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| US09468136B2 |
Low void solder joint for multiple reflow applications
Methods and apparatus are provided for attaching a heat spreader to a die and includes disposing a solder thermal interface material between a first surface of a die and a first surface of a heat spreader without disposing a liquid flux between the die and the heat spreader to form an assembly, wherein at least one of the first surface of the die and a first surface of the heat spreader have disposed thereon a metallization structure comprising a transition layer and a sacrificial metallization layer, the sacrificial metallization layer disposed as an outer layer to the metallization structure adjacent the solder thermal interface material; and heating the assembly to melt the thermal interface and attach the die to the heat spreader. |
| US09468134B2 |
Soft magnetic powder, method of manufacturing the same, noise suppression sheet using the same, and method of manufacturing the same
In order to provide a noise suppression sheet whose imaginary part magnetic permeability μ″, representing a magnetic loss component, is large at a GHz-band frequency, thus having an excellent noise suppression effect, the noise suppression sheet comprises a flat magnetic powder having a saturation magnetostriction of 12.0×10−6 or more and 38.0×10−6 or less and an organic binder. |
| US09468132B2 |
Heat-receiving device, cooling device, and electronic device
A heat-receiving device includes: a plurality of heat receivers into which a refrigerant flows; a series path that comprises a connection path connecting adjacent heat receivers among the plurality of heat receivers, that connects the plurality of heat receivers in series, and into which the refrigerant flows; a bypass path that is not connected to the plurality of heat receivers, and into which the refrigerant flows; a branch path that connects the connection path and the bypass path, and into which the refrigerant flows; and a throttle valve that is provided in the connection path on an upstream side with respect to a connection point of the connection path and the branch path, and that reduces a flow rate at which the refrigerant flows into the connection path as a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the connection path decreases. |
| US09468131B2 |
Monolithic multi-module electronics chassis with multi-planar embedded fluid cooling channels
A cooling system for cooling a heat source includes a monolithic structure having a plurality of embedded cooling channels arranged in a multi-planar arrangement, the embedded cooling channels configured to carry a cooling fluid to a plurality of locations throughout the monolithic structure, the cooling fluid configured to absorb heat transferred from a heat source associated with the monolithic structure. The monolithic structure is formed integrally with the embedded cooling channels using an additive manufacturing process. |
| US09468129B1 |
Storage unit and electronic device having the same
A storage unit, in which a hard disk drive is disposed and detachably installed inside a casing including side walls standing on the tray, a tray and a circuit board disposed on the tray and including a connector, includes a carrier including a frame set. The frame set includes a main frame and a first side frame and a second side frame that are opposite to each other. The first and second side frames are located on the main frame to extend outward to form a first accommodation space. The first and second side frame each includes a positioning portion and a positioning pin each extending towards the first accommodation space. The main frame further includes a stopping portion. The second side frame of the frame set has a free end away from the main frame and the free end is flexible. |
| US09468128B2 |
Server and casing thereof
A casing includes a shell, at least one carrier tray, at least one slide rail assembly and a buffering component. The shell has an accommodating space and an opening corresponding to the accommodating space. The carrier tray is located in the accommodating space. The slide rail assembly includes an outer rail fixed to the shell, a middle rail, and an inner rail. The carrier tray is fixed to the inner rail, such that the carrier tray is slidably assembled with the shell through the slide rail assembly, thereby being extracted outward from the opening or entering the accommodating space through the opening. The buffering component is assembled with the shell, penetrates through the shell and the outer rail, and is pressed against the middle rail. When the middle rail slides relative to the outer rail, the slide rail assembly is buffered by the buffering component. |
| US09468125B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes an enclosure and a first bracket coupling in the enclosure. The enclosure includes two opposite side walls. The first bracket includes a first shell for mounting a number of hard disk drives and a resilient first latching member. The first shell includes two opposite side plates. Two distal ends of the side plates are rotatably coupled to the side walls of the enclosure. The first latching member is mounted to the distal end of one of the side plate. The first latching member includes a positioning portion abutting against an inner surface of the corresponding side wall, to deform the first latching member. |
| US09468118B1 |
Reinforced structural composite
A foam layer may be reinforced by applying a primer layer prior to application of a metal or other absorbent layer. The primer layer seals the foam layer so that the foam layer does not absorb portions of the metal layer in a manner that may significantly increase the weight of the foam layer. Thus the foam layer may be reinforced by metal layers while maintaining its low weight properties. The reinforced foam layer may be used to create a component for an electronic device. |
| US09468117B2 |
Memory device having heterogeneous terminals
A memory device having heterogeneous terminals easily connects the memory device to a computer or a portable terminal without a specific gender. When a memory unit is connected to a computer, the memory unit slides out of the body and the first terminal of the memory unit is inserted into a USB connector of the computer, and when the memory unit is connected to a portable terminal, the connection unit slides out of the body and the second terminal of the connection unit is inserted in a mini-USB connector of the portable terminal, so it is possible to easily connect the memory unit to the portable terminal without a specific gender. |
| US09468109B2 |
Method for fabricating wiring board
A core material is prepared, wherein the core material has an insulating layer, and a conductor pattern provided on a surface of the insulating layer. One or more prepreg materials are prepared. Each prepreg material includes a glass cloth, and first and second resin layers which are formed from a semi-cured resin with which the glass cloth is impregnated, and cover the opposite surfaces of the glass cloth, respectively. A laminated body is formed by placing the one or more prepreg materials on one another, such that one prepreg material out of the one or more prepreg materials is provided on the surface of the insulating layer of the core material to cover the conductor pattern. The laminated body is heated and pressed. The glass cloth has an opening ratio ranging from 3% to 15%. The thickness t of the first and second resin layers, the ratio a (%) of the area of the conductor pattern to the area of the surface of the insulating layer in the core material, the thickness T of the conductor pattern, and the number n of the one or more prepreg materials satisfy the relationships: T≧100 (μm): and t<(1−a/100)·T<2·n·t. |
| US09468107B2 |
Interdigitated chip capacitor assembly
A method of registering terminals on an interdigitated chip capacitor (“IDC”) with a plurality of contact pads on a substrate. At least one vertically extending nonconductive abutment surface is formed between adjacent ones of the contact pads. A plurality of grooves projecting outwardly from said a central recess is formed on the substrate top portion. At least one sidewall portion of the IDC is urged into abutting engagement with the at least one abutment surface on the substrate. Another method prevent solder from causing short circuits between adjacent terminals. A plurality of grooves extending laterally outwardly from a central recessed portion are formed. The plurality of grooves defining a plurality of inwardly projecting fingers. A plurality of contact pads on are formed on a respective plurality of fingers. A solder bead is formed on at least some of the plurality of contact pads. The at least one solder bead is isolated from adjacent solder beads and adjacent terminals. |
| US09468102B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including panel bumps, a flexible circuit film connected to the display panel and including a chip, and panel bonding leads connecting the display panel to the chip. The panel bumps include first panel bumps arranged along a first row, and second panel bumps arranged along a second row which is spaced apart from the first row toward the chip. Each second panel bump is disposed between two adjacent first panel bumps when viewed from a column direction perpendicular to a row direction. The panel bonding leads includes first panel bonding leads connected to the first panel bumps and second panel bonding leads connected to the second panel bumps. Each first panel bonding lead includes a first portion having a first thickness, and a second portion adjacent to the second panel bump having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. |
| US09468096B2 |
Epoxy resin composition, and printed circuit board using same
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an epoxy resin composition comprises an epoxy compound, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes boron nitride (BN). |
| US09468095B1 |
Manufacturing method of multilayer wiring and multilayer wiring structure
A manufacturing method of multilayer wiring is provided, wherein a multilayer wiring structure including a wiring layer and a conductive via is formed on a substrate. The wiring layer is formed by forming a patterned colloidal layer having a first catalyzer on the substrate, activating the first catalyzer, and forming a conductive layer on a surface of the patterned colloidal layer. The conductive via is formed by forming an insulation colloidal layer containing a second catalyzer on the substrate and the conductive layer and forming at least one opening in the colloidal insulation layer by laser to expose the conductive layer and activate a portion of the second catalyzer. Electroless plating is performed on the activated second catalyzer to form the conductive via in the opening. An interface is between the patterned colloidal layer and the conductive layer in the multilayer wiring structure. |
| US09468092B2 |
Electrically conductive film
The present invention relates to an electrically conductive film characterized by being able to undergo elastic deformation, having little residual strain rate and exhibiting stress relaxation properties. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electrically conductive film wherein the stress relaxation rate (R) and the residual strain rate α, as measured in a prescribed extension-restoration test, are as follows: 20%≦R≦95% and 0%≦α≦3%. |
| US09468091B2 |
Stress-reduced circuit board and method for forming the same
A stress-reduced circuit board includes an insulating substrate, and first and second electrically conductive layers which are stacked one upon the other, and which respectively have peripheral marginal regions that are configured in a stepped arrangement. The first electrically conductive layer is configured to have an area dimension larger than that of the second electrically conductive layer and a thickness not greater than that of the second electrically conductive layer so as to minimize stress caused by a difference in coefficients of thermal expansion between the insulating substrate and the first and second electrically conductive layers. |
| US09468084B2 |
Plasma generation device assembly, arc mitigation device, and method of assembling a plasma generation device assembly
A plasma generation device assembly includes a base including a top surface. The plasma generation device assembly also includes a plasma generation device and a plurality of coupling members. The plasma generation device includes a body unitarily formed from an ablative material and a plurality of plasma generation device terminals coupled to the body. The plasma generation device is positioned on the top surface and is configured to emit ablative plasma when the plasma generation device is activated. The plurality of coupling members is configured to couple the plasma generation device to the top surface. |
| US09468082B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus and control method for laser apparatus in extreme ultraviolet light generation system
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include a chamber containing a plasma generation region irradiated by a pulse laser beam from a laser apparatus, a target supply device configured to supply a plurality of targets consecutively to the plasma generation region in the chamber, a target detection unit configured to detect a target outputted from the target supply device, and a laser controller configured to control the laser apparatus; the laser controller generating a light emission trigger instructing a laser device included in the laser apparatus to emit a pulse laser beam, and outputting the generated light emission trigger to the laser apparatus, in accordance with a detection signal from the target detection unit; and the laser controller adjusting generation of the light emission trigger outputted consecutively to the laser apparatus so that a time interval of the light emission trigger is within a predetermined range. |
| US09468079B2 |
Lighting system and a method for determining the energy consumption of a lighting system
The invention relates to the creation of lighting programs or scenes with a lighting system taking energy consumption into account. An embodiment of the invention provides a lighting system (10) comprising—a first database (12) containing data of the luminairies (14) of the lighting system, —a second database (16) containing information for lighting presets of the luminairies of the lighting system for a lighting scene to be created, and—a calculation module (18) being adapted to calculate the energy consumption of the lighting system based on a lighting scene to be created depending on data retrieved from the first and the second database. |
| US09468074B2 |
Vehicle lighting control system using wearable glasses and method for the same
A vehicle lighting control system includes wearable glasses configured to recognize pupils of a driver in a vehicle in real time, a head unit configured to receive a size of the pupils of the driver from the wearable glasses to acquire brightness control values of a plurality of lighting devices installed in the vehicle according to a predetermined formula, and a controller configured to adjust brightness of the lighting devices installed in the vehicle according to the brightness control values received from the head unit. |
| US09468073B2 |
Electronic device and information processing method
The present disclosure provides an electronic device and an information processing method. The electronic device comprises: a light emitter configured to emit lights; a sensor configured to acquire a first specified parameter which is formed based on a motion state or gesture of an operator; a processor configured to determine whether the first specified parameter meets a first preset condition, so as to obtain a first determination result, and configured to control the light emitter to emit the lights based on the first determination result at least in a case that the first specified parameter meets the first preset condition. The first preset condition comprises that the operator is performing a predetermined motion or is in a predetermined gesture. |
| US09468069B2 |
Smooth brightness adjustment for color-tunable light source module
A first sequence of pulses having a high frequency can be modulated using a second sequence of pulses having a lower frequency. The pulse width of the second sequence of pulses can be perturbed from a nominal pulse width on a per-pulse basis, within a perturbation range corresponding to the pulse period of the first sequence of pulses. In one application, the resulting output can be used to drive LEDs. In some instances, two or more channels of LEDs of different colors can be supported, with the pulse width of the first pulse sequence being selected per-channel based on a desired light color and the nominal pulse width of the second pulse sequence being selected for all channels based on a desired brightness. |
| US09468067B2 |
Method and circuit assembly for operating an LED light source
A method for operating an LED light source, wherein the portion of the electrical power (Pout) fed to the LED light source during the operation that is converted into light (Plight) is determined on the basis of temperature measurements. On the basis thereof, a compensation factor (KAGE COMPENSATION) that compensates the aging of the LED light source can be determined, wherein a correlation factor that was determined at the start of the putting into service of the lamp is taken into account in order to determine the portion of the electrical power converted into light (Plight). |
| US09468059B2 |
Light emitting device driving apparatus and illumination system including the same
Disclosed is a light emitting device driving apparatus configured to control a light emitting unit including light emitting devices or array(s) thereof connected in series. The light emitting device driving apparatus includes a rectifier configured to rectify an AC signal and supply to the light emitting unit a ripple current signal, and a sequential driving controller configured to generate a reference current, compare the reference current with a channel current from the light emitting unit, and selectively connect one of channel lines connected to respective output terminals of the light emitting devices or array(s) thereof. The sequential driving controller adjusts a level and/or value of the reference current based on the ripple current signal. The reference current is a current flowing between the first node and a ground potential. |
| US09468056B2 |
In and relating to displays and light sources for displays
A light source for a color display apparatus (1) for displaying light at optical wavelengths corresponding a plurality of different colors sequentially, comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes (3, 4, 5) each respectively operable to emit light to display a respective one of the plurality of different colors, a power source (26) connected to the plurality of LEDs for supplying power thereto a plurality of capacitor units (7, 8, 9) connected to the power source to be provided thereby with charge for generating a respective one of a plurality of different respective forward bias voltages for application to the LEDs to operate the LED. A control unit (10) is operable to selectively connect a capacitor unit to an LED for applying a desired one of the different said forward bias voltages thereto according to the color of light which the LED is operable to display. |
| US09468054B2 |
Retrofit LED lighting system with circuit level enhancement
A light emitting diode retrofit lamp for replacement of fluorescent lamp or tube driven by fluorescent ballast is provided. The retrofit lamp consists of an enhanced circuit that overcomes the compatibility issues with the fluorescent ballasts. The circuit of the retrofit lamp comprises a deflickerizer circuit that prevents the flicker in the lamp when the lamp operates in the frequency range of 0.1 Hz to 60 Hz. The deflickerizer circuit further provides a method to align frequency with the ballast frequency and maintains phase to avoid low frequency interference. |
| US09468053B1 |
Lighting device, light apparatus, and signboard apparatus
A lighting device includes: a drive circuit that supplies power to a light source; a switch connected in series with the light source; and a controller that controls pulse modulation for visible light communication executed through switching ON and OFF of the switch in a first interval, and stops the pulse modulation in a second interval. The controller controls a peak value, which is a high value of a pulsed current supplied from the drive circuit to the light source, to match an average current value in the first interval with an average current value in the second interval. |
| US09468049B2 |
Operating circuit for LEDs, having voltage measurement
The invention relates to an operating circuit for an LED series, having: a converter, particularly a DC-DC converter, having a controllable switch (S1) and an inductor (LBUCK) for converting an input voltage (Vin) fed to the operating circuit into a supply voltage for the LED series; —a control unit (SR) for driving the switch (S1); —a secondary-side inductor (L2) coupled to the inductor (LBUCK); —an envelope curve demodulator (30) for detecting the envelope curve of the voltage (V′LED) present at the secondary-side inductor (L2); and—a compensating circuit (31) for compensating an error caused by the envelope curve demodulator (30) relating to the detection of the envelope curve. |
| US09468047B2 |
Lighting system with thermal management system
Lighting systems having unique configurations are provided. For instance, the lighting system may include a light source, a thermal management system and driver electronics, each contained within a housing structure. The light source is configured to provide illumination visible through an opening in the housing structure. The thermal management system is configured to provide an air flow, such as a unidirectional air flow, through the housing structure in order to cool the light source. The driver electronics are configured to provide power to each of the light source and the thermal management system. |
| US09468044B2 |
Carbon nanotube based electric heater with supporter having blind holes or protrusions
An electric heater includes a base, a bracket, a working head and a protecting structure. The bracket is disposed on the base. The working head is disposed on the bracket. The working head includes a supporter and a heating module. The heating module is disposed on the supporter. The heating module includes a heating element and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes are electrically connected with the heating element. The heating element includes a carbon nanotube layer structure. The protecting structure covers the heating module. |
| US09468043B2 |
Carbon nanotube thin film laminate resistive heater
Laminated resistive heaters comprising a carbon nanotube layer are described. The invention also includes methods of making laminated resistive heaters and applications using the resistive heaters. |
| US09468041B2 |
Electrical heating device for heating a liquid, method for producing same, and use in the electrical simulation of nuclear fuel rods
A device for the electrical heating of a liquid with high thermal flow, according to which the resistor in tubular form and supplied with direct current can indirectly heat the liquid by conduction through an electrically insulating and thermally conductive intermediate element that surrounds it with direct mechanical contact, the assembly consisting of tubular resistor and intermediate element being jacketed by a sheath intended to be immersed, over at least a major part of the length thereof, in the liquid to be heated. The preferred application is the electrical simulation of nuclear fuel rods intended to be assembled in power reactors, of the PWR but also RNR-Na type. |
| US09468035B2 |
Intelligent radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment
A mobile device, or a server in communication with the mobile device, identifies a failure scenario for previously-failed radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment requests, from the mobile device, in a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. The mobile device, or server, monitors real-time context data for a match with the failure scenario and applies preemptive settings for an upcoming RRC connection re-establishment attempt in response to identifying a match with the failure scenario. The preemptive settings are configured to maintain an active session between the mobile device and the LTE network. |
| US09468032B2 |
Inter-device session connectivity enhancement
Devices and methods are provided for managing device-to-device (D2D) communications session in a wireless-enabled communication environment. A first client node comprises a database containing location and ID information associated with a plurality of second client nodes. The location information in the database is updated as individual second client nodes change their location. As the location information is updated, it is processed by the first client node to determine the distance between it and an individual second client node. If the distance between the first client node and the individual second client node is within a viable D2D communications range, then the user of the first client node is notified that a D2D communications session can be initiated with the individual second client node. |
| US09468030B2 |
Method, device, and network system of establishing a tunnel
A method, a device, and a network system of establishing a tunnel are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method of establishing the tunnel includes: obtaining, by a WTP, an address of an AC and an address of a BRAS from a DHCP server; using, by the WTP, the address of the AC to establish a CAPWAP control tunnel with the AC; and using, by the WTP, the address of the BRAS to establish a CAPWAP data tunnel with the BRAS. By using the technical scheme provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the CAPWAP data tunnel may be established between the WTP and the BRAS. |
| US09468028B2 |
System and method for wireless mobility protocol for highly directional antennas with network topology awareness
A system for communicating wireless signals between one or more sector controllers (SC) and one or more subscriber stations (SS) using different channels and different beams, wherein each of the one or more SS and the SC has a corresponding highly directional antenna; the one or more SC comprises a first SC; the one or more SS comprises a first SS; the first SS obtains network topology awareness (NTA) data from the first SC; the first SS selects a channel, a beam, and one of the one or more SC to establish an RF link based on the NTA data; and the first SS communicating with the selected SC using the established RF link. |
| US09468026B2 |
Method and system for shortening wireless pairing connection time by detecting an object or body
Embodiments of the invention are directed to control devices configured for use with computing devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and devices for shortening wireless reconnection time by determining the presence of an object or body near a device. When the control device detects an object or body in proximity to the device, the control device may automatically establish a wireless connection with a host devices, such that when the control device receives any user interactions, the wireless connection has already been established, preventing loss of data. |
| US09468025B2 |
System and method for configuring device connections in an extended network environment
An extended network is configured to implement an extended management function to identify a wireless access device providing a highest quality wireless connection to a wireless device. The extended network includes a gateway wireless access device configured to enable communication between the extended network and an external network, at least one additional wireless access device in the extended network, and at least one wireless device having a wireless connection to a least one of an additional wireless access device and the gateway wireless access device. At least one wireless access device includes a processor executing the extended management function to identify the wireless access device providing the highest quality wireless connection based on wireless connection quality information transmitted from each wireless access device. |
| US09468019B2 |
Method and apparatus for assigning slot
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for assigning slot. Wherein the method includes: constructing an HELLO packet, the HELLO packet including correlation information of multiple reservation slots requested by a local node, or including correlation information of multiple reservation slots requested by a local node and correlation information of multiple reservation slots requested by at least one neighbor node of the local node; and transmitting the HELLO packet, so that a node receiving the HELLO packet authenticates the multiple reservation slots requested by the local node according to information contained in the HELLO packet. With the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, utilization of slots is improved. |
| US09468017B2 |
System and method for delay scheduling
A method includes determining a first subframe on which to transmit a first downlink control information (DCI) message and determining a second subframe on which to transmit a first information, where the first information is scheduled to be transmitted on the second subframe in accordance with scheduling information indicated in the first DCI message. The method also includes determining a delay between the first subframe and the second subframe and transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), the second subframe in accordance with the delay. |
| US09468012B2 |
Priority-based fairness and interference signalling technique in a flexible spectrum use wireless communication system
The exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to at least a method, computer program, and apparatus to transmit a beacon from a first access node to a first user terminal associated with the first access node and also to a second user terminal associated with a second access node, where the beacon includes information indicating a priority of the first access node with respect to a radio resource allocation, and receive feedback from the first user equipment associated with the first access node, where the feedback includes information indicating a priority of the second access node. Further, in accordance with the first embodiments there is adjusting a value of a priority of a wireless network access node over time depending on an amount of radio resources reserved for use by the wireless network access node, such that the priority value decreases as more radio resources are reserved and increases as fewer radio resources are reserved, and transmitting the value of the priority to at least one other wireless network access node. Additionally, the exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to receiving an identification of a radio resource from a serving access node, and transmitting an interfering signal that specifies the identified radio resource. In addition, exemplary embodiments of the invention include detecting at an access node, uplink interference in a radio resource, and releasing a radio resource identified by the radio resource in which uplink interference was detected for use by another access node. |
| US09468011B2 |
System and method for changing WPAN network channel responding to wireless environment change
The present invention relates to a system and method for changing a wireless personal area network (WPAN) channel when the quality of communication is degraded due to a change of a wireless environment. The system according to the present invention includes slaves configured to transmit/receive data, and a master connected to the slaves and configured to obtain communication state information of the slaves and select an adjacent channel search slave from among the slaves according to the obtained communication state information of the slaves. |
| US09468010B2 |
Apparatus and methods for facilitating tune-away operations in wireless communications systems
Access terminals are adapted to facilitate tune-away operations in situations in which multiple subscriptions are employed. According to one example, an access terminal performing an acquisition procedure for a first subscription may suspend the acquisition procedure to obtain a paging message for a second subscription. The access terminal can tune away from the first subscription to the second subscription and monitor for a mobile-terminated page. After a mobile-terminated page associated with the second subscription is received and processed, the access terminal may resume the acquisition procedure for the first subscription. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. |
| US09468009B2 |
Signal processing method and related device
A signal processing method and related equipment are provided, which are used for reducing the number of antennas needed by a proximal user equipment to detect a low power signal. The method comprises: adjusting a pre-coding vector of a high power data stream to allow a product of the pre-coding vector and an effective receiving channel for a low power data stream equal to a constant; performing superposition coding on the low power data stream and the adjusted high power data stream; and sending the superposition-coded data stream to user equipments, wherein the user equipments comprise a user equipment at a center of a cell and a user equipment at an edge of the cell, the high power data stream is an interference while the low power data stream is desirable for the user equipment at the center of the cell. |
| US09468006B2 |
Method of determining transit power for data transmission between a network and a user equipment and related wireless communication system
In a wireless communication system, a network initiates a radio bearer reconfiguration procedure by sending an RADIO BEARER RECONFIGURATION message to a user equipment. Then, the network initiates an active set update procedure by sending an ACTIVE SET UPDATE message to the user equipment. When detecting an inconsistency in the E-DPDCH power interpolation information elements indicated in the RADIO BEARER RECONFIGURATION message and the ACTIVE SET UPDATE message, the user equipment computes a first gain factor using an extrapolation formula. When unable to transmit data based on the first gain factor, the user equipment computes a second gain factor using an interpolation formula. If the data cannot be transmitted based on the second gain factor, the user equipment notifies the network of an unsuccessful radio link. |
| US09468003B2 |
Medium access control (MAC) protocol for body area networks
A method for controlling access to a wireless medium in a network. The method comprises dividing an access time to the wireless medium into fixed and repeated time rounds, wherein each time round includes a plurality of superframes and each superframe includes a fixed number of time slots; allocating a global beacon period within a time round; and reserving subframes within each superframe, wherein master devices can access the wireless medium at least during the reserved subframes. |
| US09467998B2 |
System and method for coordinated transmission
A method for operating a first communications controller serving a first device includes receiving channel information for a communications channel between the first communication controller and a second device served by a second communications controller, and determining a time-frequency resource, a duration, and a precoding constraint in accordance with the received channel information, the time-frequency resource, the duration, and the precoding constraint for use with a transmission of the first communications controller occurring within the time-frequency resource for the duration to reduce interference to a third device served by the second communications controller. The method also includes transmitting coordinated transmission information about the time-frequency resource, the duration, and the precoding constraint, to the second communication controller, and transmitting to the first device in accordance with the precoding constraint, the time-frequency resource, and the duration. |
| US09467997B2 |
Aggregation of resources in enhanced control channels
Time-frequency resources in a single PRB pair are used for both frequency-localized transmissions as well as distributed transmissions. A first control message is transmitted to a first user equipment (UE) using a first PRB pair, using first subsets of resource elements that are aggregated in a frequency-localized manner and that are transmitted using a single antenna port. A second control message to a second UE is simultaneously transmitted), also using the first PRB pair, using second subsets of resources that are aggregated in a frequency-distributed manner across the first PRB pair and one or more additional PRB pairs and that are transmitted using at least two antenna ports, including the single antenna port used to transmit the symbols in the first non-overlapping subsets of resource elements. |
| US09467991B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving downlink control channel in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for transceiving a downlink control channel. A method for a base station to transmit a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting a resource element (RE) to which a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is mapped; selecting an RE to which a downlink control channel is mapped; and transmitting the DMRS and the downlink control channel from the selected REs to a terminal, wherein the REs to which the downlink control channel is mapped constitute at least one resource element group (REG), and one or more REGs may be located on an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) symbol on which the DMRS is mapped. |
| US09467990B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting control channel in wireless communication system
Provided are a method for searching for a control channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal for using the method. The method determines whether an allocation unit constituting an enhanced-physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) is one or plural in number; and, if the allocation unit constituting the E-PDCCH is plural in number, searches for the E-PDCCH using a user equipment specific reference signal (URS) of an antenna port defined in one allocation unit from among the plurality of allocation units. |
| US09467988B2 |
Selecting a codeword and determining a symbol length for uplink control information
A wireless communication device configured for selecting a codeword and determining a symbol length for uplink control information is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The wireless communication device establishes communication with a base station, receives downlink control information from the base station and receives base station information. The wireless communication device generates uplink control information based on the base station information. The wireless communication device also determines a number of symbols for the uplink control information for a plurality of layers and sends the uplink control information. |
| US09467985B2 |
Method and system for transmitting data stream
Disclosed are a method and a system for transmitting a data stream, aiming at increasing system capacity. The method includes: transmitting, by a first sending end, a coded first data stream to a first receiving end, and transmitting, by a second sending end, a coded second data stream to a second receiving end on time-frequency resources occupied by transmission of the first data stream by the first sending end; decoding, by the first receiving end, a first received signal received to obtain a first decoded result, and transmitting at least one decoded result in the first decoded result to the second receiving end; and decoding, by the second receiving end, a second received signal received, by using the at least one decoded result in the first decoded result to obtain a second decoded result. |
| US09467984B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in wireless communication system
Provided are a method for a terminal transmitting uplink control information (UCI) through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. A transmission power to be applied to the uplink control channel is determined on the basis of a value subordinate to a PUCCH format, and at least one type of UCI is transmitted from the physical uplink control channel by using the transmission power that is determined, wherein when the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3, and the at least one type of UCI includes acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and periodic channel state information (CSI), the value subordinate to the PUCCH format is determined on the basis of the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and the number of bits of the periodic CSI. |
| US09467977B2 |
Apparatus and method for allocating resource in communication system
An apparatus for allocating resources in a communication system includes a reception unit configured to receive information on a terminal from the terminal when the terminal initially accesses the apparatus in order to receive communication service, a determination unit configured to check information on a bandwidth for providing the communication service to the terminal, the information on the terminal, and information on a satellite and determine the size of a resource block group to be allocated to the terminal by taking the information on the bandwidth, the information on the terminal, and information on the satellite into consideration, and an allocation unit configured to allocate resource blocks corresponding to the size of the resource block group to the terminal in order to transmit and receive data packets to and from the terminal. |
| US09467971B2 |
Paging in heterogeneous networks using restricted subframe patterns
A method for operating a UE in a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises using, by the UE, a frequency parameter of paging frames and a restricted subframe pattern to determine one or more paging frames and occasions to monitor. |
| US09467970B1 |
Robust routing and delivery of notifications
Embodiments are directed towards a notification message system arranged to generate notification messages. Responsible resources may be determined based on the notification messages and a schedule. A plurality of message providers that have a provider profiles may be determined based on the responsible resources and a region. A message provider from the plurality of message providers may be determined based on its provider profile. The notification messages may be provided to the message provider so they can be provided to the responsible resources. The provider profiles may be updated based on performance metrics associated with the message provider. |
| US09467967B2 |
User terminal, processor, and method
A user terminal according to a first feature supports an Immediate MDT. The user terminal includes: a GNSS receiver for obtaining GNSS location information; a user interface that receives an operation from a user; and a controller that keeps the GNSS receiver an active state for the Immediate MDT unless the user turns the GNSS receiver off, in a case where the user terminal is requested by a network to make the GNSS location information available. |
| US09467966B2 |
Method and/or system for positioning from a reference signal
Techniques are provided that provide for or otherwise support positioning and related services for mobile devices via wireless signals. In an example, a mobile device in a communication network may acquire a first downlink signal from a first node in the communication network and a second downlink signal from a second node in the communication network. The first node may also be configured to transmit a data service signal and/or a voice service signal via the first downlink signal. However, the second node, by design, is not configured to transmit either a voice service signal or a data service signal via the second downlink signal. An estimated location of the mobile device may subsequently be determined, for example, based, at least in part, on the first and second terrestrial positioning signals. |
| US09467965B2 |
Positioning data distribution applied to server-based positioning system
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for positioning data management. The method includes checking a reset condition that is used to trigger a reset of boundaries of signal strength values for clustering a group of positioning data associated with a wireless station into subsets. Each positioning data associates position information of a location with an identifier of the wireless station for providing wireless connection at the location and a strength of a signal received at the location. Further, the method includes updating, when the reset condition is satisfied, one or more boundaries to re-allocate the group of positioning data in order to increase a population uniformity across the subsets, and storing the updated boundaries. |
| US09467959B2 |
Method of maintaining multiple timing advance
A method of managing multiple timing advance (TA) groups, maintaining multiple TA timers, and performing UL synchronization in a multi-carrier wireless system is provided. When a new component carrier (CC) is configured, it is assigned to a TA group having a TA group identifier. The TA groups are managed statically or dynamically. The TA group identifier is used to uniquely identify the TA group in the operations of uplink (UL) timing synchronization. Multiple TA timers are assigned to multiple TA groups. The TA timers may have different values for different TA group. Different embodiments of UL timing adjustments for multiple TA groups are provided. |
| US09467954B2 |
Power adjustment method and apparatus based on low delay power detection before DPD
Disclosed are a power adjustment method and an apparatus based on low delay power detection before digital pre-distortion. The method comprises the following steps: according to pre-configured system carrier information, obtaining effective carrier information containing an effective carrier channel corresponding to each effective carrier; performing sampling on carrier data of each effective carrier channel according to the obtained effective carrier information, and then calculating combination power Pa of effective carriers before digital up conversion or digital peak clipping cancellation according to the sampling; and using the combination power Pa of the effective carriers to perform power adjustment before digital pre-distortion. The present invention moves power calculation ahead of an up conversion module, fully utilizes inherent delay of digital up conversion and a peak clipping module to offset time required for the power calculation, and effectively reduces system delay. |
| US09467953B2 |
Systems and methods for wireless link balancing in wireless networks
Systems and methods for controlling the transmit power and the receive sensitivity of an access point for achieving symmetric link balancing is described. When an access point operates with symmetric link performance, the access point does not inefficiently use available bandwidth for transmitting or re-transmitting to a client station that cannot communicate with the access point. Moreover, the access point does not back off transmissions due to activity of neighboring basic service sets when not needed. The receive sensitivity can be controlled using a hardware attenuator or software commands that adjust a programmable gain in a wireless local area network chipset used by the access point, or it can be controlled using adjustable levels in the software for processing or responding to packets. |
