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| US09538695B2 |
Carrier tape, package tape and series of electronic components
A series of electronic components formed using a carrier tape. The carrier tape is adapted to enable smoothly picking up even small-sized electronic components with a suction nozzle. The carrier tape has housing holes housing electronic components therein. The housing holes are arranged in the longitudinal direction. A top tape and a bottom tape are attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the carrier tape. Interval portions between the housing holes are provided with concave slots in their lower surfaces, thereby forming air flow paths. The air flow paths form air passages which enable smoothly picking up the small-sized electronic components using a suction nozzle. |
| US09538694B2 |
Method of producing a liquid-crystalline polymer composition and molded article thereof
A method for producing a liquid-crystalline polymer composition containing a liquid-crystalline polymer and a magnetic filler formed by heat-treating a composite material of a ceramic powder and a soft magnetic metal powder in an inert gas atmosphere. |
| US09538687B2 |
High-density rack unit systems and methods
High-density rack unit systems and methods are described for telecommunication and data communication systems that utilize novel airflow mechanisms thereby enabling modularity and high-density in small-form factor units. The high-density rack unit systems and methods offer novel airflow mechanisms via right-angle backplane connectors to enable more airflow in a rack unit as well as novel field replaceable fans in these high-density rack units. Further, the high-density rack unit systems and methods include a baffle structure to keep power-supply-related airflow separate from the airflow over other components in the 1U or 2U rack unit. In this manner, the high-density rack unit systems and methods enable system vendors and network operators to realize significant density improvements. |
| US09538686B2 |
Fan comprising a printed circuit board cooling circuit
A fan includes a sealed electronics housing, in which a printed circuit board having electronic components is arranged. The electronics housing is divided into an upper region and a lower region. A cooling wheel which is arranged in the lower region is axially adjacent to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has at least one central opening and a plurality of peripheral-edge openings or gaps in order to bring the upper region into fluid communication with the lower region. Air is drawn out of the upper region into the lower region by the cooling wheel via the at least one central opening and, via the plurality of peripheral-edge openings or gaps. The air is fed back into the upper region. An air circuit having at least one air flow develops along a surface of the printed circuit board on which the electronic components are arranged. |
| US09538685B2 |
Power distribution device and assembling method thereof
A power distribution device for connection with a plurality of power supply units includes a signal control element, a transmission mechanism including a current transmission unit and a ground transmission unit, and a plurality of electrical connectors respectively adapted for insertion of and connection with the power supply units. Each electrical connector includes a first conductive terminals electrically connected to the signal control element for transmitting an electrical signal to the signal control element, and a plurality of second conductive terminals electrically connected to the current and ground transmission units for transmitting current to the current and ground transmission units. |
| US09538682B1 |
Strengthening electronic equipment
A system includes an equipment case configured to hold equipment, a strengthening bracket, and one or more releasable couplers physically coupled to the equipment case and the strengthening bracket. The releasable couplers may be configured to release the strengthening bracket from the equipment case without requiring a tool. In some embodiments, the strengthening bracket comprises a first end and a second end, and one of the releasable couplers are coupled to each end of the strengthening bracket. In some embodiments, the releasable couplers each comprise a flexing member and a protrusion member coupled to the flexing member and the first end and the second end of the strengthening bracket each comprise a slot for receiving the protrusion member of a corresponding coupling member. A corresponding method includes coupling the strengthening bracket to the equipment case with the at least one releasable coupler. |
| US09538681B2 |
Mobile terminal
Disclosed is a mobile terminal, comprising: a display; a metal frame coupled to a rear surface of the display by an adhesive tape, and having a screw-coupling groove on a rear surface thereof; a front case coupled to the rear surface of the metal frame, and having a screw-coupling hole; a screw inserted into the screw-coupling groove and the screw-coupling hole on a rear surface of the front case; and a rear case coupled to the front case, and configured to cover the rear surface of the metal frame. Under such configuration, the rear surface of the display is coupled to the case. Accordingly, the size of a bezel portion disposed on a side surface of the mobile terminal can be prevented from increasing, and a display panel can be easily separated from the front case. |
| US09538677B2 |
System for mobile device cradle and tube gripper of non-destructive testing inspection device
A system includes a mobile handset with a handle portion and a gripper portion coupled to the handle portion. The handle portion includes a first dock configured to removably receive a user interface device. The gripper portion is configured to receive an insertion tube of a non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection device and to control the insertion tube relative to an inspection point. |
| US09538673B2 |
Electronic device and method for manufacturing housing for same
An electronic device includes a housing, a mother board received in the housing, and a plurality of heat-generating members received in the housing. A dissipation area is formed in the housing, and a plurality of dissipation holes are defined in an outer surface of the dissipation area. Each dissipation hole is in a nanometer scale. The disclosure also supplies a method for manufacturing a housing of the electronic device. |
| US09538671B2 |
System for housing and powering a battery-operated device and associated methods
A reversible system for housing a battery-operated device includes a first case member and a second case member. The first case member includes a first alignment member and the second case member includes a second alignment member complimenting the first alignment member such that the orientation of the first case member to the second case member can be altered in at least two orientations. In certain embodiments, the reversible system additionally includes a photovoltaic module for powering the battery-operated device. |
| US09538670B2 |
Ergonomic frame for a touch-sensitive control interface and a corresponding control interface
This frame for a touch-sensitive control interface comprises a peripheral border designed to surround all or some of the touch-sensitive interface and a central zone by which the interface can be activated by touch. It comprises at least one hollow zone delimiting a surface for receiving a finger of a user. |
| US09538669B2 |
Portable electronics case
An improved, self-supporting portable electronics case for withstanding impact forces, dead loads and torsional forces; the case comprising a first plate having a first thickness and a first set of flanges. The case further includes a second plate having a second thickness and a second set of flanges extending from the second plate; and at least one spacer with a length equal to or greater than the first thickness plus the second thickness. The spacer is joined to the first set of flanges and the second set of flanges. |
| US09538667B2 |
Electrical component for surface mounting
The present invention relates to an electrical component, in particular for surface mounting, comprising a housing body, preferably configured as a housing block, comprising a plurality of contact pins which project from the housing body, at least in portions, and comprising at least one orientation element on which, at least in the operating position thereof, the contact pins rest orientated along a predetermined contact contour (K), at least in portions. According to the invention, by installing the at least one orientation element with spacing from the housing body a component can be provided which is simple and cost-effective to produce, versatile and can be fitted in a reliable manner. |
| US09538665B2 |
Process for electroless copper deposition on laser-direct structured substrates
The invention disclosed relates to an aqueous activator solution and a method for the electroless deposition of copper on a laser direct structured substrate surface. By the invention, an aqueous activator solution comprising a strong reducing agent is proposed to enhance the catalytic activity of the irradiated surface area of a LDS substrate. |
| US09538660B2 |
Electronic package structure
The present invention discloses an electronic package structure. The body has a top surface with a cavity thereon, the first conductive element is disposed in the cavity, and the second conductive element is disposed in the body. The first external electrode electrically connected to the first conductive element and the second external electrode electrically connected to the second conductive element are both disposed on the top surface of the body or a first surface formed by the top surface of the encapsulation compound and the exposed portions of the top surface of the body which are not covered by the encapsulation compound. |
| US09538658B2 |
Compact low loss transition with an integrated coupler
A compact transition structure includes a printed circuit board, wherein there is a rectangular region on one side of the printed circuit board and the rectangular region has a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges; a transition probe on the one side of the printed circuit board, wherein the transition probe extends into the rectangular region through a long edge of the rectangular region and has a terminal near a center of the rectangular region; and a coupler probe on the one side the printed circuit board, wherein the coupler probe extends into the rectangular region through a short edge of the rectangular region and has a terminal before the center of the rectangular region such that the coupler probe is electrically insulated from the transition probe. |
| US09538654B2 |
Conductive film, method for manufacturing the same, and touch screen including the same
The present invention provides a conductive film that includes a substrate, a first matrix layer, a first conductive layer, a second matrix layer, a second conductive layer, a light-shielding layer, a first lead electrode and a second lead electrode. A first grid groove and a second grid groove are formed in the first matrix layer and the second matrix layer, respectively, and the first grid groove and the second grid groove are filled with conductive materials, to form the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, respectively. Accordingly, the first matrix layer and the second matrix layer may provide protection for the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and thus can improve the production yield. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the conductive film and a touch screen including the conductive film. |
| US09538642B2 |
Wiring board and method for manufacturing the same
A wiring board includes a core structure including a core substrate, and a buildup structure formed on the core structure and including an interlayer insulating layer and a conductive layer. The interlayer insulating layer does not contain inorganic fiber and includes a resin and an inorganic filler, and the conductive layer is formed on the interlayer insulating layer such that the inorganic filler in the interlayer insulating layer is not in contact with the conductive layer. |
| US09538637B2 |
Multichannel RF feedthroughs
Multichannel RF Feedthroughs. In some examples, a multichannel RF feedthrough includes an internal portion and an external portion. The internal portion includes a top surface on which first and second sets of traces are formed. Each set of traces is configured as an electrical communication channel to carry electrical data signals. The external portion includes a bottom surface on which the first set of traces is formed and a top surface on which the second set of traces is formed. A set of vias connects the first set of traces between the top surface of the internal portion and the bottom surface of the external portion. |
| US09538635B1 |
Varying electrical current and/or conductivity in electrical current channels
Electrical current and/or conductivity in an electrical current channel varies in response to spatiotemporal magnetic flux pattern and/or to variation in electromotive force (EMF). For example, a channel with time-varying electrical conductivity can have induced electrical current variation due to flux pattern resulting from electrical current in another channel or set of channels; the current variation can increase magnetic flux density. The electrical currents can be transient electrical currents, and can cascade to amplify a resulting electromagnetic waveform. A channel can include the channel of a zener or zener-like diode or of a transistor, as well as an extended conductive channel. Channels can be configured in electrical current loops and in various orientations and combinations to obtain current and/or conductivity variation. A transient electrical current can be triggered in a channel, e.g. by an EMF peak, and circuitry with a combination of EMF triggering components can perform logical and timing operation. |
| US09538633B2 |
Passive cooling system integrated into a printed circuit board for cooling electronic components
A passive cooling system is provided for dissipating heat from an electronic component. The system includes a printed circuit board including a first dielectric layer and a first conductive layer, an electronic component coupled to the printed circuit board via a plurality of electrical contacts, and a cooling component thermally coupled to the electronic component through the first conductive layer by a micro via thermal array. |
| US09538632B2 |
Printed circuit board features of a portable computer
Tools and fixtures for assembling a printed circuit board (PCB), such as a main logic board (MLB), in a portable computer device are described. A connector assembly having an electrically conductive gasket mounted on an edge of the MLB is described. In addition, a keyboard assembly including a notched portion of the MLB for accommodating more than one type of keyboard is described. In addition, a PCB assembly having a bracket to support a weak region of the PCB during assembly is described. |
| US09538629B2 |
Chamber for extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus, and extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus
A chamber for an extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus is a chamber into which droplets are sequentially outputted, and may include an image capturing unit configured to repeatedly capture images of the droplets during an image capturing time set so that images of two adjacent droplets that have been outputted do not overlap. |
| US09538628B1 |
Method for EUV power improvement with fuel droplet trajectory stabilization
The present disclosure relates to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation source that generates charged tin droplets having a trajectory controlled by an electromagnetic field, and an associated method. In some embodiments, the EUV radiation source has a laser that generates a laser beam. A charged fuel droplet generator provides a plurality of charged fuel droplets having a net electrical charge to an EUV source vessel. An electromagnetic field generator generates an electric field and/or a magnetic field. The net electrical charge of the charged fuel droplets causes the electric or magnetic field to generate a force on the charged fuel droplets that controls a trajectory of the charged fuel droplets to intersect the laser beam. By using the electric or magnetic field to control a trajectory of the charged fuel droplets, the EUV system is able to avoid focus issues between the laser beam and the charged fuel droplets. |
| US09538627B2 |
Light source drive device, display apparatus, and light source drive method
A light source drive device includes a supply unit that supplies a high-frequency first drive signal and a second drive signal whose frequency is lower than a frequency of the first drive signal to a discharge lamp which has a pair of electrodes, and a control unit that controls the supply unit so that the first drive signal and the second drive signal of fixed durations are alternately supplied and that controls the supply unit so that the first drive signal is supplied in a case where a voltage between the pair of electrodes is below a threshold. |
| US09538625B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling addressable lighting units
Systems and methods that provide improved control of addressable lighting fixtures. Individual lighting units have assigned schedules defining the power levels for the unit at various times of the day. Adjustments to a scheduled level for each unit may be made depending on predefined exceptions, ambient daylight, conservation commands, override instructions, and boost signals. Individual occupants of the building are associated with sets of individual lighting units. An override command received by the system and associated with a particular individual occupant is applied to the individual lighting units with which the individual occupant is associated. |
| US09538624B2 |
Display backlight modulation
An apparatus may include a backlight for illuminating a liquid crystal display and a control module for controlling the illumination of the backlight. The control module may alternate between turning the backlight on and off at a first frequency and turning the backlight on and off at a second frequency. |
| US09538623B2 |
Lighting device
Provided is a lighting device. The lighting device includes a light emitting diode (LED) printed circuit board (PCB) on which LED devices for emitting light are disposed, the LED PCB controlling an operation of each of the LED devices, a converter PCB for supplying power into the LED PCB, a housing having a space in which the LED PCB is accommodated, the housing having a heat dissipation structure, a communication module disposed under the LED PCB, the communication module allowing the lighting device to communicate with an external device, and a signal receiving unit connected to the communication module, the signal receiving unit being disposed on the LED PCB. The LED PCB may have a through hole through which an upper end of the communication module passes, and the signal receiving unit is coupled to the upper end of the communication module passing through the through hole. |
| US09538618B2 |
Digital load control system providing power and communication via existing power wiring
A two-way load control system comprises a power device, such as a load control device for controlling an electrical load receiving power from an AC power source, and a controller adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the power device. The load control system may be installed without requiring any additional wires to be run, and is easily configured without the need for a computer or an advanced commissioning procedure. The power device receives both power and communication over two wires. The controller generates a phase-control voltage and transmits a forward digital message to the power device by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage. The power device transmits a reverse digital message to the controller via the power wiring. |
| US09538616B2 |
Timed lighting control
The present invention defines a HTTP or CoAP request message that combines one or more HTTP or CoAP requests along with timing information (432-1). The message is sent by a control device (132) to a network proxy (i.e. a network router (112)) via a control network (120). The network proxy decodes the message and subsequently controls destination devices, in particular luminaires (L1, L2, L3, L4), in a timed manner using the HTTP or CoAP requests. The network proxy is application-independent and also enables control of third party HTTP-or CoAP-based devices that are not aware of timed requests. Improved timing performance is obtained by choosing the network proxy location “close by”, in terms of network hops and/or latency, to the destination devices to be controlled. |
| US09538610B2 |
Circuits for phase-cut analog dimming of solid state light sources
Circuits to provide phase-cut analog dimming of solid state light sources are presented. Each circuit comprises an anchoring circuit to communicate with a dimming controller circuit, the anchoring circuit having a proportional direct current (DC) voltage input, a biasing voltage input, a connection to a ground reference, and an output in communication with a dimming controller circuit. The anchoring circuit provides a reference voltage to permit phase cut dimming to be operable at a plurality of line voltages. |
| US09538608B2 |
Systems and apparatuses including alterable characteristics and methods of altering and coordinating such characteristics
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided that include alterable characteristics and such alterable characteristics may be coordinated. Such systems, apparatuses, and methods may include wearable apparatuses and such alterable characteristics may relate to illumination conditions. In one example, a wearable apparatus includes an illumination device that may be manually manipulated between two different illumination conditions. In another example, two wearable apparatuses may each include an illumination device and operation of the two illumination devices may be coordinated. In a further example, operation of an apparatus may be controlled by a third party or venue. Still another exemplary system may include a capturing device for capturing a characteristic of an object and controlling an output device of an apparatus to operate with the same characteristic as the captured characteristic. |
| US09538607B2 |
Light-emitting element
Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency, or a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a light-emitting layer including a guest material and a host material, in which an emission spectrum of the host material overlaps with an absorption spectrum of the guest material, and phosphorescence is emitted by conversion of an excitation energy of the host material into an excitation energy of the guest material. By using the overlap between the emission spectrum of the host material and the absorption spectrum of the guest material, the energy smoothly transfers from the host material to the guest material, so that the energy transfer efficiency of the light-emitting element is high. Accordingly, a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency can be achieved. |
| US09538606B2 |
Electronic ballast for operating at least a first and a second cascade of LEDS
Various embodiments may relate to an electronic ballast for operating at least a first and a second cascade of LEDs, wherein the first cascade of LEDs is designed in such a way that the first cascade of LEDs is not be bridged. In order to provide a target value for a series regulator arranged in series with the LED cascades, a resistance voltage divider is used, which is coupled between the coupling point of the LED cascade that is not bridged and of the LED cascade that is not bridged at one end and the second output connection of the rectifier at the other end. |
| US09538605B2 |
Control circuit of LED lighting apparatus
Disclosed is a control circuit of an LED lighting apparatus having a current control function. The control circuit of the LED lighting apparatus may include: a current control circuit configured to control the LED lighting apparatus divided into a plurality of LED groups, and provide a current path corresponding to sequential light emissions of the LED groups in response to a rectified voltage; and surplus voltage buffer circuits corresponding to two or more LED groups, respectively, and each configured to buffer a surplus voltage. |
| US09538600B2 |
Load control device for a light-emitting diode light source
A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load is able to operate in a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load to low levels. The load control device comprises a control circuit that operates in a normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load to a target load current that ranges from a maximum rated current to a minimum rated current. The control circuit operates in the burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current. During the burst mode, the control circuit regulates a peak magnitude of the load current to the minimum rated current during a first time period, and stops regulating the load current during a second time period, such that the average magnitude of the load current is below the minimum rated current. |
| US09538597B2 |
Multichannel power supply
Systems and methods for a multichannel power supply are disclosed. The multichannel power supply includes a front end circuit configured to receive an input voltage and to provide a regulated front end direct current (DC) voltage. A multichannel source circuit is coupled to the front-end circuit. The multichannel source circuit includes a controller, a reference voltage circuit, and a plurality of source circuits. Each source circuit in the plurality of source circuits represents a distinct output channel of the multichannel power supply. The multichannel source circuit is configured to generate a constant current output for each source circuit in the plurality of source circuits. Each load in a plurality of loads is connected to a corresponding source circuit in the plurality of source circuits and is configured to receive the corresponding constant current output via the corresponding source circuit. |
| US09538596B2 |
Lighting unit with LED strip
What is described is a lighting unit 10 with a plurality of lighting segments 30a, 30b. The lighting segments 30a, 30b are arranged on a strip 40 in spaced relation from each other. Each lighting segment 30a, 30b is connected to an electrical supply terminal 20. In order to obtain a lighting unit with a flexible electrical configuration, each lighting segment 30a, 30b comprises at least one LED element and at least one driver circuit 36 including a controllable, current limiting element for controlling a current through the LED element. |
| US09538595B2 |
Illumination device and light-emitting diode circuit
An illumination device includes a rectifier circuit, M light-emitting modules, and a control module. The rectifier circuit has a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal, and generates a driving voltage between the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal according to an input power. The M light-emitting modules are coupled between the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal. Each of the M light-emitting modules has a conduction voltage, and includes a light-emitting unit that includes at least one light-emitting diode. The control module is coupled between the rectifier circuit and the M light-emitting modules, and controls the M light-emitting modules to dynamically form S light-emitting diode strings coupled in parallel with each other. A number of the light-emitting units in each of the S light-emitting diode strings is N, in which S×N=M, where M, S, N are positive integers. |
| US09538591B2 |
Lighting apparatus
Provided is a lighting apparatus using an LED as a lighting source. The lighting apparatus may distribute a current corresponding to a rectified voltage to a lighting unit and a secondary current circuit, perform primary light emission at low luminance, and reduce an optical deviation between LED groups through secondary light emission. Thus, the lighting apparatus can reduce an optical deviation corresponding to dimming and one cycle of rectified voltage. |
| US09538588B2 |
Encapsulation of light-emitting elements on a display module
A video display module comprises a circuit board having a front face, a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically coupled to the front face of the circuit board, and a polymer encapsulating member adhered to the front face of the circuit board, the polymer encapsulating member substantially covering at least a portion of the circuit board and a portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements, the polymer encapsulating member substantially sealing the portion of the circuit board and the portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements. |
| US09538587B2 |
Method and device for closed-loop control of the electrode gap in a vacuum arc furnace
A method and a device for closed-loop control of an electrode gap in a vacuum arc furnace subjects an electrode gap of a melting electrode from the surface of a melt material to closed-loop control as a function of a droplet short-circuit rate. For this purpose, a histogram of detected droplet short-circuits is created on the basis of at least one droplet short-circuit criterion. The histogram is subdivided into sub-areas, a characteristic sub-area of the histogram is selected for closed-loop control purposes. The electrode gap is subjected to closed-loop control on the basis of the droplet short-circuits which can be associated with the selected sub-area. |
| US09538586B2 |
Method and apparatus for microwave treatment of dielectric films
An apparatus for thermal treatment of dielectric films on substrates comprises: a microwave applicator cavity and microwave power source; a workpiece to be heated in the cavity, comprising a porous coating on a selected substrate; and, a means of introducing a controlled amount of a polar solvent into said porous coating immediately before heating by said microwave power. The interaction of the polar solvent with the microwaves enhances the efficiency of the process, to shorten process time and reduce thermal budget. A related method comprises the steps of: depositing a porous film on a substrate; soft baking the film to a selected state of dryness; introducing a controlled amount of a polar solvent into the soft baked film; and, applying microwave energy to heat the film via interaction with the polar solvent. |
| US09538583B2 |
Substrate support with switchable multizone heater
Embodiments of substrate supports with a heater are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support may include a first member to distribute heat to a substrate when present above a first planar surface of the first member, a second member disposed beneath the first member, the second member including a plurality of resistive heating elements, wherein the plurality of resistive heating elements provide local temperature compensation to the first member to heat the substrate when present, a third member disposed beneath the second member, the third member including one or more base heating zones to provide a base temperature profile to the first member, and a fourth member disposed beneath the third member, the fourth member including a first set of electrical conductors coupled to each of the resistive heating elements. |
| US09538582B2 |
Warpage control in the packaging of integrated circuits
A method includes placing a first package component over a vacuum boat, wherein the vacuum boat comprises a hole, and wherein the first package component covers the hole. A second package component is placed over the first package component, wherein solder regions are disposed between the first and the second package components. The hole is vacuumed, wherein the first package component is pressed by a pressure against the vacuum boat, and wherein the pressure is generated by a vacuum in the hole. When the vacuum in the hole is maintained, the solder regions are reflowed to bond the second package component to the first package component. |
| US09538576B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for deciding on a control entity for a packet data connection
The invention relates to an apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program product for receiving a protocol identifier indicating a protocol used in a packet data connection of a user, determining if the user is roaming, and 10 deciding on a control entity to be involved for controlling the packet data connection, depending on the protocol identifier and result of the determination if the user is roaming. |
| US09538575B2 |
Systems and methods for dual-connectivity operation
A method for receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a first evolved Node B (eNB), an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration parameters for remapping a DRB that is established on a master cell group (MCG) to a secondary cell group (SCG). |
| US09538573B2 |
Systems and methods for managing call connections from non-originating nodes in networks
A method for performing an operation at a non-originating node of a connection includes receiving a request for the operation; determining information associated with the connection; and signaling, based on the information and the operation, an originating node to cause the originating node to perform call connection management on the connection. A non-originating node includes a plurality of ports with at least one connection thereon; and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of ports and operating a control plane, wherein, for an operation of call connection management on the at least one connection, the controller is configured to: determine information associated with the at least one connection on a link formed by a port; and signal, based on the information and the operation, an originating node of the at least one connection to perform the call connection management on the at least one connection. |
| US09538571B2 |
Communication and data handling in a mesh network using duplex radios
Wireless-conferencing radios communicate directly with each other without a bases station using a multiple access protocol, such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). Wireless-conferencing radios can be formed into groups and larger mesh networks. Some groups of wireless-conferencing radios use frequencies in a cellular band to communicate. |
| US09538569B2 |
Data transfer between wireless devices
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may determine, from an input, pressure on a visual depiction of media on a touch display and a push across the touch display. Another WTRU may be detected with use of bluetooth. The media may be transferred to the another WTRU with use of WiFi. |
| US09538567B2 |
Wireless communication device information processing device, and communication method
A wireless communication device performs an inter-device wireless communication with another wireless communication device in accordance with the Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Direct specification. This wireless communication device includes a receiving unit. This receiving unit receives an action frame that contains information about the role of the wireless communication device and is specified in the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11 specification. |
| US09538564B2 |
Techniques for wireless communication between a terminal computing device and a wearable computing device
Examples are disclosed for wireless communication between a terminal computing device and a wearable computing device. In some examples, wireless local area network (WLAN) transmissions for packets of various sizes may be transmitted from a terminal computing device to a wearable computing device. At least some of the WLAN transmissions may be used by the terminal computing device to communicate to the wearable computing device based on the wearable computing device having an ability to detect the variable packet sizes. Other examples are described and claimed. |
| US09538562B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating association identifier
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for allocating an association identifier, so as to dynamically allocate an association identifier (AID) to a target station. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes: sending, by an access point (AP), an AID allocation message to a target station, where the AID allocation message carries a target AID of the target station, and the target station is a station to be allocated with an AID or a station with an AID to be updated. |
| US09538560B1 |
Protocol configuration options (PCOS) in untrusted WLAN access
Systems and methods are described for exchanging network protocol configuration option (PCO) parameters for a mobile device in a communications network (IP) address to enable communication with the mobile device with untrusted WLAN access. In one embodiment, the PCO is passed in a first interface from mobile device to first gateway and passed as is over a second interface to a packet gateway. In a second embodiment, the first interface carries information used in PCO in configuration options/Information elements, such as configuration option in IKE in case of ePDG. The serving gateway, such as an ePDG, creates PCO and extracts the information from first interface and then sends PCO over the second interface. In the response path the PCO response is used to fill in information that is sent in the first interface. |
| US09538557B2 |
System and method for managing connections for networks used by a communication device
The disclosure relates to a system and method for managing a profile list for connections to networks for a communication device. The method comprises: maintaining a list of profiles of network connections for the communication device for presentation on a display of the communication device, the list of profiles representing connections to the networks; upon detection of a connection for the communication device to a network, determining whether the connection is in the list of profiles and if the connection is not in the list, establishing a temporary profile with a time condition for the connection and adding the temporary profile to the list of profiles; and removing the temporary profile from the list of profiles when at least the time condition is not satisfied. |
| US09538555B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing channel in wireless LAN
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a wireless LAN. A method for a station (STA) initially accessing the channel in the wireless LAN comprises the steps of: the STA receiving from an access point (AP) a frame including channel state information and a set of an N (a natural number wherein N>1) number of access parameter sets; the STA selecting a random variable when the channel state information indicates that a wireless link is busy; the STA selecting one access parameter set from the N number of access parameter sets on the basis of the one access parameter and transmitting an association request frame to the AP. |
| US09538552B2 |
Method and apparatus for transceiving beacon in wireless LAN system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically discloses a method and an apparatus for transceiving a beacon in a wireless LAN system. A method for receiving a beacon from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a probe response frame from an access point (AP); determining the time at which the next beacon is to be received by means of information regarding the next beacon contained in the probe response frame; and receiving the next beacon at the time determined for receiving the next beacon. |
| US09538549B2 |
Method and user equipment for sending uplink resource scheduling request
A method for a user equipment sending an uplink resource scheduling request in a long term evolution mobile communication system and the user equipment thereof are provided. The present invention relates to a technique for the user equipment sending the uplink resource scheduling request in a long term evolution system, for reducing the user data transmission delay. The embodiments of the present invention set the minimum alternative option of the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration parameter as 2 ms or 1 ms, that is to say, add 2 ms or 1 ms, or 2 ms and 1 ms to the alternative option of the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration parameter, therefore, improving the flexibility of the whole system in the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration. When the data delay is required to be less, the user data transmission delay can be reduced, by using the 2 ms or 1 ms scheduling request transmission cycle configuration, to the delay requirement of 10 ms as close as possible. |
| US09538545B2 |
Mapping data traffic throughout protocol layers based on priority information
Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for an apparatus configured for determining priority information associated with data traffic at an upper layer, mapping the data traffic to a queue at an intermediate layer based on the priority information determined at the upper layer, and mapping an endpoint associated with the queue to an access category (AC) at a lower layer based on the priority information determined at the upper layer. The priority information of the data traffic may be associated with a classification or type of data in the data traffic. The upper layer may be an application layer. The intermediate layer may be a protocol adaptation layer (PAL). The lower layer may be a media access control (MAC) layer. Various apparatuses, methods, computer-readable medium including similar features are also provided herein. Additional and alternative aspects, embodiments, and features are also provided herein. |
| US09538543B2 |
Interference indicator for wireless communication systems
Methods and apparatuses for indicating an interference distribution in frame between base stations are provided. The method comprises: in response to a mismatch between a first frame allocation used by a first base station and a second frame allocation used by a second base station, transmitting, from the first base station to the second base station, a message for indicating an interference distribution in frame, A new information element, i.e., UL ABS (uplink Almost Blank Subframe) is introduced to indicate the uplink ABS information of the interfering base station. A modified DL ABS with a flag is used to indicate the downlink ABS information of the interfering base station, wherein the flag is to indicate that the DL ABS is used to protect UL transmission in the recipient base station. |
| US09538542B2 |
Method and system of interferer signal detection
A method for detecting an interferer signal in a duplex communication channel. The method comprises establishing a duplex communication channel for transmitting and receiving a signal having a plurality of frames each comprising an uplink (UL) and a downlink (DL) sub frames, allocating a plurality of silent slots in at least on of the UL and DL sub frames of at least some of the plurality of frames, intercepting at least one transmission signal during the plurality of silent slots, and detecting at least one interferer signal according to the at least one transmission signal. |
| US09538539B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of channel switching
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of channel switching. For example, a Peer to Peer (P2P) client device may include a radio to transmit a request to a P2P Group Owner (GO) via a first wireless communication channel, the request including a request to switch to a second wireless communication channel, the radio to receive from the P2P GO a response in response to the request; and a controller to, based on the response, switch the radio to the second wireless communication channel to communicate with the P2P GO. |
| US09538538B2 |
Satellite beam power backoff
A method and apparatus for a non-geosynchronous orbit (NGSO) satellite to comply with equivalent power flux density (EPFD) limits are disclosed. The example implementations may allow a constellation of NGSO satellites to comply with EPFD limits without disabling beams transmitted from the NGSO satellites. The power level of one or more beams to be transmitted from the NGSO satellites may be dynamically adjusted according to a beam power back-off schedule. In some aspects, the beam power back-off schedule may specify beam power back-off values as a function of latitude on Earth, and may allow for maximum allowable power levels for beams transmitted from the NGSO satellites without violating any of the EPFD percentile limits. |
| US09538532B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving signal and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method comprising: setting a first cell having a first TDD UL-DL configuration and a second cell having a second TDD UL-DL configuration; receiving a PHICH signal in a subframe #(n−L) of the first cell, or receiving a PDCCH signal in a subframe #(n−K) of the first cell; and transmitting a PUSCH signal in a subframe #n of the second cell, corresponding to the PHICH signal or the PDCCH signal, wherein the relationship between the subframes #(n−L), #(n−K), and #n is determined in consideration of a parameter value set in a specific TDD UL-DL configuration, which is the TDD UL-DL configuration having the least number of UL subframes from TDD UL-DL configuration(s), in which subframes set as UL in the first or second cell are all set as ULs. |
| US09538530B2 |
Device and a method for detecting keep-alive and a recording medium thereof
The present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting keep-alive, comprising a collecting unit for collecting or capturing a plurality of packets transceiving between a plurality of wireless terminals and a plurality of servers, a preprocessing unit for mapping collecting or capturing time information of the packets which collected or captured by the collecting unit to at least one of identification information of wireless terminal, server identification information and port information, a slot allocation unit for allocating the mapped packets to each time slots on a timeline which generated according to the collecting or capturing time information, an ID(identification) assigning unit for assigning IDs to each sections on the timeline, wherein the assigning unit assigning same IDs to sections having time slots in which the packets are continuously allocated within a predetermined range; and a keep-alive detection unit for setting the sections which assigned same IDs to periodic sections, and for determining the periodic sections to keep-alive sections when ports of the packets allocated to the time slots on the periodic sections are continuously changing. |
| US09538523B2 |
Methods receiving radiation pattern information and related network nodes and base stations
Methods may be provided to operate a first node in a radio access network including a plurality of base stations. For example, radiation pattern information for a radio access network transmission may be received from a second node. Moreover, the radiation pattern information may include an indication of power and an indication of direction associated with the indication of power for the radio access network transmission. Related network nodes and base stations are also discussed. |
| US09538519B2 |
Wireless communication method of signaling CoMP states, and transmission point and user equipment therefor
The wireless communication comprises: transmitting downlink control information (DCI) from a transmission point to an UE for the enabled TB and the disabled TB, wherein the DCI comprises a 8-value indicator to indicate CoMP states for the enabled TB in conjunction with the new data indicator (NDI) of the disabled TB; if the NDI of the enabled TB is untoggled or the value of the 8-value indicator for the enabled TB is equal to 0, 1, 2, or 3, the UE using the NDI of the disabled TB to select a CoMP state from a first CoMP state and a second CoMP state; and if the NDI of the enabled TB is toggled and the value of the 8-value indicator is 4, 5, 6, or 7, the UE obtaining the information of whether the enabled TB is initial transmission or retransmission based on the NDI of the disabled TB. |
| US09538517B2 |
User equipment supporting communication in a multicarrier radio communication system and a method therein for receiving information
A User Equipment, UE, supporting communication in a multicarrier radio communication system and a method therein for receiving information from a Radio Base Station, RBS, are provided. The method comprises determining 310 a bandwidth by which the UE will receive information, the bandwidth comprising a plurality of sub-carriers. The method also comprises adjusting 320 a bandwidth of the UE to correspond to the determined bandwidth by which the UE will receive information; and fine tuning 330 a local oscillator of the UE such that a centre frequency of a local oscillator does not coincide with a predetermined subcarrier transmitted from the RBS. |
