to a threat scenario designed to replicate the security threat.
US09864856B2
A data communication system comprises a Network Interface Card (NIC), Central Processing Unit (CPU), and Data Memory Buffer (DMB) to efficiently verify hardware-trust. The NIC, CPU, and DMB execute boot-up software, and in response, the NIC, CPU, and DMB execute hardware-trust software to assert control over their Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The NIC, CPU, and DMB receive and hash hardware-trust data with their physically-embedded hardware-trust codes to generate hardware-trust results. The NIC, CPU, and DMB transfer their hardware-trust results for hardware-trust validation. The CPU may execute Network Function Virtualization Virtual Network Functions (NFV VNFs) for Software Defined Networks (SDNs).
US09864850B2
A method of relicensing digital encrypted radio media content transmitted via a network and received by a user electronic device includes receiving a request to relicense an encrypted digital media data file included within digital encrypted radio media content. The encrypted digital media data file is retrieved from the digital encrypted radio media content stored in a memory of the user electronic device. The encrypted digital media data file is decrypted using a radio encryption key to generate an unbound digital media data file. The unbound digital media data file is bound with the user electronic device to generate, a bound encrypted digital media data file. The bound encrypted digital media data file is stored in the memory of the user electronic device.
US09864849B2
Techniques related to view-based expiration of shared content are described. An online content management system receives a view access request from a client device. The view access request includes a shared link to a server-stored content item. A view access counter associated with the shared link is used to determine that the view access request is authorized. The shared link is resolved to the server-stored content item, and at least a portion of the server-stored content item is sent to the client device. Optionally, instructions that cause the client device to send an acknowledgement can also be sent to the client device. The acknowledgement indicates that one or more presentation conditions have been satisfied. The one or more presentation conditions can include presenting at least the portion of the server-stored content item at the client device. The online content management system receives the acknowledgement and increments the view access counter.
US09864848B2
A method and apparatus for updating a media list or a media list collection of a portable media player device is disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the updates are generated by a proxy or a third party server, based at least in part on data gathered for media preferences for a user of the portable media play device and one or more other users of one or more portable media player devices. In various embodiments, the method is practiced respecting the access rights of the media files (if access rights are required). Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US09864847B2
The invention provides an improved method to predict the solubility of a drug or other molecule in a solid polymer or other matrix at any temperature. The instant invention provides a method to determine the difference in specific enthalpy, specific entropy and specific Gibbs energy between a solid solution and the unmixed components, as well as a method to use those data to predict the solubility of a drug or other molecule in a solid polymer or other matrix. The method uses known thermodynamics equations and thermal analysis data, such as obtained from DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) at temperatures that are lower than the temperature at which the solubility is predicted. The method allows prediction of the drug-in-polymer solubilities without the use of elevated temperatures, but still avoids impractically long experiments. The instant invention can predict the solubility at many temperatures, but is particularly useful in the pharmaceutical sciences to predict the solubility of a drug in a polymer at typical storage temperatures, which are typically near room temperature or below.
US09864845B2
A simulation method for a macromolecular material comprises: a first calculation process for computing a Rouse parameter of a coarse-grained model; a second calculation process for computing a Rouse parameter of the a all-atom model; and a convert process for converting a unit system employed in a molecular dynamics calculation made by the use of the coarse-grained model into a unit system employed in the macromolecular chain, based on the Rouse parameter of the coarse-grained model and the Rouse parameter of the all-atom model.
US09864844B2
Systems and methods may provide for obtaining first wearable sensor data associated with a first fitness session and first fitness equipment and obtaining second wearable sensor data associated with a second fitness session and second fitness equipment. Additionally, an effort normalization may be conducted between one or more settings of the second fitness equipment and one or more settings of the first fitness equipment based on the first wearable sensor data and the second wearable sensor data. In one example, a user prompt is generated during the second fitness session via a user interface of one or more of the second fitness equipment or a wearable device based on the normalization.
US09864834B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for classifying high-resolution melt (“HRM”) curves, and, more specifically, to a method and system for classifying HRM curves by genotype where the curves are represented by a mathematical function with varying coefficient values.
US09864823B2
A cleansing system for improving operation of a petrochemical plant or refinery. The petrochemical plant or refinery may include a fractionation column, a condenser, and a pump. Equipment, such as condensers, receivers, reboilers, feed exchangerss, and pumps may be divided into subsections. Temperatures, pressures, flows, and other plant operations may be used for optimizing plant performance. A cleansing unit performs an enhanced cleansing process, which may allow early detection and diagnosis of the plant operating conditions based on one or more environmental factors.