| US09467949B2 |
Power control method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and provide apparatus which can improve performance of power control on a user who accesses a signal processing entity not supporting a real-time power control function. The apparatus includes: receiving a first signal sent by a first user who accesses a signal processing entity not supporting the real-time power control function; receiving an instruction which is for processing a control channel signal and is sent by a control apparatus, and setting up a channel for bearing the control channel signal of the first signal; and processing the control channel signal which is of the first signal and is borne by the channel, and generating a detection result of the control channel signal which is of the first signal and is borne by the channel. The embodiments of the present invention are applied for real-time power control on the user. |
| US09467948B2 |
Systems and methods for providing NFC secure application support in battery-off mode when no nonvolatile memory write access is available
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for NFC secure application support when an NFC device is executing in a battery-off or battery-low mode. In such a case, the NFC device may have enough power to execute some applications (e.g., read-only applications) but not enough power to execute others (e.g., applications that require data to be written). Embodiments of the present invention enable these lower-power applications to be executed by the NFC device even when a host communications device has no battery power. |
| US09467947B2 |
Communications apparatus, system, and communications method
A sensor node executes any one among a first operation by which another sensor node is requested to execute data process and if the request is not accepted the sensor node starts executing the data processing after waiting for charging and a second operation by which the sensor node starts executing the data processing after waiting for charging, without requesting the data processing to be executed. The sensor node compares an expected value of a first time that elapses until execution is started by the sensor node or the other sensor node when the first operation is executed, and a second time that elapses until execution is started by the sensor node when the second operation is executed. Based on the comparison result, the sensor node executes among the first operation and the second operation, the operation for which the time that elapses until execution is started is shorter. |
| US09467945B2 |
Methods providing assignment messages and related mobile stations and base station subsystems
A method of operating a mobile station requesting uplink access from a base station subsystem may include transmitting an access request to the base station subsystem, and delaying looking for a response matching the access request according to a delay interval. A response time window (RTW) may be initiated after the delay interval. During the response time window, the mobile station may look for an assignment message transmitted from the base station subsystem and matching the access request without looking for an assignment message matching the access request during the delay interval. |
| US09467936B2 |
Multimode terminal and service implementation method for multimode terminal
Provided are a multimode terminal and a service implementation method for a multimode terminal. The multimode terminal includes: a master controller, a slave controller, a subscriber identity module card, a first radio frequency chip, a first antenna, a second radio frequency chip and a second antenna. The master controller includes: a main processor, configured to select a network system for executing a current service and call a processing chip of the selected network system to execute the current service, and a first processing chip of a first network system; the slave controller includes: a second processing chip of a second network system; and the subscriber identity module card is coupled with the master controller and the slave controller respectively. By the technical solution, a network resource can be fully utilized. |
| US09467935B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method thereof
A communication apparatus searches for an external apparatus prior to connecting to a wireless network, determines a service provided by the searched external apparatus, transmits a request, based on the determined service, and connects, when the request for utilizing the service is accepted, to the wireless network to establish communication with the external apparatus through the wireless network. |
| US09467934B1 |
Methods and systems for locating nearest bluetooth beacons
This disclosure relates generally to Bluetooth beacons and more particularly to methods and system for locating nearest Bluetooth beacons. In one embodiment, a method for locating a nearest Bluetooth beacon within a plurality of Bluetooth beacons is disclosed. The method includes identifying a latest highest Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) value Bluetooth beacon associated with a highest RSSI value from within a set of latest scanned Bluetooth beacons. The method further includes computing at least one average RSSI value for a predefined number of RSSI value detections associated with at least one Bluetooth beacon within a latest and previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons. Thereafter, the method includes identifying a highest average RSSI value Bluetooth beacon from within the latest and previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons. |
| US09467929B2 |
Wireless terminal, information providing method, and information providing system
A wireless terminal according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a wireless LAN communication unit, a wireless WAN communication unit, and a control unit. The control unit acquires, when a radio wave intensity of a wireless signal output from a wireless LAN access point detected by the wireless LAN communication unit satisfies a predetermined condition, notification information corresponding to the wireless LAN access point by the wireless WAN communication unit or by the wireless LAN communication unit, and to indicates the notification information with an indication unit. |
| US09467928B2 |
Assembly and method for preventing wireless communication while driving
A wireless communication network access controller assembly for preventing texting while driving includes a portion shaped to fit within a standard power port of a vehicle. The assembly includes at least one engagement member that places the assembly in a coupling arrangement with the power port of the vehicle and prevents removal of the assembly by the driver. A network access controller creates a local wireless network that is an overlay to a part of an existing wireless network and that prevents wireless communications access to the existing wireless network. |
| US09467927B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating allowed list based on regions for wireless terminal in communication system
A method and system for generating an allowed list based on regions for a wireless terminal are disclosed. The method generates an allowed list based on regions to control network access of a stationary wireless terminal, and includes: sending, by the wireless terminal, an attach request to a network; creating, by the network, an allowed list that contains information on regions in which the wireless terminal is permitted to access the network; and controlling, by the network, network access of the wireless terminal on the basis of the allowed list. Hence, the allowed list, which stores information regarding regions in which the MTC terminal 110 is permitted to access the network, may be dynamically created by the terminal or the MME. |
| US09467925B1 |
Systems and methods for efficient routing during energy harvesting of wireless sensor networks
A WSN has multiple sensor nodes, a bi-directional gateway sensor node, and a server. The WSN also includes circuitry configured to process a route request message from an origination sensor node to a destination sensor node. A message packet of each of the sensor nodes includes a minimum energy field, a minimum energy harvesting rate field, and a sum of energy field. The circuitry is also configured to determine a new delivery route based upon comparing a minimum energy and a minimum energy harvesting rate of an instant sensor node with a minimum energy and a minimum energy harvesting rate contained in the message packet, and select a lower minimum energy and a lower minimum energy harvesting rate from the instant sensor node or the message packet. The circuitry is also configured to broadcast the lower minimum energy and the lower minimum energy harvesting rate throughout the WSN. |
| US09467924B2 |
Method for performing seamless group handover for supporting portable TV band device based on TV white space
An method for performing a TVBD (TV Band Device) group handover based on TV white space by an AP (Access Point), the method comprising: transmitting multiple location information corresponding to a path along which a mobile vehicle travels to an available channel information providing server; receiving multiple geo-location information from the available channel information providing server as a reply to the transmitted multiple location information; extracting operating channel set information so as to minimize a channel switching caused by the travel of the mobile vehicle, based on the multiple geo-location information; and transmitting the extracted operating channel set information to a TVBD group. |
| US09467921B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for long term evolution and wireless local area interworking
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, devices, and methods for long-term evolution and wireless local area interworking. Various embodiments may include utilizing access network selection and traffic steering rules based on radio access network assistance parameters. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. |
| US09467915B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting handover report message in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting a handover report message in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) serves a first cell which is a coverage hole compensating cell between a source cell and a second cell, and a user equipment (UE) is moving from the source cell to the second cell through the first cell. The first eNB performs a handover procedure for a user equipment (UE) with a source eNB serving the source cell, receives a radio link failure (RLF) indication message from a second eNB serving the second cell, and transmits a handover report message to the source eNB, the handover report message including an indicator which informs the radio link failure. |
| US09467906B2 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating communication session continuity
A method and apparatus are provided for facilitating communication session continuity. A method may include receiving, at a terminal, an identifier associated with an EATF (emergency access transfer function). The method may further include determining that the terminal has undergone a reverse SRVCC (Single Radio Voice Call Continuity) handover from a circuit switched access to a packet switched access while engaged in an active emergency session. The method may additionally include, responsive to the determination, using the identifier to set up an emergency session transfer request to the EATF to cause creation of a bearer for the emergency session on the packet switched access. A corresponding apparatus is also provided. |
| US09467903B2 |
UE mobility state detection apparatus and method for wireless communication system
A method for transmitting information required for user equipment mobility state detection is provided. The method includes broadcasting, at a base station, system information including frequency information and cell identifiers (IDs) of cells co-located with a current cell geographically; and transmitting, when an handover is detected, a handover command message including a handover factor indicator indicating whether the handover was triggered by movement of the user equipment, wherein the user equipment detects the mobility state based on the information provided by the system information and the handover command message. The apparatus and method of the present invention allows the UE to add the cell reselection/handover triggered by movement of the UE to the number of cell reselections/handovers and subtract the cell reselection/handover triggered by a non-mobility factor from the number of cell reselections/handovers used for determining the UE mobility state thereby improving accuracy of the UE mobility state detection. |
| US09467901B2 |
Paging a wireless device using a radio cell identifier
According to a first aspect, it is presented a method for paging a particular wireless device. The method is performed in a radio base station and comprises the operations of: receiving a paging request from a core network node to page the particular wireless device, the paging request comprising a temporary identifier of the particular wireless device; obtaining at least one radio cell identifier for the particular wireless device from a database mapping temporary identifiers of the wireless device with radio cell identifiers; paging the particular wireless device using the at least one radio cell identifier for the particular wireless device; and determining the paging to be successful when a connection request comprising the temporary identifier is received from the particular wireless device. |
| US09467897B2 |
Method and system for managing a temporary block flow in a data communication network environment
The present invention provides a method and system for managing temporary block flow in a data communication network environment. In one embodiment, a temporary block flow is established between the first entity and the second entity. Then, it is determined whether the established TBF is to be maintained for a predetermined time period by the first entity based on quality of service (QoS) parameters associated with the established TBF. Further, a message indicating that the established TBF is to be maintained for the predetermined time period is sent to the second entity if the established TBF is to be maintained. Also, the established TBF between the first entity and the second entity is extended in uplink or delayed in downlink. If the established TBF is not to be maintained, the TBF established between the first entity and the second entity is teared down. |
| US09467895B2 |
Increasing access point throughput by exceeding A-MPDU buffer size limitation in a 802.11 compliant station
An 802.11-compliant device for high throughput is disclosed. A plurality of TCP packets received in a buffer for transmission are stored. The plurality of TCP packets can be aggregated as A-MSDU sub-frames to form a A-MSDU frame in accordance with an IEEE 802.11 standard. Additionally, a plurality of A-MSDU frames can be aggregated as A-MPDU sub-frames to form a A-MPDU frame. The A-MPDU frame is compliant with a number of allowable sub-frames and a maximum size in accordance with an 802.11 standard. The A-MPDU frame is sent for transmission as an IEEE 802.11 packet. |
| US09467885B2 |
Inter-frequency measurement control in a multi-carrier system
Techniques are disclosed for signaling a capability to operate in one or more carrier aggregation configurations and measurement gap requirements corresponding to the carrier aggregation configurations. Each carrier aggregation configuration may include one or more frequency bands and a mobile terminal can provide an indication of its measurement gap requirements for all or a subset of its supported frequency bands when operating in the carrier aggregation configurations. The measurement gap requirements may correspond to a physical or logical configuration of receiver resources and the signaling may be initiated by the mobile terminal or by a base station in communication with the mobile terminal. |
| US09467878B2 |
Wireless access point apparatus and method for testing throughput
A method and an apparatus for testing a throughout of a wireless access point apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a receiver which is configured to receive a test start request signal and a test packet transmission condition change request signal, a test signal generator which is configured to generate a test packet signal; a transmission condition adjuster configured to adjust the transmission condition of the test packet signal; a transmitter configured to transmit the test packet signal to the neighboring access point apparatus under the transmission condition, which is adjusted by the transmission condition adjuster; and a test executor configured to execute a test having a predetermined sequence so as to execute a throughput test for the neighboring access point apparatus with regards to receiving the test packet signal. |
| US09467873B2 |
Channel width configuration based on network conditions
A method includes determining an optimized channel width between client devices and access points based on network conditions in a wireless network. In particular, the channel widths may be optimized to reduce airtime usage on access points and eliminate a high density condition while the client devices are steered to access points that provide the greatest channel capacity gains based on signal-to-noise-ratios for each spatial stream in a beamformed transmission. |
| US09467869B2 |
Cell coverage assignment
A method includes: identifying a target network cell; obtaining at least one parameter value indicative of an operating environment of the target network cell; determining a maximum antenna range (MAR) associated with the target network cell based on the at least one parameter value; and applying the MAR to the target network cell. |
| US09467868B2 |
Method and apparatus for enabling assignment of a gateway to an access node
A method (20) in an access node (4) of a communication system (1) for enabling assignment of a gateway (6) thereto is provided. The communication system (1) comprises a core network node (7) and the access node (4) has one or more neighboring base stations (2, 3). The method (20) comprises acquiring (21) gateway identification information, wherein the gateway identification information identifies a gateway (6) used by a neighboring base station (2, 3) to the access node (4), and transmitting (22) the acquired gateway identification information to the core network node (7), for enabling the core network node (7) to assign the gateway (6) to the access node (4). An access node, methods in a base station, base station, methods in a user equipment and a user equipment are also provided. |
| US09467867B1 |
Wireless communication system
To establish a wireless link with a terminal station without interfering with a primary user of a frequency, in a system and method in which a base station accesses a management apparatus for managing the frequency available for wireless communication via the wireless link with the terminal station. |
| US09467864B2 |
Method and apparatus of spectrum utilization in a wireless cellular environment
The present invention discloses a method of spectrum utilization in a wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks and a related apparatus. The method includes: determining a RSRP threshold; detecting, by a small-cell base station, RSRPs of at least one large-cell base station; and comparing the highest one of the detected RSRPs with the determined RSRP threshold, adopting a separate spectrum mode if the highest one of the detected RSRPs exceeds the determined RSRP threshold, and otherwise, adopting a shared spectrum mode. According to the method and apparatus of the present invention, a separate spectrum mode is adopted when the small-cell base station is relatively close to the large-cell base station to decrease interferences between the small-cell base station and large-cell base station and to increase spectrum usage efficiency in the wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks, however, a shared spectrum mode is adopted when the small-cell base station is relatively far from to the large-cell base station to realize sharing spectrum and increase spectrum usage efficiency in the wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks. |
| US09467859B2 |
Virtual key ring
A virtual key ring is disclosed. A graphical representation of a key ring or keychain having a plurality of keys is displayed on a computing device, and a pre-determined gesture input from a user indicative of an interaction with the key ring or chain, or one of the keys is received. The wireless operation of a lock can be managed by then accessing stored information associated with a virtual key or the lock in accordance with the pre-determined gesture. Pre-determined gestures can include, for example, movement along a predefined path on a touch screen in order to select a virtual key from among the plurality of virtual keys. The computing device can be a wireless mobile computing device such as a smartphone. The computing device can use any wireless communication technology, NFC and Wi-Fi being examples. |
| US09467858B2 |
On device policy enforcement to secure open platform via network and open network
Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for using policy enforcement for securing open devices and networks. The method includes accessing, by a policy enforcer, a plurality of policies configured to enforce network integrity and monitoring programs and/or services running on a device. The method further includes based on at least one of the plurality of policies, comparing the programs and/or services running on the device against the programs and/or services allowed by the at least one of the plurality of policies, and based on the comparison, determining that the device is running at least one program and/or service disallowed by the at least one policy. Further, the method includes in response, prohibiting access of the device to the network. |
| US09467857B2 |
Apparatus and methods for provisioning devices to utilize services of mobile network operators
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for facilitating, at a system including at least one processor, establishment of a communication session with a device coupled to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) by way of network equipment of a default Mobile Network Operator (MNO), receiving, at the system, information descriptive of an MNO selection, selecting, at the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of MNOs first credential information according to the received information, wherein the first credential information is associated with a first MNO of the plurality of MNOs, and transmitting, from the system, the first credential information to the UICC over the communication session by way of the device to cause the UICC to facilitate establishment of communications with network equipment of the first MNO according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09467855B1 |
Systems and methods for detecting rogue client devices connected to wireless hotspots
A computer-implemented method for detecting rogue client devices connected to wireless hotspots may include maintaining at least one illegitimate authentication identifier that appears to rogue client devices to facilitate authentication with an external network via a wireless hotspot. The method may also include providing the illegitimate authentication identifier to one or more client devices connected to the wireless hotspot. The method may further include receiving an authentication request to authenticate the client device with at least one external network via the wireless hotspot. The method may additionally include determining that the authentication request includes the illegitimate authentication identifier. Finally, the method may include determining that the client device is a rogue device based at least in part on the illegitimate authentication identifier being included in the authentication request. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US09467852B2 |
Detection of non-entitlement of a subscriber to a service in communication networks
An apparatus and a method is proposed which are configured to store information about a certain status of a subscriber, to receive an authentication request for the subscriber via the interface, and to reject the authentication request for the subscriber in case the certain status of the subscriber is valid. Furthermore, an apparatus and a method are proposed which are configured to detect a certain status of a subscriber and to establish a notification including information about the certain status of the subscriber, and to send the notification to a network control element of the subscriber. |
| US09467846B2 |
Method, apparatus, and mobile phone for measuring and displaying internet traffic of mobile phone
An apparatus for measuring and displaying Internet traffic of a mobile phone, includes a traffic measurement module and a traffic display module. The apparatus also includes a SIM card account creation module configured to create a SIM card account for each of a plurality of SIM cards. The traffic measurement module measures the Internet traffic of each of the SIM card accounts. The traffic display module displays the Internet traffic of each of the SIM card accounts. The Internet traffic of each SIM card on the mobile phone may be measured and displayed. |
| US09467844B2 |
Mobile activity status tracker
A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. This allows wireless service providers the ability to monitor and log changes in the status of mobile stations within and/or outside their networks. Embodiments are disclosed wherein presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using the mechanisms of call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. A mobile activity status tracker (MAST) is disclosed which contains a database of information similar to the information contained in the Home Location Register. The MAST tracks and reports status and activity of mobile wireless devices in a wireless network using mobile registration message, mobile inactivity message forwarding, and/or mobile automatic notification of subscriber status to TCP/IP entities (e.g., application servers on the Internet or Intranet). The MAST system duplicates the same or similar information contained in a corresponding HLR, but is available as an external database entity which is not restricted by SS7 standards. The tracking need not track call-specific information, e.g., called telephone numbers or information regarding conversations sustained by the tracked wireless subscribers. |
| US09467842B2 |
Discovery of objects in wireless environments
An object discovery capability is provided to enable discovery of objects in a wireless environment, which may include discovering objects available from a set of wireless nodes in a wireless environment. The discovery of objects available from a set of wireless nodes may include a determination as to whether a particular object is available from the set of wireless nodes, identification of the wireless node or nodes from which a particular object is available, or the like. The object discovery capability may leverage physical features of the wireless medium (namely the additive nature of wireless signals in a Hertzian broadcast channel) in combination with set reconciliation techniques (e.g., using data encoding structures, such as Bloom filters, with information at the physical layer or one or more other layers) in order to enable discovery of objects available from a set of wireless nodes in a wireless environment. |
| US09467839B1 |
Management of dynamic events and moving objects
A system includes a plurality of subsystems respectively assigned to a plurality of regions in a geographic space, the plurality of subsystems including a first subsystem assigned to a first region of the plurality of regions. The first subsystem includes a first event server operable to generate a first dynamic event agent for handling a dynamic event occurring in the first region, the first dynamic event agent operable to issue a request to a second subsystem, of the plurality of subsystems, assigned to a second region next to the first region, the request causing a second event server of the second subsystem to generate a second dynamic event agent for handling the dynamic event in the second region. The first subsystem further includes a first mobile object server operable to transmit a signal based on information about the dynamic event to a mobile object in the first region. |
| US09467838B2 |
Method to provide ad hoc and password protected digital and voice networks
A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit. |
| US09467831B2 |
Network-administered conference call using SIP messaging
Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used for the establishment of a conference call via a packet network (which may be an IP fixed packet network) administered by a communications server, including a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based server. |
| US09467829B2 |
Method of processing an SMS message for providing a content summary and related communication system
When receiving an SMS message which has been handled as a long message, a receiving entity is configured to access one or multiple key contents in the content of the SMS message and provide a corresponding content summary of the SMS message. The source address of the SMS message and the content summary may simultaneously be displayed. When receiving a command to browse the SMS message, the receiving entity is configured to display the content of the SMS message according to the one or multiple key contents. Therefore, the user of the receiving entity can identify the abstract of the SMS message efficiency and the readability of the SMS message can be improved. |
| US09467827B2 |
Digital mobile radio cellular messaging
Communication is facilitated between cellular and digital mobile radio devices. In one aspect, a digital mobile radio messaging gateway is deployed within a cellular network that allows cellular devices to send and/or receive data (e.g., text messages, media content, voice calls) to digital mobile radio devices. Moreover, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway provides transparent messaging access from devices to digital mobile radio switches and/or gateways essentially making the cellular network an extension of the digital mobile radio network. As an example, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway converts data received from the digital mobile radio network to a message that conforms to a protocol supported by the cellular network. Similarly, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway converts data received from the cellular network to a message that conforms to a protocol supported by the digital mobile radio network. |
| US09467820B2 |
Communication method and system for machine-type communication UE
A communication method and system for a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) are disclosed. The method includes that: at least one MTC UE in an MTC UE group receives, based on group paging information received, broadcast information carrying group trigger information from an MTC server, wherein the group trigger information is used for triggering the at least one MTC UE in the MTC UE group; and the at least one UE communicates with the MTC server based on the group trigger information. In the disclosure, the group trigger information is broadcast to the MTC UE group through the broadcast information, so that a plurality of MTC UE in one group is triggered simultaneously, thus optimizing group triggering process, and reducing network resources occupied in the group triggering process. |
| US09467817B1 |
Determining vehicle occupant location
First and second movement data representing movement of first and second wearable portable devices during a first time period is provided. The first and second wearable portable devices are associated respectively with first and second users. The first and second sets of movement data are compared. Based at least in part on the comparison, a location in the vehicle of the first user relative to the second user is determined. |
| US09467812B2 |
Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
A mobile terminal utilizing location information and a method of controlling therefor are disclosed. A mobile terminal according to one embodiment includes a memory configured to store map information, a camera configured to capture a first image, a position-location module configured to obtain location information when the first image is captured, a display and when the obtained first image is displayed in the display with a magnification satisfying a first condition, if a first command for changing the magnification of the first image is detected, a controller configured to control the display to display a map of a first range containing a point corresponding to the obtained location information. |
| US09467810B2 |
Location based geo-reminders
Location based geo-reminding system retrieves, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a current location of wireless client devices within a given area. The method accesses, from the location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising an identity of a trigger identifier and a limits of trigger identifier. Transmission of a location based geo-reminder message is initiated if the current location of a particular wireless client device is within a limits of restriction distance from a location of the identity of the trigger. |
| US09467809B2 |
Apparatus, method, and system for providing spot location identification
An approach is provided for identifying the location of a seat in a dark venue. A location identification platform determines the location of a user's seat. The location identification platform then displays the route to a seat for the user which is used to help the user find their seat. |
| US09467806B2 |
Improvements related to tracking moving objects
A control system for tracking moving objects and controlling an action at a selected one of a plurality of geographic locations is described. The system comprises: a receiver for receiving location data from a plurality of mobile devices; a tracking module for recording the location data from each of the plurality of location devices in a tracking database; a cluster formation module for grouping a plurality moving mobile devices into a cluster using the recorded location data over time, each cluster comprising a plurality of moving mobile devices which have substantially no relative movement with respect to each other; a route extrapolator for determining a geographic location at which the cluster of mobile devices will be at a future point in time using the tracked history of the cluster and a predetermined network of pathways along which the cluster can travel; and an action module for sending out an instruction regarding an action to be carried out at the selected geographic location where the cluster is predicted to arrive at the future point in time. |
| US09467805B2 |
Premises area map systems and methods
In an exemplary method, a premises map subsystem receives a user request for a premises area map of a premises area, provides the premises area map for display by a mobile device, provides supplemental data for display within the premises area map, determines that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location, and provides, in response to determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location, additional supplemental data for display within the premises area map. |
| US09467804B2 |
Emission control for wireless location management
An emission control scheme intended to limit the localization and identification of a wireless device to known friendly wireless networks. Use of an intelligent access control (IAC) on a wireless device allows the user or administrator control over the revealing of the wireless device to any particular network. Passive scanning allows collection of network information while passive device-based location and on-board databased information on the wireless networks allows localization to thwart network spoofing for unfriendly positioning and identification of the wireless device. |
| US09467798B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatuses for ensuring proximity of wifi communication devices
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide an apparatus configured for ensuring proximity of a communication partner. In one aspect, the apparatus may comprise a communication port and a processor. The processor may be configured to send a request to and receive a response from the communication partner via the communication port using modulated signals, measure a time period between sending and receiving using timings of modulated signals' symbols, and receive a secondary value from the communication partner. The secondary value may be verified to include at least a portion of the request and a portion of the response, and may have been sent with authenticating data to authenticate it. The time period may be compared with a predefined threshold calculated based on a predefined maximum allowed distance to the communication partner. In another aspect, an apparatus may be configured to ensure its proximity to a communication partner. |
| US09467796B1 |
Method and apparatus for configuring electronic devices by physical interaction
Embodiments disclosed herein generally include a system and a method of causing an electronic device to perform one or more desirable functions or processes based on the physical movement of the electronic device. In one embodiment, the physical movement of a first electronic device is part of a physical interaction process completed between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The information gained from at least the physical movement part of the physical interaction process can then be used to cause at least the first electronic device to perform one or more desirable functions or processes. Some aspects of the disclosure provided herein may include an apparatus, method and/or computing device software application that is configured to more easily setup and reliably control an electronic device based on the physical movement of the electronic device and/or the interaction of the electronic device with another electronic device. |
| US09467792B2 |
Method for processing of sound signals
A method for processing audio signals for creating a three dimensional sound environment includes: receiving at least one input signal from at least one sound source; creating a simulated signal at least in part on the basis of the received at least one input signal, the simulated signal representing a simulation of at least one input signal reflecting from the ground or floor; and creating an output signal at least partly on the basis of the simulated signal and the at least one received input signal, the output signal including a plurality of audio channels; at least two channels of the audio channels of the output signal representing signals for sound transducers above a listener's ear level at a nominal listening position, and at least two channels of the audio channels of the output signal representing signals for sound transducers below a listeners ear level at a nominal listening position. |
| US09467789B1 |
Mobile device for facilitating testing and treatment of auditory disorders
A mobile device for facilitating testing and treatment of one or more auditory disorders is disclosed. A sound synthesizer of the mobile device may be configured to generate one or more sound signals based on one or more parameters. Further, an audio port of the mobile device may be configured for interfacing with an acoustic transducer configured to generate acoustic waves based on the one or more sound signals. Furthermore, a controller of the mobile device may be configured to control one or more of, the sound synthesizer and the audio port, for facilitating at least one of testing and treatment of the one or more auditory disorders. |
| US09467788B2 |
Hearing device with a frame holding hearing device components and a shell encasing the frame
A frame is provided for the hearing device, which frame is constructed in such a way that it holds all of the internal components. The shells or the battery compartment are secured to the frame. Thereby, a conversion of a hearing device by the ordinary acoustician is possible. |
| US09467787B2 |
Hearing aid with a replaceable insertion cap
A hearing aid has a coupling structure, a first hearing aid housing portion and a second hearing aid housing portion including a flexible material so that the second hearing aid housing portion is adaptable to different ear canal size. The second hearing aid housing portion is detachably coupled to the first hearing aid housing portion via the coupling structure. |
| US09467783B2 |
Low profile loudspeaker transducer
A low profile loudspeaker transducer is presented with an arrangement of placing the motor up near or into the inside concave portion of a convex dome or inverted convex cone diaphragm. In some preferred embodiments the low profile structure is facilitated by an inverted placement of the spider suspension above the plane of the surround suspension to stabilize the voice coil during excursion while supporting a low profile structure. Additionally, in numerous embodiments a coupling structure is utilized between the voice coil former and the diaphragm to create a broad surface area connection to the diaphragm to create a stiffer structure and minimizing breakup modes and creating a more robust mechanical structure to withstand greater output capability. |
| US09467778B2 |
Beamforming a digital microphone array on a common platform
An interface for an array of digital microphones in an electronic device may include a head-end chip coupled to the digital microphones through a bus. The bus may be shared by each microphone of the array of microphones and be multiplexed to allow transmission of data from the microphones to the head-end chip and transmission of power from the head-end chip to the array of digital microphones. The head-end chip may perform signal processing on receive data from the array of digital microphones to create beamforming arrays. The array of microphones may include microphones with different characteristics to improve performance of the array of microphones. |
| US09467772B2 |
Acoustical signal generator using two transducers and a reflector with a non-flat contour
The present invention relates to an audio generator comprising, a first and a second transducer element, and the first transducer element has a first membrane having a surface which is non-flat, and a reflector, wherein the reflector has a surface with a non-flat contour and the reflector co-operating with directive guiding walls so as to lead and guide audio pressure waves to propagate in predetermined directions. |
| US09467771B2 |
Battery-powered wireless audio device and a method of operating such a wireless audio device
A wireless audio device includes an audio streaming unit to wirelessly transmit an audio signal to a remote hearing device such as a hearing aid or a cochlear implant. A remote control unit to wirelessly controls the remote hearing device, a battery monitor determines a power level of a battery and provides a battery state signal indicative of the power level of the battery. A power management unit deactivates the audio streaming unit when the battery state signal reaches or falls below a first threshold and deactivates the remote control unit when the battery state signal reaches or falls below a second threshold, wherein the first threshold is higher than the second threshold. Also described is a method of operating such a wireless audio device as well as a hearing system including such a wireless audio device and a remote hearing device, such as a hearing aid or a cochlear implant. |
| US09467770B2 |
Handset or headset
There is provided a headphone or headset comprising at least one housing, at least one microphone for detecting interference sound, at least one active noise compensation unit for implementing active noise compensation based on the interference sound detected by the at least one microphone and for the output of a compensation signal. The headphone or the headset has at least one electroacoustic reproduction transducer for output of the compensation signal from the noise compensation unit and a circumaural cushion having a recess for receiving a spectacles side arm. The active noise compensation unit is adapted in noise compensation to take account of the effect of the recess in the ear cushion. |
| US09467769B2 |
Headset communication method under a strong-noise environment and headset
The invention discloses a headset communication method under a strong-noise environment and a headset. The method comprises: using earplugs to reduce medium and high frequency noises entering an ear canal, using an external connection cavity in parallel connection with the ear canal to divert medium and low frequency noises; using an internal microphone to pick up the sound in the ear canal and an environmental noise signal entering the ear canal, using an external microphone to pick up the environmental noise signal, and taking the external microphone signal as reference signals to eliminate the noise element in the internal microphone signal and remain the voice element to obtain transmitting terminal signals of the headset; using sound dynamic compression technology to cut down and compensate the signals picked up by the external microphone in terms of sound pressure level such that the sound pressure range is compressed to a range acceptable by human ears and the signals picked up by the external microphone and the receiving terminal signal received by the headset are broadcast together through a receiver of the headset. By means of the technical scheme of the present invention, the functions of protecting hearing, enhancing voice and monitoring a three-dimensional environment can be achieved comprehensively under strong-noise environments. |
| US09467768B2 |
Methods and apparatus for wearable personal sound speaker systems
Embodiments of the invention provide a wearable personal sound speaker system kit. The kit includes a speaker housing adapted to securely hold a speaker; an attachment mechanism adapted to secure the kit to a worn item; and a connector adapted to couple the speaker housing to the attachment mechanism. The kit is adapted to support the speaker proximate to a user's ear without contacting the ear. Numerous additional features are disclosed. |
| US09467765B2 |
Hearing instrument with interruptable microphone power supply
A hearing instrument includes: a first microphone; and a control and processing circuit comprising: a first audio input channel configured to receive a first microphone signal, a second audio input channel configured for receipt of an audio signal, a signal processor for receipt and processing of the first microphone signal and the audio signal according to a hearing loss of a user, a power supply configured to provide a first microphone supply voltage for the first microphone, a first controllable switch comprising a first switch control terminal, the first controllable switch configured to selectively connect the first microphone supply voltage to, and disconnect the first microphone supply voltage from, the first microphone in accordance with a first switch control signal, and a first output port configured to provide the first switch control signal to the first switch control terminal. |
| US09467763B2 |