| US09538511B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) with user equipment in a wireless communication system. The user equipment performs channel coding on information bits of UCI to generate encoded information bits; modulates the generated encoded information bits to generate complex modulation symbols; spreads the complex modulation symbols blockwise into a plurality of single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols on the basis of an orthogonal sequence; and transmits the spread complex modulation symbols to a base station. |
| US09538509B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-mode control information on uplink channel
One embodiment includes a method for selecting, by a mobile unit, one of a plurality of control information reporting modes based on at least one of a control information transmission type and a payload size. The method further includes transmitting, by the mobile unit, one or more UCI report(s) to the base station using the selected UCI reporting mode. |
| US09538504B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program to map a cyclic shift to a channel index
From the network perspective, an uplink resource allocation (PDCCH) is sent that grants an uplink resource to a plurality of user equipments UEs, and the allocation has an indication of a cyclic shift CS for each of the plurality of UEs. The granted uplink resource is mapped to a downlink resource (PHICH) in dependence on the indicated CS for each of the plurality of UEs. The mapping is such that for a predetermined number of UEs being allocated a same uplink resource in a single MU-MIMO uplink resource allocation grant, each pair of said predetermined number of UEs which map to an adjacent downlink resource exhibit an optimized CS relative to one another. The network sends to each of the respective plurality of UEs on the respective mapped downlink resource an indication (ACK/NACK) about data received (on a PUSCH). Apparatus, method, and computer programs for network and UE side implementations are detailed. |
| US09538496B2 |
Location-aware multimodal communication system
A system and method for providing a multimodal list of transceiver devices to a remote terminal is disclosed. A positioning unit determines a location of a remote terminal. A processor identifies transceivers for communicating in at least a first communication mode and a second communication mode according to the location of the remote terminal. The processor retrieves information about the identified transceivers from a database and generates a multimodal list. The processor causes a transceiver to transmit the multimodal list of transceiver devices to the remote terminal using a communication mode of the remote terminal. |
| US09538492B2 |
System and method for subscribing for internet protocol multimedia subsystems (IMS) services registration status
A system and method that allows mobile device applications to receive changes in registration status from application services that are accessed via an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). Applications on a mobile device subscribe to receive notifications of changes in registration status for requested services. When a change to the registration status of a service occurs, a notification message is transmitted to the application on the mobile device. Notifications of changes in status are thereby received by each application on a per-application-service basis. In some embodiments, when a request to register with an application service fails, the corresponding notification message includes a reason for the failure. In some embodiments, notification messages are originated by a registration manager that operates in the IMS and transmitted to an IMS client operating on a mobile device. In some embodiments, notification messages are originated by each application service and transmitted directly to subscribed applications. |
| US09538491B2 |
Cellular network assisted proximity services registration procedures and event framework for proximity requests/alerts using session initiation protocol
A system, apparatus, and method for providing proximity services (ProSe) registration, proximity request, proximity alert, proximity request cancellation, and deregistration handling between a wireless device and a ProSe function of a cellular core network using session initiation protocol. A wireless device and a ProSe function of a cellular core network may exchange SIP signaling messages to register and de-register the wireless device for cellular network assisted proximity services. The wireless device and the ProSe function may further (while the wireless device is registered) exchange SIP signaling messages to request proximity alerts, provide proximity alerts, and request cancellation of proximity alert requests. |
| US09538483B2 |
Maximizing efficiency of multi-user communications networks
Systems and methods are described for jointly optimizing communications in a multi-user network to maximize the weighted sum-rate of its data links. For example, embodiments seek to maximize overall link transmit rates, while minimizing link interference and/or noise in general multi-in multi-out (MIMO) interference networks having multiple interfering data links, each with one or more antennas at the transmitter and receiver. Novel algorithmic approaches, including an “iterative minimax” approach and a “dual link” approach, are described for solving the weighted sum-rate maximization in a manner that converges quickly and reliably on an optimal point. Some embodiments implement these approaches in a centralized transmission controller, while others implement these approaches in a distributed fashion. |
| US09538480B2 |
Setting initial transmission power for a secondary carrier after a transmission gap
A method and system for setting an initial dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power of a secondary carrier after a transmission gap are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a filtered DPCCH power of first carrier. The method further includes determining a power offset. The method also includes calculating the initial DPCCH power of the secondary carrier by adding the determined filtered DPCCH power of the first carrier to the determined power offset. |
| US09538477B2 |
Uplink power control method, terminal and base station
The embodiments of the present invention disclose an uplink power control method, a terminal and a base station, which can adjust or determine uplink transmission power of a terminal on subframes which belong to different subframe groups respectively. The method includes: a base station determining subframe group information, the subframe group information being used by a terminal to determine uplink transmission power adjustment amounts on subframes which belong to different subframe groups; and the base station transmitting the subframe group information to the terminal. A terminal determines uplink transmission power adjustment amounts on subframes which belong to different subframe groups, and determines uplink transmission power on corresponding subframes according to the determined uplink transmission power adjustment amounts on the subframes which belong to the different subframe groups. |
| US09538476B2 |
Method and system for power adjustment, base station, and user equipment
Provided in the present invention are a method and a system for power adjustment, a base station, and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by a UE, downlink control information that is sent by a base station and carries a transmit power control TPC command, determining, by the UE, a power control value corresponding to the power control command field according to the TPC command and a first condition, where the first condition is: information on a time when the UE receives the downlink control information, or information on a position of a physical downlink control channel PDCCH candidate, or information of a non-TPC command in the downlink control information, or a power control value preset in the UE, or indication information that is sent by the base station and indicates the power control value. |
| US09538475B2 |
Adjusting mobile device state based on user intentions and/or identity
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data corresponding to a set of sensor values and one or more indicators that each correspond to one of a number of physical states of a client device. The client device includes a first and second set of sensors. The method also includes generating a number of functions that each determine a probability that the client device is in a respective one of the physical states. The determination includes correlating the set of sensor values with a corresponding physical state of the client device. A first function of the number of functions is based on sensor values of the first set of sensors. A second function of the number of functions is based on sensor values of the second set of sensors. The method also includes sending the number of functions to the client device. |
| US09538474B2 |
Reducing switching between networks to conserve power and reduce costs
Methods, systems, and devices are described for reducing switches (e.g., ping-pongs) of a wireless communications device between two or more wireless networks. For example, a method includes determining a context of data use of a first wireless network to which a wireless communications device is connected. The method includes determining a time delay associated with performing a switch from the first wireless network to a second wireless network when at least one performance indicator of the first wireless network is below a threshold performance level needed to support the context of data use. The method further includes performing the switch from the first wireless network to the second wireless network in response to the time delay expiring while the at least one performance indicator remains below the threshold performance level. |
| US09538472B2 |
Function performing apparatus
An apparatus includes a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller includes a setting information memory configured to store setting information indicating a selected result selected by a user among a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that target data is to be sent to an external apparatus via the first wireless interface, and the second setting indicating that the target data is not sent to the external apparatus. The controller is configured to perform: maintaining an operation state of the function performing apparatus in a power saving state, in a case where a predetermined notice is obtained from the first wireless interface under a situation where the operation state of the function performing apparatus is the power saving state and the setting information memory stores the setting information indicating the second setting. |
| US09538470B2 |
Method and apparatus for updating listen interval in wireless LAN system
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for updating a listen interval in a wireless communication system. To this end, a method for updating a listen interval by a station (STA) of a wireless communication system may comprise, if an operation mode of the station is changed, a request frame including information indicating that the operation mode of the station is changed, to an access point (AP); and receiving a response frame in response to the request frame from the AP. If a value of a listen interval of the station is changed as the operation mode of the station is changed, the request frame further include a value of a new listen interval of the station. |
| US09538468B2 |
Power saving in Wi-Fi devices utilizing bluetooth
The present description provides methods, computer program products, and systems for saving power in Wi-Fi devices utilizing Bluetooth. A Wi-Fi radio transitions to deep sleep mode from active mode while a Bluetooth radio remains active. An active Wi-Fi connection to the access point can be maintained by the station while in deep sleep mode as needed to prevent being disassociated. Responsive to the indication of data packets waiting at the access point, sent over the Bluetooth radio, the Wi-Fi radio at the station can be transitioned from the deep sleep mode to the active mode. A notification of active mode is sent to the access point currently associated with the Wi-Fi radio so that packets can be forwarded. |
| US09538466B2 |
Communication system, communication method, mobile terminal, device, and base station
A communication system includes a base station and a mobile terminal device. The base station includes a detection information notifying unit. The detection information notifying unit notifies, using a predetermined control channel, the mobile terminal device of detection information that includes a power-saving time that indicates a time that elapses before the base station enters a power-saving state. The mobile terminal device includes a detecting unit and a region information notifying unit. The detecting unit, when being notified of the detection information by the detection information notifying unit, detects a region in which a mobile terminal device is not capable of communicating with any base station based on the power-saving time included in the detection information. The region information notifying unit notifies a given base station of information on the region detected by the detecting unit. |
| US09538462B2 |
Method for minimization of drive tests, method for collecting terminal information, terminal, and network element
A method for minimization of drive tests, a method for collecting terminal information, a terminal, and a network element, belong to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: in a process of activating a minimization of drive tests MDT task, checking, by a network element, a consent type of a user corresponding to a selected terminal; sending an MDT task activation command to the selected terminal according to a check result of the consent type; after receiving measured data reported by the selected terminal, performing an operation according to a check result of the consent type. In embodiments of the present invention, check on user consent is implemented in a network detection process, thereby avoiding a case that a user equipment is forced to report personal information without permission of the user and improving the user experience. |
| US09538452B2 |
Management of ad-hoc peer-to-peer connections to provide data network access using a plurality of heterogeneous wide area networks
A method includes collecting physical layer and data layer connectivity information from a plurality of wide area networks using a plurality of mobile devices independently of the wide area networks. A server receives the physical layer and data layer connectivity information, relates the connectivity information to specific wide area networks and to a plurality of geographic locations to create a network statistics database. The server also receives mobile device state information including mobile device location information and predicts that connectivity for a specific mobile device will fall below acceptable criteria based on the network statistics database. The server generates a list of candidate donor mobile devices to serve as data connection sources for the specific mobile device based on the network connectivity information and the mobile device state information and selects a donor device from the list of candidate donor devices based on a weighting algorithm. |
| US09538448B2 |
Communication device, communication control method, and communication system
Provided is a communication device including a communication control unit that inserts, into a destination field of a data packet, intermediate node designation information designating an intermediate node different from a destination node of the data packet on a path to the destination node, and a transmission unit that transmits the data packet into which the intermediate node designation information is inserted. |
| US09538445B2 |
Communication method and apparatus for electronic device in mobile communication system
A communication method and apparatus of an electronic device in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes performing data communication through a cellular communication network, determining whether a service type of the data communication matches one of predetermined service types, and switching, when the service type of the data communication matches one of the predetermined service types, from the cellular communication network to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) of an Access Point (AP) for which its beacon signal is received with a signal strength greater than or equal to a first threshold value. |
| US09538435B1 |
Volte packet delay based network configuration
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for dynamically configuring VoLTE packet delay are provided. In embodiments, the method includes providing an initial packet delay for a connection between mobile devices associated with one or more base stations. The packet delay may be based on historical data, transporting media, and a number of hops between originating and receiving devices. Real-time data associated with the one or more base stations is received. In embodiments, the real-time data includes latency, capacity of the scheduler, and data associated with handoffs. The packet delay is dynamically configured to adjust for the real-time data. |
| US09538434B2 |
Method and arrangement in a wireless communication system
According to some embodiments of the invention, a method is provided in a radio network node for scheduling data transmission and/or reception. According to the method, the radio network node predicts (530) at least one autonomous gap occurrence in which user equipments served by the radio network node will use autonomously created gaps for acquiring system information from a neighboring base station and during which the UE is not able to receive data from, and/or transmit data to, the radio network node. Furthermore, the radio network node schedules (560) a user equipment for data transmission and/or reception in a time period which does not overlap with any predicted autonomous gap occurrence. |
| US09538432B2 |
Handling cell reselections and state transitions for high-speed downlink packet access
A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is configured to operate in an high speed data packet access (HSDPA) mode in a cell and/or state and to clear HSDPA resources when moving out of the cell and/or state. The WTRU is configured to clear HSDPA resources when conditions to perform high speed downlink shared channel reception are not met. |
| US09538431B2 |
Handover at spectrum release for licensed shared access
Embodiments of Evolved Node-B (eNBs), user equipment (UE) and methods for licensed shared access (LSA) handover are generally described herein. An eNB includes hardware processing circuitry to receive a command to release spectrum resources in a LSA band over which the eNB serves an LSA cell; to determine whether user equipment (UEs) served by the eNB are permitted to skip a random access process (RAP) to be handed over to a target cell operating on a band separate from the LSA band; and to transmit a message to a UE served by the eNB instructing the UE that the UE is to be handed over to the target cell, the message including one or more indicators based on the determination. Other apparatuses, systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US09538430B2 |
System and method for network selection to transfer call session
A method performed by stations to transfer call sessions between different access networks. The methods include transmitting, by a first station to a second station, an invite to join a voice call on a first radio access network (RAN), receiving, by the second station, the invite, generating, by the second station, a response to the invite, determining, by the second station, that the response cannot be successfully transmitted to the first station, associating, by the second station, with a second RAN, generating, by the second station, a message indicating the second station has associated with the second RAN, transmitting, by the second station, the message to the first station, retransmitting, by the first station, the invite to join the voice call, receiving, by the second station, the invite on the second RAN and setting up the voice call between the first station and the second station. |
| US09538429B2 |
Managing transmission dependent handovers
A device may receive information regarding a communication session associated with a user device and may determine, based on the received information, a type of communication session associated with the communication session. The device may determine, based on the determined type of communication session, handover parameters associated with the communication session and may transmit the handover parameters to the user device. The device may receive information associated with the signal information for one or more other devices and may initiate, based on the received information, a handover operation associated with the user device. |
| US09538428B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing handover using packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) reordering in mobile communication system
Improving communication efficiency in handover re-establishing an ARQ entity in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting first Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Packet Data Units (PDUs) correctly received from the source cell, together with a special indication requiring reordering of the first PDCP PDUs, from a Radio Link Control (RLC) receiving buffer to a PDCP receiving entity when a handover command message from a source cell to a target cell is received; buffering the first PDCP PDUs in a PDCP PDU reordering buffer by the PDCP receiving entity in response to the special indication; and when a second PDCP PDU is received from the target cell through a new RLC receiving entity for the target cell, outputting third PDCP PDUs up to a PDCP PDU before a first missing PDCP PDU having a sequence number higher than that of the second PDCP PDU from the PDCP reordering buffer. In the method, a PDCP entity performs reordering, thereby improving efficiency of communication. |
| US09538423B2 |
Routing packet traffic using hierarchical forwarding groups
Routing packet traffic using hierarchical forwarding groups is disclosed. In an embodiment, a packet is received at a packet router. Data related to the packet is received at a first forwarding group. Based on a first forwarding policy associated with the first forwarding group, a particular second forwarding group is selected from a set of forwarding groups that are members of the first forwarding group. Each forwarding group of the set of forwarding groups that are members of the first forwarding group is associated with a unique set of paths. Data related to the packet is provided to the particular second forwarding group. Based on a second forwarding policy associated with the particular second forwarding group, a particular path is selected from a set of paths that are associated with the particular second forwarding group. The packet is forwarded to a network node via the particular path. |
| US09538418B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of communicating wireless local area network (WLAN) offloading information between cellular managers
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading information between cellular managers. For example, a first cellular manager of a first cellular network may send to a second cellular manager of a second cellular network one or more WLAN offload parameters corresponding to Radio Access Network (RAN) assisted WLAN interworking information, which is sent to one or more User Equipment (UE) in the first cellular network. |
| US09538417B1 |
Quality of service for mesh networks
Quality of service for mesh networks is described. In embodiment(s), communication data can be prioritized as priority data and/or non-priority data for communication from a source node to a destination node in a mesh network. A first route in the mesh network can be determined to communicate the priority data from the source node to the destination node based on a minimum number of intermediate nodes via which the priority data is communicated. Additionally, a second route in the mesh network can be determined to communicate the non-priority data from the source node to the destination node based on a highest bit rate to communicate the non-priority data. A time duration to communicate the priority via the first route is less than a time duration to communicate the non-priority data via the second route. |
| US09538412B2 |
Radio resource measurement techniques in directional wireless networks
Techniques for radio resource measurement (RRM) that support directionality, as well as scheduled media access techniques are described. For instance, a measurement request may be transmitted from a first device to a second device. This measurement request directs the second device to take one or more measurements of a wireless channel. Various characteristics for the one or more measurements may be included in the measurement request. For example, the measurement request may indicate at least one directional parameter and at least one timing parameter for the one or more measurements. In response to the request, the first device receives a measure report that includes measured values for each of the one or more measurements. |
| US09538405B2 |
Devices, methods, and computer programs for detecting potential displacement of a wireless transceiver
It is presented a method for detecting potential displacement of a wireless transceiver connected to a machine-to-machine device. The method comprises the steps, executed in a displacement detection server, of: receiving an updated radio environment message from the wireless transceiver, the radio environment message comprising updated radio characteristics of at least two radio cells, the updated characteristics being measured by the wireless transceiver; determining whether the updated radio characteristics differ significantly from previous radio characteristics of a previous radio environment message from the wireless transceiver; and when it is determined that radio characteristics differ significantly, sending a displacement indication message to a device management server, the displacement indication message indicating potential displacement of the wireless transceiver. Corresponding displacement detection server, host device, computer program and computer program product are also presented. |
| US09538400B2 |
Radio communication system, base station, mobile station, and radio communication method
A radio communication system includes a base station and a mobile station communicating with the base station. The base station includes a selection unit and a first transmitting unit. The selection unit selects an item of identification information for identifying a data series from a plurality of data series corresponding to resources used to transmit a signal that the mobile station uses to measure reception quality. The first transmitting unit transmits the item of identification information. The mobile station includes a receiving unit, a measurement unit, and a second transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives the item of identification information that the first transmitting unit has transmitted. The measurement unit measures the reception quality using a signal of the data series identified by the item of identification information. The second transmitting unit transmits information indicating the reception quality that the measurement unit has measured to the base station. |
| US09538394B2 |
Method for bearer signalling management
A method for bearer signalling management in a communication network comprising of transporting bearer resource request message of both the UE and RN via DeNB to managing entity of RN within EPC, as a signalling message over uplink channel referred to as ‘Union of Resource Request (UR Request)’ message. The bearer resource response message from one of the managing entity of RN or managing entities of UE and RN within EPC are transported as a signalling message to Evolved Packet Edge (EPE) via DeNB over the downlink channel referred to as ‘Union of Admission Response (UA Response)’. This manages bearer setup signalling as a single loop, by transportation of ‘UR Request’ signalling message and receiving one ‘UA Response’ signalling message over uplink and downlink channels respectively. EPE is a conglomeration of network nodes comprising of UEs, RNs and all other network nodes that communicate over EPC via DeNB. |
| US09538391B2 |
Sharing frequencies in an OFDM-based wireless communication system
An apparatus for sharing frequencies in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing OFDM-based wireless communication system, wherein the OFDM-based wireless communication system comprises a base station and a mobile device that work within a radio frequency band, the method comprising: detecting an interference signal in the radio frequency band; setting by the base station, based upon the interference signal, interference indication information in a control header of a downlink frame to be sent to the mobile device, the interference indication information indicating a frequency range that is occupied by the interference signal in the radio frequency band; and sending by the base station the downlink frame to the mobile device, such that the mobile device may, based upon the interference indication information, avoid the frequency range where the interference signal is located. |
| US09538386B2 |
Wireless internet access with enhanced bandwidth capabilities
Techniques for efficiently and economically providing data transfer through wireless data networks. These techniques are particularly suitable for Internet data transfers. In one aspect, mobile devices are able to be allocated additional wireless channels to obtain increased data transfer capabilities. The additional wireless channels can be used for unicast, multicast or broadcast of data. These techniques provide additional wireless bandwidth to mobile devices and allows control over allocation of the additional wireless bandwidth. |
| US09538384B2 |
Method and apparatus for a device management application
An approach for implementing a local device management application for deterring misuse, loss, or theft of mobile devices includes determining that a use of a first device at least substantially satisfies one or more use criteria. The approach also includes generating a notification message regarding the use. Further, the approach includes initiating a transmission of the notification message from the first device to a second device. |
| US09538381B2 |
System and method for authorizing access to an IP-based wireless telecommunications service
A system for providing an IP-based wireless telecommunications device with access to an IP-based wireless telecommunications service provided by a carrier network includes an access point that sets up a radio link with the IP-based wireless telecommunications device and couples the IP-based wireless telecommunications device to the network. The system also includes a network controller in communication with the carrier network and the access point. The network controller is configured to receive data packets corresponding to the IP-based wireless telecommunications device at the access point. The network controller is also configured to accept/reject the provision of the IP-based wireless telecommunications service to the IP-based wireless telecommunications device based on an IP address or other unique identifier associated with the access point. In other examples, the system further includes a data store that associates IP addresses of access points (or other identifiers) with an indicator of a black or whitelisted status. Other features and systems are also disclosed. |
| US09538375B2 |
Method for configuring wireless connection settings, wireless communications apparatus, and display method
Provided is a method for configuring wireless connection settings, a wireless communications apparatus, and a display method, the method being executed by the wireless communications apparatus and including: (a) receiving a first radio signal which includes second configuration information; (b) receiving authentication information for use in authenticating a first device from a second device, the authentication information being uniquely associated with the first device; (c) retaining the authentication information; (d) establishing the wireless connection with the first device, using the second configuration information; (e) transmitting a second radio signal which includes the authentication information, to the first device through the wireless connection established; (f) receiving a third radio signal which includes response information to the authentication information; and (g) transmitting the first configuration information to the first device if the response information indicates that the first device has been successfully authenticated. |
| US09538374B2 |
Method for vehicle communication by means of a vehicle-implemented vehicle diagnostic system, vehicle diagnostic interface, interace module, user communication terminal, data connection system, and diagnostic and control network for a plurality of vehicles
The invention relates to a method for vehicle communication via a vehicle-implemented vehicle diagnosis system (3), to which a vehicle diagnosis interface (10) having an interface connector (11), an interface module (12) and an air interface (13) is connected, and in which: vehicle diagnosis data (I) from a vehicle are transmitted from the vehicle-implemented vehicle diagnosis system (3) of the vehicle to a mobile user communication terminal (20) via the air interface, and the mobile user communication terminal (20) is associated with the vehicle and also the vehicle diagnosis data (I) are transmitted from the mobile user communication terminal (20) to a data network system (40) via a communication network (30), wherein the data network system (40) makes the vehicle diagnosis data (I) available to the mobile user communication terminal (20) again. |
| US09538370B2 |
Data transmission method for terminal performing near field communication and terminal thereof
Provided are a method of transmitting data from a terminal through near field communication (NFC) according to information input to the terminal, and a terminal thereof. The method includes detecting a user interaction input to the terminal, determining data mapped to the detected user interaction; and transmitting the data mapped to the user interaction to the other device through the NFC. |
| US09538367B2 |
Creation and management of device versions
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that creates, manages, or maintains multiple device versions in a network of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices. The system can include components that detect whether a device has joined the network and based at least in part on such indication creates a device profile the first time that the device is detected, establishes a version trail containing configuration settings specific to the detected device, and thereafter builds and maintains the version trail when the device joins and/or leaves the network. |
| US09538363B2 |
User terminal apparatus, server, and method of providing a customized service
A user terminal apparatus includes a storage to store use log information on the user terminal apparatus, a communicator, when an event to receive a service from an external apparatus occurs, to transmit use log information required to provide the service to the external apparatus selectively, and a controller to receive a service generated based on the transmitted use log information and customized to the user from the external apparatus. |
| US09538360B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium for registering user identities
An apparatus is provided that includes a processor configured to maintain a first implicit registration set for a first apparatus, where the first implicit registration set includes a first identity unique to the first apparatus and a shared identity. The processor is also configured to maintain a second implicit registration set for a second apparatus, where the second implicit registration set includes a second identity unique to the second apparatus and the shared identity. In this regard, the first and second implicit registration sets may be maintained to enable registration of the first and second apparatuses with a network such that each of the first and second apparatuses are configured to receive communication requests to the respective first and second identities, and such that both of the first and second apparatuses are configured to receive communication requests to the shared identity. |
| US09538359B2 |
Registration scenarios between new and legacy wireless communication networks
A method, wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and base station for access network interworking. Temporary identity mapping rules are defined for use during access network reselection. Mapping rules for tracking area identity, routing area identity, temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI), packet TMSI, and S-TMSI identity are used when reselecting UTRAN, E-UTRAN, and GERAN access networks. Depending upon access network support, a WTRU may indicate a type of identity (TMSI, P-TMSI, or S-TMSI) that is included in an access network reselection request. |
| US09538358B2 |
Communication matching method, user equipment and base station
The present invention provides a communication matching method, a user equipment and a base station. The communication matching method includes: obtaining, by a second user equipment supporting a D2D function, D2D capability information of a serving base station of a cell to which the second user equipment currently belongs; obtaining, by the second user equipment, information, which is broadcasted by a first user equipment supporting the D2D function, of the first user equipment after determining that the cell to which the second user equipment currently belongs supports the D2D function according to the D2D capability information; performing, by the second user equipment, communication matching with the first user equipment according to the information of the first user equipment and the D2D capability information of the serving base station of the cell to which the second user equipment currently belongs. |
| US09538357B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing D2D device identity
The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for processing Device-to-Device (D2D) device identity. The method includes that: a D2D device transmits a temporary D2D identity request; the D2D device receives temporary D2D identity authorization information corresponding to the temporary D2D identity request, and acquires a temporary D2D identity; and the D2D device broadcasts the received temporary D2D identity, wherein the temporary D2D identity is configured to discover the D2D device by a discovering D2D device in a D2D discovery process. By the disclosure, the security of communication among the D2D devices is improved. |
| US09538356B2 |
Method and apparatus for bluetooth-based general service discovery
The disclosure relates to a method, system and apparatus for extending Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology to conserve energy in multi-mode wireless devices. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a device comprising a first module configured for radio communication at a non-BLE communication mode; a second module to communicate at a BLE communication mode; and a controller for controlling the first and the second communication modules, the controller configured to direct the BLE communication mode to at least one of advertise or scan for information relating to the non-BLE communication mode. |
| US09538355B2 |
Method of targeted discovery of devices in a network
A targeted discovery between a first device and a second device in a network, in particular, a WHDI network, provides discovery for an identified device or a group of identified devices. The targeted discovery determines an identifier for a second device or a group of devices that the second device belongs to, and sends a device discovery message to the second device using the identifier for the second device when the second device is configured to respond to the device discovery message if the device discovery message includes the identifier for the second device. The first device receives a response to the device discovery message from the second device and can start further communication with the second device. |
| US09538354B2 |
Mobile communication system, mobile station, call control device, and mobile communication method
The invention provides a mobile communication system, a mobile station, a call control device, and a mobile communication method that are capable of allowing an emergency call, even to which a prefix indicating how to treat the emergency call is added, to break through access control, and applying priority control to the emergency call, as in the case of a normal emergency call without the addition of the prefix. UE (100) separates acquired calling number information into a prefix and a calling number, and sends an MSC (210) an Emergency Setup which includes the prefix and an Emergency Category linked with the calling number. The MSC (210) determines how to treat the emergency call (such as to block notification of a telephone number of a calling party) based on the prefix included in the Emergency Setup, and connects the emergency call to a PSAP (400) corresponding to the Emergency Category. |
| US09538348B2 |
Method and message server for routing a speech message
A method and message server (204) for routing a speech message, received (2:1) from a user equipment (200) of a sending user, to at least one recipient (208, 210) in a communication network. After obtaining (2:2) a text version created by speech recognition (206) of the received speech message, the at least one recipient is identified (2:3) by the message server based on the obtained text version, and the speech message is then routed (2:5) to the identified at least one recipient. |
| US09538347B2 |
Information distribution system, and method thereof
An information distribution system, of the type including distribution means adapted to distribute said information in a first predefined language, said distribution means including at least one distribution device coupled to at least one control unit. The invention is characterized in that said system includes connection means for establishing a telephone connection with a mobile telephone through a telephone network, said connection means being associated with said distribution means for distributing said information through said at least one device in a second language corresponding to the language of the country where a SIM card has been associated with said mobile telephone that has established said telephone connection. |
| US09538346B2 |
Message service support method and portable device using the same
Provided is a message service providing method and portable device supporting the same, which includes generating at least one of a key input signal and a sliding sensor signal; and writing a message by activating a message write window set according to an environment of an application program which is being activated depending on generation of at least one of the key input signal and the sliding sensor signal. |
| US09538341B1 |
Push-to-talk clip system
The present invention comprises a holster for securing a PTT switch to a user that employs a single piece body having opposed top and bottom sides connected by a generally curved side to define a switch chamber. The invention further includes a portion of hook-and-loop fabric secured to the bottoms side for engaging a complementary fabric and a protective tab extending outwardly from said top side for protecting the PTT switch from inadvertent activation. |
| US09538340B2 |
Identifying groups for a social networking system user based on group characteristics and likelihood of user interaction
A social networking system selects a set of groups for presentation to a user of the social networking system. To select groups, the social networking system determining scores for various groups representing a likelihood of the user interacting with the groups. When determining a score for a group, the social networking system accounts for a likelihood of the user providing content to the group as well as the user accessing or viewing content associated with the group. Based on the scores, one or more groups are selected and presented to the user. Additionally, the social networking system may apply one or more diversity rules so that the selected groups have a variety of characteristics. |
| US09538339B2 |
Method and system of outputting in a vehicle data streamed by mobile applications
A system for outputting visual data from a mobile device application on a mobile computing device to a vehicle display, the system comprising a wireless transceiver for communicating signals between a mobile computing device and a vehicle computing system having a graphical display. The vehicle computing system is configured to receive caller identification from the mobile computing device identifying a mobile device application configured to operate with the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computer system is also configured to receive a signal from the mobile computing device representative of a visual indication to be displayed on the vehicle display. The vehicle computer system may determine a location to display the visual indication on the display and output the visual indication on the vehicle display at the determined location. |
| US09538334B2 |
Telematics furtherance visualization system
A method and apparatus for use in a mobile device telemetry system is disclosed. The method and apparatus relate to a telematics furtherance visualization system. The system can sense mobile device remote observation misalignment risk and reconcile mobile device remote observation alignment by communicating a subsequent log of mobile device vector data for rendering a sequence of next positions in the furtherance of a mobile device. The system can also provide an adaptive rendering based upon a phase shift, a log of mobile device vector data, or predictive rendering until receipt of the next subsequent log of mobile device vector data. |
| US09538332B1 |
Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)
An infrastructure of Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi enabled RF tags or beacons deployed within a structure, an urban environment, a residence, buildings, real estate property, in a parking area, etc. The deployed beacons can be integrated with sensors to initiate or trigger an application. The infrastructure being used to recognize a presence of a user within the area to trigger activities, initiate Location Based Services (LBS), provide navigation, provide mapping, convey of information, initiate a link to a server or software, provide support during an emergency, provide assist to E-911 services, trigger an automation function, provide real estate information, and the like. |
| US09538329B1 |
Device and method for containing and tracking a subject using satellite positioning data
A device disposed on a subject for determining whether the subject is inside or outside of a containment zone, the containment zone having a portion of a structure intersecting the perimeter thereof. There is a positioning unit for generating position data, including satellite position data having a carrier to noise ratio. There is a processor unit configured to determine if the carrier to noise ratio is greater than a first predetermined threshold indicating that the subject is not under the structure or less than a second predetermined threshold indicating that the subject is under the structure. If the carrier to noise ratio is greater than the first predetermined threshold, the processor unit determines from the position data if the subject is inside or outside of the containment zone and if less than the second predetermined threshold, the subject is assigned to a virtual position in the containment zone different. |
| US09538321B2 |
Location determination of wireless stations using one-to-many communication techniques
Certain embodiments herein relate to efficient location determination by wireless stations using one-to-many communication techniques. Location determination can be facilitated by using one-to-many communication techniques to provide for efficient timing message exchange between an initiating wireless station and one or more responding wireless stations. Based at least in part on the time-of-flight of the exchanged messages, the initiating wireless station can determine its distances from the respective one or more responding wireless stations. Based at least in part on the determined distances, the wireless initiating station can determine its location using trilateration or multilateration techniques. |