US09864821B2
Downhole drilling tools designed and manufactured to reduce bit axial force and torque and to enhance drilling efficiency comprising laying out some cutters in one spiral direction of rotation about a bit rotational axis and other cutters in an opposite spiral direction of rotation; evaluating forces acting on cutters during simulated engagement with a downhole formation (straight and transitional drilling); and modifying cutter layout with respect to a spiral direction of rotation. Some embodiments further comprise, prior to simulation, placing cutters in cutter groups/sets at respective locations to obtain a level of force balance. Multilevel force balanced downhole drilling tools may be designed using five respective simulations: cutter group level, neighbor cutter group level, cutter set level, group of N (N=3 or N=4) consecutive cutters level and all cutters level. Cutter layout procedures and algorithms to minimize respective bit forces and in some embodiments to obtain force balance are described.
US09864820B2
Generator dynamic model parameter estimation and tuning using online data and subspace state space models are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a sensor, a data acquisition network in communication with the sensor; a user console and an identification and tuning engine in communication with the data acquisition network, the user console, and a database. The database comprises one or more generator models, and the identification and tuning engine identifies and tunes parameters associated with a selected generator model.
US09864819B2
A three-dimensional (3D) model file, and a method and apparatus for providing the 3D model file are provided. The method may include generating a 3D model file comprising a first field defining information associated with a printing material of a 3D model to perform 3D printing, and providing the 3D model file.
US09864815B2
Certain examples provide systems and methods to determine client compatibility. An example method includes receiving a request at an image viewer from a client browser for display of medical image data. The example method includes providing a temporary view to the client browser in response to the request. The example method includes determining client compatibility with the viewer and an associated server in the background at a client device executing the client browser while the temporary view is displayed at the client browser. The example method includes requesting the image data from the server based on the client compatibility determination. The example method includes rendering the image data and providing to the client browser based on the client compatibility determination, the rendering and presentation of the image data modified to enable or disable capability of at least one of the viewer and the server based on the client compatibility determination.
US09864814B2
Systems and methods are provided methods for providing an online interface for displaying hierarchically or logically arranged user-generated content. One method including receiving, from a first user over a network, topical user-generated electronic content, the topical user-generated electronic content being related to a topic of a web page; displaying the topical user-generated electronic content received from the first user on the web page; receiving, from a second user over the network, responsive user-generated electronic content and an indication of a desire to post the responsive user-generated electronic content on the web page in association with the topical user-generated electronic content; and displaying, adjacent to the topical user-generated electronic content on the web page, a user element or link that a third user can manipulate to display the responsive user-generated electronic content adjacent to the topical user-generated electronic content.
US09864807B2
A computer determines social media influencers in a specific topic by receiving a dataset of information associated with a website, the information including a first list of users of the website and a list of content that each user posts on the website, wherein each user is associated with other users from the first list of users. The computer determines initial values representing variables of the dataset of information on the website, wherein the variables include one or more topics for the list of content that each user from the first list of users posts on the website. The computer performs an iteration of Gibbs Sampling utilizing the initial values. The computer determines the one or more new values representing variables of the dataset represent a distribution of the one or more topics for the list of content that each user from the first list of users posts.
US09864806B2
Particular embodiments access a search query submitted by a first user of a social-networking system; identify one or more web pages in response to the search query; for each of the one or more web pages, determine a value indicating a number of user clicks associated with the web page by one or more second users of the social-networking system who are connected to the first user within the social-networking system; and send a set of hyperlinks for the one or more web pages, wherein hyperlinks for web pages where the value is greater than zero are visually emphasized over other hyperlinks.
US09864805B2
A search engine system, including a slashtag server configured to detect at least a search operator in a search query, the search operator being associated with a category of content from a social network site. Also, a web server configured to, in response to detecting the search query, generate a first search result based on at least the category of content associated with the search operator, and display the first search result in a web browser.
US09864804B2
Disclosed herein is use of a preview of content from a target document, as provided by a content preview source such as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed, by a search engine. The content preview source includes the preview of the target document's content and a reference, e.g., a Universal Resource Locator (URL) or other link. A content preview document is generated using data extracted from the content preview source. The content preview document is made available in a searchable index used by a search engine to respond to a search query. A fetch operation is scheduled to fetch the target document using the reference provided in the content preview source. Once fetched, the data extracted from the content preview source can be associated with the target document, and can be used in presenting the target document in search results.