Integrated wireless headset system for electronic devices
An integrated wireless electronic system comprises an electronic device, a headset, a charger, and an accessory. The electronic device includes a charger port and a headset port for connecting the charger and the headset to the electronic device. The headset includes a speaker and an earpiece that are retractable into an interior chamber of the headset for inserting the headset into the electronic device. The headset includes a connector end for simultaneously charging the electronic device and the headset with the charger. |
| US09467759B2 |
Speaker box
A speaker box is disclosed. The speaker box includes a housing including a bottom wall, and a speaker unit accommodated in the housing. The speaker unit includes a magnetic circuit unit having a lower plate, a magnet on the lower plate, an upper plate on the magnet, and a magnetic gap. The lower plate abuts against the bottom wall for forming a space communicated with the magnetic gap. Thus, the air pressure in the magnetic gap is balanced, and the low frequency sound performance is improved. |
| US09467751B2 |
Method of receiving a broadcasting signal and receiving system for receiving a broadcasting signal
A broadcast signal reception method and a reception system are provided. The reception system includes a first processor, a second processor, and a storage medium. The first processor receives and processes a signaling table, the signaling table comprising first signaling information including access information of Non-Real-Time (NRT) service data and second signaling information including media object association information of the NRT service data. The second processor receives the NRT service data and processes a file including the received NRT service data based on the access information and the media object association information processed by the first processor. The storage medium stores the processed file of the NRT service data. |
| US09467747B2 |
Apparatus and method for searching multimedia content
A multimedia content searching apparatus includes: an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device; an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit; a multimedia content searching unit that recommends a multimedia content to a user by searching for the multimedia content which is related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit; and an information comparing unit that compares the additional information read by the additional information reading unit with multimedia content information provided from a content provider, and the multimedia content searching unit searches for the multimedia content related to the additional information based on the result of the comparison by the information comparing unit. |
| US09467744B2 |
Comment-based media classification
A system and method relate to identifying comments associated with digital content and submitted by one or more users. The comments are parsed to determine terms included in the comments. The respective classifications associated with the comments are determined based on the terms, and at least one classification of the digital content may be identified based on the respective classifications associated with the comments. In one implementation, the classification of the digital content is determined based on identifying comments associated with a portion of the digital content, and identifying a particular classification associated with at least a threshold number of the comments associated with the portion. |
| US09467743B2 |
Personalized content aggregation platform
A user device receives, from a network device, a content index of content items available for presentation via a content distribution network. The user device presents a user interface to configure a personalized channel plan and receives, via the user interface, user input to configure the personalized channel plan. The personalized channel plan includes a schedule of selected content items, from the content index, for presentation on a remote viewing device. The user device sends, to a remote viewing device, presentation instructions for the personalized channel plan, wherein the instructions cause the viewing device to present the selected content items to the user. |
| US09467739B2 |
Systems and methods for searching based on information in commercials
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that a commercial segment of media content, including a video portion and an audio portion, contains neither metadata nor close captioning information. I response to determining that the commercial segment contains neither metadata nor close captioning information, advertised program content is identified based on the video portion, the audio portion or both. Alternative media content is identified based on the advertised program content. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09467731B2 |
Method for controlling touch screen, and mobile terminal
A method for controlling touch screens and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes: a mobile terminal, connected with an HDMI device, requesting the HDMI device for obtaining a right of controlling a touch screen of the HDMI device; and after receiving a permission response message of the HDMI device, the mobile terminal performing a control operation on the touch screen of the HDMI device. |
| US09467727B2 |
Portable broadcast system accommodating multiple remote users for digital audio/video transmission via wired or wireless IP or 3G/4G networks
A system for simultaneously distributing program content originating from hundreds of remote multicast transmit units to a global network such as the Internet, and configured to receive at a host multicast receiver/server the transmitted program content segments from each of the remote multicast transmit units in real time, at full bandwidth and minimum latency. A command center station coupled to a first output of the multicast receiver/server for distribution of the program content segments via a satellite broadcast network interface to one or more affiliated stations and a second output of the multicast receiver/server via a third party network interface for streaming distribution to the affiliated stations. |
| US09467726B1 |
Systems and methods for provisioning multi-dimensional rule based entitlement offers
A method of provisioning entitlement including: receiving within a headend and at a policy management module first conditions and rules for content from a service provider or a third party device; and generating, for a point of presence (POP) device of a customer, a policy for entitlement and usage of content (merged policy). The generating of the merged policy includes: merging conditions and rules of policies including the first conditions and rules to generate the merged policy based on a predetermined hierarchy of the policies. Rules and conditions of the merged policy are multi-dimensional to include customer, POP device, and provider dimensions; and generating a configuration file including conditions or condition based parameters. The method further includes: presenting an offer for the content to the customer via the POP device; receiving an acceptance of the offer from the POP device; and enforcing the merged policy according to the configuration file. |
| US09467724B2 |
Self-service channel marketplace
A content hosting system allows content providers to create channels of video content and make them available to users in a marketplace. Users can search or browse for channels of interest, and selectively subscribe to channels. Users can also pay for the right to view premium videos in each channel. The system ranks channels according to the value provided. Generally, users will seek out and subscribe to the highest ranked channels that provide the greatest value. The ranking function allows different providers to compete for the subscriptions of users. Providers can observe their channel's reception in the market by analyzing rankings and usage statistics to adjust channels to maximize channel performance. The system operator can also create bundled channels containing videos from multiple providers, and the resulting subscription revenue can be distributed to the various providers of the videos in the channel. |
| US09467719B2 |
System and method for the transmission of data and streams containing video data Dvideo in a channel with given bitrate
System and method for multiplexing data Di and one or more streams containing video data Dvideo in a transmission channel with fixed bitrate comprising a multiplexer (11) and its controller (112), the multiplexer (11) comprising one to n inputs (11v) receiving the stream or streams Dvideo, a bitrate allocator (12), the multiplexer (11) comprises an input (11d) for the data Di to be multiplexed, and the said system comprises at least the following elements: a memory (20) receiving the data to be multiplexed with the stream or streams Dvideo, a bitrate estimator (21) which transmits a bitrate request Rd to the bitrate allocator (12), the bitrate request Rd is transmitted to the controller (112) of the multiplexer and delayed, the controller (112) is suitable for reading from the memory (20) the data Di to be multiplexed, up to compliance with the bitrate request Rd. |
| US09467716B2 |
Filtering method for removing block artifacts and/or ringing noise and apparatus therefor
Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. |
| US09467712B2 |
Scalable image distribution in virtualized server environments
A method and system include replicating an image representing a sequence of bytes on a local storage medium on a target device by determining a similarity between images and reconstructing a new image using equivalent blocks from one or more similar images locally available on the target device or available on donor devices to reduce network link usage and transfer time in replicating the image. |
| US09467710B2 |
Image decoding method, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, program, and integrated circuit
An image decoding method including: obtaining an old quantization scaling matrix which is a decoded quantization scaling matrix and is used for decoding a new quantization scaling matrix; obtaining, from the coded stream, an update parameter indicating an amount of change in the new quantization scaling matrix with respect to the old quantization scaling matrix; decoding the new quantization scaling matrix using the old quantization scaling matrix obtained in the obtaining of an old quantization scaling matrix and the update parameter obtained in the obtaining of an update parameter; and decoding the coded image using the new quantization scaling matrix decoded in the decoding of the new quantization scaling matrix. |
| US09467709B2 |
Data decoding device and process operating depending on selected modes
A data decoding device is provided that can decode, at high speed and with low cost, image data encoded at a high compression rate. Provided are an input unit to be input a first encoded data, a second encoded data, the second encoded data and reference data of the line image data; an acquisition unit to acquire, a first reference data to decode the first encoded data to the higher-end data and a second reference data to decode the second encoded data to the lower-end data; a decoding unit to decode the second encoded data to the lower-end data on the basis of the second reference data while the first encoded data is decoded to the higher-end data on the basis of the first reference data and; and a combining means to combine the higher-end data and the lower-end data that were decoded by the decoding unit. |
| US09467706B2 |
Distributed encoding of a video stream
Systems and methods of configuring and performing distributed encoding of a video stream are disclosed. A method includes receiving a video stream at a computing device and receiving input indicating a value of a local encoding parameter and a value of a remote encoding parameter. The method further includes encoding the video stream at the computing device based on the value of the local encoding parameter to generate a first encoded stream. The method includes sending the first encoded stream and the value of the remote encoding parameter to a media server. The media server is configured to generate a second encoded stream based on the value of the remote encoding parameter and the first encoded stream. |
| US09467704B2 |
Adaptive ratio images in HDR image representation
Image encoding and decoding are described. An input HDR image is coded using a coded tone-mapped image, a coded invertible function of a ratio image, and a look-up table representing the inverse of the invertible function, wherein the ratio image represents the pixel by pixel ratio of the luminance pixel values of the input image and the corresponding luminance values in the tone-mapped image. A method to generate the invertible function based on a cumulative histogram of the ratio image is presented. |
| US09467701B2 |
Coded block flag coding
A video encoder generates a bitstream that includes a residual quad tree (RQT) for a coding unit (CU). The CU is larger than a maximum-allowable transform unit (TU) size and the RQT includes a hierarchy of nodes. A root node of the RQT corresponds to the CU as a whole and leaf nodes of the RQT correspond to TUs of the CU. The root node is associated with a coded block flag (CBF) for a chroma component. The CBF for the chroma component indicates whether any of the TUs of the CU are associated with a significant coefficient block that is based on samples of the particular chroma component. A video decoder receives the bitstream and determines, based on the CBF, whether coefficient blocks associated with TUs that correspond to the leaf nodes include non-zero coefficients. |
| US09467698B2 |
Video coding method, video decoding method, video coding apparatus and video decoding apparatus
A moving picture coding method includes: making a determination as to whether or not to code all blocks in a current picture in the skip mode; setting, based on a result of the determination, a first flag indicating whether or not a temporally neighboring block is to be referenced, a value of a parameter for determining a total number of merging candidates, and a second flag for each block included in the current picture, the second flag indicating whether or not the block is to be coded in the skip mode; calculating, as a merging candidate, a neighboring block usable for merging; and coding an index which indicates a merging candidate to be used for coding of the current block and attaching the coded index to a bitstream. |
| US09467697B2 |
Method and apparatus for packetizing data
A method for packetizing data representing a video sequence comprising a first frame and a second frame. The method comprising determining for at least one first area of a plurality of first areas of the first frame a second area of a plurality of second areas of the second frame such that, for different first areas different second areas are determined and such that, for each of the first areas, a measure of the distance between the second area determined for the first area and an area of the second frame whose location within the second frame corresponds to the location of the first area is above a value. The method further comprising grouping, for each of the first areas, data which the first area may be reconstructed and data from which the second area determined for the first area may be reconstructed into a packet. |
| US09467692B2 |
Intra prediction improvements for scalable video coding
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores video information associated with a reference layer and a corresponding enhancement layer. The processor determines a value of a video unit positioned at a position within the enhancement layer based at least in part on an intra prediction value weighted by a first weighting factor, wherein the intra prediction value is determined based on at least one additional video unit in the enhancement layer, and a value of a co-located video unit in the reference layer weighted by a second weighting factor, wherein the co-located video unit is located at a position in the reference layer corresponding to the position of the video unit in the enhancement layer. In some embodiments, the at least one of the first and second weighting factors is between 0 and 1. |
| US09467691B2 |
Video system for displaying image data, method and computer program
A video system 1 for displaying image data. The system includes a server (2) having a coder device (5) which can be operated in a number of operating modes, and a client (3) connected to the server (2) via a network (4). The coder device (5) is configured to code video data (V) in accordance with an active operating mode and to output coded transmission data (U). The client (3) is connected to the server (2) via a network (4), and configured to request, to further process, and to display the coded transmission data (U) from the coder device (5). The coder device (5) operates in the active operating mode as determined by the client (3). |
| US09467685B2 |
Enhancing the coupled zone of a stereoscopic display
Systems and methods for calibrating a three dimensional (3D) stereoscopic display system may include rendering a virtual model on a display of a 3D stereoscopic display system that may include a substantially horizontal display. The virtual model may be geometrically similar to a physical object placed at a location on the display. A vertex of the virtual model may be adjusted in response to user input. The adjustment may be such that the vertex of the virtual model is substantially coincident with a corresponding vertex of the physical object. |
| US09467683B2 |
Display device having three-dimensional display function
According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting, and a control unit. The display unit has a display surface and is configured to three-dimensionally display a display object in a space on a back face side of the display surface. The detecting unit detects an action of an object in the space on the back face side. When the detecting unit detects a predetermined action of the object in the space on the back face side, the control unit changes the display object in the space on the back face side according to the predetermined action. |
| US09467682B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method
An information processing apparatus includes a model storing unit configured to store a three-dimensional form model for acquiring the position and posture of a measurement target object, an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of the measurement target object, a first position and posture acquiring unit configured to acquire a first position and posture of the three-dimensional form model in a first coordinate system on the basis of a first geometric feature of the three-dimensional form model and a first geometric feature within the image, and a second position and posture acquiring unit configured to acquire a second position and posture of the three-dimensional form model in a second coordinate system that is different from the first coordinate system on the basis of a second geometric feature of the three-dimensional form model and a second geometric feature within the image and the first position and posture. |
| US09467672B2 |
Image processing device that performs white balance control, method of controlling the same, and image pickup apparatus
An image processing device capable of stably performing white balance control. A first WB correction value is calculated according to an infrared light amount obtained from a first image. A second WB correction value different from the first one is calculated according to white pixels obtained from the first image. A third WB correction value is calculated based on the first and second WB correction values. White balance processing is performed on the first image using the third WB correction value, which is stored as a reference WB correction value. When the infrared light amount not smaller than a predetermined amount is obtained from the second image and also the number of obtained white pixels is smaller than a predetermined number, white balance processing is performed on the second image using the stored reference WB correction value. |
| US09467671B1 |
Automatic white balancing system and method
Systems for automatic white balancing (AWB) of a digital image and methods for making and using same. In response to a white balancing trigger, the relative positions of an image sensor and a reference region for white balancing are automatically adjusted such that the image sensor can acquire an image of the reference region. A white balance parameter reflecting the color temperature of the illuminating source is then computed and used to perform white balancing so as to remove color casts. The position of the reference region can be pre-recorded or scanned-for by the image sensor. The reference region can be rendered mobile so that it can be positioned within the image sensor's field-of-vision. The imaging systems can further include a gimbal that enables the image sensor to rotate about one or more axes. The present systems and methods are suitable for use, for example, by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). |
| US09467662B2 |
Emergency response system and method
An emergency response system and method for facilitating emergency response to a local premises having at least one system display structured to present a plurality of zones. Each zone corresponding to a different area of the local premises, where the plurality of zones are structured and disposed to convey at least location information pertaining to the local premises. The system display is structured to present at least one universal location indicator associated with each zone and a surveillance system. The surveillance system is further structured and disposed to present at least location information pertaining to the local premises. The system also has a plurality of microzones corresponding to specified areas of the premises within each zone. The method presents a plurality of zones and a plurality of microzones. Each zone and microzone corresponds to a different portion of the local premises. |
| US09467653B2 |
System and method for aggressive downstream bandwidth conservation based on user inactivity
System and method to manage bandwidth used by an endpoint of a communication session, the method including: detecting, by a sensor coupled to a communication system transporting the communication session, an indicia of a user; inferring, by a processor of the communication system transporting the communication session, a first involvement by the user in the communication session, wherein inferring is based upon the detected indicia of the user; and modifying, by the communication system transporting the communication session, a bandwidth of the communication session based upon the first inferred involvement by the user. |
| US09467651B2 |
Determining electronic media format when transferring a customer between specialists or amongst communication sources at a customer service outlet
Systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for determining the media format for transferring a customer from customer between specialists and/or from one communication source to another communication source within a customer service outlet, such as a banking center or the like. For example, while a two-way video conference system may be used for communication between a customer and a remote specialist, in certain instances in which the customer requires transfer to another specialist (e.g., a specialist having a different specialty) other media formats, such as one-way live video conference, live audio-only conference, text chat or the like may be implemented. |
| US09467646B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing image signal, imaging apparatus, and method for displaying image
An image signal processing apparatus includes a down-converter unit configured to down-convert an image signal having a first resolution into an image signal having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, a high-frequency-band-edge detection unit configured to perform filtering on the image signal having the first resolution to extract components in a higher frequency band than a frequency corresponding to the second resolution and to perform down-conversion on an edge detection signal obtained through the filtering to obtain an edge detection signal having the second resolution, and a combination unit configured to combine the edge detection signal obtained by the high-frequency-band-edge detection unit with the image signal having the second resolution generated by the down-converter unit so as to obtain an image signal having the second resolution and being to be displayed. |
| US09467636B2 |
Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system
A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of columns, a plurality of comparators provided correspondingly to the respective columns, a reference signal generation unit configured to supply a reference signal to the plurality of comparators, a counter configured to generate a count signal that includes a plurality of bits in synchronization with a first clock signal, a synchronization unit configured to synchronize the plurality of bits with a second clock signal to generate a synchronized count signal and to output the generated synchronized count signal, and a plurality of memories provided correspondingly to the respective comparators, the memories each being configured to store the synchronized count signal in response to a change in an output of a corresponding one of the comparators. |
| US09467632B1 |
Dual exposure control circuit and associated method
A dual-exposure control circuit of an imaging system includes an RGB pixel array and a white pixel array. The dual-exposure control circuit is arranged to determine EGPs for the RGB pixel array and the white pixel array, and compensate RGB data sensed by the RGB pixel array based on the determined EGP. |
| US09467630B2 |
System for facilitating selection of color changing eyewear lenses and windows
A system for facilitating a consumer's selection of customized color-changing lenses for eyewear, or windows, captures a digital color image of at least the face of the consumer and displays that color image to the consumer on a video display while superimposing a pair of lenses over the eyes. The display simulates the color of the superimposed lenses when made of a selected photochromic or thermochromic material. The color of the superimposed lenses is changeable, in response to consumer-controlled inputs, over a range between (a) an initial color for the lenses when subjected to at least one of (i) a first predetermined temperature and (ii) a first predetermined light condition, and (b) a final color for said lenses when subjected to at least one of (i) a second predetermined temperature higher than said first predetermined temperature and (ii) a second predetermined light condition brighter than said first predetermined light condition. |
| US09467626B2 |
Automatic recognition and capture of an object
A method, system, and device for automatic recognition and capture of an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile terminal comprises a display unit, a memory, a camera module, and a controller. The controller is configured to set at least one image of an expected object in response to a user input thereof, receive an image of a object via the camera module, generate a match indication when the image of the object matches with the at least one image of the expected object beyond a threshold value, and capture the image of the object upon confirmation of the match indication. |
| US09467624B2 |
Lens driving apparatus and camera module including function of shaking compensation
Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes a lens barrel disposed in a housing to receive a lens; and a driving unit moving the lens barrel relative to the housing, wherein the driving unit comprises: a first driving unit in the lens barrel; and a second driving unit in the housing, and wherein the lens barrel comprises a central area on which the lens is disposed; and a peripheral area surrounding the central area, in which the first driving unit is disposed in the peripheral area. The camera module includes a lens barrel disposed in a housing to receive a lens; and a plurality of driving units moving the lens barrel relative to the housing, wherein a first direction is defined perpendicularly to an optical axis of the lens, a second direction is defined perpendicularly to the optical axis of the lens and the first direction, and the driving units including coils and moving the lens barrels in the same direction along the first direction or the second direction have coil winding directions corresponding to each other. |
| US09467622B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method of controlling image capturing apparatus to correct distortion
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to change, between lines, a timing to receive light of an object image formed by an imaging optical system and accumulate charges, a storage unit configured to store a captured image, a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake, an image stabilization unit configured to optically correct an image blur caused by the shake, a distortion correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the output of the shake detection unit, a distortion correction amount used to correct a distortion caused in the image by the shake during charge accumulation of the image capturing unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the image stored in the storage unit based on the distortion correction amount. |
| US09467621B2 |
Photographing device, photographing method, and playback method
A photographing device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section that captures a subject image and outputs image data; a motion picture recording section that records a motion picture based on the image data; a parameter setting section that sets a photographing parameter to change a photographing state; and a parameter control section that automatically changes the photographing parameter during the recording of the motion picture regardless of the set photographing parameter. |
| US09467619B2 |
Focus detection apparatus, electronic apparatus, manufacturing apparatus, and manufacturing method
There is provided a focus detection apparatus including: microlenses; light reception units that receive light which is incident through the microlenses; waveguides that cause light, which is incident to the microlenses at a predetermined angle, to be received by the light reception units and that are provided between the microlenses and the light reception units; and a detection unit that detects focusing using output values from the light reception units. |
| US09467618B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and imaging method
An image pickup apparatus is configured such that if a monitoring unit detects that a focus evaluation value changes as much as or more than a predetermined threshold, a monitoring state caused by the monitoring unit transitions to a focus adjustment state by minute driving. The predetermined threshold in the monitoring performed in an in-focus position obtained by hill-climbing driving is greater than the predetermined threshold in the monitoring performed in an in-focus position obtained by the minute driving. |
| US09467612B2 |
Camera body, mount adapter, and methods of controlling operation of same
An image captured using a lens mounted via a mount adapter is corrected in simple fashion in accordance with the lens. An interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera body via the mount adapter. The mount adapter is provided with a slide switch capable of setting a lens type that corresponds to the interchangeable lens. The slide switch is positioned in accordance with the interchangeable lens. The switch setting state of the positioned slide switch is detected in the camera body. Correction parameters that conform to the detected switch setting state are read out of a memory within the camera body. The captured image is corrected using the correction parameters that have been read out. |
| US09467611B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating camera with interchangeable lens
One or more embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for operating an interchangeable-lens camera system suitable for shooting of a high quality photo or moving picture. The camera system includes a main body and a lens unit mountable on and detachable from the main body and wirelessly accessible to the main body. The lens unit estimates position information between the lens unit and the main body using beam information of the lens unit formed via beamforming and beam information of the main body. The lens unit applies the estimated position information to shooting. |
| US09467610B2 |
Image capturing system, image capturing device, and image capturing method
To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a trigger signal to a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device image-captures an image to record this image in accordance with the trigger signal. Thus, the first and second image capturing devices enable both of an overall image and a zoomed image to be obtained with simultaneous timing. |
| US09467607B2 |
Light field data acquisition
A light field data acquisition device includes optics and a light field sensor to acquire light field image data of a scene. In at least one embodiment, the light field sensor is located at a substantially fixed, predetermined distance relative to the focal point of the optics. In response to user input, the light field acquires the light field image data of the scene, and a storage device stores the acquired data. Such acquired data can subsequently be used to generate a plurality of images of the scene using different virtual focus depths. |
| US09467604B2 |
Method and apparatus for calibrating a camera lens flange to sensor distance
A method and camera assembly for use in a machine vision system, the assembly comprising a support structure forming a mounting flange that is configured for coupling with any of a plurality of exchangeable electrically controllable adjustable focal length lens assemblies, a two dimensional image sensor supported by the support structure and forming a sensor plane spaced from the mounting flange by a flange focal distance and a processor programmed with a flange focal distance error and to use the flange focal distance error to generate lens control signals to compensate for the flange focal distance error when a lens is mounted to the mounting flange. |
| US09467603B2 |
Position detection apparatus
A position detection apparatus includes an autofocus mechanism and an optical image stabilization mechanism by using a closed loop control, in which a magnet is commonly used as an autofocus magnet and an optical image stabilization magnet to achieve downsizing. The position detection apparatus includes the autofocus mechanism that moves a lens along an optical axis (Z axis) of the lens, and the optical image stabilization mechanism that moves the lens in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. A permanent magnet is secured to the lens, and moves according to the movement of the lens. The amount of movement thereof is detected by position sensors. The permanent magnet for autofocus used in the autofocus mechanism and the permanent magnet for optical image stabilization used in the optical image stabilization mechanism is provided in the vicinity of the lens for common use. |
| US09467598B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program for adaptive black point compensation
A system and method for carrying out improved spatial and color adaptive gamut mapping algorithms, based on image decomposition in two bands Ihigh and Ilow using 5D bilateral filtering. A function g( ) applied to the low-pass band Ilow carries out black point compensation followed by a gamut clipping algorithm. Function k( ) applied to Ihigh is a locally adaptive function. The merging and adaptive mapping of IhighM and IlowM by function f( ) using local adaptive implementations of the two families of pointwise GMAs: compression and clipping is carried out. Two functions f( ) are proposed, they take into account the color properties of the neighborhood of each pixel. Black point compensation is adaptive by, in dependence of a histogram of the image, carrying out black point compensation if the number of pixels below the black point of the output device is more than a first threshold; carrying out partial black point compensation if the number of pixels below the black point of the output device is between the first and a second threshold and carrying out no black point compensation if the number of pixels below the black point is less than the second threshold. |
| US09467595B2 |
Cover for handheld portable electronic device
A method displays a template, an HPED, and an image selector. The template is marked with zones to display selected images, and the HPED includes a cover that has surfaces to display the selected images. The image selector displays images that when selected appear as the selected images on the zones of the template and on the surfaces of the cover. The template is printed with the selected images and folded into the cover that has a form factor of the HPED. |
| US09467591B2 |
Image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a mobile terminal
An image processing apparatus for switching its state between a first state and a second state includes: a processing unit; a communicator for communicating with a mobile terminal; a storage storing a terminal identifier, first orientation information, and second orientation information; and a controller. The controller successively receives orientation information indicating an orientation of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal through the communicator. When the controller successively receives the first orientation information and the second orientation information from the mobile terminal identified by the terminal identifier, the controller switches the state of the image processing apparatus from one of the first state and the second state to another of the first state and the second state. |
| US09467583B2 |
System and method for semi-automatic generation of operating procedures from recorded troubleshooting sessions
A method for generating procedures includes receiving a log of a troubleshooting session. The log includes device data including a sequence of detected operations performed on the device causing respective components to change states. Steps of a candidate operating procedure are generated, based on the log, each corresponding to one of the detected operations. Missing steps may be identified, based on state charts and/or stored operability constraints for the device. The candidate operating procedure is compared with existing operating procedures stored in a knowledge base for the device to identify at least one existing operating procedure which includes steps which match at least some of the steps of the candidate operating procedure and, based on the identified at least one existing operating procedure, generating a textual description based on the textual description of the matching steps. The candidate procedure can be presented to an editor for validation. |
| US09467578B2 |
Correcting gradation value to appoximate an output characteristic to target characteristic updated based on corrected high density region target density
A correcting apparatus includes a first acquiring unit that acquires a target characteristic expressing a correspondence relationship between a gradation value and a target density of an image to be output from an output apparatus in accordance with the gradation value; a second acquiring unit that acquires an output characteristic expressing a correspondence relationship between a gradation value and a measured density of the image output from the output apparatus in accordance with the gradation value; an updating unit that updates the target characteristic by correcting the target density corresponding to a high density region including a maximum target density value when a difference between a maximum measured density value and the maximum target density value is larger than a predetermined value; and a correcting unit that corrects the gradation value so as to approximate the output characteristic to the updated target characteristic. |
| US09467577B2 |
Image processing device and image forming apparatus
A segment extracting section extracts, from a document image, a segment that is an image region containing a series of text characters of a uniform size from a document image. When the segment extracting section extracts a plurality of segments, a segment designating section designates one or more of the extracted segments each as an enlargement segment according to text sizes of the respective extracted segments. A scaling-factor determining section determines a scaling factor for each enlargement segment based on the text size of the enlargement segment and a standard text size. An image creating section enlarges each enlargement segment at the scaling factor determined for the enlargement segment and creates a page image including each enlargement segment as enlarged and each non-enlargement segment that is an undesignated segment among the extracted segments. |
| US09467573B2 |
Method and system for enabling shared mobile data usage
Disclosed is a system and method for enabling personalized shared mobile phone usage when accessing data services within a wireless telecommunications network, including an illustrative example application of the invention as it relates to mobile subscribers who cannot afford a mobile phone handset in emerging markets. For instance, a prepaid wireless subscriber can have a personal phone number associated with their own billing account, which can be used to access data services on a wireless network without needing to purchase any hardware, such as a mobile handset or SIM card. Thus, the subscriber may access his account and use data services through a borrowed handset. |
| US09467562B2 |
Method and unit used to determine useable services
In one aspect, a method used to determine services in a network is provided. For a plurality of devices, information pertaining to a location of the respective device is stored in a location information item. A location information item providing a location of a user is generated. At least one of the plurality of devices to be used by the user based on the generated location information item and to the stored location information items is automatically selecting; a status report is transmitted to a device used by the user, with the user being offered the use a service via the status report, the offered service effected by the selected device. |
| US09467561B2 |
Method for presenting additional information about a telecommunication user
A method and system for presenting additional information about a user are provided. The user may be a calling party or a called party. A request for information in addition to the information normally contained in the caller ID may be constructed and sent to a repository of additional information that returns the additional information. If the user is a calling party, the additional information may be presented on the called party's communication device. If the user is a called party, the additional information may be presented on the calling party's communication device. A system including the repository may receive the request. An authoring and editing component of the system may allow the user or others to edit the additional information about the user. The system may select and send the additional information based on a set of parameters in the request and the access type of the requestor. |
| US09467558B2 |
Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication, a touchscreen having a front output unit exposed from a front side of the touchscreen and at least one lateral output unit exposed from a lateral side of the touchscreen, and a controller, if an event occurs, controlling an object to be displayed on the lateral output unit to notify that the event occurs, the controller controls a detailed information on the event to be displayed through at least one of the front output unit and the lateral output unit in response to a input to the lateral output unit. Accordingly, the present invention outputs an alarm indicating an occurrence of an event and facilitates a content or substance of the occurring event to be checked. |
| US09467557B2 |
Methods and apparatus for line selection in a communication device
Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for selecting a communication line from two or more lines on a communication device are described herein. The communication device comprises a display module, an input module, a line selection module, and a communication module for making a call over a network to a target recipient. In one broad aspect, upon detecting initiation of the call to the target recipient, a determination of which of the communication lines is a communication line most frequently used on the mobile device is made in the selection of a communication line accessible at the communication device on which an outgoing call may be placed. |
| US09467552B2 |
Mobile phone terminal
Disclosed is an information communication terminal having a configuration in which it is possible to prevent a wrong operation of the information communication terminal due to an unconscious operation of an input equipment during operating an audio output equipment. That is, the information communication terminal includes a controller. The controller operates a detection sensor that detects an object approaching during operating the audio output equipment. And the controller controls a status of being input into the input equipment based on a detected result of the detection sensor. |
| US09467551B2 |
Mobile terminal and method of controlling therefor
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal enabling a user to more conveniently use the terminal and a method of controlling therefor. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, it is able to provide a user with a control method capable of easily and efficiently sharing an image with a different mobile terminal using tag information which is stored together with the image. |
| US09467550B2 |
Communication apparatus, external apparatus, and control method therefor
A communication apparatus which controls an external apparatus, comprises a communication unit configured to control communication with the external apparatus, a control unit configured to control the external apparatus by causing the communication unit to transmit, to the external apparatus, operation information for causing the external apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a management unit configured to, when a function controllable on the external apparatus is added, manage additional function information that renders the added function usable also by second application software that is different from first application software, the first application software causing the control unit to function so as to control the external apparatus. |
| US09467548B1 |
RF transmission in a modular portable electronic device
A modular portable device interconnection system includes a magnetic attachment point on a first portable device and a corresponding magnetically responsive attachment point on a second portable device. The magnetic attachment point includes a plated annular magnet, an electrically conductive pin extending through the magnet and an electrically insulating layer insulating the electrically conductive pin from the magnet. The magnetically responsive attachment point includes a ferromagnetic annulus, plated or otherwise conductive, configured and located to mate with the annular magnet when the first and second devices are placed together. In this configuration, the electrically conductive pin and electrically insulating layer extend through both the magnet and the ferromagnetic annulus, forming a shielded electrically conductive pathway between the devices. This pathway is suitable for RF signals but may also be used for other AC signals or DC signals. |