| US09538313B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of docking a mobile device with wireless connector
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and method of transferring data between a mobile device and one or more peripheral devices via a docking device including a wireless connector. For example, a docking device to transfer data between a mobile device and one or more peripheral devices may include a power plug to be connected to a power supply, one or more peripheral connectors to be connected to the one or more peripheral devices for communicating data with the peripheral devices, and a docking connector to connect the docking device to the mobile device. The docking connector may include, for example, a power connector to receive electrical power from the power supply via the power plug and to transfer the electrical power to the mobile device, and a wireless communication unit to communicate the data between the docking device and the mobile device over a wireless communication link. |
| US09538309B2 |
Real-time loudspeaker distance estimation with stereo audio
A method for estimating a distance between a first and a second loudspeaker characterized by playing back a first stereo source signal vector s1 on the first loudspeaker, and playing back a second stereo source signal vector s2 on the second loudspeaker, acquiring a first recorded signal vector x1, using a first microphone arranged adjacent to the first loudspeaker, and acquiring a second recorded signal vector x2 from a second microphone arranged adjacent to the second loudspeaker, wherein x1 and x2 are N-dimensional vectors, setting the distance equal to ηv/f, where v is the speed of sound, f is the sampling frequency, and η is an estimated sample delay of a source signal played back on one of the loudspeakers and a recording acquired by a microphone at the other loudspeaker. |
| US09538308B2 |
Adaptive room equalization using a speaker and a handheld listening device
A loudspeaker that measures the impulse response of a listening area is described. The loudspeaker may output sounds corresponding to a segment of an audio signal. The sounds are sensed by a listening device proximate to a listener and transmitted to the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker includes an adaptive filter that estimates the impulse response of the listening area based on the signal segment. An error unit analyzes the estimated impulse response together with the sensed audio signal received from the listening device to determine the accuracy of the estimate. New estimates may be generated by the adaptive filter until an accuracy level is achieved for the signal segment. A processor may utilize one or more estimated impulse responses corresponding to various signal segments that cover a defined frequency spectrum for adjusting the audio signal to compensate for the impulse response of the listening area. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US09538305B2 |
Calibration error conditions
Examples described herein involve identifying one or more error conditions during calibration of one or more playback devices in a playback environment. A microphone of a network device may detect and sample an audio signal while the one or more playback devices in the playback environment plays a calibration tone. A processor of the network device may then receive, from the microphone, a stream of audio data. The audio data may include an audio signal component and a background noise component. As a subset of the audio data is received, the processor may identify based on at least the subset of audio data, the one or more error conditions. The processor may then cause a graphical display to display a graphical representation associated with the identified error condition. |
| US09538304B1 |
Bodily function sound anonymization
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and software for bodily function sound anonymization. |
| US09538303B2 |
System and method for adapting a loudspeaker signal
An audio controller for use with a loudspeaker that generates sound in dependence upon a loudspeaker signal is disclosed. The loudspeaker includes a voice coil. The audio controller includes a monitor to monitor an electric response of the voice coil to the loudspeaker signal and a signal generator to generate an evaluation signal. The evaluation signal comprises a signal having an evaluation frequency that is below resonant frequency of the loudspeaker. A processing unit is included to generate, based on the monitored electric response, the loudspeaker signal from an input sound signal. The processing unit is configured to combine the evaluation signal with the input sound signal to generate the loudspeaker signal. |
| US09538299B2 |
Acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) with conferencing environment templates (CETs)
In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a network interface coupled to the processor. The computer system also includes a system memory coupled to the processor, the system memory storing a communication application having a conferencing user interface. The conferencing user interface, when executed, enables a user to set up a conferencing session by selecting one of a plurality of conferencing environment templates (CETs). Each CET is matched to one of a plurality of different sets of acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) parameters to be applied during the conferencing session. |
| US09538298B2 |
Attenuating tip for hearing aid
A hearing aid includes a speaker in a tip that is located in an ear canal. The tip includes a coupling, a retainer that mechanically engages the coupling, and a sleeve axially surrounding the retainer. The retainer attenuates lower frequencies than are attenuated by the sleeve. The sleeve is preferably a foam rubber and the retainer is preferably a composite material. A flange on the retainer reflects sound back into the sleeve for additional attenuation. It has been discovered that operation is improved if the outside diameter of the sleeve and the outside diameter of the retainer are in the ratio of approximately 1.75:1. |
| US09538295B2 |
Hearing aid specialized as a supplement to lip reading
A hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid comprises a microphone adapted to receive sound signals, an amplifier configured to amplify signals received by the microphone and output means (e.g. a receiver). The hearing aid is configured to detect if speech is received by the microphone and the hearing aid is configured to provide amplification of the detected sound signals according to a non-speech mode when no speech is detected. The hearing aid is configured to provide amplification of the detected sound signals according to a speech mode when speech is detected. The amplification carried out according to the non-speech mode is different from the amplification carried out according to the speech mode. The invention also discloses a method for amplifying sound signals received by a microphone in a hearing aid. |
| US09538293B2 |
Apparatus having varying geometry
Embodiments for a speaker spider of a loudspeaker are provided. The speaker spider may include a central opening and a plurality of concentric corrugations. Dimensions of the speaker spider may substantially homogenize stress on the speaker spiders during operation of the loud speaker. Dimensions of such a speaker spider that substantially homogenizes stress on the speaker spider during operation may involve one or more of (i) corrugations having azimuthally varying depths, (ii) corrugations having azimuthally varying crest and/or trough curvature radii, and (iii) corrugations having angularly varying distances from the central opening of the speaker spider, among other possibilities. |
| US09538292B1 |
Speaker with voice coil and field coil
An electromagnetic voice coil actuator comprises a pot core magnet structure having a magnetic flux conductive core, a field coil within the pot core magnet structure for generating magnetic field through the magnetic flux conductive core and across an air gap, a voice coil disposed within the air gap. The voice coil and the field coil are each driven by an amplified signal derived from the audio input signal to create an actuation force, wherein the pot core magnet structure uses a soft magnet core. |
| US09538290B2 |
Coaxial loudspeaker arrangement
Coaxial loudspeaker arrangement with an outer diaphragm (21) for operating in a lower frequency range, an inner diaphragm (23) for operating in a higher frequency range, both located in a common loudspeaker frame (10), with an outer voice coil (22) connected to the outer diaphragm (21), an inner voice coil (24) connected to the inner diaphragm (23), two coaxially arranged magnets (31, 32), and ferrite cores (41, 42, 43) in association with the magnets, wherein the voice coils (22, 24) extend into air gaps (51, 52) between the ferrite cores, and the diaphragms are connected to the loudspeaker frame (10) through flexible suspending elements (11-14). In the proposed loudspeaker, an inner core (41) and an outer core (42) separated from each other by an inner air gap (52), is located between an outer magnet (31) and an inner magnet (32); one ferrite core (43a) of the outer magnet (31) is separated by an outer air gap (51) from the outer core (42) located between the two magnets, wherein the voice coil (22) of the outer diaphragm (21) extends into the outer air gap (51) and the voice coil (24) of the inner diaphragm (23) extends into the inner air gap (52). |
| US09538289B2 |
Control parameter dependent audio signal processing
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform processing at least one control parameter dependent on at least one sensor input parameter, processing at least one audio signal dependent on the processed at least one control parameter, and outputting the processed at least one audio signal. |
| US09538286B2 |
Spatial adaptation in multi-microphone sound capture
A spatial adaptation system for multiple-microphone sound capture systems and methods thereof are described. A spatial adaptation system includes an inference and weight module configured to receive a inputs. The inputs based on two or more input signals captured by at least two microphones. The inference and weight module to determine one or more weight values base on at least one of the inputs. The spatial adaptation system also including a noise magnitude ratio update module coupled with the inference and weight module. The noise magnitude ratio update module to determine an updated noise target based on the one or more weight values from the inference and weight module. |
| US09538283B2 |
Ear microphone
Disclosed is an ear microphone which includes: a microphone for converting a voice signal provided from the external auditory meatus of a user to an electric signal; a speaker for converting the electric signal provided from an external device to the voice signal; and a soundproof member having a microphone receiving groove for fixing and supporting the microphone to the inside of the housing and a speaker receiving groove for fixing and supporting the speaker to the inside of the housing. |
| US09538282B2 |
Acoustically transparent waveguide
The invention provides a high-frequency acoustic waveguide for use in coaxial loudspeaker systems. The waveguide is made up of a plurality of walls that define a conduit with an input end and an output end. Each of the walls includes a mask layer and a perforation layer. The mask layer has a plurality of holes sized and shaped to make the mask layer acoustically transparent to sound waves below a crossover frequency. The perforation layer has a plurality of micro-perforations sized and shaped to make the perforation layer acoustically opaque to sound waves above the crossover frequency. The waveguide directs sound waves above the crossover frequency, and is acoustically transparent to sound waves below the crossover frequency. |
| US09538280B2 |
Attachment apparatus
Various embodiments provide for an improved attachment apparatus for attaching the attachment apparatus to an ear of a user. In some embodiments, the attachment apparatus may include an attachment body that defines an opening configured to enable a majority of a user's ear to pass through the opening when the attachment apparatus is coupled to the user. In such embodiments, the opening may include a first opening portion that enables an upper portion of the ear to pass through the opening and a second opening portion that enables a lower portion of the ear to pass through the opening. The attachment body may secure the attachment apparatus to a root of an upper portion of the user's ear received via the first opening portion and to a root of a lower portion of the user's ear received via the second opening portion. |
| US09538277B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a sound input path
A method and apparatus for controlling a sound input path in an electronic device. The method includes detecting a connection of an earphone device to an earphone interface; detecting a sound input through an earphone microphone, when detecting the connection of the earphone device. The earphone microphone is selected as a sound input device, when detecting the sound input through the earphone microphone. A built-in microphone of the electronic device is selected when the sound input through the earphone microphone is not detected. |
| US09538276B2 |
Earphone connection interface, terminal including the same, and method of operating terminal
An earphone connection interface, a terminal including the same, and a method of operating the terminal are provided. The earphone connection interface includes: a terminal left terminal, a terminal right terminal, a terminal ground terminal, an earphone detection terminal, and a terminal microphone terminal disposed sequentially along an inner wall of a cylindrical groove and an ear microphone bias voltage source electrically connected to the terminal microphone terminal; and a capacitor electrically connected to the terminal microphone terminal through a switch element. |
| US09538271B2 |
Electronic apparatus having microphone
An electronic apparatus is disclosed. An electronic apparatus comprises an inner chassis, a microphone that is disposed inside the inner chassis and has a sound collecting surface for obtaining voice, and an outer casing that covers an outside of the inner chassis. The inner chassis includes a sound passing hole penetrating the inner chassis in such a position as to face the sound collecting surface. The outer casing includes an inner surface that faces the inner chassis and an edge that faces the inner chassis with a gap between the inner chassis and the edge. The inner surface includes a sound passing groove that communicates with the sound passing hole. The sound passing groove extends to the edge. |
| US09538268B2 |
Complementary asymmetric transducer configuration for lower distortion and extended range
An improved loudspeaker system includes an asymmetrical array of dissimilar drivers, namely a first driver and a second complementary driver configured in an array and driven in parallel so that the measured on-axis frequency response and the output power (SPL) is improved as compared to a symmetrical array (with similar or matched midrange or mid-bass drivers), while retaining a flat tonal balance. This speaker system and method for voicing was discovered to provide lower distortion, improved frequency response and greater clarity as compared to the prior art or traditional (e.g., MTM) loudspeaker configurations. |
| US09538258B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving viewer engagement in video advertising
A computer implemented method and apparatus for improving viewer engagement in video advertising. The method comprises configuring a plurality of skip options for presentation in advertising content, such that each skip option of the plurality of skip options is presented in series for a limited duration during display of the advertising content until a presented one of the skip options is selected. |
| US09538256B2 |
Methods and systems for forced advertising
Methods and systems for forced advertising are provided. These methods and systems determine when a forced advertisement is to be presented, determine what forced advertisement is to be presented, and control how the forced advertisement is to be presented. A forced advertisement may be received prior to the time at which the forced advertisement is to be presented or when needed. The forced advertisement may be presented when certain broadcast advertisements are being broadcast, at certain times of the day, or at certain times within a program. The forced advertisements may be selected based upon content of a replaced broadcast advertisement, content of a nearby program, or independently of any broadcast-related factors. Finally, forced advertisements may be presented so that a television viewer cannot escape viewing the advertisement by changing channels or turning off the television. |
| US09538255B2 |
Information output device, information manipulation device, and computer program product
According to an embodiment, a tuner unit, a managing unit, a private code verifying unit, an application origin verifying unit, and a device operation command processing unit. The tuner unit is configured to perform a decoding process of a broadcast program and program related information from broadcasting waves. The managing unit is configured to store a private code on a device-by-device basis. The private code verifying unit is configured to verify whether the private code obtained from an information manipulation device matches with the stored private code. The application origin verifying unit is configured to determine whether first origin information that has been received matches with second origin information of the application being executed. The device operation command processing unit is configured to allow execution of the device operation command when the first origin information and the second origin information match and when the private codes match. |
| US09538251B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically enabling subtitles based on user activity
Systems and methods for automatically enabling subtitles are provided. A user request is received from a user input device to access a first media asset. A type of activity associated with the user is detected in response to receiving the user request. The type of activity is cross-referenced with a database of activity types associated with subtitles stored in a storage device. A subtitles setting is automatically enabled when the subtitles setting is disabled, in response to determining that the type of activity associated with the user is associated with subtitles. |
| US09538248B2 |
Method for sharing broadcast channel information and electronic device thereof
A broadcast channel information sharing method in an electronic device and the electronic device thereof are provided. An operation method in an electronic device includes creating a request message of requesting to share broadcast channel information, the request message comprising one or more of user information, location information, and habit information, transmitting, by the electronic device, the request message to a network server, receiving, by the electronic device, a response message corresponding to the request message from the network server, and extracting, by the electronic device, broadcast channel information of another electronic device comprised in the response message and sharing the extracted broadcast channel information with the other electronic device. |
| US09538245B2 |
Media system and method of providing recommended search term corresponding to an image
A media system and a method of providing recommended search term corresponding to an image are disclosed. Herein, a display device may be configured to display a still image of the content and a search window on a display screen. And, an electronic device may be configured to verify whether or not an image or a portion of the image has been dragged to the displayed search window, wherein the image may be included in the still image, and, when the image or the portion of the image has been dragged to the search window, the electronic device may be configured to send directions to the display device, so that the display device can display multiple search terms related to the image or the portion of the image as recommended search term on the search window. |
| US09538244B2 |
Extraction method for extracting a pitching scene and device for the same
An extraction method includes detecting a frame corresponding to a pitchers' pitching scene included in captured footage of a baseball game that includes plural frames, based on a frame image characteristic, and extracting a frame in which a transition is made from other frames not detected as frames corresponding to the pitching scene to the detected pitching scene, as a frame representing a start of one of respective pitches by the pitcher. |
| US09538240B2 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting space-shifted media associated with a digital recording/playback device
Methods and apparatus for detecting space-shifted media content associated with a digital recording/playback device are disclosed. An example method for detecting space-shifted media content includes detecting, at a router, a data packet transmitted from a first media device of a home network to a second media device of the home network; and determining, at the router, that media associated with the data packet is space-shifted when the data packet comprises at least one of media data or command data. |
| US09538238B2 |
Collective broadcasting based on geo-localized video streaming
A method for providing streamed video data from a plurality of sources within a known geographic area includes receiving at a server, via a communication network, first video stream data captured within the known geographic area using a first user device and second video stream data captured within the known geographic area using a second user device. The first video stream data is provided from the server to a display device associated with a user for being viewed by the user. An indication that the second video stream data is available to be viewed in addition to the first video stream data is also provided, from the server to the display device, via the communication network. |
| US09538234B2 |
Time-shifting of a live media stream
A media muxer node (10) of a local network (7) is configured to time-shift a live media stream, by storing the stream on a local network storage (3) during a pause, and providing the stored and time-shifted stream to a local network-UE (5) after the pause. The pausing and the resuming of the media stream can be initiated from an external network-connected UE (1) outside the local network, or directly from the local network UE (7). The system also comprises a media aggregating node (2) for authentication of the external network—connected UE (1), which are both connected to a virtual control node (4). If a pause in the replay is discovered, the media muxer node (10) sees to the storage of the media in a local network storage (3) until the discovery of a restart command. |
| US09538232B2 |
Chapterized streaming of video content
A method includes sending, by a user device, a request for video content based on a selected video content chapter of the video content. The method also includes receiving video content information that includes a list of video content chapters of the video content. The method includes determining, for each listed video content chapter, whether the video content chapter has been previously stored on the user device. The method further includes downloading particular chapters of the video content in a priority order based on the selected chapter in response to a determination that the particular chapters have not been previously stored on the user device, and playing the video content based on the selected chapter. |
| US09538231B2 |
Systems and methods for rendering multiple applications on television screens
A method for rendering application user interfaces on a television screen executes at a computer system coupled with the television screen. The computer system includes one or more processors and memory storing a plurality of applications configured for execution by the one or more processors. The method provides a user interface of a first application of the plurality of applications for display on the television screen. The method receives from a personal user device a user interface of a second application. The personal user device is distinct from the computer system and the user interface of the second application is provided by one or more programs executing on the personal user device. The method concurrently displays on the television screen the user interface of the first application and the user interface of the second application. |
| US09538227B2 |
Techniques for call integration with a television set-top box (STB)
Techniques for call integration are provided. Call logs associated with multiple voice accounts are acquired and integrated as an integrated call log. The integrated call log is presented at a display. A user can take a variety of actions on the integrated call log as a whole or on individual entries within the integrated call log. |
| US09538226B2 |
Method for operating moving pictures and electronic device thereof
A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method of operating an electronic device includes generating at least one second moving picture representing a reaction to a first moving picture of a user of the electronic device based on a visual point of the first moving picture using an image sensor included in the electronic device while playing the first moving picture captured or received from a server. The method also includes generating a third moving picture in which at least a portion of the second moving picture is coupled to a partial area of the first moving picture at a corresponding visual point of the first moving picture. |
| US09538223B1 |
Synchronous communication system and method
A method and computing system for providing, using one or more computing devices, a synchronous communication session for a plurality of users of a social network. A first video stream of a first user of the plurality of users is rendered within a primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session. At least a second video stream of at least a second user of the plurality of users is rendered within the primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session. |
| US09538222B2 |
Device for the allocation and management of subscriptions for the reception of broadcast products
A device to reduce bandwidth necessary for renewal of subscriptions for reception of broadcast services including: defining a plurality of sets of subscriber identification numbers, each set being associated with a product; splitting a set of subscriber identification numbers into groups of subscribers; searching for an available subscriber identification number related to the desired product at the time of initialization of a new subscriber; confirming that an inhibit duration has elapsed between the end of the previous subscription and the start of the new subscription; sending an initialization message to the new subscriber addressed with his unique identification address and containing the subscriber identification number of, and rights to, his product; preparing a group rights renewal message for the product to the group containing the subscriber identification number, this message comprising the group header containing this subscriber and a compressed bitmap for individually addressing each of the group members. |
| US09538221B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying media content and media guidance information
A system comprises television equipment and a number of portable electronic devices. The television equipment includes a large display and control circuitry. The control circuitry receives media content and media guidance data for display on the display. The control circuitry also includes communication components for communicating with the portable electronic devices. The portable electronic devices are operable for displaying video and communicating with the television equipment. A method comprises the steps of receiving media guidance information with a first portable electronic device; transmitting at least some of the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device to the control circuitry of the television equipment; and displaying the media guidance information from the first portable electronic device on the display of the television equipment while simultaneously displaying media content or media guidance information received from a source other than the first portable electronic device. |
| US09538217B1 |
Database driven computer systems and computer-implemented methods for processing real-time attribution of web originated activities to media agency records and tracking thereof
In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to a computer system which includes: a specifically programmed server, where the server includes a plurality of modules configured to perform at least: electronically and periodically obtaining, over a computer network, media data from a plurality of computer systems of media data sources, where the media data is associated with a plurality of media airings of a plurality creatives; electronically and periodically obtaining web tracking transaction data from a computer system of a web tracking electronic source; where the web tracking transaction data including web tracking metrics for web originated activities; where web originated activities include web orders placed in response to the offer associated with the creative; for each web order record in the transactional web data: attributing, by the specifically programmed server, a particular web order to a particular media airing; and displaying a real time updatable web attribution report. |
| US09538216B1 |
System for taking action with respect to a media work
A computer system comprising one or more electronic communications devices, one or more processors, and one or more computer readable media having stored thereon computer instructions for carrying out the steps of: maintaining one or more databases comprising first electronic data comprising digitally created reference compact electronic representations for each of a plurality of reference electronic works and second electronic data associated with the reference electronic works and related to action information; obtaining a first digitally created compact electronic representation comprising one or more extracted feature vectors of a first electronic work; identifying a matching reference electronic work comparing the first digitally created compact electronic representation of the first electronic work with the first electronic data using an approximate nearest neighbor search; determining the action information corresponding to the matching reference electronic work based on the second electronic data; and associating the determined action information with the first electronic work. |
| US09538210B2 |
Employing helper transport streams for re-multiplexing
In one system embodiment, a master re-multiplexer may be configured to receive an indexed transport stream, re-multiplex the indexed transport stream by performing a set of re-multiplexing operations, generate a helper transport stream, the helper transport stream comprising a description of the set of operations, wherein the set of operations comprises both program clock reference (PCR) re-stamping and inserting packets, and providing the helper transport stream over a communications network to plural remote re-multiplexers capable of identically re-multiplexing the indexed transport stream based on the helper transport stream. |
| US09538208B2 |
Hardware accelerated distributed transcoding of video clips
Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for distributed transcoding of video clips. |
| US09538205B2 |
Arithmetic decoding device, image decoding apparatus, arithmetic coding device, and image coding apparatus
In order to simplify hardware and improve coding efficiency, an adjacent sub-block coefficient presence/absence context deriving unit 124c derives context indexes as three-stage values according to a position of a process target transform coefficient in a process target sub-block in a case where a sub-block coefficient presence/absence flag is 0 in a right adjacent sub-block or a lower adjacent sub-block. |
| US09538203B2 |
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. |
| US09538202B2 |
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. |
| US09538200B2 |
Signaling of deblocking filter parameters in video coding
This disclosure describes techniques for signaling deblocking filter parameters for a current slice of video data with reduced bitstream overhead. Deblocking filter parameters may be coded in one or more of a picture layer parameter set and a slice header. The techniques reduce a number of bits used to signal the deblocking filter parameters by coding a first syntax element that indicates whether deblocking filter parameters are present in both the picture layer parameter set and the slice header, and only coding a second syntax element in the slice header when both sets of deblocking filter parameters are present. Coding the second syntax element is eliminated when deblocking filter parameters are present in only one of the picture layer parameter set or the slice header. The second syntax element indicates which set of deblocking filter parameters to use to define a deblocking filter applied to a current slice. |
| US09538197B2 |
Methods and systems to estimate motion based on reconstructed reference frames at a video decoder
Methods and systems to apply motion estimation (ME) based on reconstructed reference pictures in a B frame or in a P frame at a video decoder. For a P frame, projective ME may be performed to obtain a motion vector (MV) for a current input block. In a B frame, both projective ME and mirror ME may be performed to obtain an MV for the current input block. The ME process can be performed on sub-partitions of the input block, which may reduce the prediction error without increasing the amount of MV information in the bitstream. Decoder-side ME can be applied for the prediction of existing inter frame coding modes, and traditional ME or the decoder-side ME can be adaptively selected to predict a coding mode based on a rate distribution optimization (RDO) criterion. |
| US09538193B2 |
Image quality control techniques
A technique for controlling the quality of one or more compressed images. The technique allows, for example, the selection of a target quality metric(s) and the compression of the image(s) such the compressed image(s) meets the metric(s). Alternatively, a target quality metric can be specified, and the image(s) compressed using parameters estimated to achieve the target quality. Optionally, the quality metric can also be made available to, for example, a user on an image processing system. The quality metrics can be, for example, for one or more layers, one or more images and/or one or more image sequences. |
| US09538190B2 |
Intra rate control for video encoding based on sum of absolute transformed difference
This disclosure describes techniques for rate control for intra coded frames. In one example of the disclosure, a rate control parameter may be calculated using a target bit rate and a complexity measure. In one example, the complexity measure is calculated with a sum of absolute transformed differences (SATD) calculation of an intra-coded frame. |
| US09538189B2 |
Skip macroblock coding
Various techniques and tools for encoding and decoding (e.g., in a video encoder/decoder) binary information (e.g., skipped macroblock information) are described. In some embodiments, the binary information is arranged in a bit plane, and the bit plane is coded at the picture/frame layer. The encoder and decoder process the binary information and, in some embodiments, switch coding modes. For example, the encoder and decoder use normal, row-skip, column-skip, or differential modes, or other and/or additional modes. In some embodiments, the encoder and decoder define a skipped macroblock as a predicted macroblock whose motion is equal to its causally predicted motion and which has zero residual error. In some embodiments, the encoder and decoder use a raw coding mode to allow for low-latency applications. |
| US09538185B2 |
Multi-description-based video encoding and decoding method, device and system
A multi-description-based video encoding and decoding method, device and system, comprising the following steps: separating odd frames from even frames to generate and encode an initial description; utilizing the correlation of macro-block levels between different descriptions to generate and encode the side information of different modes; and transmitting via a channel. The present invention may be used in a real-time video transmission scenario. |
| US09538180B2 |
Motion vector prediction in video coding
During a process to derive an inter-view predicted motion vector candidate (IPMVC) for an Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP) candidate list, a video coder determines, based on a disparity vector of a current prediction unit (PU), a reference PU for the current PU. Furthermore, when a first reference picture of the reference PU has the same picture order count (POC) value as a target reference picture of the current PU, the video coder determines an IPMVC based on a first motion vector of the reference PU. Otherwise, when a second reference picture of the reference PU has the same POC value as the target reference picture of the current PU, the video coder determines the IPMVC based on a second motion vector of the reference PU. |
| US09538179B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing occlusions in motion estimation
A method and an apparatus for processing occlusions in motion estimation are described. For processing an occlusion in a forward motion field of a second frame relative to a first frame the forward motion field of the second frame relative to the first frame is determined with a motion estimator. Then an area in the second frame that is occluded in the first frame is identified with an occlusion identifier. Finally, a motion corrector determines a corrected forward motion field by filling the forward motion field in the identified area in the second frame using motion vectors of a previous backward motion field of the second frame relative to a previous third frame. |
| US09538173B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image by using adaptive loop filter on frequency domain using conversion
A video encoding method for reducing encoding error by using a loop filter is provided, the method including: generating a reconstructed image from encoded data of an original image; determining one or more regions on which the loop filter is applied in the reconstructed image; transforming the original image and the reconstructed image which correspond to each region of the determined one or more regions from a spatial domain into a frequency domain; determining loop filter coefficients for said each region by comparing the transformed original image and the transformed reconstructed image; loop-filtering the reconstructed image based on the loop filter coefficients for said each region; and encoding information on the loop filter coefficients for said each region. |
| US09538172B2 |
Grouping bypass coded syntax elements in video coding
A video encoding device is configured to generate a first group of syntax elements. Each syntax element in the first group indicates whether a prediction mode of a respective prediction unit (PU) is based on an index into a list of most probable modes. A second group of syntax elements is generated that correspond to respective syntax elements in the first group. The syntax elements in the second group identify either an index into the list of most probable modes or an intra-prediction mode. The first group of syntax elements are context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) encoded, and the second group of syntax elements are bypass encoded. A video decoder is configured to receive the entropy encoded first and second groups of syntax elements. The video decoder CABAC decodes the first group of flags and bypass decodes the second group of flags. |
| US09538164B2 |
Stereoscopic conversion with viewing orientation for shader based graphics content
The example techniques of this disclosure are directed to generating a stereoscopic view from an application designed to generate a mono view. For example, the techniques may modify instructions for a vertex shader based on a viewing angle. When the modified vertex shader is executed, the modified vertex shader may generate coordinates for vertices for a stereoscopic view based on the viewing angle. |
| US09538157B2 |
Methods and systems for three dimensional optical imaging, sensing, particle localization and manipulation
Embodiments include methods, systems, and/or devices that may be used to image, obtain three-dimensional information from a scene, and/or locate multiple small particles and/or objects in three dimensions. A point spread function (PSF) with a predefined three dimensional shape may be implemented to obtain high Fisher information in 3D. The PSF may be generated via a phase mask, an amplitude mask, a hologram, or a diffractive optical element. The small particles may be imaged using the 3D PSF. The images may be used to find the precise location of the object using an estimation algorithm such as maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), expectation maximization, or Bayesian methods, for example. Calibration measurements can be used to improve the theoretical model of the optical system. Fiduciary particles/targets can also be used to compensate for drift and other type of movement of the sample relative to the detector. |
| US09538156B2 |
System and method for providing 3D sound
Systems and methods are provided for associating position information and sound. The method includes obtaining position information of an object at a given time; obtaining position information of a camera at the given time; determining a relative position of the object relative to the camera's position; and associating sound information with the relative position of the object. In another aspect, the position and orientation of a microphone are also tracked to calibrate the sound produced by an object or person, and the calibrated sound is associated with the relative position of the object, that is relative to the camera. |
| US09538152B2 |
High resolution thin multi-aperture imaging systems
A multi-aperture imaging system comprising a first camera with a first sensor that captures a first image and a second camera with a second sensor that captures a second image, the two cameras having either identical or different FOVs. The first sensor may have a standard color filter array (CFA) covering one sensor section and a non-standard color CFA covering another. The second sensor may have either Clear or standard CFA covered sections. Either image may be chosen to be a primary or an auxiliary image, based on a zoom factor. An output image with a point of view determined by the primary image is obtained by registering the auxiliary image to the primary image. |
| US09538150B2 |
Monitoring system
Monitoring system of person coming to entrance comprises camera for capturing image of the person and recorder for the captured image, the system informing the person of the image recordation for deterring a crime in bad visit case or making polite notice in goodwill visit case. Unlock system has an intercom for visitor to request unlock and a self unlock operating portion for resident. If unlock done through intercom with acquaintance confirmed, polite notice is preferred, whereas “note record” is added to the image record in case of intercom unlock with unacquainted assumed. If unlock done by resident, the information and the image recordation are withheld. If entrance in a group detected, “note record” is added to the image record in case bad person successively follows goodwill person duly unlocking entrance. Privacy of acquaintance visitor image is protected by password. “Note record” is added to image record without voice message. |
| US09538148B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting user intention using captured image
A method and apparatus for transmitting a user's intention using a captured image, the method including: if a signal for selecting an article category is received from a terminal, capturing articles belonging to the article category and transmitting the captured image of the articles to the terminal; receiving from the terminal tag information indicating user's intention generated based on the captured image; and mapping the received tag information to a predetermined position on the captured image and transmitting the captured image with the mapped tag information to the terminal. |
| US09538147B2 |
Method and system for determining proper positioning of an object
A method and apparatus for determining an indication of interaction in a direction towards a webcam. The method includes the steps of determining an object in a region of interest, determining a first size of the object in the region of interest and tracking the object in the region of interest. A second size of the object in the region of interest is then determined, and a push interaction is confirmed as having taken place if the ratio of the second size to the first size is greater than a predetermined value. |
| US09538138B2 |
System for providing access to shared multimedia content
A system for providing access to shared multimedia content within a defined room environment includes a hub and a plurality of remote connection devices. The hub, configured to provide a wireless network having a frequency of 60 GHz and compatible with the IEEE 802.11ad protocol, delivers the wireless network via a plurality of radio transceivers and has at least one local device connection. The local device connection includes an interface to an associated wide area network. |
| US09538137B2 |
Mitigating loss in inter-operability scenarios for digital video
Ways to mitigate loss in inter-operability scenarios for digital video are presented. For example, a bitstream modification tool (such as a bitstream rewriter running on a network node of a videoconferencing system) receives an incoming bitstream of encoded video (e.g., from an encoder that uses a first loss recovery strategy). The bitstream modification tool processes the incoming bitstream of encoded video to produce an outgoing bitstream of encoded video. In doing so, the bitstream modification tool changes at least one syntax element between the incoming bitstream and the outgoing bitstream so as to mitigate picture loss effects during decoding of the outgoing bitstream under lossy delivery conditions. The bitstream modification tool outputs the outgoing bitstream. In this way, the bitstream modification tool can help avoid blank screens, frozen screens, or other failures during decoding under lossy delivery conditions (e.g., with a decoder that uses a different loss recovery strategy). |
| US09538136B2 |
Pairing devices in conference using ultrasonic beacon and subsequent connection transfer
A videoconferencing system has a videoconferencing unit that use portable devices as peripherals for the system. The portable devices obtain near-end audio and send the audio to the videoconferencing unit via a wireless connection. In turn, the videoconferencing unit sends the near-end audio from the loudest portable device along with near-end video to the far-end. The portable devices can control the videoconferencing unit and can initially establish the videoconference by connecting with the far-end and then transferring operations to the videoconferencing unit. To deal with acoustic coupling between the unit's loudspeaker and the portable device's microphone, the unit uses an echo canceller that is compensated for differences in the clocks used in the A/D and D/A converters of the loudspeaker and microphone. |
| US09538134B2 |
Method and system for resource load balancing in a conferencing session
Methods and systems for resource load balancing of teleconference and video conference sessions are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for resource load balancing of a teleconference session including a plurality of participant devices may include assigning each of the plurality of participant devices into one of a plurality of groups of participant devices based on at least one first heuristic, designating a leader device for each group of participant devices, based on at least one second heuristic to coordinate the teleconference session communications, and coordinating the teleconference session communications of each leader device to facilitate the teleconference session among the plurality of participant devices. |