US09864802B2
Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method for rules-based knowledge-driven search filters includes receiving metadata for a plurality of searchable objects, the metadata including at least one of an object type definition and object properties. The method includes defining search filter rules based on user properties and data conditions. The method includes performing a search according to a rule-based configuration, the rule-based configuration including filters for object properties and filter ordering rules. The method includes displaying search results according to the rule-based configuration.
US09864799B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for automatically generating a display to present different terms. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to identify a first and a second user using applications in a software as a service (SaaS) environment and store, for the first and the second user, a first term associated with the first user and a second term associated with the second user in the SaaS environment. Responsive to identifying the first term associated with the first user and the second term associated with the second user have functionally equivalent definitions, embodiments of the present invention can replace the second term associated with the second user with the first term associated with the first user and generate a display for the first term associated with the first user that replaced the second term associated with the second user.
US09864798B2
A view generator receives support text characterizing a support requirement for available information technology (IT) support, the support text being received in sentence form via a graphical user interface (GUI). A text analyzer performs natural language processing on the support text and thereby identifies at least one sentence part and at least one named entity within the support text. A support record generator relates each of the at least one sentence part and the at least one named entity to a support record type, and generates a support data record for the support requirement, including filling individual fields of the support data record using the at least one sentence part and the at least one named entity.
US09864797B2
A system, method and graphical user interface (GUI) for creating a new correlation search based on a set of displayed graph lanes. The graph lanes may provide graphical visualizations of key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with one or more services and may assist a user in identifying a situation (e.g., problem or a pattern of interest) in the performance of the services. A user may adjust (e.g., add graph lanes, zooming-in) the graph lanes in order to display the situation, at which point the user may submit a request to create a new correlation search to detect if the situation reoccurs. The system may generate the new correlation search by iterating through the set of graph lanes and analyzing the fluctuations of each KPI to determine triggering criteria. The system may then run the correlation search and generate a notable event or alarm when the situation reoccurs.
US09864794B2
A method, system and computer-readable medium for performing hybrid processing of prescribed and dynamically defined attributes for one or more entity instances is provided in one or more implementations of the present invention. The inventive architecture of the present invention including a data structure having a dynamic object abstraction layer configured to: provide for storage and retrieval of facet data independent of one or more prescribed database structures and proprietary object definitions; provide facet attributes in an application object model; provide for defining a number of fixed fields for one or more entities; and, provide for defining and storing one or more dynamic fields for each instance of the one or more entities. The present invention further provides for an application object model being independent of application storage.
US09864792B1
A method includes importing legacy data from a legacy application into a new system by storing the legacy data in a database separate from data native to the new system; displaying, to a user via a display screen, an interface configured to allow a user to view both legacy data and data native to the new system; displaying, to the user via a display screen, an interface including information of the legacy data that is associated with a particular patient account, one or more interface elements configured to allow the user to perform limited actions with respect to the particular patient account associated with the information, and a user interface element configured to allow a user to selectively activate the patient account.
US09864781B1
A computer-perceptible search input, whether typed, spoken, based upon machine vision, detection and/or interpretation of gestures, for example, may be received by a computing device from a single user. The received input by the single user may be matched with one or more stored digital items based upon prior inputs by the single user that previously led the single user to access the digital item(s). That is, it may be determined whether the received input is the same or similar to a previous input or inputs that led the computing device to search for, select and present digital items that were subsequently accessed (e.g., opened) by the user, which action signifies a successful search.
US09864779B2
A controller analyzes a tuple in an operator graph. The controller determines that the tuple includes one or more selected characteristics. These characteristics signify preferred data. The controller determines operations of the operator graph which can be suppressed. The controller suppresses the one or more operations. The controller suppresses those operations in response to the tuple including one or more of the selected characteristics.
US09864777B2
To provide efficient table partitioning, a database is described for distributively locating a plurality of sub-tables resulting from partitioning of a table in a database. This includes an acquiring section that monitors access occurrences to each of the sub-tables to acquire a history of access occurrences. Also a deciding section decides a table storage area in which a sub-table is to be located, based on the history of access occurrences to each of the sub-tables.
US09864775B2
A user interface is presented that is configured for receiving a user search criteria and search filter limit for a search request. An indicator is presented. Presenting the indicator includes changing appearance of the indicator to indicate increasing strength of the search request.