| US09467547B2 |
Security enhancing apparatus for attaching to an electronic device
An apparatus for attaching to an electronic device that includes an electrical connector, a back side, a display arranged on a side opposite to the back side, and lateral sides connecting the back side and the side opposite to the back side includes a first body comprising a back plane arranged to cover at least a part of the backside of the electronic device when attached, an electrical connector arranged to mate the electrical connector of the electronic device when attached, a slot for insertion of a smartcard arranged at the back plane part, the slot comprising electrical contacts for connecting to the smartcard when inserted, and circuitry connected to the electrical connector and the electrical contacts. |
| US09467545B1 |
Specifically programmed computer-implemented engine systems for real-time on-demand discovery of available time slots across programmed schedule objects and methods of use thereof
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer-implemented method, including at least the following steps to be performed by a specifically programmed computer processor of a schedule management computer system: electronically causing to display a specialized schedule GUI; where the specialized schedule GUI is configured to allow each user to: define a programmed schedule object, including a plurality of availability time periods (TimeWindows); each having TimeWindow parameters, and identifying when a time period is available or unavailable for booking; where the TimeWindow parameters include: a start date, a start time, an end time, at least one day of a week, and a period type; electronically and in real-time, generating a bitmask of days in a week for each TimeWindow of the TimeWindows; electronically and in real-time, storing schedule objects associated with the users in a specifically dedicated database. |
| US09467544B2 |
Mobile terminal, lock state control program for mobile terminal, and a method for controlling lock state of mobile terminal
A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touch panel and an input detection part, a display part, a determination part, and an execution part. The input detection part is configured to detect inputs to the touch panel. The display part is configured to display an object corresponding to a lock state in which predetermined processing based on inputs detected by the input detection part is not executed. The determination part is configured to determine whether or not a predetermined input to the object is detected by the input detection part. The execution part is configured to release the lock state and execute predetermined processing if the determination part determines that a predetermined input to the object is detected. |
| US09467541B2 |
Portable terminal device
A portable terminal device (1) according to the present invention includes a housing (11), a display panel (14), a resin material, and a metal material. The display panel (14) is disposed on a principal surface (100a) of the housing (11). The metal material is disposed on a side wall (112a) of the housing (11). The resin material is disposed at ends of the housing (11), the ends sandwiching the side wall (112a) in a longitudinal direction of the side wall (112a). The metal material has a strength higher than that of the resin material. |
| US09467540B2 |
Mobile communication device
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and discloses a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device comprises a display screen, a back cover, and internal communication parts provided in a chamber defined by the display screen and the back cover. A rotating member is provided on an upper side of the back cover, and the rotating member is rotatable around the back cover, and a telephone receiver and a camera are arranged on the rotating member. In the mobile communication device according to the present disclosure, no telephone receiver and camera are required to be arranged on the front surface thereof, which is capable of saving a front frame and space for installing the telephone receiver and the camera on the front frame of the mobile communication device. |
| US09467538B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a casing formed by joining two cabinets together. A housing chamber for an electric component is recessed on at least either one cabinet and is open toward an inner face of the other cabinet. Mating surfaces located on both the cabinets overlap each other around the housing chamber. A water entry portion leading to a clearance between the mating surfaces is located on an exposed surface exposed to the outside of the casing in an upper part of the casing. A groove extending in a right-left direction along the hosing chamber is recessed on the mating surface of at least either one cabinet of the two cabinets at a position away upward from the housing chamber. |
| US09467536B1 |
Shim layer abstraction in multi-protocol SDN controller
A Service Abstraction Layer (SAL) provides network level abstraction enabling applications to interface via multiple software-defined networking (SDN) protocols with network devices in a heterogeneous network (devices in the network support a variety of SDN protocols) and in an opaque fashion in order to fulfill desired services by one or more of the protocols. Abstraction is not limited or mapped to any particular protocol. Protocols can change and applications can vary. Support for new protocols can be added later as plug-ins. |
| US09467530B2 |
Method, apparatus, network entity, system and computer program product for sharing content
A method, apparatus, network entity, system and computer program product are provided for content sharing. In particular, a technique is provided whereby an individual desiring to share content including, for example, photograph albums, music or video files, or the like, need only select the individual(s) with whom he or she would like to share the content, and the device on which he or she is operating will determine all of the necessary protocols, connectivity bearers, and the like, for sharing the content, as well as the appropriate device with which the content should be shared. |
| US09467529B2 |
Customizable media player with online/offline capabilities
An information dissemination system comprises an Internet-connected server adapted for gathering information from plural sources, and sorting the information according to subscriber preferences. The sorted information is transmitted via the Internet to a subscriber's Internet Appliance (IA) as electronic documents, where the documents are downloaded to a connected playback device. The playback device may be disconnected from the PC, and the information electronic documents rendered as speech to a speaker in the playback device by a text-to-speech system. In a preferred embodiment annotation is added at the Internet-connected server to control speech characteristics, such as inflection, upon playback. In some embodiments updates may be made by radio with the playback device disconnected from the IA. |
| US09467528B2 |
Method for accelerating web server by predicting hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests and web server enabling the method
Provided is a method of improving performance of a web server by predicting a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request and the web server enabling the method, including transmitting, to an HTTP requester, at least one web content among web contents including static web contents and dynamic web contents in response to an HTTP request, selecting, from the web contents, a required web content to be additionally transmitted to the HTTP requester and a potential web content to be additionally transmitted to the HTTP requester, determining, among the potential web content, a web content to be preloaded, and storing, in a document cache, the required web content and the web content to be preloaded. |
| US09467525B2 |
Shared client caching
According to some embodiments, a method and apparatus are provided to determine if a requested resource is cached at a first client or at a server based on a received list. In a case that the requested resource is determined to be cached at the first client, a request is sent to the first client for the cached resource. Else, a request is sent to the server for the cached resource. The cached resource is received. |
| US09467521B2 |
System and computer implemented method of personal monitoring
A system and computer implemented method of personal monitoring is provided. The method includes allowing a user to engage in a number of on-line activities, determining, on a computer, if the user engaged in on-line activities, and if the determination is negative, then performing, on a computer, a number of responsive actions. The system and method further provide for an investigation of external modules; that is, the system and method investigate external sites such as, but not limited to, social networks, forums, weblogs (blogs), that are not associated with the personal monitoring module. The system and method further allow a proxy to respond for the user. |
| US09467518B2 |
System, a method and a computer program product for automated remote control
A method enables automated remote control of a remote device from a local device connected to the remote device over a network. The method includes executing a set of one or more commands on the remote device by invoking a macro on the local device. Invoking the macro causes the local device to send said the set of commands over the network to the remote device. |
| US09467517B2 |
Method and apparatus for remote management of device
Disclosed is remote management of a device by using another device that supports device management service as an intermediary. The device collects device information of said at least one device connected through a personal area network, converts the device information to converted device information of a form based on a device management protocol supported by the device management server, transfers the converted device information to the device management server, receives function management data related to said at least one device from the device management server, and transfers the received function management data to said at least one device through the personal area network. |
| US09467509B2 |
Device control method and computer-readable recording medium
A method in a communication system in the present disclosure includes: receiving a first access from the information apparatus which starts a first application for a telephone conversation function; transmitting an identifier and a confirmation destination address to the information apparatus in response to the first access; receiving an instruction to the information apparatus from the information processing apparatus; receiving a second access using the confirmation destination address from the information apparatus; transmitting the instruction to the information apparatus in response to the second access; and when it is judged that the instruction instructs the information apparatus to start the second application for providing a camera function, causing the information apparatus to continue the telephone conversation process, to start the second application without involving a user operation, receiving image information captured using the camera function from the information apparatus, and forwarding the image information to the information processing apparatus. |
| US09467507B2 |
Wireless network cloud computing resource management
A method, performed by a server device, may include receiving a request to activate an application session, the request being received from a user equipment on behalf of a particular application installed on the user equipment. The method may further include determining one or more application requirements associated with the particular application; determining conditions associated with one or more application servers; selecting a particular one of the one or more application servers based on the determined one or more application requirements and based on the determined conditions; and setting up the application session between the user equipment and between the selected particular one of the one or more application servers. |
| US09467506B2 |
Anycast based, wide area distributed mapping and load balancing system
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for providing anycast based load balancing for a plurality of servers within a network. The network includes a domain name system (DNS) server that is configured to respond to domain name queries received from one or more clients. The DNS server maintains a set of anycast IP addresses associated with a domain name. The DNS server responds to a client's request with one or more selected anycast IP addresses from the set of anycast IP addresses. The DNS server also instructs a plurality of content servers to advertise all of the anycast IP addresses to the network. The DNS server also receives load information from each of the plurality of content servers, and instructs, based on the load information, one of the plurality of content servers to cease advertising one or more of the previously advertised anycast IP addresses. |
| US09467503B2 |
Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network
Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network are described. An apparatus may comprise a client computer having a processing system with a processor and computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may store program instructions for a syndication manager component communicatively coupled to a content producing component arranged to be executed by the processor. The syndication manager component may be operative to receive syndication content from the content producing component, and provide a syndication dialog through the content producing component to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform. The syndication manager component may also syndicate the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09467500B2 |
Remote industrial monitoring using a cloud infrastructure
A cloud-based infrastructure facilitates gathering, transmitting, and remote storage of control and automation data using an agent-based communication channel. The infrastructure collects the industrial data from an industrial enterprise and intelligently sorts and organizes the acquired data based on selected criteria. Message queues can be configured on the cloud platform to segregate the industrial data according to priority, data type, or other criteria. Behavior assemblies stored in customer-specific manifests on the cloud platform define customer-specific preferences for processing data stored in the respective message queues. Web-based tools can deliver automated notifications to an end user device based on analysis of the stored data, and allow the user to remotely view the stored data. |
| US09467496B2 |
Apparatus and method for synchronizing E-book content with video content and system thereof
A method of synchronizing a first device capable of displaying video content and including the video content, and a second device capable of displaying E-book content associated with the video content and including the E-book content. The first device is connected to the second device according to a specific protocol. In response to a specific event for the video content or the E-book content occurring in one of the first and second devices, the device in which the specific event occurs generates event information about the specific event and transmits it to the other of the first and second devices, and performs the specific event according to the event information. Upon receiving the event information, the other of the first and second devices performs the specific event according to the received event information in synchronization with the device in which the specific event occurred, using synchronization information between the video content and the E-book content. |
| US09467494B1 |
Method and apparatus for enabling mobile cluster computing
A mechanism that enables multiple Mobile Devices to operate in clusters is provided. Using the mobile cluster mechanism framework provided in this invention, Mobile Devices can execute compute intensive tasks in the field by sharing the task between various devices. The invention also contemplates various options of implementing the cluster mechanism on Mobile Devices. The invention further contemplates solutions for the roaming of Mobile Devices. |
| US09467492B2 |
System and method for reconstructable all-in-one content stream
One embodiment provides a system for assembling a reconstructable content stream. The system obtains a content collection that includes a plurality of content components and generates a manifest. An entry in the manifest corresponds to a content component. The system obtains a set of stream-construction rules, generates a stream-construction manifest by attaching the set of stream-construction rules to the manifest, and constructs a set of stream objects based on the stream-construction rules. A respective stream object may include an embedded chunk of a content component. The system signs the set of stream objects and assembles the reconstructable content stream by including the stream-construction manifest followed by the set of stream objects, thereby enabling an intermediate node to extract and store one or more content components and to reconstruct, at a later time, stream objects for the one or more content components based on the stream-construction manifest and the stored components. |
| US09467491B2 |
Multimedia signal latency management by skipping
A method or system for enabling client devices connected to a network to subscribe to a one or more multimedia signals available in a selection of bandwidths, based on an analysis of capabilities of the client, the quality of the connection, and the real-time changes in the ability of the client to process the signal. |
| US09467490B1 |
Displaying auto-generated facts about a music library
A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about an online music library is provided, including: receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the online music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the plurality of audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data; applying a fact template to the metadata to generate a result, the fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the metadata, the fact template defining a threshold requirement for performance of the analysis defined by the fact template; transmitting to the client device a music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including posting logic configured to display the result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device. |
| US09467485B2 |
Method for switching session of IMS network and EATF
A method for switching a session of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network and an Emergency Access Transfer Function (EATF) entity are disclosed. The method includes: the EATF entity anchoring a call sent by a network element in a call initiation domain, and routing the call to an Emergency-Call Session Control Function (E-CSCF); the EATF entity receiving call transfer invite message sent by a network element in a call termination domain; and if identifying that the call transfer invite message is an invite message inviting to perform transfer of the call, the EATF entity performing media negotiation, and sending a response message carrying media information to the network element in the call termination domain. |
| US09467483B2 |
ABAP channels for event signaling
A system, a method and a computer-program product for exchanging communications between user sessions are provided. A first push channel and a first messaging channel on a first application server for connecting a first client to the first application server are established. The first messaging channel communicates with the first push channel, where both channels form a first session corresponding to the first client. A second push channel and a second messaging channel on a second application server for connecting a second client to the second application server are established. The second messaging channel communicates with the second push channel, where both channels form a second session corresponding to the second client. The first and second application servers communicate on a communication network. Messages are exchanged between the first and second messaging channels to form a connection between the first and second clients. |
| US09467478B1 |
Overlay management protocol for secure routing based on an overlay network
A method for creating a secure network is provided. The method comprises establishing an overlay domain to control routing between overlay edge routers based on an underlying transport network, wherein said establishing comprises running an overlay management protocol to exchange information within the overlay domain; in accordance with the overlay management protocol defining service routes that exist exclusively within the overlay domain wherein each overlay route includes information on at least service availability within the overlay domain; and selectively using the service routes to control routing between the overlay edge routers; wherein the said routing is through the underlying transport network in a manner in which said overlay routes is shared with the overlay edge routers but not with the underlying transport network via the overlay management protocol. |
| US09467476B1 |
Context aware microsegmentation
Context aware microservice networks and contextual security policies for microservice networks are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of microservices, each of the plurality of microservices having a plurality of distributed microservice components. At least a portion of the distributed microservice components execute on different physical or virtual servers in a data center or a cloud. The system also includes a plurality of logical security boundaries, with each of the plurality of logical security boundaries being created by a plurality of enforcement points positioned in association with the plurality of distributed microservice components. Each of plurality of microservices is bounded by one of the plurality of logical security boundaries. |
| US09467464B2 |
System and method for correlating log data to discover network vulnerabilities and assets
The disclosure relates to a log correlation engine that may cross-reference or otherwise leverage existing vulnerability data in an extensible manner to support network vulnerability and asset discovery. In particular, the log correlation engine may receive various logs that contain events describing observed network activity and discover a network vulnerability in response to the logs containing at least one event that matches a regular expression in at least one correlation rule that indicates a vulnerability. The log correlation engine may then obtain information about the indicated vulnerability from at least one data source cross-referenced in the correlation rule and generate a report that the indicated vulnerability was discovered in the network, wherein the report may include the information about the indicated vulnerability obtained from the at least one data source cross-referenced in the correlation rule. |
| US09467461B2 |
Countering security threats with the domain name system
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatus in which the functionality of a DNS server is modified to take into account security intelligence when determining an answer to return in response to a requesting client. Such a DNS server may consider a variety of security characteristics about the client and/or the client's request, as described more fully herein. Such a DNS server can react to clients in a variety of ways based on the threat assessment, preferably in a way that proactively counters or mitigates the perceived threat. |
| US09467459B2 |
System and method for detection of rogue routers in a computing network
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a rogue router in a computer network is described. The method may include transmitting a router solicitation message. The method may also include receiving a plurality of response messages to the router solicitation message from a first plurality of router devices, wherein the response messages are used to perform an operation other than assigning an internet protocol (IP) address to the device. |
| US09467456B2 |
Single login authentication for users with multiple IPv4/IPv6 addresses
Disclosed in the authentication and authorization of a client device to access a plurality of resources, requiring a user of a client device to enter only one set of login information. Authentication and authorization of a client device to access a plurality of resources after an initial set of login information is received by a networked computing environment. After the initial set of login information is received, a series of steps are performed that may be entirely transparent to the user of the client device. |
| US09467451B1 |
Generic proactively-secure secret-sharing protocol from any suitable honest-majority secret-sharing protocol
Described is system for transforming a SHARE protocol into a proactively secure secret sharing (PSS) protocol. A PREFRESH protocol is performed that includes execution of the SHARE protocol. The PREFRESH protocol refreshes shares of secret data among multiple parties. The SHARE protocol is a non-proactively secure secret sharing protocol. |
| US09467448B2 |
Consigning authentication method
A method for sharing content between clients at a common trust level in a trust hierarchy associated with a network implementing policy-based management includes receiving integrity information from a first client at a first trust level in the trust hierarchy at a second client at the first trust level, requesting permission to receive electronic content from the first client, receiving a determination regarding the requested permission, and communicating the determination to the first client. The first client obtained content from a policy enforcement point in the network. The request for permission is made to the policy enforcement point and the request includes the integrity information. The determination is received from the policy enforcement point and is based in part on the integrity information about the first client. The second client communicates to the first client the determination of whether the second client receives the content from the first client. |
| US09467447B2 |
Network access method, authentication method, communications system and relevant devices
A network access method, an authentication method, a communications system, and relevant devices are provided. The authentication method includes: receiving a request message sent from an Access Node (AN), wherein the request message carries subscriber line information and a Link-Local Address (LLA); sending an access request to an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server according to the subscriber line information; receiving an authentication result indicating the authentication is successful; determining whether an address matching the LLA carried in the request has been stored in the BNG; and storing the LLA in the BNG, if the address matching the LLA is not stored in the BNG. |
| US09467442B2 |
Automated step-up digital certificate installation process
Techniques are disclosed for rapidly securing a server in response to request for a high-assurance digital certificate. As described, a CA may issue a basic tier certificate after performing a verification process to confirm that a party requesting a certificate for a given network domain, in fact, has control of that domain. Once issued and provisioned on the server, the server can establish secure connections with clients. At the same time, the CA continues to perform progressive identity verification processes for progressively higher tiers of certificates. Once the identity verification process at each tier is complete, the CA issues a new certificate for the corresponding tier, which may then be provisioned on the server. After performing all of the identity verification processes, the server can issue the requested high-assurance certificate. |
| US09467441B2 |
Secure service delegator
Systems and methods for a secure service delegator. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) operated by a manufacturer of a client device provided to a customer enterprise may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may include program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive, from the client device via a secure connection, a request to obtain a provisioning credential; identify a delegate provisioning server associated with the customer enterprise; and enable the client device to access the delegate provisioning server and to retrieve the provisioning credential from the delegate provisioning server. |
| US09467434B2 |
Document rendering service
Disclosed are some examples of systems, methods and storage media for generating a platform-independent document. In some implementations, a system is capable of receiving a request to generate a platform-independent document, the request including markup language content. The system is further capable of providing the markup language content to a rendering engine. The system is further capable of intercepting resource requests communicated from the rendering engine. The system is further capable of communicating the intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to retrieve resources identified in the intercepted requests. The system is further capable of receiving resources retrieved based on the communicated intercepted requests. The system is further capable of providing the retrieved resources to the rendering engine, which subsequently renders the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the retrieved resources. |
| US09467418B1 |
Method and apparatus of establishing a connection between devices using cached connection information
Caching connection information used to establish a communication connection setup between at least two endpoint devices across a data network. One example of operation may include exchanging at least one interface address and at least one globally unique identifier between the at least two endpoint devices. The method may also provide retrieving a last successful connection setup information based on the at least one globally unique identifier and the at least one interface address, assigning at least one port number to the at least one interface address via at least one of the two endpoint devices, exchanging at least one rendezvous message between the at least two endpoint devices to share connection setup information, and storing at least one of the at least one interface address, that at least one globally unique identifier, the last successful connection setup information, and the at least one port number in a cache file. |
| US09467415B2 |
Method, device and system for processing group message
The present invention provides a method, device and system for processing a group message. The method comprises: when a group corresponding to a first group identifier has an updated group message, receiving a message corresponding to the first group identifier sent from a public data network (PDN); sending the message corresponding to the first group identifier to a core network node, so that the core network node sends the message to a radio network controller (RNC), which acquires, according to the first group identifier, indication bit and time information for sending the message; and sending the first group identifier, the indication bit, the time information and the message to a base station. The technical solution of the present invention can effectively improve the efficiency for an application server to send a message to each UE in the group. |
| US09467414B2 |
Location aware sticky notes
In one embodiment, a request to create a note is received from a first user. The note includes a message and a first location of the first user. A note record is created of the message, the first location, and a first user-interest associated with the first user. A number of second users are identified based on second locations of the second users, and second user-interests associated with the second users. The message is sent to the identified second users. In response to sending the message, the current location of the first user is determined compared to the first location. If the first user is within a predetermined distance from the first location, a notification is sent to the first user indicating that the message has been sent to the second users. |
| US09467407B2 |
Suppressing content of a social network
A method of suppressing content of a social network, the method comprising monitoring for a number of gestures of rejection of content on the social network from a number of users, generating suppression data based on the gestures of rejection, receiving input from a first user among the number of users indicating that the suppression data is to be leveraged, and suppressing content based on the suppression data. |
| US09467406B2 |
Devices for instant message client swap
This innovation relates to client devices to allow a single user to swap between devices in real-time within the same instant message session. |
| US09467402B2 |
Portable terminal device and screen display method thereof
It is possible to constantly display a content of a certain IMS while securing as large a display range as possible even in the case of signing in to accounts of a plurality of IMSs, and to confirm the presence of an unread message for another IMS at the same time. A portable terminal device (100) includes multiple IMSs (1-3); a display unit (7); a display control unit (6) that displays, in a main display area (10), a content of a selected IMS and displays, in a sub display area (20), IMS icons corresponding to other non-selected IMSs; a message notification unit (4); and a messaging UI linking unit (5) that visually changes a display of the corresponding IMS icon in the sub display area (20). |
| US09467397B2 |
Port mode synchronization between switches
According to an example, after a primary port of a primary switch and a secondary port of a secondary switch are connected to each other and the primary port is configured to operate in a fabric mode, the primary switch may send a mode switch request packet to the secondary switch through the primary port. The secondary switch may change the secondary port from operating in an Ethernet mode to the fabric mode based on information contained in the mode switch request packet and may send a mode switch response packet to the primary switch. |
| US09467395B2 |
Cloud computing nodes for aggregating cloud computing resources from multiple sources
A disclosed example method to aggregate resources in a cloud involves receiving a request for a resource at a first tenant application programming interface provider of an internal cloud service. The example method involves using a virtualization platform application programming interface client of the internal cloud service to access the resource when the resource is an internal resource. When the resource is an external resource, a tenant application programming interface client of the internal cloud service is used to send a second request for the resource to a second tenant application programming interface provider of an external cloud service. |
| US09467394B2 |
Time and frequency diversity modulation system and method
A method of encoding a set of L bits for transmission on a transmission band through a transmission medium is provided, wherein L is a positive integer that is greater than 1. The method includes: mapping, via a mapping component, the L bits into M symbols; dividing, via a first dividing component, the transmission band into sub-bands; allocating, via an allocating component, the M symbols to individual sub-bands, respectively, for transmission at a first time; and allocating, via the allocating component, the M symbols to different individual sub-bands, respectively, for transmission at a second time. |
| US09467393B2 |
Network component placement architecture
A network component placement architecture addresses the difficult technical challenge of determining where specific technical components of an overall service may be provisioned. The architecture is particularly effective at determining where, among a myriad of possible service provides, platforms, and regions, the technical components can be placed and meet all of the applicable technical constraints on the placement of the technical components. In one implementation, the placement architecture includes a sequence of pipeline stages that define an analysis sequence leading to a set of possible placement options. |
| US09467390B2 |
Method and device for data transmission
A method of data transmission includes establishing a buffer for TCP/IP data packets, receiving and buffering the TCP/IP data packets including TCP payloads and TCP ACKs. A queue of the buffered TCP/IP data is adjusted in accordance with header information of the TCP/IP data packets. The buffered TCP/IP data packets are transmitted sequentially. The method significantly reduces the TCP ACKs, which are transmitted with priority, thereby reducing the round-trip time delay, and improving the data transmission efficiency. An apparatus configured to perform this method is also described. |
| US09467388B2 |
Method and device for scheduling data traffic
A method is provided for scheduling data traffic in a network node. The data traffic is divided into a plurality of data traffic classes. To which data traffic class an incoming data packet belongs is detected. The incoming data packet is stored in a memory. A single queue associated with the memory is adjusted to rank the incoming data packet in the single queue between a head of the queue and a tail of the queue. The incoming data packet takes in the single queue a position corresponding to one of the reserved positions or, if no reserved position is available, taking a position at the tail of the single queue. A data packet referred to at the position closest to the head of the queue is taken for transmission. The number of reserved positions of the at least one data traffic class is determined according to a Quality-of-Service requirement. |
| US09467387B2 |
System and method for managing bandwidth responsive to the duty cycle of an ABR client
A scheme for managing bandwidth in a multi-client environment including one or more ABR clients and, optionally, one or more non-ABR clients. When an ABR client enters a sleep phase of its duty cycle, phantom tokens may be issued to simulate full capacity of the network link, wherein phantom packets are used for ABR bandwidth calculation. Any extra bandwidth that would have been used by another ABR client to artificially inflate its video quality may be optionally allocated to a non-ABR client engaged in a progressive download session in the same bandwidth pipe. |
| US09467386B2 |
Communication terminal and communication method
A communication terminal is configured to control a packet transmission amount based on the number of packets transmittable to a destination device without receiving an acknowledgement signal (ACK) transmitted from the destination device to indicate its acceptance for the packets transmitted from the communication terminal, the communication terminal includes a processor configured to execute a procedure, the procedure includes determining whether it is appropriate timing for packet transmission, based on an amount of tokens which are accumulated according to a target transmission rate, the transmission timing including timing when receiving the ACK and timing when a timer value updated at each timing of the packet transmission executed in the communication terminal expires, and transmitting a packet at the transmission timing in which it is determined that transmission is appropriate. |
| US09467383B2 |
Iterative optimization method for site selection in global load balance
Systems, devices, and methods, including executable instructions and/or logic thereon, are provided for server site selection. A system includes a load balancing master configured to have a domain name server (DNS) capability with extensions to support iterative control and a manager capability to select among server sites to probe. The system includes a load balancing slave, communicatively coupled to the master, configured to have a DNS reflection capability to measure a round trip time (RTT) between the load balancing slave and a client local DNS server and an actor capability to respond to commands from the manager and to report a measured RTT to the load balancing master. |
| US09467380B2 |
Data center network flow migration method and system thereof
A data center network flow migration method includes detecting a utilized loading value in each switch of a plurality of switches in the data center network by a controller according to topology information of the data center network. The controller re-establishes a plurality of link paths corresponding to the plurality of switches in the data center network according to the utilized loading value in each switch and a disjoint edge node divided spanning tree algorithm. In these re-established link paths corresponding to the plurality of switches in the data center network, if the utilized loading value of at least one link path is greater than a threshold value, the at least one link paths with the utilized loading value greater than the threshold value is rerouted by a controller according to a flow migration algorithm. |
| US09467379B2 |
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting a scheduling message to one or more stations. The scheduling message requests the one or more stations to transmit a station information message in response to the scheduling message. The method further includes receiving a plurality of station information messages. The station information messages indicates station information. The method further includes transmitting a media access control multi user (MAC MU) scheduling message to two or more stations. The MAC MU scheduling message is included in a payload portion of a physical layer data unit (PPDU) and indicates an uplink transmission opportunity and requests the two or more stations to concurrently transmit uplink data at a specific time. |
| US09467377B2 |
Associating consumer states with interests in a content-centric network
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates associating consumer states with interests in a Content-Centric Network (CCN). During operation, the system generates an interest for a content object comprising a name of the content object in a remote node. The name in the interest is location independent and uniquely identifies the content object in the CCN. The interest is routed in the CCN based on the name. The system also associates the consumer states, which are associated with the content object, with the interest. |
| US09467376B2 |
Method and device for sending internet protocol packets
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending an IP packet. The method includes: acquiring, an IP address and a MAC address of a first network element; sending, the IP address to generate a first table entry; sending, the IP address and the MAC address to generate a second table entry; advertising, a routing message; receiving a first IP packet; forwarding, the first IP packet. An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a corresponding device. According to the method and the device, a local device communicates with a remote device via a router; there is no need for the router to discover the local device via a routing protocol and dynamically establish and maintain the destination IP address in the routing forward table, as a table entry of the local device, thereby reducing the overhead of the router. |
| US09467372B2 |
Methods and systems for processing internet protocol packets
A method carried out by a network node using in a system for forwarding IP packets. When the network node receives an IP packet from a first network interface, the network node determines whether the destination address of the IP packet matches an IP address in the IP address section of a first routing rule. If the destination address of the IP packet matches the IP address in the IP address section of the first routing rule, the network node forwards the IP packet to a second network interface. The first routing rule comprises at least one IP address section and at least one network interface section. One or both of the first network interface and the second network interface is not assigned with an IP address. The network node comprises at least three network interfaces. |
| US09467371B2 |
WLAN home networking with multi-room DVR direct link
A method includes operating a communication system (20) that includes a wireless access point (AP—24) and multiple wireless stations (STAs—28), including at least a first STA that is connected to a first endpoint (36) and a second STA that is connected to a second endpoint (36). A communication packet is transferred from the first endpoint to the second endpoint by transmitting the packet from the first STA to the second STA, not via the AP, using an addressing scheme that specifies in the packet respective layer-2 addresses of the first and second STAs but not of the first and second endpoints. In the second STA, the layer-2 address of the second endpoint is resolved, the resolved layer-2 address is inserted into the packet and the packet is forwarded to the second endpoint using the inserted layer-2 address. |
| US09467369B2 |
Packetized content delivery apparatus and methods
Apparatus and methods for delivery of content in a packetized network. In one embodiment, content and/or services can be associated with an IP address. The IP address may be assigned to multiple server devices disposed at geographically diverse locations. Delivery caches may advertise, via a routing protocol, one or more addresses to clients of the network. Route selection may be configured based on one or more rules such as geographical proximity, available bandwidth, server availability, server load, delivery cost, client subscription level, licensing rules, and/or other metric. Delivery caches may be configured to control their availability and/or load through IP address withdrawals and announcements. When the “closest” delivery cache may become unavailable (e.g., it is not announcing the IP address for the content the client is trying to obtain, a route to the next “closest” available delivery cache may be utilized. |
| US09467368B2 |
System and method for routing data to devices within an information handling system
An information handling system includes a management controller and a router. The management controller includes a universal serial bus hub and first and second devices. The management controller to assign the first device to a first server node, to assign the second device to a second server node, and to create a routing table associated with the assignment of the first and second devices respectively to the first and second server nodes. The router is in communication with the management controller. The router to receive the routing table from the management controller, to receive data from the first server node, and to route the data to the first device based on the routing table. The universal serial bus hub communicates with the router via a single physical port of the management controller. |
| US09467361B2 |
Bandwidth utilization monitoring for a communication system