| US09538133B2 |
Conveying gaze information in virtual conference
A system and a method for executing a virtual conference that conveys gaze information are presented. Where there are three nodes, input from the first node indicating a gaze recipient of a first participant is received, the gaze recipient being associated with one of the second and third nodes. A virtual space is constructed in which representations of the first participant, a second participant who is associated with the second node, and a third participant who is associated with the third node are positioned in a predetermined order. The gaze angle of the first participant in the virtual space is determined based on the position of the representation of the first participant's gaze recipient in the virtual space. An image that includes the first participant looking at his gaze recipient in the virtual space, as seen from the position of the second participant in the virtual space, is generated. |
| US09538132B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for controlling audio and video transmission
Methods and systems are provided for controlling an audio and video transmission. The method includes receiving audio and video information reported from terminals, after establishing an audio and video transmission connection according to an audio and video transmission connection request; acquiring terminal types and a type of the audio and video transmission connection request; adjusting one or more audio and video transmission parameters according to the audio and video information, the terminal types, and the type of the audio and video transmission connection request; and issuing the adjusted audio and video transmission parameters to the corresponding terminals. |
| US09538128B2 |
System and method for managing video processing in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a communication channel between a first network element and a second network element; identifying a video processing characteristic for a data stream in a network environment; embedding a plurality of bits into the data stream in order to identify the video processing characteristic that has been identified by the first network element; and communicating the data stream with the plurality of bits to a next destination. |
| US09538126B2 |
Super-resolution of dynamic scenes using sampling rate diversity
Super-resolution of dynamic scenes using sampling rate diversity, processes and systems thereof are provided. The method implementing the processes includes: in a first stage, super-resolving secondary low-resolution (LR) images using a set of primary LR images to create LR dictionaries to represent polyphase components (PPCs) of high resolution (HR) patches of images; and, in a second stage, reverting to a single frame super-resolution (SR) applied to each frame which comprises an entire image, using the HR dictionaries extracted from the super-resolved sequence obtain in the first stage. |
| US09538123B2 |
Apparatus and method for recording content
Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for switching streams in response to detecting a start trigger are presented. A program's start trigger indicating that the program is upcoming may be detected on a first stream, and in response to detecting the start trigger on the first stream, a second stream containing the program may be switched to. The program may be a video program. Segment triggers may be detected and may be used to selectively record and/or delete segments of the program according to a priority scheme. Multiple start triggers may be detected at decreasing time intervals. The existence of a recording conflict may be determined based on a program's start trigger and a user may be alerted of the recording conflict. |
| US09538122B2 |
System and method for time shifting at least a portion of a program
A system and method is provided for time shifting a video program. In one embodiment of the present invention, a receiver, which may be configured to function as both a receiver and a DVR, is configured to receive a video program having both primary and secondary portions. The receiving device is further configured to play both portions of the video program if the program is being watched (a) during a first period of time or (b) during a second period of time and a user desires to watch both portions, and to play only the primary portions if the program is being watched during the second period of time and the user desires to watch only the primary portions. By doing this, the user can avoid the secondary portions when those portions have a diminished value to the user, the content owner, the content provider and/or advertisers. |
| US09538118B2 |
Display Device
This display device includes a heat radiation member made of metal, configured to radiate heat generated from a light source portion, a rear housing arranged on the rear side of the heat radiation member, a substrate mounting member made of sheet metal, mounted with a circuit substrate, and a cover member covering the substrate mounting member from the rear side of the substrate mounting member in a state where the rear surface of the rear housing is exposed to the outside, while the heat radiation member is arranged to come into contact with the substrate mounting member. |
| US09538114B2 |
Method and system for improving responsiveness of a voice recognition system
A system includes a voice converter converting a first voice command into a first electrical command and a command library having library contents. A language responsiveness module (LRM) stores the first electrical command in a temporary set when a first control command cannot be determined from the library contents. A voice prompt module receives a second voice command when the first control command cannot be determined from the library contents. The voice converter converts a second voice command into a second electrical command corresponding to the second voice command. The LRM compares the second electrical command to the command library. The LRM determines a second control command corresponding to the second electrical command in response to comparing the second voice command to the command library and stores the first voice command in the command library after determining the control command corresponding to the second voice command. |
| US09538108B2 |
Endoscope system and pixel correction method
An endoscope system includes: a light source; an image sensor having pixels, each performing photoelectric conversion on received light to output an electric signal, and the image sensor imaging a subject to generate image data of the subject; a difference calculation unit that calculates, for each pixel, difference data between a dark image and a dark reference image, the dark image being output from the image sensor during lights-out time when the light source is turned off, and the dark reference image having been preliminarily obtained by averaging dark images generated by the image sensor; a detection unit that detects in the difference data a pixel whose pixel value is a threshold or more, as a blinking defective pixel in the image sensor; and a correction unit that corrects the electric signal output from the blinking defective pixel, using electric signals output from neighboring pixels of the blinking defective pixel. |
| US09538107B2 |
Imaging detector
Asilicon imaging detector tile (216) includes a silicon photosensor layer (302) including a plurality of detector pixels (304), each with a photo-transistor (406), and a silicon electronics layer (314), coupled to the silicon photosensor layer, including a current-to-frequency converter and bias control (404) for each of the plurality of photo-transistor. A method includes sensing, with a photo-transistor of a detector pixel of a silicon photosensor layer of an imaging detector and in an absence of x-ray radiation, a dark current, regulating, with bias control, an amount of the dark current transmitted to a current-to-frequency converter of a silicon electronics layer coupled to the silicon photosensor layer, and converting, with the current-to-frequency converter, the amount of the dark current transmitted to the current-to-frequency converter. |
| US09538105B2 |
Digital double sampling method, a related CMOS image sensor, and a digital camera comprising the CMOS image sensor
A digital double sampling method, a related complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, and a digital camera comprising the CMOS image sensor are disclosed. The method includes generating first digital data corresponding to an initial voltage level apparent in a pixel in response to a reset signal, inverting the first digital data, outputting a detection voltage corresponding to image data received from outside of the CMOS image sensor, and counting in synchronization with a clock signal, starting from an initial value equal to the inverted first digital data, and for an amount of time responsive to a voltage level of the detection voltage. |
| US09538103B2 |
Signal processing unit, signal processing method, image pickup device, and image pickup apparatus
A signal processing unit includes: a synchronizing signal control section configured to control length of a synchronizing signal for a predetermined row in a frame, in which the synchronizing signal serves as a basis of charge read processing that reads charge from a pixel array on a row basis; and a timing adjustment section configured to adjust timing of electronic shutter operation of unit pixels, according to the length of the synchronizing signal for the predetermined row controlled by the synchronizing signal control section. |
| US09538102B2 |
Systems and methods for color binning
In various exemplary embodiments, optically sensitive devices comprise a plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel region includes an optically sensitive layer over a substrate and has subpixel regions for separate wavebands. A pixel circuit comprises a charge store and a read out circuit for each subpixel region. Circuitry is configured to select a plurality of subpixel elements from different pixels that correspond to the same waveband for simultaneous reading to a shared read out circuit. |
| US09538100B1 |
Systems and methods for image processing using visible and near-infrared spectral information
Systems and methods for receiving image information with spectral components in the visible and near infrared (NIR) spectral ranges and separating the image information in the visible spectral range from the image information in the NIR spectral range is described. The separation of the of the visible and NIR spectral range image information may be performed using a colorimetric calibration matrix. The colorimetric calibration matrix may be determined based at least in part on training image information with a known tristimulus matrix. |
| US09538098B2 |
Hyperspectral camera and method for acquiring hyperspectral data
A hyperspectral camera includes light mixing chambers projected onto an imaging sensor. The projection of each chamber is slightly larger than a sensor pixel. The chambers are placed as a linear array in a slit plane or as a two dimensional matrix in front of the imaging sensor. The mixed light from each chamber is depicted by several sensor pixels. The sensor outputs information used to form an overdetermined equation set. The set is solved and optimized for the solution giving the lowest overall error or the best fit. The solution of the equation set combined with the optimization is the intensity values of the chambers constituting imaginary pixels being calculated. These imaginary pixels form the output of an improved hyperspectral camera system, which has significantly lower optical errors like keystone and point spread function variation for different wavelengths. |
| US09538096B2 |
Imaging system and methods with variable lateral magnification
Methods and apparatus for producing images having variable lateral magnification. One example of such a method includes receiving a first image having a first level of magnification and representing a first field of view, simultaneously receiving a second image having a second level of magnification and representing a second field of view, the second level of magnification being higher than the first level of magnification and the second field of view being narrower than the first field of view, and digitally processing the first and second images to produce a composite image having a variable lateral magnification derived from the first and second levels of magnification. |
| US09538092B2 |
Methods and apparatus to generate wide dynamic range images
Methods and apparatus to generate wide dynamic range images are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first processing block having first input, second input to receive input data from an image sensor, and first output; a second processing block having third input, fourth input to receive input data from the image sensor, and second output, at least one of the first and second outputs to output a WDR image based on at least two of the first, second, third and fourth inputs; an architecture recognizer having fifth input and third output, the third output to convey an architecture type of the image sensor; a function selector having fourth output to identify at least one of the first and second processing blocks based on the third output; and a sensor adapter having seventh input coupled to the fourth output and having fifth output coupled to the first and third inputs. |
| US09538089B2 |
Image-taking apparatus, information processing apparatus, and image-taking system
There is provided an image-taking system including an information processing apparatus and an image-taking apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output external brightness information, a determining unit configured to determine if an external image-taking apparatus exists or not, and an output unit configured to output the external brightness information to the image-taking apparatus if the image-taking apparatus exists. The image-taking apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output internal brightness information, and a controller configured to control exposure based on an exposure value, the exposure value being based on the internal brightness information detected by the detector and external brightness information received from an external apparatus. |
| US09538088B2 |
Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; a fifth lens group having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens group having positive refractive power. The first to sixth lens groups are arranged in order from an object side. A total length of the zoom lens varies when a lens position state varies from a wide end state to a telephoto end state. A focusing operation is performed through allowing the fifth lens group to travel along an optical axis in accordance with variation in a subject distance from infinite to a closer distance. |
| US09538086B2 |
Method of performing previewing and electronic device for implementing the same
An electronic device is configured to perform a method of previewing images photographed by a plurality of cameras. The method includes displaying a main preview image of a first one of the cameras, and displaying a sub preview image of a second one of the cameras in the main preview image; changing a property of the sub preview image in response to movement of the electronic device; and when the movement of the electronic device stops, restoring the changed property to an original property before the changing. |
| US09538079B2 |
Methods and electronic devices enabling panoramic photography
The present disclosure discloses a method and an electronic device enabling panoramic photography. The method includes: obtaining a first operation; determining whether the first operation meets a first predetermined condition, so as to obtain a first determination result; obtaining parameter information of the electronic device by the sensing unit, when the first determination result is used for representing that the first operation meets the first predetermined condition; further determining whether the parameter information meets a second predetermined condition, so as to obtain a second determination result; controlling the electronic device to enter into the panoramic photography mode, when the second determination result represents that the parameter information meets the second predetermined condition. The method may be applied to enabling the panoramic photography. |
| US09538078B2 |
User interface for wide angle photography
The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI. |
| US09538073B2 |
Controlling device and method of vehicle camera
A control device for a vehicle camera may include: a wiper relay connected to a multi-function switch to operate a vehicle wiper at a predetermined cycle; a camera controller connected to the wiper relay, and synchronizing the operation cycle of the wiper with an imaging cycle of the vehicle camera such that the vehicle camera images the front of the vehicle according to the operation period of the wiper; and an image filter connected to the camera controller, estimating the position of the wiper from edge information of the images taken by the camera, and searching and removing the wiper in the taken images. |
| US09538072B2 |
Gesture invoked image capture
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for gesture invoked image capture. An electronic device includes an image capture device. An initiation module enables the image capture device to capture images. A detection module recognizes an object held in a user's hands within a field of view of the image capture device. An imaging module captures an image of the object being held in the user's hands in response to recognizing that the user is holding an object. |
| US09538068B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and focus detection method
The image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor photoelectrically converting paired object images formed by light fluxes from mutually different pupil areas of an image capturing optical system, a signal producing part producing, by using output from each of plural pixel lines in a focus detection area in the image sensor, paired image signals corresponding to the paired object images for each pixel line, a calculating part calculating a defocus amount by using the paired image signals produced for each pixel line. The calculating part shifts the paired image signals relatively, produce first correlation data showing change of a correlation value of the paired image signals according to their relative shift amount, adds the first correlation data produced for the respective plural pixel lines to produce second correlation data, and calculates the defocus amount from the second correlation data. |
| US09538064B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, lens apparatus, and camera apparatus
Provided is an image pickup apparatus, including: a lens portion including a focus lens unit and a magnification-varying lens unit; an image pickup element movable in an optical axis direction; a moving unit for moving the image pickup element in the optical axis direction; a memory unit for storing, as a reference position, a position of the image pickup element serving as a reference in the optical axis direction, the position corresponding to a zoom position; an operation unit for operating a defocus amount; and a controller for controlling the moving unit to move the image pickup element based on the reference position and the defocus amount operated by the operation unit. |
| US09538061B1 |
Method and program product for controlling a real time filming of a remote location
A method and program product includes establishing a bi-directional communication channel with an operator's filming system. At least one command is communicated to the operator's filming system. The command at least includes instructions for conducting a filming, wherein the instructions are displayable on the operator's filming system. At least a real time stream of the filming is received. At least additional commands are communicated to the operator's filming system during the receiving, wherein the communicating, the receiving and the communicating during the receiving comprise a negative feedback loop during the filming. |
| US09538060B1 |
Video capture system including two independent image sensors
An in-vehicle video system comprising a forward-looking video camera system that includes two independent image sensors and associated digital signal processors for processing imagery received from the respective independent image sensors. The in-vehicle-video system may also comprise a microphone and a transmitter; and a computing system for interfacing with the forward-looking video camera system configured to control the capture, storage and processing of video, still images and audio received from the transmitter and the forward-looking video camera system. The computing system is operable to control image capture including enabling the forward-looking video camera system in a plurality of modes, and to command the forward-looking video camera system to transition to a first mode including commanding a first independent image sensor to capture high-resolution video imagery while a second independent image sensor of the two independent image sensors is capturing still images. |
| US09538058B2 |
Imaging device
The imaging device has a display section, an imaging section configured to generate an image of an object, an operation section configured to accept an operation, and a record control section. The record control section starts recording of video image data based on the generated image after a predetermined operation through the operation section is accepted and a predetermined period of time passes thereafter. Until the operation section accepts the predetermined operation, the display section displays a first mark in a first form. Until the predetermined period of time passes after acceptance of user operation thorough the operation section, the display section displays the first mark in a second form. After the predetermined period of time passes, the display section displays a second mark different from the first mark. |
| US09538057B2 |
Method and apparatus for photographing a panoramic image
A method and apparatus for photographing a panoramic image. The method includes detecting a Motion Vector (MV) of a plurality of images captured through a photographing unit, selecting regions to be included in the panoramic image from the plurality of images, based on the MV, and generating the panoramic image including the selected regions. |
| US09538056B2 |
High-resolution surface measurement systems and methods
This disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for capturing and measuring surface topography. This disclosure provides a high resolution retrographic sensor comprising a volume of elastomer and a thin, opaque reflective membrane. The reflective membrane is arranged to conform to a specimen that contacts it. The disclosure provides a high resolution visualization system comprising the retrographic sensor and an illumination source. Also provided are high resolution measurement systems comprising the retrographic sensor, an illumination source, an imaging device, and a processing component. |
| US09538055B2 |
Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus
A lens barrel which is capable of securing excellent impact resistance of a lens barrel without increasing the lens barrel in size. A fixed barrel has a plurality of first projection or follower portions on an outer peripheral part thereof and having a flange portion on an object side-outer peripheral end thereof. A stopper member is fixedly arranged coaxially with the fixed barrel and has a plurality of second projection or follower portions. A cam barrel rotatingly moves in the optical axis direction. In an area where the cam barrel is extended to the object side and is close to the flange portion of the fixed barrel, side walls of the plurality of the second cam grooves with which the plurality of the second projection or follower portions are engaged, respectively, are open on the image surface side of the plurality of the second cam grooves. |
| US09538054B2 |
Vehicle-mounted camera device
A vehicle-mounted camera device that is mounted on a vehicle and captures a surrounding image from which lights are collected by a lens, in which the lens is set so as to have the surface having a contact angle less than or equal to 100°, preferably less than or equal to 60° so that water attached on the surface is made into a form of a film. For this reason, the surface of the lens has high hydrophilicity, and if water droplets are attached when it is raining, the water droplets extend over the surface of the lens to form a water film. Thus, if mud or other attached matter is attached on the surface of the lens, it is possible to remove the attached matter without delay, and it is possible to always keep the surface of the lens in a clean state. |
| US09538053B2 |
Camera tampering protection
A protective camera enclosure (3) for a monitoring camera (1) comprises a cover portion (5) which is selectively moveable, in response to a detected tampering threat, from a retracted configuration exposing the camera (1) to an extended configuration covering and physically protecting the camera (1). |
| US09538050B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating jitter-related data
A jitter-associated data generator is provided for generating data associated with jitter. The jitter-associated data generator comprises a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit generates an output including frequency components in a first frequency band common to first and second jitter, from a received digital input, as digital data associated with first jitter. The second circuit generates an output including frequency components in a second frequency band corresponding to the difference between the first and second jitter, from the received input, as differential digital data. The third circuit generates an output including frequency components in a third frequency band including the first and second frequency bands, from the received first jitter-associated digital data and differential digital data, as digital data associated with the second jitter. |
| US09538048B2 |
Computer readable medium and computerized method of determining whether portions of a video are part of a continuous video segment
A computerized method is used to determine whether portions of a video are part of a continuous video segment. The method includes identifying a time code break in a plurality of time codes of a video by having a computing device examine the plurality of time codes of the video. The method also includes determining whether a first portion of the video located before the time code break and a second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of a continuous video segment by having a computing device examine the expected time code of the first frame of the second portion of the video and a location of the second portion of the video with respect to a location of the first portion of the video. A computer readable medium stores a set of computer executable instructions for performing the method. |
| US09538047B2 |
Image processing apparatus that ensures monochrome output on color document including fluorescent color while maintaining reading operation speed and image processing speed, image processing method, image forming apparatus, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus includes a single-color image reading circuit and a fluorescent color area extracting circuit. The single-color image reading circuit reads an image on a document to create single-color image data. The fluorescent color area extracting circuit extracts a fluorescent color area included in the single-color image data based on pixel values of respective pixels constituting the single-color image data created by the single-color image reading circuit. |
| US09538043B2 |
Image forming system that prevents increasing of data amount of print data and reducing of printing result quality, image forming apparatus, and recording medium
An image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The computer includes a print data generating circuit to generate print data of an image. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit to execute rendering of the image based on the print data. The computer includes an image generating circuit generates an image object to indicate a state where the objects are overlapped in the image with a reduced resolution at least partially. The print data generating circuit generates the print data including the at least one object included in the image and the image object generated by the image generating circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at upper side in the image object. |
| US09538038B2 |
Flexible memory systems and methods
Techniques are provided to implement line based processing of thermal images and a flexible memory system. In one example, individual lines of a thermal image frame may be provided to an image processing pipeline. Image processing operations may be performed on the individual lines in stages of the image processing pipeline. A memory system may be used to buffer the individual lines in the pipeline stages. In another example, a memory system may be used to send and receive data between various components without relying on a single shared bus. Data transfers may be performed between different components and different memories of the memory system using a switch fabric to route data over different buses. In another example, a memory system may support data transfers using different clocks of various components, without requiring the components and the memory system to all be synchronized to the same clock source. |
| US09538037B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes: an image data arrangement unit configured to perform the arrangement of print image data of each page on both sides of a sheet, according to multiple-fold printing which assumes a multiple-fold equal to or more than three folds; a preview display unit configured to display on a screen the image data with at least one of fold positions in the multiple-fold being folded and with at least one of the other fold positions being spread, on the basis of the arrangement by the image data arrangement unit; and a print command output unit configured to output a print command based on an arrangement mode displayed on the preview display unit. |
| US09538035B2 |
Firmware-rewritable image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an environment obtaining portion, a storage portion, an environment determination portion, a firmware selection portion, and a firmware rewriting portion. The environment obtaining portion obtains environment information from an environmental sensor. In the storage portion, an environmental condition table and a firmware table are stored. In the environmental condition table, in association with registered environment information indicating a specific environment, identification information for identifying the specific environment is stored. In the firmware table, in association with the identification information, firmware that corresponds to an environmental condition indicated by the identification information is stored.The environment determination portion determines whether the obtained environment information corresponds to the registered environment information. Based on the firmware table and on the identification information, the firmware selection portion selects firmware that corresponds to the identification information. The firmware rewriting portion rewrites currently-used firmware with the selected firmware. |
| US09538032B2 |
Image reading apparatus
A simple configuration is used to reduce an impact applied to a reading sensor when the open/close unit is opened/closed. A back face CIS unit is retained to be movable with regard to a pressure plate so that the back face CIS unit can have a corrected posture when the pressure plate is closed. |
| US09538030B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a scanner housing, a document support member supported by the scanner housing, a reader configured to read an image of a document supported on a document support surface of the document support member, a movable member holding the reader, and a flat cable connected to the reader at one end. The scanner housing includes a peripheral wall including a particular wall. The particular wall includes a restricting portion protruding from the particular wall in a first direction parallel to the document support surface such that the restricting portion restricts the facing surface of the flat cable from contacting the flat surface of the document support member by contacting an outer portion of the facing surface of the flat cable. The restricting portion includes a restricting surface located closer to a bottom wall surface of the scanner housing than the document support member. |
| US09538028B2 |
Image processing apparatus configured to provide voice guided operation, method of controlling an image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A request for data of an operation screen is transmitted to a Web server, and as a response to the request, data of the operation screen, which includes a plurality of components is received from the Web server. The operation screen is displayed based on the received data of the operation screen, and one of the plurality of components in the displayed operation screen is designated in accordance with an operation by a user. Voice output is performed based on content of voice output associated with the designated component. |
| US09538027B2 |
Display control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing display control program
A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image. |
| US09538014B2 |
Using an IVR to remotely operate security systems
The inventive method for remotely maintaining and controlling a security system comprises using a device to communicate using voice capable technology with an IVR in a host facility, selecting an action from a plurality of actions provided by the IVR, performing the action on the security system, and receiving a notification of performance of the action, wherein the host facility contacts the security system to perform the action. In one embodiment, the actions can control and/or monitor the security system. The method can further comprise creating an account with an identification code on the host facility and validating the code on the IVR. The method can also include translating the selected action into a command, sending a message to a GSM device in the security system, and, in response to the message, establishing a GPRS session between the security system and the host facility, wherein the session performs the command. |
| US09538013B1 |
Method and system for updating physical location information
A method and system for updating physical location data associated with a VoIP endpoint device is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, a VoIP endpoint device stores an identifier for a packet-communicating device which is subject to changing. The VoIP endpoint device has an interface for communication over the Internet via the packet-communicating device and uses a circuit-implemented method for prompting a VoIP user to update physical location data associated with the VoIP endpoint device. In response to a power state transition and a change in the stored identifier, the VoIP endpoint device facilitates an update to the physical location data associated with the VoIP service. |
| US09538010B2 |
Method and system for integrating an interaction management system with a business rules management system
In a contact center, a system for processing communication events has an interaction server for managing events waiting to be routed, a routing server for routing the events, a rules engine, and a gateway server executing rules invocation logic and interacting with the rules engine. The interaction server tracks incoming events, initiates and sends a routing request to the routing server, including a special routing object, for each event that requires conformance to business rules, the routing server, executing the routing object, sends an execution request to the gateway server, which upon receipt of the request prepares a business object model (BOM), being a set of facts upon which the rules engine executes rules appropriate to the facts, resulting in routing direction for the routing server to route the event. |
| US09538005B1 |
Automated response system
Described are systems, methods, and computer readable media for responding in an automated manner to a verbal prompt, such as from an automated system. The verbal prompt is processed to identify a request for information, and user information is accessed to determine at least a portion of the user information that corresponds to the request for information. Audio data may be generated using the determined portions of the user information, and the audio data may be provided, via a connection, responsive to the request for information. |
| US09538002B2 |
Repeat contact engine
Systems and methods of handling customer contacts at a customer care system that streamline the handling of such customer contacts based on information about previous contacts received from the same customers. The system includes a repeat contact engine, which is connectable to at least one data/communications network. The repeat contact engine includes a controller, at least one database communicably connected to the controller, and a data extractor communicably connected between the data/communications network and the database. The controller includes a server, a rule processor communicably connected to the server, and a policy engine associated with the rule processor. Based on information about at least one previous contact, the system can derive a rule that, in response to its application, would cause a predetermined response, representative of the predicted purpose of an incoming contact, to be provided over a corresponding channel through the data/communications network. |
| US09537997B2 |
System and method for remote control of appliances utilizing mobile location-based applications
A system and method are provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the wireless device. The feature server can use the location information to determine whether to execute an action in accordance with subscriber rules. A large number of applications may be implemented to execute the action via a number of communication channels, including without limitation, a wireless communications network, a computer network, and a public switched telephone system, for example. |
| US09537994B2 |
System and method for providing and locating public or private mobile device charging stations
Systems and methods for locating and providing public mobile device charging stations are disclosed. One or more charging stations may be configured to charge a battery of a mobile device. A database may be configured to store location information of the one or more charging stations as well as mobile device location information of the one or more respective mobile devices. A server communicatively coupled with the one or more charging stations and the database, may be configured to determine a proximity of the one or more charging stations to a location of the mobile device. This determination may be based on the station location information and the mobile device location information. Based on the determined proximity, provide the station location information of the respective one or more charging stations to the mobile device. |
| US09537980B2 |
Wireless data terminal and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack support method therefor
A method for a wireless data terminal to support an Internet Protocol Version 4/Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv4/IPv6) dual stack is described, including: the wireless data terminal maps a Modem port and a Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) port at a user terminal; and the wireless data terminal receives an instruction for establishing a network connection, initiates a Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context activation request to a network which a user expects to connect, and establishes the network connection according to the mapped port, after the network successfully responds to the PDP context activation request. Simultaneously, a wireless data terminal supporting an IPv4/IPv6 dual stack is described. |
| US09537976B2 |
Electronic business/personal card and method of use thereof
The present invention includes a wireless communication method and device comprising a one-to-one exchange of wireless electronic device identifications or unique profile IDs between a sending and a receiving party who are both registered users of the electronic business/personal card service and further comprising upload of the wireless electronic identifications to a data server computer system wherein said system matches said identifications with those of registered users and said computer system displays information about the user associated with each identification. |
| US09537975B2 |
Server, client, and method of reconfiguring network parameters
A server determines whether network parameters corresponding to a client have been updated, and sends a first check package and a second check package to the client. The client determines whether the server is safe according to the first check package and the second check package, and sends a reconfiguration request to the server upon condition that the server is safe. The server sends the updated network parameters to the client for reconfiguration after receiving the reconfiguration request. |
| US09537974B2 |
Systems, methods and media for collaborative caching of files in cloud storage
Systems, methods and media are provided for collaborative caching of files in a cloud storage directory. One method includes providing, at a cloud storage server having a cloud storage directory, an interface configured for forming one or more groups. Each group has a plurality of members. The method also includes monitoring the cloud storage directory including a plurality of files that is shared amongst members of a working group and, upon detecting a file activity related to one of the plurality of files, updating a profile for the file. The method further includes determining using the updated profile whether to distribute the file to the group members by applying a policy to the updated profile. The method also includes distributing the file to the group members by downloading the file to cloud storage devices associated with the group members when it is determined to distribute the file. |
| US09537972B1 |
Efficient access to sparse packets in large repositories of stored network traffic
A secondary indexing technique cooperates with primary indices of an indexing arrangement to enable efficient storage and access of metadata used to retrieve packets persistently stored in data files of a data repository. Efficient storage and access of the metadata used to retrieve the persistently stored packets may be based on a target value of the packets over a search time window. The metadata is illustratively organized as a metadata repository of primary index files that store the primary indices containing hash values of network flows of the packets, as well as offsets and paths to those packets stored in the data files. The technique includes one or more secondary indices having a plurality of present bits arranged in a binary format (i.e., a bit array) to indicate the presence of the target value in one or more packets stored in the data files over the search time window. Notably, the present bits may be used to reduce (i.e., “prune”) a relatively large search space of the stored packets (e.g., defined by the hash values) to a pruned search space of only those data files in which packets having the target value are stored. |
| US09537964B2 |
System and method for separating content site visitor profiles
Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more visitor tearing processes. Visitor tearing can include, among other things, one or more processes by which multiple visitors that may appear to be the same visitor may be separated into different visitor profiles due to the leveraging of one or more unique persistent identifiers. |
| US09537963B2 |
Systems and methods for tracking sharing of web content
Systems and methods are provided for tracking sharing of an electronic content. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to access content associated with a web address by a user. Based on a unique identity assigned to the user and the web address, a unique tracking web address may be generated. This tracking web address may be shared with additional users. As other users request content associated with the tracking web address, information regarding the sharing of the electronic content may be determined and stored, allowing for tracking of sharing behavior of users. |
| US09537962B2 |
Method, device and system for processing client environment data
A server system with one or more processors and memory receives respective client environment data from a first client device of a plurality of client devices, where the respective client environment data is provided to the server system according to predetermined collection parameters. The server system determines characteristic criteria for identifying potential target clients for additional data collection based on the respective client environment data received from the first client device. The server system sends a data collection command to at least one second client device of the plurality of client devices in accordance with the characteristic criteria. |
| US09537960B2 |
Multi-operator telecommunication distribution of service content
A solution making it possible for one telecommunication network operator (10′) to act as intermediate distributor or administrator of a content provider (60) for a multitude of operators (20) is presented. The content provider (60) has a single relation to the central operator (10′), in turn having relations to other operators (20). It is thus possible for the content provider (60) to reach all users (30) of all operators (10′, 20) through a single relation to that operator (10′). The content provider (60) provides service content, e.g. media content. A list of targeted users (30) or subscribers is compiled. The central operator (10′) collects necessary subscriber attributes (80), such as position, device information and access properties, from the other operators (20). The content is modified according to the collected attributes (80), and the content is distributed to the subscribers (30) in the best possible way. |
| US09537946B2 |
System and method for creating and sharing user-generated information
Systems and methods for creating and sharing user-generated content that can be tagged to a website or page are provided herein. The systems and methods allow a user to create content and to share it with others via a variety of methods. The content can be shared in context with an underlying webpage or site. Computer readable medium containing executable code for creating and sharing user-generated information are also disclosed. |
| US09537945B2 |
System and method for determining a display device's behavior based on a dynamically-changing event associated with another display device
Systems and methods for determining a display device's behavior based on a dynamically-changing event associated with another display device are disclosed. In one example, a peer-to-peer distributed data network system comprises a first display device that operates a peer-to-peer distributed system application, which detects a dynamically-changing event associated with a second display device to either maintain or change the first display device's current behavior. In one example, the dynamically-changing event is a change of display content, new sensory information, or another new event for the second display device. If the peer-to-peer distributed system application determines that the dynamically-changing event of the second display device merits a change in the first display device's current behavior, the first display device's current behavior may be replaced by a new device behavior, such as switching from a currently-shown content or a user interface menu to a different content or a different menu. |
| US09537943B2 |
System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a social network diagram in a P2P network device
An apparatus for providing a social network diagram in a P2P network device includes a communication element and an updating element. The communication element is configured to receive an access ticket from an originating node, the access ticket for accessing content via a network. The updating element is configured to determine a true degree of separation between the originating node and the apparatus embodied as a recipient node based on a delivery route of the access ticket and past delivery routes of past access tickets. |
| US09537942B2 |