US09864773B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for object-based commands with data integrity identifiers. In an embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a data storage device configured to store data as objects, each object including a data field with a variable size to store user data, and to receive a command including an operation directed to an object and a data integrity identifier to perform the operation based on a hash value of the user data. Commands may be directed towards put, get, or delete operations, among others.
US09864772B2
Methods, systems and program products for log-shipping data replication from a primary system to a communicatively-coupled standby system. Embodiments of the invention may receive transactional log data at a standby system, from the primary system, and before the transactional log data is written to storage on the primary system. Embodiments may then receive a notification from the primary system indicating that the corresponding log data was written to storage on the primary system, and responsive to receiving the notification, may process the received transactional log data.
US09864771B2
The invention relates to a method of synchronizing a plurality of clients accessing a database, each client executing a plurality of tasks on the database, wherein the method comprises for each of the clients the steps of accumulating the time of one or more tasks performed by the client after the issuance of a synchronization request and rejecting a request for the opening of a new task of the client, if the accumulated task time exceeds a maximum accumulated task time.
US09864763B2
In an example, data from a source location is merged into a target location containing existing data, in which both the source location and the target location contain tuples of data. For each tuple in the source location, during a single operation, a determination is made as to whether there is a matched tuple in the target location that satisfies a predetermined condition. For each matched tuple that satisfies the predetermined condition, the matched tuple in the target location is updated with a count value that is equal to a count of the matched tuple in the source location and the target location. In addition, for each tuple that does not have a matched tuple that satisfies the predetermined condition, the unmatched tuple is inserted into the target location.
US09864752B2
A policy language for an information management system has a three-layer structure that allows specifying one or more policies using policy abstractions. The policies and policy abstractions are in two different layers and decoupled from one another, so policies and policy abstractions may be specified and altered separately from each other. A third layer includes entity objects. A policy may refer to any number of policy abstractions. Multiple policies may reference a single policy abstraction, and a change to that policy abstraction will result in multiple policies being changed. Further, policy abstractions may be nested, so one policy abstraction may reference another policy abstraction, and so forth.
US09864744B2
Technology is disclosed for mining training data to create machine translation engines. Training data can be mined as translation pairs from single content items that contain multiple languages; multiple content items in different languages that are related to the same or similar target; or multiple content items that are generated by the same author in different languages. Locating content items can include identifying potential sources of translation pairs that fall into these categories and applying filtering techniques to quickly gather those that are good candidates for being actual translation pairs. When actual translation pairs are located, they can be used to retrain a machine translation engine as in-domain for social media content items.
US09864734B2
An approach for creating a clickable link within a presentation during a live collaborative web meeting is provided. The approach identifies one or more uniform resource locators within the presentation. The approach retrieves metadata for each of the one or more uniform resource locators within the presentation. The approach presents the metadata for each of the one or more uniform resource locators with a corresponding image from the presentation. The approach creates the clickable link for each of the one or more uniform resource locators with the corresponding image.
US09864724B2
A method for serial data transfer in a bus system having at least two bus subscribers that exchange messages via the bus, the transmitted messages having a CAN standard ISO 11898-1 structure, where for a first marker (EDL), the control field of the messages, divergently from ISO 11898-1, encompasses more than 6 bits, and for the EDL, the data field of the messages, divergently from ISO 11898-1, may encompass more than 8 bytes, the values of the 4 bits of the data length code being interpreted divergently from ISO 11898-1 to establish the data field size, and for a second marker (BRS), the bit length for at least one predefined or predefinable region within the message assumes a value that is shortened as to the bit length used before the second marker was present, the region beginning at the earliest with the second marker and ending at the latest with the CRC delimiter, and the BRS occurring only when the EDL is present, and occurring in the control field of the messages which encompasses more than 6 bits.
US09864721B2
For simplified projection of a cascaded fieldbus system which includes a first fieldbus with a plurality of first bus devices, a second fieldbus subordinate to the first fieldbus with a plurality of second bus devices and a third fieldbus subordinate to the second fieldbus with a plurality of third bus devices, an example embodiment of the invention provides that the second fieldbus is connected to the first fieldbus via a fieldbus access node device, and therefore bus devices of the second fieldbus are presented as virtual modules of the first fieldbus, and that a connection device, via which the third fieldbus is connected to the second fieldbus, is presented as a virtual fieldbus access node module of the first fieldbus, and therefore the remaining bus devices of the third fieldbus are presented as virtual modules of the first fieldbus.