A system to monitor bandwidth can include memory to store session data describing each communication session for at least a portion of a communication system. A bandwidth calculator can access the session data and provide a measure of bandwidth utilization computed based on the accessed session data. |
| US09467356B2 |
Integrated data plane for heterogeneous network services
Network services can be dynamically configured on an integrated data path by establishing control paths between data plane entities located on the integrated data path and service entities associated with the network services. In this way, routing for the integrated data path is performed with fewer restrictions than traditional data planes, which are largely limited by the relative locations of pre-configured network nodes in the service network. As a result, the integrated data path may traverse a shorter or more favorable route over the services network, thereby achieving improved service network performance, lower latency periods, less congestion, etc. Further, a service topology on the integrated data path can be dynamically re-configured through the addition, removal, or reordering of data plane entities on the integrated data path. |
| US09467348B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for reducing overhead messaging in networks
Systems, methods, and devices for reducing overhead messaging such as event-driven LSAs in networks are disclosed. Embodiments of such systems, methods, and devices generate a simplified link-topology map from a comprehensive link-topology map. The comprehensive link-topology map is representative of the links among a plurality of networked satellite-traffic terminals (STTs). Embodiments of such systems, methods, and devices also generate, based at least in part on the simplified link-topology map, an STT-specific set of link state advertisement (LSA)-transmission instructions for each STT in the plurality. At least one such set of LSA-transmission instructions directs the corresponding STT to transmit LSAs on less than all of the links that extend in the comprehensive link-topology map from the corresponding STT. In addition, embodiments of such systems, methods, and devices also transmit the respective sets of LSA-transmission instructions to the respective STTs for which said sets were generated. |
| US09467346B2 |
Interpreting a gesture-based instruction to selectively display a frame of an application user interface on a mobile computing device
In general overview, the present disclosure is directed to a system and method for selectively displaying a frame of an application user interface on a mobile computing device. A user interface analyzer on a mobile computing device analyzes a user interface for an application executing on a remote server. The user interface analyzer identifies frames in the user interface, the positions of the frames, relationships between frames, and horizontal and vertical panning offsets to move between adjacent frames. The mobile computing device receives a user input requesting the display of an adjacent frame. Based on the information the user interface analyzer obtained, the mobile computing device displays an adjacent frame of the user interface. |
| US09467344B2 |
Mechanism to display graphical IT infrastructure using configurable smart navigation
A system allows pre-defining CI scope definitions for use by users of a CMDB system. The pre-defined CI scope definitions may be used to expand a starting CI in a graph displaying a portion of the CMDB according to the types of CIs and relationships between CIs defined in the scope definition. The scope definition is converted into one or more CMDB queries that are restricted to a chain of CIs related to the starting CI. The system restricts the visibility of scope definitions to only those applicable to the starting CI. |
| US09467341B2 |
Policy decision function addressing method, network element and network system
A policy decision function (PDF) addressing method includes: receiving a PDF allocation request that contains a user equipment (UE) identifier (ID) from a second network element (NE); obtaining ID information of a PDF associated with the UE ID according to pre-registered addressing information of the PDF, where the addressing information of the PDF is an association between the UE ID and the ID information of the PDF, and the PDF associated with the UE ID is accessed by a first NE; and sending the obtained ID information of the PDF to the second NE. |
| US09467336B2 |
Information processing system and management method thereof
A disclosed management method includes calculating, for each of partitions, a total calculation amount of calculation nodes included in the partition by using calculation amounts managed by a plurality of management nodes, wherein the plurality of calculation nodes, the plurality of management nodes each of which has a storage unit storing calculation amounts of calculation nodes which are management targets, and the management apparatus which manages connection among the plurality of management nodes are included in a system; assigning, for each of the partitions, management nodes among the plurality of management nodes to a predetermined layer in which the management nodes manage calculation nodes included in the partition, based on the total calculation amount of calculation nodes included in the partition; and connecting the plurality of management nodes in a way that management nodes in a layer above the predetermined layer manage the management nodes in the predetermined layer. |
| US09467331B2 |
Mobile communication method, mobile station, and radio base station
A reconnection procedure is successfully performed even when a connection destination radio base station does not manage “UE Context” for a mobile station UE. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step B in which the mobile station UE transmits CGI of cell #1 to a radio base station eNB#2 in the reconnection procedure, and a step C in which the radio base station eNB#2 acquires “UE Context” for the mobile station UE from a radio base station eNB#1 managing cell #1 designated based on the CGI when not managing “UE Context” for the mobile station UE in the reconnection procedure. |
| US09467323B2 |
Communication device and a control method therefor that perform authentication using digital certificates
A communication device having time information that may not be correct can efficiently and accurately authenticate a server certificate. The communication unit of a printer processes server authentication that inspects a server certificate when connecting to an external network. Server authentication includes a first authentication that verifies the validity period of the server certificate based on status information and time information stored by the communication unit. The communication unit cuts the connection to the external network if the time information stored by the communication unit is after the validity period (the validity period is clearly expired). The first authentication reliably succeeds if the communication unit has the correct time information and a valid server certificate. If the time information is before the validity period, the time information may be old, and processing proceeds based on the status information. |
| US09467322B2 |
Methods and apparatus for integrating media across a wide area network
A system for distributing media includes a wide area network (WAN), a media player coupled to the WAN at a first home, and a media server coupled to the WAN at a second home for providing media. A service is coupled to the WAN for receiving a request for media from the media player and for establishing a connection between the first and second homes over the WAN. Media is streamed across the WAN from the second home to the first home. The system may include a storage device coupled to the media player where media is transferred across the WAN for storage at the storage device. A media device may be coupled to the media player for playing the streamed/transferred media where the media player and the media device may comprise a television, stereo, or computer and the media item may comprise video, photographs, or audio. |
| US09467321B2 |
Method, device and computer program for transmitting data to at least one receiver, and method, device and computer program for receiving data transmitted by a source
The present invention concerns a method for transmitting data to at least one receiver, data being decomposed in a first and a second streams. The method comprises the steps of: —identifying, from a first number of bits of the first stream, a cluster of constellation points among clusters of constellation points of an amplitude phase shift keying constellation, each cluster of constellation points being comprised in a respective circle sector of a first type, each circle sector of the first type being spaced from another circle sector of the first type by a circle sector of a second type, all circle sectors having the same central point, —identifying, from a second number of bits of the second stream, one constellation point out of the constellation points comprised in the identified cluster, —mapping the bits used for identifying to the identified constellation point of the identified cluster of constellation points, in order to form a symbol to be transmitted, —transmitting the symbol to the at least one receiver. |
| US09467318B2 |
Communication system, receiving device, and semiconductor device
A communication system includes a transmitting device that transmits a signal based on pluralities of symbol coordinates on a constellation and pluralities of trajectory coordinates between respective ones of the pluralities of symbol coordinates, average coordinates of the pluralities of trajectory coordinates being different coordinates from coordinates of origin, and a receiving device that accumulates pluralities of trajectory coordinates between respective ones of the pluralities of symbol coordinates on the constellation in the signal received from the transmitting device, and estimates a phase of the signal received from the transmitting device based on a value representing a difference between average coordinates of the pluralities of trajectory coordinates accumulated and the different coordinates. |
| US09467314B1 |
Signal modulation method, adaptive equalizer and memory storage device
A signal modulation method, an adaptive equalizer and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: receiving a first signal; performing a first modulation on the first signal based on a first power mode to generate a second signal having a first eye-width; performing a second modulation based on a second power mode to generate the second signal having a second eye-width; determining whether the first eye-width and the second eye-width meet a first condition; if yes, performing a third modulation based on the first power mode to generate the second signal having a third eye-width; otherwise, performing the third modulation based on the second power mode to generate the second signal having the third eye-width. Therein, a power consumption of performing the second modulation is less than that of performing the first modulation. Therefore, an efficiency of the adaptive equalizer may be improved. |
| US09467313B2 |
Continuous-time linear equalizer for high-speed receiving unit
A continuous-time linear equalizer for use in a receiving unit of a high-speed data transmission system for receiving an input signal includes a signal line configured to provide an equalized output voltage, and an active peaking control unit, including a predetermined first number of active peaking transistors each coupled between the signal line and a power supply rail; a peaking resistor that couples gate terminals of each of the active peaking transistors to the signal line; and a first number of first setting switches each associated with each of the first number of active peaking transistors to activate a predetermined number of the first number of transistors according to first setting signals. |
| US09467310B2 |
Wide common-mode range receiver
A wide common-mode range receiver includes an input module, voltage level shift module, voltage level shift control module, and output module. The receiver can also include an equalizer. The receiver translates data originating from a circuit powered from an external voltage supply to a circuit powered by an internal voltage supply. The voltage level shift may be scaled based on differences between the voltage supplies or by determining the difference between an input common-mode voltage and a reference voltage, and driving a servo based on the difference. |
| US09467309B2 |
Network distributor
A data network comprises a master, a network distributor and a plurality of network users. The network distributor is connected to a master data path, a first and a second user data path. A method for transferring data telegrams in this data network includes the reception of a first master data telegram sent by the master through the network distributor, the compilation transfer of a first and a second transmission data telegram through the network distributor, and the reception of a first and a second reception data telegram through the network distributor. Further, the network distributor compiles a second master data telegram and transfers it to the master. In this connection, an access indicator of the second master data telegram represents accesses of the network user to the first master data telegram, the first and second transmission data telegrams as well as the first and second reception data telegrams. |
| US09467307B2 |
Method of tracking arrival order of packets into plural queues
In PCI-Express and alike communications systems, it is often desirable to keep track of order of arrival into different queues of packets that will later compete for servicing by a downstream resource of limited bandwidth. Use of time stamping to determine order of arrival can be a problem because time of arrival between different packets entering respective ones of plural queues can vary greatly and thus the number of bits consumed for accurately time stamping each packet can become significant. Disclosed are systems and methods for tracking the arrival orders of packets into plural queues by means of travel-along dynamic counts rather than by means of high precision time stamps. A machine system that keeps track of relative arrival orders of data blocks in different ones of plural queues comprises a first count associater that associates with a first data block in a first of the plural queues, a first count of how many earlier arrived and still pending data blocks await in a second of the plural queues; and a count updater that updates the first count in response to one or more of said earlier arrived data blocks departing from the second queue. |
| US09467305B2 |
Multitenant access to multiple desktops on host machine partitions in a service provider network
Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each enterprise the host machine supports. The virtual switch for an enterprise is connected to the virtual local area network of the enterprise. Desktops in the host machine that are allocated to the enterprise are given network addresses that include the tag for that enterprise. Virtual desktops for different enterprises can be hosted on different partitions of the same host machine. |
| US09467303B2 |
Controller area network bus transmitter with complementary source follower driver
A Controller Area Network (CAN) driver (a transmitter) includes a conventional main driver having an open drain first driver MOSFET, for pulling up a first conductor of a bus in a dominant state, and an open drain second driver MOSFET, for pulling down a second conductor of the bus in the dominant state. Since it is difficult to perfectly match the driver MOSFET characteristics for conducting exactly equal currents during turning on and turning off, significant common mode fluctuations occur, resulting in electromagnetic emissions. Source followers are respectively connected in parallel with the first driver MOSFET and the second driver MOSFET for creating a low common mode loading impedance on the conductors during times when the main driver MOSFETs are turning on and turning off to greatly reduce any common mode fluctuations caused by the main driver MOSFETs. |
| US09467302B2 |
Quality of service aware hybrid multicast networks
Methods, systems and computer readable media for quality of service aware hybrid multicast networks are described. A method can include receiving a request for content from a first receiver and initiating a quality of service aware hybrid tree construction by sending a multicast service level specification message to a first overlay tree manager. The method can also include dividing the tree at the overlay tree manager and communicating with other overlay tree managers in the network. The method can further include computing, at each overlay tree manager, a shortest path tree using a constrained algorithm and sending, from each overlay tree manager, a message to each IP manager in the network requesting that the IP managers construct an IP multicast tree and install the tree on one or more corresponding routers. The method can also include enforcing multicast routes and quality of service on the one or more routers. |
| US09467300B2 |
Network device and port function setting method thereof
A network device and a method for the network device to set operation of a port are provided. The network device is connected to a set of power sourcing equipment (PSE) through a port, and the PSE powers the network device through the port. The network device includes an analysis module and a port control module. The analysis module judges whether the port of the network device is connected to the PSE. The port control module provides a port function switch instruction according to a judgment result of the analysis module, so as to enable or disable the port. |
| US09467299B1 |
Device for and method of controlled multilevel chain of trust/revision
A device and method of controlled, multilevel chain of trust/revision by certifying of each user, device, action, and circumstance in the creation, modification, and transmission of computer information, including a revision history of any modification, and identification of any uncertified computer object used. |
| US09467297B2 |
Industrial control system redundant communications/control modules authentication
A set of redundant industrial control system communications/control modules includes at least a first communications/control module and a second communications/control module. The first and second communications/control modules are configured to perform an authentication sequence including: transmitting a request datagram from the first communications/control module to the second communications/control module, the request datagram including a first nonce, a first device authentication key certificate, and a first identity attribute certificate; transmitting a response datagram from the second communications/control module to the first communications/control module, the response datagram including a second nonce, a first signature associated with the first and second nonces, a second device authentication key certificate, and a second identity attribute certificate; and transmitting an authentication datagram from the first communications/control module to the second communications/control module when the response datagram is valid, the authentication datagram including a second signature associated with the first and second nonces. |
| US09467287B2 |
Enciphering apparatus and method, deciphering apparatus and method as well as information processing apparatus and method
The invention provides an enciphering apparatus and method, a deciphering apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method by which illegal copying can be prevented with certainty. Data enciphered by a 1394 interface of a DVD player is transmitted to a personal computer and a magneto-optical disk apparatus through a 1394 bus. In the magneto-optical disk apparatus with which a change to a function is open to a user, the received data is deciphered by a 1394 interface. In contrast, in the personal computer with which a change to a function is open to a user, the enciphered data is deciphered using a time variable key by a 1394 interface, and a result of the decipherment is further deciphered using a session key by an application section. |
| US09467285B2 |
Security of a multimedia stream
A method including receiving encrypted multimedia information of a multimedia broadcast multicast service streaming session, wherein the multimedia information is encrypted using an encryption key. An indication allowing to switch the receiving of the encrypted multimedia information to a peer-to-peer streaming session is received and receiving of the encrypted multimedia information from the multimedia broadcast multicast service streaming session to the peer-to-peer streaming session is switched. Encrypted multimedia information of the peer-to-peer streaming session is received. |
| US09467279B2 |
Instructions and logic to provide SIMD SM4 cryptographic block cipher functionality
Instructions and logic provide for a Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) SM4 round slice operation. Embodiments of an instruction specify a first and a second source data operand set, and substitution function indicators, e.g. in an immediate operand. Embodiments of a processor may include encryption units, responsive to the first instruction, to: perform a slice of SM4-round exchanges on a portion of the first source data operand set with a corresponding keys from the second source data operand set in response to a substitution function indicator that indicates a first substitution function, perform a slice of SM4 key generations using another portion of the first source data operand set with corresponding constants from the second source data operand set in response to a substitution function indicator that indicates a second substitution function, and store a set of result elements of the first instruction in a SIMD destination register. |
| US09467277B2 |
Method and related communication device for handling communication between time division duplex devices
A method of handling communication between time division duplex (TDD) devices for a network in a wireless communication system includes selecting at least two subframes to be used for a device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in the wireless communication system; indicating to the first UE to use a first subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication and use a second subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication; and indicating to the second UE to use the first subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication and use the second subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication. |
| US09467276B2 |
Communication method for performing dynamic radio dormant mechanism
A communication method for a communication station to transmit time division duplex frames includes transmitting a capability of supporting a dynamic radio dormant mechanism to one or more communication devices; collecting at least one of a traffic information, an energy policy, an energy status and an interference policy for determining whether one or more predetermined dormant criteria are met; transmitting one or more signaling messages to the one or more communication devices to perform the dynamic radio dormant mechanism; and stopping at least one of a transmission of a downlink traffic in a downlink subframe configured to be dormant and a reception of an uplink traffic in an uplink subframe configured to be dormant. Each of the time division duplex frames comprises a plurality of subframes. |
| US09467274B2 |
Processing communications via a sensor network
A first device may receive provisioning information for a second device; establish a tunnel with the second device within a first network based on receiving the provisioning information; provide the provisioning information to the second device to cause the second device to gather or process data within the first network; and receive a command instruction from a user device via a second network. The command instruction may relate to the data gathered or processed by the second device. The first network may be separate from the second network. The first device may communicate with the second device within the first network and independently of the second network to process the command instruction; form a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and provide the response to the command instruction towards the user device. |
| US09467272B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving downlink control information in wireless communication system and device therefor
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a terminal to receive a downlink signal from a base station in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving downlink control information from the base station in a data region of a first subframe; and receiving downlink data in a data region of a second subframe, on the basis of the downlink control information, wherein the second subframe is a subframe available after a preset number of subframes from the first subframe. |
| US09467271B2 |
Radio base station apparatus, mobile terminal apparatus and radio communication system
Provided are a radio base station apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus and a radio communication method capable of taking other-cell interference mitigation measures even in consideration of inter-cell coordination like CoMP. The radio communication method according to the present invention is characterized by, in a radio base station apparatus, generating notification information including subframe information of a serving cell and subframe information of another cell; and transmitting the notification information to a mobile terminal apparatus connected to the serving cell as a connected cell; and in the mobile terminal apparatus, receiving the notification information including the subframe information of the connected cell and the subframe information of another cell; and measuring channel quality of the connected cell with use of the subframe information of the connected cell and measuring channel quality of another cell with use of the subframe information of another cell. |
| US09467270B2 |
System and method for the cooperation among base stations
Methods, an apparatus, and a network manager for cooperative communication are provided. A method of communication by a serving base station performing a cooperative communication with a plurality of base stations includes selecting serving channel code information based on Channel Status Information (CSI) of the serving base station, receiving cooperating channel code information based on CSI of a cooperating base station from the cooperating base station performing the cooperative communication with the serving base station, determining a compensation parameter based on the serving channel code information and the cooperating channel code information, and determining a beamforming vector of the serving base station based on the compensation parameter. |
| US09467268B2 |
Apparatus and method for feeding back channel quality information and scheduling apparatus and method using the same in a wireless communication system
An apparatus and method are provided for feeding back channel quality information and performing scheduling using the fed-back channel quality information in a wireless communication system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). In the OFDMA wireless communication system, forward performance degradation due to a decrease in an amount of reverse channel quality information is reduced, and also an increase in the reverse load due to channel quality information feedback is suppressed. A base station controls power of a physical channel using information fed back from a mobile station. In a method for feeding back channel quality information from the mobile station, sub-band-by-sub-band channel quality information is measured and channel-by-channel quality information of a number of channels is transmitted in order of sub-bands of better channel quality information. Average channel quality information for a total band is measured and transmitted. |
| US09467266B2 |
Method for feeding back uplink control information
The present invention provides a method for transmitting uplink control information in coordinated multi-point system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for feeding back channel state information of multiple transmission points in a coordinated multi-point cooperating set is provided, and the method includes: receiving reference signals of the multiple transmission points; based on the reference signals of the multiple transmission points, evaluating channel state information of each of the multiple transmission points; multiplexing and transmitting the channel state information of the multiple transmission points on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of one of the multiple transmission points in a predetermined mapping sequence. The present invention solves the problem caused by coordinated multi-point as to how a user equipment feeds back uplink control information of multiple transmission points on a physical uplink control channel, and is beneficial to further development and application of the coordinated multi-point technology. |
| US09467265B2 |
Method and access point for assigning sounding resources
The embodiments disclose a method and an Access Point (AP) for assigning a sounding resource in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) cellular network. The method obtains a channel information between a serving AP and a User Equipment (UE) served by the serving AP, determines whether to assign the sounding resource to the UE according to the predetermined assigning criteria based on the channel information, and makes the sounding resource assignment if it is determined to assign the sounding resource to the UE. |
| US09467263B2 |
Pilot structures for ACK and CQI in a wireless communication system
Techniques for transmitting data and pilot for control information are described. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may spread a reference signal sequence with a first orthogonal sequence to obtain multiple pilot sequences. The UE may then send the multiple pilot sequences on multiple subcarriers in multiple symbol periods, one pilot sequence in each symbol period. The UE may modulate the reference signal sequence with control information (e.g., ACK information) to obtain a modulated sequence. The UE may spread the modulated sequence with a second orthogonal sequence to obtain multiple data sequences. The UE may then send the multiple data sequences on the multiple subcarriers in multiple symbol periods for data. In another aspect, the UE may send multiple pilot sequences on multiple subcarriers in multiple symbol periods separated by at least one symbol period, one pilot sequence in each symbol period. |
| US09467261B2 |
System and method for resource mapping for coverage enhancements of broadcast channels
Methods and apparatus are provided for a base station to transmit repetitions of broadcast information and for a UE to detect the broadcast information. In a first method, the base station maps each repetition in a respective quadruple of subframe symbols while accounting for a possible different number of available sub-carriers among quadruplets of subframe symbols. In a second method, the base station maps the repetitions successively in available sub-carriers. For intermittent transmissions of repetitions, the UE can use the mapping structure of the repeated broadcast information to determine an existence of a transmission. |
| US09467254B2 |
Transmission of symbols in a MIMO environment using alamouti based codes
A method for transmitting data in a multiple-input-multiple-output space-time coded communication using a mapping table mapping a plurality of symbols defining the communication to respective antennae from amongst a plurality of transmission antennae and to at least one other transmission resource. The mapping table may comprise Alamouti-coded primary segments and may also comprise secondary segments, comprising primary segments. The primary segments in the secondary segments may be defined in accordance to an to Alamouti based code pattern applied at the segment level to define a segment-level Alamouti based code. |
| US09467253B2 |
Computing system with coordinated multiple-access mechanism and method of operation thereof
A computing system includes: an interface configured to communicate a coordination profile for coordinating a second transmitter device with a first transmitter device; and a unit, coupled to the interface, configured to generate a first encoded message using a message polarization mechanism based on the coordination profile for coordinating the first encoded message with a second encoded message concurrently transmitting through the second transmitter device.A further embodiment of the computing system includes: an interface configured to communicate a receiver signal for representing a first encoded message and a second encoded message coordinated for concurrent transmission; a unit, coupled to the interface, configured to: determine a communication rate associated with the receiver signal, and decode the receiver signal based on a message polarization mechanism and the communication rate for identifying the first encoded message based on a coordination profile corresponding to the communication rate. |
| US09467250B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving packet in broadcasting and communication system
A method for transmitting a packet by a signal transmission apparatus in a broadcasting and communication system is provided. The method includes generating a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet including an FEC parity packet and an FEC source packet by encoding source payloads using an FEC encoding scheme, and transmitting the FEC packet to a signal reception apparatus, wherein the FEC parity packet is generated using a plurality of Source Sub-Blocks (SSBs) which are generated using specific source payloads selected corresponding to a preset SSB generation scheme from among the source payloads included in a source block, and wherein the FEC source packet is generated using the source payloads. |
| US09467248B2 |
Radio transmission device and method
A radio transmitting device and method enables reduction of an increase of CGI memories for the control channel and an improvement of the throughput of the data channel. When multiplex transmission through the control channel and the data channel is carried out and when adaptive modulation is applied to both channels, an MCS selecting section is provided with one CQI table for the data channel and CQI tables for the control channel, and a table selecting MCS determining section selects one of the tables depending on the transmission bandwidth of the terminal and determines the MCS of the control channel while looking up the selected CQI table. |
| US09467246B2 |
Clock recovery method and clock recovery arrangement for coherent polarization multiplex receivers
Component signal values are derived from component signals and fed to at least one fixed equalizer which generates equalizer output signals. The signals are fed to phase error detectors generating phase error signals. The phase error signals are combined with further phase error signals derived by further error detectors receiving signal values from further equalizers and/or the component signal values directly from sample units. |
| US09467244B2 |
Transmission apparatus and transmission system
A transmission apparatus includes: a first output unit configured to generate a first optical signal of which a first wavelength is variable and control the first wavelength to be close to a second wavelength of a second optical signal transmitted as a multiplexed optical signal with the first optical signal, the first output unit outputting the first optical signal to another transmission apparatus; and a second output unit configured to generate a third optical signal that is replication of the first optical signal in a wavelength band opposite to the first wavelength across the second wavelength, the second output unit outputting the third optical signal to the another transmission apparatus, wherein the first output unit stops outputting the first optical signal when the another transmission apparatus switches an optical signal to be received from the first optical signal to the third optical signal. |
| US09467241B2 |
Radio station genre categorization
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a user to locate a radio station similar to a radio station currently providing content in a predefined genre to a radio receiver; accessing stored genre information compiled from a radio station scan to locate a second radio station providing content in the genre; and tuning the radio receiver to the second radio station. |
| US09467237B2 |
Power line communication methods and devices
A power line communication method for realizing data communication between at least one first or sending power line communication partner device and at least one second or receiving power line communication partner device. The method checks transmission conditions of a plurality of possible communication channels, thereby generating transmission condition data descriptive for the communication conditions of the respective possible communication channels. Additionally, communication conditions of the plurality of possible communication channels are selected as actual communication conditions based on the transmission condition data. |
| US09467231B2 |
Method and system for transmitter optimization of an optical PAM serdes based on receiver feedback
The present invention is directed to data communication system and methods. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide a communication interface that is configured to transfer data at high bandwidth using PAM format(s) over optical communication networks. A feedback mechanism is provided for adjusting the transmission power levels. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US09467228B2 |
Optical transmission system and optical transmission method
An optical transmission system includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. The optical transmitter includes: a first digital signal processor configured to generate an electric-field information signal corresponding to a transmission signal; and a transmitter front-end configured to generate an optical signal from the electric-field information signal. The optical receiver includes: a receiver front-end configured to generate an electric signal corresponding to the optical signal; and a second digital signal processor configured to detect polarization dependent effects on the optical signal based on the electric signal. The first digital signal processor corrects the electric-field information signal based on the polarization dependent effects detected by the second digital signal processor in the optical receiver. |
| US09467227B2 |
Method and system for an optical connection service interface
Methods and systems for an optical connection service interface may include, in an optical data link comprising an optical fiber, a local control system, first and second transceivers at ends of the optical fiber, generating a control signal for the local control system at frequencies <10 Hz and communicating, utilizing the optical fiber, an optical data signal at frequencies >10 kHz and an optical service signal for an Optical Connection Service interface (OCSi) at intermediate frequencies between 10 Hz and 10 kHz. An optical signal may be modulated at the intermediate frequencies for the OCSi, and may be modulated and communicated to the second transceiver. The communicated modulated signal and the optical data signal may be detected utilizing a photodetector in the second transceiver. The detected optical signal may be demodulated, and an optical power of the optical data signal may be configured based on the demodulated signal. |
| US09467225B2 |
Information communication method
An information communication method of transmitting a signal using a change in luminance is provided. The information communication method includes: determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and transmitting the signal, by at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance. In the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a body which is a part of the signal and a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body are determined. In the transmitting, the header and the body are transmitted by the at least one light emitter changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, and the first luminance change pattern in the stated order. |
| US09467222B1 |
Systems and methods for parallel communication with multiple bluetooth devices
A system and method for gathering data from Bluetooth devices. The system connects to two or more Bluetooth client devices and assigns the Bluetooth client devices to different Bluetooth channels. Information is then downloaded from the connected Bluetooth client devices that meet a first set of one or more criteria. |
| US09467221B2 |
Use of alternate communication networks to complement an ad-hoc mobile node to mobile node communication network
A method of communicating aircraft messages is provided. The method comprises forming an at-hoc communication network of mobile nodes. Communicating messages between the mobile nodes via the at-hoc communication network using mobile node-to-mobile node communication signals and supplementing communication gaps in the ad-hoc communication network with alternative communication signals. |
| US09467219B2 |
Systems and methods of antenna orientation in a point-to-point wireless network
An exemplary method comprises positioning a first antenna to receive a first signal from a second antenna, the second antenna comprising energy absorbing material that functions to expand beamwidth, receiving the first signal from the second antenna, detecting a plurality of gains based on the first signal, repositioning the first antenna relative to the second antenna to a position associated with an acceptable gain based on the first signal, removing at least some of the energy absorbing material from the second antenna to narrow the beamwidth of the second antenna, receiving, by the first antenna, a second signal from the second antenna, detecting a plurality of gains based on the second signal, and repositioning the first antenna relative to the second antenna to a position associated with an increased gain of the plurality of gains based on the second signal, the increased gain being greater than the acceptable gain. |
| US09467217B2 |
Native medium access control support for beamforming
Apparatuses, systems, and methods that enable native MAC support of beamforming are contemplated. An embodiment may comprise a mobile computing device, such as a laptop, with wireless communications capabilities, such as an integrated wireless networking card. The networking card of the laptop may transmit and receive various types of frame data using one or more beamforming techniques. Upon establishing a link with another wireless device, the laptop may sense that the link quality is degrading. Instead of having to reestablish a new link using dedicated BF frames and the conventional BF protocol, embodiments described herein may instead transmit beamforming information in various types of frames which enable the wireless communication devices to adjust the beamforming parameters in a more efficient manner. For example, the devices may include beamforming information in control frames and data frames and transmit the frames in a sweeping sector fashion. |
| US09467216B2 |
Computing system with joint-transmission mechanism and method of operation thereof
A computing system includes: a communication unit configured to: identify an overall communication content or a portion therein for blind-joint transmission with a second device for utilizing the second device and a third device to send the overall communication content to a first device, generate a first encoded set corresponding to the overall communication content or the portion therein for communicating the overall communication content along with a second encoded set for the third device, determine a first pre-coding mechanism associated with the first encoded set for communicating the overall communication content with overload transmission mode including a second pre-coding mechanism for the third device; and an inter-device interface, coupled to the communication unit, configured to communicate a first transmitter signal based on the first encoded set and the first pre-coding mechanism for communicating the first transmitter signal concurrently with a second transmitter signal from the third device. |
| US09467214B2 |
Method and apparatus for efficient channel state information dissemination for MU-MIMO transmission schemes based on outdated channel state information
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for channel state information dissemination for multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) (MU-MIMO) transmission schemes based on outdated channel state information. In one embodiment, a method for disseminating channel state information (CSI) coefficients from a first user terminal, where each CSI coefficient corresponds to the CSI previously observed by the first user terminal during transmission resource blocks used by a base station to communicate information to a second set comprising at least one user terminal and not including the first user terminal, comprises: broadcasting by the base station the channel state information (CSI) of each user terminal in the second set of user terminals, on the subset of transmission resources used by the base station to communicate information to each user terminal in the second set; receiving observations of these transmissions by the first user terminal; performing, at first user terminal, eavesdropper channel selection of a subset of CSI coefficients between the base station and the eavesdropping first-user terminal for uplink CSI feedback, the subset chosen out of the set of CSI coefficients between base station and the first user-terminal on the transmission resources used by the base station to communicate information to each user terminal in the second set; scheduling the subset of the selected CSI coefficients for uplink transmission; and transmitting the subset of the selected CSI coefficients via the uplink transmission. |
| US09467212B2 |
System and method for multiple-input multiple-output communication
An embodiment communication system and method for using multiple-input multiple-output use. Kronecker model to determine a symbol coding formulation that achieves ergodic capacity for high signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). The lower bound on this capacity is achieved by input signals in the form of the product of an isotropically distributed random Grassmannian component and a deterministic component comprising the eigenvectors and the inverse of the eigenvalues of the transmitter covariance matrix. |
| US09467209B2 |
Method, apparatus, and terminal device for near field communication radio frequency communication
A method for near field communication (NFC) radio frequency communication includes acquiring, second configuration information of established radio frequency communication, where the established radio frequency communication is radio frequency communication that a second NFC host performs with a remote NFC endpoint using a near field communication controller (NFCC); and if the second configuration information matches first configuration information of radio frequency communication to be initiated by the first NFC host, sending, to the NFCC, an activate request command used to activate a radio frequency interface corresponding to the first configuration information, so that the NFCC activates the radio frequency interface and the first NFC host performs the radio frequency communication with the remote NFC endpoint through the radio frequency interface. The embodiments of the present invention provide a radio frequency communication mechanism for an NFC device under a multi-host architecture. |