Proxy assignment apparatus and method for assigning proxy
A proxy assignment apparatus includes a processor or wired logic hardware configured to detect a first data request issued from a terminal apparatus for requesting first data. The processor or wired logic hardware is configured to determine whether a first proxy server that satisfies a condition exists, wherein the first proxy server corresponds to a media access control address of the terminal apparatus. The processor or wired logic hardware is configured to report a first internet protocol address of the first proxy server to the terminal apparatus when it is determined that the first proxy server exists. |
| US09537941B2 |
Method and system for verifying quality of server
A method and a system for verifying quality of server thereof are provided. The method and the system are used for verifying a plurality of servers constructed in a server cluster. The method includes: installing a cloud computing platform in the servers, creating an input file folder on a cloud computing platform file system included in the cloud computing platform and storing calculation data into the input file folder. The method further includes: creating a plurality of mapreduce tasks corresponding to a calculation job by the servers and distributively executing the mapreduce tasks by using a mapreduce frame included in the cloud computing platform to obtain a plurality of calculation results, and storing and analyzing the calculation results to verify a quality of each of the servers. Accordingly, the method is capable of conformably verifying quality of servers in the server cluster. |
| US09537938B2 |
Virtual desktop migration
It may be determined that a cloud desktop should be migrated from a current region. A destination region to which the cloud desktop will be migrated can be identified. A data volume of the cloud desktop may be copied from the current region to the destination region. The data volume at the current region and the data volume at the destination region may be maintained in sync during the copying. Upon completion of the copying, a current user session associated with the cloud desktop at the current region may be frozen, a current memory and processor state of the current user session may be copied to the destination region, and a second cloud desktop instance at the destination region may be started using the copied data volume and current memory and processor state. The current user session may be connected to the second cloud desktop instance. |
| US09537936B2 |
Joint processing
The invention relates to an apparatus including: at least one processing module and at least one auxiliary processing module, the at least one processing module and the at least one auxiliary processing module being coupled by at least one splitter, the at least one splitter configured to convey data to be processed to the at least one processing module and at least one auxiliary processing module simultaneously enough for providing coordinated multi-point processing of the data. |
| US09537934B2 |
Systems and methods for interactive media content exchange
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can cause a first computing system to receive an obscured version of a first media content item from a second computing system. Access to the obscured version of the first media content item can be provided by the first computing system. Access to an unobscured version of the first media content item can be prevented by the first computing system. An unobscured version of a second media content item can be acquired by the first computing system using at least one sensor. The first computing system can transmit to the second computing system at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or an obscured version of the second media content item generated based on the unobscured version. Access to the unobscured version of the first media content item can be provided by the first computing system. |
| US09537932B2 |
Emulating test distributed application on server
The use of a single physical server in which there are multiple virtual nodes operating different components of a distributed application under test. Each virtual node emulates an actual physical node in a prospective distributed environment. The virtual nodes might be, for example, virtual machines or emulated services, and may operate their own operating system within the context of the virtual node. The distributed environment is emulated on the physical server by having the virtual nodes communicate with each other using the protocols that they would normally use in a deployed distributed environment. A configuration data source may be used to setup and perhaps upgrade the virtual nodes so as to emulate the distributed environment. Accordingly, the distributed application may be tested without actually setting up a distributed environment. |
| US09537930B2 |
Information system, file server, and file server control method
An information system accesses an internal network via a firewall from an information terminal of an external network. The information system includes a relay server provided in the external network; and a file server provided in the internal network. The file server includes a relay agent configured to manage a network connection between the file server and the relay server, and a file system configured to store desired data. The relay agent generates a thread based on a number of requests received by the relay server from the information terminal, acquires the request by using the generated thread, and transfers the acquired request to the file system. The file system identifies data corresponding to the transferred request, and outputs the identified data to the information terminal via the relay agent and the relay server. |
| US09537928B2 |
Remote computing device use of unsupported local computing device components
A local computing device is connected to a remote computing device over a network. A user provides input to a local input component of the local computing device. The output of the local input component is converted into a form that is capable of being received as input by the remote computing device even if the local input component is not supported by the remote computing device. As one example, the local input component may be a bar code scanner which produces bar code output that is converted into text for input into a text field on the remote computing device, thereby enabling the remote computing device to receive input from a bar code scanner even if the remote computing device does not support the bar code scanner. |
| US09537927B2 |
Communication device
A communication device may communicate with a data processing device via a communication line. The data processing device may include client applications configured to execute communications by using multisession communication. The communication device may establish a session with a specific client application among the client applications via the communication line, and receive an HTTP request from the specific client application. The communication device may transmit an HTTP response to the specific client application via the established session. The transmission may include transmitting first disconnection instruction information to the data processing device in a case where the communication line used to receive the HTTP request is a line that is not capable of the multisession communication. The first disconnection instruction information may be information for causing the data processing device to disconnect the established session after transmitting the HTTP response. |
| US09537925B2 |
Browser notifications
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause an intermediary server to at least receive, from a first client device, a first login request via a first browser installed on the first client device, the first login request identifying a user account, receive, from a third-party server, a message request, the message request including an identifier and indicating a browser application or a browser extension, map the identifier to the user account, determine whether the user account has installed the browser application or browser extension, and if the user account has installed the browser application or browser extension, send a first message to the first browser based on the message request. |
| US09537924B2 |
Interaction management system and methods of use
A communication transaction management system has a computerized appliance executing software from a digital medium for a particular enterprise, a holding function of the software tracking received transactions initiated by associated persons, and selecting individual transactions for connection to live agents, and a monitoring function for determining behavior of the persons associated with individual transactions on hold relative to an interactive presentation. Individual transactions on hold are prioritized for connection to live agents at least in part depending on the behavior determined by the monitoring function. |
| US09537922B2 |
Partitioning digital media for consumption
Embodiments of the present invention partition digital media content. One or more processors identify an episode of digital media content based on subscription preferences of a user. The one or more processors respond to a determination that a duration of the episode is less than or equal to a combined duration of two free time slots in an electronic calendar of a user by partitioning the episode into at least two segments. A first episode segment has a duration that is less than or equal to a duration of the first free time slot. A second episode segment has a duration that is less than or equal to the duration of the second free time slot. The one or more processors associate, in the electronic calendar, the first episode segment with the first time slot and the second episode segment with the second time slot. |
| US09537917B2 |
Method and apparatus for streaming media content to client devices
A method and apparatus for streaming media content to a client device includes a server providing, for the client device, a variant playlist file that identifies a plurality of variant streams having different encoded bitrates; tracking sequence numbers of a first set of media segments downloaded by the client device from a first playlist file that corresponds to the first variant stream encoded at a first bitrate; receiving, from the client device, a request for a second playlist file that identifies a second set of media segments from a second variant stream encoded at a second bitrate; determining whether to identify, in the second playlist file, at least one media segment in the second set of media segments that has a same sequence number as any of the media segments, from the first variant stream, downloaded by the client device; and providing, to the client device, the second playlist file. |
| US09537911B1 |
Controlling conference calls
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for determining participants for a conference call where the participants may be selected based on similar attributes as well as the descriptions of the conference call. Additionally, the conference call may be split into smaller breakout sessions, further separating the participants based on various attributes. Further, the conference call participants may be shuffled thereby creating different breakout sessions with different participants with like attributes. The conference call including the selected participants is initiated. |
| US09537907B2 |
Systems and methods for sharing data in a non-destructive testing system
A method for sharing data in a non-destructive testing (NDT) system may include receiving, using a microprocessor, an indication of data to be shared such that the data has been acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices. The method may also include receiving a format in which to send the data, receiving one or more recipients designated to receive the data to be shared; and automatically modifying the data into the format and sending the modified data to the recipients once the data has been acquired by the NDT inspection devices. |
| US09537900B2 |
Systems and methods for serving application specific policies based on dynamic context
Methods, systems and computer readable media for serving application specific policies based on dynamic context are described. In some implementations, the method can include determining a dynamic authentication context for a user including one or more access credentials, and authenticating the access credentials. The method can also include determining an indication of a need for a service-based policy, and generating a dynamic service-based policy based on the dynamic authentication context and an application. The method can further include providing the dynamic service-based policy to the application, and monitoring for a change in the dynamic authentication context. The method can also include updating the dynamic service-based policy. |
| US09537897B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing analysis service based on behavior in mobile network environment
An apparatus and method for providing analysis service based on behavior in a mobile network environment are disclosed. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to control the path of a packet based on predetermined policy information, to block the packet based on a result of an analysis of the packet, or to extract information about the packet and selectively process the extracted information based on the predetermined policy information; a download path and file management engine configured to collect downloaded files corresponding to the URL of the packet, to extract the downloaded files as an app file, and to transfer the extracted app file to a virtual machine; and a virtual machine management engine unit configured to determine whether malware is present in the app file and whether the app file has accessed the resources, and to selectively manage the corresponding app based on a result of the determination. |
| US09537896B2 |
Method for providing wireless application privilege management
A method for providing an administration policy to a user device comprising a plurality of applications, the method comprising centrally generating the administration policy to be implemented in the user device, the administration policy comprising at least one of an application administration policy to be used by at least one of the plurality of applications and a client administration policy for the user device; and providing the generated policy to the user device. |
| US09537893B2 |
Abstract evaluation of access control policies for efficient evaluation of constraints
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for evaluating access control constraints and include actions of receiving an access control request, obtaining a set of attributes based on an abstract evaluation of a policy, the set of attributes including one or more attributes that could be required to evaluate the access control request, requesting respective values of the one or more attributes in a batch request, receiving the respective values, and providing an access control decision based on the respective values and the policy. |
| US09537892B2 |
Facilitating separation-of-duties when provisioning access rights in a computing system
Systems and methods for managing risk management rules are provided. A risk management rule may be configured at a rule configuration interface are described. The rule configuration interface may include a list of access rights available for selection. Based on input received, one of the access rights may be identified as a base access right and one of the access rights may be identified as a conflicting access right for the risk management rule. The access rights provisioned at the computing system may be monitored to determine whether a user is provisioned with both the base access right and the conflicting access right. If so, a violation review may be created and presented at a violation review interface at which a decision for the violation review is receivable. An exception to the risk management rule may also be configured at an exception configuration interface. |
| US09537889B2 |
Trusting crowdsourced data with issued tags
Embodiments control submission of crowdsourced data from a computing device to a cloud service. The cloud service receives a packet from the computing device having collected data and a single-use data tag associated therewith. The single-use data tag represents one of a threshold quantity of single-use data tags issued to the computing device. The cloud service validates the single-use data tag in the received packet by, for example, searching for the single-use data tag in a tag store maintained by the cloud service. The collected data from the received packet is stored by the cloud service based on the validation. After validation, the tag store is updated to prevent re-use of the single-use data tag. In some embodiments, the cloud service is a location service receiving crowdsourced beacon fingerprint data from a plurality of mobile computing devices. |
| US09537884B1 |
Assessment of cyber threats
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for assessing cyber threats. In some implementations, data indicating a time window is received. Data indicating at least one dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) is accessed. A plurality of simulations are performed using the DBN, and outcomes of the plurality of simulations are sampled according to the state of the DBN representing the end of the time window. Based on the sampled outcomes of the simulations, a measure of impact of the computer-based threats to the organization over the time window is determined. The determined measure is provided for output to a user. |
| US09537882B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for detecting and isolating device posing security threat
Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting a security threat. The methods and systems comprise detecting that a first device is coupled with the first I/O interface, responsive to the detection that the first device is coupled with the first I/O interface, temporarily disabling data communication between the first and second I/O interfaces, acquiring a file from the detected first device via the first I/O interface, determining whether the acquired file poses a security threat, and responsive to a determination that the acquired file does not pose a security threat, enabling the data communication between the first and second I/O interfaces. |
| US09537879B2 |
Cyber security monitoring system and method for data center components
A security monitoring system is disclosed which is adapted for use with a component having a service processor. The system may use a device configured to communicate with the component. A network may be used which is dedicated to communicating with the service processor for routing only data concerning performance or health of the component. The device may also use at least one subsystem for analyzing the data concerning health or performance of the component to determine if a security threat has affected operation of the component. |
| US09537878B1 |
Network adaptor configured for connection establishment offload
Coupling circuitry couples a network to a host. The host operating system is configured for transfer of data between the host and at least one peer via the network using at least one stateful connection to a peer according to a connection-oriented protocol. The coupling circuitry processes received connection attempt indications by attempting to establish a stateful connection to an indicated peer. For a genuine attempt by a peer to establish a stateful connection with the host, the coupling circuitry interoperates with the peer to perform establishment-phase protocol processing of the attempted stateful connection. For each of the established stateful connections, the coupling circuitry operates to cause a state of that established stateful connection to be provided from the coupling circuitry to the host, wherein the operating system of the host handles data transfer phase protocol processing of that established stateful connection. |
| US09537877B2 |
Method, system, and storage medium for adaptive monitoring and filtering traffic to and from social networking sites
Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system, method, and computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for implementing a Socialware architecture encompassing a suite of applications for continuously and adaptively monitoring and filtering traffic to and from social networking sites, particularly useful in an enterprise computing environment. In some embodiments, an appliance may be coupled to a proxy server for providing a plurality of Socialware services, including analyzing, logging, and reporting on traffic to and from social networking sites. Some embodiments may allow a user to report, identify, and prevent malicious and potentially malicious content and/or activity by another user. Some embodiments may encrypt outgoing traffic to and decrypt incoming traffic from social networking sites. Some embodiments may provide an enterprise user to define and restrict certain social networking activities outside of the enterprise computing environment. |
| US09537876B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting vulnerability status of a target
A computer implemented method for detecting vulnerability status of a target having interfaces and ports is provided. The method comprises tracking the occurrence of an event including at least one of a network interface becoming active and/or inactive, start and/or stop of a client network service using a port on an active network interface, start and/or stop of a server network service running on a port on an active network interface, and start and/or stop of a network service that does not entail the use of any port. A notification is generated that a possible vulnerability status altering event has occurred. Tracking the occurrence of the event includes tracking using at least one of an operating system (OS) service, an OS command, a hook, and an API. |
| US09537867B2 |
Digital social network trust propagation
A trust propagation system is disclosed that propagates trust data based on established trust relationships. The trust system may automatically propagate trust data between parties A and C based on trust relationships with a common party B. Trust data may include authentication data such as biometric data, encryption data, passwords, etc. that may be used to conduct exclusive communications. |
| US09537866B2 |
Method and apparatus to control the use of applications based on network service
A method and apparatus to control the use of applications on handheld device is based on network service, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a network identifier; correlating the network identifier with application and/or feature limitations stored on the mobile device; and limiting application usage based on the results of such correlating step. |
| US09537865B1 |
Access control using tokens and black lists
Examples of techniques for validating access tokens are described herein. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving, via a processor, a pushed event at a server. The method includes adding, via the processor, a value of the pushed event to a black list of recently disabled users, devices, applications, or any combination thereof. The method also includes receiving, via the processor, a request to access a resource on the server, the request including an access token. The method further includes comparing, via the processor, a field value of the access token with the black list. The method further includes declining, via the processor, the request based on a match of the field value of the access token with a value of the pushed event in the black list. |
| US09537859B2 |
Method for authenticating identity of handset user in a cloud-computing environment
A method for authenticating the identity of a handset user in a cloud-computing environment is provided. The method includes: obtaining, a login account and a password from the user; judging whether the login account and the password are correct; if the login account or the password is incorrect, refusing the user to access an operating system of the handset; if the login account and the password are correct, sending the login account and the password to a cloud server, wherein the login account and the password correspond to a face sample image library of the user stored on the cloud server; acquiring an input face image of the user; sending the input face image to the cloud server; authenticating, by the cloud server, the identity of the user according to the login account, the password and the input face image. |
| US09537856B2 |
Redirection method for electronic content
Electronic content, for example, a web page, is configured for display by a web browser application to include content that is not included in or referenced by the web page. The web page includes a first locator for first content. A second locator for second content is associated with the first locator in a database or other memory structure. In response to a request for the web page, the second locator is obtained. Access to the second locator may be secured. The second locator may be swapped with the first locator to cause the web browser application to obtain the second content instead of the first content. In the alternative, the second content may be obtained and provided to the web browser instead of, or in addition to, the first content. |
| US09537855B2 |
Secure authenticated distance measurement
The invention relates to a method for a first communication device to perform authenticated distance measurement between the first communication device and a second communication device, wherein the first and the second communication device share a common secret and the common secret is used for performing the distance measurement between the first and the second communication device. The invention also relates to a method of determining whether data stored on a first communication device are to be accessed by a second communication device. Moreover, the invention relates to a communication device for performing authenticated distance measurement to a second communication device. The invention also relates to an apparatus for playing back multimedia content comprising a communication device. |
| US09537851B2 |
Revoking sessions using signaling
Embodiments are directed to revoking user sessions using signaling. In one scenario, an identity platform operating on a computer system receives an indication indicating that a user's login account has been compromised, where the user's login account has an associated login session and corresponding session artifact that is valid for a specified amount of time. The identity platform generates a signal indicating that the login session is no longer trusted and that the user is to be re-directed to the identity platform to re-authenticate and renew the session artifact and provides the generated signal to various relying parties including at least one relying party that is hosting the login session for the user. |
| US09537849B2 |
Service provision system, service provision method, and computer program product
A service provision system includes: a management information storage unit that stores management information for managing user identification information, device identification information, and service identification information in association with one another; an authentication information receiving unit that receives authentication information including user authentication information and device authentication information from a device connected via a network; a service specifying unit that specifies, when the authentication information is authenticated by an authentication unit, a service associated with the authentication information based on the authentication information and the management information; and a first execution unit that receives a use request of a mail distribution service from the first device connected via the network, composes a mail according to the use request of the mail distribution service received from the first device, and distributes the composed mail to a previously specified mail server connected to the service provision system via a network. |
| US09537847B2 |
Image based key derivation function
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of generating and using an image-based derived key. In various embodiments, the image-based derived key may be used to facilitate user authentication and data encryption. For some embodiments, a method is disclosed comprising determining an image-based derived key, wherein the image-based derived key is generated from a selection of authentication images chosen by a user, encrypting data using the image-based derived key, and transmitting the encrypted data. |
| US09537841B2 |
Key management for compromised enterprise endpoints
Threat detection instrumentation is simplified by providing and updating labels for computing objects in a context-sensitive manner. This may include simple labeling schemes to distinguish between objects, e.g., trusted/untrusted processes or corporate/private data. This may also include more granular labeling schemes such as a three-tiered scheme that identifies a category (e.g., financial, e-mail, game), static threat detection attributes (e.g., signatures, hashes, API calls), and explicit identification (e.g., what a file or process calls itself). By tracking such data for various computing objects and correlating these labels to malware occurrences, rules can be written for distribution to endpoints to facilitate threat detection based on, e.g., interactions of labeled objects, changes to object labels, and so forth. In this manner, threat detection based on complex interactions of computing objects can be characterized in a platform independent manner and pre-processed on endpoints without requiring significant communications overhead with a remote threat management facility. |
| US09537838B2 |
Adjustable proxy re-encryption
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for proxy re-encryption of encrypted data stored in a first database of a first server and a second database of a second server. Implementations include actions of receiving a first token at the first server from a client-side computing device, providing a first intermediate re-encrypted value based on a first encrypted value and the first token, transmitting the first intermediate re-encrypted value to the second server, receiving a second intermediate re-encrypted value from the second server, the second intermediate re-encrypted value having been provided by encrypting the first encrypted value at the second server based on a second token, providing the first encrypted value as a first re-encrypted value based on the first intermediate re-encrypted value and the second intermediate re-encrypted value, and storing the first re-encrypted value in the first database. |
| US09537836B2 |
System and method for secured content delivery
A content delivery platform is provided that includes generating a first content package of content that is encrypted with a unique symmetric key, and a second content package including a link encrypted with the key to the first content package. The first content package is stored in a repository, and a request including the key is transmitted to a first computing device associated with a mail exchange for an encryption key file. An encryption key file is generated using the unique symmetric key and together with a authorizing token is received. A third content package is generated that is encrypted using the encryption key file and includes the encrypted link. The third content package is transmitted to a distributor gateway and the encrypted link is accessible in response to the consumer decrypting the third content package. The link is available to provide to access to the content for the consumer. |
| US09537831B2 |
Reaching anonymization service levels through added transactions
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for an anonymization service level improvement system (“ALI”) are described. One or more transactions may be generated by a system to be transmitted outside of a secure area. The ALI may anonymize these transactions and anonymization may be measured by reference to one or more anonymization metrics, including, but not limited to, k-anonymity, l-diversity, and t-closeness. The ALI may be configured to determine current values for the metrics and whether current anonymization is sufficient to provide a pre-determined service level. If the service level is not sufficient, then the ALI may generate fake anonymized transactions to be output to satisfy the pre-determined service levels of the one or more anonymization metrics. Results may be received which may include valid and invalid results. The ALI may remove the invalid results before returning the valid results to the system. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US09537825B2 |
Geographic filter for regulating inbound and outbound network communications
A system and method for regulating and analyzing inbound and outbound communications in and between computer networks on the basis of geographic security assertions are provided. Geographic information is collected, optimized, and shared between network objects to enforce network access control on the basis of configurable security assertions. Security assertions are configured and metrics displayed using maps and other geographic data in a graphical user interface. |
| US09537820B2 |
Facilitating content accessibility via different communication formats
Methods and systems for facilitating content accessibility via different communication formats are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for directing content requests to an appropriate server. Information indicative of one or more communication formats via which a client device is capable of communication is caused to be stored on a client device by (i) sending to the client device a web page having embedded therein one or more of IPv4 and IPv6 test content; and (ii) based on a response to the test content, determining communication capabilities of the client device. A result of the determination is stored within a browser cookie, which is sent to the client device. A content request is received from the client device that includes the browser cookie. The request is redirected to a server appropriate for the communication capabilities of the client based at least in part on the cookie. |
| US09537811B2 |
Ephemeral gallery of ephemeral messages
A server has a processor and a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to maintain an ephemeral gallery of ephemeral messages. An ephemeral message is posted to the ephemeral gallery. The ephemeral message has an associated message duration parameter and a gallery participation parameter. An ephemeral message is removed from the ephemeral gallery in response to the identification of an expired gallery participation parameter. |
| US09537810B2 |
System and method for flexible holding storage during messaging
A system and method of flexible holding storage during messaging includes determining one or more properties of a message, the message to be stored in a holding storage area of a messaging system, determining status of one or more candidate holding storage devices, determining one or more storage selection rules, adjusting the one or more storage selection rules based on information associated with the status of the one or more candidate holding storage devices, and selecting a holding storage device for the message from the candidate holding storage devices based on the adjusted storage selection rules and information associated with the properties of the message. The one or more storage selection rules express preferences among the one or more candidate holding storage devices. In some examples, the system and method further include sending the message to the selected holding storage device. |
| US09537809B2 |
Method and system for graphic code processing
A method and system for processing graphical codes are disclosed. A device with one or more processors and memory obtains a respective graphic code (e.g., a QR code, barcode, SKU or the like) and identifies an operation corresponding to the respective graphic code. The device detects a trigger condition for diverting from a default processing procedure for executing the operation corresponding to the respective graphic code. In response to detecting the trigger condition, the device: delays execution of the operation corresponding to the respective graphic code; and stores at least one of the respective graphic code and data decoded from the respective graphic code in a graphic code library, where the graphic code library includes zero or more previously obtained graphic codes distinct from the respective graphic code or corresponding data decoded from the zero or more previously obtained graphic codes. |
| US09537805B2 |
Activation of dynamic filter generation for message management systems through gesture-based input
Generation of filtering rules for incoming messages can be activated by a user through a gesture-based input. When the user activates filtering rule generation, the message management service can cause a user device to display a prompt requesting additional data to be used to generate the filtering rule. The gesture can be a swipe and hold gesture, where the swipe is associated with an action (archiving, deleting, deferring, or adding the message to a list), and the swipe and hold action can activate filtering rule generation associated with the action. |
| US09537804B2 |
System for delegating the prioritization of incoming communications to trusted users
A computer-implemented method for prioritizing an incoming communication directed to a recipient by an originator includes creating a privacy/trust relationship between a recipient and an originator in response to user input, and determining a disposition of an incoming communication by reference to the privacy/trust relationship. |
| US09537802B2 |
Shareable favorites sets
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises generating and displaying, on a computing device, a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of item summary tiles and a set of favorites buckets, wherein each of the item summary tiles graphically displays a plurality of attributes of a different items, wherein the set of favorites buckets is displayed in a fixed position adjacent to the item summary tiles; receiving first input specifying adding a particular item among the different items to the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, storing data identifying the particular item in storage associated with the set of favorites buckets and displaying a graphical representation of the particular item in an available one of the favorites buckets; receiving second input specifying sharing the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, automatically creating an electronic mail message having a message body that comprises a plurality of hyperlinks, wherein each of the hyperlinks identifies an online description of a different one of the items of one of the favorites buckets. |
| US09537799B2 |
Phase-based packet prioritization
A network node comprises a receiver configured to receive a first packet, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to process the first packet, and prioritize the first packet according to a scheme, wherein the scheme assigns priority to packets based on phase, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the first packet. An apparatus comprises a processor coupled to the memory and configured to generate instructions for a packet prioritization scheme, wherein the scheme assigns priority to packet transactions based on closeness to completion, and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store the instructions. A method comprises receiving a first packet, processing the first packet, prioritizing the first packet according to a scheme, wherein the scheme assigns priority to packets based on phase, and transmitting the first packet. |
| US09537797B2 |
MTU management in a virtualized computer system
A management module is implemented in a virtualization software of a virtualized computing device having one or more virtual machines and a virtual switch configured therein. The management module detects a mismatch between a maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the virtual switch and an MTU of a virtual network interface of a virtual machine. An error message may be immediately returned so that the MTU of the virtual network interface may be corrected in response thereto. Otherwise, an error flag indicating the MTU mismatch is set but the connection between the virtual switch and the virtual network interface is allowed to be established. The error flag may be used as a prompt to correct the MTU of the virtual network interface at a later time or to connect the virtual network interface to a different virtual switch. |
| US09537782B2 |
Method and device for dynamically adjusting waiting time of uplink macro diversity combining
Provided are a method and device for dynamically adjusting waiting time of uplink macro diversity combining. In the embodiments of the disclosure, in accordance with the real-time transmission condition and time delay of each link of the current macro diversity, as well as the specific time for DCH FP data frames having the same CFN from different links to arrive at an RNC, the RNC dynamically increases or reduces the waiting time of macro diversity combining, thereby improving the processing efficiency and accuracy rate of macro diversity combining. |
| US09537778B2 |
Traffic shaping drive method and driver
A traffic shaping drive method and a driver are described. The method includes that: when traffic shaping is executed, timing time is set, and a data packet in a cache queue is sent at a preset constant rate in the timing time; when the timing time is reached, sending the data packet is stopped, and sending an ACK acknowledgement packet in the cache queue is started; and after the ACK acknowledgement packet is sent, returning to execute the traffic shaping. By conducting the traffic shaping on a drive layer, the disclosure enables the data packet to be sent at the constant rate, and reserves a certain bandwidth to send the ACK acknowledgement packet in time, thereby avoiding network congestion caused by delayed sending of the ACK acknowledgement packet, and improving the user experience. |
| US09537776B2 |
Ethernet traffic management apparatus
An improved Ethernet traffic management device is provided comprising. a first port, a second port, and a third port. The device further comprises a first deterministic multi-threaded micro-controller controlling traffic through the first port, a second deterministic multi-threaded micro-controller controlling traffic through the second port, and a third deterministic multi-threaded micro-controller controlling traffic through the third port. The first deterministic multi-threaded micro-controller, second deterministic multi-threaded micro-controller, and third deterministic multi-threaded micro-controller cooperatively operate to selectively communicate data packets between each of the first, second and third ports. |
| US09537772B2 |
Flexible routing tables for a high-radix router
A system and method for routing in a high-radix network. A packet is received and examined to determine if the packet can be routed adaptively. If the packet can be routed adaptively, the packet is routed adaptively, wherein routing adaptively includes selecting a column, computing a column mask, routing the packet to the column; and selecting an output port as a function of the column mask. If the packet can be routed deterministically, routing deterministically, wherein routing deterministically includes accessing a routing table to obtain an output port and routing the packet to the output port from the routing table. |
| US09537771B2 |
Exact match hash lookup databases in network switch devices
In a method for populating a forwarding table, a first hash function is applied to a lookup key to generate a first hash value, a second hash function is applied to the lookup key to generate a second hash value, and a third hash function is applied to the lookup key to generate a third hash value. An offset is determined based on the first hash value and the second hash value. A location for inserting the lookup key is determined based on the offset and the third hash value. It is determined whether the lookup key can be inserted into the forwarding table at the determined location without colliding with a key previously stored at the determined location. When it is determined that the lookup key can be inserted, the lookup key and forwarding information associated with the lookup key are inserted at the determined location. |
| US09537766B2 |
Packet switching without look-up table for ethernet switches
In one embodiment, a system includes a switching processor and logic integrated with the switching processor, the logic being configured to receive a packet, wherein the packet comprises a header and a payload, determine, without using a look-up table, a destination port based on a destination address stored in the header, and send the packet to the destination port. In another embodiment, a system includes logic integrated with and/or executable by a processor, the logic being configured to create an address allocation table comprising a plurality of values, each value being associated with a plurality of IP addresses which, when an algorithm is applied thereto, result in the associated value, receive a request for an IP address from a device electrically connected to a switch, and determine a port to which the device is electrically connected to the switch based on the port on which the request is received. |
| US09537763B2 |
Communication system, control apparatus, control method and program
A communication system includes: a plurality of nodes each of which requests a processing rule for processing a received packet; and a control apparatus that determines in response the request a processing rule corresponding to the received packet and notifies the determined processing rule to at least one of the plurality of nodes. One of the plurality of nodes forwards to the control apparatus a first packet for acquiring a destination address for a predetermined communication. The control apparatus in response to determination of the destination address determines a processing rule for processing a second packet to be transmitted to the destination address and notifies the determined processing rule to at least one of the plurality of nodes. |
| US09537760B2 |
Executing loops
A method of executing a loop computer program comprising receiving at an execution unit a set of state variables which define an entry state, wherein one of the state variables defines a sequence of loop options; recording the entry state in a storage unit; in the execution unit, executing a first loop option in the ordered sequence of loop options in the entry state, using as parameters at least one of the other state variables in the set of state variables, wherein executing the first loop option comprises cancelling the first loop option from the ordered sequence, carrying out processing steps using at least one state variable, and determining if any of the state variables have altered as a result of the processing steps, wherein if none of the state variables have altered, entering a next loop iteration with an entry state in which the first loop option is cancelled from the ordered sequence, revealing a new first loop option, and; if at least one of the state variables has altered, reinstating the cancelled first loop option in the ordered sequence and entering a next loop iteration with an entry state defined by the altered state variable(s) and the original ordered sequence, whereby each next loop iteration receives a new entry state. |
| US09537755B2 |
Access relay method and access gateway device
A gateway device disposed at front stage before a server has a dispersion rule of data dispersed on server side and analyzes communication data to specify a server to be accessed finally, so that identification information of the specified server is added to packet option of IP layer to thereby omit higher-rank routing processing than IP layer of gateway devices on the way. Consequently, transfer processing of a gateway device at back stage can be performed at high speed and access passing through a network route intended by manager is possible. |
| US09537754B2 |
Method and apparatus for finding diverse physical layer paths in networks
An approach for finding cost effective network connections while maintaining physical layer diversity is described. A logical segment within a path between a start node and an end node of a network is determined. A plurality of physical connections of the logical segment is then determined, wherein each of the physical connections is associated with a cost value, selecting one of the physical connections of the logical segment based on the cost values. A determination is made of another logical segment between the start node and the end node to include another physical connection, wherein the another logical segment is diverse physically with respect to the logical segment. |