US09864720B2
A data processing circuit includes a delay circuit configured to delay a data signal and generate delayed data signals each having a different delay; and an output control circuit configured to output a first data signal among the delayed data signals as a data signal sampled at a first edge of a sampling clock signal, and output a second data signal among the delayed data signals as a data signal sampled at a second edge of the sampling clock signal.
US09864717B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device that includes a lower device configured to process local input/output communications between the electronic device and a host, wherein the lower device is stateless. The electronic device also includes a memory comprising a data flow identifier used to associate a data flow resource of the host with a data flow resource corresponding to the lower device. A data packet sent from the lower device to the host includes the data flow identifier.
US09864715B2
The invention relates to a bus system for transmitting data between data processing units in a network, by means of a bus that consists of two signal lines. The signals at said bus are analog signals which lie within a plurality of non-overlapping frequency bands assigned to the individual data processing units, and these data processing units use a digital communication protocol to communicate with a signal processor unit that comprises a polyphase filter bank, a D/A Converter and a bus-coupling unit being connected downstream of said bank in order to couple the data signal into the bus in a galvanically-isolated manner. The proposed bus system has a simple design with regard to cabling, allows the use of a Standard communication protocol such as Ethernet for the data processing units, and additionally allows data to be transmitted between all network subscribers simultaneously and without restriction.
US09864712B2
A method for communicating data in a processing architecture comprising a plurality of interconnected IP blocks. Transmitting IP blocks may transmit messages to a shared receive queue for a first IP block. Receipt of the messages at the shared receive queue may be controlled based on receive credits allocated to each transmitting IP block. The allocation of receive credits for each transmitting IP block may dynamically managed such that the allocation of receive credits may be dynamically adjusted for each transmitting IP block based at least in part on message traffic associated with each transmitting IP block and/or a priority associated with each transmitting IP block.
US09864709B2
Techniques described herein are generally related to data transfer in multi-core processor devices. A core of a multi-core processor device may be configured to receive a request for a data block, which may be stored in a private cache of the core. The data block in the private cache may be evaluated by a coherence module of the core to determine when the data block is in a ready state. A program slice associated with the data block may be identified by the coherence module when the data block is determined to be in an unavailable state and the identified program slice may be executed by the core to update the data block from the unavailable state to the ready state. The data block may be sent to an interconnect network in response to the received request when the stored data block is determined to be in the ready state.
US09864702B2
Techniques to prelink software to improve memory de-duplication in a virtual system are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a memory unit coupled to the processor circuit to store private memory pages for multiple virtual machines, and a dynamic linker application operative on the processor circuit to link a binary version of a software program with associated program modules at run-time of the binary version on a virtual machine. The dynamic linker application may comprise a master prelink component operative on the processor circuit to relocate a first set of program modules for a first binary version of the software program for a first virtual machine using a first set of virtual memory addresses from a first private memory page allocated to the first virtual machine, and store relocation information for the first set of program modules in a global prelink layout map for use by a second virtual machine. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09864698B2
A method, system, and computer program product for resolving cache lookup of large pages with variable granularity are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A number of unused bits in an available number of bits is identified. The available number of bits is configured to address a page of data in memory, wherein the page exceeding a threshold size, and the page comprising a set of parts. The unused bits are mapped to the plurality of parts such that a value of the unused bits corresponds to existence of a subset of the set of parts in a memory. A virtual address is translated to a physical address of a requested part in the set of parts. A determination is made, using the unused bits, whether the requested part exists in the memory.
US09864695B2
A method and controller for implementing storage adapter enhanced write cache management, and a design structure on which the subject controller circuit resides are provided. The controller includes a hardware write cache engine implementing hardware acceleration for storage write cache management. The hardware write cache engine monitors cache levels used for managing cache destage rates and thresholds for destages from storage write cache substantially without using firmware for greatly enhancing performance.
US09864688B1
Described are techniques for processing data. A notification is sent from an application to a cache manager to invalidate any cache location storing data for a first logical address. Responsive to receiving the notification, first processing is performed by the cache manager comprising determining whether data for the first logical address is stored in a cache location; and if it is determined that data for the first logical address is stored in the cache location, designating the cache location as any of free and available for reuse. The foregoing processing for invalidation may also be performed to invalidate a set of cache locations for data from multiple logical addresses.