| US09467208B2 |
Phase alignment of carrier signals of communication devices
RFID apparatus includes transmission means for transmitting an RF signal; reception means for receiving a modulated RF signal; and demodulation means for demodulating a received modulated signal. The apparatus comprises generating means for generating a RF signal dependent on an incoming RF signal, the incoming RF signal being generated by different apparatus, and the apparatus is arranged to transmit the generated RF signal such that the generated RF signal interferes with the incoming RF signal. The RFID apparatus has both the means to respond to an RF reader device, in tag emulation mode, and means to function as an RF reader device, in reader mode. |
| US09467207B2 |
System for transferring electrical energy
A system for transferring electrical power, data or both, by way of magnetic induction between a first article and a second article. A first electrically conductive coil is integrated in the first article and a second electrically conductive coil is integrated to a second article. A fastener comprising ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material is configured to be positioned through the first coil and the second coil to provide an efficient magnetic conductance path between the first coil and the second coil and to removably secure the first article and the second article together. A control circuit selectively energizes the first coil or second coil with alternating current to transfer electrical energy to the other of said first and second coil. |
| US09467205B2 |
Detection apparatus, electric power receiving apparatus, electric power transmission apparatus, wireless electric power transmission system, and detection method
A method for wireless power transmission includes obtaining, via a Q-value circuit, first and second voltages at respective first and second nodes of a resonance circuit. The first and second voltages are effective to determine if foreign matter is present in a space affecting wireless power transmission. The method includes controlling a switching section between the Q-value circuit and the resonance circuit such that at least a part of the electric power transmission process occurs at a different time than when the first and second voltages are obtained. |
| US09467202B2 |
Method and apparatus for downloading content using NFC
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for downloading content using NFC. The content-downloading method of the present invention is performed by a first device, and comprises the steps of: transmitting a content-downloading request for requesting a download of content using a second device; receiving a confirmation to the content-downloading request from the device which has received the content-downloading request; receiving a wake-up request from the second device; and receiving, from the second device, the content downloaded to the second device in response to the content-downloading request. Accordingly, a user may support a download reservation and transmission by simply placing NFC-supporting devices in contact, support a queue download request and list management using NFC between network attached storage (NAS) and a smart device, and support a queue request and caching using a home network after establishing an NFC link. |
| US09467201B2 |
Transmission signal generating/detecting method using code sequences, communication system using the same and measurement system using the same
The present invention provides a transmission method which generates and sends a transmission signal generated from a multiplexing OFDM signal or a multiplexing wavelet-OFDM signal employing a multiplexing-spread chip sequence in which a chip of a code sequence for spread and a code sequence for combination, and a chip of a code sequence for localization are multiplied and multiplexed, and a receiving method which makes a high SN ratio improvement rate possible by converting the received signal to a frequency domain to acquire the multiplexing-spread chip sequence and by performing de-spreading and localizing processing to detect a localized pulse. According to the data transmission using the transmission and receiving method, data is mapped into a code sequence, and the receiving side can detect the data as the kind of code sequence, the shift time of a localized pulse and the polarity at a high SN ratio improvement rate. |
| US09467200B2 |
Method and apparatus for orthogonally overlaying variable chip rate spread spectrum signals
A system and method for transmitting wideband signals via a radio communication system adapted for transmitting narrow-band signals is described. A base station is used to transmit and receive a plurality of relatively narrow-band and a plurality of relatively wideband signals. The electromagnetic spectrum available to the plurality of narrow-band signals is selectively shared with the electromagnetic spectrum available to the wideband signals by systematically separating the orthogonal codes and the carrier frequencies used for transmission. The prefixes of the orthogonal codes are preferably mutually exclusive and the carrier frequencies are preferably separated by an offset. The offset may be substantially equal to an integer multiple of the narrow-band signal's chip rate. Alternatively, the offset may be substantially equal to an odd multiple of one half the narrow-band signal's chip rate in which case every other bit of the orthogonally encoded data is inverted. |
| US09467199B1 |
Compression using mu-law approximation
Techniques and mechanisms provide a technique for compression using an approximation of a mu-law algorithm. |
| US09467198B2 |
High-frequency module and communication device
A high-frequency module is connected to a switch port and a switch IC including an antenna connection port and a plurality of switch ports. The high-frequency module includes a signal path that outputs transmitting signals having a predetermined frequency band to the switch IC, a module port connected to the signal path and to which a duplexer and a transmitter circuit are connected, and a harmonic branch circuit that is provided on the signal path and allows a harmonic of the transmitting signal to escape to ground. |
| US09467196B2 |
Quadrature current-combining linearizing circuit for generating arbitrary phase and amplitude
A device includes a first circuit path coupled to a first node and a second node, the first circuit path having at least one first varactor circuit configured to receive a first tuning voltage, the first circuit path having a resistor with a selectable value, and a second circuit path coupled to the first node and the second node, the second circuit path having at least one second varactor circuit configured to receive a second tuning voltage, the second circuit path having a capacitor with a selectable value. |
| US09467194B2 |
High frequency circuit device
A high frequency circuit device that can avoid an occurrence of a stress concentration to a dielectric substrate during a temperature increase caused by a difference in coefficients of linear expansions of a chassis and a metal housing of a high frequency module is provided. |
| US09467192B2 |
MCM integration and power amplifier matching of non-reciprocal devices
Devices are described herein that operate according to non-reciprocal behaviors. The devices may be manufactured and integrated into substrates and discrete components according to described techniques. The devices may be configured in ways to achieve increased device performance while decreasing the overall device size. The devices may be actively tuned to facilitate impedance matching with other circuit components such as power amplifiers. Tuning includes adjustment of magnetic fields and impedance values associated with the devices using techniques and components described herein and may be based upon changes in circuit or device parameters such as temperature, voltage, and current. The devices described herein may be configured as non-reciprocal devices that include ferrites with metallization patterns that may be in the form of microstrip circuitry or in stripline formats depending upon configuration. |
| US09467191B2 |
Antenna interface circuits with quadplexers
Techniques support data transmission and reception on multiple bands for carrier aggregation. In an exemplary design, an apparatus (e.g., a wireless device) includes first and second antenna interface circuits coupled to first and second antennas, respectively. The first antenna interface circuit includes a first quadplexer for first and second bands. The second antenna interface circuit includes a second quadplexer for the first and second bands. The first quadplexer may be a duplicate of the second quadplexer, which may simplify implementation. Each antenna interface circuit may further include a diplexer, a duplexer, a triplexer, another quadplexer, switches, etc. The first and second quadplexers may support data transmission and reception on two bands in a first band group. Other circuits in the first and second antenna interface circuits may support data transmission and/or reception on additional bands, possibly in one or more other band groups. |
| US09467188B1 |
Cell phone table
A cell phone table to interface with a mobile device. The cell phone table includes a mobile device electronically connected to the cell phone table. A touch sensitive screen is disposed upon an upper surface of the cell phone table for interacting with content on the mobile device. A support structure is mounted beneath the cell phone table to hold electronic components which operate and power the cell phone table, and a plurality of legs support the cell phone table and touch sensitive screen. |
| US09467186B2 |
Card holder and mobile terminal including same
A card holder for holding a card includes a card holder body for providing a support plane for supporting the card; and a plurality of inlaid pieces, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces is pivotally mounted on the card holder body, and is structured to be rotated to a first position perpendicular to the support plane or a second position not higher than the support plane. |
| US09467184B2 |
Branch circuit and branch cable
A branch circuit includes a common antenna port and separates a first communication signal including a signal in a low band and a signal in a high band and a second communication signal that is a signal in a frequency band between the low band and the high band. The branch circuit includes a first-communication-signal-line-side band elimination filter and a second-communication-signal-line-side band elimination filter and SAW filter. |
| US09467177B1 |
Product coded modulation scheme based on leech lattice and binary and nonbinary codes
A transceiver architecture contains an encoder and a decoder for communicating high speed transmissions. The encoder modulates signal data based on an FEC code that has a symbol size that is not matched to a symbol size of a hexacode. Any code where the symbol size is less than the sample size for coding can be serially concatenated. During decoding the multilevel decoding leech lattice and FEC decoder iteratively passes their outputs back and forth to each other until the encoded bits are decoded. |
| US09467175B2 |
Decoding method, memory storage device and memory controlling circuit unit
A decoding method for a parity check code, a memory storage device and a memory controlling circuit unit are provided. The decoding method includes: reading a codeword belonging to the parity check code from a rewritable non-volatile memory module, wherein the codeword includes message bits and first parity bits; performing an encoding procedure of the parity check code on the message bits to generate second parity bits; and generating a plurality of syndromes corresponding to the codeword according to the first parity bits and the second parity bits, wherein the syndromes are used to determine whether the codeword is a valid codeword. Accordingly, a complexity of a decoding circuit is decreased. |
| US09467172B1 |
Forward error correction decoder and method therefor
A Forward Error Correction (FEC) decoder is provided, for example including a Layered Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) component. In an implementation, power consumption of the LDPC decoder is minimized with minimal to no impact on the error correction performance. This is achieved, in an implementation, by partially or fully eliminating redundant operations in the iterative process. |
| US09467170B2 |
NAND flash memory systems with efficient soft information interface
A controller for a nonvolatile memory device includes a transfer control module and a decoder module. The transfer control module is configured to request a read of data from a flash memory module. The data to be read includes data corresponding to a first codeword. The transfer control module is configured to receive hard decisions corresponding to the first codeword from the flash memory module. The transfer control module is configured to receive soft information corresponding to the first codeword from the flash memory module. Both the hard decisions corresponding to the first codeword and the soft information corresponding to the first codeword are received without receiving any intervening hard decisions or soft information corresponding to another codeword. The decoder module is configured to decode the first codeword using the hard decisions and the soft information corresponding to the first codeword. |
| US09467162B1 |
Switched capacitor digital-to-analog converter
A switched capacitor digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”) for converting a digital input code to an analog signal comprises a switched capacitor array and a reset switch having a first end and a second end. The digital input code is inputted to the switched capacitor array. The switched capacitor array is connected to a summation node. The first end of the reset switch is connected to the summation node and the second end of the reset switch is connected to a common mode voltage. The reset switch is closed after a plurality of sampling cycles. The analog signal is provided based on a summation voltage at the summation node. |
| US09467157B2 |
Atomic cell, atomic cell manufacturing method, quantum interference device, atomic oscillator, electronic device, and moving object
An atomic cell includes: metallic atoms; a body portion having a through hole; window portions that are bonded to the body portion and form an inner space where the metallic atoms are sealed together with the body portion; a communication hole that communicates with the inner space and forms a groove and a hole; and a sealing portion that is disposed at a position that overlaps a bonding portion of the body portion and one window portion in a plan view seen in a direction where the body portion and the window portions are overlapped and blocks the communication hole by fusion. |
| US09467154B2 |
Low power and integrable on-chip architecture for low frequency PLL
An integrated circuit including a phase detector; a first charge pump and a second charge pump coupled to the phase detector, and configured to receive inputs from the phase detector, the first charge pump outputting a low current and the second charge pump outputting a high current; and a dual input loop filter coupled to the first charge pump and the second charge pump. |
| US09467151B1 |
Apparatus and methods for using tuning information to adaptively and dynamically modify the parameters of an RF signal chain
Provided herein are apparatus and methods for using tuning information to adaptively and dynamically modify the parameters of an RF signal chain. The tuning information from an oscillator core, having multiple oscillators, adaptively tunes parameters of system components within a signal chain. In this way the system components are tuned to operate within a band tailored to the signal and to the oscillator core. In addition, RF impedances can be matched and power added efficiency can be enhanced in an area efficient monolithic integrated circuit. |
| US09467148B2 |
Oscillation circuit, oscillator, electronic device, moving object, and control method of oscillator
In order to reduce the possibility of erroneous switching of an operation mode, an oscillation circuit, an oscillator, an electronic device and a moving object including: a power source detecting section that detects a power supply state; a determining section that determines an input state of a predetermined signal; and a control section that switches a operation mode when the determining section determines that input of the predetermined signal is detected within a predetermined time after it is detected that power is supplied, and a control method of the oscillator are provided. |
| US09467141B2 |
Measuring capacitance of a capacitive sensor with a microcontroller having an analog output for driving a guard ring
A microcontroller measures capacitance of capacitive sensors having guard rings associated therewith. A guard ring is provided around each capacitive sensor plate and is charged to substantially the same voltage as a voltage on the associated capacitive sensor plate. The guard ring reduces parasitic capacitances of the capacitive sensor plate caused by differences in voltage potentials between the capacitive sensor plate, and adjacent circuit conductors, ground planes and power planes. An analog output is buffered and coupled to an analog input coupled to the capacitive sensor plate, and is used to drive the guard ring voltage to substantially the same voltage as the voltage on the capacitive sensor plate. |
| US09467138B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus includes a switching element configured to include a gate electrode, a first main electrode, a second main electrode, a sense electrode to output a sense current smaller than a principal current depending on the principal current flowing in the first main electrode, and to turn off when a control voltage being applied between the gate electrode and the first main electrode is reduced; a sense diode configured to include an anode connected with the sense electrode, and a cathode connected with the second main electrode; and a connection circuit configured to connect the gate electrode with the sense electrode when the switching element turns off. |
| US09467137B2 |
Input current control method, switch control circuit and power supply including the switch control circuit
A switch control circuit that controls a switching operation of a power switch includes: an input current calculator generating an input sense voltage by integrating a sense voltage that indicates a switching current flowing to the power switch for a switching period unit of the power switch; and an input current comparator generating a gate-off signal according to a result of comparison between the input sense voltage and a predetermined input reference voltage, wherein the power switch is turned off according to the gate-off signal. |
| US09467136B1 |
Monolithic integrated circuit switch device with output current balancing for parallel-connection
An electrical circuit includes monolithic integrated circuit (IC) switch devices that are connected in parallel. A monolithic IC switch device includes a first pin, a second pin, and a power switch that connects the first pin to the second pin through the power switch when the electrical circuit is turned ON. The monolithic IC switch device includes a current balancing circuit that controls the power switch to reduce an output current of the monolithic IC switch device when the output current of the monolithic IC switch device increases above the average of the output currents of monolithic IC switch devices in the electrical circuit. |
| US09467135B2 |
System-on-chip including body bias voltage generator
A system-on-chip includes a body bias voltage generator having a voltage divider and a filter. The voltage divider includes a switched capacitor circuit and a resistor circuit. The switched capacitor circuit operates based on a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The resistor circuit outputs a first voltage through a first node, which is coupled to the switched capacitor circuit and the resistor circuit. The first and second clock signals have a same frequency. The filter performs a filtering operation on the first voltage to generate a body bias voltage. |
| US09467132B2 |
Self-powered comparator
Embodiments of the invention relate to an input-powered comparator. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to an active diode that includes an input-powered comparator and a switch. In a specific embodiment, the input-powered comparator only consumes power when an input source provides sufficiently high voltage. Embodiments of the active diode can be used in an energy harvesting system. The comparator can be powered by the input and the system can be configured such that the comparator only consumes power when the input is ready to provide power to the load or energy storage element. In a specific embodiment, when there is no input, or the input is too low for harvesting, the comparator does not draw any power from the energy storage element (e.g., battery or capacitor) of the system. |
| US09467121B2 |
Apparatus and method for compensating for process variation in electronic device
An electronic device for compensating for process variation is provided. The electronic device includes a first circuit configured to consume a current supplied to the first circuit, and a second circuit configured to control the current supplied to the first circuit, The second circuit is configured to generate a signal for controlling the current supplied to the circuit based on a frequency of a pulse signal generated using a second component that is of a same kind as a first component of the first circuit. |
| US09467120B1 |
Power management for PCI express
Systems and methods are provided for managing power of a device coupled with a transceiver module, in communication with a high-speed interface. In one aspect, a dynamic clock trunk tree associated with the transceiver module is controlled by a trunk driver having a first clock tree gate. A dynamic clock leaf tree associated with the device is controlled by a leaf driver having a second clock tree gate. Significant power savings may be achieved, for example, by triggering activation of clock gating mechanisms. |
| US09467119B2 |
Multi-mode pointing device and method for operating a multi-mode pointing device
A method for pairing and operating a multi-mode pointing device is provided. A pointing device may be automatically paired with an image display device. A pairing request signal may be transmitted on a prescribed frequency channel, and a signal may be received indicating information of a plurality of frequency channels. One of the frequency channels may be selected as a pairing frequency channel for operating in a radio frequency mode. |
| US09467115B2 |
Circuits, devices and methods related to combiners for Doherty power amplifiers
Circuits, devices and methods related to combiners for Doherty power amplifiers. A signal combiner can include a balun transformer circuit having a first coil and a second coil. The first coil can be implemented between a first port and a second port. The second coil can be implemented between a third port and a fourth port. The first port and the third port can be coupled by a first capacitance. The second port and the fourth port can be coupled by a second capacitance. The first port can be configured to receive a first signal. The fourth port can be configured to receive a second signal. The second port can be configured to yield a combination of the first signal and the second signal. The signal combiner can include a termination circuit that couples the third port to a ground. |
| US09467114B2 |
Impedance-matching device
The invention relates to an impedance-matching device comprising a circuit consisting of a plane substrate (27) whereon at least one conductive stripline (26) is arranged, at least one conductive spring (22) applying mechanical stress on the circuit. |
| US09467113B2 |
Method and apparatus for signal filtering and for improving properties of electronic devices
The present invention relates to nonlinear signal processing, and, in particular, to adaptive nonlinear filtering of real-, complex-, and vector-valued signals utilizing analog Nonlinear Differential Limiters (NDLs), and to adaptive real-time signal conditioning, processing, analysis, quantification, comparison, and control. More generally, this invention relates to methods, processes and apparatus for real-time measuring and analysis of variables, and to generic measurement systems and processes. This invention also relates to methods and corresponding apparatus for measuring which extend to different applications and provide results other than instantaneous values of variables. The invention further relates to post-processing analysis of measured variables and to statistical analysis. The NDL-based filtering method and apparatus enable improvements in the overall properties of electronic devices including, but not limited to, improvements in performance, reduction in size, weight, cost, and power consumption, and, in particular for wireless devices, NDLs enable improvements in spectrum usage efficiency. |
| US09467112B2 |
Hybrid thyristor-controlled series capacitor and passive damping filter for series capacitors
Provided is a series capacitor for controlling a flow of power on a transmission line, and includes a filter circuit, and a thyristor-controlled circuit, wherein an interconnection and operation of the filter circuit and the thyristor-controlled circuit are performed based on a coordination of control thereof, to connect to a series capacitor bank on a transmission line. |
| US09467110B1 |
Electronic system of a hybrid amplifier
An electronic system of a hybrid amplifier is described, especially electroacoustic hybrid amplifier comprising a tube voltage amplifier, a tube isolating repeater, a power repeater, and a power repeater power supply, a voltage amplifier power supply, and an isolating repeater power supply. |
| US09467108B2 |
Operational amplifier circuit and method for enhancing driving capacity thereof
An operational amplifier circuit configured to drive a load is provided. The operational amplifier circuit includes an output stage module. The output stage module includes a detection circuit and an output stage circuit. The detection circuit is configured to detect a current output voltage and a previous output voltage based on a comparison result of a current input voltage and the current output voltage. The detection circuit enhances a charge capacity or a discharge capacity of the output stage circuit for the load based on a detection result. Furthermore, a method for enhancing the driving capacity of the operational amplifier circuit is also provided. |
| US09467103B2 |
System linearization assembly and method for use in modifying distortion components
A system linearization assembly generally includes a delay device that receives an input signal from a signal source and delays the input signal by a predetermined delay function. An attenuation device receives a modified output signal from a signal modifying device, wherein the output signal is based on the input signal and includes a time varying parameter representing a plurality of frequency components including at least one component caused by non-linear intermodulation distortion. The attenuation device attenuates the output signal by a factor that is equal to at least one parameter of the modifying device. A computing device compares the attenuated output signal with the delayed input signal to obtain a resultant signal that includes the component caused by non-linear intermodulation distortion. A detection device detects at least one parameter of the resultant signal. Based on the detected parameter, a controller facilitates a modification of the component. |
| US09467102B2 |
Multi-band amplifier, method for controlling thereof
A multi-band amplifier may include: a first amplifying unit connected to a first antenna stage; a second amplifying unit connected to a second antenna stage; and a switching control unit generating a control signal to activate at least one of the first and second amplifying units depending on a plurality of control voltages, wherein the first amplifying unit amplifies the signal within the first frequency band or provides the signal within the first frequency band to the first antenna stage by performing a switching operation depending on the control signal, and the second amplifying unit amplifies the signal within the second frequency band or provides the signal within the second frequency band to the second antenna stage by performing a switching operation depending on the control signal. |
| US09467100B2 |
Reference amplifier coupled to a voltage divider circuit to provide feedback for an amplifier
An apparatus includes a voltage divider circuit and a reference amplifier coupled to the voltage divider circuit. The reference amplifier is configured to provide a feedback voltage to input circuitry of an amplifier. |
| US09467099B2 |
Linearizer
A linearizer includes: an input terminal; an output terminal; a connection point connected between the input terminal and the output terminal; a diode connected to the connection point; a voltage terminal; and a resistor connected between the voltage terminal and the connection point, wherein 0 V is applied to the voltage terminal. |
| US09467097B2 |
Edge correction to mitigate total harmonic distortion in class D amplifier
A circuit includes an amplifier output stage that includes a high switch and a low switch that generates a pulse width modulated (PWM) output signal to provide a load current to a load in response to a PWM input signal. The circuit includes a high gate drive that drives the high switch with a PWM high drive signal derived from the PWM input signal. This includes a low gate drive that drives the low switch with a PWM low drive signal derived from the PWM input signal. The circuit includes an edge corrector that adjusts at least one of a leading edge and a trailing edge of the PWM input signal to compensate for response time differences with respect to a direction of the load current to the load. |
| US09467094B2 |
Phase-dependent operational amplifiers employing phase-based frequency compensation, and related systems and methods
Phase-dependent operational amplifiers (“op-amps”) employing phase-based frequency compensation, and related systems and methods are disclosed. A phase-dependent op-amp is provided configured to provide output voltage based on inputs switched by clock signal. The op-amp employs a frequency compensation system having multiple frequency compensation circuits. The frequency compensation circuit corresponding to the clock phase is selected by selection circuit and coupled to the voltage output node. The op-amp charges each frequency compensation circuit during the clock phase to store voltage approximately equal to output voltage. When transitioning to a clock phase, output voltage of op-amp does not have to charge frequency compensation circuit. Voltage of frequency compensation circuit stored during clock phase is approximately equal to output voltage of op-amp for clock phase. The op-amp need only provide a small amount of voltage to the frequency compensation circuit to slew it to its designed voltage during instances of its clock phase. |
| US09467091B2 |
Electronic device, electronic apparatus, and moving object
An electronic device includes a resonator provided with a heating element, and a circuit component opposed to the heating element, and provided with at least an oscillating amplifier element, and a distance between the heating element and the circuit component is in a range not smaller than 0 mm and no larger than 1.5 mm. |
| US09467090B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device contrived to prevent a reference voltage and a reference current which are supplied to a high speed OCO from varying with a change in ambient temperature and/or a change in an external power supply voltage and to reduce the circuit area of a power supply module. The high speed OCO outputs a high speed clock whose magnitude is determined by the reference current and the reference voltage. A logic unit adjusts the values of the reference current and reference voltage, according to the reference voltage and reference current trimming codes related to detected ambient temperature and operating voltage. |
| US09467088B2 |
Power generation device, thermal power generation method and solar power generation method
A small sized power generator is provided, being highly efficient in power generation. The power generator can include a heat-light conversion element for converting heat to infrared light and a semiconductor power generation cell for converting the infrared light to electrical energy. The heat-light conversion element can include a material in which reflectance is higher on a long wavelength side of a predetermined infrared wavelength, relative to reflectance on a short wavelength side thereof. The material can cause radiation of the infrared light upon being heated. Heat from a heat source is transferred to the heat-light conversion element, thereby radiating the infrared light. The semiconductor power generation cell converts this infrared light to electrical energy, thereby performing thermal power generation. In order to heat the heat-light conversion element, a light collection optical system can be provided for collecting sunlight toward the heat-light conversion element, enabling solar thermo-photovoltaic power generation. |
| US09467087B2 |
Switching control device
A switching control device is applied to a motor generator drive system equipped with a boost converter and an inverter. In order to avoid generation of a superimposed surge voltage, the switching control device corrects a switching timing tsw of the booster converter so that a switching timing of the booster converter is not overlapped with a switching timing of the inverter. A booster converter switching correction means corrects the switching timing tsw of the correction target to bring forward and before a start timing tpa of the switching inhibition period Pp. This makes it possible to suppress fluctuation in output of a load due to deterioration in controllability of the electric power converter, for example, suppress fluctuation in output torque of a motor generator. |
| US09467085B1 |
Monitoring vibration motor induced voltage slope to control haptic feedback
A method for controlling haptic feedback in an electronic device, in some embodiments, comprises: generating a series of braking pulses to stop vibrations generated by a vibration motor in the electronic device; during a high impedance period between at least one pair of pulses in said series of braking pulses, determining a rate of change of an induced voltage associated with the vibration motor; and if said rate of change meets a requirement, ceasing said generation of the series of braking pulses. |
| US09467084B2 |
Motor-driven appliance system and method for controlling the system
A motor-driven appliance system in one aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a motor-driven appliance having a motor, at least one control circuit, and a communication device. The control circuit is configured to execute a process related to control of the motor-driven appliance. The communication device is configured to communicate with an external device. The control circuit is further configured to switch, when at least one predetermined sleep condition is satisfied, from an active mode in which the control circuit performs a normal operation to a sleep mode in which the control circuit stops part of the normal operation to thereby suppress power consumption; and to switch to the active mode when the communication device receives an external wakeup signal transmitted from the external device while the control circuit is in the sleep mode. |
| US09467082B2 |
Method for damping drive train oscillations in a wind turbine generator
The present invention relates a wind turbine generator with an electrical generator, a dump load unit, for dissipating power, a wind turbine power controller and a damping controller both arranged to control wind turbine components based on a damping reference signal, the damping reference signal is a combined signal, and comprises a first reference signal and a second reference signal, the second reference signal is an oscillating part, the wind turbine power controller is controlling the power from the electrical generator according to the first reference signal and the damping controller is controlling the dump load unit to dissipate power according to the second reference signal. The invention also relates to a method for damping oscillations with wind turbine generators. |
| US09467076B2 |
Position limiting device and control method
A position limiting device includes a magnetic element, a detecting element, a motor, and a controller. The magnetic element is disposed in the center of the position limiting device, the motor is coupled to the detecting element, and the controller is electrically coupled to the detecting element and the motor. The detecting element is configured to detect magnetic fields generated by the magnetic element, and correspondingly generate and transmit a magnetic field intensity signal. The controller is configured to receive and process the magnetic field intensity signal to obtain a magnetic field intensity value. In addition, the controller is further configured to compare the magnetic field intensity value and a magnetic field intensity boundary value. When the magnetic field intensity value is less than the magnetic field intensity boundary value, the controller drives the motor so that the motor makes the detecting element to move correspondingly to the magnetic element. |
| US09467075B2 |
Process for switching power supply of electric engine and associated device for controlling power supply
A method for switching the voltage supply for an alternating current electric engine between a supply from an ASD and a supply from an electrical network, the method comprises a stage for determining an ideal speed of rotation for the electric engine and for synchronizing the phase and the amplitude of the voltage delivered by the ASD with the voltage delivered by the electrical network. |
| US09467073B2 |
Piezoelectric energy conversion assemblies
The present invention relates to piezoelectrie energy conversion assemblies. The assembly includes a piezoelectric nanowire (such as a ZnO nanowire), an electrically conductive nanofilament (such as a carbon nanotube), a first electrically conductive element (such as a first metallic trace), and a second electrically conductive element (such as a second metallic trace). The first electrically conductive element is electrically connected to the piezoelectric nanowire, and the second electrically conductive element is electrically connected to the electrically conductive nanofilament. The piezoelectric nanowire and electrically conductive nanofilament are operable to contact one another such that a charge can flow from the first electrically conductive element, through the piezoelectric nanowire and the electrically conductive nanofilament, to the second electrically conductive element. Generally, the piezoelectric nanowire and/or electrically conductive nanofilament are cantilevered to allow them to contact one another. Assemblies can be arranged in series or in parallel. |
| US09467072B2 |
Modular power converters usable alone in a multiphase power converter
A power converter module for use alone or with other modules in a multiphase power converter. The power converter module has an enclosure that surrounds internal components to prevent radiation of electromagnetic energy, which internal components also limit conduction of electromagnetic energy. The internal components include an EMI filter, a ripple filter, a power converter, and a control interface that communicates with a control system of a power conversion system. The control interface includes a memory that stores information related to the power converter modules so as to improve interchangability of similar power modules with the multiphase power converter. |
| US09467071B2 |
Voltage resonant inverter, control method, and surface treatment device
Excitation current is applied to an excitation winding of a step-up transformer by switching an input voltage with a first switching element. Excitation energy stored causes a voltage resonant state in the secondary side of the step-up transformer during a period when the excitation current is shut off. When the excitation current is shut off, a second resonant circuit provided in the primary side of the step-up transformer enters a resonant state. When a second switching element of the second resonant circuit is turned on, energy returning to an input side in a region where the output voltage is negative is commutated through a second diode to be absorbed in the input voltage. The second switching element is kept off while the second resonant circuit is in the resonant state, turned on when the resonant state ends, and turned off after the first switching element is turned on. |
| US09467070B2 |
Decentralized power generation plant having a device and method for detecting an island network
The invention relates to a device and to a method for monitoring a decentralized power generation plant for feeding into a three-phase network in order to prevent undesired island network operation, wherein the power generation plant has an inverter, which produces three alternating currents phase-shifted from each other from an input-side direct voltage, in particular of a photovoltaic generator, which alternating currents are fed into the network. The basis of the monitoring method is that the target power value for a designated phase of the network alternating voltage is changed, e.g. reduced, by a predetermined first amount for a predetermined time period while the target power values for the other two phases are changed in the opposite direction, e.g. increased, by a predetermined second and/or third amount. The sum of the second and third amounts equals the first amount. |
| US09467065B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a multilevel soft switching power converter
A system for controlling a multilevel soft switching power converter including a DC bus, a pair of switching arms, and a controller is disclosed. The DC bus has a positive rail and a negative rail operable to have a voltage potential present across the DC bus. Each switching arm is connected between the positive rail and the negative rail and includes four soft switches. Each soft switch is connected between the positive rail, the negative rail, or one of three intermediate connections between the positive and negative rails. Each soft switch is also controlled by a gating signal. A flying capacitor is connected between the first intermediate connection and the third intermediate connection and an output terminal is connected at the second intermediate connection of each switching arm. A controller is operable to generate each of the gating signals utilizing at least three control routines. |
| US09467061B2 |
System and method for driving a transistor
In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit for driving a control terminal of a switching transistor includes a driver having an output configured to be coupled to the control terminal of the switching transistor, a first power supply terminal configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a floating power supply, a second power supply terminal configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the floating power supply, and a switching input terminal configured to receive a switching signal. The circuit further includes a bias circuit having an output terminal configured to be coupled to a common-mode control terminal of the floating power supply, wherein the bias circuit is configured to provide a time dependent voltage. |
| US09467059B2 |
Activation apparatus and method for activating a direct voltage converter
The invention relates to an activation apparatus (20) for a galvanically decoupled direct voltage converter having a synchronous rectifier, comprising a signal generating device (22), which is designed to generate control signals (22c, 22d) for switch devices of the synchronous rectifier and a reference current signal (22b), a first comparator device (23), which is coupled to the signal generating device (22), and which is designed to detect the secondary-side output current (Jo) of the synchronous rectifier, compare it to the reference current signal (22b) and generate a current control signal in dependence on the comparison, and a pulse width modulation device (25), which is coupled to the signal generating device (22) and the first comparator device (23) and which is designed to generate pulse width modulated activation signals (25a) for the switch devices of the synchronous rectifier on the basis of the control signals (22c, 22d) and the current control signal, wherein the signal generating device (22) is furthermore designed to reduce the reference current signal (22b) within a first predetermined timespan to a predetermined reference current threshold. |
| US09467058B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling output voltage of DC-DC converter
An output voltage control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes sensing output voltages of a DC-DC converter and a high-voltage battery and sensing an inductor current flowing through an inductor in a boost circuit at a front end of the DC-DC converter. In addition, the method includes varying a gain of an output voltage controller of the DC-DC converter based on a difference of the sensed inductor current with respect to an inductor current at the center point in a specified region. |
| US09467057B2 |
Resonant converters and methods
A multilevel LLC resonant converter comprises a resonant tank connected in series with a primary side of a transformer, a first switch and a second switch connected in series, wherein a common node of the first switch and the second switch is coupled to a mid-voltage point through a first isolation switch and the resonant bank and a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series, wherein a common node of the third switch and the fourth switch is coupled to the resonant tank. |
| US09467056B2 |
Power supplying apparatus and method for supplying power to the varying load
Disclosed is an apparatus for supplying power to a device. The apparatus includes a transformer configured to output a predetermined voltage to a device varying in load; a switch configured to switch on and off the voltage output from the transformer in accordance with pulse width modulation (PWM) signals; a PWM signal supplier configured to supply the PWM signal to the switch; a feedback circuit which detects the output from the transformer and applies a control signal to the PWM signal supplier; and an output voltage controller which detects a load current of the device, and adjusts the control signal of the feedback circuit by adjusting the output detected by the feedback circuit in accordance with the detected load current. |
| US09467055B2 |
Method of forming a power supply controller and structure therefor
In one embodiment, a method of forming a power supply controller includes forming the power supply controller to receive an input signal that is representative of an ac signal, and forming the power supply controller to form an average value of an output current over a period of a drive signal that is formed by the power supply controller to have a waveshape of substantially one of a squared version of the input signal or a waveshape of the input signal. |