| US09537751B2 |
Divided hierarchical network system based on software-defined networks
A divided hierarchical network system based on software-defined networks, the divided hierarchical network system including: an edge controller configured to: generate forwarding information in response to a flow forwarding inquiry from a lower level and respond to the request with the forwarding information; generate mapping information such that each of a plurality of edge ports of each of a plurality of switches that form the lower level corresponds to each of a plurality of virtual ports of one virtual switch; if it is not possible to generate forwarding information in response to a request received from a lower level for forwarding a flow that comprises edge ports, query forwarding information to an upper level regarding a flow in which the edge port is converted into a corresponding virtual port based on the mapping information. |
| US09537749B2 |
Method of network connectivity analyses and system thereof
There are provided network analyzer and method of analyzing connectivity between a source and a destination. The method comprises: upon obtaining a partial topological network model comprising at least one cloud, generating the one or more paths between the source and the destination, specifying the cloud as a source point of the one or more paths if at least one source network address belongs to the cloud address space and specifying the cloud as a destination point of the one or more paths between the source and the destination if at least one destination network address belongs to the cloud address space. The method further comprises discovering at least one on-path cloud, the method further comprising specifying, by the processor, the at least discovered on-path cloud as a router configured to route the cloud traffic in accordance with predefined rules. |
| US09537742B2 |
Automatic adjustment of application launch endpoints
The adjustment of a number of application launch endpoint servers that may be used to service incoming connection requests. Application launch endpoints are entities, such as running code, that may be used to launch other applications. Examples of endpoints include virtual machines or sessions in a session management server. The system load associated with the incoming connection rate and number of users is monitored. In response, an add threshold and a perhaps a remove threshold is calculated. If the system load rises above the add threshold, application launch endpoint server(s) are added to the set of endpoints that can handle incoming connection requests. If the system load falls below the remove threshold, application launch endpoint server(s) are removed from to the set of endpoints. The add and remove thresholds may be calculated per tenant, and adjusted based on tenant behavior. |
| US09537735B2 |
Data collection method, mobile terminal and data storage device
A first mobile terminal requests a device to transmit data, on the basis of a processing request transmitted from a management server. The device transmits the requested data to the first mobile terminal. The first mobile terminal generates processed data by using the data received from the device. The first mobile terminal assigns an identifier to the processed data. The first mobile terminal transmits the processed data in association with the identifier to the management server. The first mobile terminal transmits an association relationship between the identifier and the data used for generating the processed data to the device. The device stores the identifier in association with the transmitted data. A second mobile terminal transmits to the device an identifier transmitted from the management server as an identifier associated with data to be deleted. The device identifies data associated with the identifier received from the second mobile terminal. |
| US09537734B2 |
Network-based high performance SAP monitoring system and method
Provided are a network-based high performance SAP monitoring system and method, including a hardware engine selecting packets to be updated from input packets by performing session-based filtering and pattern matching on the input packets, identifying to which application protocol belongs among dynamic information and action gateway (DIAG) protocol, remote function call (RFC) protocol, and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) protocol, and adding identification information of the identified application protocol to the packet to be uploaded and a software engine including a DIAG processor processing the DIAG protocol, RFC processor processing the RFC protocol, and HTTP processor processing the HTTP protocol, when receiving the packet added with the identification information from the hardware engine, referring SAP application protocol identification information, extracting data transmitted and received between servers of an SAP client and one of the DIAG processor, RFC processor, and HTTP processor, thereby sorting and processing the three types of SAP application protocol such as the DIAG protocol, RFC protocol, and HTTP protocol. |
| US09537732B2 |
Methods and systems for improving website performance
Methods and systems of the present invention allow for improving website performance. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of calculating a website quality score for a website (which may indicate the website's effectiveness), identifying changes to the website's attributes that would improve the website's quality score, and modifying the website to include such changes. |
| US09537719B2 |
Method and apparatus for deploying a minimal-cost CCN topology
A CCN-deployment system can design and deploy a content centric network (CCN) topology, either across a collection of CCN nodes or across an existing computer network. During operation, the system analyzes a computer network of N network nodes to determine a physical network topology. The system also determines a number, k, of network nodes of the physical network on which to overlay a content centric network (CCN). The system then determines an average degree of connectivity, and a degree-of-connectivity distribution, that achieves an optimal performance metric for the CCN overlay network. The system generates a network topology of k network nodes that satisfies the average degree of connectivity, and that satisfies the degree-of-connectivity distribution. The system can deploy the content centric network topology across k nodes of the underlying physical network. |
| US09537715B2 |
Management system and monitoring apparatus
A management system including a network device provided in a customer environment, a monitoring apparatus, and a management server provided outside the customer environment is provided. When it is determined that an agreement has been obtained from a customer based on a customer status contained in status information acquired from the management server, the monitoring apparatus acquires setting information necessary for a monitoring operation from the management server to start the monitoring operation according to other content contained in the acquired status information. In one or more embodiments, the monitoring apparatus acquires the setting information only when it is determined that the agreement has been obtained from the customer. |
| US09537710B2 |
Non-disruptive failover of RDMA connection
A novel RDMA connection failover technique that minimizes disruption to upper subsystem modules (executed on a computer node), which create requests for data transfer. A new failover virtual layer performs failover of an RDMA connection in error so that the upper subsystem that created a request does not have knowledge of an error (which is recoverable in software and hardware), or of a failure on the RDMA connection due to the error. Since the upper subsystem does not have knowledge of a failure on the RDMA connection or of a performed failover of the RDMA connection, the upper subsystem continues providing requests to the failover virtual layer without interruption, thereby minimizing downtime of the data transfer activity. |
| US09537709B2 |
User profile-based wireless device system level management
Techniques for user profile-based system level management (SLM) and creation of system level agreements of a wireless device are generally disclosed. In some examples, a predictor may be provided to predict a future task to be performed by a wireless device, including resource requirements, based at least in part on a profile of a user and at least one of a profile of a communication partner of the user, an operational recommendation, a performance model or a current state. An optimizer/analyzer may be provided to generate a plurality of instructions to configure the wireless device, based at least in part on the predicted future task and resource requirement, and a quality of service requirement of the wireless device, in anticipation of having to perform the predicted task. In various examples, the predictor and the optimizer/analyzer may form a local or a remotely disposed system level manager. |
| US09537708B2 |
Method for selecting a device in a telecommunications network
A method is provided for selecting a device in a telecommunications network in accordance with characteristics relating to the implementation of a telecommunications service, comprising the following steps: a) receiving a set of characteristics relating to said service; b) forming a first symbolic address for querying an address server, using at least one portion of the overall characteristics of the set on the one hand, and an address domain name on the other hand; c) sending the first address to the address server; d) receiving a list of one or more devices compatible with the characteristics; and e) selecting one device from the list. |
| US09537704B2 |
Method and apparatus for migrating active communication session between terminals
An apparatus and method are disclosed for migrating between terminals. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network proxy having a controller that manages a communications interface in a communication system. The controller can be programmed to receive a request to migrate a first terminal to a third terminal while active communications are taking place on a first voice channel connecting the first terminal to a second terminal, establish a second voice channel with the third terminal, connect the first and second voice channels, and terminate without action of an end user of the first terminal a connection between the first terminal and the first voice channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09537700B2 |
Mobile networks and mobile repeaters
Mobile networks for peer to peer direct communication with cascaded repeaters between mobile devices in a star, mesh or other network configuration. A first mobile device receives and demodulates, from a cellular system, a first modulated spread spectrum signal into a first baseband signal. In the first mobile device the first baseband signal is stored and or is processed and provided to a first transmitter for transmission as a first OFDM modulated signal. The first OFDM modulated signal is received in a second mobile device. The second mobile device demodulates the first OFDM modulated signal into a second baseband signal. In the second mobile device the second baseband signal is stored and or is processed and provided to a second transmitter. The second transmitter, is in the second mobile device and it transmits a second OFDM modulated signal. The second OFDM modulated signal is received by a third mobile device. The third mobile device demodulates the second OFDM modulated signal into a third baseband signal. In the third mobile device the third baseband signal is stored and or is processed and provided to a third transmitter. The third transmitter, is in the third mobile device and it transmits a second OFDM modulated signal. The operation of the mobile devices is controlled by touch screen control signals and authentication of the mobile devices is by fingerprint authentication. |
| US09537693B2 |
Circuit device having two communication interfaces for faster and slower transmission speeds, and transmission module, electronic apparatus, and moving object that have the circuit device
To provide different paths for communication of a serial signal required for high-speed communication and communication of transmission data that may be handled in low-speed communication, a circuit device includes a serial interface that receives a serial signal transmitted from a controller at a first communication speed, a transmission data input terminal that receives transmission data transmitted from the controller at a second communication speed slower than the first communication speed, and a transmission circuit that outputs a transmission signal corresponding to the transmission data based on the serial signal and the transmission data. |
| US09537685B2 |
Continuous time linear equalization for current-mode logic with transformer
The present invention is directed to data communication systems and methods. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a CML that uses one or more equalization modules to apply equalization via secondary windings of transformers that are coupled, directly or indirectly, to the CML outputs. The equalization modules comprises a DAC component that generates switching signals based on control signals received from an external equalization module. The equalization module also includes switchable resistors and/or capacitors. The switching signals are used to select switchable resistors and/or capacitors. By switching resistors and/or capacitors at the equalization module, the outputs of the CML are equalized. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US09537684B2 |
Adaptive transmit beamforming for frequency division duplexing systems
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for performing an adaptive transmission scheme in a frequency division duplexing communication system based on channel state information estimated using an open-loop mode are described herein. In one example, the method includes estimating an impulse response of a channel using a signal received over a first frequency band of the channel from a device, transforming the impulse response into a frequency response of the channel, and subsequently performing the adaptive transmission scheme using the frequency response to transmit a signal to the device over a second frequency band of the channel that is different from the first frequency band. |
| US09537682B2 |
High speed receiver with one-hot decision feedback equalizer
Described is an apparatus which comprises: an amplifier; a first set of samplers to sample data output from the amplifier according to a clock signal, the set of samplers to generate an output; and a converter to convert the output of the first set of samplers to 1 -hot encoded data. |
| US09537680B2 |
Inducing response signatures in a communication network
Methods and systems are provided in which a network induces different distortions in signals traversing different segments of the network. The distortions may be used to identify locations on the network of devices that transmit and receive the signals. The distortions may be reflected in equalization coefficients programmed into transmitting or receiving devices, which may be used to pre or post filter the signals to compensate for the distortions. |
| US09537678B2 |
Method and apparatus for robust two-stage OFDM channel estimation
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for improved channel estimation in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system are discussed. In one example discussed herein, joint two-dimensional Minimum Mean-Square Error (2D-MMSE) channel estimation is performed on any Resource Element (REs) containing a reference signal in a Resource Block (RB), one-dimensional Minimum Mean-Square Error (1D-MMSE) channel estimation is performed in the frequency domain on each OFDM symbol in the RB, and then channel estimation is performed in the time domain on each frequency sub-carrier in the RB. In another example discussed herein, Power Delay Profiles (PDPs) and/or frequency correlations are calculated using minimax optimization and then stored in a Look-Up Table (LUT) indexed by estimated Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and the estimated maximum delay spread. A portable device could use such an LUT in MMSE calculations. |
| US09537675B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving personal broadcasting data based on peer-to-peer communication
Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving personal broadcasting data in a peer-to-peer (P2P) based network. A terminal (client) that receives a personal broadcast requests a tracker server for a viewing reservation by using electronic program guide (EPG) information or a uniform resource locator (URL) of a personal broadcasting channel, a terminal (broadcaster) that transmits personal broadcasting data receives a list of clients that made a viewing reservation of the personal broadcast from the tracker server and notifies the clients about starting of the personal broadcast when it is time to start the personal broadcast. Accordingly, the client starts streaming when notified of the starting of the personal broadcast by connecting to the personal broadcasting channel after making the viewing reservation, without having to wait for the personal broadcast to start. |
| US09537673B2 |
Minimizing interference between communication networks
Methods, systems, and devices are described for minimizing mutual interference between networks that implement different protocols. In one embodiment, a first network device of a first network may exchange coexistence information with a second network device of a second network to determine whether to share resources or reduce transmit power based, at least in part, on the interference detected at the first network device from a transmission of the second network device. In one embodiment, both the first and the second network devices may independently and iteratively reduce their respective transmit power to minimize interference between the interfering networks. The first network device may reduce its transmit power based on an interference of the second network device and vice versa. In another embodiment, the network device with a lower priority may minimize its transmit power to reduce interference with the network device with a higher priority. |
| US09537672B2 |
Method for managing customer edge device automatically and PE device
A method for managing a customer edge device includes: receiving, by a UNI set in a third-party operator network, an E-LMI packet sent by a VUNI set in a service provider network, where the VUNI is configured to manage a RUNI correlated with an EVC in the third-party operator network; converting, by the UNI, a unicast DMAC address in the E-LMI packet into a multicast DMAC address; and sending, by the UNI, the converted E-LMI packet to a CE device connected with the UNI. The E-LMI packet sent by the VUNI set in a service provider network may penetrate the third-party operator network, so that the management information of the service provider network can be transmitted to the CE device that is connected with the third-party operator network through the UNI. |
| US09537668B2 |
LTE EMBMS service enhancement
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be an MCE. The apparatus receives a plurality of channel status reports from respective eNBs. In an aspect, each channel status report includes channel information associated with a respective eNB for one of a plurality of channels in a contention based radio frequency band. The apparatus selects a channel for an eNB among the plurality of channels based on the plurality of channel status reports. In an aspect, the selected channel is available to be used for an eMBMS. The apparatus prompts the eNB to provide the eMBMS using the selected channel. |
| US09537666B2 |
Number association realizing method and system
A method and system for realizing number association are provided. The method includes that a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) acquires number information of A user; the P-CSCF parses and stores the number information to realize number association. With the method that a P-CSCF acquires number information of A user, and then parses and stores the number information, number association is realized, wherein the format of the number may be either SIP or TEL. The method and system can simplify and optimize service processing, thus improving efficiency and reducing cost. |
| US09537662B2 |
Certificates for low-power or low-memory devices
Methods and systems for generating or validating compact certificates include receiving a first format of the certificate. Moreover, obtain a signature for the certificate in the first format. For each field of the certificate decode the field to obtain a value for the field from the first format and encoding the value for the field into a second format. Decoding and encoding for each field is done incrementally in the same order of the fields as the first format. In other words, a next field is not decoded from the first format until the field is encoded in the second format. Furthermore, a security envelope is encoded using the signature in the first format and the fields. |
| US09537650B2 |
Verifiable trust for data through wrapper composition
A digital escrow pattern for data services can include selective access for obscured data at a remote site or in a cloud service, distributing trust across multiple entities to avoid a single point of data compromise. Based on the pattern, a “trustworthy envelope” for any kind of payload enables curtained access through a variety of decorations or seals placed on the envelope that allow for a gamut of trust ranging with guarantees such as, but not limited to, confidentiality, privacy, anonymity, tamper detection, integrity, etc. Verifiable trust is provided through families of techniques that are referred to as wrapper composition. Multiple concentric and/or lateral transform wrappers or layers can wholly or partially transform data, metadata or both to mathematical transform (e.g., encrypt, distribute across storage, obscure) or otherwise introduce lack of visibility to some or all of the data, metadata or both. |
| US09537646B2 |
Retry disparity for control channel of a multimedia communication link
A multimedia system for data communications. A source device communicates data over a full duplex control channel of a multimedia communication link. The source device has a first link layer that retries unsuccessful data communications over the full duplex control channel until a first maximum retry limit of the first link layer is reached. A sink device communicates data over the full duplex control channel of the multimedia communication link. The sink device has a second link layer that retries unsuccessful data communications over the full duplex control channel until a second maximum retry limit of the second link layer is reached, where the second maximum retry limit is different than the first maximum retry limit. |
| US09537644B2 |
Transmitting multiple differential signals over a reduced number of physical channels
Transmitting a bidirectional, virtual differential signal in addition to other differential signals over physical communication channels. Thus, four signal lines can provide three differential signals, where the virtual differential signal is bidirectional. The virtual differential signal can be provided over one or more of the other physical communication channels. Additional configurations allow for providing a bidirectional DC power supply. Additional configurations allow for providing DC power in addition to data over a reduced number of lines. Selective switching of signal lines can allow backward and forward interoperability with other standard interfaces. |
| US09537642B2 |
Method and apparatus for frequency hopping coexistence in unlicensed radio frequency bands for mobile devices
Apparatus and methods for frequency hopping among a set of frequency channels used for secondary cells by wireless devices operating with carrier aggregation across a combination of licensed and unlicensed radio frequency (RF) bands are described. A wireless device establishes a connection with an eNodeB using a primary component carrier (PCC) of a primary cell in a licensed radio frequency band. The wireless device obtains a configuration for a secondary cell operating in the unlicensed radio frequency band from the eNodeB, the configuration including a set of RF channels and a frequency-hopping pattern for communicating via a secondary component carrier in the secondary cell. The wireless device transmits to or receives from the eNodeB, via the SCC during a first hop of the frequency-hopping pattern using a first frequency channel in the set of frequency channels, and using a second frequency channel during a second hop. |
| US09537634B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving control information through EPDCCH in wireless communication system
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a terminal receiving control information through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: indexing resource elements (RE), which are included in a physical resource block (PRB) set of a received subframe, in units of enhanced resource element groups (EREG); indexing the EREGs that are indexed in units of enhanced control channel elements (ECCE); and determining EPDCCH candidates which comprise a terminal-specific search space on the basis of the ECCEs which are indexed, and then blind decoding same, wherein the terminal determines whether a predetermined resource unit for a common search space and the terminal-specific search space overlap. |
| US09537628B2 |
Mapping user data onto a time-frequency resource grid in a coordinated multi-point wireless communication system
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for receiving user data in a wireless communication system that employs coordinated multi-point transmission of the user data from a first cell serving a wireless terminal and a second cell site neighboring the first cell site. In an exemplary system, the first cell site maps control signals and user data to a time-frequency resources according to a first mapping pattern, while the second cell site maps control data and traffic data to the time-frequency resources according to a second mapping pattern. An exemplary method comprises extracting user data, according to the first mapping pattern, from time-frequency resources of a first transmission for the wireless terminal transmitted from the first cell site; detecting a control element transmitted by one of the first and second cell sites, the control element indicating that user data associated with the control element is mapped to the time-frequency resources according to the second mapping pattern; and, responsive to said detecting, extracting user data according to the second mapping pattern from time-frequency resources of a second transmission for the wireless terminal transmitted from the second cell site. |
| US09537624B2 |
Fast load balancing by cooperative scheduling for heterogeneous networks with eICIC
Scheduling decisions between a first base station and a second base station are coordinated with respect to using subframes overlapping almost blank subframes for transmission, wherein the almost blank subframes include mandatory almost blank subframes which are predefined and are not to be used by the first base station and may be used by the second base station for transmission, and optional almost blank subframes which may be used by the first base station and the second base station. The almost blank subframes may be used for transmission according to the coordinated scheduling, and the transmission may be received by a user equipment. |
| US09537617B2 |
Receiver clock test circuitry and related methods and apparatuses
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of receivers, each having a clock and data recovery circuit. A first local clock recovery circuit in a first receiver can be caused to produce a test clock which simulates a condition to be tested, and while a second receiver in the plurality of receivers that includes a second local clock recovery circuit is caused to use the test clock in place of the reference clock while receiving a test data sequence at its input. The clock and data recovery circuits in the receivers can include clock control loops responsive to loop control signals to modify the selected reference clock to generate the local clock in response to selective one of (i) a corresponding data signal for normal operation or during a test, and (ii) a test signal applied to the clock control loop in which case the test clock is produced. |
| US09537615B2 |
Flexible HARQ ACK/NACK transmission
A method including utilizing HARQ process grouping and subframe grouping to carry ACK/NACK transmissions, wherein the HARQ process grouping divides HARQ processes into one or more groups, and the subframe grouping divides a radio frame into one or more groups. The method may further include carrying ACK/NACK transmissions. |
| US09537614B2 |
Method for sending hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement message and user equipment
The disclosure discloses a method for sending a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) message in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system and a User Equipment (UE), in order that the UE feeds back the HARQ-ACK message of each downlink serving cell and downlink subframe in Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format 1b with channel selection in the TDD system. When there are more than 1 downlink subframes in a downlink subframe window corresponding to an uplink subframe, the feedback mode when the UE feeds back the HARQ-ACK message in format 1b with channel selection is determined through the configuration of the high layer or according to the result about whether the UE receives the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) from a secondary downlink serving cell. In feedback mode 1, the UE adopts the mapping table defined by Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) (Rel-10), generates the HARQ-ACK message in the mapping table by a time domain bundling method, and determines the corresponding PUCCH resources in the mapping table by a preset new PUCCH resource determining method. |
| US09537613B2 |
Acknowledgment based on short cell radio network temporary identifier
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying resources upon which an acknowledgment can be sent or received in a wireless communication environment that leverages coordinated multi-point (CoMP). The resources can be identified based upon a criterion that can be identifiable to a non-anchor cell base station (as well as an anchor cell base station, a mobile device, etc.). The criterion can be an identifier corresponding to a mobile device, where the identifier maps to a predetermined set of resources. Examples of the identifier can include a media access control identifier (MACID), a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a short C-RNTI, etc. Further, the criterion can be physical resources corresponding to a transmission, where the acknowledgment is responsive to the transmission. Moreover, the acknowledgment can be sent or received in connection with a cooperation technique (e.g., joint transmission via inter-site packet sharing, cooperative beamforming, cooperative silence, . . . ). |
| US09537612B2 |
Restrictions on transmissions of control plane data with carrier aggregation
The disclosure describes apparatus and methods for communicating control plane data with a mobile device in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network employing carrier aggregation. A network apparatus, such as an enhanced NodeB (eNodeB) or a mobility management entity (MME), can be configured to evaluate a measurement report (MR) received from a mobile device for one or more radio frequency (RF) conditions associated with a primary network cell and one or more RF conditions associated with a secondary network cell. Then, based on the evaluation, the network apparatus can determine to communicate the control plane data with the mobile device via the primary network cell, the secondary network cell, or both. The control plane data can correspond to non-access stratum (NAS) information, radio resource control (RRC) information, or a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission of previously transmitted control plane data. |
| US09537606B2 |
Down-hole intelligent communication system based on the real-time characterisation of the attenuation of signals in a coaxial cable used as a transmission medium
The invention comprises real-time down-hole intelligent communication based on the characterization of signal attenuation caused by a coaxial cable used as a communication medium and by frequency response changes of the electronic components of the transmitters and receivers, generated by the down-hole operating environment. The invention relates to a method for the real-time characterization of the attenuation response of a two-way communication system using a coaxial cable, consisting in: generating test tones for the real-time characterization of the attenuation response of a two-way communication system in the transmission and reception bands, measuring the signals received, estimating noise and the ratio to the communication signal, comparing with reference responses, adjusting the transmission and reception frequencies in order to maintain the communication with the maximum signal-to-noise ratio. The invention also relates to an adaptive two-way transmitter/receiver system for communication using coaxial cable as a link means, formed by: a transmitter with automatic adjustment of the operating band by means of the real-time characterization of the attenuation response of a two-way communication system. The invention further relates to adjustable filtering and coupling devices for optimizing the transmission and reception bands, and a control module capable of measuring the transmission and reception attenuation responses. |
| US09537596B2 |
Terminal station apparatus, base station apparatus, transmission method and control method
A terminal apparatus is disclosed wherein even in a case of applying SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO at the same time, the inter-sequence interference in a plurality of pilot signals used by the same terminal can be suppressed to a low value, while the inter-sequence interference in pilot signal between terminals can be reduced. In this terminal apparatus: a pilot information deciding unit decides, based on allocation control information, Walsh sequences of the respective ones of first and second stream groups at least one of which includes a plurality of streams; and a pilot signal generating unit forms a transport signal by using the decided Walsh sequences to spread the streams included in the first and second stream groups. During this, Walsh sequences orthogonal to each other are established in the first and second stream groups, and users are allocated on a stream group-by-stream group basis. |
| US09537592B2 |
Systems and methods for synching a host computer with a variety of external devices
A method of calculating the difference between a device clock and a host clock over a communication network is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises: a.) sending a sync requests over the communication network; b.) storing in memory a sent host time TH0 when the sync requests was sent; c.) receiving a local time report over a communication network from a local device; d.) storing in memory a device local time X extracted from the local time report; e.) storing in memory a receive host time TH3 when the local time report was received; f.) calculating T such that T=(TH0+TH3)/2; repeating steps a through f a plurality of times; and calculating coefficients Ai and Bi using linear regression after repeating steps a through f at least twice where X=Ai*T+Bi. |
| US09537591B2 |
Method for zero traffic hit synchronization switchover in telecommunication network
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a Zero traffic hit synchronization switch over technique in a telecommunication network. The switch over is carried out by switching input reference of the receiver from one or more master (1) to at least one slave (2), wherein said slave (2) becomes new master (2) and said one or more master (1) becomes new slave (1) after switching. Now, the new master (2) locks to the new slave (1) for predetermined time period. Once the predetermined is elapsed, the new master (2) is disconnected from the new slave (1), wherein said new master (2) selects its own network reference clock upon disconnection of the new slave (1). The new slave (1) is locked to the new master (2) to synchronize the switchover in redundant systems. |
| US09537589B2 |
Method of creating preamble, and method and apparatus for detecting frame boundary
A method and apparatus of detecting a frame boundary by using a preamble are provided. The method includes delaying the preamble by a predetermined length of time, wherein the preamble includes an LTF and a code of the (n+1)th one of 2n sync sequences of the LTF is the inverse of a code of the last one of the sync sequences of STF; calculating a correlation value between the preamble and the delayed preamble; and detecting a frame boundary by comparing the correlation value with a threshold correlation value. |
| US09537587B2 |
Efficient large-scale multiple input multiple output communications
Methods and systems for beam forming, implemented in a base station used in a communication system, include measuring channel state information (CSI) for a number of active phased-array antennas less than a full number of phased-array antennas. Analog beam forming weights are determined using the measured CSI. An optimal digital precoder is determined from the analog beam forming weights. The analog beam forming weights and optimal digital precoder are applied to one phased-array antenna. |
| US09537586B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management with remote access to data in a virtual computing network
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated geolocation of a signal using automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time. |
| US09537581B2 |
Isolator including bi-directional regulator
An apparatus includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a bi-directional regulator circuit, and functional circuitry. The bi-directional regulator circuit generates a voltage across a first power supply node and a second power supply node in response to an input current flowing through the first terminal and the second terminal with a first polarity. The bi-directional regulator circuit also generates the voltage across the first power supply node and the second power supply node in response to the input current flowing through the first terminal and the second terminal with a second polarity opposite the first polarity. The functional circuitry is powered by the voltage and is configured to generate a signal using the voltage. The signal is indicative of the input current in response to the input current being supplied to the first terminal and is indicative of the input current in response to presence of the input current. |
| US09537577B2 |
Arbitrary grid wavelocking using digitally generated out-of-band tones
A device may insert a set of tones into a transmitter signal at a set of frequency offsets from a set of transmitter channels associated with a set of transmitter channel wavelengths. The set of transmitter channels may include a first channel being associated with a first quantity of bandwidth and a second channel associated with a second quantity of bandwidth. The first quantity of bandwidth may be different from the second quantity of bandwidth. The device may repeatedly adjust the transmitter signal to align the set of transmitter channel wavelengths based on a set of observed responses to the set of tones, generated based on the transmitter signal passing through an optical filter, failing to match a set of expected responses. |
| US09537576B2 |
Encoding and decoding methods for high-precision time transfer and encoding and decoding devices therefor
A format for modified IRIB-G time code, with added message fields while preserving pulse width coding rule of the standard IRIG-B time code, having a time interval field for carrying time interval between the local time signal and a received time signal, and a user-defined or padded field for carrying user-defined time and/or control messages. An encoding and a decoding methods and devices for high-precision time transfer, where the modified IRIG-B time code carries more messages, and enabling transmission of timing messages and testing messages of two-way time comparison via a single message channel at the same time, which reduces fluctuation due to encoding and decoding manipulation and correlation with working frequencies via exact synchronization between the on-times of the output encoded time code and the transmitted time signal, and between the on-times of the output decoded time signal and the input time code, and improves precision of time transfer. |
| US09537568B2 |
Method for protecting a PON from photoreceiver overload by an ONT
A method and device are provided for protecting a passive optical network including an optical-line terminal connected to a plurality of optical network terminals grouped set-wise. The method includes: obtaining a transmission schedule of the optical network terminals; comparing, by set, the schedule with the signals transmitted by the optical network terminals, and, if at least one optical network terminal of an assembly does not transmit in synchronization with the schedule, disconnecting the assembly. |
| US09537564B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing wireless communication between terminals
A method and an apparatus are provided for performing wireless communication between terminals. An inquiry message is transmitted to a neighboring terminal. An inquiry response message is received from the neighboring terminal. It is determined whether the apparatus overlaps the neighboring terminal. When the apparatus overlaps the neighboring terminal, paging is automatically performed, without intervention of a user of the apparatus, and pairing between the apparatus and the neighboring terminal is established. |
| US09537563B2 |
Automated method for coupling a mobile communication terminal to a central computation unit in a motor vehicle
A method for the automated coupling of a mobile communication terminal with a central computing unit of a motor vehicle involves the mobile communication terminal communicating with a server to exchange pairing information. The central computing unit of the vehicle and an internet server exchange the pairing information. The mobile terminal then transmits the pairing information to the central computing unit of the vehicle, which then identifies and authenticates the mobile communication terminal using the pairing information and allows a coupling of the mobile communication terminal with the central computing unit of the vehicle. |
| US09537557B2 |
Method and apparatus for a cluster specific CSI feedback
Embodiment herein provide a method and system of reporting cluster specific CSI feedback by user equipment (UE) to a cloud system. The UE associates with the cloud using a biased association or an unbiased association. In a biased association, a ratio between the highest received power from a Macro BS and a Pico base station is determined by the UE and compared with a threshold (bias). If the ratio is greater than the bias, the UE associates with the Pico BS. The UE reports CSI for a set of dominant Macro BSs and Pico BSs within a cluster. The UE can report the IDs of the BSs which contribute to dominant interference caused by the BSs of neighboring clusters. |
| US09537556B2 |
Systems and methods for optimized beamforming and compression for uplink MIMO cloud radio access networks
System and method embodiments are provided to optimize uplink multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming for uplink and compression for fronthaul links transmission in cloud radio access network (C-RANs). In an embodiment, cloud-computing based central processor (CP) obtains channel state information for a mobile device (MD) being served by a plurality of access points (APs) in a C-RAN, and generates a channel gain matrix in accordance with the channel state information. A weighted sum-rate maximization model is then established using the channel gain matrix in accordance with power constraints of transmission from the MD to the APs and capacity constraints of fronthaul links connecting the APs to the CP. The CP calculates a transmit beamforming vector for the MD and a quantization noise covariance matrix for the APs jointly by applying a weighted minimum-mean-square-error successive convex approximation algorithm, or separately by applying an approximation algorithm, to solve the weighted sum-rate maximization model. |
| US09537550B2 |
Mobile communication system, user terminal, and processor
In a mobile communication system, a base station performs downlink multi-antenna transmission by applying a precoder matrix for defining downlink transmission directivity. The mobile communication system includes a first user terminal that selects one of first precoder matrix information and second precoder matrix information as precoder matrix information to be fed back to the base station. The precoder matrix information is referred to determine, in the base station, the precoder matrix to be applied to transmission to a second user terminal that establishes a connection with the base station. The first precoder matrix information indicates the precoder matrix that is preferred to the first user terminal. The second precoder matrix information indicates the precoder matrix that is not preferred to the first user terminal. |
| US09537537B2 |
Communication partner appliance with automatic send mode activation
A communication partner appliance is implemented within a near field communication system. The communication partner appliance includes a receiver, a detector, and a processor. The receiver receives a NFC command signal from another communication partner appliance. The detector detects whether a carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver at a time other than during a transmission of the NFC command signal from the other communication partner appliance to the receiver. The processor controls a power supply element based on a determination by the detector whether the carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver. The power supply element is configured to establish a connection to either a first power supply or a second power supply. The first power supply is dependent on the carrier signal, and the second power supply is independent of the carrier signal. |
| US09537536B2 |
Communication method, program storage medium, mobile terminal, home electric appliance, and home electric appliance operation setting system
When an appliance communication portion of a home electric appliance receives a set operation data piece transmission request from a mobile terminal, the appliance communication portion transmits a stored set operation data piece. When the appliance communication portion receives the set operation data piece from the mobile terminal, the appliance communication portion sets an operation, defined by the received set operation data piece, as an operation of the home electric appliance to be executed. When a data piece processing portion of the mobile terminal receives a set operation data piece acquisition command from an input portion and receives the set operation data piece from the home electric appliance, the data piece processing portion causes a data piece storage portion to store the received set operation data piece. When the data piece processing portion receives an operation setting command from the input portion, the data piece processing portion causes a first terminal communication portion to transmit the set operation data piece. |
| US09537533B2 |
PLC FCH unitary circle differential symbol and preamble encoding determination
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for discriminating between two types of encoding schemes for the frame control header (FCH) used in G3-type narrow band OFDM communications. The two modes for encoding are Differential with respect to the previous Symbol (DS) and Differential with respect to the Preamble (DP). This mode is sometimes referred to as “coherent” mode. |
| US09537529B2 |
Communication apparatus
There is provided a communication apparatus including an antenna unit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal, and a wireless processing unit configured to process the wireless signal transmitted or received via the antenna unit. The antenna unit is configured or arranged to maintain a satisfactory communication characteristic regardless of arrangement and a direction with respect to an antenna of a communication partner apparatus that transmits or receives a wireless signal of high directivity. |