US09864687B2
An application processor is provided. The application processor includes a cache coherent interconnect, a first master device connected to the cache coherent interconnect, a second master device, and a master-side filter connected between the cache coherent interconnect and the second master device. The master-side filter receives a snoop request from the first master device through the cache coherent interconnect, compares a second security attribute of the second master device with a first security attribute of the first master device which is included in the snoop request, and determines whether to transmit an address included in the snoop request to the second master device according to a comparison result.
US09864683B1
A technique for managing a cache in a data storage system includes creating metadata that associates cache pages with respective data objects and storing the metadata in a location accessible to a manager of the cache. Upon a failure in the cache, the cache manager checks the metadata to identify any data objects for which the cache stores dirty pages. The cache manager then coordinates with other system resources to take the identified data objects offline.
US09864679B2
The method includes identifying a test report log for a regression test. The method further includes identifying one or more errors in the identified test report log. The method further includes determining a severity category for the one or more identified errors in the identified test report log. The method further includes determining a severity category for the identified test report log based on the determined severity category for the one or more identified errors in the identified test report log.
US09864673B2
An information handling system for resolving integrated business process system errors includes a processor executing instructions to scrub an error message for an integrated business process system error from an integrated business process event to remove user specific information. The information handling system further includes a processor interface device for transmitting a search request to a multi-user community scrubbed system error database at a storage device for scrubbed resolution articles using the scrubbed error message. The information handling system includes the processor interface device sending the scrubbed resolution articles in a rank-order to display, via an error resolution graphical user interface.
US09864667B2
Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for flexible and/or dynamic frequency-related telemetry are described. In an embodiment, logic, coupled to a processor, communicates information to a module. The communicated information includes a duration counter value corresponding to a duration in which an operating characteristic of the processor is controlled. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US09864665B2
Examples of systems, devices, and methods related to assets and asset operating conditions involve determining health metrics that estimate the operating health of an asset or a part thereof, analyzing health metrics to determine variables that are associated with high health metrics, and modifying the handling of operating conditions that normally result in triggering of abnormal-condition indicators, among other examples.
US09864663B2
A storage controller failover system includes servers, storage controllers coupled to storage subsystems, and a switching system coupling the servers to the storage controllers. A storage controller configurations and storage controller caches for each of the storage controllers are stored in one or more database. A failure is detected of a first storage controller that has provided first storage communications along a first path between a first server and a first storage subsystem and, in response, a second storage controller that is configured to take over the first storage communications from the first storage controller is determined based on its second storage controller configuration. A first storage controller cache for the first storage controller is provided to the second storage controller, and the second storage controller is caused to provide the first storage communications along a second path between the first server and the first storage subsystem.
US09864658B1
A method for automation of deduplication storage capacity sizing and trending analysis is provided. The method includes collecting all file system directories of at least one system for which a deduplication backup storage capacity for files in the all file system directories is to be determined. The method includes determining file counts, file sizes and file types of the files in the all file system directories and obtaining a deduplication ratio of each of the file types. The method includes deriving the deduplication backup storage capacity from the file counts, the file sizes and the file types of the files in the all file system directories, based on the deduplication ratio of each of the file types.
US09864656B1
Files from a master file table are identified. A key/value database based on the identified files is generated where the key includes directory information and the value includes file metadata. The key/value database is stored in a storage device. Identifying files from a master file table includes parsing a VMDK to isolate a master file table region.
US09864655B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for providing testing as a service. A loading computing device can receive a request to restore a testing computing device to a known software configuration. The loading computing device, after receiving the request to restore the testing computing device, can restore the testing computing device by at least: obtaining a software image storing the known software configuration, where the software image includes security-context data having security contexts associated with the plurality of software components, and where a particular security context can have an identity, a role, and a domain or type; storing at least part of the obtained software image onto the testing computing device, and after storing at least part of the obtained software image onto the testing computing device, setting security contexts for the obtained software image stored on the testing computing device using the security-context data.
US09864653B2
Mirrored memory scrubbing is optimized to reduce system power consumption and increase system performance. A memory scrub operation scrubs a first portion of the mirrored memory to detect and correct soft errors. The scrub rate of a second portion of the mirrored memory is eliminated, minimized, or reduced, relative to the scrub rate of the first portion. The reduced scrub operation preserves power consumed in association with scrubbing the second portion.