| US09467054B2 |
Current sensing apparatus for resonant tank in an LLC resonant converter
An apparatus comprises a magnetic device coupled to an inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) resonant converter, an ac current sensing circuit coupled to the magnetic device, an average current sensing circuit coupled to the ac current sensing circuit and a reference voltage source coupled to the average current sensing circuit, wherein the reference voltage source is configured such that a magnitude of an average signal from the average current sensing circuit is greater than a voltage level of the reference voltage source. |
| US09467050B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus having transfer circuit transferring high voltage
A semiconductor apparatus includes a voltage supply circuit suitable for outputting a high voltage, a transfer circuit coupled between the voltage supply circuit and a peripheral circuit and suitable for transferring the high voltage to the peripheral circuit and a transfer control circuit suitable for outputting a transfer control signal to the transfer circuit to control the transfer of the high voltage to the peripheral circuit, wherein the transfer control circuit outputs the transfer control signal having a first positive voltage level to a gate of a transistor included in the transfer circuit when the voltage supply circuit outputs the high voltage to the transfer circuit. |
| US09467043B2 |
Buck DC-DC converter with fixed frequency
A buck switching regulator implements a fixed frequency feedback control circuit including a voltage control loop and a frequency control loop to regulate the switching frequency of the buck switching regulator to a fixed or nearly fixed frequency. The voltage control loop, implementing ripple mode control, is configured to control the power switches in response to the switching regulator output voltage or a signal related to the switching regulator output voltage. The frequency control loop, implementing a phase-locked loop control scheme, is configured to adjust the on-time of the high-side switch so as to regulate the switching frequency to be equal to or be proportional to the reference frequency. |
| US09467041B2 |
Digital current equalizing device, analog current equalizing device, current equalizing method and system
Provided are a digital current equalizing device, an analog current equalizing device, a current equalizing method and a system. The digital current equalizing device comprises: an output current sampling amplifying module (102), a digital processing module (104), and a main power frequency conversion module (106). An input terminal of the output current sampling amplifying module (102) connects to an output loop of a power supply, and an output terminal of the output current sampling amplifying module (102) connects to a current equalizing bus through a resistor R0, wherein the digital processing module (104) is configured to adjust an output voltage reference signal Vr according to a difference between an output voltage signal V2 of the output current sampling amplifying module (102) and an voltage signal Vbus of the current equalizing bus, and the main power frequency conversion module (106) is controlled to adjust the voltage according to the adjusted output voltage reference signal Vr′. The technical solution is easy to implement and can improve the reliabilities of each power supply module and the whole power supply system. |
| US09467038B2 |
Power converter circuits including high electron mobility transistors for switching and rectification
A power converter circuit includes a storage component, a rectifier component comprising a first field effect transistor and having first and second bias states, and a switch including a second field effect transistor having first and second operational states. The first and second field effect transistors are High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs). |
| US09467037B2 |
Electric power tool having a conductive elastic body connected to a yoke
An electric power tool of an embodiment of the present invention uses a motor provided with a yoke as a drive source, and is configured such that an end portion of an electric component mounted on a drive circuit of the motor is electrically connected to the yoke of the motor through a conductive elastic body. |
| US09467035B2 |
Vibration actuator
A cylindrical magnet of an oscillating actuator includes a plurality of divided magnet portions which are magnetized in the radial direction. Since adjacent magnet portions have different poles in the direction of an oscillation axis, magnetic poles do not repel each other when adhering the magnet portions and it is thus easy to adhere the magnet portions to each other. In addition to this construction of the magnet, a coil includes a plurality of divided coil portions corresponding to the magnet portions in the direction of the oscillation axis, and adjacent coil portions are wound in opposite directions to each other. |
| US09467034B2 |
Electromagnetic actuator for optical device to reduce temperature and deformation
According to the present invention there is provided an actuator comprising, a movable member, the movable member comprising a support frame which is configured such that it can oscillate about a first oscillation axis and a mirror which is fixed to the support frame such that oscillation of the support frame will effect oscillation of the mirror; an coil, which cooperates with the support frame; one or more boundary portions provided between the support frame and the mirror which reduce the influence of warp transmitted from an edge of the support frame to the mirror, as the support frame oscillates about the first oscillation axis; wherein the support frame further comprises one or more cut-out regions, wherein the one or more cut-out regions are configured to be parallel to at least a portion of the coil, to reduce stress on the coil as the support frame oscillates about the first oscillation axis and/or to reduce the temperature dependence of the properties of the actuator. |
| US09467018B2 |
Rotary electric machine and manufacturing method for rotary electric machine
The rotary electric machine includes: a stator (1) of concentrated winding in which a stator winding (14) is wound around a stator core (11), the stator core including a coil bobbin (13) and an insulating paper (12); and as a mechanism for supporting a terminal portion of the stator winding extending from the stator disposed in an annular shape, an end portion supporting member (18) for supporting a winding finishing end portion of the stator winding in a substantially linear section (16) of the stator winding, the substantially linear section being provided from a last winding portion of the coil bobbin to the winding finishing end portion. |
| US09467017B2 |
Inter-phase insulation sheet for rotating electric machine
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inter-phase insulation sheet for a rotating electric machine, wherein it is possible to produce the effects of exerting excellent insertion workability between coil ends of different phases, of preventing the positional misalignment of the inter-phase insulation sheet during production work when forming the coils or when lacing, of preventing the inter-phase insulation sheet from tearing when lacing, and of being able to reliably ensure that the coil ends are insulated from one another even when the shape of the coil ends are not the same. In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, an inter-phase insulation sheet (11) has a fixed section (13) and a movable section (14). The movable section (14) has a base section (14A) on one side and a flanged section (14B) on the other side. The fixed section and the base section are placed so to completely overlap with one another and are inserted between coil ends (23b) of different phases. Meanwhile, the flanged section passes the inner side (23c) of one of the coil ends of different phases and is drawn from the insulation sheet insertion side of the coil end out to the side opposite that of the insulation sheet insertion side. Moreover, in order to facilitate the flanged section to be drawn out, a slit is formed between the fixed section and the base section and between the center and the side of the base section. |
| US09467013B2 |
Brushless motor
Disclosed is a magnetic flux concentrated-type brushless motor performing field weakening control and reducing iron loss. The teeth of the stator are provided with a stator-side wide-width portion, and the rotor is provided with magnetic members having a rotor-side wide-width portion, and magnets disposed between the magnetic members. The motor is driven for a certain time in a low rate of rotation (LRR) section and a high rate of rotation (HRR) section. Field weakening control is performed in the HRR section. When the number of pairs of opposite poles of the rotor is P, a length of a radial line of the rotor-side wide-width portion R, a thickness of the stator-side wide-width portion Lt, a central angle of the stator-side wide-width portion τt, a central angle the rotor-side wide-width portion τr, and a central angle between any two neighboring magnets τM, the motor is set such that τr≦2.85×τm−2.65×τt and (Lt×P)/(ττ×R)≧τt/τm−0.6. |
| US09467012B2 |
Electric motor
A stator includes a housing made of magnetically conductive material, a plurality of magnets fixed to the stator housing; and a magnet holder attached to one end of the housing for fixing the magnets to the stator housing. The magnet holder includes a body and a plurality of locking structures extending from the body. Each magnet is locked between two adjacent locking structures. A plurality of cut-outs is formed in the stator housing, and a plurality of projections is formed on the body of the magnet holder and engaged with the cut-outs. Each locking structure includes a wedge-shaped inner end inwardly abutting against respective magnets to prevent the magnets from moving inwardly. |
| US09467011B2 |
Mold stator, electric motor, and air-conditioner outdoor unit
A mold stator is configured to include a stator core and a mold resin that covers the stator core. A divided-core part includes a yoke part that is arranged coaxially with a rotor that is provided in the stator core, a teeth part that extends from the yoke part in a radially-inward direction, and a teeth distal-end part that is formed at a radially-inward end part of the teeth part. An outer-circumferential flat-surface part is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the yoke part and an outer-circumferential flat-surface part is formed at a position on an outer circumferential surface of the mold stator opposing the flat-surface part of the yoke part. |
| US09467010B2 |
Method of winding a stator core with a continuous conductor having a rectangular cross-section and a stator core
A method of inserting a continuous conductor having a rectangular cross-section into slot segments formed in a stator core includes forming a core member having a plurality of slot segments each having an opening and inserting a stator winding having a plurality of phases into select ones of the slot segments. Each of the plurality of phases has at least one conductor including a plurality of substantially straight segments alternately connected by a plurality of end loop segments. A section of the at least one conductor includes three consecutive end loop segments and three consecutive straight segments formed from a single continuous conductor. The method further includes narrowing the opening of each of the plurality of slot segments by forming an annular stator core having a central axis. The three consecutive straight segments are substantially similarly radially spaced from the central axis. |
| US09467006B2 |
Automatic transfer switch for three-phase applications
A three phase to single phase automatic transfer switch for providing power to at least one single phase power load from one of a primary and a secondary source of three phase power. The automatic transfer switch includes three pairs of switches, wherein each pair of switches is connectable to the primary and the secondary sources of three phase power, wherein each switch operates in unison with the other switch within its pair, wherein each pair of switches is connectable to a different one of the at least one single phase power load, and wherein each pair of switches is operable independently of the other pairs of switches. The three phase to single phase automatic transfer switch also includes one or more controller in communication with each of the pairs of switches, the controller configured so that, when power from the primary source of three phase power is lost or degraded, the controller connects each pair of switches independently of each of the other pairs of switches from the primary to the secondary source of three phase power. |
| US09467005B2 |
Underwater power supply system
An underwater power supply system is provided with an ascending/descending station that ascends and descends underwater between the water depth at which an underwater moving body works and the vicinity of the water surface, and a charging station that supplies electrical power wirelessly to the ascending/descending station in the vicinity of the water surface. At the aforementioned water depth, the underwater moving body moves adjacent to the ascending/descending station, and electrical power is supplied wirelessly from the ascending/descending station to the underwater moving body. |
| US09467003B2 |
Damping charging devide
A damping charging device includes a power output unit connectable to an electrical energy generating device to regulate a voltage of electrical energy output by the electrical energy generating device and then output a voltage-regulated electric power; a control circuit maintaining the electric power output by the power output unit in a constant-current and constant-voltage state; a damping inductor connected to an anode of a capacitor battery to be charged; and a high-frequency oscillation switch connected to a cathode of the capacitor battery. The damping inductor includes a silicon steel core having inductance that increases with increased frequency and an amorphous silicon core having inductance that increases with decreased frequency. The actuated high-frequency oscillation switch causes the damping inductor to store and release electrical energy alternately at high frequency, and the damping inductor releases electrical energy having frequency response to offset capacitive reactance and charge the capacitor battery efficiently. |
| US09466992B2 |
Method and system for servicing high voltage battery packs
A system and method for providing energy management and maintenance of a high energy battery pack that does not require installation of the battery pack into an operational EV. A battery service unit has multiple access mechanisms to charge or discharge a high energy battery pack through a primary or secondary high voltage port of the pack, irrespective of whether the battery pack is installed into an operating environment by adding a capability of providing a signature duplicating installation of the pack in the operating environment when necessary. |
| US09466990B2 |
Method for enhancing a battery management system, battery management system, battery system and motor vehicle
A method for enhancing a battery management system for determining at least one limit value for a first characteristic variable of a battery. The method includes measuring different values of a further characteristic variable for predetermined values of the first characteristic variable in order to determine limit values of the further characteristic variable for charging and/or discharging the battery for the predetermined values of the first characteristic variable, with the result that battery discharging or charging corresponding to the limit values does not result in a battery voltage outside a permissible battery voltage range if the battery has that predetermined value of the characteristic variable which is associated with the respective limit value. The method further includes determining charging and/or discharging limit values of the characteristic variable for predetermined values of the further characteristic variable using the determined charging and/or discharging limit values. |
| US09466987B2 |
Power transmission device and wireless power transmission system using the power transmission device
A power transmission device includes a power conversion circuit that outputs an alternating voltage in order to generate an alternating magnetic field and a control circuit used to control a frequency of the alternating voltage. The control circuit sets, in a predetermined frequency range, the frequency of the alternating voltage to a higher one of a first frequency at which transmission efficiency is highest and a second frequency at which a voltage generated in the power receiving device is highest, and performs power transmission. |
| US09466986B2 |
Current generation circuit
A current generating circuit that includes a first current source that generates a first current having a negative temperature coefficient a second current source that generates a second current having a positive temperature coefficient. A compensation circuit generates a common current using a first transistor that receives the first current and a second transistor formed in a mirroring structure, a third transistor that receives the second current, and a fourth transistor formed in a mirroring structure. In addition, the compensation circuit provides the common current as an output current using a transistor that is formed in at least a pair of mirroring structures. |
| US09466984B2 |
Power ramp rate control for renewable variable power generation systems
Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for controlling power ramp rates in renewable variable power generation systems. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for limiting power ramp rates. The method can include regulating collective power output of a plurality of variable energy sources by monitoring collective power output of the plurality of variable energy sources, and controlling collective power output of the plurality of variable energy sources with the plurality of power control signals. |
| US09466981B2 |
Signal line power receiving circuit, signal line power supply circuit and signal line power supply system
A signal line power receiving circuit includes a signal processing unit, a power unit, a signal interface, a first isolation unit and a first filter unit. The signal interface transmits and receives data signals and receives power signals all via a first signal line. The first isolation unit isolates the power signals in the first signal line. The first filter unit filters the data signals in the first signal line and supplies the power signals to the power unit. A signal line power supply circuit and a related signal line power supply system are also provided. |
| US09466979B2 |
Communication line driver protection circuitry, systems and methods
Embodiments relate to fault detection comparator circuitry and methods that can operate in conjunction with a power-on-reset (POR) scheme to put a chip into a reliable power-down mode upon fault detection to avoid disrupting the communication bus link such that other connected chips and the host can continue to operate. Power-on of the affected chip can then be carried out when the connection with that chip is restored. |
| US09466975B2 |
Base element and surge protection system
A base element and a surge protection system incorporating the base element are provided. The base element includes a housing having a front portion and a rear portion. Apertures in the rear portion provide access to contacts secured within the housing, and a receiving portion extending from the front portion includes at least one receiving section for receiving a surge protection cartridge. Plug receptacles in the receiving portion are in electrical communication with the contacts to incorporate the surge protection device in a circuit when the surge protection cartridge is inserted. The base element is configured to mount orthogonally to a case such that conductors secured to the contacts extend through the apertures and into an enclosure defined by the case in a substantially linear direction. The system includes a case configured to be attached to a rack mount system and a plurality of base elements secured to the case. |
| US09466973B2 |
Overload and short-circuit sensing circuit and converter protecting circuit and method
Disclosed herein are an overload and short-circuit sensing circuit and a converter protecting circuit and method. The overload and short-circuit sensing circuit includes: an overcurrent sensing unit sensing a primary current of a converter; a voltage level adjusting unit adjusting a voltage level of the sensed primary current; a rectifying unit rectifying the signal adjusted by the voltage level adjusting unit; a short-circuit sensing unit sensing a current induced to a primary side of the converter due to a short-circuit or an overcurrent at a secondary side of the converter, separately from the overcurrent sensing unit; and a delay unit delaying the signal provided from the rectifying unit and the induced current sensing signal provided from the short-circuit sensing unit and providing the delayed signals to a control circuit for protecting the converter. |
| US09466969B2 |
Master-slave digital circuit breakers
An electrical system includes a first circuit breaker that digitally senses a first current to a first load, and a second circuit breaker that digitally senses a second current to a second load and provides an output to the first circuit breaker. The first circuit breaker determines an average current based upon the first sensed current and the output from the second circuit breaker, and the first and second circuit breakers terminate power to the first and second loads if the average current is greater than a threshold value. |
| US09466968B2 |
Electrical switching apparatus including alternating current electronic trip circuit with arc fault detection circuit and power supply
An electrical switching apparatus includes a transductor circuit that senses a direct current between an input terminal and an output terminal and outputs an alternating current proportional to the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a current sensor configured to sense an alternating current component of the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus further includes an alternating current electronic trip circuit including an arc fault detection circuit configured to detect an arc fault based on the sensed alternating current component. The alternating current electronic trip circuit is also configured to control pairs of separable contacts to trip open based on the alternating current output from the transductor circuit or the detected arc fault. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a power supply structured to provide direct current power to the alternating current electronic trip circuit. |
| US09466966B2 |
Cast-in-place fiber technology
Novel tools and techniques for installing lines or cables, including, without limitation, power lines, low voltage lines, telecommunications lines or cables (e.g., telephone cables, network cables, television cables, etc.), and/or the like, and, in particular, installing optical fiber and/or other lines, slightly below ground level in a roadway or other ground surface. In some cases, a method might include creating a channel in the ground surface, placing one or more lines (e.g., power lines, low voltage lines, telecommunications lines, and/or the like) in the channel, and placing a capping material in the channel, thereby encapsulating the lines. In some cases, placing the one or more lines in the channel might include placing a conduit (containing the one or more lines) in the channel, and encapsulating the one or more lines might include encapsulating the conduit. The capping material might include polyurea, thermosetting material, and/or any other suitable material. |
| US09466962B1 |
Rain tight electrical box assembly for mounting of an electrical fan or fixture
A rain tight fan or fixture box assembly for mounting a fan or and electrical fixture to a structural member. The rain tight electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and a medallion. The electrical box includes a sidewall and a back wall defining a wiring enclosure and tabs extending from the sidewall. The medallion includes a sidewall having a top edge and a bottom edge, and a flange extending outward from the bottom edge around the periphery of the sidewall. A plurality of bosses extending from the sidewalls of both the electrical box and medallion provide a means for aligning and securing the medallion to the electrical box. Complementary sealing surfaces on the electrical box and medallion enable a rain-tight fit that seals the fan or fixture box assembly in a rain-tight fit. The electrical box is capable of accepting direct mounting of a flood light thereto. |
| US09466961B2 |
Generator connection box for photovoltaic installations
A generator junction box for a photovoltaic generator is presented, which has a junction box housing with a back wall and a surrounding side wall, and input modules, each with an integrated quick connector for connecting a generator string line to the associated input module, wherein the input modules are situated directly against the surrounding side wall of the junction box housing in such a way that it is possible to connect the string lines directly to the quick connector of the associated input module from the outside. |
| US09466952B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug having an insulator, a metallic shell disposed around the insulator, a first ground electrode having a first surface facing a side surface of a center electrode in a radial direction so as to form a first gap, and a second ground electrode having a second surface facing the side surface of the center electrode in the radial direction so as to form a second gap. A relation 60°≦θ≦150° is satisfied, where θ is a smaller one of angles formed between a first line connecting an axial line of the center electrode and the center of the first surface and a second line connecting the axis and a center of the second surface when viewed from a forward end side toward a rear end side in the direction of the axis. |
| US09466951B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug having an insulator formed of an alumina-based sintered material which contains an Si component and a rare earth element component that satisfy the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) an oxide-reduced amount of the Si component (mass %) is greater than or equal to 0.05 and less than or equal to 0.45; and (2) a ratio of an oxide-reduced amount of the rare earth element component to an oxide-reduced amount of the Si component is greater than or equal to 2.5 and less than or equal to 4.5, and which has alumina grains and an alumina grain boundary phase including a complex oxide crystal phase satisfying the following condition (3): (3) the complex oxide crystal phase contains at least two components selected from among an Al component, an Si component, a Group 2 element component, and a rare earth element component. |
| US09466950B2 |
Co-axial commutation spark gap
A commutation spark gap includes at least one first electrode and one second electrode, both electrically conducting, each including an arc zone placed opposite the arc zone of the other electrode, the electrodes being adapted to be linked to the terminals of a source of potential. The spark gap exhibits a general tubular shape, the first electrode forming a cylindrical body of the spark gap, open at its two ends, and the second electrode, termed the central electrode, cylindrical and co-axial with the first, extending along the axis of the spark gap at least from one end to the other of the cylindrical body. |
| US09466946B2 |
Semiconductor laser array
In a semiconductor laser array of the present invention, a plurality of laser elements (first to fifth laser elements) are disposed such that waveguides of the laser elements are parallel to one another, each of the plurality of laser elements includes a front-end-surface reflection film on a front end surface serving as a light emitting surface of the waveguide, each of the plurality of laser elements includes a rear-end-surface reflection film on a rear end surface opposite to the front end surface with the waveguide sandwiched between the front end surface and the rear end surface, the front-end-surface reflection films of at least two of the plurality of laser elements have different reflectances, the rear-end-surface reflection films of the plurality of laser elements have the same reflectance, and the plurality of laser elements are driven by a single power supply. |
| US09466942B2 |
Optical element module
An optical element module includes a casing having a bottom plate, a temperature-adjusting unit being mounted on the bottom plate in the casing and having at least a lower layer portion and an upper layer portion positioned above the lower layer portion, a support member mounted on the temperature-adjusting unit in the casing, and a semiconductor laser element being mounted on the support member and outputting a laser light to a forward side. The upper layer portion of the temperature-adjusting unit projects at a backward side of the semiconductor laser element relative to the lower layer portion. |
| US09466941B2 |
Patterned retarder and optical engine for laser projection apparatus
A patterned retarder is described that may be used with a laser source array to obtain a combined beam suitable for laser image projection (e.g., three-dimensional laser image projection using orthogonal polarization states and/or orthogonal color spaces). An effect of the retarder on a polarization state of an incident beam may be dependent on the location of the retarder upon which the beam is incident. In one example, a method of producing a laser beam from a plurality of component laser beams includes directing the plurality of component laser beams onto corresponding regions of such a patterned retarder having a plurality of pattern elements. |
| US09466939B2 |
High-gain operation of fiber lasers at long wavelengths
A method of operating a Tm:doped fiber amplifier including selecting a length of Tm:doped optical fiber to be less than one hundred meters, doping the optical fiber with active ions at a doping level of greater than one percent, optically pumping the doped optical fiber with a first laser beam having a wavelength longer than the wavelength where a maximum absorption cross section is provided by the active ions, and creating a population inversion between two active ion energy levels with the first laser beam, the active ions providing a gain to a second laser beam. |
| US09466937B2 |
Crimping pliers
A crimping pliers (1) includes a base (10), a guiding plate (20), a crimping member (30) and a compression handle (40). The base (10) includes a receiving space (11), a pivotal attachment portion (13) and an actuation section (14) having a crimping opening (141). The guiding plate (20) with a guiding hole (21) is installed in the receiving space (11) and corresponding to the crimping opening (141). The crimping member (30) is installed inside the receiving space (11) and comprises a connecting rod (31) attached to a sliding member (32) having a crimping portion (322) connected to the guiding hole (21) and corresponding to the crimping opening (141). The compression handle (40) is configured to drive the crimping portion (322) to move inside the crimping opening (141). Therefore, a uniform compression force is ensured to be applied to the connector and the conductive wire by the crimping portion. |
| US09466929B2 |
Plug connector with firmly fixed terminals
A plug connector for mating with a mating connector, including: a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) received in the housing, a number of terminals, and an insulative cover portion molded to the PCB. The PCB includes a plurality of conductive paths, an upper surface, an opposite lower surface, and a pair of side surfaces. A number of conductive pads are disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface. The conductive pads are connected with corresponding conductive paths. The terminals are electrically connected with corresponding conductive pads of the PCB. The terminals include a number of first terminals disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the PCB and a number of second terminals disposed on the side surfaces of the PCB. The insulative cover portion covers the PCB while exposing each of the terminals out partly for mating with the mating connector. |
| US09466928B2 |
Plug-in connector
To minimize the assembly effort of a plug-in connector the plug-in connector has multiple parts in the form of assembled individual parts. The shielding device has first guide in operative connection with a second guide of the contact support, so that the contact support can be inserted into the insulating body or can be attached thereto by a pivoting movement of the shielding device. After manually inserting the contacts into the contact support, the shielding device can be pivoted via the insulating body with a single movement, as a result of which the contact support is inserted into the insulating body, whereby the contacts are finally fixed in the insulating body, the shielding device is latched onto the contact support and as a result the contact support can be fixed in or on the insulating body. |
| US09466927B2 |
Docking station with integral device support structure
An aesthetically pleasing docking station that is able to support electronic devices with only an interface connector. The docking station is further equipped with mechanisms that protect the electronic device from damage if it's deflected too far while mated to the docking station. |
| US09466923B2 |
Female connector for high-speed transmission
Provided is a female connector for high-speed transmission, including a case, an insulating body, an upper terminal group and a lower terminal group. The insulating body includes an upper insulating body, a middle insulating body, and a lower insulating body. The upper terminal group is disposed on the upper insulating body. The lower terminal group is disposed on the lower insulating body. The upper insulating body and the lower insulating body are engaged with the middle insulating body to form an integrated connector body. The connector body is disposed in the case. The insulating body can receive various terminals and can be fabricated and installed easily. |
| US09466920B2 |
Magnetic connector for electronic device
A magnetic connector including: a flat engaging surface; a number of electrical contacts each having a flexible mating portion protruding to the engaging surface; an insulative housing comprising plural contact channels for receiving the electrical contacts and a first fixing space communicating with the contact channels; and a first magnet assembled to the first fixing space along a direction parallel to the flat engaging surface, the first magnet overhanging over the electrical contacts. |
| US09466919B2 |
Magnetic connector
A magnetic connector has a plug core disposed around a plug contact set and a receptacle core disposed around a receptacle contact set. The plug core defines a generally elongated circular plug core edge. The receptacle core defines a generally elongated concentric-circular receptacle core edge. The receptacle core edge defines an air gap and the plug core defines an anchor configured to insert into the air gap. A coil is disposed around the receptacle core, and the coil, the plug core and the air gap define a magnetic circuit. The coil is electrically energized so as to form a magnetic field within an air gap, lock the anchor within the air gap and lock the plug contact set to the receptacle contact set accordingly. |
| US09466917B2 |
Hazardous location multi-pin connectors
A system includes a first connector end and an electrical device having a second connector end. The first connector end has a number of electrical coupling features, where the electrical coupling features have a first subset of electrical coupling features and a second subset of electrical coupling features. The first electrical device has a second connector end detachably coupled to the first connector end, where the second connector end has a number of complementary electrical coupling features coupled to the electrical coupling features of the first connector end. The first subset of electrical coupling features can provide a first power signal to a first subset of complementary electrical coupling features of the second connector end. |
| US09466914B2 |
Waterproof connector
Provided is a waterproof connector capable of reducing water-stopping warranty portions. A waterproof connector is configured to include an outer housing, an inner housing, a terminal-equipped with electrical wire, and a packing mat seal. In a bottom wall of the outer housing, a locking projection on the left side and a locking projection on the right side served as engagement part with respect to the inner housing are integrally formed. Further, in the bottom wall in the outer housing, the packing mat seal is integrally molded so as to adhere to circumferential surfaces of proximal end sides in the locking projection on the right side and the locking projection on the left side. An integral molding of the packing mat seal provides a watertight property between a packing mat seal and the circumferential surfaces of the proximal end sides in the locking projection and the locking projection. |
| US09466908B2 |
Connector
A connector (11) includes a female terminal (13) having a terminal connection section (19) to which a mating male terminal (17) is electrically connected and a conductor connection section (23) and an electric insulating female-side housing (15) for holding the female terminal (13). The female terminal (13) includes a male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37) bored in the terminal connection section (19) and a plurality of spring contact pieces (41), the fixed-side ends (43) of which are fixed to the opening peripheral section of the male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37) and the free-side ends (45) of which elastically make contact with the male terminal (17) inserted into the male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37). |
| US09466907B2 |
Connector
A terminal used in a connector includes a base portion that is retained in a housing, and a front terminal and a rear terminal that extend from the base portion. A front terminal is provided with a front contact portion that comes in contact with a mating terminal through a flat plate surface of the front contact portion, and a rear terminal is provided with a rear contact portion that comes in contact with a terminal of a mating connector through a flat plate surface of the rear contact portion. The front contact portion and the rear contact portion are arranged at the same position in a width direction. |
| US09466906B2 |
Resilient contact terminal and connector using same
A connection terminal has a movable contact portion that protrudes so as to be able to be pressed from an outside of a contact hole of a housing, and a first curved portion and a second curved portion that are continuously disposed and form a substantial S-shape. The movable contact portion is provided in a free end portion of the first curved portion. A position controlling projection extends from the movable contact portion. The position controlling projection abuts on an inner circumferential surface of the first curved portion or a region where the first curved portion and the second curved portion are continuously coupled to each other when the movable contact portion is pressed. |
| US09466898B2 |
Connection terminal
Provided is a connection terminal including: a conductive plate including a connection unit having a ring shape, and an extension unit integrally formed with the connection unit and extending from one side of the connection unit; and a connection cable electrically connected to the conductive plate, wherein the conductive plate further includes a damping portion formed as a part of the extension unit and bent to protrude along a direction perpendicular to the connection unit. |
| US09466896B2 |
Parallelogram coupling joint for coupling insulated conductors
A fitting for coupling ends of insulated conductors includes a sleeve to couple an end of a jacket of a first insulated conductor to an end of a jacket of a second insulated conductor. The sleeve is located between end portions of the insulated conductors. At least one of the ends of the sleeve is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The sleeve has a longitudinal opening that extends along the length of the sleeve substantially the distance between end portions of the jackets of the insulated conductors. The longitudinal opening allows electrically insulating material to be filled into the sleeve. |
| US09466893B2 |
Single element wire to board connector
A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted. |
| US09466892B2 |
Terminal fitting
A terminal fitting (17) includes a welded part (26) to which the conductor part of an electric wire is ultrasonically welded, and a board-like mounting part (23) which is formed integrally with the welded part in the axial direction and which a through hole (21) penetrates in the thickness direction. A contour, when viewed from the penetration direction, of the through hole (21) is formed of a large radius circle (31), a small radius circle (33) whose radius is smaller than that of the large radius circle, and two tangent lines (35, 37) which respectively connect the two circles, and the small radius circle is located closer to the welded part than the large radius circle. |
| US09466891B2 |
Circuit board
A circuit board comprises one or more first electrical conductors (102-107) in a first portion of the thickness of the circuit board, one or more second electrical conductors (108, 109) in a second portion of the circuit board, at least one via-conductor (112) providing a galvanic current path between the first and second electrical conductors, a hole extending through the first and second portions of the circuit board, and an electrically conductive sleeve (114) lining the hole and having galvanic contacts with the second electrical conductors. The thermal resistance from the electrically conductive sleeve to the first electrical conductors is greater than the thermal resistance from the electrically conductive sleeve to the second electrical conductors so as to obtain a reliable solder joint between a part of the electrically conductive sleeve belonging to the first portion of the circuit board and an electrical conductor pin (119) located in the hole. |
| US09466887B2 |
Low cost, 2D, electronically-steerable, artificial-impedance-surface antenna
A steerable artificial impedance surface antenna steerable in phi and theta angles including a dielectric substrate, a plurality of metallic strips on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, the metallic strips spaced apart across a length of the dielectric substrate and each metallic strip extending along a width of the dielectric substrate, and surface wave feeds spaced apart along the width of the dielectric substrate near an edge of the dielectric substrate, wherein the dielectric substrate is substantially in an X-Y plane defined by an X axis and a Y axis, wherein the phi angle is an angle in the X-Y plane relative to the X axis, and wherein the theta angle is an angle relative to a Z axis orthogonal to the X-Y plane. |
| US09466886B2 |
Antenna device
There is provided an antenna device which can suitably tilt directivity of an antenna. The antenna device includes a dielectric substrate, a conductive plate arranged on one surface of the dielectric substrate, a first slot element to which electric power is supplied from a power supply line, which has an electrical length having an approximately ½ wavelength of use frequency of the antenna device, and which is formed in the conductive plate, a second slot element which has an electrical length longer than that of the first slot element, and which is formed in the conductive plate to be substantially parallel to the first slot element by leaving a gap of an approximately ¼ wavelength of the electrical length from the first slot element, and a ground conductor arranged to be substantially parallel to the conductive plate by leaving a predetermined gap from the conductive plate. |
| US09466884B2 |
Connector, antenna and electronic device
A connector including a first connector body and a mode-converting unit is provided. The first connector body includes a dielectric base, a shell and a pin set. The shell and the dielectric base are fixed to each other. The pin set is disposed on the dielectric base. The mode-converting unit includes a substrate and a mode-converting structure. The substrate is fixed to the first connector body and has a circuit. The shell constitutes a waveguide tube and is electromagnetically coupled to the circuit through the mode-converting structure. A signal is transmitted from the shell to the circuit through the mode-converting structure, or transmitted from the circuit to the shell through the mode-converting structure and emitted outward, such that the connector can be regarded as an antenna. The signal is a millimeter-wave signal. |
| US09466882B2 |
Antenna magnetic core, antenna using same, and detection system
An antenna magnetic core of an embodiment has a laminate of a Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strip and a resin layer part having an average thickness in a range of from 1 to 10 μm. Dispersion of thicknesses of the resin layer part is within ±40% in relation to the average thickness. |
| US09466881B1 |
Detection of wireless data jamming and spoofing
A set of global navigation satellite system receivers is deployed in and moves about a region that may be occupied by a signal jammer or spoofer. The receivers collect truth data from spectral content of the broadcast satellite signal and, optionally, from a set of sensors associated with each receiver from which an independent determination of location can be derived. The truth data are compared with data acquired by the receivers and an alert is issued upon detection of an anomaly. The data from receivers in a region of influence of the jammer or spoofer are aggregated, integrated, and correlated to generate a two-dimensional representation of a region in which the offending signals are present. |
| US09466880B2 |
Patch antenna having a patch fed with multiple signal
A patch antenna having a single patch fed with multiple signals is provided. The patch antenna includes: a first patch; a first feeder and a second feeder which are connected to the first patch; and a second patch which is parallel to the first patch. Accordingly, since multiple signals can be fed into a single patch, a MIMO antenna can be embodied by using a patch antenna which has high isolation between feeders without increasing its size. |
| US09466879B2 |
Solar energy collection antennas
The subject disclosure relates to solar energy collection and use in communications systems and to enhancements thereof. In an aspect, dual function antennas are disclosed that can simultaneously function as an antenna and as a solar energy collection system. In further aspects, disclosed embodiments can focus incident solar radiation to increase output voltage of conventional solar cells. Measured and simulated results demonstrate various aspects of the subject disclosure. |
| US09466873B2 |
Antenna structure and wireless communication device