| US09537520B2 |
Method and apparatus for calibrating distortion of signals
An electronic device for and method of determining a calibration code is provided. The electronic device includes a modem configured to receive a transmission signal, determine a calibration code that minimizes distortion of the transmission signal, and calibrate the distortion of the transmission signal using the calibration code. |
| US09537513B2 |
Rate adaptive turbo forward error correction
Techniques herein support enhanced multi-rate encoding and decoding of signals in multiple formats. In one embodiment, input data is received at a first device at one of a plurality of data rates. Encoder units are activated to produce streams of encoded input data. The encoder units are configured to operate at the same data rate. Differential encoding operations are performed to produce an encoded output stream. The encoded output stream is modulated for transmission to a second device. In another embodiment, a first device receives an encoded data stream that is transmitted from a second device. The modulated data stream includes encoded data at one of a plurality of data rates. Differential decoding is performed on the encoded data by activating one or more of a plurality of decoder units, where each of the plurality of decoder units is configured to operate at the same rate. |
| US09537505B2 |
Data processing apparatus and method of processing data
A data processing apparatus includes an inputting portion; a first retrieving portion; a second retrieving portion; a clock determining portion; a first serial parallel converting portion; a second serial parallel converting portion; and a combining portion. The inputting portion receives a serial data including a clock bit. The first retrieving portion obtains a first retrieved data. The second retrieving portion obtains a second retrieved data. The clock determining portion determines whether the clock bit is included in the first retrieved data or the second retrieved data. The first serial parallel converting portion performs parallel conversion to obtain a first parallel data. The second serial parallel converting portion performs parallel conversion to obtain a second parallel data. The combining portion combines the first parallel data and the second parallel data to output a parallel data. |
| US09537503B2 |
Method and system for asynchronous successive approximation analog-to-digital convertor (ADC) architecture
Systems and methods are provided for detecting meta-stability during processing of signals. A meta-stability detector may comprise a timing control circuit, a plurality of signal adjustment circuits, and a plurality of signal state circuits. The timing control circuit may measure comparison time for each conversion cycle during analog-to-digital conversions. Each signal adjustment circuit may apply a logical operation to one or more input signals to the signal adjustment circuit, and provide a corresponding output signal. Each signal state circuit may store state information relating to one or more input signals to the signal state circuit, for at least one processing cycle; and provide an output signal based on prior stored information. The plurality of signal state circuits, plurality of signal adjustment circuits, and the timing control circuit may be arranged to generate one or more control signals for controlling an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) during the analog-to-digital conversions. |
| US09537502B2 |
Method and apparatus for calibration of a time interleaved ADC
A system for calibrating time interleaved ADCs is disclosed and may include a time interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for converting analog signals to digital signals, the time interleaved ADC comprising: a plurality of active slices, and a plurality of reference slices, each reference slice associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of active slices. An output of each reference slice may be used to correct distortion in an output of the corresponding active slice. Each active slice may sample an input signal at a first rate and each associated reference slice may sample the input signal at a second rate, the second rate being slower than the first rate. Each sample taken by one of the plurality of reference slices may then be taken concurrent with a sample taken by the associated active slice. Each reference slice may include a reference sampling module and a dummy load. |
| US09537501B2 |
Image sensor including heterogeneous analog to digital convertor with different noise characteristics
An image sensor in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept may include a pixel sensor array which includes an active pixel sensor and an optical black pixel sensor; a first analog to digital converter configured to convert a first sensing signal, which is provided from the active pixel sensor, to a first digital signal; a second analog to digital converter configured to convert a second sensing signal, which is provided from the optical black pixel sensor, to a second digital signal; and an output buffer configured to temporarily store and output the first digital signal and the second digital signal, wherein a plurality of noise characteristics of the second analog to digital converter is different from a plurality of noise characteristics of the first analog to digital converter. |
| US09537496B2 |
Method for driving SERDES circuit
Provided is a method for driving a SERDES circuit, which may reduce waste of a space of the SERDES circuit. The circuit driving method includes generating a common clock signal from a common phase locked loop (PLL) supplying a clock signal to a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuit, distributing the common clock signal to an eye opening monitor and a data transmission lane in the SERDES circuit, and driving the eye opening monitor and the data transmission lane using the common clock signal. |
| US09537494B2 |
Reference-frequency-insensitive phase locked loop
A phase locked loop may be operable to generate, utilizing a frequency doubler, a reference clock signal whose frequency is twice a frequency of a crystal clock signal and is keyed on both rising and falling edges of the crystal clock signal. A sampled loop filter (SLPF) in the phase locked loop may capture charge from a charge pump (CHP) in the phase locked loop and the charge is captured at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the reference clock signal. A switch of the sampled loop filter is utilized and controlled to manage holding and releasing of the captured charge, where the switch is controlled utilizing a control signal. By utilizing the sampled loop filter in the phase locked loop, the phase locked loop may eliminate, at an output of the charge pump, disturbance which is associated with duty cycle errors of the crystal clock signal. |
| US09537486B2 |
Semiconductor device and power conversion device using the same
In a semiconductor device such as a three-phase one-chip gate driver IC, HVNMOSs configuring two set and reset level shift circuits are disposed on non-opposed surfaces, and it is thereby possible to reduce the amount of electrons flowing into drains of HVNMOSs of another phase due to a negative voltage surge. Also, distances from an opposed surface on the opposite side to the respective drains of the HVNMOSs configuring the two set and reset level shift circuits are made equal to or more than 150 μm, and it is thereby possible to prevent a malfunction of a high side driver circuit of another phase to which no negative surge is applied. |
| US09537472B2 |
Integrated switch and self-activating adjustable power limiter
A fast response time, self-activating, adjustable threshold limiter including a limiting element LE, a first coupling element CE1 electrically connected from a signal node of LE to a control input of LE, and a second coupling element CE2 electrically connected from the control input of LE to a nominal node of LE. An initial bias (control) voltage is also supplied to the control input of LE to dynamically control the limiting threshold for the limiter. Embodiments include usage of self-activating adjustable power limiters in combination with series switch components in a switch circuit in lieu of conventional shunt switches. |
| US09537471B2 |
Three dimensional logic circuit
A 3D multi-bit flip-flop may include a two tier structure. The two tier structure may include a first tier containing a common clock circuit for the multi-bit flip-flop as well as the clock driven portions of the individual flip-flops and a second tier containing a common scan circuit for the multi-bit flip-flop as well as the non-clock driven portions of the individual flip-flops. Alternatively, the first tier may include the common clock circuit as well as a portion of the individual flip-flops and the second tier may include the common scan circuit as well as the other portion of the individual flip-flops. |
| US09537468B2 |
Reflective vector modulators
Technologies for RFID positioning and tracking apparatus and methods are disclosed herein. The apparatus and methods disclose a radio-frequency identification positioning system that includes a radio-frequency identification reader and a phased-array antenna coupled to the radio-frequency identification reader. Techniques are applied to reduce in-reader and in-antenna signal leakages. Techniques are applied to position and track RFID tags. Circuits with leakage cancellation abilities are also disclosed. Reflective vector attenuators with tunable impedance load are also disclosed. Polarization adjustable antennas with matching circuits used in the RFID positioning system are also disclosed. Circuits to re-transmit a received signal at a higher amplitude to enhance radio link range are also disclosed. Techniques are applied to increase the level of scattered radio signals from RFID tags. |
| US09537466B1 |
Microelectromechanical system resonators and related methods and apparatus
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators and related methods and apparatus are provided. A MEMS resonator may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be configured to resonate, and the second portion may be configured to operate based on an energy trapping principle to prevent energy from traveling therethrough from the first portion. The MEMS resonator may be a Lamb wave resonator. The MEMS resonator may be anchorless. The MEMS resonator may have a side contacted by the anchor, wherein the anchor contacts greater than approximately 50% of the side. |
| US09537455B2 |
Multiplex detector signal boosters
A signal booster may include a first path that may include a first tap circuit. The first path may be coupled between a first port and a second port and may be configured to amplify a first signal. The signal booster may also include a second path that includes a second tap circuit. The second path may be coupled between the first port and the second port and may be configured to amplify a second signal. The signal booster may also include a radio frequency detector circuit and a switch circuit. The switch circuit may be configured to switch between coupling the radio frequency detector circuit to the first tap circuit and coupling the radio frequency detector circuit to the second tap circuit to provide either a portion of the first signal or a portion of the second signal to the radio frequency detector circuit. |
| US09537453B2 |
Power amplifier having separate interconnects for DC bias and RF matching networks
An amplifier cell apparatus has an RF input node, a first power transistor in communication with the input node through a first input impedance matching network, a second power transistor in communication with the input node through a second input impedance matching network, and an RF output node in communication with the first and second power transistors through a single output impedance matching network so that the first and second input impedance matching networks are disposed on an RF input side of the amplifier cell. |
| US09537452B2 |
Broadband power amplifier systems and methods
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methodologies to reduce harmonics in a radio frequency output signal. A power amplifier system comprises a power amplifier and a tunable output matching network electrically connected between the output of the power amplifier and an output of the tunable output matching network. The tunable output matching network reduces second-order harmonics in an amplified radio frequency signal when the power amplifier operates in a low frequency mode. The tunable output matching network includes traps such as a series inductor and a first capacitor in series with a first switch, a second capacitor in series with a second switch, and a third capacitor in series with a third switch, where the traps are tuned to selected harmonic frequencies when the power amplifier operates in the low frequency band of the operating band of frequencies. |
| US09537449B1 |
Crystal oscillation circuit, gain stage of crystal oscillation circuit and method for designing same
A crystal oscillation circuit, a gain stage of the crystal oscillation circuit and a method for designing the same are provided. The gain stage includes multiple amplifiers and multiple current-limiting resistors. Input terminals of the amplifiers are coupled together to a first bonding pad, wherein transconductances of the amplifiers are different from each other. The first bonding pad is used for electrically coupling to a first terminal of an oscillation crystal module. First terminals of the current-limiting resistors are respectively coupled to output terminals of the amplifiers in a one-on-one manner, and second terminals of the current-limiting resistors are coupled together to a second bonding pad, wherein the second bonding pad is used for electrically coupling to a second terminal of the oscillation crystal module. |
| US09537448B2 |
Oscillator, electronic apparatus, and moving object
An oscillator includes: an oscillation circuit whose oscillation frequency changes based on a voltage that is applied to a variable capacitance element; and a voltage generation unit that generates the voltage which is applied to the variable capacitance element based on a control signal, in which the voltage that is generated by the voltage generation unit changes nonlinearly with respect to a change in the control signal such that a change in the oscillation frequency with respect to the change in the control signal is adjusted to come close to be linear. |
| US09537446B2 |
System for producing a system clock and temperature gradient detection system
System for producing a system clock signal comprising a local oscillator configured to generate a first clock signal; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature change above a critical value in an area including the local oscillator; an obtaining module configured to obtain a second clock signal; a clock generator configured to generate the system clock signal in a first manner, using the first clock signal, in a normal mode when the temperature detector does not detect a temperature change above the critical value, and in a second manner different from the first manner, using the second clock signal, in a reverse hold-over mode when the temperature detector has detected a temperature change above the critical value. |
| US09537441B2 |
Epilator and method for driving epilator
An electric razor is provided with a linear actuator having a stator which includes an electromagnet and also having a moving element which includes a permanent magnet. The electric razor is also provided with an amplitude control unit and a control/output unit, which detect the amplitude and speed of the moving element on the basis of an induced voltage occurring in the winding of the stator as the moving element reciprocates, compare the detected speed and a formerly detected speed, and, according to the difference representing the result of the comparison, change a method for controlling the moving element. |
| US09537437B2 |
Method and system for controlling switching frequency of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)
The present subject matter is directed to systems and methods for controlling variable speed generators, particularly converters associated with doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG) to permit use of harmonic attenuating filters that are generally smaller and less costly than previous similar filters. The subject matter provides for controlling line-side and rotor-side converters in such a manner that the frequencies generated by the converters are interleaved in a manner that the filters see a higher switching frequency and thus may be designed based on those higher frequencies, thereby requiring smaller and less expensive components. |
| US09537436B2 |
Alternator overvoltage protection circuit
Disclosed is an alternator overvoltage protection circuit having a TRIAC and a MOSFET. The TRIAC is electrically connected to the MOSFET and the TRIAC is electrically connected to a magneto. The TRIAC is configured to ground the magneto when triggered by the MOSFET. The MOSFET is electrically connected to an alternator and configured to conduct when the alternator operates in an overvoltage condition. Also disclosed is a method of alternator overvoltage protection for a piece of outdoor power equipment, the method including providing a TRIAC and an alternator rotated by an engine having a magneto, wherein the alternator outputs a voltage when rotated by the engine. The method further includes configuring the TRIAC to ground the magneto when the alternator operates in an overvoltage condition, thereby disabling the magneto, which stops the rotation of the engine and stops the alternator from outputting voltage. |
| US09537435B2 |
Stepping motor and timepiece provided with stepping motor
Disclosed is a stepping motor including a rotor, a plurality of coils and a switching mechanism. The stepping motor simultaneously or sequentially applies driving pulses to the coils to rotate the rotor by a predetermined step angle, and while the driving pulses are being applied to part of the coils, the switching mechanism switches the rest of the coils other than the part of the coils driven by the driving pulses into a high impedance state. |
| US09537434B2 |
DC electric fan and driving system thereof
A DC electric fan receiving a first direct current voltage is provided. The DC electric fan includes a motor, a fan blade, a voltage converting device and a motor controller. The motor is directly driven by the first direct current voltage. The fan blade is connected to the motor and rotated by the driving of the motor. The voltage converting device receives and converts the first direct current voltages to a second direct current voltage, wherein the magnitude of the first direct current voltages is larger than the magnitude of the second direct current voltage. The motor controller receives the second direct current voltages to control a rotation direction of the motor, wherein the motor controller is not powered by the first direct current voltage and the first direct current voltage is a fixed direct current voltage. |
| US09537432B2 |
Power-off brake circuit for DC fan
The present invention relates to a power-off brake circuit for a DC fan, which comprises a control unit, a motor driver unit, a switch unit, a power-off protection unit, and a brake unit and a brake unit. The control unit is coupled to the motor driver unit, the switch unit, the power-off protection unit. The brake unit is coupled to the motor driver unit and the power-off protection unit. By means of the circuit design of the present invention, the independent brake loop is used to achieve the effects of power-off brake and of the accurate control of rotating speed is improved. |
| US09537428B2 |
Combined power transmission and heating systems and method of operating the same
A combined direct current DC power transmission and heating system is provided. The system includes a rectifier station configured to generate a DC link current. The system also includes a downstream converter station positioned remotely from the rectifier station. The downstream converter station is configured to generate power supplied to an electrical load using at least a portion of the DC link current. The system also includes a return conductor electrically coupled to the rectifier station and the downstream converter station. The return conductor is configured to transmit a return current from the downstream converter station to the rectifier station. The return conductor is also configured to generate heat from resistive losses induced by the return current; and conduct the heat generated by the return current to a fluid being transported from a proximity of the downstream converter station to a proximity of the rectifier station. |
| US09537427B2 |
Pulse-width modulation control of paralleled inverters
A system includes a paralleled inverter circuit and a controller. The paralleled inverter circuit includes a first inverter and a second inverter. The controller is configured to control a first plurality of switches of the first inverter and a second plurality of switches of the second inverter based upon a control vector. The controller controls the paralleled inverter circuit using a first unit vector for a first time period and controls the paralleled inverter circuit using a second unit vector for a second time period. The first unit vector and the second unit vector are selected based upon the control vector, and the first time period and the second time period are determined based upon the control vector. |
| US09537426B2 |
Method and device for actuating an inverter
The invention relates to a method for actuating an inverter (10) by means of space vector pulse width modulation, in particular for actuating an electrical machine (14), wherein the inverter (10) has a plurality of controllable switches (S) and is configured to provide a multi-phase electrical voltage (U, V, W) in the form of a voltage space vector (V*), wherein the controllable switches (S) are actuated in such a manner that different duty cycles of the switches (S) are set and a plurality of successive different switching states (V0-V7) of the switches (S) are set up to provide the voltage space vector (V*), wherein the duty cycles of the switches (S) are extended during a pulse width modulation period (T) if a duty cycle of one of the switches (S) falls below a predefined threshold (44) during the pulse width modulation period (T). |
| US09537424B2 |
DC-bus controller for grid-connected DC/AC converters
Systems, methods, and devices for controlling a DC-bus voltage for a power conditioning system. A control system regulates the DC value of the DC-bus voltage. The control system uses an adaptive DC-value estimator/observer to estimate this DC-value. Instead of having to determine the DC-value of a signal with a low frequency ripple without compromising the signal's dynamic response, a suitably precise estimate for that DC-value is used. |
| US09537422B2 |
High-frequency power supply apparatus for supplying high-frequency power
A high-frequency power supply apparatus for supplying high-frequency power to a load the impedance of which greatly fluctuates is provided, wherein a stable high-frequency current is always maintained without having overcurrent or overvoltage generated in a drive circuit thereof. In the high-frequency power supply apparatus, a constant-current conversion circuit is connected between an LCR series resonant circuit and a half-bridge drive circuit, high-frequency current of the LCR series resonant circuit is controlled by the voltage of the half-bridge drive circuit, and a constant-current function is applied to impedance variation of the load. Due to the constant-current conversion circuit, the gate of a MOSFET of the half-bridge drive circuit is driven with a parallel capacitor using a transformer inserted in the LCR series resonant circuit, and the phases of the high-frequency current of the LCR series resonant circuit and the output of the half-bridge drive circuit are maintained to be constant. |
| US09537418B2 |
Power conversion apparatus and control chip thereof
A power conversion apparatus is provided. The power conversion apparatus receives an AC input power by an input side and includes a capacitor, an AC-to-DC conversion unit and a discharge unit. The capacitor is connected with the input side. The AC-to-DC conversion unit is coupled to the input side, and configured to convert the AC input power after receiving the AC input power to generate a DC output power. The discharge unit is coupled to the capacitor and has at least two switch elements. The discharge unit enables the at least two switch elements when supply of the AC input power is interrupted, such that one of a first discharge path and a second discharge path formed by the at least two switch elements is taken to discharge or drain the energy stored in the capacitor. |
| US09537410B2 |
System and method for series connecting electronic power devices
A system and method for series connecting electronic power devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a switching device system includes a first upper arm electrically coupled to a first lower arm and a second upper arm electrically coupled to a second lower arm. Each of the arms include a plurality of low voltage sub-modules connected in series and each plurality of low voltage sub-modules includes an auxiliary switching device, a series switching device, and a capacitor. Each plurality of low voltage sub-modules is configured to be sequentially switched using the auxiliary switching device and the series switching device separately in the upper arms and the respective lower arms to control change in voltage over time (dV/dt) while selectively blocking a desired high voltage. Further, a capacitor voltage balancing (sorting or rotating) algorithm may be used to actively balance voltage across each plurality of low voltage sub-modules. |
| US09537408B2 |
Power conversion with controlled phase difference and duty ratio
A power conversion method of a power conversion apparatus including plural primary side ports disposed in a primary side circuit and a secondary side port disposed in a secondary side circuit magnetically coupled to the primary side circuit through a transformer, the method adjusting transmission power transmitted between the primary and secondary side circuits by changing a phase difference between switching of the primary and secondary side circuits, and changing a first duty ratio of the switching of the primary side circuit or a second duty ratio of the switching of the secondary side circuit, the method including: determining whether a value obtained by dividing the phase difference by 360° is greater than a third duty ratio; and setting the second duty ratio to be equal to or greater than the value obtained by dividing the phase difference by 360° when the value is greater than the third duty ratio. |
| US09537401B2 |
Push-pull converter and modulation method for controlling a push-pull converter
A push-pull converter including a primary-side input converter circuit with a plurality of primary-side switching devices in a full-bridge circuit including a transformer being designed to receive the first AC voltage on a primary-side winding and to generate a second AC voltage on a secondary-side winding. The push-pull converter includes a secondary-side output converter circuit to convert the second AC voltage into an output DC voltage, including a first semi-bridge circuit, said semi-bridge circuit including a first secondary-side switching device, a second secondary-side switching device, and a first center tap connected to a first connection of the secondary-side winding. The secondary-side output converter circuit includes a second semi-bridge circuit which includes a first secondary-side diode, a second secondary-side diode, and a second center tap connected to a second connection of the secondary-side winding, said second semi-bridge circuit not including a switchable component. |
| US09537397B2 |
Converter
A converter having an inductor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch connected between the other ends of the inductor and the second switch. The converter is adapted to turn ON/OFF individually the first switch, the second switch, the third switch and the fourth switch so as to convert a voltage applied between the other ends of the first switch and the second switch. Also included is a diode, a maintaining device and a release device. The generating device generates small/large output electric current in correspondence with high/low of a voltage of a connection node between the semiconductor transistor and the resistor, and increases the output electric current by switching a voltage applied on the third end from a first voltage to a second voltage lower than the first voltage. |
| US09537396B2 |
Power switch control by adjusting the base current of a bipolar transistor
The present document relates to Direct Current (DC) to DC power converters. In particular, the present document relates to DC to DC power converters which comprise one or more bipolar transistors as power switches. A control circuit configured to control a power switch of a switched-mode power converter is described. The power switch comprises a bipolar transistor. The control circuit is configured to determine an indication of a time instant, at which the power switch is switched off; and to adjust a basis current for controlling the power switch based on the determined indication of the time instant. |
| US09537394B2 |
Switch protection i auxiliary resonant circuit
A resonant power converter comprising electrical safety components comprising a combination of a diodes and a zener diodes coupled between DC conductors and an auxiliary switching circuit, the diodes being adapted to hinder the current from flowing from the auxiliary switching circuit to the negative DC conductor, and the zener diodes being adapted to allow current to flow from the negative DC conductor to the auxiliary switching circuit when the potential difference between the negative DC conductor and the phase conductor is above a threshold voltage. The Zener diodes being selected such that the threshold voltage of the Zener diodes is below the maximum blocking voltage of the transistors. |
| US09537393B2 |
Determination of phase offsets in a power supply system having multiple switching converters
A controller (500) for determining a distribution of switching phases among switching elements of a power supply system The power supply system has a plurality of voltage converters, each comprising a switching element and being arranged to convert an input voltage supplied to the voltage converters to a respective output voltage by switching the switching element at a predetermined frequency. The controller (500) comprises a receiver (510) for receiving one or more signals indicative of a respective contribution from each of the voltage converters to a ripple current component of an input current of the voltage converters, and a rank determining module (520) configured to rank the voltage converters in order of decreasing contribution to the ripple current. The controller (500) further comprises a switching phase offset calculator (530) configured to calculate a respective switching phase offset that is to be applied for the switching element in each of the voltage converters by: (i) calculating respective phase offsets of the two highest ranked voltage converters that would minimize an input current ripple caused only by said two highest ranked voltage converters; (ii) calculating a phase offset of the next-highest ranked voltage converter that would minimize an input current ripple caused only by said next-highest ranked voltage converter and the voltage converters ranked higher than said next-highest voltage converter; and (iii) repeating step (ii) for each subsequent voltage converter in the ranking. The controller (500) also includes an output signal generator (540) configured to generate one or more output signals defining the calculated switching phase offsets to be applied to the switching of the respective switching elements. |
| US09537392B1 |
Circuits and methods for dynamic voltage management
In one embodiment the present invention includes a circuit comprising a voltage adjust circuit and an input terminal of an electronic system. The voltage adjust circuit is coupled to receive an input voltage. The input terminal of the electronic system is coupled to receive a supply voltage from an output terminal of the voltage adjust circuit. The voltage adjust circuit makes an adjustment to the supply voltage based on a minimum voltage requirement of the electronic system. Accordingly, the leakage current supplied to the electronic system reduces, thereby saving power. |
| US09537388B2 |
Hybrid distribution transformer with an integrated voltage source converter
A hybrid distribution transformer is provided that includes an electromagnetic transformer and a voltage source converter that is operable to reduce fluctuation in the output voltage of the hybrid distribution transformer in the event of an increase or decrease in the input voltage. |
| US09537387B2 |
Reference signal generating circuit and method using a sampled input signal and a reference clock signal, and power factor compensation apparatus having the same
A reference signal generating circuit is provided that generates a reference signal corresponding to an input signal for power factor compensation of a power converter. The reference signal generating circuit includes a detector sampling the input signal according to a reference clock to detect and hold the maximum input signal and a phase measuring unit measuring a phase of the sampled input signal based on the sampled input signal and the detected maximum input signal. The circuit also includes a reference signal generating unit configured to generate a reference signal having a specific value in response to the measured phase. |
| US09537377B2 |
Motor with low electromagetic interference
A motor assembly for a window lift mechanism has a motor and a gearbox. The motor includes a stator having a metal housing, and a rotor with a commutator, rotatably received in the housing. An end cap assembly is connected to the housing. The end cap assembly includes a plurality of brushes making sliding contact with the commutator, a plurality of connecting pieces for connecting an external power source, inductors connected between the brushes and the connecting pieces, and shielding layers cladding the inductors and electrically connected to the housing. |
| US09537375B2 |
Thermal conductor for use in an electric machine and method of forming the same
An electric machine includes a housing, a stator core positioned within the housing, a wire wound about the stator core to form a plurality of end-turns that extend from an end of the stator core, and a thermal conductor positioned between the plurality of end-turns and the housing. The thermal conductor includes a substrate and a thermally conductive coating formed on a surface of the substrate. The thermally conductive coating includes a thermally conductive, dielectric material configured to transfer heat from the plurality of end-turns to the substrate. |
| US09537374B2 |
Rotor for an electric machine
A rotor form electric machine is provided including a rotor body that rotates about an axis of rotation, the rotor body having a superconducting rotor winding and cooling arrangement provided for cooling the rotor winding having at least one pair of cooling tube loops disposed substantially radially opposite each other on the rotor body, wherein a cryogenic coolant is transported in the axial direction in the coolant tube loops from a first axial rotor end to a second, opposite axial rotor end and back when the rotor rotates about the axis of rotation. One or more connecting tubes are provided in the cooling arrangement and connect one cooling tube loop to the other cooling tube loop of the at least one pair of cooling tube loops. |
| US09537372B2 |
Method and structure for applying frequency resonance in automobile kinetic power generation
A method for applying frequency resonance to electric power generation implemented by using the kinetic energy of a vehicle includes, a sprung vehicle body, through a free vibration at an inherent frequency thereof, exciting a hollow heavy-object supporting plate to have frequency resonance or effective vibration, in which the sprung vehicle body is provided with a vertical elastic system, the hollow heavy-object supporting plate is supported by the sprung vehicle body, also provided with a vertical elastic system, and equipped with a kinetic energy generator, and the inherent frequency of the hollow heavy-object supporting plate is same as or similar to that of the sprung vehicle body; the sprung vehicle body transfers the kinetic energy of vibration to the hollow heavy-object supporting plate and the hollow heavy-object supporting plate resonated by being excited drives the kinetic energy generator arranged on the hollow heavy-object supporting plate to generate electric power. |
| US09537371B2 |
Contra rotor wind turbine system using a hydraulic power transmission device
The present invention provides a system for a contra rotor wind turbine system comprising of dual aerodynamic rotors composed of plurality of either radially extended blades or axially extended helically contoured blades. The blades on the upwind or the outer rotor are set to spin in the first direction about the outer shaft, while the blades on the downwind or inner rotor are set to spin in a second direction about the co-axially mounted center shaft. Each rotor drives a digitally controllable positive displacement pump unit to convert the kinetic energy of the rotor to the fluidic potential energy. The potential energy of each rotor is compounded to achieve net potential energy. The net potential energy is stored in a fluidic reservoir and used by a hydraulic motor to drive an electrical generator. The hydraulic pump and the motor units are provided to maintain uniform rotational speed and torque. |
| US09537369B2 |
Motor
A motor includes a rotor module and a stator module. The rotor module includes a plurality of first magnet units, a plurality of second magnet units, a hollow magnetic conductance pillar and a rotating shaft. The first and second magnet units are alternately arranged to form a hollow pillar. An outer surface of the hollow pillar includes a plurality of first surfaces and second surfaces of the first and second magnet units. The first and second surfaces have different magnetic poles. The hollow magnetic conductance pillar and the rotating shaft are disposed in and through the hollow pillar and the hollow magnetic conductance pillar, respectively. The stator module includes a shell and a coil unit. The rotor module is disposed in the shell and the rotating shaft is extended out of the shell. The coil unit is disposed on an inner surface of the shell and around the rotor module. |
| US09537368B2 |
Magnetic power generator for hybrid vehicle and/or electric power plant
A magnetic generator may be disclosed. The magnetic generator may include one or more permanent magnets which may function in one or more ways in combination with a dielectric elastomer to efficiently produce electricity. Electricity may be produced directly by the magnets, through mechanical means as driven by the magnets, by piezoelectric means, or as desired to maintain peak efficiency. Further, systems to retain excess energy for later use, such as a flywheel or a battery may be employed. |
| US09537366B2 |
Magnet-type generator
A magnet-type generator 1 has a stator 20 having a stator core 21, bobbins 40, 41 and a coil 60. The stator core has through holes 35A, 35B, 35C passing through the stator core parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor so that lead wires 64A, 64B, 64C for outputting current generated at the magnet-type generator 1, which are corresponding to respective phases, are inserted into the through holes. The lead wires inserted into the through holes are connected with outgoing wires 60a, 60c′, 60b, 60a′, 60c, 60b′ of the coil at one side (clamping surface side) of the stator core 21 via a terminal (metal connection terminal) 53 fixed to a substrate portion (plate portion) 48 extending from the bobbin. The terminal is arranged near the through holes. |
| US09537351B2 |
Dual input power supply system and method
A dual input power supply system/method providing uninterruptable power to a protected load device (PLD) is disclosed. The system includes hybrid switch devices (HSD) comprising semiconductor and relay/contactors that minimize the OPERATE/RELEASE times associated with switchover from a primary power source (PPS) to a secondary power source (SPS). An operate/release controller (ORC) monitors the condition of power provided by the PPS and SPS and determines the optimal transfer time to activate the HSD and switch between the PPS and SPS based on the PLD configuration. Use of the HSD in conjunction with the ORC permits a wide variety of series permutated AC/DC primary (PPS) and secondary (SPS) power sources, EMI snubbers (EMS), bridge rectifier diodes (BRD), AC-DC converters (ADC), and DC-DC converters (DDC) to service the PLD, while simultaneously reducing storage capacitors normally required to cover the OPERATE/RELEASE times associated with traditional PPS/SPS switchover/failover delays. |
| US09537344B2 |
Phase change material as a dynamic heat sink for trancutaneous energy transmission systems
A method and system for management of thermal energy produced during transcutaneous energy transmission to provide power to energize implanted medical devices. A phase changing material (PCM) acts as a heat sink to absorb thermal energy generated during the energy transfer process. The PCM can be thermally coupled to tissue proximate to an implanted medical device, enabling heat generated within the implantable device to be absorbed. The generation of heat during the energy transfer process is primarily caused by eddy currents induced in the implantable device by the magnetic flux produced by the energy transfer system. The PCM can also be used to absorb heat generated by the device producing the magnetic flux that is used to transcutaneously transfer electrical power to recharge a rechargeable power source or energize the implanted medical device. |
| US09537343B2 |
Electric power transmission apparatus for vehicle
An electric power transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes: a radio receiver that is capable of receiving a radio wave of a predetermined frequency transmitted from outside of the vehicle, and that is capable of executing a search operation of searching for the radio wave by shifting reception frequency from a current reception frequency at a predetermined shift speed, and stopping shifting of the reception frequency when a radio wave is received at or above a predetermined receiving intensity; and an on-vehicle device that interrupts transmission of the electric power to a mobile device performed by an electric power transmitter while the radio receiver is executing the search operation. |
| US09537339B2 |
High-efficiency battery charger
A high efficiency battery charger. The high-efficiency battery charger can include a first transformer to produce a charging current, a second transformer to produce a maintenance current lower than the charging current, a power feed circuit having an input for connection to a power source, and control circuitry configured to detect a depleted battery to cause the power feed circuitry to feed power to the first transformer while disabling the second transformer, and to detect a charged battery to cause the power feed circuitry to feed power to the second transformer while disabling the first transformer. |
| US09537337B2 |
Selecting a configuration of coils in response to a multi-coil wireless charging system initiating charging
A system and method for selecting a configuration of coils in response to a multi-coil wireless charging system initiating charging are provided. The system includes a ping generator to measure a reference coil peak voltage for each of the coils of the multi-coil wireless charging system; an object detector to detect that an object is placed on a surface associated with the wireless charging system; a charge detector to detect that the object is chargeable; and in response to the object being chargeable, a switch transmitter determines which of the coils of the multi-coil wireless charging system to connect to a power source. |
| US09537334B2 |
Charging system having circuit for delaying power supply
Provided is a charging system having a circuit for delaying power supply, and more particularly, a charging system having a circuit for delaying power supply installed on a side of a power supply apparatus, wherein the circuit for delaying power supply prevents a spark from being generated when an electronic device and the power supply apparatus are connected to each other.The circuit for delaying power supply blocks the power supply to the Vcc power terminal in the case in which the GND ground power terminal and the D signal terminal are not in an electrically shorted state and releases the blocking of the power supply to the Vcc power terminal because an operation of the transistor is changed and a charging state of the capacitor is changed in the case in which the GND ground power terminal and the D signal terminal become the electrically shorted state. |
| US09537332B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for charge balancing of individual batteries in a string of batteries using battery voltage and temperature, and detecting and preventing thermal runaway
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and method for load balancing a string of jars. The temperature and voltage of each jar is measured and a target voltage for the jar is set based on the measured temperature. A current is supplied to the jar in order to maintain, increase, or decrease the jar's voltage. |
| US09537331B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack is provided. In one embodiment, the battery pack includes a plurality of battery units each including at least one battery cell, a charge switch unit for connecting the plurality of battery units in parallel to form a charge path, a discharge switch unit for connecting the plurality of battery units in series to form a discharge path, and a battery management unit for controlling switching of the charge switch unit and the discharge switch unit according to a standby mode, a charge mode, a and discharge mode of the battery pack. The switching is controlled with a delay time associated with each of combinations of mode conversion between the modes. |
| US09537330B2 |
System and method for electrical vehicle battery management
A powered system has a charging system and a controller arrangement. The charging system is capable of recharging the multi-cell power supply for the system and the controller arrangement enables selection between alternative modes of operation of the system. The charging system is arranged to operate in different regimes in which a target charging voltage across one or more cells or batteries is set to a different level dependent upon the selected mode of operation. There is provided a mode for optimizing the battery management for maximum range or, alternatively, a mode for extending charge and discharge cycle life of the multi-cell power supply. There is also a storage mode where the target voltage is set to a minimum value. |
| US09537324B2 |
Audience response system with batteryless response units
A wireless response system and method of receiving user input selections at a base station includes distributing a plurality of response units to users. The response units wirelessly communicate with the base station in order to retrieve user responses received by the response units. Each of the response units has a user input device that is configured to receiving user input selections, a controller that is responsive to the user input device to process user inputs and to communicate responses wirelessly to the base station and a power supply having a super capacitor. The super capacitor is charged with a wireless-charging circuit and current is supplied from the super capacitor to the controller. Current supplied to the controller is controlled. |
| US09537321B2 |
Method and apparatus for power transfer for a portable electronic device
A power transfer interface (120) is formed of a primary repeater coil (104) and one or more secondary repeater coils (106) coupled via a wired interconnect (110), and integrated within a garment (114). The repeater coils operate as part of a wireless charging or powering system in which a transmit coil (102), located in a vehicle or a radio, is driven to magnetically couple a wireless radio frequency (RF) power signal to the primary repeater coil (104) which in turn transfers the RF power signal to the secondary repeater coil (106) via the wired interconnect (110). The system further comprises a portable electronic device (220) having a receive coil (108). The receive coil (108) wirelessly receives the RF power signal from the secondary repeater coil (106), which can in turn be used to power the portable device or charge a battery of the portable device. |
| US09537317B2 |
Power management system and method for controlling the same
A power management apparatus includes a storage unit to store power rate levels corresponding to a plurality of power rates, and store display information corresponding to the power rate levels, a communication unit to receive power rates for each hour of each day from a power provider, a controller to confirm power rate levels corresponding to power rates for each hour of each day, and confirm display information for each power rate level, and a control panel unit to display the power rates for each hour of each day according to individual power rate levels, the displayed power rate levels being displayed as different types of display information. The power management apparatus allows the user to intuitively recognize the current power rate and the current power rate level, and predicts the future power rates and the future power rate level, such that it can establish an optimum power use schedule. |
| US09537312B2 |
Cogeneration apparatus
In a cogeneration apparatus having a power generation unit connected to an AC power feed line between a commercial power source and electric load, and an internal combustion engine, a switch is installed between the power generation unit and an outage power output, and the switch is opened to combine the power generation unit with the commercial power source to supply combined power to the electric load if a calculated total engine operation time period is not more than a predetermined time period when the outage is determined not to occur, while the switch is closed to connect the power generation unit to the outage power output, if the power generation unit is determined to be capable of generation power based on an estimated degree of deterioration of the unit when the outage is determined to occur. |
| US09537311B2 |
Subsea power transmission
A power transmission and distribution system includes a supplying side having a current source and a receiving side. The receiving side includes a modular converter with plurality of direct current (DC)-alternating current (AC) current source converters connected in series with the current source and a plurality of AC-DC rectifiers connected in parallel to supply power to a multiplicity of loads. Each of the DC-AC current source converters supply power to a corresponding AC-DC rectifier and includes a plurality of reverse blocking fully controllable switches having bidirectional voltage blocking capability. Furthermore, a current from the current source flows in at least one reverse blocking fully controllable switch at any instant. |
| US09537307B2 |
Overvoltage protection method and device
An example, overvoltage protection device includes a switch and a surge protection device that is selectively activated by actuating the switch. The switch is actuated in response to a voltage. An example method of absorbing an overvoltage includes sensing a voltage, and selectively activating a surge protection device in response to the sensed voltage. |
| US09537305B2 |
Touch control device with enhanced ESD protection effect
A touch control device with enhanced ESD protection effect comprises a sensing circuit module; a plurality of signal lines electrically connected with the sensing circuit module; an ESD protection ring disposed on periphery of the sensing circuit module and the signal lines; and an ESD shield ring interposed between the signal lines and the ESD protection ring. A touch on the sensing circuit module induces a sensation signal. While the signal lines transmit the sensation signal, the electrostatic charges generated thereby is drained off by the ESD protection ring. The ESD shield ring can drain off the residual electrostatic charges that the ESD protection ring does not drain off. Therefore, the present invention can exempt the touch control device from ESD interference, guarantee the accuracy of signal transmission, and protect the electronic elements of the touch control device. |
| US09537303B2 |
Semiconductor device and electric control device
A semiconductor device includes: an output transistor; and a current detection section. The output transistor controls electric power supply from an electric power source to a load. The current detection section detects a current flowing through the output transistor. The current detection section has a current detection characteristic in which a current detection value has approximately linier and negative dependence on a drain-source voltage of the output transistor. |
| US09537301B1 |
System and method for generator braking
A system including an electromagnetic braking system that has an eddy current brake. The eddy current brake includes an electrically conductive surface coupled to a shaft of a generator system, wherein the eddy current brake is configured to induce an electromagnetic force on the electrically conductive surface when powered. The electromagnetic braking system further includes a supercapacitor coupled to the eddy current brake, wherein the supercapacitor is configured to discharge to power the eddy current brake for the duration of a ride through event of the generator system, and the supercapacitor is configured to supply a threshold current to the eddy current brake within approximately 100 ms of a start of the ride through event. |
| US09537299B2 |
Power management and distribution with auxiliary DC bus
A power management and distribution (PMAD) system includes a main DC bus, an auxiliary DC bus, a power converter, one or more hybrid solid-state circuit breakers, and a controller. The power converter converts power from the main DC bus to provide a regulated output to the auxiliary bus. Each hybrid SSCB includes a main switch connected between the main DC bus and a load and an auxiliary switch connected between the auxiliary DC bus and the load. The controller selectively turns the main switch and the auxiliary switch On/Off to selectively supply power from the main DC bus and/or the auxiliary DC bus to the load, and to selectively regulate the voltage on the auxiliary DC bus. |
| US09537296B2 |
Cable retainer and method
A cable retainer for a downhole tubing string includes a body; a detent extending from the body; a relief between the detent and the body facilitating deflection of the detent to allow passage of a cable; and a detent lip extending from the detent. A method for securing a cable to a tubular. |
| US09537295B2 |
Weatherproof electrical box
An electrical box includes a housing having a mounting plate and a housing body; and a cover rotatably mounted to the housing to cover a central opening in the mounting plate when the cover is in a closed configuration and to allow access to the central opening when the cover is in an open configuration. The housing body includes at least one chamber for receiving an electrical device mounted therein and for receiving a cable for connecting to the electrical device. The housing body is coupled to the mounting plate by a plurality of rib members to form a gap between the housing body and the mounting plate. The cover includes fluid directing elements that project downwardly from the cover and which are received within the gap between the housing body and the mounting plate when the cover is in the closed configuration. |
| US09537294B2 |
Integrated shielding protector and wire harness
An integrated shielding protector and a wire harness are provided so that the man-hours concerning the wiring operation can be reduced, and the number of components also can be reduced. A conductive integrated shielding protector, including a first high voltage accommodating part, a second high voltage accommodating part and a low voltage accommodating part, is used when first high voltage wires the voltage of which is high, second high voltage wires the voltage of which is high but lower than that of the first high voltage wires, and low voltage wires the voltage of which is low are wired in parallel in the same course. A wire harness, including the integrated shielding protector, the first high voltage wires, the second high voltage wires and the low voltage wires, is wired inside a vehicle compartment. |
| US09537289B1 |
Modulated light source
A modulated light source includes a ring modulator, a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide that are optically connected to the ring modulator, and a third optical waveguide that optically connects an end of the first optical waveguide and an end of the second optical waveguide. At least part of the third optical waveguide has optical gain, and an optical waveguide loop including the ring modulator, the first optical waveguide, the second optical waveguide, and the third optical waveguide is used as a resonator to cause laser oscillation. |
| US09537288B2 |
Semiconductor laser device assembly
A semiconductor laser device assembly includes (A) a semiconductor laser element and (B) a diffraction grating that configures an external resonator, returns diffraction light other than zero-th order diffraction light to the semiconductor laser element, and outputs the zero-th order diffraction light to the outside. An extension direction of a diffraction surface of the diffraction grating and a main vibration direction of a field of a laser beam incident on the diffraction grating are substantially parallel to each other. |
| US09537280B2 |
Dual beamsplitting element based excimer laser pulse stretching device
The present invention discloses a dual beamsplitting element based excimer laser pulse stretching device comprising two beam splitting elements and one confocal resonator. The first beamsplitting element splits incident laser beam into two beams, one beam enters the confocal resonator, generates a certain time delay and then is incident on the second beamsplitting element, and the second beam is directly incident on the second beamsplitting element. The second beamsplitting element further splits each of the incident laser beams into two beams, one of the two beams enters the confocal resonator, generates a certain time delay and is returned back to the first beamsplitting element to be further split, and the other of the two beams is combined with other beams which are direct outputs after being split by the beamsplitting elements or being optically delayed by the confocal resonator to form a stretched output beam. The present invention may effectively enhance the efficiency of the pulse stretching, decrease the peak power of the stretched beam, and increase the lifetime of optical elements used in the excimer laser photolithography systems. |
| US09537279B2 |
Modular back shell apparatus for circular connectors
A back shell apparatus receives a cable having conductors extending through the apparatus for attaching to a connector. The back shell includes at least two clam shell halves that mate to surround the conductors. The back shell allows for angular configurations of the cable and connector by including flexible bellows through which the conductors extend. The bellows are respectively expandable and retractable about the conductors. The back shell apparatus further includes a modular cable adapter that receives a respectively sized cable terminus from which the conductors extend into the bellows toward a connector. The back shell apparatus further includes a coupling nut adapter holding a respectively sized coupling nut that mates with the connector. |
| US09537277B2 |
Process for nondestructive evaluation of the quality of a crimped wire connector
A process and apparatus for collecting data for nondestructive evaluation of the quality of a crimped wire connector are provided. The process involves providing a crimping tool having an anvil and opposing jaw for crimping a terminal onto a stranded wire, moving the jaw relative to the anvil to close the distance between the jaw and the anvil and thereby compress the terminal against the wire, while transmitting ultrasonic waves that are propagated through the terminal wire combination and received at a receiving ultrasonic transducer as the jaw is moved relative to the anvil, and detecting and recording the position of the jaw relative to the anvil as a function of time and detecting and recording the amplitude of the ultrasonic wave that is received at the receiving ultrasonic transducer as a function of time as the jaw is moved relative to the anvil. |
| US09537274B1 |
Modular power and connector system for lighting elements
A modular lighting system for use with shelving and a variety of other applications. A power track is adapted to be disposed within an upright support of a shelving unit. A power plug with vertically-aligned prongs inserts through existing openings in the upright support to reach conductors within the power track. The power plug has connecting structure to connect to a cable, and frangible portions that allow the cable to exit in a number of positions. Light bars carry the same connecting structures, can connect to the cable and snap together to extend continuously across a shelf. A second power track and second plug may provide power to the power track within the upright. The second plug carries the same connecting structure as the other components. |
| US09537273B2 |
Electrical connector with contacts of multiple materials
A telecommunications jack, and a method of manufacturing such a jack, are disclosed. In one aspect, the jack includes a housing having a socket sized to receive either a first telecommunications plug of a first type or a second telecommunications plug of a second type having a different arrangement of electrical contacts as compared to the first telecommunications plug. The telecommunications jack also includes a plurality of contact springs exposed within the socket and positioned for alignment with electrical contacts of the first telecommunications plug when the first telecommunications plug is inserted into the socket. At least one of the contact springs remains unaligned with any of the electrical contacts of the second telecommunications plug when the second telecommunications plug is inserted into the socket, and is a resilient conductive material, At least one other contact spring of the plurality of contact springs are a second material having a lower resiliency than the at least one of the contact springs. |
| US09537271B2 |
Earphone socket, earphone plug, earphone and electronic device
The present disclosure relates to an earphone socket, an earphone plug, an earphone and an electronic device. For example, the earphone socket may include a socket body in which an earphone jack is formed. The earphone socket may include multiple ground terminals, which may be arranged in the earphone jack. The ground terminals may contact a ground section disposed on an earphone plug when the earphone plug is inserted into the earphone jack. The technical solutions of the present disclosure reduce earphone crosstalk and improve tone quality. |
| US09537259B2 |
Plug-type connector arrangement and coding element therefor and method for coding a plug-type connector arrangement
A plug-type connector arrangement includes a plug-type connector and an opposing plug-type connector, which each have an insulating housing and plug-type contacts in the insulating housing. The plug-type connector also includes plug-type contours configured correspondingly to one another for plugging together and for electrically conductively connecting assigned plug-type contacts in the plugged-together state. The plug-type connector arrangement also includes at least one coding element, which can be accommodated displaceably on the plug-type contours of the plug-type connector and opposing plug-type connector, and fixes a permissible plug-in position for plugging together the plug-type connector and the opposing plug-type connector. |
| US09537257B2 |
Image projection apparatus and light source unit
An image projection apparatus includes a casing, a light source unit detachably mounted to the casing, a first connector having a first engagement member, disposed on a housing of the light source unit, a second connector having a second engagement member, disposed on the casing, and one or more supporters disposed at least one of the first connector and the second connector. The first connector is detachably engageable with the second connector. At least one of the first connector and the second connector is moveable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a connection direction of the first connector and the second connector. The one or more supporters guides one of the first engagement member and the second engagement member to the other one of the first engagement member and the second engagement member when engaging the first connector and the second connector. |
| US09537253B2 |
Connection terminal and electrical connector
A connection terminal has a connector body having a mating end and an opposite cable receiving end; a pair of contact arms extending from the mating end; and a cable receiving member having an approximate cylindrical shape with a variable diameter, and extending from the cable receiving end. |
| US09537252B2 |
Vehicle-side connector
A vehicle-side connector (10) is to be connected to a battery in a vehicle. The vehicle-side connector (10) includes a housing main body (20) fixed to a body of the vehicle, and a sub-housing (30) fit to the housing main body (20) from an inner side of the vehicle. A seal (31) is sandwiched between the housing main body (20) and the sub-housing (30) to cut off the interior of the vehicle from water. A water guide (27) is formed by a clearance (S) between the housing main body (20) and the sub-housing (30) and is outside a water cut-off area defined by the seal (31). A water drain (28) opens down from the water guide (27) in the housing main body (20) and is configured to drain water to an outer side of the vehicle. |
| US09537249B2 |
Conduit adapter having a shell with fixing and pre-locking elements
The present invention relates to a conduit adapter system comprising a conduit adapter that is assigned to an electrical connector assembly. The conduit adapter comprises a first shell and a second shell, wherein the first shell comprises first fixing elements and the second shell comprises corresponding second fixing elements. The first shell further comprises a pre-locking means that can be engaged with corresponding pre-locking means of the electrical connector assembly, to lock the first shell to the electrical connector assembly in a pre-assembled condition. A method of assembling such a conduit adapter system is also presented. |
| US09537248B2 |
Connector structure of transmission line and transmission line
A connector structure of a transmission line is disposed at one end of a cable. The connector structure includes an elastic sleeve, a first connector module, and a second connector module. The elastic sleeve has an opening or slit. The first connector module is covered by the elastic sleeve. One end of the first connector module has a first plug, and the other end has a first socket. The second connector module is covered by the elastic sleeve. One end of the second connector module has a second plug, and the other end is connected to the cable. The second plug can be pluggably connected with the first socket. The opening or slit is located adjacent to the junction part between the first connector module and the second connector module. |
| US09537247B2 |
Detachable cable joint with three sockets
A detachable cable joint is provided and includes a housing having a first socket, a second socket, a third socket, a first contact member, and a second contact member. The second socket is positioned adjacent to the first socket, while the third socket is positioned adjacent to the first socket and separate from the second socket. The first contact member connects the first socket and the second socket, while the second contact member connects the first socket and the third socket. |
| US09537246B2 |
Biometric belt connector
A belt connector is provided. The belt connector is configured to electrically connect a conductor of an electrode belt to a male portion of a snap connector electrode connected to a biometric device. The belt connector includes a frame, a fastener, and an engaging member. The frame includes a receiving hole having radial flexibility. The receiving hole is configured to receive and fasten the frame to a protrusion of the male portion of the snap connector electrode. The fastener is configured to fasten the frame to a first end of the electrode belt. The engaging member is adjacent to the receiving hole and engages the conductor of the electrode belt by the conductor passing through the receiving hole. When the male portion of the snap connector electrode penetrates the receiving hole, the conductor is forced into contact with a lateral surface of the male portion of the snap connector electrode. |
| US09537245B1 |
Meter center, and socket assembly and method of assembling a socket assembly therefor
A socket assembly is for a meter center including at least one meter having a stab. The socket assembly includes a base member; and a jaw assembly having a first jaw member and a second jaw member coupled to the first jaw member, each of the first jaw member and the second jaw member having a number of retaining edges and being structured to engage the stab. The jaw assembly is structured to rotate between a first position corresponding to disengagement between the number of retaining edges and the base member, and a second position corresponding to engagement between the number of retaining edges and the base member. |
| US09537239B1 |
Orthogonal type backplane connector and combination type card-plugged connector
This invention discloses an orthogonal type card edge connector and a combination type card-plugged connector. The orthogonal type card edge connector includes a terminal component for transmitting current signal and/or current and a shell component for accommodating the terminal component. The terminal component comprises a first contact part and a second contact part, a spur line of the first contact part is orthogonal or parallel to a spur line of the second contact part. After the terminal component is electrically connected to a first circuit board and a second circuit board, the first contact part and the second connect part are separately connected with the first circuit board and the second circuit board, which are separately orthogonal and parallel to an extend surface of the orthogonal type card edge connector. The combination type card-plugged connector comprises at least two orthogonal type card edge connectors which are assembled together. |
| US09537235B2 |
Configurable guide hardware for connector systems
Configurable guide hardware is provided for aligning two associated connectors that are mounted on different circuit cards. The guide hardware includes a guide receptacle that is mounted to one of the circuit cards. The guide receptacle includes a housing that defines a channel and a keyway ring that is held in the channel. The guide receptacle is configured to receive a pin of a guide plug in the channel through a central opening of the keyway ring. The keyway ring includes a receptacle keying feature along an inner perimeter. The keyway ring is selectively positionable to locate the receptacle keying feature in multiple pre-defined angular orientations relative to the housing. The pin of the guide plug may also be selectively positionable in multiple pre-defined angular orientations. |
| US09537234B2 |
Method of making a solder tail extender connector
A solder tail extender connector and method are provided for implementing production of solder tail extender connectors from compliant pins. A forming fixture is provided to collapse compliant pins prior to soldering. The compliant pin is collapsed at or beyond the normal compliant pin low end dimensions and removed from the forming fixture. A solder tail extender optionally is added to the collapsed compliant pin, forming the solder tail extender connector. |
| US09537230B2 |
Cable repair splice
A splice kit is provided for repairing a cable having a central conductor, an insulator surrounding the central conductor, an outer conductive sheath surrounding the insulator, and a jacket surrounding the outer conductive sheath. The splice kit includes a central conductor joint that is electrically conductive and is configured to engage the central conductor of the cable such that the central conductor joint defines a portion of an electrical path of the central conductor. The splice kit also includes a dielectric insert configured to at least partially surround the central conductive joint and the central conductor of the cable, and an outer sheath joint that is electrically conductive and is configured to at least partially surround the dielectric insert. The outer sheath joint is configured to be electrically connected to the outer conductive sheath of the cable such that the outer sheath joint defines a portion of an electrical path of the outer conductive sheath. The splice kit further includes a jacket joint configured to at least partially surround the outer sheath joint and the jacket of the cable. |
| US09537226B2 |
RJ45 connector with guide device for conductors
The invention relates to an RJ45 connector (1) with a baseboard (10) for connecting to conductors (22) of a cable (20), and with a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (12) to accept the conductors (22), wherein the insulation displacement contacts (12) are arranged in two rows (14, 16) on one side of said baseboard (10), the two rows (14, 16) are positioned at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction of the cable (20) to be connected, and the RJ45 connector (1) comprises a guide device (30) to guide the conductors (22) for connection to the row (16) of insulation displacement contacts (12) that is further from the end of the cable, wherein the guide device (30) has ramps (34) made in an arc shape to guide the conductors (22). |
| US09537224B2 |
Phased-array transceiver
Systems, methods, devices and apparatuses directed to transceiver devices are disclosed. In accordance with one method, a first set of antenna positions in a first section of a set of sections of a circuit layout for the circuit package is selected. The method further includes selecting another set of antenna positions in another section of the circuit layout such that an arrangement of selected antenna positions of the other set is different from an arrangement of selected antenna positions of a previously selected set of antenna positions. The selecting another set of positions in another section is iterated until selections have been made for a total number of antennas. The selecting the other set is performed such that consecutive unselected positions in the other section do not exceed a predetermined number of positions. In addition, antenna elements are formed at the selected positions to fabricate the circuit package. |
| US09537223B2 |
Multi-output antenna
A reconfigurable multi-output antenna (16) is disclosed comprising: one or more radiating elements (12, 14), at least two matching circuits (42, 44, 50, 52) coupled to the or each radiating element (12, 14) via e.g. a splitter (30, 32) or a duplexer; and wherein each matching circuit (42, 44, 50, 52) is associated with a separate port (38, 40, 46, 48) arranged to drive a separate resonant frequency so that the or each radiating element (12, 14) is operable to provide multiple outputs simultaneously. The resonant frequency of each output is independently controllable by each matching circuit, with good isolation with each other port, thereby offering very wide operating frequency range with simultaneous multi-independent output operations. Also described is a multi-output antenna control module for coupling to one or more radiating elements, an antenna structure and an antenna interface module. A reconfigurable multi-output antenna is disclosed comprising: one or more radiating. |
| US09537218B2 |
Broadband antenna and wireless communication device employing same
A broadband antenna for a wireless communication device includes a first feeding portion, a second feeding portion, a grounding portion, a low band radiating unit, a high band radiating unit, and a resonating unit. The low band radiating unit is connected to the first feeding portion and establishing a first current path to generate a low band frequency. The high band radiating unit is connected to the second feeding portion and establishing a second current path to generate a first high band frequency. The resonating unit is connected to the grounding portion and establishing a third current path to generate a second high band frequency. The resonating unit resonates with the high band radiating unit to generate a third high band frequency. |
| US09537216B1 |
Transparent antenna
Antenna arrays can be fabricated as patches on conductive transparent material over an appropriate transparent dielectric substrate with the appropriate transparent ground-plane. To keep the fabrication cost low, such antenna arrays have a planar design without cross-over of the feeding lines or 3D interconnects. To steer the antenna horizontally, patches need to be fed with incremental phase shifts relative to their left or right neighbors; such feeds require an appropriate network and RF switches, typically located in an adjacent non-transparent area such as a PCB. Fabricating and disposing transparent phase delay component on the transparent material reduces the size of the PCB, thereby increasing visible transparent area. |
| US09537215B2 |
Antenna structure and wireless communication device employing same
An antenna structure includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a radio frequency (“RF”) circuit, and a controller. The first antenna includes a first radiating portion and a first feeding portion. The second antenna includes a second radiating portion and a second feeding portion. The second radiating portion is positioned in a first plane that is substantially parallel to a second plane in which the first radiating portion is positioned. The RF circuit is configured to output a first current signal to the first feeding portion and a second current signal to the second feeding portion. The controller is configured to control the RF circuit to adjust phases of the first current signal and the second current signal. |
| US09537214B2 |
Multi-beam active phased array architecture
In an exemplary embodiment, a phased array antenna comprises multiple subcircuits in communication with multiple radiating elements. The radio frequency signals are adjusted for both polarization control and beam steering. In a receive embodiment, multiple RF signals are received and combined into at least one receive beam output. In a transmit embodiment, at least one transmit beam input is divided and transmitted through multiple radiating elements. In an exemplary embodiment, the phased array antenna provides multi-beam formation over multiple operating frequency bands. The wideband nature of the active components allows for operation over multiple frequency bands simultaneously. Furthermore, the antenna polarization may be static or dynamically controlled at the subarray or radiating element level. |
| US09537210B2 |
Antenna card for controlling and tuning antenna isolation to support carrier aggregation
An apparatus and method to provide isolation between a first antenna and a second antenna, each of which is located on a ground plane. A slot that is tunable by a variable reactance is located on the ground plane, the slot not being appreciably resonant at the operating frequency of the first antenna and the second antenna. The antennas operate in an orthogonal mode. Varying the slot reactance varies the electrical distance over which the coupling current between the two antennas flows. Increased RF isolation to a desired magnitude results by maintaining the orthogonality at desired bands. The RF isolation can be measured and a departure from the desired magnitude of isolation causes the reactance to be varied to increase the RF isolation back to the desired magnitude. The antennas and the slot are placed at locations on the ground plane of high current density. |
| US09537204B2 |
Multi-channel multi-sector smart antenna system
Techniques of designing a smart antenna system are described. An antenna system includes at least two integrated antenna units arranged with a predefined angular angle therebetween to form a desired antenna pattern without any significant nulls. According to one aspect of the techniques, at least two sets of antenna units are interlaced but polarized differently to form an integrated antenna unit. Each of the antenna units is formed with an array of antennas. The antennas in an array or the antenna units in an integrated antenna unit can be selectively energized to form a desired antenna pattern in accordance with a signal determined from radio frequency signals communicated between a device equipped with the antenna system and another device (e.g., a Wi-Fi router in communication with a mobile device), where the desired antenna pattern provides an optimized antenna pattern to facilitate seamless or QoS communication between the two devices. |
| US09537198B2 |
Wideband impedance transformer
Embodiments of a low-complexity and potentially physically small wideband impedance transformer that can be used in a combining network of a wideband Doherty amplifier are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wideband Doherty amplifier includes Doherty amplifier circuitry and a wideband combining network. The wideband combining network includes a wideband quarter-wave impedance transformer that includes a quarter-wave impedance transformer and compensation circuitry connected in parallel with the quarter-wave impedance transformer at a low-impedance end of the quarter-wave impedance transformer. The compensation circuitry is configured to reduce a total quality factor of the wideband quarter-wave impedance transformer as compared to a quality factor of the quarter-wave impedance transformer, which in turn increases a bandwidth of the wideband quarter-wave impedance transformer, and thus a bandwidth of the wideband Doherty amplifier. |
| US09537197B2 |
Transmission line implementation in wafer-level packaging
In an integrated circuit package that houses radio-frequency (RF) circuits or components using wafer-level packaging (WLP), an RF-signal transmission structure includes a signal-carrying conductive line positioned between grounded conductive lines to avoid undesirable coupling between the signal-carrying conductive line and other RF circuits or components in the same package. |
| US09537185B2 |
Welding techniques for polymerized lithium ion battery cells and modules
A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery cell includes a housing. The housing includes side walls coupled to and extending from a first portion of the housing to form an opening in the housing opposite the first portion of the housing. The housing includes an electrically nonconductive polymeric (e.g., plastic) material. An electrochemical cell element is disposed in the housing and immersed in electrolyte that is also disposed in the housing. The Li-ion battery cell also includes a cover including an electrically nonconductive polymeric material. The cover is disposed over the opening in the housing and sealed to the housing via a seal. The seal is configured to resist or prevent ingress of moisture into the housing and to resist or prevent egress of the electrolyte from the housing. |
| US09537184B2 |
Lithium ion secondary battery
A lithium ion secondary battery of an embodiment includes: a battery can; an electrode assembly in the battery can formed by rolling up a positive electrode, a separator and a negative electrode; an organic electrolyte solution in the battery can; a positive electrode lead in the battery can connected to the positive electrode; a negative electrode lead in the battery can connected to the negative electrode; and an overcharge preventer in the battery can; a cap body sealing the battery can; a positive electrode terminal fixed to the cap body and connected to the positive electrode lead; and a negative electrode terminal fixed to the cap body and connected to the negative electrode lead. |
| US09537183B2 |
Automatic water control system for open ditch drainage
An automatic water control system for open ditch drainage includes a drainage control apparatus that is designed to be disposed in a drainage ditch and to control the water level in the drainage ditch, as well as the water table level in the field. |
| US09537180B2 |
Low energy activation fault tolerant battery cell bypass device and system
A low energy activation, fault tolerant, battery system includes an electrical storage cell having a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The electrical storage cell is provided with a normally open bypass circuit path that is closed in the event of an overdischarged, or open-circuit failure of, the electrical storage cell. The bypass circuit path includes a first electrical conductor connected to the negative terminal of the electrical storage cell, a second electrical conductor connected to the positive terminal of the electrical storage cell, and a shorting gap between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor. The first and second electrical conductors and a non-conductive carrier at least partially enclose a heat source activatable upon the occurrence of the failed cell, a mass of a meltable material that is heated by the heat source, a plunger having an electrically conductive face, and a spring that is positioned to force the plunger into the mass of the meltable material when it is at least partially molten. The heat source includes two diodes connected in electrical series, each of which is operable to melt at least a portion of the mass of the meltable material. When the spring forces the plunger into the meltable material, the electrically conductive face of the plunger head physically contacts the first and second electrical conductors to eliminate the shorting gap so that the first electrical conductor is in electrical communication with the second electrical conductor. |
| US09537174B2 |
Sulfide solid electrolyte
A sulfide solid electrolyte with excellent ion conductivity and a method for producing a crystallized glass contained in the sulfide solid electrolyte. A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising a crystallized glass represented by the following chemical formula yLi2S•(100-x-y)P2S5•xP2O5, wherein 0 |
| US09537169B2 |
Electrochemical device comprising composite bipolar plate and method of using the same
An electrochemical device and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, the electrochemical device may be used as a fuel cell and/or as an electrolyzer and includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an anodic gas diffusion medium in contact with the anode of the MEA, a cathodic gas diffusion medium in contact with the cathode, a first bipolar plate in contact with the anodic gas diffusion medium, and a second bipolar plate in contact with the cathodic gas diffusion medium. Each of the bipolar plates includes an electrically-conductive, chemically-inert, non-porous, liquid-permeable, substantially gas-impermeable membrane in contact with its respective gas diffusion medium, as well as a fluid chamber and a non-porous an electrically-conductive plate. |
| US09537168B2 |
Membrane electrode assemblies
The present invention relates to improved membrane electrode assemblies, having two electrochemically active electrodes separated by a polymer electrolyte membrane.The membrane electrode assemblies according to the instant invention contains at least one phosphoric acid-containing polymer electrolyte membrane and two gas diffusion electrodes one of each located at both sides of said membrane, each of the gas diffusion electrodes having at least one catalyst layer facing towards the membrane. At least one of the gas diffusion electrodes contains a gas diffusion medium comprising an electrically conductive macroporous layer in which the pores have a mean pore diameter in the range from 10 μm to 30 μm and at least one micro porous layer arranged between said gas diffusion medium and said catalyst layer facing towards the membrane having a defined pore void volume and pore hydrophobicity measured by the Cobb Titration. |
| US09537167B2 |
Methods and apparatus of an anode/cathode (A/C) junction fuel cell with solid electrolyte
The present invention relates to a fuel cell having an anode; a cathode opposing the anode; a first electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode; a second electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode; and an A/C junction electrode disposed between the first electrolyte membrane and the second electrolyte membrane, the A/C junction electrode comprising a first gas diffusion layer; a second gas diffusion layer; a current collector disposed between the first gas diffusion layer and the second gas diffusion layer; a first catalyst layer disposed between the first electrolyte membrane and the first gas diffusion layer; and a second catalyst layer disposed between the second electrolyte membrane and the second gas diffusion layer. |
| US09537166B2 |
Method for the production of an electrochemical cell
The present invention relates to a new method for the production of electrochemical cells, in particular individual cells for fuel cells and stacks, in which the individual components of a membrane electrode assembly are compressed and bonded by use of ultrasonic waves and the absence of any further additional heating. The method according to the invention allows faster cycles during the lamination of the membrane electrode assemblies. |
| US09537164B2 |
Through-stack communication method for fuel cell monitoring circuits
A system and method for monitoring fuel cells in a fuel cell group. The system includes a sensor circuit, such as a voltage sensor circuit, that monitors a condition of the fuel cells. If the sensor circuit detects a low performing cell, then it sends a signal to a tone generator that generates a frequency signal that switches a load into and out of the cell group. A voltage sensor detects the voltage of the cell group including the frequency signal, and sends the detected voltage signal to a tone decoder that decodes the frequency signal to determine that the fuel cells are low performing. |
| US09537163B2 |
Fuel cell system and method of controlling the fuel cell system
A control device includes a combustion apparatus temperature comparison unit for comparing a temperature of a combustion apparatus and a combustion apparatus temperature range, a combustion apparatus flame-out determination unit for determining whether flame-out occurs in the combustion apparatus based on a comparison result by the combustion apparatus temperature comparison unit, and a combustion apparatus control unit for starting or stopping operation of a start-up combustor based on a determination result by the combustion apparatus flame-out determination unit. |
| US09537162B2 |
Device and method for controlling cold start of fuel cell system
A device and a method for controlling a cold start of a fuel cell system are provided and are capable of increasing a fuel cell load to reduce a cold start time using a kinetic energy storage method for a rotor of a motor for driving a fuel cell system. The method improves cold start performance by performing self-heating of a fuel cell stack based on an increase in an output current amount of a fuel cell and by restricting a motor torque simultaneously with generating the motor torque while applying a current to a motor when a vehicle stops to consume an output current of the fuel cell. |
| US09537161B2 |
Freeze-tolerant valve
A valve for reducing the likelihood of ice-related blockage in a fuel cell and methods for starting a fuel cell system. The valve includes a valve plate and coupling plate that are cooperative with one another within a valve body such that flexural forces imparted to the valve plate from a pressurized fluid are transferred to localized contact surfaces between the valve plate and coupling plate. By concentrating these forces to such a localized area, improvements in the ability of the fluid to initiate and propagate a crack in built-up ice around the valve's seating region is improved. In this way, fuel cell starting in cold conditions—such as those associated with temperatures at or below the freezing point of water—is also improved. |
| US09537155B2 |
Non-carbon mixed-metal oxide electrocatalysts
Electrocatalysts having non-corrosive, non-carbon support particles are provided as well as the method of making the electrocatalysts and the non-corrosive, non-carbon support particles. Embodiments of the non-corrosive, non-carbon support particle consists essentially of titanium dioxide and ruthenium dioxide. The electrocatalyst can be used in fuel cells, for example. |
| US09537153B2 |
Current collector for a lithium battery
This current collector for a lithium electrochemical accumulator includes an electronically-insulating viscoelastic foam associated with an electroconductive polymer film. |
| US09537151B2 |
Lithium ion battery electrode
A lithium ion battery electrode includes an electrode material layer. The lithium ion battery electrode further includes a current collector. The current collector is located on a surface of the electrode material layer. The current collector is a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer consists of a number of carbon nanotubes. |
| US09537147B2 |
Anode structure having silicon elements
An anode structure may include a first bus bar having a first conductive coating, a second bus bar having a second conductive coating, and a plurality of silicon elements between the first bus bar and the second bus bar with a first void between a first one of the silicon elements and a second one of the silicon elements. Additionally, at least the first one of the silicon elements to expand into the first void. |
| US09537145B2 |
Negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same
A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the embodiment includes a current collector; and an electrode mixture layer that is formed on the current collector and contains a first particle, a second particle and a binder. The first particle is comprised of silicon, a silicon oxide and a carbonaceous material. The second particle has electron conductivity and an oxygen content of 1% or lower. The electrode mixture layer is characterized in that silicon concentrations in the vicinity of the surface having contact with the current collector and the vicinity of the opposite surface to the surface having contact with the current collector are higher than a silicon concentration at the central part in the thickness direction. |
| US09537142B2 |
Method for manufacturing negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present invention is a method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The method includes depositing silicon on a substrate by vapor deposition by using a metallic silicon as a raw material, the substrate having a temperature controlled to 300° C. to 800° C. under reduced pressure; and pulverizing and classifying the deposited silicon. The resulting negative electrode active material composed of silicon particles is an active material useful as a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which high initial efficiency and high battery capacity of silicon are kept, cycle performance is superior, and an amount of a change in volume decreases at the time of charge and discharge. |
| US09537128B2 |
Assembled battery
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an assembled battery including a battery holder capable of holding single battery cells while automatically aligning the cells during assembly. In the assembled battery (100) according to the present invention, a plurality of single battery cells (101) arranged in a row and battery holders (144) disposed between the plurality of single battery cells (101) are held in a state of being mutually pressed in an arranged direction. The battery holders (144) include a positioning means (144f, 144g) that positions the single battery cells (101) by biasing the single battery cells (101), while being pressed in the arranged direction, in a direction intersecting the arranged direction. |
| US09537127B2 |
Low profile battery assembly for electrified vehicles
A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a support structure positioned about the plurality of battery cells. The support structure includes at least one sidewall and the at least one sidewall includes a first flange that extends adjacent a top surface of each of the plurality of battery cells and a second flange that extends beyond a bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells. |
| US09537124B2 |
Variable insulating battery pack system and method
A variable insulating battery pack system includes a battery pack enclosure sized and configured to contain the battery pack, an enclosure space in the battery pack enclosure and a fluid pump disposed in fluid communication with the enclosure space and adapted to evacuate and pressurize the enclosure space. |