An antenna structure includes a feed portion, a ground portion, a first antenna, a second antenna, and a microstrip line. The first antenna includes a first radiating body and a second radiating body. The first radiating body and the second radiating body are both connected to the feed portion. The second antenna is connected to the ground portion and spaced from the second radiating body. The microstrip line is connected between the feed portion and the ground portion to adjust a matching impedance of the antenna structure. |
| US09466872B2 |
Tunable dual loop antenna system
An apparatus comprising a first antenna, a second antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna comprise a common conductor, a variable load connected between the common conductor and a ground connection, wherein an impedance of the variable load is variable, and wherein an operating frequency of the first antenna and the second antenna depends on the impedance, and a selection switch coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the selection switch is configured to activate the first antenna and deactivate the second antenna in a first state, and wherein the selection switch is configured to activate the second antenna and deactivate the first antenna in a second state. |
| US09466871B2 |
Antenna device and electronic apparatus including antenna device
An antenna device includes a casing including a metal casing portion and a feed coil. The metal casing portion includes a main surface, a side surface connected to the main surfaces, and a notch portion located in the side surface. The feed coil is disposed inside the casing to be coupled with the metal casing portion by a magnetic field, and includes a winding central portion forming a coil opening portion. The feed coil is disposed near the notch portion, with the coil opening portion directed to a region including the notch portion. |
| US09466868B2 |
Reconfigurable branch line coupler
A reconfigurable branch line coupler and methods of designing and reconfiguring the branch line coupler are disclosed. The reconfigurable branch line coupler includes a plurality of transmission lines, each of which comprises a phase shifter. The reconfigurable branch line coupler further includes an input port, which is split into two quadrature signals providing a second and third port between adjacent of the plurality of transmission lines, with a fourth port isolated from the input port at a center frequency. |
| US09466867B2 |
Device for coupling RF power into a waveguide
A device for coupling RF power into a waveguide includes a push-pull output stage that includes an input and an output, a filter arrangement that is connected to the output of the push-pull output stage, and an induction loop that is connected to the filter arrangement is provided. |
| US09466864B2 |
RF duplexer filter module with waveguide filter assembly
An RF duplexer waveguide filter module for the transmission and filtering of TX and RX RF signals comprising a substrate with TX and RX filter assemblies mounted thereon. One or both of the TX and RX filter assemblies comprises an RF waveguide filter assembly including a plurality of blocks of dielectric material coupled together in a side-by-side relationship. Each of the blocks of dielectric material defines at least one slit and at least one internal RF signal transmission window. One or both of the end blocks defines a step and a through-hole terminating in an opening in the step. In one embodiment, the RF duplexer waveguide filter module additionally comprises an RF antenna waveguide filter extending between and coupling the TX and RX filter assemblies to an antenna RF signal transmission line. |
| US09466863B2 |
Substrate for sensing battery cell
Provided is a substrate for sensing voltage and temperature of battery cells, and more particularly, a substrate for sensing battery cells firmly fixed to the battery cells by a clip coupling method and easily detached and attached therefrom. |
| US09466860B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack according to the present invention includes a battery, a control unit, a power supply circuit, and a supply source selection unit. The power supply circuit is configured to receive electric power selectively from one of the battery and a charger, and generate a voltage for driving the control unit. The supply source selection unit is configured to select the charger as a power supply source to the power supply circuit when the battery is in a state of being able to supply electric power to the power supply circuit, the battery pack is attached to the charger and it is possible to supply electric power to the power supply circuit also from the charger. |
| US09466859B2 |
Drying process for cost effective production of Li-accumulators
A method for manufacturing (large format) Lithium Battery packs, comprising the steps of providing one or more electrochemical cells, entering the one or more electrochemical cells into a pouch, partly sealing the pouch with the one or more electrochemical cells, entering the pouch with the one or more electrochemical cells into a drying oven, resting the pouch in the drying oven for a defined time, removing the pouch from the drying oven, transferring the dried pouches to an electrolyte filling station, filling the pouch with electrolyte and sealing the pouch wherein the manufacturing steps are performed under a normal manufacturing environment conditions, and only selected critical manufacturing steps are performed under dry room conditions. |
| US09466857B1 |
Electrolyte formulations for lithium ion batteries
Electrolyte solutions including additives or combinations of additives that provide low temperature performance and high temperature stability in lithium ion battery cells. |
| US09466856B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte and electrochemical device comprising the same
Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising: an acrylate compound; a sulfinyl group-containing compound; an organic solvent; and an electrolyte salt. Also, disclosed is an electrode comprising a coating layer formed partially or totally on a surface thereof, the coating layer comprising: (i) a reduced form of an acrylate compound; and (ii) a reduced form of a sulfinyl group-containing compound. Further, disclosed is an electrochemical device comprising a cathode, an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein (i) the non-aqueous electrolyte is the aforementioned non-aqueous electrolyte; and/or (ii) the cathode and/or the anode is the aforementioned electrode. |
| US09466855B2 |
Additive for sodium ion secondary battery and sodium ion secondary battery
An additive for a sodium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes a compound of at least one of a saturated cyclic carbonate having a fluoro group and a chain carbonate having a fluoro group. A sodium ion secondary battery (1) of the present invention includes: a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including the additive for a sodium ion secondary battery and a non-aqueous solvent containing a saturated cyclic carbonate or a non-aqueous solvent containing a saturated cyclic carbonate and a chain carbonate; a positive electrode (11); and a negative electrode (12) that includes a coating formed in a surface of the negative electrode, the coating containing a composite material having carbon, oxygen, fluorine and sodium in the surface and includes a negative-electrode active material containing a hard carbon. |
| US09466849B2 |
Air intake device for fuel cell vehicle
Provided is a cooling structure for vehicle electrical components that is capable of solving problems due to water contained in intake air. Air used in an electricity generation reaction and air necessary for self-cooling is supplied to a fuel cell stack (11) via an intake duct (2). Dust and chemical substances in the air are removed by a dust/chemical substance filter (3) provided on the fuel cell stack (11) side within the intake duct (2). Furthermore, air and water are primarily separated by a water filter (4) provided in the intake duct (2) upstream by a prescribed distance in the air flow direction from the dust/chemical substance filter (3). Therefore, water in the intake air does not reach the dust/chemical substance filter (3) and the fuel cell stack (11), and various problems due to water contained in the intake air can be solved. |
| US09466848B2 |
Power generator having hydrogen manifold
A power generator includes a cavity to accept a hydrogen producing fuel cartridge. A channel is coupled to receive hydrogen from the fuel cartridge. A manifold is coupled to the channel to receive hydrogen from the channel, the manifold having an opening to receive oxygen and water vapor, the manifold being positioned to provide the water vapor to the cavity. An array of fuel cell membranes is supported by the manifold to receive hydrogen from the manifold and oxygen from the opening in the manifold. |
| US09466847B2 |
Integrated recirculating fuel cell methods
A PEM fuel system includes a fuel cell stack comprising one or more PEM fuel cells and fan configured to provide process air to supply oxidizer to and cool the fuel cell stack. The system has an air duct coupled to the fan and the fuel cell stack, and an electrical service load coupled to the fuel cell stack for receiving electrical power generated from reactions within the fuel cell stack. The system further includes as auxiliary electrical load coupled to the fuel cell stack and located within the air duct to reduce potentials across the fuel cell stack. The air duct is configured to direct the flow of air to the fuel cell stack and auxiliary electrical load to provide cooling air to the fuel cell stack and auxiliary electrical load. |
| US09466844B2 |
Blended rubber gasket for fuel cells
The present invention provides a blended rubber gasket for fuel cells that includes a base having about 80 to 99 phr of EPDM rubber and about 1 to 20 phr of FKM rubber, and about 0.1 to 10 phr of a peroxide crosslinking agent, based on 100 phr of the base. |
| US09466839B2 |
Electrode active material for electricity storage device, and electricity storage device using same
The present invention provides an electrode active material for an electricity storage device, having a structure represented by following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 to R6 each denote independently a hydrogen atom (except for a case where all of R1 to R6 denote hydrogen atoms), a halogen atom, an optionally substituted phenyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. |
| US09466833B2 |
Titanium raw material for lithium titanate production and method for producing lithium titanate using same
The invention provides a low-cost, efficient method for producing lithium titanate that is useful for applications in electric storage devices. The desired lithium titanate can be obtained by heating at least (1) titanium oxide having a BET single point specific surface area of 50 to 450 m2/g based on nitrogen adsorption and (2) a lithium compound. Preferably the titanium oxide and lithium compound are heated together with (3) a lithium titanate compound having the same crystal structure as the desired lithium titanate. Preferably these ingredients are dry-mixed before heating. |
| US09466829B2 |
Lithium—manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material
Provided is a lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material capable of effectively suppressing gas generation in an initial cycle. Proposed is a lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material that includes a monoclinic structure of C2/m in a hexagonal structure of a space group R-3m. The lithium-manganese-type solid solution positive electrode material contains a solid solution expressed by a composition formula: xLi4/3Mn2/3O2+(1−x)LiMnαCoβNiγO2 (in the formula, 0.2≦α≦0.6, 0≦β≦0.4, and 0.2≦γ≦0.6). In the composition formula, x is equal to or more than 0.36 and less than 0.50. |
| US09466827B2 |
Secondary battery
An object of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery in which the decomposition of an electrolyte liquid is suppressed and the generation of a gas is reduced, even in the case of using a laminate film as a package. The present exemplary embodiment is a secondary battery of a stacked laminate type comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged to face each other, an electrolyte liquid, and a package accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid, wherein the negative electrode is made by binding a negative electrode active substance containing a metal (a) capable of being alloyed with lithium, a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, and a carbon material (c) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, to a negative electrode current collector, with at least one selected from polyimides and polyamideimides; and the electrolyte liquid comprises acrylonitrile or an acrylonitrile compound being an acrylonitrile derivative. |
| US09466823B2 |
Rechargeable battery
A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the case, a first electrode terminal on the cap plate, and a first lead tab electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the first electrode terminal, wherein the first lead tab has a cell fuse and a heat dissipating member coupled to the first lead tab and spaced from the cell fuse. |
| US09466821B2 |
Battery pack
Provided is a battery pack that includes: unit batteries disposed in parallel with each other and the unit batteries are prismatic type; a connecting substrate for electrically coupling the unit batteries; a plurality of tabs which extend from the connecting substrate, electrically connect the unit batteries and the connecting substrate, and are bent so that the connecting substrate is adjacently disposed to first surfaces of the unit batteries; a protection circuit module electrically connected with the connecting substrate; and a lead which extends from the protection circuit module, electrically connect the connecting substrate and the protection circuit module and are bent so that the protection circuit module is adjacently disposed to second surfaces of the unit batteries. |
| US09466817B2 |
Method of manufacturing a display device
A method of manufacturing a display device includes preparing a multilayout display panel which has a structure of a first substrate and a second substrate which are bonded to each other and is able to be cut into a plurality of products, scribing the first substrate, bending and breaking the scribed first substrate, performing thinning on the second substrate and the broken first substrate by chemical polishing, scribing the second substrate which is subjected to chemical polishing, and bending and breaking the scribed second substrate. |
| US09466815B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display
An organic light emitting diode display includes a display substrate including a first substrate and a plurality of pixel light emitting units on the first substrate, and an encapsulation substrate including a second substrate facing the display substrate, and a main reflecting member on the second substrate, the main reflecting member including a light emitting opening at a position corresponding to at least one of the pixel light emitting units, and an auxiliary opening dividing the main reflecting member into a plurality of sub-reflecting members. |
| US09466813B2 |
OLED with a flattening layer between two barrier layers
According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material. |
| US09466812B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device packaging structure
The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device packaging structure, comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and an organic electroluminescent device, the organic electroluminescent device being arranged on the first substrate, and the second substrate and the first substrate being spaced apart to arrange the organic electroluminescent device in a sealed space between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the organic electroluminescent device packaging structure further comprises a first barrier layer and filling oil filled in the sealed space, and the first barrier layer covers the outer surface of the organic electroluminescent device. |
| US09466808B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer. The emission layer includes at least one first light-emitting material represented by Formula 1 and at least one second light-emitting material represented by Formula 2: X1 to X12, Ar1, M, X21 to X24, A, B, R1 to R12, R21, R22, a1, a2, n, L, M in Formulae 1 and 2 are defined as in the specification. |
| US09466798B2 |
Tunable photoactive compounds
Photoactive compositions of matter, methods for their design and synthesis, and various applications of such compositions of matter are disclosed. Such photoactive compositions may, for example, include any one or more of the following: a core moiety; a primary electron donor moiety; an electron-withdrawing moiety; and an alkyl tail. Some photoactive compositions may further include multiple additional electron donor moieties, electron-withdrawing moieties, and alkyl tails. Methods for designing such photoactive compositions may include selecting a core moiety; selecting an electron-withdrawing moiety to add to the core moiety in order to modify the composition's electronic properties; selecting a primary electron donor moiety to be added in order to further modify the composition's electronic properties; selecting a second electron donor moiety to be added in order to modify the composition's electronic properties even further, if necessary; and synthesizing the designed composition. |
| US09466797B2 |
Organic optoelectronic component and method for producing an organic optoelectronic component
In at least one embodiment of the organic optoelectronic component (1), the latter comprises a carrier (2) and a first electrode (11), which is mounted on the carrier (2). Furthermore, the component (1) contains at least one organic layer sequence (3) with at least one organic active layer (33). Furthermore, the component (1) comprises a second electrode (22), such that the organic layer sequence (3) is located between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (22). At least one dark region (4) and at least one bright region (5) are formed in a lateral direction. In both the dark region (4) and the bright region (5), both the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (22) and also the organic layer sequence (3) are applied to the carrier (2) in places or over the entire surface. A first reflectivity of the dark region (4) differs from a second reflectivity of the bright region (5) by at most 15 percentage points. |
| US09466795B2 |
Memory cells with recessed electrode contacts
Memory cells with recessed electrode contacts and methods of forming the same are provided. An example memory cell can include an electrode contact formed in a substrate. An upper surface of the electrode contact is recessed a distance relative to an upper surface of the substrate. A first portion of a memory element is formed on an upper surface of the electrode contact and the upper surface of the substrate. |
| US09466794B2 |
Low form voltage resistive random access memory (RRAM)
The present disclosure provides a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells and methods of making the same. The RRAM cell includes a transistor and an RRAM structure. The RRAM structure includes a bottom electrode having a via portion and a non-planar portion, a resistive material layer conformally covering the non-planar portion of the bottom electrode; and, a top electrode on the resistive material layer. The via portion of the bottom electrode is embedded in a first RRAM stop layer. The non-planar portion of the bottom electrode has an apex and is centered above the via portion. |
| US09466793B2 |
Memristors having at least one junction
Memristive devices, memristors and methods for fabricating memristive devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a memristor includes a first electrode wire and a second electrode wire. The second electrode wire and the first electrode wire define an overlap area. The memristor includes an electrode extension in contact with the first electrode wire and disposed between the first and second electrode wires. At least one junction is disposed between the second electrode wire and the electrode extension. Each junction contacts a portion of the electrode extension and has a junction contact area with the second electrode wire, and the sum total junction contact area of the at least one junction is less than the overlap area. |
| US09466792B2 |
Memory device and method for fabricating the same
A memory device comprises a substrate, a first electrode layer, a spacer, a memory layer and a second electrode layer. The substrate has a recess. The first electrode layer is formed in the recess and has a top surface exposed from an opening of the recess. The spacer covers on a portion of the top surface, so as to define a contact area on the top surface. The memory layer is formed on the contact area. The second electrode layer is formed on the memory layer and electrically connected to the memory layer. |
| US09466789B2 |
Method of making a high thermal stability reference structure with out-of-plane anisotropy for magnetic device applications
Enhanced Hc and Hk in addition to higher thermal stability to 400° C. are achieved in magnetic devices by adding dusting layers on top and bottom surfaces of a spacer in a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure to give a RL1/DL1/spacer/DL2/RL2 reference layer configuration where RL1 and RL2 layers exhibit perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), the spacer induces antiferromagnetic coupling between RL1 and RL2, and DL1 and DL2 are dusting layers that enhance PMA. Dusting layers are deposited at room temperature to 400° C. RL1 and RL2 layers are selected from laminates such as (Ni/Co)n, L10 alloys, or rare earth-transition metal alloys. The reference layer may be incorporated in STT-MRAM memory elements or in spintronic devices including a spin transfer oscillator. A transition layer such as CoFeB/Co may be formed between the RL2 reference layer and tunnel barrier layer in a bottom spin valve design. |
| US09466788B2 |
Top electrode etch in a magnetoresistive device and devices manufactured using same
A two-step etching process is used to form the top electrode for a magnetoresistive device. The etching chemistries are different for each of the two etching steps. The first chemistry used to etch the top portion of the electrode is more selective with respect to the conductive material of the top electrode, thereby reducing unwanted erosion of the photoresist and hard mask layers. The second chemistry is less corrosive than the first chemistry and does not damage the layers underlying the top electrode, such as those included in the magnetic tunnel junction. |
| US09466776B1 |
Light emitting light string with enhanced heat dissipating efficiency
A light emitting light string with enhanced heat dissipating efficiency includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line disposed in parallel, and at least one surface mounted light emitting diode (LED) disposed across and forming an electrical connection with the first conductive line and the second conductive line. Each of the first conductive line and the second conductive line is formed by a plurality of segments and a conductive heat dissipating material. Each segment includes a conductive core. Each of two ends of the conductive core is an exposed section. The remaining region of the conductive core includes an insulating layer. The conductive heat dissipating material connects the exposed sections of the adjacent segments to form an electrical contact pad region. The surface mounted LED is disposed on one of the electrical contact pad regions formed at the first conductive line and the second conductive line. |
| US09466773B2 |
Semiconductor light device including a lens having a light deflection structure
A semiconductor lighting device may include at least one semiconductor light source and a lens, wherein the lens has a light entrance surface at the underside, said light entrance surface facing the at least one semiconductor light source, and a light exit surface at the top side, the light entrance surface has a light deflection structure in the form of a TIR structure, at which entering light can be deflected in the direction of the light exit surface by means of total internal reflection, and the lens is fitted to the semiconductor lighting device in a detachable fashion. |
| US09466768B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device with a light-reflecting face
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: a plurality of semiconductor layers grown sequentially using a growth substrate; a first electrode for providing either electrons or holes to a first semiconductor layer; a non-conductive reflective film formed over a second semiconductor layer to reflect light from an active layer towards the first semiconductor layer which is on the growth substrate side; and a finger electrode formed between the plurality of semiconductor layers and the non-conductive reflective film, which is extended so as to provide remaining electrons or holes to the second semiconductor layer, which is in electrical communication with the second semiconductor layer, and which has an electrical connection for receiving the remaining electrons or holes. |
| US09466765B1 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor light emitting device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device includes stacking a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming a first electrode and a second electrode on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, respectively; forming an insulating layer covering the first and second electrodes and having first and second openings partially exposing surfaces of the first and second electrodes, respectively; and performing a plasma treatment on a surface of the insulating layer and the partially exposed surfaces of the first and second electrodes to form an unevenness portion on the surface of the insulating layer and form an oxygen-depleted layer on the partially exposed surfaces of the first and second electrodes. |
| US09466762B2 |
Base and method for making epitaxial structure using the same
A base for making an epitaxial structure is provided. The base includes a substrate and a carbon nanotube layer. The substrate has an epitaxial growth surface. The carbon nanotube layer is located on the epitaxial growth surface. The carbon nanotube layer defines a plurality of apertures to expose part of the epitaxial growth surface so that an epitaxial layer can grow from an exposed epitaxial growth surface and through the apertures. A method for making an epitaxial structure using the base is also provided. |
| US09466760B2 |
Horizontal power LED device and method for manufacturing same
A method of manufacturing a horizontal power LED device includes constructing a light-emitting structure on a substrate, etching the light-emitting structure, fabricating an electrode, forming an insulating film, forming a metal substrate, removing the substrate from the light-emitting structure, and forming an n-pad. A high-power and high-efficiency horizontal LED device is manufactured by the method of manufacturing the same. |
| US09466759B2 |
Optoelectronic device and method for producing an optoelectronic device
A method is provided for producing an optoelectronic device, comprising the steps of providing a substrate, applying a nucleation layer on a surface of the substrate, applying and patterning a mask layer on the nucleation layer, growing a nitride semiconductor in a first growth step, wherein webs are laid which form a lateral lattice, wherein the webs have trapezoidal cross-sectional areas in places in the direction of growth, and laterally overgrowing the webs with a nitride semiconductor in a second growth step, to close spaces between the webs. |
| US09466757B2 |
Optical materials, optical components, devices, and methods
An optical component including an optical material comprising quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles, wherein the optical material has a solid state photoluminescent efficiency greater than or equal to 60%. Devices including optical materials and/or optical components and methods are also disclosed. |
| US09466754B2 |
Grain growth for solar cells
A solar cell can include a silicon layer formed over a silicon substrate. The silicon layer can have a P-type doped region and an N-type doped region. Portions of the silicon layer can have a grain size larger than other portions of the silicon layer. For example, larger grains of the silicon layer formed within a depletion region between P-type and N-type doped regions can minimize recombination loss at the P-type and N-type doped region boundaries and improve solar cell efficiency. |
| US09466751B1 |
Avalanche photodiode having electric-field confinement by mesas
A novel photodetecting device having field confined by mesas is provided. The device is an avalanche photodiode (APD) of indium aluminum arsenide (InAlAs). The device has epitaxial layers with a multiplication layer at bottom as a cathode. Hence, the strongest electric field is confined inside the bottom of the device to avoid surface breakdown. Double mesa is used to confine the electric field of the multiplication layer. Furthermore, a composite multiplication layer with supper thin thickness and wide bandgap is used to reduce the tunneling dark current. Hence, the thickness of equivalent multiplication layer can be reduced to enhance sensitivity. |
| US09466749B1 |
Balanced solar tracker clamp
In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below. |
| US09466748B2 |
Optoelectronic device with heat spreader unit
A solar module includes a solar cell, a heat spreader layer disposed above the solar cell, and a cell interconnect disposed above the solar cell. From a top-down perspective, the heat spreader layer at least partially surrounds an exposed portion of the cell interconnect. |
| US09466744B2 |
Solar cell and method of fabricating the same
The inventive concepts provide a solar cell and a method of fabricating the same. The method includes preparing a substrate in a chamber, forming a light absorbing layer on the substrate by setting temperature in the chamber to a first temperature and by supplying a first source into the chamber, forming a buffer layer on the substrate by setting temperature in the chamber to a second temperature lower than the first temperature and by supplying the first source into the chamber, and forming a window layer on the substrate by supplying a second source different from the first source into the chamber. |
| US09466741B2 |
Digital alloy absorber for photodetectors
In order to increase the spectral response range and improve the mobility of the photo-generated carriers (e.g. in an nBn photodetector), a digital alloy absorber may be employed by embedding one (or fraction thereof) to several monolayers of a semiconductor material (insert layers) periodically into a different host semiconductor material of the absorber layer. The semiconductor material of the insert layer and the host semiconductor materials may have lattice constants that are substantially mismatched. For example, this may performed by periodically embedding monolayers of InSb into an InAsSb host as the absorption region to extend the cutoff wavelength of InAsSb photodetectors, such as InAsSb based nBn devices. The described technique allows for simultaneous control of alloy composition and net strain, which are both key parameters for the photodetector operation. |
| US09466738B2 |
Solar cell metallizations containing metal additive
Paste compositions, methods of making a paste composition, and methods of making a solar cell contact are disclosed. The paste composition can contain silver, a glass frit, a metal additive and an organic vehicle system. The metal additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of yttrium, an organo-vanadium compound, organo-antimony compound, organo-phosphorus compound, and an organo-yttrium compound. The paste can be used for making a solar cell contact. |
| US09466734B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
To provide a semiconductor device having a vertical JFET excellent in off-state performance without reducing a production yield. A gate region quadrangular in the cross-section along a channel width direction is formed below a source region by impurity ion implantation. By first etching, the source region over the upper surface of the gate region is removed to separate therebetween. Then, the upper surface of the gate region is processed by second etching having an etching rate lower at the side surface than at the center of the gate region. The resulting gate region has a lower surface parallel to the substrate surface and an upper surface below a boundary between the source region and the channel formation region and having, in the cross-section along the channel width direction, a downward slope from the side surface to the center. As a result, a channel length with reduced variations can be obtained. |
| US09466733B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same
This technology relates to a nonvolatile memory device and a method for fabricating the same. The nonvolatile memory device may include a pipe connection gate electrode over a substrate, one or more pipe channel layers formed within the pipe connection gate electrode, pairs of main channel layers each connected with the pipe channel layer and extended in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate, a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of cell gate electrodes alternately stacked along the main channel layers, and metal silicide layers configured to be in contact with the pipe connection gate electrode. The electric resistance of the pipe connection gate electrode may be greatly reduced without deteriorating the characteristics of the memory layers by forming the metal silicide layers coming in contact with the pipe connection gate electrode. |
| US09466714B2 |
Vertical tunneling field-effect transistor cell with coaxially arranged gate contacts and drain contacts
A tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) device includes a source region, a gate stack, and a drain region. The TFET device further includes a source contact on the source region, a plurality of gate contacts on a planar portion of the gate stack, and a plurality of drain contacts on the drain region. The gate contacts are aligned on a first plurality of lines that intersect at a common point on the source region from a top view. The drain contacts are aligned on a second plurality of lines that intersect at the common point from the top view. |
| US09466713B2 |
Non-floating vertical transistor structure
A non-floating vertical transistor includes a substrate and a protuberant structure extending from the substrate. A segregating pillar is inside the protuberant structure. A pair of segregated bit-lines which are segregated by the segregating pillar is disposed in the substrate and in the protuberant structure and adjacent to the bottom of the segregating pillar. A gate oxide layer is attached to the sidewall of the protuberant structure. A word-line is adjacent to the gate oxide layer so that the gate oxide layer is sandwiched between the word-line and a doped deposition layer. |
| US09466709B2 |
Silicon-carbide trench gate MOSFETs
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a semiconductor substrate, a drift region disposed in the semiconductor substrate; a body region disposed in the drift region and a source region disposed in the body region. The apparatus can also include a gate trench disposed in the semiconductor substrate. The apparatus can further include a gate dielectric disposed on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the gate trench, the gate dielectric on the sidewall defining a first interface with the body region and the gate dielectric on the bottom surface defining a second interface with the body region. The apparatus can still further include a gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric and a lateral channel region disposed in the body region, the lateral channel region being defined along the second interface. |
| US09466708B2 |
Method of forming a transistor and structure therefor
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed to include a gate structure extending into a semiconductor material that is underlying a first region of semiconductor material. The gate structure includes a conductor and also a gate insulator that has a first portion positioned between the gate conductor and a first portion of the semiconductor material that underlies the gate conductor. The first portion of the semiconductor material is configured to form a channel region of the transistor which underlies the gate conductor. The gate structure may also include a shield conductor overlying the gate conductor and having a shield insulator between the shield conductor and the gate conductor. The shield insulator may also have a second portion positioned between the shield conductor and a second portion of the gate insulator and a third portion overlying the shield conductor. |
| US09466706B2 |
Semiconductor device including first and second gate insulating films disposed on a semiconductor layer and manufacturing method of the same
A semiconductor device, comprises: a semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating film, a second gate insulating film and a gate electrode. The semiconductor layer is mainly made of gallium nitride (GaN). The first gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer by atomic layer deposition using ozone as an oxidizing agent and is mainly made of an oxide. The second gate insulating film is formed on the first gate insulating film by atomic layer deposition using oxygen plasma as an oxidizing agent, and is mainly made of an oxide and contains carbon (C) at a lower concentration than that in the first gate insulating film. The gate electrode is formed on the second gate insulating film. |
| US09466700B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating same
A lateral drain metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device includes a well region having a second conductive type in a substrate, a body region having a first conductive type in the well region, a drift region having the second conductive type in the well region and spaced apart from the body region, a source region having the second conductive type in the body region, a drain region having the second conductive type in the drift region, a gate structure on the well region between the source region and the drain region, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure in the drift region between the drain region and the source region, and a buried layer having the first conductive type in the well region under the drift region, a center of the buried layer being aligned with a center of the STI structure. |
| US09466699B2 |
Manufacturing method for vertical channel gate-all-around MOSFET by epitaxy processes
A manufacturing method is provided for fabricating a vertical channel gate-all-around MOSFET by epitaxy processes. The method includes growing a first epitaxial layer on a top semiconducting layer of a substrate; etching the first epitaxial layer and the top layer to form a first source/drain pattern in the top layer; etching the first epitaxial layer to form a vertical channel structure; then forming a gate dielectric layer on the vertical channel structure surface; forming a sandwich structure composed of a bottom spacer layer, a gate electrode layer and a top spacer layer; etching the top spacer layer and the gate electrode layer to form a gate pattern followed by forming a top spacer structure thereon; growing a second epitaxial layer and etching to form a second source/drain pattern. |
| US09466696B2 |
FinFETs and methods for forming the same
A device includes a semiconductor fin, a gate dielectric on sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, a gate electrode over the gate dielectric, and isolation regions. The isolation regions include a first portion on a side of the semiconductor fin, wherein the first portion is underlying and aligned to a portion of the gate electrode. The semiconductor fin is over a first top surface of the first portion of the isolation regions. The isolation regions further include second portions on opposite sides of the portion of the gate electrode. The second top surfaces of the second portions of the isolation regions are higher than the first top surface of the isolation regions. |
| US09466695B2 |
Valve for fluid circulation
A valve is provided with a casing forming an enclosure for fluid flow with a fluid inlet and outlet, a shutter cooperating with a seat integral with the casing that closes the inlet or outlet, and a device controlling the shutter position relative to the seat. The control device includes an inductor and armature magnetically coupled for the inductor to drive the armature in rotation to selectively cause the shutter to move closer to or to move away from the seat, with the inductor being stationary relative to the casing. The armature is positioned inside the enclosure and is stationary relative to a screw carrying the shutter, with the screw cooperating with a nut integral with the casing to transform a rotation of the armature into a translation of the shutter. |
| US09466694B2 |
Metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor device and manufacturing method thereof
A method for manufacturing a MOS transistor device includes following steps. A substrate including at least an isolation structure formed therein is provided. Next, a MOS transistor device is formed on the substrate, the MOS transistor device includes a gate, a source region, a drain region and a spacer. After forming the MOS transistor device, at least a first dummy contact is formed on a drain side of the gate and a gate contact is formed to be electrically connected to the gate. The first dummy contact is spaced apart from a surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the gate contact. |
| US09466693B1 |
Self aligned replacement metal source/drain finFET
A method of a fin-shaped field effect transistor (finFET) device includes forming at least one fin that extends in a first direction; covering the fin with a dummy gate stack that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and that divides the at least one fin into source and drain regions on opposing sides of the replacement gate stack; covering the source and drain regions with an interlayer dielectric; replacing the dummy gate stack with a replacement metal gate stack; performing a first anneal at a first temperature after the replacement metal gate stack has replaced the dummy gate stack; and after performing the first anneal: recessing a top portion of the interlayer dielectric; and forming metallic source and drain regions. |
| US09466686B2 |
Graphene devices with local dual gates
An electronic device comprises an insulator, a local first gate embedded in the insulator with a top surface of the first gate being substantially coplanar with a surface of the insulator, a first dielectric layer formed over the first gate and insulator, and a channel. The channel comprises a bilayer graphene layer formed on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer provides a substantially flat surface on which the channel is formed. A second dielectric layer formed over the bilayer graphene layer and a local second gate formed over the second dielectric layer. Each of the local first and second gates is capacitively coupled to the channel of the bilayer graphene layer. The local first and second gates form a first pair of gates to locally control a first portion of the bilayer graphene layer. |
| US09466685B2 |
Semiconductor structure including at least one electrically conductive pillar, semiconductor structure including a contact contacting an outer layer of an electrically conductive structure and method for the formation thereof
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least one electrically conductive pillar provided over the substrate and an electrically conductive structure provided over the substrate. The electrically conductive pillar includes an inner portion and an outer layer that is provided below the inner portion and lateral to the inner portion. The electrically conductive structure also includes an inner portion and an outer layer that is provided below the inner portion and lateral to the inner portion. The electrically conductive structure annularly encloses each of the at least one electrically conductive pillar. The outer layer of each of the at least one electrically conductive pillar contacts the outer layer of the electrically conductive structure. The outer layer of the at least one electrically conductive pillar and the outer layer of the electrically conductive structure are formed of different metallic materials. |
| US09466678B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an epitaxial structure, and a recess. The epitaxial structure is disposed in the substrate. The recess is formed in the epitaxial structure, where the recess has a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and at least one portion of the recess is gradually expanded from an opening of the recess. |
| US09466672B1 |
Reduced defect densities in graded buffer layers by tensile strained interlayers
A semiconductor stack includes a substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a tensile strained interlayer layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the strained interlayer; wherein the difference in strain between the first semiconductor layer and the tensile strained interlayer is about 1 to about 2%. |
| US09466669B2 |
Multiple channel length finFETs with same physical gate length
A semiconductor structure includes a first finFET device including a first fin, a first gate electrode structure on sidewalls and an upper surface of the first fin, a first channel region beneath the first gate electrode structure, and first source and drain regions in the first fin on opposite sides of the first channel region, and a second finFET device including a second fin, a second gate electrode structure on sidewalls and an upper surface of the second fin, a second channel region beneath the second gate electrode structure, and second source and drain regions in the second fin on opposite sides of the second channel region. The second gate electrode structure has a second physical gate length that is substantially the same as a first physical gate length of the first gate electrode structure, and the second finFET device has a second effective channel length that is different from a first effective channel length of the first gate electrode structure. |
| US09466666B2 |
Localized strain relief for an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit may include a semiconductor die having a trench formed in a surface of the semiconductor die. One or more circuit components may be formed on the surface of the semiconductor die. The trench can extend into the semiconductor die next to at least one circuit component. The trench may surround the circuit component partially or wholly. The trench may be filled with a material having a lower bulk modulus than the semiconductor die in which the trench is formed. |
| US09466665B2 |
High voltage diode
A trench-isolated RESURF diode structure (100) is provided which includes a substrate (150) in which is formed anode (130, 132) and cathode (131) contact regions separated from one another by a shallow trench isolation region (114, 115), along with a non-uniform cathode region (104) and peripheral anode regions (106, 107) which define vertical and horizontal p-n junctions under the anode contact regions (130, 132), including a horizontal cathode/anode junction that is shielded by the heavily doped anode contact region (132). |